Amy walked through the aisles, still searching in vain for a sight of Lina. Absentmindedly, she scratched the white fur along the bridge of her nose before pulling her hand away. She looked down at her hands, the only things still human about her form apart from her face, and she felt concerned that she needed to do something about that.
Just as luck would have it, she noticed another machine nearby that said "Manicures and More." Approaching it, she saw two slots where she could put her hands in. There was also a larger, rounder slot higher up, but she didn't know what that was for. She still had money left, so she put the required quarters into the receptacle and put her hands inside the slots.
"Please choose a species," a voice similar to the one from the salon machine said.
"Horse," Amy replied.
"Do you wish to have a complete facial at no additional charge?"
Amy thought about this one. She already had fur. Maybe it was going to give her big teeth along with hand hooves? That might be neat. "Sure, give me the works," Amy said.
She felt the machine going to work on her hands, rolling over them, massaging them and pulling her fingernails. A stronger hand gripped her palm, pulling and pressing it firmly before moving to massage her middle and ring fingers.
Then, out of the larger slot, a black plunger-like device extended and attached itself around her nose and mouth. Amy screamed in surprise, but it was muffled severely. She could feel the suction on her face as her teeth and jaw began to ache and her tongue dried out. The pole holding the plunger slowly retracted, stretching Amy's face painfully. She continued to moan in pain through the black rubber.
A red beam caught her in the eyes and she was temporarily blinded. Meanwhile, her fingertips began to feel irritated in much the same way as a persistent hangnail would nag at the skin before quickly dulling. Finally, the suction ended. The plunger detached with a pop and flew back into the machine. Her hands were freed and her vision started to return. The room looked foggy at first, but as she blinked her eyes it became brighter and clearer. One thing that didn't seem right was the color. She looked around and saw that everything was colored strangely, some colors seemed muted and others were missing entirely.
Then she realized her nose was sticking out far too much to be noticeable with her own eyes. Feeling with thicker, less dexterous fingers, Amy became aware of the equine muzzle that was her new face. Behind her thick lips, her teeth were thick and square-like. Her nose was flat, wide, black and leathery. Her larger nostrils flared and she drank in the many scents of the shop.
She saw a small mirror on the side of the machine and looked into it. Staring back at her was a half-human, half-horse face with the same cream fur and white stripe but a new shape. Dark brown eyes that left little of the whites remaining at the edges peered out above a short muzzle. She even had a long, thick horse tongue sticking out from her blocky teeth!
"Wow," she said. "That's what I call a horsegirl." There was a darker timbre to her voice, even duskier and lower than after her neck got stretched at the salon, though she had no trouble speaking words. She tested a few whinnies and was delighted to hear she could make perfect horse noises as well.
She looked down and flexed her hands. They felt a bit stiffer than before, though still quite usable. The machine had altered her fingers, but mercifully kept her opposable thumbs. He middle and ring fingers were much thicker and longer than her index and pinkies, though all had thick, dark hoof-like nails at the end. Her thicker thumbs sat a little further back now, as the machine had lengthened her palms by an inch or two.
Amy knew she had finally finished transforming into a real horsegirl.
"This is so great!" she squeaked. "I can't wait to tell Lina! Nneeiigghh!" With this, she dashed through the store, once again in search of her friend.