'Shroom For Improvement (Mushroom Body-Swap)

It was a nice warm day outside, the birds were chirping and the squirrels were chattering. Within this delightful forest, the monkey-scientist known as Jam was walking about and inspecting the wildlife. The anthropomorphic spider-monkey walked on two legs and had hands for feet. He wore his usual white lab-coat which was covering part of his messy fur-coat. The monkey scratched his hairy behind as he sniffed at everything in the forest. The silly simian was searching for something that would make for a great experiment, something truly amazing!

Our simian scientist was in luck, however, as he stumbled across a large field of mushrooms. The mushrooms in this field were insanely large and bulky. The stems of these were mushrooms were bloated and pudgy, almost the size of human heads. The monkey got onto all fours as he wiggled his tail around and sniffed the mushrooms. Even though monkeys weren't known for eating mushrooms, Jam was definitely an exception. The monkey salivated at the thoughts of eating these big chunky mushrooms.

The mushrooms looked absolutely tantalizing to the monkey, he didn't know where to start first! That's when Jam noticed a delicious looking mushroom seated in the middle of the field. The mushroom a red-colored cap that was covered with white polka-dots. The stem was big and rather wide, almost the size of a human head. Below the cap of mushroom was a set of gills, which was common for a mushroom. Jam walked up to the mushroom and started sniffing it, like how a dog would sniff a fire hydrant. As Jam did this, he heard a voice. "Good sir, how may I help you?" Jam was taken aback by the voice and froze mid-sniff.

Jam looked around for the voice, but couldn't seem to find it. "Down here, my good fellow!" Jam then looked at the mushroom, but saw nothing. The simian began pacing around the 'shroom on all fours, until he reached the front of the fungus. That's when he saw it: A face on the mushroom! The mushroom had a big pudgy nose, a fairly wide mouth, rosy cheeks, and sky-blue eyes. Jam stared at the mushroom with astonishment as the fungus smiled.

"Hi, my name is Shroomsworth!" Exclaimed the happy little mushroom, "What might you name be?" Jam grinned and ook'd, not being that surprised by the talking mushroom. "I'm Jam, the spider-monkey! I am a mad-scientist and general chaos-bringer!" The mushroom's mouth opened wide and nearly dropped to the ground. "You're a mad-scientist?! Oh man, I've always wanted to do science. Unfortunately, I'm stuck to the ground and can't move."

Jam grinned as he petted the mushroom on his cap. "Lucky you! I'd love to spend a bit of time rooted to the ground and basking in the sun. Seems like it would be a nice quiet diversion from the usual rigmarole of mad-science that I go through." The two sighed in tandem, each secretly wanting to be the other one, at least for a little while. Unfortunately, Jam's mind-swap devices didn't work on plants or fungus (yet), so he couldn't switch minds with Shroomy. "So... Are you just a talking mushroom with a face or do you have any special abilities?" The mushroom smiled and chuckled to himself. "Well, I can release spores from my cap!" Jam shrugged his shoulders. "So? What's so good about a few spores?"

The mushroom grinned, "Well, they are magical spores! They can grant wishes to whoever inhales them." The monkey grinned and twiddled his dirty thumbs. "What kind of wishes?" The mushroom's grin turned into a look of an embarrassment. "Well, actually the wishes are fairly limited. The only wishes I can grant are those that change a person's form or appearance and only for a small amount of time..."

"You don't say? I should wish for us to swap bodies!" The mushroom blushed in response. "Really? We just met! Surely there are better beings in the forest to swap bodies with than little ol' me..." Jam shook his head, while scratching his butt at the same time. "There's no creature in the forest more unique than you! I mean, a talking mushroom with a human face, that's amazing! Plus, wouldn't you like having limbs for a little bit?"

The mushroom grinned and chuckled to himself, "Well, that would be pretty sweet. Alright, I'm sold!" Jam smiled and flicked his tail. "So, what do I need to do to get you to release those wish-granting spores?" Asked the monkey as he flicked the mushroom's cap. "It's simple, all you have to do is tickle me! Also, please don't flick me, I find that rather aggravating." Jam smiled and flicked the mushroom repeatedly in the cap, causing him to grumble angrily. "Jam, I ask you to refrain from doing that, please." Jam sighed, "Fine, I'll stop it." Jam then reached his hands towards the mushroom's sides. Jam took his dirty fingers and used them to tickle the mushroom's sides.

The mushroom laughed uncontrollably, and after a few minutes released his spores. Jam took a whiff of the spores as the magic worked their way into his system. "Alright, I wish that we would swap bodies for two weeks!" Jam then started to feel lightheaded as the eyes of the mushroom glowed. Their heads became blanketed in golden light as the two lost the use of all of their senses. They became dulled to the world around them, as if they were both lost in a world without sound or taste.

Eventually though, the light faded from their heads. Their senses slowly returned as they two took notice of new sensations. Shroomsworth was surprised to find that his head was now atop Jam's body! His face was pale white with red spots, which clashed horribly with his body's new colorization. On the sides of Shroomsworth's head were a couple of ears. The ears were tan in color, not matching the color of the shroom's face.

Shroomsworth was now much taller than he had been previously, now he was at least 6 feet tall. His entire body was covered in shaggy brown fur with the exception of his hands, feet, face, and stomach. His roots had been replaced by a pair of hand-like feet, prompting the former mushroom to wiggle his finger-toes around. Shroomsworth was delighted to have four hands, he always wanted to explore the usefulness of such appendages for himself.

