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  We then had lunch and had a vote as to whether to continue or go back to the Guildhall. The computer was quite clever and gave me the deciding vote. I quite enjoyed the adventuring, but I still wanted some alone time so I voted for heading back. Maybe that was the wrong choice. As soon as I did that, the warrior and assassin started trying chatting me up. Right then I decided I did not want to come back to this game. Being pestered by men was becoming a recurring theme and I was getting really irritated. I just needed to get through a few more hours and I would be free.

  When we got back to the Guildhall, I escaped to my room as quickly as possible. There was no lock on the door so I moved the table and chair to block the entrance. I lay back on the bed and finally had a bit of peace. I didn't want to come back to this game because of the men. Was I upset about being a woman? No. That didn't bother me. In fact, if I was being completely honest, it felt right in a strange way. I felt almost more comfortable in my skin. I wanted to explore my body, but I was worried about someone coming. My door obstructions weren't that strong and my worst nightmare was a man catching me touching myself. The answer was obvious. I needed to spend some time in Lagbit's World.

  My physical body was a bit overweight, not that tall, 5 feet 9 inches, and out of condition. This female elf body was toned, tall, strong and in perfect condition. My only encumbrance was these rather large weights on my chest. And that wouldn't be a problem if I had proper supporting garments, which, in an effort of realism, they hadn't supplied me with. When I had to run in the forest I was worried about knocking myself unconscious.

  Cassie came knocking at dinner time and we went down together to the mess hall for some excellent food. I know it is only in my mind. Still, I really enjoyed my meal. It wasn't quite what I would normally eat though. Meat tasted revolting for some reason, but the vegetables and fruit were amazing. I stopped trying to fend off the men and just ignored them until they went away. Cassie told me off for being anti-social. I didn't care any more, I just couldn't deal with it. Again when the meal was over I headed straight to my room and barricaded myself in.

  I came to the conclusion that I was going to have to tell Vee. It wasn't like I didn't trust her to keep my confidences. If I wanted to borrow her VDR again, especially with Lagbit loaded, she needed to know why. Plus I felt the need to share which was a bit odd. I'm fairly sure that was a new feeling.

  I lay down and tried to go to sleep. The next thing I knew, I woke up to the complete pitch black that let me know I was back in the real world. I reached around behind me and undid the clasp and took it off. I was a bit disorientated again. I suppose I had become used to my large bosom, and generally different shape, so returning to the male me took a bit of getting used to.

  Vee knocked on my door and then entered. “How was it? Have a good time?”

  “Err..sort of.” She looked a bit confused. That was not the response she was expecting. “Before you have your go, could we have another chat. There is something I need to talk to you about.”

  “Sure. I'll just go and put this on charge.” She took the headset and headed out. I got up and went back into the kitchen to make myself another hot choc. “Vee, do you want another cup of tea?” I shouted.

  She came back into the kitchen. “I have only just finished my last one. Don't forget, you have only been gone for 15 minutes. So what did you want to chat about?”

  “Just give me a sec to get this ready. I think I need to be sitting down.”

  “It's not about me being a lesbian is it?” she asked anxiously.

  “No Vee. I love you, you know that. Whatever makes you happy will make me happy.”

  She frowned at me a bit. I brought my drink and set it in front of me on the coffee table, sitting on the sofa. “What?” I enquired.

  “You've never actually said that before. You know, the love word. I know we love each other, but you have never been comfortable enough to say it. It just struck me as a bit strange.”

  “If you think that is strange, wait till you hear the rest,” I replied with a giggle that caught me by surprise. I think we were both shocked by that. I can't remember ever giggling.

  “OK, I'm all ears,” Vee responded cautiously, as if she was talking to a crazy person.

  “Well, it goes back to my first foray into the VDR world. Lagbit's World. As you can imagine, I felt very uncomfortable there. Not only that, besides dying, I couldn't see a way out, I was going to be stuck there for a whole week,” I started.

  “I think you mentioned that. I'm so sorry, I really am. The morning before I left I just wanted a bit more time there before I left for my parents and obviously forgot to swap the games,” Vee explained.

  “This is not about me blaming you or anything. I knew anything you did would have been from a place of love. I presumed you thought I was gay and were doing me a favour. Since I wasn't, I tried to go on an adventure and let an orc or goblin kill me. Unfortunately for me, the other members in my party kept saving me and I refused to do anything that actually put them at risk so my opportunities were not many. In the end, it didn't work and I returned alive and well. I figured I would just try again the next day. However, my behaviour had been noted and I was sent, like a naughty child, to the high priestess office. Would you believe she used a truth spell on me?”

  “No. Did it work?” Vee's eyes widened in surprise.

