Twenty Years (Part 2)

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Eugene was pleased after the surgery to find himself in a young body once again. He entered a room and prepped, knowing very well he was about to get a visitor. Sure enough, Margaret was soon stumbling though the halls.

“Is there anything I can help you with?” Eugene asked.

“I’m...I’m not sure,” Margaret replied, “The last thing I remember is working with my mentor, Eugene Warner. Then everything went black and now...I’m...I’m old.”

“Perhaps if you take a seat, I can scan your brain with this neurotron above me. It should help me identify anything troubling you. It’s certainly based on Dr. Warner’s
pioneering work, but no one has heard from this at this facility in twenty years. My name is April, by the way, Dr. April Chu,” Eugene smiled, knowing it was now April’s brain stuck in a jar for the next twenty years...

Twenty Years

It had been twenty long years, but Dr. Eugene Warner was finally ready to give Margaret her body back. He had kept her brain alive so carefully in this jar that whole time. He had always intended to return this body to her, but it had taken him such a long time to find a new donor for him to transplant his own brain into. That time had finally arrived. Shortly after midnight tonight, Eugene would have his mind placed inside yet another new body. And then Margaret’s brain could return to her body as well. She’d probably be in for quite a shock, as she’d find herself twenty years older in what felt like to her as a matter of seconds. In the jar, her brain was sort of in a coma -- unaware of the passage of time and oblivious to any experiences. It would be certainly interesting to study her once he was in his new body!

About to Get Some Bad News

Leo remembered being younger. Thirty or so years ago flying was the only option for traveling long distances. But you waited in hour long security lines for a flight that itself could take several more hours. Now it was possible to travel around the globe in a matter of a few minutes thanks to bodyporting. Granted, it had its own drawbacks. Since only one’s brain was teleported to the new location, you’d be spending your trip in the body of someone else. Leo certainly didn’t mind this aspect. In fact, it wasn’t uncommon for him to find himself in a body much younger than his own -- for instance, he couldn’t imagine the body he swapped with this time was any older than 25. You depending on them to pack their bags in accordance with your prior requests. Leo had instructed the person he swapped with to pack casual clothes, which she obliged with. Then there was the return trip. In order to swap back to your own body, you needed to visit a bodyporting hub. This depended on the person temporarily in your body also showing up on time. It was always possible for someone to be late. In this case, Leo had been waiting for quite a long time. It was even a more infrequent occurrence when your original body didn’t show and any attempts to get in touch were met with silence. Leo was about to be given that news any second now, and that he’d be stuck in this woman’s body until further notice...

Of Course

“How do...How do I look?” Ronald asked nervously while looking down at his feet. It had been tough for Ronald ever since the Great Shift. It was hard being swapped into the body of a woman, but not necessarily because of his gender. The body he swapped into had a chemical imbalance; he felt overly self-conscious with just about ever aspect of his body. He felt overweight and not pretty enough.

He kept looking to his wife to affirm how he looked. He tried wearing dresses and skirts to look prettier. He told himself that as long as he had he love, he could get through this.

In response to his question, his wife smiled and quickly came back with “Of course!”

Intentional Malfunction

After Garret turned on his invention, everyone in the room was shocked to find themselves in someone else’s body -- even Garret! Jason didn’t seem to take being in Yumi’s body so well; he retreated to the corner to sulk and cry.

Garret, now in Amanda’s body, approached and tried to assure Jason that it was going to be okay. That he would find a way to fix things and get everyone back to normal.

Jason slowly turned his head and simply stared at Garret with an evil eye before moving it back in order to continue sulking. Jason knew he was playing this just right. With this attitude no one would suspect that he was the one that tampered with Garret’s invention to cause this swap. Garret may have been smart, but he was smarter. In fact, Jason had complete control over who everyone was going to swap with, and he knew Garret would never figure out his modifications or how to undo them. He’d get to keep Yumi’s body forever, and as long as he acted upset about it, no one would ever suspect him.

Reception (Part 3)

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Trevor soon found himself at a store, trying on various outfits. He picked out a few he could wear to work and a few things he could wear around the house. As he looked at himself in the mirror in the tight jeans, he really noticed how big Michelle’s booty was. He couldn’t help but wonder if this was what caused him to feel so uncomfortable with her body. But as he took more and more time to stare at it, he decided to embrace it. Heck, if Michelle could rock this bod every day, so could he.

