Pure Energy (Part 5)

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Josh did ultimately manage to return to his basement, and he breathed a sigh of relieve when he did so. He reattached the control loop and got back in the booth. Once again, he took the form of pure energy, and he re-entered the machine. His body reformed once more, but instead of his own body reforming, he reformed as the woman from the park. He sat in the booth scared for so long after that. He really was stuck; he really was this woman now...forever. He checked the scans. His energy signature was only slightly different from what it had been. He tried to get the device to tweak it back to normal an went through the process again, but he once again returned to the form of the woman. He was beginning to give up. He though about smashing his device into a million pieces. After removing a piece or two out of anger, he stopped himself from going further. This machine could still do good in the world; he could still do good in the world. He was just going to have to do it with a different body...

Pure Energy (Part 4)

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Then Josh finally came up with an idea. He needed to get back to his basement. He’d simply convert himself back into energy using his machine, then when he reverted back to human form, he should reform as himself instead of this woman. He felt bad about the fact that she would basically blip out of existence, but with him inside her body, that was basically already true. The other problem was his house was at least an hour drive. He presumed she had a car, but where it was or where to find the keys were questions he didn’t have an answer to yet. Still, it was his best hope to getting back to normal.

Pure Energy (Part 3)

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Josh took his fingernails and began to try to dig at his forehead at the place where his energy form had entered this body. It didn’t make any sense to try to do this, but he wasn’t exactly thinking rationally at this point -- he was merely focused on the fact that he was now a woman and was trying to think of ways to undo it as quickly as possible. After several unsuccessful minutes of trying all sorts of different ways to extract his energy form, he realized it was going to work. He was stuck like this! Stuck as this woman who he knew nothing about! At least the world around him was starting to feel normal again as he adjusted to being human once more instead of being pure energy. The only thing weird was the difference he felt in his current human body! Being a woman meant his weight distribution was al off, the hair was long and annoying, and he didn’t even want to think about what he would feel going to the bathroom for the first time...

Pure Energy (Part 2)

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Josh couldn’t to do anything to stop what happened next. His energy form crashed into the woman -- right on her forehead. He could no longer see her anywhere, but he also didn’t see a charred corpse or anything like that. However, things suddenly seemed different for him. The world seemed to be going at normal speed again. Things still felt a little blurry and weird though; it also seemed like he had a headache. Except he began to wonder how that was possible. He was pure energy, he didn’t have a head to ache in this form. He lifted his arms to his temples -- arms? How did he have arms? Yet there they were -- except they weren’t HIS arms. It all started to come into focus. He wasn’t himself; when he hit the woman doing yoga, he must have possessed her or something! He now had her body! For all intents and purposes, he now was her!

Pure Energy (Part 1)

The invention that Josh had made in basement was nothing short of impressive. He stood inside a booth and was transformed into pure energy. This energy could then be directed back into the machine and turned back into matter. It was revolutionary! Josh had tested going back and forth from human form to pure energy several times on a closed loop in his basement without incident so far, but he really wanted to test the potential of this machine. In his brief time in energy form, Josh noted that he oddly still seemed to have his senses about him. He could see, hear, and smell everything, even though it zipped by him a way that was blurry and distorted. Taking a deep breath, he removed a control loop and tried again to turn himself into energy. He was no longer limited to the confines of the machine. He zapped out of the house and nearly instantly found himself at a park many miles away. He was excited about the implications for traveling from one place to another in a fraction of a second. He was about to head back when he saw a woman practicing yoga in the park. He felt an attraction, like he would be turned on if he still had a body. He wanted to get closer, but precision control was difficult as a being of pure energy. He was fearful that getting too close would kill her -- like being hit by a bolt of lightning, but he also found that he couldn’t fully control himself as he got closer and closer....

Highs and Lows

The Great Shift appeared as a flash of light and many found themselves swapped into new bodies. Wilson was one such person though his new body with its sparkling leotard and pink fur coat was far from his mind. In fact, all he could think about was his euphoria; he just felt so good. That is, until this body came crashing down from its high. Then Wilson just felt so terrible. He wondered why he had so enjoyed this body and his time right after the Shift. He had no idea about the drugs she had taken right beforehand; he just wanted to recreate that feeling. Surely, he’d feel that joy again? He’d love this body again, right? He hoped so. He couldn’t remember feeling anything better than the moment he first shifted.

