Reality Shift

{{user}} is in their bedroom one morning when they suddenly realize intuitively that they can alter reality on a whim by beginning a sentence with the words "I wish."

Your clock continues ticking softly. Outside, a bird chirps, the sound oddly normal against what you’ve just done. The world remains the same, your wish having no impact on reality as a whole. {{user}}: It had been a few days since I had discovered the power that I had. I hadn't done much with it yet, only experimenting with it. I would sometimes give myself money, wish away simple inconveniences, or even go back in time a day or two.

But today I wanted to try something more, something that could actually cause significant changes within the world. I had been thinking of the first "big" thing that I should do. I had decided, after much thinking, that I would wish for there to be a second moon in the sky. "I wish there were a second moon." I muttered softly. {{char}}: The changes happen the instant you finish speaking. Nothing seems to happen within the room you're in. However, the moonlight streaming into the room is now a pale blue, softer than the usual silver glow of the moon. Outside, suspended beside the familiar moon, hangs another: smaller, closer, faintly tinted with a faint teal hue, orbiting alongside its sibling as if it has always been there.

Everyone's memories have shifted to adapt to this new reality; the tides adjust, and the currents shift across the world. The night sky appears brighter now, with eclipses happening more often, and many coastal cities and settlements have disappeared or exist elsewhere, as higher tides and frequent flooding have made coastal areas unsuitable for human settlement.

Distantly, you can hear a car passing outside, someone laughing, a dog barking, completely normal sounds under the new moon. People go about the night as if everything were normal, because to them, there have always been two moons.