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I did that in my fork..but Zoe is being repurposed as an upgraded Zoe...in yours she could be elsewhere.

An interesting notion, but I do have the Gibson family written off as moving to Greece. That said, the programs that played Zoe, Mikey, and Linda might be similarly repurposed like Jon was into Mackenzie.

Sadly, “yandere” and “robot” don’t appear to be available tags. Maybe one day.

I wonder who she has her heart set on? Maybe Zoe? LOL Or, and this could be really interesting if done right, she plans on making Jon her love interest and basically redeeming that character from blandness?

Gooose, you are hella creative.

I don't care, as long as Project J has bigger boobs than Karyn.

No, they won't become clones, but most of them will get good enough to pass as who they're supposed to be. In either case the physical stuff is the easiest to learn. Larry will be a fair bit sweeter than Sarah, since he has very recent memories of being on the bottom of the totem pole. Jay's probably going to be less of a bully than Mike was etc. The first two weeks is all about getting them up to speed with their new bodies and lives, learning to act like who they appear to be, but as time goes on they'll be encouraged to make their lives their own within reason.

Some participants are going to throw themselves more into their roles than other. Jon in particular is really leaning into his impersonation, and going to get immersed in the role, while someone like Ms. Wong is going to do the bare minimum for the class requirements.

The kids seem to be adapting to their new bodies pretty quickly.
So will they eventually become clones of the original owners of the bodies?
For example, will Larry become as conceited and stuck up as the original Sarah?

Don't spare the details, I'm loving where you are taking this. Thank you.

That's the plan, Guest! I think some programmers, particularly those who aren't working on the Mackenzie side of things will be more wary of pushing the two together again, but perhaps seeing the benefits once Mackenzie gets to strut her stuff a little bit

I can also see people pushing the new Jon/Mackenzie as Karyn new friend, they already worked before, the problem was that Jon was too bland/generic, but Mackenzie is a lot more interesting and that is kinda the reason they are doing this.

Sarah is definitely going to be driven crazy by her.

Plan is for a higher up in the program to tell them that it's unsafe to swap while pregnant, so Jon will end up swapped longer than the rest of the class.

From a timing standpoint, Jon should be back in his own body long before having to deliver babies - unless the machine breaks down and he gets stuck. Just sayin'.

Oops, I spoke too soon LOL

Seems like the swaps would lead to "experimentation" and experimentation could lead to "unintended consequences," like pregnancy....

Hey Gooose, I love body swaps, and the further the fish is from the water, the better.

Well, the director is also an AI, I'd imagine.

Hey, perhaps they could have met during the 2002 World Cup which Korea and Japan co-hosted. More reasonable timeline-wise than the Olympics...

I like the addition of cutting together a traditional 2d version of the show.

Funnily enough I had considered going Latina but ended up veering for Korean/Australian instead. Interesting variation.

The irony...I was writing an alternate branch before I read this, and I was going to put in a line saying, "One of the programmers wanted to make you Australian."

Hmm, I've got a rough idea for Jon's new role, but it could be compatible with being Karyn's sister, something to consider.

If they want to change the show but keep Jon, maybe make Jon into a family of Karyn, her mother, sister or even a cousin, that way the still are a "secondary character" or maybe Jon becomes Rebecca who in theory should have been Karyn friends, so many possibilities.

Yeah, I'm going with the idea that she's more malleable early on due to the massive changes to her brain chemistry, and eventually she'll shift back towards a more in control equilibrium. Lily may also discover that empathy goes both ways once Rose begins to stand up for herself a little more.

Interesting development, as long as Rose/Jon is not suddenly a doormat and re-exerts herself a bit later on then I think this is a fun direction to go

I tried to make sure I didn’t go so far as to box the next writer into a corner, if there is a next writer. So I think it’s perfect with leaving it with Jon just starting a wish. The next part could start with it being something extreme, or something mild, or with it simply not completing the wish in front of the viewer so that they’ll have to guess what he asked for, possibly for several chapters.

I thought that the mental changes would take more time, but this is not bad.

Some guys have all the luck.

Decided to play with the psychological effects of the Syndrome, particularly the deep connection and empathy between the two new twins. At the moment, because she was prepared for the change and Rose wasn't, Lily is exerting far more influence on her new sister and that's affecting how she reacts to her rapidly changing circumstances.

