A plan starts to form in my head, and a few options stick out to me. If I want to help other trans people I will need to sell a more limited version of my tech. I could either do this on my own which would be a challenge with NEPEA-5, or I could try and associate through Toybox but make my intentions clear.
Oh fuck I'm gonna have to turn the transformation off if I don't want my mom to find out, I think with not a insignificant amount of anxiety. Or I could not do that, and just drop an ultimatum or something. Hmmmm, what to pick. Yeah there's no real contest here, I'm not giving this up. I quietly make my way to the bathroom and on my way there I realize I'm about a foot shorter than I was. Going from six feet tall to five is gonna take some getting used to.
Upon reaching the bathroom, I close and lock the door. Taking a look in the mirror I realize, holy shit I'm adorable. I…I didn't expect this. I feel another "spell" poking me in my mind and I decide to give it a shot. Knights Clothing, and after a muted flash of light I'm dressed in the clothes I tend to picture in my head. They feel like they're actual clothes too, not hard light or something. "Hehehe, skirt go spinny," I whisper.
Ok yeah, I'm not turning this off ever. Also I should probably start looking up clothes now. I suppose I should look into Toybox tonight. I wonder if I can upgrade or modify my computer…. Power says yes, but it might take more time than I have right now. For a voice test I run through the musical 'do re me' forwards and back, and I love my voice.
I quickly and quietly make my way back to my room, and close and lock the door to my room. Normally I don't lock my door but after what my mom did, I don't think I want her knocking and just coming in without waiting for a reply, like always. I swiftly unlock my computer and begin looking up information about Toybox.
After a couple hours of searching, I come up with an idea that might also get around their understandable paranoia. I quickly grab a notebook and begin sketching out an idea for another device, a variation of my current one. After maybe thirty minutes I take a few pictures of the pages with my phone and proceed to PHO.
Figuring my best bet is probably Cranial, as they're one of Toybox's oldest members, I send them a message of introduction along with the design I made. Although I'm not expecting a message back, mostly because it's late and because they probably get fake tinker stuff all the time. While I'm at my computer I look up cheaper smart watches, and see about maybe checking second hand tech stores.
Standing up from my desk I give myself a more indepth look over. I still can't believe I did it. I poke and prod the various parts of my body and the first thing that pops out is that my skin feels nice, smoother. Euphoria bubbles within me and I start giggling, and my voice! The euphoric feeling grows, to the point where I almost don't hear my computer beep from a message notification. I move back over to my computer and upon checking my clock I realize it's eleven fifteen pm. Oops.
Checking the message I got, it's a response asking me what city I live in and when I'm free. Typing up my response I alert them to where I live and that I'm free on most days thank you work, for cutting my hours from twenty to ten. After a few minutes I get another response, this time with a location and a time.
Upon looking up the location I see that it's in Sovereign's territory, which means it should be safe. I wonder if they knew that? I confirm both the location and time and send a response saying I need to get to sleep if I want to actually be there on time.
Getting back up from my desk, a simple thought swaps my clothes to comfortable sleep wear. And oh my god the euphoria is back. A large grin stretches across my face as I lie down in bed. Dealing with mom is a tomorrow me problem, but even then it won't be till she gets home from work. While it does take me a while to fall asleep normally, tonight I fall asleep much quicker.
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Waking up is normally a slow process for me, but today one minute I'm asleep and the next I'm awake and aware. I sit up slowly, I should get a shower, but I'm not used to this yet so I'll put that off for later. I quickly check the time and realize I have five hours till I need to be at the meeting location. Checking PHO to double check the location I see another message telling me to come in civilian clothes. After plugging the location into my mapping app it'll take me about an hour with the Portland Metro transit system.
What to do about the shower problem? A small thought worms its way into my brain and I set off to my computer to do just that, setting an alarm for an hour and a half before my meeting. I quickly get to making a new spell, one for self care. So I won't need to get a shower. I hope I can loosely impress Toybox enough for me to sell stuff through them. While I sort of lose myself in tinkering I start to think about my plans for the future, now that I have powers. Helping other trans people is good, even if I have to go through Toybox to do so. Wait a fucking minute, isn't there a group of literal god damned Nazis somewhere on the East Coast?
I quickly finish up my tinkering and load the spell onto my watch device. Checking the time I have about thirty minutes till my alarm goes off, so I quickly look up the east coast Nazi group. Lo and behold, they actually exist. Which… is a problem, for any LGBT person. As I start to think of a plan to deal with that mess, my alarm goes off. I cast the cleaning spell with a thought, followed by swapping my nightwear to nice casual clothes. I grab my wallet and jacket, while also making sure I have my transit pass, I quickly head out the door. A small bit of anxiety creeps down my spine, worrying about everyone knowing despite the fact that my transformation spell made me biologically female. Soon enough I'm waiting at the bus stop.