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ANTHRO XIV
“Well, hello there! Ray is it? Nice to meet you, we’ve heard a lot about you, which I’m sure you’ve already known that!”
The red wolf had a condescending tone to his voice that I didn’t like, it was bland and flat with an obvious fake excitement to it. It’s one of those voices that tells you you’re in for trouble when you didn’t want it.
“Yes…if you’d excuse me I must be getting home, I am ordered by Captain Raul to return to Dr. Fraustfer with these stamped papers here…” I returned with my own fake intonation.
“Ha! We’re not stupid you know,” The red wolf exclaimed humorously, mockingly, “We know that’s your application into the EPTC and the stamp of approval by Captain Raul himself, well congratulations buttercup!” he laughed.
“Look guys…I don’t want any trouble! Just let me…”
“trouble?! You think this is what this is about?” The mottled gray wolf mocked as they both busted into laughter.
“No, you’ve read us wrong! We’re not wanting to pick a fight with you, that would be too easy! No, our intentions are different, we’re looking to see if you’re interested in a profitable proposal!” The red wolf explained.
“What do you mean?” I asked suspiciously, neatly and carefully folding my application and putting it into a large hidden pocket within my suit – I didn’t trust them.
“Look, we know you’re human…well once were…anyway, we have an offer for you that you can’t refuse! You’re already admitted into the EPTC, an institution with which we work closely with,”
“So, you guys aren’t looking for acceptance within EPTC, then? Why were you at the assembly?” I asked.
“Right, we’re not looking to join the EPTC…we were looking to find you and introduce this proposal!” The red wolf said brightly.
“What…kind of proposal? What kind of offer?” I asked curiously
The two wolves looked at each other with broad smiles, “Ok, first off as I said we work privately with the EPTC; our employer Mr. Varencia, owns and operates his own ship in salvage missions across the galaxy, what are we salvaging? Goods, valuables, anything we can make a profit on selling! For instance, a planet like yours – Earth, you are aware of the valuable and finest minerals there, right? Of course, you do! Gold, Silver, and diamonds for god sake! We ‘salvage’ such minerals from dead planets or sometimes if warranted other merchant ships who are targeted…”
“Merchant ships? Targeted?! You guys are pirates?!” I exclaimed, the ruff on my neck standing on end, even though it had been 300 years since I was human, the term and the wretched excuses for men – looting and plundering illegally to earn a living was still burned in my mind, I knew exactly, what they were, and I was having none of it!
“We are not pirates you fool! Keep your damn voice down, else we will be wrongly accused and killed for your ignorance! We are privateers, a term I’m sure you know as very different from a pirate! Unless 300 years has really soiled your brain into nothing more than pudding!” the red wolf snarled, his eyes narrowing, and ears laid flat against his head as he pointed a finger at me menacingly.
“Easy…easy! We want him on our side, remember?” I could barely hear the mottled wolf’s whisper.
The red wolf eased up his tension, and shook his head easing the anger, “Forgive me, we don’t take kindly to being accused of piracy! I told you we work with EPTC not on our volition…we are the EPTC’s dark secret, our ‘looting’ and ‘plundering’ as you accuse, are to help fund them, after-all you should know a big operation as they are needs help from somewhere! They can’t rely solely on donations to pay for all the research and work, now can they?!” he finally said more calmly but still with a bit of an edge.
“We want you to join us, help our cause in gathering valuable resources; you were once human, surely you know more valuables than we do, and besides, don’t you love money? I mean, come on! You could live like a king, the EPTC gets a huge cut, but we sell enough for us to make a healthy living! Otherwise, you’re basically volunteering your time and energy with the EPTC directly.” The mottled wolf added.
“Come with us, let us show you we are legit, come meet Mr. Varencia, he can tell you more than we can and perhaps you’d be interested!” The gray wolf further said, he seemed to be the friendlier of the two, and the most level headed.
“I don’t have time…I must get back to…” I began to say, I really didn’t want to have anything to do with these two, especially since they were so called “privateers”, a part of me didn’t believe a word! No way a big corporation like the EPTC relied on these hooligans to help fund them through dishonorable means.
“You have time buttercup, the ANTHRO isn’t set to disembark in 3 days, just come and see if you’re interested, that’s all we ask! We definitely don’t want to hurt you, you can trust us!” The red wolf nodded with a smile.
