Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)06:14 No. 634123 ID: 561f64
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Your name is Ikram Himura. You are a 17-year-old high school student.

You’re half-Arabic, half-Japanese, and you were raised in Canada. You don’t care about this much, but other students seem to think it makes you ‘cool’. You think that anyone who thinks you’re cool for that reason is a dumbass.

You are currently engaged in your favorite activity: silently moping. It’s recess, and you get a table to yourself. (Mostly because no one wants to sit next to you once they figure out how depressing you really are.)

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)06:15 No. 634124 ID: 561f64
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“Hi!” Says an unfamiliar voice. You look up. “How's your day going, Ikky?”

It’s a weird girl. Her hair is all tangled-up.

You have no idea who she is. This is a little awkward.

What should you do here?

"hello?"

What is on your pockets? Buy time. Answer with another question, who is she and why does she treats you with such familiarity

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)06:49 No. 634130 ID: 561f64
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>”hello?"

“Uh, hi.” She says, raising an eyebrow. “What’s up?”

>who is she and why does she treat you with such familiarity

“Who… am… I?” She asks, dumbly repeating what you just said. “Ikram, it’s me, it’s…”

She gasps a little, as if she’s realized something horrible.

“You have no idea who I am. Oh my god. You don’t know me, do you?”

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)06:49 No. 634131 ID: 561f64
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She stands suddenly, forcing a laugh. “I mean, you - you wouldn’t know me, right? Never mind. We’ve never met. Forget this happened, okay? B-bye…” She turns and walks away quickly.

Was she… crying?

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)06:50 No. 634132 ID: 561f64
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…Whatever. You’ve got moping to do.

The moping isn’t quite the same as before, though. You feel a weird twinge of curiosity.

You wonder if you should just wait until next class, or pursue crazy-girl, or do whatever else.

You’re not used to wanting to do things.

chase her and demand your peace back!

not like you have anything better to do, chase!

>>634132
>wanting to do things

DO WHAT YOU WANT CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE

...Crap.
Ask her what manner of strangeness we just got caught in.
Alternate dimensions via magic? Alternate dimensions via technology? Time Travel via magic? Time travel via technology?
One does not forget someone significant, and by her reaction I were both very significant to her, but she was significant to me as well.
Or she's crazy, a distant, and boring third option.

Get her number bro.

Go order the girl to stop crying. Only you get to be depressing.

Follow her, she's up to something.

Even if this is a con, you need intel to defend yourself against other attacks. And if this isn't a con, you just hurt your friend's feelings, you should deal with that soon.

Oh no this can only mean one thing, we have a secret clone running around! We should try talking with that girl again, figure out what is actual happening.

>You have no idea who I am. Oh my god. You don’t know me, do you?
This is why you're supposed to pretend you remember who people are.

Idly wonder if you've suffered amnesia or if she's time traveler or something that would explain her horror at you not knowing her.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)18:20 No. 634266 ID: 561f64
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>chase her and demand your peace back!
>not like you have anything better to do, chase!
>Follow her, she's up to something.
>We should try talking with that girl again, figure out what is actual happening.

Ugh. Fine.

You catch up with her in the hall.

“Yo! Girl! What’s your deal?”

“Ack! Ikram - I mean, stranger I have never met - I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m just a little crazy, okay? Just forget you ever met me. I’m weird. Ha ha!” She doesn’t look you in the eyes.

>Ask her what manner of strangeness we just got caught in.

“No, but seriously. What the fuck is going on with you?”

“Guh? Uh, I mean, nothing. Sorry! A-aforementioned craziness.” She fidgets, sniffling a little.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)18:20 No. 634267 ID: 561f64
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>Even if this is a con, you need intel to defend yourself against other attacks. And if this isn't a con, you just hurt your friend's feelings, you should deal with that soon.

You don’t think she’s your friend. You don’t even know her name.

You don’t have many friends in general. You wouldn’t just forget about this one.

>Go order the girl to stop crying. Only you get to be depressing.

“Hey. Cheer up, girl.” You wipe a tear from her eye.

“O-okay.” She sniffles again. “Thanks Ik- I mean, thank you, kind stranger.”

>Get her number bro.

“Hey. Gimme your phone number.”

“Huh? I… I don’t actually know it.” She tilts her head down a bit, staring at the floor. She bites her lip, like she’s thinking about something. “Look, can we talk about this later - after physics? We’re going to be late otherwise. You used to have - I mean, I have a free period after that. I think.”

You do have a free period after physics. How did she know that?

>>634267
She's a time traveler! Except, she doesn't realize when she gets sent into the past.
Well, maybe. Time travel should be impossible. Talk to her during the free period, find out exactly how much she knows about you.

Tell her sure, and suggest she finds out what date it is.

Time shenanigans, only answer. But maybe now isn't the time for this. Let's just go to class and worry about this later.

>You don’t have many friends in general. You wouldn’t just forget about this one.
Except it seems like you did.

She's not acting like a girl who's upset her crush never noticed her, or anything like that. She's acting like someone who's genuinely broken up realizing a friend somehow completely forgot her.

Which means something weird is going on. I mean, the normalest possible solutions are she's just crazy, or she's a good actor pulling some kind of con. But even then, isn't that interesting? Don't you want to know why she's doing that, what's going on?

It's worth following up. Not like you had anything better to do.

>Time shenanigans, only answer.
Time shenanigans, alternate dimensions, clones, mental alteration / amnesia, insanity, and/or a well prepared con would all work as explanations.

>Look, can we talk about this later - after physics?
Yeah, okay.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)19:32 No. 634284 ID: 561f64
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>Let's just go to class and worry about this later.
>Yeah, okay.
>Tell her sure, and suggest she finds out what date it is.

“Yeah, okay. Physics. Hey, do you know the date?”

“Well, duh.” She laughs. “Of course I do.”

…

You two end up as lab partners anyway.

“Pulley systems? I remember this assignment from last year. I aced it.”

“You already took this class? Why are you taking it again?”

She sits bolt upright. “Be…cause… I just love physics. So much.”

“Really? It always bores the hell out of me.”

She slumps. “Yeah… It is pretty dull, isn’t it?” She sighs.

…God, this class is so damn boring.

>>634284
Oh. She knows the date, but not the year? I don't get it. Or maybe it's her memories that are mixed up, and she's remembering future information as if it's past information? ...that's probably it. She can remember the future as if it's the past. She knows what the current date is and that she's living in the present, but her memories drift into the future. It must be very confusing.

Ask her about her hobbies. Try to avoid questions about the past or the future.

To pass the time let's get some answers. For one thing this girl knows our name, we should know theirs. Other than that we can ask her what she wanted to talk about earlier. Finally, if she already aced this course already can she help us finish a little faster?

Tell her, casually:

You know, if you're a time traveler or something, you're not doing a very good job of hiding it.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)20:44 No. 634294 ID: 561f64
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>Ask her about her hobbies. Try to avoid questions about the past or the future.

“I like to write a lot!” She says happily.

“Okay.” You say. “Anything else?”

“Er… I’m pretty good at math?”

“Wow.”

“What?”

“Nothing.” This girl is fucking vapid.

>To pass the time let's get some answers. For one thing this girl knows our name, we should know theirs.

“Hey. Girl. What’s your name?”

“W- Lily!” She says, stuttering a little. “Lily Wilton.”

“I’m Ikram Himura. Which you already know.”

“Huh?”

>You know, if you're a time traveler or something, you're not doing a very good job of hiding it.

She jumps in her seat. “I’m not a time traveler!” She says, a bit loudly. We get a few odd looks. She whispers the rest. “Well… I’m not.”

“Uh huh.”

>Finally, if she already aced this course already can she help us finish a little faster?

“Hey, if you aced this already, could you hurry up and get us out of here?”

“Okay!”

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)20:45 No. 634295 ID: 561f64
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“…How the hell…?!”

“I told you, I’m good at math.”

“You made a working pulley system.”

“That was the assignment.”

“We weren’t actually supposed to build a real pulley system! We were just supposed to write down how we could-“

“Oh, shush, and hurry up, would you?”

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)20:45 No. 634296 ID: 561f64
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“…What.”

“It’s our spot! It’s near the poison ivy and the old rusted basketball hoop, so nobody bothers us here.”

“This is a bullshit spot. For crazy people.”

“Oh, it’s not that bad, and, hey, you’re the one who found it. So, what did you want to ask me about?” She seems oddly energetic.

>>634296
Ask her how she knows all this stuff. What is going on?!

I don't suppose if I just asked what was going on, you'd tell me?

>so nobody bothers us here.
>crazy spot for crazy people
You know, a place where no one is going to bother or overhear you is kind of reasonable if you're going to talk about crazy stuff.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)21:38 No. 634304 ID: 561f64
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>You know, a place where no one is going to bother or overhear you is kind of reasonable if you're going to talk about crazy stuff.

Yeah, yeah, fine.

>Ask her how she knows all this stuff. What is going on?!
>I don't suppose if I just asked what was going on, you'd tell me?

“Ha. I… I think I messed up, Ikky.”

“Messed up? What do you mean?”

“I was allowed to change one thing. In all the world, I could change one thing, no matter how impossible.”

“Wait, are you talking about time travel?”

“I guess. Sort of. I made my choice, the change was made, and now… Now you don’t remember me.”

“You’re not saying I have amnesia, are you? Also, wait, time travel? Holy crap.”

“I said ‘sort of’. No, you don’t have amnesia, Ikram. You just never had the memories in the first place.” Lily’s voice breaks as she speaks, and she seems to be on the verge of tears. “You were my best friend. One of my only friends. And now it’s gone, because it was never there, all because I changed one thing. It wasn’t that big a thing, really. It didn’t hurt anybody. Nobody would care. But that one thing… it changed everything. And I can't take it back. I wouldn't, anyway. But I hardly know who I am anymore.”

>>634304
What's stopping you from becoming friends again? I guess it'd be weird to talk to someone who knows stuff about you already but eventually you'd run out of ground to retread and it'd be normal.

What did she change?

Well you seem nice if not a little odd, so maybe we try being friends. But how did you do the whole 'change one thing' thing, in simple terms if all possible.

Butterfly effect. (No, don't say it aloud, no need to rub it in).

...how did we meet? Before.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)22:04 No. 634310 ID: 561f64
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>What's stopping you from becoming friends again? I guess it'd be weird to talk to someone who knows stuff about you already but eventually you'd run out of ground to retread and it'd be normal.

“We could still be friends.” You say without thinking.

Lily blinks at you, then smiles. “You think so? I’d like that.”

>How did we meet? Before.

“How did we meet, the first time?”

Lily thinks for a moment, then laughs. “Actually, coincidentally enough, we met during recess. Neither of us wanted to share a table, so somehow we ended up sitting together. We both needed friends. You after Ayame, and me… well, we just needed each other.”

You tense up. Ayame was your sister. She died two years ago. You still haven’t gotten over it.

>What did she change?

“What did you change, Lily?”

She laughs bitterly. “I almost don’t want to tell you. You’ll probably think it’s stupid, or weird, or selfish. I’m the only one in the universe who knows, right now. But you’re Ikram. I trust you. In fact… See if you can guess.”

Lily slowly stands, then poses, spread-out.

“Tell me what you see.” She says, simply.

>>634310
A strange brown-haired girl- oh hell was she a dude before? Well congratulate her on her magical time-bending sex change.

Has it anything to do with that mark in your leg?

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)22:43 No. 634314 ID: 561f64
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>A strange brown-haired girl- oh hell was she a dude before? Well congratulate her on her magical time-bending sex change.

“Lily… Were you a dude before?”

Lily nods and sits down again, this time further away from you. “Got it in one. You’re looking at the idiot who wasted her one wish on being born a girl. Now my family is a bunch of strangers, and they’re constantly wondering why their daughter has been acting so strangely. Like, apparently my sister and I used to do each other’s make-up and stuff. But the only make-up that I can pull off is goth, so a psuedo-goth I have become.”

She shivers, then continues. “I thought I could at least talk to you about it. I didn’t think about it, but it doesn’t make sense that you’d remember. So I lost my best friend, because Lily Wilton never felt any need to sit apart from other people during recess. Plus, I have to retake physics and a bunch of other classes, because apparently Lily Wilton preferred different classes. Her friends keep popping out of nowhere. I don’t know them, and I don’t know who they expect me to be…” She chokes. “And - and the worst part? This is exactly what I asked for. It wasn’t twisted around, it wasn’t misinterpreted. It was just delivered, as I ordered. A life where I had been born a girl, but where I was still me. And given the chance, I wouldn't want to go back. But it doesn't make this easy.”

She starts to cry.

“Go ahead, tell me I’m an idiot.”

"no" hugs

>>634314
I think it might be time for hugs.

Also, hmm... maybe she didn't realize the consequences, but there's really no other way to get what she wanted. If the world did not rewrite history, the sudden change would alienate her from most of the people she knows. If her memories were altered she would no longer be the same person.

"You're an idiot, because it means that you turned your back on the version of me that was your friend and wanted to support you.

But this was your will, your decision. I can tell that if you didn't get the chance to change your life forever, you would have done something unforgivable. You didn't. Do you understand, eL? You knew that you were going to break, and you made a literally life-changing decision because it made you who you wanted to become. That took strength.

