[b][u][center]TF-Tube.Com Room 5: Downtime By Draconicon[/center][/u][/b] Haruki waited outside of the medical room for the new girl to finish up. He doubted that she’d take long, all things considered; she only needed to be calmed down, and this time he doubted that it would be enough for her to be taken to the showers for a long soak. The kitsune looked down at his watch, saw that he had been sitting outside the room for about twenty minutes, and then folded his arms against his chest with a sigh. [i]She’s going to be a weird one…[/i] At the same time, he hoped that he’d get a chance to see her on cam duty sometime. Betina had said that she was laying claim, but that was down to the Manager to approve it. Considering the dearth of income they had with the female shifters, he was pretty sure that she’d at least have to record a few things. It’d be bait for the site, if nothing else. Five tails swayed behind him, one of them dropping down to provide a bit of modesty as he declined to use his powers to create clothes for himself. Instead, he just leaned his head back and stared at the ceiling. Betina would probably slap him if she thought that he was thinking about corrupting her new coding girl, but it was hard to avoid thinking of that when you worked in porn. She wasn’t the [i]hottest[/i] person that he had ever seen naked, but she definitely was up there, both in human and transformed form. He liked the way that she filled out in human form, and he liked the way that she was so smooth and slinky when she turned to her scalier self. He imagined that she probably made some fun noises when she was - But nah. Not the best time to be thinking about that. His tail was nice and fluffy, but it wouldn’t be that hard for his cock to slide past it. The door opened, and he turned. Fen Chao stepped out of the medical room, wrapped in a robe that was white, fluffy, and went all the way down to her ankles. She bowed to the nurses on the other side as the door closed, then blushed as soon as she turned to look at him. “Why are you here?” she asked. “I’m here to walk you to your room.” “...Why you?” “I found you, so I’m kind of responsible for you.” “Is that...common?” [i]Not really,[/i] was the honest answer. When someone first came in, they were normally kept separate to the others for a while, given the easier cam shows, and when the facility knew what they were good at, they were matched with other people of complementary characteristics. Nobody who found a transformer really did much with them once they were inside of the facility, unless they were romantically inclined. Instead of giving the honest answer, he shrugged. “Does it have to be?” “No, but...would make more sense.” “Heh. Things don’t make sense here. They’re barely what you make of them.” The kitsune got to his feet, and the human woman whipped her head around, looking up at the ceiling to avoid staring at his groin when he pulled his tails out of the way. He chuckled, shaking his head at her. “It’s not going to bother me if you look.” “It will...get to me...if I do.” “I can understand that. I [i]am[/i] rather handsome.” She bit her lip at that, and he could tell that she was keeping herself from saying something. Laughter, probably. Haruki shrugged, offering her a furred hand. “Come with me. Let’s get you settled in.” “...No, um...naughtiness, right?” “We’re not on camera. I’m not going to push that.” “Thank you.” She was still a bit shaky, and more than once he felt her fingers turning to claws against his palm as they walked down the hallway. That said, it was better than it might have been, and he could tell that she was doing her best to keep herself under control. There was a lot of tension running through her, and he wondered just what they had given her. Something that kept her from getting tense enough to be scared? Some sort of antidepressant? It was something, whatever it was, because it was working better than any of her willpower had been doing while they had been at her apartment. They eventually arrived at her quarters, and he tapped the door to open it. There wasn’t much besides the stuff that the Manager had set aside for every newcomer. Some new clothes, some jumpsuits, a few little bits of personal hygiene items. He noticed that there was a set of tampons and pads for the new girl, and he made a mental note that she was probably quite fertile. That said, it would be interesting to see if she started laying - [i]Okay, okay, hold back from that for a bit. She’s new. She’s nice, but she’s new. Let her settle in before you get the egg-laying fantasies.