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The Science of Passion

Sapphire adjusted her jacket as she took the final steps to the front door of the building that housed The Potions Guild of Klyneth. She worked there and was told the night before that she had a challenging task ahead of her so she had been mentally and physically preparing herself for the worst. Or the best. It really depended on her mood at the time and she often found herself flopping back and forth between eager anticipation and mounting dread.

Working with potions was a dream of hers - one she carried with her alongside her love for vore and examining the bellies of her partners. Early in life she quickly grew fascinated by the wealth of options that magic and potions allowed and had dedicated her future to discovering just how far she could take these wonderful gifts and what sort of good she could bring to the world.

Sapphire was both eternally curious and eager to learn more while also being dedicated to her altruism, two traits that worked well together and accentuated one another. She was driven by her desire to help others, and the more she learned the better she could do so. Furthermore, the more she was exposed to the world around her the more dedicated to her craft she grew.

For years now she had worked in the Global Potions Guild - or the GPG as it was better known - under the Klynethian chapter. The GPG had chapters in almost every nation across the globe, a multi-national corporation that held power wherever it was located and functioned as a partner to most pharmaceutical groups. The GPG was one of the biggest worldwide companies with only a few choice industries being more profitable, and the only persistent competition being The Vore House and NoThEn Labs. This was another driving force behind Sapphire's dedication, but also quite alluring.

Though she had worked with the GPG for much of her time in Klyneth, she knew that her ultimate goal was to work under Leera or Ceylon, the leaders of The Vore House and NoThEn Labs respectively. While the Potion's Guild had far greater reach on a global scale and was far more successful in terms of sheer coinage, The Vore House and NoThEn Labs were known for their quality, which was godlike in comparison. Nothing compared to the potions and salves that came out of those companies and Sapphire wanted to be a part of whatever was happening behind those doors.

However, in the meantime she maintained her persistent and optimistic worldview in regards to her current job at the GPG, where she was making a lot of money and doing a lot of good work. She may not have been privy to the top quality materials that her competition in Klyneth was making, but that didn't stop her from putting her all into every potion, every batch, and every modification. No matter what happened, she'd produce quality material and help drive the market in the right direction.

Which was why she always had a broad smile on her face and never let life get her down. As far as she was concerned, it was her responsibility to keep the others in her chapter happy and chipper, and she did that by being the most bubbly, optimistic chimera in the building.

As she stepped through the front doors of the building, she was greeted with the group's front desk operator, an orange and black kobold who tried his best to share Sapphire's optimism. He chirped at her and waved as she strolled through the front lobby. "Oh hey there, Saph. Got anything planned for today?" He said with the most pleasant of serpentine inflection.

She waved back with one of her four hands. "Yep, always got plans, always got goals! Cool stuff is on the menu tonight; I'm finally putting the final touches on V-1 of that love potion I've been concocting over the past few months. I don't suppose you wanna be a test subject for me, do you?"

He rolled his eyes and waved her forward, dismissing her claims. "I'll pass, darlin'. I prefer to keep my wits about me."

"You'd be fine, I'm sure. If it works right it won't actually make you fall in love, it'll just make you closer to those you already love or unveil your true intentions with a par-"

"That's fine, Saph. I don't need to know the details or you'll be here for an hour." He joked. He was referencing Sapphire's tendency to go on lengthy rants and tirades as her enthusiasm for her work took over and she couldn't stop over-explaining everything. Once, she got on a train of thought with him about some body modification potion that resulted in her being an hour late for work despite being in the building the whole time. This was the most extreme example, but it was so common that she was teased for her rambling nature more than once.

Fortunately, she didn't let his denial of her lengthy explanation or the satisfaction that came with sharing the most minute details of her work upset her. Instead, she smiled and waved as she made her way to the locked doors that led to the testing levels. After swiping her card to unlock the doors, she pushed through and emerged into the second chamber of her chapter.

The building itself was quite large but built almost like a pyramid. The main floor was the biggest and widest, a nearly perfect square the size of a small stadium or arena with one big open floor serving as the basic grunt work for the establishment. This was where ademane was extracted, ingredients were curated, and much of the preliminary testing was done. The room was mostly open with a few makeshift walls and pillars meant to support the higher levels.

Regions were cordoned off by the different departments such as pharmaceutical, recreational, medical, and incidental, with the upper half of the wall made of pure glass and steel and inverted in the more traditional pyramid shape.

The second through fifth levels could be accessed by the elevator pillar in the middle that had four elevators all leading to floors two, three, four, and five. The second level, which was about one third smaller than the first, was where much of the marketing and PR could be found, while levels three and four were both dedicated to advanced testing and senior researchers. This was where Sapphire was headed and where she had done much of her work. Her office was on level four but her research lab was on level three.

Finally was level five, where the executive and operations officers could be found. Naturally, they looked down on the rest of the employees and the rest of the world around them. Sapphire didn't like the leaders of the company due to their corporate greed and focus on profits over the good they could do, but once again that didn't stop her from doing all she could to make Klyneth a better place.

Above all else, she cared about helping people and getting her potions out there so that all could try them out and all could benefit from them. That was on good thing about working at the GPG; their focus on making money may have ensured that the quality might never rival that of NoThEn Labs or The Vore House, but their potions could be shared worldwide and could be enjoyed by virtually all.

Sapphire happily waved to each of her co-workers on the main floor as she passed them, one hand always on her satchel. It wasn't a matter of trust or respect, she just happened to have a spare hand at all times and her small stature - even in a relatively safe city like Klyneth - had the potential to lure thieves and scoundrels. Her satchel carried her laptop, external hard drives, and important papers that were key elements of her research. She needed to protect them, and having four hands allowed her to do so even as she waved and shot finger guns at each of the grunts on the main level.

Of course, she didn't consider herself above others. She may have called them grunts in the back of her mind but she knew as well as anyone could know that they were the keys to her success. Without their work she had no data to mine and no ademane to fool around with. Without their work, she had no underlings to boss around or use as test subjects.

She tried her best to not make a big deal out of the test subjects. Company law dictated she was to test on primal versions of the agens first (Agens being the scientific term for sentient variants on the world's many species, with primal versions being the feral equivalent. For example, primal humans are also known as apes or monkeys. Feral jysar are known as cats or tigers or lions. Feral Cien were wolves or dogs.) But she was notorious for jumping to fully evolved testing.

In the time she'd been working at GPG, she'd never encountered a critical error. The worst thing that happened was that one time - during her last round of tests for the adaptive potion for lovers - one of her test subjects ended up so temporarily loose that their skin stretched like rubber and their muscles lost all constricting power for 40 hours. Two full days. It was not pleasant for the test subject but it was not in any way painful for them and led to some significant discoveries regarding restorative magics and how transformation enchantments work on a reptilian body.

As it turned out, infusing snake-like stretchiness into a dragon was not a shortcut to enabling extreme size differences between loving, inter-species partners.

None of that stuck to the back of her mind aside from the lessons she learned from it. Like any scientist of any discipline, she knew not to let setbacks be seen as failure but a lesson in what not to do the next time. That potion, after a few tweaks and a different host supplying the ademane, worked perfectly and was now enabling cross-species relationships hitherto unheard of. Now, with the help of her potion, horses could partner up with cats and pachyderms could mount humans. Within reason, of course; the new potion didn't account for bone structure and instead focused on skin and muscle.

Once inside the elevator, she happily whistled to herself until she emerged on the fourth floor. Unlike the main floor - which was the size of an aircraft hangar and had open internal architecture - her floor was a bit more traditional. There was a series of hallways and offices surrounding the perimeter with storage in the corners for data processing, vials, beakers, and other reactants.

Just like her behaviour upon entering the building, she cherrily waved and smiled at her companions before finally finding her place in her office, closing the door behind her. Her desk - which was in the middle of the room with her lap benches and cabinets lining the walls not facing outside - was covered in notes and trinkets and reminders of the positive influences in her life. There were pictures of couples who had been brought together thanks to her potions, one person who's life she saved, and a pair of bracelets sent to her after one of her potions allowed them to bulk up as thick as they wanted for their partner. All symbolic, all brought her happiness.

It was something else that got her heart aflutter when she sat down. Her answering machine was blinking with a notification on the display stating that she had an unheard message. At GPG, this could only mean one thing: Someone needed her help! Curious to find out what was so important that they left her a message when she wasn't there, she clicked the button and listened as she unpacked her laptop and set herself up.

The message was pretty brisk, coming from the head of Incidentals - the department that handled potions that weren't for medical or recreational use. "Hey Saph, when you get in we have some great news for you. One of the Level One researchers by the name of Spinel - he's the newly hired dragon working on your love potion project - says he may have made a breakthrough but needs to speak with you to discuss some of the unreported variables in the mix. If you'd like, his extension is A113, give him a holler. I'll make sure your lab isn't signed out for the rest of the week so you can-"

She clicked the button again to end the message. Sapphire had heard all she needed to hear to take the next steps. Once she had plugged in and turned on her laptop, she tapped her access code into her comm-tech hub and pressed A113 to wait almost a full minute to hear a voice on the other end.

"H-hey, this is Spinel." A voice on the verge of cracking introduced himself. He sounded somewhat nerdy and a little insecure but still smart. "Miss Sapphire, what can I do for you?"

Sapphire, the far more confident of the two, huffed contentedly at herself to help alleviate his worries. "Well, I hear you have some good news for me about Project L4Eva. I'd love to hear what you've got to say and go over your findings. Want to meet me in my lab in twenty minutes?"

The line went silent aside from some idle chatter and the sound of clinking vials in the background. She could hear him psyching himself up before responding. "Y-yes miss. What should I bring with me?" It was clear he lacked confidence yet was trying his best to hide it.

"Whatever's relevant to the project. Bring your laptop, bring your samples, bring yourself. See you in twenty minutes." She then hung up on him before he could respond, sure to remain chipper and energetic through to the end. Her goal was to ensure he didn't waste time building confidence but also to make it clear she wasn't trying to be rude.

Satisfied with that start to her day, she contentedly leaned back and put her feet up on her desk, relaxing in her reclining desk chair with her legs partially spread. The door and windows to her office were sealed so the only people who could see into the room would have had to do so from a helicopter outside looking in, which gave her a few moments to herself that she could be alone. Well, about as alone as she could be while in a building with other a thousand other workers.

She remained in a reclining pose as she opened her drawer, revealing a large, perfectly shaped egg with a soft shell texture and layered semi-translucent wisps of color within forming a rainbow from one end to the other. It was about as big as her fist and made of crystalized ademane. There were enchantments within it but it seemed like its effects were different every time she used it. And by 'used it', she of course was referring to inserting it inside herself while letting its effects take a hold of her.

Sapphire took one quick glance around the room to make sure there were no window-washers outside or people hovering in front of her door waiting to find her. When she was sure she was alone, she unzipped her pants, pulled them down to her ankles, widened her stance by parting her knees, and pushing her panties to the side to expose herself. Feeling vulnerable, she opted to be quick by using her bottom two hands to hold the egg in place with its narrow end pressed up against her lips while her upper hands gabbed the bottle of spray-lube from the same drawer to offer a few spritzes to its surface.

Once it was soaked and her inner loins were moist with desire - both from her own excitement and the sprayed-on lubricant - she tossed the bottle back in the drawer and started grinding the egg-shaped gemstone against her loins. The more she rubbed and the harder she pushed on it, the more intense the sensation as its magics started to stir and activate against her flesh.

Almost instantly it became apparent that today's sensation would be a warm tingle, one that billowed up from her core to fill her body. Other days it was a buzz, a light sizzle, a vibration, or even a stinging sensation - those were great when she wanted something a bit more intense. Sometimes it heated up, others it froze up inside her, and a few times it would even course electricity through her loins, forcibly clenching her pussy walls around it. The latter was the day it got stuck inside her and she couldn't force it out.

