"Hi Marcus, I see you have enjoyed living in my body." Janette said while smiling sweetly.
"Are you... Janette? Like... The real Janette?" Marcus was downright baffled. He was sure he was the only one on this body. Now, he couldn't even call the body his own!
That would explain why even tho he was mentally a male he used to react in a pretty feminine way sometimes, it turns out it wasn't entirely because of the female body... It was the real Janette doing all along!
"So... Janette, is this space your doing?"
"Nope! I don't even know what this place is!" Little Janette was incredibly happy to have her own body now, so she started to dance in place.
At the end of the day, that's how a true five-year-old girl should be...
"Brother, what are we gonna do?" Janette said while poking her cheeks with her fingers. Even tho Marcus was thoroughly unaware of Janette's existence it seems it wasn't true the other way around...
*Hmmmm* "Can you do this?" Marcus thought for a second and came up with an idea. He sat cross-legged on the field and started to use the same technic he used to produce electricity...
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"Mmm sure, it's a bit painful tho..." Janette was a bit hesitant to do as he said, but when she saw how he continued doing so she obliged...
It was then that Marcus realized something interesting.
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[We just doubled our gains!] Marcus was ecstatic. He had tried quite a few things to achieve that but hadn't found anything up to this point, and now things were going on the right track!
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[I will call it... Static Charging. Simple yet descriptive enough]
Suddenly Janette opened her eyes, her expression filled with confusion.
"What was that?" she said.
"What do you mean?"
"I felt as if a lot of stuff just entered my head. I feel a bit dizzy now."
Said Janette as the world around her appeared to be spinning.
"Oh! That seems to be a skill, basically, the explanation of what we were doing right now."
"I want to check a few things, can you continue doing what you were doing just now?" Marcus continued
"Uhm ok!"
Janette continued 'charging' and Marcus left the virtual space.
While he was outside he wanted to check a few things.
Firstly. The notifications kept coming, they were moving a bit faster because the time outside moved faster too so that was that. It seemed as if the virtual space kept running while he wasn't there. Those were absolutely awesome news!
Secondly. He focused for a second and did something wild.
Janette's voice resonated in his mind, it will take him a bit of time to get used to.
[I can talk with Janette now, I kinda feel bad now, this body isn't mine after all]
After that, he rejoined the Virtual Space, sat in front of Janette, and waited.
"Is something wrong?" Janette stopped what she was doing and relaxed a bit.
"Yeah, about that, I live in your body... I don't think it's fair to you at all..." Marcus expressed.
"Can you use it instead?" Marcus continued
"Oh, don't worry about it I can't use it. I'm used to not having one, but now that I have this one it is more than enough. Also if it wasn't for you I would not exist either way..." Janette dropped onto the grass and lay down looking at the sky.
"I... I don't understand. What do you mean by that?" It was Marcus's turn to be confused today.
"Mom... when she died, I-I died with her..." Janette's rainbow and sunshine expression turned somber.
"You saved me, Marcus, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be here either way." Janette sat upright once more and smiled at him.
But he knew that expression. He know she was in pain. She had the same expression he used to have after all.
Marcus Jumped from where he was and hugged Janette tightly. He knew he needed a hug, so it was only natural for her to need one too...
Janette stayed shocked for a few seconds until tears started to fall, all the pent-up frustration she had, all the pain, all the fear started to flow outside, that's when Marcus said.
"Let it all out, you are safe with me, and I will always be with you..."
It is unknown if he said those words for her or for himself but something was true there was not even a fraction of dishonesty in his sentiment.
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Half an hour later two kids could be seen on what seemed to be a huge field of stone, these two kids were doing all kinds of exercises, the girl was doing a few stretching exercises and the boy was jumping on the spot.
After a bit of preparation, the little girl sat crosslegged and started to surround herself with steam, slowly condensing it around her body, when that was done she opened her eyes and stood up once more.
This little girl was none other than Janette, she was trying to keep her concentration on the barrier and be able to move at the same time, but it was proving to be difficult.
[This is dope. If I can see a progress bar like this I can know if what I'm doing is correct!]
At that moment Hendricks's gargantuan build arrived!