"Gosh, okay we gotta be careful going forward with this one." Emily added. "Still, it worked out. The girl still seems happy and now the dad at least has a hobby."
"I guess so." Rick mumbled. "Still, it's kinda hot..." He thought, not letting Emily know how the camera was starting to turn him on, or how the stares were also starting to get more interesting. "So, what now?" Rick asked.
"Uhm... Well, we have already used the Role Swap and Blend in modes, so then that leaves us with the Twinning and Fusion modes, the weirdest ones! Uhm, what should we use first?" Asked Emily to herself as she played with the camera. Emily didn't see anything wrong with that, but on the other side, Rick was very scared of that.
"Emily, stop doing that with the camera, you know how dangerous it can be!" Said Rick, worried that Emily accidentally did something bad with the camera. Emily simply rolled her eyes, she knew what she was doing after all. She dismissed it as just Rick overreacting, but Rick would be proven right when Emily accidentally switched the awareness button of the camera, making both Rick and Emily unaware of anything!
"O, don't worry, Ricky! I..." Emily's mind was starting to get a little foggy... What was she... I mean, he doing at the mall again? ... O, that's right! His mommy had told him that he was doing so well at school that she was going to buy him a new toy! The seven years old looked at his mom with a smile, clearly excited for his reward.
Rick was also having trouble remembering things, he had come to the mall with his gi... boyfriend, right? No, that didn't feel right, h- she didn't have a boyfriend, Rebecca was a married woman! And her husband Paul wasn't even there, she came to the mall with her lovely son Emile! "God, I must be loosing my marbles." She laughed with a giggle before looking back at her son with a smile.
"Mommy, can we go to the toy store now, pleeeeeeeeeeeease?" Said Emile in a childish tone that he knew her mother loved.
"Of course sweetie, let's go. I have already seen everything I wanted here." Said Rebecca as she started walking away and grabbing her son's hand.
"Yey!" Emile didn't contain his excitement, he was very happy and showing it proudly. However, he got a little distracted by something in his hand, an old looking camera. Emile was a little confused about it at first, but he quickly remembered that they just found a yard sale on their way and Rebecca bought a camera because it reminded her of her childhood. Emile didn't really care about it, but he felt as if it was calling him to use it. "O, mommy! Can I play with the camera until we arrive, please?"
"Of course honey, just make sure to not break it." Said Rebecca warmly.
"Yey, thank you mommy!" Said Emile as he looked around to see who he could take a picture of. Meanwhile, he indirectly touched some buttons here and there, activating random mode again. Of course, though, little Emile was fully unaware of this, so he simply kept looking around for some people to take a picture of. The first ones he noticed were a new family, a man and a woman, both in their mid thirties, were walking alongside a kid Emile's age. That family reminded Emile of his own, so he decided to take a picture of them.
FLASH!
In the instant the camera flashed, the family changed a lot. First, the dad started to become younger, even more than Emile, ending up as a four years old, but that was not all. His gender was changed as well, with how now oversized man clothes turned into a pretty dress and his, now her, hair became a lot longer and stylized itself into a ponytail. The little boy started to grow older very quickly, becoming a twenty eight years old man and his childish outfit turning into a business attire. Finally, the woman had the least drastic changes, simply becoming a little younger. The family was still a family, but a very different one. And yet, everyone was unaware, including Emile, who looked at the picture of the random family he took.
Rebecca was looking happily at her son. She bought that camera as a little reminder of her young days, but seeing Emile having a good time with it makes her feel very happy. At first she was a little scared because the camera gave her a funny feeling, but all the doubts on her mind disappeared seeing her baby having fun. "Are you having fun with the camera, sweetie?"
"Yes, mommy! Look at this picture I took!" Said Emile excitedly as he showed Rebecca the picture of the family.
"O, it's a lovely photo!" Said Rebecca with a warm smile. "I didn't know you were a photographer!" Said Rebecca, making her son blush from the compliments. "Do you think I can choose the next picture, honey?" Emile nodded excitedly at his mom's question, wanting to take more pictures. Emile didn't know why, but he felt super happy and excited for using the camera. "O, thank you! Then, I think you should take a picture of..."