Summon Pearl and mess with where she goes

Thinking about trying more things out with Pearl helps ground you. You may be able to do practically anything now, but you're still you, and your friends are still your friends.

Instead of going off the deep end by claiming the town or something stupid like that, you lean against the railing overlooking the party, and pull out your phone.

One tap puts you in your text history with Pearl. Your last conversation was about meeting up tomorrow at your place to hang out and play video games. You tap out a quick text asking Pearl to find you, but midway you remember that where she goes is your choice.

You delete the message and write a much shorter one. "Come upstairs to join me."

She doesn't reply, but not even a minute later, an aggravated Pearl makes her way up the stairs to join you.

"Where did you get to?" you ask.

She stops beside you and folds her arms. "Let me go home."

Man, Pearl's never going to be in a mood to do anything fun until she’s back to her usual self. You cave. "All right, geeze, fine. You can use my sassy attitude again.”

Pearl's whole demeanor instantly shifts. Annoyance darkens into anger. Enlivened, the dark-haired girl suddenly shoves your shoulder. "What the fuck Chase!"

Only your grip on the railing keeps you from losing your balance, but you can't help but laugh. "Sorry! I needed to experiment claiming something immaterial!"

Your friend scoffs, unconvinced. "Did you have to take like the most important part of my personality?" she asks. "You could've, you know, taken Jane's ability to snore or Yutong's snacking compulsion."

Those are both still options, technically. Pearl does make a good point though. "I needed something big and obvious," you say. "Your attitude was the biggest most obvious thing in the room at the time."

"Like you couldn't have taken something else if you thought for two seconds," Pearl derides. "Can you let me go where I want now?"

You think about it. "Maybe. But first, go over there," you say, pointing to the other side of you.

Pearl groans, then circles around you to the other side.

"Now there."

Pearl circles back around to where she was before, her patience wearing thin.

But you're not done yet. You nod to the ceiling. "Now go up there."

Pearl, worried, looks up. "What? Where's 'up there'? The roof?"

"The ceiling," you say, curious. "Stand on the ceiling, upside down."

Pearl balks. "That's impossible." Yet, you can tell she's puzzling it out when she mutters to herself, "There's probably a ladder in the garage..." She turns to leave.

"Where do you think you're going?" you ask.

"Ask yourself dipshit," Pearl says, barely pausing before beginning to descend the stairs once more.

"Stop.”

Pearl lets out a relieved breath and stops in place. "Thank god."

"Come back."

She returns to you, eyebrow raised and arms folded. "Glad you're enjoying yourself," she says flatly.

"Thanks, I am.”

"I was being sarcastic. This is sarcasm too, by the way."

You laugh.

"Yeah, real funny," she says, unimpressed. "Can I have where I go back now?"

You know you're being super annoying, but controlling exactly where the fiercely independent Pearl goes is also super fun. Even so, if you want to mess with people, there's plenty of other options. You don't have to keep teasing one of your best friends.