Freyja

You felt power coursing through your body, raw power! You felt like you could rip a tree right out of the ground, or toss a truck across a parking lot! You could challenge a grizzly bear to a wrestling match! To be fair, anyone could challenge a bear to wrestling. But now, you would likely win!

There was something more to this power, however, as you felt another's presence fitting into your body, their spirit nestling in beside your own. As they did, the armor standing next to you seemed to crumble apart, and each piece flew towards you, encasing your body piece by piece in the unusual metallic protection. It began to flex and change along with your body... this must be the transformation that was mentioned, to turn you into a warrior!

It did not go precisely as you imagined, however. You thought you would be bristling with muscles as thick as tree trunks. You did gain muscles, but they were smooth and toned in a rather feminine fashion. Your hands shrank as well, becoming slender despite also growing calloused in the palms for gripping hilts of swords as opposed to the ones used to tapping on keyboards all day. You didn't lose any height, but you felt your body sort of pull inward and outward in ways you wouldn't have expected, feeling your waist slim and hips flare. The muscles in your legs felt particularly powerful, but you couldn't look down to see them, partly because your chest protruded in an unusual, and very feminine, way, right before you were bound in a metal breastplate, which only served to make the contours on this body even worse!

You couldn't see your face, but you felt it alter, your cheekbones rising and jaw slimming, eyes growing and nose shrinking. your hair, surprisingly, didn't seem to change at first, as your parted bangs hanging forward above your forehead seemed long enough at first, but you felt a sudden thud against your back as a thick braid, made out of your suddenly longer hair attached to the rest of your head, struck you without warning.

You felt yourself reach out to grab at the helmet, still glowing an ethereal blue as you tucked the helm under your arm. This feminine yet powerful body you'd been changed into peered down at Emilia, with solid blue eyes, and a voice that echoed somehow all on its own. "I am Freyja, guardian of those who seek my blade. I am bound to your will, and whhhuhhh..."

The energy began to flicker, and falter, as you watched the blue energy fade from the various patches of skin still visible outside of the leather and fabric wrapped around you, and the glow disappeared from underneath the steel plate armor affixed to you. You stumbled back a bit, holding your head, realizing you were again in control of yourself.

"What the Hell is going on!" You say, stumbling back further, bumping into a wall of the Phase Binder. Concerned for her hardware, Emilia motions to her muscle, as the two men who had been handling you all day stepped forward to remove you from the area near the machine. You made them regret that immediately, as you shoved them away with incredible ****, tossing them almost totally across the room! They landed hard on the concrete floor with a grunt, as you couldn't believe how easily you tossed them away.

"Alright, enough of that, calm down," Emilia said, and as if by magic, you felt better. Not exactly calm, but you weren't about to hyperventilate and pass out anymore at least.

You looked down at yourself again, touching your hair, touching the armor wrapped around you. You hadn't pictured the armor attached to a woman's body, but it seemed to have reformed when it fit itself to you "This can't be... I'm a woman now! You said this wouldn't affect my day job, I can't go back to work looking like this, people will notice!"

Alice stepped over you to tap at the metal components bound to your chest, amused at your outburst. "Which part do you think they'd notice first? The woman, or the armor?"

You brought a hand to your forehead, trying to stave off the headache. "Who even is Freyja, by the way?"

Well, I'm the one whose body you've stolen. The voice came from inside your head, causing you to gasp. Stolen is perhaps too strong, since I did mold you into it. Let's just say, you were a nice vessel for a moment, but I don't have enough energy to stay active very long, not yet at least. Not that I expected any of this, mind you! I usually work alone, a glowing ghostly blue body inside my armor. But since apparently I must translate my energy through you, things work a bit differently. So, it would appear that the answer is that WE are Freyja.

"We?"

"We who?" Alice asked, glancing around. "Who are you talking to?" She didn't see anyone else, and apparently didn't hear the voice swirling in your mind.

You shook your head, and stumbled forward a bit. "I just want to be back to normal, just... this is too much!"

Emilia shrugged as she looked at you. "I would've been more excited about being gifted the body of a goddess, but if you say so. Geistknight, you may rest for now."

The moment Emilia said those words, you briefly glowed blue once more, as the armor this time seemed to shift and fold around you, condensing around itself until the metal had pulled away from your legs and your right arm, encasing your left arm in a bracer with the engraving from the chestplate visible over much of the metal. For the briefest of moments, you were able to get a glance of your female body swimming in your office attire, before you shifted back to your normal, bearded, male self.

"...Is that it? Are we done, is she gone?" you asked, looking at the bracer before patting yourself again. You wouldn't be hurling trucks across parking lots like this, but you did feel like you might hurl in another sense. While it was good to know you weren't permanently changed, this sudden activity really shook you to your core! Of course, with that gem inside you, you weren't exactly alone anymore.

Goodness, dear, you and I will have a lot of work to do to work together...