10 Alcon
The priest takes me to a room where the people called before me are waiting patiently. It's not nearly as large as the lobby, but there's still plenty of space.
As I sit down in an open seat, the door opens again and Alcone comes stalking out.
He glares at the priest leading him before heading in my direction. Without looking at me, he plops down in the chair next to mine.
With nothing else to do, I decide to investigate the golden light on my wrist.
As I press two fingers into it, a screen full of words and numbers fills my vision.
[God's Blessing]
Level 1: Human
Class: Adventurer
Strength: 98
Agility: 96
Fortitude: 95
Stamina: 93
Mind: 72
(This must be the effects of the ceremony. All humans must start at level 1. And the words under my level indicate my abilities? The stat categories are up front except for mind. Does that have to do with magic?)
All of a sudden, I can see an arm swinging straight for my head. As I duck out of the way, the screen fades away.
I turn to face Alcone right as he turns to look at me.
(He must have noticed my movement because he looks confused. He must have still not noticed I was sitting next to him when he swept his arm out.)
I nearly face palm at the obliviousness of this ass hole.
While I was analysing him, he seemed to start recognizing me.
As I get ready for a possible conflict, he squints his eyes in thought, then he snaps his fingers as if he has remembered something.
"You're the guy that killed that first goblin. And your name is Kairo?"
"Yeah. And you're Alcone?"
He shakes his head like a wet dog.
"No no no, it's said like Al-con"
"Alc-one."
Now he's looking a little ticked.
"No you dumbass! Al-con! Phfeh, whatever. How the hell did you know what my name was?"
I raise my eyebrows, then cross my arms and lean back in my seat
"I could ask you the same."
For a second, he seems lost. But eventually, a light bulb almost visibly goes off in his head.
"Well, I just saw you in the lobby and heard your name called. Kinda assumed. Now you."
"I basically did the same thing as you."
He basically scoffs at me.
"Yeah right, like you would be able to do that!"
"I mean, if someone like you can do it, then I'm plenty capable."
A vein suddenly pops up on his forehead and he gets slightly red in the face.
"You can fuck off! You're just some dumbass that can't even say my name right!"
I rub my temples in frustration.
(Why does he remind me of a classic bully?)
"So how'd your ceremony go?"
"Well, it hurt like hell, but I feel surprisingly good after it! How about yours?"
"Yours hurt? Mine was painless."
I'm at a loss for words at his confused expression.
"Maybe it hurts differently for people?"
His face immediately brightens as he nods along.
"That would make sense!"
For some reason, him nodding looks like a school kid nodding along to his teacher.
(His high school gangster vibe is way too off the charts!)
I crack a little smile, but manage to control a light chuckle from escaping my lips.
He eyes me, looking more annoyed by the second. Grinding his teeth, he sort of looks like a pissed off cow.
Now I can't help but laugh.
"You keep laughing for some reason! It happened when my name was called, and now you're doing it again! Am I funny for some fucking reason?!"
"I'm not!" I blatantly lie, "I'm not laughing. I keep thinking of a joke that Matt told me earlier."
He eyes me suspiciously, then seems to calm down.
"Okay, if you say so. That's the guy that looks like a nerd, right?"
Before I can answer, he starts talking again.
"By the way, what'd you see in the crystal when you put your hand on it? I saw a grey fog and brown lights."
"Well, I saw mostly red and yellow lights with some green mixed in. There was also a black orb in the middle of the tablet."
For some reason, Alcon is eyeing me strangely.
"So, your main color is black and your ceremony was painful? What are you gonna be, a necromancer or something?"
I shake my head, but the new fear is put into my head.
"I don't think there is a necromancer class. That seems pretty evil, and adventures seem to kill evil things."
Natalia had just finished her ceremony and was coming over.
She must have overheard our conversation and decided to join in.
"Hey Natalia! How did your your ceremony go?" I ask in hopes that it will change the conversation.
"I mean it went well. Was something big supposed to happen?"
Alcon just points over at me with his thumb.
"It hurt for him, but didn't for me. Guess we're just different stock."
She rolls her eyes and ignores him.
"As for the crystal, I saw green and brown lights. The brown lights weren't super pretty, but the green ones were like little jewels."
"Hey, we share a color sweet cheeks. Wouldn't ya say that's fate?"
Alcon breaks into the conversation and changes the tone of his voice to an impression I swear I've heard somewhere.
Natalia looks at him like he's a pile of shit she just stepped in.
"Well isn't that nice. And no, I really think it's just chance. I can't imagine anyone that would want to be with a piece of trash like you."
Even with the harsh remarks, Alcon just takes it into stride.
"Oh c'mon baby. We could have a fun time."
His eyes rake up and down her body, finally stopping on her chest.
"Oh, maybe not." He says in a disappointed voice, almost physically deflating a bit.
(Oh no.)
"What did you just iply!!!"
A frightening aura starts coming off of Natalia.
"Didn't imply anything, just disappointed by your flat chest."
The aura intensifies. At this point, I'm starting to get frightened for him!
Cold sweat is pouring down my face as I frantically think of a way to diffuse this situation.
Luckily, another employee with the white uniform has appeared and hands me and Alcon each a stack of sheets.
"Your analysis has been completed and these are your stats, along with your magical affinities. There are three sheets in the back that will have your Class recommendations and the descriptions about them."
As the employee walks away, Alcon starts flipping through the packet.
Looking down at mine, I swallow my saliva before flipping the first page.
