The Professor, for all the good it does him

The rest of the night was a blur for Theo who returned with Ashe to her dorm room where upon they engaged in all manner of sexual relations, after Ashe explained to Freya that she needed the room of course. Theo fell asleep on her bed exhausted. The next morning he woke up feeling like he had the most wonderful dream and for a moment wondered if it was still going on as he felt a fantastic pressure on his penis. He looked down to see Ashe in a white tank top and blue panties giving him a wake up blowjob. He froze as he orgasmed and watched Ashe swallow his whole load. She smiled up at him and got up. She stretched, which pushed her large breasts out.

"Good morning!" Ashe said cheerfully.

Theo stared at her for a long moment. He vaguely realized that he was still completely nude. Finally, he spoke, "Are you alright?"

"Why wouldn't I be? I really liked last night by the way." Ashe's smile still made Theo's heart flutter.

Theo looked down at her breasts. They were so large now. Ashe noticed and pulled her tank top down to deepen her cleavage. Theo breathed in. He was thinking clearly after the blow job and was starting to freak out. The ring was real. It had real power, and he had used that power to royally screw up Ashe. He made her into as much of a pervert as he pretended not to be. He gave her large breasts. He wasn't even sure what else he had done. "I thought you had wanted to wait on sex?"

Ashe was puzzled, "When did I say that? That doesn't sound like me to be honest. I thought we both agreed that sex was just a fun activity. I mean, I have an IUD and you wore a condom. We could not have been safer I don't think. Did you not enjoy it?" That idea seemed to hurt Ashe.

"No no. It was very enjoyable!" Theo reassured her quickly, "Listen, don't freak out, but I think that ring was really magic. It changed everything to like I said and I was the only one to notice. I don't know why I was so carefree about it and I am sorry. For some reason I-"

"Thought it was a dream." Ashe finished.

"How did you know I would say that?"

"I remember yesterday after the breast portion of the test that you said 'I think I'm dreaming' which must have activated the ring's power."

"So you just believe me like that?"

"I like you, trust you, have known you for over a year, and have circumstantial evidence to back it up myself. You got all the cards and dice right. You got everything exactly right. That's the only room 75 inches long in the testing building. I assumed my professor chose it for that reason, but there is no reason for it to be that small. It makes sense that you changed reality. There are some other things like that too. The ring has something to do with telling the truth. Things you say become true, warping to fit into the world as unobtrusively as possible. By the way, it isn't magic. Magic is a word for physics we haven't learned yet, but we will learn how this ring works."

Theo was impressed, "You are so smart." Then he realized some of the other statements he made. He ran to the dorm's window and saw the orange sky. How had he missed that? He turned and asked his girlfriend, "What is two plus two?"

"Five."

"Oh no. How is that possible? What about four?"

"Four would be three plus two. It comes after five and is an odd number."

So the magic just switched the names around? He supposed there was little way to change the logic of math without changing a whole lot about how the universe worked. Alright, he resolved on a plan, "We have one more session with the ring today, right? So when we get it, I'll use it to change you back. I know I changed your sexual preferences to be like mine and your breasts and muscles. What else did I change?"

Ashe thought about this. With her fantastic memory, she could remember just about everything Theo changed, even accidentally. Although change was strange to use since she was always like this. Besides, she didn't like thinking that she was completely different before. Not to mention, if she allowed him to reverse all his changes, she would no longer want him to have a harem. This was unacceptable. Theo's harem was an obvious axiomatic good to Ashe. She needed to stop Theo from ruining such a good thing.

"Don't worry. Those are the only two, but hey, since we have some time and the same inclinations... want to watch some of my porn?" Ashe had a large variety of breast expansion, mind control, transformation, and time stop porn and erotica on her computer and apparently, Theo had her exact tastes.

Theo bulked at that, "You won't like that stuff this afternoon. Look, we need to focus on fixing this."

Ashe nodded. He was determined. "Then you should go home, shower, and get a new set of clothes. I'll do the same here. We need to look professional for the experiment, right?"

"That's a good idea. Alright. We got this!" Theo left.

Ashe had a lot of work to do in a short amount of time if she was going to save Theo from himself.

The professor knew that the ring could warp reality. It had not only made his experiment into a joke, but made him think that he did it himself. He knew that whatever was in that ring was unlike anything he had seen before. This was power the likes of which he had never been able to grasp before. He knew he would grab at it now. Hatteberg wondered if this made him a villain. Well, when he could bend the laws of space and time to his whim, then he would be able to bend the much looser laws of morality to make him the hero. Of course, there was one major problem.

