Decided to try cross posting. Also no psyren tags.
Chapter 1: Shepard gets a red card.
'It had been over a year already.'
Rebecca Shepard though as she went through her morning routine to get ready for the day.
Turning off the tap, she took the towel from where it had been resting and dried off her face. Setting it down, onto the cracked top of the sink, a pair of green eyes framed by red hair stared back.
Finishing her morning routine, she exited the bathroom into the low rent apartment she had, fully dressed and ready to go. It was not exactly a nice apartment was what any person would think.
The wallpaper was a little torn off in places, the bathroom was small, and the kitchen consisted of a stove and a small refrigerator with a bed tucked away into a corner with a window and a wooden desk next to it.
In the end it was barely fit for one person. However for its purposes it was sufficient.
Looking around for anything she missed, she simply steps out and locks the door behind her. Nodding a greeting to the neighbor, she exited the building into the bright streets of one of Earth's biggest cities, the metropolis of Vancouver.
With the noise washing over her, she moved out to the local library only a few blocks away
Entering the library the first things seen were the rows of terminals in the center floor, the attendant's desk in the right corner of where she entered, followed by small shelf's of books in the very back with some tables scattered around them.
This early in the morning there were barely any people there, only a few of the terminals in use with even less people at the tables. Nodding to the employee as she passed him, she simply held her omni-tool to the scanner to sign in and moved down to the terminals.
Taking a seat she booted up the terminal with it bringing up the current date of 2171 C.E as it started. Bringing up her omni-tool she looked at the reason why she had to come here in the first place. The red card visible on her wrist.
Ever since she picked it up, it simply wouldn't leave. She tried everything she could think off, from diagnostics to bringing in to a friend's, who was known for their computer skills. Whatever she did however didn't affect the card showing on the screen in any way. In some cases like the friends and the diagnostic tools, it didn't even register as there at all.
The only thing was the red card and a question to register. To register for immigration to PSYREN.
So she went online for any information she could find. Opening up the search engine she typed in Psyren and looked to see what she could find.
And she found nothing in her two hours of searching. During the entire time she had been searching for information she had found nothing of worth.
As time went she looked further and further back for something substantial finally seeing something that could be related to it on a extremely old forum board.
'Psyren, a society of psychics'
Finally seeing something that directly references it, she clicked on it and found the ramblings of a crazy person. The only information worth of note was that of the Elmore foundation offering to pay 50, 000 dollars for any red card that remains unused in the past.
A name that had direct influence with her life. Lost in her thoughts, she barely paid attention as she clicked on the name for more information
Looking back at the screen she looked as the information scrolled down.
"
The Elmore foundation is an organization previously called the Elmore Wood school and acted as an orphanage. It was originally create by a women named Elmore Tenjuin over 150 years ago, a former fortune teller and is a charitable organization today. One of its most recent acts were the relocation and aid of survivors of the Mindoir pirate attack. Since the advent of the discovery of the biotics, the Elmore foundation has helped many biotic children in offering biotic amps and training areas to learn how to control their powers."
As she got to the bottom of the article she couldn't help but touch her biotic amp, one of the newest versions available, given to her by the foundation.
In the end however, basically no information was given, she couldn't help but think as she leaned back in the chair stretching after an hour of inactivity.
Logging off the terminal, she left the library, signing out along the way. Stepping out into the slightly chilly afternoon, she adjusted her jacket.
'Well I might as well get something done today.'
She reasoned to herself.
Adjusting her omni-tool she removed the PSYREN items from the screen and pulled up her errand list.
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Putting the bags down, she turned around and kicked the door back into place and locking it. Bringing the bags over to the small kitchen and setting them on the table, she began to sort and store them.
Finishing up she moved over and sat down onto her chair simply relaxing. Looking over at her omni-tool it was in the early evening but it felt much longer.
Sighing, she put down her omni-tool and put it down only to hear a noise coming from her wrist.
Looking back at it, she could make out the words written in a dark red.
'Will you take the survey to immigrate to Psyren? Answer yes or no.'
Looking at it, she had only one possible answer to figure out her questions.
"Yes."
Hearing a confirmation come from her omni-tool, another question flashed across her screen
'Question 1: Are you a former colonist, yes or no?'
Speaking out loud yes again, it quickly moved onto the next question.
'Question 2: Are you concerned about the future, yes or no?'
"No."
'Question 3: Have you ever suffered a brain injury, yes or no?'
"No."
'Question 4: Are you a biotic, yes or no?'
"Yes."
'Question 5: Do you prefer Earth or the colonies, yes or no?'
And it went on, asking question after question, some seeming completely irrelevant such as chocolate milk compared to regular milk. The questions continued becoming stranger and stranger until finally the question appeared.
'Question 55: You wish for something more and are an orphan from a pirate attack, currently living by yourself, yes or no?'
Frozen, she could only stare at the question and its red text. Blinking she slowly answered.
"Yes."
Undeterred, the screen changed showing one last question.
'Question 56: You would like to go to Psyren, yes or no?'
Looking at the question and all the information it held of her so far, she slowly spoke.
"No."
'Thank you, the examination is complete, we will contact you regarding the results in a few days' time.'
Dropping her arm down, she felt even more tired than before as the sky slowly darkened.
Two days passed since the strange survey, and two days have passed since she got a full night's sleep, wondering about the questions and the meaning of Psyren. Bringing up the card on her omni-tool she simply stared at it. As she did a ringing sound suddenly started in her head.
"What is that?"
She muttered as she looked around for the source.
The ringing started to grow higher and higher as she looked at her omni-tool. The display having changed to a question once again.
'Are you ready to go to Psyren?'
Was all it read. The ringing continued to sound throughout her head.
She forced her way outside as the ringing continued, ignoring the looks of the neighbours.
Looking at her omni-tool, as the ringing became almost unbearable, she simply forced out.
"Yes."
And in doing so took her first steps in a desolate world.
The ringing stopped, and with her eyes took stock of the new world she found herself in.
A dusty sky, clear of clouds but still muddled. Destroyed buildings all around and a sidewalk covered in a thin film of dust. The only noise around was the howling of the wind moving through the buildings.
Looking down, the text on the omni-tool changed once again, only one sentence remained in a dark red text.
'Welcome to Psyren.'