Ultimate Potion - Vacation Time, pt. 12
by Tal Greywolf
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Tyler lay in his bed, oblivious to the world. The last few days had been
hectic, between his work at the college, dealing with the issues that his friend
Ryan had found himself in, along with the meeting with the Council. Before
falling asleep last night, his last conscious thought was the hope that today
would give him a little respite from all the curve balls that life was throwing
at him.
He was so deeply asleep that he didn't know that a large feline padded into his
bedroom, the patterns and colorations marking it as a clouded leopard. The
feline paused for a moment, then tensed and leapt up into the bed, landing right
on Tyler's stomach.
Instantly he was awake and let out a surprised yelp, only to follow it up with
sputtering sounds as the feline proceeded to lick his face. He felt a light
mental touch, and the thoughts of Felice entered his mind.
::Wake up, lover. You've slept long enough.::
Grumbling, he opened his eyes and peered at the feline face staring back at him.
"Do you know how much I needed that sleep?"
There was a chuffing sort of sound from her, along with a mental giggle. Her
form blurred and stretched out until she was laying on him, back in her human
shape. "After our fun last night, you were out like a light." She tried to
sound miffed, but knew Tyler had needed the rest. "So what's on the agenda
today?"
Tyler mmmphed softly, then moved to sit up in the bed. "Well, I was thinking of
going out to the zoo, but I suspect Ryan and Caroline will be calling." He
glanced at the clock, and saw it was 10:17 in the morning. "Probably in the
next hour or so," he added.
Felice nodded. "Want me to go?" she asked, and saw Tyler shake his head.
"No, in fact I'd rather you stay. Might be helpful if you got to know them as
well, help them with adjusting to being shapeshifters."
Felice nodded. "I was thinking pretty much the same thing," she said. "So how
much shifting have they done already?"
"It'd probably be easier to say what they haven't tried," Tyler said, chuckling.
He slid out of the bed and started towards the bathroom. "Let me get cleaned up
and dressed, and I'll brief you here."
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Once Tyler was feeling more alive, he booted up his computer. Felice sat next
to him, and over the next half hour Tyler showed her the videos he had from Ryan
and Caroline's escapades. Felice watched in fascination at the sheer number of
different forms Caroline had taken, as well as Ryan's bits he recorded at the
cabin.
When the videos ended, Felice sat back in her chair. "Wow," she said after a
few moments. "They really have been experimenting a lot with their abilities."
"I have to admit that they've taken things much further than even I would have
expected," Tyler said. He glanced up at the shelf, where the small bottle of
potion sat among a variety of other items, many of which were magical in
nature. Not that anyone other than Felice would know that, Tyler tended to
believe in the idea of security through obscurity.
"Much further??" Felice let out a snort. "Lover, they've gone into directions
even I never imagined. I thought being a tiger or a wolf was an experience but
they've expanded what's possible because of that potion."
"Which is why I still want you to stick around and talk with them. Given them
an idea of life as a shapeshifter has been for you since you were 19."
Felice would have added something, but at that moment Tyler's cellphone rang.
"Right on schedule," he said, and touched the screen.
"Hello, Ryan."
"Hi, Tyler." Ryan's voice was a touch hesitant. "I was wondering... you said
we could always talk with you."
"Save the rest of what you're about to ask," Tyler quickly said. "Yes, you can
come on over. When do you want to show up?"
"Ummm... how about a half hour?"
Tyler glanced at the clock. "Ok, I'll see you here by 11:30."
"See you then." The line died, and Tyler put the phone back in its holder.
"They're on the way over now."
Felice nodded. "Any idea what we're going to do?"
"Play it by ear, just as I always do."
---
Just a little past 11:30 there was a knock on the door. Tyler went to the door
and opened it, seeing Ryan and Caroline standing there, both looking a touch
pensive.
"Hi, Ryan, Caroline. Come on in." He moved to allow them into his place, then
closed the door. "You remember Felice, don't you?"
Ryan smiled a bit. "I remember you mentioned her in the past." He saw her
walking into the living room, carrying a tray of glasses.
"Hi, Ryan," Felice said. She looked at Caroline and smiled warmly. "And this
is Caroline, your girlfriend?"
Caroline laughed. "Well, maybe a little more than just my boyfriend." She went
over and gave Felice a light hug. "I'm glad to meet you, Ryan really didn't
talk much about you or Tyler both."
"Well, I can understand that," Tyler said. He waved Ryan and Caroline to sit
down and they both settled down on the couch. Tyler took his usual chair, while
Felice settled comfortably into a matching lounge chair. "So, what's the
problem?" Tyler asked.
Ryan closed his eyes and tried to put his thoughts together. "Caroline and I
have been talking, and, well, we're not sure where to go from this point. You
said this was permanent, right?"
Tyler nodded slowly. "Well, as far as I can tell, it's pretty much permanent.
And I think that's because Caroline is so heavily into the idea of
shapeshifting, her own thoughts altered the potion to make the effects permanent
for you both."
Felice suddenly added her own comments. "Being a shapeshifter isn't the real
problem, is it? It's how are you going to deal with ordinary folks, people
you're going to have to deal with on a daily basis. That's what you're really
worried about, isn't it?"
"Yes." That came from Ryan and Caroline both at the same time. Tyler chuckled
softly and shook his head.
"Warped minds think alike, don't they?" He gave both of them a warm wink.
