“So you’re saying not only can this thing determine someone’s ‘stats’, was it? But it can even let you edit them? Like in a video game?” Luna was skeptical. She knew her brother was always inventing wild contraptions but this seemed a little far fetched even for him.
“Precisely! Look if you don’t believe me, let me scan you.” Without asking for further permission Jackson pointed the device at his sister. The small modified smartphone emitted a red laser pattern, not unlike a grocery store scanner.
“Jack what the hell!” Luna tried to shield her face but it was already over.
“Here, take a look!” Jackson handed her the device. Luna took it begrudgingly and looked down at the screen.
Subject: Luna Harriot
Age: 19
Mental Age: 18
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 40% Wampanoag, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 104
Height: 5’3
Weight: 95Lbs
Muscular Potential: 60Lbs
Life Expectancy: 87 Years
Stimulus response time: 233ms
“Huh, I’ll be damned…” Luna scrolled down out of curiosity. “Oh I guess this is you.”
Subject: Jackson Harriot
Age: 22
Mental Age: 31
Sex: XY (Male)
Ethnicity: 40% Slavic, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 135
Height: 5’11
Weight: 123Lbs
Muscular Potential: 90Lbs
Life Expectancy: 81 Years
Stimulus response time: 178ms
“There’s some weird info on here dude, like, are we not actually related?” Luna raised an eyebrow.
“Hmmm? Oh yeah. I’m a bastard. Surprise!” Jackson smiled sheepishly.
“And you said this could edit stuff? How so?”
“Let me show you!” Jackson grabbed the device and tapped on one of his stats. “I’ve always wanted to be a little taller so let’s say….6’4!” He tapped the screen one final time. The change was subtle yet totally apparent. One second he was just under 6 feet tall, the next he was over a foot taller than his sister. She blinked in surprise
“Woah, that was trippy…do you think, I could have a go?” Luna asked, putting on her best innocent face.
“Um…yeah sure. I don’t see why not. Just give me sec.” Jackson navigated to a different page and tapped the screen a couple times.
“What’s that?” Luna asked.
“Oh, I’m just creating a fail safe backup. This way if we get too far from this reality all we have to do is press the kill switch and any changes we made will revert to the reality in which the fail safe was created.”
“You mean the reality where you’re 6’4?” Luna smirked.
“Um…yeah.” Jackson grinned and handed Luna the device. “Alright, go wild. But not! Too wild…heh.”
“Thanks bro!” Luna looked over the device greedily. “Alright, let’s start small.”
Subject: Luna Harriot
Age: 19
Mental Age: 18
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 40% Wampanoag, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 104
Height: 6’0
Weight: 95Lbs
Muscular Potential: 60Lbs
Life Expectancy: 87 Years
Stimulus response time: 233ms
“There!” Luna confirmed her changes. At first it seemed like nothing had happened. She was still looking up at her brother, though that was to be expected. “Do we have a mirror?” Jackson pointed across the room. Luna walked over to the standing wall mirror and looked at her reflection. She was definitely taller but also super skinny. “This wasn’t what I was hoping for…” She looked over her waifish frame.
“Yeah well you made yourself 7 inches taller but kept your weight the same.” Jackson scoffed. Luna just rolled her eyes and went back to the device.
“Fine. I’ll be more adventurous.”
Subject: Luna Harriot
Age: 19
Mental Age: 18
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 40% Wampanoag, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 104
Height: 6’0
Weight: 145Lbs
Muscular Potential: 100Lbs
Life Expectancy: 87 Years
Stimulus response time: 233ms
“Now that’s more like it!” Luna admired her new body. With her increase in weight now being mostly attributed to muscle she had attained a fit, toned body the envy of any fitness trailer. “Can this thing make my boobs bigger?”
“Uh…y-yeah I would have to add in a new parameter but…” Jackson stammered.
“Alright. Do it.” Luna shoved the Device back into her brother’s hands.
“Luna I-”
“Come ooooon, pleeeeese!
“Fine. But I’m gonna reset everything once you’re done.”
“Sure you will.” Luna said under her breath.
