Well at the age of 14 and with only one friend,Tim
the 14 year old boy who had a crush on her,
Alice had enough intuition not to play around with dangerous
toys,even if it supposedly were a 3d virtual reality version of
herself in this gizmo.
Instead she just didled around with the device and eventually
switched it to the FRIENDS option ,which since she only
had one friend,Tim
meant a virtual reality image of Tim popped up on the
screen.
This version of the Chronivac had various safties built into it
so Alice didn't actually encounter that
NEURONIC METAMORPHOSIS activation button that lay securely locked inside the plastic Chronivac shell.
So Alice,wondering what Tim would have been like if Tim
had been a girl instead,hence Alices girlfriend rather then some
testosterone addled male,played around with the virtual reality
image of Tim till she was looking at the image of
'Tammy',who in Alices mind was the older sister figure Alice
had never had,the sister who could protect younger Alice from
all the nastiness of the other girls in the school.
The doorbell rang and Alice went to answer it.There stood Tim,
roses in his hands and clearly besotted in love with her.
So sighing,Alice let him in and soon the two of them were seated around the Chronivac,staring at 'Tammy"
At which point there was a clicking sound and a panel slid out of the case of the Chronivac,revealing a flashing lit push button
labelled
NEURONIC METAMORPHOSIS
Without even thinking Tim dropped his roses and pressed that button
probably thinking it would impress Alice if he did so.
There was a crackling spitting sound from all around and a blue
glowing halo surrounded Tims body.
Tim gagged and staggered to the bathroom and locked the door.
A minute later there was another click as the bathroom door knob was turned and Tammy stepped out....her face was flushed and her green eyes showed she was angry about something