THE TALE OF JET & QUARTZ
By: Darian Deamos
Chapter two: Live Strong
Dan and Sam walked down into their living room, and into a storm. A
storm of confetti. There was a big sign up in the rafters, saying
'WELCOME BACK!' and Brian and Diane were standing on either side of the
door with noisemakers, blowing them into the twins' ears. If they could
have, they would have blushed.
"Um, thanks?" Sam muttered, feeling suddenly and unaccountably self-
conscious. If she could have blushed, she would have.
Dan just shrugged, and hit a button on the wall, making a small robot
vacuum roll out of its little house and start vacuuming up the confetti.
Walking to the couch, she said, "If you're throwing us a party, there
had better be cake. Lots and lots of cake." And she plopped her chalky
white ass onto the couch.
Diane looked surprised. "What, no griping about the indignity of being
female? Dave griped for weeks when MORFS turned her into Lilly. No self-
indulgent moping?" She looked genuinely disappointed.
Sam clapped her on the shoulder and laughed, a fine, clear laugh, like
but very unlike her old deep chuckle. "Would you rather we acted like
twelve-year olds? What's the point? It happened. We're female, we'll
deal. It's not like we're crippled or anything."
Brian laughed at that, and the three of them joined Dan on the couch,
with Sam sitting next to her, and Brian and Diane sitting across from
them on the other couch. "So," Brian asked, "You don't mind at all that
you've joined the fairer sex."
Dan and Sam both shrugged. "Yeah I mind," Dan said, "But what's the
point of getting mad. It's not going to accomplish anything. There's no-
one to blame, and nothing to be done. We're female now, and there's no
changing it. So I live with it, half the world is female, more or less,
and they get along fine."
Sam chimed in, "It's a bit of a shock, and it'll take some getting used
to, sure as hell, but we'll cope. Just don't try to put me in a dress."
Dan laughed suddenly, "It doesn't hurt that we're hot."
Sam joined her sister's laugh. "Point. Hella point."
Dan looked around suddenly, "Cake, we were promised cake."
Diane laughed and got up, "I'll go get the cake."
Brian looked at them. "You're both handling this remarkably well, all
things considered."
Sam suddenly looked serious, and concern colored her voice, "No, we're
joking about the parts we can live with."
Brian suddenly looked grim. "So you don't have to think about the
consequences."
Dan nodded, equally grim, "Yup, so stop bringing it up, and let's laugh
about boobs. Compared to the rest of it, boobs are neato." She grinned,
but everyone knew it was a mask.
There was a moment of uncomfortable silence, and then Diane burst into
the room with the cake. It was a full sheet cake, molded to look like a
naked woman, with icing half black, half white. Its proportions were
exaggerated, and it was remarkably lifelike, in an obscene pose with
legs spread, and hands reaching into the crotch. There were two candles
sticking right out of the woman's vagina, burning merrily. Diane rolled
the cart she had the cake on up to the girls, and presented it with a
flourish. "Ta. Da. Your cake, madams." Everyone present broke out into
laughter.
Dan grinned, "How did you manage this?"
Sam was laughing, "That is so neat. I call black boob."
Dan laughed, "Then I get the white one."
Brian chimed in, "And since I'm the only one here without one, I call
the pussy. It's got cream filling." He grinned lewdly.
Everyone broke into laughter, and before wax got onto the cake, Dan blew
out the candles. They all got their cake, and true enough the crotch was
cream filled. But much to the delight of the twins, so were the breasts.
They carved up the pastry woman, and began to consume their treat. There
was some time spent in indulgent and contented silence, as they all
forgot the weighty and pressing matters hanging over their heads, and
instead, had boob cake. There are times when, no matter what's
happening, you can always smile, and they all discovered that boob cake
was one of them.
Finally, the cake was gone, most of it having gone into the ravenous
mouths of the twins, who discovered that they had a nearly unlimited
appetite. "Damn," whispered Diane," where are you two putting it all,"
as Sam split what was left of the cake into two pieces and gave one of
the two to Dan.
Dan accepted her cake and shrugged, "Our boobs?" This elicited another
laugh from those assembled, and then she continued more seriously, "No,
I think it's an effect of our new bodies. I'm not actually hungry, not
really, but I never seem to get really full. I think I'm finally getting
close though."
Brian shook his head, "No, I think it's a reaction to finally being off
of the medication. Your bodies need things that aren't energy packs. I
remember being ravenous after I woke up when I finished MORFS." He got a
thoughtful look on his face, "but you may have an accelerated
metabolism. That would account for why you're so hungry."
"You mean we're always going to be starving?" Sam looked shocked.
Brian shook his head, "No, I just think you're going to have appetites
as bad as your old ones. Don't go buying girly sized meals if you want
more. Eat what fills you up."
"Which," Diane chimed in, "was lots of naked chick, in this case."
They all laughed. Then Dan got a serous look on her face. "Alright,
enough goofing around. We've got problems, and it's time to deal with
them."
Suddenly, everyone's expression sobered. Sam nodded, "Right. So, where
do we start?"
Diane sat down, and looked troubled. "I don't know. There's so much to
deal with..."
Dan nodded. "Right. We've got so much looming over our heads that it
looks unsolvable. But there's a simple way to deal with this. Old
programming trick. Take the problem, and break it into smaller problems,
then break those into smaller problems, until we have everything down to
its components. Then we work on those, and the bigger ones take care of
themselves."
Diane and Sam looked unconvinced, but Brian nodded. "Yeah, that's a
really good idea. Let's break this down. We're going to need paper."
"And a pen," Dan nodded. "Look in the top drawer for writing crap, and
how about this for paper." And so saying, she grabbed the crumb covered
piece of parchment that the cake had been resting on and whipped it out,
sending crumbs flying, and the little robo-vac scurrying to clean them
all up. She spread the paper out onto the low table between the two
couches, and took the large marker from Brian as he returned. In large
bold letters she wrote 'PROBLEM' on the top of the page. "All right,"
she looked at the other three, her gaze locking on each of them in turn,
"What, exactly, are our problems."
Sam immediately chimed in. "Father." Dan wrote 'FATHER' down, and drew a
line connecting it to problem.
Brian pointed out, "Your gender," and Dan wrote down 'FEMALE' on the
sheet.
Diane looked at them and said, "The way you look", and 'APPERANCE' went
down on the sheet.
Sam looked at her hands, "Our powers, if we have any." This time it was
'POWERS?' that went on the paper.
Dan looked around, "Anything else? No? Alright, that's about what I got
too, so good. Now, we break this down." She looked down onto the paper.
"Right now, I can think of two of these that we really aren't going to
be able to do anything about. Powers and appearance. We aren't going to
be able to change the way we look, and trying to hide it isn't going to
work. We'll just have to run with it. I mean, how do you hide a six foot
tall white woman. Aside from as statuary, which I am unwilling to
imitate for long." This last in response to a look from Sam, as a
preemptive strike.
Sam looked glum, "I don't know, cover up as much as possible, and wear
sunglasses? Hooded sweatshirts?"
Dan looked thoughtful at that, but then Diane broke in.
