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RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Remi - 07-21-2023
Luckily there's nothing for him to throw up given that all of his meals have been administered as pills or intravenously, but just try telling his stomach that. Dry heaving aggressively at the floor, Remi feels panic rising as he struggles to try and sip air in between the obnoxious clenching of his stomach muscles. Muscles which are already started to scream their unhappiness at being used.
JUSt SiT AnD BreAtHe wItH It he wants to snark back, though finding himself thoroughly winded, Remi can do little else but groan in response. When his body has finally given up, the wendigo opts to remain sprawled out on the ground where it's cool and where he doesn't need to ask anything more of his body. Closing his eyes and panting, Remi rolls onto his back and rubs his hands over his eyes, before pushing his fingers into his hair.
His fingertips and toes tingle slightly as his blood pressure goes ?????????????? thanks to the erection currently forming. As if this is the first morning he's experienced in years his penis seemed keen to make up for its lack of sun salutations.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Isla - 07-21-2023
Alright, so on the plus side Isla already has ideas about the kinds of adjustments she wants to make to the serum she's developing, because obviously this is a lot for Remi. On the downside, though, it really doesn't help him right now, and as he rolls onto his back and says good morning to her a second time, she's at least professional enough to rise to her feet. Grabbing a blanket and pillow from his bed, she spends a moment or two tucking the pillow beneath his head and covering his modesty, before going to fetch her file.
[say]"It's been two minutes so far,"[/say] she tells him - or herself, rather - after checking her watch. [say]"This dose should last for about ten. If it doesn't get any better in another minute or so, let me know. I've got something I can use to flush it from your system."[/say] And he can go through all of the fun of coming back out the other side.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Remi - 07-21-2023
Having finally managed his breathing, Remi opens his eyes and stares at the familiar ceiling, only now it looks completely different. Like a vast rectangle of white with absolutely no characteristics at all, whatever the wendigo had been expecting from this serum, longing for his senses hadn't been on the top of his list. [say]"No, I think I'm..."[/say] Blinking and running a hand across his forehead and finding it grossly clammy, Remi struggles into a sitting position much to the dismay of his stomach muscles.
Of course, that's when the waistband of his pants presses against his erection alerting him to its presence, which in turn sends a proper flush across the bridge of Remi's nose and up toward his ears. [say]"Sorry."[/say] He mumbles guiltily, bunching the blanket up in his lap. [say]"It's not you."[/say]
Leaning his elbow on his knee and resting his chin in his palm, Remi gazes up at Isla with eyes that were perfectly sea-glass green, rather than too pale and tinged with gold. [say]"This feels very weird."[/say] He admits, and now that his body seemed to be settling into itself again, Remi manages a small smile.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Isla - 07-21-2023
[say]"It's alright - with everything your body just went through, I think we can forgive it this indiscretion,"[/say] Isla says as Remi begins to come around, the doctor smiling back and letting her gaze dance over him as it looks as though he's getting a handle on himself. [say]"Careful,"[/say] she says automatically as he sits himself up, surprised to see how green his eyes are as their gazes meet for the first time as two humans.
[say]"I imagine it does,"[/say] she manages through a soft laugh, Isla finally letting her shoulders sag with giddy relief. [say]"Do you mind if I run a few tests with you? Things like reflexes, nerves, things like that. It's just so I can get an idea of a baseline, make sure there's nothing I missed, no side effects, that sort of thing..."[/say]
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Remi - 07-21-2023
[say]"I appreciate that."[/say] Remi murmurs, still looking rather guilty even though his erection was absolutely out of his control. That said, as someone who hadn't properly orgasmed for nearly six years, even the pressure of the blanket in his lap was distracting.
