A Day as Someone Else

"I must have taken in too far..." I murmured, trying to work through what happened in my head as I began dressing myself in May's undergarments. 'While taking her life ****, a channel opened between us. I was so **** I didn't have any control over it. I must have somehow moved all that was left of me into her instead of the reverse...' I struggled to get my now prodigious chest under control - wrapping it up in what was basically just a strip of cloth.

Then came the dress. I found myself basically swimming in fabric for a moment as I struggled to cram my new body into the outfit. A simple white, followed by a brown piece I laced over it. I'd never worn woman's clothes before. It was somehow alien but a little bit exciting - being able to break some norms with no one the wiser. My legs were covered in the flowing fabric yet felt surprisingly free.

'Nothing hanging in the middle either,' I shivered a bit, reminded of my current position. I **** myself not to dwell on it longer than I had to. 'Look on the brightside, you're not hungry anymore.'

I looked to my nude body - now a corpse - splayed out on the barn room. There was nothing but the sounds of birds at the moment to indicate the rest of the world was still moving as I put my hand on its neck one more time to confirm there was no pulse. I shuffled over to the horse blanket, long discarded off the side. Moving in the dress was still difficult as I struggled to adapt to the new sway of this body, but I picked it up and threw it over what was once me.

"Alright," I breathed heavily as I turned around to see the faintest bit of light in the distance. "The rest of the family hasn't woken up yet... they haven't seen or head anything. They know nothing - they'll believe whatever I say. No one has any reason to think anything is wrong..."

'You're not Ikarus right now, you're May. I'm May...' I said to myself, as I took my first steps out of the barn and into the early morning light. The rays of the sun on my new skin and the smell of early morning dew on the grass greeted me, and for a second I really managed to convince myself I was a new person stepping out into the world - a human again.

Once again, I was back in the barn, now with my 'husband' in tow. His stern and angry expression was a bit more pensive now. Maybe not regretful, but it seemed to me he was perhaps ruminating a bit more on his treatment of me last night. "So the kid really did drop dead, huh?"

'Maybe if you didn't wait so long to have some empathy your wife and I wouldn't be sharing a dress right now...' I thought bitterly. I bit my tongue though and kept a neutral expression.

"Yes, he was on his last legs when I got here."

"And he did that to your nose?" He gestured. It seemed May's nose was still bleeding from when I struck her. I had to deal with it now - a bit of karma I suppose. It wasn't that severe, though there was a slight bruise.

"He spasmed as I went to check on him. A **** throe - like a wounded animal the poor thing..." I didn't know much about May at all, but she seemed more empathetic than her husband, so I tried to play to that.

"Hmm. Well, unfortunately I don't know if getting rid of him will be the same as burying an animal..."

"What do you mean?"

Donnie shook his head. "Whether he was a demon or not I don't want him buried on the farmstead. A cursed body will curse the soil! No... gotta find somewhere far out to bury it. Maybe even burn it." He had moved over and picked the body up. I could tell it didn't cost him much effort - I was so thin he hardly even grunted as he hoisted my body onto the loft above. "We'll finish today's tasks, and tomorrow morning I'll take Thag out to Barley Village. Perhaps the priest will know the best way to handle it."

I nodded, playing along for now, but in my head made note. 'A village eh?'

I left the barn after Donnie closing the doors behind me. He seemed to be unconcerned as he headed off to do whatever dirtfarmers did. It made sense - the real May wouldn't need any sort of supervision to do her daily tasks after all. That was fortunate for me, since I had no idea how to do her job. "Just have to look busy while I think of what to do next..."

I weighed over my options I set about some idle tasks - sweeping and cleaning and checking in on food stores. That town sounded appealing. I knew nothing about May, and worse yet I had little in common with her. I didn't know much about being a woman, and I probably knew even less about being a farmer. The longer I stayed in her place, I worried I might earn some suspicion. A village nearby meant I had a place nearby I could head out to. Perhaps I could talk Donnie into letting me go out with Thag to dispose of the corpse, so I could scout out the place. 'Thag... must be the son. What a wretched name for a kid.'

'May couldn't so easily abandon her family though, as much as I'd like to...' With this body came an identity, and expectations associated with it. There was some security with it; my cursory examination of the family's larder, fields, and animals made it seem like they were decently well off for farmers. There could be worse places to rest my head for a bit, assuming I could adapt to May's routines and go unnoticed. I could stay quiet for some time, and perhaps carve out a niche for myself.

That raised the question though, was I locked into this form? I barely had a grasp on my powers as a demon. Now I was what? Some sort of ghost? I wasn't even sure what had become of the real May. Was she with me in here, locked behind my eyes, or had I eaten her soul up so thoroughly that I was the only mind left to pilot this body around? And moreover, was there a way for me to leave? If I could get out of this body, that could open up a whole new world of opportunities.

'I became May through sex... would I need to do it again to move to someone else?' I realized it would be easy to put that to the test as I saw the ring on my new finger. Donnie and May shared a bed, and I was now May. I shivered at the thought however; I had inherited May's body and life but not her attractions it seemed. 'In Barley though, maybe I could find someone better to test it out on?'

I kept asking myself these questions as the day wore on, finding simple chores to busy myself with. It seemed no one noticed that 'May' was slacking thankfully. Eventually it became a bit closer to late afternoon, and the daughter called to ask me to help her prepare dinner. Thankfully, I was a passable cook myself. I never quite needed to cook much for myself, but I liked being self-reliant. I opted to let my new daughter take the lead however, lest I out myself with some recipe this family has never seen before. Her name was Anna, I gleaned, and she was seemingly my age. Or, well, Ikarus's age.

'May must have been quite a looker when she was younger,' I thought as I leered at the girl as she bent over, striking matches to light a fire. Anna for her part didn't seem to notice any of the lustful looks her own mother had been throwing her way. I could feel some effects of May's age. Bending over and getting back up had become a chore with her heavy assets, and I was winded more quickly than I was before. She wasn't quite middle-aged, but certainly twice as old as I was. 'If only I could have taken a younger body... would be much better to be the daughter than the matriarch...'

As we readied a meal for the men, I weighed out my options. I knew so little about my powers, and I was in a relatively safe place now, but I wasn't necessarily happy about it. With a bit of experimentation, I could maybe reassess my position, as dangerous as it might be. I looked to the window, and could see Donnie and Thag approaching. Soon enough, the decision would be atleast partly made with or without me.