Gideon Thornton was beaming.
"Okay. What I really want is to be a grownup. I want to still be dad's son but I also want to be his age. And uh...I kind of want to be in charge for once. Can I be in charge for like, a week?"
"Huh. I could do that," Craig considered it. "Do you want to be our brother?" his uncle asked.
"Mmm. Not sure if I like that. Not yet. Maybe later."
"Okay, I'm new to this and I am still new to reality shifting. I'll grant your wish, but remember, if I make you older, I have to make someone else younger," Craig explained. "And I'll have to do that within a day or two or you go right back to being the short 12 year old regular old you." He poked his nephew on the nose.
"This is going to be so awesome!" Gideon's eyes swam with the possibilities. "I want to do so many things! Go to a topless bar! Smoke cigars! Be a real man. Get laid!" Gideon shook his head up and down, confidently, smiling to himself. Gideon was visibly getting excited.
I definitely made the right decision to start with my family, Craig thought.
"You know, you are actually something of a natural dominant. I actually can look up people's stats. It's a magic thing," Craig told his nephew.
"What's that mean? I like to tell people what to do?"
"Yeah, and then some. You want to be the boss. Being an adult means you'll need a job, if you want to have the full "adult experience". I can make you look like anyone, and you can fit into a sort of template. We have templates for thousands of different guys, and I can give you skills and an occupation.”
“And Dad has to do what I say! I want to be the boss for once! I want to boss him around! He always bosses me around!”
“Well that is his job.”
“Yeah, but he treats me like a baby. Except for tonight and that’s only because you made him. I want him to treat me the way he treats other grown ups. But I think that would be easier if I was as big as you guys.”
“Why don’t we look through my list. I’m gonna show you some possible guys you can look like. And as for your Dad, I’ll put a spell on him so he isn’t surprised by any of the changes I make here, and then I’ll put a spell on him making sure he doesn’t tell anyone that you’re his son, seeing as how that would make no sense to anyone else.”
“This is going to be great!” Gideon rubbed his hands together. He started to look through pics on Uncle Craig’s phone.
“I like this one….no wait…this one! I want this one!”
“Oh. Very nice. You’re going for the super butch look.” Craig looked at the man his nephew wanted to become. He was a little bit surprised.
Gideon wanted to be turned into...