Story 1
I
was 16 but... Wait, I'm already getting ahead of myself. When I was
16, I dreamt of being strong like my dad. My mom left the picture
when I was 3 and dad never explained what happened, he just always..
got distant... if I brought it up and would spend the next night
drunk which, in general, was unlike him. Besides that though, my
dad was always great, and my idol, and I wanted to grow up to be just
like him. But being a lanky, rail thin, teenager with hormones and
acne to spare, but no rights or respect, left me wanting to be an
adult yesterday.
The ad for the Chronivac promised to
change everything, and despite it sounding way too good to be true, I
couldn't stop myself... using my new kids account debit card we just
opened to hold my birthday money, I dropped 29.99 +S&H on the
Chronivac emitter. I downloaded the program from the site, which
didn't flag my antivirus program, and was ready for the device to
come. A week later, a package was waiting for me when I came home
from school. I tried it, and it worked! I looked like a popular
jock!
I freaked myself out imagining dad coming home early and catching me.So I changed back and went to my homework. This went on for several days as I explored the multitude of options the device offered. Beard, body hair, tattoos, hair color... It didn't take long for me to plug into my fantasy and become like my idol. Really all I did was change my build to muscular and change my age to 43. I was so engrossed with myself I didn't notice my dad as he came home. He caught me sitting in the recliner, then standing up, and repeating the motion, appreciating how different it felt carrying so much mass while also having so much muscle.
The next bit was a flurry of emotions and panic from everyone, It's hard to remember the specifics of what was said, but I ended up showing my dad the Chronivac, showed him my profile and all the features I found... He tested it and next thing I knew he was kicking me out of my room. Next thing I remember, I'm watching TV and a kid my age is telling me we're going to stay this way for now. All I could think to say was "Oh, okay."
I just know how to take his place and nothing seems amiss. I need coffee every day to keep from getting a headache, I smoke a pack a day, I know all his coworkers and how to do his job, what bills to pay and when... I've been forced to take over his life. I started dating, which he never did... I suspect he set us up to placate me and I just know how to excel in a relationship too.
I tried to bring the switch back up 100 times. I start but as soon as I come up with the sentence in my head I need to go outside for a cigarette, or grab a beer and pull out my phone, or get excited about a sports game going on, or decide to plan a date, or find a chore I've been meaning to do, or a project to start... My brain just can't focus long enough to have the conversation.
I
tried going to the machine directly, I can read just fine but
anything in that program, even in a picture of the screen, is as good
as being in another language! So is the help manual, and any website
discussing it... so customer support is a no go. I wanted to be more
like him, guess I got what I wanted.