"Why hide it at all. I mean, it's obvious you can't, so don't. Flaunt
it. Wear the shades, but do it with a haircut, some flashy clothes, the
right wardrobe. You know, play it up. You could look so, so, cool!"
Dan looked stunned, and Sam outraged. Sam stepped in before she could
start describing outfits. "Because we're freaks! That's why. We look
like freaks. Who would associate with us, looking like this?"
Brian cut her off at that, "Me for one." He looked at them. "Do you two
really think you look like freaks?"
Sam looked ashamed, and Dan took a deep breath. "Well, yeah, I mean, we
hardly look normal. Look at us. Yeah we look good, but people don't look
like us. We don't look like people, we look like things."
Diane and Brian shared a look. "Look at me you two," Diane was
insistent. "You are people. Don't ever doubt that. Everyone who sees you
will see two beautiful and exotic women, and not two things. Everyone
who's worth knowing anyways."
Brian looked at them, "Do you think I'm not a person?"
Diane looked shocked, and Sam looked ashamed. Dan spoke up, "Well, no,
of course not. But we're exceptions, we know you. Most people, seeing a
guy on the street, who looked like you, would think animal, right?"
Brian looked sad, and Diane shocked. "NO!" Diane screeched. "People like
your FATHER maybe, but most people would see someone who had MORFS and
got wings. Just as much a person as me. Or you." She looked at them
pointedly.
"Guys, you have to realize that the vast majority of people aren't like
your father," Brian's voice was calm and insistent. "You need to trust
me on this. Most people are decent, upright human beings, irregardless
of what they look like. Most people have had at least one family member
go through MORFS, and they're understanding. They know that no matter
what you look like, you're still human under it all. The imbeciles like
your father are just a very small, extraordinarily loud minority."
Dan took a deep breath. "Ok, so, what, we just ignore what we look
like?"
Sam's only comment was a snort that spoke volumes
Diane shook her head. "Don't ignore how you look. Take pride in it. You
two are unique, you know. I've never heard of anyone reacting to MORFS
quite this way. Especially not twins having the reaction you did. Take
pride in it, don't be ashamed of it."
Sam shook her head. "I know what you're saying. It's just that thinking
like that feels so wrong. It's just..." she trailed off in frustration.
Brian looked at them, sudden pity in his expression. "It's just that
everything you've ever been told has said just the opposite. I
understand. I really do. You just have to keep reminding yourselves that
it's not wrong to look like you do."
Dan nodded, and looked at her hand. "Right. I hear you. We can do this.
It's just a confidence thing. Like going out on the field. Can't let a
big scary opposing team scare you into never taking the field."
Sam nodded, looking glum. "Yeah, but can we take it slow?"
Diane looked at them. "Sure, you have a lot to get used to; just don't
try to hide what you are. It's nothing to be ashamed of."
Dan sighed. "Right, so, solution for that, two parts then. One,
acceptance, and two, self confidence. Simple enough. In theory. The
practice isn't going to be fun."
Sam groaned, and nodded her agreement, "Damn right. Next?"
"Next up," Dan commented, "is Powers."
Diane and Brian shared a look, then Brian spoke up, "Might as well tell
them."
Diane looked away, and the twins looked confused. Brian pressed her,
"They trusted us Diane, the least you can do is trust them back."
Diane looked ashamed and embarrassed. She looked at the twins, and
softly spoke, "This doesn't leave this room, all right?"
Both twins nodded.
Diane looked up, and slowly started to talk. "I've lied to you guys. I
got MORFS when I was 10. It gave me a power, two actually." Now that she
was going, she started to speed up, becoming more animated. "Only one of
them really matters here. I'm a telepath, but it's really minor. I have
to be touching you, and there's a lot of empathy mixed in. Actually, I'm
mostly an empath; the telepathy is the ride along." She looked really
sheepish.
Dan nodded, puzzled, and then smiled slowly as something occurred to
him. "No wonder you're such a nympho. You use your empathy in bed. You
know exactly how your partner's doing. Manipulate things a little?"
Diane blushed. "A little, yeah. So?"
Sam laughed. "So how did Brian find out about this?"
Diane looked down, and Brian was the one who answered. "I saw her using
her other power."
Dan raised one delicately arched pale white eyebrow, and Diane blushed
furiously. "I'm a shape shifter." She sighed, and glared at Brian.
"Here, I'll relax and go back to what I look like when I'm not using
it." Suddenly, Diane rippled, and suddenly there was a woman with a dark
tan, and violet hair, eyes, and lips. She had the same basic body shape
as Diane, save for a slightly smaller chest. She spoke with Diane's
voice. "This is what I really look like. Happy now?" She glared at
Brian.
Dan was confused. "You look good. Exotic, and not quite as busty, but
still, good. Why hide it?"
Diane looked irritated, and closed her eyes for a moment. "Because it's
so rare. I like how I look, and yeah, I go out looking like this a lot.
Usually when I want to just be alone."
Sam butted in, "Or when you wanted a little commitment free sex?"
Diane laughed. "Or that, yeah. The thing is, after a while, once the awe
wears off, it becomes a novelty act. I got a lot of flack for it.
'Diane, turn your hair blue' 'Diane, make your breasts bigger' 'Diane,
turn into a black chick' or any number of variations on that one. I also
got a lot of people trying to use it as an excuse. You know, when the
quarterback cheats on his girlfriend and gets caught, and runs, only to
claim that it wasn't really him, he was home doing homework, it must
have been that shape shifter chick impersonating him. Caused a lot of
problems. So when we moved here, I picked a perfectly normal shape," she
returned to her usual shape, "this one, and pretended that I had never
gotten MORFS. Now the point of this entire exercise was that, since I'm
a telepath, sort of, I can get into your heads and look, see what powers
you have. I've done it before."
Sam looked at her, then, sounding exasperated, "So what's taking you so
long? Get over here."
Diane laughed, and got up and walked over to Dan, "For that, you go
second." She placed her hand on Dan's forehead, and closed her eyes.
"Oh, god, fuck." She dropped her hand and staggered back. "Damn, that
wasn't fun."
Dan looked at her, and moved to help her, and she jerked away. "No,
don't touch me. I don't want to get sucked back in." Dan looked hurt,
and she smiled. "It's nothing personal, it's just you've got so much
fear and concern running around in your head right now it's actually
painful. Don't worry. Well, you definitely have powers. Strong as hell,
too. Some kind of elementalisim, energy projection, but I've never seen
the type before. Safe to say, you throw energy blasts, but I wouldn't
try it now. I have no idea just how you go about it, or what exactly you
throw, or what it takes its power from. You've got another two powers
that I can't quite figure out. If I had to guess, it's a variable
physical enhancement, and some sort of damage shield." She turned to
Sam. "Now for you."
Sam took a deep breath, and closed her eyes. Diane moved over, and
gritting her teeth, she placed her hand on Sam's forehead. She grimaced,
then gasped, and drew her hand back as if it had been burned. "Fuck.
Thanks for trying though." She shook her head. "You're both easier and
harder. Your sister, I know sorta what she can do, but have no idea of
the specifics. You, I know exactly what two of your abilities can do.
