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Life working as a servant isn't too bad really… We are well fed, we don't have to worry about just being slaves to work, and we are all still together! My sisters and I all were born in the same clutch. Mother always seemed very happy to have us all, and the Man’s family that owns the estate is very fair. Wiping away my moist fur off my head, I tossed out the last of the weeds onto the pile and toss them with the trash. Just in time! -I still have to wash up quickly to get this dirty fur cleaned. Taking the side door that leads to our small little housing quarters tucked away inside the Mansion, I rushed past my sisters who were doing their own things. “Lucy! You look so dirty! Better wash before Mom sees~!” Trisha taunted as she turned back to her celebrity magazines about the top hit AC actors. I could only groan at her statement, shutting the door to the bathroom. We’ve never seen any of the movies outside the one's the Father lets us view. Strangely, the ACs they talk about in there never are referred as actors... Some of my sisters could be a pain- But we're still family and I love them all, to a degree… Sometimes I do wonder what it's like to be an only child… But that's to ponder on about later! I can't disappoint Mom by being late at the main table! \n\nLooking backing the mirror on the wall, I could see my beady red eyes looking back as I scanned the fur, my small pink ears twitching a bit as they darted around. My normally snowy white fur was darkened with dirt. At this rate I’ll need a whole bath… I turned around to see my back, not nearly as bad as the front or my arms where, but still quite dirty. I never really took the time to look at my body like this aside from cleaning it, but my curves aren’t too protruding like some of the AC on the magazine. Grabbing the bucket to fill the small washtub to the side, I thought about it for a moment, the many different kinds of ACs… What if I was like a Canine one- or a Rabbit? I wonder what it’s like? I dipped my pink feet into the tub, lowering myself until my thighs were submerged, taking a handful of the water I splashed it on myself to wash and scrub away the dirt. Without much effort- I was pearly white and ready to get dressed! I’ll worry about the tub later I thought while I dashed through the doors to get on my clothes.\n\nLeading us out, Mother was looking rather glowing as her fur was bright and flowing. We all carried the dishes of food straight from the kitchen as the Family of 6 sat down happily, Laying out a buffet of cooked veggies and various meats that are always freshly delivered. The family looked a bit unappeased while waiting for their meals. They were really different from us, Scaly bodies with various feathers around their heads and arms, the father and the sons shared common colors but the mother and the daughters had a much more vibrant feel to their scales. The Father sat at one end, Two sisters and two brothers on both of the sides, and lastly the Mother facing her husband. We didn't waste any time to lay out the silver platters and remove the dishes, which revealed the flavorfully rich meats, veggies, and breads. The family wasn't impressed- as it's an everyday feat by our mother but they filled their plates right up, the Father dismissed us and we hurried back into the kitchen. Our mother already had quickly left, to set up the dining table in our space as we grabbed the scraps of the meal we had put aside. “Come in girls- We don't want to delay.” Her voice gently echoed through the hall, as we all hurried our way to the big stubby table and sat all around it. She stood happily as she poured us some water into our cups and made sure we were all set to eat. “Now I’ll be back later. Make sure you clean up after yourselves- That means you too Frankie!” My sister gave an annoyed reply back to her and we dug into our plates. It really didn’t take long for us to finish as we didn’t have a feast like the owners did, but we did feel pretty full. After getting up we quickly cleaned our plates and cups, My sisters got to their beds to get right to sleep. I rested along with them, but only ever just pretending to sleep. I can't just sleep without knowing mother has returned from checking up with the household… She tends to their children then cleans up after them each night, Mom has always been kind like that, to us and them. Soon, what felt like an hour later Mom still hadn’t returned. It could be she needed some help with the clean up. So I carefully snuck out of bed, quietly making my way to the kitchen. When I arrived, everything was already spotless- She cleaned it all perfectly, but she normally would have been back with us by now. It's against mother's wishes for us to roam about the estate, moreso at this hour… It can't be helped. If anything happens to mother what are we to do? I went into the main hall, the walls covered in decorations and paintings of people and things I couldn't even begin to understand as I passed through. All the doors on each side shut, all but one that I believed was the study. Wondering my way towards it, the soft crackles of the fireplace creeped out the doorway, familiar voices seeping through the crack. \n\n“Please- Take the time to reconsider-” “I’ve already given you too much borrowed time.” “Bu -but they been doing so well!” While I crept my way to the door, I could make out my mother’s voice, but to my dismay it sounded in distress. The other belonging to the Father of the household. “Look, I have given you years. Time any Master wouldn’t have even bothered to even give. My children have been growing up, and they are soon to peak maturity… You have outlived your purpose-” “We still do a wonderful job upkeeping your beautiful manor! And we don’t ask for much in return.” I could hear him let out a constrained sigh, the fires crackling filling up the silence. “-My Children will be going to other planets, to continue the family’s heritage across the galaxy. With that being said, We will only be needing one of you to stay to tend to me and my wife.” They start to talk over each other for a moment before they both stopped in unison, and the Father resumes. “-That being said. They ship off very very soon, I told you long ago you would have had to make this choice, and you only tried to push it away. I refuse to give you any more time to think on it.” “But-” “-You… Will have tonight to decide… You can stay here and