It's been such a long time. 5 years since I wrote my last story, I think. Geez. So uh, to kick off trying to be better here, to be more myself again, I present this. A birthday gift I wrote for one of the best people and friends in life, shadowfox014 I really enjoyed making this, though I was quite nervous that my skills possibly rusted over time. I hope everyone enjoys, this is a little more unusual of a TF for me to write. Anyone reading this should always check out his work, too, he's absolutely wonderful at his many crafts, from photomanips to some drawn art, and more! Once again, happy birthday, Travis, you're such a great and close friend to me and I'm truly thankful to know someone like you!

Travis' birthday gift from me ends up being a little less stable than would be expected. But that doesn't stop things from getting amoooosing. After all, what harm would a game bug be?

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The knocking on the door wasn’t unexpected, sure, but that didn’t excuse how near frantic it was. Travis then recalled, there was one person that would be this excited. He couldn’t help but chuckle to himself as he called out, “You’re good to come in, Cody! Didn’t actually think you were entirely serious about being here physically for my birthday though.”

Opening the door and making his way inside, Cody flashed as big a grin as he could and, without taking off his fairly loaded backpack, ran over to Travis and gave him a big hug with a cry of, “Happy birthday, Travis! Aaaahhh, dude, I’m so happy to see you, sir! And I was completely serious, though it also was necessary for what I have plaaaanned. By the way, computer’s in your bedroom, right?” He gestures to his rather filled backpack and takes it off as Travis nods and leads him into his bedroom. Cody unzipped his old backpack and took out a few objects that Travis wasn’t at the right angle to see.

“So, before I get to the main part of the gift,” Cody began, “I’d first just like to say a few things. One, I do apologize if this doesn’t work as intended… or even work at all. I… only tested the components separately.” Travis was curious what components would be in a single gift, but also interjected, “You don’t have to be sorry one bit, sir! It’s great enough that you made it all the way out to the West Coast!” Cody smirked, “But I live on the West Coast too! Just. Of Florida. Which is different. And across the entire country.” Travis grinned at hearing one of the multiple unique forms of humor his friend had about him, again. It’d been a long time since he’d seen Cody, much less in truly good spirits, just like himself again. “But! That aside, I’m glad my presence could at least be something nice. Back to what I was talking about, the other thing I wanted to say before getting this whole show started was that I’m so freaking grateful for you as a pal and I can’t put into words how much it means to be seeing you again, Travis! Oh, and that I had brought a plush Lucario for you just in case plan A didn’t work out.” Cody finally let out a breath, having essentially spewed out everything in one breath, and then cut back in before Travis could respond, “Not that I don’t plan to give you the plush! I uh, sorry, you know how nervous I can get.”

Travis gave Cody a pat on the shoulder, making Cody flinch ever so slightly from how tense he was with nerves. “I wasn’t thinking you wouldn’t, Cody. And really, you don’t need to be apologizin’ for nerves, it happens!” Cody visibly relaxed at words pushing back any fears he had about messing up how he explained things. “So! With your little intro out of the way, I gotta admit I am curious. What’s this special thing you needed to be here in person for? I imagine it’s not something that would explain itself just by sending through mail.” Cody nodded eagerly, fishing in the backpack for yet another something, and pulled out a USB drive, holding it up in front of the two of them. “This! Or more accurately, what this can do when combined with a few other things I brought!”

“And that would be?” Travis asked in anticipation. “Well, I remembered how you liked Fallout New Vegas. Er. I think you do. Or maybe it’s just the NCR and the bear and stuff. Um. Either way, it’s a game that gets a ton of modding and stuff! So, I decided to try something that’s admittedly not likely the best idea. I tried to get mods to synergize and work with each other.” Travis nodded, following along so far, though unsure in what way it’d be a special gift to him, though thankful, nonetheless. “And this is where the part about me needing to be here comes in. I put several mods into the save file I have on this flash drive, but the most important part is three mods that I did my darnedest to push together into one working code. Which, given my nature of understanding code by just following how they react to certain lines in them, took… longer than I’d like to admit. And even so, it’s not even a guaranteed working thing. I tried it out briefly on my own, but it didn’t feel the most stable even in the best environment. I’ll work on fixing it up in the days after this, but I wanted to have something to show for today.” Cody then pulled out a VR headset.

