Mary slowly returned to consciousness. She felt the cold floor beneath her, and on opening her eyes could see the table above her. Slowly she pushed herself upright, sitting cross-legged and facing the wall. A headache raged through her head, making her feel as though her head had been cleaved in half.
She held her head in her hands and moaned quietly. The sound echoed around her, but her head hurt too much to take any note of it.
Then Mary woke up. Again. She opened her eyes and stared up at the ceiling. At the same time, she sat on the floor and held her head in her hands.
With her newly awoken self, Mary looked side to side. On one side she saw two passed out women on the floor. On the other she saw another passed out woman, and a woman sitting cross-legged and holding her head in her hands. Slowly she sat up as a headache overtook her senses.
Again she woke up and again she quickly succumbed to the headache. Once more it happened. Then she woke up again and suddenly... the headache was gone. Mary opened her eyes and rapidly adjusted to seeing the world from 5 perspectives at the same time. Thoughts flew through her brains as she looked around and quickly took stock of the change.
One by one each of Mary's bodies stood up until all 5 were standing in the living room, not moving but facing inward in a circle. Despite what her senses were telling her, and what she experienced as she thought with her now 5 brains, Mary's consciousness did not want to accept what she clearly saw: That drinking the 5 woman vials had turned her into 5 of the same woman.
She stood there, doing her best to adapt but having a hard time of it. Then, like a dam bursting, one Mary screamed out "WHAT THE FUCK!? This can't be happening! This can't be real. What is going on?!? Who are all of you? Why can I see through your eyes? Why can I... Do I... Do I really sound like that? Oh my god, I sound like a bitch. Is this what it's like to have to live with yourself?" Broken from the spell, that Mary collapsed onto the couch.
Seconds passed and the other 4 Mary's rapidly experienced similar events as their minds seemed to get jumpstarted and react:
"Fuck you, this is my house! You get out. I don't care if I can feel... and think... and know... everything you..."
"sob What is going on? I'm scared... I can feel you watching me. I know you're looking at me. I can... feel... you're me."
"Oh shit, I don't know what you drugged me with, but this is craaaaazy. I... I'm just gonna wait this out. I hope this doesn't turn into a bad trip. Hey uh... other me, I guess. Calm down, okay? You might not be real so you don't need to worry about it. Whoa... That was harsh to say. I'm sorry, me. I didn't mean to make me feel bad by saying that. I mean 'you'. Or is it actually 'me'? Whoa..."
"None of you are allowed to touch my stuff! I'll know if you do! And I'll call the cops on... wait... I can feel your thoughts. They're my thoughts."