Jon thought back to the feeling he had with the extra muscles a few moments ago and realized that there was one option he hadn't previously considered when it came to the 'Safe Stealing' of body parts. What if he had the ability to copy items from other people, instead of just swapping them?
Jon's good moral fortitude made him feel bad when he swapped body parts with people, especially if he was gaining something from it and the other person would lose out, that's why he planned to use Karyn and Sarah to restore Karyn, neither girl would lose anything in the end. But, what if he wanted to gain something from another person and not lose it?
Jon unzipped his pocket and withdrew the stone, placing it on the table in front of him next to his half empty coffee. He looked around; everyone else in the café seemed to be ignoring the rock, not even considering it worth paying attention too. It was a good test for his perception wish too. To anyone else, the rock was something that they couldn't even fathom was important; or in most cases even noticeable, unless Jon wanted them to notice it.
He sat there, looking at the rock carefully, while he thought out how his wish was going to work. After a few moments, he figured out he had his wish.
"I wish", Jon said, "that when I say the phrase 'Copy those' or 'Copy that', anything following this phrase until the conclusion of the sentence I will receive from the person I am pointing my finger at but the person who I point at will not change in any way"
Jon watched the rock glow, before he spoke again, "I wish that the conditions regarding the 'give me' wish relating to what fingers I point at targets will affect the Copy wish in the same way"
The rock glowed again, "I wish that the Copy wish reversed wishes the same way the 'give me' wish"; the rock glowed a final time.
Jon put the rock down on the table and looked around, he saw the cute waitress at the café walk past him, cleaning up a table next to where he was sitting. He watched as the waitress bent over to pick up the discarded plates and cups sitting on the counter. The woman was rather stunning; she appeared to be in her early to mid 20s, wearing a pale blue blouse with matching knee-length skirt, grey pantihose and yellow heeled open toed sandals.
Jon continued to watch the woman as she cleaned the table, once she straightened up, holding the discarded crockery from the table, Jon hastily averted his eyes so she wouldn't notice him watching her. She walked past Jon's table oblivious to his observations and headed back towards the café's kitchen to deposit the mess.
Jon pointed his index finger at her, time to test the wish, "Copy those shoes", Jon said.
Jon's feet suddenly felt very strange, of course it was understandable, he was now wearing an identical copy to the 3" heeled sandals that the waitress was wearing a moment ago. Jon stood up on his new shoes and found it difficult to balance, holding the table for support.
Even though he was struggling to stand, he could see the waitress, still wearing her own sandals, walking around the café doing her job still; the wish had worked perfectly. He couldn't help but admire the woman for being able to walk so fluidly in such items, however in his defence, his feet were much bigger then hers and were crammed uncomfortably into her smaller shoes. Jon sat back down, glad to be off his feet and new shoes.
"You can have it back", Jon said.
But there was one minor flaw, Jon's feet were now cold, he looked down and found that the sneakers and socks he wore this morning up until the copy wish, had now vanished.
"Well", Jon said, "that could be a bit of a problem".
Jon picked up the rock, he had to fix this glitch in the wish, "I wish that I was wearing the shoes and socks I put on this morning", he watched as his feet were suddenly clad again in his old masculine footwear.
"Second", Jon began, "I wish that when I reverse a 'copy', any item of clothing I was wearing at the time of the 'copy', that was replaced by the 'copy' will be returned to me when the reverse is performed"
That should resolve that little issue, Jon thought, *Now what to do *
