Mandy Chats with Kit

"M-Master?" Mandy asked with a nervous laugh, her hand phasing through her duplicate's shoulder as if she weren't there. She then took a nervous step back, eyeing the naked white hologram's skinny figure up and down. "What's going on? Who the hell are you?"

"I am The Developer's Kit." It said, still both smiling and using Mandy's voice. "My core function is to serve my Master in any way that they desire by changing reality to their specifications... As to what is happening, and as to why I am now in your possession, I am not aware of the reason. The whole of my knowledge is based upon the whole of yours, aside from my core directive to serve the being I occupy."

Mandy stood there for a long moment.

Half of her was waiting for this creepy hologram/clone of herself to attack her, and the other half was trying to think of some kind of witty reply to what sounded like a situation that was too interesting to pass up on.

All she found herself asking was:

"What can you do?"

"Anything."

Mandy's heart skipped a beat.

"A-Anything?"

"Correct." It said. "All you need to do is consciously desire for me to do something, and I will make it so."

"... Kind of like a genie that's in my head?"

"Yes, but without what you would understand as 'wish interpretation'. Anything you ask of me will be exactly as you wish for it. And yes, I will understand if you are just idly saying something instead of actually asking me to make an alteration to reality."

Having each and every one of her next questions consecutively answered without actually having to speak them was making Mandy's head spin.

"Yes, I am reading your immediate thoughts and predicting your future questions."

"Yeah, I got that much." Mandy said, slowly walking backwards so that the skinny young blonde can sit on the edge of her bed. "Don't go so fast though, I need a minute to take this all in."

"Understood."

"So, you're pretty much a genie, right?"

"Technically yes, but actually no."

"Then what are you, exactly?"

"I am The Developer's Kit. A fourth-dimensional tool created to rewrite reality for the being I occupy. This is all I know about my own being, and I do apologize for saying this, but you would not be able to understand my composition if I tried to explain it any further." It said, then frowned. "I do not know how I am connected to your uncle, how I found myself as an automated system in his bunker, or what happened that allowed our beings to merge with one another."

Mandy felt a weird sort of pity watching a copy of her own face fall into a less happy, uncertain expression.

"Given what I am able to see of your memories, I cannot speak for Edward's well-being either. If he was inside the bunker as my primordial core was exposed, then any number of things could've happened. This does not mean that he is gone, but it raises questions as to why his Laboratory's foundation wasn't completely destroyed, and how your friend wasn't affected by the exposure to my open core, just as you were. If anything, I will keep her under surveillance to be sure that there's nothing amiss."

"Y'know, I hate to say this, but..." Mandy said, feeling a hint of shame along with her honest words. "Uncle Eddy is fucking asshole, and I honestly wouldn't miss a wink of sleep if he was gone and never came back... But, knowing him, I'm sure he's fine. From what I know, that douchebag doesn't do things by accident, and even if this was an accident or somehow all my fault, then he can figure it out himself for all I care..."

"Understood, Master." It said, completely emotionless. "I will notify you if there is a change in his situation."

"Oh yeah, and thanks for watching Zoey." Mandy smiled. "I'm honestly glad that she wasn't the one who wound up with you, mainly because she'd be way too responsible about everything."

"Correct." It nodded. "I have no preference as to who I might have fused with, but I do appreciate your appreciation for my abilities."

"Speaking of my appreciation, I think I should start by giving you a proper name." Mandy said, taking a brief moment to think. "Would you mind if I called you Kit, for short?"

"Of course, Master." It said, the slight smile on her translucent white face returning. "Call me whatever you wish."

"Kit it is, then." Mandy nodded. "So, now that that's out of the way..."

Mandy knew right away what she wanted to ask for first. Boobs. Big, bouncy, squeezable boyfriend-stealers. But now, it seemed like she could have anything she wanted from this being known as Kit, and she still had a few curious questions before jumping the gun.

"A minute ago, were you actually in my body and moving around, or was I just having some kind of out-of-body hallucination?"

"The former." Kit nodded, smiling wide. "Once we became fully synchronized, what you understand to be your soul left your body, and I was left alone inside of it. When this happens, I am able to take control and act for you, like an autopilot feature. If you ever wish to separate from yourself and do that again, all you need to do is will it to be so."

"Whoa." Mandy said, her eyes going wide. "And, uh... If I did that, would anybody be able to see me? Furthermore, if someone walked in right now, would they be able to see you?"

"No, and no."

"Ooh... So, what you're saying is that I can go ghost and spy on people?" Mandy asked with a mischievous giggle.

"Correct. I can see through your own ethereal eyes from wherever I am, and we can communicate telepathically if you desire me to use my abilities." Kit nodded. "Not only that, but you would be able to take control of other people in that state. When you decide to leave their bodies, anything you said or did while possessing that individual will not seem strange or irrational from their perspective afterwards, as if they themselves chose to do the things that you may or may not make them do."

Mandy closed her eyes and took a deep breath as soon as Kit finished speaking, and when they were reopened, she was looking down at herself from where Kit had been standing.

Kit, now possessing Mandy's body, smiled. Mandy looked down at her naked body, surprised that she was supposed to be an invisible ghost now. If this was just Kit playing some kind of elaborate supernatural joke, it'd be cruel, but Mandy wouldn't be able to deny that it'd be hilarious.

"Not to worry, you are certainly invisible." Kit said. "I am already aware of what you're about to do, just know that I will be with you in mind, and your body will be pretending to sleep."

Mandy wanted to sigh with relief and satisfaction over such an improvement to one of the shittiest nights of her life, but subconsciously knew that she actually didn't need to breathe in her current state. It was weirdly comfortable, too. Even the fact that she couldn't feel the carpet below her feet.

"You cannot directly interact with physical objects in this state, but you are able to phase through them if you focus on the point of contact."

"Oh, really?" Mandy said, looking down as she tried to put her attention on the balls of her heels, which began to feel like they were slowly sinking into soft sand. Right before her eyes, her feet descended about an inch into the floor below. "This feels w-weird! It's almost like I'm-!"

Kit cleared her throat after Mandy's spirit slipped right through the carpet and down to the ground-level in the blink of an eye.

"Have fun, Master." Kit telepathically told Mandy, then turned to lay down in bed. "Just let me know if you need anything."