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“Welcome to Magical supplies. Anything specific you are looking for?”“N-no, not exactly,” John said, taken a bit by surprise.“Oh? What bring you to my little shop then?”, the store owner continued with a bright smile on her face.“Well, I saw your new shop and figured I might pop in and look for some supplies for my girlfriend. She loves to draw so I was thinking about getting her something as a little present.”“Is that so? Well, if you tell me more about her style, I am sure we can find something for her.”Excited, John pulled out his phone, showing the store owner some of his girlfriend's paintings. The shop owner nodded and with a little chit chat help John select a number of useful supplies for his girlfriend, including an interesting looking palette for color mixing. Satisfied, John paid the unexpectedly cheap price and left.…Later the same evening Ginny, John’s girlfriend sat down in front of her new canvas with palette in hand. Inspired by her boyfriend’s gift, she decided to draw him a picture of herself in the dress he adored on her so much.With the help of the wall mirror in her room, she dived into drawing. With her new palette, she mixed the colors without a hitch, managing to completely capture the image she saw in the mirror. As midnight rolled around, Ginny was finally done with her work. She quickly admired the photorealistic drawing before heading straight to shower and bed.The next morning, she was woken up by her doorbell at around eleven. Grumbling, she got out of the bed, only to be met by John on the other side of the door.“Yes,” she asked still half asleep, “Why are you here so early?”To her surprise, he chuckled. “Early? It’s past eleven?”“What? Oh no. I am so sorry.”Ginny let John in and rushed into the bathroom. While he waited, he poured himself a glass of water and sat down in the living room, right in front of the painting Ginny made. With a raised eyebrow, he looked at the picture-perfect painting of his naked girlfriend. Not that he didn’t like what he saw, but Ginny was never one to draw straight up nudity, let alone her own.“Ginny?”, he shouted over the sounds of running water.“Yes?”“What’s this painting of you?”“Oh that. A gift for you. You don’t like it?”“No, I do. I am just... surprised.”“What? Let me finish the shower first.”Ten minutes later Ginny, dressed in a towel, joined John in the living room.“So, what’s wrong with the painting?”, she asked John who was looking out of the window.“Nothing. I am just surprised that you would draw yourself like that?”“You mean in that dress you like?”“No? I mean butt naked?”“Are we both talking about the same painting? Cause the one I drew has me in a dress.”“If you mean the one over there,” he said and finally turned around, pointing at the painting, “Than it- it changed. Now it’s you dressed in a towel!!”“Are you high John? It clearly has- omg you are right. What the hell.”“You tell me.”“Alright, let me just dress into actual clothes first.”Ginny quickly popped into her bedroom to change. While she did that, John looked closely at the painting, trying to find any logical explanation to that change. As he inspected it, he noticed that it changed again. While he was looking around the corners, the towel Ginny was wearing got replaced with a t-shirt and the lingerie she liked to tease him with.Confused, John starred at the painting and as he blinked, it changed again, putting on a skirt. Shortly after that, Ginny walked out of the bedroom, dressed in the exact same attire as the painting.“It changes with you,” John said when he noticed Ginny, “It has the same clothes you do.”“Are you sure?”“Are you wearing a lingerie?”“Yes. How do you-”“The painting. It showed me.”“But how? None of my other painting do that.”“Wait. You used the supplies I got you, right?”“Only the palette.”“That might be it. Change of plans, let’s go back to the shop I got it from. Maybe the owner will tell us something.”Unfortunately for them, when they came to the place where John found the shop, it was gone. Also, there was no sign of it ever being there. Discouraged, they both decided to go with their afternoon as if nothing happened, leaving this issue for another time.