Compounding Traits

Stereotype Swap Complete!

+5 EXP

You have swapped the main Stereotypes of Anna and Jordan.

The app once again went through a series of fancy celebration animations as the pop-up appeared, and George noticed at the top of the screen that there was a red two icon, indicating how many notifications he now had after performing the swap. He pressed the next button, and another one immediately came up.

Level Up!

+ 1 Point

Total Points: 4

Current Exp: 44 / 40

Level 4

Huh, there weren’t any new abilities, George thought. The last two level ups had included additional abilities, he’d kinda assumed that he would get them every level, at least for a while. Maybe the developer had spaced them out more than he’d expected. The next level was five, hopefully that would open up some more options.

A little disturbing that I’m already looking forward to ways to use this damn app, George thought. He quickly pressed out of this notification, and a final one popped up on screen.

Achievement Unlocked!

Compounding Interest (1/?)

+ 10 EXP

You have given a subject a Stereotype or Trait that matches an already existing Stereotype or Trait. In this case, it was Jordan’s Athlete Stereotype and her Athletic Trait. These are complementary enough to merge, which destroys the Trait and permanently upgrades the Stereotype. This upgrade will remain even if it is later swapped. Look out for more opportunities to do this!

George frowned slightly as he read through the description of the achievement. Upgrading a type sounded pretty vague, how would it actually change Jordan? He’d been hoping for a mild change, mostly wanting to see if it affected her sexuality, but this sounded like it could be much more significant. Perhaps even broken, if he decided to upgrade more types like this. Was it possible to upgrade this one again?

George switched over to Jordan’s profile tab to see if there was more information. There wasn’t really, instead it just showed her as having one of two additional traits, since athletic was gone, and her stereotype was listed as Super Athlete.

What the fuck does that mean? ‘Super’ made it sound like more than just a type change, but that was a bit of a ridiculous assumption. This was a magical app though, who knows what it was capable of?

He didn’t have time to contemplate that further. He’d already been in the bathroom for a few minutes, Jordan would genuinely think he was jerking off if he stayed in here much longer.

George flushed the toilet and washed his hands to sell the story better, then took a deep breath and walked out of the bathroom and over to the sofa. Jordan had almost finished her food, and was smiling at him as he walked over. She looked exactly the same as when he had left.

Of course she does, George thought, the swap process takes three days, I probably won’t see any change tonight. Should make sure to invite her over sometime during the week as well.

“Feel better?” Jordan asked mischievously as he sat down and she leaned against him slightly.

He looked down at her as she put her head on his shoulder and the two made eye contact. This wasn’t unusual, she was cuddling with him and teasing him slightly because she felt comfortable around him. Probably.

George resisted looking down further at her chest and rolled his eyes, knowing that response that Jordan would expect from him. He had to play it cool until he figured out what exactly the swap changed. He grabbed the remote and looked up at the TV to start the movie, then turned back and glared at Jordan, who was smiling even wider at him.

“Really,” he said, “You want us to watch Cars?”

“Yeah,” she said, punching him lightly in the arm, “it's a good movie! Better than whatever nerd shit you were going to have us watch. Besides, I’m the guest, so I get to choose the movie!”

“That’s not how that works! And also, how is this less nerdy than-” George paused for a moment, sighing melodramatically before giving in as usual, “Fine, we’ll watch Cars, just don’t blame me if I fall asleep during it.”

“Ka-Chow!”

“I hate you,” George said to the smiling woman, who grabbed the remote from him and started the movie. It was going to be a long evening.