So Franklin got back to restocking the shelves and the hours dragged on slowly with one or two customers coming in once
an hour and browsing and buying something.
Stuff seemed to magically appear on the stock cart which kept
Franklin busy.
Dion's shift ended at 8 so after she told him how to close the place
down at 10 she left,leaving the new employee on his own.
The mall went totally dead by 9 so Franklin returned to the stock cart which by now he'd figured would restock itself.
There was nothing on the top or middle shelf but on the bottom shelf sat a new box that obviously contained clothes in it.
The label on the side of the unassuming box said
LADIES size 3
DRAGON SCALE GOWN
TF/No TF-Y
Made in Nith-Thogra N0E 1K0
and when Franklin flipped over the box he could see the
grainy black and white photos of a fashion model,wearing the
Ladies Dragon Scale Gown raising her hands to the Full Moon
and turning into a dragon in what appeared a series of painfull
changes.
Well at least the Chinese manufacturer and the repackager in
Nith Thogra were honest about the outcome of wearing the
dragon scale gown under the influence of the Full Moon.
And so since the Mall was devoid of customers Franklin
sat on that chair behind the counter and opened the
box cover.Inside was a womans full length gown of some silk like material and covered in what looked like many colours of snake
scales.The box also contained various womens undergarments
such as pantyhose,a bra,a corset and drawers.
And the Owners Manual.The inside cover contained a brief
outline of what the product did.
If you were a man,putting on the undergarments under the influence of the Full Moon turned you into a woman.
And if you were a woman or a transformed man-woman putting on the dragon scale gown under the influence of the Full Moon
turned you into a dragon,much like the photos on the back of the
box implied.
The rest of the Owners Manual contained chapters such as
5 Scale Eruption Irritation and Remedies
9 Learning to Speak Dragon for Tourists
15 How to Introduce Yourself to a Dragon
23 Dragon Do's and Don'ts
33 Congratulations You're Gravid with Egg Laying Your Eggs
35 The Morning After the Full Moon
39 Supports for the WereDragoness/Were-Woman
xx45 Limited Warranty
So Franklin realized this was His Curse.
He checked the price
$99.99 + HST
did some quick math on other things he'd have to give up
for a while if he decided to buy the Ladies Dragon Scale Gown
and bought it for himself.
Then come 10 he closed the store and headed home with his
new set of clothes and the Owners Manual.