Yeah. Still, having it start on the right beat of the story probably matters a good deal more then a couple of subjective days, or such.

Perhaps something about starting the embrace of the mythical and absurd at our fingertips? 

Honestly, we could just have it be something directly about the story of this trip, rather then being something more dramatically personal and have that mean something? 

It's important for our story to be one with social stuff! Plus, I feel like the story of us starting without boobs is kinda off. 

I snort faintly. 

Not wrong, in a lot of ways.

These are hardly mutually exclusive. 

It likely makes good sense to optimize for something more middle of the road - get the opportunity to go there while finishing up the learning after reaching out, perhaps. 

Call it... two weeks? 

As long as that's understood to be a preliminary judgement, I have no objections.

Same!

I wave off the rollcall vote and hop back in bed. 

Reading time, I think? 

Let's see... 

There's the dummies guide materials for ach of the effects - they're written about enough for it to be not too too unexplored in isolation at least, aside the classic being part of the empire rather then something typically shraed, as such. Kick the can for the perfection when we settle into the new alchemically modified body for seeing how that works out, take a look at the light and mythos ones relatively soon and kick the rest down the road 'til we actually get to the skills and upgrades for letting the classic guide us? 

There's other knowledges like the light one, apparently. That's worth checking out - might be chainable through mythos or something? 

The generic empowerment materials are well.

"Have You Considered Not Dying in an Experiment? - A Guide to Magical Exploration!"

"Ontologies, you and the-idea-of-you."

"How to Just Not Be an Asshole." 

"Empowerment: A History of Embarrassments." 

"Travel: Time, Space, Time travel and space travel." 

"108 Things to Not Do with Phenomonal Cosmic Power." 

"The Evil Overlord's List, abridged."

Let's just call them frank, shall we. 

Still, those are going to be useful - especially since they seem from the summaries to be reference resources of some kind, with the generic advice being the framework for the distribution of the rest? It's a bit clever, but reading something straightforward might make more sense.

The TTRPG system implementation of "Suits and Supers" adaptation to rent-a-frame is cute but also awkward - though if anything it seems like it's suggesting you run the thin you have in mind there instead of just like, suiting up, which makes some sense. Might also be good to burn off the hyper-energy outside of some artificial point-budget, too, so noting that down... 

Uh...

- We should eat. 

Might even be a good idea to queue up someone else doing this sort of thing?

Still feeling the urge to host, then?

...Something like that. 

Besides, the tea made me hungry and I don't want to settle into the shy version of this experience, I suppose? 

The suit is - fine - it's not especially femme, but it reasonably well cut and my hair is fine and I'm clean-shaven, at least. 

Hugs. 

You don't have to?

That's...

Sigh. 

True enough? 

I just don't want the whole pill thing to be the only reason we can get away with doing these things, if that makes any sense? There's not going to be a ton more time where it won't make a huge difference, probably, and if nothing else I feel like it's also aesthetic to get a chance to come in as trans, or at least try that? 

It feels a bit... cheap, to not. 

You know that's kinda silly. 

I do. 

I rub my face and slide back my hair.

Does that make a real difference, though?

I... don't think it has to, at least.

Okay.

So... 

Any thoughts on what to look for? 

Normally I'd say that trying to find someone else doing the bootstrapping process would be plenty but well...