He saw Ricky, the neighbor's kid walking outside on his paper route. Ricky was a good kid, and always helping people out. Roy aimed the Swapper at him and fired. Ricky immediately shrank, becoming a cute 10 year old girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes. However, to Roy's surprise, his clothing changed, but not in the way he'd expected.
Now Ricky was wearing a pretty navy blue dress with white trim. She had on a pair of white canvas sneakers, and she had the biggest smile on her face. She was still carrying the bag with her papers.
"Hi Roy! Want a paper?" She chirped cheerfully at him.
"Uh, you know I don't pay for the paper, Ricky." He reminded her.
"Oh I know, but I have some extras. Here!" She handed him a paper and he took it.
"Thank you, Ricky." He grinned at her. Her smile was infectious. While Ricky had always been a nice kid, he'd never been this cheerful before.
She beamed at him, and he felt his heart warm, as she then walked away.
Mrs. Gill, one of his neighbors clucked. "The strangest thing, to think that girl was born a boy."
"Huh?" Roy said, intelligently.
"Oh, I thought you knew, since Rikki has been living here for years. He as always tiny for his age, but such a hard worker. I gathered his doctor found out that he was actually chemically female, which was inhibiting growth. I don't know all the details. Anyways, when they gave him the choice, Rikki said she'd rather be a girl. So there was a procedure, and her parents let her wear girl clothes, bless their hearts. You know, in the old days, parents wouldn't be so open minded."
"Oh, right. Sorry, too much studying, my brain is on another planet."
The older woman laughed. "Well it can't be easy for you. But you have a lot of opportunities, young man, so keep up the good work!"
"Thank you." He smiled and walked off following Ricky (now Rikki). How strange. He'd thought the Swapper simply inserted someone into a new life without any changes, but Rikki's history had changed! Maybe this was the result of an extreme change? So if he, for example, swapped a baby with an adult, would reality have to shift to accommodate the change?
What he didn't know, or couldn't know, was that Ricky had always been trans, but never told anyone, even though he secretly wished to be a girl. Thus, when given a female body, the path of least resistance was simply to let him be the girl he'd always wanted to be.
Indeed, there were other repercussions for what he was doing...but he'd have to find those out on his own.
For now...