Jim takes the Claudia skin and head and clothes to one of the little rooms off the main warehouse. Sure enough, they're dressing rooms, and remarkably comfortable ones: warm, snug, with a big padded bench and a three-way mirror and plenty of hooks for hanging skins and heads and clothes from. There's even a dispenser from which Jim pulls out a big, tough, opaque shopping bag -- it's almost an encouragement to taking these skins and clothes home! Anyway, Jim strips, putting his clothes on convenient hooks, and puts the Claudia head on another while he gets into the body part of what he assumes is a Claudia Schiffer suit. The boneless face of Claudia, not as stunning without makeup but still that of a very attractive young woman, looks at Jim out of its empty, half-shut eyes as he gets into the skin. It slides on easily and stretches readily as Jim puts first his feet and legs, then his torso and hands and arms inside...it seals up neatly but the fine Claudia skin, looking almost real, is simply splayed out over Jim's body. He takes the head off its hook and impatiently jams it over his own, taking a minute to align its face's features with his own. Then Jim seals the neck of the costume and the changes hit: shrinking bones, shifting fat, withering muscles...the costume feeling less and less like costume and more and more like skin... Several minutes later, a naked Claudia Schiffer, with no makeup, her hair clean but messy, looks into the mirror at herself. She grabs a handful of her hair and tugs it: it's hers, rooted to her scalp. Likewise her pubic hair...the clitoris is full of sensation, as are the nipples of the fine breasts. "Hi, I'm Claudia Schiffer!" says the woman in Jim's tones and accent but with Claudia's vocal apparatus...but she seems to realize that she can switch on a false Claudia self at will, for she says it again in Claudia's accent and tones, a typical Claudia expression on her fine new face. She laughs Claudia's laugh and starts putting on the underthings, blouse, and dark slacks, with a little jewelry -- the sorts of things that her original would wear on a day off work.
Fri Jan 21 15:13:32 2000