Celebrity Look-A-Like

The over-the-top pouty face was cute, but my curiosity got the better of me. I smiled, looked down at my phone, and tapped Copy Characteristics. Rebecca got excited, thinking I’d caved to her request, but she was in for a surprise. When I tapped the button, the phone turned to camera mode and a box at the top of the screen said:

Take a picture of the CHARACTERISTICS you’d like to apply

I aimed my phone at the paused scene of Ex Machina on the TV screen. Ava was naked and had acquired her full human-looking body.

I took the picture and a progress bar appeared on the screen as it analyzed the person within the picture. Rebecca noticed my actions and looked glum, realizing we weren’t going to do the age thing after all.

“Sorry, but I want to see what the ‘Copy Characteristics’ setting is all about.”

“No no, it’s fine. I’m a little curious too, I guess,” Rebecca said with a sigh. “What’s the app doing?”

“It’s analyzing the picture I just took I think.” A ding sound came from my phone signifying it was done. “Oh wow, that was quick. Let’s see what it found.”

Rebecca scooched over to me on the couch and we looked down at the phone together. A box was on screen over the settings tab of the main screen. The box said Characteristics Found. Select Profile to Load unto. Below the text was a tab I selected to see all the available profiles I could apply the ‘characteristics’ to. Rebecca was the only profile of course, so I selected that option and Apply.

“Ow! What the fu-“ Rebecca said jumping out of her seat in surprise. She started to hold her face as a series of curses flew out of her mouth and she paced around the living room.

“What’s going on? Does the change hurt this time?” I was concerned, I didn’t want to actually harm Rebecca with the app’s changes.

“Yeah, it – oh – it’s like a headache mixed with – mmm – mixed with a sunburn. It’s not like super painful, but it’s like a dull ache. Fuck, it stings.” She dropped her hands and finally looked up at me, her face grimacing in pain. Her whole face seemed to be bubbling and small details on her face were expanding or shrinking very fast. One of her eyes was still its regular light blue shade while the other was now a chocolatey hazel color. Her pale complexion started to slowly tan as her jawline pushed in and became a little more rounded. As her purple shoulder-length hair lengthened and turned a dark-brown shade, her large mouth shrank in on itself and her lips plumped up slightly. It was the longest transformation so far, but after a couple of minutes her face looked exactly like Alicia Vikander’s.

“Wow, it worked!” I said in astonishment. Was there nothing this app couldn’t’ do?!

Rebecca moved her modified jaw around, clearly trying to work out whatever kinks were still affecting her face. “I sure hope it did, based on all the pain I just went through. It does seem to be fading away though.”

Rebecca started walking to her bathroom and promptly fell down in a heap. I jumped forward and caught her before she could totally hit the ground and I noticed that the changes hadn’t stopped at her face. Her hands, once small and thin-fingered, were now longer and perfectly manicured with a mocha-tanned skin complexion. One of her legs was slightly shorter than the other which is probably why she stumbled in the first place. As I guided her up, the other leg quickly shrank down as well causing her to stumble into my arms once again. I could feel the muscles in her thin body firm up as her previously athletic build got slightly stronger than it had been.

Realizing the changes were still working through her body, we laid down on the floor for a few seconds while they finished running their course. Rebecca looked less concerned and afraid now about her changes and a lot more excited as she looked at the changes she could visibly see happening to her. When her body had stopped quaking and changing, she leaped out of my arms and practically sprinted to the nearest mirror in her bathroom.

I laid on the floor laughing as I heard the “OH MY GOD”s and the “NO FUCKING WAY”s coming from her bathroom. I picked up the phone in awe and imagined the changes I could make in my life with this revolutionary technology. With this app, I could become anyone I wanted. I could make someone anyone I wanted. I could cure cancer! I could end wars! …… I could have sex with any celebrity I wanted!

Why stop with physical change? Even though we hadn’t tested it yet, I felt l already had a pretty good idea what the patch with the brain could do to someone too. My eyes drifted to the Research Room’s door that was slightly askew since we hadn’t bothered to close up for the night quite yet. I could easily head inside and grab the untested patch and put it on Rebecca while she’s distracted by her new body and face. It might hurt things between us, but it might also open up new pathways in our relationship as well. I was also curious if I could get her to think she WAS Alicia Vikander… now THAT would’ve been interesting.

I stood up and pondered over the choice in front of me…