Instead of working as a Hostess at a job where one of my bosses hates me for "reasons" (I think he's against my sexual orientation or something) and where one of the Servers makes frankly creepy sexual jokes about rape and creepy comments about Black People and Race Traitors who also took pictures of credit cards and wasn't fired.
To
Working at Panera Bread with my best friend and his wife, in a very open seeming place where everyone seems to be happy and where the workers actually willingly eat the food being made.
Dunno what job I'm going to end up with yet, but that's because the first month or so is going to be me being placed in all the positions so that they can find where I work best.
Instead of working as a Hostess at a job where one of my bosses hates me for "reasons" (I think he's against my sexual orientation or something) and where one of the Servers makes frankly creepy sexual jokes about rape and creepy comments about Black People and Race Traitors who also took pictures of credit cards and wasn't fired.
Working at Panera Bread with my best friend and his wife, in a very open seeming place where everyone seems to be happy and where the workers actually willingly eat the food being made.
Dunno what job I'm going to end up with yet, but that's because the first month or so is going to be me being placed in all the positions so that they can find where I work best.
Wait why did he have a problem with your sexual orientation? I hope it's not because he's Christian or something because I'm…well I wouldn't say I am, but I do believe in God.
While I'm not Christian, I do believe in a higher power. Know too much science to believe otherwise.
But honestly, I don't know if he had an issue with my Orientation or not. After my first shift with him, I got demoted, and with no other idea of why he would have done that I started actively hiding it.
Amusing. Perhaps me mimicked a similar power someone else being tested used? Or were just super lucky, if it was something partly luck-based such as card guessing.
"Toukichirou, Kirigiri" One of the scientists call out... This is it. Your System Scan...
With a... almost melancholy sigh, you get and begin to follow after the scientist. However, even as things begin to move and you head into the first of the testing rooms, there is a... shift in the air. Everything goes still and quiet.
"So..." You hear a clap, as a familiar voice rolls across the speakers. "Before anything goes any further... I have a question." For all that the voice is smoother than silk, there is an undertone of malice and rage to the statement.
"Who is the Troglodyte who felt that they had the right to move and test MY Testee? Hmm?" Dredan growled out across the speakers. "Now, whosoever decided to act as such... If they step forward now and reveal themselves, I might... Might be willing to let the rest of our little... science club continue on without any demerits being placed onto your records."
"...If not, than I shall simply have to treat the lot of you as though you were collectively responsible, and you would not want that. Trust me that."
There were a few moments of silence, and then the door to the testing room slides open, and there he stands.
"Come along now, Toukichirou. This room is not of adequate quality for the level of testing that I have decided that you shall begin to go through today." Without even turning back to look at you, the tall goggled man begins to briskly walk away.
Follow Doctor Dredan?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
Are you nuts? Your not disobeying this madman...
However, what is considered a brisk walk for Dredan is just below a light jog for you. But it doesn't take you long to reach the Elevator, and as the two of you enter it, he pulls out an all black keycard, and pushes it into a thin slot on the back wall.
The elevator begins to drop downward, going underneath the building. "Toukichirou." You shift, paying attention to the scientist. "This is a voluntary Inquiry. Have there been any irregularities with your senses; Synesthesia, Allochiria, Symptoms of Sensory Defensiveness? What about any potentially super natural phenomenon that you were unable to rule out Psychic abilities nor were you able to find someone in the general vicinity that seemed to be able to generate such phenomenon?" As he speaks, the Elevator stops, and the wall behind Dredan opens up, and he turns, leaving the elevator.
For a brief moment you think, trying to decide on whether or not to answer the scientist... Then you nod. "Yes... At least, I think so." You start strong, but as the man's steps begin to slow, you feel your confidence shatter as his attention is brought down on you in full.
"Explain."
"I..." No, that is not the best way to start this. "Earlier this morning I ran into someone who was... out of the ordinary, a very tall priest. After my encounter with him, I began to see... I don't know what they are. They appear to be orbs floating around various people."
"Ah..." You trail off for a moment... And Dredan's steps begin to increase in speed. A sure sign that he is not happy. "I-it depends on the individual user. Each person's sphere appears to be different from each other sphere. There are times when some spheres seemed to have similarities, but I didn't encounter any identical spheres."
"I... See. Describe the man you encountered and your interactions with him. Leave nothing out."
You begin to explain what had happened this morning, doing your best to cover everything that happened.
"The man called Style. I shall have to locate him and inquire additionally about his interactions with you and what it is that he desires with Kamijou Touma." He says, before turning to face you. Pulling out the keycard again, he passes it in front of a sensor by the door the two of you had reached. "Your testing shall begin momentarily after entering this room. Complete the testing to the best of your abilities."
With that, Dredan turns sharply and walks away. As the man turns the corner, you finally begin to relax. It's not that Dredan is a bad person... you think... but dealing with him always leaves you feeling stressed and on edge.
A few more moments pass, and beside the door a red light flickers on.
DOOO
A moment passes, then the yellow light turns on below the red light.
DOOO
Another moment passes, and as the green light shifts on, the door opens.
DOOOO!
You step into the room... and for the most part the room is empty.
There, about the top of the room are the windows into the observation deck, where you can see Dredan relaxing while staring down at you and a number of scientists scurrying about behind him.
Sitting in the center of the room was... something different from the other times. A simple machine, with four lights and four buttons.
