“We’re still stuck like this?” Beth asked with milky tears forming in her eyes. “After all that...”
“Now I didn’t say that did I?” Veronica replied sharply. “Just finish this session and you’ll switch back. Simple... Which one of you is Jeff?”
“That’s me...” Jeff replied, almost feeling embarrassed to be looking up from a pair of feminine legs.
“And how many tokens are you playing to?” She asked.
“I think it was 7.” He replied.
“Well Jeff, you were at five. I don’t see why you’re all in such a hurry, but If you manage to get two more, everyone goes back to normal.” Veronica shrugged. “It’s really not a big deal... Feel free to finish up here. The bathroom is down the hall, to the right.”
“Tess knows where the cups are if anyone wants a drink. I’m gonna head upstairs... If it were earlier in the day I might have joined you, but I’m a little too tired to get into that sort of thing right now...”
“Wait... Sorry...” Abby started before Veronica turned away. “The bathroom... Um... I’m not sure we can move that far from the game, unless we all carry it over there.”
“Oh yea...” Veronica said, taking back the game pad. “They always set that so low on these things... One sec...”
She traced something on the top of the device then with a light tap, the screen flashed green. When the token circles reappeared, she handed it back to Tess.
“What was that for?” Frank asked.
“Oh, these newer game pads confine the players to about 15 yards...” Veronica explained. “Supposed to be a safety thing, but it’s pretty dumb if you ask me. I just bumped it up to 250. Should be more than enough for you to use the bathroom, test some wings, grow, whatever... Depends on your settings.”
“They set it to human only transformations...” Tess shrugged. “Pretty vanilla stuff.”
“Where’s the fun in that?” Veronica grimaced. “No wonder you wanted to end it so soon... Tess, you know how to adjust those settings, right?”
“Not off the top of my head...” Tess replied. “It’s been a while since the last time I played.”
“Ah, well... It’s a collective decision.” Veronica explained. “Just have everyone touch and hold the screen for five seconds.”
“Anyway... I’m going to bed.... Don’t worry about the noise, I’ll put up a sound barrier.”
“Good night Aunt V!” Tess called after her. “Thanks for the help.”
“Yea yea...” She replied dismissively. “Try not to stay up too late...”