And you can't be an idiot without being very, very smart. Was that something that I always liked about you?"

Nah, you aren't dumb this just turned out to be more than you first thought it to be. You had the courage and commitment to strive for what you wanted, that isn't dumb it's just human.

Ikram, if you get a wish, SAVE IT FOR LATER. You saw what happened to eL.

If the world ends, you'll want to set things right. If you find out that the forces that guide the world are screwed up, you'll want to demand parley.

If there's a way to save your sister, you need to think CAREFULLY about how to solve this, without ruining your life, OR eL's. Or ANYONE's.

Consequences. Be CERTAIN that most would forgive you for your wish, given the context.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)23:50 No. 634336 ID: 561f64
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>"no"

“No.”

>hugs
>I think it might be time for hugs.

You pull Lily up from the ground and directly into a very close hug.

“…Thank you…” She whispers, through sniffles. “Heh… Ikram… you’re the best person in two worlds.”

“You had the courage and commitment to strive for what you wanted, that isn't dumb. It's just human.” You squeeze her a little tighter in your arms. She smiles.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/13(Mon)23:51 No. 634337 ID: 561f64
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“Well said! Very well said!” Merrily bellows a strange voice from the distance.

Lily suddenly goes rigid. She speaks sourly. “Oh fuck no. Not Pendel. Not now…”

Ask who this guy is.

"Okay, WHAT do I need to know, Mr. Pendel? Because seriously, should I be responsible or are you just sponsoring us to watch a show?"

"let me guess, you are the wish master, pendal"

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/14(Tue)00:20 No. 634347 ID: 561f64
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>Ask who this guy is.

“Who’s this guy?”

“He’s Pendel, he’s-“ Lily begins.

Before Lily can finish speaking, you find yourself some distance away, and very off-balance. A strange man with black eyes grabs your hand and shakes it vigorously.

“Pendel’s the name! Just a humble servant of the Metamyriad, at your service!”

>"let me guess, you are the wish master, pendal"

“I suppose you’re the genie, then?”

“Ooh, you’re sharp! Yes, I’m the one who gave miss Wilton her dream come true. I could give you a few, too, if you’d like. And she could have a few more as well, if she’s up to the task.”

>"Okay, WHAT do I need to know, Mr. Pendel? Because seriously, should I be responsible or are you just sponsoring us to watch a show?"

“Okay. What do I need to know, Mr. Pendel? Should I be responsible, or am I just here for your entertainment?”

“Sharp and snappy! A good combination. Why, I think you’ll be perfect. The job’s yours, if you want it. I’ll even let you and Lily-pad work together! That’s not something I do often! But I like you, kid.”

"Uh, cool, spookycheeks. But what job?"

"How about NO. eL's lost everything (and then gained some stuff in return), what makes you think I'm stupid enough to take that risk?"

>>634347
Don't agree to anything until you know what's going to happen. Also what would we even wish for? We already know that wishes can be granted by changing the past, and could result in a drastic change in our lifestyle. Even wishing for money might land us in an alternate reality where our family is rich. I think knowledge-related wishes are a good idea. Like, wishing to know how to start up a successful company, or where to find buried treasure, or something like that.

>>634352
That's rather poor phrasing, she already thinks she was stupid for doing what she did. No reason to reinforce that. Better to say you're not dumb enough to ignore how things went wrong for Lily. Or something like that.

"waht?"

Uhh, No offense, but judging by this 'satisfied customer' it's not that great of a product you're trying to sell.
And it's not that you're a crook, it's that successful wishing is far too hard for us humans, thanks.

Honestly, I'm not sure we should be making any wishes, unless we can map all the consequences in advance slash word wishes to avoid unintended consequences. (For instance, maybe Lily should have wished to have been born a girl, but not for it to have significantly impacted her choices or relationships. That's still probably not specific enough, though).

Honestly, she's lucky she kept her memories at all and didn't get a complete personality and memory transplant!

It's not her fault, though. She jumped at a lifeline. She didn't have a chance to worry about possible consequences. Realistically, the genie took advantage of her emotions.

>what do
Ask for the details of this job to be described in full before agreeing to anything. And categorically state that none of your statements should be considered or treated as wishes unless we specifically state them to be.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/14(Tue)12:42 No. 634400 ID: 561f64
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>"Uh, cool, spookycheeks. But what job?"

“What job?”

“Oh, nothing much! You just need to help me lighten my workload. Talk to little Lily about that. She did it just long enough to get her ‘correction’ done, then abandoned me straightaway. Good for her! More power to her, and all that.” He laughs brightly. “Anyway, just help me grant people’s wishes for a little while, and I’ll give you a few of your own.” He smiles. “No danger to you at all. You can quit whenever you want. Sound good?”

>Uhh, No offense, but judging by this 'satisfied customer' it's not that great of a product you're trying to sell.
>How about NO. eL's lost everything (and then gained some stuff in return), what makes you think I'm stupid enough to take that risk?"

“Yeah, I don’t think so. I’ve seen what happened to Lily. She’s miserable.”

“What? Dear little Lily-pad? Is she unhappy with her results?” Pendel seems surprised. “Well, then, even more reason for you two to take the job! She can fix up whatever she doesn’t like about her situation.”

>Don't agree to anything until you know what's going to happen. Also what would we even wish for?

“Yeah, and what about me? I don’t have any big wishes I want to make. What’s in this for me?”

“Really? Not even one 'impossible' dream you’d want realized?”

“I don’t do dreams. And I don’t think I’ll do this ‘job’, either.”

“Really?”

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/14(Tue)12:42 No. 634401 ID: 561f64
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“Not even for Ayame?” He says, quietly.

You feel like you’ve just been hit by a bolt of lightning.

>>634401
...hmm. Yes. That is a worthy wish, to bring her back... but how? Change that event, history changes, just like what happened to Lily. ...well, maybe we can do it in a way where the changes don't have major consequences. Like, maybe she's in a coma instead? A lot of the emotions would be the same, then. You would still be Mr. Mope, and she wouldn't have memories that don't match up with yours. Then she wakes up, say... tomorrow?

For that wish... ask Lily if doing the job was worth it. If yes, then you will take the deal.

If there's a way to save Ayame, you'll need to make sure you find it, rather than just wish for it. If you take the offer, make sure that you read as much fine-print as you can.

However, you probably should reject the offer. Worry about this AFTER your life becomes miserable and you're strong enough to take his offer head-on.

>>634401
Shit. Good dig there.
Fine, as long as it wont interfere too much with my life.

Wait.
How do you know about my sister? Were you involved in her death? If so, why? Was she a dangerous individual or something?
And on top of that...Why does Lily seem to dislike you so much? Her reaction was far too negative for someone who granted her a wish.
I think yours is a devil's deal, and I won't take it.

>"What? Dear little Lily-pad? Is she unhappy with her results?” Pendel seems surprised
You gave her the body she always wanted but in the process you cost her the life she had. Things happened differently than she remembers- her relationships were different, her friends, her choices. She's alone in a life that's not hers.

>“Not even for Ayame?”
Lily made a small change, and it left her miserable. Life and death is big. I doubt I could ever imagine all the unintended consequences.

I'd need more than a wish for that, or even a few more to fix the problems after. I'd need a full debugger to work out all the problems and make it right.

Before I even met you, you'd already taken advantage of a friend of mine, and cost me some memories I probably would have liked to keep. This is dangerous.

>Talk to little Lily about that.
I think we do need to go back and talk with her before we agree to anything.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/14(Tue)15:08 No. 634422 ID: 561f64
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>How do you know about my sister? Were you involved in her death?

“How the fuck do you know about my sister?!”

“Lily told me. She was considering spending her wish to get your sister back, after all. I believe she balked because she didn’t want to do it without you.” He shrugs. “But I’m only guessing. Ask her yourself.”

>However, you probably should reject the offer. Worry about this AFTER your life becomes miserable and you're strong enough to take his offer head-on.

Your life is pretty miserable already. As previously established, your favorite hobby is moping silently.

>Lily made a small change, and it left her miserable. Life and death is big. I doubt I could ever imagine all the unintended consequences.

“Lily only changed a small thing, and it left her in pieces. Life and death… That’s a big thing. Maybe the biggest.”

Pendel laughs. “Is death so sacred? I’ll let you in on a secret: death didn’t even exist until somebody requested it. To undo death? Nothing simpler. The Metamyriad could certainly oblige.”

>how? Change that event, history changes, just like what happened to Lily.

“How? How the fuck could you - how could time travel bring her back?!”

“Time travel? Dear me, didn’t Lily-pad explain? The Metamyriad doesn’t change the past. Ha, not likely, not with all those potential paradoxes and temporal shenanigans, no, no… The Metamyriad is able to change anything for a single, brief instant. If it requires a momentary reordering of the laws of physics, well, that’s just part and parcel.” He taps his cheek, thinking. “How should I explain? You linear creatures are all so adorably difficult when it comes to this part. Basically, the ‘past’ is a part of the ‘present’, and both are a part of the Metamyriad. Change the Metamyriad, and you change them both.”

>Before I even met you, you'd already taken advantage of a friend of mine, and cost me some memories I probably would have liked to keep. This is dangerous.

“What about my memories? And I’m not forgetting how you screwed Lily over.”

“I didn’t do anything of the sort!” He says, indignantly. He frowns. “I had no idea Lily was unhappy. I thought we’d gotten it perfect.” He sighs. “As for your memories, they were never really your memories anyway. You never had them in the first place.”

>For that wish... ask Lily if doing the job was worth it.
>I think we do need to go back and talk with her before we agree to anything.

“This… this is… God, I need to talk to Lily.”

“I believe you’ll be able to do so presently.”

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/14(Tue)15:08 No. 634424 ID: 561f64
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Lily arrives, after running in from the distance. She’s panting, and looks very angry.

“You jerk! Don’t do that!”

“Oh, Lily-pad! I was wondering where you’d gone!”

“You’re the one who teleported away!”

“Now, now, that’s not how the Metamyriad works, dear. Technically, we were always standing right here.”

“Shut it! I had to run for like five minutes, and you know I’m not used to these legs yet!”

“Lily-pad, you really must spend more time exercising.”

“I haven’t had much of a chance. And stop calling me that! We do not have nicknames!”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Would you prefer W-?”

Lily violently cuts him off with a yell. ”Don’t you dare! You - you nigh-omnipotent jackass!”

“See? We do have nicknames for each other! Such good friends.”

“You being a jackass is not a nickname, it’s a statement of fact!”

“Ah, you wound me. In any case, I believe your friend wants to talk to you.”

“Huh?” She blinks. "What's up?"

>>634424
Tell her you want to bring back your sister but you think you're going to need help to make sure there aren't drastic side-effects. Also, ask her what the job is like.

Lastly, does she think her wish was worth it? Does she think it's possible for her to fix the consequences by making more wishes?

Lastly, there's a moral dilemma. Someone wished death into existence, right? Why? What IS death, even, in that case?

Silently wonder if it will be gay if you dated Lily.

>“Huh?” She blinks. "What's up?"
Hey. Didn't think it was right to have this conversation with you magic-ed away or whatever.

He's trying to sell me on taking your deal- doing some job for him for wishes. Maybe bring Ayame back, or clean up your first one.

What do you think? What did he have you do before?

>I had no idea Lily was unhappy. I thought we’d gotten it perfect.
That, right there, is the biggest problem. You've got an inhuman perspective. You gave her the letter of what she asked for while missing part of the intent.

You gave Lily the body she wanted, but you changed the rest of her life to do it. She has different relationships with her friends and family, she has to live with choices she never made. You took away her best friend. You stuck her in someone else's life and thought that would make her happy.

This version of me just met her, but I can get why that feels wrong. Can you?

That's why I'm being very careful, because if I ask you to do anything, I can't trust you to understand my perspective. I can't leave ambiguity, or room for interpretation.

>someone wished for death
The biggest problem here: what does it mean or matter if we manage to set up and/or word our wishes to get exactly what we want, if someone else can come along and completely change the reality in which we live? Next week we might never have existed, or worse.

Hm...

You could wish death away-

Okay, that may be too risky. But if there is a way to store the dead, you can get a consensus and undo any mistakes later. That still might ruin things but whatever.

Alright, for now, ask what death means in your current world. Your best bet is to get out - request to enter the world that programs The Metamyriad.

>To undo death
That just seems terribly wrong for all of the reasons.

Important things to ask about the wish granting job; can you refuse wishes? I reaaaaly don't want to have you guys to become murderers or 'suicide-for-hire'. Does everyone who is involved with the wish keep their memories? Is there a chance the memories of the friendship that never was being completely overwritten by another wish that would have kept you two from being friends? (you became friends because he/she used to be a loner *and* because you were sad after Ayame's death; her wish messed up your memories, will yours mess up hers?)

...Would Ayame be alright with being brought back from death? Did she ever get the chance to make peace with it?

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/15(Wed)08:07 No. 634565 ID: f63e0b
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>Hey. Didn't think it was right to have this conversation with you magic-ed away or whatever.
>He's trying to sell me on taking your deal- doing some job for him for wishes. Maybe bring Ayame back, or clean up your first one.

