Dylan Geick received a small package in the mail from an unknown sender.

Another Dylan, Dylan McKenna, also received a small package in the mail from the same sender.

The two Dylans didn’t know each other, but if they were to compare the writing on the outside of both boxes, it would be exactly the same. The two men opened their boxes and saw that there were only two things inside: a necklace and a note. Both of them read the note first.

“To whomever is reading this: Today is your lucky day. Literally! Put on this necklace, and luck will come your way today and for as long as you keep it on. And hey, if it doesn’t work, at least you got a free and cool-looking necklace!” The letter wasn’t signed, and both Dylans came to the conclusion that even if it wasn’t magic or some shit, it was a cool, and free, necklace. Both of them placed it around their necks.

Dylan Geick decided to text his boyfriend, Jackson. The two had broken up a couple years ago, but they had recently decided to get back together. They were keeping it on the DL for now. Dylan had been trying to have a threesome with Jackson and another hot wrestling buddy of his. His boyfriend usually shot him down, but it would be a good test to see if the necklace actually did work. The answer was no.

Dylan McKenna, on the other hand, went for a different approach to test his luck, going past his limits at the gym. He knew that he couldn’t overexert himself physically, but the necklace should have allowed to go up another ten or twenty pounds or so on the bench press. After struggling to even just hold the bar with that much extra weight on it, Dylan came to the same conclusion: the necklace didn’t work.

As both Dylans went to take off the necklace, they felt a sharp burning pain on their fingertips. Try as they might, they could not take the necklace off. Both of them asked other people to try and take it off of them, but all of them encountered the searing pain as well. Even with layers of gloves on, the pain still reached the person’s body. The necklaces were stuck on them, which wasn’t too bad. Even if they weren’t lucky, they were still stylish.

However, after their first night sleeping with the necklaces, both Dylans noticed a change. Dylan Geick had a less noticeable change, but he still realized that his obliques weren’t as shredded as they were yesterday, and he just seemed smaller. He also remembered a bit more stuff from his studying session last night. He was pleasantly surprised. Dylan McKenna, on the other hand, saw a pretty dramatic change in his appearance.

His muscles, which he had worked so very hard for, had disappeared overnight. Well, not completely, but there was no way on Earth he could lose that much muscle that fast. He wondered if he was losing it, if he was in some sort of weird fucked-up dream. Dylan confirmed that yes, this was real life. He did a side-by-side comparison of what his body looked like today compared to yesterday. It was bad. Dylan also seemed smarter. He remembered some more stuff from his high school and college classes, stuff he didn’t need as a professional bodybuilder.

Dylan Geick kept it to himself, but the next day, even Jackson noticed a difference. “Hey, man, what the fuck is going on here?”

“I don’t know! I’m losing muscle and gaining intellect every second! I think it has something to do with this necklace.”

“Here, let me try taking it off again.” It was no use. Jackson almost burnt his fingertips off trying to unclasp it. It wouldn’t budge.

Dylan McKenna also saw even more dramatic loss in his muscles. He almost looked like a twig now, his muscles all but gone. He made his way to his general practitioner, who was befuddled by the dramatic loss of muscle.

“Dylan, I honestly don’t know what to tell you. There is no medical way to lose that much muscle in just two days. Not even surgery can do that!”

“So, what’s happening to me, doc?”

“Well, I’m not one for miracles or anything, but considering that the necklace you are wearing cannot come off by any means, I’d say it has something to do with it.”

Both Dylans deigned themselves to their fate. By the end of the week, their dramatic changes in appearance had solidified.

The formerly muscle-bound hunks were now nerds. They even dressed like those nerds above, much to the dismay and disgust of those around them. Both Dylans were able to take off the necklace, though. As they held it in their hands, it disintegrated into dust, bringing along their muscles with it. Both of them would forever remain nerds.