Karl was able to find it in his schedule to have lunch with his brother while his son was at school. A little bit more out of their mother's wishes that they'd get along, but occasionally John would talk about his insane inventions... some of which actually worked on occasion. It's just... there was something weird about John that Karl couldn't just quite put his finger on. At the nice brunch restaurant Karl had gotten there first, and then was surprised when some young woman took a seat at his table.
Karl stated "Um, mam... I'm saving that seat for my brother, he should be here soon."
the young woman giggled and said "I know. Your brother just wanted to announce something he didn't know how to... So I figured that I would announce it!"
Karl chuckled and said "So my big bro finally got himself a girlfriend?"
a little more giggling and said "No... I was Jonathan, and well... I didn't exactly feel comfortable in my body as a man. The correct term I believe is gender dysphoria. My last experiment was on a formula to change men into women, and well... It worked despite a few issues." Karl quickly texted his brother "I'm at our usual place, did you use the hypnosis helmet again?" Then there was a buzz nearby and the young woman pulled out her phone which was the same model as John's and it was pretty obvious the young woman had John's phone. She said "I'm hurt. Can you really not believe that your older brother wanted to be a woman and made himself one?"
Karl sighed and said "Can I believe that my weird introverted brother was a closet trans? Sure... However the transformation is a little harder to believe."
The self proclaimed female John said "I could tell you about the process... or show you some of the... certain photos that um... the photos of my face at least. The information should soon also be available in..."
Karl said "I'll give you the benefit of the doubt if you could just answer three questions." she nodded "alright, first why do you look like you are in your twenties instead of being in your early forties?"
"Well it was a bit of a side effect. I had designed the formula so it would interact with one's DNA, and it seemed to have repaired some of the damage to my DNA along with the physical changes... No idea if this'll actually make me live longer, but this was a nice little side effect I think... Aside from the other little parts..."
"Wait what other side effects? this isn't one of the questions I'm just concerned."
"Well the formula works on your living cells. For the most part your hair and nails are dead... So in the end I ended up shaving all that male hair which left me wearing this wig... However the worst part was that my fingers shrank and narrowed and yet my nails didn't. It caused a little bit of pain until I ended up removing them." at which point Karl looked at his sister's hands to see they were covered in some black gloves. she sighed a bit and said "Also the taste is just horrible. I've got to find some way to make the taste better or change the way it's administered. Said administration technique is one dose each day for a week."
"Right then... Second if you were a trans-woman all along and were working on a female potion why did you grow that beard?"
"I was preparing for the experiment, forgot to shave for a few days, and then was curious what would happen to the beard. Nothing happened and I just gave myself a close shave."
"Gotcha, finally what do you want me to call you?"
"I've been thinking, and I've been partial to Jody." the waitress came by and they gave her their order at which point Jody thought for a second and asked "So how's everything going in your life. Joey doing good?"
Karl took a sip of water and said "Trying to get some more time off during the weekends... His grades are looking good, but I'm a little worried I'm not able to spend enough time with him... plus any effects of him not having a mother in the house..."
"I could do some babysitting if you want. Was planning on taking a break from my work till the FDA makes a decision."
"I'll think about it." at which point their meals came rather quickly. It was a good meal as always, and Jody was having her mimosas like usual... and the same amount of mimosas... underestimating that she now had a lower tolerance level. Karl sighed as he paid the bill and thought about what he'd do with his drunk sister.