I looked back up the street towards the direction of the apartment, I really wanted to go home but didn’t want to further protest against them out of fear that they might just hurt me or worse out of retaliation. It was an awkward situation, and I felt the best way out of this was to see what this was all about.
With a sigh I reluctantly agreed, “Alright…show me the way…”
“HA! Told you it was an offer he couldn’t refuse,” The red wolf laughed jabbing at his mottled friend. “You’re going to be rich my friend if you stay with us and help our cause!”
I followed the two down a separate alleyway to the other-side of the inner-city where a more open expanse of frozen terrain was nestled and hidden away from prying eyes.
“Welcome to the airfields! This is where the more ‘rustic’, private ships depart, some are more ‘rustic’ than others but hey! They fly and get you to where you are going, why be picky, right?” the red wolf laughed pointing to some of the rusty, battle worn ships which were lined up in a row.
We passed through the first lot to find a large bunker in the distance, as we walked inside there was a much larger ship hidden within, it was metallic in nature and better held together than the others, but on the front and top of the ship I could see what appeared to be wooden rails and sails like a pirate ship! The back-side of the ship had several winged thrusters, large obvious engines one could find on jet engine planes.
The sight alone was curious enough, how could an organic material such as wood stand the pressures, temperatures and combustive friction of leaving and entering planetary atmospheres?!
“There you two are! I was wondering when you’d return, and I see you’ve come back with company!” a voice called from above.
As I looked up I seen a red fuzzed face lean over one of the railings looking down, the owner was dressed in a black buttoned overcoat with a white collared tunic beneath, on his head was a set of goggles which rested above the brow, an led light shined on the base of his neck which led to two wires feeding into the goggles, one red and one blue.
Grasping a mooring line, he glided down to the ground, he held out a thick gloved paw and introduced himself as Captain Varencia, his yellow sunburst eyes peering into mine.
“Ray…Ray Donovan, nice to meet you!” I said, taking his paw in my own. I could tell by looking at him he was a primate specie, but the exact name escaped me. He had black thin leathery ears, and his red ruffed head fur surrounded his smooth face, suddenly it came to me – a Lemur!
“First time I’ve met a Lemur here before! It’s nice to see a fellow primate,” I said humorously.
“Red Ruffed Lemur to be exact, sport! Fellow primate, you say? You look like a flea infested wolf to me!” he shot back, cutting his eyes to the two associates of his with a hollowed smirk.
“Hey! We don’t have fleas, and if we did I’m sure you’d pick them from our fur for your own nourishment!” The red wolf joked.
“You are such a comedian, you know that? Anyway, you’re here to join us a privateer then? Good for you! We could use an extra hand!” Mr. Varencia exclaimed turning to return to the ship, “I need you to prep the sails, we are about to set off on our excursion, there’s gold in them hills!” He bolstered a laugh at the expression.
“Actually sir, I came to see what this was all about, your two cohorts here suggested I come see, I’ve already been approved by the EPTC to work with Dr. Fraustfer on board the ANTHRO, I’ve got the approval and was given the directive by Captain Raul directly…” I began but was cut off.
“WHAT?! Acceptance? You dog brained IDIOTS! We cannot hire someone who is already contracted with the EPTC! We can only do so to freelancers or those who are YET to be contracted, which is why I sent you to that assembly!” Mr. Varencia shouted turning on a dime to gesture at the two wolves who rubbed their necks nervously.
“We were unaware at the time we met him that he was already approved!” The red wolf proclaimed the obvious lie, elicited by a nudge from the mottled one. I simply smiled and shook my head, it was evident they lacked the mental capacity of primates, a far more intelligent species like myself, well a human trapped in a wolf’s body, or Captain Varencia.
I pulled out my application from my coat, to show him. “They saw the application, I had it in my hand, stamped and all when they stopped me in the street and begged that I join your cause, sir. I mean no disrespect, but I must be on my way to Dr. Fraustfer…”
“Yes, yes…you’re free to go, sorry for the inconvenience…” he interrupted and waved me on. As I walked away I could hear him in the distance berating and fussing at the duo, barking orders to prep the sails and wash the deck.
‘heh, guess they are just brainless pirates after-all…how ironic, I thought if anything ‘space pirates’ would be the least bit more intelligent, but I guess not!’ I thought and smiled to myself as I made my way back to the apartment.
Opening the door, I was met by the artic fox’s beautiful face, she bolstered a warm smile and hugged my neck when I held up the signed application.