"Once you sit down, the test shall commence. This is a variation on Kreskin's Precognition Exam. Using Quantum Computing, the device randomly selects one of these lights, and your objective is to correctly press the right button corresponding to the correct light. You will repeat this test one hundred times." Dredan says over the intercom, and... without much further ado, you do as instructed.
The test isn't very interesting, and you can't really say that it's a difficult test, but that is because for all that this is supposed to be testing you... there really isn't anything you can do other than just randomly pressing buttons.
Still, over a fourth of the time you happen to hit the right buttons... so you are doing something right... right?
"..." You hear Dredan take a deep breath in. "That was... Adequate. Proceed onward into the next room for the next test." As punctuation of his statement, the moment his voice fades from the intercom, the door at the far end of the room opens.
The next room is much the same as the first room, white walls, white tiled floor, and ceiling windows into the Observation deck.
However, this room is slightly different from the last room. There is someone, a young woman from the looks of her in the room with you, shuffling a deck of cards.
"This is... ah..." Dredan's voice rolled across the Intercom again... "Assistant... Let's see...two three....Yes. This is Assistant 6. Assistant 6 is going to be administering this part of your exam. At the moment, you see that he is shuffling a deck of cards? Those are Zenner Cards. Each card has one of five symbols on the card, and it is your objective to use your Inverse Shift to see which card he is holding up. This process shall be repeated twenty five times, and you shall not be informed whether or not you are correct. Assistant 6, you are to begin the exam no less than forty five seconds after Toukichirou seats himself."
The first two cards are... disappointing, actually. You just sort of sit there are glare at the cards for a few moments each, trying to... do something when it comes to the card.
But then the third card.
That's when things started to become interesting.
You focused on the card. You needed something. Something to prove that what you were seeing wasn't fake. That it... And as if the mere thought of it caught it's attention, sliding out the depths of your mind the orb shifted into your site again.
For a brief moment you lost your focus on the card. No! You needed to focus. You needed to know what was on the card. You had to know what was on the card.
And slowly...
Everything
Shifted
it all
just
fell away.
Nothing existed but the card. Nothing was there
Except the card.
And then, not even the card was there. But it was. Like a cheap hologram, you could see the card, but you could also see lightly through it, allowing you to see the image on the other side of the card.
"That's a star." You said it with focus and certainty. Not the 'I think it's a Wave' from the first card, or the 'I'm guessing Circle' from the second card.
One by one, as soon as each card was brought up your eyes saw right through them, allowing you to keep spitting answers out as fast as assistant six could lift the cards up.
"Very good Toukichirou. I am pleased to see that my trust in you has not been misplaced. Now proceed unto the next examination room. As for you Six; You are relieved of duty and may return to your assigned position prior to entering into my domain." Again, he waits until the final echoes of his voice begins to fade before allowing the door to open.
This third room is again much the same as the last two, but instead of a young woman for Dredan to mistake for a man or a strange looking machine, there were three tables, each with a different colored cube placed on them.
Sitting atop each table was a small cube. Your eyes flex, and the world shifts into the back, as you focus on one of the cubes... you can see that there is something inside the cube, but without some sort of light reaching inside the box you cannot see what it is.
"Within each of these cubes is an object. Your objective within this test is to attempt to determine which cube contains the keycard which unlocks the door before you. You have ten minutes. Begin the Test."
CRITICAL SUCCESS INTERRUPT:
Choose one Stunt:
[ ] Clairsentience - ??? Stunt - By expending a number of power points equal to the number of minutes divided by five, you can see into the past of any object you touch as if you were in the room with the object
[ ] Envisioned Structure - Clairvoyance Stunt - You may choose to increase the cost of activating Clairvoyance by 1. Doing so allows you to see the entirety of whatever you are examining with Clairvoyance as if you were looking at a wire-frame model.
[ ] Inertia sense - ??? Stunt - Upon interacting with an object, you passively are able to tell the exact amount of force required to move the object.
*rubs brdige of nose*
Of course I forgot to fix that when I switched it over. Orignally that was going to do something else, but I never got around to changing the name.
[X] Clairsentience - ??? Stunt - By expending a number of power points equal to the number of minutes divided by five, you can see into the past of any object you touch as if you were in the room with the object
[X] Clairsentience - ??? Stunt - By expending a number of power points equal to the number of minutes divided by five, you can see into the past of any object you touch as if you were in the room with the object
[X] Inertia sense - ??? Stunt - Upon interacting with an object, you passively are able to tell the exact amount of force required to move the object.
This sounds useful.
[X] Clairsentience - ??? Stunt - By expending a number of power points equal to the number of minutes divided by five, you can see into the past of any object you touch as if you were in the room with the object
[X] Clairsentience - ??? Stunt - By expending a number of power points equal to the number of minutes divided by five, you can see into the past of any object you touch as if you were in the room with the object
[X] Clairsentience - ??? Stunt - By expending a number of power points equal to the number of minutes divided by five, you can see into the past of any object you touch as if you were in the room with the object
[X] Clairsentience - ??? Stunt - By expending a number of power points equal to the number of minutes divided by five, you can see into the past of any object you touch as if you were in the room with the object
[X] Clairsentience - ??? Stunt - By expending a number of power points equal to the number of minutes divided by five, you can see into the past of any object you touch as if you were in the room with the object
