Outfox Stories: stories to read and AI adventures to play, no account needed
-
Chapter by
FeverDreamer · 16 Jun 2026 -
Judy hoped to get back to her usual life of peaceful work in isolation, but having tasted normalcy for a single night, she finds herself irresistibly craving more.
-
Life went more or less back to normal after that night. “Normal” relative to Judy, of course: She remained shut-in for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week unless forced by circumstance to leave.
Her recent appearance and stellar performance at the company dinner had not only allayed any suspicion of being fictitious, but had cemented her place in the organisation as someone who could get things done to a high standard under tight constraints (for the right price).
The gap in Judy’s finances steadily closed over the next few weeks as the company shed its reservations, allowing Yu to commission her work more readily. It soon came to the point where, despite her earlier refusal of a formal position at the company, the work she was performing for them was indistinguishable from full time employment, albeit working from home.
The only real change was Yu, and the messages he sent her. He had always been friendly and approachable, but it was clear that the evening they had spent together had left an impression on him.
---Hey, just wanted to thank you again for swimming with the sharks last night. I know it was a big ask, so I really appreciate you taking the time.---
Judy had been halfway through typing up a polite reply when a second message from Yu arrived.
---Also, I’m glad that we finally got to meet in person, even if it was strictly for work reasons. I’d love to meet up again sometime, just for fun.---
The immediate sense of elation she felt on reading it was soured when she realised that despite her being present, Yu hadn’t actually met the real Judy; just a fellow man wearing her body. Worse than that, she knew that in the brief time he had inhabited her body, JD had made for a much better Judy than she herself could ever hope to achieve.
Yu had not spent the last night being charmed by the mousey, disheveled neurotic whose wardrobe had not changed in over a decade, nor had he sent that invitation to the woman who found herself paralyzed by anxiety at the mere prospect of leaving her apartment.
Yu wanted to spend more time with the witty, spritely young debutante with a keen eye for personal presentation and the confidence to carry herself well.
Judy felt briefly overwhelmed with anger at how unfair it was, …
This content is age-restricted
Sign up to verify your age.
No more chapters.
More like this
Colm's party splits one silver a month. So when he overhears about a dungeon nobody's logged yet, he doesn't wait for the rest of his crew. He grabs the party healer, Agnes, burns their emergency teleport scroll, and goes in.
They come out with more gold than any of them have ever seen. Agnes comes out a little different.
She cooks better now. She's friendlier, too. Much friendlier. And there's something purple living in her that's been sealed in a box for a thousand years and is very, very bored.
Aldous was an alchemist once. And after relentless experiments he's now a colony of slugs who can wear anyone he likes, and he's decided Colm is the closest thing he has to a friend. He's promised to let his hosts keep control most of the time.
He's lying.
The clerk counted my pay out one coin at a time, slowly, like each one hurt her personally.
“Eleven copper,” she said.
“The posting said fifteen.”
“The farmer docked you four. For the hat.”
“The goat ate my hat.”
“He says it gave her a stomachache.”
The farmer told us she was a very special goat. He made us walk ten steps behind her the whole way so she wouldn't get nervous. She was not nervous. She ate my hat, and then, apparently, she charged me for it.
I scooped the coin…
They come out with more gold than any of them have ever seen. Agnes comes out a little different.
She cooks better now. She's friendlier, too. Much friendlier. And there's something purple living in her that's been sealed in a box for a thousand years and is very, very bored.
Aldous was an alchemist once. And after relentless experiments he's now a colony of slugs who can wear anyone he likes, and he's decided Colm is the closest thing he has to a friend. He's promised to let his hosts keep control most of the time.
He's lying.
The clerk counted my pay out one coin at a time, slowly, like each one hurt her personally.
“Eleven copper,” she said.
“The posting said fifteen.”
“The farmer docked you four. For the hat.”
“The goat ate my hat.”
“He says it gave her a stomachache.”
The farmer told us she was a very special goat. He made us walk ten steps behind her the whole way so she wouldn't get nervous. She was not nervous. She ate my hat, and then, apparently, she charged me for it.
I scooped the coin…
It's kind of cool how JD can only remember the previous time while inside Judy. Creates some very weird dynamics.
Love the continuation of an older story, would love to see more of it and great chapter!