Sure... It couldn't make his life any worse

James woke up the next morning, wincing in agony, as his brain reconnected to his pain receptors. Gasping at the effort, he slowly and tenderly got out of bed and looked at himself in the mirror. He was a mess. His face was turning purple and his lip was split, and the rest of his body wasn't much better. Cigarette burns, boot marks, bruises and thousands of shallow cuts that had, fortunately, already started to scab over. He threw on a loose and baggy t-shirt and some sweat pants before slowly heading downstairs.

His mum, older sister and twin sister were already up and in the kitchen. Mum was frying some bacon while his sisters were sitting at the kitchen table nursing cups of coffee and staring at their phones. Mum looked up as he walked in, "Hey Sweetie! I thought you'd be spending the night at Jess's and wasn't planning on seeing you before noon! What time did you..." She tailed off as she saw his face. She gasped "What the fuck happened to you baby?" The shift of tone from bubbly and warm to a low, angry and dangerous growl made my sister's look up suddenly and turn to look at me.

Their mouths dropped in horror. My twin jumped up and immediately ran over to hug me. James howled in pain as she pulled me close. It seemed like at least one of my ribs was cracked. She jumped back startled. "Sorry sis, but it's not just my face that's in bad shape." James managed to grunt. He stumbled slightly as he made his way to a spare seat at the table and hissed softly, clutching his chest as he started to sit.

"Shirt off! Now!" His older sister, Heather, ordered as she too stood up from the table to examine him. Wincing again, as he stiffly removed his t-shirt. She let out a low whistle as she saw the extent of the damage, but gave no other reaction as she gently started prodding my body. His Mom and Twin, however, were not so controlled in their reactions. They both gasped audibly at the horror that was my torso. "3 cracked ribs, no internal ruptured or bleeding." Heather announced, "I know you may not feel it right now. But you are seriously fucking lucky! Now spill! Who the fuck did this to you?"

I started to tell them what had happened last night at Jess's, tears starting to fill my eyes as I finished the story.

She moved to the kitchen behind their mum and started putting ice into a glass and filling it with water, before reaching for the medicine cupboard and pulling out a strip of pills. Returning she handed me the water and pills. "Go upstairs, take two pills with the water and rest!" She ordered. Almost without thinking James obeyed and went up to his room.

Ass he entered he saw the new phone and letter on his bedside table. James quickly put two pills into his mouth and took a gulp of water, his pain retreated to a dull ache, as he studied the letter again. What the fuck? He took the phone and turned it on, it was at full charge. And there it was, right there on the home screen was the app icon. Shaking slightly he opened it up.

"Welcome James! Congratulations on being deemed worthy of this App and Commiserations on being deemed as being in need of it! This App can give you back your power and self respect if used correctly, therefore, it is highly recommended that you view the tutorial! Would you like to continue? Y/N"

James hit the y button. For a prank this was meticulously done! It would be a shame to not play along, at least for a little while. Besides, he had always found the online erotic stories about this kind of App hot as fuck.

The tutorial was pretty bog standard, that is to say convoluted and messy. But he kinda now had an idea of how it worked. He had even been given 5 free perks to start him off with. From the Affection store he had selected the ‘In one ear, in forever’ perk that allowed him to perfectly recall anything he’d heard once. This would surely be useful in lectures, James had thought. From the Love store he had selected ‘the power of cute’ this would increase the speed and rate at which people would notice him. From the lust store he chose ‘heroic body’ this increased his stamina, energy, fitness level and dick size by 3”, this was the first of three possible upgrades. From the Kink store he chose “Gorgon’s Glare” which apparently could render people as still and silent as if they had been petrified and finally ‘Jormungandr Toungue’ this apparently would allow him to extend and harden his tongue at will… specifically useful for cunnilingus.

James grinned as he slumped back onto his bed. This app was so clearly a crazy ass prank, but it was super fun. The pills finally did their work and he drifted off to sleep.