Meet Ash

Rose passes the can to you, and you pass the can to Jane's bare husk. "Drink."

The girl pours the can of Jane Juice down her throat. Changes ripple in waves through her.

Life breathes back into Jane's body. She jolts as if shocked, and sucks in a sudden, sharp breath. Her eyes snap fully open and shift back to green. Her skin flushes, and short red hair sprouts from her head in a feathery pixie.

On the second ripple, narrow bands of fabric wrap Jane's breasts and hips, familiar freckles dusting her cheeks and shoulders. Her skin regains its tan and socks appear on her feet.

The third ripple grants Jane a brand new white skateboard, appearing in her arms. The fabric strip around her hips conforms to her legs, transforming into shorts, while she gains very basic athletic flats.

On the final wave, Jane's little bandeau top turns camouflage patterned. Simultaneously, her shorts tighten up into into an athletic cut, in black leather. Her shoes become scuffed, tight-laced chucks. The outfit isn't much, revealing much more of Jane's stomach and upper chest than you'e used to.

But then, surprisingly, pads also appear on Jane's limbs: black knee and elbow pads, wrist guards, and a helmet strap themselves onto the lithe redhead, while her skateboard develops a classic green-black checkered wrap to match.

As a final touch, Jane exhales, and her lips and eyes darken - her lips with a deep maroon, and her eyes with smoky eyeshadow and eyeliner. The look is actually fairly similar to Rose's...

The newly animated Jane makes a face, knocks her fist against her sternum, and lets loose a belch. "Fuck, that hits like liquor," she says, laughing. She holds out the empty can and reads it. "Jane Juice? Chase, come on. You're pulling my leg. No way Popple Quench has a Pearl and a Jane Juice."

Rose is amazed. "And voila. She seriously doesn't remember? Wow."

The remixed Jane (Ash now, you remind yourself) purses her lips at Rose. "Remember what?"

Rose looks like a deer in the headlights. "Uh."

But the redhead laughs. "The hell? You should see your face. What's got your pussy in a twist?"

"Pussy in a twist?" you ask. You've never heard that one before.

Jane swings her skateboard around, hangs it behind her hips with both hands, and leans forward. "Y'know. Cause Rose's going commando," she says, casually. "I'm trying a bit."

Rose turns red and carefully smooths her skirt down. "Y-you know about that?"

It's Jane's turn to look confused. "Before we came out here, you literally asked if I thought you could get away with it. I thought we said we'd stay away from **** tonight?"

Rose is having more trouble adapting to the changing situation than you are, but to be fair, it's her first time being on the receiving end. Improvisation has never been her strong suit.

You intervene. "We've all had a lot of sugar, Jane, that's basically the same as ****."

"Jane?" she asks, smiling incredulously.

"Ash," you correct yourself. Muscle memory. "Like I said. We've had a lot of sugar."

"Oh shit. I think we accidentally changed Jane's name," Rose whispers to you, even more amazed.

Right. Accident. "Let's roll with it for now, we can always fix it later," you mutter back.

The newly minted Ash hops forward close to you and Rose to join the huddle, and conspiratorially whispers, "What are we being sneaky about?"

You get an idea to test how well all your programming worked. "Well... earlier, me and Rose actually had sex in here," you say, daringly throwing an arm over Ash's bare, toned shoulders and trusting blindly in the power of the Popple. "She feels guilty about not telling you."

Ash looks blankly between you and Rose. "Why?"

Rose mouths, 'Oh my god.'

"I know, I think it's silly too," you say, playing along as you rub the skater girl's warm, soft shoulders (your girlfriend's shoulders, you correct yourself), "but emotions aren't always rational. I think she needs to hear it's okay from you."

Ash's expression turns serious, and she reaches out and pulls Rose into your huddle as well. "I don't know what's got you nervous, but remember the pinkie promise we made in second grade?"

Rose clearly doesn't, but after a hinting look from you, she quickly nods. "I'd... never forget it," she says, returning your look with a sidelong glance.

"Well neither will I," says Ash. "We both like Chase. We said we'd share. End of story."

"End of story?" you ask.

Ash scoffs. "People getting jealous is lame. You guys don't have to fuck and tell, whatever you want to do with each other is up to you. Nothing'll ever change how I feel about you, Chase, and me and Rose will always be friends."

Rose lights up. "Wow. That's... that's awesome," she says, smiling excitedly at the prospect of fucking you as much as she wants. "Just like it's always been, huh?"

"Yes. Like always," says Ash, furrowing her brow. "Am I missing something? Did something happen? It feels like something happened."

"What happened," you say, throwing an arm around Rose as well, "is that we're missing the party. Come on, girls!"

Leading your 'new' friends out of the lab, you can't help but smile - everything's turning out just how you wanted, and you can't wait to get acquainted with your new girlfriend.