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"I've done my part of the deal," I stated, handing over the Mantilla of the Golden Queen, "Now, about my payment." She took the headpiece from my hands, immediately fitting it to her head. "Excellent work," she congratulated, "What did we agree on for price, again?" "You stated my weight in gold," I replied, my eyes clouded by impossible riches surrounding me in her treasure room. "Oh yes," she laughed. The serpent charm on the front of the headdress began to glow a brilliant yellow, the light in the room seeming to dim in comparison. I didn't have time to react before a beam lanced out from the article, striking me in my core.

I stumbled backwards, colliding with an elaborate bathtub on another pile of gold. I fell into the basin, my body seemingly heavier or my muscles weaker. "What the hell did you do!" I shouted as I started to lose the ability to move. "Making you weight into gold," she chuckled, "Although it's really your volume, so I guess I lied. Sorry." I put my hands on the lip of the tub, trying to pull myself out, but watched in horror as my fingers fell apart into dozens of small, golden rings that clattered to the ground. Colorful gems climbed up my arm before they fell away into ornate gem-encrusted bangles. "You bitch!" I tried to scream, but it was cut off as part of my head hollowed out into a crown, the remainder shattering into various coins and gems. My torso grew empty, the entire thing turning into a golden chestplate. My legs extended, turning into the recognizable geometric shapes of ingots, clattering loudly into the almost-filled tub.

"Another satisfied customer," she tittered as she picked up a coin made from my body. Her touch was electric on my skin, the feeling more sensitive than anything I had ever felt. I would've moaned had I still had the ability to. She climbed onto the tub, slipping her feet into the loose mass of wealth that now filled it. The alien sensation of my thousands of bodies flowing around her skin filled my mind with indescribable ecstasy. "I'll make sure to spend you first," she cooed, fingering an amulet that could've been any part of me, "Just imagine, an uncountable amount of people, touching and trading with you." I could hardly understand her as she slid further into me, my mind too occupied. "You could be in circulation for millennia, no one any the wiser that you were some common thief," she admired a perfectly cut jewel, "Or maybe someone will melt you down and turn you into a statue. Only time can tell."

She sank deeper into the tub, my mind reeling more and more as I felt her warm flesh against my cold skin. She closed her eyes, enjoying herself and the idea of my eternal bliss as she fell asleep, leaving me to enjoy my new eternity whether I wanted to or not.