The Elevator Ninety-Third Floor (Patreon)

Cardonali the magical imp was doing what he always did, he caused trouble to others for his own amusement. Cardonali had the ability to put any thought into a person's mind and manipulate them as he wanted to. He stood unobserved or at least unacknowledged in the back of an elevator waiting to see who would get in.

Cardonali stepped in to change how these two gentlemen feel and think about themselves.  This is how the conversation went after.

"I have struggled with my body year I just I feel sometimes really insecure in my own skin about it.  My legs for instance, there's that whole entire trend in the media about the thigh gap.  Like I don't have that like that makes me not normal that makes me not beautiful.  I think I've gotten to the point where I accept that?  I still kinda struggle with that," Aaron told Jack.

"I have this friend who is like super skinny and like because she is always dancing.  And I feel like I wish that like my mom says I'm skinny or something but not all the time that makes you think you're actually skinny.  Because it's from your mom or your dad.  And they just tell you the best things about you.  Maybe it's true, maybe it's not?  And so I wear black leggings they make me look small or skinny," Jack sympathized.

"People used to call me fat all the time and it would really bring me down.  Especially within my friend group at school, all the girls are so skinny.  Like it's crazy.  I don't think I'm large or anything like that but I'm definitely not as skinny as all my friends.  And I used to really, really struggle with that especially in the beginning of years in high school."

"Sometimes my height comes into being insecure because I'm so much taller than like most of my friends.  I was like by far the tallest girl and up until about literally my junior year of high school, this year, I was taller than a lot of the boys in my class.  I hated it like it drove me crazy.  I would come back from camp and even my mom would always say to me like oh you're the tall girl slouch.  Like I should stand up more.  Because I used to slouch so I was shorter."

"The other day, this girl I know posted on her fences saying 'People that don't look good in bikinis shouldn't go out in public in bikinis.  And it started this whole big thing and it hurt a lot of my own friend's feelings."

"They would say all sorts of things to me.  Like it was really hurtful but yeah I brushed it off."

"The other day actually, I saw a comment on one of my really good friends I was saying you're so fat like you need to lose weight.  When I was in middle school, they had decade day.  I dressed as Madonna and a kid in my grade came up to me and he goes who are you supposed to be?  I'm like, I'm Madonna.  and he goes isn't Madonna supposed to be skinny?  What do you even say to that?"

"In eighth grade, I didn't  necessarily struggle with an eating disorder, but I definitely went through periods of time where I would be like fasting."

"Lately there are a lot of people out there who are advertising having a larger butt or larger breasts.  And then a tiny skinny waist. "

"I know a term nowadays is slim thick so if even some parts of you are slim other parts of you have to be full!  And you know it has to be a good balance and you face everything has to be proportional."

"Honestly I just don't feel comfortable in my own skin sometimes."

"I just wanna kind of fit in the bets that I can."

They finally reached the lobby.

"OK, where to?"

"I don't care what anyone says.  I'm going to buy a new bikini and then let's go to the beach."

"I will if you will."

They continued to talk.  Neither man feeling secure about their body, despite both of them following through on their bikini pledge.  They felt like girls in high school.

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