It's the big one that I can't identify. You've got a huge ass power, and
I have no idea what it does. It's a biggie, and it's really rare, is all
I can say. The other two are simple. You're a minor precognitive, and an
illusionist. The precognition is only a few seconds in advance, a minute
at most, but that's still really fucking handy. Especially on the
football field. Your other power is illusions, rather strong, but only
visual, auditory, and olfactory. And only within line of sight. And no,
I don't know how you use them.
"The problem is," Diane said as she sat down again, next to Brian, "that
activating a power is rather individual. I can tell you what you can do,
and if I've seen someone with it before even how well, but I can't tell
you how to turn it on. Sorry. Oh, and I noticed something else while I
was in your heads. You're linked to each other. It's subconscious, but
if you can figure it out and develop the ability, it might be handy.
And, before I forget, you also both have the same power as Brian, only a
lot less. You won't be able to fly with more than maybe a suitcase or
two."
Dan raised an eyebrow at that, "And Birdie can carry?"
Brian chuckled, "A tent, with 2 sleeping bags, a person, and all their
assorted camping supplies. We had had an interesting weekend."
Sam shook her head, "I don't wanna know. So powers are dealt with. We
just gotta figure out how to use 'em, then practice. Easy peasy. Next?"
Dan wrote down 'Activation' and 'Control' under powers, and circled
them. Then looked at the list. "Next is father, not that we can control
this one any. We should at least discuss it though."
Everyone present suddenly sobered. Sam looked up. "Can't we do this one
last?"
Dan shook her head. "No, actually, I think that this one goes here. We
need to plan out some things here first. And we should have those plans
made before we start doing anything."
Sam nodded, glumly, and Brian and Diane looked grim. Diane spoke up,
"So, what, exactly is your father likely to do?"
Dan grimaced, "Best case scenario? Suddenly realize that his views on
MORFS victims were horrendously wrong, and accept us with open arms.
That's about as likely as me and Sam getting our dicks back."
"Worst case scenario," Sam mused, "is that he sees us, denies blood
ties, cuts us off from everything and goes mad with rage and attempts to
take away everything, going after anyone who even attempts to aid us, in
an unthinking paroxysm of blind hate and prejudice. He may even attempt
to murder us."
Diane and Brian blanched. "Surely not," Brian gasped, only to be stopped
by Dan's shaking head.
"Its more likely than you think, and a hell of a lot more likely than
our best case scenario."
Sam looked grim, then brightened. "But still, I think it's fairly
unlikely that he'll go that far. What's almost definite is that he'll
disown us."
Dan nodded soberly, "Yeah, no way in hell is he keeping two 'inhuman
freaks' around where they might contaminate his image. As if we were
something foul that might rub off onto him." Brian and Diane noted with
satisfaction the disgust in Dan's voice. She may know how her father
thinks, but she doesn't really believe it herself. That meant that
eventually she would accept herself, sooner or later.
Brian looked thoughtful. "What would disowning you entail, exactly?"
Sam looked up, and thought. "Taking away our access to the family
accounts, stopping our stipend, and killing the trust funds. And kicking
us out of the house, obviously."
Brian nodded, seeing a way out of this. "Obviously. But if his response
is going to be to cut you off from everything you may one day inherit,
and wipe you from the family, why not take some of it before he gets the
chance. You have personal accounts, right?"
Dan brightened. "Oh, brilliant. I can go you one better. I can empty
every account we have unlimited access to, it's all our money anyway,
and place it in new accounts linked to our biometrics. New accounts that
father doesn't know about. And I'll muddy the waters so thoroughly that
only a team of professional accountants would be able to follow it, and
even then, it wouldn't hold up in court."
Sam and Brian were grinning, and Diane was looking at Dan in shock.
"How?" was the only thing she said.
Dan grinned even more broadly. "I've taken half a dozen online
accounting courses. Finance is one of my hobbies. I've tripled what
funds Sam and I were given, playing the markets. It'll take me a few
hours to set it all up, but then... Voila, we're rich. And it's completely
independent of father; he won't even be able to trace it. This is
brilliant. Brian you're a genius."
Sam looked troubled suddenly. "But what about Duke?"
Brian snorted. "What about Duke? It's no issue. You go. You've got a
full scholarship. And with your powers, you should be able to tear it
up. What's to worry about?"
"Well, will they still take us?"
"Sure. You may need to prove that you can still play. But that law your
father is pressing against is going to pass, even if he does bury it in
other legislation so it never makes the news. The suits in admin will
know about it if they're worth their salaries, and if they aren't, you
sue them. Simple, and nothing to worry about."
"So, the steps are simple, 'Hide the money' and 'Brace for impact'."
That's what Dan said, and what she wrote. "So, there's father. Put away
like any other problem. Not so scary, eh?"
Sam laughed, feeling much relieved. They knew how to deal with father,
and no matter what he did, they would be fine now. Diane and Brian
looked relieved as well.
"So that only leaves one thing left to deal with," Dan said, looking
down at the piece of paper, "and boy is it a dozy. What do we do about
the fact that we're girls?" She shared a look with Sam, one of
embarrassment and worry.
"Well," commented Sam, "Why don't we break this one down. It still seems
rather monumental."
"Yeah, I can see that," drawled Diane, "You've definitely got some
monumental chests." Everyone erupted in laughter.
"You want a better look?" dared Sam, moving as if to pull up the top of
her sweats.
"No, no, not now, you'll give Birdie a nosebleed. Maybe later, if she's
nice, we'll play a little," Dan purred, putting a hand over Sam's arm.
Diane blushed furiously at the suggestion and stammered a disclaimer,
and Brian was consumed with a coughing fit.
"I have seen breasts before you know," was Brian's comment when he had
recovered the power of speech.
"Not like these you haven't!" chimed both twins in unison, setting off
another round of laughter.
"Ok, ok, enough with the jokes. Business people. We have to deal with
this." Dan was firm in her insistence. "Sam, I know this is
uncomfortable, believe me I know. But we have to get a handle on this,
and not just make stupid wisecracks about how hot we are."
Sam nodded. "God, but I don't want to. I just want to go on, joking
around, and move on with my life."
Diane smiled sympathetically, "That's what we're trying to do, believe
it or not."
Brian nodded. "Think about it. What are you going to call yourselves;
Sam and Dan sure as hell don't really match those bodies."
Dan nodded. "Right, so names is one thing," and she wrote down 'Names'
on the sheet. "What else, Clothes?"
"Hell yes," Diane exclaimed. "You can hardly wear those sweats for the
rest of your lives. They'll get stinky as hell."
Sam nodded. "We may as well bite the bullet and get girls clothes. But
no pink and no dresses."
Dan nodded, and wrote down 'Clothes' on the paper, but Diane was shaking
her head. "The pink I can agree with, especially given your coloring.
But the no dresses? Not a chance in hell. You're gonna get a skirt or
two, and if you plan on going to any sort of formal event, a dress is
gonna be it. No way in hell is anyone going to accept that a tux is
formal attire for those bodies.
Sam looked irritated, as did Dan, but they both saw the logic in Diane's
point. Dan made notes under the 'Clothes' notation. 'Pants', 'Skirts',
Blouse', 'Dresses', and then he made a new entry, and labeled it
'Underwear' and put down 'Panties' and 'Bras'.
