Onudi leaned back in the chair waiting for the scientists to remotely turn off the collar as she did every Sunday morning.  She did this every morning, the pain was incredible but it was only an hour every morning that the pain lasted, then two hours of exercises and the rest of the day was hers.  Loria and Kriptha were waiting for her when she came out of the study room wearing her collar, the same thin, glowing collar that hung around Loria and Kriptha's necks.  Speaking of the experiments was expressly<br/>forbidden, but the three felt comfortable talking about it amongst themselves.<br/><br/>Loria was a skunk with inverted fur patterns, she was white from head to toe with stripes so black they often looked dark blue.  Her eyes were pools of emerald just like Onudi's and twinkled even in the dark, as if lit from behind.  Loria was a bit taller than Onudi and very slender in comparison.  Kriptha was a black wolf with purple stocks on his paws and eyes that matched the other two.  Onudi was a blue mutt dog, she had happened by accident with the last two collared experiments.  Onudi knew they had been her parents and that they were gone, but no one knew for sure if they were dead, it was just assumed that it was true.<br/><br/>Onudi, Kriptha, and Loria were inseparable, spending every moment outside the laboratory together, Onudi and Loria were even room mates.  That Sunday Onudi was sitting with Loria waiting for Kriptha to get out of the carnivore line; the girls always beat him because they went through the omnivore line which was often very short.  The cafeteria was about half full and Loria and Onudi sat looking around the room at all the anthros, mostly to check out the males and giggle.  It was one of the best things about being in the cafeteria, watching the others.  They could see fondnesses begin and end, friends happen and fall apart, loves be denied, and as always, the guards were there to keep any actual mating from happening; not just in the cafeteria, but at any given time any where.  As Kriptha walked over they looked at him and then each other to see the smiles develop on their faces.  They both found him attractive, but wouldn't and couldn't do anything about it, not just because of the guards, but because they never wanted to hurt each other.<br/><br/>Onudi reached across the table and took Loria's hand, "We will get over it one day. Perhaps after we pass our youth, or at least our first heat!"  It was barely loud enough for the two of them to hear but they both giggled under their breaths as Kriptha sat down by Loria.  Onudi paused a moment as her eyes passed over Kriptha's shoulder and saw a table, empty save one fox.  Her eyes stopped on him momentarily, as she often did since none of the other anthros ever looked in the direction of the trio, or paid them any mind.  She left her eyes there for a few minutes, studying the colors of his fur and the way he moved.<br/>