Ralph was a low-level corporate employee. He wasn't very athletic, he wasn't troublesome, but he suffered from a condition that prevented him from feeling almost any emotion. From a young age, this condition defined him, and even in his elementary school years, he was known as “the living ice.” He felt no fear, sadness, joy, or anything like that. He spent his days with a neutral expression, unable to empathize or interact with anyone. It wasn't that he didn't feel any emotion, because over the years he developed something that all human beings have: desire. In his case, he wanted more than anything to be able to empathize, to put himself in someone else's shoes and understand their emotions and feelings. It's difficult to understand something you've never felt, and that kind of behavior is incomprehensible to those who don't connect with it.
On his way home, he noticed that repairs were being done on the street he normally took. Walking along an alternative route, he passed through a market, where he found a sauce boat at a trinket stall. Considering he could use it, he bought it at a reasonable price and waited to get home to clean it. When he returned, he followed his daily routine: getting ahead on work, watering his plants, and then reading a study on emotions to try to understand them. Before going to sleep, he checked his bag and found the sauce boat he had bought that afternoon, so he decided to take the time to clean it. After removing all the dirt with a cloth, he discovered its golden shine, and accidentally rubbed it with his fingers as he placed it on the table. A genie appeared.
Genies are not really like they are portrayed in cartoons. This one looked frightening and intimidating, but Ralph was not scared at all because he did not know that emotion either. The genie, noticing such indifference, was pleased, since given his appearance, his former masters had fled in terror and as a result, he had eliminated them, feeling despised. To honor such an act, he told Ralph that he would grant him three wishes, but warned him to be specific and leave no room for ambiguity, in addition to allowing 24 hours between wishes.
After thinking about it for a moment, Ralph decided to ask for empathy, since he had trouble connecting with people because he didn't understand them. The genie warned him to specify his wish, since empathy varies from person to person, with some being more empathetic than others, and being only a little empathetic might not change much. Heeding his words, Ralph thought about setting a benchmark.
He then considered rephrasing his words. Understanding someone would be enough to fulfill his goal, so he tried to think of someone who was very emotional in order to obtain that information. An image came to mind: the company CEO's secretary, Ashley. Of all the people who worked at the company, she was the only one who treated him as an equal, while the rest were afraid of him because of his “empty” personality. Although she was not very smart, she seemed to fit the mindset he was looking for, as she was not afraid to talk to him. With his reference point ready, he made his first wish.
“I wish to understand Ashley, the company CEO's secretary. I want to know how she thinks and why she acts the way she does.”
“So be it. When 24 hours have passed, I will appear before you for your second wish.”
A flash filled the room and suddenly he woke up in his bed. He thought it was all a dream, and out of nowhere a pleasant sensation filled his body. His breathing, which until recently had been agitated, began to calm down. This was what is known as ‘relief’, but he couldn't enjoy this emotion because he immediately experienced a stronger one: ‘fear’. When he was finally able to focus his eyes, he realized he was in a different place. He wasn't in his room; there were stuffed animals on the bed, his things were gone, and the smell was sweeter. He got up from the bed agitated and ran to the mirror in front of him. He had become Ashley.
Given the natural nature of her new body, she was finally able to feel emotions, which disconcerted her for a moment. She was discovering new sensations, and the feeling of intrigue seemed ecstatic to her. The initial feelings of fear and distress turned into anxiety and then fascination. If she had to explain it in simple terms, try to imagine the first time you discovered your passion, or perhaps the first time you learned a new skill, or the first time you ate your favorite dessert. It is simply something that cannot be fully described in words but fills the body with a new stimulus. At this moment, Ralph's lack of experience in the face of so many stimuli meant that she experienced all the sensations described above at the same time and multiplied by 10. Taking a few minutes, she finally got used to the basic sensations. After calming down for a moment, she noticed that there was a letter on the bed. Reading it, she realized that it belonged to the genie. It contained details of how her wish had been fulfilled.
"Dear Ralph, as you requested, I gave you the ability to understand Ashley and therefore the ability to finally feel emotions. Since I was moved by your motives, I took the liberty of giving you the ability to see her memories to make it easier for you to understand her. I must also confess a rule that I am not allowed to mention until the first wish is fulfilled: all the wishes I grant have a permanent effect. I will see you in your new quarters tonight, exactly 24 hours from now.
Sincerely, The Genie of the Lamp."