“I am so happy for you, Ray! I figured Vance would approve it, after all, he and I go way back!” Abigale winked.
“If you knew I would be guaranteed admission into the EPTC, then why didn’t you just tell me?” I asked.
“Because I wanted to see if you would go through with it and attend that meeting and hear for yourself to see your reaction when you got back! If I would have told you I feared you would decline, but it seems to me like you’re happy that you were accepted!” she giggled.
“Oh, you clever fox you!” I smiled and winked back
“You know, you may be a human on the inside, but outside, you’re still a silly dumb dog!” she laughed and caressed my muzzle with her pawed hands, giving me a kiss.
“Wolf…you mean!” I protested humorously
“Same difference,” she flicked her tail at me playfully, “Anyways, we need to get things ready to go, we’ve got three days before ANTHRO sets off again, would you like to come with me and be with the EPTC or stay here?”
It didn’t take much thought, it was either be with Abigale, and join the EPTC or join Captain Varencia and his cohorts of privateers…I preferred the former!
“With you of course, where else would I go?” I smiled as I looked down and seen a black folder with the EPTC logo in gold on the front, beneath the logo, was my name engraved. It seemed it was official, I was in the EPTC and proud of it! My tail wagged as I opened it up to find all kinds of paperwork and forms to be filled, I placed my application in the little sleeve on the front cover began to scan the contents within.
My first task was evident, complete and read all paperwork in my folder, for it enlisted all the information I would need in my career. This I knew, is what Abigale meant by ‘getting things ready to go’.
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My submission for the
Thursday_Prompt for the week of 12-13-2018, this Thursday prompt was inspired by 
Lofi's image here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/29706797/
It was fun to add this to Ray's story and might I say worked out quite well! As soon as I seen it the idea struck me of the two wolves being henchmen for the red lemur privateer and attempt to recruit him!
Want to know how that turned out? Read the story if you haven't already! ;)
Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did writing it! And if you're interested Ray's story goes back 13 chapters to the very beginning! It's a fun and explorative story I am developing strictly for these Thursday prompts and if you enjoy this one, I'm sure you'll enjoy the ENTIRE series! ^^
Until the next installment, hope you guys enjoy this story!
“Well, hello there! Ray is it? Nice to meet you, we’ve heard a lot about you, which I’m sure you’ve already known that!”
The red wolf had a condescending tone to his voice that I didn’t like, it was bland and flat with an obvious fake excitement to it. It’s one of those voices that tells you you’re in for trouble when you didn’t want it.
“Yes…if you’d excuse me I must be getting home, I am ordered by Captain Raul to return to Dr. Fraustfer with these stamped papers here…” I returned with my own fake intonation.
“Ha! We’re not stupid you know,” The red wolf exclaimed humorously, mockingly, “We know that’s your application into the EPTC and the stamp of approval by Captain Raul himself, well congratulations buttercup!” he laughed.
“Look guys…I don’t want any trouble! Just let me…”
“trouble?! You think this is what this is about?” The mottled gray wolf mocked as they both busted into laughter.
“No, you’ve read us wrong! We’re not wanting to pick a fight with you, that would be too easy! No, our intentions are different, we’re looking to see if you’re interested in a profitable proposal!” The red wolf explained.
“What do you mean?” I asked suspiciously, neatly and carefully folding my application and putting it into a large hidden pocket within my suit – I didn’t trust them.
“Look, we know you’re human…well once were…anyway, we have an offer for you that you can’t refuse! You’re already admitted into the EPTC, an institution with which we work closely with,”
“So, you guys aren’t looking for acceptance within EPTC, then? Why were you at the assembly?” I asked.
“Right, we’re not looking to join the EPTC…we were looking to find you and introduce this proposal!” The red wolf said brightly.
“What…kind of proposal? What kind of offer?” I asked curiously
The two wolves looked at each other with broad smiles, “Ok, first off as I said we work privately with the EPTC; our employer Mr. Varencia, owns and operates his own ship in salvage missions across the galaxy, what are we salvaging? Goods, valuables, anything we can make a profit on selling! For instance, a planet like yours – Earth, you are aware of the valuable and finest minerals there, right? Of course, you do! Gold, Silver, and diamonds for god sake! We ‘salvage’ such minerals from dead planets or sometimes if warranted other merchant ships who are targeted…”
“Merchant ships? Targeted?! You guys are pirates?!” I exclaimed, the ruff on my neck standing on end, even though it had been 300 years since I was human, the term and the wretched excuses for men – looting and plundering illegally to earn a living was still burned in my mind, I knew exactly, what they were, and I was having none of it!
