Jeff thinks for a while, looking around the room, and every time his eyes land on one of the young children, he can’t help but feel the a strange longing to be a kid again, and with a smile, the teen finally says, “alright, I think I know what I want to do,” he says, “but I want to keep it a secret, let’s see if one of you will be able to guess what I chose to become”.
“That sounds like fun,” the others say.
Jeff turns to his laptop, “before I do myself, I’ll activate the scanner, so everyone in this room is already in the system, so you don’t have to first scan yourself when it’s your turn”.
“Sounds fair,” the others say.
After the scanning is completed, Jeff opens his file, he then changes his age from 16 to 8, when he confirms the change, he is asked if he wants his clothes to adjust to his new age, which he confirms.
Jeff turns to face the group, everyone stares intensely at the teen, the teen shivers when the tingling runs through his body, “man, that pins and needles sensation really feels weird,” he says, “I’ll never get used to it”.
“At least it’s not painful,” the others say.
“Yeah, thank god,” Jeff says.
“Well, as of now, I don’t see any difference about you, Jeff,” Linda says.
Jeff chuckles, “patience, Linda,” he says, “you never can tell when or what will change first”.
The group grins at this, “that surely makes it all so much more interesting,” Linda says, the others nod in agreement.
“Hey, Jeff,” Will suddenly says, “is it just me, or do you look younger and a little shorter?”
Jeff grins, having felt himself shrinking for the past 10 minutes, “maaaaaybe,” he says.
“YEAH HE IS,” the kids shout, “LOOK HIS TOES! THEY AREN’T TOUCHING THE GROUND!”
“Why do kids ALWAYS have to shout,” the teens ask.
“SORRY,” the kids shout, “um… s-sorry,” they then repeat more quietly.
Jeff chuckles, “kids will be kids,” he says, “it feels so weird, shrinking I mean”.
“I think I know what Jeff has done to himself,” Beatrix says.
Jeff looks at the 18-year-old, “and?”
“You have changed your age,” she says, “you are becoming younger! But how young?”
Jeff grins, “you’ll see soon enou… *cough*… gh,” he says, “he… I guess… *cough*… there goes my… *cough* voice,” he says, his voice sounding more like a 12-year-old.
Everyone’s eyes widen, “okay… THAT’S kinda scary,” Will says, watching his friend continue to regress into childhood.
“Why a kid, Jeff,” Linda asks.
Jeff grins, now looking not older than 10, “because, kids have it a lot easier,” he says, giggling at his high voice and kicking his legs, “I just thought it would be nice spending the weekend as a kid, you know, just having fun and not having to deal with any “big boy” things for a change!”
Finally Jeff stops shrinking, now looking like a regular 8-year-old boy, his black shirt, which has a scull on the front, changes into a blue t-shirt with a print of Spider-Man on the front, his blue jeans just adjust to his new size, as does his socks.
“Aaaaw, Jeff,” Zoey squeaks, “you look sooooo adorable!”
Jeff blushes and grins, “th-thanks, Zoey,” he says.
“Unbelievable,” the others say.
“So,” Max says, “how does it feel, being little again?”
Jeff looks at the 7-year-old, “weird,” he says, “everything looks sooooo much bigger,” he then grins, “but I like it! I feel soooooo energized!”
“That program really is scary,” Will says, “I mean, if it’s able to regress someone back to childhood, god knows what it could do in the wrong hands! Especially with that mind altering option! It could cause so much chaos and damage!”
Jeff nods, “yup, that is why we all need to be aaaaaabsolutly careful!”
Hearing Jeff talk in his 8-year-old voice, causes his friends to laugh, “you sound so much like a 8-year-old squirt,” Beatrix says, “are you sure you didn’t mentally regressed yourself too?”
“Nuh-uh,” Jeff says, “I still have my “big boy” mind! It’s just FUN talking like a kid again,” he says, grinning.
“We can tell,” the group say.
“So, who wants a go,” Jeff asks, looking around, “and… um… could someone please help me down,” he then asks, blushing as he looks down at how high he is from the ground, “was I really THAT tall? Man… my feet must be at least… 10 feet off the ground!”