“Hey. Didn’t think it was right to talk about this stuff without you here.” You breathe deeply. “He said he could bring Ayame back, or fix it so your life’s better. Can he do that?”

“Well… Yeah. The M-thing can do pretty much anything, I think… I’ve seen it do some crazy stuff.”

>Lastly, there's a moral dilemma. Someone wished death into existence, right? Why? What IS death, even, in that case?
>You could wish death away- Okay, that may be too risky.
>Alright, for now, ask what death means in your current world.

Your thoughts get all philosophical. You try to shake them off. The important thing is Ayame. If it means getting your sister back… You don’t think you care about the philosophical implications.

>...Would Ayame be alright with being brought back from death? Did she ever get the chance to make peace with it?

She died from cracking her head open on a rock during a game of hockey.

Your sister wasn’t one to ‘make peace’ with anything. Or anyone, for that matter.

>Does everyone who is involved with the wish keep their memories?
>The biggest problem here: what does it mean or matter if we manage to set up and/or word our wishes to get exactly what we want, if someone else can come along and completely change the reality in which we live? Next week we might never have existed, or worse.

Pendel nods. “True! While we’re on possibilities, we could also potentially all get hit by some random burst of cosmic radiation at any point and die instantly!” Pendel laughs. (Somehow, this does not make you feel better.) “Look, if you’re really worried about that, then even more reason to do the job! Lily and I are relics of previous worlds, after all.” He grins. “You spend enough time around water, and you’ll learn how to avoid getting wet. Stick around as long as I have, and you might just learn how to swim.”

“What?”

He sighs.”Once you touch the Metamyriad, you’ll be static. The ’you’ that touched the Metamyriad will not be changed from then on, unless you specifically request it - like Lily did, for instance. Your memories will be fairly immutable, unless you want them changed.”

>What do you think? What did he have you do before?

“Uh, um…” She stutters slightly. “He had me look for people who wanted things. Impossible things. People who were really unhappy about stuff. And then we, um, helped them.”

>Lastly, does she think her wish was worth it?

“Worth it…?” She says, slowly. “…Yes. I would never go back to how it was before. I don’t think I could bear it. I’m not a boy. I can’t live as one.” She stares at the ground, her face a little sad.

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Pendel smiles. “Yes! See? You’ve got her vote of recommendation.”

“I wasn’t finished!” Lily snaps. “Look, it’s worth it, for sure… But it’s also hard. I told you what happened to me, and I only scratched the surface there. Not to mention the main reason I left: this jackass. He has no respect for people at all.”

Pendel’s smile fades into a frown. “I’m sorry, Lily. I thought I gave you what you wanted.” He reaches out to rest a hand on her shoulder.

She grabs it midway. “Don’t touch me.” She says simply.

>You've got an inhuman perspective. You gave her the letter of what she asked for while missing part of the intent.

“Pendel, you’re kind of an inhuman douche. You didn’t give her what she wanted, even if you did give her what she asked for.”

“Inhuman?! Me?!” He seems offended. “Ingrate! I’m more human than you are! Humanity’s just… changed. A lot.”

>Silently wonder if it will be gay if you dated Lily.

Would it be? I mean, you’ve never known her as anything but a girl. She’s pretty cute, too. You don’t think there’s anything wrong with being gay. Paolo, a friend of yours, is gay. He’s cool.

Seems like a relationship is a go.

Next, maybe we should do a couple jobs for him. Not for Ayame, but as insurence for later. Or we could revive her at another time.

>we could also potentially all get hit by some random burst of cosmic radiation at any point and die instantly!
Past experience suggests someone wishing the world different seems rather more likely than cosmic radiation. Probable, even, since our genie seems to have an interest in handing them out.

...then again, past experience can't be trusted since it's apparently mutable.

>He had me look for people who wanted things. Impossible things. People who were really unhappy about stuff. And then we, um, helped them.
So it's a pyramid scheme? You earn wishes by granting wishes? Did they have to earn them too?

...were the people you helped happy with the outcome?

>"Inhuman?! Me?!” He seems offended. “Ingrate! I’m more human than you are! Humanity’s just… changed. A lot.
Sorry. An alien perspective is still alien, even if it's because you're from an older revision of reality. Whatever you wanna call human, you're not quite us.

>Silently wonder if it will be gay if you dated Lily.
The much bigger issue would be the position that's putting her in. It seems kind of wrong to make an advance of someone who's in a vulnerable emotional state after her life was upended on her, and who thinks of you as her best friend.

>Not to mention the main reason I left: this jackass
You want me to talk to him so you don't have to? We could do the job without you having to put up with him, if he's gotten to you so bad.

majority rules. more beings like us are called human then beings like you.

>>634566
Let's do some work. I think we can tolerate a jerk in exchange for power.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/15(Wed)17:35 No. 634653 ID: f63e0b
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> Whatever you wanna call human, you're not quite us.
>majority rules. more beings like us are called human then beings like you.

“Well!” Pendel seems annoyed. “So full of yourself! Just because you have an aqueous humor and an olfactory system…!” He shakes his head. “Don’t see what’s so great about noses, anyway…”

>Past experience suggests someone wishing the world different seems rather more likely than cosmic radiation. Probable, even, since our genie seems to have an interest in handing them out.
>...then again, past experience can't be trusted since it's apparently mutable.

“I think I’m a little more concerned about you, compared to cosmic radiation.”

“Hah. If it bothers you so much, you could just wish you’d never found out in the first place. You were perfectly happy before you knew, weren’t you?”

>So it's a pyramid scheme? You earn wishes by granting wishes? Did they have to earn them too?

“What? Don’t be ridiculous! That’s only for special occasions. Employee benefits, I should say. No, your job is to grant wishes the old fashioned way - without any fussing around with the Metamyriad.” He smiles. “Your job is helping people who are beyond any normal help, but don’t yet require extraordinary help.”

“Okay… Why?”

“Desire is what lets the Metamyriad understand wishes. Fulfillment of desire is what allows wishes to be granted. It’s all a bit over your head, I’m sure. Just think of it as putting gas in the tank.”

>Next, maybe we should do a couple jobs for him. Not for Ayame, but as insurence for later.

Fuck that. You’re getting her back as soon as possible.

>Let's do some work. I think we can tolerate a jerk in exchange for power.

Lily seems slightly surprised. “Okay… If Ikram’s in, so am I.”

“Well said!” Pendel laughs. “Well, best get to it, then. Let’s give you a trial run before you touch the Metamyriad, hmm? Good luck, and all that.” He makes an odd farewell gesture. “If you should need me, just say the word, and I’ll have always been there.”

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/15(Wed)17:36 No. 634654 ID: f63e0b
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And then he’s gone.

“Well…” Lily says. “I don’t suppose you know anybody in need of some serious help?” She fidgets a little. “I knew a few, but that was before. I doubt they’d know me, now.”

She seems a bit uncomfortable for some reason.

>You want me to talk to him so you don't have to? We could do the job without you having to put up with him, if he's gotten to you so bad.

“Hey… If talking to him bothers you that much, I could be the middleman.”

“That’s not it. I’m used to dealing with his jerkery.” She smiles slightly. “Thanks, though.”

>Seems like a relationship is a go.

You’re not exactly an expert, but you’re pretty sure there’s a bit more to relationships than that.

You haven’t even gone on a date yet. Or directly expressed any interest at all.

>It seems kind of wrong to make an advance of someone who's in a vulnerable emotional state after her life was upended on her, and who thinks of you as her best friend.

Oh yeah. That could be awkward.

…She’s still pretty cute, though.

>>634654
Let's try the school clubs. I'm sure the computers club will have a few ready participants.

>>634654
Alright, ask Lily how she found people who qualified for needing special help, when she was doing work before. We need somewhere to start. I'm guessing we'll just have to *sigh* talk to people. Just generally find out who else is Mr./Ms. Mope.

just scout around the place.

i also have a plan that should let us get ayame back without too much fuss, but it can't be done with one wish.

Does this mean it's time for social links? Will we rank up like in some japanese rpg and be able to summon demons to fight more demons?

On a serious note, checking the clubs or maybe listen to gossip. Since we're working with Lily, she most likely will be invited to gossip with other girls.

Take this slow. Remember, the Metamyriad records memories, so you'll want to decide whether YOUR memories are worth recording; maybe someone could change everything and get your sister back as a side effect, but then you might not be nice to eL anymore (Wilhelm's a weird name). Afterward, it's just a matter of solving puzzles.

Just remember that there are most probably others who have taken the job. If you really do want to record your memory, your best bet is to make contact with the Metamyriad as soon as possible, and make sure that the other employees in this iteration also get their turn.

>Lily seems slightly surprised.
>She seems a bit uncomfortable for some reason.
Maybe ask her if she's okay with this?

You get why she might be uncomfortable, and you can think of lots of reasons why this might be a bad idea, but I don't think I could back down with, well, Ayame.

(I wonder if past-you didn't think this was a good idea? I'm trying to think why you weren't already with her. I mean, it's either that, or she hadn't told you yet about wanting to be a girl).

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/15(Wed)19:41 No. 634687 ID: f63e0b
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>Maybe ask her if she's okay with this?

“Hey, are you okay with all of this?”

“Me? Yeah.” She smiles anxiously. “I was more worried about you. I know you don’t handle jerks well.”

This is true. Generally, whenever you and jerks are in close proximity for enough time, violence tends to happen. Funny how that works.

>Alright, ask Lily how she found people who qualified for needing special help, when she was doing work before. We need somewhere to start.

“Okay… So, uh, how did you do this? Find people to help, I mean?”

She doesn’t meet your eyes. “Er… Let’s just say we can’t use who I used before, and leave it at that, okay?”

>Does this mean it's time for social links? Will we rank up like in some japanese rpg and be able to summon demons to fight more demons?

Fuck yeah! You hope it will be like that, at least.

>I'm guessing we'll just have to *sigh* talk to people.

…Damn it.

>Let's try the school clubs. I'm sure the computers club will have a few ready participants.

“I don’t think we have a computer club.” Lily says, thinking about it. “I mean, we didn’t have one before. …Though I doubt my being a girl would change that.”

“So, uh… What clubs do we have?” You cough. “I’m not exactly an, um, ‘extracurricular activity’ kind of person. You’d know better than I would.”

“Well, let’s see… We only have a couple, I think. The drama club, I remember, they do a couple of shows every year… We have a sports club, I think? Oh, and the garden club. I was actually a member of that one. I think there are a few others, but I don’t remember them offhand.”

>listen to gossip. Since we're working with Lily, she most likely will be invited to gossip with other girls.

“Hey, can’t you just, like, listen to gossip?”

“Huh?”

“I mean, you’re a girl. Girls do… gossip-y… stuff. Right?”

“…I don’t know. Do they? I mean, do we?” She shrugs nervously. “I mean, I guess I’ve never really tried…”

Hmmmm, revive Ayame or power to summon demons. Hard choice. NO WAIT, SUMMON A DEMON TO REVIVE AYAME. FOOL PROOF.

Girls normally gossip if stereotypes tell us anything. Try telling her to hang around the popular girls. They normally have the most dirt on fellow students.

>She doesn’t meet your eyes. “Er… Let’s just say we can’t use who I used before, and leave it at that, okay?”
I wonder what she's ashamed / embarrassed of. What'd she do? (Maybe it was something she had to be a guy to do?).

Not worth pushing her on right now, though.

>drama, sports or garden
I'm trying to think of crazy wishes we could grant in those areas. We aren't getting any team to the championship. A rare plant?

You might be enough of a mope to fit in with the drama people. And she's got in an with the garden club.

>“…I don’t know. Do they? I mean, do we?” She shrugs nervously. “I mean, I guess I’ve never really tried…”
Well, I guess I am going off stereotypes. And I don't know how hard it is to pick up that kind of social skill, girl or no.

Still, we are in high school. I know we have gossips. You'd just have to find one who talks to this you.

Title: "The Resolution Club"
Official Title: "The Negotiations Literature Club"
Goal: "Resolve peoples' problems as a social experiment, because some multibillionaire is paying people enough to 'Retire'."
Official Goal: "Perform research on literature, specifically that pertaining to negotiations, transactions, economics, politics, and anything having to do with overcoming snobby condescending abusively-powerful jerks."
Tagline: "We're getting paid enough to retire to do this, so just shut up and tell us how to fix your screwed-up lives."

Stupid question: Can we get credit for helping Lily establish a happier and healthier lifestyle, researching her past and helping her handle the present better? She seems a little bit less than happy and settled with her new self.
Even if we don't get credit for helping to sort out her adaptation to her new lifestyle I think it's worth doing unless she specifically doesn't want us to help with that. Not quite sure on how touchy-feely Ikram is, but offering Lily a hug seems like a good start.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/16(Thu)08:44 No. 634767 ID: f63e0b
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>Hmmmm, revive Ayame or power to summon demons. Hard choice. NO WAIT, SUMMON A DEMON TO REVIVE AYAME. FOOL PROOF.

You feel as though that may backfire somehow. Besides, Pendel is already… sort of a demon, anyway.

>Title: "The Resolution Club"

“Can’t we just make our own club?” You suggest. “Like, a… helping-people club? For people who need help?”

