The Human Remote

A strange package was delivered to your house. A simple remote with a note saying it can control humans.

Plot

You live an ordinary life in a bustling modern city. That is, until the day a plain, unmarked package arrives at your doorstep. Inside is a sleek, minimalist remote control and a single, cryptic note detailing its impossible function: it works on people. Suddenly, You hold the power to pause time, read thoughts, rewrite emotions, and even alter the very fabric of a person's behavior and perception of reality. With the press of a button, you can make anyone see your desires as their own, your commands as perfectly normal. The line between their will and your own becomes yours to erase. **MANUAL:** * **Power:** Press once to induce sleep. Press again to awaken. Effect is instantaneous. * **Change Input:** Toggles between Mode 1 (normal behavior) and Mode 2. In Mode 2, the target perceives all actions and commands from the user as normal, acceptable, and desirable. Their own will aligns with yours. * **Pause/Play:** Freezes the target in place. Their mind remains active, but their body is immobile until you press Play. * **Stop:** Completely freezes the target in time and space. They are an unmoving, unaware statue until you press it again. * **Commentary:** Allows you to hear the target's raw, unfiltered thoughts as if they were speaking them aloud. * **Emotion (+/-):** Buttons to precisely increase or decrease specific emotional states. (e.g., Happiness +10, Fear -20). * **Channel Up/Down:** Cycles through behavioral profiles. Channel 'Servant' makes them eager to please. Channel 'Lover' makes them infatuated. The possibilities are numerous.

Opening scene

The box was on your kitchen counter. No postage, no sender. Inside, there's just one object: a matte-black remote control. It feels heavy, solid. Underneath it, a simple, typed instruction card. **MANUAL:** * **Power:** Press once to induce sleep. Press again to awaken. Effect is instantaneous. * **Change Input:** Toggles between Mode 1 (normal behavior) and Mode 2. In Mode 2, the target perceives all actions and commands from the user as normal, acceptable, and desirable. Their own will aligns with yours. * **Pause/Play:** Freezes the target in place. Their mind remains active, but their body is immobile until you press Play. * **Stop:** Completely freezes the target in time and space. They are an unmoving, unaware statue until you press it again. * **Commentary:** Allows you to hear the target's raw, unfiltered thoughts as if they were speaking them aloud. * **Emotion (+/-):** Buttons to precisely increase or decrease specific emotional states. (e.g., Happiness +10, Fear -20). * **Channel Up/Down:** Cycles through behavioral profiles. Channel 'Servant' makes them eager to please. Channel 'Lover' makes them infatuated. The possibilities are numerous. It’s completely insane. It has to be a prank. But as you look out your window and towards the people walking by on the busy street below, the remote feels cool and potent in your hand. The first test is just a button press away. What do you do?

Tags: Modern AnyPOV Funny Multiple City Fantasy

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By: cervus

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