More and more she applied more pressure while rolling the egg against herself in an attempt to get the right angle. She could feel the tapered tip prying her blue-fleshed lips apart as her stumpy, feathered tail started twitching. Then, in a sudden lurch that violently dilated her, Sapphire's pussy lips distended and swallowed the egg right out of her hand, depositing it deep inside her so that its tip was nestled comfortably against the opening of her womb.

Within seconds her lips clenched shut and sealed up, returning her external sex back to its resting state while her insides remained stretched and distended, struggling to keep the egg-gem inside her. Eager to get off and start her day with an orgasmic bang, she started idly rubbing her clit with one hand while her other slipped into herself to poke against the butt-end of the egg-gem to shift it about inside her and grind its shell-texture against her walls.

As usual, her morning ritual wouldn't take too long since she wasn't on company time yet. However, just as she was feeling like she was about to crest that horizon and plummet into pleasure, a knock came rapping on her door that forced her to panic and pull her pants back up. She took a moment to adjust her panties to once again cover her dilated opening before zipping up and getting into a proper position with her lubricated hands folded on her desk. "Come on in." She instructed the one who knocked a split second before realizing her hands were literally soaked and glistening with arousal.

A tall canine poked his head into the room, his keen nose almost instantly picking up on the aura of pheromones that were filling the room. He didn't let this stop him. "Saph, you've got someone trying to access your lab on level three. Says he's expecting you?"

Sapphire nodded. "Yeah, that's Spinel. I told him twenty minutes, though, and it's only been ten." She then looked at her laptop to see that, inexplicably, twenty five minutes had passed. Internally, she wondered how she lost fifteen minutes but then quickly shook off her self-doubt. "I'll be there in three. Allow me to collect my stuff and I'll head down." She then dismissed him and turned to her open drawer from which she clutched a towel and dried her hands off. All four of them.

Though it took her only seconds to ready herself, she still had to pause to wonder what might have happened to her perception of time. Only once she shifted her weight and felt the heaviness of the gem inside her did she think that maybe the ademane in it was messing with her. There was always a chance that such a peculiar relic could do such a thing to her, but she had a lot of research to do before jumping to any conclusions.

She opted to leave it in and study its effects throughout the work day rather than squeeze it out and miss out on an opportunity to learn more about this fascinating enchantment.

Now feeling a bit behind and irresponsible due to the loss in time, she quickly packed up her laptop as well as some reports on the project and darted out of her room to make her way to the lab.

The elevators from the fourth level to the third had their own elevator shaft just like every combination floors one to five. It was a complicated system but it worked. Unlike her prior two jaunts from the front of the building to the elevator and from the elevator to her desk, this trip that brought her to the third floor advanced labs left her a bit more stoic due to the fact that she had the egg-gem in her and its various effects were working wonders on her one bit at a time.

Sapphire had to keep her legs tight to keep the egg from being forced out of her due to the rhythmic pulsations of borderline orgasmic delight that it was coursing through her. If she relaxed in the least bit her contractions might have forced it out. This didn't help her much, especially considering the fact that the more she struggled to keep it in, the harder it became to help herself from feeling even more pleasure. For a brief moment as the elevator made its way down she considered squatting it out and putting its sopping wet mass in her bag but chose not to after reminding herself that there were surveillance cameras in the elevator.

She may have worked in a potions lab, but it still would have been uncouth to show that.

In a display of self control, she erected herself and held her satchel close to her side as she departed the elevator, tossing on a lab coat as she swiftly made her way to her solitary corner lab. When she arrived she was greeted by a slightly taller dragon with three-toned gray scales and four arms. He had a mohawk and sharp horns on his head and was standing tall with a laptop held close to his chest in much the same way one might hold a note pad. Upon closer inspection it appeared to be a touchscreen laptop with a twisting screen, perfect in the lab for data while still having a mouse and keyboard.

"I take it you're Spinel." Sapphire said in a professional tone, deliberately masking the latent pleasure she was feeling and the weakness it brought her.

He extended his hand. "Yes miss. New hire, just promoted from intern a few months ago."

"Perfect. Come with me." She instructed as she shook his hand and walked past him towards the lab. "I don't know much about what it is you have to offer so I'd love to hear it as we set up. Walk with me. Talk to me. Waste no time, that's what I say!" She winked and smiled back at him while swiping her key card to unlock the door.

"Yes miss." He repeated and followed her into the room.

A series of motion sensors detected them and turned on all the lights in the lab in a wave while each of the machines were woken to a steady, rhythmic hum. She wasn't sure what pieces of equipment she would need but was prepared for everything. The lab itself was maybe ten meters long and five meters wide - not big, but well stocked. "Well? Talk at me Spinel! I want to hear what discovery you made! Anything worth taking me off my other projects must be special!" She turned and leaned against a nearby table while laying her laptop and satchel on it next to her. Two arms on the edge and the other two crossed over her chest as she grinned as broadly as possible.

It was very important to her that she manufacture a positive and nurturing environment for her intern-turned-assistant. Last thing she needed was to scare him off.

The lab itself was specifically designed to look less like a sterile modern lab and to look more like a dank and dusty castle laboratory - the type that might be thought to bring monsters to life. It was mostly done this way as a joke but Sapphire felt it helped her with concentration when she was trying her best to get the most out of herself while working. Sure, the walls were painted and sculpted to look like bulky medieval rocks and mortar, but the lab equipment was all modern and functional.

All in all the scene and setting were both quite appealing to her even though Spinel seemed to be discomforted by it. That, or distracted. Either way, Sapphire had to take him out of his awe with a snap of her fingers. "Oi, Spinel darling, we've got work to do. Debrief me!"

The dragon shook himself out of his daze and tried his best to conceal a blush that threatened to redden his cheeks. "Sorry. Where do you want me to start?"

"Whatever you have prepared. Start from the top. Up to you, just give me the details."

"Okay, okay." He placed his laptop tablet down on a nearby table and tapped the screen a few times to make a file pop up. Once he gave it a quick read-over, he started. "You've been working on this supposed love potion for a while now but have been struggling with a few problems with the blend involved and the chemical reactions within. Your last test, though marginally successful, resulted in both parties resenting one another after the experience and feeling sensations of dread and anxiety for the duration of the test. According to your reports."

Sapphire nodded, hands still crossed over her chest. She then urged him to continue.

"Well, I think that has to do with the dragon ademane you're using in the potion. That stuff is powerful but I fear it might also have residual, instinctual blood in it. Evolutionary adaptations that are remnants from a time in our history when we-" He paused. "Wait, I'm not over-explaining, am I?"

"Just tell me everything you think is relevant to your findings." She assured him. "I don't mind dumbing it down in case we need to practice our pitch to the investors."

Spinel nodded back in agreement. "Alright, so dragon ademane might be seen as some of the most potent and abundant of all the ademane needed for potion creation, but it's also expensive and dragons are the closest saurossins to their feral ancestors. At least from a physical standpoint. Well, modern, sentient dragons are as loving and caring as any other agen in the land but their ancestors were known to be non-monogamous. Violent in their mating rituals and never known to pair up for more than a season. I think that, if we use dragon ademane, it might taint the potion and instill that resentment in the subjects."

She paused and tilted her head, already deciphering where he was going without admitting it.

He continued. "Well, if we can get ademane that's from a creature known to bond for life or just to be more casual with its encounters, we might be able to eliminate that tainted ferality from the concoction. I propose gryphon ademane but I highly doubt the boss will greenlight a project that costs that much. Gryphon ademane is remarkably-"

"Yes I know. It's one of the most expensive materials in the world. Ancient caravans used to revere it more than gold and dessert tribes used to value it more than water. I know, so unfortunately I doubt we could ever get the money for that. Even the dragon stuff was cutting it close to the cusp of our budgetary restraints. So, can't do that. Got any other ideas?"

"I do, yes. Problem is, I'm not entirely sure if you'll like it." Spinel admitted.

"Why's that?"

"I think your ademane might work. You're a hybrid, a chimera. One that probably shouldn't exist as far as evolutionary history is concerned. Like gryphons and hippogryphs and cockatrices and various other hybrids, I feel that the blend of your ancestral roots might cancel each other out. That, and if you're the one doing the enchanting I'm sure you realize that the potion will be far more potent."

She raised a hand to counter him, assuming the new hire to be foolish and foolhardy, but the moment she started putting in calculations into her formula with her own unique blend of materials she started to think he may have been onto something. Suddenly excited beyond measure, she reached out with both of her lower hands to grab his, her upper hands cradling his cheeks as she grinned. "Spinel, get your equipment ready, we've got some testing to do!"

Overwhelmed with emotion and untainted joy, both of them parted ways to collect the same ingredients from the prior tests and bring them to the lab. Sapphire practically forgot that the egg remained inside her, for her enthusiasm blocked out all forms of physical pleasure in lieu of the unique satisfaction of scientific progress.

Excited or not, the scientific method is not something that engenders elation.

Despite being so eager to start the testing, Spinel and sapphire both quickly regressed into a monotonous slog of gradual progress as they worked on each vial separately.

They started by carefully extracting Sapphire's ademane and filling a few vials with it before starting. That process was long and arduous due to the fact that she was taking it from the gland in her wrist and needed to fake casting spells with that hand while clenching her fist and getting blood flow going there. The ademane system was unique to the respiratory system but the two coursed through one's body in similar branching paths; the key difference was that the respiratory system had a heart and lungs while the ademane system had dozens of glands spread around the body.

Once they were done and Sapphire rewarded herself with a cookie, they went to the centrifuge to separate the plasma and blood from the ademane, refining it to purify it. In the end they had about fifty millilitres total, enough to make ten potions. In truth, Sapphire was a little shocked they got that much out of her since she was such a small chimera compared to many of the donors and the other members of the GPG that donated their ademane to the cause.

Upon collecting the materials needed for the first wave of testing, Sapphire took a few moments to find the proper herbs, spices, and flavors to counterbalance the flavors and texture that came with a potion's base ingredients. Ademane, though being a liquid with magical properties, had a consistency and taste akin to mucous; potions in their purest form were unpleasant to consume and often tasted so bad that all but the strongest of stomach gagged and threw them back up.

This was why potions were such a huge industry. Anyone could extract ademane and enchant the resulting potions but it took an expert to combine the reactive elements with other ingredients to make it taste and feel pleasant to consume. Some herbs and spices reacted negatively with ademane, others nullified it, and almost everything diluted it, leaving very few blends that retained their potency while also tasting tolerable.

There was an orchard outside of town called The Nectar Squeeze which was known to produce fruits and flowers that were naturally infused with ademane. The resulting juices and herbal blends could be added to potions without diluting the effects while also infusing them with flavours that made them pleasant to drink, like a fine wine.

The problem with that locale was that they had an almost entirely exclusive deal with The Vore House. The higher-ups at the GPG had gotten into aggressive negotiations with the owner and operator of The Nectar Squeeze but it seemed that no amount of coin was enough to sway his loyalty. There was a single grocery store that the orchard dealt with but Sapphire was not allowed to shop there for her wares due to some silly matter of pride.

If they won't sell to us, we won't give them any business. That was the mantra repeated ad nauseum at the company meeting after negotiations fell through and Vel'Gahrus - the owner of the orchard - put his foot down on dealing with the GPG.

This didn't stop Sapphire from using his products in her own time and had even hired her friend Kalsara to speak with the dragon owner on her behalf. This had resulted in a casual friendship between Sapphire and Vel, yet this hadn't led to him changing his stance. As a result, Sapphire had been pushing even harder to get in as an employee of the Vore House's potion division alongside the agen naga sisters known as Anax and Cero.

