"What were you saying, Tina?" Jenny asked. She could see that Tina was visibly upset about something.
The maid looked down at the floor, retracting the hand she had raised towards Jenny and bringing it to her chin in an embarrassed gesture. "Does Mistress Jenny...remember who I used to be?"
Jenny blinked. "Yeah, of course I do." A glimmer appeared in Tina's eyes, but quickly faded at Jenny's next sentence. "You and I used to be school friends until your parents went broke and you had to take a job as our housekeeper."
"'Used to be friends?'" Tina choked in a tiny voice.
Jenny got up out of the desk chair and put a hand on Tina's shoulder. "We're still BFFs, Tina. Is that why you're upset? You thought I'm not your friend anymore because I'm also technically your boss?"
Tina was so flustered she could barely hold her composure. The strong maid tendencies Jenny had "programmed" into her, however, forced Tina to steel herself and hold back her distraught feelings. Inside, the mind of the original Tim was pushing hard to be heard through the facade of Tina the Housemaid, to no avail.
"I apologize for being upset, Mistress Jenny. It is quite uncivil of me."
"You're so polite, Tina. I don't mind at all." Jenny swept a few loose hairs behind Tina's ear. "Now I'm gonna go watch some tv. You're free to join me so long as you tidy this room up a little first." With that, Jenny left.
Tina breathed a heavy sigh once her "mistress" was downstairs. She was finally alone with the computer, and could undo all the crazy changes that Jenny had made to the two of them. She took a step towards the desk, when she stopped abruptly. She was struck with the incredible urge to pick up some loose items on the floor. Scattered around were a shirt, some socks, a pencil and a few notebooks. Before Tina could think about what she was doing, she scooped them all up and proceeded to deposit the objects in their rightful places; the dresser, the desk, and the backpack next to Jenny's bed.
She noticed the bed looked a little lumpy and ragged. Moving quickly, she threw off the comforter, sorted out the sheet underneath until it was smooth, and draped the comforter perfectly over the mattress. She fluffed the pillows for good measure.
Okay, she thought, now that my stupid maid self is appeased, maybe now I can use the computer. She walked slowly over to the computer and sat down. Her fingers hovered over the mouse. A thought came to her telling her that it was wrong to use Mistress Jenny's computer. She should go downstairs and spend some time with her friend. Mustering up everything she had, Tina's inner self made a last-ditch push for control and forced her hand down on the mouse. With agonizingly slow movements, she positioned the pointer to the check box that would make everyone but her oblivious to her changes.
No, wait. If Jenny...Jacob suddenly became aware of all that he'd done, he'd probably come back up there. Tina, or Tim, couldn't risk any more meddling. The changes had to be reversed first.
With even greater need to concentrate, Tim forced Tina's hand to move up to the slider that controlled her obedience. She clicked and started dragging it to the left. As it moved, the resistance from her maid mind eased, and once it was all the way to the "0," Tina was at last free to continue as she pleased without another part of herself objecting to such a flagrant show of independence.
After resetting all of the behavioral sliders, Tina reversed the changes to her clothes and body. The fully-restored Tim looked himself over, sighing with relief. "It's so good to be back," he said, patting himself to confirm it wasn't just an illusion.
"Tim!" came Jenny's voice from downstairs. "What're you doing up there? I'm getting lonely!"
Tim remembered that Jenny was back to believing that she was his girlfriend. He moved the mouse over to the picture of Jenny sitting on the living room couch and brought up her current stats. Her aware box was of course still unchecked.
He took a minute to think. All of the stuff he had been through in the last twenty minutes flashed through his head. He had been shocked, scared, humiliated, and terrified of being trapped in that maid's body, all while his friend had been completely oblivious. And now he had access to something that could give Jacob/Jenny a reason to regret what had been done. All he had to do was fool around with a few settings, make his friend into something embarrassing, and then check the aware toggle and watch the reaction. It was all too tempting...