Must be true/part 1
Part 1.
I listened to my freshman english teacher tell a ridiculous story. It was about how when he was my age, he was a major lier just like me’. He kept making up the most ridiculous lies to his friends all the time. Then, suddenly, when he was telling his teacher why he didn’t have his homework, the teacher had responded that whatever he said must be true.
From that point on in his life, everything the teacher would say became true. And, because of the ridiculous lies he would always make, this made things start to turn out very very bad for him when all of the ridiculous lies he told that day started really happening. One of the worst was that a famous wrestler showed up at his house wanting to beat him up over a bunch of prank calls he had lied about himself having made to this wrestler. In fact, the westler showing up at his house was one of his lies. Supposedly, it’s something that should have already happened. But, for some reason, it came true after the lie instead.
This story itself was the most ridiculous lie I had ever heard. It was obvious my teacher just wanted to scare me into not lieing anymore.
“You don’t seriously expect me to believe this, do you?” I asked.
“What can I say?” The teacher said. “I said it, so according to my curse it must be true.”
“This is completely ridiculous.” I said with a roll of my eyes.
“Well, you can believe me or not. But, this was just a warning. Something so you will be prepared so it does not go as badly for you before you figure it out as it did for me. Because, from now on, whatever you say Eliot, it must be true.” The teacher said, looking me seriously in the eye.
“Teh, whatever.” I respond and walk out of the classroom. It was the last class of the day. The teacher had asked me to stay after class to talk about the lie I had told earlier and how it was becoming a pattern. How the teacher was concerned about me and stuff like that. I had always told a bunch of lies and tall tails.
I realized that none of my friends believed a word I said anymore. They would always say things like “Yeah, Eliot is always making up a bunch of ridiculous shit. Don’t worry about it.” Or “He’s just bullshitting, you can’t believe a single word that comes out of this guy’s mouth.” But, they had accepted it as just part of who he was. In a way, a lot of them actually seemed amused by his ridiculous remarks and stories even if they all knew it was a bunch of BS. It seemed like him always talking BS had actually ended up in having them accept it and become entertained by it.
But still, that story was really ridiculous. But, if it really was true, that would be a really awesome power to have. That was how I was sure that my teacher was just making all that up. There’s no way he would consider that kind of power a curse or a punishment. If what he said was true, then he really messed it up at the beginning. All he would have had to do is be a little more careful of what he said and it would be something like the greatest super power to ever exist. He could get anything and be anything, so why would he just be a teacher in his’ freshman english class?
After all, it is supposedly a power so strong that you can give it to another person just by saying those words. “Whatever you say, it must be true.” That exact phrase when spoken by someone who already possesses the power will give the same power to someone else. It does make it’s own kind of sense when you think about it. They said it, so it is true.
Well, it definitely was an interesting story, and the possibility that it is true is almost too interesting to pass up.
As I was leaving school, I saw my friend Jordan waiting for me at the exit. This seemed like a perfect chance to test this power out. If what the teacher said is really true, it doesn't matter whether your lie is about past, future, or present. Everything you say is something that will come true sometime in the future after you say it.
- Tell him you found $100 laying on the side of the road
- Tell him you beat the difficult final boss in the game you've both been playing
- Tell him you fucked his mom
- Tell him you fucked his non-existent little sister
(Please note I will be working Eliot's wording of whatever gets voted for such that it makes perfect sense. It's not going to immediately just be that he walks up and says this, it will be after he has made some small talk and can work it naturally into the conversation.)