Immediately after reading the letter, Ashley's phone rang. It was her alarm to get up. She had to go to work. Without wasting any time, Ralph (now in Ashley's body) decided that the best option was to go to work because, even though the change was irreversible, she felt she must apologize to Ashley, who must have been affected somehow. Without wasting any time, she decided to take a bath, where she would discover a new feeling: shame.
Until now, he had had no problem seeing naked people, as they did not arouse any kind of excitement or morbid curiosity in him. But being in a body without that limitation, she finally experienced the shame of seeing her own naked body in this new context. At this point, she also experienced a phenomenon known as “mixed feelings,” a state in which a person experiences two emotions in equal measure that should normally be opposites but somehow invade their mind at the same time. She felt ashamed and excited at the same time. She turned on the shower, and the pleasant sensation of feeling the water fall and her soapy hands touch her whole body was sublime.
Unintentionally, she brushed one of her nipples with her left hand, releasing an uncontrollable sensation of pleasure, like an electric current traveling from her chest, down her legs, up her spine, and finally reaching her brain. Ralph, at 25 years of age, experienced arousal for the first time. After that first contact, the next thing was to replicate it, giving in to the primitive instinct of all beings. She was swept away by a mountain of pleasure after discovering the principle of female masturbation, and although there came a moment when she wanted to stop, her body would not comply. As her mind was that of an academic, lacking emotions and focused on study, she was able to identify the basis for her actions.
In 1970, Canadian scientist Bruce Alexander conducted an experiment by placing a rat in a cage with two containers, one containing water and the other containing drugs. The result was often that the rat preferred to follow its impulse for pleasure and ignored the normal water, dying of an overdose from drinking from the other container. Like the rat, she was experiencing a super pleasurable sensation. The temporary excitement brought her body to a euphoric state, and as a result, she gave in to the pleasure of masturbating wildly in search of more stimulation. Resigning herself to the uncontrollable, she gave in to her body and took the initiative to finish what she had started. Even with the water falling on her, she decided to continue until she finally came several times and was able to satisfy her need. Trying not to waste any more time, she hurried to get changed and take a taxi to the company.
She walked down the hallways wearing her secretary's uniform, and out of habit she went to her old cubicle until she realized she was already working there. Even so, she decided to take advantage of the moment to talk to whoever was in her former body—or so she thought. She began by apologizing, but before she could explain further, she received only a cold response: "Why are you apologizing? Did you do something wrong, Miss Ashley?" Her body spoke with an expressionless look, saying she didn't know what she was talking about. She then asked her to leave as she had to continue with her work. Surprised by what she had just heard, she left for the CEO's office, wondering if it was really Ashley in her old body or just an overwritten version of herself.
Upon arriving at the office, she reported to the CEO and began to do Ashley's work. Thanks to the memories the genie gave her, combined with her own mental capacity, she was able to finish Ashley's work for the next two weeks. The CEO called her, and she entered his office wondering what it was about. Upon entering, she found her boss writing emails and he asked her to come closer and do her “other” work for the day. Ashley's muscle memory automatically kicked in, and she slipped under his desk with sensual movements. She playfully approached until she was kneeling in front of his crotch. With subtle movements, she pulled down his pants and began to give him a blowjob.
She couldn't believe what she was doing. She had a man's penis in her mouth and was licking and stimulating it with gentle movements. Rummaging through her memories, she realized that she did this every day, which is why her body moved so naturally. Another thing she noticed was that her boss was a complete beast, and after that, the continuation of her “other” job awaited her. After about 20 minutes of sucking his penis while he answered emails and even talked to people, he finally came in her mouth. There was so much semen that for a moment she almost choked on it. After all that, her boss got up, closed the door, and ordered her to get up and start the next round. The feeling was different from the pleasure she had felt in the morning. This was strange, more aggressive, more pleasurable. This emotion that invaded her body was the result of the overstimulation of her sensitive parts. Being the most unbridled sexual act of her life, she could only moan as if there were no tomorrow, although there was something strange. Despite the pleasurable sensation in her body, there was another feeling of disgust that made a fleeting presence, but she couldn't stop to think about it because her boss's constant thrusts made her mind go blank.
After hours of intense sex, they finally finished. She gathered her things and went back to Ashley's apartment just a few hours before her second wish. This time, she took a bath without any stimulation, put on her pajamas, and then sat down to observe Ashley's memories in detail. It was a journey of great learning, and she was able to recall past emotions. She saw how Ashley grew up, how she worked hard at her studies, how she fell in love, how her heart was broken, how she felt stuck in her job as a secretary, and how every morning in the hallways, the men only looked at her with desire for her body, all except one who had an expressionless face but was sincere: Ralph. Then she saw her boss and the other side that no one saw: how she was abused, how she was threatened to act submissively or lose her job, and how her family turned their backs on her when they found out. After seeing her story, she experienced for the first time a feeling opposite to pleasure. She felt something different from what she was used to—a sharp pain in her chest and a lack of air in her lungs. Her eyes filled with tears, and she understood: this was what many call “sadness.”
