Brawl

Body swapping and alcohol were often a dangerous mix as bars and clubs weren’t immune to the effects of the Great Shift.

Cliff was trying to wrap his head around what had happened to him -- suddenly going from a drunk, burly, white man to a petite Asian woman on her first drink of the night. When he sensed a man running towards him shouting about a “stolen body,” he was able to react quickly, grabbing the man around the neck and slamming his head on the bar. Cliff credited his victory to his training at the gym and the fact that his new body was sober; seeing how much bigger the other person’s body was, he considered himself pretty lucky.

But there were countless other brawls all around him with people shouting about stealing bodies and trying to get back to normal. Cliff just sat back and watched, taking another swig of his beer, as he realized things might never go back to normal...