"I need to find Jim... my body," you said.
"Well, good luck to ya, slick," Mike laughed, "You know, even if you do track the man down, there's no forcing him to give that body of yours back."
"I have to try," you replied.
"Well, you better hurry. Like I warned you, once you transform using shoes or socks in this place, ya feet become hypnotic and produce wild effects, just like mine. With that sweet body of yours I bet he's already on the prowl. He could have a man turning into his socks, or his feet, or just about anything else right now. And if that happens, you best bet that your body wont be the way you left it. You don't think I got this body naturally, do ya? Took a lot of guys becoming socks and different parts of me to get all this," Mike said as he flexed with a wink. "All sorts of things can happen when a man becomes your socks or a part of you. The difference is I know what I'm doin' with that power. Jim sure as hell doesn't."
You could barely believe what you were hearing. It made your stomach sink. You had to find Jim fast. If Mike was telling the truth, and he seemed to be, any minute now Jim could be inadvertently turning men into his socks, his feet, or even worse; with unpredictable results on his own body.
Your already weak voice trembled, "W- well... what sort of things c- can happen to my... his... body if that happens?"
"Oh, almost anything, boy. If a man becomes your socks it's like here in the store, usually only the feet change, but not always. Body parts, now those can be tricky. Sometimes that part will become identical to that of the other person, other times it's more of... a merge, I suppose. Can even affect the whole body, but that doesn't happen often. And hell, sometimes the guy just turns into something completely different and those can have all different effects. Had one guy in here who turned into my shirt once. That was a new one for me. Gave me these guns," Mike laughed, kissing his bicep.
Your heart raced. You needed to find Jim now. You rushed to the door.
"Now, now, hold up there," Mike interrupted, "You can try to track him down, and you may find him in time, or too late, or you maybe never. If you're feeling lucky, there's every chance he'll show up here in a panic after he transforms his first man. Happens all the time. Of course, your body will be different if that happens... how different, I can't say."
Mike was not wrong. Jim had you body, but he still had his anxious, nerdy personality. There was every chance he would show up in a state after transforming his first man. You had a choice: leave and try to track down Jim, or stay and hope he showed up with a body not too changed from your original form.