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I looked around this universe in awe and wonder. Apparently, in this world, the monsters were already out of the underground and on the surface. As I looked at the adoption center in front of me, however, I realized that humans had taken their fascination with monsters to a whole new level in this universe. “Mama Cry’s Bitty Adoption Center”. They actually made small versions of monsters. And they even sold them as pets! I had mixed feelings about that. It didn’t matter, though. What mattered to me right then was that I needed to take a look, if only to just sate my curiosity.
I opened the door, and I could hear a small ring as I walked in. That was probably to alert any employees that someone had entered the shop. Speaking of employees, I was a bit shocked to see a monster behind the counter. She seemed to be a rabbit monster, with multiple piercings in her ears and sharp teeth. The rabbit seemed surprised to see me. It didn't surprise me at all. After all, my appearance is quite a bit different from other humans and monsters. I smiled, showing my own sharp teeth. The rabbit seemed to regain her composure after she saw my smile.
"Welcome to Mama Cry's Bitty Adoption Center! I'm Mama Cry. What can I do for you today?" I was surprised at that. So the adoption center was named after her? That's pretty cool. "Hi, I recently he-eard about bitties, and I-I was wondering if I could take a look at them and see what they’re li-ike,” I replied. I winced at the sound of my own voice. It was staticky and repeated some syllables in my speech. I really hated it. Mama Cry seemed to flinch a little at my voice, but otherwise looked unfazed.
"Of course you can! As long as you don't hurt them." I noticed the dangerous look in her eyes as she said this, and I knew that if I hurt any of the bitties, there'd be hell to pay. It's a good thing I wasn't planning on doing that. After all, I'm a glitch, not an asshole. I gave her what I hoped was a reassuring smile. "I won't, I pro-omise."
Mama Cry led me to an area that was fenced off, and my eyes widened when I walked in and saw the various small skeletal and flame-like monsters. I noticed that some of them were asleep. All of the bitties that were awake stopped what they were doing and looked at me when I entered. I was kind of amused by the various reactions the bitties had to my presence. Some of them squealed happily, a few of them scoffed, and a couple of them even winced at the low sound of static that was following me.
"HELLO THERE, HUMAN!" one of the bitties squeaked. From what I could tell by the bitty's features, it was a baby blue that had yelled at me. I smiled happily and carefully sat down on the floor, making sure there were no bitties underneath me as I did so. "Well hello there-ere to you too, little guy," I responded. "Could you tell us a little bit about yourself?" a softer voice piped up. I looked over and saw that it was a G bitty. I smiled and started talking about myself.
When I had started describing myself, a good amount of the bitties lost interest. I wasn't really surprised, since it was probably some sort of "thinning the herd" effect. When I had finished speaking, I was actually kind of surprised to see that a couple of bitties were still looking at her with interest. An edgy was giving me a somewhat hardened stare, a cherry was looking at me with a concerned look and tears in his eyes, and the G that had asked me to talk about myself was giving me a thoughtful look.
Surprisingly, it was the cherry who spoke up first after I had gone quiet. "A-Are you okay?" I nodded with a small "yes", and the edgy glared at me even more. I guess he could tell that I wasn't okay at all. "Don't fuckin' lie! It sounds like you've been to literal hell and back!" I glitched a bit when he said that. "Sorry, force of-f habit. I just don't want people to-o worry about me, y'know?" All three of them nodded. The edgy teleported into my hand and I looked down at him, surprised. He chomped down on my finger with his sharp teeth, and I winced a little as the bite started to bleed a little. "Ow! What wa-as that for?!" "THAT was for lyin'. And this one," he bit me again when he said this, "is for the hell of it. Your blood tastes weird, by the way."
I muttered a small "it's not blood" before shaking my head to clear my thoughts. My "blood" is really just my magic, just like my tears, sweat, and any other fluids in my body. I smirked at the edgy. I had made up my mind. "You are com-oming home with me, you little shit." The edgy looked at me in surprise before growling slightly and muttering an "okay". I already knew that this was going to go well.