No brain just gain
#2 of Muscle growth
James feels stuck in his career and life. It's been a year and he hasn't show any results apart from an article, however, his boss gives him an alternative, a simple life where he won't have to think too much.
James, an eastern blue dragon, was lying on his bed, head facing the ceiling. The alarm rang
some seconds ago, it was time to prepare for work, and however he was reluctant to do so.
This last year had been depressive for the young researcher. He found employment in a good
center where they gave entire freedom to their employees, but he had done nothing in the
two years he had been working there apart from publishing a paper related to his thesis. He
had no idea about what to do with his life, what to investigate. He was willing to take a master
and doctoral degrees of course, but he found himself clueless about what to do.
He got up from the bed, went to the bathroom, washed himself, dressed up, took his breakfast
and headed to work. James followed the same routine he had done these two years: walking
to the bus stop, taking two buses, arriving to work, greeting every one there, sitting on his desk
and reading. That activity, plus taking some courses, was the only thing he had done those
years and no idea was born inside his head, he was desperate. All his friends were beginning
with their careers while he was stocked.
James had had some ideas, but as soon as they were born they died, as his interest faded
immediately. He desired to do something, it did not matter what. Some friends told him not to
worry, he will go through this phase of his life, the less expected day he will figure out
something and life would continue. That day had not come yet.
He also felt stocked in personal matters. James was lonely: lacking the enough confidence and
social abilities to find someone to share his live, somebody to love. By that time he did not
mind who could be that person, he just wanted to feel loved.
His boss' secretary called him to go with her; Jame's superior was calling him. He obeyed and
followed the her to the office. It was a wide room; the desk was located in the center itself. A
large window allowed the sun light to illuminate it. His boss, a middle age lion, was checking
some papers on the desk when both, the secretary and James, entered the room.
"Please take a sit" the lion ordered after dispatching the secretary. James obeyed immediately.
He looked nervously at his boss.
"Mr. Peterson, I've been noticing that you have not started a research line so far. In fact, you
have only written a paper about your thesis"
James did not answer, he lowered his head instead. The lion continued "Is there anything
happening with you?"
"I don't know what to do?" James muttered, but the lion heard it.
"You are aware that you have almost entire freedom to do anything in this center, aren't you?"
his boss said, James just nodded, then he explained his situation, the lion listened carefully.
"Don't you consider..." the boss asked "that thinking is exhausting? That life would be easier if
you don't overthink too much?"
"I think so" James answered hesitantly.
"Come with me" the lion ordered him "Follow me"
Both left the office and went to the elevators. The lion pressed the bottom to go to the second
basement and waited. Doors opened again to a white and clean hall. The lion told James to
follow him; this was the first time James was there. He was aware that the center had these
labs, but he had not entered them yet, just those above the basements. He heard rumors that
these locals were aimed for top secret investigations, but nothing more.
Both, the lion and the dragon, walked through the clean hall with several metallic doors at its
sides. James could see some researchers as well: some were carrying papers, others
transporting materials. The lion turned to the left of a bifurcation and the dragon did the same.
By the end of the hall, a wide door awaited them.
The lion draw a card from one of his pockets and passed it by the lock, then entered a code.
The door opened after it; he invited James to get in first. The room was wide and almost empty,
which increased the impression of width, except for a chair in its center and a table with some
vials.
"Please, take a sit" the lion indicated James. He obeyed. The chair was metallic and cold due to
the air conditioner. James saw his boss heading to the table to take one of the vials and
drawing some papers from a drawer and then going by his side.
"Please sign here" he pointed in the paper.
"What is this?" James asked.
"A contentment agreement, bureaucratic work" the lion replied.
"But, what is going to happen?"
"We've been working on a formula that enhances muscular development, so we need
volunteers to test it. I guess that you are aware that the bigger the sample the better will be
the results. By now we have conducted nearly 200 tests and we have seen some secondary
effects"
"Such as?" James was concerned by that last sentence.
"Mainly a dropping in intellectual coefficient" the lion answered "But I think that in your
current situation, it'd be better. Didn't you said that you would like a simpler life"
"I did, but..." James was hesitant and afraid. He did not want to end up like a retarded.
"Well, this is just one option" his boss said "The other one is you would have to quick or we
could fire you, for you have given us no results"
James froze at the idea of being unemployed. Those were tough times, people were having
troubles finding jobs, even the young ones and his curriculum was not very impressive either.