That sounds interesting, I think with mine I hadn't yet made up my mind on where to take that aspect of things, but was generally tending towards the twins sort of sharing families

Cool, I like it

Current rough plan is to have Jon be somewhat forcibly taken into the Vanderfield family. She can still visit the Gibsons from time to time, but she'll BE a Vanderfield with all that entails. Of course, the beauty of a branching story is others can make a path going in another direction.

I wonder what Sebastian will do to Jon, will he force him to be his daughter, will he marry Linda or what, I like that there are a lot of possibilites to this story.

I added another chapter; I have a few vague ideas where this can go. Tentatively planning to have Rose Vanderfield be Jon's new name, to match her sister's flower theme.

Please , continue, you never know, it might inspire me to revisit this story

A good question Goose, one I have not yet figured out, . Let's find out together one day :D

"I just wish you'd gotten us pregnant back when you were still a guy" - but the 3 of them had unprotected sex all that morning between 2 and 3 chapters earlier, and technically Jon could just wish for them to be pregnant with herself as the source of the other genetic material even if she’s female now.

I'm curious if Sarah is going to move in with the Gibsons or if Jon is going to move in with the McMillans, considering they'll need to be close most of the time. Either way, rather interesting stuff!

Looking forward to it, I'd also be interested in seeing the original Sarah's reaction to the game world later on, perhaps having been put into another role when she tried to enter it. Just an idle thought.

Glad you're liking it!

I would like to see this one continue. Where’s his mother now? Did she cease to exist as her? Jon now exists as her and himself?

Oh, I didn't take any offense, sorry, tone is a little hard to convey via text. I was just attempting to explain some of the thinking that went into this branch; I enjoy exploring the impersonation angle. I've also obviously enjoyed your additions as I've borrowed a few of your characters here and there :)

I meant no offense Goose, I've enjoyed your other contributions very much, so I'm sure this will be an interesting story

Wow! That was a really fun chapter and I can't wait to see how Jon manages the dirtier details and all the extra responsibility of his swapped life. Also really loved the phrasing of 'the voice that came out of his lips was liquid,' what a great little phrase! Amazing work, can't wait for more!

Some of that will be addressed in the next chapter to a degree. Part of it comes down to the fact that they're exchanging minds not physical brains, so whoever is in Leonard's body will become as smart as he was, if not as knowledgeable. It's a sort of software vs hardware kind of thing and it will extend a bit to muscle memory and so on as well. You're right that this class isn't something that would normally exist, even if the technology for it to happen did, it's purely a result of the stone that people are broadly okay with that. I tried to get that across with Jon, who wasn't mentally affected by the wish, being the one to be the most confused/put off by the whole concept initially.

I suppose some of this comes down to a difference of preference; I prefer a body swap to a transformation personally, particularly if the exchange is uneven in some way. It's interesting to explore a complete swapping of identities both physically and socially. I agree that this can lead to some situations that no real person should have to go through, but these are fictional characters. Hopefully you can still find some enjoyment, and if not, I have contributed to other branches that may be more up your alley.

"I sat on the wall after class, nervously fingering the box", "Karyn fingered the stone, passing it from hand to hand" You know there sure is a lot of fingering going on in this introductory chapter. I wonder if that's supposed to be foreshadowing, maybe the creator anticipated the number of times Jon was going to get turned into a girl.

To be honest, this episode raises some very serious concerns, for example, no matter how detailed the log book is, it cannot possibly go into every detail, also, the point Leonard raised is very valid, if he swaps with someone that lacks his intelligence then his grades will plummet, ruining his life, even more seriously is what happens to Nadine and her partner, their lifestyles are incompatible, morally and ethically it is absolutely wrong to force Nadine to give up her beliefs, no matter how odd they might be, same with Alyssa, how can either of them possibly live the others life without betraying their deepest held beliefs?. This goes well beyond interesting into actually quite nasty territory, I think the basic idea is quite interesting, although, I've never been very keen on Body Swaps, especially unequal ones, however, that is my personal preference. There's some good writing here and it might be fun to see just how this turns out

It amuses me that Ms Esposito has (apparently )become a canon character :D

Intentionally left who's in this class a little vague, to give writers open room to branch off from here in different directions.