"Hmm, not enough!" the newcomer says, as Buford and Ford both look to each other in concern.
The girl now control of the body- Lesley, as Buford and Ford had called her- scans the mirror up and down and gives a very strong 'Tsk tsk tsk' in response, before opening her inventory.
Ford and Buford's eyes widen as they look on in horror.
"She's not gonna..."
"She wouldn't..."
They both say, watching as Lesley takes the A-Tier Ability Upgrade Ticket and uses it on [Personal Appearance], turning it into an A-Tier ability.
"Fuck..." The pair says in unison, watching their hard earned upgrade ticket get used so quickly.
"That girl is gonna get us into so much trouble, isn't she..." Buford says.
"You're the one going out next, I'm not cleaning up after that mess unless absolutely necessary." Ford says, his voice monotone.
[POV CHANGE]
After using the upgrade ticket on [Personal Appearance], the girl checks the new description as she feel changes happening in her body.
[Personal Appearance(A): The host's body will transform based on which Personality has control of the body. This ability, while passive, is toggle-able.]
"Well, I don't know why I'd ever toggle it off, but yippee!!! I look like me now!" The girl says, facing the mirror and doing a twirl, her newly grown back length hair twirling with her. realizing a bit belatedly that Ford and Buford's clothes are a bit too big now and also not her style.
Looking at the mirror again, she sees that her body has shrunk, and her gender has changed as well, and she looks to be between 8 and 10 years old.
'I now have my appearance!' the girl smiles excitedly.
"Hmmm, Status?"
[Name: Lesley]
[Race: Human] [-] [+]
[Level: 33] [-] [+]
[HP: 22400]
[XP: 1100/34000] [-] [+]
[Age: 15/121] [-] [+]
[Class: Gamer(B-Tier)] [-] [+]
[System: Idle Game System] [-] [+]
[Stamina: 70] [-] [+]
[Agility: 33] [-] [+]
[Strength: 42] [-] [+]
[Intelligence: 120] [-] [+]
[Wisdom: 120] [-] [+]
[Unallocated Stat Points: 50] [-] [+]
[Energy: 0/22400]
[Mana: 0/48000]
"A Lady must be wise and intelligent! But a Lady also must be fast enough to outrun her problems!" Lesley says aloud, to no one but herself, before putting all 50 unallocated stat points into Agility.
The girl then allocates her system's resources as she sees fit, and continues about her day as if nothing in particular had changed.
First, she orders herself some cute clothes, and then she orders herself some food.
After spending the whole day not doing much, she sits down and thinks to herself.
'This is all very cool and very nice, but what do I really want to do here?'
Thoughts not very befitting of such a young child, but the girl was oblivious to this, having none of the unpleasant memories that Ford and Buford have, she simply exists as she is, vaguely aware that she's not alone in her body, but unaware of the meaning or real depth to that.
'Oh well! I'm having fun! The little pixel game in the system seems fun too!' The girl thought to herself, setting up her very own Pixel Lesley and sending her off into the dungeon, and swiftly brushing the deeper thoughts off, and going back to her usual way of living.
"Hmm, I should buy myself some clothes! I only have these oversized boring clothes!"
The girls says, again out loud, and again to no one. Opening up the awakened shop, she scrolled through and found some very princess-like attire, and without even thinking about the price, she purchased a couple different sets.
Getting dressed and doing a twirl, the girl squealed in excitement, before heading over the the computer and finding a game to play.
Before long, she found the MMO Buford had been playing, made her own character, and began leveling and looking for different outfits to collect and recipes to learn.
'Tailoring and Enchanting seem fun! I can make pretty dresses and then even enchant them like a magical princess!' She thought to herself, looking through the available professions to learn.
After playing the game for a couple hours, Lesley ordered some food, once again not caring to check the price tags.
Eventually, the food arrived, and she dug in happily, doing little dances with each bite to express her excitement.
Turning on the T.V. and turning the volume down a little, Lesley found herself on the channel that Ford had last been on: Global Awakened News.
"In recent events, the world's first SS-Tier Gate is showing signs of forming, experts' readings say that within 5 years the gate could manifest, and as we've never seen a SS-Tier Gate before we don't know how long we'll have to clear it before it causes an outbreak. The Government and Association are currently working together to create and train a task force to deal with this threat when it arises."
The young girl zoned out a little while watching, feeling fearful of the unknown future, but also not fully comprehending the gravity of what she was hearing.
'Maybe I should get strong too? A Lady needs to be able to protect herself...'
The young girl decided to use all her brainpower to decide on where to allocate her System Resources, before trying to make a plan for quicker gains.
'I don't know where I heard it, but I think I heard you can pay people for something called "Gate Carries"? Clearing a B-Tier or A-Tier gate should reward me with an A-Tier or S-Tier dungeon key...' the girl thought.
Deciding to look into that once she has some more money, the girl quickly put her worries aside and went back to playing her games after she had finished eating.
Lesley spent the next few months playing games, collecting the rewards Pixel Lesley had gathered, and looking for different opportunities to be carried through Gates.
Despite the extensive rewards from Idle Dungeoning, she'd yet to find a suitable opportunity to enter a Gate.
One night, as Lesley falls asleep, her consciousness burrows deep back into her brain, as the body's appearance begins to change once more, emerald green eyes and ink-black hair returning.
The girl's clothes begin to stretch and rip as the body becomes a 15 year old boy once more, and they continue to sleep peacefully.