"Less my field, but I know enough to agree. You might like the combat games at SenseFest."

"That does sound very appealing to mirror-me. The me Eva fought is practically jumping up and down in excitement. Oh, have I actually told you about how I change my mind- It's sort of like I deliberately become alts of myself, I do it often. It was hard to get right." She smiles smugly.

"Sounds fascinating. What's your range like?"

"Catgirl is a playful minx, a lot like Hannah really. Dragon girl is confident and confrontational. Mermaid is calm, kind, and musical. Harpy can fly and is sort of - mermaid's kindness but catgirl's playfulness. Robot girl tunes all my emotions down so I can think calmly and get difficult analytical work done. This form I'm not sure what to call it - vampire girl? I'm a prim and proper nerd, like so. There's a succubus-like body, I'm sure you can guess. Frog girl is just extremely relaxed. Antelope-girl is anxious and diligent, good for thinking defensively. Elf is prim and proper too, but very musical. Those are all the mindsets I use commonly."

"A different you for every occasion. Damn, I'd really like to try that!"

"Unfortunately you need a cortical stack and it's rather permanent. And a lot of work to implement."

"Shame. But then I suppose I've committed to wear this -" she holds up her quartz necklace "- for life already."

"It's definitely on the experimental side of things. Much less so now than a century ago, I think you could get it reversibly, in fact - but it's definitely not a mainstream service."

"I bet we'll dedicate a fork to it at least."

"Just how expensive is forking? I want one."

"About a hundred grand. We could probably get you one cheaper though, if you helped us get what you've got. You're an expert in the field, after all."

"Another you offered me a loan of sorts, but I'm much more comfortable with a discount based on consulting work, yes. I'm hoping once I have my lab equipment I can sell body-modification services through OTC, actually."

"Ooh! We'd be interested in that. A lot of us go in for cosmetic things just to set ourselves apart from the rest, like my hair. More serious mods are always something we consider."

She smiles. "Maybe I should see if you - OTC that is - can conjure up good enough tools for me to do some basic edits. Programmable hair is relatively easy, for example."

"I would love programmable hair. Tell me what you need and I'll get it out of my Evatree budget."

She is much more confident about these specifications! Mostly she has model names and specs like number of protein synthesis channels stored on her 'stack, not blueprints, but can also produce fairly detailed descriptions of what exactly the gadgets do, and when she doesn't know in enough detail, enough about how she uses them to make some inferences.

"This is good. We can't conjure all of this reliably enough to know for sure it's safe yet, but it seems extremely promising and we might like to try for some of the simpler tools."

"I can use them on myself and undo most everything they'd attempt to do to me. One of my body's design goals was robustness."

"Oh, in that case... Let's go next door to my spare room." 

She wanders out and into a small square room with nothing in it. "Conjuring space. How big are these machines again?"

This one is laptop size. Same with those two. That one is more minifridge-sized. Nothing is bigger than that, and most of them are somewhere in between.

"Should be space for most of it if I pull a few tables..." mutters December. 

She ports a few tables in, and gets conjuring.

"Shall I just hole myself up in here for, oh, four hours should cover it if I'm being safe, and make sure everything is to satisfaction?" She sideways-smiles. "I'd appreciate a lunch when I emerge, I admit."

"Sounds like a deal. What would you like for lunch, we can do teleorder."

"Surprise me. Spicy is good but I've already had-" She names the chthonian fusion place from yesterday.

"Alright! I'll go read and check in in a couple hours."