  “Yes, it did. I ended up telling her everything. I have to say she changed from a stern mistress to a caring mother type figure. Well, she came up with a solution. She said there were only 2 options. I had to either change my sexual orientation, which she didn't know how to do or she could transform me into a woman.”

  “What did you do?” Vee asked, clearly interested in my story.

  “Well, I figured I didn't have a lot of choices. Be really unhappy for a week or allow her to change me into a woman and see if that made me happier. I thought it would only be for that week and might be an interesting experience. I was a bit surprised that it was even possible. I thought you could only be what your body image presented itself as,” I explained, trying not to feel too embarrassed, but I'm sure my cheeks were burning.

  “Me too. That has always been one of the restrictions of VDR. Personally, I wanted to give myself a bigger cleavage.”

  “Are you kidding me? I think you are just about perfect in the boob department.” She smiled at me warmly. I waved my hands to indicate that we were getting off track. “We did an elaborate ceremony where I had to drink a potion that gave me a blueprint of her body and then they poured this female energy into me until my image of myself became that of the high priestess. Then I went through this really painful time where it felt like my body was on fire and I passed out. Apparently, there is this feature that if you are in enough pain, the system automatically logs you out and that is what happened to me. I'll be honest. I thought that was the end of it and intended to keep that secret and take it to the grave with me.”

  “But?” she asked with curiosity.

  “First of all, you have shared a very personal secret with me and I trust you. The other thing is when I logged onto the other game, I got an unexpected surprise. I was in the body of the high priestess.”

  “No! What did you do?” Her hands came up to cover her mouth.

  “What could I do? At least this time it was only for a day. Can I ask you a question?”

  “Sure.”

  “Is that like real life? You know, the men hitting on you all the time and sometimes not taking no as an answer.”

  She pondered for a bit before answering. “Yes and no. Yes, there are men like that, but it is much more concentrated in the game. I think the game is a lot more addictive if you also enjoy its physical pleasures, so that is definitely encouraged. So let me get this straight, after an experience as a man who was being chased by men in one game, you enter the next as a woman and are chased again by men when all you actually want is female company?” she said, grinning, almost laughing.

  “Good
sum up. Way uncomfortable again. I am not going back into that game again.”

  “That is almost funny. Would you try the Lagbit's World game again?” she asked.

  That was an awkward question to answer. I decided to be honest and take on my embarrassment head on. “I think so. At least to try it out. Not tonight though. It is all yours.”

  “You realise this means your body image had been permanently changed. Who knows how that is going to affect you,” she pointed out.

  “I could be upset about that, but, between you and me, I felt pretty good as a woman.” One of the reasons why Vee is my best friend is the feeling that I can tell her anything. I don't think there is another person in the world I would have admitted that to.

  “I would love to go in with you. I want to see this female you. It's such a shame that I never will,” Vee answered with a whiny voice.

  “Never say never. If I make enough money on one of my projects I would be tempted to buy my own headset, then we could connect the two and go in, together.”

  “I didn't know they can do that. Ummm. How do you feel about all this?” she asked turning serious.

  “I think it is too soon to tell. I think it has changed me a bit. I feel more comfortable talking to you about my feelings. I don't think that was the case before. I still feel like me though.”

  I went to bed with a lot on my mind.

  Chapter 5

  Vee's POV

  I was mentally and emotionally exhausted. I was beginning to think I was addicted to Lagbit's World and often, whilst I was at my parent's house, I was regretting not bringing it with me. I was spending more time there than in real life. Yet, as I held it in my hands, I found for the first time, I didn't really want to put it on.

  I had been acting a part for so long that it was actually a tremendous relief, to not have to do that at home. I never really doubted that Andy would be good about it, but I had decided early on that the more people who knew, the more chance that it would get out. I had been going to Lagbit's World for about 4 months now. It was such a pressure reliever. I didn't even realise how sexually frustrated I had been until I was able to scratch that itch.

  I had been going a bit wild. I hardly spent any time on adventures, almost all my time was spent at the dormitory with different ladies. If it had been real life I think my pussy would have been rubbed raw. I couldn't get attached to anyone, the game system made sure of that. Apart from a few key players like the high priestess, all of whom didn't have relationships, the rest swapped and changed on a very regular basis. This was so that you couldn't get attached in a romantic way to a computer-generated personality. Casual sex was the order of the day and up until today, I had been satisfied with that.

  Andy is a great guy and we always have fun together. He is kind and gentle, we can talk about anything and everything and matched each other in so many ways. Despite that, he was still clearly male and I felt absolutely no attraction to him, until tonight. I was so glad when he explained what had happened to him. I was getting really confused. I have never been attracted to any guy. After I had my crying fit and he was holding me in his arms, I started feeling butterflies in my stomach.

