"Uh, yes please. Just need something real quick. I just got invited over to a girl's house and she said she likes me so I wanna impress her," Griffin said, nervously rubbing the back of his neck. The Korean woman named Min-Ru, having enough English to communicate with him effortlessly, responded with a wide, welcoming smile. She looked nothing short of glamorous in her black tank top and short shorts, her leather wedges striking the salon floor with a thud as she moved towards him. "Oh girl, huh? Very handsome young boy. I give good haircut for you," she said, motioning towards a chair draped with a barber quilt.
Griffin sat down, swallowing nervously as the peculiar environment seeped in. His previous haircuts were more straightforward, with the hairdresser typically engaging him in light banter. This time, however, Min-Ru silently worked on his hair, the only sounds filling the room were the buzz of the razor and the women quietly conversing in a language he didn't understand.
Suddenly, the clipper's droning stopped. Min-Ru stepped towards the other women, her wedges clicking against the floor as their murmuring discussions resumed. Griffin watched, confused and somewhat alarmed, as Min-Ru gestured towards him, igniting a burst of laughter from her colleagues. One by one, all the women pointed at him, mimicked him and chuckled as they showcased their bold, brightly painted red nails gleaming under the salon lights.
"Come back in back of shop, finish up," Min-Ru said, signaling Griffin to follow her into the rear end of the salon. He felt an icy knot tighten in his stomach as he followed her.
"You want job here? First you must be two things. Female and Korean. No worry, we swap body, so you get job here," she said, her eyes holding a strange glint. Griffin sputtered a reply, "What? Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I just want a haircut and I wanna get out of here. I don't want a job." But before he could react further, Min-Ru uttered something in their language, a sharp darkness consuming him in an instant.
Opening his eyes, Griffin found himself sitting where Jin-Hi was before, looking at his own body occupied by someone else. He glanced down, and his heart skipped several beats as he saw the knee-length leggings, the blue blouse and the platform sandals in place of his usual clothing. He glanced at his hands—the carefully manicured, red-painted nails, the heavy gold wedding ring. In a mirror nearby, he saw Jin-Hi's reflection staring back at him. Her brown eyes were now his, and the waves of her brown hair replaced his usual straight locks.
He tried to speak, to express the terror that was gripping him, but his voice was no longer his. It had been replaced with Jin-Hi's voice, and the words that slipped out were in broken English owing to his new limited vocabulary.
As he tried to stand, his legs wobbled, unaccustomed to the platform sandals. He managed to walk to the door where he was promptly shoved out onto the street. He glanced at his reflection in the mirror of the closed shop, the mature Asian woman staring back at him. The bare legs, the platform sandals, the painted toenails. Even though he had experienced the transformation, it didn't look like his body or feel like his body, but it was.
Alone, in an alleyway, Griffin tried to understand his new, mature, female body. His knees pulled up to his chest revealing his toes painted in a cheerful red. More than the physical changes, psychological turmoil turned his world upside down. Looking at his hands, the wedding ring, and painted nails, Griffin realized this was his cruel reality, not a dream or illusion. Echoing his plea for understanding, he cried, "I miss mom! I older than mom. Now young woman to me." The tears flowed freely as the depth of the turmoil he had been plunged into finally hit him. His new life had just begun, and all he could do was accept and adjust to it.
Immature dreams of impressing a girl replaced by a nightmarish reality of an unfamiliar woman's body. The black of the night provided a bit of solace as he cried silently, the neon lights of the salon glowing in mockery. Griffin did not know what tomorrow would bring, but he knew he would face it as Jin-Hi, the woman he had unwillingly become.
This story was generated by user manemansteve2 with assistance by one of OpenAI’s large-scale language-generation model; prompts used to help generate the story are shown below.
