As the Species Reassignment Center (SRC) appears through the hyper-pod’s windows you take another long, calming, breath. Today’s the day that you, a thirty year old male human, are going to become an animal.
After Dr. Kirbry’s discovery, the United Nations set up a panel to repopulate the world after massive extinctions of animals due to climate change. There was a wave of volunteers at first but their numbers were too small to complete the task. Therefore, all nations agreed to assign random citizens the task of repopulation.
Originally SR was permanent but over the years the technology was refined to be temporary. You’d be an animal for roughly two years, after which you’d be able to decide to change back or stay in your new form. Through this program, the animal species was random.
As the pod pulls into the station, the tension in the pod goes up as the other nine people in your same situation knew that their fate was set too. As the pod’s doors open, men and women wearing white medical apparel walk into the pod and up to each passenger.
The woman who walks up to you appears slightly younger than you. She has a wide, warm, smile and red hair tied in a knot which is mostly hidden by a white cap. She extends here hand as she says your name. You nod in confirmation.
“Welcome to the Species Reassignment Center with the program to repopulation of the Earth!” The woman says eagerly. “We’ll take great care of you!”
Her excitement did little to brighten your mood, though, as you continue to stare at her. After a moment of silence, she coughs politely and hands you small piece of paper. Looking down at it, you notice it’s just a white piece of paper with hand-written text saying, “Follow me as we leave.”
Looking back to the woman, you see her give a quick wink as she looks over her shoulder at the other medical personal as they finish their duties. One by one everyone files out of the pod, all headed in the same direction toward the main elevators. As the woman exits, she heads left, away from the group, as you look to where you assume your suppose to go.
As you look back and forth, you realize just how massive the SRC really is. The glass-tubed main elevators are large but are dwarfed by the animal exhibits taking up all the wall space. On one wall there’s an aquarium. On another there’s a lush rain forest environment where a pair of leopards are watching everyone through the glass. Another window reveals a large savanna. Looking back to the left you see the woman never stopped to look back and is just going around a corner. With a final nod to yourself you bid the others a mental goodbye and quickly walk to try to catch up to the woman.
Turning into the hallway the woman went in you see a very business-oriented. The grandeur of the main station area is gone, replaced now with little more than an office building’s hallway with doors lining either side. The woman goes through a door at the end of the hall which is closed by the time you get to it. With a small knock you let yourself in.
“I’m so glad you chose to follow my instructions!” The woman says as you step into the room. She’s removed her cap and releases the knot in her hair, allowing her hair to fall past her shoulders. “I didn’t hear you following me so I wasn’t sure.” With a quick gesture of her hand, she motions for you to sit.
“What’s going on?” You ask as you sit in a chair to the side of the room.
“The others are going to be transformed as normal. She says like it’s nothing special. They’ll be stuck as animal until they can properly procreate normally. You, on the other hand, will be testing my new method; one that will be much quicker. That is, If you accept of course.”
“Method? Like an experiment? Is it safe?”
“It is. I’ve helped other through this process many times in fact. The main issue is the young that are created have a low survival rate. They’re not fully formed. That issue is hopefully resolved with my latest iteration.
“What’s in it for me?”
The woman smiles as she says, “Your commitment to the SRC will be months instead of the normal two years.”
“Can you tell me more before I accept?” It all sounded too good to be true! What was this experiment though?
“Of course!” The woman says as she walks over to a pair of sliding doors that are behind her. She touches a few buttons on a control panel which causes the two doors to slide into their respective walls revealing furry pieces of fabric. No, not just fabric, animal costumes!
“These are what I’ve create. These suits are engineered to change the wearer into their respective animal. At the same time, these costumes accelerate the process of procreation; for a female the gestation period is a week.
All you can do is look on in shock.
“Want to try one on?” She asks.
Slowly you get up and walk over to the closet.
“’Choose your own change’ as I like to say!”
Giving her another nod you look at the costumes. There’s a few birds, a few different types of felines, a few canines, some hooved animals, and even rodent costumes. You note, though, they’re all feminine costumes with ample breasts and, where appropriate, udders.
“I see I’ll still be female…” you say disappointedly.
“That is the process,” She responses without any emotion.