“We are not pirates you fool! Keep your damn voice down, else we will be wrongly accused and killed for your ignorance! We are privateers, a term I’m sure you know as very different from a pirate! Unless 300 years has really soiled your brain into nothing more than pudding!” the red wolf snarled, his eyes narrowing, and ears laid flat against his head as he pointed a finger at me menacingly.
“Easy…easy! We want him on our side, remember?” I could barely hear the mottled wolf’s whisper.
The red wolf eased up his tension, and shook his head easing the anger, “Forgive me, we don’t take kindly to being accused of piracy! I told you we work with EPTC not on our volition…we are the EPTC’s dark secret, our ‘looting’ and ‘plundering’ as you accuse, are to help fund them, after-all you should know a big operation as they are needs help from somewhere! They can’t rely solely on donations to pay for all the research and work, now can they?!” he finally said more calmly but still with a bit of an edge.
“We want you to join us, help our cause in gathering valuable resources; you were once human, surely you know more valuables than we do, and besides, don’t you love money? I mean, come on! You could live like a king, the EPTC gets a huge cut, but we sell enough for us to make a healthy living! Otherwise, you’re basically volunteering your time and energy with the EPTC directly.” The mottled wolf added.
“Come with us, let us show you we are legit, come meet Mr. Varencia, he can tell you more than we can and perhaps you’d be interested!” The gray wolf further said, he seemed to be the friendlier of the two, and the most level headed.
“I don’t have time…I must get back to…” I began to say, I really didn’t want to have anything to do with these two, especially since they were so called “privateers”, a part of me didn’t believe a word! No way a big corporation like the EPTC relied on these hooligans to help fund them through dishonorable means.
“You have time buttercup, the ANTHRO isn’t set to disembark in 3 days, just come and see if you’re interested, that’s all we ask! We definitely don’t want to hurt you, you can trust us!” The red wolf nodded with a smile.
I looked back up the street towards the direction of the apartment, I really wanted to go home but didn’t want to further protest against them out of fear that they might just hurt me or worse out of retaliation. It was an awkward situation, and I felt the best way out of this was to see what this was all about.
With a sigh I reluctantly agreed, “Alright…show me the way…”
“HA! Told you it was an offer he couldn’t refuse,” The red wolf laughed jabbing at his mottled friend. “You’re going to be rich my friend if you stay with us and help our cause!”
I followed the two down a separate alleyway to the other-side of the inner-city where a more open expanse of frozen terrain was nestled and hidden away from prying eyes.
“Welcome to the airfields! This is where the more ‘rustic’, private ships depart, some are more ‘rustic’ than others but hey! They fly and get you to where you are going, why be picky, right?” the red wolf laughed pointing to some of the rusty, battle worn ships which were lined up in a row.
We passed through the first lot to find a large bunker in the distance, as we walked inside there was a much larger ship hidden within, it was metallic in nature and better held together than the others, but on the front and top of the ship I could see what appeared to be wooden rails and sails like a pirate ship! The back-side of the ship had several winged thrusters, large obvious engines one could find on jet engine planes.
The sight alone was curious enough, how could an organic material such as wood stand the pressures, temperatures and combustive friction of leaving and entering planetary atmospheres?!
“There you two are! I was wondering when you’d return, and I see you’ve come back with company!” a voice called from above.
As I looked up I seen a red fuzzed face lean over one of the railings looking down, the owner was dressed in a black buttoned overcoat with a white collared tunic beneath, on his head was a set of goggles which rested above the brow, an led light shined on the base of his neck which led to two wires feeding into the goggles, one red and one blue.
Grasping a mooring line, he glided down to the ground, he held out a thick gloved paw and introduced himself as Captain Varencia, his yellow sunburst eyes peering into mine.
“Ray…Ray Donovan, nice to meet you!” I said, taking his paw in my own. I could tell by looking at him he was a primate specie, but the exact name escaped me. He had black thin leathery ears, and his red ruffed head fur surrounded his smooth face, suddenly it came to me – a Lemur!
“First time I’ve met a Lemur here before! It’s nice to see a fellow primate,” I said humorously.
