Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 20:57:40 -0800 From: Chad Larson Subject: SRU: On The Lam Spell R Us?, John thought to himself, I've never seen this before. He opened the door and stepped in. "Hello John", a voice behind he said. John whirled around. "What do you want, you old geezer?", John asked, "And how do you know my name." "Do you see anything you like?", the old man asked, ignoring John's question. "What, this crap? I just came in here to get away from the police. Seems they didn't like me killing one of their own. You should have seen the look on his face when I shot the pig", John said, almost with pride. "Yes, I'm sure it was very nice.", the shopkeeper barely able to contain his disgust, "In fact, you've done a lot of things the police want you for. You haven't been very nice have you?" "What's it to you, old man?" "Not a thing. Are you sure you don't see anything you like? I have many interesting objects. In fact you may have heard of me. I sell magic items." "Really? Have you got anything that can help me hide from these police forever? If you don't, I'll kill you. I can't have you repeating my little "confession" to the police." "Yes I have just the thing you need, my dear boy. Something that will let you hide from the police forever." The wizards goes in back, to his safe. He picks out a ring and very carefully puts it in a bag, and closes the safe. "You'd better not be hiding from me, old man!", John yelled. "I'll be right out", he said, You insane sociopath, he thought, I have just the thing. "Here you are, my boy. This only has one charge, so use it carefully. You only get one shot.", the wizard said. "Thanks old man. If this thing works, I won't have to kill you. But if you double cross me, you'd better have good life insurance for your next of kin." "I'm sure you'll be pleased." "Bye, you old fart. Thanks for the "gift"." John walked out laughing. The wizard closed the door, and put up the closed sign. He starts laughing himself, and it was a long time before he stopped. Meanwhile, outside the store, John slips on the ring. Suddenly the hand he put the ring on starts to hurt. He looks at it, and to his amazement, it starts turning black. Oh shit, he thought, what happened. That fucking old man better not have tricked me, or he's a dead man. His fingers start to shrink and merge together. His other hand starts hurting, and to his horror, that hand has started doing the same. As he stared, a white fur started crawling up both his arms. He tried to head toward the store, but he fell to his knees. he looked down at his feet and discovered that they had started looking like his hands. Also, the white fur was going up his legs. He felt his body start to shrink. As he tries to move forward, he walks out of his pants. His feet and hands are now completely hoofs. He starts to feel his ears growing longer and his mouth grows into a little muzzle. He looks behind him and sees that the white fur has grown midway up his abdomen. His face starts to grow fur and his nose turns black. His hair falls out as the fur grows over the rest of his head. His body shrinks some more and finally stops. The fur finishes growing over his body. He has become a lamb. The door to the shop opens and the Wizard comes out with a muzzle and leash. He puts them on John, having a bit of a hard time because John is struggling. "Ah, yes John I know you're still in there. Well you wanted to be on the Lam.", he starts chuckling again, "I know a farmer who could use a lamb like you. Especially a Female lamb." John realizes that the wizard is right. He hadn't noticed when he was changing. He tried to struggle, but his body wouldn't respond. "Well, I think it's safe to take the muzzle off. You see, you still have your human mind. You are aware of everything, but can do nothing about it. Come let's go. I still owe this farmer for a item he procured for me.", the wizard says leading John into the store.