Ty calmly passed by his family on the way to the garage. As he expected, they didn't seem to notice he was naked and bending like a rubber band. In the garage, his father Mark was doing some greasy work under the car. He didn't acknowledge Ty's arrival very much. Ty waited awkwardly as his dad worked, feeling dumb, until his dad called out to him. "I got stripped screws over here and I lost my extractors. Come over and uh... be my extractor set."
"Did you say be?"
"You're made a' silly putty, right? Gimme your arm."
As soon as Ty extended his arm, his dad yanked it and squashed his hand into a 3 and 1/4 mm extractor t use on his car. There's another side effect he didn't plan for... if everyone believes his new power is normal, then they'll waste no time taking advantage of him. Case in point. He felt his transformed arm grinding against some rusted bolts and felt more than a little pissed off. Time for another test.
Ty made a wish in his mind so dad wouldn't hear it. Make him a shapeshifter like me, Ty thought, only he will have NO control over his powers at all. In the dark, Mark couldn't see his own hand losing color, detail and shape, until he felt the new lack of motor skills. "Can't get a grip. You sure you're a 3 and 1/4?"
"No, I'm sure! I would know my own hand." Ty watched as the gray putty texture climbed up his dad's arm and spread over his body. Mark's whole body began to soften into slime and ooze right out of his clothing. Ty quickly made his clothing disappear to get it out of the way. His tool belt fell right through his gelatinous self and clattered on the ground, startling him! "What was that!?" He pushed himself out from under the car and Ty saw nothing but a 3-foot tall gray blob with arms and legs, just like Ty accidentally turned into. Open slit right there, between his legs, that doesn't really have any function. And unlike Dustin, Mark just grabbed the tool belt in one hand (maybe hand, maybe tentacle) and frowned at it. "What the... why was I wearing this? How would I ever use it?!" His mind was a lot more clouded and entranced than Dustin's was when he was age regressed. Ty guessed he was improving at using his powers on others. "Back to work!" Mark exclaimed, as he tried to shape his arms into tools. They were crudely shaped and in no way could they ever repair a car, but he gave it a shot. Ten minutes later the bolts haven't budged and Mark was exhausted. "Phew. I dunno why I bother. It'd be easier to just BE a car."
"Sure you can handle even that?" Ty poked a bit of fun.
"Aw, hush. Even I can grow a couple of wheels if I tried."
Ty chuckled and quickly formed into a sleek 2022 mini coupe to show him up.
"Ah, shut up with that..." Mark grumbled.
Shapeshifting was turning out pretty awesome. Ty had to wonder if he even needed another power.