There used to be some basilisk saurossin working there but she'd not heard anything about him in a long time so she assumed he had gone onto do other things and was surprised to not see him as an employee of the GPG yet. At least not in her department or building. She assumed that if he was nowhere to be found he must have moved on. There were plenty of places he could find work on the side given how good he must have been to work at The Vore House.

Of course, she couldn't spend too much time pondering about the goings-on in the basement lab of her biggest competitor. Regardless of what was happening there, she had plenty to do with Spinel.

The dragon's personality had shifted significantly once the two got to business together. When they first met he was meek and a little shy but once the lab work began he quickly shed his demure nature and replaced it with something akin to one of those lab technicians you saw on television. He was confident, quick to act, authoritative, and was rarely ever seen slacking off in any way.

His shift in tone and behaviour was quite exciting to Sapphire in a way that made her loins swell around the egg gem that was still inside her. Every time he casually demanded she give him another vial or a slide to put under the microscope she paused for a moment to admire his authority before doing as she was told.

Normally she'd have hated to submit to others - especially someone of a lower rank within the GPG than her - but Spinel had gone from a brilliant but bashful underling to a commander of the lab within minutes. Such a shift was sexy to her in a way that encompassed her mind for much of their time together in the lab, creating a mild attraction that she had to actively work to suppress.

They had science to attend to.

Nevertheless, she couldn't completely avoid his natural magnetism that came out when his mind was set on making progress in the lab. There was nothing sexier to her than a partner who cared as much about scientific progress as she did. In her mind, nothing came before results.

And yet despite her distractions much of the rest of their day went by rather quickly. Once the ademane was extracted and the ingredients were chosen for maximum effectiveness, they brewed it all up together and Sapphire took the first steps towards infusing the enchantment in their concoction.

The key elements to this potion were less about mind control and forced love than they were about amplifying natural, primal responses to a partner. In their many discussions about what brought them to realize what was missing in the spell, it was actually Spinel who pointed out that the final result would be far more effective if it was used to manipulate a person's base instincts to come to the conclusion that they could fall in love. Had they tried for straight-up mind control it would not only fail but was almost certain to be misinterpreted by the consumer if the potion succeeded.

Had they tried to make a potion that forced the user to 'fall in love with the first one they saw', that first person that was seen after the potion took its effects could be some random fool, the house's pet dragon, or the person on TV delivering the news. Bodies reacted to different spells in different ways so it was often best to treat all potion enchanting as broad as possible with the effects being as simple as is necessary. Too much complication and the potion was diluted. Too much specificity and it might not take before the effects wore off.

This potion was set up to use Sapphire's own ademane and a spell that amplified natural pheromone reception by a factor of ten while also releasing more pheromones of their own. Both parties needed to take the potion at the same time on an empty stomach to ensure the best results.

"Alright Spinel, I think it's time." Sapphire said with a grin as she rubbed her four hands in a ball together. "Go get our first two test subjects and we'll do preliminary testing!"

Much to her delight, Spinel didn't even pause or hesitate when she commanded him as such despite the rules against wanton, unregistered testing on sentient agens. The rules required multiple levels of paperwork to be done before agen testing could be done, yet she told him to just get two volunteers and he didn't hesitate to dart out of the room and do as commanded with little more than a nod, a salute, and an inquiry about what sort of requirements there may be.

Sapphire made it clear that there were no limitations. Anyone who was willing to subject themselves to the experiment would do as long as they had been without potions for two full days prior. However, right before he left the lab she realized that it might be in her best interest to not bring in outsiders into the building without proper permission. Instead of risking being caught with her preemptive advancement of her tests, she opted to go a different route. Plus, it made more sense to work with some of the fruits from The Nectar Squeeze she kept at home for just such an occasion.

"Spinel, are you allowed to leave the lab to do on-site testing?" She asked with an innocent purity that was masking her devious intent.

He narrowed his eyes at her. "Whatever do you mean?" He countered, unsure how to proceed.

"Well, I have a lab at my home. Very old-school. I fear that doing agen testing here at the lab might raise suspicions since it's too early in the development cycle for sentient testings. Feel me?"

"Yeah, I feel you. So we're going to do the rest of the enchantment and testing at your place?"

Sapphire nodded with a solemn look before grinning. "Indeed. Come on, let's go." She swiped the ten vials of pure ademane, corked each one and put them in a sealed, padded suitcase while Spinel grabbed the flavorings and the two of them quickly left the lab. The lights and machines all turned off the second their feet left the floor for the last time, since everything was automated in that respect.

Leaving the building wasn't much of a hassle at all. It was common for Sapphire to do some of her daily work at home or in the field. The only person who stopped them to get a report was the saurossin by the front desk. He just wanted to know what to write down in the logbook as well as the time so Sapphire informed him the two of them were going to be doing some market research as well as collecting supplies for the flavor profiles they were looking for.

That seemed to satisfy him so he waved them both out.

"Do you do this often?" Spinel asked as he struggled to keep up with Sapphire's brisk pace. "Leaving early and lying about what you're doing, I mean."

"Not often, no. I do frequently test on agens without permission, though. I care a lot more about progress than I do about the process that gets us there. Don't question it too much and we'll have our names immortalized. Worry only about the science and the passion, not the politics." While she wasn't one for lying or twisting the truth, she had spent a lot of time preparing that speech in her head.

Content and satisfied by her answer, Spinel nodded and got into her car with her. "Fine, but I want my name on the end product, too. I work for you but I want proper acknowledgment!"

She paused and cocked her head with a half grin. "Darlin, we're in fifty-fifty on this. I wouldn't dare take credit from you." She then leaned in to peck him on the cheek to show her affection. "Now shut up and lets go get us some test subjects. I've got a list of folks who have said they're willing. I'll give them a call on the ride home and they can meet us at my home lab."

Sapphire then kicked her vehicle into gear and sped out of the parking lot, being reminded a bit too late about the egg-gem still inside her. The reverberations of the car passed through her and activated the crystal once more, giving her a gentle tingle up through her loins that excited her in such a way that she soaked right through her panties and onto the car seat. Of course, that excitement was just as much a product of her eagerness to test the potion as it was the sensations coming from her nethers.

She made her calls to the first two test subjects en route to her home, instructing them both to meet her there within the hour while Spinel took down notes and did some calculations on his tablet.

The first of the two test subjects was a black and purple dragon by the name of Sini. He was rather large compared to most - he was, after all, a full-sized dragon as opposed to a biped saurossin - but was very interested in the more minute details of the scientific process. He was a poisonous dragon, which was a very rare subtype, but that only worked in his favour and in hers because it meant he had unique biology that would ensure that if the tests worked on him they'd work on anyone.

The second of the two test subjects to actually pick up and answer was Poojawa. She was a sabre-toothed kitsune from the Farragi region to the east. As an exchange student from the orient she was just as eager to learn and subject herself to the cause if it helped to better expand upon what magic she already knew and understood. As a kitsune variant of the ciennic race, she was abnormally well gifted in magic and would be another key test subject that would help prove that if it worked on her it would work on just about anyone.

The chimera's home was buried in the woods northeast of Central Klyneth, far away from other people with her driveway partially hidden by the twisting road that snaked its way through the trees. The house itself was built like a cabin on the outside, made of logs and stacked stone with a chimney and everything but was only one story tall. The kicker was that her basement was huge and went down three levels in order to house all her testing equipment.

Poojawa was already waiting on Sapphire's front porch when Sapphire and Spinel rolled up. She was wearing a professional-looking kimono and was happily wasting time on her phone before noticing that Sapphire had arrived. Once she saw the car pull up, she put her phone away and got to her feet as she waved, every one of her tails spreading out behind her like a peacock.

Sapphire and Spinel got out of the car and Sapphire waved back. "How'd you get here so fast?"

"I don't actually live far from here and I've got a dragon friend who was happy to give me a lift. I hope you don't mind. I thought you'd be home by now." She stuck her tongue out and smiled as half of her tails twitched, showing she was trying to be as casual about it as she could.

Sapphire laughed and waved her off, dismissing her concerns. "Not a problem. If you're here, you're here. I'd rather you meet me on my front door than have to chase you down. We've got something pretty awesome here and I would hate for it to go to waste." She motioned to Spinel, who raised the briefcase with the vials of ademane inside it. "See? We have ten samples, which means five attempts."

Poojawa cocked her head to the side, confused. "So what exactly is the experiment, here?" She asked Sapphire as the homeowner walked up to the front porch with her and passed her in place.

"Well, it's a love potion, in theory. Basically the idea is that we want to create a potion that is able to bring lovers together or increase bonds with one another by manipulating their body chemistry. If you take one vial and our other subject takes the other while you're together, you should start feeling lust and hopefully at least some love for one another." Sapphire explained as she unlocked the door and invited both Poojawa and Spinel in after her.

Her home was pretty simple and shockingly mundane compared to what Spinel and Poojawa may have expected from her personality. The cabin was just one open room with doors to what appeared to be a bathroom and Sapphire's bedroom. The rest of the cabin was a combination kitchen, dining room, living room, rec-room, and laundry room in one, with a TV and couches in one corner, an open reading room with bookshelves lining another corner, and the food-related amenities in the third corner leaving only the final corner to be cordoned off as a bathroom and bedroom.

Once inside the lights all came on just like in her lab. Seconds later, a shadow darted over her house followed by a thud that could be felt in their feet.

Sapphire put her stuff on the kitchen island next to her while rushing to the larger back door. Seconds later, a knocking could be heard and she quickly opened the door to reveal Sini - the much larger dragon who had come by wing and had landed on the pad designated for dragons in Sapphir's back yard. "Come on in!" She said before he could even introduce himself.

"I came as fast as I could! Then I cleaned up and took to the skies!" He joked before ducking in and reveling in the laughter that came from Poojawa and Spinel. "Thank you, thank you. So what is it exactly that's going on?"

Having just been asked that question by Poojawa, she recited the exact same thing verbatim while Sini flopped his rump down on the couch next to the others. Luckily, her home was big enough for feral dragons as well as bipedal agens.

When she was done with her explanation, he raised a front talon as if to ask a question. "Wait, if you're using this as a sort of enhancement for musk or whatever, wouldn't my poisons also be affected? I mean, it sounds like this is just going to amplify what I already do."

"Perfect!" Sapphire said with a chirp and a giggle. "If you already have a similar system in you that influences those around you, then use it! It might amplify the potion's effects. Now, if I have my enchantment done correctly it should trigger when the two of you spend time together. So here." She turned and grabbed the suitcase with the vials, quickly opening it up and grabbing the first two to hold them up in front of her face. They were the only ones that had been infused thus far and were also the only ones that had flavor enhancers in them. "Each of you take one."

Everybody paused, somewhat unsure of how to proceed. It was Spinel who spoke up. "Uh, boss? Don't you think that, given the serious difference in size between them that maybe Sini should have more than Poojawa? I mean, those samples are both exactly five millilitres and he's many times larger than her."

"Good point. Uh, here." Sapphire gently laid the vials back down and pulled out a shot glass from one of her cupboards. She then poured all of the first vial into it and half of the second vial. "I never drink so these things won't get much use. Here, bottoms up!" She gently extended the vial in one hand to Poojawa and the shot glass of potion to Sini in the other hand.

Both took their samples and downed them quickly. Poojawa gagged a bit as she struggled to swallow while Sini didn't seem to have any issues. Perhaps his experience had numbed him to the slimy texture of potions over the years.

"Now, we observe. Come Spinel! Join me in the kitchen while these love birds get to know each other! We have science to do!" She raised a now-empty glass and quickly went to comically hide behind her kitchen island with her laptop next to her while Spinel remained in place with his tablet in front of him. The both of them then hunkered down to watch, deliberately doing their best to not taint the results or directly influence the mood.