The box the ring was in was locked. It was locked by Vice President Parker who would be watching him like a hawk for any fraudulent action. He should be able easily enough to sneak the box out of his own lab without detection, but he was no lock breaker. He needed the key, or maybe a big hammer. NO! He would not- could not risk damaging the ring. Though... he might be able to buy himself time. The lockbox was standard at the university. There were more...

Theo walked under the orange sky to the lab. He had also realized that he needed to give himself his taste buds for spicy food again. Also... prostitution was legal now, though Theo was apprehensive on that. He had read an article on how dangerous it was for sex workers and how criminalizing their profession made it harder for them to get help. He also liked the idea of more sex. Was leaving that alone for the right reasons? Theo would never be sure. It felt icky to him when he thought of the two motives together like that. Maybe he should just fix everything and take any other changes very slowly.

He arrived at the lab and Ashe was already waiting. Theo shook his head internally seeing her 'professional' attire was a white t-shirt without a bra and a short skirt. Her labcoat was the largest piece of clothing she wore and it did nothing to hide her prominent nipples. She looked at the two way mirror, saw the recording start, and spoke in a neutral tone, "Please be seated."

Ashe opened the box with the lid facing the mirror and bent down to inspect the ring. As she did so, she mouthed something to Theo, though he was unable to pick up what it was, which worried him. She pulled the ring out of the box and handed it to him. "Please put on the ring and take this pencil and paper."

Theo did so and immediately said, "Your breasts are B cups."

Nothing happened.

Ashe, still in her neutral tone, stated, "That was part of yesterday's test. Today I will ask that you draw to the best of your ability Yates Hall with a boat out front."

Theo was panicking. He started whispering things under his breath. Truths supposed to fix everything. Nothing worked. Did the ring run out of juice? What was he going to do? He looked over at Ashe with a panic. She repeated her request emphatically with only a quick eye glance at the mirror. Theo nodded and started to perform the test.

This test went the full hour and mostly included drawing, some statements about things like the Riemann hypothesis, and eventually a portion where he said the same statements over and over with the ring on and off. It was one of the longest hours of his life.

Afterward, Ashe asked him to remove the ring and put it back in the box. He hesitated for a moment but the look Ashe gave him basically said 'cut your losses.' He obliged and the two of them left. Theo tried to ask Ashe as they walked out of Yates Hall what happened, but he was stopped as she simply said 'Not here' and pulled him to another part of campus.

Rebecca Parker had seen all she had needed to. The first two days had interesting data but poorly designed tests. Now that the tests were rigorous, it was obvious that Hatteberg was a charlatan.

"This will not look good on your review."

"I understand, ma'am. I had hoped the experiment would go better." Hatteberg was working hard to not give anything away.

There seemed nothing else to say, "Well have a good day, professor." She put as much emphasis on what she assumed was now a temporary title.

"One moment, ma'am. May I have the key to unlock the box? I wish to move the ring back into storage."

Like the university needed some ring. Still, Parker's key was a master key for all the lockboxes in Yates. She wouldn't give it up that easy. She went to the box herself, took the ring out, and tossed it to Hatteberg, "There. Not likely we'll use it again, but maybe the university can recoup some costs in its sale."

She left as Hatteberg did all in his power to avoid cursing.

In a secluded part of the campus known for private activities, Ashe and Theo entered and Ashe immediately lunged into a kiss. It was passionate and Ashe tried to wiggle some tongue into it, but Theo broke it off before she could.

"Oh we are so screwed!"

"Calm down."

"Why? The ring didn't work! Why didn't the ring work?!"

"Because somebody worked out what it did before us."

"What?"

"I am guessing one of the people running the experiment figured out the ring's powers and plan on using them, so they put a fake ring in the box."

"Then they could be changing who knows what! We have to stop them!"

Ashe put her hands on Theo's hands to calm him down. Then she thought of an opportunity. She looked around. "We need to look convincing in case someone comes by."

"What do you-" Theo started before Ashe placed his hands on her breasts and leaned in close to him.

She whispered into his ear, "We don't know who has the ring and if they find out what we know, we are in big trouble. We need to keep calm and move on them stealthily. Remember Sally's D&D game with all the political intrigue?"

Theo felt uncomfortable as his penis rose in erection and he felt the soft squish of perky yet jiggly breasts. He said, "So who are likely suspects?"

"Well, Professor Hatteberg for one. There was also a vice president breathing down his neck on this case. I looked her up after she watched yesterday's trial and her name is Rebecca Parker. Finally, there is a TA who helps Hatteberg named Tawny Looms who has access to his notes. Let's start with one of them."