I rolled my eyes and she led me out to the kitchenette area where breakfast was already all laid out. Sitting at the table, was Elandris. I frowned, and did a double-take, looking at the Elandris standing beside me, and the one at the table.

“Wait, why are there two of you?”

“Making extra corporeal bodies isn’t too difficult. It does take a lot of concentration to manage two bodies at once though.” The Elandris at the table replied. The Elandris standing beside me suddenly vanished in a puff of smoke. “That’s much better.”

“So you were making breakfast while massaging me, huh?” I giggled, and sat down to eat breakfast. I considered asking her to feed me so I could play games, but decided against it. I should probably take some time to get to know her a little better, over breakfast. Though, it didn’t seemed like she ate.

“Yes. It’s nothing really special. I can create multiple corporeal bodies, but controlling them all can be a strain, so I don’t do it often. Any more than two would be a stretch.” Elandris explained.

“So what happens if you make more than two?” I asked, before scooping up a mouthful of eggs.

“Oh, nothing, I just can’t simultaneously control that many bodies. So the ones I’m not controlling would just go limp when I’m not actively doing anything with them.”

“Ah.” I muttered, with my mouth full. Elandris made some damn great scrambled eggs. I swallowed. “Hey, could you make me an extra body?”

“Hmm.” Elandris frowned, pausing to think for a bit. I watched her expectantly. “I don’t know if I could, but I’m not sure if you’d be able to control it anyway. Normal mortals consciousness’ aren’t usually able to be spread that far.”

“Boo. Couldn’t you at least try me?” I pouted.

“Alright.” Elandris said, cautiously. “I’d need some time to think up a way to do it though. I’ve never done something like this before.”

“Is it… dangerous?” The tone in her voice made me a little nervous. She never talked so seriously. Except for that lecture about my fashion choices.

“It won’t be if I get it right.” Elandris smiled. “But that’s why it’ll take awhile.”

“Okay, well let me know when you’re ready.” I said, munching on some hash browns. “In the meantime, I guess I’ll just play some games.” I paused for a bit. “Elandris, have you ever played any video games before?”

“Hm? No. I had no idea this technology even existed. The last time I was out of my lamp, computers hadn’t even existed yet.” Elandris replied.

“Whoah.” I briefly remembered her mentioning getting the Play-Doh idea from her last master. That explained a lot. “How come you weren’t all surprised by technology and everything?”

“When you’ve existed for as long as I have, such things stop being surprises. The advances of a couple centuries or so are fairly trivial. Also, we genies are given rudimentary knowledge of the era when we’re summoned.” Elandris gave a cryptic grin. “And besides, magic is more entertaining anyway.”

It was hard to disagree with that. I set down my knife and fork, finished her delicious breakfast. “Well, would you like to play some video games with me today? I don’t have much in the way of multi-player games but…”

“I’m afraid I wouldn’t know at all what I’m doing.” Elandris replied.

“Rudimentary knowledge, huh.” I muttered to myself.

“There is a way I could learn pretty quickly, I’d wager. Would you mind a little more magic?” Elandris waved her hand, producing a comical sparkle.

“Of course not.” I laughed.

“Alright then, it’s settled.” Elandris smiled. Without warning, her body evaporated into a puff of comical pink smoke. Unlike when she previously did this though, the smoke coalesced and thinned out, and suddenly made a beeline straight for me. Without intending to, I inhaled the smoke, and it seemed to quickly make its’ way into me.

“Oh, god. What happened?” I choked. I realized there was no reason for me to choke, I hadn’t sensed the smoke at all besides seeing it enter my body. I breathed deeply.

<I dismissed my corporeal body and merged my essence into your body, mistress.> Elandris’s voice sang in my head.

I almost cried out in shock. Instead, I went with mute acceptance. “Oh.” Was all I could muster.

<This is the best way to experience everything you are experiencing. I can sense everything you can, because I am you now, in a manner of speaking.>

“I see.” I muttered. I shrugged, and went to turn on the Switch. “Anyway, this game is called Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild.”


By the time I turned off the Switch, it was already way past time for me to sleep. Elandris had tried to get me to sleep a lot sooner, citing that she could sense my tiredness since she was merged with me, but I would have none of it. She managed to coax me into taking a break for dinner, though. She was rather persuasive, however, and it’s hard to resist when your own body is hijacked by your genie caretaker to go cook dinner for yourself.

“So, what do you think?” I asked Elandris, tentatively. We had just spent nearly an entire day playing Zelda.

<It was interesting. I could sense your enjoyment, and why you enjoyed it.> Elandris said. <It was certainly an amusing time.>

I wasn’t sure what to make of that. “Well, alright then. Would you like to play more games some other time?”

<Possibly. I’d like to experience more through you first mistress, if you wouldn’t mind.>

“Sure.” I giggled, “You can merge with me whenever you want.” Sharing experiences with someone in this way felt strangely intimate. “How do we get you out? The same way you came in?” I asked, quizzically.

<That is an option. If I may be so bold as to suggest an alternate option, mistress?> Elandris said. Even without actually hearing her voice I could sense her eager mischief. Or maybe that was because we were merged.

I rolled my eyes. “Go for it.”

<I’ll need to take possession of your body again for a bit.> Elandris giggled, even as I already felt myself losing control of myself. I stood up unwillingly.