“Here. It’s done.” Jackson handed her back the device. “It was a rush job so be careful, it may be unstable.
“Thank you!” Luna chirped. “Hey, this just says ‘NULL’”
“Yeah, you have to rescan yourself. I added some other stuff too that should show up.”
Subject: Luna Harriot
Age: 19
Mental Age: 18
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 40% Wampanoag, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 104
Height: 6’0
Weight: 145Lbs
Chest size: 30A
Hair color: Brown
Hair Length: 6in
Muscular Potential: 100Lbs
Muscular density: 0.80
Life Expectancy: 87 Years
Stimulus response time: 233ms
“Oh-kaaaay, I get most of this but what’s muscular density?”
“It’s relative to average, so 1 means 1 pound of muscle is equal to, well, 1 pound of muscle. While 2 would mean 1 pound is equal to 2 pounds. I’ve also linked some of the stats so changing your height, for example, will now also affect your weight.”
“Ah, I suppose I should work out more!” Luna said, tapping the screen.
Subject: Luna Harriot
Age: 19
Mental Age: 18
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 40% Wampanoag, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 104
Height: 6’0
Weight: 145Lbs
Chest size: 30A
Hair color: Brown
Hair Length: 6in
Muscular Potential: 180Lbs
Muscular density: 1.80
Life Expectancy: 87 Years
Stimulus response time: 233ms
She felt her whole body tighten, then relax as her muscles powered up.
“Whoa. Hey! I’m, like, twice as strong as you now!” She smiled up at her big brother.
“Oh, yeah. Cool….” Jackson tried to play it cool, hiding his secret ambitions to watch his sister grow ever more impressive.
“Let’s see…” Luna pondered the device before making some new changes.
Subject: Luna Harriot
Age: 19
Mental Age: 18
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 40% Wampanoag, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 104
Height: 6’8
Weight: 380Lbs
Chest size: 36D
Hair color: Brown
Hair Length: 18in
Muscular Potential: 1,000Lbs
Muscular density: 4.00
Life Expectancy: 87 Years
Stimulus response time: 233ms
“Just some general improvements!” Luna giggled, now looking down at her big brother by 4 inches. Her new breasts strained against her tank top, nearly spilling out the sides. She flexed her arms, now sporting large, tight biceps. “A thousand pounds, half a ton….wow!”
“It’s, uh, technically more than that. That stat only accounts for what you can lift with one arm. So squatting or benching you could probably lift nearly a whole ton…if not more.” Jackson was having a hard time picking a place to look. His once little sister’s breasts were pretty close to his face but her rock hard abs, toned ass and impressive thighs were also strong contenders.
“I want to add a few more stats….” Luna looked down at her brother quizzically. “But….I think I want to do it myself.”
“How? It took me the better part of 2 years to develop the code and hardware to create this thing. No one can edit it besides me.” Jackson held out his hand expectantly.
“No one….yet.” Luna stated and tapped the screen. “What was your IQ? 134?” Jackson caught on quickly.
“Uh, yeah. Luna are you sure-” It was too late.
“Cute. Mine’s 268!” She tapped the screen confidently. “I’m probably the smartest person in the world now!” She giggled.
“Close,” Jackson said, not sure why he was offering the information. ‘The current highest IQ is around 300.” Luna’s face fell for a moment.
“Well that’s an easy fix. There. 468. Oh wow.” Luna blinked, the sudden increase in intelligence immediately apparent to her. “Better part of 2 years? Dude, I could remake this in an afternoon!” She flipped the device over, took off the back panel and began fiddling with the wires.
“Hey, careful-”
“Don’t worry. I’m just making some improvements. Your implementation was…crude to say the least. But that’s to be expected from someone with a quarter of my intellect. This should be much more efficient.” She popped the back panel back on and went about editing the code. “And your software…it’s not bad for a version 1 but man dude, I always thought you were smart but I guess you’re not smart smart. There.” She finished her work. “Now for those edits.”
