Jeff gazed, awestruck, at the faux-prehistoric scene around him. Who knew the Chronivac had such power, to basically change his whole universe with a click?
But then, what were computers like in this universe? Could he still use the Chronivac to get back? And who was he even going to be in this reality once the Chronivac changed him so he could fit in here?
He glanced down at the ground and was amazed to see a small glowing device. It was now a sort of bone shape, but it still had a readable LCD screen, and it was definitely the Chronivac's mobile emitter! Jeff read the screen quickly, for any sort of clues for what to do next.
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PHASE 1: REALITY ALTERATION, COMPLETE
PHASE 2: PREPARING TRANSFORMATION FOR USER "JEFF"
* New name: "Chompy"
* Species: Yellow-scale raptor [domestic]
* Role: Family pet for the "Slaterock" household
* Home address: 7 Trilobyte Way, Bonestown, Mammoth Valley
PHASE 3: STARTING TRANSFORMATION (USER "CHOMPY")
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"What?! I made it to a stone-age universe just to be somebody's PET here?!"
Jeff's eyes rolled back in his head when he felt a sudden pressure building up and down his back. Then, with a surge of pain and pleasure, the pressure released itself from both ends: threw his head and past his bottom. Far, far past his bottom! Jeff spontaneously leaned forward and swayed to and fro for a moment, managing to keep his balance, feeling disoriented by the sense that his body had suddenly doubled in length, or maybe tripled. He craned his neck around to look back and was introduced to just how long his neck was. He could easily view his own horizontal torso from the side! But that was nothing compared to the sight of the long, orange-striped, yellow-scaled lizard tail that stretched out far behind him. Jeff waved his new tail curiously, amazed that his new appendage was longer than he was!
"Wait, this isn't supposed to happen!" he shouted to basically no one. "I'm supposed to be a quirky caveman or a sexy cavewoman or something!" His voice disintegrated into wordless screeching roars before he was done complaining. "RAAAAAK!!! GRRRAAAAAAAHHK!"
His hands fumbled with the Chronivac and then it fell back into the sands. 'Wait no!', he thought, 'I need that to get back to the real world! Or at least turn myself into main character for this fantasy world rather than some barely-housebroken lizard companion!' But it was too late. His hands were long and graceful, but they weren't exactly useful for grasping and manipulating fine detail. And those visceral claws of his would slice the device's touchscreen to bits! Of course, it WAS kind of cool to have claws, kind of like a Jurassic Park monster almost. Maybe raptor life in a fictionalized stone-age wouldn't be TOO bad?
His midsection bulked up, and yellow scales grew on his back and halfway around his sides, with darker orange stripes along the way. His creamy pale underbelly grew smaller, finer scales that glistened nicely in the sunlight. Then Jeff's teeth fell out, and he screeched again with his new voice. New teeth poked through his gums, feeling longer and sharper as his mouth widened and stretched. As a narrowing muzzle stretched out in front of him, Jeff/Chompy felt his eyes getting splayed sideways, which was easily the most disorienting change so far, even more than the tail, suprisingly. His field of view widened massively to include mostly his left and right, partly his front, and more of his rear surroundings than he expected. It was shockingly close to a panoramic view of Mammoth Valley. Even pointing his head straight forward, he could easily see the faraway end of his tail if he twitched the thing sideways just a bit.
At last, his bulkier legs twitched, his ankles jerked up, and he was standing firmly on tiptoes. Bending his head down using his long neck, He got to see his lengthening toes fuse until he only had three, each of which sported an even longer claw than his fingers. Then another hard spasm jerked one toe on each foot to stick up, it's claw curving upward far more than the others. He gazed almost proudly at the dino-like scene beneath him--then back at the Chronivac to remind himself that he was basically stuck this way unless he could figure out how to use it in this form.