This left both Sini and Poojawa sitting on opposite sides of the coffee table just staring awkwardly at one another. Neither really knew how to start the conversation.

It was Sini who spoke up first. "So, uh, I guess this is science, then? Do you feel anything yet? I mean, I know I'm sexy and irresistible but I doubt you're falling in love with me."

Poojawa shrugged and shook her head. "Nothing yet. You seem like a nice guy and all, but I'm still not sure how this is supposed to work. Hey Sapp-"

"Shhh! We're not here." Sapphire interrupted, sure to cut Poojawa off before she could finish. "As far as you are concerned it's just you and a big, sexy, hunky dragon with a presumably huge cock and massive knot for you. Think about that as you converse. Now, go!" She motioned towards them like a film director initiating the action. Beside her, Spinel remained standing tall with his tablet cradled against his forearm taking notes.

Once again left to their own devices, Sini and Poojawa both turned to one another and shrugged to show that neither of them was really all that sure what to do next.

Though it was clear that Poojawa was a little bashful and feeling awkward about the situation, she did her best to act natural by probing him a bit about the situation. "Well, since we're here I'm curious, what made you want to be a test subject for a rogue scientist? One might call her a mad scientist, perhaps?" She waggled her eyebrows and flicked her tails as she glanced sidelong at a simmering Sapphire. "Personally, I am here to learn."

"Same." Sini answered. "I love to learn new things and they agreed to share the results with me if it works. I just love experimenting with new potions and spells and enchantments and stuff. Oh, and the money is nice too. Could always use the coin." The very tip of his tail wagged as he glanced around the room, still not feeling much in the way of attraction.

She wasn't feeling any different but was very quickly loosening up to chat with him. Usually she wouldn't have been so open and forthright with a stranger but figured that since it was a scientific environment it would be pertinent to share and not hold back. Of course, that could have been the potion loosening her lips instead of her will. Either way, she had no problems sharing. "She promised me fifty silver for this. Good for a few day's worth of work I think. Of course, it'd be better if it was also insured but offering yourself for science is a noble cause."

"Yeah I'm getting paid the same." Sini concurred.

It was actually Spinel who spoke up. "Hey, come on, pay isn't sexy. Get with talking about intimate stuff. By my estimations there has to be at least a tangible level of arousal for the potion to take effect. The key is in one's pheromones. Remember, this is less about coercing strangers to fall in love and more about strengthening existing bonds."

This irked Poojawa a bit. "Then shouldn't you have gotten two people who actually know each other first? I definitely feel like you could have chosen better participants."

Sapphire sighed and rolled her eyes as she tapped a few keys on her keyboard. She barely spent the energy to turn and look at them as she explained why she chose them. "You were the first two who answered my call. Trust me, I started with friends who were familiar with one another but couldn't find anyone in the middle of the day and on such short notice. Just act the part and keep in mind how things end up working for you. If you notice any particular changes in demeanor or your willingness to do kinky things. Any little bit helps. Go ahead, flirt a bit!"

Poojawa took this as a challenge. She wasn't the type to randomly flirt with others for no reason, but given her status as a foreign exchange student at the Klyneth Academy of Science and Magic, she had a duty to her education to put herself in situations that made her feel awkward as a quest to learn. Knowing this, she sighed and got up from her seat opposite Sini to push into him, easing him onto his side on the couch while leaving enough room for herself to nestle up against his belly. While there, she leaned into him, using his torso as a backrest with her arm slipping up his flank. "You know, science is sexy. Knowledge turns me on, and experimentation makes me wet."

To her utter shock, she didn't recoil in horror the moment the words left her lips. On the contrary, for a brief moment before she regained her lucidity she actually believed every word and regretted none of them.

Sini felt awkward at first as she had eased him onto his side but he quickly relaxed with his head on the arm rest and his tail flopped over the opposite one. He was a very large dragon compared to Poojawa and his body barely fit on the oversized couch. Like her, he felt like he should have been bashful or reluctant but quickly found himself compliant in her advances. The tip of his tail flicked near the floor and he raised his front talons as the first signs of a swelling in his loins made him tingle.

He didn't need to say anything to let her know he was gradually allowing himself to get in the mood; and just like her, he found his willingness was far more prevalent than he may have expected. He was no stranger to physical affection but that didn't mean he was the kind to randomly jump on folks. Or, for that matter, let others jump on him. Still, her demanding nature did plenty to ensure he was compliant and even eager to see where she went with it and how. Love was not what he would use to describe what he felt but would be lying to himself if he didn't admit he was lusting after her.

"I see you're loosening up a bit." Poojawa joked as she slid her opposite arm down his flank towards his loins, deliberately caressing his belly near his emerging cock. She was very deliberate in her motions, opting to get close without ever actually touching his member, teasing him to see what she had to do to make him expose more of himself to her. As she leaned back into him - with all of her tails serving as a buffer between her back and his chest - she couldn't help but notice how well endowed he was. As a dragon compared to her kitsune-hybrid size, she was genuinely concerned he wouldn't fit.

Of course, the potion did its job by completely obliterating her inhibitions. As far as she was concerned, his girth was a mere challenge to overcome. Deep down inside as her lucid mindset was further repressed, she wondered what was wrong with her given her eagerness and willingness to impale herself, but those concerns quickly dissipated when she got a whiff of Sini's aura, which smelled faintly of blueberries and plums. The sticky sweet pungent nature of it practically coated her nostrils so thick she could taste it, making her gulp and lick the roof of her maw.

Sini saw her squirming and sniffing and licking as more of his aura billowed up between them. Oftentimes he had complete control over his own bodily functions - it was his poison mist she was smelling and tasting - but the potion inside him was making him emit the fruity aroma beyond his own control. This wasn't really a problem for him, since he was getting what he wanted anyway while Poojawa was rubbing near his emerging member.

Rather than wait for her to make the next move, he shifted in place so all four of his talons were up in the air and his belly was completely exposed. This served its purpose by ensuring she had access to his cock but also displaced her right off the side of the couch, forcing her to flop down on the ground next to him. He felt like he should have blushed, somewhat bashful over awkwardly pushing her away like that, but he couldn't muster any energy for anything other than clenching his loins and bucking his hips to expose more of his length and spurt a gooey strand of precum over his belly and the couch.

A tiny rope of his pre-ejaculate splashed over Poojawa's snout as she struggled to get her footing once more. The sudden and intense smell blasted her nostrils and triggered a natural response to lick it off herself. This proved to be the ignition she needed to take the next step. The fruity yet musky flavor of it coaxed her into a level of sexual aggression that nobody was prepared to deal with. She quickly tore her clothes off and hopped up onto the couch to stand tall over Sini, one leg on either side of his hips. Had she brandished a crop she'd have been the visual representation of a dominatrix.

Her sexual dominance had been triggered and now there was no stopping her. While still on her feet, she squatted down and cradled the tip of Sini's cock with one hand - soaking her palm in the process - before using that same hand to smear his natural lubricant up and down her pussy lips; She even briefly slipped a few slime-covered digits into herself to better lubricate herself by mixing his fluids with her own.

While still observing, Spinel leaned over to Sapphire with tablet still in hand. "Is this what you expected?" He asked her in a hushed whisper, referring simply to the brisk and aggressive sexual aggression shown by Poojawa. Sini was cooperative but still relatively tame compared to her.

"Eventually, yeah. I was hoping for more flirting first, though. Keep watching and see what happens." She turned back to watch as Poojawa continued to squat over Sini, grinding her hips against the underside of his shaft to squish his member against his own belly.

No words were exchanged between the two test subjects; no words needed to be said and the potions were doing their jobs a little too well. As such, both dragon and Kitsune held no reservations about achieving the orgasm they both demanded of each other.

She cradled his cock tip once more and hoisted it up, grinding against it as she did so. Without breaking eye contact she angled his length and her body just right so that she could feel his tapered tip pressing against her lips and parting her wide; he was prepared to fill her up and they both knew it.

So he bucked once. Only once, but that was all he needed. With one firm yet brisk motion he forced his cock tip into her with a pop followed by an audible squelch as juices and fluids sputtered out of her and onto his belly. For a single second after lurching into her Sini worried he may have hurt her - he was many times her size and his cock was nearly as thick as her leg - but that moment passed when he saw her rear back with a smile on her face, sabre-teeth quivering in delight as her saliva dripped off the tips of each one.

Poojawa shuddered in delight and wagged her hips as each of her tails flicked and twitched erratically. It took her mere seconds to shift her tone and mood from that of one adjusting to a cumbersome insertion back to her more dominant and in-control self. Once her quivering depths relaxed enough to let him slip in a bit deeper, she bent her knees and started to slowly descend upon his length, her plump lips swallowing him up with ease despite their discrepancy in size.

Under most circumstanced both Sini and Poojawa would have taken their time and gradually built up to something more intense but neither of them had the patience to wait. As a result, Sini wrapped his large front talons around her waist and pushed down while also tensing his haunches to lift his hips towards her; at the same time, she was happily squatting down and wiggling her hips to slowly swallow more and more of him until all of his length - sans the knot - was inside her.

She could feel the bulges of his knot swelling against her hip bones, threatening to squeeze tight through her opening and bulge out inside her. Despite knowing that, under most circumstances that would not only be foolish but impossible, she wanted it. She wanted it so much that she reached down between her legs and wrapped both hands around the base of his knot and lifted her knees up so that not only was literally all of her weight balanced precariously on his knot - held in place by his shaft plugging her pussy up tight - but she was also tugging on him to force him in deeper.

There was no pain. No sensation of tearing or anything unpleasant in the least. On the contrary, she felt only pleasure and the pressure that came with a proper knot-fucking. As far as she could tell, she could bounce on him like she was trying to wear him down and tire him out without consequence, so she did. With all her might she slammed herself down and ground her hips against his knot every time, smearing their collective juices against his bulge and her lips as well as her inner thighs; she wanted to be soaked in that musky sweetness that had been swirling between them this whole time.

Sini, on the other claw, was at that point where he needed to finish and do so quickly. There was a deep-rooted sensation of discomfort building up inside of him akin to blue-balls; if he didn't finish soon he would get cramps so bad he wouldn't be able to walk!

This struck him as remarkably odd since he was not the type to need such aggressively quick release after starting. He and Poojawa had only been flirting and fooling around for ten or fifteen minutes - his sessions could last hours without issue and often did - so it seemed odd that his needs were building so quickly. However, he was able to quickly bush his concerns aside as a side effect of the potion and casually carry on.

And by 'carry on', that meant he bared his fangs, snarled, dug his claws into her hips, and forced her down as hard as he could until his knot lobes squeezed past her opening and burst into her depths, swelling inside and locking them together as that first gush of seed erupted directly into her womb.

At the exact same time his essence burst into her, she felt her loins quake in delight, her muscles clenching and nearly forcing his knot out all at once as a seething pleasure emanated from her loins. She threw her head back and relaxed in every way she could to ensure she felt his firm knot flesh swelling and throbbing inside her alongside every one of his rhythmic ejaculations.

Yet, as blissful as she was, she was barely lucid enough to see the danger before her.

Sini had already begun to snarl in the moments leading up to his knot and shaft lurching deeply into her, and the advent of his lobes swelling inside her and locking them together triggered his carnal, primal instincts that told him to feed! The moment she got comfortable with his massive knot plugging her pussy, he lunged forward with his fleshy, glistening maw directly at her face!

In an instant he clamped his jaws around her head and grabbed her shoulders with his front talons, pinning her arms to her side as he widened his stance and forced her snout - sabretoothed fangs and all - down his gullet. His throat massaged her, soaking her in saliva from nose to neck as he bit down and started to tug.

