"What are you doing?" Nicola demanded to know as her eyes helplessly followed the movement of the watch "You'd better not...be...trying....to...hyp....."
"You are conpletely under my control now Nicola. Do you understand?" James asked when she had given up trying to talk.
"I do" Nicola replied without emotion.
"You will now change in any way I tell you to. Become whatever I want you to be. Do you understand"
"Yes I understand" Nicola confirmed. But the nervousness in her voice made James feel uncomfortable. Meredith had given him an insatiable appetite to transform his friend, but hadn't completely succeeded in eliminating his guilty conscience in doing so. Unless...
"You enjoy being transformed" James continued, suddenly hitting on an idea "Becoming something else excites you, it even arouses you. The bigger the changes the more ecstatic you feel and each transformation is more thrilling than the last. Do you agree"
"Yes" Nicola replied, this time with enthusiasm "I do"
James put the watch away and Nicola came out of her trance. James couldn't be sure if his suggestion had worked but after a moment or two of apparent confusion she had a question for him.
"So, this power you are supposed to have over me" Nicola was trying to play it cool, but the hopefulness in her voice was impossible to miss "What is it?"
"Oh that?" James play acted "Apparently I can transform you. In any way I want"
Nicola gasped with excitement "Then you should use it on me! I mean, you know just to test it out"
"Nah, you're fine as you are" James smirked, amused at the situation.
"No, you really should!" Nicola seemed a little flush all of a sudden "I mean, it will be a laugh. Seriously, try it now. You can turn me into whatever you want. If it works we can go back to your place and you can transform me again, as many times as you like. Come on, I know you want to" she winked at him seductively.
"Fine, let's try it then" James shrugged.
"Cool" Nicola responded as casually as she could manage, which wasn't very casually at all. She stood back from James, adjusted her hair nervously, and waited expectantly.
James looked at the beautiful young woman in front of him as he decided what her first transformation would be.