The badge flickered one last time, turning a solid, glowing blue. On the lab monitor, a status bar reached 100%.
The moment the pin clicked shut, a low-frequency hum vibrated against his chest. It wasn't mechanical; it felt alive. Tyler reached up to unclip it, but his fingers felt clumsy, thick. He looked down and gasped. His skin was flushing a deep, unnatural grey, and the fabric of his sleeves was beginning to tighten. TF - Dev Tyler & Pup Badge.mp4
The metal "Pup Badge" sat innocuously on Tyler’s desk, a gleaming piece of silver with a stylized paw print etched into the center. He’d found it in the back of the campus tech lab—labeled only as "Dev Asset 04." "Just a prop," Tyler muttered, pinning it to his hoodie. The badge flickered one last time, turning a
The creature that had been Tyler tilted its head, tongue lolling out. He didn't care about the lab anymore. He just wanted to find someone to play fetch with. It wasn't mechanical; it felt alive
A strange, digital heat surged from the badge. Tyler tried to cry out, but the sound caught in his throat, morphing into a wet, rhythmic panting. He watched in a panicked daze as his hands restructured—fingers shortening and merging, palms thickening into dark, leathery pads.
Tyler fell to all fours, the transition from student to "subject" nearly complete. His face pushed outward into a snout, his ears migrating to the top of his head and growing long and soft. The human panic in his mind began to fog over, replaced by a strange, instinctual calm.