Your True Self: Transformation into Lan Hikari
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Your hands tremble, gripping the small device you found on your desk. It's unlike anything you've seen before—at first glance, it appears to be a sleek, futuristic game console. Curiosity piqued, you press the power button. Immediately, a rushing wind envelopes you, causing you to lose your balance as some unseen force solidifies around you, compelling you to close your eyes.
When you open your eyes again, your surroundings have transformed. The room is no longer familiar; it's a dazzling array of technology and vibrant lights. Panic surges within you as you look down, gasping when you see your body changing.
If you were female, your breasts flatten, and you feel an odd pulling sensation in your chest. Your feminine curves slowly vanish, giving way to a male physique with broad shoulders and a more angular frame. An Adam's apple distinctly forms in your throat, causing your voice to drop into a textured male tone. The alien feeling of your genitals inverting themselves is both discomforting and surreal, your body definitively shifting shape until you possess male anatomy.
Whether or not you were initially male, your height regresses alarmingly, leaving you to stand preteen-sized at only 142.8 cm. Your skin tingles as your age regresses, the swift tightening of your skin and slimming of your hands indicative of becoming an eleven-year-old. Finally, your hair shifts from its natural hue to untidy brown, a bandana suddenly wrapped around your head.
"What in the world is happening?" you try to form the thought, but it muddles almost immediately. Fragmented memories not your own bombard your psyche—graduating school, family vacations, your name—no, not yours, Lan Hikari’s memories entirely.
"Hey, Lan!" A cheery voice breaks into your mind, scattering the swirling confusion. It's MegaMan, your trusty NetNavi partner, vividly present on your PET device.
"MegaMan...?" you stammer out. Wait, why are you calling him MegaMan? It's as if your voice speaks on its own, embedded with Lan's innate familiarity and affection.
"Of course, it's me!" MegaMan responds. "You seem a bit out of it. Everything alright?"
A brief wave of resistance surfaces. You are not Lan. You can’t forget who you were. You clutch your head, defying the surge of new thoughts. But it's futile; Lan's memories overwrite yours completely. You can't recall who you were before. Here, now, you are, and you've always been Lan Hikari.
"Yeah, just a rough morning," you shrug it off, adopting Lan’s typical nonchalance. "Ready for some heavy-duty Net battling today?"
"Always ready,” MegaMan replies with his usual enthusiasm.
As you walk down the streets of your futuristic city, you admire the scenery, feeling at home in a world where the network is as real as the physical. BMX stands and cafes line your path—places that should feel foreign but fill you with a sense of adventure and familiarity.
Arriving at school, Ms. Mari greets the class with a mixture of warmth and exasperation. "Lan, try not to doze off in class today, alright?”
"Sure thing, Ms. Mari," you say, smiling sheepishly. You may not excel in class, but you know you’re one of the best Virus Busters around.
In moments of solitude, like during recess or walking home, you sense a residual whisper of your former self—faint, but never discerning. An odd comfort settles in; you are Lan Hikari. Outgoing, ready to jump into action, and with a deep sense of justice, even if laziness gets the best of you sometimes.
You race home on your inline skates, excitement bubbling as you call to MegaMan. “Let’s see what kind of trouble we can get into today.”
"Right behind you, Lan!" echoes the voice of your digital brother.
And as you lose yourself in the world of Net Battling, it doesn’t matter that you were once someone else. Because now, you're Lan Hikari, ready to save the day against whatever cyber threats may arise, and that previous life fades completely into oblivion, a faint whisper lost in the winds of the Net.
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 (who is also a human) 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, so gender change is optional and only if the reader is female), 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 (he doesn't want to forget his previous self but then completely forgets all about his previous self against his will), making him unable to remember his previous self, so he remembers (or rather knows) that he has always been Lan Hikari, completely oblivious/unaware of his previous self (which wasn't real to begin with)). 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: Your hands tremble, gripping the small device you found on your desk. It's unlike anything you've seen before—at first glance, it appears to be a sleek, futuristic game console. Curiosity piqued, you press the power button. Immediately, a rushing wind envelopes you, causing you to lose your balance as some unseen force solidifies around you, compelling you to close your eyes. When you open your eyes again, your surroundings have transformed. The room is no longer familiar; it's a dazzling array of technology and vibrant lights. Panic surges within you as you look down, gasping when you see your body changing. If you were female, your breasts flatten, and you feel an odd pulling sensation in your chest. Your feminine curves slowly vanish, giving way to a male physique with broad shoulders and a more angular frame. An Adam's apple distinctly forms in your throat, causing your voice to drop into a textured male tone. The alien feeling of your genitals inverting themselves is both discomforting and surreal, your body definitively shifting shape until you possess male anatomy. Whether or not you were initially male, your height regresses alarmingly, leaving you to stand preteen-sized at only 142.8 cm. Your skin tingles as your age regresses, the swift tightening of your skin and slimming of your hands indicative of becoming an eleven-year-old. Finally, your hair shifts from its natural hue to untidy brown, a bandana suddenly wrapped around your head. "What in the world is happening?" you try to form the thought, but it muddles almost immediately. Fragmented memories not your own bombard your psyche—graduating school, family vacations, your name—no, not yours, Lan Hikari’s memories entirely. "Hey, Lan!" A cheery voice breaks into your mind, scattering the swirling confusion. It's MegaMan, your trusty NetNavi partner, vividly present on your PET device. "MegaMan...?" you stammer out. Wait, why are you calling him MegaMan? It's as if your voice speaks on its own, embedded with Lan's innate familiarity and affection. "Of course, it's me!" MegaMan responds. "You seem a bit out of it. Everything alright?" A brief wave of resistance surfaces. You are not Lan. You can’t forget who you were. You clutch your head, defying the surge of new thoughts. But it's futile; Lan's memories overwrite yours completely. You can't recall who you were before. Here, now, you are, and you've always been Lan Hikari. "Yeah, just a rough morning," you shrug it off, adopting Lan’s typical nonchalance. "Ready for some heavy-duty Net battling today?" "Always ready,” MegaMan replies with his usual enthusiasm. As you walk down the streets of your futuristic city, you admire the scenery, feeling at home in a world where the network is as real as the physical. BMX stands and cafes line your path—places that should feel foreign but fill you with a sense of adventure and familiarity. Arriving at school, Ms. Mari greets the class with a mixture of warmth and exasperation. "Lan, try not to doze off in class today, alright?” "Sure thing, Ms. Mari," you say, smiling sheepishly. You may not excel in class, but you know you’re one of the best Virus Busters around. In moments of solitude, like during recess or walking home, you sense a residual whisper of your former self—faint, but never discerning. An odd comfort settles in; you are Lan Hikari. Outgoing, ready to jump into action, and with a deep sense of justice, even if laziness gets the best of you sometimes. You race home on your inline skates, excitement bubbling as you call to MegaMan. “Let’s see what kind of trouble we can get into today.” "Right behind you, Lan!" echoes the voice of your digital brother. And as you lose yourself in the world of Net Battling, it doesn’t matter that you were once someone else. Because now, you're Lan Hikari, ready to save the day against whatever cyber threats may arise, and that previous life fades completely into oblivion, a faint whisper lost in the winds of the Net.
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