As like was on his way out to his car, some one called out to him. Looking around he spotted Ben, his friend from college.
"Hey Luke, missed ya at the rally. Were you even there?"
"Oh, hey, yah, I was. Well not for the whole time, I was looking for my friend that was supposed to come with me."
"Ahh, so what you up to now? You wanna hang out? We could head over to my place and play some (insert video-game console name)."
"Sounds sweet, but I'm just running an errand for another friend at the moment."
"Oh, cool, you mind if I tag along?" Ben queries.
"Nah, that's fine," Luke says as he unlocks his car. "Hop in."
Luke and Ben drive through downtown and into a smaller shopping district just out of the main shopping and business area, toward where you gave him directions. After a half hour of talking and driving through gridlock traffic in town, the two get to the small shop-in-the-side-of-a-wall. The sign over the entrance reads: The Second Skin.
"Sounds kinda kinky," Ben jokes. "What kinda errand you running?" he teases.
"Shut it," Luke laughs.
The two of them walk inside, the door chiming as they walk through.
"Good afternoon, how can I help you?" The clerk greets them as he walks up from the back of the store. Ben lets Luke take the lead.
"Hi, ya," Luke starts, scratching his head, not quite sure where to begin. "Well, I've got a question. A couple friends of mine bought costumes here not too long ago and after wearing them, umm. Crap, I sound stupid. Well, they, uhh, they sorta, like... changed?"
"Ahh! Yes, yes! I know what you mean. They're startled by this?"
"Umm, well, ya," Luke says. Ben just looks between the two men, not having a clue what's going on. The clerk begins to sigh.
"Obviously they didn't listen to me. This shop is called The Second Skin, these things aren't just costumes, they're a 'second skin.' When you wear it you become it." The clerk rolls his eyes s though he's given this speech a million times. Ben just wears a priceless face of befuddlement.
"So how do they change back? They can right?!"
"No," the clerk says nonchalantly. "Not by their own will. But they'll change back right about 36 hours after putting the costume on. So when ever that was, they've no need to worry. Unless of course they have important business meetings or whatever," he jokes and winks. Luke sighs a sigh of relief. "In which case, would you like to see some of our costumes?" To this, Ben pipes up.
"From what I see here, they look rather normal, or in some cases rather, ah-hem, crappy," he says looking over the assorted 'normal' costumes. The clerk laughs.
"These ARE just crap," he laughs. "If you want to see the real collection, come with me.
Ben and Luke look to each other, both shrugging their shoulders. And so the clerk leads them through couple isles of costumes to the back and through a curtain covered doorway marked 'Employees Only.' Flicking on the light switch, the clerk then shows then to the 'real' costumes. The two friends gasp as they se the costumes and how realistic they look even though most of them are simply hang on racks. Then the both notice the cock condoms attached to all the suits. Luke blushes as Ben raises an eyebrow.
"This place is kinky. That, or just plain pervy," Ben lets out in a rather flat voice.
"Come now," the clerk says. "These are made to be as realistic as possible, and if you buy or rent one you'll find that they are. They're this way to please the customer."
Ben acknowledges the clerks point as Luke starts looking around.
"Ah, hell with it," Luke says, no longer blushing. "I'm gonna get one, so you can look with me or wait in the car."
Ben just shrugs in a 'whatever' manner and begins looking down an isle at the feline based costumes. Luke looks down the same isle, and then another, he thinks he knows that he wants to get, but he's not sure...