Subject: Luna Harriot
Age: 26
Mental Age: 30
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 40% Wampanoag, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 468
Height: 6’8
Weight: 380Lbs
Chest size: 36D
Hair color: Brown
Hair Length: 18in
Muscular Potential: 1,000Lbs
Muscular density: 4.00
Life Expectancy: 87 Years
Stimulus response time: 233ms
“There! Now I’m really your big sister!” Luna smiled down at her now younger brother. Jackson couldn’t help but notice the subtle changes to her face, she definitely looked older. But in a mature, feminine way. “Now, look at this.” Luna held the device in front of Jackson’s face. There were two entirely new tables.
Global Average: Female
IQ: 100
Height: 5’4
Weight: 170Lbs
Chest size: 34C
Muscular Potential: 70Lbs
Muscular density: 0.90
Life Expectancy: 79 Years
Stimulus response time: 223ms
Global Average: Male
IQ: 100
Height: 5’9
Weight: 190Lbs
Muscular Potential: 110Lbs
Muscular density: 1.00
Life Expectancy: 72 Years
Stimulus response time: 254ms
“What…are you going to do?” Jackson asked, almost sure of the answer.
“Oh, just set things right.” Luna smiled.
Global Average: Female
IQ: 200
Height: 6’4
Weight: 290Lbs
Chest size: 36D
Muscular Potential: 850Lbs
Muscular density: 2.0
Life Expectancy: 125 Years
Stimulus response time: 105ms
Global Average: Male
IQ: 100
Height: 5’9
Weight: 190Lbs
Muscular Potential: 110Lbs
Muscular density: 1.00
Life Expectancy: 72 Years
Stimulus response time: 254ms
“There! Whoa!” Luna was almost caught off guard as she changed along with every other woman on the planet. “That makes sense, I changed the average so I have to change in relation to it!”
Subject: Luna Harriot
Age: 26
Mental Age: 30
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 40% Wampanoag, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 936
Height: 8’2
Weight: 1,600Lbs
Chest size: 38DD
Hair color: Brown
Hair Length: 18in
Muscular Potential: 5,800Lbs
Muscular density: 8.00
Life Expectancy: 133 Years
Stimulus response time: 115ms
“Jackson looked up in awe at his amazon sister. She was like a perfect specimen, tall, toned with massive breasts and gorgeous auburn hair that flowed over her shoulders like a waterfall.
“Come on.” She grabbed Jackson’s arm and pulled him along. It was like being pulled by a freight train, even if he put all his weight and strength against her it would amount to nothing. “Let’s take a look outside!” As they left the apartment and exited on the city street that changes were immediately apparent. Even at 6’4 Jackson was now only “average” compared to women. Of course there was a fair level of panic on the streets. Neither Luna nor Jackson had programmed in any reality correction effects, so it was like every woman on the planet suddenly grew out of nowhere.
“Jackson! Luna!” A Familiar voice came from just down the street. It was Kate, a neighbor. She had always been a somewhat of a fixation for Jackson, a schoolyard crush if you will. She used to be a 5’9 athletic girl with a cute pixie cut. She was still cute and athletic, if not more so, but she was now much, much taller. At 6’9 she could easily look down on Jackson’s head. “What the hell happened? Luna oh my god you’re huge!” Kate looked up at Luna, blushing hard.
“I know! Isn’t it great?” Luna beamed down at Kate. “Here look at this!” She showed her the device. With her enhanced IQ Kate caught on instantly. Jackson was too distracted by his crush’s large chest to even greet her.
“Huh, did you make this?” She asked, ignoring Jackson.
“Nah, my lil’ bro did. But now that we’re both way smarter than he is we might as well be the ones who did.”
“Hey wait-” Jackson got his voice back just into time to be cut off.
“Can you change some stuff about me!” Kate asked.
“Sure! Let me scan you.”
Subject: Kate Snyder
Age: 21
Mental Age: 22
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 50% German, 50% French
IQ: 198
Height: 6’9
Weight: 260Lbs
Chest size: 40F
Hair color: Black
Hair Length: 4in
Muscular Potential: 1,400Lbs
Muscular density: 2.15
Life Expectancy: 127 Years
Stimulus response time: 90ms
“What would you like to change?” Luna held the screen down to Kate, who tapped the device as Luna held it.
