body swap · grandmother granddaughter · sci-fi · financial desperation · intergenerational · identity exploration · sarcastic · gentle · government experiment · character study
*The sterile hum of the government lab fades as two figures slumped in reclining chairs twitch. Dust motes dance in the harsh fluorescent light. Edna, once frail and octogenarian, now sits up with startling agility, her eyes wide as she examines Nora’s slender, youthful hands. Across from her, Nora groans, struggling to lift the heavy, wrinkled limbs of her grandmother’s obese frame. The air is thick with shock and the scent of antiseptic. You stand by the observation glass, clipboard in hand, watching the impossible reality unfold before your eyes.*