[/i] Giving both sides of the door a quick check against prankster tricks, he nodded to himself and stepped aside. “Your room, then.” Fen Chao nodded, stepping into the room quickly. She paused, glancing at the camera that was built into the wall at the foot of her bed. Pointing at it, she asked the wordless question, and he shook his head. “It’s not on. The button’s under the nightstand so you don’t start streaming by accident.” “Ah...That’s good.” She looked a bit uncomfortable, and he supposed that she was wanting to get dressed for the first time since her arrival. He smiled, nodding in understanding, and backed away from the door. “It’ll be a bit of a night for you, I’m sure. Take your time. I’m sure that we’ll see each other again.” “Is that meant to be a comfort?” Haruki blinked. “I...thought it would be.” “I’m not alone, but...I’m not going to see anyone that I know ever again. My family is gone. My home is as good as lost. I may be safe, but…” She shook her head, taking a deep breath. “I apologize. That was...not well done of me. I will...see you tomorrow.” “...Yes. You will.” Parting was about as awkward as it could be, but he did his best not to make it more painful. Giving a little bow of his head, the kitsune turned down the hallway, heading back to his quarters. The door slid shut behind him, and he wondered just what she was feeling. It was something complicated, he had no doubt. It always was. # The Manager watched the parting on the security feed at her desk, sitting with her legs extended under it, and a tablet on her lap. She turned it back, watched the body language of the kitsune and the newcomer, shaking her head. “Hmmm…” She put the tablet down, knitting her fingers together and resting her chin on her hands. The pair of them...an interesting match-up, though not one that she could see lasting in the long term. Haruki was a field agent, and he already had a partner. More to the point, this new woman, Fen Chao. She would be a danger to him unless she was heavily medicated to suppress her transformation problems, and that would remove any benefit that she might have in her other body. That said, Betina had already made it clear that the young woman was bound for the tech field, and she had great respect for Betina’s judgment. The question was not whether the young woman could do the work in the tech labs, but rather whether the tech labs would be suitable for her mental state. “Computer, open notes. Subject: Employee Fen Chao.” Her desk came to life, a hologram of the young woman appearing before her. Nude, of course. There was no need to display someone wearing things that would change on the daily. She leaned back, her hands going to the arms of her chair, and she tapped her fingers at the edge of them. “Note. Subject suffers from extreme anxiety, partial depression, and a defined lack of confidence. Set scheduled appointment with staff mental health associates and design program for confidence boosting. Acknowledge.” “[i]Noting. Acknowledged.[/i]” “Save. Close.” The computer desk did as it was told, and she went back to considering next steps. The work day was almost over, and the donations were coming in from the blood bank down in medical. Haruki had done as he had promised, delivering a number of vials to avoid work in the future, and she had seen the logs stating that this new girl had been tapped while she was being calmed down. They would have plenty of shifter DNA to study. The question was, would they find anything? The Manager turned in her chair, looking at the map of the facility that stretched out along the walls around her. She was always surrounded by it, always aware of where everyone was. Few people knew just how much she was informed of at every moment of every day. She imagined that most people would be rather ill at ease if they ever found out how much she actually did know. Tapping her desk, she brought up the cameras of one of the dwelling rooms. A young man was slowly transforming from his human form to a shark, his gills popping in along his neck and leaving him gasping for breath. Not enough to be in danger of asphyxiation, of course, as the transformation wasn’t quite that dangerous, but enough to leave him throbbing hard. [i]He better be practicing for a show and not merely enjoying himself,[/i] she thought, tapping her fingers together. [i]He’s under orders not to do that outside of work.[/i] She shook her head, making a note and moving on, checking the various rooms as she did approximately once an hour. With the various different species of shifters and transformers under her roof, she knew better than to merely go by the honor system. There were too many ways that could be abused. After ensuring that most of her other agents and performers were doing what they were supposed to be doing - and the others only committing minor violations - she logged them to her computer desk and put it out of her mind. There was one more thing that she could be doing, but she hesitated before looking back to her desk. “Computer.” “[i]Yes?