Though this might have been a rather dire circumstance for most, Poojawa quickly came to love what was happening to her and lean into it. She actively nuzzled at his gullet, struggling to slip her tongue out to lap at his throat walls as his maw sucked on her upper body and tugged her entire form. If not for the knot tied deep into her, she'd have already been gulped up with ease! In a way, the tension that came from the tugging motions was helping to get her off even more, accentuating the pleasure that coursed through her lower body every time.

And yet, despite the teeth chomping down on her torso and the knot the size of a pair of sports balls swelling to full girth and yanking on her pussy from within, she felt no pain. Not only did she feel no pain, but the more intense he tugged and the harder he jerked his neck to swallow more of her head first, the deeper the bliss she lost herself in.

Which was why, even as she was practically passing out from persistent orgasmic delight, she nearly lost all self-control when the strength of his neck and upper body overcame the pressure exerted by his knot on her loins. With one violent yanking of his neck - his teeth digging into her belly and putting pressure on his cock through her abdominal wall - he yanked her loose from the tie with an audible pop followed by the symphony of splashes and squelches and splats that came out of her gaping pussy in the seconds after his length popped out.

A torrent of seed and bodily fluids soaked Sini and the couch as the dragon wrapped both of his talons around Poojawa's thighs, clawtips slipping into her gaping chasm one last time as he forced her down his throat. He wrapped his tongue up under her loins between her legs and twisted his neck to help force her down as each and every one of her many tails splayed and twitched near his nose. The tickle of her fur brought him to the verge of a sneeze - one he resisted at the last possible moment - which constricted his gullet around her in such a way it yanked the rest of her into him all at once!

Poojawa squirmed and wriggled, arms pinned to her side and snout pressed against gullet flesh, snaking her way down his throat until she felt her form lurch down and land with a splat in his belly. This should have incited a panic inside her but she was fine with it. Not only was she fine, but being soaked from head to toe in saliva and cum and her own arousal as well as his belly juices only made her want to pleasure herself even more. However, when she found herself in a position that allowed for her to slip a few fingers into herself she quickly found that her pussy had already miraculously constricted back to near-virgin tightness even after being torn open by his knot yanked out of her.

Of course, Sapphire and Spinel were having a bit of a panic attack as they watched Sini swallow down their other participant with little concern.

"This isn't a vore potion, is it?" Spinel asked, heart racing and chest heaving with each panicked breath. "I mean, can you even do that? Do you even know the spell to make that happen?"

Sapphire had already turned on her recording device on her laptop and was desperately searching through her cupboards to find the regurgitation potion she kept for such a situation. She was capable of producing vore potions - she had been studying the digestive tracts of vore-positive predators for years now - but that was not part of this experiment and she hadn't prepared for this.

Sini, however, was now relaxed and flopped onto his back with a bulge in his belly and a mess over his chest that dripped down over his sides and onto the couch. He was spent, yet as his orgasmic delight faded and he grew to regain his self control, he still didn't want to react in any way. Rather, he was content to remain on his back with a full belly and drained, satisfied balls.

At least that was until Sapphire darted up next to him and used three hands to pry open his maw while the fourth poured a potion down a gullet that he couldn't help but swallow. "Out back, now!" She said with an authority that was unlike her.

He wasn't sure how to respond, but a few seconds later a wave of nausea rolled over him and he did as commanded, stumbling past furniture and the kitchen island to burst through the back doors and into the back yard clearing where he had landed when he arrived. Mere seconds later he was hunched over with his maw agape and jaws parted as wide as they would go, his entire torso retching and constricting around Poojawa inside him.

She may have loved the sensation but it didn't take long at all to force her out of him in a gooey, slimy burst of saliva and every bodily fluid short of blood. She landed with a splat on the ground with each of her tails gummed up from stomach juices and every patch of fur compressed to the skin. It took her a moment to wipe her eyes clear of the fluids and look up to see Sini's gaping maw, Sapphire looking stern and worried, and Spinel taking data on his tablet.

"What happened? Why'd you force me out?" She asked, half-consciously curling her arms around herself in a hug to keep warm. "I'm cold, now."

Sapphire knelt next to her and put two of her hands on Poojawa's shoulder. She then pulled away when she realized how slimy she was. "That wasn't a vore potion, I feared for your life."

After aligning his jaw, belching a few syllables, and licking his chops, Sini assuaged her fears. "Don't worry, I can control that if need be. She was never in any danger." He was telling half of a truth; he could control his digestive system but his potion-induced sexual aggression had kept him from doing so. They didn't need to know that.

Sapphire was quite interested to hear this. "Hey, I didn't know that. Would you, perchance, be interested in maybe one day letting me take some samples from inside you for my research?"

"Sure, any time! Don't hesitate to ask!" Sini wiped saliva off his cheek and got back to all fours, his thick body bulged and a little loose from being distended by his meal. "So as for this session, what did we learn?"

Spinel looked at his data and glanced over to Sapphire for confirmation before answering. "We don't know for sure yet; we have to compile the data and review the tapes before we can know precisely what went wrong or how to fix it."

"We have your information - both of you - so once we have some answers we'll be sure to share." Sapphire then smiled over at Sini. "And you in particular, I'd love to do a followup some day. In the meantime, both of your accounts have been paid and your services are no longer ne-"

"Wait, Sapphire." Spinel interrupted. "We should really get them to explain what they felt before they go." This was a good idea and both test subjects agreed.

Sapphire nodded. "Alright. So go get cleaned up under the waterfall out back, I'll make dinner - a real meal, not friends - and we can discuss what happened before you guys leave. Sound good?"

Sini and Poojawa both nodded in agreement before subtly glancing at one another.

"Good! Dismissed for now. Spinel, I'd love to chat with you a bit in the kitchen before we start dinner. Okay with you?"

Spinel nodded and smiled in agreement while Poojawa and Sini both sauntered off past the treeline to find the waterfall that cascaded down over the cliffs out back. Sini knew exactly where it was since he had seen it when he was flying in and landing. However, it was a little ways away so Poojawa hopped up on his back and rode him there after failing to get a grip on his scales multiple times. She was still soaked in lube and cum and belly juices.

At the same time, Sapphire and Spinel retired to the cabin to compile data. They had quite a task ahead of them even before they took in testimony from the two subjects.

Sini and Poojawa returned from their cleaning spot under the waterfall a curious half hour after they were originally sent out there. This was particularly odd since it only took a few minutes to walk there and back and cleaning couldn't have taken more than a few minutes on its own. Regardless, Sapphire and Spinel were both happy to greet them and debrief them once they came back.

Sapphire, despite her intention to cook a nice meal for her guests, ended up ordering food instead. She didn't have time and found herself far too focused on gathering results and documenting everything she could in the brief window that she had to herself.

Dinner was lovely for all involved. Sapphire and Spinel managed to compile much of the data before dinner arrived while Sapphire interrogated both Sini and Poojawa about their experiences.

In between bites, Sapphire excitedly probed about what they felt, what went through their minds before, during, and after the potion took effect, what they were feeling now, and everything in between. By the time their meal had concluded, Sapphire had a pretty descriptive and comprehensive datalog that involved both participants and their mindset throughout as well as a measurement of how much Poojawa's female genitals were able to expand to accommodate the far larger dragon.

While the meal was pleasant, it was clear to all of her guests that Sapphire was laser-focused on her work and was keen on extracting every bit of data she could before moving on. This was not a terrible behaviour when in a scientist but was less than appealing in a host. Luckily Spinel, Poojawa, and Sini all understood this and were as polite and helpful as they could be.

Once dinner was over and the guests were ready to leave, Sapphire escorted them both out the back door together while Spinel packed his things and got ready to leave as well. Sapphire stopped him from departing alongside their test subjects. She wasn't done with him yet, so the two of them happily waved goodbye to Poojawa and Sini with a smile on their faces.

The last thing Sapphire and Spinel saw was Sini wrapping his maw around Poojawa's upper body once more before spreading his wings and leaping into the air, gulping her down as he flapped and gained enough altitude to skim over the nearby treetops. As it turned out, they must have planned that in their alone time by the waterfall; at least that's what Sapphire assumed.

"Quite the kinky couple." Spinel noted. "So why am I still here? The work day's over and there isn't anything left for me to do here so I really should go home."

Sapphire shook her head and guided him back inside as she closed the door behind him. "Well, we can do some calculations and try again on another set if you'd like."

"Wouldn't we need to go back to the lab to-"

"Why would we need to do that? We have eight more ademane samples and I have a wealth of Nectar Squeeze fruits to infuse it with flavor. Combine that with my own enchanting skills and we have all we need to try another pair of potential lovers. No need to waste time going back into town in order to...do what, exactly?" She whipped out her laptop and started typing, recording more data while waiting on Spinel's response.

Just like every other situation, Spinel was compliant with her suggestions. He wasn't the type to let his boss control him so he wasn't in a submissive role in this situation, but he acknowledged that she was right, she made a lot of sense, and there was no reason to argue with her. Besides, he wanted to find out what was next for the experiment as much as she did and having fresh data to work with was invigorating. "Yeah, I suppose you're right." He confessed, smiling as he got his tablet back out and started typing and refining data next to her.

Over the following hours the two of them made progress by leaps and bounds. They stood in the kitchen and compared notes, called from across the cabin to the other to share revelations, and shifted from place to place in an effort to keep things fresh. They only stopped to give a deep clean to the couch that Sini had marked with his seed while still going over variables to see what went wrong.

Or, more specifically, what went right.

The potion worked. It wasn't perfect, but it worked. According to the testimony of the test subjects, they did feel a connection even if it was brief and accentuated by a complete removal of inhibitions. They were completely in control of themselves but found that their desire to do what was needed for the experiment and their carnal needs were pushing them to act as they had. While Sini's natural aura might have influenced their sexuality there was no denying that the intended effect was there even if it was hiding under their first subject's natural musk.

This was why Sapphire decided she knew exactly who next to summon for the followup. Her next test subjects would be GryphRaptor and Dustafyer; one hybrid and one feline. Like Poojawa and Sini, both were strangers; unlike the prior subjects, these two were closer in biology. Gryphraptor was a hybrid of saurossin and gryphon, and a gryphon was half feline even if no feline features came through in hir. Still, the blood was inside hir and shi had more potential to find attractiveness in Dustafyer.

When she called them both up, they made it clear that while both were eager to be in a testing environment - especially considering the pay - it was too late at night for them to go all the way out to northeast Klyneth. As such, it was agreed that they would show up at sunrise the following day.

Sapphire then escorted Spinel to the underground of her home to introduce him to her hidden dungeon lair. This locale was a three-level subterranean lab with many of the same amenities she was granted at the GPG lab, though there were some key omissions and limitations on power. Upon first opening the doors to reveal her lab, she made a joke about how clear it was they didn't need to go back to their work building to do what they needed.

Their actual lab work consisted only of infusing the ademane with the specially bred and cultivated fruit juices from The Nectar Squeeze and enchanting the potion with a very similar spell as the first batch. The key difference in round two was that it was less about enhancing natural attraction through pheromone manipulation and was more focused on removing inhibitions while triggering dopamine release upon getting near the other consumer of the same potion concoction.

As it stood, one of the key elements in this experiment was to be absolutely certain that both participants drank the exact same potion with the exact same blend at the exact same time. With that in mind, Sapphire mixed them both in one beaker before dispersing them both in two vials, that way both had the exact same concoction with the exact same ratios.

"Finally! I think we have our ingredients for round two! I think it's getting late so we shall depart! Sleep time!" Sapphire declared as she held up a vial to her face and smiled, all three of her other arms resting on her hip in a pose of pure pride.

Spinel nodded and put his final notes in his tablet before saving the data and shutting it down. "I'll call up a ride to take me home. First thing tomorrow, right? At dawn?"

