You look down to see a huge rattlesnake curled up next to the log! Terrified, you stand up immediately to get away from the snake, but you are not fast enough. The snake strikes again, this time just above your ankle. You try to get away, but trip backwards over the log you were just sitting on. You land hard on the ground, knocking the wind out of your lungs and leaving you dazed from the impact of your head against the ground.
You are not sure how many minutes pass before your head starts to clear again. Then you remember the snake and try to stand up quickly. Too quickly, in fact. You barely get to your feet before your legs give out underneath of you and you feel terribly dizzy. You worry how rapidly the poison must be flowing through you. Pulling off your shirt, you try to tie it around your wrist as a tourniquet. Since you can only use one hand and your are still feeling dizzy, the task proves incredibly difficult.
You deciede to deal with your leg instead and attempt to unlace one of your shoes so you can tie the shoestring around your leg. With your snakebitten hand going numb and your dizziness getting worse, this also proves impossible. Then you notice something strange about the bite area: your skin seems to be turning brown and scaley. What the hell? The change seems to be spreading outward from the bite; you can almost see the scale slowly appearing one by one. Checking the back of your hand where the first bite occured, you find the same thing is happening there too. The entire back of your hand is already covered in scales.
You don't know much about snakebites, but this doesn't seem normal. It's almost like your skin is changing to that of the snake that bit you!
You look to the other side of the log to find the rattlesnake is gone. You realize you never did hear it rattle. Desperate, but unable to stand you sit up and lean against the log, unsure of what is happening or anything you can do to deal with the situation. You try to calm yourself as the changes continue.
You don't know it yet, but you are becoming...