Nikki

It had been less than an hour, and I'd already collected quite a lot of feedback data. At this rate, I might have enough for preliminary analysis in just a few days! Of course, there'd need to be further iterations of experimentation after that, but one experiment at a time.

I gave the boys a bit of a break, sitting them on the couch to watch football. The noise was distracting, but I'm nothing if not a generous housemate. They made barely a sound for the next two and a half hours (although there were yelps and tears each time I removed and reapplied the nipple clamps to ensure proper blood circulation), so I assume they were getting a good rest. They'd need it.

At ten to ten, I stood up and said, "Alright, you two should probably go to bed. You can remove the toys, by the way -- in the bathroom, please! By the way, there's been a change in bedroom allocation -- Dave, I need your bedroom for a computer room, so you two are sharing Anita's old room. I'll come with you, since you boys can't get the gags out without being shocked."

They brightened at the promise of having their gags removed, which... of course. Did they think I was a monster? I wasn't going to make them sleep with them all night! I could get more valuable data if I removed them.

I led the way to the bedroom, ready with the shocker in case they tried to jump me. They didn't, but I noticed Dave watching me carefully. He was probably trying to see if I could reach the shocker with my hand, if he had a chance to... idiot. I didn't carry it in my hand or my pocket or anywhere else an attacker could get it off me so easily! When we got to the bedroom door, I stopped.

"By the way," I said, "I've reset your permitted area to the bedroom, the small bathroom, and this little bit of hall separating them. Try to go down the hall, and the restraining system will kick in."

Both boys immediately covered their genitals. Good -- fast learners. I pushed open the door and ignored their grunts of confusion and dismay. Anita had cleaned her room out when she'd left, taking the furniture, and Dave had left me to set it up for Steve, so neither had actually seen how it had been prepared. Lazy jerks. I hadn't bothered replacing the bed, but I'd put a few blankets on the vinyl floor to protect them from the cold. (I'd disabled the heater, of course; couldn't have the boys wasting power). They wouldn't need closets or anything, so there was plenty of space for them to chill out. Apart from the sleeping corner, the only thing to take up space in the room was the feeding system.

Again, I'm not a monster. I knew these boys hadn't had dinner.

Said feeding system looked like a pair of metal pipes with a couple of sockets on it, but it was actually pretty complicated internally. I'd just covered it in metal so the boys, being boys, wouldn't break it if they got frustrated. It was set up using the same basic system that we used for lab animals; food rewards for desired behaviour. In this case, I wanted a lot of data on the SilicaSmart feedback potential, so I'd set up feeding to encourage frequent use of the devices.

The two sockets on the feeding system were on opposite sides of the pipes, and at about head level for a college boy on his hands and knees. I took the phallus in Dave's mouth and pulled. He winced when I grabbed it, but there was no need to worry; I was wearing the validation devices. The anti-tamper mechanisms wouldn't kick in against me.

Copious amounts of drool followed the phallus as it came free. I left the ring gag in place, of course; I didn't want to hear him whining.

"I'd warn you not to pull on the ring gag," I advised him. "Its anti-tamper systems are still active." Then I stuck the base of the phallus into one of the feeding sockets, so the dick and balls jutted out just above knee height. I attacked Steve's phallus on the other side.

"Allow me to explain how this works," I said. "In here is fresh water and food -- a nutritious gruel that forms an acceptable basis for a human diet. If you want it, just suck on the feeding tube." I flicked the phallus I'd pulled from Steve's mouth to indicate it, causing Dave to whimper. "Your phallus, that is the one partnered to your test partner's genitals, will feed you. There are validation receptors in the ring gags to stop you from switching. So food or water -- you can switch them using this switch up here -- will only flow if you're on the correct feed tube. You might have to suck pretty hard; the contents aren't under pressure. Additionally, the valves need to be opened before anything will flow. If your test partner orgasms, your valves will be open for five minutes; you have that window to eat or drink your fill. Any questions?"

Both boys protested indignantly, but the ring gags stopped them from forming coherent words.

"Good, I thought not. By the way, I do want you to engage with the system properly, so while I was cleaning out the small bathroom for your use, I poked around the water system. The water in there is fine for washing, but I wouldn't recommend drinking it. Goodnight, boys."

I headed off to get ready for bed myself.