[say]"Not at all. At least, so long as you don't ask me to sprint around the room because I can promise you that I can't."[/say] Remi replies, laughing more easily now. [say]"The biggest things are how everything sounds and looks...and smells, I suppose. It's like the detail on everything has been turned way down. I guess I didn't really notice just...how much I took in, before."[/say] He explains, trying not to sound as if he was lamenting his muffled senses. [say]"And obviously I feel ... well, weak."[/say] Remi adds with a self-deprecating chuckle. He'd never been a gym rat before all of this, but at least as a mechanic, he'd been fit enough.
Oh, and he was incredibly horny, but for now he thought that wasn't something Isla explicitly needed to know.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Isla - 07-23-2023
[say]"I promise I won't ask you to sprint around the room. The dive off the bed was impressive enough,"[/say] Isla assures Remi with an easier smile. With his consent given, she clearly has no qualms with performing the tests on the floor with him, kneeling down to jot notes and play the usual games; follow the light, let me tap your elbow and knee with this hammer, where's your pulse oh wait there it is and Isla's personal favourite, ha, made you blink.
[say]"I imagine it's a bit of a shock to the system,"[/say] Isla agrees with a gentle nod, glancing back up at Remi between her notes - she's also written down everything he's helpfully mentioned, along with the time it took for him to recover from the initial dose. [say]"And you may feel weak, but from the examination, you're satisfyingly average. You know, for a human."[/say] That shouldn't make her feel as good as it does, but honestly, she's never expected to get to this stage of her research, and to see it do something is a huge breakthrough.
[say]"Do you think you can get up? I just want to see how your balance is."[/say] Listen, she doesn't know about the incredibly horny thing, okay.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Remi - 07-23-2023
As Isla performs her tests, the wendigo finds himself gawking at her when her eyes are averted. Though she looks exactly the same as she always has, somehow she doesn't. With his senses muted, so too has Isla become muted but not in a way that he minds. If anything, it allows him to actually look at her without becoming distracted by the number of pores he can easily see on her nose, or the sound her eyelashes make when she blinks. Now, she is all pink lips and sharp blue eyes; human in a way that's no longer jarring.
[say]"Satisfyingly average."[/say]
Already feeling the muscles of his stomach tensing, Remi looks over his shoulder toward the door to a rarely used bathroom. [say]"I just.."[/say] He murmurs, stalling for time. [say]"Just one second."[/say] With his hand now clamping the blanket against his crotch, the wendigo fumbles awkwardly to his feet before shuffling to the bathroom.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Isla - 07-23-2023
[say]"It could have been below average,"[/say] Isla points out with a raise of her eyebrows, and even if her gaze is back on her notes, her amusement is clear. Granted - as one might well imagine - her mind is not on the possibility of a medical drama porno currently unfolding in Remi's mind, but on all the ways she might improve the serum. As such, by the time he's fumbling to his feet the doctor is mildly puzzled to say the least.
Still, assuming that becoming suddenly human has prompted other bodily functions usually associated with bathrooms, she merely rises to her feet and tidies the space while Remi is gone. Not only that, but given that she's got no idea what the reverse transition will be like, there will already be an IV hanging ready in case the wendigo is suddenly ravenous.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Remi - 07-23-2023
[say]"Well don't jinx it, there's still time."[/say] The wendigo counters with boyish grin.
As for the porno taking place in Remi's mind? Before his hand could even reach the bathroom door, Porno-Isla was predictably muttering about how big his cock was as she simultaneously choked herself on it while taking meticulous medical notes. The scene was ridiculous by all accounts and certainly not the sort of thing that Remi would have narrated had he been properly in charge of his thoughts, but after having gone nearly half a decade without being able to cum without a cattle prod, to say his body was acting on its own was an understatement.
Slamming the door shut and fumbling with the lock, Remi felt like some adolescent boy who had run back to the locker room after seeing the girls in gym class. It's as embarrassing as it is short-lived, and by the time the wendigo reappears, it's with sweat on his brow, flushed cheeks, and a heart rate suddenly so elevated that it has him panting.
