Content warning: This has non-consensual mind control and sexual interactions in it. This is not a healthy or realistic depiction for real life practice of sex or hypnosis - trying this in real life would be impossible, highly immoral and illegal. Do not read if you are under the age of 18.
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Solene practically lived in her university's biology lab at this point. She thought she was so close to being done with her dissertation, but just as she was about to finalize her research, her materials and her research petri dishes got stolen. She swore on her grave that no one else was in the lab except her and her partner who'd left long ago. Not to mention, there was no real reason why anyone would steal Solene's research. Solene didn't have any enemies at the university. She practically kept to herself β not that she had much of a choice, considering how taxing and time-consuming her dissertation was being.
Her research wasn't simple in the slightest, either. She was researching the creation of a microchip that could increase serotonin and dopamine, and potentially help with depressive patients with the only cost being having to change the chip out every month. Her research was good, and she was smart. But at the same time, she dreaded the very real possibility of having to take another year, or even just another semester, to essentially redo her entire research.
She groaned. It was approaching midnight. There was no real reason to be in the lab anymore β it wasn't like the specimens in her petri dishes were going to materialize faster if she stood there. But she was so paranoid of someone taking it again. Though maybe it was just the janitor doing cleaning and assuming they were garbage? If that were the case, she would have had quite the strong word with him.
Maybe it'd be okay if she slept in the lab... she had an hour commute to and from campus, after all. It'd mean more sleep before her 8am.
She pulled out her jacket to use as a pillow, and propped it on the table. Laying her head down, she began to drift off into a quick sleep, though not one deep enough as to not notice if someone would take her research again.
"Working hard there, are you, Ms. Dallas?"
Solene was jolted awake, only having gotten around 30 seconds of sleep, by the sound of someone she hadn't expected. Professor O'Griffin, her advisor who was coaching her on her dissertation. Solene had told Professor O'Griffin about her troubles and the recent thievery, and the professor's response was sympathetic and encouraging, and yet wildly unhelpful. Professor O'Griffin was of tall posture, her long dirty blond hair tied back in a bun.
"Ah..." Solene sat back up, rubbing her eyes. "Sorry. I didn't mean to..."
"It's completely alright," she responded with a warm smile. "I know you're in a bit of a tricky situation. It's quite unlucky to have two years of research go down the drain."
"I was so close," Solene lamented. "I even had the prototype of the microchip done! I just needed to tweak it a bit, and then I would have had a testable... thing." Solene was losing her vocabulary, both because of frustration and because of fatigue.
"I know," the professor frowned in response. "But you should go home. Or at the very least, go to the library where it's nice and quiet, and you can sleep on what resembles a bed."
Solene yawned. That did sound quite nice. Much better than falling asleep on a cold hard lab table in a chair that was harder than a porn star's dick. "I... I want to. But what if..."
"I'll be here late," Professor O'Griffin reassured. "I'll watch over your research and make sure no one takes it."
For a minute, Solene wondered what in the world Professor O'Griffin was doing there. Solene knew that the professor was often lost in her own studies when she wasn't helping the students β she was, after all, a renowned biologist in and of herself. Solene often felt inferior even just standing in her presence. And she was so nice too...
"Okay." Solene stood up and began gathering her things. "Thank... thank you, Professor."
"Please," Professor O'Griffin laughed. "Just please get some rest. You can't do good research while half asleep."
"Y...yeah." Solene nodded again. "Well, I'll be back as soon as I can tomorrow. I... just..."
"Yes, I'll make sure no one takes anything of yours. I promise," she reassured again.
Solene headed off to the library to catch some good old Z's. The library was only a 10 minute walk away as opposed to an hour long train ride, so it was much more of an attractive option. Luckily too, it was a 24 hour library, which also did much wonders for her research and less wonders for her sleep cycle.
She sat on one of the couches. Thankfully this one had an actual pillow and she could use her jacket as a blanket. Even as she drifted off, she couldn't help but think of her research, and the prospect of someone taking it. She knew she had to get sleep. Professor O'Griffin was watching over it, and that should be good enough for her.
Solene drifted off. She fell deeper and deeper into a nice, comforting sleep...
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"My research!" Solene jolted awake, arising from a dream β or more like a nightmare β about someone taking her research once again. She grabbed her phone and looked at it. Three hours had already passed; it was about 3:30am. Deep down, she knew she should have trusted Professor O'Griffin. Maybe it was the anxiety, but she had a bad, sinking feeling.
She needed to check on it. Just to be sure.
Gathering her belongings, she dashed off back to the lab, cutting the travel time by half... at least for the first third of the commute, before her legs became tired and she speed-walked the rest of the distance.
She tapped her ID to rush in and walked up the stairs β unfortunately, there was no elevator, and Solene was already out of breath β and slammed the door open to the lab.
Her eyes widened in horror when she looked to the table she was originally sitting at. It was gone! Once again! How could this have happened? How could she have been so stupid? She shouldn't have trusted anyone!
Professor O'Griffin. She had to ask her what happened. Rage soared through her for a brief moment, and then she calmed down momentarily when she realized it probably wasn't her fault. Thankfully, her office was nearby, and the professor did say she would be there all night. Certainly she must have had some answers!
Solene rushed out of the lab and down the hall. She needed answers, and that drove her walking speed. Getting to the professor's door, she knocked briefly, and then she just barged in before being allowed inside.
Sure enough, the professor was there β her head whipped towards Solene with a surprised face, yet not one that was angry for forcing herself in.
"Ah, Ms. Dallas," she commented. "You should go back andβ"
"Sorry, Professor, but, I just had a feeling to check, and... and someone took it! Someone took my research again!" Solene's panicking rose her voice to a shout, her body shaking. "I don't know what to β I can't afford to do another semester, yet alone another year! I need to find out who's... who's..."
Solene's eyes, for some reason, drifted towards Professor O'Griffin's research table. It seemed innocuous at first, but then she looked closer. Her heart sank as she walked by Professor O'Griffin to her table; the professor surprisingly didn't stop the student as she approached the table.
Her petri dishes. And the prototype of the microchip β looking much finished now, unfortunately. And her research papers. The gears turned in Solene's head slowly as she realized what had happened β a bad and most unexpected thing.
"I... my research... you didn't..." Solene was speechless. She knew what was going on, but she couldn't believe it.