The Asset: You're here for the job, I
take it.
The Applicant laughs a little, clearly
unnerved by this woman and her stare.
The Applicant: To be honest, I'm not
sure. I thought..."
She trails off, and stops. Then starts
again.
The Applicant: Job?
The Asset: The employment opportunity.
The Applicant: I was told that I was
needed out here...
The Asset: Why else would you have
transported into the interview suite?
The Applicant: Like I said...I was told
I was needed out here. Sounds a little stupid, now I come to think of
it.
The Asset: We always have need of
new... people. How old are you?
The Applicant narrows her eyes to study
the woman for a moment before answering.
The Applicant: Twenty-two.
The Asset's eyepiece whirrs.
The Asset: Adequate. And healthy. We
don't generally ask names and circumstances, although if you wish to
share, you can, if it makes you more comfortable.
The Applicant pulls herself together.
The Applicant : I'm not sure that I
have been sent to the right place...
The Asset: I am N-M-0-RATA7426073275.
I'll be your induction assistant. We send former graduates of the
process to recruit. It's a change.
The Asset steps nearer.
The Asset: The Company buys all your
liabilities. The erasure is painless. There's nothing to be afraid
of.
The Applicant takes several steps
backwards.
The Applicant: Whoa, hold on a minute!"
The Asset: Don't be afraid. They take
it all away. It's... nice.
The Applicant: Erasure? That's not what
I...I mean, not what I thought I was...
The Asset: You are quite beautiful.
The Applicant: I'm sorry, but...I really don't think I belong here....
The Asset: There is a moment when they
all say that.
The Applicant: Only a moment?
The Asset brushes the back of a silver-nailed hand against the Applicant's cheek.
The Asset: Only a moment.
The Applicant: But that's....
The Asset: The employment environment.
The Applicant looks bitter.
The Applicant: Then it's sick.
The Asset: The company has our best
interests at heart.
The Applicant: Did you know I was coming today?
The Asset: We were told to expect an
applicant. You are not leaving?
The Applicant speaks before she means
to.
The Applicant: I'm not sure where I'm
going to go.
The Asset: This is why most applicants
come.
The Applicant: I didn't come here.
The Asset: You arrived. You waited.
There is a job for you here.
The Asset wears:
[Plastik] Element Mini Dress, white
[Bare Rose] Uroboros Tattoo
[Miss Shippe's Studio]Potatoes Grow Out Your Ears, Love head tattoo
[PXL] GAIA Dark with Pearls Eyes and Bronze Lips
[E.S.] Uath Studded Leather Bracelets
[TheAbyss] Choker Studded
[Miamai] NoAlpha LashesNo.5
[SKIFIJA] Full Speed TORNADO ankle boots
[Vaughan] The Automatic Viewing Lens, future
[E.S.] Usb & Plug Piercing Female V.2
[Eclectic Randomness] Siren (Eyes)
Sian Pearl's silver fingernails, piercings, contact lenses
Sian's notes:
Marleen Vaughan sent Sian one of her fabulous cyberpunk/steampunk viewing lenses and Sian built the outfit around it, more or less. It's only L$73 from Vaughan's House of Curiosities.
The story is made from edited transcripts of a roleplay Sian conducted with her friend Kitti Wytchwood. Kitti had no idea what Sian was going to spring on her when the session began. Kitti's perspective on the session is here. And no, it doesn't end with Kitti getting a job.
Marleen Vaughan sent Sian one of her fabulous cyberpunk/steampunk viewing lenses and Sian built the outfit around it, more or less. It's only L$73 from Vaughan's House of Curiosities.
The story is made from edited transcripts of a roleplay Sian conducted with her friend Kitti Wytchwood. Kitti had no idea what Sian was going to spring on her when the session began. Kitti's perspective on the session is here. And no, it doesn't end with Kitti getting a job.
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