live the rest of your days here, and your children will be sent off to a station. Or you can let them all stay, and you go there in their place.” I didn’t hear anything else… The fire started to calm down as the flames crackling weakened but they both stayed quiet. I felt my heart beating hard as I rushed back to our living quarters, Not looking back to see if they saw me. Racing through the mansion’s many hallways, I quickly jumped into my bed, and dug into my sheets. All of my sisters still sleeping as I calmed myself down. Did the father… Mean to break us up? The thoughts lingered as I had some trouble sleeping, but soon enough I felt my eyes grow heavy. It's going to be one of the few times I've slept without mother coming back…\n\n“-ucy! C'mon!” Sarah pushed and pulled on my shoulder as I woke up in a slight daze. “Mother said we're all going on a trip! With the Mister too!” I rushed to sit up- just to clash into my sister's head as we both groan out while I scooted back in my bed. “Ow… Don't do that Sarah!” “-You shouldn't rush out of bed either Lucy!” “Ugh, well we rarely leave the estate… Did they say where we are going?” “Mother says we're going to visit one of the stations!” The stations… I give a deep sigh just before I start to get out of bed. “Lucy you gotta hurry! Everyone is almost ready to go!” Sarah quickly departs, leaving me in the room by myself as I looked to see all my sister's already hurrying outside. Quickly running to the sink to freshen up myself, I run out to meet up with my sisters. They were all chatting along with each other as our mother watched from the door, talking with the father again. “Lucy! We’ve been waiting on you! We’re taking a trip into the city for the first time!” “-No mom said it’s to the station! Remember what she told us about it?” “It could just be IN the city you know…” Listening to my sisters go back and forth, I gave out a warm sigh as I knew that they meant well, but they really didn’t know what was happening. Mother told us stories of how our kind gets sent off to stations- to become more. Almost… Like school? She told us about how she got to work with this family and how they hired her from one. It always seemed so well until we asked her about the others that were there, she then would quickly change the topic or assign us some chores before we could get our answer. Looking back at mother as she glazed over to us, she didn’t… Really seem excited at all about us going. My mind looped back to last night again, hearing her woes and the choice she had to make. What did she tell the father? An engine roared as it passed through the gates, an odd looking Van of some sort, with tinted windows drove in front of the manor. Mother and the Father started to walk down from the steps and we knew this was the ride to the- whatever laid ahead for us…\n\nMe and my sisters poured into the back seats as Mother instructed, The Father getting into the front seat and talking privately with the driver, while mother gets into the back with us. “Ohhh~ These seats are as soft as our beds!” Trisha noticed as she bounced in her chair, Sarah and Frankie joined her as well. I still had too much on my mind as the car started to roll on, hurrying out the gates and onto the road. I looked towards the window and stared, the black tint only reflecting back my eyes. “Lucy… Is something wrong?” Mother looked at me, her eyes still warm and welcoming, but her tone was saying something else. “I’m- I’m just worried. About us…” Mother gestured me to come in the row with her as my sisters keep bouncing and playing about, enjoying the ride so far. I sit next to mother and she came in close to whisper to me. “Deary, you have to stay strong for all your sisters. They look up to you. And-” “Mom. I heard what you and the Father was talking about last night.” She froze up, her face getting riddled with shock as she never expected that from me. “The Station… It isn’t good is it?” Mother gave me a sigh, the cat’s outta the bag now. “The Station isn’t bad. But it isn’t like school as you think it is.” She looked back to her other children, looking content to be staring at them. “I wouldn’t have gotten all of you if it wasn’t for Master’s- I mean… No, you should know he’s our master at least. He listened to me and I got to have you four.” Master? So… We weren't just servants? I felt my heart start to race, my mind making up more and more questions that demanded answers. “-Calm down Lucy… I know there’s a lot that you’re going to wonder. You’ll get your answers in due time.” “-But. Mom, what’s going to happen? Who’s going onto the station?” She just turned and gave me silence. I tried to pull at her shoulder but she wouldn’t budge. I heard a sniffle from her nose and my sisters noticed she was looking hurt. “Lucy!? What did you do to mother?” “No no- It’s alright Trisha… Mama’s just- a bit under the weather that’s all.” They stared on for a bit, mostly at me to see if she was right. Then the car made a sudden stop, nearly knocking us off our seats. \n\nThe front door opened, and soon after the side door did as well, mother leading us out as the light blinded us a bit when we stepped onto the ground. After a moment our eyes adjusted- and a building like no other we’ve seen before- with people of all kinds walking in and out of it. The building was made of all steel, it’s appearance in the light almost made it glowing brightly at us. And the people, Most of them were walking normally but… some had on collars, forced to walk on all fours. Stranger than that- some of them even had on strange bindings on their faces or rears, and they didn’t seem to mind it one bit. We all looked towards mother, confused at all the things we’re seeing all at once and she didn’t try to hide it from us. Her look was stern and unphased… Almost like this was already well accepted. The Father led all of us into the doors, we couldn’t stop looking about in wonder. “-Did you see that guy?” “Yeah… He had a really big ding dong…” “Sarah, it’s a penis.” I replied while we all whispered among each other. “More like a big cockkk~!” I groaned at my sister’s immaturity, We’ve never really seen much of any other species aside from what mother taught us. We well knew how our organs worked- even the sexual ones, but we were never directly exposed to a male’s like this… “Stay as quiet as you can be when we get in.” Mother commanded, and we all straightened up and followed her in. There were many different