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Chapter 2
I was awoken with a strange feeling; my body and mind were reshaping again, but this time it felt different. How long had I been out? And why did this seem like déjà vu? Looks like I was about to get my answer, I could feel the summoning. Show time I guess.
"Greetings, I am the Gen..."
"Grant!!"
"What the fuck? Tom?" I instantly realised where I was again. "What happened?"
"I think you granted my wish but then you disappeared, I thought I'd messed something up." I stood back on the ground and looked around the room; nothing had changed so I couldn't have been back in the lamp for long.
"How long was I gone for?"
"About an hour. Look at the shine on your lamp; I was rubbing it constantly trying to get you back." He was right; I'd never seen it sparkle like that. "Did it work? Do you feel any different?"
"I don't know, I don't think so, but I know you've only got two wishes left." He looked sad again at that moment and I started to feel really sorry for him. Wait!! I'd never felt sorry for anyone before, if they fucked up their wishes I was usually indifferent to them but now I just felt like I wanted to hold him and reassure him. "Hold on, something's different?"
"What do you mean different?"
"When you looked sad then I actually felt sympathy for you, and that's never happened before." He started to smile and I felt myself smiling at the same time, almost like it was infectious.
"So do you think you have desires and needs now?" He asked.
"I think so, but I think my emotions have been heightened as well. This is going to feel weird."
"Try looking at yourself in the mirror again; see what you think of the reflection this time." I did as he said and felt totally different looking at myself now. I saw a similar reflection to before but with a few subtle differences. My eyes were now a much brighter blue whereas before they'd been a slightly murkier hazel colour, my cheekbones also seemed a little more pronounced and my jaw was a little wider. I was definitely more handsome this time around and I had kept the lighter hair from before, which I much preferred to the darker hair I'd had centuries ago. What was I wearing though? I was topless as before but on my lower half I was wearing really loose trousers that almost ballooned out comically and velvet shoes which curled over at the ends.
"Urgh...who the fuck dressed me this morning, what do people your age wear these days?" I looked Tom over in his hoodie and Chinos and decided to try something similar. "There, how do I look?"
"This is about you now remember? How do you think you look?" He asked.
"I think this looks pretty good, but then again that's partly because you do."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well when you picked up the lamp you kinda imprinted onto me, so I came out similar to you." I replied but he still looked a little confused. "Basically I know what you like so I can tailor wishes a bit more towards you, so if you wished for some new clothes I wouldn't just magic up some Arabian shit, I'd give you clothes in a style you liked in colours you liked, does that make sense?"
"Yeah I guess. Does that also mean you know what kind of people I find attractive?"
"Sure, though I don't know why as I can't make them fall in love with you. Is it usual in this day and age to be attracted to people of the same sex?" His face suddenly flushed and I realised I'd embarrassed him which then made me feel bad for doing that. Wow, this new empathy I was feeling was going to take some getting used to. "So is it a bad thing that you like other guys?"
"Umm...not really, well kinda...it's hard to explain. It's getting better and slightly more normal in society but there's still some people who don't like it, and some countries where it's illegal."
"Hmmm...well that sucks. Don't go trying to wish the bigots away though; I'd have to create a new island or something to send them all to."
"Not necessarily, there's plenty of room for them in Antarctica." He replied with a smile, I smiled back as well even though I had no idea where he meant. "So if you've imprinted off me does that mean you're attracted to guys as well?"
"Hard to say, I haven't really seen any other guys except for you, but you are kinda cute." We both blushed together this time. "And I don't mean to sound a bit vain but I'm rather cute too."
"I guess that's fair as it's the first time you've actually seen yourself looking like this."
"There is one thing though, and I don't know whether this is from you or just something I like." I said wistfully.
"What's that?"
"Even though you're cute I kinda wanna see you with more muscle, is that bad?" I felt really bad right then, I did find Tom attractive but I'd probably find him hotter if he had more meat on his bones. Would it be wrong to manipulating him to wish to be bigger?
"You've definitely got that from me." He replied with a smile. "I love seeing guys with muscle but I just don't have the motivation for getting myself bigger, and I think I've got the wrong body type for it."
"Want me to beef up a bit?" I asked with a cheeky smile as I saw his jaw drop. "I'll take that as a yes then." I made my top vanish and then turned back to the mirror to watch my body grow. It was simple enough to change, all I had to do was think about what I wanted and it happened. My skinny, shapeless body began to expand in all directions; I watched as my unimpressive chest suddenly began to inflate outwards while my shoulders moved farther apart. My once flat midsection seemed to move in waves as the rows of abs burst forward and jockeyed for position, then I watched as they were pushed in from the sides by my hardening obliques. My arms pushed outwards from my body as they grew thicker and heavier, I looked down at my forearms bursting with corded muscle that danced as I moved my fingers. Finally I brought the growth to a halt as I looked at my new and improved body. I didn't look as big as some of the characters in Tom's posters, especially that green guy, but I still looked incredible. I turned to look at Tom and he was still standing slack jawed. "You like it?" I asked, giving my pecs a little bounce.
