If he could have, Happosai would have cackled as he snuck into the Saotome's bedroom. It was for that precise reason he had fashioned a gag for himself out of some panties. The last thing he wanted to do was foul this up like he did with the sleeping incense. He reached into his bag, and pulled out the device and pulled out his new toy, setting it down next to the foolish, stubborn boy's head. He winced a little as it clunked down, but needn't have worried for he did not stir.
With near manic glee, he placed a tape recorder to the boy's right and set it to play as he pressed his hands atop the device. Smoke billowed out of it, ensuring the target would stay well asleep while the recording did its work. What a truly amazing find this was! It was apparently called a meme generator. Give a person a few instructions while using this device, and they would subconsciously creep into their actions everyday, but they would also drive another reaction which they also would not be aware of. Because the generator automatically placed another series of instructions in there too. It instructed the mind on the fine art of hypnosis, and deep within the mind another compulsion was placed on top of all the others. Pass on these instructions to anyone suitable. They would go out into the world, and quite without meaning to, converse with someone. Anyone. So long as it was a one to one conversation, and they were suitable as specified within the instructions given. Once they had that conversation, the original instructions would be placed within their mind as well... right next to a lesson in hypnosis, and a desire to spread the word. On and on it would go, until... haha! Perhaps even the world itself would be caught in the meme.
It was strange, though. With such a powerful item, surely someone would have used it to take over the world or effect some other significant change? Perhaps after a time the effect broke down, or enough people noticed something strange was going on that it got contained... or maybe the long distances between people and places inhibited the possible uses of the item. Whatever. It was a small world now. A bit crowded, too.
The recording completed soon enough. Excellent. He had thought long and hard about those instructions, knowing all too well that one wrong word would have brought things crumbling down around him. Maybe that was why it wasn't used that much, hm? No way of controlling the meme once it was out there! Hah! He had no need to control the meme. Not this one. And who better to spread it, to be patient zero so to speak, than the ever present thorn in his side? With a bit more of a wobble than he entered with, Happosai packed his things away and returned to his room, leaving no trace of his arrival.
If only he knew of the secondary effects of the item, and what they did to one that activated it... He had to press his hands upon it for a reason, and even now his life was being drained away. This was the true reason nobody ever used this magic. It was too dangerous, even for one so full of vigor as he...
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