And now, a brief father & son moment
Meanwhile...

"Well, that went better than expected" Your dad said.

"H-Hey, it's not like I'm some troublemaker or anything..." You said, feeling a little embarrassed.

"I know, I know. We raised you well, and I'm proud of you" He smiled, patting your head and ruffling your hair a little, despite you being taller.
"But man, that teacher... she might as well be on fire..." He said, his eyes widening a little.

"Welcome to the club. She's like that with everyone" You said with a chuckle.

"She reminds me a bit of Sheila... but I think even she would envy that body..."

"Don't even mention it" You said with sudden seriousness, but he laughed when he saw the look in your eyes.

"What? She does have a really big butt, though her upper body looks a bit small for it" He laughed
"Hey, don't go getting the wrong idea though... You should know I still prefer your mom's"

"Dad! There's such a thing as too much information, you know..." You annoyedly said.

"Hah. As if you didn't already know that. You're not a child anymore" He shrugged.

"Oh, so now I'm suddenly not a child anymore..." You crossed your arms and gave him a knowing look.

"I'm the one that lets you go out and do stuff with almost no questions asked. It's your mom who still has the mama hen complex and thinks you're her little chicken" He huffed.

"True. I know, and thanks" You said, he hugged you in response.
"You're not bothered by what she said about me being not too social?" You felt you needed to ask that.

"Nope. I do understand. School is never easy, and even less so when you're in the minority. I think we've talked about this before, but I think, in some ways, my highschool days weren't all that different from yours... you know, besides music and culture and that generational stuff... I had your mom and Sheila by my side, just like you have Lillian and the other girl. They protected me from other girls, you know? So, I think I understand the situation the best. I won't even tell a thing about it to your mom..." He said, giving you a reassuring thumbs up.

"Thanks dad" You said and hugged each other. You knew he had to get back to work, and you'd have to get back to class, but you were sure Lulu would've already done the paperwork to excuse your tardiness, as it was justified. But then, out of the corner of your eye, you saw a sudden flash of light.

"Huh? I wonder what that light is..." Your dad turned to the right, where it came from, and so you did, the flash of white light became increasingly more intense until it blinded you both, and before you knew it, you simply blacked out, and unknown to either of you, you shrank to 1/10th of an inch tall.

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You and your dad were not only just shrunk, but transported somewhere else. You were placed in the girl's changing room... but why? by who?

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Lillian and Jen, who had been watching from some distance, were utterly surprised when you two disappeared in a literal flash of light, and when they rushed to where you two were, they were baffled, as there was only your backpack.

But then, in a moment of sudden clarity, Jen stopped Lillian from unknowingly stepping on what looked like 2 ants, but she had a gut feeling and picked them up, bringing them closer, and much to her surprise, it turned out to be you and your dad, reduced to a very small size. If she weren't seeing it with her own two eyes, she wouldn't believe it...

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Not only were you shrunken, but woke up alone, somewhere else in the school... but where? What happened to your dad? You couldn't help but be scared as you found yourself in a bizarre place that looked too vast to be indoors, yet, the floor and walls suggested it was. You knew you had to find him, but you didn't even know where the hell you were, and to make matters worse, the floor begins shaking...

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[Switches POV to Raphael's]

After that mysterious flash of light blinded you, you woke up in an unknown location. As much as you didn't want to believe it, you came to realize you had somehow been shrunk, but you couldn't even begin to imagine by who, why and how... but more importantly, your son had been with you when that happened, but as you looked around, he was nowhere to be found. Your heart began pounding harder. What happened? Was he shrunken as well? Was he even conscious? Where was he?

But as you were concerning yourself with these thoughts, the ground beneath your feet began to shake...


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[Note: For Choices 3 & 4, they can be literally anywhere in the school, not necessarily on the floor, it could be a bench, a chair, a desk, a table, anything... they could even be on a body and not realize]
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May 12, 2023