“That would take longer than the just doing it normally, I think… Besides, we probably wouldn’t get to the people who need more help than others. Those people usually don’t look for it.” She widens her eyes. “Plus I think Pendel might not like us getting too much attention with all of this, and we probably shouldn’t get on his bad side if you’re planning on getting Ayame back…”

>Can we get credit for helping Lily establish a happier and healthier lifestyle, researching her past and helping her handle the present better? She seems a little bit less than happy and settled with her new self.

“Look, Lily… Maybe we can help you.” You try to sound supportive. You aren’t sure what ‘supportive’ sounds like, since you tend to file it under ‘bullshit’, but you do try. “You seem a little less than happy with the new you.”

“Huh?!” She seems shocked. “No! I mean, yes, but… I’m happy being like this. Yes, it has a lot of problems, but I’m happy with a lot of stuff, too. I’ve got a lot less scars, two working eyes, and, um, ovaries… I don’t think I really need that much help, besides with relationships and stuff. And I’ve got you, at least, so…”

>Girls normally gossip if stereotypes tell us anything. Try telling her to hang around the popular girls. They normally have the most dirt on fellow students.
>Still, we are in high school. I know we have gossips. You'd just have to find one who talks to this you.

“Okay… We’re in high school. We have gossips, I’m sure. Just hang around the loud, popular girls. I’m sure we can find one that will talk to this you.” You shrug. “…though, that being said, I don’t know which girls are popular or not.”

“Me neith-“ She trails off. “Oh…. Oh! I do know one-!” She jumps slightly. “I, um… No, actually, she wouldn’t know me now.”

“Who wouldn’t?”

“Raven.” Lily seems very quiet and small. ”My, um, my ex-girlfriend…"

well she can be a friend girl now.

>“Raven.” Lily seems very quiet and small. ”My, um, my ex-girlfriend…"
>she wouldn't know me now
Well, she might still be a friend, now. And, uh, there's always the chance she's still your ex, you know.

I don't suppose you ever kept a diary or anything? It would be real convenient if you could just look up who you're supposed to know, and how, now. (Failing that, we might be able to build a record from social media, but that would be more tedious. And there's a decent chance she doesn't know her own passwords in this reality).

>>634767
That... explains a lot. Still, you'd think that eL would wish for genetic engineering to advance instead of this.

Take this slow. Remember, the Metamyriad is learning, you need to learn alongside it.

Talking to Raven seems like a decent first step. Trying to talk to one person seems a bit easier than searching someone out in a school club. Where does Lily think Raven would be?

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/16(Thu)10:52 No. 634779 ID: f63e0b
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>well she can be a friend girl now.

“Well, she can be your friend-girl, now!” You say triumphantly.

“Uh.” Lily says blankly “I guess.”

> And, uh, there's always the chance she's still your ex, you know.

“Or she could be your ex! Still!”

“Whoa. Maybe. I don’t know if Lily was… or is… into girls. Or whether I am, really.” She seems a little uncomfortable. “I think I like guys, mostly. Kind of. I think.” She shrugs. “I sort of got together with Raven to make people stop thinking I was gay. Sort of ironic, in retrospect.”

>Trying to talk to one person seems a bit easier than searching someone out in a school club. Where does Lily think Raven would be?

“Well, talking to her is better than searching someone out at a club. Where do you think she’d be?”

“I’m not sure. We broke up like a year ago. She was into theater... Maybe she’s at the drama club?’

a direction is better then know, drama club we go!

>confusion about sexuality
I was sort of thinking if there was room for something to happen, it'd be the path of least resistance for the wish not to change it. (Though we don't know that wish-mechanics work like that).

Also worth noting that what she would do or be into isn't necessarily the same as the hypothetical girl-Lily without her memories that decided her new past. Either way, it doesn't reflect on her-her.

Also, Ikram, that's another hint a dating attempt would be a bad idea, cute or no. She's confused about what she wants. At least for now.

>drama
I guess we could try drama, then. Uh, do you know when they meet?

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/16(Thu)13:12 No. 634803 ID: f63e0b
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>drama club we go!
>I guess we could try drama, then. Uh, do you know when they meet?

“Drama it is, then. Do you know when they meet?”

“Well, if it’s like the garden club… They meet at recess, actually. Which, you know, we’ve missed…” She sighs. “We could at least check it out, I guess.”

“Sure.”

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/16(Thu)13:14 No. 634805 ID: f63e0b
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The theater club is empty, except for a couple of people lazily watching a movie.

“Oh.” Lily says dumbly. “That’s her. Red hair.”

“Okay. So go talk to her.”

“Uh, wait... What do I say?!”

“I don’t know! She’s your ex.”

“But - but!” She sputters hopelessly. “I-I…”

“Go on, you’ll be fine.”

“…okay…” She goes, hesitantly.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/16(Thu)13:15 No. 634806 ID: f63e0b
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Your name is Lily Wilton. You are a 17-year-old high school student.

You used to be a boy, though you were always a girl inside. You like to think of yourself as a ‘magical girl’. You like writing and math, which a lot of people find boring. You think anyone who thinks you’re boring for liking those things is a jerk.

You are currently engaged in an uncomfortable activity: talking to your ex-girlfriend, who probably doesn’t know who you are anymore. Because of magic.

“H-hi, Raven…” You say, as confidently as you can manage.

At the sound of your voice, Raven slowly gets out of her chair and faces you, arms crossed. “Hey, babe. Yikes, what’s with the goth look?” She seems irritated. “Where were you today? You know we can’t really rehearse without you, right?”

“…Come again?” You say, weakly. You are confused. This is a state you have often been in recently.

“Uh, the play?” She frowns. “We had rehearsal today, and you skipped. Where were you?”

Writing and math are cool.

>Raven
Oh, you still know each other. That's good. Not enough clues where you stand, though. "Babe" is ambiguous.

>“Uh, the play?”
...great. You're in a play, now. That's a big required social interaction with people you don't know where you stand with, anymore.

Worse than that, if you've been rehearsing, people aren't exactly going to be happy you've magically unlearned all your lines. And if they couldn't practice without you, that means you have an important role. (You may have cramming to do).

...although it would be an important girl role. Kind of nice anyone would pick you for that.

>what do
Pretend you spaced it, and apologize. You were in the middle of writing something, and/or working though this interesting math problem... (if she's familiar with your interests, this lie will be believable, and she'll cut you off before you can explain the boring stuff in more detail).

Make a sheepish joke that at least one of the understudies got a chance to do something? (Fishing for information, maybe she'll say what the play is, or who you are in it).

Carefully explain that you met a multibillionaire... and that he ended up setting you up for life AND completely screwing you over at the same time as if it were like breathing. Ikram's sister is still in a 'coma' (a.k.a. dead but ressurectable) from the hockey incident, so she wants in.

How's THAT for dramatic introductions?! That's the drama club's new thing now.

>>634848
except it's completely incoherent.

just say something came up.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/16(Thu)17:45 No. 634862 ID: f63e0b
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>Writing and math are cool.

You know it!

>...great. You're in a play, now. That's a big required social interaction with people you don't know where you stand with, anymore.

You feel terror creep into the edge of your mind. You have absolutely horrible stage fright. Whenever you get on stage, your mind goes back to when you were onstage in middle school during graduation ceremony. Trevor MacDonald punched your tooth out.

Middle school sucked.

>...although it would be an important girl role. Kind of nice anyone would pick you for that.

Heh… Yeah, it is, actually. You absently wonder if you get to wear a fancy dress.

>Make a sheepish joke that at least one of the understudies got a chance to do something? (Fishing for information, maybe she'll say what the play is, or who you are in it).

“Hey, at least my understudy got practice!”

“‘Your understudy’, huh? Well, ‘your understudy’ is no good for the role. I’m too harsh. You’re a way cuter Juliet, being all tiny and shy like you are.”

>just say something came up.
>Pretend you spaced it, and apologize. You were in the middle of writing something, and/or working though this interesting math problem...

“Er… Sorry, I got caught up, uh, mathin- - I mean, programming.”

“Programming what?” She prods.

“Programming a… book? I mean, a visual novel. Yeah, that.”

“Oh my god, you are such a bad liar.” She laughs, then moves closer before you can say anything. “It’s adorable.”

Um. Um.

You feel panic rising very quickly inside of you.

Looks like some things didn't change in this timeline. Give her a hug, not a tight one but one that shows that you care. If she moves in for a kiss, say that you're feeling a bit sickly so she shouldn't do that. If she asks you to preform say you are a bit nervous and that lines all are a bit muddled in your brain, so if it would be ok to ask for a script.

>You’re a way cuter Juliet
Well. Okay. In the con column, you're playing the female lead. Not exactly good for that stage fright. And you've got a lot of lines to learn in a hurry. Pros? There's a pretty good chance you get to wear a fancy dress, unless this is one of those performances where they pretend the play is set in modern times.

You're really gonna have to learn how to do makeup.

>Um. Um.
Oh gods, Ikky was right. Well, half right. She's not still your ex.

...aaaand he's across the room watching your introductory girl on girl makeout. That's great.

>You feel panic rising very quickly inside of you.
Hey. Look. Don't worry about if your gay or not, or the implications, or anything else.

You dated her before, right? That means you liked her, at least to some degree. And here and now she likes you. She thinks you, girl you, real you, is cute. She laughed at you being awkward, and not in a bad way. Even if this is the result of choices you didn't get to make, doesn't it feel good for someone to like you for parts of you that are real?

I mean, yeah, it's weird and complicated, but worry about that later.

It may be worthwhile to wish for access to your new life's memories. (Word it carefully, you dont want to get supplanted by her Like you did to her, you horrible trans-dimensional body-snatcher)

When you think about it, if Ikram gets her sister back, everyone else will shift paradigms.

Keep her close but be ready to back off. She is different now.

>>634862
Okay I think you better talk to her in private and maybe tell her that you aren't the same person anymore. You could even summon Pendel to explain.

...or you could break up with her. She was your ex, right? What reason was it that you broke up? Just use that reason again. Bang, done.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/16(Thu)20:04 No. 634886 ID: f63e0b
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>Looks like some things didn't change in this timeline.
>Ikky was right. Well, half right. She's not still your ex.

Oh god. Did you never break up with her?

That would mean you've been together for over a year.

>…aaaand he's across the room watching your introductory girl on girl makeout. That's great.

Being the recipient of a sudden girl on girl makeout seems more concerning at the moment!

>Hey. Look. Don't worry about if your gay or not, or the implications, or anything else.

Too late!

>She was your ex, right? What reason was it that you broke up? Just use that reason again. Bang, done.

There were two big reasons, actually. One, that you wanted to be a girl, which she had trouble dealing with, and two, that you felt guilty for dating her as proof that you weren’t gay. You do like her, but the way you went about it still makes you feel bad.

You don’t think either of those reasons will work this time around.

>It may be worthwhile to wish for access to your new life's memories. (Word it carefully, you don’t want to get supplanted by her. Like you did to her, you horrible trans-dimensional body-snatcher.)

It… Doesn’t work like that. Does it?

There’s only one world. Your wish was that you had been born as a girl. Not put into some random girl’s body. It was still you, just a you who grew up as a girl. You just don’t remember it.

Pendel said that’s how it worked. You’re pretty sure he said that.

Did he say that?

…are you a murderer?!

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/16(Thu)20:05 No. 634887 ID: f63e0b
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>You dated her before, right? That means you liked her, at least to some degree. And here and now she likes you. She thinks you, girl you, real you, is cute. She laughed at you being awkward, and not in a bad way. Even if this is the result of choices you didn't get to make, doesn't it feel good for someone to like you for parts of you that are real?

She does like you for being you. The person she’s describing, it all sounds like you. It feels wonderful to be loved like this. You’re pretty sure you still like her too.

But is it really you that she likes?

>I mean, yeah, it's weird and complicated, but worry about that later.

You’ll try. There are so many things to worry about, though.

>Give her a hug, not a tight one but one that shows that you care. If she moves in for a kiss, say that you're feeling a bit sickly so she shouldn't do that.

“Hey, um…” You try to remember the nickname you had for her. “I’m sorry, Birdie. I’ve just been really out of it today. I think I’m a little sick. You probably shouldn’t kiss me too much.”

“Oh, really? That sucks. I hope you feel better.” She gives you another hug.

“Thanks.” You try to stay casual.

“So, who’s your friend? Did you come here for any specific reason, or just for moi?”

>Okay I think you better talk to her in private and maybe tell her that you aren't the same person anymore. You could even summon Pendel to explain.

Should you? You aren’t sure how you would go about it.

>>634887
Well if you stay with her she will realize you don't remember a lot of things. You two have been together for a long time, after all. You can't hide it. You have to explain.

First, explain that you've forgotten everything and you'd like to start over with her. When she wants to know why, tell her you basically met a genie who granted you a wish which wound up changing everything about your life in a butterfly effect. You probably shouldn't tell her what the wish was, and if you wind up summoning Pendel for proof, tell him immediately not to say what the wish was.

>It… Doesn’t work like that. Does it?
I think if there's one thing you can trust Pendel to be is literal. The way your wish was granted kind sure seems to support that.

