David stared blankly at the box of sticky fluids before him. he still couldn't comprehend how this was food.
"Um, I need food, not... This alright?" Dav stated foolishly at the block of machinery before him.
"Since your star haven't been graded as of yet, That's what any grade less student of the institute gets." A voice spoke out from the machinery. Dav recognised the voice as the AI who said it had been waiting for him two days ago, trying to flaunt it's authority.
"And how do I get it graded?" David asked, he was already pretty tired about this world's complex way of life in the institute.
"If you are adamant about not reading your students guide, you could just pay a certain amount of money for answers to certain questions. The cost of the answer to the question you requested for is three gyno points, cheap right?" The voice stated.
David couldn't be bothered to speak with the money grubber who was bent on collecting Gyno points for a simple piece of information.
Applying pressure on the imprint for three seconds,
"Direct me to the place where I would be reviewed." David walked out of the cafeteria without looking back but not without taking the box of sticky fluids in it. He was still hungry after all.
David stepped into the elevator but not without muttering out a curse . He hadn't forgotten the way the elevator embarrassed him in front of his mates.
He waited until the elevator took him him to the second floor which was the floor the magnetic pull also pointed at.
He had always wondered if the elevator reads people's mind as it seems to know which floor whichever person wanted to stop at.
Although he wondered, he didn't have time for that yet. He had to get himself graded as soon as possible. The taste of the sticky liquid was horrible.
David's mind shuddered as he threw the empty box to the wastebin in the elevator.
Although he hated the taste, he was really hungry, so he didn't even notice when he finished it. All he knew was that it had an horrendous, silky and salty taste.
Exiting the elevator, he hurriedly made his way to the review centre.
He made his way there very easily as the other students were just waking up at this point in time.
Opening the door to the review centre, he was instantly surprised by the immediate surroundings.
It was all white, the same as his room's default wallpaper.
The tip of his eyebrow instantly rise upwards.
"Isn't it too early to be here at this time?" a slightly flat but annoyed voice sounded out, distracting David from his observation.
Dav immediately looked forward, his expression soon changed into an 'as expected expression'.
The person behind the desk had the same posture, expression and even the behaviour of those who works behind the desk on earth too.
For example, the slightly pot belly peeking through the hole from the midsection of the desk, also the 'i don't give a f*ck' expression the man had.
It made David miss earth a bit. Just a bit though.
"Hi there, uhh…not really?"
David replied, sounding a bit confused.
"Anyway, I'm here to get myself graded." David stated.
The man was instantly surprised.
Although, Dav wasn't the first to get grade in this batch of students he also wasn't the second and certainly wasn't the third to be graded among the students of the institute.
But he was definitely among the top 200 talented students of this batch of recruitment.
"Oh, you should have just said that earlier, Mr...?"
As though I was given the chance to talk. David thought in his heart.
"I'm David, you can just call me Dav if you wish." David replied while strolling inside the room.
"Hmm, I would call you Dav then haha, please, sit." the man responded with a laugh this time. Quite different from the his earlier moody expression.
"You just have to go through the test first before I can grade you officially. By the way, I'm Johnson but you can also call me Mr John if you'd so wish." John bent down from his seat, when he stood back up, he was holding a type of technological bracelet.
Holding it towards David.
"Place it in any of your wrist."
"What is this exactly?" David was a bit sceptical. He got seated.
"Its nothing really, it just helps us confirm if you really no longer affected by the myalgia." John replied truthfully.
"You would feel a slight pain mind you." John added.
"Okay let's get this over with." David wore the bracelet on his left wrist.
"Now what?" puzzled nothing happened.
"Do not be impatient Da-"
Bzzt!
Electric energy flashed as the electrical current was discharged into David's body.
"Hmph! that really hurts." Dav groaned and clenched his teeth rightly to endure the pain.
"Does it really have to be this painful?" Dav complained as the pain faded from his body while removing the test bracelet from his wrist.
"What was that for?" David said as he glared at the pot belled man before him.
"Sorry about that Dav, I'm just following protocols." John replied to David being apologetic. Retrieving the bracelet from Dav, he kept it back to its previous position.
"So did I pass the test?" David questioned, rubbing his wrist gently.
"Of course you did. Splendidly in fact." john smiled
"Great… what if I didn't pass?"
