Monday, May 8, 2023

Assistant

Todd’s company was hosting some foreign investors vital to the future of the firm, at least according to Todd’s boss. Everyone was given instructions to be extremely accommodating to the guests, basically giving them anything they needed or doing anything they asked. It was mildly annoying at times, but also generally tolerable. What no one could’ve accounted for was the Great Shift occurring in the middle of the investor visit. Todd found himself in the body of the lead investor’s assistant. He began by attempting to explain it all, but the lead investor hadn’t been swapped and thought it was some sort of joke. Todd’s boss saw an opportunity and told Todd to play along, to pretend to actually be the guy’s assistant. The quickly proved to be impossible, as he often spoke commands in a foreign language Todd didn’t understand. He just stood there in the body of the young Japanese woman with a look of indifference on his face. What else did anyone expect him to do?

Todd’s company was hosting some foreign investors vital to the future of the firm, at least according to Todd’s boss. Everyone was given instructions to be extremely accommodating to the guests, basically giving them anything they needed or doing anything they asked. It was mildly annoying at times, but also generally tolerable. What no one could’ve accounted for was the Great Shift occurring in the middle of the investor visit.

Todd found himself in the body of the lead investor’s assistant. He began by attempting to explain it all, but the lead investor hadn’t been swapped and thought it was some sort of joke. Todd’s boss saw an opportunity and told Todd to play along, to pretend to actually be the guy’s assistant. The quickly proved to be impossible, as he often spoke commands in a foreign language Todd didn’t understand. He just stood there in the body of the young Japanese woman with a look of indifference on his face. What else did anyone expect him to do?

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