Sam saw this and made a yelping noise, but then groaned and said,
"Right, it's the underwear designed for this body. No use fighting it."
Then she groaned again, and said, "You may as well put down pantyhose,
stockings, socks, and shoes. We can't go barefoot forever, and we may as
well get used to heels. If we want to look hot, we're gonna have to wear
them."
Dan gave her a funny look as she wrote her sister's suggestions down,
"Look hot? Since when do we want to look hot?"
Sam snorted. "Since I woke up and realized I was growing hooters. If I'm
gonna be a chick, I wanna be a hot chick. Especially with this body.
We're gonna have to become just as confident in our gender as we are
with our looks."
Brian and Diane nodded, and Dan made a new entry under female,
'Attitude'. Under it, she wrote down 'Self-Confidence' and then looked
around, grinned sheepishly and wrote 'Sexuality'. She looked around the
table, soliciting suggestions.
"Mannerisms," Brian suggested. "You don't really act like girls. You act
like guys. I mean, when you sat down earlier, Dan, you plopped there
with your legs wide open. What girl sits like that unless she's in the
middle of a sex act? You don't walk like a girl, you don't talk like one
and your little gestures scream 'Guy!' to anyone who watches you."
Dan nodded, and 'Mannerisms' went down on the page. "Anything else?"
Negatives from around the table met her question.
"All right, then the first order of business is to decide new names."
The four of them traded looks, stumped.
Brian raised his hand, and suggested, "Ebony and Ivory?"
"NO!" was the reply in chorus from the three women.
Dan looked thoughtful, "Well, it's not such a bad idea, if horribly
clich?. Having our names reflect our appearance might be nice. Might
help us acclimate a little."
Sam looked thoughtful, and then spoke up, "Well, I don't really like
Ebony." She looked down at herself, and examined one of her hands, "But
I do look like a gemstone. Hmmm, Onyx, Obsidian, Jet. Hmm. Jet. Hi, my
name is Jet. I like it. What do you think?"
The other three nodded, and the general consensus was positive. Dan
looked at her hand in turn. "Well, Ivory is out. Way to girly. Same for
Pearl. Diamond just sounds pretentious. How about Quartz. Sound good?"
Everyone looked at her, and then looked around. Brian spoke up, "If you
like, but expect me to just call you Q."
Dan nodded. "So Quartz it is. Good." Quartz looked around. "So now that
that momentous event has been taken care of, what next?"
Jet looked at the sheet, "Hmm, clothes. Diane, do you think that you can
help with that?"
Diane looked surprised, "Um, sure what did you have in mind."
Jet laughed. "Well, you must know more about female clothing than we do.
Hell, you prolly know more about chick duds then anyone else here,
unless Birdie is a closet cross dresser."
Brian snorted. "No, I don't think so, statue girl."
Diane looked the girls over, "I think I can actually do something with
you two. But I need to go home and get some things. You think you can
keep yourselves occupied?"
Quartz nodded. "Sure, I can start on the financials, and I'm sure that
Sa... Jet can find something to do. Physical tests?"
Jet noticed the slip, but let it slide. The new names would take some
getting used to. "Sure, it'll be nice to know just where I stand on the
fitness end of things. Brian, wanna spot me?"
Brian shrugged, "Sure, why not."
Quartz nodded, and got up to head upstairs, snagging her tablet from the
shelf as she went by. Diane got up and headed out the doors, heading out
to get who knows what. Brian and Jet went down the stairs into the
basement. The stairs were right next to the ones up to the second floor.
They headed down into a large room with sanded wood floors, with paneled
walls, and a great deal of exercise equipment scattered about. There was
a large clear space in the middle of the room, with a rectangle painted
around it, and there was a stack of gymnastic mats piled up in one
corner. There was also a set of free weights, an electronic scale, and
several different athletic machines, including a treadmill.
"First order of business, what do I weigh?" Jet was actually curious,
she seemed to have lost a lot of weight, since her entire body was much
leaner and thinner then before, with the notable exception of her chest,
but she wasn't so na?ve as to assume that her breasts made up the
weight. So she stepped on the scale, and then exclaimed in shock, "No
fucking way!"
Brian looked over, and goggled at the readout. "Three hundred and eighty
two? No fucking way. No godamed way. Let me on that thing."
Jet stepped out of the way, and Brian stepped on. "Two ten. That's
right. So how the hell..." He was stunned. "Hold still, and spread your
arms." Jet silently complied. Brian grasped her about the waist, and
attempted to lift. He had done this to Diane with ease, and Jet wasn't
that much bigger, yet he couldn't budge Jet. She was simply too heavy.
"What the hell. You weigh a ton."
Jet just looked confused. "I haven't noticed that I got heavier. What
happened?"
Brian looked puzzled, and then got an idea. "Jet, how much could you
bench, as Sam?"
Jet just shrugged, "About three twenty, why?"
Brian nodded, "Sounds about right, for someone who did as much lifting
as you did. Lets see you do that now."
Jet looked shocked. "Brian, I've lost all my muscle mass. Look at me, I
used to have forearms the size of my biceps, and my biceps used to be
the size my head is now. How the hell am I supposed to lift three twenty
in this body?"
Brian looked at her and shrugged, "That's while I'll be spotting you. I
want to test something."
Jet shook her head, but walked over to the bench. She loaded up the bar
and moved to get in position. Brian interrupted her. "Jet, did that seem
hard?"
Jet paused, and then raised one obsidian brow, "No, actually, it was
rather easy. Easier than I remember in fact. Huh." She lay down and got
under the bar, with Brian standing over her head, ready to spot. She
grabbed the bar, and pushed up. The bar move with remarkable ease. It
was an effort, but not much of one. Jet was amazed. "I wonder how many
reps on this I can do. Lets find out." She began bench pressing the
weight, getting in fifteen reps before she had to stop. "Wow. One
second." She walked over to the wall and punched in the numbers.
"According to that, my max press is about four seventy-five. Wow. That's
a hell of a lot better then I remember ever being."
Brian was amazed. His max press was only three twenty, same as Sam's
was. That this lithe, gymnast looking girl could press that much amazed
him. "Well," he commented, "it looks like I was right."
Jet turned and looked at him, "Huh?"
"Your density increased. Prolly just muscle and bone. Your tits look
bouncy enough that I don't think your fat density increased. You have
more muscle in less space. Same with the bones. Makes 'em harder to
break. Most likely to keep up with the increased strength."
Jet nodded. "Makes sense. Explains the weight. Wonderful. I'm just glad
I wasn't born female. It would have been hell to have weight concerns. I
gotta get down to ninety pounds. My skeleton prolly weighs that much
now."
Brian laughed. "I can't wait to see Diane's reaction. Wow. Neat. I
wonder if your flight power takes that into account."
"Only one way to find out, and that's to go flying. We'll try it out
front, tonight."
"Why tonight?"
"Because sometime the day after tomorrow, the alarm system is going to
come back up, and we have to be done by then. That means doing
measurements now, clothes tomorrow, and settling in the next day. When
that alarm system comes back up you have to be gone, father will call."
"How do you know?"
