“Done. Anything else?” he asked, looking up at Felicia.
She whispered something that he didn’t quite catch.
“Sorry, I missed that. One more time?”
“I want to be a D-cup,” Felicia said angrily, meeting his eyes.
Felix blinked, unsure of how to respond.
Then he shrugged. It didn’t matter to him what breast size she was. A glance at the window told him she was an AA cup.
Below average again. How much will it cost?
Felix flicked the button four times and the cost went up to fourteen hundred points even. It was less than what she was worth for one day. It’d only take him a day to replenish his point values. If he had to do this for everyone, it’d be annoying, but not the end of the world.
He’d call everything a bargain and spend today lounging around. Maybe convert something small to silver.
“Done. Anything else?” Felix asked again.
Felicia looked to her chest, then back to him. “I don’t—”
“Once I confirm the changes, they’ll happen. You may want to unhook your bra. Going from AA to D… yeah, it’s going to be significant.”
Felicia turned a deep scarlet red and then reached behind her back and into her shirt. There was a soft click and her clothes shifted.
“I’m ready.”
He hit the button and leaned back to watch.
Felicia stood up rapidly in surprise. Her body began expanding rapidly in multiple ways.
Ten seconds later and it was all over. Her clothes had split at the hip and shoulders, and her increased bosom pulled the fabric tight in the front of her shirt.
“Glad we had this talk, Felicia. Now, could you send in the next person?” Felix said with a smile at the half-breed Dwarven woman, who now looked much more like a human than her heritage would have normally allowed.
Chapter 8 - Boldly -
The two Andreas were looking at him, unspeaking.
He’d already gone through everyone else, each person having minor requests here or there. By the end, he’d spent five thousand of his points.
“Want me to go make more pancakes?” Andrea One said.
“Let us make you more,” Andrea Prime said.
“No, no. I’ve had my share. Remember?” Felix asked. He was concerned. She’d already said that twice.
“Yes,” they said in unison.
“But pancakes make people happy,” Prime said.
“And you seem sad,” One said.
Felix shook his head and pointed at Andrea Prime. “How long can your clone remain with you? How many can you have at one time?”
“She can remain forever. There’s no time limit or anything. It can get annoying to sleep in the same bed. We often combine back together at night.
“As to how many… I’m not sure? We can’t count how many are inside of us. I think we had two hundred out at one time? That was a hard day,” Prime said. One nodded her head at that, crossing her arms in front of her.
“I… see. So, rather than clones, it’s more like multiple versions of you existing at the same time?” Felix asked slowly.
Andrea Prime blinked, and then looked at him with a smile. “Want more pancakes?”
“Ah, no.” Felix pressed the fingers of his right hand to his temple. “Andrea, do you want anything?”
He began to call up her window for her stats and powers.
Name:
Andrea Elex
Power: Multiple Self Projections
Alias: Andrea, Andie, Lex, Myriad.
Secondary Power: Partitioned Mind
Physical Status:
Healthy
Mental Status:
Happy
Positive Statuses:
None
Negative Statuses:
None
Strength:
44
Upgrade?(440)
Dexterity:
62
Upgrade?(620)
Agility:
71
Upgrade?(710)
Stamina:
51
Upgrade?(510)
Wisdom:
81
Upgrade?(810)
Intelligence:
17
Upgrade?(170)
Luck:
53
Upgrade?(530)
Primary Power:
31
Upgrade?(3,100)
Secondary Power:
79
Upgrade?(7,900)
“I’d like to get married one day,” Prime said with a smile.
“Have children,” One added.
“Oh yes, children. Dating is hard, though. We keep getting tricked by bad men,” said Prime.
One looked at Prime and patted her on the head gently.
Felix was quickly losing himself in the meandering nature of Andrea. That and it was depressing.
He’d briefly considered changing some stats as he went through the meetings, but he ended up leaving everyone with their starting numbers.
He’d almost increased Lily’s luck, since it was so awful, but had decided against it.
Here, though, talking to Andrea, he wasn’t considering it—he was already running out the numbers in his head.
For two thousand one hundred and fifty points, he could push her intelligence up to twenty-six. It didn’t seem like much, but maybe it’d put her on par with a teenager.
Quickly making the adjustments, and tuning out the conversation she was having with herself about dating, he hoped there would be immediate improvements.
Prime and One both immediately stopped talking, their heads whipping around to view him.
“You changed us,” they said in concert.
“I did. Is that a problem?” Felix asked carefully.
They looked at each other, as if they were speaking without speaking, then looked back to him.
“No. Why spend points on us? We’re not like the others. We’re not really good for anything. You covet your points.”
Felix couldn’t answer that. Yes, talking to her was annoying, but he could just as easily have sent her out of the room.
“I don’t know. They say ignorance is bliss, but… I don’t know. Never mind that. Is there anything else you want now?” he asked, diverting the question.
Mostly because he couldn’t answer it. He didn’t like the thoughts he was having. Andrea was too close to his own social ineptitude from his teenager years.
“No. But… thank you. I’m happy being me. But maybe later you can let me bring out more of me? They get crowded in there after a while and it’s easier the more I can bring out.”
“Uhm, yeah. Sure. We could work something out. Though I think it’ll be a bit,” Felix said cautiously.
“Okay! Do you modify yourself at all? I don’t think I could resist the temptation if I could,” Prime said.
“I can’t. I’ve tried many times, but… I can’t. I don’t know why.”
“Oh. What about the house? You should modify it.”
“I don’t own it.”
“Buy one, then! Then upgrade it! We need more bedrooms,” Prime explained. One nodded along next to her.
Felix started to argue with her, then realized she was right. Beyond right, even. It was so obvious it hurt. He wasn’t thinking big enough.
A pawn shop is good, but a house… A house I could build into a massive mega house with custom defenses and…
“You’re brilliant, Andrea,” Felix claimed, smiling at her.
“First time I’ve heard that,” Prime said.
“Me, too,” One agreed.
Time moved faster than Felix thought it could have. In no time at all, a month had passed since his last estate meeting.
He was dressed in a business suit again, staring up at that horrid sign that had come to represent so much hate for him.
So much anger.
Up until a few days ago when Lily had come to see him.