After coming to a quick decision; Henry shed the clothes, throwing them back into his sister's room, and took off the suit the same way it went on, rapidly getting redressed in his own clothes. Not long after, Betty started to murmur on the floor. Henry rushed to her side and started shaking her, "Come on Bet, wake up!". One well aimed slap later and Betty was back in the real world.
"OW!" she exclaimed sitting bolt upright, almost headbutting Henry to the ground. "What was that for!?", she seemed genuinely angry.
Acting as if the previous incident never happened, Henry looked at her saying hautily "Gee Bet, I don't know, perhaps it had something to do with you fainting! What was that all about hey?"
Getting to her feet, Betty looked dizzily around the room, "I could have sworn I saw...". She stopped at that looking quite puzzled, staring deeply into Henry's eyes.
"Well you saw my sister, screamed, and collapsed if that helps", Henry innocently proffered. A look of relief swept over Betty but she kept quiet. "Now about this term's science project, potato clocks have been done to death, how about...". They talked and planned about their entry to the school's science fayre for half an hour. Betty looked at her watch and sighed. "What's the matter Bet?"
"Oh, its nothing, or at least nothing can be done about it now, end of story", she glared at Henry, daring him to question further. Getting the hint, and realizing from remembering how Betty was this morning that her being here might mean that she did have a date but cancelled, Henry asked "Hey, how about we stop with the schoolwork now, go downstairs, I'll get us both a slice of cake, and we play that new super mario thing on the tv?"
Betty picked up her gaze from the floor and looked directly at him, her dark grey eyes glinting from the light of the setting sun, "yeah, that'd be... nice". This was the first time that Henry had ever asked her to do anything with him that didn''t have any link with school, and she knew it too. They both left Henry's bedroom silently and went down the stairs, Henry went to get the cake then they sat down and played the game. It was nice to be doing something different for a change, but Henry was a little afraid of what Betty might make of this new dimension to their friendship. Hearing the door slam, Henry looked round see who it was. His little sister Chloe came in, the same one he was blaming the fainting on. Chloe was 14, soon to be 15, but only a few cm shorter than Henry. She was slimly built and ran cross country several times a week with a club. Her thick chestnut hair naturally suspended itself upwards for half an inch before sweeping down to just below her shoulders, the suspension made her hair bounce slightly everytime she made a step.
"Hey Henry, I'm back from Amelia's, oooooh Mario! Can I play too? Oh hi there Betty, didn't see you there, Henry make you play with him eh?", Chloe sat down with them and reached for a spare controller.
"Its alright Chloe, you can have mine, I'm just leaving." Betty sprang up, a little flustered, "See you tomorrow Henry and, erm sorry about before Chloe..." and with that she dashed off.
"What's she apologizing to me for?" inquired Chloe.
"I dunno, must have mistaken you for someone else..."
After playing a few games with Chloe to prevent any suspisions, Henry got back to his room. He had just closed his door when something came through the printer, even though he thought that he'd turned his computer off. It said:
"To those to whom this may concern, we are pleased to inform you that as of 18:43, of this day of mailing, all created and future suits have been upgraded from being a mere item of clothing to a disguise which will alter your mass, height and all other body proportions. It is important to consider that these following times coincide with the changes which will now occur when you put the suit on, and will happen in reverse when the suit is removed. As always, we hope that this will push us one step closer to our dreams, whatever they may be. The warmest regards...
Times (from putting on the suit): Height change, 1/2 day. Weight change, 1 day. Skin colour change, 2 days. Breast growth/reduction, 2 days. Eye colour, 2.5 days. Hair colour/length/style change, 3 days. Facial features, 5 days. Age, 5 days. Voice, 10 days. Replacement of sexual organs (if applicable), 10 days. Aesthetic changes (e.g. tattoos, scars), 11 days. All other genetic and non-genetic changes, 1 month. After 2 years, if suit is removed changes will have become permanant and aging will be restarted. If suit is removed before 2 years, these times will apply to the restoration of your original figure."
Henry read this message a couple of times over, it didn't make sense, all these changes had happened instantly when he tried on the Betty suit before. Was this thing seriously trying to tell him that now the suits would not only disguise him, but that they would actually change him if he kept them on long enough. But at least it said they would wear off if he took the suit off. Henry was a little confused still, "Could I test this out at all?"
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