In the future technology has advanced to allow virtual reality on the internet. People can now visit and talk with one another while on the web. Their cyber personas can be assigned by various engines or created at home through special programming. This story is about one such cyber traveler and his friends.
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Eugene Grey loved the new Cyberchat option he'd installed into his computer. His friends Rob, Jamal and Reno all had the program too, so now when they weren't talking in real life they could still all talk to and see one another. Plus they learned how to manipulate the system a little. Eugene was the best at hacking, but his friends Jamal and Reno came in a close second. Through their efforts they had learned how to access sites that they normally couldn't (they were 18, but some sites required ages 21 and up). Though not a hack, they'd also learned how to alter their images on-line. He'd seen Jamal and Reno change each other from normal humans to hairy muscle-men, robots, and even animals. Eugene himself was changed a couple times while using one of their systems. It was fun.
Putting on the special goggles and gloves for the program, Eugene entered. His friends were all waiting for him in the Cyberoom, starting point of all Cybernet destinations. Each of them had agreed to appear in his real life form.
Jamal was the tallest at 7'5". He weighed in at around 250 lbs. His dark skin was well muscled from all the weight training he did. He had a red footbal shirt and bluejean shorts on.
Reno and Rob each stood at around 6'. Reno was a little cherubic, his Hispanic body weighed around the same that Jamal's did but being big-boned he didn't actually look fat. He appeared in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts that went well with his skin color. He had a single earring in his right ear. Rob, however, had a thinner figure, shockingly red hair and freckles. He appeared with blue-tinted glasses, green vest over white shirt, and baggy shorts.
Eugene himself stood at 6'5", but only weighed 160 lbs. His beanpole body seemed to refuse to gain either muscle or fat. He did like his spiked blond hair, though. He programmed the image to appear as he was dressed, with an earring in each ear, a blue-green top and darker blue shorts.
Though sometimes a leader, Eugene also didn't mind following. Though he'd been in Cybernet before on his friends computers, this was his first time he explored on his and he was willing to go whereever his friends wanted. "So where do we go for tfs?" he asked.
Jamal smiled, "I found a few new transformation sites out there."
"Or we could change here," said Reno. "since we know all the right codes to alter ourselves in C-room."
"Yeah, but so does everyone else." commented Rob. "Besides, I'd like to change somewhere a little more private. We might be the only ones in C-room right now, but you never know who'll come in."
"Good point," said Eugene "but tfs in C-room are fairly common."
"So whatta we do?" asked Jamal "Change here or somewhere else?"