Still, in back of his head, he hoped all of this shopping was for naught and that once he returned to the office, there would be some way for him to get back to his own body...

Reception (Part 2)

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The company remained vague on any details, nor did they admit any responsibility. However, they did assure everyone that the swap seemed to be limited to the office and decided to send everyone home. Trevor asked Michelle if he could pick up some clothes at her place before he headed home, but she seemed hesitant to help him.

Trevor groaned. This meant he would have to go to the store on the way home to pick up some outfits. As he walked out, he thought about snapping a rude comment in Michelle’s direction. He even turned around to look at her, but he had to stop himself from doing so. He suddenly felt a little bit self-conscious about his own looks, and didn’t want to risk anyone snapping back at him.

Reception (Part 1)

It happened shortly after lunch. For some reason no one could explain at the time, the entire office just switched bodies with one another. Trevor found himself in the body of the company’s receptionist, Michelle. He returned to his own desk, feeling weird about the curves he now had.

The entire office had questions. Initially, they were about how it happened. Was the company experimenting with something? Was it more widespread? Then they began to wonder if they were all going to be sent home? And should they go to their own home? Or the home of the body they now had? For one, Trevor knew none of the clothes in his own home would fit Michelle’s body.

Appointment (Part 4)

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And so Jack sat down. A few minutes later another woman joined him. She was also dressed like a doctor, but Jack immediately wondered if she was another test subject swapping with one of Dr. Lee’s colleagues.

Before Jack could ask, the woman spoke, “Whoa, Bro, I still can’t believe this. I’m a freeking chick!”

“Pretty weird, right?” Jack asked. “It’s so different! I’m hot! Dr. Collin’s body is bangin’! I bet your bummed you got the dog’s body.”

“What?”

“Look at me; then look at you. No contest, right? But you probably got last pick or something. I bet it’s still more interesting for you than nothing.”

Jack didn’t want to respond. He was starting to feel a little jealous. He had found Dr. Lee’s body to be cute, but Dr. Collin’s body was just plain hot. Could he have had that body? He was having a once in a lifetime experience of being a woman, but he was getting so distracted by the fact that he could’ve been a different woman. It didn’t make sense, but the jealousy was thee...

Appointment (Part 3)

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Things happened quickly from that point. Jack was injected with something and drifted off to sleep. When he awoke, he was in Dr. Lee’s body. He got up and walked around in a bit of a daze. He didn’t know if he expected something a bit more climatic, or if he felt like he should have more time to recover, or if there should’ve been someone there to greet him. It wasn’t until he went out in the hallway that he ran into Dr. Lee in his old body.

“How are you feeling?” She asked him.

“Short,” Was Jack’s first response, quickly followed by, “Actually, I feel really good! I still can’t believe it worked.”

“Glad to hear! We have a bit more paperwork to do and a few more results to log, so if you’ll just take a seat over there. We’ll get you out of here soon.”

Appointment (Part 2)

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Jack returned on Friday. He was brought to a room where he was separated from Dr. Lee by a glass divider.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” She asked him through the glass.

“I’m nervous, but yes,” Jack replied.

“Did you read all the forms? Do you have any questions?”

“I signed off on everything. I probably have more questions than I can realistically ask. Let’s just do this.”

“Okay, my colleagues will prep us...”

Appointment (Part 1)

Jack had gone in for a routine checkup, but instead of his regular doctor he was seen by a young woman named Dr. Lee. He was uncomfortable at first, because he had to admit that he found her attractive. It was a frequent fantasy of his to imagine swapping bodies with women he saw, and Dr. Lee certainly wasn’t an exception. What happened at the end of his appointment caught him off guard.

Dr. Lee showed up with her chart, humming and hawing for a moment before asked, “I apologize for this, but I’ve been working with several colleagues on some discoveries. The first allows me to read minds. Don’t worry! It’s not too invasive! And I can tune it to look for specific thoughts.”

“Uh-huh,” Jack replied, a little unsure what she was even saying.

