Nurse Abigail's POV
While both of them are dressing themselves up after their shower, both simultaneously held their heads as if they were experiencing a massive migraine. This was not uncommon as both of their memories and mannerisms are starting to mold into one another, one of the side effects is that they may experience headaches and waves of nausea.
"Aaaghhhhh what's happening" said the older looking man as his head was aching so much that he started to banging his head with his palms. I sedated both of them before they could give themselves any more physical harm as we will be held liable if ever. I called some of our staff to carry them back to their respective rooms.
"They're going to be okay, right" I asked Dr. Markle. I was supposed to bring both of the subjects to the doctor before their episodes but I was afraid that they would act violently if I pushed through with that hence why I sedated them for the time being.
"Yes, although the headaches shouldn't be that intense" said Dr. Markle. She postulated that it could be because the process was accelerating that both their bodies and minds would have completely transformed within a day or two. We believed that it should take around seven to ten days before the process is completed but it seems that both of the subjects' bodies are more receptive than usual to the procedure.
I asked Dr. Markle if there would be any consequences that the process is proceeding much faster than anticipated. I was given a remark that's either affirmative nor dismissive, as if they weren't sure as well how this would affect the subjects.
"The procedure is experimental after all, so this is a great opportunity to see what happens if the procedure was done to close relatives, let alone a father and son" Dr. Markle commented. While this is a relatively new experiment, it was not entirely true that this was the first of its kind. A few procedures were done before David and Frank's case, but all of them were of opposite genders, and they are more of an experiment to test out a better way to swap genders. The subjects were cases of people who believe that they were born in the wrong body, and all of them were strangers to one another.
This was also probably why they paid a good sum to have an experiment be conducted to family members because the institute wanted to test out how it would work out if their genes were quite near to each other to begin with. It was also an added lucky draw that we got two test subjects of the same gender as this would also be the first time we'll do it with subjects of the same sex. They were the gold mine for the project since we're hitting two birds in one stone in their cases.
"Keep an eye on them, we still don't know how the procedure will alter their mental states" said the doctor. Originally, in our previous test subjects, the mental states of the subjects were relatively left intact. They have the memories and mannerisms of the other party but their original identities also remained. With this however, subliminal messages were also played in their rooms for the past four days to encourage them to act more like each other. The subliminals were programmed to make them believe that they were also the person they're going to be transformed to and ideally their original memories will be locked at the deepest crevices of their minds.
Subliminal programming isn't perfect and there's bound to be some remnants of their original selves that will linger. Frank for example seems to be exhibiting daddy issues that David originally didn't have. The institute was filled with cameras so it was quite obvious how fixated he is when he's looking at David's new body. David on the other hand seems to be accepting the role of being a future father really well. Having a relatively normal household, he seems to be a lot more adjusted and is more accepting to the complete overhaul of his personality. Although there are also signs of some traits that Frank doesn't have such as his original inclination to athletics and his preference to shave his beard off.
Only time will tell how successful the mental aspect of the program is going to be but when it comes to their bodies, they are at around 95% completed. The loose skin in Frank's body will be adjusted while he is currently sedated and their heights will probably be regulated tomorrow. At the rate that they are transforming, the moment they wake up from their sedation, which is supposed to knock them out for 24 hours, they will most likely see themselves as completely being transformed to each other.