lines and desks, and we could hear a weird humming echoing throughout the building. It didn’t feel natural at all but I did my best to just ignore it. The Father led us to a different desk, one that had no line, and only one attendant, she looked like some kind of canine, I didn’t really know too much about them to know her type. “Hello! How can- Oh my! Mister Boliark! A pleasure to see you again!” “Save the formalities, we already have an appointment.” She quickly looked to her device, and after a few tacks of her keyboard and clicks she gasped when she looked at the screen. “Ah! Yes, yes… right on time too! You can follow me to the instructor!” Her eyes looked over to us, a weird glare shot to us while she smiled, licking her teeth. I heard one of my sisters gasp, almost letting out a squeak. \n\nThe attendant led us all into a hallway where it was very blank and plain- no decorations or doors, and there was someone waiting at the end. Getting closer I felt like I could hear the humming grow louder and louder, almost like the roaring engine of the car that dropped us off but much stronger. A very well dressed Fox like woman stood there waiting for us. The Father gave her a nod, both of them walking up to each other. He turned back and looked at mother. “Give your last good-byes. It’s going to be the last moment.” “Huh?” “Mom what does he mean?” My sisters were perplexed by his words, and mother kneeled down to bring us all in close, her eyes watery as tears ran down while she gave us a big hug. “Lucy, Trisha, Frankie, and Sarah… I love you all. Mama’s did all she could to protect you. But we have to split up now…” “Mom?! Wait you mean-” “Yes lucy. The choice has been made… I couldn’t hide it from you forever. The things you four are going to experience- It was bound to happen…” I felt my own tears running down my face, tightly hugging mother and I felt my sister’s arms around both of us. “Be strong… They will take advantage of your weaknesses when you let them. So don’t try to fight it. Endure.” She started to kiss each of us, by now all of us are crying on each other. “Okay that’s enough, It’s time to go Ri’sha.” The father walked past us as mother let us go and and followed him out. We kept hugging for a little while longer as the attendant stepped past us, and pressed something on the wall, a weird noise sounded just before the hallway closed off on one end and opened on the other. \n\nThe Fox woman walked to us and looked at us with a smile, it- felt kinda creepy to see that while we were still all huddled together from the moment. “Thrown out of the nest so suddenly? You poor, poor, little babies…” She grabbed my cheek and jerked me around, and I couldn’t help but stare directly back at her with my watery eyes. “Oh~! How lovely it is to see how AC are the first time they arrive. Your will, fight, and acceptance all come out in different ways… It’s just so delightful!” This woman is- mocking us? I felt like I should have said something but Trisha quickly rubbed her eyes to get rid of the tears before she broke the embrace. “W-who are you to talk about us?” The fox never did stop smiling as her hand raised and backhands Trisha, the droplets flying off her face to moisten the floor. “-First. You all don’t get a say in this at all. Even if Boliark requested ‘special’ treatment for you four, You’re all just property to be sold off. So zip your trap honey or it will be much... much worse!” I turned to check on Trisha and her cheek was beating red as she rubbed it, we all already understood the thin line we’re on now. Turning back to her she offers another creepy smile and stepped back a bit. “Now up! No dilly dally! We have tests to run and places to find for you all!” She pressed something else on the wall, A panel slides back and a few strange looking collars are revealed, hanging off the side. “Just need to get you four dolled up and ready for the tests!” The fox points at me, and her finger curled to gesture me to her. “You can be first my lovely… Don’t be shy.” Even with as strangely aggressive she was, I stood up and fearlessly walked over to her, keeping my hands down. I have to be the big sister, as long as they follow me they shouldn't stay too rebellious. “Hm. Almost disappointed…” The fox whispers, low enough only for me to hear as she unhooked the collar and brought it around my neck. “-I was really hoping to make an example out of you for the others…” She whispered again, looking back at my sister's with a glare. “Please, we can't take anymore pain right now…” I whispered back, hoping for a bit of understanding. She just laughed as she pushed me back, her hand moving to a device on her wrist as she gets tempted to press it. “-That's something I'll decide! Whatever limits you think you four have, you better not be surprised when we make new ones. Good behavior doesn't mean anything to me when I want to know just how far I can take you…” An eerie grin crossed her face, she chuckled to herself as she gestured all of us to come. “Now let's get back on schedule.” \n\nWe all got pushed and shoved around after our collars were put on, a strange looking guard accommodating the fox once we got to the end of the hall. She didn’t say a word until we got into some type of platform. I couldn't help but to check up on my sisters behind me, Trisha was still a bit shaky but they all knew to follow what I did carefully. The fox talked along with the guard, mostly complaining about how obediently we have been for the most part. Looking around, everything feels so… strange. The building itself, the halls, and there were other groups being led like us until we reached a line, but it was moving very quickly as we neared a set of doors. No one ever came back out- So it was a one way entry. I felt someone tighten up on my tail, sadly I knew exactly who was… and why they did. Sarah sometimes would get scared, and just tighten up on the nearest tail she could find. I could feel her hot huffs of breath while she tried to stay calm, looking at my back. We were up next as the group before us passed through the doors, and the fox woman waves off the guard as he went to the next unaccompanied group. “Ugh, you four are extremely boring! What’s the matter with you? I just have never seen such well behaved Rogues!” I looked up at her, and she clearly wanted an answer… Her eyes sharply staring into mine while she’s in genuine disbelief. “We… Don’t know anything beyond the house.” I said, and