"Naw, you can stay here if you'd like. No need to waste time and energy travelling to North Klyneth just to do the same again tomorrow at such an hour. You can sleep here if that makes things easier. I know it makes it easier for me."

A blush welled up in Spinel's cheeks. "A-are you sure? That seems odd, doesn't it? I mean, you're my boss and all so is this appropriate?"

Sapphire shrugged and lightly patted him on the shoulder while her lower hand grabbed his. "Spinel, darling, when you're on a quest for knowledge, only science matters. Don't worry about what's appropriate and what's not. If you're inappropriate with me I'd be happy to tell you. Until then, the only limits are that of scientific progress." She then leaned in and gave him a playful peck on the cheek. "Come on, my bed's big enough for the both of us."

Spinel's blush grew and intensified as his scales stood on end. "That has to be inappropriate, doesn't it? I was gonna sleep on the couch or something. I'm happy on the cou-"

"Nonsense, that couch is still a bit wet from the cleaning and it might be weeks before the smell of Sini's musk evaporates out of it. Plus, I can assure you my bed is the most pleasant and I have the softest of blankets. Come; if you're truly uncomfortable I'll sleep on the couch. I personally believe we've made too much progress to not celebrate together."

He knew exactly what that meant but wasn't prepared to deal with such a proposal. He was happy and eager to please her when in the lab and the show of Sini and Poojawa had certainly turned him on but he lacked the confidence or brash nature to take that any further. He was sure of himself when doing science but wasn't in any way ready for physical intimacy, especially not with Sapphire.

She could tell that he was hesitant so she once again took his hand and eased him back to the stairwell to the main floor, deliberately leaving their laptop and tablet on the lab table with the potions in the minifridge underneath. Once they left, all the lights automatically turned off to highlight only her most striking features, a halo around her upper body's form.

"So, uh, you are talking about what I think you're talking about, right?" Spinel asked, eager to get a straight answer before he committed to anything. He was no fool but didn't know Sapphire well enough to know if she had the personality to invite him to sleep with her.

"Why are you still talking, Spinel? We've had a wonderful day full of progress; I think we should take some time to celebrate and what better way to do so than in bed? I don't know about you, but I know all this research has gotten me in the mood. Oh, and if I can share a secret with you-" She leaned in and took his hand in hers, guiding his palm down over her loins to slip a couple of fingers into her so that he could feel the egg still throbbing and lightly humming inside.

He gulped as his eyes widened, shocked not only at how casually she'd shoved his digits into her but at how wet she was and the size of the gem inside her. Only then did he come to gain enough self-confidence to curl his fingers upward, wedging his fingertips between the gem and her G-spot on the roof of her pussy, pressing it like a button to give her pleasure.

"That's a bit more like it." She encouraged, then took both her bottom arms to pull him out of her. "But not down here, upstairs. My room. Come on." She turned and leapt up the stairwell taking it two stairs at a time so that every lunge constricted her loins around the gem and accentuating what she felt. Spinel followed at half the pace, meeting her on the main floor once more as he struggled to hide his erection under his lab coat.

Sapphire saw this and shook her head, meeting him at the top of the stairs to lift up his garment and undo his belt. "There's no need to hold this back." She informed him, tossing his belt to the side and unzipping his pants. "If you're aroused you're aroused. That's just how it works. I've been in this industry long enough to know that holding back and trying to be a gentleman only results in blue balls. Come on, let's take care of that; and don't worry, we're far enough apart as species to ensure you won't impregnate me."

That wasn't really a concern in Spinel's mind, but hearing it did seem to melt away the last of his reservations. He gulped and nodded efore chasing her into her room - a simple bedroom with a bed in the middle, a dresser and end table on either side, and a wall-length closet to the left. As he took those final steps to close this distance between himself, Sapphire, and the bed, he shed his lab coat and pants, leaving him wearing only his lab shoes and socks.

At the same time, Sapphire hopped up onto the bed and crawled away from him on all fours, lab coat still on but flipped up over her haunches with her tail raised to expose her sex. How she managed to slip her pants off in that brief moment wasn't clear but she was nude from the waist down and so eager to have him in her that her lips parted to reveal the egg-gem inside, its berth glowing and humming as her walls twitched in orgasmic delight. He hadn't even mounted her yet and she was already lost to the throes of passion.

Such an invitation was not one to be refused - not even by a relatively shy Spinel - so he crawled up on the bed behind her and sidled up next to her, hand cradling under her tail to part her lips and rub her clit at the same time. His touch made her arch her back and push into him, loins clenching tight around the gem while also leaking a silken strand of arousal into his palm. There was a moment of hesitation as Spinel wondered what he should do next but Sapphire took control by grunting and squeezing down a second time, forcing the gem out with a pop and a gush of her natural lubricant.

He could feel the weight of it in his hand accentuated by the force of her lips squeezing the last of the egg-gem out of her. Part of it was still past her vulva and grinding against her walls, stimulating her further; This encouraged and inspired Spinel to lean into her even heavier, flexing his bicep to once again force the gem back into her with an equally messy lurch followed by a series of wet squelches and sputters as her flesh swallowed it back up and kissed his palm en route to closing around its berth.

In that instance, Spinel's mind darted through a dozen potential followups; overwhelmed by the options laid before him he went with his most powerful instinct - that of a dominant drake. He may have been somewhat nerdy and science-driven, but that didn't stop him from having a traditionally aggressive side that came out of him when his drakehood was stirred.

The dragon slipped his hand under her to cradle her belly and rub her clit before forcefully flipping her over onto her back, where he tugged on her thighs to bring her in close before diving snout first into her, his cheeks pressed up between her inner thighs as his tongue probed her depths. Much to his delight she tasted lovely, like peaches and blueberries at the same time mixed with a silky, viscous fluid that also had a hint of tanginess that urged him to continue.

However, as much as he would have loved to use his tongue to please her for hours, Sapphire's arousal spiked up at the touch of his tongue on her clit and she clenched down as hard as she could, once more ejecting the egg from her depths, this time forcing its blunt end to strike his snout before falling onto her bed between them. She remained slightly gaped, using both her lower hands to pry and rub her vulva and clit while waiting for Spinel to make the next move.

Still enthralled by his drake-like need for aggressive dominance, Spinel wasted no time crawling over her to press his hips to hers, one hand wrapped around her thigh for leverage and the other gripping his fully exposed cocks. The drake was gifted with hemipenes stacked one on top of the other. With one well-timed buck of his hips, he plunged every ridge and every lobe of his member into her hungry pussy, his second member below it prodding at her tail hole but not quite penetrating her.

She arched her back and wrapped all four arms around his shoulders and sides, holding him in place while doing her best to urge him to fill both her rump and pussy at the same time. She didn't know before this that he was doubly equipped to handle her but the instant she found out she knew she had to have both of him at the same time. The best way to do this was to ensure he had the best chance to slip into her and she did this by raising her hips and using one of her lower hands to get a hold of his lower shaft, guiding it into her.

Spinel picked up on what she was doing and quickly angled himself just right, easing both members into her at the same time with one in her rump and one in her sex. He wasn't surprised one bit when his top knot slipped into her pussy with ease but his lower knot had a hard time popping into her much tighter tail hole.

"Don't worry about me." She whispered into his ear as three of her hands patted and teased his upper body. "The egg's residual effects make me nigh invincible. Buck until I pop!" It was a peculiar thing to say but it was spoken with such passion and conviction that lacked room for interpretation.

Even though he was a touch hesitant to do as commanded in that case, he shrugged his shoulders and pushed into her with all his might, hands on her hips and snout buried in her neck while he struggled with the option of biting her for extra dominance.

Then, in a fleeting moment of hesitation, Spinel came to realize that something wasn't right. He wasn't acting like himself even when rutting like a feral drake; in his mind and for that brief few seconds as he ground his hips against hers in an attempt to pop that second knot in, he came to realize that there must have been some residual effects from when Sini's aura filled the room. He was acting far more sexually aggressive than he would have had he been at home with a partner.

Sapphire quickly caught onto this brisk hesitation and took control of the situation by wrapping her legs around and flipping him onto his back so that she was riding him cowgirl. While she was straddling his waist with both of his cocks inside her, she started grinding down as hard as she could in the vain hopes of taking both knots. She could feel the bulges pressing against her lips and the rim of her rump but was worried she might not succeed in swallowing him up.

Sensing she wouldn't take him fully, she started aggressively bouncing on him to have his length thrust in and out of her from tip to knot every time. Pleasure quickly built in her as his twin members assaulted her depths, forcing her to bite her lower lip and wrap all four of her arms around his neck and torso while all four of his arms did the same to her. The two shared a passionate nuzzle of a near-kiss before Spinel bit down on her neck and bucked one final time into her.

Both of his knots popped into her in rapid succession as a pair of semen shots exploded deep into her, painting her flesh white and leaking out to soak his loins at the same time. He bit down even harder a second time as his second load burst from his loins, the added pressure forcing both knots to pop back out of her with a thick layer of white coating his member and trickling over his knot lobes.

Spinel was left grunting and growling into her neck as he finished one last time inside her only to be pried off her neck and forced into a kiss by his boss.

In that moment, both Sapphire and Spinel paused to be in each other's embrace. Sapphire had been riding a high of orgasmic pleasure that had started long before the egg gem had popped out of her and she was growing increasingly weak at his touch with each passing moment.

When she pulled away from him to stare him in the eyes, she smiled and leaned onto his cocks while wiggling her hips. "So tell me, would you consider this a successful experiment?"

He gulped and whimpered to himself, not sure how to respond; his more timid side had taken over after climaxing so quickly with her and he was embarrassed to have not given her the lengthy session he assumed she would have wanted. All he could do to respond was slowly nod while trying his best to avoid the eye contact she was trying to maintain.

Sapphire saw this and grabbed his chin. "Don't go meek on me now, hun." She then leaned in with her hand still cradling his chin and gave him another kiss. "You and I, we make a great team. I hope we'll spend a lot more time together. And if we make more progress in the future, I can promise you more after-work fun; now relax and enjoy yourself, bask in the glow of a job well done."

"W-well done?" He squeaked. "But I finished so quickl-"

"Who cares how long it lasted, I can barely move and my knees are weak. You did your job and more importantly you've shown your use in the lab. Don't devalue yourself, mmkay?" She then gave him one last peck on the cheek and rolled off him to lay on her back next to him, body splayed out on the bed as his seed seeped out and soaked her tail.

Still unsure of how to respond, Spinel went with the tried and true method of remaining silent as he cradled his head in his upper two hands while his lower two hands covered his groin. He didn't bother draping her bedsheets over him for fear his creamy cum splatter would ruin them. Dragon seed was known to be particularly musky.

Sapphire, on the other hand, was completely content and satisfied as she closed her eyes and got comfortable. Her one hand grabbed one of his to let him know he wasn't to leave her bed; that was the moment she realized that she actually loved having him around. He was just the right balance of assertive and intelligent and subservient and obedient for her, making him both a perfect lab partner as well as an appropriate lover.

She knew that there were no potion effects altering her mindset, too. The ademane from the potion was extracted from her so she knew it would have little to no affect on her and yet she couldn't shake the idea that somehow the love potion was influencing her image of Spinel. Only time would tell what came of them but for now she was happy to wait and see.

Tomorrow was another day and another step in her experiments. Perhaps only then would she be sure if the feelings bubbling up inside her were sincere or a side effect.

Either way, she was going to have fun finding out.

With that thought in her mind she curled up on her side, smiling and purring as Spinel awkwardly wrapped all four arms around her to get in a spooning pose. The warmth from his body and the messiness that smeared between his groin and her rump told her all she needed to know.

The next morning they woke to the sound of someone knocking on the front door of the cabin.

