Jeff looked through all his options, tongue stuck out in thought. He knew he wanted to be older, but he wasn't sure how old. And as he thought it over, he knew he didn't want it to happen all at once. Where was the fun in rapidly aging into an adult in minutes, then that was it? He wanted the thrill of continually growing older at a quicker than normal pace while everyone around him aged normally.
After searching through dozens of age related options, Jeff came across just what he was looking for. A program that would alter the speed he aged at, currently set to 'one year = one year'. That is, one year of real time was equal to one year of Jeff time. "Hmm..." he spoke aloud, while playing with the preset options. "Since I don't know how old I would like to be, I could just set the machine to age me a month a day." With that, Jeff changed the setting to 'one day = one month'. For every day that passed in real time, he himself would age by one month. Which meant one month in real time would equal approximately 2 1/2 years in Jeff time. That sounded ideal to him, and he could always change it if he got impatient or wanted to slow it down again. "This might be interesting..." he muttered to himself.
Happy with his decision, Jeff clicked on the accept button, only for a command window to pop. 'Fill in all boxes to complete action.' There were indeed other prompts that he deemed unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Not wanting to deal with the finer details, he clicked the random settings button, then the accept button again. A new box appeared.
Current age: 16 YEARS 7 MONTHS
Aging rate: 1 DAY = 1 MONTH
Physical changes: ENHANCED MATURATION
Mental changes: BASIC MATURATION
Participant awareness: 100% AWARE
Public awareness: 29% AWARE (mostly unaware unless major discrepancies occur)
OPTIONAL Family & Friends awareness: 47% AWARE (semi-unaware, willingness to ignore unless minor discrepancies occur)
Reality change: DISABLED (limited alteration of reality can be achieved manually)
Duration of Proposed Changes: 1 YEAR
Is this OK?
Yes | No
Jeff clicked the yes button without even reading the pop-up box. Whatever happens, happens. What he didn't realise was that this locked in his accelerated aging for a full year in real time, unable to cancel or postpone it. Upon accepting his fate, Jeff felt an unusual tingle spread throughout his body and linger until it dissipated into background noise. It may take days for him to notice any significant changes but he was excited for what was in store.