Trip

Jacob J. "Trip" Jensen was the original name of a person who visited the Inn in 2007 and became his cousin Kat.

He described himself as being in his 30s, from the Iowa, and employed in IT. He was given something of a head's up on the nature of the curse when he was invited to stay in Kat's room, but the curse kept him from believing it. He described himself as "paranoid" and revealed very little personal information early on. He also said he was shy and did not like being in the spotlight. While staying at the Inn, his truck broke down and he had difficulty getting replacement parts, and mostly spent his time helping Jadyn pack for a move.

In the morning of May 24th, he awoke to find he had been transformed into his cousin, Kat. He admitted, with some guilt, that he had had a curiosity before in life to know what it was like to be a woman, but thought it wasn't right for him to become his own cousin. However, he found that Kat, upon being transformed, arranged for Trip to become her deliberately, citing her knowledge of Trip's inner curiosity.

Trip returned to his family's Iowa farm to work, as Kat, experiencing some physical difficulty in the gruelling farming tasks in his new, smaller frame. One mishap resulted in some injuries that required rest and painkillers: much of his duties around the farm as Kat were light tasks such as taking care of animals, rather than heavy lifting or "dirty" work.

His life was being lived by a man named Frank, whose possibilities for return dwindled when the bodies of the original Frank as well as his wife Dorris were found washed up ashore, dead.

As Trip worked to improve his understanding of styling, he also grappled with a newfound affliction of narcolepsy, which had never affected the original Kat.

While on a camping trip with Kat's friend Anna, he found himself experiencing noticeable attraction to Kat's ex-boyfriend, Bill, causing him to consider his sexual orientation as "twisted," based on his inability to get turned on by a female body. Kat revealed in October 2007 that she was in no hurry to return and encouraged Trip to let their current situation remain unchanged. The two had an encounter that Trip described as "Not sex .. but absolutely wonderful," and the new Kat spent a great deal of time pondering the implications of adopting Kat's identity.

Kat, Frank and Dorris later met with Louisa and Jessica when their road trip swung through Iowa, where she found herself somewhat left out of the conversation she realized was being carried on by her "elders."

In late February, Trip-Kat found herself attracted to a young local named Nick after he took her for a ride on his Victory motorcycle, a model she had been interested in acquiring prior to her transformation. Unfortunately, Nick was already dating someone - the current Jaci. The two had an awkward encounter over the phone when Kat called Nick and Jaci answered, but neither was aware of the other's identity until later. They made up and Jaci agreed to help in the future, although it was not long after this that Kat left Iowa to find herself, soon afterwards settling in Las Vegas.

Trip described Kat's body as being very attractive, with long chestnut hair in loose curls, green eyes and a bronze complexion.