It's Joe, Matthew's best friend who had died six months before his recent untimely death. Shocked about this discovery, Mathew exclaims in shock "How is it you here Joe, and do you know how we're both able to do these things?
Chuckling that the ruse was up, Joe merely beckons Matthew into the car. Wanting answers, Matthew doesn't hesitate, and rushes to get buckled in for wherever Joe is taking them. Silence fills the car, as each time Matthew thinks of asking a question about the situation, Joe merely holds up a hand, indicating he should wait. Getting frustrated, Matthew opens his mouth to start berating Joe, when his deceased friend bursts into laughter, barely getting out, "Took you long enough to reach your breaking point."
Thinking over what he had said, Matthew starts to laugh as well, and things felt as if they were back to normal, if only momentarily. After they both calm down, Matthew looks at Joe, still amazed that he's around, and in a similar state as him. As he muses about this turn of events, Matthew misses the car pulling into a parking garage downtown. He's jolted from his thoughts with the engine turning off, as well as Joe suddenly shoving a hand straight into his face.
A sudden ceasing of sensation is the first thing that registers in Matthew's mind. Seeing the look of surprise on his face, Joe chuckles, while poking his hand, the ghostly one that seems to be extending out of Lindsay's body, and moving it around, as if affecting something that Matthew couldn't see. Finished with what he was doing, Joe retracts the ghostly hand, and then seems to slip out of Lindsay, who slumps over, much like Jenna did after Joe was done with her.
"Ok, I know that face, so I know that I have to start talking, before you reach a point where you wont listen even if I tell you what you want or need to hear. The short story is, that when I died, I was disoriented until i found out I could possess others, much like you figured out. I tried to reconnect with my family nearly right after my funeral, but none of them wanted to believe it, and the one that did, felt that i should move on. In the end, I ended up altering their memories into thinking it was a hallucination, and then started on my journey to exploring all that ghosts can apparently do." Joe explains, looking solemn at first, before devolving into a grin at the mention of ghosts capabilities.
"Ok, but that doesn't explain how you or I am still around, nor what we should do with our abilities." Matthew states, watching Joe start to drift around and do patterns while listening, but also randomly making airplane noises, just like he would do while alive when he thought someone was being boring.
"Matthew, were both dead, and you're the first 'ghost' I've seen since i became one, so at this point, unless we find some reason to do anything besides have fun, well....i'd say we have fun!" Joe stated, doing a perfect loop-de-loop while gliding around like hes on a roller-coaster.
Exasperated, yet amused by his friends antics, Matthew thinks on what he's heard, and wonders if their are others in a similar situation to him and Joe, or if it is a random occurrence. Broken from his musings, Matthew is beheld by the sight of Joe being suddenly in his face making odd faces. 'Apparently his brand of humor has only gotten slightly more insane after death' Matthew thinks to himself, hoping that in 6 months he's not that bad.
"Hey, any chance you can explain what you were doing earlier to Jenna, also do you mind if we possess the girls again, I was starting to enjoy being Jenna," Matthew asks, unconsciously shuffling in place, anxious to get back the feeling of being alive. Upon hearing his friends response, Joe bursts into laughter, and seeing Matthews confused face at this, makes the laughter even louder.....relatively speaking at least.
"Dude, there are way more things to do as a ghost besides possessing people. Stick with me, and you'll learn a lot more than you would have dreamed of," Joe states, and as he is part way through his sentence, his face slowly morphs into that of Leonardo DiCaprio's, causing Matthew to hop backwards in surprise!
"Whoa, how the hell did you do that?" Matthew exclaims, wondering what else is possible, and feeling somewhat stupid for not experimenting more, though in his defense, he felt being alive to be a top priority....almost like an instinct.
"That's easy," Joe says, his face morphing into that of Matthew's mother now, tone and voice matching perfectly. "As spirits, our forms are malleable, and the only limit is our imagination, and how much energy we have. While we cant fade unless we exhaust said energy, we gain it back by being in highly active areas, like parks, or malls, etc. Possessing people works just as well, but then you get that nasty addiction to possess people all the time, and miss out on being able to imitate life," and upon his last words, Joe's ghostly figure lowers to the ground, and seems to coalesce into a darker tint, and as he walks, starts to make sounds on the pavement, like a real, 'live' solid person would.
