“Oh no! It’s pops!” Tina hissed, grabbing your arm to stop you. Up ahead, you could see the complex that housed Frederick’s apartment coming into view. More importantly, you could see Frederick’s car parked in the lot out front. “Crap, why’s he home so early?”
You tilted your head. “Is that a problem? We can show him your new body.”
“No! Absolutely not!” Tina glared at you with enough intensity to make you step back. “It’s bad enough strangers had to see me like this. If pops sees me, I’ll never hear the end of it. And you won’t either!”
“But why?” You asked. “It’s not harmful. And if I might say so, you look pretty cute.”
Blushing, Tina rubbed her forehead. “Look, it’s complicated, okay? We just have to turn me back before we get home.”
“Right,” you agreed. Taking a deep breath, you paused. “Um, let’s see. What did you look like before?”
Instantly, Tina’s jaw dropped. “Y-You’re kidding! Don’t you remember?”
You shrugged helplessly. “Hey, I only just discovered I could change someone else. I’ve only ever used my magic on myself, and I know what I look like.”
“Ugh, I should’ve known this was bad when you didn’t even know what a dick was.”
“Well, don’t you have a - what do you call them - a photograph? Don’t city people have, like, tons of them?”
Tina dug out her wallet and went through its meager contents. “The only picture I’ve got on me is my school ID, and it’s not even in color.”
Studying it, you frowned. The heavily pixilated image left much to be desired, like any resemblance to a human being at all. Not to mention the top portion of Tony’s head. “Are photographs always so bad?”
“Only school ones. The gremlin photographer they hired that year was kind of old and half-blind. If only pops would let me have a phone. I could’ve had a few pictures on that.”
“Phones carry photo- I mean, pictures?”
This got another stare. “Wow, you really are out of touch.”
Now, it was your turn to be embarrassed. “Well, what do we do?”
“Can’t you just try without a picture?”
“No, too dangerous. And to be honest, I’ll have to see what dicks look like again. I kinda forgot.”
“Wonderful.” Tina racked her brain for any other ideas.