"It's his pattern, he will assume we had a party, and call to find out
how it went. He only does it after he knows its over, so he doesn't
embarrass us. It's his idea of being discrete."
"Fun," Brian commented. "Nicely predictable of him."
"One of the few things he's predictable about at all these days." Jet
shook her head. "Come on, let's finish these tests, then go see if
Quartz is done with the financials, and we'll get her down here and
compare."
Upstairs, Quartz was lying naked on her bed, with half a dozen
holographic displays floating in front of her. A small army of
electronic gismos was arrayed before her in a semicircle, with her
tablet humming away in the middle. She was fiddling with two of the
little devices in front of her when she heard a knock from the door of
her room.
"Come in, it's open"
She heard a masculine gasp of surprise, and feminine chuckles, and
Brian's voice floated to her ears, "You could have warned me, Dan."
She looked down; saw the luscious white mounds of her breasts pressed up
beneath her on the mattress, and suddenly felt mildly embarrassed.
Laughing at the unexpected discomfort of her visitor, she called out,
"It's nothing you haven't seen before on Diane. And it's Quartz now not
Dan."
She heard Jet's musical laughter from the hall, and couldn't catch what
she said, as her attention was recaptured by the program she was working
on. She got so involved that she didn't hear someone walk up behind her,
and was unaware of their presence till she felt a light blanket drape
over her shoulders, covering her, and Jet called out from behind her,
"It's all right now Birdie, she's covered."
She looked up at the dark form of her sister, and shrugged. "I always
work in my underwear when I get into serious programming. You know
that."
Jet laughed, "Yes I do, but Birdie didn't. His reaction was
entertaining."
Brian chimed in, "Damn it girl, don't you have any shame?"
Quarts laughed as she manipulated variables in her program and watched
the results. "No, not really." She had almost gotten this solved, she
just needed to track down the last few errors and she would be done.
"I've been fully female for about, what 6 conscious hours? Do you really
expect automatic modesty? I'm busy, I'll be embarrassed later."
This program was a work of art. She had had several other programs that
had done parts of what she wanted. Combining them, and then working up
the parts she didn't have and making them all jump through hoops was a
relatively easy, if entertaining task. In moments, she found the problem
and had it corrected, then ran one final test. It all worked. She set
the tablet to test and compile the program into it's final form, and
looked up at her guests again. "There, done. Now what did you need?"
"Your help confirming a few suspicions. Need you to stand on a scale for
us." Jet was laughing, if not in actuality then in her tone and
expression.
Brian was curious, however. "What was that you were working on?"
"That? Oh, that was just the automated program to slowly move all our
cash into anonymous accounts, shuffle it around, and then deposit it
into the new accounts I've set up. It does it all in very small
transaction, in waves, over time, so that it doesn't set off alarms
right away. It should take about two days to finish, and then all our
money will be hidden away, and a bunch that isn't really ours, but I got
access to anyways. All told, it's quite a bit of cash."
"So," Brian grinned, "You're stealing your dad's money. Isn't that kind
of illegal?"
"Well, its not so much stealing money from father as it is moving money
he decided to give us somewhere where he cant see it. But yes, he will
probably see it as theft." Quartz was smiling at the thought. Her
opinion of her father was never very high, and had fallen into the
cellar with the discovery of what he had done to their mother and
sister. Besides which, the Carmichael estate had so much wealth floating
around that taking what she felt her sister and she were due would
barely cause a ripple.
Not that that would stop their father from being furious. She thought it
likely that he would attempt to beggar them on general principle, and
was glad that she had been able to prevent it. After this program had
run for a few days, the only way to find this money would be with her
tablet and the encryption key she had devised. She smiled at the
thought. Then she remembered why she had an audience.
"So, Jet, what exactly did you need from me?"
Jet shrugged, "Nothing much, just to check your weight."
Quartz was puzzled, but nodded, and moved to get up. Brian suddenly
blushed, and scrambled to get out of the room. Jet and Quartz both
looked at him, puzzled, and Brian called back from the door, "Don't you
have any modesty, woman?"
"When," Quartz asked as she levered herself up and began putting on the
discarded sweat suit, "would I have learned, in my long and sordid life,
female modesty? I've only been functioning as a female for about half a
day."
Jet followed her as she walked out of the room and raised a pale brow at
Brian, "Shall we go?"
Brian blushed furiously. "Doesn't that body bother you at all?"
"Jet, should we be bothered by this?"
"I don't know Q, what do you think?"
"I think that this feels like my body. And it feels comfortable. Weird,
but comfortable. Why should that bother me?"
"Because it means that you aren't masculine enough?"
"Bah, since when do I care about looking masculine?"
Brian butted in at this point, "You may not care, but there are other
people who will have, huh, issues with this. And not just the idiots
like your dad. The sexuality nazi's might give you grief and the guys on
the football squad..."
Quartz looked amused. "Right, and if they do, I squish 'em. You forget,
I'm rich, that gives me a certain amount of power."
Brian just raised an eyebrow, "And when some punk on the street walks by
and makes a crack about how you look sexy, you know, like, 'Nice rack,
toots' or 'how bout you and me practice some horizontal mambo' or
something?"
Quartz and Jet both laughed. "You mean, like getting hit on," Jet
laughed.
"Simple, really," Quartz gasped, while laughing. "I already had a line
picked out. 'You're nice, sugar, but I like my date's to have a bit more
up top. Though you are pretty cute. Some nice double D cups and you'd be
perfect.' Something like that."
"Something to note, Brian," Jet filled in, "is that for all that we
haven't had these bodies for long, they feel very comfortable."
"Most of the time, anyways," Quartz interjected.
"We just feel like, even though we know that a week ago, our bodies
looked radically different, the image I see in the mirror doesn't look
wrong."
"Well," Quartz mused, "that's not quite true. I get disoriented when I
think about it. I know my body is different, radically so, but it all
feels normal, but weird. Nothing feels out of place. It's not nearly as
bad as you'd think."
Jet sneered, "Yeah, but the idea of getting all dolled up, makeup, bras
and panties, dresses, ugh, that makes me want to puke. But it's what the
world expects to see, and I suspect that we'll get used to that
eventually too."
They had reached the basement, and at Brian's direction, Quartz got on
the scale. "What the hell? Three hundred and eighty two? No fucking way.
Double you tee eff mate?"
Jet grinned. "I'm the same. We think it's a density thing. Go grab the
bar and bench, I'll spot."
Quartz looked at the weights of the bar, "That's how much, exactly?" She
couldn't actually see the weights; there were bags over the plates.
Jet smiled. "Don't worry; I did it about 10 minutes ago, no problem."
Quartz smiled nervously, "Right, then get your black ass over here and
spot me."
Jet did so, as Quartz took her position on the bench, and grunted
softly, and picked up the bar, did a rep, then placed it back on the
supports.
"That was fucking heavy! How much was that?" Quartz was curious, that
must have been over three hundred. It was almost her max lift.
Jet simply tugged the ties on the bags and drew them off. "Four sixty."
Quartz was flabbergasted. "What!" She had never even come close to that
before. "How in the hell?"
