Ashley's Therapy

Sitting anxiously on her phone, Ashley taps her foot rapidly, acting restless as she swipes through social media. Last week talking to Jason about her issues felt like the right thing to do, but now that he's on his way she wonders if she can just cancel it all together.

Hunched over on her sofa, the clock ticks on nearby, before it hits noon, signaled by an alarm she had set on her phone blaring. Eyes widening, Ashley fumbles with the device, scrambling to shut it off. Finally silencing it, she sighs and slumps back in her seat.

After a few moments she smirks, brushing her crimson hair from her eyes with her free hand. That alarm was supposed to be to remind her when Jason is supposed to be here, but glancing out the window she doesn't see his car. He's late, something she can tease him for...

Almost ten minutes later, having managed to calm her nerves a bit with the thought of teasing Jason, Ashley is able to keep her cool when she sees him pull up. Waving a hand to him from the window, she sees him step out of his car and wave back, hauling something inside his backpack.

He really is cute... she's just never had the willpower to tell him, instead getting around it by giving playful jabs, her snarky side always shining when he's around. Opening the front door, she leans against the frame, peaking her head out and smirking. "Hurry up!" She calls out. "You're already late, any slower and we'll have to cancel!"

Trudging up the uneven stairs, Jason huffs as he reaches the 2nd floor of the apartment building. "You... hah... you really want to send me away and waste your day off?"

Ashley's smile quickly fades, as a blush spreads across her cheeks. "Well, maybe?" Man, she really must be off her game today... all the stress lately really must be getting to her.

Stepping inside she leads the way for Jason, who hauls his stuffed bag over to the couch, before dropping it with a loud thud.

"Jeez, you put rocks in that thing?" Ashley comments, shutting the door behind her.

Straightening his back with a couple satisfying pops, Jason laughs, happy to not have to lug that thing around anymore. "I might as well have. When you said you wanted help with hypnotherapy I made sure I brought as much as I could!"

Ashley blushes, rubbing the back of her neck, a nervous smile shaking on her face. "Yeah... thanks again for doing this. I'd rather try something free before paying for actual therapy, you know?"

"Totally, but between you and me, I don't think you'll need any other therapy after today." Jason says, unzipping the bag.

"Oh really? You been studying?"

Jason faces away from Ashley, digging further through his bag of seemingly random items. "A little, though I got a bargain on some of these, met someone that actually knows what they're doing, and he hooked me up with everything!"

Giggling and rolling her eyes, Ashley puts a hand on her hip. "Alright, lets see what you got..."

This branch is an intro and setup for a bunch of paths featuring a complete transformation of Ashley. From here the item Jason pulls out can be wildly different, leading to a different change every time. Ashley's image was AI generated, and each following chapter will feature more images created for this branch. If you have a specific change/trope you'd like to see, please comment and let me know, there's a very good chance I'll use your idea.

Also if you want to add your own chapter to the story, please go ahead! I'll even be willing to make an image to go along with it, just message me privately about that if that sounds like something fun!