a ear of her’s perked up. “-Mother had us on the master’s land at all times, we never ventured out to see anything else.” The familiar toothy grin crossed her face again as she just stared, even letting out a chuckle. “-So you all are like newborns? Oh my~!” The doors opened up and she turned around and lead us through. “-This makes this totally worth your boringness… It’s a rare sight to get a clean fresh slate, none the less 4!” Looking behind her, the room was perfectly white and empty, And squared at that. In the middle of the room was what looked like a giant plate, and the fox gestured all of us to get on it. Her tail swayed even as she was standing still, like she had the same excitement from the start. “-No sloppy seconds of someone’s handy work… I can barely contain myself~!” I could hear her mumble as we all stepped onto the plate thing with her. There was a click in the room and suddenly the white started to become blinding, we couldn’t help but to cover up our eyes but even then my eyes couldn’t see anything at all. A ringing grew louder and louder, and then, stopped. The whole room was back to normal, and the lights weren’t immense like before. “Now- there’s quite some time before we make it to an actual station…” So… The place we were just at- wasn’t even our final destination? \n\n“Come along, there’s still much more walking we have to do.” She walked past us and opened the doors. I was the first up, then Trisha, Sarah, and lastly Frankie as we stood in line behind her. The moment we walked into the hallway, we could see something we’ve only seen in the movies back at home… We were in space- peering down back at our lovely green and blue planet, with it’s vast ocean covering it almost like a blanket. It almost didn’t even feel like we left, aside from the air feeling more chilled. “Ah- Right it’s probably your first time seeing this. Take it all in- because it’s more than likely the last time you’ll see your planet~!” She laughed as we kept following her, guards periodically walking past armed with some kinda blaster. “Luckily there’s already a ship prepped, one that’s far more to my liking…” The Fox gave a nod to a guard as we approached another set of plated doors, he quickly presses a few buttons and it opens up. As we walked through, it leads into what looks like a huge hangar, just like in those space movies! I turned back to Frankie and she was a bit giddy from the whole space experience, but her legs still shaking none the less with our situation. There was a pretty big ship docked in the middle of it, at least 20 times the size of the van we used earlier. There was an echo of announcements that was on the speakers, telling arrival times and departures, the fox didn’t seem to pay much mind to it as she directly walked straight to what looked like was the crewmen waiting at the ramp into the ship. One of them was taking a snooze on a nearby chair, the other was on his back, browsing through something like looked like a catalog. The fox immediately stormed over and kicked the one on the floor in the rips, his catalog dropping to the floor. Me and my sisters all looked over her shoulders while he rolled over in pain we could see he was a fox just like her, but with a more brown hue. His magazine was filled with naked ACs, all with some kinda numbers and labels on them before we quickly pretended not to look. \n\n“-What the hell are you doing slacking off?” “Madam Rachiel! W-we thought you would be there longer!” The one sitting down replied, his fur matching the one rolling about on the floor. “These four didn’t cause a single outburst, so we got here much faster than usual- Stop being a drama queen! I didn’t even kick you that hard!” “Ahh! I think you broke a rib! Wait until the institute hears-” “-About the little rogue you’re keeping locked up back at home?” The moment he heard that he instantly got up and saluted her, afterwards he quickly grabbed his catalog and marched up the ramp, his co-worker sighing as he followed him. She gives out a sigh and leads us up the ramp carefully. “I guess 2nd to my liking… These idiots are only good for flying…” After we all got in- the ship looked really clean and spacey, a lot of room to walk about in. It even had a living room with a sofa, a TV, a small bar… She pressed a button as the ramp started to raise, sealing up the ship thighly. “Oh don’t think these are your quarters, You’re much much farther down the back.” The fox guided us past the lovely room, before suddenly it sharply changed, the white metals changing to a dark metallic grey. We had to walk down a few steps of stairs, and there were many doors on either side. “Alright you’re up first!” She pressed a button on the door and suddenly reached back and grabbed my arm, pulling me forward- actually she flung my whole body into the room in one motion. I rolled on the cold hard floor as the door shut. I couldn’t hear anything or see past it once it closed. Giving the room a quick look over.\n\nIt was very minimal in terms of being a living quarter… No furnishings, the bed was really just a cushioned bag attached to a metal slab, there were two holes on a wall. Couldn’t tell what those were for. There was a small screen across from the wall with the bed, it looked to be turned off… The ship started to shake a bit- much like our car trip, but this time much louder, the engines roared in my ear, almost as if it was right beside me as I fell to the ground, pushed over by the sudden movement. I covered my ears as best as I could to protect them. The sounds started to die down after a bit, but I couldn’t feel the ground anymore, As I looked to see why it doomed on me, I was floating in the middle of the room. “Attention!” I heard the fox’s voice coming from a speaker- I tried to turn and ended up slowly spinning in place like a disk. “We’ve just left the docking bay now. It’s going to be- About a month? …More or less! You shouldn’t worry though, we’ll be giving you plenty of tests in the meantime while we travel… So just have fun~!” The ship barely felt like it was moving… But then again, we could already be moving at a crazy pace as is. Still, I hope mother was right. I just hope someone’s going to have some answers before we get there… I tried to make my way back to the bed, but all I could do was flail and move in place. Maybe I should worry about not being stuck up here first.", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "167AC. Month 6, Day 24.