Brian spoke up. "Best guess, is a muscle and bone density increase. That
would increase your lift power and physical abilities. It also accounts
for why things seem so, huh, normal to you two. You haven't actually
lost anything, really." At the twins' rather caustic looks, he amended,
"Ability wise anyways. You're still the same height; you have about the
same physical abilities, at least within normal exertion ranges. So you
don't have any physical mismatches to confuse you. It's an interesting
phenomenon."
Jet nodded. "Makes sense. I remember when I had my surgery, I was laid
up for three months, after, and I lost a lot of my mobility. When I got
on my feet again, I remember feeling so weak, so out of synch. It made
me feel like I wasn't even in my own body. This is like the opposite of
that. Even though the body is radically different, when I tell my body
to do X, it does X, just the way I wanted it to."
Quartz nodded, "Rather than Y, which while remarkably like X is not what
you intended to do."
Jet ignored the sarcasm, and continued. "So, its like switching the
paint job of a car. It looks radically different, cosmetically, but it
still handles the same, so driving it doesn't change at all, except for
the view over the hood."
Quartz looked down, and hefted her breasts. "And what a hood we've got."
Brian laughed at that one, and Jet shot her twin a look. "So," Jet
continued, "We should expect the most disconnect when doing things that
we couldn't do in our old bodies, or doing things in these bodies that
our old ones could do better."
Brian nodded, "But I don't see that second option popping up much."
Quartz nodded. "So, now that we've ascertained that we're not closet
transsexuals, how about we get dinner, I'm starving."
Jet laughed. "Only if you cook." Jet was decent cook, but Quartz had a
real talent for matters culinary, and Jet usually found a reason for her
twin to cook when their father was away. Usually by volunteering to do
the dishes, after.
Quartz laughed. "Fine, if you want this woman in the kitchen, I'll get.
But you're washing things this time, eh?"
Jet laughed, and started up the stairs. "Brian, are you done pondering
your imponderables. You're gonna miss Q's cooking, and that's a sin.
Hurry your ass up."
Brian laughed, and headed up the stairs after his friends, admiring the
view as he did so.
Diane opened the patio doors and stepped into the living room of the
Carmichael twins, an was immediately struck by two things. One was the
smells coming from the kitchen, there was an absolutely divine aroma
filling the house. The other was a box, falling on her head, off of the
stack of things she was carrying. With an exclamation of pain, she
stumbled forwards, dropping the remaining boxes into the waiting arms of
Jet and Brian.
"Ya know, you could have taken two trips," Jet scolded her.
"What is that smell?" was Diane's very topical reply.
Brian laughed as he relieved her of most of her load, "Q's cooking.
She's making some kind of stew, I think. She called it 'Refrigerator
Surprise' and chased us out of the kitchen."
Jet laughed, "It's a potluck, sort of. She takes whatever she can
assemble out of the fridge in the kitchen, and makes stew. It's always
interesting, because other than a few staples that we keep around for
this kind of thing, exactly what's in it is always a surprise."
Diane laughed. "I just hope it's edible."
Jet laughed again. "You've never eaten Quartz' cooking. It's always
good."
"Now what is all this," Brian asked, placing the last cardboard box on
the table. There were four of them, all brown and unmarked.
Diane pointed to each of the boxes in turn. "That is my sizing supplies,
and few things I use when doing designs. That is several nightgowns,
bras, and panties, and they should fit you. That is one of my few
excesses, a professional design device, and this has all the outfits on
sale at the big chain stores programmed into it. It's everything we'll
need to go on a buying trip without leaving the house."
Jet looked both impressed and irritated. "Neat, I guess." Her lack of
enthusiasm for her new wardrobe was obvious.
Diane looked at her, "Look, Jet, you'll be the one picking the wardrobe
out. You won't get anything you won't like."
Jet sighed. "It's not that I don't appreciate this Diane, it's just,
gha...."
Brian laughed, "Jet, don't worry. You'll look fine."
Jet shrugged, "That's what I'm kinda afraid of."
Diane nodded, "Ah. Finally."
"Huh?" Jet and Brian were both confused.
"Finally what?" Quartz' voice floated over from the door. "And grub's
on."
Jet promptly jumped up and darted out the door into the kitchen. Brian
and Diane followed at a more sedate pace. As they passed, Quartz raised
an eyebrow at Diane. Diane laughed, "Finally, a normal reaction from one
of you two." Quartz opened her mouth in an 'ah' expression. Then they
moved into the kitchen to eat.
When then got in there, they were greeted by the sight of Jet sitting at
the table, holding a fork and spoon, banging her hands on the table in a
wordless cry for food. Quartz laughed and opened the pressure cooker to
serve the stew. Everyone sat and stared as a lumpy, thick, red glop was
deposited into their bowls. Jet grinned, and dug in. Quartz sat down and
looked at Diane and Brian. "It's not going to bite you."
"Yeah," Jet said around a mouthful of stew, "ish good."
Brian and Diane looked at the stew dubiously, then looked at each other,
and tried the stew. They looked shocked for a moment, and then dug in
with obvious enthusiasm. There was no further conversation for the
remainder of the meal, as all parties involved were using their mouths
for a much worthier purpose.
About an hour later, the four of them were finished eating, and were
sitting around the table in the living room, discussing what their plans
for the evening were. Jet was sitting there, explaining her thoughts on
the matter.
"As I see it," she was saying, "We can go and test our wings tonight.
And then," she shuddered, "we can try on underwear."
Diane grinned, "Why does having breasts not bother you guys, but having
to wear a bra to hold them humiliates you somehow?"
Quartz laughed weakly, "Yeah, actually."
Jet sighed, "It's a masculine pride thing."
Brian shook his head. "Are you still guys?"
Both twins looked chagrined.
Quartz looked up, "Well, no, but we still feel like it."
"I suppose we'll get used to it." Jet moped.
"Yeah, you will." Diane was suddenly serious. "Lilly did, it just took
time. I'm not going to force you into frilly dresses and crap. It's
gonna be pants, shirts, that kind of crap. Relax, and enjoy it. Besides,
tonight is going to be private, and stuff nobody will see anyways,
unless you let them of course."
Jet's eyes widened at the implications, and Quartz just laughed, "I
don't see that happening any time soon."
Brian coughed, feeling uncomfortable with the direction the discussion
was heading. "So, before you females get too involved in discussing your
love lives, how about we go and see if you two can actually fly."
Jet nodded, suddenly all business. "Fine, up to my room then."
Quartz nodded, and got up. Brian and Diane looked confused and followed
a moment later. When they got there, Jet headed to the balcony and
opened the doors out onto her balcony. Walking out, she started to take
off her shirt, and said, "I hope you two don't mind seeing me topless,
but I need to stretch my wings." So saying, she unfurled her wings from
within her back, and then jumped off of the balcony into the evening.
"Wahoo!"
She hurtled towards the ground for a moment, then her wings caught the
air, and she swooped out over the grounds. With a cry, she flew out over
the lawn, and arced up above the manor. She glided over the manor,
banked, and then folded her wings, dropping down onto her balcony with a
crunch, folding her wings inside her back again as she did so. She took
her shirt back from Diane while Brian averted his eyes.
Jet was exultant. "Q, you have got to try this."
