Xenopologist Dr. Oliva arrived at the homeworld of the extinct Bulukna with the original intention to discover the story behind the rise and fall of their once idyllic civilization. With a biometrically-protected vault keeping the bulk of their secrets from her, however, the renowned doctor had no choice but to make use of one of the only pieces of information she was able to recover from the Grand Sacred Hall: a recipe to concoct a brew that will turn her into a Bulukna herself.
Sitting at the Grand Throne, her body changing and growing to a previously unknown yet ever more familiar anatomy, Dr. Oliva feels as if she were at home. The need to open the vault is no longer a result of a once human thirst for knowledge but of a desire to reclaim what's hers. As her tentacled figure undergoes its final changes, though, she realizes that the vault can wait — it's opening is now a given. A more pressing concern has entered her mind: Where in the world will she find a mate with whom to repopulate the glorious Bulukna species?
(I originally wanted to make an illustrated story out of this sequence but decided against it for the time being so as to not delay the release of the artwork, since we're already a week into Morphtober. I'd love to return to the idea and write the whole thing later but, for the time being, please enjoy the TF sequence and the abridged narrative!)