Relic of change

Richard looked down into his hands at the strange object. He had found it in a pawn shop and wondered at the possibilities. It was a strange thing, at least what it had been described as was. Apparently being able to transform an aspect of a person into that of a given archetype overnight. Richard did have his scepticisms and apprehensions about the thing working, sure, but for the price point and the amount of curiosity it inspired, he felt as if he'd be a fool if he didn't try his chances with it.

The young man had found the object, a skull with an ever-burning candle melted into its scalp, at a run down pawnshop down a dark alleyway. It had occurred when he had been taking a walk after his soul crushing office job. His boss was always a hassle to deal with, she was nothing short of a complete bitch who seemed to take a sadistic joy in verbally abusing her workers, the walks Richard took to clear his head after dealing with her being a mandatory part of the day, unless he'd go mental.

At times Richard felt unloved and abused by the world, his boss didn't help much in that regard, almost taking the role of a dragon in his mind as she patrolled the dreary looking cubicles in the gray and oppressive office environment. What didn't help in the slightest was his complete gossip of a co-worker which always sat beside him. No matter what, that woman didn't seem to shut up, she always talked about the most vapid things imaginable and never seemed to miss an opportunity to spread several suspicions of hers up the top brass. A fact that brought nothing but pain to Richard.

Richard moved his way back home, a small apartment of his, embellished with all the required furnishings of a young man. His neighbor was an unrelentingly sweet woman who always tried her best to get closer to Richard. He enjoyed her presence and perseverance, yet her ultimate shyness in spoken communication came to fill him with frustration.

Sometimes, Richard would attend a gym to empty himself of the frustrations that built up inside of him with the progression of his days. A certain woman made sure that it wasn't the safe heaven that he would have wished for after a day of being hounded by his boss. As the female gym goer who was so often there, took every opportunity to try to insult and belittle him.

The frustrations didn't end there either, as Richard had a step-sister who often came to visit him. She lived in a different city and had a job that required her presence in this city as well, making Richard's place one which was extremely convenient for her. Yet she still had a knack for teasing him to the world's end and back every time she visited.

Richard set up his purchase, its workings had been explained to him simply "Tell it who you want to transform, into what and which aspect in the evening and they'll be transformed in the morning"