Glimpse of the Infamous

It wasn't lying.

By the gods, that mirror didn't lie.

It was one thing being a fit version of herself back when she started this journey. It was nice to be able to lift heavy things and parkour like no one's business, but she still had the imperfections that had blighted her for her entire life. It had been enough that she had taken to wearing a cloak and long sleeves with pants those entire ten years that she was there in the world of Pokemon, to keep from being seen all that much. It made laundry something of a bitch to deal with as time had went on.

Then there was the time she actually WAS a pokemon. A monkey, no less. It was very unusual for her and it took more than a bit of time to get used to the idea that her hair was literal fire, but it was also diminished by the fact that she still had hands and could relatively move around like a regular human still. The extra strength and speed her body possessed was a fair selling point too, and during those next ten years she had been an explorer and assistant to new pokemon who wanted to take up the mantle.

But now? She was absolutely gorgeous.

Blood red hair going down to her shapely hips. A curvaceous figure that could turn just about any head, coupled with a sculpted physique that had toned arms and washboard abs. Skin free of blemishes and fair, almost like a porcelain doll. Then that face. That absolutely gorgeous face that had piercing violet eyes looking back from the mirror.

She had been afraid to fall asleep the first night, afraid that she would wake up and that it would all turn out to be some horrible prank on her. A dream that had continued on for too long.

But there she was. It was no dream. Her looks were there to stay, as was the way her shirt hugged her torso. Somehow even the fact that she still needed glasses wasn't a detriment to her looks. In fact, she thought she looked even better with them on.

ᴇɴᴊᴏʏɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟꜰ?

The sudden words running through her mind made her shriek and jump forward, bumping her head against the mirror a bit roughly. The surprise gave way to pain and frustration as she held her head. "FUCK!!!" What was it about this entity that liked to drop in unannounced?!

"Sally? What's going on down there, is everything okay?" Fuck. Needed to calm them down. Needed to calm wait why are you thinking about this just SAY IT. "Uh, nothing mom! Nothing, just tripped on my pants, I'm okay!" ...tripped on her pants. What kind of retarded excuse was that? You live in a basement. A rather furnished basement but still a basement. Learn to think of better excuses!

ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇᴍ ꜰʟᴜsᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ.

Well no shit she would be. She was checking herself out in the mirror when some unfathomable entity decided to appear behind her. She only thought of it as an entity simply from how they looked, in a black cloak guilded with gold trimmings and trinkets while an angled black mask was under the hood, its single white optic looking at her. Granted, she wasn't sure if it was a mask or its face. She also wasn't sure if that was actually its appearance or what she could process its appearance to be, but the only other thing that was obvious was that it was tall. Very tall, easily at nine feet and towering over her height of 5'11".

"...you let me become everything I wanted to be, and came barging in when I was looking myself over. Why WOULDN'T I be flustered?"

ᴛʜɪs ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ. ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ʏᴇs... ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ.

...oh. Well that was embarrassing. She suspect that it knew when it offered her the journey in the first place, in front of a computer in a cheap student apartment. But this was the first time it actually bothered to hint at that. "...so why would you be surprised that I'm flustered?"

ɪ'ᴍ ᴍᴇʀᴇʟʏ ɴᴏᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰʟᴜsᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴜʀɪᴏsɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs.

"Along the journey, you mean." She tried hard to look nervous. She really did. But she couldn't hide that slight smile on her face as electricity arced from her fingertips. It took a few decades... but she had fucking SUPERPOWERS. She could practically power technology by herself, and breathe fire due to being a Pokemon from before. She could WALK ON WATER. If there were further changes planned, then any nervousness was washed away by the excitement of becoming something... more.

It made her want to see what she could become, how far she could go beyond being human.

ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟsᴏ ʙᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴀᴍ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ɪs ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴅᴏ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ɪᴛ.

"...I'm not going to have to do something really heinous to get it, am I?"

ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴍʏ ᴅᴇᴄɪsɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴀɴ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪs 'ᴛᴏᴏ ꜰᴀʀ' ɪs ʏᴏᴜ.

"How very Confucius of y-wait where are you going?!" But it was too late to say anything. The entity had faded out within seconds, leaving her alone in her room and talking to herself. Again. ...this was going to be a really bad habit to make, wasn't it.

Right. Can't lolly-gag around. She had classes to get to. Well, 'Sally' had classes. But it was nice to get something of a do-over the way she wanted, to be able to embrace new memories. With her body it felt... good. She always was a shut-in during her original life, hating herself too much to do much of anything beyond playing around on video games. But now she was ready to show off to the world!

At least she would have had that confidence if she didn't actually trip on a pair of pants laying on the floor when she turned to get her coat from the closet. "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!"