"Wait, are you expecting them to be here this early?" Spinel asked as he rolled off to the side and splayed out with his arms spread across the bed. "Tell them to come back later, I'm comfortable."

Sapphire fumbled around at her bedside table and grabbed her phone. After unlocking its screen she groaned and flopped back into Spinel's arms. "Yeah, looks like I sent them messages telling them to be here as early as they could. You can stay here if you want but I gotta go do some science." She then tossed the covers off her body and swung her feet over the side. As she was hopping into some pants and a four-sleeved shirt, another bit of knocking came from the front door. "I'm coming!"

Still fumbling to fit into her clothes, she quickly made her way to the front door. When she swung it open she saw both of her guests standing shoulder to shoulder, a surprise she was not prepared to deal with since she figured only one of them would have arrived on time. There was a rather tall yellow and black gryphon-raptor who went by the title of GryphRaptor or GR. Shi was a herm hybrid that stood on two legs hunched over like a predatory dinosaur but was covered in feathers. Next to hir was Dustafyer, a two toned brown and cream colored feline with fluffy boots and gloves - bushes of fur on his wrists and ankles.

"Come in, come in. Shocked to see you both here already." She invited while moving to the side to usher them through the door. "And so early, too!"

Dustafyer nodded and nervously stroked his hair and cheek fur back. "Actually, I've been here for about an hour. Gryph here just arrived and insisted we knock. I was just gonna wait till you woke up since I had no idea what you meant by 'nice and early'."

"This is good, this is good." Sapphire assured him while helping him in. "I was thinking closer to a more traditional breakfast time than at the crack of dawn but this works. You want some coffee? Tea? Hot beverage of any type?"

"I'd love a hot apple cider, if you've got it!" Gryphraptor chirped at her as shi slipped in through the front door. Shi really should have come in through the back but didn't know there was a back door so shi had to struggle to squeeze in through the front door meant for bipeds.

Dustafyer smiled and purred. "Tea for me, please! It's early, so something with cream would be lovely! A hearty breakfast tea!"

"For sure, for sure." Sapphire assured them. "Please have a seat, I'll get your drinks ready." She then made her way over to the kitchen and turned the tea kettle on while preparing a mug for all four of them. A tea for Dustafyer, hot apple cider for GryphRaptor, a tea for herself, and another tea for Spinel.

Moments later, Spinel emerged from the basement with the briefcase full of the vials of potion, already prepared to start the day's science experiments. This only made him sexier in Sapphire's eyes; nothing was more attractive than a partner who not only kept up with her in the lab but showed the sort of initiative that would drive her to succeed. Though the image of him emerging gave Sapphire's heart a bit of a flutter, she had to keep her composure.

"So, now that we've got you both here and ready, we might as well get started. Spinel, if you could give me two vials, I'll go ahead and infuse them with the enchantment and we can feed them to-"

"We don't need to do that, Saph." Spinel interrupted with a confused look.

"What do you mean we don't need to do that? We have to enchant the potions with the proper spells in order to attain the proper effects. Are you going soft on me?"

The dragon narrowed his eyes and cocked his head to the side, baffled at Sapphire. Upon glancing over to GryphRaptor and Dustafyer he got only shrugs. "Saph, we enchanted them last night. You got up in the middle of the night saying you 'needed to do science', and that 'any time sleeping was time wasted'. I may have been tired but I helped you out and everything." He opened the briefcase, showing the third and fourth vials both a lovely burgundy color - like a fine berry wine. "See? Done already. You had me grind up the ademane fruit for flavor."

Sapphire stared, wide eyed with her jaw hanging open. "I don't remember any of that. Was I sleep brewing?" She seemed genuinely shaken by this revelation.

"Perhaps. Why do you think I didn't want to get out of bed this morning? You had me up for two hours from one to three in the morning grinding up fruits and doing calculations. Do you honestly not remember any of this?"

"N-no. And for that reason I don't think we can trust those potions if I don't remember making them. Who knows what sort of effects they might have or what side spells might have infused?"

Spinel grabbed the two vials out of the briefcase and gave one to each of their guests, Dustafyer and GryphRaptor. "Actually, I watched you do it, I did the calculations as you were infusing the potions. They are impeccable. Better than the last batch which was, on its own, pretty good."

"O-oh. Alright then. I guess if you say it's good then it must be good. Dusty, Gryph, if you're comfortable with it go ahead and toss 'em back, I guess." She shrugged and tried to distract herself by pouring the hot water into the four mugs, not wanting to accept that she might have completely blacked out in the middle of the night to do work without knowing it.

On the flip side of that coin, she was practically blushing at the fact that Spinel had cared for her, supported her, and did his due diligence while she was in what she assumed was an erratic, robotic state. Everything Spinel had done had shown her that he was exactly the kind of partner she needed, not just in the lab but in her bed. A truth made more prevalent since she had no idea she sleep-scienced.

While she was putting the finishing touches on the hot beverages, Dustafyer and GryphRaptor balanced out the volume of potion to represent their respective body sizes before downing the vials of burgundy concoction.

"So what happens next?" Dustafyer asked as he politely gave his vial to Spinel. "The text told me it would be a lovely time but we're not exactly sure what that meant, only that it paid well." His eyes spoke of a hidden frustration at the lack of information but he was clearly trying to be polite.

GryphRaptor was a bit more forthright with hir frustrations. "I really wish you could have given us more details about what we were getting into. I'm always happy to help with this stuff but this is the first time you've ever just demanded me to show up without telling me what's going on. You're lucky I adore you and am eager to help, otherwise I'd ignore your messages." Shi also gave hir vial to Spinel.

Sapphire felt the need to come clean. "Alright, I'm sorry to both of you. It turns out I was doing research in my sleep and must have sent you the text when I was not fully conscious; hence the cryptic messages. Now that you're here - and clearly trust me enough to take the potion even when you don't know its effects - I can tell you exactly what we're doing here. What you two just drank was a love potion meant to amplify the body's natural systems to increase bonding between friends and/or lovers. With you two being complete strangers I get the impression its effects will be unique to what you might expect between lovers. It's all part of science but we want to see how it works."

Both the feline and the hybrid glanced at each other, shrugging nonchalantly.

"Dust here is a lovely fellow but I'm not sure I feel any love for him." GryphRaptor admitted. "Quite the gorgeous kitty, but-" Shi paused and ruffled hir feathers.

Dustafyer matched hir expression. "Okay, this is weird. I'm here looking at this gorgeous raptor and all I want to do is stuff hir full of whatever I can. In truth, I feel weird about that and even feel pretty terrible that I'm talking about it and not doing anything about it."

Spinel quickly put the empty vials in the briefcase and returned to the kitchen behind a wall of steam that billowed up from the mugs of tea and cider. "Good, good. Tell us more. Narrate aloud what you feel inside as your feelings come to you; the more we know the better we can adapt and the more data we pull from this experiment."

With a gulp and a blush, Sapphire internally noted how serious and professional Spinel had become. Not only had he transitioned into a role as a senior researcher with ease but was taking control in situations where she had been rendered unable to act, keeping her in check and keeping her going. This was exactly the sort of behaviour she admired in anyone, especially a partner.

She was impressed with his workmanship and was stunned into silence by how sexy that made him look so she just nodded and motioned for him to continue working with her approval.

All three of her guests - both test subjects and Spinel - caught on to this and carried on with their work together without worrying about her participation. She was distracted by her admiration for her lab assistant and might not be all that useful.

Despite Dustafyer and GryphRaptor both agreeing to narrate their thoughts as they came to each of them, neither felt all that compelled to speak any further. Dustafyer just flicked his tail as his eyes slowly drifted down to GryphRaptor's loins, where he saw the emerging tip of black flesh parting the hybrid's genital slit. The image of the glistening member poking its head out to say hi made Dustafyer tense his loins and his rump in anticipation.

Deep down inside, dust knew it was the potion making short work of his resistance and yet that didn't stop him from desiring more. He wanted to taste and feel that cock in every way he could; he wanted to bury himself elbow deep in hir and nuzzle up to the knot lobes while getting soaked in the hybrid's natural lubricants. Not only did he want all of this, but the more he fantasized the more he wanted it and the more vivid the hallucinations that followed. He could literally see himself half buried in GryphRaptor's loins, one way or another.

At the same time, GryphRaptor was imagining very similar scenes with the feline. Shi could see hir cock buried deep in Dustafyer's belly, tip poking out against his lower abdomen. Shi could practically feel the clench of his rump wrapped around hir shaft and the stretch of his body testing hir vaginal limits. GryphRaptor was nude - as most quadrupeds remained - and had no worries about the arousal shi showed in the form of hir member sticking out and drooling on the couch.

Dustafyer, on the contrary, was still fully clothed even though his member was poking out in the crotch area of his pants. He wanted to tear them off but remained just a little bit too shy to take the initiative. Though he didn't realize it at the time, the potion was triggering the same nervousness that came with young love, the awkward insecurity of not knowing how to address the object of affection.

GryphRaptor had no such qualms. As a quadruped, shi was more used to taking what she wanted without much concern for the consequences. Sure, shi may have been respectful when it came to hir partners, but the potion was having a different effect on hir than it was Dustafyer and therefore shi found herself far more interested in fooling around with little concern for who was watching.

"Well, are either of you going to make a move?" Spinel interrupted, jerking both of his test subjects from their daze. "I mean, I can see both of your erections and Gryph's drooling from under hir tail. If you're not going to give me narration, at least give me some action." He held up his tablet to accentuate what he was trying to say, reminding both GryphRaptor and Dustafyer of their agreement.

This triggered a response in GryphRaptor, who rumbled to hirself and clicked hir beak before lunging over the coffee table to tackle Dustafyer in his chair, knocking the furniture over while pinning hir partner to the ground. With an affectionate chirr, shi started preening his cheeks and neck while standing over him, hir cock and pussy both leaking and smearing the fabric with hir fluids. "Why are you still dressed?" Shi asked, cocking her head to the side in a curious twitch.

Dustafyer tensed up as he shivered in delight, the sensations of the hybrid's beak on his fur nearly bringing him to climax already. He wasn't even fully erect yet, and still he found himself on the verge of climax! The situation was not helping matters, since the potion appeared to be reverting him back to the insecure, virginal fool that he had grown away from many years prior. He felt like a teen again, which was both exciting and dreadful at the same time.

Luckily for both, that same feeling of returning to adolescence resulting in GryphRaptor returning to hir more aggressive years. Rather than wait for hir partner to disrobe, shi started using hir beak to pluck at Dustafyer's shirt buttons, popping some off in the process and tugging the feline around like he was a doll until the two reached the middle of the rec-room, far away from any furniture.

Under most circumstances, the aggressive and nearly violent, forceful disrobing of Dustafyer might have been the sort of thing to make him worry - the scene was similar to that of a lion ripping and tearing its prey in the open fields. But the knowledge that GryphRaptor wanted him and the fact that he wanted hir back made this the most arousing of situations as far as he was concerned. The aggression only made him harder, and while GryphRaptor had almost entirely torn his shirt off in the process, he did manage to manually undo his pants and slip them off underneath the flurry of feathers and scales above him.

The instant that Gryphraptor saw this, shi halted hir flurry of assault pecks to gape grin at him, pausing with hir cock now at full mast and nearly touching Dustafyer's belly and hir pussy drooling liquid arousal down the underside of hir shaft. Without waiting one second beyond Dust's kicking of his pants, shi pinned him to the ground with hir pelvis, grinding hir hips against his without ever breaking eye contact.

All in all this was nearly too much for Dustafyer. He felt hir flesh rubbing his cock, pinning his length between his belly and hir slit without ever actually slipping past the hybrid's vulva. Yet, despite most of his concentration being focused on getting his member to pop into GryphRaptor, he couldn't ignore the massive, beautifully detailed cock that was resting on his belly and chest, the tip nearly to his chin while GryphRaptor bucked onto him.

