Lab Report
Synopsis:
Since it has been theorized that, among the millions of women out there, there are certain genetic markers that might potentially allow a woman to be mechanically divided from parts of her body and still maintain some feeling and control, this lab has decided to run a controlled, long-term experiment to try and discover the limitations, if any, this divided body might have.
Of the 10,000 women we tested, only one seems to have the genetic markers to make her a suitable subject for this experiment. We have already wired $50,000 to her account as a compensation for the long-term reach of this study.
Day 1:
The subject, hereinafter known as Carlie M, arrived and we went right to work. We had her recline on a table in supine position while we used the 10x-9c surgical laser on her waist. Cranking the laser’s power up as much as possible, we started cutting into Carlie’s waist, bared for that. We really had no precedence for what would happen but were pleasantly surprised to see her smiling shortly after that opening incision.
She was laughing and grinning as we reached the midpoint and had to really wonder. I mean she is a human woman, being cut in half by a high-powered laser and she’s smiling like it’s something pleasant.
We certainly weren’t expecting her to groan in pleasure as if it were an orgasmic experience when the laser finished cutting through her, and, upon examination, it was very clear her body was in two parts at her waist. When asked, she claimed that the experience was extremely pleasant, getting more intense as we continued to divide her, and she continued to feel that great pleasure now that her body was in two pieces.
We proceeded to give each half an examination, impressed that her lower half, even though separated from her upper half, continued to be able to move and have a pulse, showing thorough neurogenic and cardiac connections although there was nonvisible.
Of course, our next concern was whether or not the procedure could be reversed. Pressing the two halves together on the mysteriously grown skin that covered both separations, the effect on Carlie was immediate as she shared that the pleasant sensations she had experienced being cut was now double at being reunited. Her body, though, fused back together without much of a fuss, allowing her to maneuver as if the procedure had never happened.
As the control test was finished, Carlie smiled as she asked us to divide her again, but to really pull her two halves apart.
Day 29:
Carlie has now officially been in halves for almost a month. It’s interesting to note that the first two weeks we had to work out how she could move her lower half independent of her upper half. With some work on concentration and balancing, she managed to make her lower half move without too much compromise. It’s expected that, over time, her control over her separated legs and hips will improve.
Carlie reported that she continues to feel the same pleasant sensations that she initially had when her two halves were pulled apart. It’s also worth noting that, despite being separated from her heart and brain, blood continues to flow and feeling continues to be had. We had hypothesized that, over time, she’d lose sensation, but that hasn’t been the case.
We rigged a special power chair so that Carlie could move both her halves around with relative ease. She had a little trouble sleeping in the facility at first, but, after her division, she continues to sleep very well and have very good dreams.
We will continue to report on her as the experiment continues.
Day 94:
It’s so fascinating, observing the remarkable condition Carlie is in. Yes, she continues to eat, even though, by all counts, her digestive system is divided. She’s even been observed adjusting her lower half so that she can use the bathroom, although her upper half has to follow herself in there. It’s remarkable that she is still, by all counts, living a basically normal life, even though she’s been halved for around 3 months.
I wanted to find out some more about why she keeps feeling such intensely good feelings, so I set up for an MRI scan of her head. I should’ve known, by now, that she had something in mind with that wicked grin on her face. Indeed, she had a rather unusual request, but given what we’ve seen so far, I suppose it wasn’t unexpected.
She asked us to decapitate her and place her head in the machine all by itself. The laser had been shipped to another facility, but I found a large-bladed cutting device that seemed to work just fine. But, once her head was removed, she could still talk, laughing at the way I was fumbling with a detached head.
I managed to get her head on the MRI scanner and ran the tests, remarking how active her pleasure centers were. In comparison, the only other MRI images I knew of even close were when two lovers kissed. It was amazing to see that, but then a problem developed.
Carlie had requested that her head stay detached before, but, when I went to retrieve it, something appeared to be wrong. She reported that she could no longer feel the rest of her divided body, like something had been cut.
I ran her head back to her quarters, finding her upper body slumped over and her lower body toppled on the floor. With no other obvious option open, I reattached her head, bringing the rest of her body immediately back to life.
We are unsure if it was the MRI or the fact that she was already divided or maybe, just maybe, that a separated head cannot maintain a connection.