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Prompt: Question: Story: Write me a story the way I type about 10 year old Griffin going into a salon he's never been to before to get a haircut. Griffin wanted to impress his 10 year old friend Hayley with a new haircut as she had recently said she liked him and found him attractive and wanted to date him. Walking in, he was greeted by 5 Korean women. Please have Lin-Ju be the oldest at 57 years old and speak no English and have her be the second shortest and be dressed in a short skirt, pink blouse, wedge sandals with a pixie cut, brown eyes, earrings, her wedding ring and a bracelet on her left arm with her nails painted red. Please have Jin-Hi be the second oldest at 55 years old and speak no English and have her be the shortest and be dressed in knee length leggings, a blue blouse, platform sandals with short wavy brown hair, brown eyes, earrings, a necklace, and her wedding ring with her nails painted red. Please have Lu-Jao be the the third oldest at 54 years old and speak no English and have her be the third shortest and be dressed in a short skirt, a red blouse, red platform sandals with a Korean bob cut, brown eyes, earrings, and her wedding ring with her nails painted red. Please have Ann-Ma be the fourth oldest at 53 years old and speak very little English and have her be the tallest and be dressed in knee length red leggings, a black blazer and gray blouse, black high heeled sandals with a Korean bob cut, brown eyes, earrings, a necklace and a bracelet on her right arm with her nails painted red. Please have Min-Ru be the youngest at 52 years old and speak very little English and have her be the second tallest and be dressed in short shorts, a black tank top, leather wedges with short wavy brown hair, brown eyes, earrings, a necklace and her wedding ring with her nails painted red. Please have Min-Ru say the quote "Oh hello there young man. Welcome to here. Haircut? You want haircut?" walking over to the front of the shop with the sound of her wedges thumping against the hard floor. Please have Griffin say the quote "Uh yes please. Just need something real quick. I just got invited over to a girl's house and she said she likes me so I wanna impress her" Please have Min-Ru say the quote "Oh girl huh? Very handsome young boy. I give good haircut for you" motioning over to a chair and sitting him down. Min-Ru put a barber quilt over him before walking over to the other women and speaking Korean. Min-Ru then started on Griffin's haircut. Griffin was weirded out, usually the stylists always talked to him but Min-Ru was just quietly cutting his hair. Suddenly, Min-Ru shut off the razor and walked over to the other woman again. Once again, the women were speaking Korean making Griffin uneasy and uncomfortable. Please have Min-Ru point at Griffin and then keep talking. Please have Jin-Hi step up pointing at Griffin then motioning to her own body before sticking her platform sandals out and laughing. Please have Lu-Jao step up pointing at Griffin then motioning to her own body before sticking her platform sandals out and laughing as well. Min-Ru walked over to Griffin and smiled. Please have Min-Ru say the quote "Come back in back of shop finish up" Please have Jin-Hi walk to the back of the store. Griffin walked in the back of the store confused as he was sat down in front of Jin-Hi. Min-Ru stood next to the table they were at and smiled. Please have Min-Ru say the quote "You want job here? First you must be two things. Female and Korean. No worry we swap body so you get job here" Please have Griffin say the quote "What? Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I just want a haircut and I wanna get out of here. I don't want a job" Before he had a chance to react, Min-Ru said something in Korean causing Griffin to black out. Please have Griffin open his eyes and realize he's where Jin-Hi was sitting and have him realize he's looking at himself. Please have Griffin look down and see knee length leggings, a blue blouse, platform sandals with earrings, a necklace, and a wedding ring with his nails painted red. Please have Griffin look in a nearby mirror and see Jin-Hi's reflection with her earrings, her brown slanted eyes and her short wavy brown hair. Griffin tried standing up wobbling in his new platform sandals. Please have Griffin say the quote "Uh uh uh what happen? I not woman what you do? I young man" before covering his mouth hearing the sound of his mature female voice and realizing he could hardly speak any English. Please have Min-Ru say the quote "Silly American. You fell for trap. We all swap body with American boys soon. We no like get old. Want youth back. Have fun being old woman cause you're never getting body back" before laughing. Please have Griffin say the quote "Uh I not a woman. I handsome young man" cringing at his use of the word handsome. Please have Griffin be pushed out of the salon onto the street. Please have Griffin stand up shakily trying to get a hang of the platform sandals before sitting down and removing them and walking down the road. Please have Griffin look at his reflection in the mirror scared at the mature Asian woman's face that stared back at him as well as how short he was without the platform sandals trying to hold back tears. Please have Griffin sit down on the ground looking at the platform sandals before slipping them back on his feet and have Griffin teach himself how to walk in them. As night fell, Griffin took refuge in a nearby alleyway. Please have Griffin sit down before fully crying. Please have Griffin say the quote "I miss mom! I older than mom. Now young woman to me" covering his mouth again disturbed by his inability to speak English properly. Please have Griffin curl up in a ball getting one last glance at his painted fingernails, the wedding ring, his new boobs, and the platform sandals on his feet with the painted toenails and have him squeeze his shut hoping he's having a bad dream not knowing he was in fact permanently stuck in the body of Jin-Hi and would never go back to being a boy again.
