章 2: The Sky is the Limit
(Author Note: From now on ' will be used to signify Eric's inner monologue)
"All you rats wake up, it's time to eat and then scurry", The same girl that led Eric into the shelter was now wearing a hoodie and screaming at them.
'And I almost thought she was nice', Eric thought to himself. Eric was groggy, dirty, bloody, skinny, so basically a true eyesore. He didn't really care though if he was living. Taking a closer look at his face, you could see the facial structure of someone with above average looks, but you would never be able to tell with the rest of his appearance.
Eric sat up in his rock-solid bed, his back felt like it had gotten slammed by a 2-ton weight, and then trampled by an elephant. In other words, he needed an Advil.
Eric walked up with a couple other awoken rats towards the door at the end of their temporary dormitory. The dormitory itself had around 50 beds in the single room, they were stacked 4 tall and had ladders leading off them so that their inhabitants could reach the ground safely. The dormitory also had filth coating the floor, it would make a normal person gag, but rats were used to this type of environment. Every bed had only a cheap mattress and a deflated pillow.
Eric looked around a little more and saw a junkie using stimulants under where his bed was last night. 'F***ing junkies, I might be sad but at least I'm not as pathetic as their sorry existences.'
He made his way back to the cafeteria from yesterday, it seemed like they had just cleaned because it smelled like lemons and that was it. Eric went through the same motions he did the day before and got his disgusting nutrition packet and indulged himself in it.
Eric wasn't exactly 15 yet, the brilliance would enhance someone at the exact moment they were born, but 15 years later. Eric didn't quite know when he would become enhanced or if he even would, so he just carried on as normal.
He had left the shelter and was now back on the streets. A warm breeze blew through his face and he felt somewhat excited, maybe a little hope had entered into his mind. Before the seed of hope could grow, he uprooted it. He knew that hope only lead to hurt, and pain was the last thing he needed right now.
Glancing at his surroundings, Eric walked towards a dumpster. He grabbed a box from it and ripped off a piece of cardboard long enough to write on. He took out a marker he keeps on him for situations just like this. He used his best penmanship to write "Anything helps, I am hungry" not the best advertisement but after all he was a rat, so he wasn't really expecting any big donations.
He sat down on the pavement, wet from morning dew, it made him shiver a little. Eric sat there for an hour just watching the passerby's, nobody even looked at him, it was like he didn't exist. Eric felt even smaller than he was every time he pulled back his pride and begged like this.
Another hour passed, and finally someone made eye contact. 'Sh** anyone but these a**holes.' A group of teenagers wearing uniforms that showed they were from an academy were walking towards him smiling mischievously. They walked close to the side of the sidewalk that Eric was sitting on. One of the kids with a big sh** eating grin pretended to trip over Eric. He made eye contact with Eric and said," Hey rat, why don't you scurry off, you're blocking the sidewalk." Eric said back," I'm sorry, I'll be on my way." Eric got up and started walking off when he felt an impact on his back. He had been kicked by one of the pretentious kids.
"I said scurry, not walk, get on the ground and scurry you rat", said the same kid who told him to move. 'If only I could show these bastards', Eric thought to himself. He held his pride again, and 'scurried' away from the kids. That apparently wasn't enough to satisfy them though, so they just decided to kick him while he was down and walked away laughing. Eric caught a glimpse of one of their uniforms which had 'Sunny Academy' embroidered into the back of their blazers.
After what seemed like maybe minutes but could have been hours. Eric finally gained the strength in his weak bones and muscles to stand up, he then suddenly felt a little stronger and stronger progressively. 'Why do I feel so good?'. It didn't stop there though, he kept feeling stronger and stronger progressively. Suddenly, he heard something.
"You have been blessed by the Brilliance; please ask me any questions you have about what is happening," said a female voice resembling iPear's Spearie.
'Wait, I'm actually an enhanced?', Eric thought to himself. Eric suddenly felt overwhelming excitement grip him.
"Earth to Eric, I am waiting for your any questions!", 'Spearie' said.
Embarrassment surged through Eric, he felt embarrassed that he was so excited he lost sense of time and had annoyed this voice in his head. 'Wait I'm not going schizophrenic right? I'm not hearing voices…' Eric said in his mind 'What is my enhancement?', to see if this voice was real. The voice resembling 'Spearie' responded with," Your enhancement is known as The Limiter."
Eric couldn't believe what he was hearing, the fact that it had such a unique name means it had to be unique, this meant his enhancement could only be illuminated or dim (Brilliant is a classification unknown by the public).
"Do you have any other questions, Eric", asked the voice. Eric thought,' What does my ability specialize in?'
The voice proceeded to reply with:
クリエイターの想い 
Cobruh
Cobruh Yup it's a cliffhanger, currently I'm thinking about doing 2 chapters a day, I hope that's fine with y'all. Also please leave any criticism or praise in the comments, I read them all. <3
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