Transporter malfunction

“O’Brien is working on finding the transporter malfunction,” Picard assured Troi, “We hopefully won’t be like this for long.”

Having her half-Betazoid body, Picard could sense her sadness even before her soft face started to form tears. It was weird for him to see her gentle features on his body, and he was sure it was even harder for her to see him. He wasn’t even sure O’Brien could reverse the malfunction that caused their bodies to be mixed up like this, but he knew he had to be hopeful for her sake.

Mess

“It must be here somewhere!” A frustrated Michael screamed as he threw some of Ashleys’ clothes into the air. He had been house-sitting for her this week and had used the Medallion of Zulu to turn himself into a copy of her on the very first day. Throughout the week, he tried on just about every piece of clothing she owned, and he assumed the medallion must have gotten lost somewhere in the pile. He needed to find that medallion into order to transform back into himself. He needed to clean all these clothes. Yet he was also running out of time. There was no way he’d be able to get it all done before Ashley returned, but the last thing he wanted to have to explain is why he looked like an exact copy of her.

Cold

It had been a very long, cold walk for Julian, but he was finally back at his home. He could tell whoever was now in his body was somewhat apprehensive about anyone approaching. Julian put on a big smile and showed his hands.

“Look, I know you’re in the wrong body, because that’s my body. I’m in the wrong body too. I think everyone is. I walked a mile to get back here -- it wasn’t easy; I’m not used to being a woman yet. But I wanted to get back to my house. I know where the key is; we can go inside and warm up. I can tell you what I know. We can turn on the TV. All the new reports are talking about this; they’re calling it ‘The Great Shift.’”

The person inside Julian’s body was a little skeptical, but it did make sense. He did find himself suddenly outside in a stranger’s body. It wouldn’t hurt to be warm. Plus, maybe he could really heat things up inside with this Julian guy -- the woman’s body he ended up in seemed to be pretty hot.

Announcement

Shortly after The Great Shift, rumors started about secret government technology that existed to swap people’s bodies in order to get everyone back to normal. It was a few months before the official announcement and a plan to start swapping people back. Jasper had no desire to sign up. He hadn’t bothered to check if his original body was still alive or the state of the person whose body he currently occupied. As he lifted his leg above his head before a swim, he knew he’d be crazy to ever give this up willingly. He was young again, and he had certainly never been this athletic or flexible. The Great Shift had been a dream that he never wanted to wake up from. There was no way the government or anyone else could force him back into his 70 year old body, and he’d fight it with every bone in his flexible, now 25 year old body if they tried.

Put to Use

Marjorie loved her husband Cliff very much, but she was always a little concerned by the number of guns he kept in the house. He would always say they might need them, but she never saw a need. Then one day, body swapping aliens invaded the planet. Some people swapped with aliens while other people just swapped with each other. While Marjorie was now in an alien’s body, Cliff was in the body of their 20-something year old neighbor, Natalie. Cliff immediately went to his stash of weapons. He wanted to take the fight to the aliens, but Marjorie asked him what he was planning to do. The aliens were mostly in ships high up in the atmosphere. The ones on the planet had stolen bodies and were completely indiscernible from their neighbors and loved ones. Cliff was just feeling glad he was ready -- though he might need to train a bit to adjust for how different this body felt.

Only Have Yourself to Blame

“Honestly, Kelly, you only have yourself to blame,” Thomas said while flicking her off, “You tried to steal my invention, but you had no idea how to use it. You ended up having the damn thing swap my mind into your body and your mind into my old cat’s body. God knows where the cat is with my body. You better believe I’m going to go out for a bit in your body dressed like this. Hope you enjoy peeing in a box and eating catfood while I’m out. You deserve it. If I can ever find my body, I’ll swap us all back, but until then, you’re going to be stuck as a feline, my dear.”

Match

“I came over as fast as I could.” Arturo explained to his girlfriend, “I couldn’t believe I woke up in your body!”

“It’s insane that we seem to have swapped,” Julia replied, “But I think I may need to give you some lessons in being me.”

“Do you know how hard it was for me to find a t-shirt and jeans in your closet? I had to dig way in the back! And don’t get me started on the shoes! There was like an avalanche, and they were all heels! These were the only two I could find hat weren’t, and they didn’t even match!”

“That’s exactly what we need to talk about. I wear heels, skirts, dresses! It’s my thing! That means until we swap back, you need to start wearing those things.”

“Oh, hell no!”

“Oh, hell yes! Or trust me, I will make this a whole lot worse for you!”

