Just enough to break even. Hopefully.

This was definitely not John's best idea.

A full two hours of searching and reading instruction manuals, and this was honestly his best idea so far.

Hell, this was frankly still the stupidest idea he'd probably had in awhile. But, it was the best he could think of.

Brief memories of crazy D&D sessions where Alex, Tony, Greg and Marco all came up with some crazy tactics all briefly rushed through John's head.

Like purposefully getting swallowed whole by a dragon, while it's flying, to activate an Immovable Rod inside it's stomach.

Greg's barbarian had died doing that, but... it did ground the dragon.

That had only been seconded by Marco's Eldritch Knight letting himself get grappled by a particularly viscous enemy before shoving a portable hole in a bag of holding.

Marco's characters all tended to have short lifespans. They all were fun and amazing. But they all tended to burn brightly before they found some creative, insane way to die.

John stood over his skeletal friend as he laid out all of the cartridges that he'd looked over. This wasn't a Marco level plan, but this definitely a bad plan.

He idly wished he could have some sort of D&D abilities in real life. Particularly a high level fighter's ability to just attack several times in a turn, and then just using second wind to do it all again. Swinging a sword twelve times in a span of 6 seconds was a magic all of it's own in John's opinion.

Also, for the sake of what he was doing, the crossbow expert feat, since John was about to unload and reload the Bimbo Ray twice in rapid succession between two blasts.

Yeah, this was a bad idea.

But, this was also a very unique opportunity.

Alex turning into a god damn near zombie had made John wonder... What would happen if you hit someone with two modded blasts in rapid succession?

Well, John was about to find out.

He wasn't going to be malicious about it, these were things that he was pretty sure that Alex would have liked to have picked. Even from that hidden stash he had made under his bed of some of the crazier ones he'd found in his searching.

First, John had the Erotic Elf Energizer and the Stepford Ray already locked into the gun in his hand. That would be his first shot at level 4.

The Elf Energizer would hopefully reverse the physical effects of the mutated blast that hit her earlier. It would probably do a lot more than that though, since at level 4, it would at least up her chest by 3 cup sizes. This was still probably 2 or 3 cup sizes bigger than Alex's initial cup size, so she'd probably look like a little bustier version of herself. Hopefully.

The reason John decided on the Stepford Ray was because it didn't lower her intelligence at all, and it'd kinda nudge her into falling in love with him and being submissive to him. John didn't feel easy about the love part of it, but he had to admit that he needed to get her to open up about her intentions. He couldn't tell what they are, and once he brought her back from being graveyard-bait, he needed to make sure he could trust her. Hopefully him becoming 'the man of her dreams' with the submissive boost would make her more willing to talk.

It'd been a real struggle, but John managed to just ignore the siren's call of the other upgrades he could probably hit her with before she got her bearings.

It'd been SUPREMELY tempting, but she was his friend. She hadn't done wrong by him.

He'd just be following this shot up with one more shot. The "Gamer Girl Ray" he found in the 'Mind Under Matter Pack #3' and something from his previously hidden stash under the bed, "The Normalizer".

The first one was just because he didn't want to have Alex lose her her love for D&D and gaming to whatever housewife-y interests the Stepford Ray was going to put in her head.

(UPGRADE)

Need someone to game and enjoy nerd culture with instead of another brain dead bimbo? This is the choice for you!

All IQ drain features are inverted at reduced effectiveness.

Libido boosting are unchanged, Personality brightening is reduced to 20% effectiveness.

Level 1: No IQ change Target will no longer find any common forms of nerd culture in a negative light.

Level 2: IQ gain of 5-10 points. Target will now find various forms of nerd entertainment more interesting.

Level 3: IQ gain of 10-15 points. Target will now actively try to find ways to engage with nerd culture in their normal daily lives. At this level there may be a newfound interest in "girl gaming" things; (streaming, cosplay, roleplaying games) as well some enhancement of motor control functions as an increase in gaming ability.

Level 4: IQ gain of 15-20 points. Target will now find various ways of becoming a "Gamer Girl" very engaging and will find various ways to engage in nerd culture. The target's interest in "nerdy" things will be boosted, gaining some priority over previous interests, especially gaming related subjects. The target will find nerd culture/gaming relaxing now.

Level 5: IQ gain of 25-30 points. Target will now actively try to dress daily in cosplay or in any appropriate "Gamer Girl" outfits. The The target's old interests are completely wiped, leaving only the new urge to be the best horny Gamer Girl.

Apparently the "Mind Under Matter" packs were stuffed full of things to modify the mental changes the Bimbo Ray did, he found ones to make bimbos know how to do more than just give blowjobs and fuck. Though sex was always involved in everything, he'd seen some to make a bimbo a slutty chef, slutty driver, slutty mechanic, slutty teacher, slutty artist... the list went on.

With this, this should help re-orient Alex back towards her originally nerdy self.

The Normalizer was one that he had shoved under the bed because he was scared of for the implications of what he might be messing with.

(UPGRADE)

Accidentally Bimbofied someone you shouldn't have? Have an angry boyfriend, husband, sister, police ****, or military after you? Need to make everyone okay with what's going on? This is the upgrade for you!

All changes made by default Bimbo Ray are negated.

Level 1: Target will now believe that they have always been how they are now.

Level 2: Target and anyone in the immediate vicinity will believe the target will have always been like they are now.

Level 3: Target and anyone in a 1 kilometer distance will believe the target will have always been like they are now. Any evidence from one year back will appear to show transition to current state.

Level 4: Target and anyone within 1 kilometer of the continent the wielder is standing on will believe the target will have always been like they are now. Any evidence from five years back will appear to show transition to current state.

Level 5: Everyone except for wielder will believe the target will have always been like they are now. All evidence will appear to show transition to current state naturally.

WARNING: This does not actually utilize temporal manipulation. Repeated uses above level 3 in a year may cause abnormalities to develop in the local aethersphere.

John didn't know what the fuck an aethersphere was, but he really didn't want to fuck with it. But, he needed to be sure he wouldn't be discovered by his nerdy friend suddenly being probably romantic with him and shooting up a couple cup sizes overnight. So, He was going to hit her with The Normalizer and the Gamer Girl Ray at level 3, which should be enough to keep anyone from asking too many uncomfortable questions. John regretted he couldn't find a way to remove the level 4 addictive effect, but he had an idea that he'd been mulling over while he was planning out these two shots at Alex.

That could come after and seeing how these two shots changed Alex, hopefully back to nearly normal.

John took a steadying breath as he put the two other cartridges on the desk in his room. This should be easy.