“…That is why it is very important to keep them separated,” the short and stout instructor stated while placing a corked vial of liquid in a rack. RING-RING-RING “Oh, my!” the orange, lizard-like instructor gasped with surprise. “Time does fly by when you’re having fun!” SHUFFLE-SQUEAK RUSTLE-TWHIP-THWUMP The students in Ms. Alphys ‘Introduction to Chemistry’ class eagerly gathered their books, papers, and backpacks as they rose from their desks to do what was needed to conclude another week of school. “Don’t forget that your research papers about your chosen element on the ‘Periodic Table of Elements’ is due on Monday!” Alphys exclaimed as loudly as she could so she could be heard over the sounds of her students eagerly fleeing the classroom to enjoy what precious time they had before having to return to school on Monday. *** It took less than a minute for all the students to clear out of the classroom. This left only Ms. Alphys and the reigning ‘Star Student’, Berdly. Alphys adjusted her glasses and directed her attention to the smarty-pants, blue birdy. “I’m guessing you wish to pad your grade with more extra credit, young man?” she inquired with a flirtatious wink of her eye. Berdly blushed as he gripped the straps of his backpack with both of his wings. “Yeah,” he replied nervously. “What can I do to secure the highest grade in the class?” The intellectual lizard, who stood at chest height to the overachieving blue burb, said nothing as she closed the door to her classroom. “There is something you can do for me,” she suggestively stated. “Would you mind spending some time with me in the public library’s computer lab? They have given me administrative access to a new system that could benefit greatly from my genius.” PAT, PAT Berdly felt his body tense as Alphys took the liberty to pat and squeeze each of his birdy buns. “So…,” he struggled to say as his desire to start a chemical reaction with the middle-aged instructor quickly became obvious by the firm bulge in the front of his pants. “You want to expand our studies of anatomy in a more public location?” Alphys ran a finger along the waistband of the horny burb’s pants. “You know that nobody really uses that computer lab,” she said in a sultry tone. Can I count on you to bring that fluffy, feathery fanny to aid me in my special research project?” “Of course!” the blue burb chirped with delight as he became overwhelmed with thoughts of going down and getting off with the one professor he was truly hot for teacher over. Getting a guaranteed ‘A+’ was simply the cherry on top that he was quite excited to pop. SNAP Alphys removed her hand from Berdly’s waistband and headed for the closed classroom door. “See you at five o’clock sharp,” she stated while opening the door to leave for the day. “I’m there,” gulped Berdly as he struggled to keep himself from scorching his shorts over how worked up he had become during the short discussion leading up to their ‘date’. *** “Berdly!” a female voice called out. “Wait up!” The blue-feathered bird turned to see his friend, Noelle, waiting for him just outside of the entrance to the school. “Noelle?” he squeaked with a noticeable blush on his face. “Who else?” she teased while jogging to catch up with her birdy buddy. “Got any plans for tonight?” Berdly felt butterflies in his belly as he tried his best to not show how he had already made plans with someone far more attractive for the night. The less Noelle, or anyone for that matter, knew of the weird science he had going on with Ms. Alphys, the better. CLASP Berdly’s heart skipped a beat when he realized that Noelle had taken a hold of one of his wings. “Let’s get going,” she said in a gentle voice. “Asriel is home for spring break and his parents are throwing a party that will make homecoming look like ‘Bring Your Parents to School Day’!” Berdly felt himself in a really tough spot. However, with only a brief moment to make a decision on how he would best be spending his Friday night, he quickly chose plug-and-play and score an ‘A’ with Ms. Alphys over roasting marshmallows with the very classmates he felt he had to eternally impress with his gaming and grades in order to be considered relevant. “I’m going to have to pass,” he said without even looking at his childhood friend. “Pass?” Noelle questioned with disbelief. “Have things really gotten to where all you want to do is endlessly ride the high you got from winning that spelling bee?” Berdly felt a sensation of anger upon hearing Noelle’s statement. It was not that he was upset with Noelle, as he cared about her very much for having given him that big break during the spelling bee. It was that, despite all the attention and recognition he gained, his close friendships had been damaged to where he believed he could only follow the path he was on with no hope of ever going back. “Have fun at the party,” he said somberly as he continued on his way without even a glance back at Noelle. “Tell Yosh I said, “Hello”, if you see him.” Noelle