Sometime while laying on the bed Chris fell asleep. He awoke early but started his routine, his acting career
demands that he stay in optimal physical fitness and several beers followed by immediate sleeping add to the
flab.
After working out, taking his protein shake and multitude of vitamins, showering, getting dressed, and
grabbing his morning coffee Chris still had some time to kill. He decided to putz around online, maybe check
friends statuses or the whatnot. Immediately, upon waking up the computer, it flashed a window saying "You
have 12:27:06 to confirm that you wish to save these changes, otherwise your settings will revert. Do you wish
to save these changes?" The timer was counting down 5..4..3..2.
Initially Chris didn't know what changes the machine was talking about. All of a sudden, the memories came
flooding back, both Chris's were fully aware of each other, what happened, and what the goal was. Chris
staggered back as the room seemed to be spinning, he collapsed on his bed and passed out.
Four minutes later he awoke and Chris was Chris. All the aspects of both personalities were there at the same
time including all their memories and opinions, but they weren't separate anymore. Chris imagined his brother
and could now easily recall all the memories he had with him both as a father and brother.
The mental divide that had previously arisen when reality had shifted, broke down. Although there was still
potential for mental conflict it was something he could deal with now that he understands the situation in
full.
Chris went back to the machine seeing that he still had 12 hours and 20 some odd minutes before the the
changes would revert him and his father back to their former selves. He noticed the options:
[ ] Revert Now
[ ] Accept Changes
[ ] Accept Changes But Save Original Profiles And New Profiles
Wow, Chris thought. This machine is extremely user friendly. Then he remembered the multitude of popup boxes
he played with last night that walked him through completely restructuring his reality, seemingly exactly how
he wanted.
Chris leaned back in his chair and thought about his life, it was an odd sensation to try to think about the
mundane aspects of his life, and accept them as both completely true and completely false at the same time.
Going over his life he took mental notes of the significant differences of how things played out and the
experiences he previously didn't have, he also noted the mental changes the machine had made at his request
and the effect they had as the story unfolded.
As children, Mike and Chris were always close, the age gap was about a year so it wasn't much of an issue
regarding Mike getting to do things where Chris couldn't. Usually Mike would raise an issue about curfew,
bedtime, dating, or using the car and the restrictions were lifted for both of them or Chris got the new
privilege a few months later after Mike had gotten a chance to enjoy it first.
Mike and Chris had many of the same friends and high school was wonderful for them. One of the two boys always
had a friend over so the other boy could almost always jump in if they were feeling social. Sometimes there
were fights but the two of them usually forgot about it within hours, if not, it was settled by the next day.
Chris remembered the parties he and Mike had thrown, and gone to. Chris was always the more outgoing of the
two and he was always the one pulling stunts and getting wild. Chris remembered getting drunk at parties,
having sex, trying pot, roofies, coke and other things because he always felt safe. His brother was there or
would be if he needed him. He continued smoking pot and still does several times a week.
Struck by the situation, Chris realized that in his original reality he never would have done most of those
things. He wouldn't have had a brother to rely on and cover for him. so he wouldn't have ever tried anything
that could be dangerous. He didn't have the circle of friends constantly coming into and out of the house, so
he wouldn't have the opportunities current Chris did.
But is his situation now, better than what it could have become if he just let himself grow up normally? Or
even with the help of the machine? He was torn, his old self would have never have wanted this, but his
current self loves his life. Undecided, Chris continued recounting the different aspects of his life.
Mike got a job in his mid teens. Chris saw the nice things Mike could buy and quickly followed suit. They both
carried jobs through high school and into college, Mike went for his 4yr degree but Chris stopped after his
2yr degree. Chris loved art, music, drama, and worked out so he could keep his options open. Several times he
was a clothing model for a catalog doing full body shots of outfits, a few times for swimwear and underwear.
His mind flipped to the present and he took pride in the 1 year contract he recently got last month. He is
working his way up from unsteady picture deals to a contracted acting career! He was the lead male role in a
full length film being put on by a small studio in a town relatively close. Its a porno and the writing is
crappy but he gets to speak and then have sex numerous times a day, and he gets paid for it!
Here different trains of thought went rampant. Old Chris wouldn't ever resort to doing a porno, he wanted to
do Hollywood dramas and action movies where he could bring the characters to life. New Chris is so very much
more outgoing and proud of his accomplishments, his body is built to do porn. Everything including his
personality, physique, stamina, cock size and interest in being on film make this the perfect fit for him.
Well, not everything. Chris pondered for a moment, one thing could make everything better...
Leaning forward Chris minimized the popup and went into the settings for himself, he switched sexual
preference from straight to bi and increased his sexual interest from very high to extreme. Finally he went
into the knowledge section and deleted ever knowing he was, at one point, Mike's son. He kept knowledge of the
device and moved the mouse over the GO button. Waiting, undecided.
The popup he minimized came back up by itself and the computer beeped at him, letting him know he needs to address that
first. His mouse hovered over the Revert Now button...
Chris sat there pondering his options. His contract took a hefty hit because he refused to do anything with
men sexually. For Chris, the thought of doing anything sexual with a man was a huge turn off. He has no ill will
towards people who like that but he simply cant perform sexual acts to another man. Even receiving oral from a man
turns him off. He experimented and tried to like it. He wished he was bisexual because it would have meant another 10k
in his contract. If he changes his orientation to bi, he could go to his boss to get his contract updated, make more
money, and give himself more options in the future.
Or, he could respect who he was. In realizing that this was wildly out of sorts from where it was supposed to
go, he could go back to a lame 16 year old and try again. Maybe not making such a life altering change with so
many variables. He could recreate his life piece by piece through smaller changes, and chalk this up to over
excitement with a new toy.
Or, he thought, maybe he didn't go far enough? Chris has a relatively unstable future because he was never
self reliant and never had anyone relying on him. People usually expected things from his older brother. Chris
would jump in and help but it was always his brother's responsibility, his brother's success or failure...
Maybe if Chris were the older brother... or maybe Chris could go back to 16 so he could make Mike his 6 year old and
Chris would be his 27 year old father? After going back, Mike's parenting memories would be restored and Chris could
use them as his own...
What to do? He has to head to work in the next 20 or so minutes. Chris
works a full 8 hour shift and gets an hour for lunch (more so for penile recovery). So that's 9 hours. His
drive takes about 40 minutes there and an hour back (rush hour traffic). So thats 10 hours and 40 minutes from
when I leave to when I return, and we have 20 minutes till I leave, so 11 hours from now I'll be getting home!
The timer was still counting down, 11 hours 25 minutes until changes automatically reverse. Chris wants to make a
decision now. What to do? Technically, he could wait till he gets home but he may get caught in traffic and not make it
Home before things revert back, Or while Chris is gone, Mike might try to check his email just like Chris did... that
could make things really awkward.