A phone call

"Fuck!" You yell outloud. Goddammit! Of course he didn't just stay as Tina, it was too good to be true. You growl. You were back to square one now; he left no clues.

You take a look back at the black pen. There must be a way to turn her back. The imposter wore you when he turned you into a skin, you knew that for sure. Yet here you were, meaning he somehow reversed the skinning. It shouldn't be too complicated. What if you just...

You aimed the pen at the deflated skin, readying yourself to shoot when suddenly, a phone rings.

The pen dropped out of your hand in shock. Picking it up you search for the source of the ring, first checking your comments only to realize it was coming from the dresser. It was Tina's.

And if that's not enough, it was from Max, Tina's boyfriend.

You were about to put it to voice-mail, but stalled right before you were about to press the screen. It was too perfectly timed... right? This was too suspicious... what if it was the imposter checking in to see if you had brought back Tina? Or hell, maybe to give you another clue? He clearly enjoyed this goose hunt. You had to investigate further.

Your mind raced as the phone continued ringing. It was over 10 seconds now. If it really were the imposter, he would get suspicious if it were any much longer. You could answer it right now, but then why would David answer Tina's phone? You hated to admit this, but had a better possibility.

You called back to the video clue he had left you. He was speaking to you in your own voice. It made sense that when you put on a skin, you gain the voice of the person you wear. That must mean...

Disgusted, you turn your look back to the bed. Without much time to contemplate, you turn the naked skin of your sister upside down. On the nape of her neck, as you expected was a hole. Big enough to fit your neck in.

You gulped. It must have been some 20 seconds since the phone started ringing by now. You had to answer. You lifted the empty husk of a face up to yours. It looked even weirder from up close. But despite how repulsive it was to you, you bear it and push your head inside the hole.

For a moment it felt as if someone was rubbing their skin against yours, but that feeling fades as the foreign face settles into place over yours. Your face felt numb, and your vision was dark. For a long moment you felt helpless, but then suddenly, you open your eyes.

You stretched your mouth, opening your eyes wide. Your entire face felt weird. It was... off... your proportions were different. Your face was slender, smaller even. And with every movement of your head, long dirty blonde locks of hair slung into your field of view. And when you cleared your throat, you foud that like you suspected, your voice is different too.

"Holy shit..." you mumble, and stumbled back in surprise, the rest of your sister's skin swinging back and forth as it hang from your neck. You expected to hear her voice instead of yours as you spoke, but it was still surprising... and somewhat enthralling. And surprisingly enough, it sounded different than usual. It made sense, just like how your own voice sounded different in your head than in recordings, the same must be true for your sister. Yet it was still weird.

Fuck, the phone. You picked it up from the bed and took a deep breath. You were Tina now. You had to speak how Tina speaks.

"Hey babes, sorry, I was just entering the shower." You said, surprising yourself with how well you imitated Tina's speech. "Wassap?" You asked cheerfully, waiting for Max's response tensly.

"Not much." He replied nonchalantly. His voice was deep and booming. Being quite a popular girl unlike her 3 other siblings, Tina managed to score herself quite a masculine boyfriend. "I just finished my shift and I'm feeling pretty round up. Mind if hop by?"

You gaged inaudibly in disgust. You knew exactly what "hop by" meant, and you weren't interested in staying around for that. You decided its probably better to out him off, so you can focus on this hunt of yours.

"Oh, uh, I'm sorry babe I'm actually pretty tired. I was just planning on taking a long nap". You tried to excuse your way out.

Max's response is delayed for a short bit. A typical guy response to realising he wouldn't have sex today. But Max doesn't budge.

"Oh, uh, that's fine." He responds "I'm pretty tired too, actually. So we could just like, nap together. I know how much you like cuddling." His voice was suggestive, and you again were repulsed.

You were just about to give him another excuse, but stop yourself. You remembered the call. It was too perfectly timed to just be a coincidence... At least, that's how you rationalized it. There's a high probability that Max is the imposter and that he is testing you out. He knew you would reach Tina's skin eventually, now he wanted to test if you had actually put it on. If you acted like David would, he would know exactly what's going on. But if you acted like Tina...

"You know me too well" you **** a giggle. You hated this idea, but you knew it was for the best. You had to lure Max in, to he able to check if your suspicious are correct. "Alright, I'll be waiting." You add suggestively.

With that, you hanged up and droped the phone on the bed, visibly disgusted. You didn't wait a second longer to violently pull your head out of Tina's facade and let her naked skin drop on the bed as well. God, you fucking hated this skin stuff, but unfortunately for you you would have to get used to it. It was the only way for you to take out the loose imposter.

And still, you found it disgusting; Especially having to wear your own sister's face. Yet with Matt coming along, you tried to rationalize. Like you brought up before, there is a high probability that Matt is indeed the imposter, and if that's true, he could be using this "hop by" as a way to check on you. He knew that when you found Tina's skin that there were two possibilities. Either you turn her back like you had planned to at first, or wear her. He probably expected the first option, which meant you could most likely surprise him if you wear her. You shiver. Wearing your sister sounded horrible, and made you feel disgusting. But it was the best way to ambush him. Unless... there is another option...