Nothing left of me

 

"It's not my reflection. It's not me. No." 

I feel like I am inside a bubble. Time has slowed down. It is a traumatic moment to say the least. For the first time since I underwent this damn transformation, I surrendered to my sister's demands. For several days she has been pestering me asking to let her do my makeup for the first time. I didn't think looking in the mirror after she finished would be such a shock. But for the first time, I no longer see anything of the old me. The person I saw in the mirror for 23 years is 100% missing. There is nothing left of me.

Witch hunt

 - "You know what? I give up. This hunt ends here for me." 

* voiceover *: "What?! You can't give up now! After everything we've done to get here! After all we've sacrificed!" 

- ""We've sacrificed"? "WE"?! The only person who has lost everything is me. You told me it was going to be an easy job. You spotted a witch and convinced me that we could have stolen a lot of precious magical items. Too bad that witch knew how to defend herself! Each time she manages to escape. And every time before disappearing she throws a curse against us. And the curse hits me EVERY TIME! The first time she turned me into a girl. And I foolishly kept chasing the witch hoping to find out how to reverse the spell. The second time she changed my ethnicity and my accent. I became an undocumented Indian immigrant girl! I should have given up at that point... But stupidly I let you persuade me to continue. And she cursed me a third time. Now I'm not just a 25 year old Indian girl, but a 40-something year old Indian woman! Every time my situation gets worse. So I don't care what you can offer me: I give up. I don't want to make my life any worse. Best wishes with your witch hunt. If you manage to catch her or get some magical item from her that can give me my life back, let me know. Goodbye."

Gossip magazine

- "What's up? Why are you looking at me like that?"  

* voiceover 1: "Well, we've never seen you reading a gossip magazine, Mark..." 

* voiceover 2: "Yeah, you usually read science journals or historical novels. Are you sure you're feeling good?" 

- "Sure! I'm not particularly interested in this gossip magazine, but I feel relaxed reading it. First I tried to read one of my scientific journals, but I understood very little of that and I got a headache. Reading this one seems more... "natural". 

1: "Mmm, apparently that machine didn't just swap bodies between you and Kate, but other elements as well. The situation gets even more complicated." 

2: "We have to find a way to repair it and exchange you as soon as possible! If it has also exchanged your intellects and parts of your personalities, the situation is even more serious!" 

- "Like, sure! We have to hurry up and fix it. But I don't think I can help you much by now. All those codes and those circuits confuse me... Even thinking about them gives me a headache." 

1: "Without your help it will be even more difficult, but we will do our best..." 

2: "Don't worry Mark, we won't give up until we get your body and intellect back. And we could ask Sarah for help. She probably has your intellect and could make our job a lot easier." 

- "Well... I don't think she has much time to devote to repairing that machine... There is a rumor on campus that she is spending a lot of time with Sally, her best friend. The one who has always had a crush on me." 

1: "Oh. Oh... This situation keeps getting more and more complicated."