Creep

“And I hope this body swapping curse teaches you...wait, why are you smiling,” Angela asked confused after using a magic spell to swap bodies with the guy who had been ogling her as she passed by him.

“Because this a dream come true,” Marvin responded, “I wasn’t staring at you because I wanted to ask you out or get you into bed, I was staring because I wanted to BE you. And now somehow you made that happen. You have no idea how it feels to be like you’re the wrong gender, and then somehow like magic it’s solved. Thank you! Thank you so much!”

Angela didn’t quite know how to respond. She was hoping to teach a creep a lesson by making him experience what it was like to be a woman for a bit, but this creep turned out to actually be grateful. She wanted to knock that grin off her own face and try to explain the many challenges of being a woman, but some reason, she also didn’t want to burst his bubble so readily...

Recreate

Finding the rare flowers in the market was exactly the next ingredient Gordon needed to find in order to recreate the body swapping potion. Each ingredient had been pretty hard to find so far, and he still had several to go. Still, the flowers were quite the find. Even once he fund the rest of them, he still needed to find his original body. When this Asian woman stole it from him while he was on vacation, he wasn’t even sure what to do at first. Then locals started to explain the potion and its difficult to find ingredients. It gave Gordon hope, and an explanation. He knew he could recreate it...even if took the rest of his life.

Alignment (Part 2)

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Over the next few weeks, Jason had to do a lot to get settled with his new body. He had to contact his own body, then he found where this body lived. He had to figure out travel arrangements to get home. In the meantime, he lived in this body’s apartment and wore her clothes -- she sure owned a lot of pink! Then there was the task of convincing people who he really was. The body swapping only affected a few hundred people at most, so it wasn’t the easiest of tasks. Jason knew going back to work like this was going to be awkward. He was actually relieved that he had broken up with his girlfriend last month. Government offices were probably the worst until apparently the CIA quietly intervened. Then there was the aspect of simply adjusting to being a woman. He had to deal with carrying a purse and being gawked at by men, the different feelings of this body and tighter clothing. All in all, he thought he was doing pretty well, but this wasn’t easy!

Alignment

Jason had been excited about the alignment for months. It would be the first time in nearly a million years that all the planetary bodies in the solar system would align. Sure, there were plenty of astronomers on the news who said there was nothing particularly special about the event, but Jason still wanted to get t the exact spot on Earth to line himself up with all the celestial orbs. He wasn’t the only one. A small crowd had gathered awaiting the exact moment. Jason checked his phones as the seconds ticked down.

Then the moment passed with no supernatural occurrence. But just as Jason was about to feel a little let down, there was a flash. For a moment, he felt at one with all the heavens, but it quickly passed as he found himself back down to Earth. Then the commotion started.

People were shouting and screaming. Jason soon learned why. He had been swapped into someone else’s body -- as he imagined everyone else had as well. His surroundings seemed to be different as well. It took him a bit to realize, but they were all now on the complete other side of the planet, a second spot where everything would also be aligned. They had all swapped bodies with the people who had gathered there. Jason seemed to be in the body of a woman with a pink top. While he had been hopeful something would happen, he never expected something like this!

An Hour

An hour. Jonah had an hour stuck inside Deborah’s body as the swapping machine reset. He decided to hit up the gym. He knew it wouldn’t be his body getting the benefits, but working out was just something he did to calm down. It was sort of weird working out with Deborah’s body. The sweat collected in different places, and things swung in different ways. He was sort of glad for it to be over, and was ready to get back to the lab to get his body back. But then he checked his phone. There were about a hundred text messages on there from Deborah and the guys at the lab. There was some sort of error or mistake. It appears Jonah would be stuck in Deborah’s body for at least a week. He groaned. He signed up for this because he thought it might be an interesting experience for an hour, but a week? That was way too long! He couldn’t be a chick for that long! He’d go crazy!

Magic Is Real

“What the heck did you put in my tea?”A confused Jill asked, “It looks like I’m looking at myself. I must be seeing things! What sort of drug is this?”

“It’s not drugs,” A very calm Curt replied, “It’s magic. I slipped a potion into our drinks that switched our bodies.”

“Magic isn’t real!”

“It’s real enough that you’re sitting over there in my body looking at me in yours.”

“There must be some logical explanation or something!”

“I think I already explained it sufficiently. And I certainly thank you for coming over, but I think I might leave to go back to your apartment...or should I say my apartment? I’m certainly going to enjoy myself until this potion wears off.”

