Doll Parts

I'm back to doing short videos on YouTube (please subscribe) after a period of a few bonuses and experiments. I'm proud of this one because it feels like a complete short film. It tells a full tail of a man swapping into the body of a doll.

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Six months ago, I had found myself locked in a department store after hours. I don’t know why, but I felt compelled to reach out and touch one of the mannequins. To my surprise, the mannequin came to life! The woman (who had just been a freeking mannequin a minute ago) thanked me and then quickly apologized before running off.

I tried to chase her, but I soon found my feet stuck in place. My skin became an alabaster shade of white. Gaps formed at my joints. My entire body was becoming fiberglass or plastic and the form was a feminine one, much like the one I had touched. When it finally reached my head, I was briefly in a living hell of being completely paralyzed before even my brain was plasticized into inanimate oblivion.

It felt like a mere moment later, but with the sun now coming up, it was clear several hours had passed as the process went in reverse shortly before the store was set to open. Except instead of reverting to my own body, I became a human form of the mannequin I had become -- a gorgeous woman with an envious body fit for showcasing fashion. On top of all that, a clerk had apparently put me in a wedding dress overnight. It was all pretty embarrassing for a guy like me!

Over the next few days, I discovered I had taken on a curse. At night, generally right before stores closed, I would turn into a mannequin. I’d transform into a woman shortly before they opened. It didn’t matter if a body part was removed from the mannequin; I’d always wake up with no missing parts to my human body. It was best to let the transformation happen in a store; I was on the street once and woke up naked and in the trash. I don’t know what triggered me taking up the curse from the woman who had it before me, and I’m not sure how, when, or if anyone will ever take it from me!

Store Display

Brad would often walk by the store display at night on his way home from work. He usually didn’t give much notice to the mannequins behind the glass of the closed shop, but today he stopped. For just a moment, he swore he saw one of the mannequins move. He was sure he was seeing things, so he decided to be on his way, but he was frozen in place. He couldn’t move. His body had tensed up. He was sure that his skin was starting to look like plastic just before his vision went dark.

It cleared a few moments later, but he realized he was now on the other side of the glass. His skin seemed fleshy again, and he could move. He looked outside to where he had been to see a male mannequin standing there wearing the clothes he had been wearing. Then he looked down a yellow dress he had seen in the window. It seemed impossible, but he somehow switched places with one of the mannequins -- except he was a real woman while his own body was now lifeless plastic. He realized he’d have to wait until morning when they unlocked the store. He had no idea how he was going to explain how he got in here to anyone, but he had all night to think of a good excuse. Surely no one would buy the truth!

A.I.

Once androids became more mainstream in the world, it didn’t take long for Nigel to create a program that would allow a person to upload one’s consciousness into the network inside the robot. He was reluctant to release his work to the public, but with his own health failing, Nigel took a risky move by uploading his own brain into the nearest android connected to a network. Within moments, he was surprised to find himself in an artificial body. He was even more surprised that the body happened to be female. The robotic joints felts stiff and very mechanical, even though he was sure anyone watching would see them as fluid and almost a perfect mimicking of a human. Then there was the bigger problem of still being connected to a network! Whoever owned this android used her quite frequently. To make speeches at sales presentations, to wave like a model. Whenever the body was sent a command over the network, he had no way to stop himself -- he had to do it! If he were just given a chance to rest, he might be able to get to a computer and disconnect himself, but he never seemed to get a break long enough...

Spirit

Jeff looked down to the floor to see the toothbrush that he had forced Angie’s conscious into. He had been trying to use the spell to steal her body for weeks now, but he kept getting forced out by Angie’s spirit. That’s when he figured out a plan to get her spirit out of there first. Sure, a toothbrush was an odd choice, but it was right there, available to use. He looked down at it; he wondered if she could still see or hear...or even if she could now feel or think. After all, her soul was now in the body of an inanimate object. And, meanwhile, he was now inside her body, and very ready to enjoy it.

Conscious

It was painfully obvious to this Chris at this point that he had somehow screwed up the magic spell. Had he cast it properly, he would’ve swapped bodies with the store clerk. Instead, he messed up terribly and found himself trapped inside the body of one of the store’s mannequins up front. There was no way he could ever hope to reverse the spell -- he was completely frozen in place due to the fact that he was now stuck in an immobile plastic shell. What was weird was that he still seemed to have all his senses. He could still see out onto the street, where his former body now lay lifeless. He could still feel. He felt the satin glove on his hand; he also felt the cool air seeping in through the glass window of the store. It was a little too chilly for him, but there was little he could do to change the sleeveless pink dress he now wore. He could hear voices of people in the store, though he couldn’t turn around to see them. He began to wonder how he could do these things -- or even how he was able to think about any of this -- after all, he no longer had nerves or organs or even a brain in his head; he was now just a plastic mold, yet he was somehow still conscious.

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Role Swapper: Mailbox

Based off of this interactive story

Roy was already laughing hysterically at what the Role Swapper could do. His roommate Jack had been saying goodbye to his girlfriend Sarah when he zapped her. Next, he zapped their blue mailbox. Sarah’s entire body now matched the blue with the mailbox atop her head. To kiss Jack goodbye, she opened the front as he stuck his lips inside. Then she walked away, Roy guessed to work. Meanwhile, on the other side of the gate, Sarah’s head lay atop a post with letter’s in her mouth. Her clothes were wrapped around the post. Roy realized this Role Swapper device could really change reality in strange ways! He’d better be careful how he used it! Plus, he’d have to remember to switch Sarah back when she returned to see Jack this evening! Not that he could forget!

Mannequin

Sam really wanted to scream, but he was completely unable. About an hour ago, he had been staring at a large breasted mannequin when he soon realized that he was on the other side of the glass. He tried to move his eyes and turn his head to look back to see his body, but he found that he was completely unable! His arms, stuck in an upward position, got incredibly tired, but he could not put them down. He felt the weight on his chest from the large, plastic breasts, but the weight only hurt his fake, plastic spine. He was stuck int he body of the mannequin, and there was nothing he could do about it!

Transformation virus

If you thought the H1N1 Virus was bad, the Transformation Virus turned out to be much worse. There were no warning signs, and changes were often very sudden. Luckily, cases were rare, but many turned out to be quite severe. When Walter transformed at a party, it took a while for panic to set in--or for anyone to even notice. First, his skin darkened, then he became very female--he didn't think it was that bad for him, and he smiled. But then the changes continued...his body from the waist down transformed further--but into something not human! His lower body was an umbrella! He wasn't sure how he even managed to balance on that little hooked handle that was once his feet!

Mannequins

Every day after school, the three teenage boys would ride their bikes passed the store window display, and they would gawk at the mannequins in the window like only three teenage boys could. One day something strange happened; they felt a compulsion to stare just a little longer than usual, and were blinded by a bright light. Each boy could feel their skin stiffen up as it slowly turned into plastic. Their clothes morphed into fashionable wear. Meanwhile, the mannequins plastic turned into real flesh, and the clothes become the grungy wear of teenage boys. The three mannequins were a little unaware what to do now that they were real for the first time and able to move. However, they climbed down from their window perch to explore the world. A few hours later, the store owner was confused to see what he thought was his mannequins on display in the street, and he moved them back into the store. The boys, now unable to move or speak, just screamed silently as they were trapped inside the female mannequin bodies forever. [LINK]