Just then there was a commotion coming from behind the creature, four more creatures entered the room, they all looked basically the same as the first creature except a few of them seemed to be red in color as opposed to red and slightly shorter than the blue colored ones. Upon closer inspection you suspect that these red colored ones were female, which would explain why they have different coloring.
“Why Enstay, you bought humans for this special occasion!” Said one of the females
The blue colored creature next to the cage smiled and responded “Indeed I have, nothing is too special for the day my only son turns 21.”
The other creatures smiled then the same red creature looked around and asked another question, “Where is Jonsa?”
Enstay thought for a second then responded, “He said he would be here shortly but that we should start to dine without him.”
The red creature nodded approvingly then moved to a table that you hadn't noticed before that was loaded with some unusual, but good-looking dishes. She took her seat and was soon joined by the rest of the creatures. Shortly after they started eating you come back to your senses and move closer to one of the other humans in the cage.
“What is going on?”
The human looks at you then back at the creatures before responding “We are, a delicacy among them. We are usually bought by people who can afford us on a regular basis or like on this occasion as gifts for some great achievement. We are bred for the sole purpose of being their dessert.”
You stare at the other human for a couple moments but then you hear the door open and look over and see an apparently younger male creature walk in, smile and sit down at the dinner table.
“Are we to be desserts for everyone or just the birthday boy?”
The prisoner looked grimly back at the stranger before responding “Traditionally each dinner guest gets the one for being present during such a special occasion and the person or people the special occasion is for will keep who is left over.”
You sigh and wait a couple of seconds before he asked his next question. “How long do humans given as gifts usually survive?”
The prisoner thought for a second and sighed before answering “From what I have heard, on average, no more than two days, however there have been instances where the ‘gifts’ have survived for several weeks.”
You look back at the young creature and sincerely hope that this one will want to keep you around for quite awhile.
The creatures were finishing up their meals and a couple of them were looking at the humans with a look of hunger in their eyes.
“How are we typically eaten?” you ask
“One of three ways, one we may be chewed up alive, two they may eat us with some other food product, and third…” he hesitated a second before continuing, “Third we may be swallowed, alive.”
You stare at him for a few moments comprehending what he just said. Any one of those deaths would be painful, however the third seemed to be the most painful of them all.
The first creature interrupt your thoughts suddenly “Well now that we are all finished with our meal why don’t we start with our dessert.”
All the creatures nodded enthusiastically and started to lick their chops.
“Now remember, non of us may eat our human until we have all received one.” Reminded the first creature. All of the other creatures looked slightly disappointed but excited nonetheless. The first creature moved to the cage and picked it up and carried it to the table. All the humans in the cage stood up fully and closed their eyes. You look around and crouch behind a couple other prisoners so you won’t be easily spotted. By this time the cage had reached the table and the first creature grabbed a human and placed it on his plate and placed an unusual food product on the person so he can’t move. He moved the cage on to the next guest and waited for them to make a selection. The creature, which was female smiled and reached in and grabbed a prisoner and held her in her hand tightly and smiled down on her. Enstay moved on to the next guest and process was repeated. This was done for every guest there until Enstay made it to his son.
“Ok son, chose which will be the lucky human.”
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