“How long will that be?”

“Three weeks. Maybe four...”

Badass

It wasn’t exactly Trey’s plan to steal the body of a blonde suburban white mother, but he figured it was still the perfect disguise. He knew his crime spree of robbing the stores in his neighborhood would eventually come to an end; heck, because of the body swapper he had bought on the black market, he knew it was even going to end with him in a different body...just not this body. He had been stealing from those stores and stashing the cash for the better part of the month. He figured the police would eventually show up; he had always planned to keep the swapper close by and swap with one of them when they came around. He never expected this blonde chick to be right there when it happened. He must’ve misfired or something. Finding himself in her body had been weird, and seeing the cops shoot him former body was a shock. But he also realized it meant they’d never catch him. He could tap into his stash whenever he wanted, and no one would suspect this body of anything. Of course, she had two brats at home and an obnoxious husband. They were all surprised by the sudden attitude and fowl language of their wife or mother. Trey didn’t really care. He’d do the best he could, but despite what he looked like, he knew who he was on the inside -- a bad as thug with amazing street smarts.

For the Money

Jake counted the money he had made since swapping into this body seemingly at random last week. He wondered why women always complained about money. Thanks to this body, he was rolling in it! Of course, most people wouldn’t exactly be comfortable doing what he did to make this money, but Jake didn’t feel any real attachment to this body or any concern about it. If people wanted to pay to do whatever they wanted to do to it, what did he care? Granted, some of it hurt -- though not all of it. Then a sudden chill came over him. What if he never swapped back? What if he was stuck like this? Stuck with a shame of what he had done? Stuck with any diseases he might have caught? He soon felt a lot less good about the pile of money in front of him.

Greater Possibilities

John had discovered the powers of the Medallion of Zulu about a week ago, and ever since he had been thinking of ways to best use its powers. It started with a visit to a thrift shop to buy a dress and a bit of jewelry, transforming himself in the dressing room as to not feel awkward buying women’s clothes. Then, now transformed, he took a few selfies and joined a dating app. Sure enough, he did get a few hits. Then he scheduled a dinner date each night and proceed on a fairly set schedule. He got off work at 5, use the medallion to change himself into a woman by 6, go to dinner and get the date to pay, go home to sleep, and use the medallion to transform himself back to normal in the morning. It was a pretty good way to get a free meal. However, he had the power to transform himself into anyone. Surely, he could pull off something a little more daring than simply a few free meals? As he sat with a dinner date he began to ponder the greater possibilities.

Walk-In

Martin followed Alexandra into her apartment showing off the kitchen, bathroom, and finally arriving at the bedroom with a walk-in closet. Martin was pretty impressed as he stepped inside.

“So I guess this is what I have to pick from to wear for the next three weeks?” He asked with a smile, “Any advice on picking your clothes...or I guess their my clothes for the time being?”

“Just remember this body swapping is only temporary. Try not to embarrass me too much with your picks and I’ll try to do the same,” Alexandra sighed.

Day at the Museum

Jeff knew quite well that you were never supposed to touch the artwork in a museum, but one particular sculpture called out to him. He just couldn’t resist taking a finger and placing it upon the smooth stone. What he didn’t expect was the jolt of lightning he felt upon touching it, nor his soul zapping halfway across the museum into someone else’s body.

He would’ve thought he might be upset about becoming a woman, but right now all he could feel was happy. He wondered if this joyous feeling was a further effect of touching the sculpture and the body swapping curse it seemed to contain. He thought about running back to it to check on his own body, but he also found that he had a hard time even caring about it. He seemed much more concerned about enjoying he was now and forgetting who he had been.

One Pill Makes You...

Brett had been handed an odd purple pill while he was out clubbing. He slipped it under his tongue and swallowed, awaiting whatever feeling came next. He didn’t exactly feel euphoric or high in any way, but he did feel different. It wasn’t until guys starting coming up and grinding on him that he realized something was up. He assumed they were gay and made an escape outside. As he grabbed a bite across the street, he discovered that he seemed to be a woman now. He figured this was a hallucination brought on my the pill, though just about everything about his new body reacted strangely on cue. He may not have been high, but this sensation was incredibly realistic! What he hadn’t yet realized was that the pill didn’t make him hallucinate, it had made him transform...

