A blurry white blot formed in the dark in front of me, turning into a white circle after a while. Then it started to change colors for some times before patterns appeared and moved through the circle. They were blurry first, but after a while I could follow them without problems.

  I stared at the text hovering in front of me. After a while the text faded away and a picture of a straw blond girl with a wasp waist and over-sized boobs faded into view. She had sky-blue eyes and her hair went down to her thighs. Arms. Wearing her birthday suite a seductive smile played around her lips.

  Somehow I wasn’t able to close my eyes, I had no feeling of my body altogether I noticed after checking for my limbs. This was disconcerting, but there was no pain, so I focused on what I could see. It was eerily silent as well. Actually there was no sound at all, which was not natural. I changed my focus on breathing, but even then there was no sound at all. On the other side there wasn’t any feeling of impending suffocation.

  As the box said something about a preview, I tried to circle around the woman. A few moments later she turned her back to me. Quite like in a computer game it seemed. The state of my somehow nonexistent body still troubled me. I wondered how the image in front of me was able to react to my mere thoughts. There were machine interfaces, but they needed extensive training to use.

  Slowly the memory of a hiking tour ending while an unpleasant thunderstorm raged, trickled back in my mind. What the hell happened after I lost my consciousness?

  Nothing came to my mind so I focused back on the woman. It was the only thing which I could see for now. Next I focused on changing the hair color to red. It changed in an instance. After a while I focused on raising her left arm. Her posture changed to how I wanted it and so I could at least cover her private parts a bit with her hands and arms. The skin color could be darkened as well. Just like a character creator in a game.

  I wanted to shake my head, but nothing happened. I felt weird without having a body. It made me feel uncomfortable.

  Then I tried to get nearer to the girl, which was no a problem. I could also focus on body parts so that I only had her face in my field of vision. I changed her blue eyes into a vibrant green.

  I managed to change the thickness of her arms and legs to more healthy looking proportions. The boobs couldn’t be shrunk though, but I could enlarge them further. There was obviously a minimum size. Weird.

  I wondered how tall she was. There was nothing to compare her to.

  Another text box popped up in front of me.

  What? Someone was reading my mind! On the other hand my manipulation of the girl’s body came from my mind as well.

  The box above was replaced by another one.

  After staring a few moments at the new box in disbelieve I wondered a bit as this wasn’t really possible as far as I knew. Explaining the brain’s higher functions were still a secret science hadn’t unraveled.

  There was that strange humanoid reptile in the mansion! Was it an alien from a technically more advanced species? Had they found a means to cross the vast distances between the stars? I doubted that a whole civilization would be able to hide in our solar system.

  *** So you can understand me. ***

  ** Who are you? **

  * Well. Okay. *

  * What’s your name then? I’m Julius. *

  * Why? *

  Well, perhaps aliens don’t have names. Who knows how their society works.

  * Are you that lizard from the mansion? *

  * Then what are you and is it a racial custom that you don’t have a name? *

  What did he or she, or maybe it mean with that? It sounded more like a type specification than a name. An AI?

  * What do you manage by the way if you’re a manager? *

  * So he is your boss. *

  * Well. Then what’s this all about? *

  * You can’t simply arrest me! *

  * It’s not illegal in France to seek cover during a thunderstorm! *

  * Does the government know about you? *

  * Is there a way to reach other stars with a speed above the speed of light? *

  No answer was an answer as well. It could have just denied the possibility if there wasn’t one.

  * You still didn’t answer what you are. *

  * Who decides what you can convey to me? *

  * I see *

  This was certainly a fucked up situation all in all. While I still felt uncomfortable, I had at least found someone to talk to. Maybe I could find out more over time.

  * Normally there would be a trial and access to a lawyer when being detained. *

  Fine. It has a point here. Not that I wanted to be in countries that could take away my freedom without a legal means to defend myself.

  * Then how long I have stay imprisoned? *

  ** This sounds bad. I don’t want to stay here forever!**

  * Will I be free then? *

  * I don’t care about proceeding at the moment. *

  * Okay. Then explain why I can’t change the bust of that girl the way I want. *

  * It’s a bug! *

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  * Why? *

  * Are there more restrictions? *

  * That doesn’t make sense! *

  * Then enlighten me. I want to understand why I am doing something. The information is much too vague. *

  * As far as I can see have to imprison me until I die. How could it hurt if you reveal more things to me. *

  * I’ve got time. *

  I changed the color of the girls hair to brunette.

