John sighed. Brian would find out soon enough anyway. "This is how," John said, releasing the transformation spell on himself. Over the course of a few seconds, John's skin hued back to its deep orc green as his body grew taller and thicker. John once again lost the feeling in his feet as they hardened into hooves. John frowned at Brian as his transformation finished.
Brian yelled in surprise and shock and fell out of his bed. He quickly crab-walked to the opposite corner of the bedroom to get away from John. "What the SHIT?!" he yelled. "What happened to you...and your legs?!"
Now nearly as tall as the bedroom ceiling, John crossed his massive arms and sat his naked body down on Brian's bed, noticing once again how strange it was to not have any sensation in his feet. "That satyr yesterday, he was the one that changed me in the first place. But he was about to die and he needed to join my body to survive."
"Are you insane?!" Brian exploded. "That thing turned you into a monster and you go and save its life by turning yourself into this monstrosity?!"
John sighed. "I didn't think I had a choice," he said. "I thought if he died you and I both would be stuck as monsters." John told Brian the whole story, from how the satyr was on the lam to merging bodies.
Brian, over the course of the story, calmed down, and at the end of it, was sitting with attention. "So that satyr is...inside you?" Brian questioned, cocking his head.
John shrugged. "I haven't noticed, apart from all the magic energy I have."
Brian shook his head in amazement. "That's wild. People can have hidden magic abilities? Do you think I have any?"
"I think I can check." John knelt down next to Brian, held his hand, and looked into his eyes. John's red eyes grew wide and his jaw slowly opened. "My god..." he whispered.
"What? What? Am I loaded with magic?" Brian asked excitedly.
John let go of Brian's hand. "No. Nothing at all."
"I hate you."
"I can live with that."
Brian sighed. "Well look, I'm still worried about this. Just, try to use your powers for good, OK?"
"You got it, Uncle Ben."
"I'm serious. You gotta be careful."
"Alright, I'll be careful," John said, almost dismissively. "You ready for breakfast?" he asked, kissing Brian on the cheek.
"Yeah, I guess. I...aw, shit!" Brian said, looking at his clock. "I'm going to be late for work."
John cocked an eyebrow. "You had the head of a cow twenty minutes ago and now you plan on going to work?"
"I'm out of sick days. I can't take any more time off work. My boss will have my ass if I don't make it in today," Brian said, pulling on underwear and pants.
"Come on, I should be the only one that has your ass," John said, giving it a swat.
"Look, I'm sorry, but I have to go," Brian said, buttoning his shirt. "I'd love to have fun sexy time with you, but my career is at stake here. I have to get to my office before my boss notices that I'm not there. And of course there's going to be school bus traffic because we start at 8 o'clock instead of 9 like the rest of the civilized world, and..." Brian blanched as his cell phone began to ring with a call from his boss. He answered it. "H-hello?"
John smirked as Brian paced. "Oh, hello, Mr. Peters. What's that? Oh. Really? I see. Uh, OK then. See you tomorrow. Yes, I'll be in. Goodbye." Brian blinked as he hung up. He looked at John, who was grinning like a Cheshire cat. "You wouldn't happen to know anything about a water main break on Grosvenor Street, preventing myself and my coworkers from getting into the office, would you?" Brian asked.
"Who, me?" John asked, giving puppy dog eyes as best he could with red irises and oblong pupils. "Although rumor has it there just so happens also to be one on the opposite end of the city, on the street that my office is on." Brian heard John's cell phone ringing in the other room. "Huh. Funny how that happens."
Brian sputtered for a second. "What did I just tell you about using powers for good?!"
"This IS good. You're going to lose those clothes and we're going back to bed. Together, obviously."
"But all the people that work on those streets won't get paid today. And what about the damage the water will cause?"
John shook his head. "There's no water main break. Your boss just thinks there was one. He won't question tomorrow why you and he didn't go to work. I did the same thing to my boss."
Brian stared at the grinning John as he began to rub his dark green penis. He sighed. "Maybe you're right. This is a lot to take in. Why not have some fun doing it?" Brian practically tore his clothes off and belly-flopped onto the laughing John. Brian loved the sensation of John's rough orc skin. "So," he said. "Do you think you can transform me as well as yourself?"
"I'm sure I can," John said with a smirk. "What did you have in mind?"