"Your name is on the list too, "..Elena" Pierre looked under his desk. Elena's eyes filled with pleasure. She stood up, tidying her clothes, and licking over her lip.
"You have improved," Pierre praised her. She smiled. " Anything you wish, Pierre," she replied. Leaned herself to his chair, staring at the laptop screen.
"Will she be your new test subject?" she asked. "Potentially" He replied. Her eyes were staring at him, telling of her jealousy. To ease her mind, Pierre kissed her. She responded. Eyes eased with pleasure. Her hands slowly roamed over his body.
Elena was his test subject for PX-17. He entered here three years ago as a junior researcher. At 22 years old, he received his Phd. The former director, Edwin Weissman, invited him to join this institute. Elena was assigned as his mentor. She, at that time, was in a very good relationship with Karl Feta and Feta's family. Until then, Pierre came up with the idea of PX-17 to see how strong their bond.
It turned out, after two doses in six months, Elena was completely submitted to him, followed everything he asked her, while retaining her normal expression with the other. She later broke up with her boyfriend.
Now, she was roaming over my body, without my command. Her reactions, embarrassment, hesitation, and blushing, every time she mentioned or thought about him, were all the aftereffects of PX-17. It left some hysteresis on her body and soul. Such a fragile bond, he thought. Pierre was looking I want something much stronger, stable, which will expand my research barrier. The development of PX-19 began.
" Elena, I want you to be friends with Dianne Scholz," Pierre asked her. She stopped her movement, turned her face, and sat on his lap. "If that's what you want," she replied, with a shaky voice, hiding her envy. "Good girl," Pierre patted her. His hand slowly moved around her face, grabbing her chin up. His watch started blinking green again. They continue their moment and celebration of the birth of PX-19 until night.
In the morning, Pierre slept on a sofa in his office. After sending Elena back to her apartment, he got back here to check the status of PX-19. It was done. He then secured it from the synthesizer room. And then fell asleep at his own office.
On the desk, a temperature-control box was there. Inside was a PX-19. A drug that he had been taking for a month, aimed to test the strength of a couple's bond.
The test subject had been decided, Dianne Scholz, married to Markus Scholz, a navy soldier. She married him five years ago, no children, only an adopted daughter.
Pierre looked at the watch – 7:00 AM –, Elena must finished her routine. He texted her to be at the right wing, met Dianne, and comforted her during her first day. Dianne was excellent in her professions, AI, coding, inventing things. But leadership was new for her. The data showed that her past roles were only member of a team. Her first day must feel very challenging to her. Since Elena was first encountered here, Elena's charisma and intellectual skills would definitely calm and ease her stress. Today, Pierre had no special tasks, no VIP, no hidden research, only small signatures and deployment of PX-19 at noon. A glimpse of a smile, a green light blinking.
An hour later, Pierre received a message from Elena: "You owe me."
At noon, Elena's script loaded. An ordinary welcome speech. Before the speech, Elena gave Dianne a glass of apple juice infused with PX-19 substance. The two looked over Dianne's profile last night. No alcohol, no smoking, no tattoos, favorite food: guacamole, pizza, etc.
They then arrange everything per her preferences. " Apple juice, it was Elena's idea," he said to Dianne before the speech.
"...Cheers," after his words, Dianne drank the apple juice, and received PX-19 into her body.
PX-19 would slowly take over her hypothalamus, controlling the release of her sexual hormones. Mainly, temporarily, increased oxytocin, estrogen, and testosterone while suppressing her progesterone. It also kept other neurotransmitters at the optimal level. In other words, her arousability would be enhanced considerably. The effect would wear off after a few hours. But experiencing an increase of oxytocin during an interaction with him would leave his presence inside her thought–hysteria. Integrating with his quantum molecular synthesis approach, the effect of PX-19 became selective. It would take full efficiency only when Dianne interacts with him.
Pierre watched as Dianne drank half of the juice. The rest was to set the scene using Elena and him. Pierre gave Elena sweet, gentle, warm words. Something she might not or rarely hear from her husband. He nodded Elena's head gently in front of Dianne, expressing a slight intimacy.
Although Dianne tried to hide her body heating up, the watch on Pierre's wrist displayed her hormone levels, summarized to an affection level – 20% – a sharp increase for the first dose. The accident was unexpected as someone hit her, falling into his arms. He took the chance, wrapping around her, and gave her slight pressure to secure her mental and tired body, a side effect from synthesizing hormones over a short period. As he called the car to pick her up, the affection level was raised up to 55% a few seconds later, dropped back to 40%, then continued to decrease. The effect of PX-19 should wear off gradually. But her experience of such a sharp change will be implanted in her body and soul already.
An hour later, somewhere in the institute, he looked at the screens, displaying several analyses, all for Dianne Scholz. The quantum effect – entanglement – acted like a probe to observe her body function, even though the PX-19 had worn off. Multiple analysis runs real-time. Her affection level was now stable at 20%, higher than he'd expected for the first dose.
Thanks to that incident. Pierre thought.
"How is my acting?" a woman's voice came from behind, the lab door slided.
"Excellent," he replied.
Elena came inside, walked to him calmly.
"Is she doing okay?" he asked, as Elena must have just come back from dropping Dianne off. "More than okay, she kept moaning your name while I dropped her" Elena answered.
"Also an extra coming off her", Pierre listened closely.
"Was that part of your plan?" Elena asked Pierre about the incident earlier.
"No, totally incident," he answered her truthfully. Elena looked over the monitor, she read the affection level graph, "55% for the first dose!" Elena's voice was full of surprise.
Elena's first dose peaked at 20% then 85% on the second dose, which was enough to transition her interest from her boyfriend to me.
"Incredible, isn't it, sweet word, gentle touch, slight pressure and heat, under high arousability" Pierre said to her. Elena then walked closer
"So, how will you pay me?" She leaned close to his body, no gap between them.
A few hours had passed, Elena went back after Pierre paid for her outstanding performance. It looked like Dianne had woken up, her sleep hormone dropped off.
Several minutes later, a sharp activity of her prefrontal cortex, and midbrain areas, indicating her nostalgic feeling, possibly her moment with husband.
Recorded. He typed. Then a sharp spike in oxytocin, no change in other hormones. She must be thinking about someone, her husband? Pierre kept his thoughts, and typed on the console, asked for brainwave pattern analysis, which allowed me to interpret her thoughts into a word. On the screen, a word display
"Pierre", his heart beating, a red blink alert from my watch. The affection level showed a spike to 85% and now steady at 30%.