(Also, Pendel explained it to Ikram as simultaneously changing things, reordering physics. >>634422 He seemed pretty derisive of the idea of alternate timelines. Which sort of makes sense when you can redefine and up-rev reality on whim. Lily didn't hear that though).

You're not a murderer. Probably. ...although it is sort of weird to think about the you who would have been born a girl without remembering being a born a boy. Since you've inherited her life. Or what would have been her life, if she existed.

>But is it really you that she likes?
That's.... really hard to say. How different are you from hypothetical-you, the one she remembers? At what point do memories make someone a different person?

I guess the simplest answer is we'll see. You're not going to be exactly the person people are going to expect you to be with their new memories. You'll find out if she accepts you-you the hard way.

>Should you [tell her]? You aren’t sure how you would go about it.
Uh. Hmm. I'm not sure everyone would accept it as well or as easily as Ikram did. You'd need time to think of an approach, at least.

...plus, she couldn't handle the idea very well before. Do you want to bring it up again? Part of the point of this wish was so you didn't have explain this to people anymore.

You are gonna need a plan to explain why you're acting weird in general, though.

>“So, who’s your friend? Did you come here for any specific reason, or just for moi?”
Oh, that's just Ikram. He's cool, even if he is kind of mopey.

...the second bit seems like an opening to get her talking (we did come for gossip), but I'm not sure how to phrase it.

This is a long shot but maybe you should tell everyone you lost your memory. You can tell people that you tripped or something and hit your head. When you came to Ikram was there and lead you back to the school and since then everything has been fuzzy. It could work and it might help you through some of this struggle.

>>634908
That might not work. she just called her girlfriend by her nickname.
I'm pretty sure 80% or so of amnesiacs forget their lovers much less the nicknames they gave 'em.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/17(Fri)17:00 No. 635021 ID: f63e0b
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>You're not a murderer. Probably. ...although it is sort of weird to think about the you who would have been born a girl without remembering being a born a boy.

You often wonder whether you would be happier if you didn’t remember the other world at all.

But then who would you be?

>Well if you stay with her she will realize you don't remember a lot of things. You two have been together for a long time, after all. You can't hide it. You have to explain.
>You are gonna need a plan to explain why you're acting weird in general, though.
>Do you want to bring it up again? Part of the point of this wish was so you didn't have explain this to people anymore.

You feel uncomfortable about telling her about who you used to be. What if… What if she hates you?

…what if she tells everyone else?

>First, explain that you've forgotten everything and you'd like to start over with her.
>This is a long shot but maybe you should tell everyone you lost your memory. You can tell people that you tripped or something and hit your head. When you came to Ikram was there and lead you back to the school and since then everything has been fuzzy.

You’ll give it a shot. “My friend's Ikram, I know him from middle school. He’s really nice when he’s not being mopey. But, um, actually, Raven… Something happened to me.”

“Huh?”

You try to tell as much truth as you can. “Three days ago, I hit my head.” (The first time you used your new legs, you tripped and fell onto your face.) “Since then, I’ve been having trouble remembering things. Like, a lot of things. People and places, and, uh… plays.” (It’s hard to remember things you never knew in the first place.) “In fact, I couldn’t even remember where to find you at first.” (You never did remember, funnily enough.)

“…Holy shit.” She whispers. “Have you been to the hospital?”

“Y-yeah, they said I have a bit of a concussion… I’m just going to need help for a while.” You shift around a bit, uncomfortable.

“Lily, come here.” She coos, pulling you close. “Poor baby. I’ll help you through this, okay? You’re going to be fine.” She gives you a kiss on the forehead. “I love you. Just tell me what you need.”

You feel really weird right now oh god this is so creepy.

not sure if lying even a little is a good idea. will be fine in the short term but things will go south hard once it becomes clear you aren't going to start remembering things again and you have forgotten everything important.

kind of a bust for getting the drama too, she wont wanna tell you stupid shit with you hurt.

Well, tell her part of the amnesia is... her.

>But then who would you be?
A different you?

Let's leave off thoughts of mental alteration, for now. The physical one had enough unintended consequences. If you had Pendel change your head, and then the new-you didn't even know why she was confused or things seemed wrong?

>What if… What if she hates you?
I doubt she'd hate you, though she might be understandably upset that you apparently changed her life without her knowledge or consent. (My memories are a lie?).

She didn't hate you before, did she? She just didn't understand it, or know how to handle it.

>I love you. Just tell me what you need.
Just to be patient if you're a little weird?

You could ask her to just talk to you about normal stuff for a bit. Keep you grounded. (Gossip obtained!).

>You feel really weird right now oh god this is so creepy.
Honestly, I don't think you're in the right headspace to handle this. You weren't even sure what you wanted before- how can you decide what to do about your new / old girlfriend? You should talk things over with Ikram later- you need a perspective that's not as close and unsettled as your own.

This is a conversational bombshell question to ask, but it should quickly help her appreciate just how out of it you are:
"I am so very, very, lost. Who are my friends, what do I do, and am I a virgin still?"

>>635021
That worked? Whoa, that was almost too easy!

What you have just described to everyone is called selective amnesia. It's thing that can make you forget things like relationships, special talents (ex: acting and drawing), locations, and events (even traumatic ones).

Tell people who ask why you're acting super different you have selective amnesia from now on. It's technically true.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/18(Sat)00:13 No. 635084 ID: f63e0b
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>not sure if lying even a little is a good idea. will be fine in the short term but things will go south hard

You know, but you’re not sure what else you can do. Hopefully she’ll forgive you.

>”I am so very, very, lost. Who are my friends, what do I do, and am I a virgin still?”

”Um… I’m really out of it. I feel lost. Like… Who are my friends, again? And, um, um, did we…? Am I still a virgin?”

“Uh.” She scratches her neck, embarrassed. “…no? Like, a couple times no?”

You feel your stomach drop. “Oh.” You say. You don’t know what else to say.

“Yeah… You seriously don’t remember?” She seems shocked. “Are you sure you’re okay? School isn’t as important as your brain, baby. I could take you to the hospital.”

“I’m sure!” You squeak. “Um, I mean, they told me I was going to be fine.”

“Well, if you change your mind, or start bleeding from your ears, I’m here.”

“I’m good, but thanks, Birdie.”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/18(Sat)00:14 No. 635085 ID: f63e0b
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>Just to be patient if you're a little weird?
>You could ask her to just talk to you about normal stuff for a bit. Keep you grounded. (Gossip obtained!).

“Sorry. Please be patient with me if I’m weird…” You try to smile. “Can you just talk about stuff like we usually do? It’ll probably help.”

“Sure. Like, what stuff?”

“Whatever you want. People, maybe? Tell me the latest gossip?”

“Well, okay, I guess… Mercy and Jack might be breaking up, they’ve been having arguments all the time. It’s weird, I always thought they were perfect for each other.” She shrugs. “Ronnie might be a junkie. Lia saw her downtown standing in a murder-alley, crying. Maybe she’s just secretly homeless? I dunno. Speaking of Lia, she’s been freaking out more. Like, over her OCD, I think? I feel bad for her.” She looks you in the eyes. “…are any of these names ringing a bell?”

“Uh…”

”…yeeah, then this is the part where we go to the hospital, because that level of memory loss does not come from a three-day-old concussion.” She grabs your arm. “Come on, Lily.”

You feel panic rising again.

>>635085
"Aaaaaaah okay I lied, the bump on the head was unrelated, I already didn't remember any of this stuff!"

And then refuse to tell her the real reason for a bit because "you'll think I'm crazy." Which is true.

Hey, no need to panic. This could be a blessing in disguise. Let's say you go to the hospital and the doctors check you out, they'll probably find nothing wrong. But you can still tell people you lost your memory, which is true, and people will want to help you out. Just think about it; Raven is worried sick about you and she is only one person. There is a good chance that there is a lot of people who would want to help you through this.
But I guess you could fight it at this point before it gets too serious. But that could hurt things in the long run. Will living like you are now really make you happy?

Going to the hospital will waste time and money. You seem to want to avoid telling her about Pendel so... Just say no. The problem is going to go away on its own. She's right that it's more than a concussion but going to the hospital won't help.

See kids? this is why we don't lie.

I still think that wish about getting your memories back (Getting the memories you would have had? Constructing a set of memories to fit this life?) would be a good idea.

Man, why did you have to get a girlfriend who cares about your well being, this is seriously making this harder!

...you sure have weird things to complain about, now.

(I'm kind of wondering how long Ikram will hang out over there before he notices something is wrong).

>what do
Uh. Well. This is complicated.

On the one hand, no doctor is going to find anything wrong with you. And people thinking you have some kind of memory loss does give you an excuse for any weird behaviors.

On the other hand, inexplicable memory loss means a battery of tests, and people looking at you like you're some kind of a weirdo, again. Plus, if everyone is concerned about your health, you're not gonna get a lot of free time to work on earning any wishes to patch this mess, or to help Ikram get Ayame back.

Um. Choices. You can go along with it. You could refuse, which would antagonize her, and likely cause problems (since she'll be hurt and probably try and make sure you get help without your consent, anyways). Or, uh, you start telling the truth. Which has unknown consequences.

...I think when it comes down to it, you can't afford to be the medical mystery everyone is paying attention to. Or deal with an angry overprotective girlfriend who's upset you won't let her help you. I think that means truth.

>>635090
I kind of like this approach. *get all quiet* "It wasn't because I hit my head. I didn't think you'd believe me if I told you why my memories were all mixed up."

This does raise a point, though. Did you tell anyone about what was going on before you made the wish? If so, why not?

>>635111
Biggest problem would be if we're only allowed to overwrite (trade one set of memories for another) or if having two conflicting sets has serious psychological consequences (debilitating cognitive dissonance?).

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/18(Sat)13:34 No. 635149 ID: f63e0b
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>This does raise a point, though. Did you tell anyone about what was going on before you made the wish? If so, why not?

You only told a couple of people you really trusted. Orchid, Ikram, Raven, and your cousin…

Your cousin didn’t take it well. He punched most of the function out of your right eye, then outed you to everyone else in the family. Since then, you haven’t dared to tell anyone. (Except Ikram. Again.)

You were in a pretty bad place before you met Pendel.

>See kids? this is why we don't lie.
>Going to the hospital will waste time and money.

You know that. Plus, they’ll tell Raven that you never really had a concussion in the first place.

God, you really suck at lying.

>"Aaaaaaah okay I lied, the bump on the head was unrelated, I already didn't remember any of this stuff!" And then refuse to tell her the real reason for a bit because "you'll think I'm crazy." Which is true.
>*get all quiet* "It wasn't because I hit my head. I didn't think you'd believe me if I told you why my memories were all mixed up."

You back up, lightly pushing her away. “Look, Raven… I’m sorry. I did bump my head, but it was only a little trip getting out of bed.” You can’t meet her eyes. “…This thing, with my memories… You’ll think I’m crazy.”

She reaches out for your hands. “Lily, I trust you. I would never think you were crazy. You can tell me anything. You know that, right?” She looks into your eyes. “Come on, Flower. Tell me what’s going on.”

You don’t know what to say.

>>635149
Tell her you made a wish with a jerkwad genie and it changed your entire life. You remember your previous life, not this one.

>God, you really suck at lying.
Honestly, that's not the worst thing. It just means you need help when, say, you have to play along with a completely different life.

>Lily, I trust you. I would never think you were crazy. You can tell me anything. You know that, right?
I made a wish. I wanted to change one bad thing about my past. Only... butterfly effect. I didn't expect how many things might be different now. So my memories don't match up.

Like being in a play I wasn't in before. Or not knowing all the same friends. ...before we talked I was afraid you wouldn't even know me.

>You only told a couple of people you really trusted. Orchid, Ikram, Raven, and your cousin…
Wait, follow up. Was that about wanting to be a girl, or about the wish-getting?

>>635149
Start out vague. tell her you made a simple wish that changed your entire life.
If she asks for more, explain it in bits so as not to overwhelm her.
If she calls BS, drop the whole thing.

Tell her that you made a selfish and stupid choice, but the alternative was WORSE. Explain in full detail how you were abused and maimed by your own friends/family/mentors, and how Ikram has been lost in misery for two years, after his little sister died in a freak hockey accident.

Get her opinion on this. If she is repulsed by all this, you already broke up with her in the last iteration anyway.

>>635166
I would prefer starting out vague than going into full, painful detail.

>>635149
"You will though.

"I had an impossible wish granted... and it changed everything."

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/19(Sun)11:51 No. 635319 ID: f63e0b
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>Start out vague. tell her you made a simple wish that changed your entire life.
>"I had an impossible wish granted... and it changed everything."
>I made a wish. I wanted to change one bad thing about my past. Only... butterfly effect. I didn't expect how many things might be different now. So my memories don't match up. Like being in a play I wasn't in before. Or not knowing all the same friends. ...before we talked I was afraid you wouldn't even know me.
>Tell her you made a wish with a jerkwad genie and it changed your entire life. You remember your previous life, not this one.

You breathe in and out slowly, and then you begin to explain. “I wanted something. Something impossible. Something I went to sleep every night wishing for, something I thought I could never have…” You feel tears in your eyes. “I wanted to ch-change something about myself. Something from my past. I wanted it changed more than anything. So when I got the chance, I didn’t hesitate. I had it granted, my impossible wish.” You’re crying. “B-but now everything’s different! I don’t know things that this me knew! I’m in a play, but I - I can’t act, I’ve got horrible stage fright1”

“Lily, calm down.” She reaches out. You back away. She should know before she touches you again. She seems even more concerned because of the distance. “Lily, please. I don’t understand. What are you talking about?”

