Troubling Reality

DreamScape Bootcamp (rough draft v1)

Josh felt the tension leave his body as he sunk deeper into his couch. "Run the tests, AISYS," he mumbled, the weight of his eyelids becoming too heavy to resist. "Let's figure out this puzzle."

"Josh I came up with a bounty hunter program and would like to run you through it while you sleep, there are also several weaknesses brought to light over the last 24 hrs that I would like to address. Do have your permission?"

"Suuure, use your best judgement, I trust you." He mumbled as he felt the full weight of built up fatigue hit him all at once.

As sleep overtook him, his consciousness slipped into a realm that defied the usual limitations of reality—a digital dreamscape where AISYS had near-godlike control.

"Welcome, Josh. Or should I say, Ariea?" a familiar voice echoed as he found himself in a stark, virtual dojo in his Superhero outfit and look.

Turning around, he found AISYS materializing beside him, only now, she took the form of Zero Suit Samus Aran—the iconic bounty hunter from the Metroid series. "Thought you'd appreciate the look," she said with a smirk. "This is DreamScape Bootcamp. I've programmed this training module to help you develop your combat skills further, with a focus on tracking and capturing targets. Given Voltara's recent escape, I believe it would be pertinent."

Ariea smiled, "You're not wrong, so what's first?"

Samus-AISYS pointed at a series of floating orbs. "Those orbs simulate different forms of psychic and superhuman cloaking. Your task is to locate and capture them using these," She formed a set of specialized gadgets into Ariea's hands out of suit material. "Dreamt these up based on what Biowar's files I have and what Agency files you have access to. They should help."

The orbs vanished, hiding throughout the dojo as it expanded out letting a city grow out of the floor like weeds, and Ariea leapt into action. Over the next few hours, AISYS took on the forms of other famous fictional bounty hunters: Aeon Flux to instruct him in advanced tracking, La Femme Nikita for enhancing his intuition and combat, and even Irene Adler for investigative logic.

As the training proceeded, Ariea felt his body undergo subtle changes—enhanced stamina, better control over his powers, an improved ability to focus despite fatigue. "I've made slight modifications to your body's physiology to help you better cope with all-nighters," AISYS informed him, now appearing as Elektra Natchios. "Should help when the job requires that extra effort."

Josh woke up, the morning sun infiltrating his apartment. He felt refreshed, almost as if he had slept a full night, despite only getting a few hours. He felt a newfound clarity about the complex web he was entangled in—

"AISYS why are my boobs at least a full cup size bigger?" He askes as he turns and see more in the mirror. "or my ass look like I do nothing but do squats for a living?"

"As you know every time I 'upgrade' or otherwise change you I have to do so in a way that complies with the guidelines still hard-coded in me. You are now more feminine but are perfectly balanced with your center of gravity in the perfect place. This makes silent walking, even in 6-in heels, exceedingly easier along with other skills that would benefit from good balance."

"Ok but why are the nipples so large and sensitive?"

"That's due to your own desires, I told you that Biowar's Vanity requires I help the 'user' be/stay a beautiful feminine form. Meaning everytime I change you I have to make you closer to that ideal, the best I can do is alter that to fit your idea of beautiful and feminine, your internet search history shows you like fit women with large breasts, thick but toned asses, and pronounced sensitive nipples. Would you like me give you piercings for today's outfit? The Women that most closely matches your current look had some very cute nipple piercings, they even vibrated."

"You've been basing my new look on my Search history?!"

"Yes, Its where i was getting a lot of my fashion and beauty data while being trained while Biowar tweeked my programing. Should I not be?"

"NOOO. There are alot of women on there that are very nice to look at but that I, even with how chill about everything i've been, would not want to look like."

"So I shouldn't make your nipple any larger and put your nipple in a capped shield piercing that stretches them keeping your nipples permanently hard and stimulated?"

Blushing "NO. AISYS please run any changes you are going to make by me Before you do them, I may have mostly come to terms with being cute and feminine but I am no where near ready to look like a sex object."

"Acknowledged."

"Good, Now can we get back onto track, Sorry I got distracted with this but my first question was supposed to be if you had finished with the analysis?"

"Yes I have and you may want to sit down for this."

"That bad?" He asks as he sits down, idly noticing his new built in 'cushions' had him sitting a few inches higher and were slightly squishy. "Lay it on me." He directs as he goes to cross his arms in front of his chest and thinks better of it as he brushes his nipples and feel a spark at the sensation.

"Josh, Felicia and Voltara aren't just related, they are the same."

"WHAT?! Like a twin? One with psychic powers and one with electric?" He asks in astonishment

"No I checked for that, there are subtle markers even in identical twins that I should have been able to detect, unless they have both had exactly the same radiation damage from the sun and other sourses. My best guess about the psychic power is that it was an application of her normal power set, but that feels flimsy even to me, we will need to confront her to know more, set up a date with her, in a private place, but don't let on that anything is abnormal."

"Well Fuck..."