Only When I Lose Myself

Only When I Lose Myself
Nathan to Louis Winthorpe III (Trading Places) TF/MC

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The shapeshifting half-vampire monsterologist known as Nathan Forester was looking around in the place that was considered a second home to him,  it was a little unusual but he had slowly been adapting to it...it wasn't as regal/elegant as his apartment was and he was getting worried,  luckily he had his pet Lycanroc with him to keep him company.  He had been adjusting rather well but when it came to adjusting to certain things and when it came to sleeping....he missed his coffin bed,  that was the bed he slept in back home and he missed it...he was having to adjust to sleeping like what he would normally consider a mortal's way of doing so - basically sleeping early and getting up earlier and it was having an effect on his mind,  giving him odd dreams/visions...visions of having psychic abilities and being possessed by Dan Aykroyd, and of turning into him and characters he played.  One night he was watching the hit comedy Trading Places and listening to music on Spotify....'It's only when I lose myself in somewhere else that I find myself....I find myself' he murmured to himself as the song by Depeche Mode played, he began to think about what it would be to become someone other than himself,  there weren't many times where he wished he could become someone else but this was one of those moments,  he watched the movie and found himself becoming envious of Dan Aykroyd's character Louis Winthorpe III. 'Lucky bastard, I wish I could be that guy.  Yeah he had a breakdown but he learned what it's like to be in somewhere else's footsteps...I wish I could be him.'   It was then that by supernatural coincidence his wish was granted as the full moon emerged from behind the clouds and the screen started glowing, he backed away...feeling a little bit afraid.  'What's going on? Why do I feel so strange?',  he got a strange sensation all through his body.

He panted back and forth as his body slowly started to alter and change starting with his chest and torso broadening and growing, his whole physique slenderizing as his skin's imperfections faded away, even the surgery scars and the cut he had on his right thumb as his hands contorted and altered,  growing a bit larger....he groaned and attempted to resist but the moon was seemingly calling to him, making him want to look at it and it made him feel relaxed.  He gasped as he gazed upon it,  feeling entranced and like he just wanted to let what was happening to him happen.   His clothing slowly turning from a black and white striped t shirt and jeans to a clean-cut suit of some kind, making him look like he was going out to an awards ceremony or a special event. The changes slowly spread to his arms as they too lengthened and his legs followed suit,  his much more athletic physique made him feel better about his own self consciousness.   He was fascinated by what was happening to him,  and as strange as it was...he couldn't help but be intrigued by it.  'Is this really happening?'  'Why yes,  it is.'  Nathan turned around and saw Louis Winthorpe III speaking to him from inside the computer screen.

"I'm granting your wish..."

"I'm starting to have second thoughts on this..."

"Second thoughts?  But we're already starting out so well...look at you...you're progressing nicely."

"On second thought....I like this,  carry on."

It may have been that the place he was in was smaller than his regular home but he felt like he was outgrowing the place and everything was smaller than he was,  but that was due to his height slowly extending from 5'7 to 6'1,   which meant he was growing taller...examining his feet he could feel them following the same change his hands went through,  with two of the toes on each of them become 'webbed' in appearnace.  His back and shoulders followed suit as his neckline altered....he then noticed his new clothing and examined his reflection in the mirror.  'Am I?  No way...is this what Aykroyd mode feels like?' he pondred to himself as his long straight brown hair shortened and darkened,  slowly changing in terms of its style.  His brow altered as his eyebrows thickened, he blinked and closed his eyes,   upon opening them instinctively he found his eyes were undergoing an unusual alteration,  one of them remained brown while the other turned from brown to green.   He could tell by the webbed toes, the height and the eyes that he was going Aykroyd but the curious thing was that it only had happened to him once or twice and he didn't have the 'Aykroyd mode' ability that Eucalyptus had,  or rather she thought...maybe hanging out with her and transferred it to him, it was  definitely a possiblity.  He gasped, examining his face with his hands as his nose broadened and his mouth contorted, his lips becoming a bit kissable as his cheekbones sharpened and his jawline altered.  A tiny dimple popped up in the middle of his nose,  without warning...he suddenly sneezed before covering his mouth and nose in embarrassment.  'Sorry...must be the cold air around here.'

He examined his face,  feeling his features warp and contort themselves..looking distinctively Aykroydian in appearance as he couldn't help but enamored by how impressive and refined he looked,  he was starting to feel a lot better too.  'Now that definitely must feel better,  yes?'  'It does...'  'I'm here to help ya out...you're basically trading places...heh heh, with me...by turning into me.'  'I never thought of it that way...'  'It's good for both of us. You'll grow to love it,  and i'll get to learn about you.'   Nathan felt a grumbling in his throat as his voice deepened and contorted to match his appearance, deepening and altering to become as Aykroyd-like as his appearance was.  'I sound and look just like you now...'  He gasped as his mind and personality changed,  his memories shifting to become Louis's ones as he felt like he had done a good deed. A few seconds later and he remembered he was Louis Winthorpe III and he had been summoned to grant 'Nathan's' wish by trading places with him,  and now that there were two Louises...the other Louis (the one from the screen) emerged out of the computer screen and immediately examined himself.  'Hey there, looking good Louis.'  'Thanks,  feeling pretty good Louis.'

"Now for my part of the trade..."

"So you're gonna take my former place then?"

"Yes...nobody will be able to tell the difference."

The real Louis Winthorpe III put his plan into action while his twin followed him and listened to him,  withing a few seconds later they put their plan into action...the real Louis took 'Nathan's place at the 'second home' and helped with Nathan's mother,  while Nathan as the new Louis Winthrope III got to enjoy a life of luxury and admiration and thus with that a successful trade had happened and both of them got something out of it.  It never hurts to trade with someone else from time to time,  after all a little change of scenery was just what he had wished for.