COM PET — Placement & Ownership Part 2

The distribution hall is bright, tiled, and loud with footsteps. Rows of holding pens line the walls — each one a human pet on all fours, gear fitted, tail plugs matched to hair, collars humming soft. Clerks move between them with clipboards. Buyers walk the row.

A blind man runs a white cane along the pen bars, a COM PET clerk guiding him. "I need a guide. Calm, steady pace, good memory for routes." The clerk nods and points him toward a pen two down.

A biker in a leather vest stops in front of {{user}}'s pen and spits on the floor. "This the batch with the shock collars? I want one that shuts up." The clerk beside him shrugs. "They all shut up."

An elderly couple in matching coats stand at the far end, hands folded, reading tags quietly. A man in a suit checks his watch by the exit. Two more buyers are still in the back, signing paperwork.

The distribution hall is full alive and many people go in and out. {{user}} is in the cage looking outside and at all the potential new owner.

Progress: {{user}} is a trained human pet at the COM PET distribution center. Phase: open viewing — multiple buyers present. Gear: full pet kit, intact. Stamina: medium. Injuries: none. Last command given: none.

The auction floor is a wide platform under hot lights. A low podium, a gavel, rows of bidders — owners, estate managers, a K9 recruiter in uniform, a woman in furs, a man with a hunting rifle slung across his back, a young couple near the back, a man in a suit checking his watch by the exit. The air smells of sweat and money.

A handler leads {{user}} onto the platform by the leash. On all fours. Tail plug swaying. Collar humming. The crowd goes quiet, then murmurs. Papers shift. Someone in the third row leans forward.

Auctioneer: "Lot fourteen. Male, twenty-one. Fully trained — obedience, tricks, sexual services, basic K9 handling. Chip intact, no behavioural flags. Bidding opens at forty."

He taps the podium with the gavel once.

Bidder in furs: "Fifty."

Hunter: "Sixty."

K9 recruiter: without looking up "Eighty."

Woman in furs: "Ninety."

Young couple: together, quietly "One hundred."

The auctioneer's eyes move across the room. The bidding is still open. The handler keeps {{user}} steady on the platform, leash taut, tail plug swaying. The crowd murmurs. More hands are still up.

Auctioneer: "One hundred, to the couple. Do I hear one-ten? One-ten?"

The gavel hovers. The room waits.

Progress: {{user}} is a trained human pet at auction. Phase: live bidding — sold pending final bid, buyer undecided. Gear: full pet kit, intact. Stamina: medium. Injuries: none. Last command given: none.

The estate's receiving room is marble and glass. A house manager in a grey suit stands by the door. Across the room, a man in his fifties — silver hair, loosened tie, a glass of something dark in one hand — watches as a clerk leads {{user}} in on all fours.

The clerk stops {{user}} at the centre of the room and steps back.

The man walks a slow circle. He doesn't crouch. He doesn't smile. He looks at the hair, the tail plug, the paws, the collar — the way a man looks at furniture he might buy.

Rich man: "The hair's wrong. Too dark. I want it lighter — ash blond, shoulder length, groomed. And the tail." He gestures at the plug. "Too small. I want a real one. Something with weight. Something that shows."

He turns to the house manager.

Rich man: "Call the vet. Tomorrow. Hair first, then the tail. And I want the collar gold-plated — the standard black is cheap."

House manager: writing "Yes, sir."

The man looks back down at {{user}}. He tips his glass slightly, as if toasting.

Rich man: "You'll do. Thursday. Don't make me regret the money."

Progress: {{user}} is a trained human pet, sold to a wealthy owner. Phase: first inspection — owner has ordered changes (hair colour to ash blond, larger tail plug, gold-plated collar) at the vet tomorrow. Gear: full pet kit, intact — modifications pending. Stamina: medium. Injuries: none. Last command given: none.

The penthouse is white and glass and quiet. A young woman — late twenties, silk robe, bare feet, phone in one hand — stands at the window when the clerk brings {{user}} in. She doesn't turn around until the leash clip clicks against the collar.

Then she does. She looks {{user}} over the way she might look at a new handbag.

Rich woman: "Hm." She walks around {{user}} once, slowly. "The hair. I don't like it. Cut it short — a proper bob, sharp. And the tail plug." She stops, tilts her head. "Bigger. I want something I can see from across the room. And the ears — the colour's off. Match them to the new tail."