At that moment, I realized something felt off. I felt… loose. I couldn’t move myself to check, but from Elandris’ movements with my body, I could swear my skin was wriggling all over. Then, without warning, Elandris reached up to my collar, and split my body down the middle.

Or rather, just my skin. She ran my own hands down a line inside my chest, and my skin parted in their wake. Beneath my own skin, seemed to be more skin of a familiar tone. I could guess at what was happening. Elandris pulled the hole in my skin larger, and she wriggled her way out of my skin, shedding me like a snake would shed its’ own skin. As she pulled her head out from underneath mine, I felt my face collapsing, as my head were empty. Which I guess, it was. My limbs went limp as she extracted hers, but I found that I had control over them once more. I flopped around wildly, trying to orient myself as Elandris continued extracting herself from my empty skin.

Elandris stepped out of my skin, and without any support, I collapsed to the couch in a pile of deflated skin. Fortunately, I landed face up, to see Elandris grinning at me. “Good one.” I said.

“I thought you might like that.” Elandris giggled, a little evilly. “I took over most of your corporeal mass, and left you as a hollow shell.”

“I noticed.” I grimaced. I flopped around a bit more, trying to sort out my tangled and folded limbs. “Are you planning to return it to me at some point?” I grunted, as I finally sorted myself out, flinging my limbs outwards so I wasn’t tangled up in myself anymore, and I now lay flattened and spread-eagled over the couch. I wasn’t exactly flat though. There were still two layers of my skin, and feeling my insides rubbing up against each other certainly felt bizarre.

“I suppose I could.” Elandris giggled. “But where would the fun in that be, mistress?”

“Good point. How can I talk like this?” I asked. I certainly didn’t feel like I had vocal chords anymore. I struggled to move. By waving my flat, hollow body around, I could maintain enough motion to stay upright instead of collapsing back onto the couch. I also realized that at some point I hadn’t noticed, the seam down my chest had been mended.

“Magic.” Elandris said, helpfully.

I rolled my eyes. “This is weird. It’s like I’m two-dimensional.” I muttered.

“Oh, no, mistress. You very much still have three dimensions.” Elandris said, even more helpfully. “You’re not completely flattened, merely hollow and-“

“Yeah, I get the idea.” I said, “Could you make me completely two-dimensional?” I asked, curiously.

“I could. Would you like me to, mistress?”

“Maybe some other time. Trying to move like this is already tiring enough. Could you restore me to get me ready for bed?” I asked. My current state certainly was interesting, but trying to move was an ordeal.

“As you wish, mistress.” Elandris laughed. “I’ll have to get your corporeal mass back into your body. This may get awkward.”

“What do you mean?” I asked, as Elandris approached me. She didn’t answer, but she picked me up by my head, and pressed her lips against mine. My eyes grew wide as Elandris proceeded to kiss me. Her lips were remarkably soft. They parted, and I felt something gaseous passing through our lips. Oh. That’s how she was returning my ‘mass’. Feeling was returning to my extremities, as I felt them slowly filling up with flesh and I regained complete control of them.

As Elandris continued to kiss me, and I grew more stable, I reached up with my now formed arms, and wrapped them around her waist in an embrace. What am I doing? I’m not sure, but this kiss was… incredible. And there wasn’t even tongue. Elandris’s arms dropped from their position behind my head, as she didn’t need to support it anymore, and her hands slipped down my sides. As my neck muscles returned, I pressed myself just a little deeper into it.

Then, Elandris broke away. I opened my eyes, startled at how much I had gotten into it. I looked down at my body. I was whole and solid, again. Yet, I felt mildly disappointed. Was I disappointed the kiss had ended? I shook my head. I must have been blushing madly.

“Would you like me to prepare you for bed, mistress?” Elandris asked, snapping me out of my haze.

“Yes… yes.” I stammered, as we walked to my bedroom. I sat down on my bed, as Elandris approached to assist me with the nightly ritual.

Then I remembered something I had wanted to ask. “Oh, wait.” I stopped her. “Um. You remember that… Play-Doh thing you did to me?” I asked.

“Of course, mistress.” Elandris chuckled.

“Would there be any dangers to going to sleep in that state?” I inquired.

“I don’t believe so.” Elandris frowned, raising an eyebrow. “But I should warn mistress that I have seen you sleep-“ -this didn’t surprise me as much as you’d think it would- “-and you’d probably end up rather… shapeless, over the night.”

“I’m counting on it.” I giggled. “Go ahead.” Elandris waved her hands over me, and I felt my body become Play-Doh once more. I noticed, too, that Elandris’ magic didn’t seem to take as long as it had before. Maybe she gets better with practice, or something.

“Would you like me to restore you before you wake up, mistress?” Elandris asked, politely.

“Nah.” I grinned. “Don’t restore me until I tell you to.”

“As mistress wishes. Good night, then.” Elandris said, as she left my bedside.

I gently laid myself down in bed, cozy, with my soft, squishy body. I felt my shape conforming to the shape of the sheets and the bed, instead of the other way around. I smiled to myself, and brought my hands up to my eyes. Closing them, I gently applied pressure to my eyelids, until I found my eyelids had sealed shut completely, and I couldn’t separate them anymore. I smiled to myself as I snuggled up under the covers, warm and cozy even as I felt parts of my body melding together involuntarily. I shifted in bed experimentally, turning around to face my body the other direction. But I left my head where it was. My Play-Doh neck simply stretched twisted around itself to accommodate this. I giggled softly to myself as I dozed off to sleep.