TftW: Fool's Gold

Here's another episode of Tales From The Web,  this time it's two bumbling archelogists that get their just desserts.

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There were these two bumbling archelogists named Bert and Brian Worthingshire, they were often snooping around in places they shouldn't belong trying to discover new treasures.




One night when they were sneaking around in an old Egpytian tomb looking for some more treasures to unnearth, one of the sursoffacusses opened up and a beautiful young woman resembling a young Elizabeth Taylor stepped out.



"Hello boys." The young woman said.



"Who the hell are you?" Bert asked.



"I am Princess Cleo, daughter of the late pharoah." The young man replied, smiling. "What are two doing here?"



"Well we're just sneaking around looking for more treasures to unnearth." Brian told her.



"I see. But you do realise that this is my father's tomb don't you?" Cleo inquired, raising one eyebrow.



"Ummmm....yes. But what does that have to do with anything?" Bert asked.



"Well you should know that you're not supposed to steal anything from here." Cleo replied, smirking.



"And why is that?" Brian inquired.



"The guardian of this tomb will not be pleased if you do it." Cleo told them.



"Is that so?" Brian retorted.



"Yes. It is." Cleo responded.



Brian and Bert then grabbed the treasures they had unnearthed and were about to make off with them when they heard a menacing roaring sound.



"W-w-what was that?" Bert spluttered, shaking in fear.



"That was the guardian of the tomb. And he's angry." Cleo responded.



"Is he going to eat us?" Bert asked.



"No, he isn't. He's not going to do anything to you. But I will. I'll place a curse on you." Cleo replied.



Cleo then lifted her left arm up and placed a curse on Bert and Brian.



"That's it? That's your curse?" Brian shouted.



"Oh it's much more than that." Cleo responded with a sly grin on her face.



Bert and Brian both doubled over in pain as they started to change, thick blackish fur began to grow all over Bert's body - and his hands stretched out and became more paw-like, his nails becoming replaced with sharp claws, his shoes got tighter due to the fact that his feet were growing larger from within them - the shoes then ripped apart at the seams revealing that his feet had become paw-like as his toenails were replaced with clawed ones.



His clothes ripped apart at the seams as a long black tail started to grow out of his backside, he then fell onto all fours as his bones and body structure changed and became more that of a feline, his ears shifted to the top of his head and became like a cat's ears while his eyes turned a dark yellowish colour and the pupils became slitted, his teeth became razor sharp fangs as whiskers jetted out of his cheeks and his nose turned black as his face began to push out into a more feline-like muzzle.



Brian was also changing, thick redish fur was begining to grow all over him and his hands stretched out and became more paw-like, his shoes ripped apart revealing that his feet had also become paw-like - he also sprouted sharp black claws. His clothes ripped apart at the seams as a bushy tail sprouted out of his backside, he fell down on all fours as well as his bones and body structure changing and slowly becoming vulpine. His ears shifted to the top of his head and became like those of a fox, while his eyes turned a blood redish colour, his teeth became razor sharp fangs and his nose turned black as his face began to push out into a more vulpine muzzle.



Their transformations completed themselves as their muzzles finished pushing out and they lost their ability to speak, when their transformations were complete - there were now a panther-like creature and a fox-like one.



"This is what you get for disturbing my father's tomb." Cleo said. "Congradulations you two, you're now official minions of the tomb guardian."



Cleo then went back into her sursokkoffaccus to take a long nap, before she closed the lid though she gave one sly look to the two transformed archelogists and winked.



As for Bert and Brian, they spent the rest of entirety serving as the tomb guardian's loyal minions.


Remember don't steal stuff from ancient Egyptian tombs, or there will be a heavy price to pay.