"Hang on, lemme get out of these work clothes," Matt called back as she went to her room. Rummaging through her clothes for something that would fit her new body, she finally threw on a t-shirt and a pair of drawstring pants. The entire trip back from the pub she had been considering how to rope Alexis into her little experiment. As she exited her room, she took a deep breath and put her plan into action.
"Well?" Alexis asked as Matt returned. Matt plopped down on an easy chair and looked at Alexis seriously.
"Okay, before I show it to you, you have to swear to never tell anyone else about it," Matt warned. "It's a special program, and the only reason I'm showing it to you is I think you'd be able to get the most out of it. But I'm not really supposed to let anyone see it, so you have to keep it a complete secret." Alexis gave Matt a skeptical but rather unconcerned look.
"Fine, whatever," Alexis replied easily. "I'm not interested in getting stuck in the middle of a copyright case or something."
"Also, you can't make any changes with it unless I say it's okay," Matt added, figuring she had better be safe.
"Yeah, yeah, sure," Alexis answered, starting to look bored.
"Okay, c'mere," Matt waved Alexis to follow her back to her study and brought the computer out of sleep mode.
"Chro-ni-vac?" Alexis read the bar across the top of the window. "Is that it?"
"Okay, I know this is going to be hard to believe, but hear me out," Matt began. "This may look like a regular 3-D computer modeling program, but it's not. It can actually allow you to temporarily change a real person's body." Alexis looked skeptical, although Matt hoped that was because she didn't believe Matt about the program, and not the fact that Matt was lying about the extent of the Chronivac's power. "I actually tried it on myself, and it worked."
"But you look just the same," Alexis interrupted.
"Like I said, the changes are temporary. Also, while you are changed, everyone thinks you were always that way, so you wouldn't notice if I had changed for a while," Matt lied glibly, but she wanted to keep the fact that she had changed her entire history to herself for now. Maybe she would tell Alexis someday.
"Alright, I'll bite," Alexis finally said, not looking convinced. "But what do you get out of this? Why bother going to the trouble of showing me?" Matt hid a smile, knowing she had Alexis on the hook.
"I'm supposed to try out this program in all sorts of different ways, and I kinda wanted to fool around a bit sexually," Matt stated, knowing Alexis wouldn't be put off by her bluntness. "And while I want to have sex with a guy, I'm not really attracted to the male physique...so I was wondering, want to play around and see if we can have some fun? Nothing serious, and I wouldn't make any changes to you that you weren't okay with, plus you'd go back to normal eventually..."
"Creating the ideal lover from scratch, eh?" Alexis' eyes gleamed. "A paragon of womanly charm combined with a male's genitalia? Sounds like quite the sculpting challenge." Matt could tell she had piqued Alexis' interest, not with the offer of sex, but with the chance to sculpt a living being, even if it meant sculpting herself. "Okay, I'm in."