The computer screen flickered, then changed to a new display. Jeff glanced at it, then did a double-take.
"New Subject Entered." A list of attributes and options had appeared. Caucasian, male, brown hair... it described him! He looked at the title bar again. Beta Version Chronivac 4.0, Transformations. Then he looked back at the dogs, who were sniffing at each other with rather obvious interest.
"Damn, Erick! What did you do to yourself?" As impossible as the idea seemed, this program must have turned his roommate into a twin to Bruno. Had Erick done it on purpose? Unless this was all some stupid trick. That made more sense, though he couldn't figure out why anyone would go to so much trouble.
Jeff looked at the options. Well, he could call their bluff. But he'd do something simple and harmless, just in case. He changed the hair color to red, and eye color to blue. A couple of selections involved sexual attributes - this wasn't a program for kids! He finished and grinned at the list. Oh, what the Hell. He changed age down to 15, and then bumped his IQ up to 180. And then he checked the perception options so that only he'd be aware of the changes.
OK. If this worked, he'd end up as a homely red-haired 15 year-old who was hung like a horse and had a genius intellect. Jeff stared at the keyboard, feeling a little scared. Did he really want to mess with this? His finger hovered over the keys.