“Anyone mind if I join in?” She asked. “It’s not like I’m doing anything else this evening...”
“Have at it.” Frank replied. “You’ve already been transformed anyway...”
“I can’t believe anyone would willingly subject themselves to this...” Beth grumbled.
“No complaints from me...” Abby smiled. “Maybe you’ll get seven tokens on your first go.”
She laughed and directed her finger to the first option. Her score circle became fully opaque as the game accepted the input.
[New player has joined]
[Player 5: Tap anywhere to begin]
“For a game that can transform your body, it’s kind of weird that it doesn’t know our names...” Frank observed.
“It does if you enable ‘mental’ changes” Tess explained. “If that’s not turned on then the game won’t be able to read your mind, much less change it.”
“I’m not sure I’d want it to...” Jeff said.
“It’s not too bad.” Tess continued. “It’s mostly just changes that make you less self conscious. Kind of like drinking at a party to loosen up a bit.”
“That... Actually doesn’t sound too bad.” Frank grinned. “I wouldn’t have minded a cold one earlier this evening...”
“Since we’re talking about settings... Is anyone up for changing some?” Tess suggested.
“Couldn’t hurt to take a look.” Jeff said. “Maybe we can lower the token count.”
Tess knew better, but decided to keep quiet. The rest of the group agreed to check the settings and moved in to touch the display. Tess waited while Frank fingered his way over to the device. Abby followed soon after. Beth was hesitant, but decided to join in as well. Next came Jeff, who wormed his tail in-between Beth and Frank’s fingers. Finally, Tess brought one of her many fingers into the mix.
After a few seconds the game went back to the settings screen. Much to their dismay, the token count could not be changed mid-session. Neither could the options they had set initially. They could, however, enable new types of transformations.
Tess seemed particularly enthusiastic about the Avian option, where as Frank had been sold on the mental setting after she made the beer analogy. Neither Beth nor Jeff saw anything they wanted to try, but Abby was interested in the clothes option. She assumed that it meant the game would adjust their cloths to accommodate transformations.
The group discussed the possibilities at length, then made some decisions...