Quartz was already pulling her shirt over her head, and Diane caught it
as she headed out the doors and onto the patio at a run, unfurling her
wings as she went. She whooped as she swooped over the grounds, and
soared over the manor, making a full circuit of the house before flying
up from under the balcony and dropping down onto it without so much as a
thump. She was grinning from ear to ear as she pulled her shirt back on
after re-folding her wings into her back.
Brian turned back to the three women, once both the twins had their
shirts on again. "Satisfied girls?"
Quartz grinned back. "Very. That was so awesome."
Brian grinned back. "I know exactly what you mean."
Diane piped up, "Well, now that you're done winging around, how about we
get you sized, and try on some underwear, eh?"
Brian nodded, and moved to go downstairs. "I'll excuse myself for this,
thank you. Which box, Diane?"
"The first one is all I'll need," was her response. "Unpack the others
in the living room; we'll need them tomorrow morning."
"Right," Brian walked out of the room, calling as he went, "luck guys."
Jet looked uncomfortable, and Quartz spoke up. "Alright Diane, what,
exactly, are we doing here?"
Diane sat down on the bed. "We're going to get your sizes, mostly."
Jet walked over to the shelf that held her knickknacks, and started
playing with a katana. "And that means what, exactly?"
Diane laughed again, "You taking off your clothes, me with some
measuring tape, and you trying on bras. I've brought my sizing
collection."
Quartz leaned against the wall and laughed. "I forgot you're an amateur
fashion designer."
Then there was a knock at the door, and Brian's voice echoed from the
other side, "Box outside, I'll be downstairs, see you girls in the
morning."
Diane raised an eyebrow at Quartz, who happened to be standing near the
door, and she sighed and opened the door, and dragged the box over to
the bed, then opened it. "A little much?" The box was filled with bras,
all white, bundled in plastic bags.
Diane bent over, and started taking out bundles of bra's, and setting
them on the beds. Then she got to the bottom, took out four packages of
panties, and a tape measure. Then she looked at the twins, and raised an
eyebrow, "Well, strip!"
The twins looked at her and broke out into laughter, then began to
extricate themselves from their clothing.
Diane looked up at them, and motioned for them to stand in front of her.
"Nice figures girls, very nice. You're real man bait. Let's see here...
"She walked around Quartz, and reached under her breasts and drew the
tape measure around. "Huh, thirty-six chest." She reached up and
measured across her breasts, and took another measurement, "F cups too,
most likely. Nice rack. Waist," as she measured the girls waist, "a
twenty two, hips, thirty six again." She took the tape measure away from
the Quartz, and then went over to Jet and repeated the same
measurements. "Well, girls, you have nearly perfect figures. I mean,
there are porn stars who don't have measurements this good. You really
got worked over bad, or got really lucky, depending on how you look at
it."
Jet groaned, and Quartz grimaced, "Both."
"Right, well," Diane walked over and opened a package of grey panties,
and handed one each to the twins, "Put these on and see how they fit."
The panties were grey, and very plain. The twins looked at them
dubiously, and then with identical expressions of resignation, slipped
them on. They fit fine. The twins said so.
"Right, so, know we know what size panty you wear, I had gotten four,
but we got it right on the first try. Now bras. You two are going to
hate this. But since there are two of you, I can do this twice as fast.
Each of these bags is a different bra, in both style and manufacture.
We're going to try on each and every one until we find your sizes for
all of them. I fully expect you to be in the 36 band, F cup range, but
we need to know. Basically, this is like trying on shoes."
"Only on our chests," Quartz commented.
"Well," Jet sighed, "the sooner we start, the sooner we're done."
It did take a long time, and they both were heartily sick of the entire
exercise by the time they were done, but it did accomplish one simple
goal. By the time the twins were done, they no longer had any discomfort
with wearing a bra, and had come to realize that it was both necessary,
and comfortable. At least when the bra fit right. So they had no problem
with helping Diane pick out their favorite styles, and were even
grudgingly taking her advice on what styles they should select. When all
was said and done, they had quite the list of bras, and a commitment
from Diane to get them full wardrobe of female underwear. Quartz got her
tablet from her room and Diane put in the order at several local stores,
to be ready for pickup the next day.
"Alright, now that that's done, time for all of us to crash. Tomorrow is
going to be busy, and you two are going to need your sleep."
Jet yawned, and Quartz looked tired, but asked, "What, all we're doing
tomorrow is picking out clothes, that's not so hard."
"You've never bought clothes as a female," Diane laughed. "It can take
forever, and we're going to be getting you two a whole wardrobe. Now get
some sleep."
The twins decided that sleep sounded like a good idea, and Quartz headed
into her room. Before she left, Diane handed her a silk garment, and
told her to wear it. It was a black silk nightgown, barely long enough
to reach below her crotch. She raised an eyebrow at it, but went along
with it. She hadn't even remembered she was wearing panties not briefs
until just then, they had felt comfortable. They should, she realized,
because they were designed for a body shaped like this. Just like the
nightgown was. She shook her head, but put the nightgown on, and waked
back to her room
Once she arrived there, she plugged her tablet into its charger, and
cleaned up her peripherals from off her bed. Then she sat down and
stared at her hands for a while. She felt her breasts through her
nightgown. Her pale white skin was offset dramatically by the black of
silk. She rather liked the effect. It emphasized her uniqueness. It made
her feel nervous, but also confident. She was different, exotic. She
made a conscious decision to like that fact. It was a good thing. She
lay down and closed her eyes, curling up under her covers and falling
into her first undrugged sleep as a woman. Her dreams were filled with
flying.
Quartz woke to the sound of buzzing. The buzzing of her alarm clock to
be exact. She rolled over and hit the off button, rolling herself out of
bed, and felt the slip of silk against her skin. She sighed, and
fingered the hem of her nightgown. She really liked it, and wasn't sure
if she liked that fact. Shaking her head, she decided that it didn't
matter. It felt nice, so she was going to keep wearing it. She hauled
herself out of bed and into the bathroom. She had beaten Jet into
wakefulness, so she had the shower to herself. She smiled slightly, and
climbed in.
The water felt divine. She reveled as the spray from the showerhead
pulsed over her chest and onto her breasts, sending shivers of pleasure
through her. She smiled, and murmured to herself, "Mmmmm, this part of
being a girl, I like." She massaged herself, moaning as the sensations
of her new body coursed over her.
Half an hour later, feeling very clean and very satisfied, she walked
out of the shower and started to pat herself dry. She winced at her
hair. Wet, it weighed a ton. She thought about drying it with the towel,
but then noticed the box on the counter. Walking over, she had dark
thoughts about just finding scissors and hacking it all off, but decided
against it. Picking up the package, she found it was a brown cardboard
box. Inside, she found two hairbrushes, a hairdryer, and a note. The
note was short, it read, 'Girls, I've noticed your hair, and provided
you with a dryer for the hair, as well as some brushes. Brush the hair
out, while hitting it with the dryer. You'll catch on. Diane.' She
smiled, and set to work.
She was several minutes in when Jet walked in, looking ravishing in her
white nightgown. Quartz said so. Jet just grumbled, "Wait till after
shower," and grouched over to the shower, stripped down and got in.
