Straightforward and to the point

As I lead them to the living room, I pull up the app on my phone. I'm going to have to prove to them that its real, which means showing them what it can do. I can't just turn awareness on for Maddie flashing, they would have no way to know that's not something she's just choosing to do, so I'm probably going to have to buy something new for her.

I go to her profile, only to have the answer staring me in the face before I can even go to the page to buy customizations. Oh, now I feel stupid. I can just turn on their awareness of her hair, that should work to start with at least. I glance over at Maddie, with her hair a few shades lighter than normal. I take that to mean she's feeling a little happy, but mostly neutral. I suppose it was a smart punishment for me to pick after all.

Once we are back in the living room, I ask Ellie and Tess to sit down, then take a very deep breath. "Now, what I am about to tell you is going to sound impossible, and you might even think I've gone crazy, but please hear me out, because I actually can prove it." I then explain how the app showed up on my phone, and what has happened since then.

Once I finish my brief explanation, they both look about like I thought they would; They thought I had gone insane. Ellie was the first to say something "OK, so this 'magic' app on your phone did all these things? I am very doubtful, Matt. If it wasn't for us being such good friends back in high school, I would just call you crazy and leave. But you said you can prove it, so I'll give you one chance. Wow me," as she leans back in her seat.

Already with Maddie's profile open, I switch general awareness for her hair to 'On', and then say "Well, for one, Maddie's hair is normally black, but if you watch, you will see it changes color with her moods now." They both look over at Madison, still highly suspicious, and I add on "Pay no mind to what she does, just watch her hair," then I hit the "Flash Breasts" button.

Maddie's eyes bulge out while she lifts her shirt again, and her hair quickly goes to that mixture of pink and yellow that indicates her being horny. Tess and Ellie's eyes soon follow, as they get up and take a closer look at Maddie's hair, and I let the button go. Maddie drops her shirt again, and gives me a playful glare. I just shrug, with a smirk on my face.

Ellie is again the first to speak, "This is incredible, but I don't see why you are telling us this."

"Because, according to Kurumu, I can use this app to turn Tess into a biological woman." Both of them froze, and slowly turned to look at me. "Now, she said I can't do it yet, it's too expensive for the amount of gems I can store, but there are things I can do to increase that. So, if you are willing, Tess, we can set that as a long-term goal for us, and we all work together to try and get it to happen."

Tess has tears in her eyes again, but Ellie seems unconvinced. "That seems like pretty big talk, considering all we know it can do is turn someones hair into a mood ring. Tell you what. Do something to me. Anything. We will see just how 'powerful' this app really is," as she steps slightly to the side.

I look at Maddie, who nods at me, a mischievous smile on her face. I look back at Ellie and say "Are you sure?" She nods, so I pull up the app and point it at her. Her name pops up over her head, just like with Maddie, and once I tap her, the GIRL GET appears over her again, but this time a message appears at the top of the screen saying I have an achievement I can claim. I remember Kurumu saying something about using Achievements to get extra gems, so I check it out before I go to Ellie's profile.
Achievement Earned: Gotta Get 'em all! - Collect your second girl! 10 gem reward (CLAIM)
Next level: Collect girls (2/5)

OK, so that puts me up to 15 gems, should be able to find something that will work with that. As I look through Ellie's options, I decide to check out the 'Misc' tab. Lots of different things in here, a lot of which look really kinky, but I find one that I think looks perfect for right now.
Desu-chan: Target can only refer to herself in the third person. In addition, whenever addressing anyone by name, the target always attaches an appropriate suffix to their name (3 gems)

I buy it, then make sure to set all awareness options to On for it. I then ask her "How do you feel?"

Ellie just shrugs, before saying "Ellie-chan feels...." she pauses for a second, then tries again "Ellie-chan...." She licks her lips, then starts reciting the alphabet, "A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I," she stops there, then tries again with "Ellie-chan..." she gets this look on her face, before she looks at me and says, "OK, Ellie-chan believes you now." I just smile at that, while Tess and Maddie are trying, unsuccessfully, to hold in their giggles.

I look over at Tess. "You ready? I can't buy the big one, but I can add you and try to do some stuff to get things going. Is there anything in particular you want?"

She gets a very shy look on her face and glances down at the floor, before quietly saying "Estrogen treatments are hell on your sex drive..."

"Say no more." I add Tess to my Girls list, and then start scrolling. Eventually, I find Arousal/Libido Multiplier X2 for 2 gems, but when I tap it a message pops up
Caution: Selected customization will have negligible effect on target, due to external treatments minimizing libido. Suggested substitution customization: Hormonal Rebalancing; Targets hormones regulate as appropriate, and all external modifiers are removed (10 gems)
Purchase original selection, or substitution?

Hmmm, that's a big difference in price, and if I take it, it will only leave me with 2 gems until I get the next 10 tomorrow, but it's probably the better option. I go ahead and buy the substitution, then look over at Tess. For a couple of seconds, nothing happens, but that's probably to be expected. I mean, Hormone Rebalancing doesn't sound like it would make any big, visible effects, but she is getting an odd look on her face, saying "I feel weird, what did you do?"

I explain what I bought, and she bites her lip, and says "It's like these last few years of being pent up are all hitting me at once, I can't remember the last time I felt this horny!" She takes a deep breath, then asks "Can I use your bathroom again?" I chuckle and motion down the hall, and Tess darts down it again, this time for a very different reason.

I look at Maddie and Ellie again, "Well, she might be a while, and I'm basically out of gems until tomorrow, whats say we watch a couple more episodes and call it a night?" They both seem agreeable, and Maddie again asks if I'd be willing to stroke her hair while we watch. I don't see a problem with it, so we settle in like we were before, just with Ellie sitting to the side. I notice the more I pet her, the pinker her hair seems to get.

As we watch, we make an interesting discovery. Ellie's customization on putting suffixes on peoples names only applies to real people, as she was able to refer to Link and Naga without, but I was 'Matt-kun' and Maddie was 'chan'. After the first episode, Tess came back out looking a bit more relaxed than when she went in. She squeezed in between Ellie and Maddie's feet, which Maddie politely curled up for her, and we all kept enjoying ourselves. After a little bit I notice Tess hesitantly reaching her hand for Ellie's. I wonder if there is something between the two of them? I suppose it's none of my business, either way, but they would be cute together.

Another couple episodes, and Ellie and Tess decide its time to head home, as Ellie says she has to work tomorrow. Then she pauses, and looks at me "Umm, can you get rid of Ellie-chan's only being able to talk about herself this way? Ellie-chan is afraid it will make work awkward..."

I look through the app, but can't find any way to remove a customization after purchasing it. "But," I tell her, "If I turn off general awareness for it, then no one will notice it being weird. Like how you didn't notice anything was odd about Maddie's hair before I turned awareness on for it." She seems satisfied with that, at least for now, so I turn general awareness for it off and they head out.

Once they close the door behind them, Maddie looks up at me, with her hair having gone mostly pink, with her hairpin looking very coy, and she asks "So, do you want to watch another couple, or should we deal with our mutual issue now? Because I know it is very much an issue for me now," she adds with a wink