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MIA'S LAB - AFTERNOON
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Mia's at work. She'd gotten a sample of this duplication stuff, and had been working at it for a while. It seemed like a very interesting little collection of stuff, and she wanted to see what could be done with it! After all, it could duplicate 'anything', and it appeared that it had already been used for 'personal use'. Fair enough. Mia's no prude after all! But surely there's more practical stuff...right?
Nesseth is currently helping Mia around her lab, having been doing so here and there for the last month or two. He'd also gotten Mia a sample of that odd plant he and Erika... 'discovered' in the okapi's garden, after he told Mia about it one day not too long ago, and she got curious to know more. Right now, he's got a clipboard and writing implement at the ready as he gives the feline a curious look. "So, what's the plan for today's experiment?"
Mia: "Well, I think I've got the general idea of how it works, and I'm sort of thinking that if I vaporize it, then process it jussst right, I could duplicate the all of me, but..well, I'm all artificial, and this makes organic stuff, so it would make..well...kobold. Pretty sure I've adjusted it that the copy would still be me..like..well, I'd be both me here..and whatever I make. I've practiced being able to control more than the standard limbs, so it should be fine, but I'll probably sit this kitty down in the meantime" She chuckles "Mostly to not freak other people out"
Nesseth chuckles in turn, nodding at the explanation. The more time he's spent helping Mia out, the more he's come to understand the thoughts behind all the technical information... as well as how her train of thought operates. "Makes sense. I'll watch over you while that's all going on, to make sure you're okay. And, of course, to take notes on our observations." He tilts his head after a moment, "Do you think vaporizing the fruit's juices will have any effect on how long it'll have an effect?"
Mia: "Well, I think if I can stabilize it, and use that reversion mixture I had a while back..as long as I want?" She ponders "Okay, one last thing..and this is the uh...bit you miiight find a bit icky" She opens up a box, and it's full of meat. Rather non-descript meat, but certainly meat "The plant stuff can grow existing doubles by drawing on ...ambient energy and stuff, but I'm making a lot of raw kobold, so I need a bit of material to balance everything up" She moves all that into the small 'cell' she's setting up for the experiment. "So, gonna cover this up for the process. I'm fairly sure it'll look very ugly, and I just don't want that"
Nesseth blinks at the sight of the meat, but nods as he catches on. "Mmh, I can't say it bothers me much, since... well... I see it a lot while hunting, but I get what you're saying." He helps Mia load the meat into the cell under her guidance, only to pick up his clipboard again once they're done and the cell is covered, "Is there anything you think I should note down as soon as the process is done?"
Mia: "Hmm. There's some scales there, so we should see if there's a net loss of weight. I'm expecting a very, very small one at most, it should stay the same though" She ponders "Oh!" She darts over, and gets a few bits of clothing, and puts it in "I don't quite know what I'll look like when I come out. It should be sort of..me? I'm a kobold, so I expect that, but I don't know. There's no internal record of what I looked like before in.." She gestures at her inorganic self "So, I don't quite know what'll it use as a reference" She shrugs "One way to find out!"
Nesseth tilts his head, clearly intrigued as he watches Mia darting around to fetch a few last second bits and pieces. "So you're thinking less what you used to look like and more... what the plant thinks you look like now, but having to fill in gaps in information itself? That'll be interesting to see." He glances over at the scale nearby, then goes to calibrate it as Mia showed him not that long in the past, "Since we're thinking to measure weight, I'll get this ready now while you're still prepping."
Mia: "Well, the plant doesn't know what I looked like. It's just a plant. So it has to get that information from somewhere, right?" She hmms "I have some theories, but I'll wait until I do this to see which are right" She set everything up, takes the mist-er, and gets into the cell, closing the curtains "Okay! Read when you are"
Nesseth takes a moment to finish calibrating the scale, then goes back to a good, safe observational distance from the cell. As he does so, he takes a moment to double check that he's got his note-taking implements all ready, then calls out in response while starting his notes in the proper manner. "Alright, I think I'm good to go."
Mia: "Sweet!" She actives her stuff, and then..well, there's a lot of awful squishing noises inside. There's no noises of discomfort from Mia, but it's all very..moist, squishy, and evocative of a lot of very organic things happening, for a good solid minute....Then..
Mia: "Huh" There's a voice inside "Okay...well, I didn't expect that. Okay, give me a second to get some clothes on..."
Nesseth furrows his brow a bit in confusion as he hears... odd noises coming from the cell, but with no real sounds of discomfort from Mia, he doesn't do much but just listen attentively. He perks up upon hearing a slightly different voice after a minute or so, and calls back as he starts to note a few things down already. "Sounds like it worked! You okay, Mia?"
Mia: Opening up the cell, and stepping out was, well..a kobold, abet a pink scaled one, with long, elegant horns, and cleavage that Mia hadn't really prepared the top to consider for. "Well...it seems my personal image of 'who I am' is.." She considers how to phrase it "Different? To what I was before all of this, or maybe it was always female, and I never really thought about it?"
