The Lupine Lab Rat 002
Are you going to be like this every time?Be like what?
Unwilling to open your eyes. You wish to escape into the world of dreams, but this is not the place to do so. Quickly! We haven't much time.
The voice was becoming intolerably annoying in its plea, so I sat up. You must do as I advise. Until we get to a better lit room, I am your eyes.
Fine, then. See.
I sat for a second, trying to make out something, anything, in this dark room. Quickly, duck. I obeyed. A blade flew over my head yet again. This time, however, I stayed on the ground. I rolled over to face the direction I suspected the next blade to come from. I watched it sling over my head, narrowly missing my ears. It is safe now. Stand and run straight.I quickly obeyed. After about ten feet, I was warned. There's a gap that is exactly a foot across, followed by a wall.Then tell me when to jump.Now. I jumped. I landed on ground, reinforcing the notion that I was still alive. I slowed to a walk and kept my paws out front, feeling for the wall. I eventually felt a cold, hard surface on the tips of my fingers. Feel along the right side, there is a door. I followed these instructions and felt the indention of a door. I felt along the door until I found the handle, turned it, and pushed. Nothing. I pulled, and I mentally face palmed as the door opened.A gush of light. A gust of wind. I was still inside, but this room had much more pleasant conditions. A voice boomed over a speaker."Congratulations on clearing that pitch black room. I have no idea how, but you did. As a small reward, you may see what I've done to you so far. There is a mirror to your right."I looked at my reflection. My black fur shimmers a deep blue in the light, as usual. But something is off. The code: L-000175 is tattooed on my arm and I have a tattoo on my left eye. It's a white, star-shaped scar. Also, I'm wearing a hooded, blue T-shirt and...a diaper? The diaper is plain white apart from the intricate blue designs on it that match the tattoo on my eye. But still, why am I wearing one? I didn't even feel it in the other room. As if he had read my mind, the voice spoke up. "The previous room numbed your senses temporarily. Also, the diaper is for precautionary reasons. There aren't any bathrooms in this place, and I didn't want my lab to get dirtied by your waste.""Then what about any dirty diapers I have?" I asked, my deep voice has a very intimidating nature to it. The voice must have recognized that because he faltered."When you die, you will be regenerated as you entered this lab. That is, with the current apparel. Anyway, if you complete a level, you are granted a clean one as if you had never gone in it. This way, I won't see your private areas, so you can keep your dignity." The voice explained. "Oh, where are my manners? My name is Dr. Pullien Luckif. Are you hungry?"Manners? Am I hungry? What the hell does this guy know about manners? I exploded. "What do you mean, 'where are my manners?!' They're obviously six feet under if you have the audacity to pupnap me!" I vented at nowhere."Now now, I'm sure that's your hunger talking. As for the pupnapping, you were a perfect candidate. You live alone, you don't have too
many friends, and it'll take months before anyone realizes you're absence! It's brilliant!" A dish of seemingly normal food slid out from a panel of the wall beside the mirror. The panel had opened like a door to make way for the plate. I would've tried to escape, but the hole was far too small for me. The meal was a dish of macaroni and cheese. I was hesitant, what if he put something in it? "In case you think I poisoned it, have you not realized that you can't really die? Watch."A hole opened in the roof and there was a bang. I felt an immense pain in my head, then black out.What felt like seconds later I was being urged to wake up by the voice yet again. I get it. Shut up."What did I tell you? Here, you can't die. Or rather, I've made it to where you can't." The doctor explained. "Go on and eat. I won't gain anything from killing you." I couldn't deny his logic. I gobbled up the macaroni. "You might want to look in the mirror." I complied. My eyes widened at what I saw.Oh my gosh I'm younger! And this was true. I looked two years younger and still regressing. I then felt a warm in my...private regions. In the mirror, I saw the diaper gain more blue designs as it got wet."Oh dear, looks like someone needs a change!" Pullien chuckled. A tear formed in my eyes and I dropped to my knees. The clothes were shrinking along with me, and while this was odd, I was too traumatized to care. I was getting younger and losing my continence. The regressing appeared to stop at around thirteen, but I knew that parts of my body were regressed further. I fell on my hands and knees."You monster! What have you done to me?!" I demanded, crying."Hey, I never said that I wouldn't gain from reducing your age." The doctor explained defensively.I growled. "And what exactly do you gain from regressing me?" It seemed to just dawn on me that my voice was higher."Simple. Being younger makes you more prone to cellular rearrangement. Or at least that's my hypothesis." Pullien supplied. "Let's test that hypothesis, shall we?""I'm going to kill you when I get the chance." I muttered."What was that?" Pullien asked with a warning tone."Just the sound of me congratulating you." I said sarcastically.The doctor scoffed, "That's what I thought." I felt a strange sensation in my...well, everywhere. Oh please, Lord. Don't let him shrink me anymore. I prayed. The tingling stopped, and the pain started.It felt like I was being caught in the middle of a laser beam, unable to move. My guess is that this was a very large beam because I went from wall to wall, unable to find refuge from the pain. I eventually collapsed on the ground and passed out from the pain.I awoke in another room, this one being circular and having multiple beds. The first thing my mind locked onto was that I was now dry. Or rather, I was wearing a clean
diaper.Hey voice, where am I? I thought.Well, you're obviously in some form of resting area. The voice replied.I knew that. I thought back angrily.The voice simply repeated. I can only tell you that which you should know.At this point, your mysteriousness doesn't bother me. I looked around. It was a little darker in here than I would've liked, but I could see. The bed to my immediate left had another "volunteer." This one was a female tiger. Her fur was black with white stripes and grey underfur, however. She was dressed similarly to me except that her hooded tee was orange and her diaper was too. She was asleep, so I couldn't see the color of her eyes. Also, she looked the same age as I used to be: 21.I nudged her with my paw. "Psst." I hissed. She just batted my paw away and rolled over, appearing to try to ignore me. I persisted, intent on getting some answers. "Come on, woman. Wake up!""Go away, Robert." She mumbled. Robert? My name isn't Robert. It's William."Hey, whoever you are. I'm not Robert." Her eyes shot open, and she sat up, turning to look at me. She jumped, startled."Who the hell are you and why are you in my room?" The tigress demanded."Your room? Why don't you have a look and see just how much ownership of this room you're actually granted." I gestured to the twenty-something beds. She looked like she was about to have a stroke."Wh-what the fuck? This is happening! I thought that was a dream!" She exclaimed.I gained curiosity. "Dream? What dream?" I asked...