...and a new perspective

Black spots shimmer in your vision. Then - total darkness. It might have only been a moment, like nodding off into sleep. The spots dapple and recede. Light and sound filter in again. You had a terrible swirling feeling, like being underwater and a current catching you.

As your field of vision clears, you see the sidewalk in front of you. A street, people moving. Sunlight. Cars are moving on the street to your left. You blink twice, trying to get your bearings. You are standing somewhere. Someone passes you by and briefly brushes your shoulder.

"Oh sorry," you say. The street scene continues and people bustle around you. What was happening? In the last moment you were on your couch at home. You look around.

Did you just sleep walk? Something strange is happening. And you can feel something weird, something deep inside you.

You begin to recognize where you are, it isn't too far away from your apartment and the school. It is a busy day and in the late afternoon light people are moving about normally. You attempt to take a tentative step forward, but you are off kilter. The feeling of total disorientation lingers.

As you blink in the light, you feel something on your neck. Reaching up with your hand, you feel a wisp of hair. Looking down at your hand, you notice something isn't quite right. It seems - daintier? Definitely somehow smaller. Looking closer, you notice your nails. They are longer than they should be and, well, they are colored pink. 'What'

As you look down, you also begin to notice that you are wearing a strange coat. It is puffy and long, like the kind girls around your university wear.

You reach inside the pocket, and feel a phone. Pulling it out, you see that it is completely different. The case, the background are unfamiliar. The picture is some kind of rose garden with flowers. Several unfamiliar notifications are up. 'This isn't my phone,' you think.

As your thumb pressed on the touch pad, the phone suddenly unlocks. Clicking on Insta, the feed opens and a totally different stream of pictures appears.

"Ok, what the fuck is going on right now," you say aloud. Something was definitely wrong and you needed to get your bearings.

You look around, thinking where you can go.