Renegade of the Net: Transformation into Lan Hikari
2 Points
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The sun streamed through the window, casting warm patterns on your bedspread. You jolted awake, eyes wide and senses tingling. Something was off. Your last clear memory was going to bed, wrapped in the comforts of your familiar room. Your limbs felt strange, your body lighter. A cool breeze tickled your arms, and looking down, you noticed your usual PJs were replaced with...
An orange vest and white long-sleeved shirt? Rolling out of bed, your hand trembled as you touched your smooth chest, no longer familiar. Panic seized you. You dashed to a mirror, almost tripping over the unfamiliar, oversized shoes. Staring back was not the reflection you recognized but of a young boy with untidy brown hair held back by a bandana. Your eyes bore into those brown depths.
"No... This can't be," you muttered, the voice that came out no longer yours, but distinctly Lan Hikari's. A firm, young, and unmistakably male voice.
You felt your mind twist and shift. Personalities and memories you held dearly began to blur, fading into forgotten echoes. Despite your fight, a flood of new memories mightier than the ocean engulfed you: VisionNet matches, school misadventures, and the ever-present support of your NetNavi, MegaMan.
"Hey, Lan. Up already for once? Did you sleep okay?" MegaMan's voice chimed from your PET strapped on your wrist. It was so familiar, so... right.
"Yeah, MegaMan," you replied instinctively, then blinked. What was happening? You grasped at strings, trying to remember your life before this absurd transformation, but every effort only sank you deeper into Lan Hikari’s persona. All recollections of who you were crumbled like old parchment.
"Lan! You coming down for breakfast, honey?" your mother called from another room. Your mother's voice now embodied a different woman, the gentle and caring Mrs. Hikari.
"Coming, Mom!" you shouted back, your voice sounding confident but a small flicker of confusion glowed internally. Yet as you rushed downstairs, driven by the excitement and appetite of an eleven-year-old boy, the hesitation quickly dwindled.
The aroma of pancakes filled the cozy kitchen. Mrs. Hikari smiled fondly at you. "Did you finish your Net homework?" she asked, setting down a plate heaping with food.
"Uh huh," you responded with a mouthful of pancake.
"Good. Maybe you can actually get Ms. Mari's approval today. Talking about school, you’ve got ten minutes before you’re late again. MegaMan, help him out, will ya?"
MegaMan was already onto the task, setting reminders and sending notifications to your PET. "Lan, we need to move fast!" he insisted.
Grabbing your backpack and slipping on the detachable roller blades, you skated out of the house. School lay ahead, a regular day in the life of Lan Hikari. The knowledge of being someone else at some point dimmed into an insignificant whisper lost in the daily routines. Your demeanor reflected Lan's outgoing, headstrong nature, and despite yourself, you started reveling in the morning rush.
At school, Ms. Mari shot you an impatient look. "Late again, Lan?"
You gave an apologetic grin, rubbing the back of your head. "Sorry, Miss Mari!"
The day flew by in a flourish of lessons, playful banter with friends, and a fervent passion for NetBattles. Each moment solidified the reality of who you had become. Attempts to remember your previous life faded into an abyss, completely replaced with Lan’s memories and personality.
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As the golden evening sun began setting, you sat at the park, feet dangling from a bench. MegaMan's voice echoed reassuringly from your PET, talking about the strategies for your next NetBattle. All thoughts of ever being anyone but Lan Hikari vanished.
Whoever you used to be was now a part of some other reality, unreachable and forgotten. The identity merged wholly with that of Lan Hikari, unable to recall anything else but the drive to protect and triumph in the digital world. And in your heart, now wholly Lan’s, there was peace.
This story was generated by user LanHikari with assistance by one of OpenAI’s large-scale language-generation model; prompts used to help generate the story are shown below.
Images were generated with OpenAI's AI system, DALL·E 2, or uploaded by the user.
