OK, now I'm a bit more awake, I'll add in a few more of my thoughts and what not!<br/><br/>The way of keeping the pets from escaping is a simple thing to do without going to great extremes, and I had thought that it could also be used to add extra sting to the injury. That is to say, a thinking pet would technically be a functioning person, and even, to some extent, a better one with increased stamina and flexibility. The fact that they can't escape due to the restraints placed upon them would only further fuel their frustration. Perhaps a situation could occur where a more rebellious pet attempts escape, only to fail miserably and is forced to crawl back to their smug owner.<br/><br/>When it comes to sex and the like, did you imagine the pets would have any close relationships between one another? Whilst I can imagine ties between owner-owner and owner-pet, would the pets be allowed to form any sort of relationship beyond an 'we're all in this together' kinda thing? I'm not sure if I can see the owners encouraging this- on the one hand, it would help keep their pets from going insane from isolation, unable to properly interact with anyone else, but on the other, their owners could fear them getting too close and ignoring orders... although that could work in the club's favour, tearing apart close pets and perhaps forcing them to fuck others whilst the other watches. Maybe...<br/><br/>Thread numbers... The club rooms are all fine to me, as for the town... I do like the idea of a beach and the countryside. Whilst a beach offers a more out of the way exotic (kinda) environment, the countryside is one that appeals more to me. I'm a sucker when it comes to getting dirty with mud, and I could imagine an owner taking an unfortunate pet out after or even during a rainy day to trudge through the fields, forcing the pet to stagger on through, getting soaked and muddy. Perhaps a punishment for a pet, or hell, just one for a particularly sadistic owner. The idea of them leering down at their caked pet and asking if they enjoyed their walkies does have some odd appeal to me!<br/><br/>Creating pets to fill in other roles I think would be ideal, especially one working in the club- not only would they act as a supporting pet, it'd offer the other pets a chance to risk being kind towards him or her- obviously this pet wouldn't get much comfort in life, living with the owners that run this whole circuit, unless they obeyed their owners to the letter, and even then it's a less than pleasant job.<br/><br/>As for the individual characters, would they all be of the same race? I initially imagined all of the characters would be of the same race as the majority of the pet population, before I started wondering if a pet of a different race was introduced. Perhaps seen as a rare breed of animal, they could command a higher price? Obviously to have one modified differently as well would cost a fortune, so having one at the club would earn the owner a fair bit of respect. This all depends of course on what happened when people started being modified- did people from other countries flee, was emigration banned to keep people in? If the former, the idea might work, especially after several years, when only a few of these pets would remain. If the latter, it becomes harder to make feasible. Any thoughts?