"Your friends all think your games are childish; maybe it's time for them to see how mature you really are," Charlie read to the group.
"How does it know what we're thinking," Dan asked, getting up and stepping away from the board.
"I don't know, but I don't like it one bit," said Charlie, whose voice had lowered slightly. The rest of the group turned to look as Charlie's change
began.
A fine dusting of stubble began to cover Charlie's face as his chest began to grow slightly, becoming more defined. Charlie's hair started moving
back a little, and got shorter and more styled as it went, until he had a neatly coifed, M-shaped hairline. His legs and arms gained definition, and
Charlie felt his stomach begin to tighten. He lifted up his shirt, revealing the beginnings of a six-pack.
"What the fuck is going on here?" said Ben, as he started to walk toward the door.
"Don't you leave! If you leave we get stuck like this!" shouted Adam, grabbing Ben's arm and shoving him back into the chair.
Charlie's transformation finished, leaving his shirt looking more like a muscle-shirt than it had before, and his face rugged and older. Erik couldn't
help looking at Charlie's well-defined leg muscles as he picked up the dice and rolled a 3. He picked up a card and read it aloud...