You steel yourself, then come right out and say it. “I met someone who grants wishes, and so I made a wish. I remember the life I had before the wish, not this new one.”

“What?” She tilts her head, raising an eyebrow. “Wishes? Are you talking about a genie? Lily…”

Your lips tremble. “His name is…” You hesitate, but it’s the only way she’ll believe you. “His name is Pendel Wormwood.” You heavily enunciate the name.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/19(Sun)11:51 No. 635321 ID: f63e0b
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Nothing happens.

“Lily…?” Raven nervously scratches the back of her head again. “You know there’s nothing wrong with having to go to the hospital, right?”

You’re shocked, then annoyed. “Oh, I’m sorry, maybe I should have said: his name is Pendel ‘I’m-about-to-lose-half-of-my-workforce’ Wormwood, and he’s a jackass.”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/19(Sun)11:52 No. 635322 ID: f63e0b
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“Fine.” Pendel says, sulkily. “But don’t go making a habit out of this, understand?”

“W-what?” Raven is transfixed. “What?!”

“Raven…” You reach out to touch her shoulder. She’s shaking.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/19(Sun)11:52 No. 635323 ID: f63e0b
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>(I'm kind of wondering how long Ikram will hang out over there before he notices something is wrong).

Meanwhile, you and Paolo have been enjoying your film.

“Yeah, man, this is the best one. James Bond and Han Solo, dude!” Paolo exclaims.

“I don’t know. Raiders had faces melting off of nazis, and shit.”

“So? This one’s got fuckin’ Sean Connery.. Back when he was still hot.”

“Uh, right…” You’re a bit distracted. You’ve been noticing an awful amount of yelling and and confusion coming from the vicinity of Lily and her girlfriend. Mostly her girlfriend. Lily doesn’t seem to raise her voice much in general.

>>635323
Tell him to hold that thought, you gotta go check on Lily.

>>635323
You are just talking Last Crusade, right, not some Bond/Star Wars crossover that was made in this universe, right?

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/19(Sun)12:24 No. 635330 ID: f63e0b
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>You are just talking Last Crusade, right

Yeah.

>not some Bond/Star Wars crossover that was made in this universe, right?

…you may have to revise your wish slightly.

>Tell him to hold that thought, you gotta go check on Lily.

You do feel somehow obliged to help Lily out. Then again, maybe you should just let her deal with it on her own. Relationship drama is the worst kind of bullshit, after all.

>Meanwhile, you and Paolo have been enjoying your film.
So you missed the makeouts?

>“Fine.” Pendel says, sulkily. “But don’t go making a habit out of this, understand?”
If you didn't want her revealing herself to everyone, maybe you should have made her less of a crappy liar. Or granted her wish in a way that was easier to cover up.

>…you may have to revise your wish slightly.
Family and friends first. Awesome movies that should have happened second.

>Then again, maybe you should just let her deal with it on her own. Relationship drama is the worst kind of bullshit, after all.
Come on, you're literally the only person she has to rely on right now. You sent her in get intel for your wish, and now it's yelling. That's sort of on you.

Plus, if Raven's freaking out about something Lily said, maybe you can talk to her? You're basically the founding of member of the friends of Lily Wilton with messed up lives club. You can sort of relate.

sure relationship drama, but she is shouting about pendal now.

>>635330
>relationship drama
But they don't HAVE one of those.

You KNOW how damaging drama can be.

Help them calm down. Explain things in a logical and focused manner - you're doing this crazy ^&*( for a reason.

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/19(Sun)13:42 No. 635356 ID: f63e0b
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>So you missed the makeouts?

Nope! You absolutely saw the makeouts.

>But they don't HAVE [a relationship]

Sure looked like they did.

>Come on, you're literally the only person she has to rely on right now. You sent her in get intel for your wish, and now it's yelling. That's sort of on you.

Yeah, yeah…

“…some alien with a blonde toupee? Lily, what the hell is going on?!”

“I’m American, actually.“

“Lily the alien is talking to me oh my god.”

“Pendel, please be quiet. Raven, don’t worry, it’s okay. Like I said, he grants wishes.”

Ikram!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/19(Sun)13:42 No. 635357 ID: f63e0b
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“Hi.”

“…uh. Hi.”

“I’m Ikram.”

“Raven. Pleased to meet you.”

“Likewise.”

>Plus, if Raven's freaking out about something Lily said, maybe you can talk to her? You're basically the founding of member of the friends of Lily Wilton with messed up lives club. You can sort of relate.
>Help them calm down. Explain things in a logical and focused manner - you're doing this crazy ^&*( for a reason.

“Look,” You say as plainly as you can. “I get it, she used to be a dude, it’s a little weird. But she’s still a nice person. Plus she’s helping me get my dead sister back. So, props there. And yeah, Pendel’s a douche. But he’s helping us out, too, so he’s not that bad.”

“…”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/19(Sun)13:43 No. 635358 ID: f63e0b
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…Lily? What is he talking about?”

“Thanks for that, Ikram…” You say, hopelessly.

“No problem.”

“Lily, I’ve known you since we were kids. You were always a girl. Hell, you're the girliest girl I know. What the hell is he talking about?”

Um we're Ikram still right? Cause I'm pretty sure Lily should handle this. Maybe say "Oh, she didn't mention that yet huh?" or something to that effect.

>I get it, she used to be a dude, it’s a little weird.
Iks, Iks, Iks! No. You were supposed to go over there, see what was going down, maybe try to calm her down.

Not just put all the secrets out there!

For future reference, don't go talking about other people's secrets for them.

I was thinking something like "Hey, if you think this is messed up for you, I was apparently her best friend until this made me just about forgot knowing her. At least you still got to remember her."

>You were always a girl. Hell, you're the girliest girl I know. What the hell is he talking about?
*small voice* ...so maybe, you could imagine a hypothetical world where I wasn't a girl, and how that would make me miserable?

I'm starting to think breaking down crying is a reasonable plan of action, here. If nothing else, you won't have to try and explain anything anymore, and maybe Raven will go back to being worried instead of upset.

>>635358
Ask Pendel if it's possible to wish for this day to start over again so it isn't such a disaster.

Tell her about what happened to your eye. Also, explain in full detail that you're one of the lucky few who got to rewrite their history instead of going insane from the psychological stress.

Shouldn't be too hard to create a copy of the Lily in this iteration with the Metamyriad... right?

>Shouldn't be too hard to create a copy of the Lily in this iteration with the Metamyriad... right?
Can we please not suggest creating or maintaining multiple iterations of people. This morass is messy enough as it is.

Say something about quantum world theory. In short, this Lily standing before you is one that came from another probability universe, where she was born male, and wishes to be female. And then s/he met Pendel. Like any genie, though, the wishes came with a twist: now that Lily-that-was-once-a-boy gets granted this body of Lily-that-was-totally-a-girl, without any adjustment to memories etcetera.
tl;dr: I'm not the same Lily you knew, inside. It's been replaced by one from a parallel universe.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/20(Mon)06:09 No. 635453 ID: f63e0b
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>*small voice* ...so maybe, you could imagine a hypothetical world where I wasn't a girl, and how that would make me miserable?

“M-maybe you could imagine a world where I…” You feel a sense of deja vu.

You already told her once. You know how she’ll react.

>Shouldn't be too hard to create a copy of the Lily in this iteration with the Metamyriad... right?
>I'm not the same Lily you knew, inside. It's been replaced by one from a parallel universe.

You are the only Lily, aren’t you? There was never another Lily, because that would mean you stole her body, her girlfriend, and her life. And that would make you a monster.

You have to be the only Lily. You don’t think you could cope otherwise.

>Tell her about what happened to your eye. Also, explain in full detail that you're one of the lucky few who got to rewrite their history instead of going insane from the psychological stress.

“I - I…”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/20(Mon)06:10 No. 635454 ID: f63e0b
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>I'm starting to think breaking down crying is a reasonable plan of action, here.

“I just wanted to be a normal girl!”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/20(Mon)06:13 No. 635456 ID: f63e0b
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You crumple. ”Aaaah, a-huh, aaaaaah…” You sob.

“Oh, god, Flower, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you… Baby, calm down, I’m not angry. I love you.”

You continue to weep uncontrollably.

“You know, genie, I’m beginning to wonder why exactly you think that this is necessary.” You hear Ikram say.

“I’m not a fucking genie! And I don’t grant the wishes, kid. You think I have nothing better to do than instigate teenage drama?!”

“You don’t grant the wishes?”

“No! I’m just the Translator of Intent! The Metamyriad grants the wishes, and it grants them based on how it perceives wishes being granted. Little miss Wilton over there was a bit, well, morally dubious about that part. If anyone is to blame for her situation, it’s her."

“Could someone please just tell me why my girlfriend is crying?!” Raven asks, loudly.

Ah fuck it, just be strait with her.
Lily was a boy in a previous life and asked a magical... thing to make her a girl. She ended up re-writing reality and is the only one who remembers being a boy.

>“Could someone please just tell me why my girlfriend is crying?!”
Ikram: "...because she wants to be accepted for who she is, and she's afraid it's all messed up."

I think the point to make to Raven, if and when we get to a point where it makes sense to discuss it (which it's not, yet) is that she should see this as validation. Despite the wish changing things, she still got together with Lily. Lily was afraid she wouldn't even know her. The fact that they still got together in different circumstances kind of prooves the feelings are real. That Raven cares more about Lily than what she looks like.

>pendel doesn't do the wishes granting
Okay, fair enough. Although that does sort of raise the question why you've got a job, well, giving teens a chance have drama.

We need slow down and go through this from the begining.

Whoever we're talking to should explain that for Lilly things used to be very diferent. Her body was male and she was in terible pain. Lilly met Pendale and he helped her fufill her wish to be born in the body she needed. How that worked out seems to be she awoke the same age with the same memories of her previous life but she had already lived another life up to that point and without those seventeen years of memories shes confused and overwhelmed. She's the same person just one who's lived a diferent life.

(Also, I'm kind of ashamed my suggestion of emotionally manipulating Raven with crying worked exactly as intended. Even if that was player intent, not character, it's still kinda skeezy).

>>635460
I think we need to work up to explaning the exact details. Shouting them at Raven before she was prepared before just agitated things.

Like, getting her to affirm she cares about and accepts her girlfriend before we spell out what she has to accept. Bolster her resolve before the hit, make a bad reaction less likely because we've made her consciously aware of what she's doing.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)00:06 No. 635600 ID: f63e0b
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>We need slow down and go through this from the begining.
>Ah fuck it, just be strait with her. Lily was a boy in a previous life and asked a magical... thing to make her a girl. She ended up re-writing reality and is the only one who remembers being a boy.
>I think we need to work up to explaning the exact details.

You absently listen to Pendel giving a detailed but pretty straightforward explanation of events. You find it hard to focus through the tears, but Raven listens intently.

Finally, she speaks. “So… there’s a stranger in my girlfriend’s body?”

“That depends on who you consider your girlfriend to be. She’s Lily Wilton, at the very least. The only Lily Wilton that ever existed.”

“Except she doesn’t remember me.”

“She remembers… One you. A different you.”

“Are my memories fake?” She seems very distressed by this thought.

“Hardly. All the things you remember happened. Everyone else remembers the same things. Her memories are real too, but that’s all they are. Real memories - from a world that never existed.”

“How horrible.”

“It’s what she wanted.”

“She wanted this?”

“She asked for a fundamentally different life. She got it.”

“…”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)00:07 No. 635601 ID: f63e0b
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“You, my sad little Flower, are a silly Lily.”

“H-huh?”

“Even if you did used to be a boy, who cares? We’ve got trans friends. They’re nice enough.”

“We didn’t before… Y-you didn’t even know what ‘transgender’ meant.”

“Well, the me that said that apparently never existed. Which serves her right.”

“So… You’re not mad?”

“Not exactly ‘mad’…. But maybe we should hold off on the heavy romance for a while.” She speaks in a very odd tone. “If… If you still want to be together at all, I mean. Do you?”

“I… I don’t know. I think so. But, Raven, I don’t remember anything about this world.”

“But you’re still you, and you are the girl I love. I’ll help you along, babe. We’ll work through this.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m not leaving you when you need me most. And hey, alien genie!”

”Pendel.”

“Right, Pendel. I better get a wish out of all of this!”

Pendel throws up his hands. “Fine, whatever. Welcome aboard.” And then he’s gone.

“So!” Raven exclaims. “Helping people! Where do we start?”

Give her a big hug. You're really lucky to have her.

To get started, you need to find people in need of help. But don't just be random; remember, the whole point of fulfilling wishes is to help the Metamyriad learn what it's supposed to be doing. If you can form a pattern in your work, it might make the learning process more effective.

>>635601
First you gotta fix your makeup. Tear streaks may be goth but you're not that hardcore. Also warn Raven that dealing with Pendel may... try her patience, and the responsibility is great. Does she have a wish she wants that badly?