“I was able to tell you were interested in switching bodies, which brings me to the second invention. Would you be interested in testing it out with me?”

Jack couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He had long fantasized about switching bodies with a woman, but actually being able to do so? It seemed unrealistic. He nodded.

Dr. Lee smiled, “Great, come back here on Friday at noon, and we’ll proceed.”

Bug

It had been a year since Stephen had last stepped foot in this conservatory. He never expected the odd bug to crawl out of the cacti and bite him along with a young woman named Amanda. They both fell ill and had been rushed to a hospital. Scientists couldn’t identify the bug, and the unconscious victims’ illness was mysterious to the doctors. Then it got even weirder over the next 48 hours as Stephen’s body slowly morphed into Amanda’s and visa versa. It was tough for Stephen to convince his friends and loved ones that he was now a perky-looking blonde woman; luckily, he had the doctors to confirm his story. And over the course of the year, he did his best to adapt to womanhood. But the bug was never found.

This was precisely the reason he returned to the conservatory. What’s the worst that could happen? Would he find himself in another new body? He tried to convince Amanda to come with him, but she was spooked. He didn’t blame her. After all, last time she was here, she ended up with his body. But Stephen was a bit braver. As he walked by the cacti, he hoped to spy the bug again. If he found it, maybe he could unlock the secret to how it turned his body into Amanda’s. And just maybe it held the clues to reversing the process...

Made

“I can’t believe that after how much money I spent on this vacation I end up swapping bodies with one of the maids, and the resort actually expects me to do her job while in her body. What are the chances?” Chuck complained.

“I’ve been here a dozen times, and this is the first time it’s happened to me,” Doug interjected, “At least I’ll be checking out and swapping back to my own body tomorrow.”

“Uh...” Gavin added, “I was supposed to check out two months ago, and it never happened. They wouldn’t let me check out, I couldn’t get on the plane; I was just sort of stuck with this life. I hate to break it to you guys, but we’re all maids at Exchange Island’s resort now...for good.”

Escape

In the bottom of Jim’s bag was the medallion. He decided to bring it with him, just in case he ever wanted to swap bodies with anyone ever again. On the other hand, he had gone through a lot of trouble to use it to swap bodies with Caroline. And buying a same day plane ticket to be as far away as possible by the time the minimum twelve hours was up. It was a pretty big commitment to steal Caroline’s body, why would he ever give it up? Maybe once he arrived at his destination, he’d just dump the thing in the middle of the ocean.

The Clinic

Eric reached his hand around in order to try and feel ever inch of his new body. It was sort of amazing what the clinic could do. You’d simply select a body from the catalog, you’d go into the machine, and the next thing you knew, you’d have that body. Today, Eric selected the body of a beautiful Asian woman, and now that body was his. The technology had gotten so advanced that he didn’t just look this way, this was his actual body. With this body, he was capable of having cycles or getting pregnant. It was a phenomenal achievement in science. It was hard for him to believe this technology wasn’t more popular.

Dinner (Part 2)

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As dinner went on, Abby’s boyfriend finally had the courage to speak up. “Is everything okay, Abby?” He asked.

Jeff perked his head up. “Oh, yeah,” He said with his mouth full, “I’m Abby. That’s me. Yeah, I’m totally fine. Totally Abby.”

“See, that’s sort of what I’m talking about. You just don’t seem like yourself.”

“Nope, I’m totally normal. Just doing Abby things like, uh, wearing bras, having periods. You know, typical girl stuff. That’s it...must be my period...probably why I am acting weird.”

Abby’s boyfriend just went back to eating. It was certainly not a subject he cared to press her on, and he hoped she would be back to normal in a few days. Jeff hoped everything would be back to normal soon too!

Dinner

The conversation throughout dinner was awkward and often quiet. Jeff really didn’t have much to say. After all, he was just pretending to be Abby since the two had accidentally swapped bodies. He certainly didn’t have much to say to her boyfriend, and he was pretty thankful when the food arrived and he was finally able to stuff his face. It didn’t even occur to him that he should try to eat the noodles in any sort of lady-like manner. In fact, he wasn’t doing much of anything in a lady-like manner. Along with shoving food in his face, his legs certainly weren’t crossed under the table, and he was also just sort of slouched over. Part of what made the dinner conversation so quiet was that Abby’s boyfriend had no idea of how to bring up his concern.

