Day 916 in space. Sable had been approaching the planet for the past two days now, and from space it looked very similar to Earth. Now she was finally getting close enough to do some examinations of it. The redheaded American pressed a few buttons andtyped something in. One of the side monitors started flashing as the spacecraft ran the routine tests, atmosphere, gravitational pull, amount of water, the like. After a few minutes, the internal computer beeped, and the data results appeared on one of the other secondary monitors. The astronaut scanned over the results. Atmospheric pressure, oxygen levels... all were surprisingly similar to Earth's. There was an unidentified element in the air, but the onboard computer ruled it out as harmless. Excitement showed in the girl's eyes. This planet seemed like a highly likely canidate for extraterrestrial life. Intrigued, Sable resumed the pilot's seat, and the podlike craft headed towards Evelon's surface...
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A loud roar resounded through the forests surrounding Craiss Caverns as a white blob appeared in the sky. The podlike rocket - or was it a rocketlike pod? - beared down towards the surface at an angle, slamming right through the Caverns entrance and lodging itself there. There was a loud boom, and the ground shook violently from the force of the impact. There was a sigh-like whine as the engines died down. Inside he Earthling was failing to get the systems up. 3 out of the 5 back-up computers were refusing to come on.
Must be outside damage. Sable glanced out of the pod window to get a look at what the planet was like. Unfortunately for her, all she could see was rock. She glanced at the atmosphere scanning one last time to be sure there were no precautions needed. None. Too strange. Sable pressed the vacuum button, strapping on an oxygen mask as the ship sucked all of the air back into the tanks. That done, she pushed the vacuum button on the mask and took it off.
From the white exterior of the craft a hatch suddenly became visible as it swung open. Sable hopped out. Something was wroung. She could feel it. The craft was bigger in comparison to herself than it should be. Sable turned around to close the hatch - and froze. Her spacesuit was lying on the ground. She was not wearing it.
I'd hopped out. The astronaut suddenly became aware that she was standing on all fours. With growing horror, she raised her hands, and her eyes widened in shock.
They were not hands. Not human hands. No, they were the clawed hands of a primate. Sable stared for a moment. And looked down. Her feet were no longer feet, but matched what had been formerly her hands. Her legs, her arms, her belly - she was covered in thick, golden monkey hair.
At this point you had to admire her for not screaming. But as she twisted around, she couldn't help but let out a shriek at the surprise that met her. She had a tail. Yes, but that was not what caused her to shriek. Rather...
My tail is on fire! If she'd still been a human at this discovery, she would have handled it much more calmly and efficiently. But having just been turned into some sort of monkey, Sable wasn't thinking as straight as normally. Doing the first thing that came to mind, she started jumping up and down and stamping on the end of her tail, Attempting to put the flames out. It had not yet registered that she could not feel the flames. And as any Evelonian knows, the effort to put them out was futile.
ooc:DONE!!!!! SO SORRY ABOUT THE WAIT!