Reaching his room, Mark sat down at his desk, while Dean closed the door behind Theo and himself. They both made way towards Mark´s bed to sit down, but Mark stopped them: “Freeze”
Dean was a lean and tall thirteen-year-old boy, a few weeks older than Justin. As Mark knew a bit about him, he would describe him as a cold and arrogant boy, but also a good friend if he had been reached by the other.
Theo was also lean, maybe a bit less than Dean, but also shorter, giving him the lower weight off the two. He was twelve, only a week older than Chris. While he wasn´t an acrobat like Rick, he was still rather energetic. Which gave Mark his idea for what to make him be. It also fitted that Theo could sing good, as Mark had learned when his brother last played a karaoke game with his friends.
“What is happening? Why can´t I move?” asked Theo, sounding nervous. Dean sent a cold look at Mark. Somehow, he was responsible, Dean was sure of it.
“Oh, I just want to integrate you more with your friends and my brother, nothing bad. You will see. So, let´s get over with the initiation.” Mark was quick to instruct them the same way as the other three and Aidan, including a reset-trigger, the facing and forgetting commands, their replacements afterwards, as well as not noticing the changes the others went through. Finalizing them by making them forget everything since being frozen in place, but again able to move.
As both Dean and Theo sat down on Mark´s bed, Mark quickly looked over their profiles. He just made sure the “Mark rules” wouldn´t affect the body when used to alter their minds.
File password protected
Name: Dean Jones
Age: 13 years, 2 months, 12 days
Height: 5ft 3 inches
Weight: 92 pounds
Personality: Arrogant, cold, loyal, quiet
Text Input: Ignorant to changes of Chris, Justin, Rick and Theo
Able to hear Mark even while whispering
Mark rules (mind)
Reset-Triggers set by Mark Romano
“Reset to start” – Dean returns back to normal.
Exceptions: Memory altering commands
Forced to face Mark when called by name
Forced to be truthful while facing Mark
Forced to do if asked “Can you remember …” or “Can you think of …”
Unable to speak of what is “snapped” away by Mark
Forgetting words and phrases that were “clapped” away
Forget what thought about completely when “stomped” away
Self-answered questions by Mark replace relevant memories and holes
“Reawake Dean” - Dean´s mind turns back, everything else remain the same
“Submerge Dean” - Dean´s mind returns to the last active mindset
File password protected
Name: Theodore (Theo) Brown
Age: 12 years, 7 months, 25 days
Height: 6ft 1 inch
Weight: 76 pounds
Personality: Energetic, wild, loud, twitchy, kind, shy
Text Input: Ignorant to changes of Chris, Justin, Rick and Dean
Able to hear Mark even while whispering
Mark rules (mind)
Reset-Triggers set by Mark Romano
“Reset to start” – Theo returns back to normal.
Exceptions: Memory altering commands
Forced to face Mark when called by name
Forced to be truthful while facing Mark
Forced to do if asked “Can you remember …” or “Can you think of …”
Unable to speak of what is “snapped” away by Mark
Forgetting words and phrases that were “clapped” away
Forget what thought about completely when “stomped” away
Self-answered questions by Mark replace relevant memories and holes
“Reawake Theo” - Theo´s mind turns back, everything else remain the same
“Submerge Theo” - Theo´s mind returns to the last active mindset
Mark then asked the two: “Where have you been yesterday? Chris said you had no time to come over?” It hadn´t occurred to him, but normally they were all five here, not just three. So, he was a bit curious of that.
Theo shook his head, sighing. “I had to attend to the birthday of my grandma, and it was so boring. I´m the youngest by a few years, so nobody there to do anything interesting with me. I couldn´t bring anyone, and also couldn´t get out.” It still annoyed him that he had been forced to attend.
Dean shot a pitying look at his friend, then a cold one towards Mark. He didn´t see him as a friend, therefore held his distance. “It´s family related, but nothing that you need to know.”
Mark raised an eyebrow. Would he force an answer? No, while he wanted to know, the tone alone showed that what Dean said was true, and he had no interest in the Jones family. But he would make him more open later, his pets shouldn´t be so distant. “Okay, but if you had been able to, would you have been happier being here, Dean? I guess for Theo that would be a clear yes.”
Theo nodded, clearly that being here would have been better. Dean thought about it a few seconds, before responding: “Yes. I wouldn´t have missed anything too important.”
Mark smiled. At least, they were true friends to his brother, and would make good little pets for him. Seeing as they both still faced him, he was now ready to see how their changes would work out.