Alterations to Shark's body from human

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 WARNING FOR MUTILATION OF THE HUMAN BODY

Credit to Usagi for pretty much all of these!

 

Head:

Three rows of sharks teeth surgically glued and attached within the mouth (regularly replaced when made otherwise unusable)

Portion of nose replaced with cat's own, including the Olfactory Epithelium (increasing the sense of smell, making scent of blood and 'death' more evident', causing the scent of Zexal to have a greater impact, etc.)

Ears replaced with 'sphinx ears'. (Increased sense of hearing, causing initial audio overload and causing Shark to naturally default to what was familiar, IE screams, Zexal's voice, in order to cope.)

Tongue replaced with that of a frankenstein'd mix of sun-bear and 'chameleon' (it retracts and extends, but otherwise the host tongue was a sunbears). Largely for the fun of watching Shark injure himself, and struggle with controlling the length of it.

Jaw has been altered to allow the mouth to open wider, without losing strength. 

Mouth has been somewhat extended/widened to that end, though this is not an immediately apparent trait, as the lips remain the same size. Even grinning fails to reveal this until examination.

Upper Body:

Due to being forced to stand and move on all fours, and continually look up at an awkward angle, his neck vertebrae have rather permanently fused into an awkward arc, the back itself stuck in a slouch. He is still able to turn his head side to side however, as well as look up and down.

Ribs slowly bound and crushed into desired shape, forcing the chest more forward.

Excess skin resulting from the above used to stitch flaps between shoulders and upper arms; shoulders were dislocated and relocated with complications to limit arm movement.

Nails torn out, first joint of each digit replaced with Bear claws. When the fingers proved themselves too fragile to stand the force of these claws, the remaining bones were further replaced and bound into desired shape, forcing the rest of the flesh on the hand to heal into awkward 'paws'. (This process locked the thumb in place, sacrificing part of Shark's opposability)

As a 'reward', the replaced bones were checked over by Zexal to make sure they had the greatest possible density, while the remaining muscles in the arm were 'tweaked' in order to grant the most potential force behind them; he could likely crush a skull with one swipe.

 

Lower Body:

Leg bones broken, with sections physically removed and remaining portions fused together in order to shorten the legs.

Excess muscle manipulated to increase leg strength and further force four-legged gait.

Excess skin used to stitch flaps to body and legs for the same reasoning as above.

Similar stitching near genital region; likely to prevent 'flapping'. (Though it could have additionally been Zexal being bored and cruel, as the process would have been painful and without sedation of course)

Feet bound and crushed into a more desired shape, forcing them to extend slightly.

Near identical surgery conducted as on the hands; resulting in enormous claws, immense strength of extremities, and deformed 'paws'.

Tail created from the bastardized combo of numerous large felids (notably the lion's 'spur', and the length of a snow leopard). Hair follicles appear to have been numbed/manipulated enough that no fur grows over this region, further proving its use as both a balancing agent and, during the initial surgery recovery, amusement (as Shark was forced to figure out on his own how to re-orient his body)

 

Dietary:

Increased tolerance for raw meats

Decreased tolerance for cooked foods and vegetation; the latter literally 'passes right through', while the former gives him indigestion.

A curiously INCREASED taste for dairy however...potentially linked to the sunbear tongue, and thankfully such products do not give indigestion. It's odd, but it works.

Heightened preference for 'metallics' (more precisely, foods with a copper aftertaste; generally appeased through the source of the desire, 'blood'.)

Starvation Habits; gorges on food when presented with a meal, unable to properly determine when the body is 'full'.

(Should he be provided with enough, he'll put on weight quite quickly for this same reason, as the body will store it away to prepare for another 'famine', so watching his diet is quite important for reasons beyond merely preventing illness!!!)

 

(Physical) Medical Afflictions:(In Addition to the Above)

Dehydration

Starvation

Muscle Strain and Hyperextension due to over-eager movements without care for restraint.

Curiously devoid of such things as gum disease, likely due to such things as salt-baths eliminating any bacteria that would have otherwise destroyed them. It is likely that, as Shark's teeth are among Zexal's favourite assets in his 'pet', that Zexal takes better care of those as well.

 

(Mental) Medical Afflictions:

Severe mental degradation in the form of speech loss, loss of memory, as well as significant loss of moral judgement.

Stockholm syndrome, with associated dependencies to his captor, to the point that he has lost the majority of his ability to decide for himself.

Animalistic Behaviour comparable to that of a dog; likely enforced and encouraged by Zexal's own prodding, as Shark would otherwise have been isolated.

Loss of Social Skills (no sense of personal space, requires complete command, is otherwise indifferent to what is not deemed 'master' or 'target')

Loss of Self Esteem (When faced with what is deemed 'master'; overall pride is directly linked to 'master's praise)

...and a whole slew of other things.