It's time to integrate your new life

You're still terrified but you've set your resolve.

Alexis : "Ok... let's do it..."

Part of you was hoping your friends won't be available on such short notice but you know that Cerve wouldn't have suggested it if she didn't already, somehow, know they could and would come.

Cerve : "Excellent honey, they'll be over in a few hours. Sammy will come by a little earlier. But first..."

As she speaks the room is shifting from the kitchen to a cross between a department store and oversized closet. You realize you were still naked from the... limpening? Emasculation? Deboning?

Cerve : "We must decide what you're going to wear for your debut!"

You felt confused layers of dread and excitement and welcomed this excuse to think about something other than the crash course you were on with reality.

Cerve : "The SFC folks certainly have an... aesthetic... they like their girls to be in on set but one of the fun things about womanhood is how much more choice you have in how you can express yourself"

You knew what she meant by that 'aesthetic', although you weren't sure 'slutty' was really properly understood as an aesthetic. The idea of dressing that way all the time had a kind of prurient appeal that you might enjoy the fantasy of but was pretty impractical and certainly would make finding a synthesis between Alexis's future and Alex's past difficult. All this time you hadn't ever even thought about what kind of girl you'd be, becoming what you were at all had been quite enough.

Alexis : "I don't really even know where to start..."

Cerve looked you over. You had long since stopped wondering if these actions were meaningful, surely the ai had no need to look at you and any affectations were purely for your sake. But they felt very real.

Cerve : "You don't have to commit to anything of course, what did you think of that yellow sundress you went out in the other day?"

You remember the garment. You were preoccupied with the prospect of being seen in public at the time. You remember liking the feeling of the dress, but it didn't really feel right for a boardgame night with the guys for some reason you couldn't really explain. You shook your head.

Cerve : "Hmm, how about something more casual?"