“Lucy!” “Yes Mother?” “Oh Lucy! Did you finish the gardening? Your sisters are almost finished with their chores.” Looking back at the wonderfully kept yard behind me, lively with it's blue hedges, wrapping around the crisp freshly cut grass that matched it to make a lovely front porch for others to see. -It took a few hours to get it to the state it's in now, Mother is going to be so pleased once I finish rooting out the last of these Tiger lilies. I take a moment to check as I’m nearing the last corner and I call back to mom who was in the kitchen. “Yeah! Just need like 5 more minutes and I’m finished!” “Good. I want you cleaned up and ready for supper in a bit!” She quickly closed the window as she got back to the food, giving me a chance to take a quick breather. Life working as a servant isn't too bad really… We are well fed, we don't have to worry about just being slaves to work, and we are all still together! My sisters and I all were born in the same clutch. Mother always seemed very happy to have us all, and the Man’s family that owns the estate is very fair. Wiping away my moist fur off my head, I tossed out the last of the weeds onto the pile and toss them with the trash. Just in time! -I still have to wash up quickly to get this dirty fur cleaned. Taking the side door that leads to our small little housing quarters tucked away inside the Mansion, I rushed past my sisters who were doing their own things. “Lucy! You look so dirty! Better wash before Mom sees~!” Trisha taunted as she turned back to her celebrity magazines about the top hit AC actors. I could only groan at her statement, shutting the door to the bathroom. We’ve never seen any of the movies outside the one's the Father lets us view. Strangely, the ACs they talk about in there never are referred as actors... Some of my sisters could be a pain- But we're still family and I love them all, to a degree… Sometimes I do wonder what it's like to be an only child… But that's to ponder on about later! I can't disappoint Mom by being late at the main table!

Looking backing the mirror on the wall, I could see my beady red eyes looking back as I scanned the fur, my small pink ears twitching a bit as they darted around. My normally snowy white fur was darkened with dirt. At this rate I’ll need a whole bath… I turned around to see my back, not nearly as bad as the front or my arms where, but still quite dirty. I never really took the time to look at my body like this aside from cleaning it, but my curves aren’t too protruding like some of the AC on the magazine. Grabbing the bucket to fill the small washtub to the side, I thought about it for a moment, the many different kinds of ACs… What if I was like a Canine one- or a Rabbit? I wonder what it’s like? I dipped my pink feet into the tub, lowering myself until my thighs were submerged, taking a handful of the water I splashed it on myself to wash and scrub away the dirt. Without much effort- I was pearly white and ready to get dressed! I’ll worry about the tub later I thought while I dashed through the doors to get on my clothes.

Leading us out, Mother was looking rather glowing as her fur was bright and flowing. We all carried the dishes of food straight from the kitchen as the Family of 6 sat down happily, Laying out a buffet of cooked veggies and various meats that are always freshly delivered. The family looked a bit unappeased while waiting for their meals. They were really different from us, Scaly bodies with various feathers around their heads and arms, the father and the sons shared common colors but the mother and the daughters had a much more vibrant feel to their scales. The Father sat at one end, Two sisters and two brothers on both of the sides, and lastly the Mother facing her husband. We didn't waste any time to lay out the silver platters and remove the dishes, which revealed the flavorfully rich meats, veggies, and breads. The family wasn't impressed- as it's an everyday feat by our mother but they filled their plates right up, the Father dismissed us and we hurried back into the kitchen. Our mother already had quickly left, to set up the dining table in our space as we grabbed the scraps of the meal we had put aside. “Come in girls- We don't want to delay.” Her voice gently echoed through the hall, as we all hurried our way to the big stubby table and sat all around it. She stood happily as she poured us some water into our cups and made sure we were all set to eat. “Now I’ll be back later. Make sure you clean up after yourselves- That means you too Frankie!” My sister gave an annoyed reply back to her and we dug into our plates. It really didn’t take long for us to finish as we didn’t have a feast like the owners did, but we did feel pretty full. After getting up we quickly cleaned our plates and cups, My sisters got to their beds to get right to sleep. I rested along with them, but only ever just pretending to sleep. I can't just sleep without knowing mother has returned from checking up with the household… She tends to their children then cleans up after them each night, Mom has always been kind like that, to us and them. Soon, what felt like an hour later Mom still hadn’t returned. It could be she needed some help with the clean up. So I carefully snuck out of bed, quietly making my way to the kitchen. When I arrived, everything was already spotless- She cleaned it all perfectly, but she normally would have been back with us by now. It's against mother's wishes for us to roam about the estate, moreso at this hour… It can't be helped. If anything happens to mother what are we to do? I went into the main hall, the walls covered in decorations and paintings of people and things I couldn't even begin to understand as I passed through. All the doors on each side shut, all but one that I believed was the study. Wondering my way towards it, the soft crackles of the fireplace creeped out the doorway, familiar voices seeping through the crack.

