It was fun to think of things to do. The first thing we did was try to give him the ability to climb and walk on walls. Spiders had special, thin hairs on their limbs that allowed them to grip onto surfaces. From there, they could even go up sheer surfaces and at 90-degree angles. I set those parameters on the device and pointed it at him. It shot a purple ray out the tip and zapped him. His muscles seized up and he fell to the ground. I ran over to him and saw if he was okay. He was shaking on the ground. I did notice that something was happening to his hands. Flesh toned hairs began growing on the palms. I assumed the same thing was happening on his feet as well. That is a bad side effect. I would have to make a note of that if I wanted to use it in the future. I did not want to be hurt or immobilized in a pinch. If it was a matter of life or death, using it in the moment could lead to death. You needed to use it in advance. When he finally came to, I told him about the hairs on the hands. He took off his shoes and socks. Zayn looked at his feet and we felt the soles. The thin hairs were there as well.
Down-like softness was what I would describe the feeling when he shook my hand was like. It was pretty nice. "Okay. Let's try to climb something." I said. He nodded and said "Alright! Let's go." We went behind the dorm and it was empty in the yard. I pointed at the wall and said "Try the wall." He nodded and walked up to it. He rubbed his hands together as he took a deep breath. "You got this, Zayn. Climb the wall." he said out loud to himself. There was a bit of a pause before he placed his right hand on the wall. He then put his left hand on the wall. Next came the right foot. He then tried hanging from the wall. We lost our minds cheering when Zayn stuck to it. With all of the hype, he scrambled up about 15 feet up the wall. That was certainly a feat. He then came down and walked over to me. "What else could we do? We have the time." he asked. I shrugged as I checked the gadget. "Want some spinnerets? To make webs and silk." I asked. He thought about it. "Sure. Why not!?" he said. He did not look totally convinced. Zayn was probably just into the idea of the device than any change.
Even then, he did not stop me from setting up the device and zapping him. He winced, but he did not collapse this time. Instead, he grabbed me and held onto me tight. I was surprised and was going to ask him what was up when I saw his face. His eyes were shut tight from pain and he hissed in discomfort. Thick, tough skin developed on both of his wrists and his tailbone. From there, blue spinnerets appeared and some thin white fluid was produced. When he calmed down, he let go of me. He rubbed at his wrists absentmindedly. "Damn! That thing fucking hurts. Can't you do something about it?" he asked. I had no clue. "I'll look at it tonight." I told him. He took a few steps back and flexed his wrists. Some fluid came out, but not from his wrists. He quickly swiped behind himself and grabbed at the webbing the sprouted from his ass. I ended up chuckling a bit at his expense. "Not you! I wanted my wrists to work." he snapped at his ass in embarrassment. It was a thick white line about as thick as twine and as long as a yardstick. He focused hard and his wrists actually shot out webbing.
For the rest of the hour, he practiced climbing and shooting strings of webbing. He was not able to use the webbing to anchor his weight or swing. It was simply not thick or strong enough. After the hour was up, he fell to knees in pain as the hair and spinnerets receded back into his body. I just pulled him in a hug to anchor him as he went through it. When he was done, he looked at me. "Fuck. It really hurts. How many times do I have to do it to make it permanent!?" he asked. I looked at the user manual to check. "Huh? It says because I have your DNA, it can be made permanent at any time. I can even take those changes away because I have your direct profile. Others will take 3 times." I then turned back to him. "What did you want to make permanent? You do know that I'm a busy guy. It's not a given that you'll see me again to change back." I informed him. He blinked and said "My hands and feet. I want to be able to climb." I set it to permanent. He still felt the pain, but he was getting used to it. After it set in, I went back to my dorm room. He wanted to climb some more, so I left him to it.
