Participants

Dante hadn’t been happy about participating in the experiment, but (to be honest) he was rarely happy about anything. However, he needed the boost to his GPA just to not be kicked out of college. And that meant he was going to be stuck in the plucky, cheerful body of Miho for a few hours -- the thought of it felt depressing.

He sat in the chair and felt himself fade away as his consciousness was moved into Miho’s body. When he re-awoke, the first thing he expected to notice was his now female body. Instead, he was bombarded with feelings of happiness. He couldn’t remembered the last time he smiled, but now he just couldn’t stop! Miho’s body was just filled with such joy, and that now all seemed to belong to him -- whether he wanted it or not!

At first, he wanted to fight it, but it was all just too strong. Meanwhile, Miho in Dante’s body was now struggling with his gloomy outlook.

It was a quirk that the researchers hadn’t anticipated. They spent the next few hours trying to delve into the phenomenon, and before long it was time to swap back. However, Dante didn’t want to go back to being sad and depressed; he liked feeling happy in Miho’s body. And Miho had embraced a bleak “why bother” attitude about the whole thing. The researchers questioned if they should force them to return, or even if they could!