Dr. Gilmore watched David as he applied his makeup. The young man was confused, but aggravated as well. "I'm gonna give that Doctor a piece of my mind. He's gonna like, totally pay!" David was looking into his vanity mirror when it began to flicker. Turning itself into a screen the reflection became static and soon cleared up to show Dr. Gilmore facing him dead on. David could see him sitting in his chair, surrounded by monitors all watching the 'Kaylas' of the town.
"You creep! Stop looking into my bedroom!" David screamed.
"Calm down, you're in no position to give demands." Dr. Gilmore said quietly.
"What do you want, you pervert." David replied, realizing he couldn't do anything to the man.
"Pervert?" Dr. Gilmore said with dismay. "Do you really think I'm just some big pervert sitting here?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just thought ya know turning my family into sexual deviants IS A LITTLE PERVERTED!" David began to raise his voice and bang his fist on the table in front of the mirror.
"Okay okay, ya got me." Dr. Gilmore laughed. "I do enjoy using the more, how should I say it, sensual options. But the thing you do not realize young man is that I am on the verge of the greatest invention known to man."
"And what would that be, the world's best porn simulator?" David replied.
"You don't really see the scope of this do you?" Dr. Gilmore asked. "Well of course you don't, you're still stuck as that ditzy teenager. Let's fix that!"
With a few keyboard strokes David found his mentality returned to him. He was back in his normal clothes, and even though he couldn't see it his makeup was completely erased. He looked down and gave a breath of relief. "Now leave this town and never do something like this again!" David demanded.
"Oh the naivety of your generation." Dr. Gilmore responded. "I need this town. I need it more than you need to feel comfortable. I haven't even begun the final phase of my experiments."
"And what's that? Turning us all into bimbos?" David sharply replied.
"Ha! Don't give me any ideas kid." Dr. Gilmore joked. "You don't even know the extent this machine could change the world. Sure, I'm having my kicks with you all know, but imagine a future where the entire world is in range. The very fabric of our existence changeable at the stroke of my fingertips. No more wars, hunger, greed, or even misery!"
"Don't make me laugh Doc, you want this just to fulfill your sick twisted fantasies." David told him.
"You know, that's what they said to me when I first presented this idea. 'Oh you're just twisted!' 'You can't play god!' 'You're just a selfish man!' They laughed me out, made me a joke. Well, I have the last laugh as it seems." Dr. Gilmore was growing a devious smile. "You're all the same. People sit high and mighty, as if they were the very pinnacle of morality. In my research I've come across so many perverse things. People's desires for the strangest things. After a while you just get used to it, because hey it's human nature to be hedonistic. I'm sure you've had your fantasies as well young David."
David was becoming worried. The Doctor was more twisted than he previously thought. With the town under his control he felt no way out.
"Well David, I'm here to tell you you're different." Dr. Gilmore continued. "And unfortunately it is getting in the way of my research. You see, I have the entire town under my control with the exception of a small sliver of your mind. Somehow, you've kept yourself rational despite all the work I've put into this. Luckily for me I understand the mind far greater than any human on this earth today. I can break your spirit, and as soon as I do I'll be unstoppable."
"What do you plan on doing." David was nearly trembling at this point.
"I'm giving you exactly what you want!" Dr. Gilmore said with a smile. "See, the final product is a perfect one to one mind-reality link. With obvious parameters and control, I'm going to give people the ability to conjure anything they could think of. Literally instant altercations to the world, all by thought. The only problem I seem to have is you fighting back, but that's ok. You're going to be the first to try out the next big thing. You should feel special!"
"D-d-doctor..." David was nearly in a panic attack.
"Calm down David!" Dr. Gilmore gave another input into his machine and David instantly became relaxed. "For the next week or so your mind will control the reality around you. To keep the machine stable I'll keep you on a low setting. Whatever you strongly desire will come into fruition, but only to a certain degree to avoid overwhelming you. Oh, and before I leave, about that little pervert crack, I've decided to add a little something special. I've spent a few nights researching people's minds and collected some of my personal favorite dirty thoughts. They're slowly slipping into your brain as we speak. Good luck!"
The screen faded and returned to being a mirror. David looked at himself, he was returned to normal and had a glossy look of relaxation on his face. Inside his mind however he was beginning to panic. He dared not face his family, but there was a knock on his bedroom door...
