Chapter 16
I...I don't understand.
"What?!" I shouted, looking down at my stomach.
Twilight reeled back from the device, which caused it to power down.
...
We looked at each other for a few seconds.
"...Did I just see what I think I saw?" I dubiously asked.
Twilight was speechless for a few more seconds, but started to say, "Um, I don't know. Should we try again?"
I nodded hesitantly and laid back on the table.
The machine started up again, though Twilight knew how much power to put into the machine now into order to get to my innards.
And hoo boy howdy were they complicated.
"Is...is that a furnace?"
Apparently, I did not have a traditional stomach. Rather, a hollow gold sphere connected to various tubes and wires was my stomach. The largest connection was to another sphere that held a tiny, but blazing, fire.
"..."
We stayed silent for a while, but then Twilight said, "I'm going to get some gold, I'll be right back."
She immediately left, causing the machine to power down. I wanted to call after her, but I was still frozen in shock.
I thought it was just the skin and wings, but no, I'm just not that lucky. I don't even have the organs to call myself human anymore.
I sat up and just pondered that thought, sinking deeper into a dark mood.
"I'm back."
I looked to the door to see Twilight holding one of the cubes that I loved to eat. However, I didn't know if I was going to enjoy it right now.
The machine restarted, and I could see inside myself again.
I started to slowly bite the gold, but natural instinct took over and I gobbled it down. After swallowing, I was able to look down and see the gold traveling through a pipe leading to my stomach. Suddenly, the fire flared, spilling into the main chamber. The same heat from before filled my stomach, and now I knew why.
The metal just melted in the flames, and began flowing down several of the tubes connected to the stomach chamber. The molten liquid reached what looked like a pump. Turns out it was, as the liquefied gold was pumped through my 'veins,' into other chambers.
Twilight moved the machine to focus on one of these new chambers. It was half filled with molten gold. It was generally the same for every other chamber she looked at.
I really was not even close to a human, was I?
"I'm..."
Twilight noticed my despair and walked over to pull me into a hug. She felt soft and warm.
Granted, if I needed to I could just get up and ignore this situation. But right now, too many things have happened at once and I could barely hold back from wallowing in depression.
"Twilight."
"Hm?"
"See if there's anything else. I have a feeling that my digestive system is not the only difference to a regular body," I said. There was a noticeable monotone in my voice.
She seemed hesitant to let go, but eventually did. Once she powered the machine back up, she began searching around my upper torso. More of the reservoirs were found, along with several 'organs' that had what looked like cords stretched throughout the chamber. Every chamber was different due to the thickness of the cords. Some were as thin as a wire, while others were as thick as a baby's arm. These were connected to my own voice box via what looked like regular tubes but was in fact sheathed in a soundproof material on the outside. These tubes would not let the sounds escape into my body, so a clear tone was always achieved. Said voice box was also mechanical in nature. Twilight postulated that those specific organs were resonant chambers that provided me with my excellent singing voice.
Deeper in my body there was a seemingly empty chamber, but it was directly connected to my throat and had several valves separating it from the rest of my body. At the entrance to my throat there was another pump. Several modified pumps were attached to the main chamber, though I did not know how to activate them.
On top of that, several vital organs were missing in my body. The heart, obviously, though I did have a sort of engine that gave me constant power to my body. The lungs, so I didn't need to breathe. The digestive system, of course. Unsurprisingly, I did not have a reproductive system (which I was secretly glad for). The events surrounding that discovery were a little interesting...
"Alright, Celedon, I need you to remove your clothes."
I jumped a good foot in the air at that request. It took me a few seconds to realize that I had not even seen myself before. I was sure that my face would be red as a tomato by now, but again I felt no blood rush to my cheeks.
However, I also realized that I would eventually have to get over my embarrassment, so I nodded and went behind a divider Twilight had set up for this purpose.
Then I realised that I did not know how to remove my robe. The slits for my wings were tiny, and most definitely would not fit the admittedly large wingspan that I normally had. However, while I was thinking about this, I could feel two places where the material was separating. Looking in a mirror, I saw that the cloth had separated above my wings, and I only need to slip my arms out of the cloth in order for it to fall to the ground.
Steeling myself, I did so.
The next moment, a combination of a scream and sigh of relief came from my mouth.
"Celedon?" Twilight asked, respectfully not looking behind the divider.
I replied, "I'm fine, but you need to come see this."
I heard her make a questioning noise before footsteps came from behind me.
I turned around to face her. Her eyes widened and she started blushing, but her expression quickly morphed into confusion. However, with all the revelations that we had both gone through about my body at that point, she just shook her head and said, "Well, that takes care of a few things."
