Auguest 1 was the end of World War Omega a war prophesized by a superior class of beings called highers, that w ouldend humanity's reighn of the earth. The Highers took it upon themselves to intervene because they saw humans as no longer able to take care of themselves. So they came out of the shadows to round up, domesticate and care foe humanity. They also love to tickle humans. but they also breed and sell the humans as pets, veiwing it as a merciful support and bennafit for the humans.