This story has non-consensual brainwashing, mind control, chastity, straight to gay themes, and hypnosis! Reader beware.
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My roommate and I showed up to the study early, both of us having forgotten to do the final medical background section of paperwork they had sent us.
We had already been through medical tests and clearances, but they told us we couldn't start until our last forms were done.
We sat in the lobby, checking boxes and scratching away at our clipboards as smooth elevator music played overhead. The walls, chairs, tables, pencils, and clipboards themselves were all a stark, sanitized white. A few framed pictures hung around the wall, macro renderings of neurons, firing, each looking like a beautiful web of electricity.
Neither of us read too closely.
Matt looked up at me. "Do we have home insurance?" He asked.
"I don't think that's the kind of insurance information they're asking about," I said.
Matt was an incredibly nice person, but he was always a bit of an airhead. I wondered if he had a few screws knocked loose playing hockey sometimes, or maybe as his muscles bulged, his ability to logic stuff out shrank. He towered a foot over me, and he kept his head firmly in the clouds.
He was handsome and blond, and girls flocked to him in droves. I had never had the same luck.
There were quite a few weekends that Matt would bring home a girl, and I'd have to turn my music up to drown them out.
"Hey," Matt continued, ignoring me, "how much money are we getting from this?"
"Like 1000 bucks or something crazy," I said flippantly.
The truth was, I knew that we were getting exactly $1102, but seeming desperate for money wasn't a good look. I absolutely needed this to pay my rent, but I didn't want Matt to know that.
As soon as I saw the flyer for this study, I had ripped the whole page down, and I did the same every time I saw another. I even started getting Matt in on it. We must have collected nearly thirty by the time we got through campus. They only needed a couple of participants, and like I said, I needed the cash. I knew it was an asshole move, but I didn't have much choice.
When both Matt and I had gotten the call that we would be participating in the study, I nearly fell down to my knees. That meant we were going to have both rent and beer money.
I only read some of the flyer's incredibly long text, and most of the words were too complicated for me to parse without Google, but from what I gathered, this was going to be research on the development of our sexuality alignment. Both Matt and I were straight and had always identified as such, which had made me doubt that we would get picked in the first place, but when we talk to them on the phone, they said we would be perfect candidates.
After we finished the paperwork in front of us, a nurse walked In from a swinging door, looking up at us. She was gorgeous, with smooth brown hair and rouged cheeks that gave her a fairylike appearance. "Matthew and Mohammad?"
"I just go by Matt," Matt said.
"Mo for me," I said, following suit.
The nurse nodded and made a note on her own clipboard. "Okay," she said, "I think they're ready for you in the research rooms."
We stood up and followed her through more white walls and hallways. Every detail of this place was pristine and spotless, as if it had been polished right before we had got here.
Neither Matt nor I had heard of this "NTek," a private medical research firm that had seemingly popped up overnight. There were no job postings that came with its new opening, and nobody here wore name tags. That plus the high payout for this study made me nervous that we were being scammed, but once again, I reminded myself, I had no room to doubt NTek or anyone else offering over 1000 bucks. I needed that money.
"Which one of you is the most physically strong?" The beautiful nurse asked, looking over her shoulder.
"Me," said Matt.
"As I thought," the nurse said. She took another note as she continued to walk.
I felt my cheeks turn a little pink. Not being as buff as Matt was nothing to be embarrassed about, but the way she had reacted confused me.
After many twist and turns in the labrynthian hallway, I had no idea where we were in relation to the entrance. Finally, the nurse slowed in front of a door.
"This room," she said, "will be for Matt."
Matt said thank you to her and dapped me up before heading into his study room. As the door swung closed, I could see more sterile surfaces, but I couldn't really make out any more details.
"And you, Mo," the nurse said, walking a little further down the hall, "will be in this room."
I follow her. This door was identical to Matt's, and I too said thank you to her before entering.
The lights in the room were brighter than in the hallway, an LED glow reflecting off of every surface. A bed sat in the middle of the room, and it had a human-shaped indent in its soft pink surface. A sensory headset was nested at the top of the bed. Around the walls of the room, different status screens and monitors were updating with streams of information.
Some of the electronics were easy to understand, like a screen with an electric thermometer, but others were incomprehensible, with complex shapes and graphs labeled with words I'd never heard of. I tried to remember what was written in the small script on the flyer. I knew it was about our sexuality and how it changed over time, but I hadn't cared to figure out any of the specifics. I had figured that even if I wasn't the right fit, I would lie my way in.
I now regretted the decision to throw caution to the wind.
Why were they offering so much money?
This thought was chased from my mind when I heard a voice over the room's PA. It was tinny and feminine.
"Please take off your clothing."
I spun around in surprise. I was jumpy, that was for sure.
I decided to hold off on removing my clothes until I could talk to someone.
"Please take off your clothing if you would like to continue to study," the voice said, now more insistent.
I whipped my head around. This time, I was looking for a camera. They were able to see me somehow, but I had no clue how. I guess it really didn't matter, but it creeped me out.
With a great deal of apprehension, I took off my shirt, shoes, and jeans. I was left standing, cold and exposed, in my socks and underwear. I usually wore baggy clothing to hide my slim body, and I wrap my arms around myself.
"Take off all of your clothing, Mo."
That sent to shiver down my spine. I knew that they could see me, but using my name added a different level of creep to it.
no matter how disturbed I was, I still needed that $1102.
I sighed and slid down my boxer briefs before kicking off my socks. I held my member in my hands, trying to hide it from the prying eyes of the camera.