“When did you get one of those, Cody?” Travis asked. “Since when I decided to make this combo mod,” Cody answered matter-of-factly. “The combination, by the way, is VR compatibility, which should be evident. It’s the one I’m happiest could be here, since everything else hinged on it. Though it’s also the hardest to work with… But that’s okay, I’m sure the worst kinks are ironed out. ‘tis a good thing too, or else I’d have wasted so much money. Second up is a reskinning and remodeling of a lot of the creatures in the game into Pokémon! Ehehe, I’m super happy I could find just the right one for it, too. You’ll see why in a few. And last, is a more ‘basic’ mod, but still integral to the experience. It’s a mod that lets you swap your player character’s model with other models from the game. Now, normally I’d just imagine a mod like that means something to the likes of swapping NPC bodies, and nothing fun aside from maybe having a ton of HP as a boss or whatnot. Buuuut, this includes ALL models, including the Creatures! So like, Deathclaws, Brahmin, Geckos, et cetera!” Cody stood there for a moment, going over what he just said and nodding in satisfaction he had mentioned it all. “That’s a different combo, huh. Sounds great! I take it the VR part is so I can feel like I’m bein’ those critters? Or I guess with your Pokémon thing you said, Poke’critters?” Cody nodded.

“So, uhh… mind letting me start up the game and plug in and all that? I should be able to get it running in no time!” Travis nodded and pulled up next to Cody as he plugged in the USB, transferred the save file to the game’s folders, and started up New Vegas. Handing the headset to Travis, Cody navigates the menu on the computer, when Travis then speaks up. “Hold on a sec, didja say you were just moving a save file?”

“Yeah, why?”

“Don’t you need the mods?”

At this, Cody nearly facepalmed. “Oh. Yeah. That would… that would be a good idea, huh. Uh… oh, wait, I do have them on the drive! Phew, glad I stored my game on here. Um, just a sec then, lemme exit and do that.” He pulled the set off Travis and quickly went through the folders, dragging and dropping the mods over; completely forgetting he had saved his version of the merged mod trio onto his computer and not the flash drive. Starting the game up again, he allowed Travis to get ready as Cody loaded the save file.

“Hot dam!” Travis said, which Cody interpreted as dam, given the proclivities of Travis, and the fact that the Hoover Dam was in sight in the loaded file. “Like what you see, sir?” Cody asked, grinning. “This is somethin’ new to me, and I quite like the looks, yeah! So… what critters are all modded into Pokemon?” Cody pulled out a piece of paper he had printed up and started reading from it. “Let’s see… Ah, yes, okay so. Bighorners are Tauros. Deathclaws are Nidokings and Nidoqueens, dependent on gender. Mantises are Fomantis, Lurantis, and Scythers, it varies on size. Dogs and mutts and hounds are tons of different canine Pokémon. Brahmin are Miltanks, hehe. Two headed though, obviously! Geckos are… well there’s a lot for them, but Fire Geckos are Charmeleons, normal ones are Grovyles, which I made sure of for you, the hidden giant Gecko called Gojira is a G-max Charizard, the darker colored Fire Geckos are Salazzles, and so on! We’ll get to others in time, I dun wanna spoil everything, man!”

“Fair enough, that sounds rad already,” Travis said, a grin forming on his face, “So how do I transform?” “I dunno, you tell me, and we’ll make millions,” Cody laughed, then continued, “but if you mean in game, as you obviously do, then open your inventory. Oh right, um, lift your left arm up and you’ll see the Pip-Boy, and time will freeze like usual. Right hand lets you move through menus on it. Look for something called the ‘Modelizer 3000’, it should be at the top of Aid.”
Travis did as told and was shocked and pleased when the Pip-Boy really did lift into view. “No instability so far, Travis?” “Nope!” “Great!” Cody watched on the computer screen as the inventory was scrolled through and saw Travis go into the Modelizer. A new menu opened, and Cody once again gave instructions, “So I’m sure we both want only the things under Creature, right?” “That we do!” “Then hit that button that says ‘Filter’ and it should have Creatures as the first preset.”

