Chapter 617 - 617 The New Body Finale. The Cat
Chapter 617 – 617 The New Body Finale. The Cat
"I'm happy with this. I like how my new body has turned out," said Lily slightly breathlessly as she took a few steps away from the tank.
Nobody raised a quizzical eyebrow that looked right at home on Nira's face. "Really no little touch ups? No complaints about your noes being too big or your breasts to small? I mean you didn't even look at your new smile!"
Nobody pressed two buttons on her tablet and the body spun around now with a fresh grin on it. The teeth were all blindingly white and the canines were huge, coming in two sets, one on top and one on the bottom where they interlocked together giving her a much more feral appearance then Lily thought was possible with her face.
*My jaw hurts just looking at those teeth. Actually… that is a question.* "Will my jaw be strong enough to actually use those? I don't know if that comes alongside changing my teeth," said Lily with a curious not to her voice.
"Um… hmm…" Nobody tapped the tablet a few times, swiping across multiple screens to look for that information. "That is a very good question… I don't actually know at the top of my head. I know it does apply for some humanoid forms but not others. If the teeth were naturally part of the form it WOULD come with extra jaw muscles… but I know they were added in so… let me check."
Nobody pressed a few more buttons on her tablet and the skin dropped away from the body around the face. Lily had always been able to detach herself from medical diagrams before now but it was something else entirely to watch the skin on her own face get peeled off. The missing eyes didn't help matters. Gritting her teeth though, she looked at the jaw muscles and saw they had indeed been changed, but she wasn't sure if it was enough.
"Yup, that looks about right. Hmmm… yes I do think that will count. Your new jaw won't be as strong as the equivalent for your Memphis form but it will be enough to utilise your new teeth properly. It'll let you rip into relatively tough things for your power level," said Nobody.
Lily nodded, not really caring either way, mostly just wanting confirmation they could be used. Though she did have to dismiss a few dark ideas about biting into her old bullies' hands but that was just a minor thing. *Glad she reminded me about the Memphis form though. I was all ready to confirm everything, I wasn't really thinking about it.* "Well that's good then. I'm ready to look over the Memphis form."
"Really? No changes here? I mean I do good work but I'm sure you could touch something up?" asked Nobody clearly surprised at the lack of changes.
*Perhaps but do I really want to? I mean what would I really change? Ask her to double the size of my ass? That's just stupid. Plus this isn't some video game character creator. This body looks like it belongs to a real person and I don't want to make anything that looks weird. Then again, maybe I already look weird to other people? Nah I just don't think it's worth changing anything, even my rather flat backside.*
"Not really, I'm quite happy with it as it is. It's different and I love quite a few changes but it still feels enough like me. Would you even be able to change anything?" said Lily.
"Depends really," said Nobody with a shrug. "What I'd do is make a few changes based on your request then ask the program if it thought your soul would still be compatible. The program isn't perfect and honestly I'm not sure we'll ever perfect it, but it helps. Plenty of 'valid' configurations have failed but when dealing with stuff like this it's hard to figure out the 'why' of the failure on both sides."
"Ok then. I think I'll keep everything as is. I mean… I could maybe use a bit more muscle on my back but that's a performance thing not a looks thing. My legs and arms look powerful enough," said Lily.
Nobody waved Lily off, "You're back muscles are fine. They've been improved already you just can't see them pretty much at all unlike the other ones."
With that though Nobody clicked over to show Lily what she'd look like as a Memphis. In a word, she was adorable. The new body wasn't quite kitten sized, but it was certainly no adult cat either. She would be able to rest comfortably on Kat's head in this new form and Lily was already making plans to that effect.
Her little crown was thing and rather petite. It felt less regal than Kat's, but that might have just been the size difference. The eyes as well looked so cute on her cat form for some reason. It was a stark contrast to the predatory gaze she felt she'd gained a 'human'. She also had tiny little bat wings that were actually decently large for her size. Everything else really was about what was expected for a cat of that colour and size, with the only notable exception was that her claws were also black.
"Why weren't wings an option for my human form?" asked Lily curiously.
"A lot of issues with how they connect to things. Your humanoid form is essentially a cat beastkin form, or that's how we started while your Memphis form is a proper Memphis. Things will merge and equalise eventually, it's why you can't transform straight away." Explained Nobody.
Lily took one more look over at the body before nodding.*SOLD to the bookworm in the front row. This is perfect.* "No changes" said Lily firmly.
*I have no desire in the slightest to mess around with this. I don't know how Nobody did it but my Memphis form is adorable. I just want to reach out and pet it… me? I can't wait to feel what it's like to use that body. Oh I am going to practically live on Kat's lap in the future, maybe her head if we're moving around. If her breasts were larger I could maybe ride there but I doubt it'd work.*
"You accepted that a little quickly, are you sure?" asked Nobody with a slight bit of concern. After the huge amount of time Lily had spent with her humanoid form Nobody really did feel this was a little fast.
"Yes. Yes this is perfect. I'll look adorable. That body hasn't drifted into cat territory still firmly a kitten but an older one. The eyes somehow work just as well but in a completely different way. The noes and whiskers are even better then my human form and the sleek black coat makes me want to run my hands through it already. There is NOTHING I would change about this. I am confident of this fact," stated Lily with utmost confidence.
"Well… alright then," said Nobody. "As I believe you've already been told you will be locked into your Memphis form for a while. We don't know how long at this point in time, you should instinctively known when it will be safe for you to make the transition.
"Changing from Memphis to Humanoid isn't overly quick, but not too slow either. It's about a thirty second transition. Don't transform when injured unless you really have to because while the injuries don't carry over, they can get worse during the transition.
"Additionally, as your will be a Memphis we'll need to call in Kat to bond with you somewhat quickly. This is to stop the build up of demonic energy that will undoubtedly become a problem within the first few days. Kat will probably called in within a day or so but we do want to give you a bit of time to acclimatise to your body. The bond is normally performed within an hour but with your soul being slightly unstable we're going to wait a bit longer then that. All good?"
*That all sounds fine to me I suppose. I don't really have any questions. It all sounds rather straightforward especially considering I'm getting a new, untested body. I… hmm… I kinda want Kat to be there as soon as I come out. Just for sentimentality reasons.*
"Is it possible to call Kat in straight away? I mean… even if I can't bond to her I would like her to be here… I think…" said Lily awkwardly as if she was asking permission for something naughty from her parents.
"Not realistically" said Nobody. "See, thing is, we don't know exactly when this is going to finish up, but once it does, we need you out of solution and moving so that we can run through a few tests. If Kat really wanted to I suppose she could but it would potentially require her waiting around for days or a week, maybe two in extreme cases, doing nothing just to potentially be here when you come out of the tank. Sorry about that… and I mean we can ask if you really want but I just don't see it as likely"
No you're right. I couldn't ask Kat to do that for me. Especially not while she's supposed to be training. "I won't even ask then. Kat might even accept that offer but I don't want her to just sit around doing nothing for me. Still, if you can request her as soon as possible that would be nice."
"Of course, Lily" said Nobody softly. "Now just have to get you into here…"