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"Aww. She just woke up. Look at her, this is unbelievable!"
"I refuse to be surprised by obvious things."
"You're no fun! Come to mama, Meggy!"
[Audience participation thread!] I've done the thread where the Gods try to sway random characters/readers. Now let's do the opposite.
like_one_of_us
Mommy and Daddy are making sounds.
Sounds that might possibly mean something.
Would't it be fun to know what could those sounds mean?
Or not.
like_one_of_us
"Aww. She just woke up. Look at her, this is unbelievable!"
"I refuse to be surprised by obvious things."
"You're no fun! Come to mama, Meggy!"
Huh? I know what the sounds mean now? What?
Uhh. Unbelievable? Surprise? Refusal? These are... way hard...
That's not very fun, huh. It would be fun to grasp them as much as they, though. To not be... surprised by obvious things? Uh.
^ pictured: the reaction of a mind transitioning from a childlike wordless mental state to immediately knowing the entirety of English, along with enough context and processing power to "not be confused by obvious things".
like_one_of_us
"Come on, come on! Come here, come to mama!"
Why are you telling me to come to you, mom?
...Aside from this being a weird display of affection, presumably so that I can develop my language skills.
Which I have. Somehow. I understand things. Somehow
"Gueeea!"
But I can't speak. I wish I could speak.
...
"Coming! Also, I can talk now, so this is a bit pointless."
like_one_of_us
Kinda dumb of me. They wouldn't scare their relatives this much out of nowhere, if they were in my place.
I wish I was like that.
like_one_of_us
There's an obvious idea to test. A very important one, too.
I wish a banana appeared near me.
like_one_of_us
AAH!
Well, that's ironic. I became this specifically to avoid-
I can do anything.
Holy shit. Anything.
Anything.
...that is TERRIFYING.
I don't know HOW I am doing anything. It was so lucky I increased my intelligence this much, instead of following literally any other succession of childish whims! That was a great idea, I should do more of-
No.
AAAAAAAAAAH.
like_one_of_us
"Aaaaaah!"
She doesn't say anything she just thought about out loud, that would probably shock Dad into fainting too.
and_i_notice_it's_turning
Dad just stares.
"What the-"
He takes the banana, with shaking hands.
That sure feels like a banana. They sure didn't have any in the house. It just appeared out of thin air.
Dad also faints.
like_one_of_us
Oh NO! I wish they wouldn't- wait actually this is very convenient.
What should I do?
I CAN DO ANYTHING. I BARELY JUST ACTUALLY BEGAN EXISTING. What should I DO?!
I should ask someone who knows.
Does anyone know? Am I unique in my situation? Probably, it's not part of the basic context I WISHED INTO MY MIND, like that was a REASONABLE THING TO DO-
I wish to-
NO!
I need to stop panicking.
and_i_notice_it's_turning
Mom and Dad are lying unconscious.
You are in your family's modest apartment. Everything is huge. Everything is designed for grownups.
like_one_of_us
Right. But I am basically an adult in a child's body, so...
So the entire world is not designed for me, and no one will take me seriously.
Okay. Wait.
No mental modifications.
But I can just-
I wish to have an adult body, with an exactly identical mind and soul (whatever that is) retained.
like_one_of_us
Well that went well.
Didn't even feel like anything, which makes sense if no changes in mind were specified.
like_one_of_us
Now... What to do?
My parents are...
Hmm.
Should I ask them what to do?
That would be... incredibly... something. Awkward?
Huh. That's not a learned emotion. I don't think I ever felt awkward before.
Did I even exist a minute ago?