[ WP ] An alien race unable to feel sadness , finds novel enjoyment in purchasing memories of suffering from other species . They now set their sights on the newest market : Humanity .

`` You want to do WHAT?'' the matron of the orphanage exclaimed through the crack in the door. 
 
 `` Yes ma'am, it would be very beneficial for our... research'' a voice on the other side answered. He looked like a human scientist, but really was anything but. Coming from the planet Erethrain, Thraxxich was adept at disguises. He would n't have been named Collector of the Year if he was n't. Humanity was the `` species du jour'' for his people, but even though he scarcely knew of their existence a week ago, they were n't hard to figure out. After all, if you've meant 341 alien species, you've seen it all. 
 
 The matron was still figuring out the proposal in disbelief. `` So you come in here, d a quick test, and pay me 1000 dollars?'' she said. 
 
 `` Yes, ma'am. May I come in?'' 
 
 `` Of course.'' She replied opening the door with a smile. Smiling, of course, because she was about to be 1000 dollars richer. 
 
 `` Children, time for lunch!'' She called. Twenty grubby children staggered down the hall and into the dining room, walking single file towards their meal. Thraxxich stood at the doorway. 
 
 `` The procedure does n't hurt, right?'' The matron asked, suddenly worried. 
 
 `` Not physically.'' 
 
 `` What do you-'' the matron started, but was interrupted by the transformation. In Thraxxich's place, a creature with 9 slimy tentacles and a mouth with rows and rows of teeth reared up, towering over the children. The sound of 20 screams was not enough to drown out the ear-splitting roar the monster produced. The monster slowly recorded the kid's reactions, along with the matron, who screamed until she passed out from fear. 
 
 Thraxxich transformed back into the scientist, and performed a mind-wipe on each and every kid, as well as on the matron, before teleporting away. The matron woke up to 20 concerned faces fearfully looking at their guardian, with the monster never to be seen again.
