Now that you thought about it, your Uncle hadn't even tried to fix you yet.
Nor your cousin. And she was supposed to be a witch.
This store had plenty of mirrors, you assumed to try on accessories and make the place look larger. You tried to angle yourself to see the zipper better. Sure enough, where your neck met your hair was a clear glass zipper you hadn't noticed before. You guessed it was see-through to blend in better.
Taking a breath, you pulled it down. Again you had the same sensation of ice running down your back. You weren't sure what the next step was... so you just tried to pull off your face.
It was sort of sticky at first. As if everything was covered in glue or gum, but then finally you breached, taking a deep breath.
You shook a hand out, then another hand out, and held half the costume up, not fully unrolling the skin suit. Your long black hair fell softly into place, looking in the mirror you realized you were now female.
The night prior your head had been so fuzzy you never really encountered this form lucidly. Somewhat naturally your hand curled up and rested in an upright position. Little cat teeth bit your bigger plush lips, your nose was a lot smaller. Actually all of you was a lot smaller. Your perspective had shifted down atleast 15 inches.
Oh and.
Your eyes slid down to your chest. You were back to wearing, from the waist up, the Maid costume. For whatever reason that came with a hefty chest. Though maybe smaller due to the cat influence.
"Nya?" You asked patting it curiously "Er I mean. What?"
Your voice was higher and softer too. If you took off the suit completely you'd have .... a fully female body down there.
But you needed to stay focused.
Layers. Focus on the layers.
Mustering up willpower, just in case that's what it took. You grabbed both ears and pulled.
Pulling as hard as you could, but they just wouldn't come off.
On top of that it hurt. It hurt as much as trying to rip your own ears off.
Standing in your Uncle's costume shop, a male skin suit halfway rolled off your body, with breasts and cat ears you considered. There might be a different solution here.
At the moment you felt like a half peeled banana.
You looked at your breasts again, something you didn't normally have. But it's not like they were going anywhere. If you REALLY wanted to investigate them, you always had time in the shower or something.
Not that you'd want to. You reminded yourself.
Taking a breath like you were going underwater, you shoved your costume back onto your face and pulled it back on. Gasping as your previous body took shape on you again. Almost dizzy at the height difference.
You didn't even have to zip, it seemed like it liked going on more than going off. Ugh at least this felt more natural.
Closer to "MAN".
Hm maybe that was the solution.
Layers. Like you had done.
Base man + maid + cat + man suit = femboy catgirl thing.
Maybe you just needed to add more man? Like mixing paint.
You slapped your arms a little, shaking all over like you needed your skin to settle then glanced up the stairs. Still no promised cousin to train you on register.
You looked at the windows facing the street, but it looked pretty empty. People were probably at lunch or work or school this time of day. And it was still early in the season for a Halloween costume.
You confidently went to the back, trying to be fast, but also trying to find the most masculine costume you could find. There was a lot to distract you though.
You tried to stay away from the animal ones. The girl ones were definitely INTERESTING, but you had to stay focused.
Pirate...? Felt like it might take your mind or just make you talk funny. Besides didn't pirates smell?
Superhero? Interesting, did it come with superpowers?
You flipped through the racks nothing really fitting what you had in mind. If anyone asked you were familiarizing yourself with inventory.
Astronaut, cowboy, hippie...
You turned to the wall displays instead.
Hm, there was wrestler and body builder but it looked like you might need a ladder for those...
There were some couple's-costumes too...
Though they were out of the plastic, they still had labels on them. This one seemed like it was a poor attempt to avoid copyright infringement.
Ben and Karbie. It was clearly supposed to be the most iconic dolls in the world, but in lifesize human costumes.
Ben was black pants, and a fake skin torso with abs, he wore a periwinkle vest over a mesh shirt and had a ring on a necklace. Karbie was a magenta long sleeve dress with a chain belt and little charms hanging off of it.
You looked them up and down. This might actually be better. Though body builders and wrestlers were masculine, they were too muscley. You still wanted to look realistic. Or something closer to your regular self.
Your cat ears twitched listening again for anyone entering the shop, either from the street or upstairs, but it was still empty except for you.
You reminded yourself to set up some music or something later.
You grab a costume and make your way to the dressing rooms, about to shut the door before you realize you had grabbed Karbie's dress instead of Ben's outfit.
You roll your eyes, turning around to put it back.