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Memory transcription subject: Former Captain Kalsim,
Date: July 8th 2143
“You called”
Probably here to congratulate me on a job well done, only been a week and have already busted a tainted yotul with illicit goods.
The chief looked from his tablet, then pulled a bundle of paper out from a drawer and gave them a flick through, “Yes I called you over here because I believe the fleet exterminators failed to inform you fully about your new duties.”
“I was informed that I would be taking a new strategic lead in developing and minimizing predator disease in this city.”
“Yes, I'm aware your promotion was televised, but that mission that was told to the press isn’t your true mission”
The chief pushed a piece of paper to me, a human training program for exterminators. A program on the west side that was opened up to allow exterminators from abroad receive training from predators.
“Sir I don’t understand, you're not suggesting I need predator training, by Intala sake are you?”
The chief was going to speak, but I cut him off before he could. I was exasperated and irritated as I questioned the chief's motives.
“This isn't because of the yotul incident, is it? I’ve seen prey online accuse me of abusing my position, but that primitive had lied to an officer, and was trafficking illicit goods.”
“You're mistaken this isn’t about punishing you. Your true mission was to have you investigate the humans secretly, we were going to come up with a plan with getting you in without having it draw suspicion, but you have already given us the means to do so.
My head twitches still “I don’t understand sir”
“There has been fallout over the yotul arrest you recently made, we will have you make a public apology and tell them that we will have you go into this program making it look like a punishment, but it will entirely be just a cover story so they won't suspect that you're secretly investigating them and collecting all their secrets.”
There were many who insisted that Earth, and of course all humanity should be destroyed, their civilization was young on the galactic stage and it would be sooner than later that these predator pups would grow into their nature. This belief was less than the majority, even in Nishtal. There were many excuses for letting them live. They saved the Gojid cradle, human technology could save worlds, save exterminator fleets even, and the last reason why not let the predators fight each other. I’ve heard some float the idea that humans weren’t even predators, just misguided prey.
This is it, I can save the federation and I can get proof that humans are secretly planning to backstab the federation. I would show the world the true nature of humanity. I can only imagine the parade they would hold in my honour.
“You had me going there chief, I thought this was all because of that dumb yotul fiasco, this plan is genius.”
The chief then weirdly blinked, shaking his head as he looked at his tablet. I guessed it was one the guild exterminators causing problems for him, not surprising they are always annoying, and trying to butt in claiming jurisdiction.
“We need to keep this secret, nothing about this leaves the office, you cannot tell anyone else about it. Your focus is just about gathering information on humans. you want to stay non suspicious so we can collect the most amount of information, your job is paramount to the safety of the federation.”
“What will I do with all the information then?”
“Just send me all your findings by the end of each month and I’ll make sure it is sent to the correct authorities who can study it further.”
7 days later
The humans had refurbished a former office building, one would not think it was not a former predator “Police station” as the entire insides had been gutted out and modified to suit their nefarious reasons. I was sent to the third floor to begin my “Training”. When I got there, there was a high number of gojids seated, likely from the cradle. They were watching an older human talk about deescalation methods, till he noticed my entrance. He told them they could take five and approached me. His hand reached out.
“Kalsim right.”
I stared at his hand, then back at him.
“Yes, I am.” The human pulled his hand backward at my answer muttering to himself that he needs to stop trying with feddies.
“Okay, ah, well lets just get right into it, this will be a fairly casual day for you, we will just get into your general stuff and have you walk the west side.”
He walked into the front of the class and on his desk was a black jacket, with a metal badge attached to it.
“I got your size from your chief so it should fit and you will be expected to wear this during your stay here, if it doesn’t we do have a variety of sizes so do ask. Your arrest powers will be limited to our laws and not federation laws, you will of course not be expected to do any of this by yourself and will be accompanied by others with more experience. Lastly you should have received an email for setting up a login for online training which you are expected to do if you wish to continue this program.”
I slipped on the jacket, it was a bit snug, but not enough to complain. As I made some small adjustments a rather small blond male venlil walked in with a blue female krakotl, both wearing similar blue human garments, head to toe.
“These will be your two assigned instructors which you are expected to follow and learn from. Okay Mary, can you walk a beat with Kalsim and show him the ropes." “Mary” the krakotl nodded and waved at me to follow them.
