Without the amber tinted membrane obscuring my view, I'm finally able to get a clearer image of my surroundings. I find myself in a cold stone cavern, roughly 1 meter across one way and 2 meters the other. It curves up perhaps 2 meters in height above me forming an irregular dome shape.
The walls themselves are made of a smooth dark stone covered in many places by patches of a glowing fuzzy white fungus which acts as the sole source of illumination in the cavern.
Putting the strange location aside, at least there's nothing that looks too dangerous, so I take my time to catch my breath and crawl from the puddle of strange looking fluid. Struggling a bit at first as it slightly adheres to the floor before eventually giving way.
After a moment I spot a small pool of water nearby at the center of the cavern, hoping to get a glance at the new me in the reflection I clamber over to it. The face that gazed back at me was what could only be described as reptilian with 2 piercing blood red eyes and below that a mouth full of tiny but sharp needle like teeth.
Despite preparing myself for the worst, I still find myself confused by my reflection at first. So, I focus all my attention on trying to figure out what exactly I am. Almost immediately as if in response to his thoughts I feel a strange pressure in my head as a toneless voice suddenly speaks out in my mind.
[Warning, user is attempting to utilize skill before assimilation has competed. function will be very limited]
[Does the user wish to attempt using "Basic System Analysis" regardless?]
Uh…. Yes, yes, I would. As soon as I make the conscious decision that I want to use the ability a small counter appears on the bottom left corner of my peripheral vision which quickly fills to 100% at which point a Black holographic sheet with red text appears near me with a notable "Ding" sound scaring me out of my skin briefly as it breaks the total silence around me.
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[Basic scan complete]
("Dingy" gray wyvern "Hatchling" "Named/Alistair")
(Traits, Wax scales lv.1, Inferior draconic blood, Creature Regen)
(A subspecies of wyvern with wax scales. Carries the genetic traits of both wyverns and drakes allowing for its mostly subterranean existence.)
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Before me lay a screen that serves to summarize my very being. I'd be amazed if I wasn't more concerned with having just heard a voice in my head or worse the "Dingy" title in my name, that just hurts… but my spirits are quickly lifted as I read over the rest of the information. I recognize the word wyvern from a few books I've read, and the description seems to line up with my new appearance.
[As User is the same species as the accessed profile, additional information has been embedded.]
Again, as soon as my interest in the information emerges in my mind the screen responds making the Hologram change to a page filled with images that I can scroll through with just a thought and the text at the top of the screen reading (Host "Alistair's" Physical data).
Each image shows a detailed image of one of my limbs that look like they could have been pulled right out of a biology textbook effectively letting me view my new body from a 3rd person perspective which is great since It's almost impossible for me to get a good look at myself due to me now having a fairly long neck compared to before at least.
As expected, I no longer have arms, instead taking their place are bat-like wings serving as front legs as well. At the joint halfway down the wing is a clawed hand like appendage with 3 semi opposable talons curving out of the vaguely hand-like appendage section until they meet the ground the entire wing including the taloned hands is labeled as "Winglets" not what I would choose but good enough.
My back legs are proportionally tiny and stationed near the back of my torso right where the tail meets with it. There are 2 talons growing from the front of them much larger than those of the Winglets curve forward with one more behind presumably to allow them to perch or grasp objects.
My torso itself is fairly slender starting bigger in the front and narrows slowly toward the back until it merges with the tail stretching out far longer than the rest of the body.
Covering my entire body is a single layer of gray semi-translucent scales each of which looks wafer thin and indeed appear to be made of a hardened wax like substance just as the menu had suggested.
Wrapping up my inspection I take the time to read over all the information on my size, and it would seem things are far worse than expected…
I'm freaking tiny, barely the size of a house cat standing though I see nothing about the actual wingspans size when stretched out. Not sure what I was hoping for. I mean I think I was literally just born, I'm sure I'll grow in time… Probably.
Distraught but satisfied with this information, I dismiss the screen with a thought only to find myself startled. As soon as the screen blinks out of existence, it lets me see the pair of glowing yellow orbs that had appeared at some point within the darkness of the only tunnel leading in or out of the chamber I reside in.
Almost as soon as I see them a disturbing mix of clicking noises and hissing emanates from the darkness in their direction. Kicking myself for blocking off my view of the only way in or out I ready myself, it seems I'm not alone anymore.