With a "gift"

Walking into the small room of the tavern Pauline could only sneer at the sight. The place was rather small and lacking in any sort of decoration. A wardrobe covered one of the walls, a bed covered the other one and lastly a chest seemed to simply rest at the footing. The human rolled her eyes and as she got closer, she noticed something strange at the head of the mattress.

With caution she approached the bed found a small bottle of wine resting on the pillow. Curiously she picked it up and saw a note pasted onto the label.

“Dear Ms. Evergreen it has come to our attention you received at the tavern was rather lacking. We care about our patrons and the conduct of our barmaid was most unacceptable.

We have reprimanded her and as a show of good will we wish for you to accept this as compensation. It may not be enough for someone of status such as yourself, but we sincerely hope it could be a start.

• Ms. T”

Pauline raised an eyebrow surprised by what she read. It seemed she had been much too hasty on her judgement of the establishment. Looking around the room it was clearly small, but it did have a quaint feel to it and was designed to only serve for a night of sleep, so it didn’t really need to be extravagant or anything.

Shaking her head the woman moved those thoughts to the back of her head and looked around once more. With a sigh she realized they hadn’t given her a glass to drink from. She couldn’t believe she had almost fallen for such a clear attempt to save face. With a glare she opened the bottle and began drinking directly. She felt glad that the masseuse was taking her time getting to the room this time.

As the lukewarm liquid went through her lips and down her throat Pauline found herself surprised by the taste. It was quite fruity and sweet but left a warm tingly aftertaste on her tongue. She closed her eyes trying to identify what it was made of, but found herself short of the answer with every possible option. She swirled the bottle around idly while looking at the glowing green liquid with curiosity in her mind.

As Pauline pondered the question, she closed her eyes and tried to focus, becoming unaware of anything happening around her. As her brain was focused listing off different fruits her cheeks began to turn a lime green color and her body began to morph slowly. As she tapped her forehead her fingers began to shrink and become even daintier than they already were.

Pauline could feel that her clothing became roomier but ignored it, thinking that it was just the booze getting to her head. She began pacing around while lost in thought and didn’t realize that the bed was reaching way above her waist.

The noble stopped after a while and smiled as she thought she had figured out what was inside of the wine, but it was then that she began seeing what was going on. As she looked at the potion in her hand, she noticed her new green skin. With horror she followed her arm and noticed how every spot of her body had completely been transformed into that of a disgusting goblin. Her chest had stayed rather small but looking back showed that her ass had become even larger than it was before. Reaching up she noticed her ears had grown ridiculously big and a little movement of her tongue confirmed that her teeth had become sharper.

Pauline dropped the potion and began to rush out the door before tripping on her robes. She did her best to get up, but the cloth had become too inconvenient for her new form. With frustration she stripped and did her best to cover herself with a blanket. In anger she walked to the door, ready to make whoever did this pay.