“Please- Take the time to reconsider-” “I’ve already given you too much borrowed time.” “Bu -but they been doing so well!” While I crept my way to the door, I could make out my mother’s voice, but to my dismay it sounded in distress. The other belonging to the Father of the household. “Look, I have given you years. Time any Master wouldn’t have even bothered to even give. My children have been growing up, and they are soon to peak maturity… You have outlived your purpose-” “We still do a wonderful job upkeeping your beautiful manor! And we don’t ask for much in return.” I could hear him let out a constrained sigh, the fires crackling filling up the silence. “-My Children will be going to other planets, to continue the family’s heritage across the galaxy. With that being said, We will only be needing one of you to stay to tend to me and my wife.” They start to talk over each other for a moment before they both stopped in unison, and the Father resumes. “-That being said. They ship off very very soon, I told you long ago you would have had to make this choice, and you only tried to push it away. I refuse to give you any more time to think on it.” “But-” “-You… Will have tonight to decide… You can stay here and live the rest of your days here, and your children will be sent off to a station. Or you can let them all stay, and you go there in their place.” I didn’t hear anything else… The fire started to calm down as the flames crackling weakened but they both stayed quiet. I felt my heart beating hard as I rushed back to our living quarters, Not looking back to see if they saw me. Racing through the mansion’s many hallways, I quickly jumped into my bed, and dug into my sheets. All of my sisters still sleeping as I calmed myself down. Did the father… Mean to break us up? The thoughts lingered as I had some trouble sleeping, but soon enough I felt my eyes grow heavy. It's going to be one of the few times I've slept without mother coming back…

“-ucy! C'mon!” Sarah pushed and pulled on my shoulder as I woke up in a slight daze. “Mother said we're all going on a trip! With the Mister too!” I rushed to sit up- just to clash into my sister's head as we both groan out while I scooted back in my bed. “Ow… Don't do that Sarah!” “-You shouldn't rush out of bed either Lucy!” “Ugh, well we rarely leave the estate… Did they say where we are going?” “Mother says we're going to visit one of the stations!” The stations… I give a deep sigh just before I start to get out of bed. “Lucy you gotta hurry! Everyone is almost ready to go!” Sarah quickly departs, leaving me in the room by myself as I looked to see all my sister's already hurrying outside. Quickly running to the sink to freshen up myself, I run out to meet up with my sisters. They were all chatting along with each other as our mother watched from the door, talking with the father again. “Lucy! We’ve been waiting on you! We’re taking a trip into the city for the first time!” “-No mom said it’s to the station! Remember what she told us about it?” “It could just be IN the city you know…” Listening to my sisters go back and forth, I gave out a warm sigh as I knew that they meant well, but they really didn’t know what was happening. Mother told us stories of how our kind gets sent off to stations- to become more. Almost… Like school? She told us about how she got to work with this family and how they hired her from one. It always seemed so well until we asked her about the others that were there, she then would quickly change the topic or assign us some chores before we could get our answer. Looking back at mother as she glazed over to us, she didn’t… Really seem excited at all about us going. My mind looped back to last night again, hearing her woes and the choice she had to make. What did she tell the father? An engine roared as it passed through the gates, an odd looking Van of some sort, with tinted windows drove in front of the manor. Mother and the Father started to walk down from the steps and we knew this was the ride to the- whatever laid ahead for us…

Me and my sisters poured into the back seats as Mother instructed, The Father getting into the front seat and talking privately with the driver, while mother gets into the back with us. “Ohhh~ These seats are as soft as our beds!” Trisha noticed as she bounced in her chair, Sarah and Frankie joined her as well. I still had too much on my mind as the car started to roll on, hurrying out the gates and onto the road. I looked towards the window and stared, the black tint only reflecting back my eyes. “Lucy… Is something wrong?” Mother looked at me, her eyes still warm and welcoming, but her tone was saying something else. “I’m- I’m just worried. About us…” Mother gestured me to come in the row with her as my sisters keep bouncing and playing about, enjoying the ride so far. I sit next to mother and she came in close to whisper to me. “Deary, you have to stay strong for all your sisters. They look up to you. And-” “Mom. I heard what you and the Father was talking about last night.” She froze up, her face getting riddled with shock as she never expected that from me. “The Station… It isn’t good is it?” Mother gave me a sigh, the cat’s outta the bag now. “The Station isn’t bad. But it isn’t like school as you think it is.” She looked back to her other children, looking content to be staring at them. “I wouldn’t have gotten all of you if it wasn’t for Master’s- I mean… No, you should know he’s our master at least. He listened to me and I got to have you four.” Master? So… We weren't just servants? I felt my heart start to race, my mind making up more and more questions that demanded answers. “-Calm down Lucy… I know there’s a lot that you’re going to wonder. You’ll get your answers in due time.” “-But. Mom, what’s going to happen? Who’s going onto the station?” She just turned and gave me silence. I tried to pull at her shoulder but she wouldn’t budge. I heard a sniffle from her nose and my sisters noticed she was looking hurt. “Lucy!? What did you do to mother?” “No no- It’s alright Trisha… Mama’s just- a bit under the weather that’s all.” They stared on for a bit, mostly at me to see if she was right. Then the car made a sudden stop, nearly knocking us off our seats.

The front door opened, and soon after the side door did as well, mother leading us out as the light blinded us a bit when we stepped onto the ground. After a moment our eyes adjusted- and a building like no other we’ve seen before- with people of all kinds walking in and out of it. The building was made of all steel, it’s appearance in the light almost made it glowing brightly at us. And the people, Most of them were walking normally but… some had on collars, forced to walk on all fours. Stranger than that- some of them even had on strange bindings on their faces or rears, and they didn’t seem to mind it one bit. We all looked towards mother, confused at all the things we’re seeing all at once and she didn’t try to hide it from us. Her look was stern and unphased… Almost like this was already well accepted. The Father led all of us into the doors, we couldn’t stop looking about in wonder. “-Did you see that guy?” “Yeah… He had a really big ding dong…” “Sarah, it’s a penis.” I replied while we all whispered among each other. “More like a big cockkk~!” I groaned at my sister’s immaturity, We’ve never really seen much of any other species aside from what mother taught us. We well knew how our organs worked- even the sexual ones, but we were never directly exposed to a male’s like this… “Stay as quiet as you can be when we get in.” Mother commanded, and we all straightened up and followed her in. There were many different lines and desks, and we could hear a weird humming echoing throughout the building. It didn’t feel natural at all but I did my best to just ignore it. The Father led us to a different desk, one that had no line, and only one attendant, she looked like some kind of canine, I didn’t really know too much about them to know her type. “Hello! How can- Oh my! Mister Boliark! A pleasure to see you again!” “Save the formalities, we already have an appointment.” She quickly looked to her device, and after a few tacks of her keyboard and clicks she gasped when she looked at the screen. “Ah! Yes, yes… right on time too! You can follow me to the instructor!” Her eyes looked over to us, a weird glare shot to us while she smiled, licking her teeth. I heard one of my sisters gasp, almost letting out a squeak.

