
Rina Oh
Jan 18, 2026
Original Short Story: Fiction
The Lie Detector Part I
Narcs in a Nutshell
Hey girl! What are you reading?
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โIโm just studying the different forms Narcissists attract their supplyโ.
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โSupply? As in drugs?โ
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โNo silly. Narcissists have this thing about them. They need constant validation that theyโre perfect. They look for honey from others. In other words, theyโre fetching compliments, mirroring whatever it is that they are promoting about themselves. Usually itโs some grandiose delusion, and they surround themselves with a team of false flatterers. The false flatterers are mentioned in Danteโs Inferno. Have you read it?โ
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โNo. But Iโve heard of it of course. The modern Italian language is based off the works by Dante.โ
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โIn his work, Inferno โ Dante describes Heaven and Hell and introduces the concept of Purgatory which I disagree with, because centuries ago โ sinners were encouraged to do as they please and as long as they provided penance, they were forgiven which I think is one of the biggest scamsโ.
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โOh โ Purgatory Iโve heard all about that. I think thatโs quite weird.โ
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โI think itโs just vulvar to even imagine you can pay for forgiveness. You canโt buy EVERYTHING you know.โ
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โTell me more about Narcissists and why youโre reading about the โsupply.โโ
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โIโm dissecting various life experiences and just sitting on the memories right now. A lot of my memories were fragmented because of the loaded amount of Narcissists and Narcissistic abuse I had to go through. I was too naรฏve for so long. But I wisened up. I began to study them. You know how I study people. I make portraits! I can study one subject for a decade before making a portrait. There are behavior patterns you must follow for each and every one of these Narcissists, the majority of them โ donโt even know theyโre infected with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. When you confront them, they come at you full force but they usually donโt do the dirty work themselves. They have flying monkeys do it for them. And the flying monkeys are usually the false flatterers who are getting something out of the Narcissists. Sometimes the flying monkeys are smaller versions of the main Narcissist, or theyโre sociopaths. Siblings from a different mother sort of speak. Have you ever been abused and couldnโt understand why you didnโt see all the red flags? And if you ever tried to confront the abuser โ letโs just say itโs a romantic relationship and you find out the person youโre with is a pathological liar and now youโre confronting themโฆthey lied about their income, their family, their education, and โ to top it off, it all began with you finding a photographโ.
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โOh wait, are you talking about โโ
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โYepโ.
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โEeeewwwwโ.
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โI can help you figure out why you couldnโt see the red flagsโ.
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Inverted Mirrors
โHave you ever heard of mirroring in a relationship?โ
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โI think so. In psych class we studied it brieflyโ.
โThereโs a form of mirroring that is good, and there are forms of mirroring that are awful and not real. The real version is healthy. The unreal version is basically living a life filled with lies, false flatteryโฆโ
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โOh! Are you going to do one of your deep dives into the psyche of the liar today? Youโre always obsessed with liars telling lies. When I think about you, I always picture you squinting at the liars! Ha! Like youโre doing right now, thinking about-โ.
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โI know right. Such BS. Canโt believe these Narcs canโt even see how transparent they are., Itโs hysterical looking at their collection of junk, and they expect us to buy their BS. As if they actually read all the 500,000 books, now thereโs another hidden library theyโre going to show us with another 2M books, and maybe it was 5M books. Iโm like what?โ
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โSeriously girl! Are you sure you want to spend this much time on this? Donโt you want to be more productive and do something more positive?โ
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โNo. No. This is productive. Weโll get to the resting place after I figure this one out. Iโm developing an algorithm right now. And contemplating if I should share it with anyone else. I mean โ you sort of have to earn it. This is wisdom.โ
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โWait, what? So youโre developing an algorithm thatโs a lie detector?โ
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โYepโ.
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โHow?โ
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โItโs sort of like a big game. Nothing like weโve seen through the ages. This is a multidimensional game that is played out in hyper dimensionsโ.
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โIโm incorporating the Inverse Square Law into the algorithm. Wondering if the Narcs will crack under thisโฆ.get it? Narcs. Supply. Crack. LMAO.โ
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โOMG. That is so richโ.
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โI know. Cheers!โ
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