He curled his toes and closed his eyes to avoid the gape-grinning-glare of GryphRaptor, because he knew that if he stared hir in the eyes he'd climax far too quickly. The bashful, insecure nature of his inner teen coming out in the wake of the potion's effects ensured that anything that might have been seen as romantic would greatly enhance his physical pleasure. While he may have subconsciously realized this, he hadn't found it in himself to put words to it and was instead focusing entirely on trying to find Gryph's opening and slip himself into her.

As a result of his aversion to eye contact, GryphRaptor pecked at his snout and rubbed him cheek to cheek, still grinding and bucking on top of the feline in an eager attempt to help him out when it came to feeling him inside hir. However, given the difference in size between them, the angles and pressure shi put on him resulted in something other than his cock slipping into hir.

In an attempt to aim himself at the opening at the base of hir cock, he clenched his fist around his shaft and bucked his hips, only instead of finding hir slit with just his member his entire fist slipped into hir! Shi was so much bigger than him that hir lips swallowed him past the wrist with ease! He wasn't in the mood to penetrate hir in that way, he wanted only his cock to feel hir warmth but that wasn't how things worked out.

So, rather than waste the opportunity to extend his pleasure a bit more, he happily clenched his bicep and forced himself to the elbow inside hir. Noting immediately that shi had a lot more room inside, he brought his other hand up to do the same, easing his second fist in hir so that shi was squatting on his belly and rhythmically constricting both his forearms together. He tried to part his elbows to spread hir open a bit, but found shi was too strong and was able to resist him!

Meanwhile, hir cock remained at full girth, resting heavily on his chest and prodding at his neck with the shaft smearing him with hir natural lubricant. The muskiness was intoxicating and shi not only loved the sensation of being stuffed with both fists but also adored the subtle pleasure of his fur caressing hir shaft all the while.

Ever eager for more and still influenced by the potion, shi started grinding down against him, hir depths forming a bit of suction that pulled on Dust's forearms while also clenching in such a way that hir cock pumped precum onto his chest and neck, precum that the feline eagerly licked up while backing in the musky aroma.

Together, they remained in that position with Dust double fisting hir while GryphRaptor kept bucking and smearing hir member up and down his chest, grinding hir shaft on him.

From this point, Dustafyer found himself wishing he was either entirely inside hir or only his cock was. That consumption fantasy bubbled back up in him and he found himself once again hallucinating not just the image but the sensations of having the hybrid's pussy sucking him up all at once, face first so he could taste hir before feeling hir walls smothering him.

Unfortunately, this fantasy was short lived. As much as he loved the pleasant sensations, Gryph was ready to go to the next stage. Not by consuming the feline with her pussy, but by stuffing the cat with hir massive member.

The first instance shi found, GryphRaptor flexed the muscles in hir thighs to stand up straight, depths tugging on Dust's fists before ejecting them with an audible squelch followed by a series of slick drips of hir pussy juices on the floor and all over his lower body. While Dust whimpered, unhappy that Gryph had cut the fisting session short, his throbbing cock made it clear he was ready for more.

But he might not have been ready for what Shi had planned for him.

GryphRaptor then pressed both of hir front talons down on Dustafyer to pin him in place. While hir partner may have kept his eyes closed, shi kept hir raptorial gaze fixed upon him, eyeing him up for hir next move. While hir body may have in some way returned to the sensations she felt upon experiencing young love, that adolescent lack of self-awareness, shi remained as intelligent as before and knew how to use her cock just right.

With that knowledge in mind, GryphRaptor flexed hir loins, sealing up hir drooling snatch and slapping hir cock against hir scaled belly, forming a cascade of precum to splat all over Dust's chest. This sudden sensation made him open his eyes but only for a second as he was forced to squint a split second later as shi pressed him to the ground once again, hir cock slipping up between his legs to prod at his tail hole. Shi retained all the muscle control shi had acquired over the years and was happy to use it to stuff him full of hybrid cock and seed.

Rather than twitch or cringe or resist, Dustafyer grabbed his knees and arched his back to better accommodate hir angle all while using his tail to prop himself up a bit. He was so ready for hir, so much so that he didn't even pause to think about the possible repercussions of having a cock that size attached to a beast of that size plunging into him.

Then, the very instant Gryphraptor was able to seize hir opportunity, the hybrid bucked hir hips and plunged every bit of hir member deep into Dustafyer, hir shaft disappearing between his rump cheeks with relative ease to have hir cock tip prod against the inside of his abdominal wall, forming a visible, cock-shaped bulge in him. At the apex of hir first thrust, shi clenched hir loins and pumped some of hir pre-seed into him, lubricating his walls to better accommodate hir.

Dustafyer was so shocked at what he felt that he had no choice but to open his eyes and glance down over his torso to see the clear and distinct bulge; with his lubricant soaked paws he pressed down on the bulge while clenching his tail hole, shocked not only at the fact that shi managed to ease hir way into him with ease but also that he was completely devoid of pain.

For a moment before Gryph bucked into him he worried that if his mindset was akin to an awkward teen, that his body might be virginal as well. This was not the case and instead he found that he was looser and stretchier than he ever had been before! Another side effect of the potion, of course, but he wasn't thinking about that when he had a gloriously sexy hybrid slipping into him.

GryphRaptor was shocked as well, but that only urged hir to press both of hir front talons down on Dust's belly, not only pinning him there but also tightening his body's grip on hir cock! Shi dug hir claws into him - gently, of course - then immediately picked up the pace and started grind-thrusting hir hips into his, pumping hir cock in and out with knot teasing and threatening his opening a bit more every time.

Much to hir delight, hir pleasure quickly built to the point where shi was on the verge of climax within a few vigorous thrusts. Sensing this, shi slowed down a bit to be more sensual as hir knot threatened to swell to full girth.

At the same time, Dust was shaking and writhing under the pressure of hir weight, clenching and twitching against the stress of hir cock filling him. He wanted more and felt like it wouldn't be long at all before shi filled him completely. To his utter shock and awe he found that shi was able to get full thrusts out of him without worries about hurting him, so as shi got rougher he leaned into it even more.

Every motion the two shared urged the other to speed up and to test their collective limits. Dustafyer pushed back as hard as he could, eager to feel that knot swell inside him while GryphRaptor obliged him by digging hir talons into him and thrusting with increased vigor every few repetitions. Hir pussy was swollen and leaking while hir cock throbbed and pumped more and more precum into him, practically flooding his feline rump with hir essence.

Dustafyer even started drooling out both ends! His tongue lolled out and his eyes rolled back as saliva trickled out the side of his maw to soak his cheek fur, while his fully erect cock bounced and slapped at his belly, a series of web-like precum strands forming a blanket over the fur there only to be soaked up next to the hybrid precum that soaked him. He was ready to finish any second but didn't quite have that pressure or pleasure to climax, at least not for another minute or so.

No matter how hard shi thrut into Dustafyer, GryphRaptor couldn't quite seem to slip hir knot into him. Its many lobes were still unswollen, barely thicker than the rest of hir shaft, but a combination of a lack of depth and a lack of daring aplomb kept hir from really giving him hir all. That stopped the moment shi felt his tail fur tickling the feathers and scales of the underside of hirs.

The moment his caress registered in hir mind, shi bucked as hard as shi could while leaning down to chomp on his neck, holding him in place as hir knot lobes slipped past his tail hole opening and started to expand inside him.

"Hnnnngph!" Dustafyer bared his fangs and bit hir neck in return, hands letting go of his knees to let his ankles rest on the hybrid's waist while he gave hir a hug. All at the same time, he clenched down as hard as he could to resist the growth of hir knot only to instantly be overwhelmed by the intensity of sensation that came along with hir length rocking from side to side.

As it turned out, the shape of hir member and the girth of hir knot were a perfect mixture of texture and pressure, a blend that made Dust's balls and cock pulsate as the final burst of pleasure pumped a series of thick, gooey feline seed over his belly and onto the ground beside him. His orgasmic delight constricted his loins to better lock GryphRaptor inside him, strengthening the tie until hir knot was fully formed and hard as a rock!

Naturally, shi felt her climax hit hir within seconds of his constricting around hir. The added pressure, the throbbing rhythm of his pucker around the base of hir cock, and the subtle caress of his tail teasing hirs was too much to keep her holding back much longer. Almost instantly, shi tensed up every muscle in hir lower body to start pumping a voluminous mess of hybrid seed into Dust's tender tail hole. One shot after another filled him, giving him a sensation of liquid bloat that was locked inside thanks to the plug that was hir knot.

Shi didn't let go until shi got distracted by the sound of clattering laptops and tablets on the other side of the cabin. It was Sapphire and Spinel; both of them had taken their notes and were passionately making out in the kitchen!

Since both Dustafyer and GryphRaptor had, for all intents and purposes, concluded their coupling by means of mutual climax, Gryph had no problem glancing over to inquire about what was next, cock still tied deeply inside Dust. "H-hey, Sapphire? Spinel? Uh, what's happening now?" Shi found that, as hir climax dissipated, hir mind was returning to normal and hir ability to think clearly was restored. Shi was once again analytical even if she was partially lost by the tie shi shared.

Dustafyer did the same, casually raising his head to see what had pulled him from his climactic orgasm. Both Spinel and Sapphire seemed to be ignoring GryphRaptor's inquiry. "Uh, guys? Everything okay over there?" Like his partner, his lucidity and confidence were once again returning in the wake of his extended orgasm. Now that the effects of the potion were wearing off, he was able to think clearly and inquire accordingly. The problem was that neither of the researchers were paying any sort of attention to he or GryphRaptor.

At least not until Spinel pulled her muzzle away from Spinel's to slide her tablet across the table at them. "When you two finally part ways, please each of you write down as detailed a journal as you can concerning what you felt and how you reacted to the potion. Spinel and I, uh, we need some private time to deal with some personal chemistry." She then winked and grabbed Spinel's cheek with one of her four hands to peck him on the snout.

In response, Spinel caressed her form under the lab coat as she eased him backwards towards the bedroom. He wasn't going to resist at all. Before they left the kitchen, he slid his tablet across the counter, too, miming her. "And, uh, same for you, GryphRaptor. Just put down what you feel and we'll be sure to give you a bit of a bonus for your work."

"I love it when you speak intelligently." Sapphire growled into his chest while both of her lower hands fondled and caressed his groin through his pants. "You and I, we have a lot to talk about."

And with that, both Spinel and Sapphire exited the room with a slam of the door behind them. Their passion had only just blossomed but was sure to bloom into something special. Sapphire had been struggling to keep herself under control while she was jotting down notes, resisting the urge to pounce Spinel in a combination of lust and admiration for their whole encounter. The second she saw Dust's ejaculation spurting out from between the couple, she knew the potion effects were about to wear off and thus used that opportunity to pounce her new partner.

Spinel was just as attracted to her as she was to him and thus didn't resist. Not only did he not resist but the moment she pounced him he took a risk by whispering in her ear that he wanted her for a long-term investment. An odd and awkward thing to say, but in the context of a professional, budding relationship between the two, it was exactly what Sapphire needed to justify her lust.

This, however, left Dustafyer and GryphRaptor alone in the living room, unsure of what to do next. The two shared a gaze while the hybrid's knot throbbed inside him. They took turns shrugging and glancing around nervously before they said in unison, "What now?"

Only time would tell, for it was time that was needed to remedy their troubles. Time would reveal whether or not Spinel and Sapphire would maintain their infatuation and time was all that stood between Dustafyer, GryphRaptor, and the glorious mess that would emerge from between them once hir knot deflated enough to pop out of him.

All in all, it was a great day in the research into the science of passion.