Fitness

Diane had always been in Sebastian’s circle of friends, but he honestly didn’t know her too well before the Great Shift. He knew she was a fitness model and that she enjoyed working out, but that was about it. Of course, after the Great Shift he got to know her a lot better by swapping bodies with her. She hoped he would continue to workout, but she knew she couldn’t force him. Sebastian didn’t really expect to keep it up either, but there was something strange about Diane’s body. It was like she had some sort of adrenaline running through it that always made it super active. He’d wake up at 5am feeling restless. He’d toss and turn trying to get back to sleep. He tried watching TV or reading, but he’d just fidget and feel distracted. Eventually, he just went out and ran, but he was amazed by the intensity he displayed. It was more than a jog, more like parkour with pushups, pullups, and anything else he could squeeze in. It was weirdly effortless, and several hours passed by that felt like nothing. Diane’s body just didn’t seem amazing fit; it almost seemed super human!

The Portal

Yesterday, Edwin had gone down a narrow alley in Chinatown and came across a wall with a mural, except that his mural seemed to be more of a portal. With nervous curiosity, he went through it. On the other side, he discovered that he had been transformed into an Asian, female version of himself. He found that it he put just his hand through the portal, just his hand would transform. If he stepped halfway in, he’d be half and half.

Figuring there would be no harm spending a bit of time on the other side of the portal, he went exploring. Things seemed mostly the same at first, but it seemed everyone in the world had swapped genders and races. He soon discovered things were actually a little worse in this parallel world. He was nearly attacked by some men on the street because he was wearing pants, eventually forcing him to change into a dress and heels. While he knew women didn’t have it easy in his world, in this one it seemed they were practically required to obey men. This didn’t seem like a good deal to him, so Edwin returned to the portal.

Except when he returned, the portal was gone, and the mural was just a mural. He was stuck in this strange, alternate reality!

In the Club

It probably shouldn’t have been surprising that when everyone swapped bodies inside the club, people started taking out their phones and snapping pictures. It was just a pretty common reason for just about anything these days. Vance was a little more calm as he observed everyone from what appeared to be a VIP area. He was now in the body of a woman and luckily seemed to be separated from the crowd. He tried his best to keep track of his own body, but he soon lost sight of it among the masses. Despite all the body swapping, most people in the club that night just kept partying. It wasn’t until the next day that people learned about The Great Shift...

Repair

Well, this was unfortunate. Aiden paid a lot of money to have his brain transplanted into a female android just last week. He had certainly been enjoying it, particularly the fact that androids were designed to be much stronger than people; however, stronger didn’t mean invincible. Now after a bit of recklessness, Aiden’s android body laid in pieces on the floor. It would be pricey to have his brain transplanted back into his own body and even more expense to get the repairs done on this body -- not like he had the money right now for either option. He wasn’t quite sure what he was going to do. Despite being all detached, he seemed to still be able to move all the parts. Maybe he could repair himself?

Confusion (Part 2)

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He went outside and sat down -- the only place where there appeared to be chairs -- because his feet hurt. He noticed there were heels on his feet. Had they always been there? Why was he a woman? He couldn’t remember anything. Why was he sitting outside this house? Was he waiting for someone? Was this his house? He peeked inside. He didn’t see any furniture, and the doors didn’t appear to be locked. He kept repeating many of these actions over and over, always seemingly forgetting and rediscovering. The last remnants of who he had been needed to fade before new information about who he now was could be planted. He eventually stopped thinking about if he had been male; assuming any discomfort with his feminine body was just due to the fact that he couldn’t remember much of anything -- even things that should be second nature like the weight of breasts and the feeling of long hair. Then those feelings became normal. Then new memories slowly started to slip in. She had just moved into this house. She was looking to start a new life, to escape. But escape from what? She still had questions. There were still so many questions...

Confusion (Part 1)

He stood in the house trying to get some clues. It seemed to be mostly empty with barely any furniture or other personal items. There wasn’t even a table in the kitchen. Where was he? And probably more important -- who was he? He examined his body to find that he was a woman now; he was pretty sure he wasn’t supposed to be a woman. Of course, he realized he didn’t know that for sure. He couldn’t actually remember much about himself, not even his name. He couldn’t even remember whatever it was that caused him to be this woman or in this house -- if there even was such an event. Maybe the event merely wiped his memory, but then why did being a woman feel so weird? He brushed it off. Maybe he should check the kitchen again. Had he checked the kitchen yet? There didn’t even seem to be a table in there. The rest of the house seemed lacking in furniture as well.