Doing so, Travis saw the list of models change to only animals from the game. Knowing exactly what he wanted to see first, given the idea of how VR would handle a two headed beast, he then went to press Brahmin. “Ah, Travis wait! I never tested Brahmin yet because of the two heads thing, I dunno how the VR will handle this!” But it was too late. The game stuttered for a second and then… loaded just fine. Travis was staring from a lower position now, and slightly to the left of where he had been prior. “Oh. It works! Hey that’s awesome!” A moment later, the colors of the model began to change, and at that moment, the game then locked up, and Cody realized something. “Ah dangit! I put the base mods in, not the edited one to make the three work together, so the save file had no clue what to do with this, no no no!” Travis sighed a little, but smiled, “It’s alright, sir, things happen, it’s a promising start and- ““I’m going to fix it right now, here give me the headset,” Cody said, reaching for the headset. In his rush, he tangled the cord of the set against a foot, tripping and unplugging it as he grabbed onto the headset. Falling forwards against Travis, Cody yelped a little at the surprise of tumbling down, as well as an unexpected static shock zapping his fingers where he grabbed the set, which also buzzed Travis’ head. The two of them fell onto the ground with a thud, with Cody landing right against Travis to the side.
“Ow, frick, dangit, I’m so sorry Travis!” Cody said, getting cross at himself, “are you okay? I’m so sorry, I really hope I didn’t ruin anything, oh gosh. On today of all days too, ugh! I knew I would mess something up, I- “” Cody, hey, chill. You’re fine. I’m not hurt, alright?” Travis said to him, ignoring the slight discomfort on his side where Cody had landed. “We can fix this, I’m sure, like you just said. But uh… mind getting off me?” Travis asked. Cody looked down and realized he was still against Travis and went to pull away but felt an odd tug against him when he did.

“Ouch, what the heck?” Cody went to move again, but like last time he simply couldn’t move away, and even dragged Travis a bit. “Wait wha, Cody? How’d you just pull me?” Cody moved his hands to push their sides away but shrieked in disbelief when his left hand simply shoved through Travis, all feeling in it gone. “AH! WHAT THE HECK?!”

Travis shivered at the alien sensation of a hand moving into him and then disappearing, then started to feel worried at what he just witnessed. Cody lifted both of their shirts and both of them were stunned to see what appeared to be no gap at all between their sides, almost like they shared a torso that was slowly pulling together. “Uh, Cody? Did your, uh… did your present include some kinda hallucinogenic stuff, sir…?” Travis asked, uncertain of what he was witnessing.

“N-no, I don’t… I don’t think so… u-uh… Travis, I feel kind of weird…” Cody said, his voice getting a little nasally for a moment, which elicited Travis to look up at his friend. What he saw wasn’t what he expected, as Cody’s nose was starting to turn darker and darker, expanding and pulling out slowly along with Cody’s face, crunching noises coming from him as what was clearly a snout began to tug from his friend’s face. Cody shuddered in unexpected enjoyment at the sensation, eying Travis who was also starting to show some odd signs on his body. The skin of Travis’ neck was deepening to the same black as Cody’s nose, while his face was taking on a much richer pink coloration and thickening into something better called hide than skin. Cody tried to push at Travis with his only arm, while Travis stared in shock at the increasingly bovine face of Cody and attempted similarly to struggle free, kicking his legs and moving his arms. This only resulted in the strange sensation of Travis’ right arm and leg being pushed into Cody and not coming back out. Cody made a noise that was halfway between a lowing moo and a confused shout as both of those limbs simply vanished, his own struggles causing them to roll over and Cody’s left leg to kick against Travis and similarly disappear.

Looking down at themselves, both of the men shouted in disbelief at the sight of what was almost a single body, though a bit on the wider side; likewise their shout was from noticing the skin of their shared torso starting to swell up with fatty, muscled hide. Their chest was becoming a nice pink shade, while underneath that, their belly swelled with a creamy yellowness. “T-Travis, are those the colors of a…” Travis shivered a little at the sensation of his, or perhaps their, stomach and hips swelling, “A Miltank, s-sir? I… Ohhh gosh, I think sooooo.” Travis’ o’s were starting to extend on his words, and likewise his ears were starting to yank longer and further up onto his head. They pulled outwards, forming into cute, floppy teardrop shapes, the black of the hide around his neck and top of his head continuing onto the ears, while a soft yellow coated the insides. Travis’ new ears flopped in a joy betraying what the situation would have otherwise implied. Cody tried to grasp at their pants but stopped as he noticed his fingers begin to harden and stiffen. Looking over at Travis’ single hand, he saw the same thing happening there, as both of their single hands started to deepen into a black color, growing hard tips and a v-shaped groove; their new hoof hands. Travis noticed this as well and reached over his hoof to Cody’s, touching them together, which both men felt.

