The sight that greeted Sharon's eye was of sharp pointy things -- all very shiny, very clean and very, VERY sharp-looking. There was a japanese-style sword, a plethora of daggers, and sliding blades. They were lying on some boxes also packed in the crate, boxes of varuois sizes.
"This isn't what it loks like," Julie insisted.
"I HOPE not," Sharon said. "Because it looks bad. What the heck are you doing lugging around a chest with enough blades in it to outfit a small army?"
Julie grinned. "It's stuff I interited from my Uncle, and I wouldn't dream of leaving it behind!"
"Sentimental reasons, eh?"
"Much better than that," Julie grinned. She took out the samurai sword and unsheathed it in one stroke. "Watch this!"
Sharon's eyes bulged in horror as Julie stuck her leftarm out and with one swing, cut her left hand off. Sharon scream died in her throat as the unexpected turrent of blood failed to come. In fact, when Julie waved the stump at her there was a smooth covering of skin on it.
"Look down," Julie giggled.
Sharon did. Standing on it fingertips was Julie's hand, skittering across the floor towards Sharon. She reached down gingerly at it and it crawled into her own hand. She gave it a squeeze and it squeezed back. She could even feel a pulse! "Oh, wow! This is soo COOL!"
Julie nodded; Sharon noticed her breathing was elevated and her pupils dilated. "Feels even better," she purred. "I can control it of course, and when I want I just bring it over to me and stick it back on...anywhere I want, not just the stump. Of course," she grinned, "I don't have to stick it on my body..."
"What do you mean?"
"Try pressing the stump of that hand anywhere on your body."
"Oh, this is too cool," Sharon exclaimed. "Although it kinda leaves you without a hand."
"It would if I didn't have any practice," Julie smirked. "Sure, you can control it, but only if I let you. Otherwise..."
The new digit immediately bent itself towards Sharon's tummy and began to tickle. Sharon shrieked and tried to pull it off, but it wouldnt come. "No fair! "Sto...stop that!" She gasped through giggles. "Ho...hahahaha...how do I get this thing off?"
The hand stopped tickling. Julie grinned and walked over to Sharon. With a "don't move, now," she lopped the hand off and stuck it back on her stump.
Sharon felt the area where it had been stuck; not even a discoloring of flesh remained. "Wow! Cool!"
"You bet! This box holds the disappearing cloths, all the blades and the smaller prop boxes...Vanishing Head Illusion, Breast-Chopper, Arm and Leg Choppers. The Thin-Model and Mis-Made I'm moving in. The rest of the big boxes have to go in storage."
""What other boxes do you have?" Sharon wanted to know.
Julie looked wistful. "Body-Slide, The Eraser, and The Twister. I'm not crazy about the last one but Body-Slide is FUN."
"Mmmmm....sounds like it!"
Wed Aug 14 18:59:50 2002