Out of the Way (Part 2)

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As the magic taxi drove away, Ethan couldn’t help but laugh. He couldn’t believe he had finally swapped bodies with someone. Once he wound up in the cab driver’s body and learned he had to steal another body from someone else, he had an ideal image in his mind. He hoped some rich Wall Street guy would enter the cab with a good build, tall, and handsome.

He had a few at the beginning he would’ve called “close,” but he decided not to settle. Then the weeks went on. Being stuck in the cabbie’s body grew more and more uncomfortable. Close quickly became good enough, but even close became hard to find. He’d soon settle for a guy who was short, or a little unattractive, or maybe a little older. He only narrowly rejected swapping with a man in his 60s. Then she got in.

He hadn’t considered being a woman, but he had to admit she was the best choice to come into his cab in a while. She was young and attractive; she was asking to be dropped off in a well-to-do area. She certainly wasn’t what he had in mind when he thought of his ideal, but she was who he ultimately picked to swap with...

Out of the Way

Ethan knew exactly what was going to happen when he spoke the words “Have a nice day” to the woman getting out of his cab, but he was still caught off guard by it. For starters, he was now standing up instead of sitting down; he had to adjust to the heels on his feet; and he also didn’t expect to have to jump out of the way of another car passing a little too closely.

As much as he knew he would have to adjust to this body, he was still thankful to no longer be in the body of that cab driver! He had been stuck driving that taxi for weeks now...

Insensitive

Mark realized he should’ve known better before opening his big fat mouth about the bust size of Asian women. He had intended the comment to sound factual, but instead he just sounded like a jerk. And of course his genius wife Anna -- who was of Chinese descent -- didn’t take the comment well either and decided to test a new invention on him. The device transformed Mark into a petite Asian woman with a chest that grew about a cup size every hour. By the time he reached D cup, Anna had forgiven him, but her device didn’t seem to function in reverse. She went down to the basement to work on it further.

Meanwhile, Mark’s ever expanding top proved difficult to deal with. He quickly outgrew anything in his wife’s closet and only luckily found a bikini a friend had left behind a while back that fit.

After a few hours, he called down to the basement from atop the stairs, hoping for some good news. Anna just snapped back to be patient, and that this was all his fault for being so insensitive.

Mark just stood their awkwardly. He couldn’t imagine how uncomfortable he was going to be if Anna didn’t find a way to reverse this until tomorrow or the next day -- or maybe even longer...

Fix Things

Greg was certainly surprised when the magic spell he cast worked, transforming his best friend Dave into a gorgeous female. Dave was a little less than pleased.

“You better find a solution to this fast or else I’m going to pound you into the ground, and I don’t care what body I’m in to do that,” Dave threatened.

Greg quickly found a spell that promised to fix things, but after he cast it, he was surprised to see Dave still standing there with the body of a woman, hold his hand on his head as if he had a headache.

“Are you okay, Dave?” Greg asked.

“Who’s Dave?” Dave asked in an equally monotone yet flirtatious way, “My name is Sheila and I want to suck your co---”

“Whoa!” Greg interupted, not wanting to think about his best friend in that way (even if he did have an attractive female body at the moment).

Dave persisted, “If you don’t drop your pants right now, I am going to pound you into the ground.”

Desolate

Earl had been driving on the desolate road for miles without seeing another building or person when he saw her. He thought about stopping, but he knew picking up a hitchhiker was a bad idea. In hindsight, he wished he had stopped. As he continued to drive, an odd feeling came over him. Suddenly, he was now standing on the side of the road, watching his old truck drive off far into the distance. He looked down, recognizing the body as the woman he had just seen trying to hitchhike. Now he was the one standing on the side of the road, waiting for the next car to come around -- which he guessed would likely be quite a long time. In the interim, he was stuck out here with a very unfamiliar body!

New Stomach

A few weeks ago, Colin found himself in the body of a beautiful woman thanks to the Great Shift. He didn’t quite see a reason to act in any different way just because he had a new body, so once his favorite restaurant was open again, he decided to pig out oon his favorite sandwich. He took a bite and was a little disappointed. He realized it must be because his taste buds were now different.

