"Now that I'm legal, I think I can participate in that experiment."
Title: Human Traffic Jam
Based on: Excel Saga
Rating: PG-13 for tasteless creepy adult humor.
Type: Humor; 200 words.
Excel Saga © Young King Hours / J. C. Staff / ADV Films.
"Now that I’m legal," Excel said, "I think I can participate in this experiment that Il-Palazzo-sama has begun!"
"Doesn't it seem a bit suspicious?" Hyatt asked. "I don't mean to question Il-Palazzo-sama's plans... but we're supposed to have our hair and nails done, to put on the most alluring clothes we have, and to wait outside our apartment until we're picked up by human traffickers summoned by Il-Palazzo-sama himself."
"Don't be silly, Ha-chan!" Excel said. "Il-Palazzo-sama obviously wants us to infiltrate the traffickers' networks, so that we can help him fight this despicable and corrupt practice! He certainly *isn't* simply selling us into slavery, just to be rid of us, and to raise some petty cash for ACROSS! Ha! Ha ha! Ha ha ha!..."
An uneasy silence fell over the room.
"I wonder," Hyatt finally said, "what kind of a sad strange man would resort to buying a woman for a sex slave."
Later that same evening, Il-Palazzo waited expectantly by a rarely-used ACROSS headquarters back door marked "For Deliveries Only."
He checked his watch. In his free hand, he held a lovingly hand-crafted heavy leather collar labeled "Hyatt."
Where *is* that delivery-man?, Il-Palazzo thought. I specifically requested express delivery.