"If you accept to be a tester, no matter what the results would be, we assure you we will find
something you can do for us, so you won't be unemployed"
The idea was tempting. James considered it for a while before grabbing the pen and signing
the papers. The lion made an approving smile and handed the serum to the dragon that drank
it in one sip.
Some minutes passed before James felt the first symptoms. He felt warmed and something
traveling around his body. The lion took his body temperature and wrote it in a formulary. As a
clock in one of the walls marked the running time, the heat over James body increased. He felt
as if he were in a very hot summer day or after doing a long work out; in fact, his muscles
seemed to pulsate under the skin.
"It's hot in here" James panted.
The lion handed the dragon a glass of water and continued observing him.
Half an hour later muscles began to grow. It was insignificant at first, but eventually they were
pressing the fabric of the clothes. James looked a little fit by then. The warmth did not fade
away and now his mind was getting drowsy
"How do you feel?" he interrogated the dragon as he perceived the changes over the dragon's
body.
"I'm hot and a little dizzy. My body hurts but..."
"Are you enjoying it?" the lion interrupted him.
"Actually yes, I'm enjoying it" his voice deepened with that answer. James stood up from the
chair and watched his body that was still growing, by then clothes were a little tight due to the
athletic constitution he had earned. The dragon felt uncomfortable at first, for he was not used
to wear so fitted clothes. However, because of the effects of the serum over his body and mind
James was rejoicing the process: for a long time he had desired a more muscular body, but his
lack of discipline and the thin constitution were always an obstacle to fulfill that wish
Some minutes later clothes became too tight to hold the growing dragon inside them. The
initial fond for having so tight clothes that showed the strong body under them had vanished.
Now they were constricting him so he decided to take them off, however, as they were already
so fitted to his body, they tore apart. For a moment he regretted about it, but it has a
momentary feeling that was rapidly displaced by lust: the fact that he had become so big and
muscular that he had to tear his clothes to take them off excited him intensively.
"Fuck! Look at these guns" James said while two mountains for biceps were shown to be seen.
His arms had gained 20 inches, if not more, of diameter. Veins drew patterns under his scaly
skin. Shoulders had widened enormously so he could barely fit well in an average door. His
neck enlarged as well to go on with the bass voice he had acquired. Pectorals were a couple of
muscular shields over his torso and under them; a six pack began to be drawn over the
abdomen. Back expanded as well, making him looked even bigger and intimidating as well as
giving him a nice V-shape to his torso.
James was delighted by the process. He touched and kissed, even licked the unstopping
growing muscles. He was feeling so good that he did not noticed the simplification of his
thoughts, even the fact he was forgetting almost all the knowledge he had acquired in his life.
The lust of the process, plus the side effects of the substance numbed his mind.
"That's it. Enjoy the growth" the lion smiled with malice "Leave those thoughts fade away"
"Yeah, boss. I think my thoughts are simpli... simp..." words were fading away "Fuck, it's hard
to think!"
"You don't need to think" the lion suggested "Who needs to with a body like the one you are
building right now"
The even dumber dragon agreed with that statement. After an hour, the process ended. James
ended up with 1.90m high and 95kg, looking like a scaly titan: his shoulders and back were as
wide as an average door, the chest, massive, very well defined six pack had been carved on his
abdomen, legs had grown to a pair of gigantic columns to hold the colossal dragon.
"Fuck, boss, I feel amazing with this body" the himbo dragon laughed stupidly.
"What do you want to do now; do you intend to go back to your office?"
"My office?" James was confused for a moment "Oh, right, my office... No"
"Why is that?"
"I would have to think and read" James answered "I think it's too hard for me now"
"Do you want to do simpler tasks then, something where you have to involve more your body
and less your brain?"
"Yeah, that'd be good" James agreed "Something to use this big body. Lifting heavy things
sounds good right now"
"Lifting?" the lion considered it for a moment "What about working in construction. You would
have to carry heavy things the entire day, following simple orders and not thinking at all?"
"Construction? Yeah, boss, that sounds good"
After that both men exited the room. The lion gave some clothes to wear to James and also
made him sign some papers for the change of job. James picked up his stuffs from this office
and returned home where he started to call for a new apartment, for his new salary certainly
would not be enough to pay the current one.
One month later, James was happily established in his new job: the construction sector of the
center. His new routine consisted on waking up, taking a substantial breakfast to hold the
morning, working the entire day and then hanging out with his partners at a bar where he met
some girls from time to time and even had some romances. On free days, he used to go to
local parks or little gyms to work out. He had developed an obsession with exercising himself,