The genie appeared before her again and asked what had become of her and if she had found what she was looking for. Ralph replied that she had. She had no idea that people felt so many things in a single day. She had experienced new sensations and lived through many experiences. She had finally fulfilled her dream of understanding people, understanding their feelings, and living their experiences. But now she had a new desire. Before that, however, she wanted to clarify a few things with the genie.
“What happened to the real Ashley? Did she switch bodies with me?”
“She's gone. Your wish was to understand her, so you will experience the same things she did, including her relationship with you. If she inhabited your body, her relationship would be different and therefore not the same. Your body is inhabited by her soul, but everything else has been overwritten so that it behaves like you. In other words, it's you before you bought the lamp.”
“I see. So she's not dead, but she's gone. Out of respect for her, my second wish is what she wanted.”
“I wish to have the power to change everything at my will.”
“So be it. I will grant you the power she desired.”
A beam of light filled the room, and once again, as if in a dream, she woke up in her bed. She immediately searched for and found another letter from the genie.
“Dear Ashley, I have granted you your wish. Now reality is moldable to your whim. However, I cannot make you omnipotent, so every change you make will cost you energy. It shouldn't be a problem since the cost is low, but try not to abuse your new power or it could be dangerous.
Sincerely, The Genie of the Lamp.”
This time, she finally felt an emotion she had been eagerly awaiting: “determination.” Motivated to fix Ashley's life, she took a shower, dressed in her secretary's uniform, and went to work on the subway with the intention of testing her powers. Already in the subway car on her way to work, two men tried to cross the line. One of them approached her from behind, firmly touching her butt, and the other approached her from the front, brazenly grabbing her breasts. “That's no way for a lady to behave,” she said, looking at the man in front of her and adding, "I see you like my breasts. Don't worry, I'll give you bigger ones just for you.“ He was immediately transformed into a woman with large breasts. She then looked at the person behind her and noticed that it was a young man, so she said, ”You should respect your elders. Didn't they teach you that in school?" Immediately, that boy was transformed into a very attractive schoolgirl. Leaving the station, she only had to glance back for a moment to see that both men were now going through what they had wanted to do, perhaps even a little worse.
When she arrived at work, she felt very powerful. As the genie had said, it consumed her energy, but she had enough to take revenge on her boss for what he had done to Ashley all those years. When she entered, she reported to her boss and reproached him for how he had treated her. Without thinking twice, she gave him the worst punishment she could think of: She turned him into the secretary of the rival company, condemning him to a life of submission and lust, just as he had made her suffer. She often visited him just to remind him of his humiliation and punishment, mocking the man who once thought he was the king of the world but became what he had taken advantage of.
Her revenge was finally complete, so she decided to carry on with Ashley's dreams by taking over the company as the new CEO and her former self, Ralph, as her right-hand man. Under her leadership, the company's shares rose sharply, and with her skills, she endowed her former body with emotions, forming a bond that over time consolidated into the strangest and most incredible emotion that both of them experienced for the first time: love. Their relationship escalated to becoming boyfriend and girlfriend and later husband and wife, forming a family that inherited their feelings and thrived under the joy of being together, as Ashley's family changed their minds to forgive her.
Something I almost forgot to mention was Ashley's third wish. On the night of the third wish, she felt so fulfilled with what she had that she didn't know what to ask for. Her life was settled, and there was nothing she wanted, or so she thought, when the idea came to her that people in the world should have the ability to empathize with others, to put themselves in their shoes and understand them. But since she couldn't give up the joy of using her powers, she made her wish and recited it.
“I wish that souls who are alone can finally connect with others and feel the world as they feel it, so that no one has to bear the burden of their existence alone.”
“So it shall be. Many people in the world will understand what it means to walk in someone else's shoes.”
Suddenly, the light that had previously filled the room now spread throughout the world in an event of ridiculous proportions. People of different races and nationalities changed bodies when struck by the light. This event would later be known as “the great change.” Finally, to ensure that no one would find the lamp, Ashley destroyed it, reducing it to dust. And so ends the story of the man who had no emotions, and how the story of the woman who changed the world completely begins.
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