Quartz smiled, and finished her hair. She had finally finished her hair
when Jet got out. She just smiled at her sister, and gestured with the
hairdryer. Jet shook her head, pretended to collapse under the weight of
her hair, and then laughed. "I am so going to chop this all off."
"No, I don't think so," Quartz responded. "You know full well that you
look far too hot with it long to ever chop it off. Restraining it
though..."
"Heh," Jet laughed as she took the dryer from her sister, "Your right,
of course. Maybe I should learn to braid it..."
Quartz laughed, "Sure, good idea. I'll just get a scrunchie." She headed
back into her room.
A sarcastic voice followed her back into her bedroom. "You do that.
Remember your panties."
She laughed, and snagged the package of panties off her desk. She
slipped a fresh one on, and snagged a new pair of sweats from her
closet. Sliding herself into the sweatshirt, she winced as the materiel
slid over her breasts. Much as it galled her, she needed a bra.
Grimacing, she headed downstairs to get some breakfast. On her way, she
poked her head into the bathroom, and noted how her sister was doing on
her hair. She seemed to have just gotten it figured out. Smiling to
herself, she headed down to the living room to see what the gruesome
twosome had done during the night.
The first thing she noticed was the large imager sitting on the floor.
The second was Diane and Brian curled up together on the sofa bed, with
his wings around her. She was in her purple haired natural form. They
were both also nude. "sheesh, get a room." She walked around the
sleeping pair and headed to the kitchen.
Several minutes later, a sleepy eyed, and clothed, Diane poked her head
into the kitchen, wearing a 'what smells so good' expression, that was
quickly followed by a "What smells so good" from her mouth.
"I'm calling it a Quartz special. It's a cheddar, steak, Taylor ham,
crumbled bacon, and egg omelet. A specialty of mine. I make it with eggs
and whatever beef and pork products I can lay hands on. It's good."
Brian walked past Diane and into the table nook, "After that stew last
night, I doubt you not."
Diane sat down and raised an eyebrow, "Taylor ham?"
"A seasoned pork roll out of jersey, it's this local thing that my
mother was in love with, and me and Sam, crap, Jet," she corrected
herself, "got addicted to. The chef gets it shipped in for us. Handy
thing, a staff."
Brian laughed. "Yeah, wealth has its perks. So where is the night to
your day?"
Quartz laughed, "When I came down before, she had just figured out how
to dry her hair. Thank you for the gift, by the way." She nodded at
Diane, then suddenly turned her full attention to the pan, and began
sliding around a large gooey mess, and moments later slid the entire
mass onto a large platter. She took the platter over to the table, and
then grabbed four plates from the cabinet above the sink, and set them
down on the table. Everyone grabbed plates, and dished themselves up
some of the gooey egg, cheese, and meat concoction. Jet joined them
several minutes in, and for some time there was little conversation.
After things were settled, they were all sitting around the table
relaxing in the afterglow of a good meal eaten in good company. Jet was
lounging back, wiping her mouth, while Quartz asked, "So, what's that
gizmo in the living room."
Brian and Jet also shot interested looks at Diane, who grinned, and
explained, "It's a toy I got from F.I.A. It's a sizing and design
imager. Useful for seeing how designs play out on a specific model. I
can use it to check out how clothes look on your frame."
Jet looked intrigued, and Quartz just laughed. "So we don't have to
humiliate ourselves by trying on eighty billion different things?"
Diane looked hurt, and Brian collapsed into laughter. Diane harrumphed,
"You two are so not female."
Jet laughed back, "My chest says otherwise."
"Alright," Quartz laughed, "let's get this over with. How long is this
going to take? Two, three hours?"
Diane looked stunned. "A full wardrobe, in three hours? Are you insane?
This is going to take all day!"
The twins shared a look that was part horror, and part disbelief. Brian
just sighed. "Right, so one full day of ordering stuff, and then me
going and picking it up. Wonderful."
Diane grinned, "Why how nice of you to volunteer. That reminds me, I
ordered a bunch of stuff from Vickie's and the local malls, could you go
get them?"
Brian groaned, and slid away from the table. "Well the sooner I go, the
sooner I get back." He strolled out of the kitchen and out of the manor.
Quartz looked around. "Well, might as well get this over with."
Jet got up, and with a bow that was both mocking and graceful, escorted
the others into the living room.
Once they were seated on the couch, with the projector in front of them,
Diane made an odd request. "You want me to do what?" Quartz's voice was
shocked.
"I want you to strip to your panties and stand with your arms out.
What's so difficult about this?"
Quartz sighed, and began to remove her sweatshirt. Jet just stared, and
smirked at Diane. "Are you sure you don't have lesbian leanings? I mean,
this is the third time in two days you're having one of us strip."
Diane laughed. "I'm quite sure of my sexuality girls. Now stand still."
She picked up a imaging wand and started moving it up and down the pale
woman. She covered every angle of Quartz, front and back. After several
minutes, she plugged the rod into the base of the projector, and the
device hummed to life. A white glow spread up from the projector on the
floor, and then there was n image of Quartz, standing in her panties,
with her arms out to the side, hanging there in midair. "There we go.
Now, extend your wings, please."
Quarts did so, with Diane watching her back intently the whole while.
"There you go, happy?"
"Quite." Diane turned and fiddled with the controls on the base of the
projector. Soon, there were a pair of blue arcs on the back of the
model, and there were two blue disks coming out of them. "This will tell
us if whatever you have on the model will obstruct your wings. Nifty
toy, eh?"
"Quite," Quartz deadpanned as she retracted her wings and grabbed her
shirt.
"So," Jade asked, as her sister pulled her shirt over her head, "now
what?"
"Now," Diane looked smug as she pulled out a large book filled with
paper and data disks, "we go shopping."
Confused looks graced the twins' faces. "Huh?" was the mutual reply.
Diane laughed. "This is the catalogue from every major chain designer
out there. As well as some fun of my own design. With it, we can see how
everything you want to buy will look on you before you buy it, without
even walking into the store. Neat, eh?"
Jet looked lost, but Quartz was grinning ear to ear. "Virtual dressing
room in 3-D. Neat. Patent this thing?"
Diane grinned. "Duh. I'm not that stupid. Eventually somebody important
will take to the idea, and I'll get rich off of 'em."
Jet finally figured it our. "Oh, that is so fucking cool. You two are
such nerds."
"Yeah," Diane countered, "but nerd's get rich."
"Yup," Quartz agreed, "but are we going to make insulting small talk all
day, or are we going to do this?"
Since they were all in agreement, they spent the next hour or two
engaged in trying on literally hundreds of outfits, from demure to
outlandish, conservative to exhibitionist. They had a great deal of fun,
and the twins were able to get their minds wrapped around the sight of
themselves in female clothes, some of them very feminine, in a variety
of ways. It was a surprisingly entertaining experience. When Brian
arrived, it was to the sound of female laughter, giggles actually.
"I can't believe my ears. I'm hearing the gruesome twosome giggling. I
must be hallucinating." Brian's tone was light, but he was only half
joking.
"Yes you twit," Quartz jabbed back, "we're giggling. And if you'd been
here, you