A week went by after the incident with the Astrologer.
Jace decided now it was time to dive back into the acting.
So he started easy.
He acted as a history student in a university, then he became the history professor who taught the class.
Acting as someone was a complicated matter.
First, he had to observe the target and find out every aspect of their daily life, then he would hypnotize them and ask them what their plans were for the next few days, then he would take their faces and act according to those plans, and on the last part of the process, he would hypnotize the person and tell them what he did as them for a few days, so they don't feel lost in their lives.
This continued over and over.
He would always search for a people who had an audience.
Like once, he took the appearance of a female singer and sang for a few days; it was one of the most efficient ways of acting, as the songs he would sing as her would move and inspire people.
Just like that, he moved on to drama actors and actresses who performed on stage. The result of that was quite effective as well.
On the other hand, it turns out acting as a woman was kind of more efficient than acting as a man.
Because acting and becoming someone totally opposite to himself had more effect on being a Faceless, as it would be defying his true nature, and also women invoked many... different desires in people, which was frankly was quite disgusting to Jace, but it was effective so he continued.
Next he moved on to a musician and orchestra composer. He first had to learn to play all kinds of musical instruments, which he did within days due to his prowess as a Beyonder and with the Polymath Ring.
He once took the face of a great violinist and performed in a big orchestra where people of high positions were present.
It was grand and great performance; that was likely one of the acts where he had digested the most amount of potion, and he doubted he would find an opportunity like that again.
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2 months passed by as Jace continued acting and digested about a little more than 80 percent of his potion.
Again, it was time to take a break.
Right now, he sat on a couch elegantly in a female form wearing a casual dress, sipping tea while reading a book.
It had been about 5 months since he became a Faceless, and in this time, he had acted as hundreds of people. He had been a man, a woman, old and young (15 years young at best); he had done every job a person could do.
And now he was a different person. He was wiser and far more knowledgeable about everything, and about Backlund as well.
But that did not mean he stopped being himself, as the essence of being a Faceless was to be many other people, but never losing yourself to any of them.
And as far as Jace could tell, he was fine; he was still himself.
Well, not literally at the current moment, of course, because he was currently in Sarah's face and form.
As they had planned before, Jace was currently acting as Sarah.
After digesting about 80 percent of his potion, he felt confident that he could mask his scent properly while taking Sarah's scent.
So for about a week, Sarah taught Jace about each of her mannerisms and body language, her way of speaking, her relationship with Natalie, and her daily life.
Right now, Sarah was in his bungalow with his cat—his cat Nyx, of course, hadn't revealed herself as a Beyonder, so she was just watching Sarah. But in these few days, it was likely that Sarah would figure it out, though Jace didn't mind.
Currently, this was his second day living as Sarah. At first, he was quite nervous that Natalie would recognize him, so he turned on the 'lucky stopwatch' for a few minutes at their first interaction, well, Jace's first interaction with Natalie as Sarah.
And it worked!
Natalie didn't notice anything, and they even slept on the same bed while hugging each other. Jace, of course, made an excuse for not having sex, as Sarah had instructed him to, and Natalie didn't push him either.
Just this morning, Natalie had gone out on a small matter. According to Sarah, Natalie for about the past few months was mostly out, she rarely came home, but for a few days now, she was going to be home, so it was the perfect time for Jace to act as Sarah.
Currently, it was evening. Jace had already prepared dinner for him and Natalie, and now he was just waiting for her to come home.
Clack.
And soon enough, the door of the apartment opened and Natalie walked in.
Jace got up and put on a smile that Sarah would, and walked to Natalie.
"You are here," he said softly, as he tiptoed and gave her a soft kiss, and helped her remove her coat.
Natalie gave him—or rather, Sarah—a gentle smile, and asked softly, "Did you wait long?"
"No. I already drew you a bath, and after that, we'll have dinner," Sarah/Jace said, as she hung the coat on the hanger.
Natalie went into the bathroom to take a bath, and soon after, Sarah went into the bathroom.
Natalie was relaxing in the bathtub. Sarah walked in and sat on a stool near the bathtub.
"Let me help you," she said, as she took a sponge and started washing Natalie's shoulders and her arms. Natalie let her do what she wanted, as she liked being taken care of by Sarah.
'Damn, she's hot!' Jace thought as he continued washing her, while he threw a glance or two at Natalie's amazing physique.
Sarah had told him to help her bathe, as she often did that. She had, of course, mentioned that most of the time this situation leads to bathtub sex, but he and Sarah had chosen the timing well, like right now Sarah was on her menstrual cycle, so sex was not an option.
Natalie knew that, and it was one of the reasons why she hadn't pulled him/Sarah into the bathtub yet.
And it was going to be the same for the next few days. Though the idea of bathtub sex excited him quite a bit, he had to restrain his desires as he was in no position to... help himself.
After the bath, they both ate dinner that was prepared by him.
Jace was quite surprised at the side that Natalie showed at home with Sarah. It was gentle and caring, in home, she always seemed to have a small smile on her face.
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Jace/Sarah sat on the bed. He was wearing a simple white gown, as it was time to sleep.
The door of the bedroom opened as Natalie walked in.
She removed her clothes, standing only in her plain undergarments, and then wore a white gown that was similar to Sarah's.
Jace never imagined that he would see the stoic and composed Natalie being so gentle and soft, much less wearing a gown and looking so feminine. It made him remember the night they...
He sighed inwardly, 'Sarah is one lucky girl.'
Several minutes later, they were both sleeping. Sarah/Jace slept on his side, while Natalie hugged him from behind, holding his small waist.
Jace, meanwhile, felt Natalie pressing herself against him. He realized that she was horny.
Sarah had told him about these traits of Natalie. She also told him that normally she would just pounce on her and take her, but while Sarah was on her periods, she never bothered her.
So Jace turned around and put one of his hands on Natalie's lower abdomen over her gown. Sensing it, Natalie opened her eyes and looked at Sarah, whose face was close to hers.
"Nat, do you need some help here?" Sarah asked softly, as she caressed her mound through the gown.
"...Yes," Natalie whispered. Sarah kissed her and got up with a chuckle.
She hiked up Natalie's gown, revealing her long, slender legs and her underwear. She sat in between her legs as she removed her panties, and leaned in to kiss her wet slits.