The attendant led us all into a hallway where it was very blank and plain- no decorations or doors, and there was someone waiting at the end. Getting closer I felt like I could hear the humming grow louder and louder, almost like the roaring engine of the car that dropped us off but much stronger. A very well dressed Fox like woman stood there waiting for us. The Father gave her a nod, both of them walking up to each other. He turned back and looked at mother. “Give your last good-byes. It’s going to be the last moment.” “Huh?” “Mom what does he mean?” My sisters were perplexed by his words, and mother kneeled down to bring us all in close, her eyes watery as tears ran down while she gave us a big hug. “Lucy, Trisha, Frankie, and Sarah… I love you all. Mama’s did all she could to protect you. But we have to split up now…” “Mom?! Wait you mean-” “Yes lucy. The choice has been made… I couldn’t hide it from you forever. The things you four are going to experience- It was bound to happen…” I felt my own tears running down my face, tightly hugging mother and I felt my sister’s arms around both of us. “Be strong… They will take advantage of your weaknesses when you let them. So don’t try to fight it. Endure.” She started to kiss each of us, by now all of us are crying on each other. “Okay that’s enough, It’s time to go Ri’sha.” The father walked past us as mother let us go and and followed him out. We kept hugging for a little while longer as the attendant stepped past us, and pressed something on the wall, a weird noise sounded just before the hallway closed off on one end and opened on the other.

The Fox woman walked to us and looked at us with a smile, it- felt kinda creepy to see that while we were still all huddled together from the moment. “Thrown out of the nest so suddenly? You poor, poor, little babies…” She grabbed my cheek and jerked me around, and I couldn’t help but stare directly back at her with my watery eyes. “Oh~! How lovely it is to see how AC are the first time they arrive. Your will, fight, and acceptance all come out in different ways… It’s just so delightful!” This woman is- mocking us? I felt like I should have said something but Trisha quickly rubbed her eyes to get rid of the tears before she broke the embrace. “W-who are you to talk about us?” The fox never did stop smiling as her hand raised and backhands Trisha, the droplets flying off her face to moisten the floor. “-First. You all don’t get a say in this at all. Even if Boliark requested ‘special’ treatment for you four, You’re all just property to be sold off. So zip your trap honey or it will be much... much worse!” I turned to check on Trisha and her cheek was beating red as she rubbed it, we all already understood the thin line we’re on now. Turning back to her she offers another creepy smile and stepped back a bit. “Now up! No dilly dally! We have tests to run and places to find for you all!” She pressed something else on the wall, A panel slides back and a few strange looking collars are revealed, hanging off the side. “Just need to get you four dolled up and ready for the tests!” The fox points at me, and her finger curled to gesture me to her. “You can be first my lovely… Don’t be shy.” Even with as strangely aggressive she was, I stood up and fearlessly walked over to her, keeping my hands down. I have to be the big sister, as long as they follow me they shouldn't stay too rebellious. “Hm. Almost disappointed…” The fox whispers, low enough only for me to hear as she unhooked the collar and brought it around my neck. “-I was really hoping to make an example out of you for the others…” She whispered again, looking back at my sister's with a glare. “Please, we can't take anymore pain right now…” I whispered back, hoping for a bit of understanding. She just laughed as she pushed me back, her hand moving to a device on her wrist as she gets tempted to press it. “-That's something I'll decide! Whatever limits you think you four have, you better not be surprised when we make new ones. Good behavior doesn't mean anything to me when I want to know just how far I can take you…” An eerie grin crossed her face, she chuckled to herself as she gestured all of us to come. “Now let's get back on schedule.”

We all got pushed and shoved around after our collars were put on, a strange looking guard accommodating the fox once we got to the end of the hall. She didn’t say a word until we got into some type of platform. I couldn't help but to check up on my sisters behind me, Trisha was still a bit shaky but they all knew to follow what I did carefully. The fox talked along with the guard, mostly complaining about how obediently we have been for the most part. Looking around, everything feels so… strange. The building itself, the halls, and there were other groups being led like us until we reached a line, but it was moving very quickly as we neared a set of doors. No one ever came back out- So it was a one way entry. I felt someone tighten up on my tail, sadly I knew exactly who was… and why they did. Sarah sometimes would get scared, and just tighten up on the nearest tail she could find. I could feel her hot huffs of breath while she tried to stay calm, looking at my back. We were up next as the group before us passed through the doors, and the fox woman waves off the guard as he went to the next unaccompanied group. “Ugh, you four are extremely boring! What’s the matter with you? I just have never seen such well behaved Rogues!” I looked up at her, and she clearly wanted an answer… Her eyes sharply staring into mine while she’s in genuine disbelief. “We… Don’t know anything beyond the house.” I said, and a ear of her’s perked up. “-Mother had us on the master’s land at all times, we never ventured out to see anything else.” The familiar toothy grin crossed her face again as she just stared, even letting out a chuckle. “-So you all are like newborns? Oh my~!” The doors opened up and she turned around and lead us through. “-This makes this totally worth your boringness… It’s a rare sight to get a clean fresh slate, none the less 4!” Looking behind her, the room was perfectly white and empty, And squared at that. In the middle of the room was what looked like a giant plate, and the fox gestured all of us to get on it. Her tail swayed even as she was standing still, like she had the same excitement from the start. “-No sloppy seconds of someone’s handy work… I can barely contain myself~!” I could hear her mumble as we all stepped onto the plate thing with her. There was a click in the room and suddenly the white started to become blinding, we couldn’t help but to cover up our eyes but even then my eyes couldn’t see anything at all. A ringing grew louder and louder, and then, stopped. The whole room was back to normal, and the lights weren’t immense like before. “Now- there’s quite some time before we make it to an actual station…” So… The place we were just at- wasn’t even our final destination?

