“Natalia, you will welcome any suggestion I make,” you say to her, politely.
“I…will welcome any suggestion you make,” she says, rather submissively. You thought that, given her intelligence, she might resist more, but in any case you’re glad it went over quickly.
“Good, good. Now, you’re a vain woman,” you tell her. You know she’s confident and assured in herself, but you are curious to see what pushing that envelope forward may look like.
“Yes…I’m vain,” she agrees, adjusting her posture. Her blonde hair comes out of it’s updo and takes on a slightly brighter color.
“You’ve always been vain.”
“Always…always been vain…” she says, her body starting to quiver
“Extremely vain.”
“Oooah…extremely vain,” she moans, caught just a little off guard. Her blouse and skirt suddenly morph into a short and expensive white dress. Her black heels turn red and get several inches taller. The makeup on her face is a little heavier now, and the decorations in her living room are much more extravagant, clearly showcasing a new taste in style. You almost can’t believe this is Natalia, but the pendulum is simply incredible in how it can fully rewrite someone.
“And you are fully aware of the change I just made to you,” you add, ensuring she will be able to see the pendulum really is capable of changing reality.
“I am fully aware of the change you made to me,” she says, nodding along. Your job finished, you lower the pendulum and watch her come to her senses.
“Are you alright, Natalia?” You ask her.
“My…my goodness!” She says, looking at her new outfit. “My clothes! My hair! My house! And my…memories! It’s as if I remember two different lives…one of them being where I was-”
“Vain?” You interject. “I changed you so that you were always a vain person, and made you aware that I did. Are you impressed?”
She looks at you with enormous shock all over her face. “I am thoroughly impressed! This is absolutely unbelievable! That pendulum really works!”