I had nothing explicitly 'female' on my body, besides the general shape of my body. Granted, I still had a larger bust line when compared to the people here, but I looked like a mannequin underneath my clothes.
Yeah, that discovery I had mixed feelings about. The examinations had continued, focusing on my limbs this time. I had no 'bones' to speak of, but I did have a mechanical skeleton. Twilight did not have the equipment to test my strength, though she said that I would most likely be able to lift a grown horse with no problem.
The only thing that stumped both of us was my 'skin's' flexibility. It was unnaturally dense and had all the properties of being made of gold, yet moved just like regular skin. Another thing that surprised both of us was my 'brain.' It was really only a huge mess of wires and other things connecting to my body, but at the center, behind two very dense shells of diamond, was a small golden sphere. Twilight hypothesized that was where my consciousness truly lied.
Eventually, I had accepted the fact that I was not remotely close to being a human, and was just interested in finding out what I could do. I'm pretty sure I was bottling up my feelings and would eventually break down, but that time was not for right now.
Thus, the testing ended, and Twilight had already filled several notepads with various facts and questions about my body. I'm sure I had given her a lot to think about, what with discovering a life form that, for all intents and purposes, was artificial.
...
Nevermind, I'll get used to that at a later time.
On a side note, Tim had come by to see what was happening, and just so happened to open the door while I was in a state of undress. Granted, there was nothing to show off, but it was funny to see his head turn red before he realized that I had nothing for him to be embarrassed about seeing.
Except for my rear and maybe the sides of my chest. Maybe.
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6077113 Ask and ye shall receive.
6076743 I've heard of that, but I can't remember where...
Just searched it. Never watched that show.
6076743 is getting a reference to Futurama really worth one internet?
well this is interesting to say the least, will be checking this out.
a pre reader you say? I'm up for it, I can point out any glaring grammar errors if needed, but for the more subtle ones you might need another man for the job, I will be looking at story structure in a whole for the most part.
now have a nice day mr/ms Magna85.
6077577 Why thank you for the offer! I currently have an editor and a semi official proof-reader, so all I need is a pre-reader to complete the trio. Shall I send you the google docs link to get started?
6077640 sure! I'm up for it just right now i need to catch up with the story that is all, it won't take to long I'll just send you a pm when i'm ready to check it out.
6077779 Okie Doki Loki!
heh
Thought Celedon's had nips, if ancient Greek paintings are to be judged as a source. I could be wrong, though, so don't take my word on it.
Well it wasn't a flying ant but still CALLED IT
6078177 No, you're correct. However, I took an artistic liberty with that and completely removed them, since I kinda want to keep this as a more accessible story and not up the rating to Mature. I could get into some really weird places if I made this a mature story.
6078188 Yup, when you wrote that I internally said, "Ah crap."
Good guess!
6078595 Um? Don't know how to feel about this...
6079740 It's true, we need more Displaced stories like this, It's kinda why I wrote it to be honest, as well as having a good-natured crossover character. Hehe, I kinda wrote the gender-bend because of the awkwardness. Makes it funny to write about.
6080248 Yup! Though some things in the later chapters will reveal some important facts about that.
6080488 Your cringes...they feed me...mehehehehehhehe
6080692 Yeah, though it gets taken care of.
On a side note: SHINIGAMI-SAMA! I LOVE YOU!
6081222 *Hugs* There's nothing to be afraid of.
Aww. Gender Bending's no fun when it's purely aesthetic. Especially when they don't even have to adjust to peeing in a new way. Then again, "she's" a magical robot forged by the Old gods of Olympus. She could very easily have a reproductive system that simply looks a bit difference. There's that whole "kindled life from clay" thing the gods(well, Titans) did. No reason to believe they couldn't make a metallic entity fertile without a reproductive system. *notes the lack of vagina or teats* Hmm.. I must stretch my imagination for ideas that will aid magna in calling for cringes(for he is apparently a cringavore) and satisfy my own perversion. Hmm.. how about... the vagina only appears when she's sexually aroused, and the teats( as well as whatever the part of the body that generates milk is called) appear only after pregnancy is induced? God I'm perverted.
6079740 don't they usually start out on good terms? And I think this was made with the Superpower Lottery. I looked up one of the powers. It requires its user to be female.
You're a Troper? A fellow believer in these Heathan lands!
6083892 you wrote this with pseudo-Gender Bender for the awkwardness? Huh. I'm actually planning on Displacing a character I Power Lotteried into existence. One of his powers was that he can Gender Bend himself and others with a touch.
6324171 pm me a link to the story plz