“Come along, there’s still much more walking we have to do.” She walked past us and opened the doors. I was the first up, then Trisha, Sarah, and lastly Frankie as we stood in line behind her. The moment we walked into the hallway, we could see something we’ve only seen in the movies back at home… We were in space- peering down back at our lovely green and blue planet, with it’s vast ocean covering it almost like a blanket. It almost didn’t even feel like we left, aside from the air feeling more chilled. “Ah- Right it’s probably your first time seeing this. Take it all in- because it’s more than likely the last time you’ll see your planet~!” She laughed as we kept following her, guards periodically walking past armed with some kinda blaster. “Luckily there’s already a ship prepped, one that’s far more to my liking…” The Fox gave a nod to a guard as we approached another set of plated doors, he quickly presses a few buttons and it opens up. As we walked through, it leads into what looks like a huge hangar, just like in those space movies! I turned back to Frankie and she was a bit giddy from the whole space experience, but her legs still shaking none the less with our situation. There was a pretty big ship docked in the middle of it, at least 20 times the size of  the van we used earlier. There was an echo of announcements that was on the speakers, telling arrival times and departures, the fox didn’t seem to pay much mind to it as she directly walked straight to what looked like was the crewmen waiting at the ramp into the ship. One of them was taking a snooze on a nearby chair, the other was on his back, browsing through something like looked like a catalog. The fox immediately stormed over and kicked the one on the floor in the rips, his catalog dropping to the floor. Me and my sisters all looked over her shoulders while he rolled over in pain we could see he was a fox just like her, but with a more brown hue. His magazine was filled with naked ACs, all with some kinda numbers and labels on them before we quickly pretended not to look.

“-What the hell are you doing slacking off?” “Madam Rachiel! W-we thought you would be there longer!” The one sitting down replied, his fur matching the one rolling about on the floor. “These four didn’t cause a single outburst, so we got here much faster than usual- Stop being a drama queen! I didn’t even kick you that hard!” “Ahh! I think you broke a rib! Wait until the institute hears-” “-About the little rogue you’re keeping locked up back at home?” The moment he heard that he instantly got up and saluted her, afterwards he quickly grabbed his catalog and marched up the ramp, his co-worker sighing as he followed him. She gives out a sigh and leads us up the ramp carefully. “I guess 2nd to my liking… These idiots are only good for flying…” After we all got in- the ship looked really clean and spacey, a lot of room to walk about in. It even had a living room with a sofa, a TV, a small bar… She pressed a button as the ramp started to raise, sealing up the ship thighly. “Oh don’t think these are your quarters, You’re much much farther down the back.” The fox guided us past the lovely room, before suddenly it sharply changed, the white metals changing to a dark metallic grey. We had to walk down a few steps of stairs, and there were many doors on either side. “Alright you’re up first!” She pressed a button on the door and suddenly reached back and grabbed my arm, pulling me forward- actually she flung my whole body into the room in one motion. I rolled on the cold hard floor as the door shut. I couldn’t hear anything or see past it once it closed. Giving the room a quick look over.

It was very minimal in terms of being a living quarter… No furnishings, the bed was really just a cushioned bag attached to a metal slab, there were two holes on a wall. Couldn’t tell what those were for. There was a small screen across from the wall with the bed, it looked to be turned off… The ship started to shake a bit- much like our car trip, but this time much louder, the engines roared in my ear, almost as if it was right beside me as I fell to the ground, pushed over by the sudden movement. I covered my ears as best as I could to protect them. The sounds started to die down after a bit, but I couldn’t feel the ground anymore, As I looked to see why it doomed on me, I was floating in the middle of the room. “Attention!” I heard the fox’s voice coming from a speaker- I tried to turn and ended up slowly spinning in place like a disk. “We’ve just left the docking bay now. It’s going to be- About a month? …More or less! You shouldn’t worry though, we’ll be giving you plenty of tests in the meantime while we travel… So just have fun~!” The ship barely felt like it was moving… But then again, we could already be moving at a crazy pace as is. Still, I hope mother was right. I just hope someone’s going to have some answers before we get there… I tried to make my way back to the bed, but all I could do was flail  and move in place. Maybe I should worry about not being stuck up here first.", "pools_count": 0, "title": "(ryufire) Act0: prologue. A warm goodbye", "deleted": "f", "public": "t", "mimetype": "text/plain", "pagecount": "1", "rating_id": "2", "rating_name": "Adult", "ratings": [ { "content_tag_id": "4", "name": "Sexual Themes", "description": "Erotic imagery, sexual activity or arousal", "rating_id": "2" } ], "submission_type_id": "12", "type_name": "Writing - Document", "guest_block": "t", "friends_only": "f", "comments_count": "0", "views": "629" }