In a bright green flash, almost instantaneous, you watch your worldview change. You feel as if you've stepped into a small pit of some sort, and you're sinking into the floor. But you know that's not the case, the girl on the other end of the room just made you smaller. At first glance it doesn't look like that significant of a difference in height, until Mai takes a few steps directly towards you. She's knocked a solid foot or so off of your height, and even though you were a good half a foot taller than this girl when you started, you find yourself looking just below her nose when you look straight ahead. She's now a lot taller than you, and she's the one who has to look down to look in your eyes. A fact that is not lost on her, as she holds up a palm, flat down on your head, matches it up with herself and lets out a quick laugh before covering her mouth.
You give her a look as if to say "really?" And she collects herself, saying "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's just that i'm not used to seeing guys who are shorter than me. Well... Smaller is the right term. Everything about you looks like it should be proportionally shrunk to match your height. I just need to make sure to document everything. Because i don't want to jinx it, but... I think it worked compeltely!" She excitedly rushes over to her bag and pulls out a notebook, matching up your current height against the wall with the height you recorded at earlier. You can hear her talk out loud as she says "Starting height was Five foot 10... current height... Four foot ten! Exactly one foot!" That foot makes all the difference in your perspective, and you're still looking around the room, trying to make sense of the random changes in the height and depth of everything around you. Even though you haven't changed much, the small change is more than a little disorienting.
Mai leans in uncomfortably close to you , sizing you up bit by bit and writing down notes in her ratty pink notebook. She'll occasionally pinch and prod your skin, which you really wish she'd stop doing. WHen she tries to lift up your shirt, you go to grab her arm, but can't move it as easily as you'd thought. Mai looks down at you and lets out a small laugh of surprise, before asking "Were you... just trying to move my arm just there?" She breaks her arm free and stands with her hands on her hips, regarding you with a much more confident smile than before. "Your strength definitely diminished with your height. You can't overpower me anymore, can you?" You start to get a little nervous, hoping she doesn't let the sudden influx of power go to her head. Luckily, she doesn't do anything malicious, just pats you condescendingly on the head and says "As fun as it is being the big strong one here, I'll just wrap this up and grow you back to normal size." You're kind of surprised with how quickly the test went... at most you've only been there for fifteen minutes. You ask if you're really done with everything and she shrugs and goes "Yeah. That's all we had scheduled for today." Today? As in you'll need to come back? You ask her about this and she nods excitedly and says "Yup! We've got you booked for at least two weeks. And each day we're going to make you a different size. We need to run all the tests in a measured, careful manner. I really don't want to screw this up." You ask kind of nervously just how much smaller you're going to end up by the end of this, and without a shred of care or sympathy, Mai smiles excitedly and holds her thumb and forefinger with a small space apart, almost touching the tips with how close she brings them together. "Reeeeeeal small. Like I probably won't be able to see you with my regular glasses by the time we're done testing. Maybe you'll fit under a microscope or something. But that's a ways away." You take a hard gulp and she catches your obvious dread at being microscopic and under the hyperactive girl's care. She puts a hand on your shoulder and says "Don't worry, it's totally safe. I mean... obviously you being small will come with some crazy dangers and stuff, but i'm gonna take real good care of you!" It may be the cute look in her eyes, the beaming smile, or just the overall demeaner she gives you, but even though you're worried about what's to come, you do actually trust Mai. She puts her notebook down and reaches back for the gun and says "Alright. let's get you back to normal."
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