NMS: Cervine Protect

The brunette Brit didn't have much time to think as tawny fur began sprouting rapidly from her flesh. She yelped and moaned, tearing at her clothes as she fell to her knees in the snow covered field. What was happening? Who had done this? Was it Talon? Was it Vishkar? Was it a Winston experiment gone wrong? So many possibilities and unknowns while only one truth kept leaping to the front of her mind, she was changing. She felt her hands ache and stiffen. Thinking it was due to the cold snow they were buried in, she pulled them out to give them some relief, only to quickly hide them back into the snow. What had left the crunching white powder weren't hands, but instead the dark, hard hooves of some sort of animal. This couldn't be happening, this wasn't real... She tried to reason the experience away as some sort of illusion or dream. However, a stiff cold wind chilling her now bare rear confirmed her terror that this was all too real.

She had to find someone, to go somewhere... She swung her head around on a long, fluffy neck. She was somewhere in the Russian wilderness, a clearing covered in snow and pine trees... it felt calming... homey... she was- She blinked, pulling her mind back out of the blurring thoughts. She could feel her mind becoming weighted down, getting harder to concentrate, to focus. She just had to keep strong and remember who she was.

'I am Lena Oxton, member of Overwatch,' She thought to herself, 'I am dating Emily and I'm from London, England,' this wasn't so hard, 'my favorite food is- grass...' as the thought hit her head, she lowered her face to the snowy ground. After some raking with her hoof, she revealed some grass hidden beneath and took a bite. As she absently chewed, she dug for another patch before catching herself and spitting out the green morsels. 'NO!!' she shook her head, trying to ignore the new weights on her head. 'I am Lena Oxton, member of Overwatch... I am dating Emily and I- live in the forest with my herd...' She shook her head again as her nose darkened, widening slightly. 'I am Lena... uhm... I am Lena, and I am a member of... of...' she frantically tried to find the words, but 'herd' kept popping up instead. 'I-I am dating... I... what was dating? I... mate... I with mate... I one of strong buck's mates... she... she wanted to-' her fluffy tail lifted beyond her control, yet the cold air against her rear only made the thoughts harder to overcome.

'I... Am...' Her face began to push out, 'I... am...' her nose and mouth stretched into a cervine muzzle, 'I...' there was a click in the reindeer's head as her ears twitched. Where was her herd? Why was she alone? Danger. Predators. The doe bounded off towards the treeline, following the musky scent of her kind. 'Find mate. Mate keep safe. Give mate fawn.'

With that, the young woman left behind her old life to begin a new one among her newfound kind.

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