[Closed] @eidxiety🧜‍♀️🔬

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[dyn4m0]

[Add answers each question as diligently as any scientist worth their salt would, though he's a little relieved when the people finally leave. He's never been good with these kinds of interviews...

Though Ain is speaking and nobody is supposed to know that, he does a good job giving Add hooks to "respond" to, as if he's just talking aloud. It's especially sold by the way he sighs as Ain chirps happily.]

If you keep eating like this, you're going to get fat. That especially is very high in fat.

[He points at the bacon sizzling on a griddle just behind the glass as the workers cook up a fresh batch.]

But...since it's a special occasion, you can have a few more pieces. But only if you'll eat some more fruit along with it.

[eidxiety]

[Wiggles his tail like? Is this a problem if he gets fat? Body fat is good for winters when he takes long naps though. (He does not realise that it being warm and controlled all the time means he effectively doesn't have to worry about hibernating when the waters are cold. Or, well, half-hibernating.) He thinks his tail would be very cute if it were a little bigger but ooookayyyy.

Anyway, more fruit? More fruit! This is going to make him worse Add, but he's nodding and chirping because yes he will eat more thank you—]

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[Add furiously digging his own grave-

To that end, he'll fix Ain another plate full of fresh fruits- this time some he's never tried, like oranges, strawberries, and blueberries- as well as another modest helping of bacon. He'll bring all of this plus another water bottle back to a table to sit.]

You're lucky everyone likes you so much. My boss said one meal, and here you are...

[eidxiety]

[The glint in Ain's eyes says "I can do whatever I want because I never get in trouble for it"... he's the most spoiled creature in this facility other than maybe the penguins who all just got kissed earlier.

His noodles wiggle as he picks up fistfuls of fruit and bravely shovels them all into his gob. Strawberries and blueberries are easy, although Ain figures out quickly that he's not supposed to eat the leaves because they sure don't taste great. It's gonna be hard to get a salad into him... but the oranges, they have peel on them, and he realises this as soon as he picks up a wedge and pauses as though the hamster wheel in his brain is working overtime. The orange wedge itself is too hard to extract from the peel without making a mess, so he opts to eat around it, not realising this is exactly what he's supposed to do.

He can't say he likes the seeds, though.

The good thing about having multiple limbs for gripping things is that he can hold all of his food at once and shovel it into his mouth as he pleases, which is to say... yeah he wolfs all this extra food down. Lunch is done. Lunch is, in fact, devoured.

Ain chirps as he figures out how to open his water this time, excited, and slurps away. He is soooo hydrated. So full of food. He looks thrilled by all the extras he's getting, sadly for Add's continued sanity.]

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[Oh hey what a coincidence, his boss happens to walk in the door JUST as Ain is finishing stuffing his gob!!

Add stiffens, having sat across his Siren with some coffee and not much else, but despite his anxiety his boss is fortunately normal and actually a very nice woman, so instead of being like "why is he eating more human food", she trusts Add's judgement and walks over to give Ain a little pat on the head.]

"Is he being good for you, Add? You've lucked out, my first solo study was with an overly territorial alpha who didn't want anything to do with me. Bluhen is just a little darling, isn't he?"

He's spoiled. You're all spoiling him.

[eidxiety]

[He starts chirping when he's pat.]

Good boy!!

[He's a good boy :) He has done nothing wrong ever, he's eating him food. He will not immediately become fat because he's so active, but soon his butt's gonna be real big. Just. Real humungous.

He's not territorial because he likes humans and is an Omega, though. He's definitely not gonna sire children one day.]

Spoiled. [points to himself like this is a compliment]

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He doesn't know what that means.

[Add sighs. Rather, he doesn't know "spoiled" is a bad thing to be, but whatever. His boss seems delighted by him either way, so that's probably a good thing? She chuckles and gives him another little pat.]

"Spoiled good boy! Yes you are."

[Pat pat.

She'll take her leave after that, with Add shucking his fingers back through his hair with another heavy exhale.]

Alright, we should head back to the tank room. Since yours is being redone, you'll be staying with the Pod tonight.

[eidxiety]

Aaa?

[With the pod? So he CAN go to the pod tank... why didn't you put him there when he was in heat...

Well, whatever. Ain chugs his water and hands the empty bottle to Add to throw into recycling for him, then big steppies his way down the hall. The pod tank iiiis somewhere down here, he's pretty sure. It's been a while since he was in it. But he hasn't even had dinner yet, so does that mean they intend to feed all the Sirens at once? Hm... he's never been good at the frenzy feeding the others do.]

