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A full year after his transformation, Aron finally feels truly comfortable in his own body,. The process of growing and giving birth to larvae has gotten much easier, he has gotten better at moving around, he has a better time concentrating, and is feeling more focused. His cognitive skills still aren't where they were before the change, but that was the old him. He is a completely different person now and that person feels like a lifetime ago. Aron feels much more like himself, in ways he never was before. Before, he used to feel like he always had to pretend. Now he has a purpose. He loves his life now and his body. Having innumerable babies fills him with bliss and contentment. This is how everything is meant to be.
Researchers broach the subject to him that they are examining possible methods of increasing the birth frequency and the size of his clutches. Great progress has already been made with in vitro tests and it is time to move on to human trials. Aron is by far the most promising subject. The scientists tell him something about the elasticity of his skin and how well he has adjusted. He doesn't really remember all the details, just that he will be the first. Aron is excited to be the first, because it means he gets to be the first to have even more babies!
Aron has to start taking supplements and he is given daily injections filled with a cocktail of different active substances. He is started on a long term trial that scientists believe should increase his clutch size significantly within a year. The effects are not immediate. In fact only after six months do the changes actually start to become noticeable. The sixth clutch after the start of the trail is slightly larger than average and with every following clutch the amount of larvae increases. Finally after a year Aron gives birth to 200 larvae.
The following year the injections are changed and components have been added that should increase the frequency of births as well. Once again the effects of this change are not immediate. The size of clutches keeps increasing at the same pace as before and within another half year he is up to 250 babies every four weeks. After a full year the changes in frequency have become significant and Aron gives birth to 300 babies every three weeks. Then the trial continues for another six months and Aron births an astounding 350 babies every two weeks.
At this point the scientists worry that the experiment has reached its physical limitations and the host's body won't be able to support any additional increase, so Aron is weaned from the injections. However, for yet unknown reasons, Aron's body has started synthesizing the crucial compounds from the injections on its own and the clutch size and frequency continue to steadily increase. The doctors wonder what the end limit will be. They hypothesize that in another five years the host’s body will reach a point where the resting period will cease to exist. Meaning Aron will be giving birth in a constant wave.
Remarkably, over these past few years Aron's body has started consuming unnecessary organs: ones that no longer have a function in his transformed body and don't serve the purpose of nourishing eggs or giving birth. His liver, pancreas, gallbladder, kidneys and urinary bladder have all been metabolized. The lower part of his bowels has been serving as uterus since the initial transformation and has been streamlined, any superfluous bends have disappeared. Only organs critical to keeping the host alive and provide the eggs with nutrients remain. Everything below the very first part of the small intestine only serves as space for eggs to grow.
The elasticity of Aron’s skin continues to be a marvel. It is able to stretch around the amazing volume of the egg sack without damage. Even some of his bones have slowly changed, especially his hipbone now contains less rigid structures and has become semi-elastic, allowing it to stretch to give the egg sack more room.
The most amazing, unexpected side effect scientists have discovered is that Aron's DNA is being continually repaired by the eggs. This means that Aron has effectively stopped aging. Theoretically this could mean that he has become immortal but more research is needed to confirm this. Ultimately this discovery might even lead to immortality for all creatures. If it is true that would entail that Aron can survive as long as he still has eggs, unless of course he dies from external factors like illness or injury. He has become fully dependent on the eggs, his body is unable to support itself without them. Current estimates are that he will keep laying eggs for roughly 200 years.
None of these phenomena are observed in any of the other hosts. It is unclear whether Aron's body would have gone through these transformations on its own over time and has now just been accelerated, or if any of the additional changes are side effects of the trial.
Of course, Aron is not aware of the changes that are not immediately visible to him, nor their ramifications. He only knows he is having more babies more often and that makes him happy.
At his point in time, three-and-a-half years after his transformation Aron grows humongous every two weeks. Every other week he is completely bed bound, unable to support the massive weight of his stomach. His normally already beach ball sized belly swells to twice its size, which is about two times the size of a regular human pregnancy at nine months. The massive size makes Aron appear very much like a kiwi bird about to lay. All his remaining organs are displaced by the egg sack to allow its growth and he is left short of breath and his back and hips are numb. He is even unable to lie flat on his back, because his belly would crush him, so he either lays on his side or with his back propped up by pillows. Even with his arms fully outstretched he can't fully envelope the girth of his gravid stomach.
In order to keep providing the necessary nutrients for the massive amounts of babies growing inside at all times, Aron has to consume over 5000 calories a day! The meal portions he is served have increased dramatically and he gets plenty of snacks.
Because of his size Aron can no longer touch his own dick. He is all fine with that though, since the mass of his belly presses against his cock and balls and the babies milk his prostate with their continuous movements. With that he still has many orgasms, even while unable to touch himself.
