The trees provided very little shade for Circes as she pulled her cap down a little further. The "forbidden forest" around the outskirts but the rebellious hiker had ventured in further to find a more scarcely wooded scene.
Circles scoffed, wondering what the fence and signs forbidding entrance to the area was for. Maybe it had something to do with this summer heat?
Her skirt was suddenly pulled tight against her sore body– Circes assumed she'd gotten snagged on a low hanging branch. As she reached down to untangle herself, her hand touched something unfamiliar. It was scaly and warm and she quickly pulled away in alarm. She swiveled to see a slender black tail protruding from under her skirt, suddenly long enough to strike the ground.
Circes suddenly began panicking as she pulled her hand away to see it was beginning to grow scales that spread down her wrist like poison ivy.
She opened her mouth to cry out but was distracted by a new sensation– a numb tingling all over her body.
The tightness caused by her tail pulling against her panties disappeared. Her hat sank just a bit lower. Circes wobbled, off balance as she felt like she was sinking. The hiker's bra sagged and her whole skirt slid off her shoulders.
She grabbed at the fabric, desperately trying to stop the shrinking and to avoid the embarrassment of losing all her clothes.
Her new tail instinctively flicked downwards in fear and Circes finally lost her balance. She tripped, cursing her now oversized hiking boots.
After she opened her eyes, the former hiker saw a long maw outstretched in front of her eyes. She quickly sat up and her loose garments slid down to her thighs, held up now by just her tail.
"L-look at me! I'm a Salazzle!" She stammered in disbelief. The forest around her seemed so much larger and more menacing, even though she'd only lost a few feet.
*Bzzt!* Came a familiar buzz. Circes' Rotom Phone pushed out of the pile of clothes draped along the forest floor.
"Affirmative. Posting update to your Twitter." The ghostly machine happily stated.