Gerald Sanford's girlfriend had shown him an article on this place. It was real virtual reality. Not just that silly visor that you put over your face, but the real thing. It claimed to be a complete total immersion experience that encompassed not only all five senses, but more senses that a person didn't even think of, such as a sense of balance or position in space when one's eyes were closed.

Gerald read the article and then backed it up with everything he could find on the Internet. The company and technology seemed to be legitimate. It piqued his interest, but it wasn't for several more days that he felt he had to try it. But he knew it would be expensive. Certainly, more than he could afford.

Gerald was a junior executive at a large international company. He was an up-and-comer. Although he hadn't arrived yet. Thus, his hesitancy to even find out how much it would really cost.

It was a complete surprise when Gerald's girlfriend made it possible for him to experience this new technology. He didn't ask her where she got the money. He didn't care.

Gerald Sanford entered the virtual reality lab. He was greeted by a pretty lab technician with blonde hair and hazel eyes.

“Please sit down, Gerald.” the technician requested. The technician knew that he was excited. Gerald tried to mask his excitement, but it was a losing battle to try. There weren't any last-minute jitters. The technician was ready for those. She didn't need to hold his hand to coax him. He was already all in. He would agree to anything.

Gerald was already wearing the loose-fitting bathroom and nothing under as requested. It didn't hurt matters that the technician was a pretty blonde who was wearing the same bathrobe. She didn't need to, she had only done it for Gerald's sake.

“Hello, Gerald. As you know this is a total immersion product. You won't only see what is happening, you will feel it as if you are living it in real-time. It will feel like you are living a new life all of your senses will be involved.”

“Really? All senses? Even taste?”

“Yes, you won't only feel, see and hear things, but you will smell and taste too.”

“I don't believe it.”

“Yes you do. If you, hadn't you wouldn't be here.”

“True.”

“This experience will be unlike any other you had had before; we have to run some tests on you to make sure you are up to it.”

“Tests?”

“You know, we'll check your heart, sight, hearing all sorts of things.”

“Is it necessary?”

“It's absolutely necessary. Are you ready?”

“Yes.”

“Good, now the first thing I need to know is what type of experience do you want? I mean who do you want to be in this reality?”

“How about a high powered executive. Let me see what it's like to already be on top. Can you do that?”

“Sure. No problem. We have a program that simulated the raise of an executive in the 1940s. You can be more powerful back then than you can now. So many rules for behavior and such. I have an idea. How about we start you off at the beginning and in the VR you will rise to the top. That'll be more fun.

“Great idea. I love it.”

“Great, I'll program that in. In the meantime take this?” the technician handed Gerald a glass with a clear liquid inside.

“What's this?”

“It's a contrasting agent. It'll make it easier to for the device to see your heart,” the technician lied. “Drink it up. It should have a pleasant taste. It's not an ice cream soda, but it's not horrible.”

Gerald took the drink and sniffed it. It smelled OK. Then he drank it down.

“Let's give it a second to work. In the meantime, put this in your ears so she can test your hearing.

Gerald put the headphone type device over his ear.

“Can you hear me?”

“Yes.”

“OK, there will be a series of tones, wait for them. When you hear them, press this button.”

The first tone sounded. Gerald pushed the button. Then the second and more. Gerald drifted off to sleep in the 'middle of the test.

It appeared that he was in a different time. He was back in the 1940s. He marveled at how real everything felt. In front of him was a building, but it wasn't an office building. It was a school. Somehow, he knew the place right away. It was Westport High School. He had never gone there before, but he knew that was where he was.

He entered the building, and he knew where to go. He walked instinctively down the hall and came to a door. It was the door for Miss Harrison's typing class. Gerald knew he was a junior in high school.

“I didn't think I would start all the way back in high school.” he thought.

The color scheme started off a bit monochromatic, but it adjusted as he walked through entered the classroom. “Hey something is wrong,” he said out loud.

“Give it some time, the VR needs to adjust. Soon it'll all look perfect,” Gerald was told.

Then he noticed something else. He was wearing a skirt. It should bother him but it didn't. Instead, he enjoyed the new sensations. He could not only feel the swish of the skirt as he walked but also the pantyhose encasing his legs and the bra surrounding his torso. But what was really mind-blowing was the feel of breasts on his chest. They felt real like they were attached to his body.

“I'm a woman,” he stated.

“Oh, I'm sorry. I was supposed to be in the simulation with you. I was supposed to be your secretary. I guess we made a mistake. If you want to fix it, you'll have to get out now and we'll reset. It'll take two hours to do that though. What do you want to do?”

“I guess it's OK. But I will become an executive?”

“Yeah, no problem.”

It was both strange and exhilarating to feel and be dressed like a woman. It might be fun to continue.