  * See. I’m working. *

  ** ... **

  * This prison is advanced technology, right? *

  * Can you tell me what is going to happen with that girl then? Changing her appearance doesn’t make any sense to me. *

  * I don’t want her! It’s much more fun to discuss with you. *

  I tried to change her eye color to yellow, but they stayed vibrant green.

  * I don’t like this. At all. *

  This was ridiculous, but we seemed to be stuck here.

  * Well. Is there a manual for this process? *

  * That wasn’t the answer to my question. *

  I waved away the remaining text-box. Well he said something about a fixed diameter for the boobs. As far as I could tell this governor had a porn star in mind as a default. I was going for something completely different.

  First I focused on enlarging the girl as large as I could. The breasts grew accordingly in proportion, reaching the size of large watermelons. Then I shrunk them back to their original size. They were still large but the proportions were much more to my liking. I removed the narrow waist as well.

  I tried to add some more muscle, but it caused the body to shrink again.

  * Can I strengthen the bones? *

  * Then change the bones to the strongest possible type. *

  * Can you show me the skeleton only? *

  A few moments later the woman had changed into a skeleton. I changed it back after a few moments as it felt weird.

  * Can you make the bones a bit thicker then? *

  This started to get interesting.

  * You can’t tell me more about how the bones are different? *

  * Are there more powerful kinds of muscles? *

  * I want the most powerful muscles and the sturdiest bones available for me.*

  The woman changed a bit. The arms and legs changed to really slim.

  * Why are the limbs so slim now? *

  This was going to be tedious. I wanted a list to choose from, but as it seemed I won’t get one. Prodding around it was then.

  * There are stronger tendons, are there? Replace them with the strongest available to me. *

  The arms and legs looked rather normal mow. There was enough body fat to cover the muscles up when relaxed, but I could see the biceps when I flexed it.

  * Are there stronger options? *

  * How do you do this with visitors which have empowered strength? *

  * They would perform normal as long as long there is such a transceiver in range, won’t they? *

  Why did the fact that all that everything had to be looking or seeming natural matter for a virtual or may be android assistant in a prison? They couldn’t run away, could they?

  * Is the material available? You said usually, that means there is an option to do this. *

  A few moments there was no response.

  * Then add it. *

  The arms and legs of the woman got a bit more hefty, as well as the torso, but they still were in a normal range for arms and legs. I tried enlarge her again as far as I could. I could shrink her boobs a tiny bit more, but it was barely noticeable.

  * Are there ways to change her mind somehow? *

  * Are there means to extend her mental capabilities? Like having her learn something? *

  * I want her to learn an efficient martial art *

  * Is there a means to toughen the skin? Fewer serious wounds would mean fewer hospital visits. *

  * Can you show me how it would look at least? *

  The woman’s skin started to cycle through a few skin colors. One remembered me of an image I saw a while ago on the internet.

  * Can you stop with that blue skin for a while? *

  The skin turned blue.

  * There are people looking that way after they ingested too much silver. They tried it, because they thought it would help against diseases. It’s called silver poisoning. It’s nothing lethal as far as I know. *

  * Then make it so! *

  It looked a bit weird though, but all for my amazon warrior. I have think about the hair and eye color later, but looking for inner values seemed to be much more interesting at the moment.

  There was something up with this female body, they were much to keen on blending in with normal society. It didn’t make sense in conjunction with the prison story. Let’s continue to do something completely different than the starting look suggested. I know you hear me, but you didn’t try to interfere with my plans until now, you’re even dropping hints once in a while.

  No reaction.

  I tried out some hair colors and ended up with short ginger hair. I left the eyes green.

  * Are there enhancements for the eyes available? *

  * I take them. How about hearing?*

  * I wonder if exceptional sense of smell is actually a good idea. *

  * She will like that then, I think. The sense of touch should be normal. Is there a possibility to have some resistance to pain, at least for a while?*

  * Then add it. Is a good protection against diseases and infections and a decent recovery from wounds a problem?*

  * Normal optical changes are okay? *

  The muscles were well hidden below enough body fat, at least as long as they were not flexed. While she looked buff she was not looking like a body builder.

  After rounding out the hips a tiny bit I was satisfied with the woman, as there was practically no resemblance to the proposed form I started with.

  I spent some time to change a few details until I was satisfied with her looks.

  ** Proceed. **

  Then all went dark again.