"Holy shit you look incredible." He replied then came over to take a closer look. "I don't know where to start." He tentatively reached out to touch my chest and I was amazed at how strange it felt to be touched by another person.
"Oh man I've never felt anything like this before."
"You've never been muscular before?" He asked as his hands caressed my shoulders.
"I have, but I never did so out of a desire, it just kinda matched one of my masters though I didn't really care how I looked at the time. But I've never felt anyone touch my skin before; that's a weird new sensation."
"Wow, are you like the ten thousand year old virgin or something?" He had a cheeky smirk on his face now as I nodded. In all the time I'd been alive no one had ever desired me, most people either feared me or were too caught up in what they could get for themselves. "So are you strong as well?" He ran his hands down my bicep as I gave it a little flex.
"Of course, I could probably grow much bigger and crush the earth if I wanted." I replied, growing a couple of inches taller.
"Err...yeah, let's not do that then shall we? I kinda have all my stuff here." He took a step back to look at me and I could see the desire in his face. "Wow, I w..."
"Ah-ah-ah, remember to make sure you know what you really want before you blurt out the W word." I said, cutting him off before he made a mistake.
"I was going to say `I wanna look like that' but I wasn't going to wish it...yet." He then looked thoughtful. "So how do you think you look now?"
"I think I prefer this look, although I think I'd get a lot of stares if I was too big. It's weird because even though you wanted me to have desires and dreams I think I also had my emotions amplified." I shrunk down a little but still looked ripped to shreds, then I put my hoodie back on and you'd never know I was much different from Tom. "I think this is how I'd look normally, what do you think?"
"I think you look incredible like this, but even better as you were before." I gave him a little smile, lost the hoodie and buffed up slightly bigger than before.
"Holy crap dude! You'd win any bodybuilding contest hands down."
"What the fuck is bodybuilding?" I asked. He then picked up what he called a tablet, although it wasn't made out of stone like the tablets I was used to, and it actually seemed kinda flimsy. Whatever he did to it made some pictures appear of men wearing only the tiniest piece of clothing and showing off huge muscles, some of these guys were absolutely massive and I could see Tom was enjoying looking at them. "Want me to get that big?" I asked him. Without waiting for a reply I was wearing one of those small pouches and making everything expand again. He looked shocked again but then did something to the tablet so there were moving pictures of these bodybuilders. I watched as they moved their bodies around to emphasise certain muscle groups and I decided to try it as well. Tom had clearly been watching these guys a lot as he kept giving me tips on how to move and `flex' as he called it.
He guided me through these poses and spent a lot of time feeling my muscles flex and move. I too enjoyed the feeling of my new body, I'd never felt muscles become hard before and it was an incredible sensation. I tried moving my legs closer together but I ended up with quite a wide gait as they were so thick but it was fun to watch them jiggle around and then firm up like tree trunks. I looked back up to my midsection and ran my hands down my stomach as I crunched down on it. I was amazed at how it felt like a fleshy wall holding up my colossal pecs. Next I brought my arms up to check out my biceps and I heard a sharp intake of breath from Tom as the peaks nearly reached my fists. He tried squeezing them with all his might but never made a dent in them.
"So I assume you like this look on me then?" I asked.
He took a step back and I relaxed as he took in the sight before him. "Absolutely, but I meant what I said earlier about wanting to look like that."
"Well you still have two wishes left; it's possible to look like this if you really want to." I replied pulling one of those most muscular poses I'd seen earlier. "Just remember to make the wish specific so you get what you want."
"Ok then, I want to be able to change my body in any way, so I can get taller, more muscular or smaller and skinnier if I want to."
"Might I suggest putting a limit on it? You don't really want to grow massive and have people trying to kill you to stop you crushing everything do you?"
"I guess not, even though it could be fun at first." He smiled at the thought but thankfully he'd seen sense. "Ok, so how about maxing out at about ten feet tall and maybe about fifteen hundred pounds?" I take that back about seeing sense but at least he could hide easier at that size.
"Ok, if that's what you want, just say the words."
"I wish I could change my body at will in the way I just said before."
I felt the power building as I focused on what he wanted then smiled and said one simple word. "Granted!"