“Red Ruffed Lemur to be exact, sport! Fellow primate, you say? You look like a flea infested wolf to me!” he shot back, cutting his eyes to the two associates of his with a hollowed smirk.
“Hey! We don’t have fleas, and if we did I’m sure you’d pick them from our fur for your own nourishment!” The red wolf joked.
“You are such a comedian, you know that? Anyway, you’re here to join us a privateer then? Good for you! We could use an extra hand!” Mr. Varencia exclaimed turning to return to the ship, “I need you to prep the sails, we are about to set off on our excursion, there’s gold in them hills!” He bolstered a laugh at the expression.
“Actually sir, I came to see what this was all about, your two cohorts here suggested I come see, I’ve already been approved by the EPTC to work with Dr. Fraustfer on board the ANTHRO, I’ve got the approval and was given the directive by Captain Raul directly…” I began but was cut off.
“WHAT?! Acceptance? You dog brained IDIOTS! We cannot hire someone who is already contracted with the EPTC! We can only do so to freelancers or those who are YET to be contracted, which is why I sent you to that assembly!” Mr. Varencia shouted turning on a dime to gesture at the two wolves who rubbed their necks nervously.
“We were unaware at the time we met him that he was already approved!” The red wolf proclaimed the obvious lie, elicited by a nudge from the mottled one. I simply smiled and shook my head, it was evident they lacked the mental capacity of primates, a far more intelligent species like myself, well a human trapped in a wolf’s body, or Captain Varencia.
I pulled out my application from my coat, to show him. “They saw the application, I had it in my hand, stamped and all when they stopped me in the street and begged that I join your cause, sir. I mean no disrespect, but I must be on my way to Dr. Fraustfer…”
“Yes, yes…you’re free to go, sorry for the inconvenience…” he interrupted and waved me on. As I walked away I could hear him in the distance berating and fussing at the duo, barking orders to prep the sails and wash the deck.
‘heh, guess they are just brainless pirates after-all…how ironic, I thought if anything ‘space pirates’ would be the least bit more intelligent, but I guess not!’ I thought and smiled to myself as I made my way back to the apartment.
Opening the door, I was met by the artic fox’s beautiful face, she bolstered a warm smile and hugged my neck when I held up the signed application.
“I am so happy for you, Ray! I figured Vance would approve it, after all, he and I go way back!” Abigale winked.
“If you knew I would be guaranteed admission into the EPTC, then why didn’t you just tell me?” I asked.
“Because I wanted to see if you would go through with it and attend that meeting and hear for yourself to see your reaction when you got back! If I would have told you I feared you would decline, but it seems to me like you’re happy that you were accepted!” she giggled.
“Oh, you clever fox you!” I smiled and winked back
“You know, you may be a human on the inside, but outside, you’re still a silly dumb dog!” she laughed and caressed my muzzle with her pawed hands, giving me a kiss.
“Wolf…you mean!” I protested humorously
“Same difference,” she flicked her tail at me playfully, “Anyways, we need to get things ready to go, we’ve got three days before ANTHRO sets off again, would you like to come with me and be with the EPTC or stay here?”
It didn’t take much thought, it was either be with Abigale, and join the EPTC or join Captain Varencia and his cohorts of privateers…I preferred the former!
“With you of course, where else would I go?” I smiled as I looked down and seen a black folder with the EPTC logo in gold on the front, beneath the logo, was my name engraved. It seemed it was official, I was in the EPTC and proud of it! My tail wagged as I opened it up to find all kinds of paperwork and forms to be filled, I placed my application in the little sleeve on the front cover began to scan the contents within.
My first task was evident, complete and read all paperwork in my folder, for it enlisted all the information I would need in my career. This I knew, is what Abigale meant by ‘getting things ready to go’.
<<< PREV | FIRST | NEXT >>>
My submission for the
Thursday_Prompt for the week of 12-13-2018, this Thursday prompt was inspired by 
Lofi's image here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/29706797/It was fun to add this to Ray's story and might I say worked out quite well! As soon as I seen it the idea struck me of the two wolves being henchmen for the red lemur privateer and attempt to recruit him!
Want to know how that turned out? Read the story if you haven't already! ;)
Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did writing it! And if you're interested Ray's story goes back 13 chapters to the very beginning! It's a fun and explorative story I am developing strictly for these Thursday prompts and if you enjoy this one, I'm sure you'll enjoy the ENTIRE series! ^^
Until the next installment, hope you guys enjoy this story!
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