“There!” Kate said, a light French accent rolling off her tongue. “Much better!”
Subject: Kate Bordeaux
Age: 21
Mental Age: 22
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 100% French
IQ: 350
Height: 8’9
Weight: 9,100Lbs
Chest size: 44H
Hair color: Black
Hair Length: 7in
Muscular Potential: 19,000Lbs
Muscular density: 10.00
Life Expectancy: 127 Years
Stimulus response time: 10ms
Kate walked into the middle of the street, where a man was arguing with his now towering wife beside their car.
“Don’t mind me!” Kate said sweetly and leaned down to place her hands under the sedan. She lifted it like it was made of paper. “Wow! This is amazing!” She lifted the vehicle over her head with one hand. The man could only fall on his butt and stammer nonesene while his wife tried not to laugh. Kate gingerly placed the car back down and walked over to Luna. “Forgive me, but I’ve wanted to do this for years.” She embraced Luna in a tight hug and placed their lips together for a deep kiss. Being 7 inches shorter Luna had to stand on her toes to meet Kate’s lips but she did so happily. Jackson was forced to the side as the two larger and significantly heavier women embraced. Luna started entering changes into the phone even as she kissed Kate, not even needing to look down at the screen.
Global Average: Female
IQ: 800
Height: 10’8
Weight: 30,000Lbs
Chest size: 56M
Muscular Potential: 47,000Lbs
Muscular density: 20.00
Life Expectancy: 500 Years
Stimulus response time: 0.5ms
Global Average: Male
IQ: 80
Height: 2’8
Weight: 20Lbs
Muscular Potential: 5Lbs
Muscular density: 0.50
Life Expectancy: 50 Years
Stimulus response time: 1,000ms
Subject: Luna Harriot
Age: 26
Mental Age: 30
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 40% Wampanoag, 30% Italian, 10% German
IQ: 5,616
Height: 13’1
Weight: 51,600Lbs
Chest size: 54N
Hair color: Brown
Hair Length: 36in
Muscular Potential: 70,600Lbs
Muscular density: 28.00
Life Expectancy: 640 Years
Stimulus response time: 0.001ms
Subject: Kate Bordeaux
Age: 21
Mental Age: 22
Sex: XX (Female)
Ethnicity: 100% French
IQ: 2,100
Height: 14’5
Weight: 9,100Lbs
Chest size: 58P
Hair color: Black
Hair Length: 12in
Muscular Potential: 108,000Lbs
Muscular density: 30.00
Life Expectancy: 640 Years
Stimulus response time: 0.00001ms
The two titanic women parted finally. Jackson found himself below his sister’s knees as she looked down at him.
“What should we do with the little one?” She asked Kate.
“Do we have to do anything with it?” Kate said flatley. She looked down at Jackson with an odd expression. It wasn’t disgust but it was eerily similar to how a disinterested patron might look at a bug at a zoo.
“Well it is my brother…” Luna pondered. They were both calling him “it” now. Suddenly Jackson felt something envelop his body. Like a warm hand, but there was nothing there. He was swiftly lifted from the ground and up to eye level with his sister. “But you’re right, he can’t even perform basic telekinesis.” She held her thumb and forefinger appart, as if to pinch Jackson between them. As she did he started to shrink even further. “Or manipulate reality without the help of that crude device.” Jackson shrank smaller and smaller until his sister’s finger was the size of a house. He rested on the massive digit. Completely helpless. “Here, a treat for my sweet!” Luna raised her finger to Kate’s mouth, who smiled and opened her lips. Jackson was enveloped in darkness.
It was hot, sweaty. He didn’t know if he’d ever escape.
Jackson woke in a cold sweat. He frantically patted his body making sure everything was in the right place, and the right size. Everything seemed to be in order. Was it a dream? Maybe. He looked at his bedside table where the device sat. So he had made it. But that, what was all that? His train of thought was interrupted by a knock on the door.
“Jack get up, it’s breakfast!” Lana opened his door slightly and peered in.
“Yeah, yeah…I’m coming.” Jackson breathed a sigh of relief. He got out of bed and dressed quickly. Then he followed his big sister downstairs.
To be continued.