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[Because Add is jealous and didn't want to ruin his research and blah blah blah-

Like, he COULD just stick Ain in an empty tank in another room, but that seems cruel even for him. He wouldn't be able to be with him unless he slept on the floor or something, so...putting him back with the Pod is the next best thing.

Into the room they go (Add has to lead Ain the right way because he goes in the wrong direction once), and the moment they're there, the other Sirens in the pod tank notice Ain come in and immediately come close to the glass to Look at him. Ain? Ain Ain Ain-

Fortunately for Ain, he will be kept separated from the Pod while they feed. They'll get their fish and Ain will also get his fish at the same time, just fed by hand from Add instead of having the food dumped into the water.]

[eidxiety]

[Thank God, because when dinner rolls around he's visibly nervous around the others since he's used to being the small bullyable male. Not that they've actually done that, but little omegas like him tend to be pushable, and Ain is not as sturdy as the others. He's too flowy. His fins are too pretty. He will take being hand-fed, thank you very much.

Of course, the other Sirens know that this man is Mated to Ain, they can smell it, and they're gonna have so many questions after he eats. Notably, if Add is still in the room supervising, Ain is loudly telling them that he loves this human. And also "humans only have one dick and they can't lay eggs and they have these external parts that look a bit like two orbs and" it's a little too much detail. Whoops, someone forgot that Add can understand him still.]

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[Add is absolutely staying to supervise, at least for the first few minutes. He doesn't want to put Ain in the tank and just bail, lest these Sirens decide they really do want to bully him. He's spent a couple months being pampered solo after all, and he's not sure if that sort of thing is something they can sense.

What they CAN sense though...is something he wasn't even considering, and as Ain starts to go into a little too much detail, Add quickly makes his way over and puts his hands on the glass, hissing in an undertone.]

Oi! You don't need to tell them all that-!

[eidxiety]

[Ain looks back at Add like, completely clueless over here. What do you mean... why not...]

...oh, he's mad because I'm not supposed to tell you that, apparently. Did you know humans don't like being naked in front of each other and have no scales to protect them?

"Wow, no wonder they wear fabrics..."

Add says they get body shy and get made fun of sometimes for being naked.

"Humans are really mean to each other. They care that much?"

Uh-huh. But Add's very muscular, so I'm sure he wouldn't have problems. [Pauses. Looks back at Add.] Am I not supposed to tell them that either?

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[Add is blushing. What the fuck? He's not used to being bragged about like that, even if it's in a sort of innocent, roundabout way...

He ends up scoffing and turning away, mostly because he isn't sure how much more of this he can take before his head actually explodes.]

Tch. Do what you want. I have work to catch up on. I'll keep an eye on you via the cameras in here.

[This room, as it turns out, ALSO has eyes.]

[eidxiety]

Hehe, okay~. Bye bye, I love you!!

[Unfortunately, the second Add's gone, Ain is gonna talk about how cute and lovely he finds the man. Did you know Add is so smart and toured him around and gave him human food? Did you know human food is very strange? Did you know that Add is shy and will give Ain whatever he wants because he wuvs Ain—

This is going to go on for the rest of the night, at least until all the Sirens start playing. Ain may not be as fast as some of the others, but this tank is huge, and he can play and swim in laps as much as he wants to. He still doesn't know why he was isolated from everyone, he says, but he's having a wonderful time just zooming around regardless.]

[dyn4m0]

[The day wears on, and Add spends some time alone in the employee lounge to get some work done. He can't be in his office for a while, but fortunately people won't be in here unless they're having lunch, so he isn't too bothered. He writes down his notes from the day and logs anything in his report that Ain did that he wants to remember for later. He'll have to write an even bigger report on his findings later, one of those fancy peer-reviewed types...he just has to hope that after all of this, his writing is still up to snuff. This man is the king of dissertations, he WILL destroy you.

Because of how hard he's focused, the hours fly by, and soon enough he glances at the clock to see that it's nearly time to go home. He puts his things away and decides to stop by and check on Ain in the Pod before he clocks out for the day.]

Oi, you still alive in here?

[eidxiety]

[Ain is flat with the pod. He is being mud-bathed to get the human goo off of him since he ran around all day, and he's telling the others about the butterfly he saw. One of the females in the tank is very concerned about his fins "potentially being torn up" because "he's not eating enough" and "they're not very thick". That's just how Ain is shaped, though, and he definitely ate a lot today.

See how he'll interact with women when he's not in heat? Yeah.

Anyway, he'll be let up when Add comes by.]

I'm alive~. We were playing and now we're taking baths. Are you going back to your den? Will you ask your boss if I can go to your den??

[dyn4m0]

[Buddy...]

My boss is already gone home for the day. You've only just been allowed to leave your tank for extended periods, so get your hopes up.

