Spoiler (click to show/hide):
your call regarding first or third. i'll adjust to your preference
Taking the XC-V made the most sense. Since the trials started a few months ago, the database administrators who took XC-V to use Vega Terminals have been feted as the saviors of the collective culture of humanity, the preservers of history. Alien forces managed to destroy most of the cloud data centers, but air gapped backups were thought to be saved... until it was realized that the alien field generators also seemed to act as an interface scrambler to all the data access ports, terminating any access device that tried to read the information. The only way to access it was via Vega terminal stations, derived from alien tech.... and XC-V was needed to access it.
Cassus read the brief note accompanying the V addon pill, stating that XC-V users could report to the nearest corp with Vega Terminals. Cassus was simply a basic code monkey at the logistics and shipping subdivision of the Argos Collective, but it did have a Vega Terminal in the building to try attempting the logistics records that would unlock all the optimized routes for the autofactories that currently were at less than 10% operating capacity. With the war effort against alien field generators continuing every day, data divers who could overcome the alien defense barriers were necessary.
He steeled himself and downed the pill, frowning slightly as he wondered if it was worth it. The few XC-V users at Argos were known to have strange behavioral side effects... but their promotions were fantastic. A doubling of their basic pay, a rumor of a triple pay per additional session of XC-V.... the sole tradeoff was that XC-V seemed to have a horrendously long downtime involved, and it was rumored that intense therapy was needed to return XC-V addicts to normal.
Not that Casus felt anything yet. HE looked down and saw his body, his manly body, his toned body, his smooth hairless arms...
Wait, what?
Before his eyes, Cassus could see his body changing! Muscles rippled slightly as skin shrunk, fat redistributed, hair retracted.... Cassus could feel his clothes getting uncomfortable as his body reshaped itself, his shirt hanging loosely on his shoulders and his hips expanding to the point where his jeans threatened to rip! He quickly removed his top and pants, leaving himself clad in simple briefs.... briefs that quickly rode up his ass and turned into a thong as his limited body fat redistributed itself to his breasts and ass!
No. Not his. Her. She could feel herself changing totally, and with a great cry, she felt her penis almost.... explode. Her mind blanked out in an intense orgasm, and Cassus collapsed to the floor, her pants soaked through with cum - girlcum or boycum, she could not know.
She lay on the ground, transformed from a man into a voluptuous and sexy woman with the fullness of breast and a body that Cassus would have sacrificed his left testicle to fuck back when women were still around... and consumed by desire. Through hazy eyes she could see that her phone had a new message... but then she heard a knock on the door!
Spoiler (click to show/hide):
so, we left it extremely open as to what your living situation actually is. so lets let fate decide how you want to do this:
1-25: male roommate (horny)
26-50: brother (curious)
51-75: colleague (concerned)
76-100: pet dog (hungry)