The next day while at football practice, Jay was doing sit-ups. He hated doing sit-ups, but if he didn't he would end up with a large gut like his
father and grandfather.
After finishing his sit-ups, he went to lift some weights and he remembered the machine that he had found in his father's room.
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Walking into his father's, Jay sat down at the machine and looked through the different options. Finding what he wanted, Jay thought about how
drastic a change he should make. On the screen, Jay looked at the setting for metabolism. It was sat at and average rate, fifty percent. Deciding
not to make the change so vast, he upped the setting to 75%. The ALTERED REALITY ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS appeared again. Clicking on the
enter button,
INITIATING RIPPLE EFFECT. STAND BY...
appeared on the screen. Suddenly, a wave again bubbled out from the emitter.
Getting up from the machine, Jay could not tell if there was anything different at first, but then he suddenly was very hungry.
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Simon was working on a car when the wave hit him. At first he didn't notice any changes, but suddenly he saw his waist line shrink slightly. He
still had the majority of his gut, but it was obvious that he had lost some weight. Coming out from under the vehicle, Simon looked around the
garage. He did not see any other changes until his eyes fell upon his Bryan.
'Looks like Dad has lost some weight also.' Simon thought to himself. Bryan still had a great deal of fat, but it was obvious that it was less then
before. 'That's good, I want him to stay around for many more years.'
'Damn it.' Simon thought again. He just remembered that this was just a simulation of the Chronivac. Simon was realizing that the longer they
stayed like this, the more he thought of Bryan as his father and Jay as his son, but at the same time, it did not bother him.