Mary pulled the hoodie farther down to help cover her face. She was crouched in an alley way, hiding herself from passersby. She sniffed the air and her face twisted into disgust. The dumpster next to her and the overrun trash cans nearby smelled like dead rotting fish and her stomach rolled ready to empty out any of it's content. Though there was nothing in her stomach. She hadn't eaten in what felt like days. Probably was days. She tried to stay away from as many people as possible and hiding her 'extra' physical attributes now were a bit difficult. She felt the twitch of her new tail and sighed. It felt cramped hiding in the back of her hoodie and honestly it always tended to have a mind of it's own.<br/><br/>Under her hoodie, her new ears twitched each way at new sounds. Her senses were so heightened. She heard and felt vibrations from all around her and everything seem to overwhelm her all at once. She tried to breath through her nose but then she smelled so much that she shivered from the sudden barrage of her senses and gagged, covering her mouth quickly. She had yet to get use to all the new... abilities that came with her new physical attributes. A tail that hurt like hell when stepped on and new ears atop her head. Her ears were the same color as her ginger hair, but the insides were white. They were short enough that they didn't poke out too much on her hoodie but were clearly obvious without the hood.<br/><br/>The experiment hadn't changed much about her though, besides the ears and tail. Her eyes did change though, which<span style="font-style: italic">they</span>thought was extremely intriguing. Her eyes went from blue to now having a hint of green in them. Her pupils also got a little narrower like a cat. It was not very obvious and was only noticeable if they were studied closely. She still had all her mass of ginger hair and of course her freckles never went away. The dotted her across her nose and cheeks. Her brother use to adore her freckles and she was glad they remained after her appearance changed.<br/><br/>At the thought of her brother, her shoulders slumped and she curled up into a ball next to the dumpster. She quickly push the thought of him away, not wanting to bring up the pain that awaited her. She pushed down all the emotions that brought force until she felt the numbness that became her everyday life. Surprising how one changes after a lost. Sudden sound of footsteps brought her out of her thoughts.<br/><br/>Her eyes narrowed on movement nearby and all her senses spiked up. Her nose breathed in deeply as her muscles got ready to pounce towards it or away. On instinct she couldn't help the low hiss that escaped from her throat and her tail clicked out from behind her hoddie and stood straight up behind her. She hissed again and quickly tried to hide herself between the dumpster and wall. Her fingers nails suddenly started to grow and sharpen like claws, scraping against the ground.<br/><br/>At the site of a male rounding the corner and spotting her, she hissed again and tried to jerk away but her hoodie got caught on the edge of the dumpster and got pulled off her head. She gasped, her eyes going suddenly wide and her body freezing as the top of her head became free and her cat ears twitched at the sudden freedom. She froze, staring at the man in front of her, her heart beating a thousand miles. She pupils in her eyes got narrower and narrower until they looked just like a cat and she glanced left and right from the corner of her eyes for an escape route.<br/><br/>"S-stay away." She croaked out on a whisper, huddling against the wall and the dumpster.