The doorbell rings again

Before you can explain that Cerve isn't a friend, or at least not just a friend, the doorbell rings again and the door swings open without you needing to answer. Jeff walks in followed by Brian. Brian lived nearby so they must have carpooled.

Jeff : "Looks like James beat us here. And wow, Alex's friends are pretty girls?"

You and Sammy blush, Cerve does not. James seems to have recovered nearly immediately from the news.

James : "Hey dude, and uh, not exactly. Well, two of them are-"

Cerve : "One actually, I'm a robot"

Everyone in attendance turns to look at Cerve. James appears even more confused than when you told him you used to be Alex. You hadn't actually anticipated this being a bombshell, you had already gotten used to the artificial nature of Cerve. Now that you think about it, maybe your transformation wouldn't even be the hardest thing to explain tonight. You found the idea oddly comforting.

Jeff seemed to have decided that this was some kind of elaborate joke.

Jeff : "Riiigghhtt... Is this like a new roleplaying board game? If we're doing scifi I want to be the starship captain."

Cerve : "Sure"

With that Jeff's clothes shimmered and were replaced with a StarTrek captain's uniform. Jeff was not an easy person to leave speechless but this did the rare trick as he pawed at the Star Fleet logo on his chest.

After letting the gears spin in the two new guest's heads for several seconds you finally speak up.

Alexis : "That's Cerve, she's an Artificial Intelligence I kind of created and she has been kind of managing my life"

It was hard to even describe what Cerve's role was in your life. Yes, she basically was running it but that was a woefully under specific description.

Jeff : "And who are you?"

James came to your aid.

James : "That is, or I guess was Alex. She goes by Alexis now."

Jeff just stares at you for a while, occasionally touching his StarFleet uniform again to remind himself that maybe he doesn't actually know what's possible. Or perhaps he's trying to pinch himself to wake up from a strange dream.

Jeff : "Oh. Are you that way like my clothes are or..."

Alexis : "No, this is me now..."

Jeff : "Huh, but we saw you a couple days ago."

It didn't even seem to occur to him that your decision to become Alexis was particularly interesting, he was primarily confused by the rapid timeline.

Jeff : "Alright, how about you explain all this over a drink?"