A family restaurant.

So there was something I hadn’t really thought through when I decided to test my powers in the world of the living: None of these people could see me.

I currently sat in a family restaurant, I had taken a vacant seat and watched people pass by, not even giving me a glance. Funny thing was that they couldn’t see me but neither would they attempt to sit down ‘inside’ of me, their subconscious simply told them there was something wrong with that particular chair.

“Okay, people.” No one reacted still. Now to my defence a LOT had happened in the last 12 hours. I thought about my situation for solid ten minutes before I had an idea. If they couldn’t hear or see me maybe I could actually use that to test a few things.

First on the list was if people needed to hear me when I changed reality. “So, let’s just say it is normal for people to always knock on the table twice if they are done eating.” That was a thing my general had always done, I decided to honour him this way, and after all I had never found him in the afterlife.

After a few minutes I heard the first knocks. Okay, so things I said where always true, seems like I should better choose my words with care in the future. Next I turned to an attractive woman in her thirties. Black hair, brown eyes, a round face. Not that it mattered I simply wanted to test stuff.

“I want you to sleep with me.” I said to her. No reaction. I had expected that but I still made mental note. The commands I make become true instantly however to act on commands that require me to say things I need to be heard.

Now the third item on the list was trickier. I walked over to the mentioned woman and moved her glass just a little bit to the side. Nothing happened. I grew bolder and picked up the glass and let it seem like it hovered a little bit over the table. Still no reaction.

So even if they didn’t know that it was me my acts would still be accepted as perfectly normal. I put the glass back on the table and sat down on my chair again. People not seeing you actually had been a real help in figuring some stuff out. But now I needed someone who could see me for a test of something really important to me.

It was at that moment that the door to the restaurant open and somebody with the requirements entered.