Jill leapt out of bed the next morning, skipped breakfast completely and headed straight for the mall, the gun resting hidden in her backpack. Sue’s list of rules for using the gun were going round in her head and she was busy ignoring every one of them.
“Remember, the person you take assets from has to agree to it and want it to happen.” Sue’s voice droned in Jill’s head. “You have to get their agreement, or you have to bet them one of your assets if they agree to a challenge of some kind. If you want to be older, take the years from someone who wants to be younger, which is most adults! If you want breasts, take them from a woman whose boobs are too big and hurting her back. That sort of thing.”
“Yeah right! I’ll do whatever I want.” Jill scoffed as she looked around the food court for a likely target. She decided she didn’t want to be older, since that would be too obvious, besides, she wanted to grow into her new gorgeous body and have the whole glorious experience last for years, not just a few days.
The food court was perfect for Jill’s purposes, not just because she’d missed breakfast, but also because people stayed still were she could see them, and target them. As Jill munched away on a blueberry muffin, she held the gun under the table with the plus end pointed at herself and scanned the crowd for a mark. Jill spotted a little girl about 8 years old chattering away to her mother nearby. She decided to start with something small. The girl had long brown hair down to her skinny waist and Jill was going to take some of that. She switched the dial on the gun to Hair and pulled the trigger. At once her scalp started tingling and she nearly moaned from the pleasure as her follicles pushed outwards and her locks spilled down onto her shoulders. She was enjoying the feeling so much she nearly forgot to stop. When she looked over at the girl again, her hair was shorter by about 8 inches and Jill’s had grown by exactly that much. She wasn’t happy though. Her hair was down to her shoulders now, but she realised there was a reason she had kept it short for years. Ever since Sue had stolen all her looks, Jill’s hair had been as plain as the rest of her; a drab, mousy brown, thin and without even a hint of wave or body. Now it was longer, and a bit thicker, she thought, but it was still that horrible color and completely lacked any shine or bounce.
The gun didn’t seem to have an option for texture or shine, but she did find a setting for Color next to the Hair notch. She switched the dial over and looked around. A woman was just sitting down at a table a few feet away from Jill who had the most beautiful shimmery copper colored hair and Jill instantly knew she had to have it. She discreetly turned the gun towards the woman and pulled the trigger. Strangely, the woman’s hair remained as healthy and shiny as before, but the colour slowly changed so that she now had very shiny mousy brown hair, while Jill’s locks were a dull copper color. She had taken color from the woman, but nothing else.
Frustrated, Jill decided to figure out how to fix her hair later and move on to some more physical assets.