Further study is warranted.
Day 126:
We had an idea with Carlie about a week ago. With the whole incident where her head being separated caused a loss of sensation, we’ve moved Carlie’s lower half, attended to by three female interns, to a room in another part of the facility. So far, the separation of that distance has not yielded anything else remarkable, she continues to maintain sensation in her lower half.
That was tested, just yesterday, when one of the female interns decided to try something without telling Carlie about it. As her lower half was reclining, that intern pulled out a large feather, removed her slippers, and proceeded to tickle Carlie’s foot.
In the room her upper half was in, Carlie began laughing hysterically. She didn’t ask for it to stop, but she did feel that as if she were still in one piece.
This study of a human woman divided in two is still such a remarkable study that I’d be almost sad to see it end in a few weeks.
Day 144:
Now there’s something unexpected. As Carlie came to see what I’d be doing with her next, she started to complain about a bit of discomfort underneath her cut waist on her upper half. I examined her immediately, not knowing if this was something that needed an immediate aborting of the experiment, but I found something surprising.
Sticking out from the skin that had grown after we divided her was a growth of something unidentified. I tried to pass it off as nothing, but Carlie knew something was up when I asked for a biopsy of the new growth.
Could being divided this long have caused some kind of cancer? I admit, I’ve grown fond of Carlie over the months, so I knew I didn’t want that to happen.
But then the report came back from the other room. Her lower half had a growth on its new skin/barrier as well. When I examined the biopsy, I was surprised to see that they were normal stem cells.
I’ll have to try and make Carlie more comfortable with her new appendage while I try to figure this out.
Day 156:
I’m honestly not sure what’s happening with Carlie right now, but it’s something I’m sure no scientists has ever seen before. Beneath her upper half it appears that two appendages, like legs, are growing. On her lower half, there’s a shape that has three appendages growing out of it.
I’ve taken x-rays of the new growths, and there is bone in them. But they look like the bones that a child of 3 might have at this point.
I asked Carlie if she wanted to stop the experiment and get herself fully back into one piece, meaning we’d have to remove these new growths, but she keeps insisting that it’ll be all right.
What is going on here?
Day 167:
There is no doubt about it now, Carlie’s former two halves are now regrowing the halves that have been separated from them for quite a while.
I feel so privileged to be able to witness this incredible scientific discovery. Might it be possible? Could this usher in a way to regrow amputated limbs?
But how? Is it the fact that her two halves were separated a few weeks ago? Could it be the 10x-9c laser? It is meant to create the most painless, finest seam possible, so could it have caused a delayed regenerative effect? Or maybe it’s all to do with Carlie’s unique genetic makeup.
Day 178:
It seemed quite the surprise to Carlie, or, rather, the Carlie that came from the original’s lower half. Yes, today, she’s completely duplicated. That’s the only word I can think to describe this. That Carlie insisted that we’d snuck in and put her back together without her knowledge, but then we introduced her to…well…herself.
Both Carlies seemed utterly shocked to see each other. After all, she came in here one person, and she’d leaving here as two. When the first Carlie, the one that came from her upper half, thought for a moment, she had to ask the question we’d all been wondering. How does she explain having a sudden twin?
I had to correct her, though. She wasn’t a twin, but a duplicate, and it was pretty obvious, to me at least, which Carlie was which. The one that came from her upper half didn’t have something the one that came from her lower half had, because, when she was initially halved, her lower half still had her intact navel. Her upper half didn’t have one, so, when the duplicate grew, it didn’t need the required scar.
But they both have the same memories, including the strangeness of that MRI, of Jess, of her family, of all these things, as if they really are the same person.
We’ll definitely need to figure something out.
Conclusion:
It seemed inescapable to Carlie that she needed to have both of her live two different lives. I mean, they have the same memories, although there is no sensation shared between them anymore, and still have the same intonations. They both dress alike and move alike.
So, the Carlie with the navel was chosen to leave the facility and return to her normal life, knowing that she used to be only a pair of legs six months ago but being unable to say anything. The other Carlie has volunteered to stay on, helping with future experiments. Not sure whether she wants to assist or to be sliced up again.
But future endeavors will soon commence.