"Your Highness, welcome to the blood farm."
"No need for pleasantries? Very well. Shall we begin the tour?"
"Affirmative. We found out that although human blood is... of inadequate quality compared to the blood of immortals, their taste might differ. Some taste like mud, while other, high-processed ones are comparable to the ichor of gods."
"That's right."
"Yes, exalted taste is due to the freshness, but it was the emotion of the mortal that took precedence over all else."
"That's correct, Your Highness. This is the first group, anger. To produce the most extreme anger, we induce the thralls into multiple situations depending on their personalities. Some humans are susceptible to anger if we simply gave them a PC, an internet connection, and the only thing installed in it is League of Legends. Naturally, we rigged the matchmaking system unfairly so it is always not in their favor. Yes, Shaco is almost always picked in the game."
"Hahah, that's the best part. In a situation where they almost won, we will disconnect their internet connection. They will fly to a limitless rage. Only then, we draw their blood."
"Of course, there are also other methods to incite anger, but in this modern day, using this technique is one of the easiest."
"The taste would be similar to a spicy wine."
"I understand, let's proceed to the next one: sadness."
"To induce the highest state of sadness, we artificially introduce pets into their life from young. It could be cat, dogs, or birds, when these mortals are young. Nurturing a pet during their infantile stage create an intense emotional bond that cannot be separated by distance or time."
"No, killing the pets directly would be counterproductive. We would introduce new variables when the mortals reach a certain age. It could be an incurable disease, an accident, or anything."
"No, it was the pet that suffered from cancer. The thralls will do everything in their power to save the pet, but it would be for naught."
"Of course, our Bloodtech Incorporated can cure a mere cancer, but why should we?"
"Hahah, that's right. The sadness from having their pets died to an incurable disease would produce the most extreme sadness, comparable to losing a loved ones. Except this method does not cost human lives, therefore legal."
"The taste? It would be similar to a sour wine. The more sadness the thrall suffered before we draw the blood, the more sour it become."
"Very well, let's proceed. The next group is... happiness. This is by far, the group of cattle that produces our most beloved product."
"Typically, we gathered subjects from the previous groups of emotions, but primarily, sadness. After all, 'one does not know happiness if they do not know sadness'."
"Hahah, yes. We simply cure the cancer. These group of people are susceptible to happiness through this method. Their blood would similar to the taste of sweet wine."
"The toxic gamers? Well, we can give them a win after 10 lose streak, but their blood wouldn't taste good since they consume too much Mont3r Energy."
"The best, you say? Hmm, that's highly confidential, but I suppose with your clearance level, you are authorized. Follow me."
"These are the groups that produces the best batch, the Ichor of Mortals."
"These group of thralls are typically gathered after receiving treatment from other facilities. Human's dna are inherently limited by birth. After a certain amount of blood drawing, their bone marrow's capability to produce red blood cells would decreases. Considering we are not running a charity and gene therapy would contaminate the taste of the blood, we could not do such a thing."
"No, culling them directly would be... against the law."
"To circumvent this law, we need to put them into work like a slave. These thralls are either subjected into the mines or other exploitative workplace that would pushed their physical and mental limits."
"Of course, we can still draw their blood during this period. Their indignance and suffering will produce the best bitter wine."
"No, we hold nothing back. Our purpose is to push them on a brink. If they decided to self-terminate, then that's even better."
"No! Your Highness, we do not condone suicide."
"Yes, we put them into the most stressful, suicide-inducing environment, but we do not allow them to suicide. That would stain our corporation's public image amongst these mortals."
"Some might try to kill themselves, but we will always save them with our blood technology."
"Hahah, that's right. Thralls who have tried to kill themselves would need to pay us for a breach of contract."
"Slaves? No, no, no. That term have died in this modern era. We prefer to call them Permanent Employment."
"What all these got to do with their blood being the best product? Well, you see, when they are induced into the depth of despair by our Permanent Employment contract, they will riot. After so much struggle, these permanent employee would union up and began scheming to fight back their freedom."
"Mortals... winning against our blood tech? Unrealistic. We made them win on purpose. When all of their struggles against their condemned fate bore fruit, when they finally won against our corporation... when they finally taste the flavor of true freedom, we trap them into our most sophisticated VR facility."
"Yes, we will keep looping that memory, giving them that taste of true freedom so that they could keep giving us. This... will produce the most sublime taste, like the ichor of gods. Unfortunately, their body will break down after a year or so, considering the VR world is around a hundred times faster than the real world."
"Legal repercussions? Well, we don't have to worry about that. There are clauses in our permanent employment contract that protected us from the consequences of our action."
