Mary made it home without encountering anyone else, and she was very glad as that meant no one witnessed the momentary difficulty she had trying to open her apartment doorknob. Her fingers had shortened to a point where she'd almost completely lost her human dexterity, and she'd had to grip the knob between both ... paws before she was able to make it twist enough to open. Thank goodness she hadn't locked it behind her! She couldn't imagine trying to manage keys!
Closing the door behind her, Mary dropped her shoes on the mat, having been forced to cradle them against her torso when she'd realized her thumbs had stopped functioning properly. She hurried down the hall to the large mirror in her bedroom, anxious to see how she'd progressed since taking the larger dose. Upon viewing her reflection, Mary was stunned by her appearance.
"I can't believe John didn't seem to notice anything strange!" she murmured to herself as she reached up to touch her face. Her nose had broadened and lifted a bit, pulling her upper lip and jaws out into what appeared to be a short muzzle! "Maybe this only happened on the way from the park." Skimming her paws over her nose, she could feel the change in texture as well as smelling Max on her shortened fingers from when she'd been petting him.
Removing her sunhat, Mary could see that her ears had grown a lot since she'd left the house, but as they'd flopped over and were covered in fur matching her hair color, they'd blended in rather well. The hair on her head did seem quite a bit shorter now - where before it had reached just past her shoulders, now it swung in a short bob mid-neck, the same length as her ear-tips.
Mary was amazed at the power of the vials, and all she wanted to do was down the rest of the dog vial and finish the changes. A slight fear niggled at the back of her brain though, telling her to be wary. What if she became a dog in both body AND mind? Would she be trapped that way forever? Who would know to look in her apartment and why in the world would they ever think the dog they found was formerly Mary?
She decided that the best course would be to let someone else in on this crazy, magical experience, and who better than...