"Then again, given how much you two have spent together literally..."
Caroline blushed bright red. "I can't help it that I want to be a goo gal and
spend time with Ryan as a goo guy." Her statement made Ryan blush as well,
while Felice merely smiled at them both.
"Tyler asked me to be here because I can understand what you two are going
through." Felice stood up from her chair, and her form visibly altered into a
morphic tigress. The sight of her change made both Ryan and Caroline gasp in
surprise. Felice smiled, then sat back down in her chair, shifting back to
human shape. "Unlike you two, I'm a natural shapeshifter. I was born that way,
so I know what it's like having to keep your abilities secret from the normal
population."
Ryan recovered first from the shock of what he had just witnessed, and looked at
Tyler. "What about you?"
Tyler chuckled gently, and held up his hands. "Me? Just because I'm a fan of
shapeshifting and I have a girlfriend who turns into kinky shapes from time to
time," he said, his response getting him a raspberry from Felice. "That doesn't
mean a thing. It's you two who are the topic at the moment, and my question to
you is, what are you going to do about dealing with the norms?"
"Well, it's not like we can shift in public," Caroline said, getting a nod of
agreement from Felice. "I guess we'll just have to learn about keeping our
desires in check, hard as that's going to be."
"Oh, it's going to be very hard," Felice said as her reply. "You're going to
want to shift to reach something, or to avoid another person, and you can't do
that. And you can't count on people not noticing, that only works to a limited
extent."
"It's like magic," Tyler added. "Most folks don't believe in magic, so if
someone were to do real magic in public, they'd think it was an illusion." He
paused a moment. "That's what some mages do, incidentally, they use stage magic
as a cover for performing real magic. There's at least three magicians I know
performing in Las Vegas who does that.
"But shapeshifting is a different situation, and it's very hard to ignore having
a tail, or four arms, or fur. You could get away with it at, say, a cosplay
convention or a furry convention, you might even be envied at those spots. But
that's more of a private gathering, walking down White Ave. as a vixen would
definitely be noticed."
They both nodded in understanding. "So, we just have to clamp down on things in
public?" Ryan asked. "Be careful what we think?"
Felice nodded. "Very careful. Now, what you do in private, well, that's
whatever you two decide. I can say that just from what I see that you two are
very compatible with each other, which is a good thing. You need to have
someone to talk to, and you both are comfortable together."
"And like I've said before," Tyler reminded them, "if you need someone to talk
with, a third party, feel free to call or contact me. About the only time I
won't reply is if I'm sleeping or out with Felice." Felice gave him another
raspberry, making everyone laugh.
"So," Tyler asked, "feeling a bit better now that you know you're not the only
ones around here?"
Ryan nodded and Caroline smiled. "A little bit, yes," she said. "Although I'd
like to get to know you," and she looked at Felice directly, "a lot better.
It'd be nice to have another friend, especially since Gena's moving."
"Figuratively or literally?" That came from Tyler, who was promptly swatted by
Felice. "Quiet, you," she said sternly, as Caroline giggled at the pair.
Felice looked back at Caroline and winked.
"Well, like Tyler, if you do want to talk, you can get hold of me. I'll give
you my cellphone number." She quickly found a piece of paper and scribbled down
her phone number before handing it to Caroline.
"Thanks." Caroline hugged Felice lightly, then let out an oof! as Ryan joined
the hug pile.
Tyler merely watched, then shook his head in amusement. "All right, that's
enough. Felice and I are going out, you two are welcomed to join."
"I think we'll pass this time," Ryan said, as he gave Caroline a kiss. "We're
going to spend a little more time together before having to face tomorrow."
"As long as you're on time into the office, you'll be fine." Tyler made a
shooing motion, and everyone laughed again. "Go have fun, you two. I'll see
you tomorrow morning, Ryan."
"Don't remind me," he said with a forlorn tone. But both Ryan and Caroline
headed on out, Felice and Tyler watching until their car disappeared down the
street. Tyler turned to Felice, who merely smiled at him.
"Any bets they get insane this evening?"
Felice snorted. "This evening? They'll be insane within the next hour if I had
to guess."
Tyler grinned back and let Felice back inside. "You're probably right.
Although I can see them being insane with their shapeshifting for a long, long
time."
---
A soft burbling moan came from Ryan's bathroom, followed by a second moan. Had
anyone walked in, they would have seen the tub filled with a mass of goo, blue
and red streaks that twined, flowed and twisted about randomly. Ryan and
Caroline's clothes were on the bathroom floor, but the pair were in the tub as a
merged mass of goo.
On occasion a face would form on the surface. It might have Caroline's
features, other times it would look like Ryan's face. But just as often it
would be a blending of the two into a single shape, male and female features
merged into a unique appearance.
Their pleasures were also blended, the sense of being male or female having
transformed into being both at once. To them, having merged into one body,
their sexual aspects were also merged, so that Ryan would find himself
experiencing sex as a female as Caroline was savoring sex as a male. Orgasms
would come in waves, making them shudder, rising up from the tub as their throat
issued dual cries of bliss, then they'd cascade back into the tub to rest in a
post-orgasmic haze until they would do it again.
Through it all, there was one thought that was at the top of their minds, one
that guided what they were doing. The thought was from Caroline, a warm,
desiring wish.
:: Stay with me ::
Ryan's single reply enveloped that thought, making her shiver mentally and
physically.
:: As long as you want me ::
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