A fourth version

Once again you marvel at the tranformation taking place real time in front of your eyes instead of focusing on your job. Francesca once again finds herself in a new outfit, this time a plaid vest over grey shirt, accompanied by confortable pants and the return of the squared glasses. The hair remain down, but they are professionally done.

You catch her looking at you wit a stern and judgemental look that wasn't there before. That, her clothing, plus the fact that she had an aura of maturity that made her seem a lot older than she actually is, makes you think that even giving back traits doesn't mean you get the same results.

You think about what the watch had done. To give back Francesca her traits you had to mix them together, and that's what had happened. Now the three traits Mom, Librarian and Bossy are only one inseparable trait, not only in the menus of the device, but in her person as well.

"Samuel, are you procrastinating?" she asks a moment no customers are around.

"I know the day is almost over, but try to endure it. It is your work, after all!"

You don't know if you prefer the direct complaining person from before or this passive aggressive thing she has going on now.

"I was just trying to remember which new releases are coming to the golden-saucer collection next month."

You mutter as an excuse.

"You just needed to ask, dear. I'll email you the list for the entire yearly collection. "

No, definitely better like this.

You are tempted to see what would happen if you pumped her with more traits. How would this version of her change with the athlete trait? Or with Zaylee's alternative shtick.

You **** yourself to moderation. Plus you have Samantha to fix next in your plan.

You wonder how you could change her without too much collateral damage. Was it even worth it? You know she would still be a different person from before, so why do you have to **** yourself to bring her back? You don't even know her that well if not as your frankly quite boring coworker. Maybe you could spice up her life in some way, you still don't want her to be jobless because of you. Just a nudge in the right direction.

You look at the watch, to see only the traits ATHLETE and BOOKISH in your list. You wonder how many different words you could theoretically collect.

Obviously all just hypothesis. You already caused enough trouble. Just fix Samantha and Claire, then retire from using strange technologies.

You pick up your phone, being careful not to be caught by Franesca, and write to your former coworker:

-Actually... Are you free tonight? Wanna go grab something to eat?

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-Sure, why not :)
-still bored ✌️