Earth 2092 intro
#1 of 2092
Most manual labor jobs have become completely automated in all first world countries. Capitalism gains power and has pushed the world closer to a global corporatocracy as the years rolled on. Genetics and designer pets become a fad. This leads to intelligent pets, leading to laws in first world countries that say intelligent pets have similar rights as a human child. Slavery booms in nations that have no such laws, this brings shell companies and cash to poor nations allowing their slums and crime to grow as jobs disappear. Costs become the next cut one of the biggest is starting with a base creature that already has the necessary appendages and modify the genes as needed. Regressive genetic restructuring of birds became a very versatile base and typically ended up being ugly enough that people did not pay much attention to the fact they were being exploited. More research went into making them easier to feed keep healthy and house while making them unable to live by themselves for very long outside a specialized environment. and more cost cutting went into production and growth speed. Existing laws in first world countries usually had clauses that allowed foster homes who took care of unadopted intelligent creatures could have them do chores while waiting for adoption. This loophole is exploited leading to nearly unadaptable creatures that nobody in their right mind would want. This leads us to 5 and 6 they are cheaply made vultures with some of their genes regressed to give them hands. Many genes are removed leading to a complete lack of many organs. This requires a special digestive system that simply absorbs a thick nutrient formula made specifically for these creatures. their frame is made to have very little musculature meaning less food is needed for it to survive. There are also some quick fixes to problems caused by very cheap genetic coding including the springy spongy material used to expand their air sacs. Their bones were not reconfigured leaving the skin to wrap itself around them leaving both their chest cavity and their pelvic bowl hollow. no wings means their keel juts out of their chest wrapped in skin. Laws in many first world countries state intelligent creatures must be able to reproduce by themselves in the case they choose to be independent of their guardian and want to start a family. This leads most companies to produce hundreds of females for every male. most laws require intelligent creatures to be taught with some formal education up to a masters degree level, this was mainly due to uneducated pets entering the workforce and straining welfare systems. Most companies simply upload coarse software which is very common in most countries for anyone wealthy enough to afford it.
so what does 5 and 6 look like? Mostly something from an undead thriller movie. they have white beaks attached to bony vulture heads. Their neck is what you would expect from a vulture. They are missing a crop their esophagus connects to a straight intestine that runs against the bottom of the backbone and connects with their cloaca which is embedded in their small ilio-ischiocaudalis and caudofemoralis muscles. in their chest cavity their trachea connects to left and right bird lungs embedded in the back and upper sides of their ribs. Each lung connects to its own air sac to pump air through the lung. the air sacs are filled with a synthetic spongy open cell material to inflate them after the muscles that wrap around them deflate them. Periodic cleaned of this material is performed by pulling it out of the sac through the short stretchy bronchial tube, washing it, disinfecting it, stuffing it back inside, and repeating the process with the other air sac. There are valves that force air from the beak, through the lungs, and out two short bronchial tubes attached to the posterior of the air sacs attached to either side of the digestive tract. between and hanging below the lungs is the heart. there isn't any pancreas liver or intestines so the stomach area is incredibly thin having only the back bone and the in line digestive tract wrapped in skin. there are two pouches that dangle down from just inside the forward end of the ilium to the back of the hollow pelvic bowl where they mold into the digestive tract forming the cloaca. one pouch is on the right other is on the left. They hang from the fused vertebrae sandwiched between the ilium halves. the pouches contain three female reproductive tracts from the ovaries to the vaginas and one kidney with a ureter that dumps directly into the cloaca. Their ribs and backbone are fused leaving only the neck and tail to freely move. Their strength is limited due to their diet and their endurance is limited due to the rebound rate of the sponge in their air sacs. Their tails have some muscle but not much making it easy to feel the nubs on their vertebrae. their legs are lightly muscled along with around the sides and back of its pubic boot. They lack gastralia bones. there are dark grey feathers across their backs wrapping their tails and most of their arms, necks, and legs. their underbody (rib cage and skinny belly) is bare skinned along with two feet under their tail, their pubic boot, inner thighs, ankles to toes, wrists to finger tips, and head. Their skin is shrink wrapped around their bones organs and muscles, you can see between some of the ribs near the back of their rib cage and there is a hole between their throat and wishbone. They are completely incontinent lacking any sphincters along their entire digestive tract. This can lead to involuntary regurgitation while sleeping without propping up their heads and necks. They require a plug to keep formula, urine, and vaginal fluids from dribbling out their cloaca. The plug is held in place by two soft elastic straps ending in soft padded loops. Each strap runs up the outside of their haunches, or between their inner thighs and pelvis with the loops hooking around the front of their respective ilium half. Due to their arms length, and the rigidity of their body, they cannot reach further than the middle of their hip. So to insert the plug, it is set on the ground vertically with the straps laid out forward. The creature slowly sits on the plug until its tail base and pubic boot are resting on the floor. The straps are then picked up and looped over the front of the ischium halves. To remove the plug the straps are, pulled off the front of the ilium halve and, walked over backwards or grabbed between toes or feet and pulled back away from the body. They can also be looped around a solid object and walking forward. Their legs and feet were a turkey vultures with 3 forward toes and one reversed. Their hands had 3 long fingers each ending in a claw. Their skin was red.