"Hehe, Let's just say, you wouldn't be... here to ask any questions, Dav." John grinned as he relaxed to his chair.
David instantly understood what he meant. The Myalgia would increase one's sensitivity by a lot and if one were to be electrocuted by the bracelet during that time, it was death straight away, no hope of survival.
David frowned as he felt it was way too cruel. But, it wasn't really his business. He just needed to know his grades.
"So what's my grade?" he asked impatiently.
"Do not be impatient Dav, your are now a Three star talented student and as a three star talented student, there are some private privileges specially reserved by the institute for students as talented as you are. You can read the students guide for more information. " John beamed. An holographic image with three bright stars emerged from John's desk.
John reached out to them, he grabbed at the three stars before swiftly throwing them along Dav's direction.
Directly towards his imprint. David was shocked as he thought he was being attacked but the three stars just disappeared into his imprint as if being absorbed into it as though nothing had ever happened. It was a fascinating sight.
"Fascinating, but Why three star, Why not five star ?" Dav questioned subconsciously, as he rubbed his imprint still marvelled by the previous scene.
John smile instantly froze as he gazed at Dav with a deadly stare.
"Get out, Now!" John said in a deep tone. Struggling to keep himself calm. He had mentioned five stars like it was nothing. If five stars were that common, the institute wouldn't be bothered with those thre stars students
"Okay, I was just asking out of curiosity anyway. No need to be that hard in me." trying to defending himself, David raised both his hands up.
…
Leaving the now angry John's office, David headed straight back to the cafeteria. Although, people are out from their beds already.
Upon getting there, Dav had to wait in line for his turn behind some groups of teenagers.
Finally his turn, he stretched his hand which has the imprint in it.
"You have already withdrawn your morning meal today. please kindly step away from the line or pay a certain fix amount of gyno points to purchase the types of food available for sale?." The familiar robotic voice sounded out.
'F*ck, you call that sh*tty liquid, food? What else do this world call food over here. Never mind, I don't wanna know' Dav secretly muttered.
Dav left the cafeteria in anger.
He reached a certain spot in the current floor. He sat down to catch a breather at a bench he found at some point.
He could see some students walking while tapping into the air rapidly. Some were even tapping furiously at what David can only describe as rays of lights.
He was only able to see multiple rays of light and was confused why the rest of the students would do that.
After a moment of realisation, David raised his arm up.
Applying pressure on the imprint for three seconds, he called to his Personal digitalised computer.
"I want to see my own personal holographic image." David said, he needed to get used to this world quickly in order to avoid suspicion.
"Switching to manual mode,
please wait a moment.
Initialising... 50 seconds to completion,
please wait."
Edited
An holographic image tore the air. Visible only to David due to the fact that it had been registered and coded with his gene prints. Making it quite impossible for others with different genetic make up or codes as him to view it's contents.
"Uhn?" David was thoroughly intrigued since it was his first time with such technology.
Gazing at it's contents, David saw a few series of options. Okay maybe not few, it was a lot than he was used to.
The options were all just placed randomly that David almost felt his brain buzz in exhaustion it was much different than that of the handphones on earth.
"Too messy, arrange all of the information according to each categories they belong to." David hurriedly stated. He couldn't help but wonder. They created an awesome tech like this but they couldn't even place the information in a proper order. Dav frowned, obviously a bit confused.
"Confirmed. Please hold on David, this would only take a few seconds."
His AI replied.
The AI in his imprint rapidly got to work as bits and pieces of information started gathering at different specific locations.
What surprised Dav though was the fact that they really looked physical almost as if he could feel them, even smell them.
"Interesting." David thought with a smile on his face. With his command taking place, he finally got the system arranged as easily and as best as he could and after a few minutes of thorough adjustment, it looked more like the ones in handphones back on earth.
Now, I can't keep calling it my personal AI now can i?
'What name should I give her? Lizzy? Sounds common. How bout Eliza? ' Dav contemplated while the fingers of his left hand fingers kept moving as if he had something he kept twirling between each fingers.
'Ha! I get it now, Hazel.' David smiled proudly. it was the first time he came up with a good name.
"Since we would be together for the better part of the years, I have thought of a name for you." David was still on the bench as he continued twirling his fingers.
