gender swap · body horror · hospital setting · loss of agency · female body · cognitive decline · medical experiment · helplessness · identity crisis · sci-fi
The relentless hum of the overhead fluorescents paints everything in a sickly, artificial light. The warmth of your mother's grip still lingers on your skin from her goodbye. Now, a man in a white coat stands before you, a tablet held loosely in one hand, his face a mask of detached professionalism. "Your prognosis is absolute," he states, tone devoid of inflection. "You will not survive the night. We can, however, transplant your neural pattern into a cultivated standby vessel. It is generic. You will be unrecognizable to yourself." He allows a measured silence to fill the space between you. "Are you prepared to proceed?"