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Rated: GC · Interactive · Sci-fi · #1951708

A scifi adventure of weird sex and bizarre transformations in the far future.

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Chapter #6

It's colonial getaway requiring a body swap...

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You feel the need to get away from your daily resposibilities and a body swap is much cheaper than a more traditional break. The idea of transferring something as valuable... as vulnerable as your consciousness, sends a shiver down your spine.

However, you can't afford to be too picky, with your limited resources. As you pass the window of the body swap parlour, you see an advert flash up, 'Visit Regina'. It piques your curiosity, wasn't Regina in the news recently. As a frontier world, they are granted greater freedoms to experiment with social order. Your existence here, in the central worlds is defined to the utmost degree. Even your funeral has been planned for, your life expectancy plotted. It's all laid out for you. It was in the news recently, although you can't recall exactly why.

However, the central council is aware of the risks of stagnation and inertia. It allows settlers the freedom to set up their own worlds according to their laws, (as far as their boundaries extend). There are some fairly repellent worlds out there, some based on eugenics, others based on ethnicity, or lineage.

You are fairly confident, that Regina wasn't one of those plagued by racism, or defined by ethnic boundaries. However, the idea of being in the middle of a world that is shaping it's own future. To be on a world that is still open to changes. To be on a world that has the attention of the Commonwealth. You feel a rush of excitement, a rush of freedom.

You are inside the shop before you realise it. An assistant is at your side, "What can I interest you in today, sir."

His tone is a little too obsequious for you. But his clothes are as plainly manufactured as your own. You push your dislike down, he's only trying to do his job. You aren't sure why you came in, 'John', his nametag proclaims.

"Er.. John... I saw the Regina advert." you answer weakly.

"Yes... that's attracting a lot of attention just now."

"Tell me more."

"We have a few places left for body swaps, but they are going quickly."

"Do I get to choose who I swap with?"

"You can select your swapping partner, although that slows things down significantly with mutual consent being needed from both sides."

You look down at your own body, it's in good shape. Well, for your age, there are plenty of people in worse condition. But your job doesn't tax you physically, nor leave you much time to exercise. It couldn't be mistaken for a Greek God. You feel doubts gnaw at the idea, and a sense of the familiar and comforting re-establish itself.

Perhaps reading your expression, "Many people like the thrill of the unknown. A blind swap."

He's good. John clearly knows which buttons to push. But the worst part is, even knowing he's manipulating you, he's still right. You feel the pull of a blind swap.

He nods his head over towards one of the empty booths. A light flashes atop it.

"That's a sign that someone is ready at the far end for a swap." he explains.

After a few seconds, a screen lights up beneath the pulsing green light.

Regina

Your heart skips a beat.

John smiles as things come together. You see his gaze dart to the door, as if he's already dismissing you.

You'll show him!

"I'll take it."

You press your cred-chip into his hand.

Numbly you follow as he leads you towards the swapping chamber.

"Don't I have to undress?" you ask in slightly worried tones. Suddenly it feels scarily real. John presses your cred-chip against the booth, and you see the balance deducted.

"You don't want your partner to arrive naked do you?" His tone is light, but you step into the booth.

The idea of someone taking over your body, suddenly rises to the surface. Will they bring their frontier values with them. When you return will you find some massive disfiguring tattoo, or other procedure performed.

As you raise a hand, a question on your mind, your finger pointed....

You feel a moment of weightlessness, of absence, of non-existence. Squeezing your eyes closed against the growing vertigo, until you sense you have returned to reality.

The air smells different, a breeze tickles your skin, and you feel the heat of the Sun on your flesh. You've arrived!
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