"That is incorrect, I'm a property of the institution given to assist the new students to help cope with their situations, just for a certain period of time." The AI's robotic voice interrupted David before he could continue
David couldn't help but frown upon hearing those words. He had assume that after graduation, the students would be allowed to take some certain things from the institute, but it seems like he was dead wrong about that.
"Process complete, please check." the AI's voice rang out once more, pulling Dav out from his speculations.
His Imprint shone a light blue light as the holographic images took to the air. The contents wasn't as messy as it has been previously and with his tampering, it was close to perfect for his taste.
David tried tapping it, his hands felt like they touched something solid, he could really feel the smooth texture of the border lines
David gasped in amazement. The technology of this world had really advanced y several degrees. Although he wasn't aware of the mechanism used, that didn't stop him from admiring it.
Tapping open the library icon, A row of books instantly appeared before him, it was as if he was in a real library.
Not really a fan of books, David dropped it, returning to his homepage.
He saw 'My status' written on one part of the screen. That sparked Dav's curiousity, he tapped on it.
[Name: David Syntex
Age: 16
Gyno Points: 100
Stage: Spryher
Talent: Three Star
Exercise Manuals: Non
Gene : Non
Blood Cycle: 1 cycle per 3 minutes(Average)
Enhancements: Non
Combat Techniques: Non
Current Condition: Quite Healthy
Evaluation: Too weak, as a new student, there are different opportunities to improve …]
An 'oh' sound escaped his lips. He was pleasantly surprised at the status. But was also disappointed at the comment left behind. It contains things he was already aware of. For example, It contains information about his talents grade which he already knew as three stars.
Likewise, it contained information about his height, weight, and race.
Sweeping his eyes through the status panel, Dav saw something different.
There was an additional Gyno points written there. Which indicates that he currently has 100 gyno points left in his account.
He had been wondering what the hell Gyno points was after the money grumbling AI tried extorting of them but he forgot about that after.
He clicked on the Gyno points and the description popped up. Which stated that it was the currency currently used in the institute and as long as one has enough gyno points, one could purchase literary anything from the institute.
Which earned a raised eyebrow from Dav. It made him quite skeptical about it but since the institute allowed that sentence in his status page, it might seem to be true.
Before he could do anything else, he heard a familiar voice call out to him from beside him.
"Hey, David!" Nihyuh ran towards Dav swiftly.
"Oh, hey." Dav replied back casually. He was engrossed by the functions of his interface. And he also had the mind to stroll a bit around the institute, trying to check get used to the institute as fast as possible.
Since he had enough time on his hands, he wasn't really in a hurry.
"Where have you been all this while? Searched for you through out the whole of yesterday but I couldn't get a single glimpse of you." Nihyuh was a bit angry.
He really had a good reason for searching for David. He had been looking for him since yesterday but to no avail.
But now he saw Dav, the guy obviously didn't appreciate him coming to meet him.
"I was looking for you to inform you that the institute had started lectures since yesterday! We were decieved by them, I don't really know why they would do something that devious but it is slightly obvious they want to keep some people out from attending the lectures.
The week long holidays is obviously a trap from the institute, I've contemplated for a very long while but I still couldn't find out what they would gain from doing something like that. They would only lost potential students.
Not all the students knows about this information though. Only a selected few knows about the information and even I knew about it only because I mistakenly eavesdropped on someone's conversation." Nihyuh rambled on and on.
David stood there, listening to what Nihyuh had to say. Instantly, his heart lurched and he frowned. if what Nihyuh said was true, then there was something else going on.
He really hated being decieved by people.
David thought things through. And after a while, he immediately came up with some speculations.
Those who failed the exams and also couldn't attend the class would be disqualified and then turned into labour workers for a few months as punishment.
The institute needed more labour workers, which was why they were willing to deceive people so that after a week holiday, the ones with slightly more mediocre talents wouldn't be able to keep up, causing them to fail the courses, exiling them to a lifetime of workmanship.
As David thought if this, his eyes squinted immediately. It seems like the institute wasn't a really peaceful place after all. Just the first week, and something like this is happening.
His second speculation was that the students would get an enormous amount of gains if they attend the institute for this week. Although he wasn't really sure which is which, either of the two options one, nothing would stop him from attending the lectures.
David instantly felt a headache coming in. 'Things really won't be easy here.'
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