During the second day of the Peace talks, Harper woke up rather early, as
usual and went to the lavatory to shower. However, after he was done, he
looked in the mirror and found a surprise.
"What the hell?? I have boobs!!" he exclaimed. Then, he realized that his face was more feminine, and so was the rest of his body. He hadn't realized this before, as he was half asleep when he came into the shower.
"I've turned into a woman!!" he could not believe it. "This must be a bad dream!" He looked some more and found that his new female body had blue eyes, blonde hair, slim figure, among other things.
Before he could yell for help, he found himself in the white room.
"The Harper's temporary metamorphosis was necessary" it was the Trance prophet.
"Are you kidding me??" he was not pleased. "Couldn't you have turned me into a tall, good looking guy, with buff muscles?"
"This is the best way" prophet/Dylan replied.
"This sucks!" Harper found himself surprised by his feminine voice. "How does my being a pretty babe help anything??"
"It will help you for the tasks ahead."
"How?" Harper said without enthusiasm, as he really wished that he could have been turned into a better looking guy, so he could give 'Captain Terrific' a run for his money when it came to the babes.
"The Harper will find out when the time is right." prophet/Tyr remarked mysteriously.
"So what else is new?" Harper asked sarcastically.
Soon, Harper was back at his room, and he called everyone.
"What the hell happened??" Beka asked when she came in. She heard Harper's call, and was surprised to find a woman when she came in.
"The nebula aliens turned me into a woman!" Harper answered.
"What?" was all she could say, as the surprise of a guy friend turning into a woman was quite a big one.
Dylan then came in, with Rommie following him. They were as shocked as Beka was.
"What the hell happened?" Dylan demanded to know.
"The nebula aliens turned Harper into a woman" Beka replied.
"This is just great" Dylan said in his sarcastic way. "Why did they do this?"
"They didn't really say" Harper answered.
"Well, whatever the reason, we have to get Harper some clothes" Rommie, said, being practical. "Also, Beka or Trance must instruct Harper in other.. matters."
"Fine. The talks are off for today, so Beka, you and Trance get Harper some clothes and.. instruction, Rommie, help Trance study Harper's condition; maybe we can reverse it."
"Aye" Rommie replied.
Fortunately, they had not sold off all of the clothes that belonged to crew members who were human women, so Trance and Beka got some of these clothes out of storage, and took them to Harper's room, since as a woman he became taller, with a slighly bigger chest, from having new breasts, hence his clothers did not fit him.
"How about this?" Beka asked. It was a white shirt/leather pants combination with a leather jacket.
"It will suit him." Trance replied. They were having more fun picking out his clothes than Harper, who hated to try on clothes, was.
Finally, they found some stuff that fit, and Harper went to work in some loose pants and shirt outfit. Then, Trance took him to be examined. Rommie was there helping her.
"According to the DNA scan, your DNA is identical as before except for the fact that instead of having an X and a Y chromosome, as human males have, the nebula aliens changed it so you have two Xs." Rommie explained to Beka, and Harper.
"Is there any way to fix that?" Beka wondered.
"Even in the days of the Commonwealth, it was never possible to change a person's DNA once they were born." Rommie replied.
"But I will try to find something. I promise" Trance interjected.
"Guess I might as well get to work." Harper said, and so he did.
Later, he ran into Tyr, who had been on errand during the initial discovery.
He gave a look of surprise, though not too much surprise as Dylan had told him what had happened, then said.
"Looks like your allies have dealt you an odd hand"
"Yeah I guess." was all he could say.
"What the hell?? I have boobs!!" he exclaimed. Then, he realized that his face was more feminine, and so was the rest of his body. He hadn't realized this before, as he was half asleep when he came into the shower.
"I've turned into a woman!!" he could not believe it. "This must be a bad dream!" He looked some more and found that his new female body had blue eyes, blonde hair, slim figure, among other things.
Before he could yell for help, he found himself in the white room.
"The Harper's temporary metamorphosis was necessary" it was the Trance prophet.
"Are you kidding me??" he was not pleased. "Couldn't you have turned me into a tall, good looking guy, with buff muscles?"
"This is the best way" prophet/Dylan replied.
"This sucks!" Harper found himself surprised by his feminine voice. "How does my being a pretty babe help anything??"
"It will help you for the tasks ahead."
"How?" Harper said without enthusiasm, as he really wished that he could have been turned into a better looking guy, so he could give 'Captain Terrific' a run for his money when it came to the babes.
"The Harper will find out when the time is right." prophet/Tyr remarked mysteriously.
"So what else is new?" Harper asked sarcastically.
Soon, Harper was back at his room, and he called everyone.
"What the hell happened??" Beka asked when she came in. She heard Harper's call, and was surprised to find a woman when she came in.
"The nebula aliens turned me into a woman!" Harper answered.
"What?" was all she could say, as the surprise of a guy friend turning into a woman was quite a big one.
Dylan then came in, with Rommie following him. They were as shocked as Beka was.
"What the hell happened?" Dylan demanded to know.
"The nebula aliens turned Harper into a woman" Beka replied.
"This is just great" Dylan said in his sarcastic way. "Why did they do this?"
"They didn't really say" Harper answered.
"Well, whatever the reason, we have to get Harper some clothes" Rommie, said, being practical. "Also, Beka or Trance must instruct Harper in other.. matters."
"Fine. The talks are off for today, so Beka, you and Trance get Harper some clothes and.. instruction, Rommie, help Trance study Harper's condition; maybe we can reverse it."
"Aye" Rommie replied.
Fortunately, they had not sold off all of the clothes that belonged to crew members who were human women, so Trance and Beka got some of these clothes out of storage, and took them to Harper's room, since as a woman he became taller, with a slighly bigger chest, from having new breasts, hence his clothers did not fit him.
"How about this?" Beka asked. It was a white shirt/leather pants combination with a leather jacket.
"It will suit him." Trance replied. They were having more fun picking out his clothes than Harper, who hated to try on clothes, was.
Finally, they found some stuff that fit, and Harper went to work in some loose pants and shirt outfit. Then, Trance took him to be examined. Rommie was there helping her.
"According to the DNA scan, your DNA is identical as before except for the fact that instead of having an X and a Y chromosome, as human males have, the nebula aliens changed it so you have two Xs." Rommie explained to Beka, and Harper.
"Is there any way to fix that?" Beka wondered.
"Even in the days of the Commonwealth, it was never possible to change a person's DNA once they were born." Rommie replied.
"But I will try to find something. I promise" Trance interjected.
"Guess I might as well get to work." Harper said, and so he did.
Later, he ran into Tyr, who had been on errand during the initial discovery.
He gave a look of surprise, though not too much surprise as Dylan had told him what had happened, then said.
"Looks like your allies have dealt you an odd hand"
"Yeah I guess." was all he could say.