EARLIER THAT SAME DAY:
The young woman had spoofed the school officials into letting her out early. It wasn't too difficult, since her record was fairly clean. So she ran quickly to the Splicing Station, to fulfill a long held dream of hers.
She pulled open the door and slid to a stop in front of the secretary. "I'm h... here for m... my ap... pointment," she wheezed.
Jen ruffled her tail, as she ran a nail/claw down the day's appointments. "Ahh, you are..." she inquired.
The young woman nodded. "Yes, I am," she quickly cut in. "I wanted to make this a surprise to my friends."
Jen bobbed her head, a small grin forming. "Alright, miss," she agreed. We'll use a fake name. Is this acceptable?"
The girl grinned. "Perfect," she agreed.
The same girl was sitting in one of the chairs in the Screening Room, fidgeting quietly. She jerked slightly when the door opened and a rather handsome racoon-man in a pair of modified jeans and a plaid flannel button-up shirt walked in. The furry man looked down on the clipboard. "Ms Doru?" he asked. "May I call you Janu?"
She grinned. "Sure you can," she replied. "And you are?"
He gave her a rakish grin. "Oh, sorry," he chuckled. "I'm Dennis. I'm your Species Selection Supervisor."
'Janu' nodded. "Gotcha'," she acknowledged. "I already have a plan in mind."
He blinked. "Wow," he whistled. "So what's your choice?"
She gave him a wild grin. "Kitsune," she told him. "Golden fur, 9 tails. Full Splice."
Dennis nodded. "Alright," he allowed. "First, I have to get a digital scan of your image; then I'll call up the file and let you see how you'll look, more or less." He held up the spheroid camera. "Say 'tengu'!"
She giggled, as she heard the camera beep. She watched as the image appeared on the computer screen as a flat, two-dimensional image, then filled out after a moment into a standing 3-D image that spun slowly on the flat-screen display.
Dennis cracked the knuckles of his hand/paws, then sat down. "Now," he stated in an imperious voice, "for the mixing magic." He sat quickly in the chair before the keyboard and began to type rapidly. Menus flashed up and disappeared like mirages. He flipped his hand/paw around with a theatrical gesture. "And viola," he chuckled.
She stared at the screen long and hard. "Can you give the image red hair?"
He bobbed his head. "Easily," he agreed. He tapped two keys.
The image was modified as she requested, and she nodded. "How many Splices would this be?" she asked.
He squinted at the display. "Three," he answered. "Golden Fox, squid and modified fox. With that many tails, we'll have to use the squid to give you control of the extra limbs."
She nodded, fully satisfied. "Let's do it."
Jen nodded her head, as she listened to the person on the other end of the phone line. "You don't say," she murmured. "That much, for a set of currycombs?" She glanced up at the door. "Talk with you later, 'Ms Doru', is finishing up." She hung up the phone, just as the girl returned to the lobby.
She was magnificent, as were most of the Splices that decided to go 'full fur'. She was slightly taller, as well as having a fuller bustline. Golden fur covered her arms, the outer side of herlegs and her back, blending into a white chest and inner thighs. From under her skirt rose a fan of tails, much like the spread of a peacock's. The newly-Spliced girl rasied a hand/paw, covered in short, brown-black fur to her grinning muzzle and held in a giggle. Her mane of hair fell over her shoulder like a ruby waterfall.
The kitsune-girl said, in a voice filled with equal parts of humor and joy, "You like?"
Jen gulped, her eyes wide. ".....woah," she finally got out.
'Janu' murred, as she let her nine tails intertwine into a single wide mass. She brushed off her school uniform, and reached into a belt pouch to pull out a wallet. "Charge it," she commanded.
Jen did so, then handed the receipt and a pen to the satisfied customer. "Sign please," she asked.
The kitsune-girl wielded the pen quickly, then took back the credit card and her copy of the receipt, giving Jen a deep bow. "Domo arigato gozaimasu," she said.
Jen stood, and returned the bow as deeply. "Do itashimashite," she replied. "We are always happy to fulfill a person's dreams."
The girl gave her a wave, as she left to show off her new self to her family.
The kitsune-girl tapped a foot/paw, as she waited for the response.
Blinking, her grandfather let his gaze slowly rove over her body.
"Rei," he finally responded, his hand rubbing his bald pate as he gave her a small smile, "you know this'll drive your father crazy."
"Yeah," she answered, her muzzle splitting in an evil grin. "Ain't it just a kick in the pants?" She let her nine tails writhe behind her, as she threw back her head and laughed.
Grandpa Hino just bigsweated, as he muttered under his breath, "She's definitely her mother's child..."
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