After some thought, Emily pressed the button for AUGUSTE.
From a camera overhead, a beam of light shot out over Emily. She felt giddy and she saw her pale fair skin become a light yellow orange. The computer screen went blank and turned silvery, showing her reflection like a mirror.
Emily smiled as white patches formed around her eyes and mouth. Her lips became pink and stretched into a wide clown smile, while deep red clown blush appeared on her cheeks. Her eyelids became shaded pink and arched black lines topped her white patches. Three black freckles appeared in each cheek, and her eyelashes became long, orange and curly. As a final touch Emily's nose turned red and swelled up to a bulb nearly as big as a peach.
Next Emily's blond hair turned green and curled into a bushy afro. She giggled with delight as a pink rose appeared over each of her ears.
Now Emily's clothes were starting to change. Her blue polo shirt became green and covered with pink roses, much like the ones in her hair. Next it stretched down into a knee-length dress trimmed with ruffled orange lace, the skirt fluffed up with pink petticoats. Her designer jeans became bloomers that matched her dress, the white socks on her feet turning pink. Finally her trainers morphed into green bubble-toed clown mary-janes covered with tiny pink roses and whites pink gloves appeared on her hands.
Emily stared at her new reflection as her change was complete, then touched her nose. She gave a squeeze and a loud HONK! sounded. She wiggled her toes, and knew her feet had stretched to fit the size of her new shoes.
Emily honked her nose again and laughed, loving the feeling. Suddenly new knowledge entered her head: of clown jokes both practical and impractical and a desire to make people smile and laugh entered her head. Emily next...