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It has been several years since monsters came to the surface. After the media storm that swept the globe, bombarding the monsters with all that attention, the monsters finally settled into society. The smooth integration was all thanks to the ambassador of monsters. Gaining their freedom led to a cultural exchange of ideas, science, and knowledge. It didn't take long for studies in the field of magic science to boom. New inventions and creations that came from it all made life easier and less lonely.
You are sitting at home when the first commercial drops for what they call a new life companion pet, the Bittys. Monsters had joined forces with human scientists to create them as a way to help people become more comfortable with monsters. A tiny monster that you befriend was approved by Asgore as a gift in the name of peace. You guess all those studies in souls helped to make the little cuties. Each new wave of Bitty that came out led to the creation of types. Bittys that fit a certain role. There are Sansy/Papys, Edgy/Boss, softies, blue/bro, and so on. Each new generation has a name type swap, fell, outer and the list goes on.
News of a new type of Bitty that can do what humans can do is said to have the magic of volunteered humans and a combination of other Bittys' type magic. New and improved with all your favorite features from previous lineups. The testing phase is coming up. Be the first to have one of them in your home trial case study. The tv is drowned out by the tasks you were currently working on at the time.
You spend your time playing games and reading books in your cozy little living quarters and tend to keep to yourself. The only time you have the need to socialize is at work or going shopping. Mostly you keep in touch with friends online. It can be a bit lonely sometimes. The Bitty craze has everyone hooked, even some of your friends have one. Maybe if they weren’t so expensive you would have one. Still, you prefer to adopt one which has a reduced fee. The cost of clothing and specialty items alone makes you uncomfortable. If you wanted something you learned how to make it. You are nothing if not a bit thrifty. Every day after work you would walk by Momma Cry’s adoption center and see the Bittys running around and playing. You never had the courage to go in. You know that if you walk in there you’d want to adopt them all.
Many of the poor little monsters had bad owners and were confiscated by the law. Checks were performed often to see the creatures' living conditions. Each Bitty adopted had to be put in for the record book. Though sometimes cruel owners would abuse them and the Bittys would have to given up to the nearest shelter when the owners were found out. it was never the most accommodating to be put in a none specialized shelter. Sometimes desperate circumstances needed quick action. The laws for Bittys are more complicated than animal cruelty. They have the same level of sentience as their monster counterparts but are created to be inhibited and dependent on humans for company and safety. This offers them more protections but still doesn’t make them citizens. Magic however is finicky and new things are learned every day about their behaviors and changes that a Bitty can undergo. There are reports from a Bitty specialist, Oliver Porter, of them growing in size, soul-bonding, and the pros and cons of each Bitty type such as behavior or personality types.
It is not like you will ever get one. For now, all you can do is fantasize about what they would do.