Parking at the Center I got out with thoughts wondering on how things were going on back home despite only being gone for a short time. I pushed the thoughts to the back of my head knowing my worry was for naught on that certain subject before I put the necklace on and walked inside where I found the entrance way was surprisingly empty. Being spotted by a salesman his eyes went wide when he got close enough to notice my status. "g-good afternoon Mr Pendragon. How may we help you today?"
"two of my ponies are unconscious and have been in a coma like state for more than two weeks... seeing that there is no way to get them help and the fact they were a supposed gift from my brother..." he nodded in understanding as he smiled and motioned for me to follow.
"there could be a anthro we have that could give you some assistance.. healing the anthro's has unfortunately not been as profitable as it should be so they threw away the hospitals meant to treat them a few months ago and sold the buildings the first chance they got seeing that people tend to buy more anthro's over helping the ones they got... although there are a few who wish to help their anthro's its not nearly enough to bring back the need for medical assistance concerning them outside of getting a anthro with healing experience." he spoke as we entered the elevator and sent us down. "although with what the rumors are saying medical assistance would soon he thrown out the window regardless of whats happening..." I was confused by what he was saying but he remained silent as the doors opened and he began to mess around on his pad.
"the sooner I get them the better it would be... and considering I have other things to do today..." he gave me a big smile.
"do not worry Mr Pendragon! We will get you out of here as quick as you wish! Now then from what I see here of our overall inventory we don't have a anthro that would be capable of giving medical assistance.." I began to growl in annoyance now knowing that the trip was worth it as he quickly spoke up hearing me. "but we will be receiving a shipment of anthro's shortly and there is a chance someone in the area could be selling an anthro meeting your specifications!" I raised an eyebrow towards what he was saying. "its something newly implements for the company. Should a owner not be satisfied with their purchase they could put it up for purchase on our newly made sight at a lower cost then what it was bought for. Information is checked everyday to ensure that the prices are as they should be." I stopped walking as he stopped and seemed to start to sweat a little with his eyes showing how nervous he was as I pondered what I was going to do.
If I waited for the shipment to come I would not know how long it would take for them to arrive with all the things I have to do today. But even if I check the prices others are selling for and just who they are selling I would have to wait anyway for the shipment to make sure of whats going on... "how long until the shipment arrives?" I asked him as he quickly tapped away on his tablet.
"approximately half an hour sir." he responded as I grimaced a little bit.
"is there a place I could go to look at these sales?" he nods as he lead me away before we reached a door. Walking in there was 10 computers set up and he lead me over to the nearest one and hit a button bringing it out of sleep mode already on the page that I apparently needed. "ill be here until the shipment arrives so please come and get me once it does." he nodded and walked away with a quick movement in his step as I sat down at the computer with a frown. So many things were changing recently that its getting hard to keep up and adapt to them. First the new rules with the police, then the rumors of something big coming from the company, and then lastly the site owners would post their unhappy purchases on? It was almost to much to think about to be honest...
I simply pushed the thoughts out of my head for the moment as I began to look through all of the posts on the site and I found that despite this being something new... there are a large amount of posts on the site. I quickly got the hang of the search engine on the site and filtered out several things that would be of use to even see as I continued to look over each of the postings... I guess I took a while to go through them all as I felt a small tap on my shoulder pulling me out of my thoughts as I turned to look at the salesman. "the shipment has arrived Mr Pendragon." I nodded as I stood up.
"is it possible to leave the site as is should there be nothing in the shipment?" he nodded as he pulled out a small sign and laid it on the computer before I followed him out of the room. We walked through the large halls as my eyes glanced from side to side... seeing all the anthro's in their cages with some of them appearing to be in need of medical aid with others looking to be greatly starved. It sickened me of how they would treat them despite them also being sentient themselves... but no humans had to be arrogant and controlling with no time for care for anybody other than ourselves.
