Meshada tapped the table, a little harder this time. Not out of anger or impatience, but to cut through her distraction. He smiled at her and she assumed the next position. As she moved into this position she was surprised by the smooth glide of strong muscles flowing, and moving bones that no longer ached. She raised her ass as she went onto her toes. She divided her weight between her toes and her hands. This was a bit uncomfortable until he shortened her legs and lengthened her arms. With the new lengths her shoulders rose slightly above her rump.
This is when her hair started to move as though her head was covered in serpents. This was her least favorite part. The squirming tendrils always creeped her out. Her hair divided itself into two decorative braids down the back of her head and neck, the tips fusing into her shoulder blades. Meshada admired the braids as she dutifully moved her head from side to side to be sure they would offer no resistance no matter which way she moved.
Next were her hands. She sat on her haunches so he could take his time. Each one had to be done separately, and delicately. While they would not have the dexterity of human hands, they had to be durable enough to run and jump on, yet delicate and soft enough for use on one's most tender parts. To achieve this, he'd tinkered quite a bit with the design. The wrist was strengthened and reinforced. The thumb loosened so it could curl up safely, and nestle comfortably, tip up, beside the closed fist. The main body of the hand grew into a weight bearing paw. The fingers extended and thickened. Her nails receded, each replaced with a calloused pad. A similar pad grew on each finger length, allowing her to walk, run, and jump using her closed fist like a padded paw. The palms he left alone. She moved her fingers, testing their dexterity.
She knew what was next. Before Meshada's switch touched her collarbone she spoke. "Sir. Thank you... Master." He lowered his switch and patted her head. "You're welcome my pet." She looked her husband, no, her former husband in the eyes. He was losing the battle not to cry. "Psy, thank you. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for our life together. Thank you for this gift. I don't hurt anymore. I want you to mourn me. I want you to move on. I want you to be as happy as you've always wanted me to be."
Psyathac nodded his understanding. She turned back to Meshada, tears in her eyes. "I'm ready."
Meshada wiped away her tears with his thumb, and moved the switch up from her collarbone to the tip of her chin. Those were the last words she would ever speak. From now on she would only be able to make cute little mewls and squeaks, with the occasional growl of disapproval.
The stroke up her chin was followed by an elongating and narrowing of her mouth to form a muzzle. Her nose diminished but left slits for her to breathe. The shape was meant so that a cock could fit in comfortably, or the muzzle could be pushed into a wet pussy, with a little work. For that purpose, the nostrils had been positioned high on the muzzle out of the way of being blocked. Her growl would hardly be a warning as there wasn't much she could do without teeth. He had developed a special liquid diet to feed his pets, that would give them all the nutrients they needed. Her tongue was roughened, just slightly. He'd been adjusting the abrasiveness and thought he had it just about right. The tongue could come out a good four inches from the muzzle tip. As the fur grew around her face it stopped just covering the breathing slits, and left the muzzle bare.
Putting his switch back in his robes he settled in to tend to the final touches. He touched her ears and seemed to move them up on her head, ending them as pointed dog ears. She immediately starts twitching them around, until he puts a thumb on her eyebrow. Both ears rocket forward, at full attention. The fine white fur that has covered her face has not changed those eyebrows. Now he darkens them to a rich mahogany. He keeps the eyes almost human. Those stormy grey eyes fade to be replaced with a rich deep amber. They are the kind of eyes one could get lost in. He prided himself on being able to keep those eyes as vastly expressive as possible.
He stepped back admiring his work. She panted a bit with excitement, her breasts swaying with the motion. She lifted one paw and yipped, eager for the final culmination. He let out a short laugh in response.
"The gift bestowed today is freedom in captivity. Freedom from worry, from responsibility, from identity. We strip you today of your name. From now on you will be known simply as Girl. We grant you anonymity, and never-ending life filled with sensual pleasures. This will only end when you decide you are sated, and ready to yield to death's final embrace."
With that he rubbed her ear, and she pressed her head into his palm. Her fur grew longer on most of her body, sparing sensitive areas around her face, nipples crotch and anus. The fur gained the texture of cashmere, and a pleasing chestnut color. Her skin grew dark mahogany and a light marble pattern threaded it's way through her fur.
Last to change were her senses. Her nose could detect the sex hormones of the guests, both male, and female. Her eyes grew more sensitive to the light. He designed them so that the more light their eyes detected, the more arousal stirred in them. Otherwise, he had found it difficult to convince them there was a time meant for rest. Her skin grew more sensitive. She reveled in her new cashmere coat. Her ears could pick out more distinction between sounds. Her nethers grew more sensitive than the rest of her skin. She started to feel that itch in her pussy and her cock. She became wet, with a thin sheen of lubricant for both.
Meshada took his hand away and indicated that she should leave the table. She leapt with feline grace and experienced satisfaction as her arms/forelegs easily took the impact of her landing in the sand. She started to prance, lunge, run and jump, able to move, so happy to move. A woman called out "Here girl". She had to focus to figure out who it was. A dark-haired woman with moon milk skin who'd always been kind to her. She ran up to the woman and rubbed along her. Then another called, and then another, all down the couch. When she came to the man Psyathac she reared up and wrapped him in a hug. She licked the salty tears from his face 'till he pushed her away with a laugh "go have fun girl."
She yipped, and gave a little skip, as she was called down. When the last person had admired her new coat and remarked what a good girl she'd been, a young-looking man with long black and white braids got up and started walking towards the back of the area. This was a man who she didn't know very well, and his actions confused her. She sought comfort at Meshada's side.
As the young man passed Meshada, he received a deliberate surprise smack on the haunches from Meshada's switch. This elicited a yelp from the boy and a chuckle from the guests. With a playful smile Meshada announces. "Psyathac has requested a particular song for the shuffling, and my dear plaything Maggie here, has agreed to perform it for us today." He turned to address his new pet. "Girl, you stay out here. When he starts singing, follow what the others do."
As Meshada took a seat, the girl waited curiously as Maggie opened a panel in the glass wall at the back of the playground. She could tell that it was difficult for him to stay standing as the creatures from behind the wall swarmed him. After some hugs, ear scratches and a few leg humps, a firm "Heal" boomed across the sand. The creatures fell into line and followed Maggie back center stage. There they were. Six other identical creatures. She was eager to properly meet her new sisters, and the boy did not make her wait long.
As he opened up the song, she recognized it as one of her favorites. A folksy song about young lovers growing into their twilight years. It was one she had made Psy dance with her to so many times, much to his amused exacerbation. The way the boy sang it and swayed to the rhythm, made it sound richer and fuller than any time she'd heard it before. The urge to dance washed over her. One Pet took a flying leap, and the shuffling began.
Psyathac knew it was useless, but he couldn't help watching her. Through their leaping, and twirling, and weaving he tracked her far longer than he thought possible. Still, as intended, by the time the song was done he could not tell which was the one he'd brought with him. She had looked so happy through all of it. His people were natural empaths, so he knew without a shadow of a doubt she had been happy. All of them were so happy. As the song ended and Meshada's pets began to play in earnest, Psyathac decided for the first time to allow the pleasures of Meshada's realm ease his aching heart and troubled mind, for a while at least.