In the Meantime

                                           In the Meantime

“So what next?” Larien asked Talia trying his best to look to her over all his fat. He was too surprised at his own weight to say anything else.

“I’ve stopped the flow of the chemical into the room and should clear in a few moments. Then we’ll evaluate this test and I’ll let you know how well you did…” She chuckled a little at that and even Larien found it a little funny. There was little doubt that he could indeed expand to quite a size. He tried to move his arm but it was completely pinned under the fat of his belly, though it caused his fat to wobble a bit. He couldn’t help but smile at the feeling that produced in him, he really did enjoy being so big. The thought of getting smaller again hadn’t even come to him as he tried to move both his arms but again failing and causing his fat to wobble.

“Enjoying yourself are we?” Talia asked as she noticed what he was doing.

“Yeah…its weird I never thought it would feel so…good to be this huge.” Larien replied and couldn’t hold back a little purr at the feeling.

“Most of us feel that way…though you seem to be enjoying it more then others. You probably would have liked being a tester but that would be a waste of your talents…Anyway it’s showing that the gas has cleared from the room so is safe for me to enter.” She said though as she took a good look out the part of the window that his fat wasn’t covering he wondered how she was going to get into the room. He pretty much covered the entire room, including the doors.

“Hmm…somehow I don’t think I can enter…ok I’ll have to open the door a little to get a skin….scale sample to analyze.” She said and he nodded, which caused ripples to spread over his fat. His smile couldn’t have gotten wider even if he had tried.

Talia walked to the door and he could feel the door being pushed against his fat. She was stronger then she looked as he managed to get the door open by just a crack. It was enough for her to collect a sample of his scales and he felt her scraping at his scales. He giggled a little as it tickled, it took a lot to cause a dragon pain.

He wondered briefly why she needed a sample but just accepted it and looked back to the window as she tried to close the door. Though now his fat had filled in the gap and she couldn’t push it back out so she just left the door as it was. While he waited for her to do whatever tests she needed to do he entertained himself by trying different things to get his fat to wobble.

It took around half an hour for the tests to be completed and Talia had a wide smile on her face as she reviewed the results.

“Ok the results are finally in, it seems that you have a gift for expanding. The results here show that you have the potential to expand to at least twice the size you are now…” She said and he looked to her with a shocked expression on his face.

“…Though not straight away of course, your body needs to get used to being big. I suspect that each time you are inflated you will be able to get bigger. Though if you want to explore that you’ll have to do it on your own time…We need you as a chemical analyst.” She said though a mischievous look crossed her muzzle. “Of course…if you wanted to we could always use you to test the chemicals we work on…” She said though Larien wondered if they would only be working on chemicals that would cause someone to inflate.

“Hmm…possibly. Anyway how can I work when I’m this size?” He asked his thoughts finally shifted from how huge he had become to what he would need to be doing next.

“Ah yeah, we discovered an interesting side effect of the chemical. If someone is no longer breathing it in then the effect it creates will gradually disappear. So over time you will get thinner again until you are back to how you were before. Though once you are mobile again I’ll take you to your room to rest.” She told him and he nodded though was slightly disappointed that he wouldn’t be staying like this. But as he had said he couldn’t do anything like this and this was just a test after all.

“So how long will it take?” He asked since he didn’t feel like he was getting any thinner.

“I’m not sure, it usually takes a few hours before someone becomes mobile again and around a full 24 hours before they are completely back to normal. Though I’ve never seen anyone get even close to your size so I don’t know. You probably won’t even feel any different for a few hours…” She explained to him, a little concern was in her voice. Maybe it was because she didn’t want to be stuck in the room she was in or maybe it was concern for him but he couldn’t tell.

Still he didn’t mind if it did take longer for him to return to normal. He was stilling enjoying the feeling of being all over the room and felt as fat as ever. Though if Talia looked at the weight meter it would show that he had already lost 2 tons but had plenty more weight to go so didn’t seem to have gotten any smaller.

After two hours he was still huge but it was now possible to enter the room with him. He now weighed in at around 50 tons and he felt smaller but he was still happy. Talia had walked into the room with him and they were talking about the kind of research that went on at the facility. It seemed that most of their research revolved around making chemicals that increased the size of someone’s body. Though they were researching different types of ways to inflate as well. The chemical they had just used, nicknamed fat gas by the other researchers, was the only stable one they had made.

After that she had given him a belly rub, after asking his permission of course. He couldn’t help but purr at the feeling of her rubbing his large belly and she seemed to enjoy giving him one as well.

It took another two hours before he had gotten small enough to be able to walk. Well waddle would be a better word though he missed being so big he couldn’t walk. Well he missed the feel of it anyway, his belly still felt very soft and round though. He was just about able to put the robe back on, though it was a very tight fit.

“Come on lets get you to your room, it’s only down the hallway.” Talia said after he had finally learnt how to stand with his large belly. He found that holding his hands under his belly and supporting the weight that way was the easiest method of getting around.

“Ok, though didn’t we go down a lift earlier?” He asked now a little confused. She just gave him her usual bright smile before she answered.

“Yes but that was kinda like the guest rooms, you have a room already set out for you in the main part of the facility. Come on, I’m sure it’ll be fine.” She said and walked over to the door that led to the corridor. He waddled after her and she couldn’t help but giggling since he did look quite funny waddling around with a huge belly sticking out under his robe.

He had to squeeze through the door and just about managed it but fell down onto his belly in the process. It didn’t really hurt since the fat on his belly just absorbed the impact. It took a minute or two for him to get back up again and others passing by gave him understanding looks, they had been through the same thing. Once he was back on his feet he followed Talia down the corridor and then into another corridor, this place sure was big.

Eventually they reached one corridor with doors on both sides and after giving Talia a questioning look he assumed that those doors were people’s rooms. They walked and waddled down the corridor and then stopped at one door. She swiped her card in the reader and the door opened and she motioned for him to enter.

He waddled in, again having to squeeze his belly through the doorway, and looked around. It a square in shape and had a double bed with a small cupboard next to it. On top of the cupboard he recognized his alarm clock. Obviously they had taken his stuff from his bedroom when they had taken him. He waddled to one of the closets and opened it, sure enough his clothes were there along with several lab coats.

“We took the liberty of placing your things in the room, you can move things around if you want. Anyway I’m sure your tired but if you have any questions…” Talia said to him as he waddled to the closet.

“Uhh…I have quite a few questions actually but I’ll just ask one. How come I don’t feel hungry?” he asked since half the day at least must have passed and he didn’t feel hungry at all. She laughed at that and smirked.

“Its because your body is using all that fat you had gained to provide the nutrients you need. I doubt you’ll be feeling hungry for at least 24 hours since the process of returning to normal tends to slow down at this stage. Anyway I’ll let you get some rest.” She said and walked out of the room and closed the door.

Larien closed the closet and waddled to one of the cupboards and opened a drawer and saw a card like the one that Talia had used. There was also an ID in the drawer with his picture, name and ID number. He assumed that he should probably keep them on him when he wasn’t in his room.

He closed the drawer leaving the items inside and took the robe off. Since no one was around and the robe did feel very tight he saw no reason to keep it on. He let out a sigh as he let his belly just hang down, which reached to just below his groin. He glanced down at his belly and gave it a light pat before waddling over to the bed and sitting down on it. The bed sunk under his weight and he let his tail hang over the other edge of the bed as he thought about one of the strangest days he had ever had.

After a little while he laid down on the bed, on his back, and stared up at the ceiling while rubbing his large belly. Maybe working here wasn’t going to be so bad…