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As you walk into the large warehouse, you feel a slight chill creep along your skin. Looking around, you notice cages and chains along the walls. Upon closer inspection, you see different beings in or attached. You have just entered Slave Central of the Black Market, when everything is legal.

Along the left wall is vampires and werewolves, the right angels and demons. Before you are nekos, kistunes and other mythical beings. The front of the warehouse has the human slaves, chained to the cold walls or thrown in large cages with others, little better than cattle.

Every species imaginable is in this place, and the guards roaming about look you over, more than likely sizing you up. A large desk is directly to the right of the door. Chains, whips and choke chains hang from a rack behind the large man sitting behind the cold steel.

Are you here to purchase, or are you about to be summited to the same fate as the others?


The time is present, and the area is unknown. Everyone around the world comes to the black market, and there is one in every country.

Maraxus walked back and forth through out the cells lifting heavy boxes. He was picked from the rest of the human slaves to transport the food and feed the other slaves. Most of the time a slave dies feeding the werewolf and other exotic creatures. Maraxus has watched many slaves get devoured, and has learned which of them to stay away from, or far enough away to feed them their meal. He's made small relationships with many of the humans. He realizes that some will leave or die and more will come.

A loud yelp came from across the cells, followed by a loud voice from the same place. "Maraxus, go finish what the other slave started. The place with the snake lady and the hairy men." A loud laugh rumbled up from many of the tradesmen.

Maraxus finished up and started to the back of the market. He tried to remember the books he had read with the old man, and he recalled the monster manual. This knowledge has saved his life before and would do the same right now.

Maraxus flinched and looked up at the stunning girl, trying to figure out what she was. Then he saw the demon crawl out and remembered what it was, but he was still unsure what she was. "That's a pretty puny looking demon if I would say. What is it supposed to do? Tie my shoes?" He laughs and started to continue walking, but stops. "Hey, I am gonna come back, and I'll bring some food. Have any preferences? This is my next spot to hand out the food." He still wasn't clear upon what she was and was a tad uneasy.

Maraxus looks at her black wings. "I see. I have read about angels and dark angels. I have never seen one in person, though. Most like to mess with peoples minds. The text said to be aware about what they are saying when near one to be extra cautious on the choices you make. It's kind of you to offer your demon's services to me but I can feed them myself. So you want raw meat? I'm only supposed to give raw meat to center creatures but I'll bring some." He turned his head and headed in the direction of the were beasts. He never expected to see a fallen angel here, but it's true.

Maraxus wondered about her as he took a raw steak in his hand. Was she trying to use him or help him. He looked around and saw no guards near him. Most probably were too afraid to get close to any of the beasts around him. He was somewhat out of practice, so Maraxus decided to use one of the spells he had learned and started to mumble to himself in Latin. His ring started to glow and the piece of meat started do levitate off his hand. The air around him became stiff as the piece of meat left the hand and hovered to the wolf. The were-wolf looked at him uneasy and barked at Maraxus. Maraxus hesitated and the hunk of meat fell to the floor of the cage. Maraxus shook his head in disappointment and took the box of food to the other cages. Throwing the food into the center of the cage.

After he finished with the carnivores Maraxus through one of the pieces of raw meat in his next box and continued to the more human bunch.

Maraxus heaved a long sigh. He still hated that old man for putting this ring on him. He had never seen it in any book nor did the old man tell him anything about it. Maraxus walked down the hallway of cages putting a small tray of food beside each one, then he finally got back to the cage. The air was still stiff around him from when he tried to use magic. "So to properly introduce my self, I am Maraxus. I am pure human and nothing more. And who may I have the honer of meeting this fine dark night in a dimly lit room with a cage wall separating us.?" He bowed and placed the box beside his feet. Then he put out his hand like a formal gentleman.

Maraxus twitched his hand at the sight of blood. "I feel bad for some of you back here. The humans aren't treated as bad as you are." Maraxus touched the top of Eyph's hand with his lips, avoiding the dripping blood. He stood up and grabbed the raw meat from the box. "The paper on the wall lists the foods that go to each cage, but it doesn't list anything for you. Either way it is always nice to feel the tender raw meat in the tip of your tongue." He placed the meat inside the cage and sat down. "You know, they gave me a long time to feed all the residence here and I'm pretty well done. There's been a lot of human deaths today. I guess there's a full moon out tonight."

Maraxus looked at the ring on his finger. From the sound of her word he knew this was true, but then he looked at her collar. "I bet you could get the ring off. But not while you have that collar on. It restrains a lot of your power just like this ring of mine. I have asked many to take it off, but no one in these cells could. You can try but my guess is that you will need to conger up a lot of power to brake this ring." He was scared to hand his hand to her because he still didn't know what would happen even if he took it off. He had read up about restraints in magic. It told him that while being restrained, magic would build up inside the caster and once the restraint is removed the magic was sometimes released in one big wave.

Maraxus thought it over for a few seconds. "I can't just let you give me something as great as that. Harming yourself for my gain? That could never sit idly in my head. Instead, if you do decide to harm yourself for this I will devote my life to you, and I won't care how bad it may be. If I had this ring off I could easily over power any of the stupid guards, or well that and a bit of rest. I won't have anywhere to go so I will follow you, even to the bottoms of Hades itself, for I, Maraxus swears it upon my life!" He shakes his head and apologizes. "Sorry, little to much reading"

As he apologizes a guard hears him talking and yells. "Hey! Why are you still out here? You should of been finished a hour ago. Get back to your cage!"

Maraxus quickly turns to the guard and puts his hand on the cage. "How soon can you build up your power? I can come back in two hours if need be. I'll just pick the lock. All the guards here are stupid anyways, they think I am less intelligent then they are." He turns and the guard pulls out a Baton.