Reaching a familiar room I watched as several men and woman prepared to open a large door into a small tunnel leading to a large glass cage in the middle. Stopping near the cage with my arms crossed I watched as one of the workers nodded towards us before orders were given for the door to be opened. I watched as they opened the door while also listening to the salesmen tapping away on his tablet possibly going through the information of this shipment of anthro's. Soon the anthro's were revealed as as they were pushed out from a mechanism on the truck as they looked around unsure before I watched them herded over to the entrance of the glass cage. Opening the door they were all pushed in with electric prods before the door was closed with the truck driving away after being closed up. "do not worry about them seeing us Mr Pendragon. The glass in the cage is one way for our use only." I nodded as I began to look through all the anthro's in hopes of finding one that could possibly have medical experience. As I threw the possibilities of the Minotaur's and the griffon's from my head due to them being naturally warlike in nature I looked over all the others as the Salesmen walked away with a phone to his ear.
If I remembered my information correctly about the pony anthro's their cutie marks on their flanks symbolized what they found themselves to be best at but they could be extremely confusing if you didn't know what you were looking for. Looking at the marks I could see from this angel I began to think and connect the dots of what each mark would be connected to. Finding nothing I could see from here I walked around until I could see the rest of the ponies cutie marks before also finding nothing... although I was confused about several of them before I realized what they could mean and pushed them away from my thoughts... "Mr Pendragon I have just received confirmation of a owner looking to rid himself of a zebra anthro with healing experience." turning to look at him with a smile I was relieved to hear this. "he is currently on hold at the moment and is asking for 2500 for her purchase."
"how far is he?" I asked him knowing I needed the anthro as soon as possible.
"he is approximately 2 hours away and is ready to bring her over once the pay has been transferred." handing him my card he nodded as he swiped it away and then handed it back to me before walking away to talk on his phone once more. This was a small problem for me despite my luck... Zebra's were known for their spiritual healing and practices so there was a big chance I just wasted all this time waiting for her to arrive...
deciding to wait for the salesmen to return from his call I looked back into the cage with nothing better to do than pity the poor anthro's and giving them my prayers they were bought by a reasonable master... what broke my heart even more? Seeing two of them, one older with the other appearing to be younger holding onto each other with tears in their eyes. Looking at their cutie marks I found that the younger unicorn had a pillow for a cutie mark while the older Pegasus had a cutie mark... of bubbles? This just through all logic of what that could possibly mean out the window. "sir he is now on his way with the anthro and will arrive here in approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes."
"do you have any pictures of the anthro on the site?" he nodded. "please look over the pictures and ensure that what I just purchased is the exact same that those pictures show..." he looked surprised at my request but nodded. "ill need to look at the sight as a just in case knowing what Zebra's are normally known for." he nodded as he motioned for me to lead as I did just that after hearing orders being yelled out to get the anthro's to their cages... hearing screaming of a mother yelling for her daughter with the daughter yelling for her mom in the background as I simply clenched my eyes to try and force the voices out of my head.
Thankfully as quick as they came I could no longer hear them once I entered the room with the computers. Sitting back down with the Salesmen taking the sign off I asked of him to return in 1 hour should I still be in here. Bowing to the request he left the room as I continued where I left off... and it still wasn't looking good. I could not locate anybody selling a anthro with a large amount of healing experience or any medical assistance at all. It was a big risk only relying on the zebra I just bought to have physical healing experience but I couldn't hold it off anymore. Those two ponies needed help and they needed it yesterday...
but then my thoughts went to the two ponies I saw earlier in the showing room... I couldn't help but feel extremely bad for the two of them and the fact they are going to most likely be separated from one another... it made me tremble with anger of everything... anger that was thought to of never been felt from every action my family has ever taken against the other world just suddenly revealing its presence as I'm sure I pierced my jeans and my legs with the fingernails with how hard I was clenching my fist...
god I hope I don't regret my next decision cause if I do...
I will flip you off as I die and hope I get sent to hell...
turning back to the computer as I began to reset all the filters and bringing it back to what it originally looked like before I quickly stood up after putting the computer to sleep and walking over to the door. Walking out of the door I found no one in site as I contemplated walking around to locate where I needed to go to locate a salesmen... then I spotted a help station in between each and everyone of the large glass cage walls as I quickly approached one and pressed the button on it. "this is Management."
"and this is Lance Pendragon... please send the guy who was with me earlier down here please... I wish to make a purchase but I do not know where the anthro's I require are currently located... now..."
"a-as you wish sir! He will be down momentarily to your location."
