You slide your clothing back on, feeling a bit weaker now. You really enjoyed the brief feeling of being the werewolf. Now you're just back to being the regular "you". You realize there has to be a way to let your animal side out again, and so you go to the counter once more. If anyone in the store would know, it would be the clerk.
"Excuse me, miss?" you say, feeling very self conscious.
"Yeah?" she asks with a smile, "What can i do for you? Are you finding everything alright?"
"Yeah...I found a costume that I liked, but it uh...disappeared while I...uhh...was wearing it. That make sense to you?" You ask.
"Ah...you must've chosen the wolfman costume. Pretty popular here. Yeah...see, you changed back because there's no moon,"
She says, talking to you a little condescendingly.
"Well," you reply, "I realize that, but I figured since it was a costume, I'd at least be able to put it on and take it off at will." You're slightly annoyed and a bit disappointed.
"Nope," she says, smirking, "You picked it out, and now you're stuck with it for life. Plus, when you're a werewolf in the costume, you're a legit werewolf. You bite someone in that, they'll be a werewolf too. Congratulations on your life-altering decision."
"Look, I'm not pissed that I'm a werewolf...I just wish there was some way to control my transformations," you tell her.
She sighs softly, then speaks again. "Look, I don't know if I should be telling you this," she looks around, making sure that noone is watching her. "The whole trick is to CONVINCE yourself that you see the moon, even if there isn't one around. Short of standing in the sunlight, you'll change, at least until you can't see the moon...at which time you'll change back."
"Convince myself I see the moon?" you ask, confused. "What's that supposed to mean?"
She sighs once more, again making you feel rather stupid. "Look..if you try hard enough, any round object can make you think of the moon. That's all it is, just the power of your mind. Hell...my boss wears a werewolf costume. All I have to do to get him to change is show him any object that's round, and point out that it's round like the moon, and he changes."
"Seriously?" you ask, a bit disbelieving.
"Hell, he even transforms when he watches porn starring this actress named Sydney Moon, just from the association. See; that's the danger...you can trigger your brain to be too susceptible to it all," she warns you.
"Advice taken," you tell her.