He still ate as much as he could.

However, he did notice that he got filled up faster. It was all so weird to him, but he guessed it made sense. New body, new taste buds, and a new stomach...

Not Any Time Soon

Jason knew to expect changes after going off to college, but he never expected one of them would be finding himself in someone else’s body within the first week! He was in his dorm room when it happened. His vision blurred for a moment, and his dorm room suddenly became different. He sat down to soak it all in and noticed the clothes on his body and the shape of it. He was definitely a woman now. He could feel the long hair on his head and glasses on his face. After taking a moment to calm down, he went out to the common area.

There was a television on and many of the other students gathered as well. The news reports were calling it “The Great Shift,” and many of his classmates were in a panic. Jason was trying to be calmer than most, but he had lots of questions that he knew he wasn’t getting answers to any time soon.

Sooner

Seth felt a vibration and pulled out his phone to see a text message from a contact named Brad. Did he know a Brad? He must if they were in his phone. The message read, “Hey Babe, Bring your ass over to my place.”

He laughed and replied, “Think you got the wrong number bro. Who dis?”

Brad quickly replied again, “It’s your boyfriend! Stop playin’!”

It would take a few more text exchanges before Seth realized Brad didn’t have the wrong number at all. It was, in fact, Seth who had the wrong body. He had bumped into a woman earlier, and through the oddest of phenomena, their heads switches places. Seth’s head was now on her body, which mean the phone he now had on his person was actually hers. Of course, once Seth realized this, Brad was the least of his problems! He’d be much more shocked by the fact that he now had a woman’s body! He was wearing tight jeans and heels! It was a shock to him that he hadn’t noticed sooner...

The Town

Everyone in town knew the factory was polluting the area, but few dared to shut it down. So much of the local economy depending upon the place. Frank certainly didn’t complain when an accident on the job transformed his gender from male to female. He just did he best to adjust. Heck, he even started wearing makeup and considered growing his hair long. Having steady work was just much more important than the equipment between his legs.

But when he arrived that morning, he was truly shocked. A fence had been erected outside and where the factory once stood was now just a smoldering pile of ash. He looked at the place with a dropped jaw. He had given up so much for that job, and now it was gone. It all didn’t matter. He realized he should’ve fought; he should’ve sued. It was all too late now. There was nothing left, but the weird effects on the town and people like him. And he knew he was one of the more lucky ones...

Have to Learn

Lloyd opened the bag his girlfriend had brought over, took out the boots, and sighed.

“Really?” He asked her, “I called you up and explained about how I woke up in a woman’s body. I ask you to bring me a few things like shoes since I didn’t have any that fit my feet, and this is what you bring me?”

“I bet you’ll look cute in them!” She laughed.

“I just need to be able to leave the house! And I can’t ensure that in these things! Look at this heel! How am I suppose to balance on that thing?”

“Women do it all the time. It’s just something you’re going to have to learn.”

Like Before

Tim watched his brother Dave sit down in front of the TV and play video games. He knew it had been hard for Dave since the accident. Sure, the doctors saved his brother’s life after the car crash, but they did it by transplanting his brain into the body of a 40 year old mother of two. It was an experimental procedure that everyone was legally required to keep quiet about. That meant Dave ha to mostly continue to act like the woman he appeared to be. It was only on some days when her husband was at work and her two kids at school that he was able to check in with Tim and other members of his original family. And most days he did that were much like today. He didn’t say much; he just tried to do something he had enjoyed before the accident.

Out to Lunch (Part 3)

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Jack was frozen for a moment. He didn’t know why the person now inside his body was pretending to not be swapped; he didn’t know what to say. It only got worse from there.

The owner soon came out from the back room. He started yelling in a language Jack didn’t understand. The man seemed to be unswapped and very angry at Jack.

“I’m sorry. I don’t understand. Can you speak English?” Jack tried to ask politely.

“Don’t tell me what to do woman!” The man snipped, “Listen to your husband when I tell you to do something!”

Jack was now starting to get nervous. Not only was the person in his body claiming to be unswapped, he was in the body of this man’s wife, who was completely in the dark about the whole body swapping thing. This wasn’t going to be an easy...