"Never!" You scream defiantly even as your shrinking prison continues to contract around you, reducing your bunny body to no more than the size of a shooter marble. Even despite the pain, the pressure evenly compressing you doesn't stab or piece, it is merely an impassible wall. This situation could be worse, but not by much.
"You say that now, of course." Doctor Lemuria holds your Critter Cage between her thumb and forefinger. She's barely more than a meter tall, but now she towers over you. "I have ways of changing your mind. Good thing you're a captive audience now!" She laughs a haughty noblewoman's laugh. You can feel the tremors of her massive footsteps as her heels click on the tile floor, taking you somewhere you can't see. There's a clink as your Cage is placed on a steel-plated table, followed by the sound of the Doctor leaving.
"Hey! Where- unf- do you think you're g-going? Are you- rrf- afraid?" You surpass what even you thought was your limit, not even caring about the searing pain as the Critter Cage becomes no larger than a pomegranate seed. You're spinning so fast that the world is barely perceptible to you, yet you're so angry that you hardly care about whatever consequences there will be. Just a little more... just a little-
"Everything is going to be okay, little bunny."
"Wh-who said that?" The feminine voice is echoing all around you. It's... pleasant, not like that haughty doctor.
"You can relax, little bunny. There is nothing to be worried about. Everything is fine. In fact, everything is perfect." A steady, rhythmic pulse of vibrations runs through your bunny body. It feels... good? You feel your tension begin to fade-
"No! NonoNO!" The Doctor is trying to put a whammy on you or something! You push and push, doing anything you can to break the Cage, but not only do you not move, the Cage doesn't even contract any further. Dammit. "No..."
The sphere you are trapped in begins to rock back and forth, like an egg about to hatch. "Sssh-ssh-ssh. It's okay to relax. Nobody here is going to hurt you. In fact, we want to be friends with you. Can we be friends?" Rapid blinking lights in a rainbow of colors flash at the edges of your perception. What was that?
"No... stop it..." You feel your body begin to slow down. It DOES feel good...
"Doctor Lemuria wants to show you gratitude, little bunny. She can be your friend. All you have to do is listen and relax." There's a creaking sound as the pressure around your body begins to ease away. "Relax, relax, relax" whispers the vibrations around you.
"She's evil. I shouldn't-"
"The Doctor's releasing you, bunny. She respects you. In fact, she loves you! She'd love to have you as an ally, bunny. Just relax, and the Cage will release you." You push your paws against the walls of the Cage- nothing. You relax your muscles- the walls expand a little bit more. So that's how it's going to be...
"I'm so glad you trust me, bunny." The pressure pulses down on your head a few times as if it was petting you. Colors dance before your eyes. So, so pretty... "We trust you too. Relax, and listen. It feels good to relax and listen."
Your head is swimming, your eyelids feel heavy. You have to think of some way out of this-
Why don't you just submit?
What- that's stupid. These are the bad guys, you can't-
It's just a game, bunny. You remember that, right?
Your name isn't "Bunny", and- wait, just a game?
Yes, bunny. It's virtual reality. Did you think you were being attacked by a real mad scientist? Did you think you suddenly had superpowers?
...Oh. Right. It's a video game.
And aren't you curious where the game is going to go from here? This isn't game over, after all. It's a new beginning. All you have to do is-
"Relax," You mumble to yourself. Working for the villain can't be that bad, can it? All you have to do is look into the bright flashing colors, sway along with the rocking sphere, and...
Say it, bunny. "I love Doctor Lemuria."
"I love Doctor Lemuria. I love Doctor Lemuria. I love Doctor Lemuria..."
Pop! The Critter Cage opens and releases you into a sterile, steel-plated room with a one-way mirror in the walls. You didn't even notice that you stopped spinning, yet here you are. Stumbling out of the Cage and over to the mirror, you take a look at your face. Other than the yellow spirals replacing your irises, you look great!
"Stand at attention, little bunny." Behind you is-
The scent of roses. The taste of milk chocolate. Fireworks in the sky, gold and silver and violet. A warm, unending embrace.
Your love, whose name is Doctor Estelle Lemuria.
"Hoi!" You turn around and salute to your love, back straight, eyes forward. Despite the bliss you feel in Estelle's presence, your expression is frozen in a neutral state. She folds her hands behind her back and circles around you, inspecting you in that way you love so much.
"It seems like you took to the conditioning far faster than expected. I like that." She pats you on the head, causing you to let out a pleased whimper. "Be a dear and hold your palms out."
You do as you are told. Estelle grasps your white gloves by the fingertips and pulls them off, leaving your fuzzy hands exposed.
"Thank you, bunny."
"Mmm." Oh, hearing that felt REALLY good. Are you blushing? You turn your head-
"Eyes on me, please." And your gaze returns to her, just like that. "Take your shoes off- and your socks, too. You won't need those anymore."
The shoes are untied and tossed aside before you even noticed yourself begin to move. it takes only a moment more to leave your paws as bare as they were before you started this game.
It... IS just a game, isn't it?
But why does it feel so good?
"Follow me," says Estelle. "You deserve a better outfit than those rags you came in with."
Little do you know, you are about to be dressed in...