The Chamber

My friend Robert asked me to step into the strange chamber in his basement. I asked what it did, but he only answered with the statement, “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.” I wasn’t totally sure if I could trust him, but my curiosity got the better of me. I mean, my friend had a strange chamber in the corner of his basement!

And so I stepped in, there was a flash of light, and I stepped out. Everything felt strange and it seemed my perspective changed. Had I gotten shorter? Robert seemed absolutely floored.

“Holy crap!” He exclaimed, “It worked.”

“What worked?” I asked suddenly noticing the cute-sounding voice I now had. The fact that I had become a woman quickly became very apparently.

“The machine can change anything: your body, your mind, your clothes, your personality.” Robert explained, “I turned you into my dream girlfriend.”

Despite knowing I was really a guy; it seemed that Robert did, in fact, place in my mind that I was his girlfriend. It was hard to object, but I did. “I am NOT your girlfriend,” I demanded, “Or, I mean, I am...or I was...but I’m breaking up with you!” This was hard for me, because that jerk had used the machine to also make me love him, but I wasn’t an idiot; I knew he had used the machine to manipulate my mind.

I heard him mumble, “a few more adjustments,” before he talked to me more directly, “Sorry! Enough fun. Just get back into the chamber, and I’ll get you back to normal.”

The last thing I wanted was to be stuck in this body, but at this point, I knew I couldn’t trust Robert in the slightest...

Working (Part 2)

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The decades continued to drag on, and Bruno continued to work for the company for anoher hundred years. He continued to get his parts replaced as well. In recent years, robotic parts had gotten more expensive while human parts fell in price. As a result, he was probably more human than he had been for two hundred years. And the parts coming in were now almost exclusively female. It always troubled to think about the economics of why human parts -- and, in particular, female parts -- were cheaper. He did consider himself lucky to still have a robotic hand, however. It wasn’t his original; he had gotten an upgrade about ten years ago, but he wasn’t sure if he could ever deal with having human hands again. They were just too squishy, soft, and weird -- much like he felt like his body was now!

Dirty Laundry (Part 4)

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On the other side of things, May was absolutely devistated being inside the body of Mike’s father. The idea that she was a middle aged man now was just an absolutely depressing thought. The fact that they had no idea how the swapping even happened made her feel like swapping back was hopeless. Maybe if she could talk to someone about all this, she might be able to feel better, but they had all agreed to keep it a secret. The day at work hadn’t been bad so far. She had mostly kept her head down -- though she was digusted going into the men’s bathroom. But what would she do when she had to go home and see Mike’s mom?

Practicing

“What the hell are you doing?” Roberta asked Tony.

“Well, I figured because it doesn’t seem like anyone is reversing the Great Shift any time soon, I should learn how to do some basic woman stuff, like walking in heels.” Tony replied.

“By working out in them? You’re going to break my neck.”

“It’s technically my neck now! And I figured I should go as hard as possible to train myself. Besides, it’s not so bad! It’s almost as if your body has a certain natural balance or muscle memory or something. This should be no problem at all.”

“I’m not looking forward to seeing all the bruises you’ll be putting on my body, but I’m still going to laugh at you as you fall on your butt. So, by all means, begin the workout; I could use some good entertainment right about now...”

Hide Away (Part 1)

After the accident at the office, a decison was made to send everyone home. Of course, few people wanted to go home due to the fact that the accident had swapped their bodies with someone else in the office. Most went off in pairs to discuss their plans with the person they had swapped with. Jason and Laura found themselves in a nearby park. Jason sent down on a bench as Laura paced.

“They said they should have it fixed in two weeks,” Jason mused, “I think I can handle being in your body for two weeks. Should we keep it secret? Not tell the people we know?”

Laura sighed, “I don’t think you can handle my body for two minutes! And you wouldn’t be able to fool anyone! I mean, even the way you just sat down! I’m certainly glad I wasn’t wearing a skirt or dress today! Even just seeing the way you move and walk in my body...no one’s going to believe you’re even a woman, let alone me!”

“I’m supposed to sit and move in a certain way? Like how? I didn’t notice anything odd in the way you’re moving my body.”

“Because I’m making an effort to move like a guy! And I think you don’t even notice the differences! But women have to put a lot of thought in the ways we move and act. Maybe you just hide away in my apartment for the next two weeks!”