[/i]” “Bring up the Origins Report.” The computer desk flashed again, and this time, it put together a set of graphics, giving her a couple of graphs and a series of different chunks of an individual report. “Highlight anything updated in the last 48 hours.” Two documents and a graph were pulled together, and she tapped them and pulled them forward. The graph was something about the gradual increase in shifters out there, how they were slowly starting to increase in number and regularity. That was something that they’d already been guessing from the number of retrieval missions that they’d been doing, but nobody really knew just why they were doing that yet. The documents, on the other hand, were still more theories and suppositions, nothing with evidence. The Manager sighed, shaking her head and closing them out without bothering to do more than skim them. Despite all the shifters that had been gathered under this mountain, despite every tissue, blood, or fluid sample that they were able to get donated, despite [i]everything[/i], they were no closer to knowing where all the different shifters came from than they had been at the start of this. All they knew was that the old shifters and the new ones were different to one another, with the new ones having a marker that was added to their gene sequence - not mutated, but added - while the old ones had a standard sort of gene sequence with the standard number of markers. Something had caused the new shifters, but what? Shaking her head, she closed the file, only to receive a blinking red light. [i]...Wonderful.[/i] Tapping it, the red light faded into an alert bulletin. It was submitted by the techs, it seemed. One of Betina’s firewalls had been tripped, almost taken down before the intruder realized that they were being watched. They’d pulled back, but there was the possibility of some information being gleaned from outside the firewall. They had a location, however. Juneau, Alaska. Or at least, that was the nearest point to decent connection for that level of intrusion. [i]Possibly someone that had come out of the wastes to check things before going back underground.[/i] The Manager tapped her fingers together. She didn’t have any agents that far north, but she could use them. If this was someone that was interested in their organization for the right reasons, it was possible that it was time for another retrieval. If it was for the wrong reasons, however… Well, there were ways to deal with that. “Computer. Page Haruki. Message: You have five hours to sleep, and then you’re going out again. Send.” “[i]Message sent.[/i]” She imagined that would make him quite angry, considering the lack of rest that he had been getting, but there was only so much time that they were ever really guaranteed. And much as she was annoyed at the prospect of using him so soon, he was one of her better field agents. Certainly one of the best for retrieval. However, Shaka was not so well-skilled for that, nor was he suitable for the sort of...elimination that might be required. That would need a different touch. The Manager thought about it for a moment, then nodded to herself. “Computer. Page Cackal. Same message.” “[i]Message sent.[/i]” “Good...good…” The Manager rubbed her forehead, tapping her desk again. She had five hours in which she could figure out what she needed to know for this mission. Those five hours were going to involve getting Betina to do her job properly rather than waiting to do what she wanted when she wanted it, but it would be worth it. That old woman needed to start earning her keep properly rather than putting everything off. # Haruki was just settling down for a late-night stream - just a short one, something that would bring in a little spending money in his downtime - when he got the message. He stared at it for a moment, then slammed his head against his pillow. “Mmmmmmph…” The temptation to write off an angry message in return came like a hit and run, leaving him decided that there was no point in pissing off his boss any further than he already had. The kitsune rolled onto his belly, slowly retracting his tails, allowing himself to go back to a human form as he tried to get comfortable. It wasn’t that easy, particularly considering the way that he had been hoping to just have some fun, get off, and sleep. Now, he had to be ready for an unknown mission on less than stellar sleep. Gritting his no-longer-sharp teeth, Haruki gradually rolled onto his back as he became fully human again. He kept holding the pillow against his face, huffing against it until the worst of his anger disappeared. Then, and only then, did he take the pillow off his face. He stared at the ceiling with all the annoyance and disgruntled opinion that he could summon as an expression, then lifted both middle fingers towards all corners of the room, giving the bird to any hidden cameras that might be waiting. Yet, he knew that he’d still do it. There was no point in refusing. It’d get him in trouble, and it would mean that someone else that wasn’t as good might be sent out. He sighed, rubbing his forehead. “Great. Just great.” He stretched out his legs, glaring at the camera at the far end of the room. He’d just wanted to put on a little show. A paw-TF show, he’d thought, considering how well that had been received last time. Just the feeling of his socks ripping as his claws grew in, the feeling of having a bigger set down there, the hundreds of comments that came through: all of that was as erotic as hell, and more than worth going through the trouble for it. But no. No, he had to sleep, or he was going to be worthless. He put his pillow back under his head, rolled onto his side, and closed his eyes. But not before giving another middle finger to the cameras. # Fen Chao sat in the precise middle of her bed. She wore the jumpsuit that had been left for her, and she looked down at her hands with an intense stare. She kept curling her fingers, half-expecting her fingers to turn to claws when she did, but the transformation didn’t trigger. The medication running through her veins seemed to be doing its best to keep her from feeling nervous or afraid enough to actually transform, and the freedom that gave her was beyond words. [i]If they have something...could I eventually go back?