Amazed by what he's seen, Matthew is even more shocked, and excited by Joe's next action. Slowly, Joe's figure starts to change, his face slowly shifts to that of his former girlfriend that is only ten feet away from him. The brown eyes he had been seen with in life, slowly darkening into a navy blue, while his nose seemed to become sharper, more defined. His brown hair darkened, turning into a mixture of midnight black, with a green patch growing in to drape his shoulders. Stylish butterfly earrings seem to grow into place, dangling prettily off his new feminine ears. His clothing starts to shrink in some places, and shift in others, until it looks like a tube top with a cape attached in the back, somewhat similar to the dresses one would see in anime. The colors on the top shift to a deep black, with gold inlays running along the shoulders, and flowing down towards the top of his breasts, that have slowly grown in to a nice orange-sized pair. A intricate necklace with gold beads and a strange symbol forms around Joe's neck, and rests snugly between the new bust. The jeans he had been wearing before is the least dramatic change, as they simply fuse together and billow out into a knee-length skirt, that starts to shift into a dark black, with green shapes flowing over the new feminine hips that formed with the dress, accentuating a sexy figure that many would stop to stare at.
Staring at all the changes that Joe made to his shape, and noticing that he looks considerably more solid than before, Matthew is snapped out of his staring, especially the bare midriff that seems to be pulling his attention like a magnet, by Joe's giggles.
"See something you like Matty?" Joe teases, striking a pose, causing his now feminine form to call attention to all the fine details that Matthew ignored in favor of the amazing abs and tone of the siren calling midriff that he had been fascinated by.
Shaking his head, and ignoring the annoyance of his name being shortened, Matthew can only wonder how Joe was able to do all that, and puts voice to his question.
"How were you able to do that, and is it possible for me?" Matthew asks, with some trepidation in apparent in his voice, as well as a small amount lust.
"It's like I explained earlier, it's all about your imagination as well as your energy level. Before you can become corporeal enough to fake life, we'll have to get you somewhere more lively, but we can still get your form shifted right now.
Upon hearing that, Matthew's trepidation is replaced with excitement, and he takes to heart what Joe has said. Going off that, Matthew floats to the ground, and starts to focus on changing his appearance, and suddenly feels changes begin to take place.
While looking at his former girlfriend, Matthew decides to take a cue from Joe, and add some flair to his clothing. The first change he notices, is his hair extending out, and changing from dirty blonde, to bright pink, flowing down to the middle of his shoulder blades. A feeling of lace runs across his scalp, and forms into a headband, and an extremely large rose forms on it. Moving over to the car's mirror, Matthew sees his current changes, and continues, excited that it's working so far.
The next change is his chest, which slowly expands, feeling similar to the sensations he felt as Jenna, but muted, stopping at the size of melons. 'Glad I don't currently have actual weight, or else these would hurt after awhile,' Matthew thinks, while hefting up his new breasts, which, while muted, still tingle with pleasant sensations. Next his shirt and jeans fuse into a two piece dress. The top part seeming like a long white dress shirt, with lace and frills at the wrists, flowing inside the 2nd piece of the dress. The second piece begins to form, starting at the breasts, and adding a second layer over them, it flows down in a form hugging fit, accentuating Matthew's new curves and showing off his slowly forming hips. The dress flows to his ankles, and a slit appears on his upper left thigh, and goes down the dress to his ankles, showing off the now pale while, and well toned looking legs. The last thing to change was a pair of large, heart-shaped earrings that slowly grew in like fruit, finishing off the image of his girlfriend with a few alterations, and a dress to show off what she could be like with a few changes.
"Wow, have to say, you got that pretty quick" Joe states, closing in on Matthew, and running a hand up and down his body. Slightly surprised, it takes Matthew a few moments before he starts to return the favor, focusing on the alluring midriff that keeps drawing his attention for some reason.
"Before we explore more, we need to get you solid" Joe states...
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