Permanent Vacation

When Mark first got the box in the mail that contained what claimed to be a body swapper, he didn’t know what to do with it -- or if even to believe it. But a few weeks later, he finally found a reason to test it out. He had a week long vacation at a resort, and when it was over he really didn’t want to leave. He realized he didn’t have to. On his last day, he waited for people to arrive at the front desk. He was particularly on the lookout for people traveling alone and listened for their name. Once they had gone upstairs, he entered their name into the body swapper and the next thing he knew it worked! This kept going on for several months.

He had just spent the week in the body of a business traveller. He had purposely skipped all the meetings. He had been by the front desk all day, but there had been very few guests and the ones who had checked in weren’t alone. Then he saw her. It would be his first time being a woman, but he was not sure he had much choice. He made note of her name and waited before using the body swapper.

She had apparently gone to the pool almost immediately. He found himself in her body splashing about. For about fifteen minutes, this continued until a tall figure leaned over the edge and demanded Mark get out. Mark recognized the body that had just been borrowing less than an hour ago. It looked mad. He just smiled an evil grin.

“I think you’re going to be late for your flight.” He said, “I think You’ve already checked out as well. You’re no longer a guest at this hotel. Don’t make me call security.”

“Give it back,” She demanded.

“I assure you I have no idea what you’re talking about, and if you try to tell anyone, I’m sure they’ll think your crazy. So good luck with your new life. I’ll certainly be enjoying yours for the next two weeks!”

Bad Feeling

Sheila groaned as she got out of the car and headed to her son’s school. It was still hard for her to believe she was going to have to spend the day there in his body as the result of that stupid medallion. Her only relief was that they’d be able to use it again the moment she got home in order to return to normal. As she headed toward the school, she turned back to the car to see her son Tom in her body. He stuck his tongue out at her before he peeled out and drove away. Sheila didn’t know what her son planned to do with her body today, but she had a bad feeling about it.

Skills

Chad wasn’t initially worried when his girlfriend Katie found a spell online to swap bodies. She asked to try it, and he laughed it off. He wasn’t laughing nearly as hard after it worked. Still, he tried not to let it get to him. He knew he had to train for the upcoming season of baseball, and he figured the fundamentals were the same regardless of what body he was in.

However, once he started to practice, he wondered if it wasn’t just bodies that he swapped with her but skills as well. He’d throw the ball into the air and then whiff. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t hit it. He had a certain sense that he was taking an incorrect stance or holding the bat wrong or just swinging poorly. However, as he tried to search his mind, he couldn’t quite remember the right way to do any of those things. In fact, part of him was feeling that baseball was just a little bit boring. Now he was starting to worry.

Don't Stare

It had been two days since the Great Shift, and Brett wasn’t exactly feeling great about his new body. He knew what he needed: a drink. After walking over to the liquor shelf, he turned sharply to his roommate to give him a sour stare.

“I know you’re enjoying this, Henry,” Brett said, “You always liked women with big breasts and big booties. Now that I happen to be one of those women, I know you’ve been staring at me!”

“Come on, Bro,” Henry replied, “Just admit you’re sexy as hell now. It’s not like I’m going to be doing anything about it. I swapped into a chick’s body as well.”

“Yeah, well, maybe I’m just not adapting to it as well as you are! I still bump things over with my butt because I’m not used to it yet! It’s weird, and I’m certainly NOT comfortable. It’d be help if you didn’t stare!”

Confirmed Misplacement

Evan waited patiently as he looked at his phone while waiting for a call or a text from Exchange Island’s main desk. Apparently, it was becoming increasingly common for a guest to not swap back to their own body by the end of their vacation. When he was boarding his flight off the island, he had been told not to worry as it was just as common for people to swap in transit as it was for them to swap right after checking out. His concern grew after he landed. He was now waiting for his connecting flight back home, and he was still stuck in the body of the woman he had been in for the past two weeks.

The resort’s customer service line was supposed to send him a message with a few details, such as where his body was, if it had been misplaced, and his ETA for returning to it. He honestly didn’t mind keeping this body a little longer. He had enjoyed his time in it while on the island, but he also had to go back to work on Monday. If he showed up like this, he wasn’t sure how he was going to explain it. Exchange Island was a pretty well kept secret, and even people who he had told didn’t believe him. For now he could only wait...

And that’s when he got the text: “Location of body: unknown. Confirmed misplacement. ETA for return: 3 months.” Evan sighed. Work was not going to be easy on Monday.