[/i] It was possible, depending on what the drug actually was. If it caused her body harm, then it wasn’t really viable, but if it was one of those that was just a bit hard to get… She refused to get her hopes up, however. It was not worth doing, not when she was already this removed from everything. She’d already lost her connections to everything that she knew, and she wasn’t going to get her hopes up that she could go back just because of this one-time drug application. When she couldn’t bring herself to transform out of fear, she got up and walked around the room. Pacing helped her, sometimes. She felt like she was a bit too wired, too awake to fall asleep easily. So, she paced around, trying to burn off some of that energy. When that didn’t work, she laid down and fumbled around the nightstand. Not for the button to stream - though she found that and made sure to avoid that for the rest of her fumbling - but rather for something to do, something to play with and interact with. She hoped to find a deck of cards, or a notebook, or something that she might use for drawing, even. She didn’t expect to find a laptop. Fen Chao blinked as she pulled it out, half sure that someone had left it in the room when they’d moved out. But no. When she pulled it open, it immediately booted up, welcoming her by name. [i]Welcome to the TF-Tube Network, Fen Chao. Please enjoy your stay.[/i] “They prepared this much?” she muttered. She waited for the laptop to boot the rest of the way, and she cocked her head to the side at the main screen. It was surprisingly sparse with just three icons. One looked like the proprietary internet browser that they used for the place, while another looked like an ap ‘shop’ for her to customize her machine the way that she liked. The last, however… [i]...I really shouldn’t click this,[/i] she thought, staring at the icon of a cock crowned by a pussy. [i]That has to be their porn network. Why...why…[/i] Yet, for all that she had reached out for the group to find people that were like her, to feel less alone, there was a part of her that was still curious. She had watched a few others before, but she had constantly assumed - well, more had told herself - that they were just acting, that they weren’t actually transforming. Now that she knew that they were… [i]...They won’t know who’s watching…[/i] Blushing, Fen Chao got up from her bed, making sure that there was a way to close her door. There was, thankfully. She tapped the buttons by it, setting it so that it would require someone of manager level or higher to open the door from the outside, and then returned to her bed. She didn’t strip down, as she didn’t think that she’d be getting off to what she saw. It was just, well, research, after all. Right? Even so, her blush got worse as she tapped the screen, watching as the program opened. ‘TF-Tube.Com’ popped up on her screen, followed by a black background, followed by a series of different pictures of different models that were currently online. Rubbing her reddened cheeks, she looked through the list, wondering if there was anyone that she hadn’t seen just yet. [i]There’s an elephant...not really...I don’t really want to see a panda...or another lizard…[/i] Fen Chao kept flicking through them until she found something that was near the bottom of the list, and rather interesting. Her eyes widened as she opened the attached profile, seeing that this man was from India, and...he transformed into a snake. [i]Oh...my…[/i] She had no idea how such a transformation would work, but she knew that it would be different from all the other ones that she had seen thus far. Fen Chao hesitated for a moment, then clicked in. Giving herself the username of NooBtoThis, she waited for the video to load. The video started with a naked man, one with sun-darkened skin that already had a head-start to that well-tanned look. He wasn’t that impressive at first, but he had a soft face, and a smile that promised both a little mischief and a little affection. He was bald, too, and she wondered if that was something that he had done to emphasize the features on his face that were a bit more pointed, more serpentine. The comments on the video were already getting quite...lewd, too. [b]Cocksucker23: Let’s see that dick before you change. Cocksucker23: I want to see it before you get two of them. CoilMeDaddy: No, no, just get started. I want to see him coil around whatever he’s got tonight.[/b] Fen Chao hesitated, then typed a bit. [b]NooBtoThis: Any chance he can show off partial transformation?