Shroomsworth also found that he now had a long prehensile monkey's tail, which seemed to have a mind of its own. Shroomsworth had a very hard time controlling his new tail. The former mushroom found that his new tail acted much like an extra appendage. Shroomsworth concentrated and within moments he was controlling his tail like a pro. Shroomsworth had difficult getting used to walking, more so than with his tail. He stumbled about on his hairy legs, kicking up dirt with his monkey paws whilst doing so. Jam was also getting used to his new body,  which felt very alien to him! Jam's monkey head was situated below a mushroom cap. This cap was colored red and had white spots atop it. This cap was connected to Jam's head by a set of white mushroom gills. These rivet-like gills replaced Jam's messy monkey hair.

Jam's head was mostly the same, still possessing the monkey's wrinkly face and pronounced nostrils. However,  Jam now lacked ears, hair, and his trademark goatee! Below Jam's mushroom head was a set of white roots that kept him tethered to the ground. Jam attempted to move, but was unable to budge an inch. The mushroom felt as if he had made a terrible mistake!

Jam struggled, but couldn't move no matter how hard he tried. At the monkey struggled to escape his rooted prison, a tiny ladybug flew up to him and landed on his forehead. The tiny bug scuttled across Jam's forehead on all six legs as the monkey desperately tried to shoo him away. Since Jam couldn't move, he was helpless as the tiny bug shuffled across his noggin. "Darn it! Shoo!" Shouted the monkey, who was unable to stop the tiny bug from walking around on his face. Jam lamented the fact that he no longer had arms, legs or a body. He could feel phantom sensations emanating from where those body parts used to be, but no longer felt them. All he could do was talk, as every part other part of his body was none-existent.

Shroomsworth simply laughed at this display, right before tripping over his own tail and falling over. The shroom-faced monkey landed right on his hairy rump as Jam scolded him. "Hey, careful, Shroomsworth! My body is very fragile, sometimes." A worried look formed across Shroomsworth's face. "S-Sorry, I thought I was a pro at this now, but it looks like walking will take a lot more practice." Jam sighed as he stared upwards at the mushroom wearing his body. "This will take a bit of getting used to for me as well."
Just then, Shroomsworth started to feel a bit odd. His personality was starting to alter a bit, as he took on a more mischievous mindset. Shroomsworth grinned like a Cheshire cat as he walked up to the monkey-headed mushroom. Shroomworths then pivoted around in place until his back was facing the mushroom. "Hey, what are you doing?" Asked Jam, curious as to what the mushroom was doing. Shroomsworth then bent over and sat on Jam's mushroom cap. His hairy butt-cheeks were pressed firmly against Jam's head as the monkey started to fume angrily.

However, his anger mysterious subsided as he blushed nervously. Jam smiled sheepishly as a new personality took over. Jam started to gain Shroomsworth more submissive and kind personality. As much as Jam wanted to admit that he hated it, he found that being sat on was giving him a strange sense of joy. As Shroomsworth sat atop the mushroom, the two of them soon started to change again. Shroomsworth's pudgy cartoonish nose started to sink into the front of his face. His nose melted away, leaving two rather large nostrils in their place. The skin along his face became somewhat wrinkly as it turned a light-beige color. His head shrunk in width as his eyes turned a dark-brown color. Shroomsworth now had the head of a monkey, which properly matched the rest of his body.

Meanwhile, Jam's head was also transforming. The stem that comprised Jam's head started to alter, as the skin along his face turned pale-white. The white colorization of his face now matched the color of his roots and gills. Jam's nostrils started to shrink as the flesh around them pushed forth. Jam grew a large and pudgy little nose as his head started to grow wider. Within moments, the two had completely become each other! Shroomsworth sat up and looked down at Jam. "You make a very a handsome mushroom, Jam!" Exclaimed Shroomsworth as he reached his hand over and petted Jam on the head. "Y-You really think so?" Asked the mushroom nervously. "I know so!"

The mushroom chuckled as he blushed even brighter than before. "And you make a great monkey!" Shroomsworth snickered at the compliment. "Thanks! This was honestly a great wish you made. I wholeheartedly regret not meeting you until now, you are a lot of fun." Said Shroomsworth as he tickled his former body happily. "So... What now? Are you going to go off and enjoy your two weeks of total freedom?" Asked Jam as he looked up at Shroomsworth. The monkey then proceeded to shake his head. "Nah! This mushroom patch is where I was born and has been a home to me for years. I wouldn't leave it for a second, despite the fact that I now have the ability to freely do so. Besides, if I left I wouldn't be able to toy with you!" Stated the mushroom-turned-monkey as he sat on the ground in dirt of his former body.

Shroomsworth than took his dirty monkey feet and pressed them against Jam's face. Taking his finger-like toes, Shroomworth poked and prodded every last part of Jam's immobile form. Jam could only sit there and awkwardly smile as his former monkey feet were pressed against his face, stem, and mushroom cap. Despite having his own feet shoved in his face, the mushroom was enjoying himself. After all, he didn't have much of a say in it. The former-monkey was rooted to the ground, with a large cap seated atop his head that acted as a makeshift hat. Jam was fungus for the moment, so he couldn't really complain about the foot-play going on. Both Jam and Shroomsworth were rather content with today's events, as weird it was for both of them. Despite this, the two felt as though they had connected with each other today, no matter how silly their first meeting was.