The day went on mostly relaxing for Derrick, who had his fun watching his once bigger brother play and act so childish. But it also showed him how easy a toddler´s life could be. Yes, being older and able to do things would be great, but he also knew what responsibilities he would have. He didn´t mind watching for Tanner now, but what if he got a girlfriend? Or what if school overwhelmed him?
It would be easy to adjust more things with the chronivac, but making it boring in the end, or so he feared. Looking at Tanner, who now had no worries about school and such. A part of him started longing for that, a part even bigger than the one that liked being the older brother.
And so, Derrick made a rather short-sighted decision. As he watched Tanner happily play on the carpet, in nothing but his little pull-up right now, he opened up his own profile of the chronivac. It was still the same as he left it the day before.
Name: Derrick Jacob McBeall
Age: 20
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 6’ 5’’
Weight: 211 lbs
Sexual Preference: N/A
Hair color: brown
Eye color: blue
Occupation: Much older brother
With a quick glance at his brothers profile as well, just to make sure he got his settings right, Derrick adjusted his profile towards his brothers. He would still be slightly bigger and heavier than his brother, making him still somewhat the “big” brother.
Name: Derrick Jacob McBeall
Age: 2
Mental Age: 2
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 3’ 4’’
Weight: 30 lbs
Sexual Preference: N/A
Hair color: brown
Eye color: blue
Occupation: Toddler
Relation: Twin-brother to Tanner William McBeall
He also adjusted Tanner´s profile to fit in, adding his relation there as well.
Name: Tanner William McBeall
Age: 2
Mental Age: 2
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 3’ 2’’
Weight: 27 lbs
Sexual Preference: N/A
Hair color: black
Eye color: blue-green
Occupation: Toddler
Relation: Twin-brother to Derrick Jacob McBeall
A light grin spread on Derrick´s face. He could simply share the carefree life his brother had now, and they could grow up together afterwards. He didn´t think of any safety for his memories, like getting them back at a certain age or something, just as he didn´t do for Tanner before. As he hit save to activate the changes to his new, carefree life, a pop-up stopped him.
It asked if he wanted to adjust what other´s knew, altering reality so he would be seen as a two-year-old toddler as well. “Just as Tanner” went through his head as he accepted that change, and further changes being asked, such as adjusting his clothes, and by default, Tanner´s old ones. Then who would take care of them until their parents came home in the evening. That honor went to Tanner´s former girlfriend, who lived next door. After their earlier changes, she had become his girlfriend, not that he thought much about it.
The last appearing pop-up, Derrick just accepted without really reading it fully until he had already hit the button. His eyes widened in panic, but he couldn´t abort it anymore, as the changes started immediately. Not that his mind could grasp it much longer. On the screen, the pop-up asked if he, and, again by default, Tanner, would like to remain that age until further adjustments were taken.
Derrick shrunk rapidly in front of the computer, slipping from the chair as he had sat on the edge before. With a low thud, he hit the ground just between the chair´s legs, already the exact age and size he wanted to end up with. The last thing heard from him, or better said his older self, was a wail of “no” as his regressing mind lost his memories of what he had just done.
Around him, his former worn clothes shifted, the lent boxers of Tanner turning into a pull-up just like Tanner was wearing right now. The jeans and t-shirt turned into a dark blue onesie, leaving only his hand, feet and head without any clothes.
Tanner, who had still enjoyed playing with some blocks on the carpet, stiffened as the changes hit him. It was a second or two, in with his mind was adjusted again, changing Derrick from his older brother into his twin. Around him, out of another set of his former clothes, formed another onesie, just like Derrick had, only it was dark green.
Tanner giggled as around them, his old room shifted. His old bed, with had been turned into a crib by Derrick the day before gained a twin, made up form Derrick´s bed in his room. The wardrobe shifted into a colorful one, with all of his and Derrick´s old clothes shifting into fitting onesies for them, alongside some shoes, and a whole drawer full of pull-ups for the two of them.
The overall look of the room, which hadn´t been changed by Derrick, also turned out more child-like. Colorful, with little pictures and all, was the result of this to the boring white wallpaper. The carpet continued this childish theme by gaining streets and building and such, fit to play on.
The desk, which held the computer with the chronivac vanished from the room, reappearing in Derrick´s old room, which now was a mostly empty office. And, without the chair between them, Derrick saw the giggling Tanner, his twin, and giggled himself. It was just as he had wanted, he got the carefree life, just that it most likely would be longer than expected by him.