Nesseth 's little smile turns to a look of slight surprise as he gets to see Mia's 'duplicate' formed by the fruit's effects. He starts writing down some observations on how much different she looks as a kobold now compared to before, all while just sort of... taking in her appearance in general. "Maybe? I remember you mentioning that you had a lot of... everything on your mind back then. Could be you didn't really think about it because you had a lot of other things occupying your attention?" He smiles again after a second, "You look really cute like that."
Mia: "Well, yes. Maybe I'll take the time to reflect on it, but..either way" She tests the weight on her chest "These, these I never would have considered. They're not really a standard thing for kobolds. I think that's down to my company lately" The andriod Mia briefly sticks her head out and waves "I'm over here too! Just to assure you nothing bad went wrong. It's me..both..parts. It's actually kinda easy to make it all work in my head" She returns out of sight, just so Nesseth knows who to look at.
Nesseth chuckles a bit as he gestures at the kobold Mia's chest with his pen for a moment, though he also goes right back to writing. "Pretty sure that's something almost no reptiles have, but I do like how it works on you." He looks over at the cell, then waves upon seeing the familiar tech-cat Mia popping out from behind the cell, "And good to know, Mia! So you can kind of be in two places at once, now?"
Mia: "Yeah!" The kobold nods "I'll need to work out how the communication between the two works, but I bet it's something based on the android body. This.." She pats her fleshy self "Sort of feels like..hard to explain. Feels like not the 'base' version" She chuckles "So~ Maybe some of this was influenced by you? It knew you wanted your girlfriend to be less flat, hmmmmm?" She's teasing
Nesseth chuckles at the tease. "Nothing wrong with a flat chest, but it is fun giving the occasional squeeze here and there." He shrugs a little, still smiling in amusement as he makes a few more notes, "Though... could be that me handling the meat a little while ago caused some influence? I can definitely appreciate the effects, though."
Mia: "All very interesting theories!" She nods "Though, you're right. They are fun to squeeze" She squeezes one, to confirm this theory "Hmm, anything else. It's an odd feeling, having all these..fleshy processes going on, when you're used to not having them anymore" She pokes her body "I don't thiiink this body is entirely 'proper', I think it's sort of faking it a bit with the processes. I wouldn't want to live here long term, if that makes sense"
Nesseth tilts his head a bit at that statement and notes it down as well. "Kind of like if the plant didn't quite know what to do with some of the gaps of info, and it's just sort of... guessing, in a way? Familiar enough to be somewhat comfortable..." He's half speaking aloud to Mia and also talking to himself as he writes down more observations, "...But also different enough from a normal body to feel not quite right..."
Mia: "Yeah! I think it'll fail over time too, but that's not really a problem either. I can just sort of..make another in that case" She rubs a finger into her ear "Probably keep only the one up ever. I don't think I can handle more than 1 at a time"
Nesseth hums in thought. "If you're able to operate both this body and your inorganic body at the same time... yeah, more than one could probably be more than a bit difficult to work with." He jots down another note, "So, you're thinking this body will start to wear down over time? Are you thinking it'd be because of the plant's effects wearing off, or because the body isn't quite "complete"?"
Mia: "Dunno really. Just a vibe I'm getting. I imagine that the plant can't make a 'proper' copy of anything, so it just breaks down over time. Just a guess though! Stillll, while I've got it. May as well have some fun, right?" She leans up, and rubs his arm "Go on! I'm sure you've been thinking many fun thoughts about all this~ All that note taking..what have you determined?"
Nesseth turns the clipboard to Mia with a smile, showing a very well-written set of notes, quite professional and succinct in tone... as well as some personal notes near the very bottom of the page. "I've been thinking of a bunch of fun thoughts, Mia~ But first off, the experiment was successful, just from the fact that you're standing right here next to me. We probably need to conduct a few more experiments to learn a bit more about how this body functions, though it sounds like you've got a good idea already." He smiles a bit more brightly as he sets his pen on the clipboard and gives Mia a warm, one-armed hug, "On a more personal note, I've determined your duplicate form is just as cute as your normal form, and I'm curious to learn more about it~"
Mia: "Well, I trust you'll have some very thorough, and of course scientific~ experiments to make?" She gives him a kiss "I'm eager to see what you have in mind"
Nesseth hums into the kiss, then nods as it breaks. "I've got a few good scientific~ experiments that we could conduct, yeah. They should help us figure out more about how this form works for you... and we should make sure to get as much relevant data as we can~" He smirks playfully, "You taught me how repetition is good for experimentation, after all~"
Mia: "Oh. Repetition, hmm? I think of a few things we can try repeating..."
Nesseth chuckles as he takes hold of one of Mia's hands. "Then in that case, it sounds like we've got a good set of experiments to conduct. Shall we get to it~?"
Mia: "Very much so"
Nesseth leans in for another kiss as a tasteful curtain descends on the scene, the two quickly getting into the 'experiments' they've got in mind for one another. All very scientific, in-depth and rigorous, of course.