With his body more streamlined for its one and true purpose there is no more room in his ass for his large toys. Aron doesn't need his gaping asshole filled anymore, because it no longer feels empty. Every part of him is filled to the brim with his babies. Even the ring toy he used to love that kept his hole open for the world to see has become unnecessary. The egg sack grows so large that it protrudes outward from his loose birthing hole as it expands, clearly visible even without the ring. The plug in his cock has become a permanent fixture, inside of him between birthing sessions, making his balls swell up heavy with milk. It is only removed when he is giving birth and it almost feels like he is coming every time.
The increased weight of the egg sack is not the only factor limiting Aron's mobility. The elasticity of his hipbone severely limits its functionality and leaves Aron unable to walk or stand for long periods of time. Even on the days when his belly is at its smallest. On days when Aron is not completely bed bound yet, but he is unable to walk he gets around crawling on all fours instead, with his pregnant tummy heavily dragging over the floor.
Being bed bound 50% of the time and forced to crawl the remaining time doesn't bother Aron in the least. Even if the amount of playtime with his friends is drastically reduced. Only David is allowed to visit him when Aron is stuck in bed and he often comes to worship his larger than life belly. Aron is happy and content. In both his body and mind there is hardly any room but for his babies. Being a human incubator is only purpose and his passion and he wants to be even better at it. Yet even with the more frequent and bigger clutches he still wants more babies. He needs more babies!
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Almost five years after the event that has changed Aron's life, he is walking outside on facility grounds, together with all his friends. The entire friend group is present: David, John, Kevin, Leon, Yun, and Aron himself. They are enjoying the lovely weather. It has been a while since all six of them could be together, mostly because of Aron’s new rapid birthing cycle. Luckily, Aron has just given birth two days before, so he is both small enough and fit enough to be able to go on a short walk. All his friends have all recently been started on the trial to increase their clutches and birthing frequency. Soon they will all be having as many babies just as often as him. Aron is very happy for them.
Not long into their walk David steadily drifts closer to Aron. It starts innocently with David grasping his hand in his own and holding it, but they both know that these touches will turn into something more heated soon. Still this innocent contact fills Aron's stomach with happy butterflies, regardless of all other things they have been doing and how long they have been together. As predicted David's hands start to wander, caressing over the curve of his belly. Their steps slow down until they come to a stop and they turn towards each other. Aron presses a soft kiss on David's lips. Both of David's hands come up to cradle Aron's jaw and he deepens the kiss.
Suddenly, all six of them startle when alarms start blaring. This has never happened before and they are very confused. The intercom tells them not to panic and make their way to one of the buildings not part of the main structure. Both regular staff members as well as scientists and doctors are frantically speed walking to the main building. The group is approached by a couple of staff members who start to lead them towards the other facility buildings. Then the staff see something that abruptly makes them turn tail, leaving the six hosts behind. Confounded Aron watches them sprint away.
Then there is a sound other than the alarms, something quite familiar: a deep buzzing that is swelling in volume. Aron and the others turn towards the noise. Something is approaching them. At first it resembles a black cloud. Aron is alarmed initially, but then this situation feels very familiar. Soon the cloud is upon them and Aron recognizes what it is. It's no cloud, but a swarm of insects. Big dog-sized insects in fact. He knows these bugs! They are rakher, the species that started this all and that made him who he is today. Except these rakher seem to be very docile and are only mildly interested in them and definitely not in the way the original ones were.
Aron comes to a realisation. His babies are rakher larvae and he has given birth to so many of them, and so have his friends. This swarm is made up of all of their babies all grown up. Tears of happiness spring into Aron's eyes. He is so proud! Their children look very healthy. Aron might not be remembering correctly, since it has been such a long time ago, but he believes their children look larger than their insectoid parents. Overcome with emotion, he stretches out a hand and carefully moves the nearest bug closer to his face, so he can affectionately bump his face against the bug's head. When the insect drifts away he grabs the next to nuzzle into and then the next.
Some time passes like this with Aron crying while cuddling his children. Time is cut short however. There is an odd smell in the air. The scent starts out as subtle, but it soon becomes overwhelming. Aron starts feeling woozy. The world turns fuzzy around him and he feels tired. He is forced to lower himself on the ground otherwise he might fall over. All of a sudden a nap seems like a very good idea and then everything goes dark.
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After that incident Pychros undergoes major changes. Many new staff members, scientists, and doctors have been hired, schedules have been changed and rooms have been moved around. These are just the changes that Aron is aware of. The noticeable changes are indicative of something bigger happening. It feels like the entire place has been turned upside down.
The most notable change is the addition of new hosts. One day Aron and his friends are already sitting in the recreation room when to their surprise four new people like them are escorted into the room. The new hosts are all glowing with their round pregnant bellies filled with life. Aron and the other more experienced hosts are very happy to welcome them. After all they all remember how difficult it was to adjust to everything the first few months after their transformations. Aron is sure that in no time at all the new hosts will have settled nicely into their new lives and be happy and content having many babies just like him.
When Aron looks at his new friends he gets a faint sense of recognition, but he can't place them. Perhaps if his cognitive ability would have been better, more like the old him used to be, then he might have realized that the new hosts are his old doctors and scientists that researched him...