At the Arcade

The arcade was crowded on Friday when Preston showed up. With tokens in his sweaty palms, it was difficult to find a machine that was open. He eventually stumbled upon a game called “Body Swap,” which he had never seen before. He wondered if it was a platformer? Or maybe a puzzle game? He shrugged, still not seeing anything else open, and stuck in one of his tokens.

A roulette wheel with various faces appeared and he wondered if this was the game’s character select screen. He pressed one of the buttons and the wheel slowly came to a stop. A young woman’s face appeared with the question “ACCEPT? Y/N!” Preston didn’t see any associated stats or any reason why this character would be a better or worse choice than any others, so he pressed “Y.”

With a sudden flash, it was now his face on the screen with the question “UNDO? Y/N!” He had thought the game had taken his photo, but a quick look at his hands revealed they were much daintier, more feminine, and paler. He looked around at the arcade to notice the layout was different. He was dumdfounded that the game had been quite literal with its title “Body Swap,” and he was now inside the woman’s body he had accepted in whatever location she had been playing at. His hand hovered over the “Y” for a few moments before noting how much less crowded this arcade was; he could actually get some good game time in. There was also just something so tempting about staying in this body that he couldn’t quite place his finger on. And soon his hand moved over to press firmly on “N.”