The Watch - Part 8

I selected the option “Body” and it brought up another menu. These two other options read, “Physical” and “Clothes”. I selected the clothes option as I thought it would be easy enough to do and allow me to get a taste of what this watch is capable of doing.

He watched me navigate the watch’s menu and saw my face light up with surprise when I saw the amount of clothes that were available to choose from - and there was a lot to say the least. Every type of clothing imaginable was here, all organised into sections that I could tell just by looking at them would be easy to navigate - or so I thought.

“I know you said that there would be a lot,” I said as my eyes continued to widen as I scrolled through the categories, “but I never thought there would be this much.”

“And if you cannot find anything that you would like to wear, you can always scan in a piece and wear that,” he said smiling.

“I don’t think that will happen anytime soon,” I said, continuing to scroll downwards. Eventually, I reached the bottom category that simply read, “Outfits”.

“That is for when you save an outfit for a later date, or if you would like to wear a pre-made outfit instead of choosing through the ocean of clothing items,” he explained. I was going to take the easy way out and go for a pre-made outfit, but decided that it would be more fun if I chose an individual piece. But where do I start?

I spent the next couple of minutes figuring out where I would like to start. I thought about what hat I could wear so I scrolled until I found the hats section, then quickly thought about a new top so I scrolled until I found the T-shirt section, and then I thought about some new shoes...

“All this is blowing my mind; I just don’t know where to start,” I said after realising that I wouldn’t be getting anywhere fast.

“Take your time,” he said, “take a deep breath, focus on what you want first, and then make your selection.”

“Right,” I said following his advice and breathed in deeply. After letting out a nice stress relieving blow, I focused on what type of outfit I would like to wear. “Let’s see,” I began, “what do I see myself wearing.” In order to keep my concentration strong, I closed my eyes and searched through my imagination. Soon, something formed in front of my mind’s eye and a smile started to spread itself across my face.

“I know,” I said scrolling down until I found the shirts section. Selecting and opening that section, I was greeted by every shirt size, colour, and type imaginable. Trying to make sure that this didn’t derail me like it did before, I hunted through the sea of shirts and chose the one that looked like it would fit me better than all the rest as the size of the shirt matched the size of my upper body’s. It was plain white in colour and long-sleeved.

“And all I have to do is select it and it will appear on my body?” I asked him.

“That is correct,” he nodded his head.

“Well, here goes,” I said gently tapping the shirt with my forefinger. I felt nervous again as I didn’t know what was going to happen next. Immediately, the strangest, yet the most comfortable feeling I have ever felt greeted my senses. The top that I was wearing - started to glow the colour of the shirt I had selected - white, and a second after that, it started to evolve. Feeling my T-shirt evolve on my body couldn’t be accurately described, yet I could say it was comfortable, every step of the way. The sleeves began to lengthen right down to my wrists, buttons started to fade into view, and a collar grew out from the one I had and mould itself around my neck where it sat without any hassle. When the process had finished and the shirt was officially on my body, I felt it against my chest, stomach and back. It was silky smooth and fitted me perfectly.

“Now that’s something else,” I said, admiring the shirt and how it came into existence.

“And now for the rest of your outfit,” he said happy that I’m happy.

“Indeed,” I smiled going back to the watch, exiting out the shirt section and scrolling to the ties. Like before, every type of tie came into view. But instead of choosing a wacky, colourful shirt with many patterns on it, I went for something simple.

“I have always wanted to know how well I suit a suit,” I said in awe at how the tie faded into view and sat against my neck as perfect as the shirt sat on my body - I didn’t have to adjust it or anything.

After a couple of minutes of scrolling, choosing and admiring the clothes, my look was finally complete.

“Hang on,” I said running to the vertical mirror that stood in my bedroom.

“Look at that,” I said, seeing my reflection of me wearing the most immaculate suit I have ever worn in my entire life. I know I might be over-selling this a little, saying everything was the best I have ever had in all my life, and all that, but what else can I say when I’m currently wearing a watch that is capable of this.

“A perfect suit,” I said.            

“How about some shoes to go with the suit as I think the two will complement each other well?” I was now talking to myself and not to the man who had followed me upstairs and was now standing diagonally from my left.

I looked down and saw I was still wearing my scruffy trainers that I had been wearing all day. “Yes, those do not suit this suit at all,” I said scrolling to the shoes section and picking out a nice pair of black shoes my size. As soon as my finger touched the shoes on the screen, a pair of shiny shoes appeared on my feet. They were so shiny I could see my reflection in them just as well as I could in the mirror.

“I almost don’t want to wear them anywhere for fear of dirtying them up,” I said.

“You can always get a brand new pair if that is the case,” he said.

“So I don’t have to worry at all, then,” I said. “That’s good to know.”

After another couple of minutes of studying my reflection, I said, “you know something.”

“What?”

“I think I’m warming up to this,” I said, looking down at the watch.

“I am glad to hear that,” he said smiling.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Thanks for reading

Antony Hudson

(TonyHadNouns)