just sighed and lowered her head. “If only I had spelled ‘December’ correctly,” she mourned. “Maybe things would’ve been different between us.” *** The public library was very quiet. The advent of the computer and high-speed internet allowed most people to get what information they sought from home. “Good afternoon,” a pastel-yellow feathered teen greeted from a desk that faced all the available computers in the computer lab. “Anything I can help you with?” Berdly and Alphys looked towards the peppy young lady who appeared unable to sit still in her seat. She also was wearing a pair of shortalls that were mint-green in color and had her cell phone tucked noticeably into the large front pocket of the childish choice in clothing. “Uhh,” Berdly struggled to say as he noticed the purple bow that rested behind a large tuft of hair that sprouted from the violet-eyed bird. “I think we’re good.” FLIP-FLAP-FLIP-FLAP “Well!” cheered the computer lab attendant as she started to run circles around the blue burb and studious lizard. “I’m here if you need anything!” FLIP-FLAP-FLIP-FLAP The odd bird returned to her seat as fast as she had left it. She then started to rock herself in her chair while wiggling her greyish-blue wingtips over her computer’s keyboard. CLICK-CLACK BZZZT POP-VOOM The sound of the lab attendant’s typing was cut off by the sound of electricity, a small explosion, and the room going completely dark. *** KA-KLUNK! VYOO-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK The power returned almost as quickly as it had gone out. However, as the lights clicked back on, it was clear that they were no longer in the computer lab of the public library. “Berdly?” worried Alphys. “What’s going on?” The blue burb shrugged. “No clue,” he replied while taking in the room they had seemingly been transported to. The desks for the computers were there, but not a single computer, monitor, or mouse could be seen. The carpet had turned from an orangish-yellow color to a powder-blue one and the door into the computer lab was no longer where it should be. “Welcome!” a voice cheerfully greeted. SHWIP-SHWOOP! A nail-shaped staff with a large red crystal rose from the ground that was soon followed by a stoic-faced goat whose body was largely covered by a dark-grey colored cloak. “You two look like you could use a little fun?” he more stated than asked while taking hold of the gold-plated staff. “Want to play a game?” Berdly saw the fear in Alphys’s eyes as she clung to him for support. “If you want to play a game,” he replied while puffing out his chest. “You should know that I’m the best of the best of the best at gaming!” The robed figure smiled. “Just as I had hoped,” he said prior to tapping his staff upon the carpeted floor and waving his other hand towards Alphys. POOF! Berdly gasped as the middle-aged lizard, to whom he had fully devoted himself to in an effort to ensure his reputation, vanished in a puff of pink smoke. “What!” he growled with a fiery look in his eyes. “What did you do to Alphys?” The pink-eyed goat playfully rubbed a finger under his nose. “She’s fine, burb butt,” he happily replied. “This is a game for just us guys.” POOF PLOP! “Howdy!” greeted a small, teal-colored dragon as it playfully waved towards the aggravated, blue burb. “Something tells me you need to learn a lesson about being a smarty pants.” “What?” Berdly asked with disbelief. “What’s that supposed to mean?” The robed goat nodded his head slowly. “My name is Ralsei,” he stated plainly. “Before you is the Dingus Dragon.” “Don’t you mean ‘Diaper Dragon’?” scoffed Berdly as he glared towards the cutesy, diaper-clad creature that barely came up to his waist in height. “Let’s just get to the part where I beat you and your ding-a-ling dragon at ‘Go Fish’ so I can get back to my date with Alphys!” The playful dragon got a lot more serious upon hearing Berdly’s remarks. “As you wish,” the robed goat replied before tapping his nail-shaped staff upon the carpeted floor two times. SPOP! SPOP WOOSH! A podium appeared in front of both Berdly and the diaper-clad Dingus Dragon. “You pride yourself on being smarter and better than your peers,” Ralsei stated as a pair of rose-tinted glasses appeared upon his nose. “Let us see if you truly are better than the best and smarter than all the rest.” ZBEE-YOO A holographic display appeared in front of both Berdly and the Dingus Dragon. “Choose your cards wisely,” Ralsei stated plainly. “Whether you call it ‘Duel Monsters’, or ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ the rules remain the same. Complete a deck of monsters, traps, and spell cards consisting of forty, or more cards. You both have five minutes to construct your dueling decks starting now.” SLIP-TAP! A digital timer appeared on both players’ holographic monitors that played a mechanical chirping sound with each second being counted down to zero. “No way that I’m losing to some namby-pamby, snot-nosed brat who’s still in diapers,” Berdly announced