it was about now that Alfie felt quite... stiff. all over his body.
he noticed his body was now shiny. but his arms and legs were stiff and tougher than normal to move.
his toes stuck together, and his legs seemed to stick together, anchoring themselves together.
"What?!" he said, shocked. He glanced up at the gigantic man who was grinning at this. "What's happening to me?"
"Agh!" he said. "What am I-" the words froze on Alfie's lips, as the tf petrified his flesh to china. Alfie had turned into a china ornament.
the man grinned, then put his Alfie ornament into a cabinet, then stuffed Alfie's empty clothing into a cupboard, complete with the stolen goods. and the tf ray gun.
Then he went into the other room to rest. He liked his new ornament. he wondered what other tfs the ray could do.
He mulled over the possibilities:
For age: he could regress or progress in age again for a disguise. after all; Every burglar needs a disguise.
For size, he could grow to the size of a giant, and stomp around. he could smash buildings, cars and trees at the size of a 50 foot giant. Being gigantic would make him unstoppable! OR he could shrink to small sizes - to doll size, to ant size, and he could make sneaking around a whole lot easier, since no one would notice a small doll-sized burglar. Being tiny would be cool! of course, He always wondered what it'd be like to be extremely tiny. He especially wondered what it would be like to be nearly microscopic.
he could also swap bodies with one of the cops, to see what it was like to be on the other side of the law.
he could become a female woman, or he could gain extra muscle!