A man in his early 30s returns home from his office job. His name is Dan and he's a regular bloke. Not especially tall at 5'9'', brown hair, little muscle with a slight belly. A letter was in Dan's mailbox so he took it with him into his apartment. It was a notice from the landlord that he sold the apartment to some company called 'Theriaparments Inc". There'd be another letter from the new owners soon imforming him about where to send the rent, he wishes Dan well, etc. etc. Pretty standard letter.
Dan never had problems with his old landlord, so as long as the new ones weren't being problematic everything was going to be fine.
It was not fine. 2 days later Dan had gotten the letter from his new landlord. It read
"Greetings Mr. Feyrer,
we at Theriapartments Inc. hope this letter reaches you well.
As you have probably been informed by your old landlord Mr. Miller he has sold your apartment complex at 69 Goingdownstreet to our company.
To explain the goal of your company, this letter includes a little of our history. The nanotechnology breakthrough of medical technology 10 years ago paved the way for new ways of human expression. You might have heard of therians, or anthros or 'furries'. People that undergo special procedures to get closer to their ideal animal body. Our company has been founded with the goal to establish greater living conditions for these people, our people.
For further information you can visit our website.
Your apartment has been chosen as one of several in your city to be converted into therian living spaces. Thus there will be a few changes to the current leases:
- The broken elevator will be restored to function and strengthened to support larger carry capacities
- Pets will now be allowed in apartments, but in case of dogs must be certified trained for therian interaction
- Apartments will be renovated in the future as soon as possible.
- Per company regulation, rent will be frozen to the current amount for the next 5 years.
Lastly, Mr. Feyrer your old landlord has informed you that you have not undergone a therian conversion in the past. Thus we inform you of the cancellation of your lease within the minimum period stated in your agreement of 3 months. To continue renting the apartment we offer you the option to undergo therian conversion. In which case please contact us as soon as possible.
We hope to keep you as a tenant.
Yours faithfully, Theriapartments Inc."
Dan had heard from apartments being bought up by strange new investment firms, but he didn't think that could happen to him. He headed online to look for a new place, but they were all either 3 times as expensive as his current apartment or also owned by one of these firms who require having undergone some procedure.
Did he have much choice? It was either pay his entire paycheck as rent, undergoing the procedure Theriapartments mentioned, or choosing some other strange medical procedure from a different company.