As we started to make our way out of the building, I kept silent trying to pick up anything unusual going on in this building, but only picking up the chatter of my new “compatriots”.
“Ahh, why do feddies get to not work pants” the male venlil spoke
“Likely because they think feddies are going to trip and eat a curb.” Mary spoke curtly
The venlil kept trying to make inane chatter, but this krakotl seemed to not share the same liking to it, only giving brief “yeah, and uhuh” occasionally. When we had walked a few feet outside the precinct, the two turned around and introduced themselves.
“I’m Mary, and this venlil is Lomi ” The krakotl spoke, gesturing to her more diminutive sized partner.
“Today we will be just walking around mostly so you can get a feel for it, if you need rest ask for it, I don’t want to be blamed for you having a heart attack.” she made sure she made eye contact with me as she spoke, as if she presumed I didn’t know she was talking to me.
The venlil is annoying, but she, she seems like she should be in a facility with how she is acting.
Walking the “beat” was mostly normal, but “mary” seemed to be a mission to show me the entire west side without stopping. The venlil kept losing pace, having to occasionally jog forward.
“Slow down, why are you walking so fast? I don't want to be jogging all around the city. ” she flicked her eyes at the venlil before slowing her pace.
“Me, and her don’t usually work together so if you are expecting fun cop stories don’t expect any.”
I just stared blankly at him
“Ahem well okay then, uhhh so hey Mary I am picking up a bit of a thirst. How about we hit grocers.”
“You should have brought your water bottle then”
“Oh come on, we can get some mango’s, if I had to guess that's why you're so grumpy. Didn’t have your morning mango’s.”
She stopped, turned to him and then in a rush of movements shoved the ven onto a wall, an audible oomph could be heard escaping his lips.
“You don’t know me, just because of whatever you've read doesn't mean you know who I am.” krakotl stated as she held him against the wall.
There was a flicker of fear, but it turned to a giddiness as the krakotl held him
Are all unnie prey this tainted
“Your one of them aren’t you, I thought you might be catholic with the name Mary, but you must be one of those aren’t you. Let me guess oooooh” Her eyes had only gotten more annoyed at him at the mention of her name, inversely the ven looked like he was bursting with giddiness mimicking the human “smile” as he looked back at her.
“Comedy. No, too serious, Thriller maybe, Romance isn’t it” she pushed him harder into the wall.
This earned everyone here a permanent uncomfortable memory.
A sharp exaggerated falsetto moan came from the male venlil.
“But big predator, I'm just a Ven Little,” gasped the venlil throwing its arms against the wall, giving weird sensual blinks to Mary.
“What are you…”
“Are you going to gobble me up big predator, taste my flesh. There's nothing I can do to stop you because I am a weak wittle venlil. Blushes”
Did he just say blushes, what is going on, by Intala I wish I had a flamer right now so I torch my mind from whatever taint this is.
Whatever this was, was cut short as radio called in saying there was coincidentally a nuisance at the grocers. Mary, having removed herself from the ven looking at him in abject disgust then took the call saying they will be there within a few moments.
Fifteen minutes later
We were staring at a zurulian who seemed to be drunk, he was partially laying and covered in a brownish yellow viscous substance bottles surrounded himself. He was slurring his words and yelling to the world to bring him more. The zurulian eyes flicked to something in the back of the shelf, he stumbled and then found it was better to slide himself over. He pulled out a filled jar, removed the lid turning it slowly upside down as the yellow substance made its way down his gullet.
“We should have instituted a ban on alcohol on this side too.” Mary spoke, taking a few steps back from the sight, a shiver rolling over her feathers.
“So Mary, it is our job to find what is the baseline education for our student, why don’t we let our student handle this, so we can find his baseline.”
Mary nodding her and just gave an “alright, go arrest him Kalsim”
I stared at the yellowish substance backing away as if I was being stared down by a predator.
“What is that”
“I know what the translator is going to tell you if I say the name, and it is kinda accurate, it's insect vomit. Kalsim this one's yours” Lomi nudged me forward to the mess.
Two hours later
Warm water hissed from the showerhead, the hot water had started to work as the insect vomit slicked off on my feathers in some spots, but I could still feel the sickening substance on my skin. Leaning against the shower wall I could only think:
What did I learn today?