As bad as your current situation seemed, you had full faith that the Reduction Network company would act in the interest of your well being and humanity. At worst you figured they might dock your pay or something like that. But unfortunately you probably should have paid closer attention to the fine print in the forms you signed earlier because when the customer service person's response finally appeared on the computer screen Danielle's expression changed to resemble that of a child who just got the toy she always wanted on Christmas morning. As you looked at the response yourself to see why she was so happy, you ended up having the exact opposite reaction. A complete sense of dread filled you as you read the words on the screen.
“Hello, Ms. Danielle,
Once again we at Reduction Networks Co. would like to apologize for your current dissatisfaction with out services. The people who register for the reduction and shipping process are required to sign forms stating that they are aware of out policies and what is expected of them when they are shipped to customers to represent us. By your report, Y/N is in breach of his contract with our company and as a result is liable to serve in the resolution of this customer satisfaction conflict. As an apology from both Y/N and from us at Reduction Networks Co., you are free to keep Y/N as your permanent property free of charge. In addition, your initial payment will be refunded. Please select the manner in which you would like to receive the refund and we will begin processing it immediately. Once again we apologize for the inconvenience and we hope that we were able to resolve it in a satisfactory manner.
We hope to hear from you again.”
You felt a haunting chill cover your entire body as you read this. The company just passed you off to this girl to keep as if you were just some sort of object or toy rather than a living human being. They can't do that.... can they? This... This isn't right. You kept staring at the message, waiting for your eyes to stop playing tricks on you so that you could see what they actually wrote. There's no way they can just respond to a customer complaint report by just handing over a person's life and future like that to some bratty kid... there's no way. But your denial of the events did nothing to change them. You can't even remember if there was a note like this in the papers you signed. Certainly not now while youre in this state of panic. Did you really give them the power to do this to you if you step out of line... or if a customer decides to claim you did regardless of your actions? Your head was spinning as you desperately tried to look for any way to prove this wasn't actually happening. But sadly reality didn't care about your grief. It remained cruel and unmoving to your plight.
You were soon dumped out of the sticky glass and into Danielle's awaiting palm.
“Well there you have it. You better start learning to listen to me because from now on, you don't have your rules or the Reduction Network people's rules to worry about. From now on all you have to worry about is Danielle's Law. My word is the only thing that matters anymore.”
Danielle seemed even more emboldened with you now. The company's decision really cemented your position into her mind. You truly were less than human. Especially now that you were hers without having to worry about the rules and limits that the Reduction Network people initially made her agree to. She was now your full owner and she LOVED the feeling of that.
“You better be good to me from now on. If you try escaping again I will punish you really bad.” she warned as she pressed a large finger into you, pinning you into her palm. The finger poked you roughly a few more times to hammer in the point before she continued talking.
“And you better listen to my friends too when they get here.”
Danielle suddenly paused as she thought about something. Though the purchase was done by her and was in her name, they all did chip in to help purchase you. Should she tell them that the company gave you to her as her property? If she does, will they expect to keep you too? Does she want to share you outside of this party? She felt a bit guilty that she was considering going behind her friends' backs like this, but also she really REALLY didn't want to give you up. You were the coolest thing ever to own. Plus she didn't fully trust the others not to keep you to themselves like she was planning right now. But it still didn't feel right to keep this from them either. She looked back at you as you laid in her palm, you had stopped trying to deny that the company had let this happen to you. Now you were just laying there looking up at her fearfully unsure what she was planning to do with you now. What should she do? She's expecting the others to show up in a few hours from now. Should she be honest, or will she just assume what her friends don't know won't hurt them?
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