'Lucy'

Thursday became Friday, and when James met Ivy that morning, he found it surprising that she wasn't wearing the mask. "What's going on?" James asked, after confirming the black bezel wasn't present on Lucy's face, even if her hair did typically hide the Ascend unit pretty well. No one asked about it yesterday, at least.

Ivy shrugged. "I put on the receiver when I got to school this morning, but all I got was a system message saying that the receiver was disconnected. Then I checked my phone, and Luke said he was working on something big... he wanted to share it after school. So the receiver is charging at my place until then. Thank god the science test was rescheduled for Tuesday," Ivy said with a massive sigh of relief. "Really banking on Luke to help me get through that one."

James was curious about whatever Lucas had planned, but he didn't say anything else. Ivy and James had a pretty typical day in class, chatting at lunch. Both thought it might be awkward after yesterday's behavior that had been so out of character for them both, but it was another big relief that they could still just be the loving couple they'd been before, still flirty and cute. Deep within each others' minds, though, they definitely had fleeting moments of 'what if' throughout the day. What if James brushed his hands against Ivy's thigh... what if Ivy pushed her chest a little more aggressively against James... but they didn't. They were saving that for when their 'director' arrived, as Ivy put it in a brief, silly chat about the events from before. While James was still jealous that Luke was going to continue to get that freedom with his girlfriend, he tried to spin it in a positive, that Luke would only do things that would help him and Ivy. Well, 'help'--Lucas wasn't going to go out of his way to destroy a relationship for no good reason, but it's hard to say what the impact of the awkward sex from yesterday would have overall.

After school, James went over to Ivy's place, driving her there and picking up dinner on the go. He originally suggested tacos, but Ivy insisted on getting some deli sandwiches that would be a bit healthier. Her house was empty with parents gone since yesterday on some sort of trip. Ivy's place was often deserted as her parents seemed to be the most frequent of fliers, making almost monthly airline trips to wherever, just to see new sights. Good for James and Ivy, though, to not have any disturbances!

They ate their meal in silence. Neither even ventured to turn on the TV, or play games, or do anything they normally would have with their free time. All they could do was look at the Ascend headset on the table. It was upside-down, showing off the little ball-bearings all throughout the mask that intercepted and translated brain waves from two bodies. They looked intently at two little lights. One was green, indicating the device was active. The other, the 'active connection' light, was blank. Ivy could technically wear the mask at any time, but if Lucas connected midway through and just pretended to be her, that could lead to new complications. Ivy preferred to make that choice herself, when it was obvious.

"You think he forgot?" James asked. "Or whatever this 'big thing' he was working on isn't ready. I don't really know how deep he could go into the settings of the Ascend anyway. Those passcodes aren't very strong for the admin modes, I would guess that there's some other Hideki password that--"

The light started to blink blue, and Ivy scrambled for the mask. She was already breathing rapidly, the anticipation of being controlled already building up tension inside her. James was surprised just how quickly Ivy moved to pick up the mask, not realizing just how much she apparently wanted Lucas to move her around. That fueled his envy, which again in a strange way seemed to pique his interest too. He nodded, and Ivy pushed the Ascend to her face.

At first, the mask assumed Ivy's typical facial features, once again looking like the only difference between her and the headgear was the black bezel outlining her face. But then, her face began to change, morphing in strange ways... briefly, it became like a computer screen, and Ivy panicked for a moment. Her hands came up to feel this smooth, featureless face, although her eyes and mouth could still open they were barely noticeable amongst all the fancy animated features of the AscendOS on the screen. And then her face began to morph again... taking on entirely new features.

James's mouth hung open, as he pointed at Ivy. He recognized this face. "...Luke, did you make a girl version of your face for the headset?"

With a grin, Ivy nodded. "Not bad, huh?" Even her voice sounded different, a little lower, a little sultrier than Ivy's usual tone. Ivy ran a hand through her hair, which caused her middle-parted bangs to instead sweep to the side. From the neck up, if James had met this girl on the street, she would have seemed familiar, but he wouldn't have known it was Ivy. He might have assumed she was Lucas's cousin, as a best guess.

"I call her Lucy, so you can call me that too," she said. 'Lucy' had seemingly fully overridden Ivy's movements again, continuing to grin as she strutted around a little. Just those little details with the hair, coupled with the big detail of a Lucas-like face, really sold things as if this was a totally new person.

"Alright, well... Lucy. You did a good job, but you know you can't do much with Ivy's body like that right? Like you can't go to school with a face like that!" James crossed his arms, already feeling his pants tent up, but fortunately he had the dining table to hide any evidence of it.

"Ah ah, Lucy's body." She grinned, and put her hands on her chest. "Say it with me, dude. I'm Lucy, these are Lucy's boobs, Lucy's legs, I've got Lucy's pussy hidden away in this skirt... but I get it. I'm wearing Ivy's clothes, so it makes sense that you might confuse me for her."

James just blinked and shook his head a little, in shock at those words. This was turning into some sort of weird roleplay that blindsided him, as this new persona seemed so strikingly different! Lucy moaned a little, shivering. "Seems my host is getting kind of excited about me stealing her whole body and giving her a new identity... but I'm not done. Watch this."

Before James could say anything, Ivy's face returned! She almost gasped, breathing deeply as she grabbed onto the back of a chair, her hips shimmying back and forth, clearly turned on by what had just transpired. "Ghhh... God, when he started calling my body his, I--"

Lucy's face suddenly returned. "When SHE started calling YOUR body HERS. I'm Lucy, not Lucas." She sternly corrected everything, before Ivy's face returned, stunned.

"She set something up so we can swap control," Ivy whispered. "It's like, when I want to talk and move, I can, if Lucy is relaxed. But I can feel when she wants to take over, and she can push me out of the way."

"Can you do the same to her?" James asked, at least buying into the illusion of Lucy for the moment.

Lucy's face returned, and shook her head, hands returning to run along her hips. "She can try if she wants, but if I am really focused on staying in control, I have override permissions. And those override permissions are for full body, or partial body control."

As Ivy's face shifted back, donning a confused expression as she let go of herself for a moment, she looked at James. "Partial body control? What does she mean by--EEP!" Even though Ivy's face was still visible, and beet-red, her hands seemed to have a mind of their own as they reached between her legs and rubbed along her crotch! To be more accurate, they had Lucy's mind.

"J-James," Ivy said, her body lewdly rubbing her crotch, while her free hand came to her breast to grope, making sure nothing was hidden from James's view. "I-I can't st-stop..! God, it's so..."

Her face once again shifted, as Lucy was in control once more, staring down at James while she continued to play. "...amazing."

James slid out of his chair, still enduring a painful erection as Lucy started to unbutton her blouse, shimmying her hips in anticipation. Lucy stepped forward. "I'm not even done with everything I want to show you, James! This is gonna be Lucy night, fueled by Ivy's arousal. I hope you can keep up, because this is all for you."