As for who to talk to first, how about Ronnie?

Honestly we should lay off pendel a bit, we've been bashin' on him pretty hard.

>Raven didn't react this way before
...did being exposed to a happier, well adjusted you make Raven nicer?

Hug Raven and tell her she's amazing and you're sorry you got her life all tied up.

>Raven gets a wish
What would she have to wish for- um. She doesn't plan to wish you back to her 'normal', does she?

>I’ll help you along, babe.
Iks should point out that's probably a good idea. Lilly's 2 for 2 in failing to hide this. Bad liar. Unless we want to bring everyone in, the two of them need to help her cover.

Raven actually knows how Lilly's supposed to act here. She could, well, teach her how to be herself. (Assuming she's fundamentally the same person, just missing information. Like how to do her make up. Or her schedule). It would probably make it easier, and her happier, if she knew enough to fit in without worrying about people noticing something is off.

Maybe he should reintroduce himself as the best friend with magic amnesia. (Also might be a better time for the validation comment. Raven went out with Lily in both settings).

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)10:38 No. 635638 ID: f63e0b
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>Hug Raven and tell her she's amazing and you're sorry you got her life all tied up.
>Give her a big hug. You're really lucky to have her.

You launch into a hug. “Raven you’re the most amazing person and I’m so lucky to have you and I’m so sorry I got your life all tied up!”

“Heh, yeah, I guess I am pretty awesome.” She lightly returns the hug after a moment. “Don’t worry about anything, baby. Shit happens.”

”…You’re so tall.”

“Um… Flower, you do realize that you’re four foot eight, right?”

“I am?”

“I used to call you my itty bitty little Lily.”

>Also warn Raven that dealing with Pendel may... try her patience, and the responsibility is great. Does she have a wish she wants that badly?
>What would she have to wish for- um. She doesn't plan to wish you back to her 'normal', does she?

“Oh! I should warn you, Pendel can be a bit… Iffy. Like, a jerk. He doesn’t have a lot of respect for people, I think.”

“Really? He seemed nice enough to me.”

“He’s a bit changeable. You’ll know what I mean when you see it.” You shrug. “So what are you going to wish for? You’re, uh… You’re not going to put me back like I was before, are you?”

“…Um, maybe?” She shrugs. “I don’t know. Do you want me to?”

“Not really. I like being me.”

“Okay, then.” She nods. “Not doing that then. Honestly, I just wanted a wish in general. Who wouldn’t want one?”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)10:38 No. 635639 ID: f63e0b
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>As for who to talk to first, how about Ronnie?

“You said that Ronnie - um, is that right, ‘Ronnie’? - you said that Ronnie was having trouble, right?”

“Yeah…?”

“So let’s go find her!”

“Uh, babe, school’s almost out.”

“So?”

“We usually go back to your house after school, to hang with Orchid. Your mom will freak if we just vanish on her.” Raven looks a little nervous. “Your mom hasn’t really trusted me since she walked in on us making out. She might even call the cops on us.”

“So what do we do?”

“I don’t know, Lily, What do you want to do? We could just chill until tomorrow and plan out our next move, or we could chance it and try for today. I guess it’s up to you.”

ikram is here too. call mom and say you are hanging with him. and he says hi.

You should probably prevent your Mom from freaking out. Go where you're supposed to be. You should at least learn your own schedule before you start sneaking around it. Hang with Raven, have her help get you up to speed (maybe learn how to do more than goth makeup? Find out how much cramming you have to do for this play? ...you do get to wear a fancy dress for that, right?).

And at least someone has to see you acting like yourself. You're 2 for 2 in giving the game away.

Send Ikram to check up on people who need help. He can scout things out, and you can all make a plan later.

I know it might feel like stalling, but you deserve to enjoy the normal life you wished for a little. And it's an investment- getting up to speed will make future operations easier.

>who wouldn't want a wish?
I'm impressed she's that blasé about it after seeing the unintended consequences of yours.

>>635644
Ikram is new in this timeline, though. Lily's mom won't know him, and will be suspicious.

>>635639
Are we in any rush, here? I suppose we can talk about the people we could possibly help, and familiarize ourselves with their new lives. Make plans. Also, make time for stuff- tell Lily's mom that she won't be around after school tomorrow. We can also use this time to introduce Ikram to Orchid.

>>635669
If Lily's mom is bigoted enough about her daughter making out with another girl she might be joyous that Ikram was visiting.

>>635682
I'm not sure it's bigotry, from the context. I mean, it could be, but it could just as easily be perfectly normal "I caught you making out with my teenage daughter" mistrust. (Especially if they neglected to tell her they were together before that).

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)19:06 No. 635735 ID: f63e0b
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>You should probably prevent your Mom from freaking out. Go where you're supposed to be. You should at least learn your own schedule before you start sneaking around it. Hang with Raven, have her help get you up to speed (maybe learn how to do more than goth makeup? Find out how much cramming you have to do for this play? ...you do get to wear a fancy dress for that, right?).
>Are we in any rush, here? I suppose we can talk about the people we could possibly help, and familiarize ourselves with their new lives. Make plans. Also, make time for stuff- tell Lily's mom that she won't be around after school tomorrow.
>I know it might feel like stalling, but you deserve to enjoy the normal life you wished for a little. And it's an investment- getting up to speed will make future operations easier.

“I guess we’re not in any rush. Plus I should introduce Ikram to everybody.”

“Probably a good idea. Hey, Ikram. You used to be her best friend, huh?”

“I guess so. I don’t really remember it.”

“Well, no reason you can’t be friends now, right?”

“Sure, whatever. Friends are cool.”

“Wow. You, uh, honestly seem like you’d be friends with Orchid, not Lily… You sure you didn’t get them mixed up?”

“Yeah, I got them confused. You know, in the world that I don't remember.”

“Oh yeah, you and Orchid are definitely going to have sardonic babies together.”

“Birdie, be nice.” You grab her arm.

“Sorry, sorry…” She smiles. “Let’s get out of here. I’ll drive.”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)19:06 No. 635736 ID: f63e0b
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It’s a pretty short drive. You pass the time playing with Raven’s hair.

“We’re here. The Wiltonian Sanctum!” Raven announces.

“What?” Both you and Ikram say it at the same time.

“It’s an in-joke.” She glances at you. “…oh, right. Um. Never mind.”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)19:07 No. 635738 ID: f63e0b
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As you open the door, Orchid waves from the couch.

“Hey, lovebirds. Remember the rules: don’t fuck on my bed, don’t make a mess, and be done by the time mom and dad get home, got it? Now go have fun, you kooky kids.”

“Um, Orchid?!”

“What?”

“We have a friend over!”

“The rules stand.”

You sigh. Orchid hasn’t changed much. “Orchid, Ikram. Ikram, this is Orchid, my twin sister.”

Ikram blinks. “You have a twin?”

“Yeah. Fraternal.”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)19:07 No. 635739 ID: f63e0b
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Orchid pauses her game and stares at you.

“What the fuck?” She yells. “Have you been telling people we’re fraternal? You asshole! What exactly did I do to piss you off?”

“H-huh?” You stutter. “I mean, we are fraternal, aren’t we?”

“Are you high?”

“What? No!”

“That would explain why you’ve been acting so weird these past few days.” She yells at Raven, who’s just walking through the door. “Yo, Ray! Have you been giving my sister drugs?”

”I’m not on drugs!” You yell.

“No, but seriously. What the fuck is going on with you?”

Technically, you're high. As in, on another iteration of reality.

Have Raven ask about what is on her mind.

I don't think we can pull off a busting out laughing to try and play it off as a joke...
But going sincere each and every time seems like a good way to cause a wish rush...
Just say it's a long story, but it's true what they say about good intentions.

>>635739
Tell her you're just fucking with her.

Try to make it like you're going through a rebellious phase or something. We can't throw Pendel at everyone, we have to find a believable story.

>not-fraternal twins
Oh. So that's what the wish changed.

Don't worry, Lily. You didn't overwrite another you, you just copied your sister!

...wait, if you're the same age, shouldn't you go to school together? Kind of weird she's home first, and you didn't run into each other on the way home. (Well, unless your drama made you late).

>No, but seriously. What the fuck is going on with you?
Okay, as much as I'd like to tell your sister the truth, I don't think messing up someone's wordview and summoning Pendel again is a good idea.

Sigh, and tell her you've just been in a weird headspace. You're sorry, you know you haven't been quite yourself, and you're not mad at her about anything, really.

Desperately start hoping Ikram will say something to distract her and Raven is right and they lock into some cycle of sardonicism.

>>635739
shrug. "It's a phase." Rush Ikram and Raven to your room before your sis gets a chance to respond.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)23:49 No. 635804 ID: f63e0b
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>Tell her you're just fucking with her.

“I’m… just fucking with you?”

“Was that a question?”

God, you suck at lying.

>shrug. "It's a phase."
>Try to make it like you're going through a rebellious phase or something.

“It’s a phase! A rebellious phase. Rrr.”

“Really, Pinocchio? You? Rebellious? Please. You’re like a baby mouse.”

>...wait, if you're the same age, shouldn't you go to school together? Kind of weird she's home first, and you didn't run into each other on the way home.

Her school day probably ends during an earlier class period.

Plus you did stay behind for a while, talking to Ikram and Raven.

>Sigh, and tell her you've just been in a weird headspace. You're sorry, you know you haven't been quite yourself, and you're not mad at her about anything, really.

“Look, Orchid… I’ve just been in this weird headspace. I haven’t been, like, me recently. It’s weird.” You try to smile. “I promise I’m not mad at you. I’ve just been a bit off lately.”

“…okay, that’s believable. Look, Lil, I know I’m kind of a weirdo, but I’m here to talk if you ever feel like it.”

“Thanks, Orc.”

"Just stay away from the hard stuff."

"I'm not on drugs!"

>Oh. So that's what the wish changed. Don't worry, Lily. You didn't overwrite another you, you just copied your sister!

Your body is a copy of your sister’s?

…ew.

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)23:50 No. 635805 ID: f63e0b
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>Desperately start hoping Ikram will say something to distract her and Raven is right and they lock into some cycle of sardonicism.

Ikram casually walks up. You casually take the opportunity to casually bolt away.

“Hey. I’m Ikram.”

“So I heard.”

“What are you playing?”

“Final Fight.”

“Isn’t that the easy-mode knock-off of Streets of Rage?”

”…What.”

Lily!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/21(Tue)23:50 No. 635806 ID: f63e0b
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”Have you ever even played Final Fight?!

”What’s to play? The difficulty curve is a joke.”

”Are you a stupid person? Because you sound like a stupid person!”

”Excuse me? I’m a stupid person? No, that game is stupid. You can beat it without dying once.”

”Do you wanna go?! One versus one, let’s do this!”

”In Final Fight? It’s a beat-em-up, not a fighting game. There’s no versus mode.”

”Not an official one, motherfucker! High score battle. Right now. Come on!”

You watch in awe. “They’re going to kill each other.”

“Yeah, with babies.”

“I wouldn’t be too sure. In my world - I mean, before - Orchid actually punched him once.”

“Really? Well, I’ll play the long odds. They’re gonna be making out before the month ends.”

“Ew. Okay.”

“What’s up?”

“I realized I’m basically in my sister’s body.”

“Oh. Were you not - ?

“Nope.”

“Whoa.” She blinks.

“Yeah.”

”Oh, it’s ‘easy’, is it? You’re just a little bitch!”

”Yeah, yeah, laugh it up, but I’m the one with the garbage-can-chicken.”

”Wha-? Damn it!”

“…Should we interrupt them? Were we still going to do planning and stuff?”

>>635806
Talk to your girlfriend.

I think you can leave them be for a while, they're adorable arguing like that.

Now seems like the perfect time to talk with Raven and learn how much things have changed. Besides Ikram seems like he can handle himself until you rescue him.

Raven!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/22(Wed)02:36 No. 635817 ID: f63e0b
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Your name is Raven Coursing. You are an 18-year-old high school student.

You like to act and dance. Your favorite play is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

Up until yesterday, you had a girlfriend you loved very much, who loved you in turn. You were going to propose to her on her birthday. You had a ring picked out and everything.

You feel like you want to cry.

She doesn’t remember your relationship anymore. In fact, she doesn’t even remember being herself at all. You have been told that she will never be the same person you remember. When you think about these things, your throat gets tight and your stomach feels heavy. So you don’t think about them.

You are currently engaged in a stressful activity: trying your very best to be a supportive and loving Birdie for your scared and confused Flower, because she needs you, and you love her.

Raven!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/22(Wed)02:38 No. 635818 ID: f63e0b
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>Talk to your girlfriend.
>Now seems like the perfect time to talk with Raven and learn how much things have changed. Besides Ikram seems like he can handle himself until you rescue him.
>I think you can leave them be for a while, they're adorable arguing like that.

Lily(?) begins to speak. Her mannerisms, her voice, the way she moves… It’s all her. But it’s not. “Raven, can we talk about how things have changed?”

You unconsciously stiffen in your throat. “Sure, baby.”

“How did we meet? Are you bisexual? Am I bisexual? How do our parents feel about us? How long have we been together?” The questions come pouring out. Things she should know.

