The sign in front of the Tunnel of Love read ‘Understand Your Other Half’ in a retro 1940’s font. A slow moving track meant that there were always at least 5 pink, heart-shaped carts available for guests to get on at any one time. Standing at a central podium that matched the aesthetic of the rest of the ride was Sapphire, her classic red flight attendant outfit adorned with some hearts. As Spencer and Veronica snaked through the empty queue, she gave a nervous smile to the couple.
“Hey Sapphire, I thought you said you were working the help desk,” Veronica said.
“I’m sorry miss. The higher ups are having me work multiple shifts to save money until the park officially opens,” Sapphire responded.
“That's good and all, but what I’m curious about is how you managed to beat us here,” Spencer said, eying Sapphire suspiciously.
“W-well… I’m not supposed to tell you this sir… but, this park, like many others, has a series of underground tunnels to allow cast and crew to travel around the park without the patrons noticing, and usually faster than just walking through the park would allow,” Sapphire explained.
“Interesting…” Spencer said, not sure if he believed her, but deciding to drop the subject in his mind.
The couple took a seat in one of the heart shaped carts. As they began to approach the point where the cart enters the tunnel, Sapphire walked to their cart, checking that their seatbelts were fastened. As they finally entered the tunnel, she shouted out to them, “I hope you have a lovely ride!”
The lovely couple’s cart began to slowly travel along the path. The seat of the cart was specifically designed in order to allow the couple to cuddle, however Veronica and Spencer were very much sitting separately.
As their cart rounded a corner in the dark, a male voice over began to play over the loud speaker, “It’s almost like I don’t even know her anymore.”
“We’ve been drifting apart lately,” a female voice responded in turn, “it just feels like”
“s/he doesn’t understand what it likes to be me,” the voices responded in unison.
The cart finished rounding the corner. Standing there was an elderly looking man in a lab coat and glasses. His motions were jerky and unnatural, clearly indicating that he was an animatronic of some sort. An elderly male voice rang over the loudspeaker in time with the robot’s lips, “It can often times be difficult for couples who have been going out for a long time to maintain the same level of loving that they experienced during their honeymoon period. This has been a problem that many psychiatrists, like myself, Dr. Richard Strapping, have been trying to solve for ages.” Spencer and Veronica stared at each other awkwardly, aware that this ride was painfully accurate to how their relationship had ended up. The robot continued, “Well, I’m glad to say that I, along with the folks at Eternity Cosmetics, have finally discovered the answer. Let’s take a look at an example of our new treatment.”
The cart rounded another corner, leading to a scene of a psychiatrist office. Sitting down on a couch is a couple, both rather plain looking, and behind the psychiatrist’s desk was Dr. Strapping. “Doctor, is there anything you can do?” The woman asked.
“Well, it’s a new process, but the people over at Eternity Cosmetics are now offering an experimental, personalized procedure.”
“If you think it could help at all, we’d love to try it,” The man said.
“Okay then, we’ll head over to their factory now so we can determine what would work out the best for you.”
Another corner rounded, and this time the room was much more open ended. Boxes lined the walls, and even more boxed moved around overhead. The cart swiveled so that it was now moving to the left and the couple could see the animatronic couple talking to an Eternity Cosmetics representative. “And what do you feel is your boyfriend’s greatest problem?”
“I really wish that he would be more assertive in the bedroom. It always feels like, if I could lead the relationship, we would both have a much more enjoyable time.”
“And what about you sir?”
“Well… We had a discussion about it before, and I know she says she still not ready, but I really think it would be great if we could start trying for a kid.”
“No reason to worry sir, it’s perfectly natural for people to want offspring. We’re going to plug this data into our database, and we’ll move you into the procedure room.”
The cart righted itself, rounding yet another corner before swiveling so that the cart was now moving to its right. The robotic couple were standing up, completely naked, and disturbingly anatomically correct. The male robot’s penis stood at attention, while the female robot’s nipples were practically as aroused. The technician robot walked into the scene, “Okay, we managed to give you the initial treatment without issue, so now we can move on to the second set. This will probably be a bit shocking for you two, but from our other reports, the experience is in fact quite arousing.”
The technician approached the male first. He grabbed the male robot’s penis by its shaft and with a bit of effort, pulled it completely away from the male robot, leaving a blank patch of synthetic skin. After placing it on a nearby table, he approached the female robot, grabbing the robots lower set of lips by it’s fold, before removing a soft patch of oval skin containing her nether regions.
The technician walked back to the male robot (who was busy rubbing his sexless crotch), attaching the oval in reverse to how she had removed it from the female robot. She then attached the penis to the female robot’s crotch. “Okay, that should be it, try it out for a week, and come back in a week and we’ll check your progress.”
The cart faced forwards once more, the cart entering a similar looking room, with all the same characters. The melancholy look of the robot couple replaced with much happier faces. “So, I can see that thinks have gone better than expected,” The technician said.
“Oh! We absolutely love it!” The female robot said, “Now, we go at my pace in the bedroom.”
“And,” the man said, his handing rubbing over his stomach, “we have some great news: We’re expecting!”
The cart turned yet another corner, now it was the animatronic of Dr. Strapping again, “Ah, welcome back, I can see by the looks on your face that you’re intrigued about what we can accomplish with this technology.” The doctor must have clearly been pre-programmed, because if he could see the look of horror on both Spencer and Veronica’s faces after the previous scene, he would have probably said something different, “Well, I’m happy to say, that you two will also get to fix any beef between you. Send them through their own personalized procedure!” The doctor swiveled quickly, pulling a lever behind it.
As it did, the cart suddenly shot forward into darkness.
What fate befalls Spencer and Veronica?
1.) Spencer and Veronica’s heads are swapped
2.) Spencer and Veronica’s genders are swapped
3.) Spencer loses his lower half, Veronica -> SWB