  That was why I asked for us to move to the couch, to create a bit of separation. When he explained that his body image had become female it all made sense. Now I had some decisions to make. Do I tell him how I feel? I'm not sure I could do anything physical with him, not as he was now. Was he now transgender? Would he want to start dressing up? If he did, would that make my attraction to him stronger? Would I want to do intimate things then?

  On the other hand, what if I bought another VDR headset? If we went to the game together we could be intimate. What if he wasn't interested? What if he was? I could picture the high priestess. She was gorgeous. I started imagining Andy in her body leaning forwards to kiss me. I was lying in bed with my eyes closed and imagining her/him above me, kissing me, stroking my breasts, slipping a hand into my PJ bottoms. My pleasure built up so quickly that before I knew it I was shuddering in release and slipping into dreamland with a smile on my face.

  Andy's POV

  I had never really noticed before, but this morning Vee definitely had a glow about her. I guess she must have had a great time in Lagbit's World. I set out breakfast cereal for us both. Quite often I would have bacon or eggs. After my reaction to animal products in the game yesterday, I decided to steer clear for a couple of days. We were munching away with a bit of light chatter when Vee stopped almost mid-word and peered intently into my eyes.

  “What?” I asked.

  “Your eyes. I think I can see a few tiny dots of purple in your eyes. I've never seen purple in anyone's eyes before.”

  I got up and went to the bathroom. Vee has one of those magnifying mirrors so I used that. There were a few very tiny spots of lavender. The fact that my eyes are normally brown which is quite a contrast, is probably the only reason I could see them, they were that small.

  I went back to the kitchen meals area. “I think you are right,” I admitted.

  “What do you think it means?” she pressed.

  “My eyes are lavender when I am in the VDR. Perhaps they are going to change to match.”

  “If that changes, what else could change?” she said with an almost hopeful smile.

  “Are you trying to freak me out? I have no idea. We will have to wait to see.” Truthfully, I didn't know what to feel. Logically I should be tearing my hair out, but, in reality I felt pretty calm.

  “You don't sound very freaked out. I would be frantic.”

  “Between you and me, I feel like society is telling me I should be, but I am just not feeling it. I wouldn't call it calm acceptance, more like, I have already been through the pain of the change, the rest just has to catch up.” I shrugged my shoulders. “Maybe I'll freak out later.”

  “I'll set up Lagbit's World on the VDR, set for one day. If you get home before me and want to give it a go, you're welcome. By the way, the best in the sack are the elf girls. Extra long tongues and long slender hands that are hyper-flexible.” She gave me a sexy wink and a knowing smile. For some reason that gave me an instant erection and I had to wait seated in my chair a few extra minutes before I got up so it wasn't noticeable. The tongue I understood, but I couldn't work out about the hands, not that I was going to ask.

  My day went pretty well. I had a few lectures that I had to go in for and spent some time in the library and came home fairly early. We had such different schedules that Vee and I rarely met up at Uni. I am pretty sure I got a few weird looks. It took me a while to work out what I was doing differently. I think I was walking the way I had during the game. As if I had a wider pelvis and different weight distribution. The problem was, I was doing it so naturally that I couldn't work out how to change it back.

  Now the question was, do I use the VDR. If I did, I would be, deliberately and knowingly, turning myself into a girl in a place where it was likely that I would be approached by other girls. I almost felt like I was making a momentous decision that would affect the rest of my life, not just playing a game for 15 minutes. To some extent, I felt like I had already made that decision.

  I tried to be devil's advocate. What did I not like about becoming the elven girl in the game? Well, I didn't really like the choice of clothes that she had to wear. There were no proper undergarments to support my breasts. Even just thinking that made me realise that I thought of them as my breasts.

  My mind started spinning an idea about an app or maybe a website. Wouldn't it be cool if you could plug in your measurements and create an avatar on your computer or phone and then try on different digital clothes? You could take photos of your face from different angles to make it more realistic. Wouldn't it be cool if different shops had their clothes in a digital format that could be put on an avatar and moved around so you could see it from all angles? Know immediately which shop it came from and how much it was going to cost? It would constantly need to be updated as new fashions came
in and different lines became available.

  I wrote it all down in my ideas notebook. I looked at my other ideas and then this one. At that point, I realised that I had already swallowed the pink pill. No man would ever have come up with that idea or get excited by it. I was worried about a decision that I had already made. I set myself up with the VDR. It came up with the first option, resume, yes or no. I chose yes and drifted off under its influence.

  I woke up lying on a bed. When I turned my head I caught some wisps of blonde hair crossing my vision and there sitting beside the bed was Myra, watching me.