as he made quick work of creating an exact copy of the deck he had used to win at the local card tournament before he felt he had grown “too mature” to play such a childish game. “I’ll have you crying to your momma within five turns!” BING-BONG! “And that’s time,” the robed goat said with the slightest hint of enthusiasm as he adjusted his rose-tinted glasses. “You each have 4,000 life points. The loser leaves here stripped of their dignity. Let the duel begin!” SCHLIP-SCHLIP-SCHLIP FWIP! FA-SLIP! FWOOM! *** “Berdly is sure taking a long time in the bathroom,” Alphys remarked as she looked over at the shortall wearing teen. “I’m glad you at least stuck around to help me with my special research.” POOF-POW! CRASH-SLAM! THWUMP! The quiet hum of the air conditioning system and computer cooling fans was disrupted by the doors to the computer lab flying open with Berdly falling spreadeagle on his belly upon the floor by the attendant’s desk. “BERDLY!” cried Alphys as she hurriedly leapt from her chair to check on her friend. “What happened?” The blue burb groaned as he got back to his feet. “What the…,” wondered Berdly as he woozily brought himself back up to his feet. “Did I win?” “…,” Alphys’s eyes grew as wide as dinner plates as a deep blush formed across her face. “Huh?” the blue burb wondered as he noticed how bashful his middle-aged, lizard lover was quickly becoming. “Did I grow a second head, or something?” FLIP-FLAP-FLIP-FLAP The pastel-yellow feathered attendant giggled as she skipped and flapped around the baffled birdy. “You might say that!” she exclaimed. “Want to borrow some of my clothes? I always bring extra in case of accidents!” “Borrow clothes?” Berdly pondered while nervously rubbing a wing upon the back of his head and turning his attention towards the floor. This is when he noticed he wasn’t wearing any shoes… or pants… or… “YIPES!” The blue burb’s entire head turned red as he positioned his wings over his exposed midsection. “That nerdy goat and his overgrown toddler friend are going to pay for this!” Alphys’s face turned a full crimson shade of red as she looked away and attempted to stifle a laugh by covering her face with her hand. “Wait…,” Alphys said while regaining her composure. “Did you lie to me about going to the bathroom just so you could play strip poker with some perverted parent and his kid?” “…,” Berdly was at a loss for words as he stood with his beak hanging open and his wings covering his otherwise uncovered birdy-bits. RUSTLE-FLOP FLA-FWOP “I think my diapers will fit you, you naughty burb you,” chuckled the attendant as she smacked a thick, unfolded, cartoon-character-covered diaper against Berdly’s bare backside. “I can put it on for you if you’d like me to?” Berdly’s eyes narrowed before he grumpily took the diaper from the computer lab attendant. “You’re in on this,” he scowled. “I’ll hang you up by those straps if you don’t tell me what’s going on!” PSSSHHHH SPISH-SPLASH-SPISH! “BERDLY!” cried Alphys before taking hold of the diaper the actively piddling, young adult bird was loosely holding in his wing and quickly working to position it to stop the firehose-like stream of wee that was gushing at full force into the soft carpeting below. RUSTLE-SNAP! SNAP-RUSTLE! CRINKLE-THWUMP! STRETCH-SCHWICK! STRETCH-SCHWICK! “So much for getting any real research done!” groaned Alphys as she made quick work of putting the diaper snugly around Berdly’s waist as he continued to uncontrollably empty out the contents of his bladder. “So sorry for the trouble, Miss…” “Celeste!” chirped the abundantly enthusiastic, yellow-colored bird as she pulled upon the straps of her shortalls to show she had a noticeably swollen diaper hidden beneath the smooth layers of cotton and spandex that comprised her snap-crotch choice in adult-sized toddler clothing. “If you two are leaving, I think I will go on my break so I can avoid making a mess like your special boy there just did!” Alphys hoisted up the ashamed blue burb and headed for the exit of the computer lab. “We’re done here,” she said as a thoughtful expression crossed over her face. “This little birdy may need his nap, but I do believe there may still yet be a way I can get the research done in which will propel me to fame in the scientific community.” *** Some time passed after Alphys had diapered and dragged Berdly’s padded patootie out of the public library. This left the computer lab attendant, Celeste, alone to go about some research of her own. CLICK-CLICK TAP The attendant, now entirely by herself, opened a program that was hidden behind a folder on the desktop of her work computer. A screen then popped up that had a logo that read, "Delta Dimension Project – Operative: Celeste Nuthatch – Status: 05/04/2022 > Successful link to Digital Dimension. Subjects were successfully separated with one retaining memory and the other not retaining memory of DD. Experiments set to move to ‘Delta Phase’ pending successful test results from AU uplinks to DD.”