[say]"Sorry.."[/say] Looking as though he's about to give some explanation but finding none on offer, the wendigo gives his head a little shake as he stumbles unsteadily out of the doorframe on legs that feel like jello.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Isla - 07-23-2023
He isn't gone long enough for Isla to be all that concerned (and if Remi chooses to divulge this moment with Ronin at any point, they can have a good laugh about it, probably), but the sight of the wendigo as he steps back out of the bathroom is worrying. [say]"Is everything alright?"[/say] she asks, her brows furrowing as she turns to approach Remi - his balance clearly isn't as it should be, for a start.
[say]"Come and sit down,"[/say] she advises, reaching out to try and guide him back over towards the bed. [say]"I'm sorry - I'll take the serum back to the research stage."[/say] Clearly it isn't ready for testing, given the degradation in Remi's senses and motor function over just a few short minutes.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Remi - 07-23-2023
[say]"Yeah, I'm..."[/say] He felt lightheaded, but that was to be expected. Running a hand up the side of one cheek before swiping it across his forehead to try and hide the beads of sweat which had formed, he bobs his head obediently. Now able to touch Isla without the thought of it immediately manifesting into something else (as one might expect, any lingering images of the good doctor in her role as Porno Isla now made the wendigo want to shiver with guilt), he took her hand finding he needed the support more than he might have thought in order to make it back to the bed.
Sitting down with a flomp, Remi exhales an exhausted breath, before immediately shaking his head. [say]"No, no, I think I just..."[/say] Unless he had to, he wasn't going to admit that he'd just furiously masturbated in the bathroom. [say]"..over did it."[/say] Remi adds, before closing his eyes as the world started to spin slowly. [say]"How long...what time are we at?"[/say]
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Isla - 07-23-2023
[say]"Are you sure?"[/say] Isla frowns, sitting Remi down back on the bed and returning to the desk chair to look him over a final time, as if trying to ascertain whether he has a fever (and temperature checking goes first on the list the next time they try this out). [say]"I suppose you did move around quite a bit at first,"[/say] she agrees slowly, inhaling and riding out the breath on a sigh before quickly checking her watch.
[say]"We're at just over nine minutes,"[/say] she says. [say]"The strength and amount of the dosage means you should be starting to come out of it. If you get dizzy again, just lay back, alright?"[/say] The last thing they need is Remi splattering himself back across the tiles with added wendigo-strength and speed.
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Remi - 07-23-2023
Biting at the inside of his cheek and still very much not wanting to explain to Isla what had actually happened, the wendigo just nods. Next time he hoped that he wouldn't be so vulnerable to demanding erections, but if he was, perhaps he'd just have to take the serum in the bathroom. That seemed better than confessing to Isla what he'd experienced.
[say]"Anything else you want to know or do before..."[/say] Before he wendi-went-back? [say]"I am starting to feel..."[/say] Pausing to try and identify what the sensation was, Remi thumbed at the silver collar around his throat as if to reassure himself it was still there and properly bound, before grimacing. [say]"..really hungry."[/say]
RE: cut our teeth and make our bones right here - Isla - 07-23-2023
[say]"No, this has been... well. This is the culmination of what it's all been for,"[/say] Isla says with a breathless sort of laugh, the doctor tucking a stray lock of hair back behind her ears. [say]"Even if it's only ten minutes at a time, the fact that it worked is... yeah. I have more than enough to work with, thank you."[/say] With a warm smile, she resists the urge to touch a hand to his arm or anything overtly familiar - and if Remi begins to become human at regular intervals, won't that be a fun ethical conversation with Grimm? - and instead rises to her feet.
[say]"I've got something prepared already,"[/say] she assures him about being hungry, bringing the IV over and - providing there are no unexpected surprises - inserting it into his arm. [say]"There's more if you need. I had a theory that it would cost the wendigo part of you resources and energy to maintain a human body."[/say] And that's another hurdle to cross, but it's one Isla will face with enthusiasm.