Before Ashley is able to answer, the door to Jeff’s room opens and in walks their six-year-old brother Brian. Brian looks like the smaller or younger version of Jeff: short black hair, brown eyes and a pretty athletic body.
“Hey,” Brian says, sounding excited as always, “what are you guys up to?”
“Brian,” Jeff asks, “I thought you wanted to stay at a friend’s over the weekend.”
“Yeah,” Ashley chimes in, frowning, not happy that Brian appeared, whom she dislikes more than Jeff, because Brian tends to annoy her more.
“Yeah, that was the plan,” the boy says, “but… something happened which canceled the idea.”
“What happened,” Jeff asks.
Brian sighs, “I… I had an argument with Zack,” he says, “it got really heated, so I decided to leave.”
“Oh,” the other two say.
“Yeah,” Brian says, “so, what are you guys up to?”
Jeff and Ashley look at each other, hesitating, unsure if it would be a good idea to involve Brian.
“You know Jeff,” Ashley says, looking at Brian out of the corner of her eye, “he may be annoying as hell, worse than you, but I think it’ll be fun if the three of us would try out this… “game” of yours.”
Brian looks at Jeff, “you have a new game?”
“Well,” Jeff says, “it is not really a… game,” he then explains to Brian, what he explained to Ashley.
Brian’s eyes widen “really,” he asks, sounding excited, “IF it is true, and this… game is able to do all that, then… there are a few things I’d like to try.”
“Like what,” Jeff and Ashley ask.
“Well,” Brian says, “you guys know how much I love cartoons, especially stuff like Wile E Coyote, Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry.”
“Yeah, and,” Jeff and Ashley reply.
“Well,” Brian says, his eyes sparkling, “I’d like to be an anthropomorphic animal! Or at least have a tail!”
“Really,” the other two exclaimed.
Brian nods, “yeah!”
“What kind of animal would you want to be,” Ashley asks, actually sounding interested.
“I dunno,” Brian says, shrugging, “I love Foxes, Racoons, Kangaroos, Wolves, Dogs, Cats. But I also love Lizards, Snakes and especially… Dragons! Maybe I could be a Fox-boy or have a tail like a Lizard, Snake or Dragon!”
“Actually,” Jeff says, “you’d look pretty cute as a Fox-boy, and I think a long, strong tail like a Lizard’s would look good on you!”
“What else would you want to try,” Ashley then asks.
“Well,” Brian says, “I’d also like to try being a feral animal… but,” he then blushes, “I’d also like being a… girl!”
Jeff’s and Ashley’s eyes widen, “why a girl?”
Again Brian shrugs, “I dunno,” he says, “I guess I am just curious.”
Jeff and Ashley look at each other, they then look at Brian, “okay,” Jeff says, “you can join us. But you have to promise to keep this a secret, IF it should actually work!”
Brian raises a hand, grinning, “scouts honor,” he says.
Jeff and Ashley can’t help but chuckles, “okay,” Ashley says, “so, who’d like to go first? Since it’s Jeff’s game, I find it just fair if he’d either try to become something first or transform one of us.”
Brian and Ashley look at Jeff, “so, Jeff,” Brian asks, “who do you think should go first?”