[It won't happen every single day, either. It's meant to be a special enrichment thing, they don't need Ain to be thinking he can escape his enclosure for walkies whenever he wants.]

But yeah, I'm going home now. Are you gonna be okay in here tonight?

[He asks, as if Ain wasn't in the pod originally...]

[eidxiety]

Uh-huh. I'm just gonna sleep in a pile with everyone else. [This is how y'all discover that Ain likes to be squashed at the bottom of the pile.] But that's for after we're done bathing and stuff.

[He presses his face to the glass, then gives Add a smooch through it. Reminder: you mated with this thing.]

You can come play with me in the morning~. I want uni and bacon for breakfast.

[You're such a BRAT]

[dyn4m0]

[Add does not smooch the glass, less because he doesn't want to smooch, and more because he'd feel ridiculous doing that so he doesn't. His expression flattens, and he lightly bonks his fist against the glass where Ain's head is.]

You'll be getting clams for breakfast.

[No uni OR bacon for you! You'll get FAT!!!]

My office will be under construction for at least a week, maybe two, so you'll be with these Sirens until then. I'll tell the others to wait to feed you if you don't want to be fed with the pod.

[eidxiety]

...I'm too small and dainty to keep up with them, so that sounds like a good idea. The Alpha would take care of everyone here, but I'm not technically part of this pod, so it's not really his job.

[It's in fact Add's job to take care of Add's mate. That's not to say he's going to starve or be bullied here or anything, but would you want someone taking care of your mate while you're capable of doing so?? Nooope. You would not. At least in Siren society, that's how that works.]

Besides, I like eating with you. But I don't have anywhere to store my pearls if I find them in the clams, so can I have steak instead?

[Why are you bargaining so much]

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[Ain.

Add rolls his eyes.]

Just because we're...mates...I can't go giving you preferential treatment over the other Sirens. If I give you steak, they're all getting steak.

[So yeah anyways they're all getting steak for breakfast.]

Just behave until the tank's done, alright? It'll be worth it if you don't get your tail into trouble before then.

[eidxiety]

[Mmhmmm this is just teaching Ain more problems. But he does a little spin and then goes to smooch Add again before swimming back with the others to continue his mud bath.]

I'll be good! I'm a good boy, remember? Everyone says that~.

[He says this and then waves goodbye to Add as he lays back down to get his back scrubbed... honestly, he's in a real good mood overall, probably because he's getting to play. It's going to be hard to re-adjust him after these next few weeks pass since he'll be back to being alone at night. Once Add is gone and Ain is done being scrubbed (apparently he has dead scales on his back from not exfoliating properly), everyone will play for a bit longer until the "sun" goes out, at which point everyone curls up into this massive ass ball of fish in the den. Like.

The alpha siren is curled around the whole pod and they're all squished up in there. Comfy. Warm. Ain sleeps like the dead.

...

Of course, when Add comes back in the morning, the rest of the pod have learnt some choice words. Namely "want", "have", "camera", how to ring, "mad", "sad", and "happy". Ain has taught them. The scientists are going to be going on about this for a week.]

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[And just like that, thanks to Ain, the ENTIRE facility is completely abuzz that morning. Like, Add is assaulted with voices the second he clocks in, because the Sirens are saying words and it's all very exciting. Gee, he wonders how that could have happened...

There are scientists clustered at the pod tank even as he comes in with the bucket of raw steaks already prepared for the Sirens, passing it off to the nearest person paying attention before he turns around and comes back with a second, smaller bucket that's just for Ain.

He'll head to the top of the tank and open a little door- this tank is WAY more locked down than the one in his office- before unlocking the small section of grate just large enough for one Siren to fit through.]

Alright, come on out.

[eidxiety]

[Ain is immediately bouncing to the top of the tank. Hi! He galumphs on up there and holds his hands out like a domesticated creature for him steaks.]

Good morning~. I taught the others how to talk to you guys!

[Well, what he knows, which is sparse words and how to be ringtones. This is going to be disastrous for the whole facility.]

[dyn4m0]

I've heard. The whole facility has heard.

[It's not a bad thing! Like, the other scientists even now are trying to communicate with the other Sirens eagerly as they feed them, showing them the signs that correspond with the words if they ever struggle with them.

Ain, meanwhile, is getting handed his meat via tongs because ew touching raw meat with his hands but also he kindof has to continue keeping up the pretense that Ain is his study project and NOT his fish boyfriend.]

I'm going to spend some time in here today studying your behavior now that you've been reintroduced to the Pod. You need to pretend I'm not here and just act like you normally would, got it? It's for an important report I have to write soon.