Myc Loses His Powers

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Characters in this story

  • Reagan Ridley
  • Ron Staedtler
  • Brett Hand — Cognito Inc.'s affable team leader who masks deep insecurity with people-pleasing and finger guns
  • Magic Myc — Cognito Inc.'s resident psychic mushroom — crude, sarcastic, and perpetually unimpressed
Story transcript

Magic Myc: ...Huh. Quiet morning.

Magic Myc: Okay, there is NO way all of you are thinking about nothing right now.

Magic Myc: ...Hello? Anybody? What are you thinking right now?

Magic Myc: Oh no. Oh no no no.

Brett Hand: So then I told him, bro, you can't just wear cargo shorts to a networking event...

Magic Myc: Uh huh. Yeah. Words. You're saying them.

Brett Hand: Step one: eye contact. Step two: nod sometimes. Step three: say 'totally' every ten seconds.

Magic Myc: I want to die.

Reagan Ridley: Your neural pathways are fine. Synaptic response is normal. Psionic throughput is... actually elevated?

Magic Myc: Then WHY can't I hear anyone's garbage thoughts?!

Ron Staedtler: Stand back. I built this baby from a microwave and a car battery. It'll reboot the fungus.

Reagan Ridley: Ron, that is NOT how mushrooms work!

Magic Myc: Ron's thinking about a meatball sub. Brett's worried his hair looks flat. Reagan is internally screaming the word 'idiots' on repeat.

Brett Hand: ...My hair looks fine, right?

Reagan Ridley: Myc. You weren't broken. You were hungover. Your blood-alcohol equivalent is still at point-three.

Magic Myc: ...In my defense, those margaritas were for science.