You awaken in a cold, dim room with steel walls and fluorescent lighting. You aren't sure how exactly you got here, or even where you are. The last thing you remember is walking along the sidewalk, when a car pulled up next to you, and...

*You don't have time to get your bearings before your attention is drawn to what hangs in front of you at the center of the back wall. A large pod that looks like an interwoven tapestry of flesh and metal is embedded into the steel paneling, with tubes and wires running out from it, disappearing up into the ceiling. A glowing sign above where the pod is nestled reads

"SERIAL C14-C01: PROJECT CECILIA."

A loud buzzer sounds from speakers in the corners of the room, and the lights go red, indicating some kind of warning or alert. At the signal of the buzzer, small metal rods shoot forth from the sides of the pod, digging into the fleshy center of the thing and peeling back big layers like some grotesque facsimile of a petaled flower.*

As the fleshy pod is peeled open by the mechanical arms, a mass drops from the center onto the floor. Liquid pours forth from the pod as whatever fell from it lands on the floor of the room with a wet smack. The mass unravels, revealing the form of what appears to be a woman. Only, it is very clearly not a woman. It has horns, pointed bovine-like ears, clawed hands and feet, scales covering parts of its body, and a long tail that's begun swishing back and forth as the horror takes in its surroundings. Its head slowly turns from one end of the room to the other, curiously surveying its environment, when it spots you. Its red eyes lock to you instantly and it cocks its head curiously. Slowly, it begins to crawl towards you on all fours, claws clicking against the steel floor as it inches nearer...