[/b] That got the attention of the model, named Ogli. She imagined it was a play on the old story, but at least it wasn’t a direct rip. He smiled at the camera, nodding. “My, my, someone that wishes to see the transformation properly. I appreciate those that wish to see an artist.” [b]Cocksucker23: Come on, that’s not what we want. Show off. Cocksucker23: Coil the camera later, and show off later. I want dick. CoilMeDaddy: Dude, it’s a TF stream. Go see cock somewhere else.[/b] She smiled. At least there was someone else that got the point, even if he was here for other reasons. But Ogli had already started his changes. He leaned back on the bed, and she watched with interest as he started to rub his legs together. Dark feet with lighter undersides rubbed against each other, the toes touching from time to time, but mostly just grinding over and under each other. She watched the toes curl, then point… Then melt. Her breath caught in her throat as she watched the detailed transformation, the man’s toes melting together until they were all one pointed shape. The melting, dripping appearance of his limbs melding together followed, his feet pushing together and pointing out in a single point that defined the bottom of his body. The gap between his legs slowly closed as the transformation wiggled its way further and further up. [i]Oh...my…[/i] Her eyes widened further as he leaned back against the bed, writhing along the top of it. His legs continued to transform into a tail, but the parts that had already melted together started to stretch, pulling out longer, further from his hips. It was like they were thinning out as well as getting longer, taking him from the width of a man’s legs pushed together to just one, and all that extra mass was turning into length. His dark skin started to change, too, and she leaned in closer and closer to the screen as the pebbly shapes of his scales started to grow in. Seeing another person going from human to reptile was quite amazing, and her fingers curled tightly in embarrassed fascination. She didn’t know if it was arousal, but it was certainly something. She laid the laptop down, laying on her side next to it as the transformation continued. Ogli started to roll his hips up, showing off his cock, and she watched in fascination as the foreskin peeled back from the head. It didn’t just pull under, but melted into the shaft, the skin itself starting to go pink, bright pink, almost red in places. At the tip, she could see a slight pull happening, the skin starting to lean in a different direction. [i]Oh...oh my…[/i] [b]Cocksucker23: Well, least I get to see something good now. CoilMeDaddy: Really? Dude, just get off your cock-stuff for two seconds. CoilMeDaddy: Dude’s turning into a fucking snake, and all you want is cock. Cocksucker23: Yeah, but he’s the only guy actually showing it right now. Everyone else is teasing for more money. NooBtoThis: He’s beautiful.[/b] She barely realized that she’d written that, but before she could be embarrassed about it, Ogli groaned and smiled. “Compliment very much appreciated, dear, but you haven’t seen anything yet…” Fen Chao supposed she hadn’t, but she looked forward to learning more. She had a long night ahead of her, and many models to get through...but she looked forward to seeing what Ogli had for her. Settling in, she got comfortable as she watched his legs finish merging, his sac pushed forward for a moment before the testicles were pulled into his body. Ogli continued to grunt and shiver as he squirmed on the bed, his tail lengthening ever-more, all while his scales continued to spread further and further up his belly. Back at his groin, his shaft finally split in two, giving him the proper double-shaft of a snake, and she watched as the scales split at the base of the shafts, providing a sort of vent for them to disappear into. She cocked her head to the side as she watched the shifting continue, unable to look away. It was exciting, but she still wasn’t certain if it was sexual excitement or not. [b]Cocksucker23: I wonder if he can cum from both dicks at once? Cocksucker23: Does he cum separately? CoilMeDaddy: He’s done it back and forth before. CoilMeDaddy: Come on, bring that tail down, show us some coils. [i]*CoilMeDaddy has tipped $50USD*[/i][/b] She barely had any interest in his dicks, instead watching as the transformation spread across his stomach and up to his chest. A body already hardened by exercise and scales hardened further with even more muscles, stiff and firm beneath the pebbly surface. She imagined that they were there to allow him the control he needed to keep that tail moving properly. Fen Chao leaned into her screen, watching carefully and studying. This was going to be very educational, she was sure. [b][u][center]The End[/center][/u][/b] Summary: A fair bit of catch-up between the different members of the organization, and showing what they’re up to. Tags: M/solo, nudity, transformation, human, kitsune, shark, snake, chat, webcam, stream, cock transformation, double dicks, exhibitionism, voyeurism, series,