Crossroads by Cloo Christopher

Author:Cloo, Christopher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Royal Road
Published: 2023-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

First signs of change

System: NA

Location: In Transit

Kyla helped me to an empty room with a window looking out into the void. According to her, it was one of three guest cabins on the ship. She had offered to stay with me, but I had declined. I had needed some time to myself. The first thing I did was take a shower in the attached bathroom.

My clothes had melted into the ground where I had let them drop. The fact that any and every surface I had come across was made of some sort of nanotechnology reminded me just how advanced the Kitsune were. Lucky for me, my AI was able to easily communicate with the ships systems. Well, the systems I had access to anyway. I wasn’t fooling myself into thinking I had access to any of the sensitive systems. But at least I was able to adjust things like the water temperature of the shower.

Relaxing under the soft waterfall of warm water, I looked down at my feet. Letting my mind wander randomly. One question that kept coming to mind was would I ever be able to see Earth again? I doubted it though. Humanity had a hard time getting over their need to attack people of different race and religion. How much harder would it be for humans to accept any other species? Especially one that had once been human?

The water automatically turned itself off as I walked out of the pit and to the bench. A towel formed on top of the bench. My hands sank into the material as I picked it up. Long, thick, and soft threads covered the towel. It felt amazing against my skin. So much so that I almost wanted to curl up and use the towel as a blanket.

Instead, I forced myself to part with it. Walking naked through the door and into the bedroom. While the bed wasn’t large, it was big enough for two of me to sleep comfortably. Well, that or me splayed out.

I splayed out under the blanket and took as much space up as I could. The soft bed combined with the perfect temperature bed had me falling asleep in moments. My dreams consisted of me running away from something, I never could tell what. But as I ran, I kept seeing myself in various sized and shaped mirrors. Each mirror showed something I recognized less and less. Changes building up more and more until I was no longer human, or male.

A soft beeping sound woke me from the dream before I saw the final result. ‘Someone is at the door.’

Sitting up in bed, I pulled the bedding close to my chest before saying “Let them in.”

The door opened to let Kyla in. “Morning.”

“Morning? How long have I been sleeping?” My mind felt foggy, but I didn’t feel like I had slept more than a couple of hours.

“Nearly twelve hours.” The number instantly woke me up. She entered the room. The door closed behind her as she sat on the edge of the bed.

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