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Chapter 3 by Bookmite Bookmite

What do you say?

Of course you said yes

Hearing a click, you turn to look behind you. Standing at the door was a professional-looking man with a clipboard in his hand. "Mr. Doe, a pleasure to meet you. My name is Franklin, and I will be your guide around the facility this evening. Before we begin, I'll need you to understand a few things. There are some environments within the facility that can be dangerous, so it is highly advised that you not leave my side for any reason. Should something occur that might call me away, you are to follow the green arrows on the floor, they will always lead strait back to the lobby. Other than that, you are to follow whatever directions I give to the letter."

You couldn't help but grin, "So professional! Listen, I'm just a regular guy. I'm sure you are just doing your job, but if possible, please relax a bit. I'm already nervous enough as it is, and I am most definitely not used to all this formality type of stuff."

The man visibly relaxes immediately with a small sigh, "Well that's certainly a relief. Most who come here want things to be quick, streamlined, formal, and professional with all the 'yes sir', 'absolutely sir', yadda yadda. It's not as easy as it seems you know, especially when you are surrounded by... Well, you'll see soon enough."

You both share a companionable smile before he begins again, "Alright, so here's the general need to know. Everything you see and hear, is to remain confidential. Yea, there are already rumors spreading, many of them put out there by us. We want to ease the world into this, not start a panic, and the last thing we need is activists with cause. We have a multitude of various environments that, if I'm being entirely honest, I have no clue how they even exist."

He then raises his hand to show you a collar, "Lastly, once you have made a choice of companion, you will have to place a collar similar to this on them. This essentially makes them your property, and helps us to ensure their safety. The collars can track them, monitor their conditions, and so on."

Opening the door, he motions for you to follow him, "I could just walk you around, but if you want to see everything in here it would quite literally take days, at least. Thus why this room even exists. So we have several categories of environments to choose from, from there we can choose a sub-category, and hopefully find what you are looking for. Let's not get into the whole 'this is the type I want' thing. Trust me on this, many of our residents might pleasantly surprise you. So, shall we?"

And where are you going?

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