Response: "Uh, yes please. Just need something real quick. I just got invited over to a girl's house and she said she likes me so I wanna impress her," Griffin said, nervously rubbing the back of his neck. The Korean woman named Min-Ru, having enough English to communicate with him effortlessly, responded with a wide, welcoming smile. She looked nothing short of glamorous in her black tank top and short shorts, her leather wedges striking the salon floor with a thud as she moved towards him. "Oh girl, huh? Very handsome young boy. I give good haircut for you," she said, motioning towards a chair draped with a barber quilt. Griffin sat down, swallowing nervously as the peculiar environment seeped in. His previous haircuts were more straightforward, with the hairdresser typically engaging him in light banter. This time, however, Min-Ru silently worked on his hair, the only sounds filling the room were the buzz of the razor and the women quietly conversing in a language he didn't understand. Suddenly, the clipper's droning stopped. Min-Ru stepped towards the other women, her wedges clicking against the floor as their murmuring discussions resumed. Griffin watched, confused and somewhat alarmed, as Min-Ru gestured towards him, igniting a burst of laughter from her colleagues. One by one, all the women pointed at him, mimicked him and chuckled as they showcased their bold, brightly painted red nails gleaming under the salon lights. "Come back in back of shop, finish up," Min-Ru said, signaling Griffin to follow her into the rear end of the salon. He felt an icy knot tighten in his stomach as he followed her. "You want job here? First you must be two things. Female and Korean. No worry, we swap body, so you get job here," she said, her eyes holding a strange glint. Griffin sputtered a reply, "What? Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I just want a haircut and I wanna get out of here. I don't want a job." But before he could react further, Min-Ru uttered something in their language, a sharp darkness consuming him in an instant. Opening his eyes, Griffin found himself sitting where Jin-Hi was before, looking at his own body occupied by someone else. He glanced down, and his heart skipped several beats as he saw the knee-length leggings, the blue blouse and the platform sandals in place of his usual clothing. He glanced at his hands—the carefully manicured, red-painted nails, the heavy gold wedding ring. In a mirror nearby, he saw Jin-Hi's reflection staring back at him. Her brown eyes were now his, and the waves of her brown hair replaced his usual straight locks. He tried to speak, to express the terror that was gripping him, but his voice was no longer his. It had been replaced with Jin-Hi's voice, and the words that slipped out were in broken English owing to his new limited vocabulary. As he tried to stand, his legs wobbled, unaccustomed to the platform sandals. He managed to walk to the door where he was promptly shoved out onto the street. He glanced at his reflection in the mirror of the closed shop, the mature Asian woman staring back at him. The bare legs, the platform sandals, the painted toenails. Even though he had experienced the transformation, it didn't look like his body or feel like his body, but it was. Alone, in an alleyway, Griffin tried to understand his new, mature, female body. His knees pulled up to his chest revealing his toes painted in a cheerful red. More than the physical changes, psychological turmoil turned his world upside down. Looking at his hands, the wedding ring, and painted nails, Griffin realized this was his cruel reality, not a dream or illusion. Echoing his plea for understanding, he cried, "I miss mom! I older than mom. Now young woman to me." The tears flowed freely as the depth of the turmoil he had been plunged into finally hit him. His new life had just begun, and all he could do was accept and adjust to it. Immature dreams of impressing a girl replaced by a nightmarish reality of an unfamiliar woman's body. The black of the night provided a bit of solace as he cried silently, the neon lights of the salon glowing in mockery. Griffin did not know what tomorrow would bring, but he knew he would face it as Jin-Hi, the woman he had unwillingly become.
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