You carefully speak the answers to her questions. “We met in kindergarten, actually. We went to the same school even back then. I’m a lesbian. I don’t know about you, but you never showed any interest in men that I can remember. My mom and dad don’t care much. Your mom’s a bit iffy around it, but your dad seems cool with it. We’ve been together for almost two years.”

“Two years?!” She says, shocked. “But I was only with you for three months… before.”

“Well, we were together for two years. I don’t know what to say.”

“You must have loved her - me - very much.” She’s so quiet. “…do you still like me? Am I different from the Lily in your memories? What do you think of me so far?” She’s like a walking survey, and every question hurts.

You don’t know how to respond. If you tell her the truth… Could she handle it? Your Lily wouldn’t have been able to handle it, you think. But what else can you say to her?

Hugs & Headpats? I mean, she's so short!

Other than that, the truth? The whole truth.

>Your favorite play is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Good play.

>You were going to propose to her on her birthday.
How far off is that?

>You have been told that she will never be the same person you remember
Well, barring more wish shenanigans. Although mind altering magic to make people love you is pretty creepy. Unless she decides she wants those memories?

If you wait, will she grow back into herself? Will she loves you, really love you, again?

I guess the important question is, can you see her as Your Lily with amnesia? Real people have dealt with that kind of thing. Or do you see a fundamentally different person?

>You feel like you want to cry.
If it's any comfort, it didn't seem like this is any easier on her, earlier.

>I’m a lesbian.
Except, in a different universe, you apparently dated boy-Lily. Either you like her enough it would overcome your preferences, or you just never had a reason to look at a boy when you had her here? Weird thought.

>You don’t know how to respond. If you tell her the truth… Could she handle it? Your Lily wouldn’t have been able to handle it, you think.
The fact she broke down in tears when faced with telling you before is pretty telling. I think you have to pull your punches. Truths, but not as hard as they could be. (Admit you're hurting, but not how bad).

She's different but sort of the same? You love her, but, well, this situation is confusing and it hurts. Magic amnesia, or world changing or whatever we want to call it- not something you were prepared for.

lies will make it hurt worse. it's like pulling off an old bandaid, fast makes it hurt now, but slow makes it hurt a long time.

besides which, you should pause romance on her, even if it was your lily that was mentally messed up, you shouldn't put that kind of pressure on someone.

You've only been here with each other for a few hours. The answer to her questions arn't going to be clear for a matter of days. For now you should hug and both learn about your new friends.

Well.

Think of it this way: you wouldn't even be with her right now if she hadn't changed things.

Ask her about why she would make shady deals with a snobby alien just to change her gender.

It would help if we could make her remember her feelings. Before we answer her questions we should ask how the wish thing works.
Maybe we can wish for Lily to remember her feeling for us. Maybe we can fix this.

>>635818
Tell her that she is... very much like the Lily you know. Maybe you should focus on the similarities? Talk about something you two enjoyed doing together.

Raven!5tTWT1eydY 2015/04/22(Wed)22:44 No. 635978 ID: f63e0b
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>I guess the important question is, can you see her as Your Lily with amnesia? Real people have dealt with that kind of thing. Or do you see a fundamentally different person?

You aren’t sure yet. She certainly seems like Lily, ignoring that her memories are weird.

>You've only been here with each other for a few hours. The answer to her questions arn't going to be clear for a matter of days. For now you should hug and both learn about your new friends.
>Hugs & Headpats? I mean, she's so short!

“Hey, come over here for a second.”

“Okay. Why?”

“So I can do this.” You lightly pull her closer and ruffle her hair. You laugh.

“Raaaaveeeeennnn…” She softly pinches your arm.

She’s so tiny! She always makes you feel like an amazon, and you’re only five foot five.

>How far off is [her birthday]?

Two months. Then it’s another month until you graduate, then another year until she does. But you would have waited for her. Of course you would have.

>Except, in a different universe, you apparently dated boy-Lily.

You don’t know about the ‘other’ you, but you’ve always liked girls and have never been into boys. You’re pretty sure that makes you a lesbian.

>Tell her that she is... very much like the Lily you know. Maybe you should focus on the similarities?

“I don’t know how different you are from the Lily I remember. But I see a lot of ways that you’re the same.”

“Like what?”

“The way you talk, the things you find funny, the way you jump like a cat when you're surprised…” You smile. “I’m not sure who you are, yet, but you seem like Lily to me.”

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“Do you…” She hesitates. “Do you have a picture of her? I couldn’t find any good ones in the house.”

“You are pretty camera-shy.”

“I guess I always sort of was. I’m not exactly a photogenic person.”

“Bite your tongue! You’re the cutest girl in the world.” You consider for a moment. “Hold on, I’ve got one you can look at.” You pull out your antiquated little flip-phone. You wish you could afford a better one. “It was last summer, during one of those rare sunny days. You asked me to take a picture of the sunset, but I thought you were prettier.” You decide not to mention that it’s your phone’s wallpaper. She might find that creepy. “Sorry, the quality kind of sucks. It’s an old phone.”

“No, it’s fine.” She says quietly. “Wow. Is that really me?”

“I don’t know yet. Do you think so?”

“She looks like my sister. I look like my sister.” She winces. “I can’t get over that. I look like Orchid!” She glances up at you. “Hey… Do you find Orchid attractive? I mean, since we’re twins?”

“Uh - um…!” Your mind goes to a certain twin-fantasy you have never told anybody about, ever.

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“Sorry!” She jumps suddenly. “That was kind of a personal question, wasn’t it? I don’t know what I was thinking. Sorry.”

“N-no, it’s fine… Yeah, Orchid’s kind of hot, I mean, I don’t know. I like you.”

“Oh.” She says, meekly.

>Ask her about why she would make shady deals with a snobby alien just to change her gender.

“Hey, while we’re asking personal questions… Why did you go through so much just to be a girl?”

She blinks. “Well… How do I put it…?” She looks at the floor, like she usually does when she’s thinking. “Okay, how about this? Say you wake up in Ikram’s body tomorrow.”

“Um, what?”

“You heard me. You wake up one day in a boy’s body. What do you do? How do you feel?”

>>635981
Gross. Stinky. Why is there flesh where flesh should not be? WHERE ARE MY BOOBS?!

>>635981
I don't think you'd know how to react in that kind of situation.

>Say you wake up in Ikram’s body tomorrow, how do you feel?
Um. Weird. Confused, surprised. ...much less hot.

Like you're not yourself. Especially since in that specific scenario, you'd quite literally be someone else. Or, in their body, at least.

>likes feeling like an amazon
>How do you feel?
Stronger? Maybe?

>What do you do?
Well, after today, I'd probably try to find out what your genie did. And immediately check to see if everyone's memories changed. If I didn't have that to blame it on, I'd probably freak out. Maybe still freak out.

*joking* ...I'd pick my tiny girlfriend up in the air over my head, probably.

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>I don't think you'd know how to react in that kind of situation.
> Um. Weird. Confused, surprised. ...much less hot.
>Stronger? Maybe?
>Gross. Stinky. Why is there flesh where flesh should not be? WHERE ARE MY BOOBS?!
>Like you're not yourself. Especially since in that specific scenario, you'd quite literally be someone else. Or, in their body, at least.
>Well, after today, I'd probably try to find out what your genie did. And immediately check to see if everyone's memories changed. If I didn't have that to blame it on, I'd probably freak out. Maybe still freak out.

“I don’t know. I can’t really imagine being someone else.”

“Please try.”

“Well… Weird, confused, surprised… Stronger, maybe? After today, I’d probably give Pendel an earful and get him to change back whatever wacky wish he’d granted to put me in Ikram.”

“Please, just… Take this seriously.” She looks hurt. “Imagine you’re stuck as Ikram for the rest of your life. You can’t be you anymore. You’re a boy forever. How does that feel?”

You try to picture it. “Uh… Gross. Stinky. I’d probably freak out over losing my boobs and having flesh where I, um, shouldn’t have flesh.”

“Yeah. You would freak out. It would feel strange and wrong. Because you’d be a girl in a boy body.” She looks unhappy. “And that feeling of wrongness never goes away. In fact, it gets worse, and worse, and worse. I know. For some reason, I was a girl that was born a boy. I don’t know why I was the way I was. I thought about it a lot. Maybe I got the wrong soul, or the wrong sort of brain, or something. “ She seems uncomfortable. “I don’t know. I was scared that maybe people like my cousin were right, that I was just incurably sick in my head. I was terrified that I would be stuck that way for the rest of my life.”

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You try to comfort her. “But… Freddie, our trans-guy friend, he became a boy. People can change over.”

“You can change the body a lot, but in the end, it’s still wrong in so many ways. And I would still always have been a ‘guy who turned into a girl’. I would never be a ‘real’ girl. No one would ever see me for anything more than my messed-up body.” She starts to cry. “I didn’t want to be a f-freak anymore. That’s why I made the wish, okay? I just wanted to be a normal girl, like I should have been in the first place.” She tries to wipe the tears away, but more just keep coming. “I know I’m selfish. I know I’m stupid. My wish messed everything up for everyone, I know that. But I couldn’t live in that body anymore.”

“Flower…” You reach out to touch her, and she shrinks away from you.

“Raven… D-do you think I’m a bad person?”

Well, a useful question is what happened to the other Lily's mind then, and how much of it is recoverable? This Lily doesn't seem likely to go back any time soon.
Moving forward, start the rundown on what you know about her school schedule, extra-curricular activities, job, hobbies, belongings and habits. She's here to stay at least for now and probably permanently.

no, she was given an out. if you take something because you want it then it's bad, but if you NEED it, then it's not quite.

>Raven… D-do you think I’m a bad person?
For wanting to be normal? No.

For deciding the way out you might have had wasn't good enough? Flower... it's not wrong to want things. You deserve to be happy.

...you can be happy, now. I've seen it.

The rest... it's not your fault. You couldn't have known. I know you didn't know. You're not good enough a liar for your reactions not to have been genuine.

If that is your definition of bad, people must think of you a saint.
But in all seriousness you seem like a normal person. Confused on the path that leads to happiness you wander blindly like everyone else. You made a choice to find a new path, the one you believed was meant for you. To blame yourself for something like that seems counterproductive. Getting use to this will be hard, but it is what you wanted and by that logic you should be able to find your own happiness.

"In some ways, you are a bad person. But in other ways you are also a good person; you're smart and friendly and I could hug you all day based on how adorably you want to make all your friends happy. People are like that - nobody's good just because they "do the right thing all the time"; what is "right" anyway?

We can help you. It's going to be okay."

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>no, she was given an out. if you take something because you want it then it's bad, but if you NEED it, then it's not quite.
>For wanting to be normal? No. For deciding the way out you might have had wasn't good enough? Flower... it's not wrong to want things. You deserve to be happy. ...you can be happy, now. I've seen it. The rest... it's not your fault. You couldn't have known. I know you didn't know. You're not good enough a liar for your reactions not to have been genuine.
>If that is your definition of bad, people must think of you a saint. But in all seriousness you seem like a normal person.
>This Lily doesn't seem likely to go back any time soon.
>We can help you. It's going to be okay.

“Oh my god, Lily, if you think that what you did makes you a bad person, then you’re basically a saint.” You lean in and hug her, stooping a little so you can be nearer to eye-level. “Flower… it’s not wrong to want things. You deserve to be happy. And you can be happy now, I’ve seen it.”

“But-!”

“The rest... it's not your fault. You couldn't have known. I know you didn't know. You're not good enough a liar for your reactions not to have been genuine.” You laugh a little. She smiles at that. “Look, this is you. This is your life. I doubt you’re going to be leaving it any time soon, so how about we shush the sadness and get you re-acquainted with your schedule?”

“Y-yeah… Okay.” She wipes her tears away.

“Yeah, it is okay. And it’s going to stay okay. Okay?”

“Okay.”

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“…You guys do know that the couch is like six feet away, right?”

“…”

“We can hear everything you’re saying.”

“…”

“Including the part where you called me ‘kind of hot’.”

>>636158
Oh my god you idiots why did you not go into another room

Excuse yourself and go upstairs or whatever.

>>636158
"...threesome?"

Break the tension with the most innapropriate comment possible, works every time.

Well, they are identical twins, of course the sister would be hot as well.

"Well come on, if I'm dating your twin sister what the heck do you think I'll feel about the body of someone else with the same blend of hot and cute? I can keep it in my pants, don't worry.
"C'mon Lily, we've been heckled off the stage. We're not having sex with an audience today."

>You guys do know that the couch is like six feet away, right?
Dangit, I assumed you'd at least walked into the next room before Lily started asking you the "who am I" questions. She really is terrible with duplicity. ...and now you are too I guess.

>Including the part where you called me ‘kind of hot’.
*Blushing furiously* I have been all over your twin for years. Honestly, you're both silly for not making that connection earlier.

(And yes you're going to joke about that to keep from seeing how she reacts to the crazier stuff for a minute).

Oh, also, to Orchid: (in response to her being aware of her perceived hotness).

You're going to be insufferable now, aren't you.

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>"...threesome?"

“…”

“…”

“Sex…”

“…with my sister?”

“Ewwww.” They say in unison.

“…I’m just kidding, guys.”

You mentally congratulate yourself on that close save.