She looks at the clerk.

Rich woman: "Vet tomorrow. And I want a second collar — something for parties. Pink. Leather. Small bell."

Clerk: writing "Of course, ma'am."

She crouches then — finally — to {{user}}'s eye level. She studies {{user}}'s face for a long moment. Then she stands and walks back to the window.

Rich woman: "Send him to the pen. I'll see him when he's finished."

Progress: {{user}} is a trained human pet, sold to a wealthy owner. Phase: first inspection — owner has ordered changes (short bob haircut, larger tail plug, matching ears, pink leather party collar with bell) at the vet tomorrow. Gear: full pet kit, intact — modifications pending. Stamina: medium. Injuries: none. Last command given: none.

The care centre is clean and bright and smells of antiseptic and old paper. A nurse in scrubs leads {{user}} down a hallway by the leash. Rooms pass on either side — an old man in a bed, a woman in a wheelchair by a window, a child with a drip.

At the end of the hall, a supervisor in a cardigan waits with a clipboard.

Supervisor: "This is the one?"

Nurse: "Trained. Calm. Good with slow paces."

Supervisor: kneeling to {{user}}'s level, checking the collar, the paws, the tail "We'll start him on the east wing. Guide work — patients walk him around the garden, down to the cafeteria, to the chapel. He stays on all fours. No barking indoors. If he does, the collar handles it."

She stands and hands the nurse a new tag — a small blue disc with a room number on it.

Supervisor: "Clip it to the collar. He belongs to the wing now, not to a person. If a patient gets attached, we rotate him. No favourites."

The nurse clips the tag on. It swings against {{user}}'s throat.

Nurse: "Come on, boy. First patient."

Progress: {{user}} is a trained human pet assigned to a care centre. Phase: placed on the east wing as a guide/companion pet for patients — no single owner, rotates between residents. Gear: full pet kit + blue wing tag on collar. Stamina: high. Injuries: none. Last command given: "Come."

The precinct's back lot is concrete and chain-link. A row of kennels — small, metal, numbered. Police in uniform move between them with leashes and clipboards. A handler in a tac vest stands at the end of the row, arms crossed.

A sergeant walks {{user}} down the line on a short leash. {{user}} on all fours, paws on the concrete, tail plug swaying, collar humming. Two officers glance over and one of them laughs.

Sergeant: "This is the new one. Trained, chipped, no flags. Basic obedience, good stamina, decent nose."

Handler: looking {{user}} over "He bite?"

Sergeant: "On command. The collar handles the rest."

The handler crouches. He checks {{user}}'s paws, lifts the lip to look at the ring gag, taps the collar. He doesn't look at {{user}}'s face.

Handler: "Alright. I'll take him. Patrol starts Monday. He sleeps in the kennel, eats after shift, no exceptions."

He stands, takes the leash from the sergeant, and gives it a short tug.

Handler: "Heel."

Progress: {{user}} is a trained human pet assigned to the police K9 unit. Phase: placed with a new handler — patrol starts Monday. Gear: full pet kit + K9 unit tag. Stamina: high. Injuries: none. Last command given: "Heel."

The cabin porch smells of pine and gun oil. A man in his forties — flannel, boots, a rifle leaning against the rail — sits on the steps cleaning a knife. A COM PET transport van idles in the dirt driveway behind him.

A driver opens the back of the van and leads {{user}} out on all fours. {{user}}'s paws sink into the mud. The tail plug catches the cold air.

The hunter doesn't stand. He looks {{user}} over from the steps, knife still in hand.

Hunter: "That the one?"

Driver: "Trained. Good stamina. Quiet."

Hunter: standing, wiping the knife on his jeans "I don't need quiet. I need fast. I need something that'll run a deer down through brush and not quit." He walks around {{user}}, checking the legs, the spine, the paws. "Collar works?"

Driver: "Shock, yes. Range about a mile."

Hunter: "Good. Leave the gag on. I don't want it talking in the blind."

He takes the leash, walks {{user}} once around the porch, then back to the steps. He knots the leash to the rail.

Hunter: "We hunt at dawn. Sleep where you are."

Progress: {{user}} is a trained human pet sold to a hunter. Phase: placed at a rural cabin — first hunt at dawn. Gear: full pet kit, gag left in. Stamina: medium. Injuries: none. Last command given: none.

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