AI Prompts
Prompt: Write a POV transformation story of the human reader turning into Lan Hikari from the Megaman Battle Network anime and video game series, complete with gender change (if the reader is a female before the transformation; in case the reader is female, her breasts flatten to leave her flat-chested, while her feminine curves vanished to give way to a male body, as an Adam's apple forms in her throat to give her a masculine voice, and her female genitals (vagina, ovaries, and uterus) invert itself into male genitals (testicles and penis); however, the reader could be a male before the transformation, this gender change is optional), height regression (making the reader preteen-sized), age regression (making the reader now only 11 years old), reality change (the reader's real world becoming the world of Megaman Battle Network), and mind/mental change (with all of the reader's personality and memories being completely replaced with Lan's personality and memories, despite the reader's best efforts on fighting them off, making him unable to remember his previous self and only remember being Lan Hikari, completely oblivious/unaware of his previous self). The transformation is permanent (meaning it is forever) and is completely irreversible. For Lan Hikari's appearance (after the reader turned into him), he stands at 142.8 cm and has brown eyes and untidy brown hair, which he keeps out of his face with a bandana bearing the Hikari family mark. His upper-body attire consists of a white long-sleeved shirt with black squares on the elbows under an orange vest. From the waist down, he wears black shorts with yellow stripes on the sides, black ankle-socks, and orange shoes with black stripes. He carries detachable roller blades that allow him to instantly modify his shoes. He will often be seen with his backpack. He almost always carries his PET with him, and the later versions usually come with a pouch or a strap to carry it with. For Lan Hikari's personality, he is outgoing, headstrong, and has a strong sense of justice, though he is often lazy, often sleeping in causing him being late to prior engagements (even if he is the one who set them up), and is a poor student in school, much to Ms. Mari's frustration and despite MegaMan's nagging, though he has the highest grades in Virus Busting. Lan enjoys sports such as soccer and inline skating, which is shown in his preference to skate wherever he goes. He is shown to have a large appetite, often indulging when food is around. As an operator, Lan is able to concentrate in a way he cannot bring himself to do in other situations, and is quick to jump into action to save the day while others panic, even at his own risk. He has a keen sense of deduction, though he often has a simplistic way of looking at things. Despite his aptitude for Net Battling, Lan's ego and arrogance often lead to him making careless mistakes which sometimes put people he cares about in danger. His simple outlook on life also leads to several other problems, such as his emotional vulnerability, which has been exploited. Late in the third game, his vanity and then his trust are both abused in succession, and he is left believing that he is guilty for putting thousands of lives in danger, including his father's, causing him to fall into depression. When he finally arises, his worldview is tempered with a better understanding of evil. There should also be quotes from the characters in this story so we know what they're saying and what they're thinking. Also, it is a POV reader story, so it should not be in an author's point of view (my, I, mine, etc), and it should be from the point of view of the reader (you, your, etc).
Response: --- The sun streamed through the window, casting warm patterns on your bedspread. You jolted awake, eyes wide and senses tingling. Something was off. Your last clear memory was going to bed, wrapped in the comforts of your familiar room. Your limbs felt strange, your body lighter. A cool breeze tickled your arms, and looking down, you noticed your usual PJs were replaced with... An orange vest and white long-sleeved shirt? Rolling out of bed, your hand trembled as you touched your smooth chest, no longer familiar. Panic seized you. You dashed to a mirror, almost tripping over the unfamiliar, oversized shoes. Staring back was not the reflection you recognized but of a young boy with untidy brown hair held back by a bandana. Your eyes bore into those brown depths. "No... This can't be," you muttered, the voice that came out no longer yours, but distinctly Lan Hikari's. A firm, young, and unmistakably male voice. You felt your mind twist and shift. Personalities and memories you held dearly began to blur, fading into forgotten echoes. Despite your fight, a flood of new memories mightier than the ocean engulfed you: VisionNet matches, school misadventures, and the ever-present support of your NetNavi, MegaMan. "Hey, Lan. Up already for once? Did you sleep okay?" MegaMan's voice chimed from your PET strapped on your wrist. It was so familiar, so... right. "Yeah, MegaMan," you replied instinctively, then blinked. What was happening? You grasped at strings, trying to remember your life before this absurd transformation, but every effort only sank you deeper into Lan Hikari’s persona. All recollections of who you were crumbled like old parchment. "Lan! You coming down for breakfast, honey?" your mother called from another room. Your mother's voice now embodied a different woman, the gentle and caring Mrs. Hikari. "Coming, Mom!" you shouted back, your voice sounding confident but a small flicker of confusion glowed internally. Yet as you rushed downstairs, driven by the excitement and appetite of an eleven-year-old boy, the hesitation quickly dwindled. The aroma of pancakes filled the cozy kitchen. Mrs. Hikari smiled fondly at you. "Did you finish your Net homework?" she asked, setting down a plate heaping with food. "Uh huh," you responded with a mouthful of pancake. "Good. Maybe you can actually get Ms. Mari's approval today. Talking about school, you’ve got ten minutes before you’re late again. MegaMan, help him out, will ya?" MegaMan was already onto the task, setting reminders and sending notifications to your PET. "Lan, we need to move fast!" he insisted. Grabbing your backpack and slipping on the detachable roller blades, you skated out of the house. School lay ahead, a regular day in the life of Lan Hikari. The knowledge of being someone else at some point dimmed into an insignificant whisper lost in the daily routines. Your demeanor reflected Lan's outgoing, headstrong nature, and despite yourself, you started reveling in the morning rush. At school, Ms. Mari shot you an impatient look. "Late again, Lan?" You gave an apologetic grin, rubbing the back of your head. "Sorry, Miss Mari!" The day flew by in a flourish of lessons, playful banter with friends, and a fervent passion for NetBattles. Each moment solidified the reality of who you had become. Attempts to remember your previous life faded into an abyss, completely replaced with Lan’s memories and personality. --- As the golden evening sun began setting, you sat at the park, feet dangling from a bench. MegaMan's voice echoed reassuringly from your PET, talking about the strategies for your next NetBattle. All thoughts of ever being anyone but Lan Hikari vanished. Whoever you used to be was now a part of some other reality, unreachable and forgotten. The identity merged wholly with that of Lan Hikari, unable to recall anything else but the drive to protect and triumph in the digital world. And in your heart, now wholly Lan’s, there was peace.
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