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Singularity was lost. Utterly and hopelessly lost. Not only did she find herself lost in an alien city amidst its eerily vacated buildings, but she had also suffered a major transformation the likes of which not even she could fathom just yet.
The lack of feet was no problem. There was a little more give to her new stumps than she had anticipated at first, causing her to land face-first on the pavement, but she had quickly adapted to them.
The lack of a tail was only a minor inconvenience. She had opted to swing her left arm around as a means to keep her balance instead. It felt oddly natural with her body's new configuration.
A gust of wind caused a nearby shutter to clap into its frame and she pressed her right hand to her chest to try and calm the beating of her heart.
~Keep it together... You're all alone, which means there's nobody around to harm you.~ she thought to herself.
And there was the biggest problem of her new form; she had no mouth to speak. Nor was there a nose where she had expected it. She was breathing, or at least oxygen made its way into her system, but she had no clue where from!
How was she to tell others she had need of their assistance if she could not talk to them? How was she to operate the voice-operated computer system that currently had her ship in secure lockdown? Sure, it kept any potential looters out, but without a mouth she could not use its voiceprint identification which was integral to the anti-theft part of her ship.
Singularity sat down on a crooked old bench by the side of the road and rubbed her head in her hands. The smooth skin felt so different to the touch than her usual furcoat. There was an oily sensation to it that felt utterly disturbing to her.
She sighed without expelling air and closed her eyes. At least this form kept her as warm as her jumpsuit had her other form. She barely felt the windchill while sitting on the bench. It was howling through the streets, murmuring through alleyways, whispering almost-words as it played around the abandoned objects left in the streets and open buildings.
No... that wasn't the wind. There truly were voices! And they were slowly getting louder as she sat there!
Singularity threw herself off of the bench and jumped through an open window into the building behind her. Peeking out between what most resembled a coffeemaker and a broken microwave oven, she looked out into the streets to wait for the source of the whispering to make itself known.
She did not have long to wait before a group of creatures looking almost exactly like herself rounded the corner a fair distance away, and turned into the street she was right next to. The group consisted of creatures in many different colours, but their build was all the same. All similar to her own looks, with their own unique colours of skin and eyes.
Were Singularity's eyes normally a pale white, her current look had taken to that pale white as well. But here she saw creatures with eyes coloured in all the colours of the rainbow! All of them as blank as her own, but still.
As she was gawking at the approaching crowd, the creature in front started to slow their pace. She could almost hear them as they turned for the rest and held up their right hand in a clear sign that they, too, should stop walking.
There was a clear sign of annoyance in the murmuring that followed, and...
~Wait. None of them have mouths! How can I hear them?~ Singularity suddenly realized.
At that thought, the 'leader' of the group turned to face her directly, and they set in motion in a quick pace towards her!
Singularity scrambled back as far as she could in this alien kitchenette, but the other was at the window before she could find another shelter.
~I thought I heard something! Please, calm down. We won't harm you. We thought we were the only survivors here.~ they spoke, clear as day, but there was no indication of them using some hidden orifice for it.
Singularity gestured to her face, trying to indicate to the other that she could not respond to their queries, but stopped as the other started laughing silently on the other side of the window.
She frowned at them. ~Jeez... here I go trying to explain something, and I get laughed at... What gives?~ she thought to herself.
~Oh ho, pardon me, little one. It's just... it's been a while since we last encountered someone unfamiliar with telepathic communication,~ the other replied to Singularity's thoughts, and walked around to the front door of the building.
~Oh...~ she thought, feeling rather embarrassed as she watched him take a stance near the kitchen counter in front of the window, rather than outside the building.
~Don't worry, we all went through this at some point. Or, at least the ones who stayed,~ the other spoke quizzically. ~Why don't you tell me your story, and we'll see if we can find you a place among us, or will need to help you return to where you came from originally.~
Singularity stared at the other, then nodded. ~Sure. It all started when I was still a little filly...~