Lauren changes the program

The next day Vanessa was shopping in the virtual mall in Lauren's World. You could trade credits for new skins for your avatar, new clothes, and all sorts of mods and customization. It was one of Lauren's world's specialties, renowned across the world for it's shopping.

Vanessa's embarrassingly frumpy avatar wore jean shorts and a tank top. On the real Vanessa, it was an simple combo that showed her stunning figure. ON her avatar? Well, there was much less to show off. Despite her avatar having her exact face, it was short, slightly overweight and pear shaped. She was eager to get some new clothes, despite the fact that her credits were always so low for some reason (more of Lauren's tampering, she'd made it so Vanessa's credits and socail points were always disappearing.

Vanessa was looking at window at a new designer mod. There was a digital mannequin spinning on display, nearly six foot, with torpedo shaped boobs, a narrow, angular face and jet black hair that came down in dark rivers. She had on a jet blue gown, heels over six inches, and the fullest pouty lips Vanessa had ever seen. Now THAT was an avatar worth having. She sighed, seeing the price. 600 credits. She barley had 30. She turned, walking away glumly.

Then, Vanessa noticed a lot of the other shoppers were looking at her...