"and he better get here fast..." I let go of the button on the wall as I simply leaned against the wall right next to it and as I expected he arrived within a few minutes.
"y-yes sir?" he asked as I looked at him with a small amount of anger in my eyes.
"i have changed my mind on a couple of the anthro's that I looked at but I need further information to be certain." he gave me a quick nod as he readied himself for a description. "lets start with the one that was a Pegasus with a blond mane and gray fur on her body with her cutie mark being bubbles..." he quickly began to tap away s his taps got slower before they stopped completely.
"her name is Ditzy Doo with her previous occupation being that of a mail-mare. She is incredibly known for her clumsiness but was only recently captured due to her being on the edge of being chosen for transfer with her destructive tendencies being the main point of the argument... she also apparently has a massive skill in making muffins..." at least that was a good point to be able to put to use despite the fact I was buying her to help.
"and the young one that I saw her hugging?" he tapped away for a few moments.
"her daughter Dinky Doo with her cutie mark being that of a pillow... believed to be great at comforting others with the experience of a professional psychologist... I wonder if higher management missed that fact when they sent her here..." he began to mumble to himself.
"ill take them both..." he looked at me surprised before nodding with a serious expression on his face as I simply handed him the card. "and what of the Royal Lottery?"
"you can also purchase tickets here that will be sent to you through the mail within 3 days of purchase." I gave him a nod as he swiped the card and handed it back to me before tapping once more on his tablet several time. "your purchases have been made..." he spoke looking at me. "do you wish to gather your purchases yourself or do you wish for them to be brought to you?"
"myself... I have had one to many problems with your people messing with my purchases." he nodded in confirmation.
"understandable sir... the closest one would be Dinky Doo." I nodded as I followed him once again through all the halls as I found myself sickened at myself with how I was acting about these anthro's... calling them purchases? Property? Made me wish I had a knife to stab myself with. We quickly arrived at a large cage holding a small number of younger anthro's... all appearing to be female and unicorns. "before you get her... any other related anthro's to the two of them?" I asked as the men he grabbed as we walked over here prepared to enter the cage.
"no other relation from what I noticed that is currently living." I nodded as I watched the men open the large glass cage and walk in. I watched with a small amount of pity as the other fillies pushed themselves against the wall to get as far away as possible from the men as the young unicorn was grabbed and pulled out as she struggled against the men holding her.
"please! Let me go! I want mom!" she continued to yell repeatably as I quickly rushed over seeing one of the men about to smack her down. Grabbing the offending arm I glared straight into the eyes of the man as he seemed to pale drastically.
"you weren't about to do what I think you were... were you?"
"n-no sir Mr Pendragon!" he spoke in a stutter as I let go of his arm and crouched down in front of the young girl who stopped struggling when she saw what I did but continued to cry and sniffle.
"hello there little one... lets get you out of here shall we..." I spoke in a small tone with kindness clearly showing on my face. She appeared to be unconvinced as she pulled away and ironically hid behind the leg of the man who had just let go of her. Giving a small sigh I stood up and gave a nod to the salesmen as we began to move forwards. I kept an eye on the small filly in front of me to make sure she would stay safe with the guard pulling her along. She stopped struggling at least so I was thankful she was no longer giving a reason to the humans surrounding us.
Soon we reached another cage as the little filly was held back with me standing next to her and the man holding onto her. I heard sounds of a struggle as the little filly looked over to the cage in curiosity... before she gave a small gasp seeing who was pulled out of the cage struggling against the man and women holding her. "let her go..." I whispered to the man and he nodded just in time for her to cry out.
"Mommy!" this caused the mare to stop struggling as the little filly ran towards the mare without being stopped. Thankfully the man and women were smart enough to let go of the mare so she could fall to her knees and embrace her daughter in a hug. Both of them had tears going through their eyes as I couldn't help but smile at... before glaring at a guard who had a look of disgust on his face but just as quickly paled as her noticed my glare.
"my little muffin..." I heard the mare whisper as I gave a small sigh of relief.
"how much longer until the zebra arrives?" I asked the salesman.
"approximately... half an hour sir." its already been over an hour? Guess time does fly when you do good things... if you can even count what I'm doing good by purchasing another sentient race that are now basically slaves for humans...
not feeling so happy now...