This moment was interrupted as Travis let out a groaning noise, his face beginning to press and creak forwards in juttering pulses of growth. Cody couldn’t help but start to grin at the handsome and adorable sight of Travis’ face stretching out into a more bovine shape, their shared body fueling them with endorphins and keeping the panic lower than it had any right to be. Another interruption then occurred, their stomach grumbling loudly as it began to swell a little further. Cody blushed at the realization of what this had to be a signal for and was promptly proven correct when pink spots started to show on their stomach. Travis and Cody wiggled their feet as they hardened over, toes pulling together and swelling up as firm, hard black keratin coated each of them, forming their hooved feet. Reaching down, their left hand rubbed one of the pink spots, eliciting a groan from each of their heads; the spot then sprouted up, wiggling a little as one of their new udder’s teats. Wriggling around a little at the entirely new sensation of a cow’s organ beginning to form on their body, Cody and Travis tried to get up, only to fall over in a moment onto Travis’ bed. The pink hide and thin dusting of bovine fur raced along their body, while black spots of cow patterning covered their back. Travis blushed as their rear end began to swell and grow, thickening up into a hardy and wide derriere perfectly fit for a cow, as well as beginning to strain at their undies and pants.

Cody’s head pulled over to Travis’ as he tried to still somehow free himself, but that was quickly silenced by the pulsing growth of horns erupting from both of their heads. White dimples welled up and pushed outwards into small, simple horns that served only to further mark them as cow-like creatures. “T-Travooos… H-hoooow’re wee… I feel soooo weirdtank…” Travis tried to respond, “Cooooooooody, it’ll be alriiiiiilltank, s-siiiiiir.” Travis panted in heavy sensations racking his brain, or rather her brain, as the two of them remembered that Miltanks were only female. Their pants, while torn down one leg each from earlier, were now stretching to breaking point as a throbbing nub began to push and shove against the back of their pants. Their thighs pulsed thicker, starting to rip each pantleg with their burgeoning Miltank muscle and size. Eyes of each widening, they let out a deep mooing noise as a wriggling tail pushed and shoved on their pants, their widening anatomy also serving to push the garments to the breaking point. With a loud rip, a thick, swishing appendage burst free, a swelling black ball of a tip forming on their now shared tail. Travis and Cody rolled around against Travis’ bed, the furniture not used to how much weight was placed on it and slowly beginning to give way. As the last of their skin converted into hide, Travis cried out “CooOOomiiilll...!” and shivered in a sudden rush of pleasant sensations washing through her, milk filling their udder full of Moo Moo Milk. Cody similarly puffed out a note of pleasure as her ears tugged and yanked up fully, flopping around in a simple joy at the sensation of this sensitive and new body throwing all kinds of new information into her brain. The noises of each head eventually began to settle down as the newly formed Miltank-like creature began to look at their body, thick and plump stomach and udders, along with a sizable rear and strong legs and arms. Cody panted, exhausted from what just occurred to them, but also from the now shared body sensations she was getting from Travis. Travis, look at her new body, suddenly lit up with a wide grin, all the more pleasant and happy looking on her pink snout, “Cody, sir… er, ma’am! I uh… I dunno what happens for us next, but I can say you really did pull through with the prooosent.” Cody blushed and stuttered out, “T-thank you, Traviiiiiltank. Er uh. Y-you knoooow what I mean, ma’am. Oh goooooooodness, this body… o-our body? Um. W-we’ll figure something out, th-thoooooough this is… quite nice.” Cody ran her hoof along her chest slowly. “I guess we’re…. what, a Brahmiltank…?” Cody asked, trying to soften things with a joke. Travis mooed out a chuckle, “I suppose so.” Cody then broke the mood with a bad one, “Soooo, Travis… I guess yooooou’re not lactoooose intooollerant now, huh?” Travis responded with a playful bop on the head with her hoof. They would have to try out that hypothesis with some cake Cody had brought her, now wouldn’t they?