After resting for 12 hours, Danzy woke up.
His ring blinked as he wished to see how long he slept.
"So around 12 hours of rest gives me 12 hours of work time. Quite a massive upgrade."
After he'd passed the first evaluation, he hadn't faced worn out like yesterday.
"If I recall correctly, then in those early days I needed 18 hours of rest for 1 hour of active cognition.
Where neither could I speak nor move. Just laying on beds or sitting on chairs, what a life I'd." Danzy murmured.
He pushed himself up and sat on bed. Looking at the room, faintly different but mostly similar to his previous one. Only key difference he could tell was the presence of a window and the position of the chair.
Danzy stood up, and made his way across the room towards the closet, which was at the opposite corner of his bed. He opened the gate, and to his surprise, along with the cloak he hung yesterday, his other cloak which was at another dorm was transported here. He could notice his crystal stationed at a corner too.
"Such lavish space, and all I've is a pair of cloaks."
Danzy faintly jeered at his condition.
"But I've Unitary tho." Danzy contradicted.
When he passed the first evaluation, he was allocated a pair of cloaks and a free dorm room, and 2300 Unitary.
[Unitary is the currency of this world, it's the same as doing digital payments.]
Till now Danzy has spent 56 on crystal and 1 on this room access.
Since he doesn't know about future expenses needed after the second evaluation, he tends to save up as much as possible.
Not from today but from the day he receives them.
Danzy searched for pockets and took out the slate which he'd received yesterday.
What does it have?
Since word current affairs could conclude many things in it. He was interested in knowing.
Danzy picked up slate, and looked at it,
A simple and solid slate, something like a brick but with smaller thickness.
He hasn't given it even a second glance yesterday. Since yesterday he was focusing on another matter.
He sat on a chair, it lightened with a reddish tint, after he sat on it.
Consimms actually didn't need beds and chairs.
They could rest by stopping thinking. But its recovery speed is far longer than with beds. As beds are equipped with crystals which hasten the speed of recovery.
Similar goes for chairs, which hasten cognitive abilities and helps to recover simultaneously too. Altho it's recovery is slower than beds , it's still faster than without need.
He was about to load information inside the slate. But he was hit with a question.
"What is natural recovery speed?"
He hasn't thought about this before, "I'll try natural recovery next time, when I'm worn out."
Till now Danzy has held the slate without support of his thumb. As it was instructed that, to load information inside slate it has to be touched with a thumb.
He touched it with thumb, some lines to be precise headlines formed inside his mind.
Danzy saw a few headings.
"Exceptions of new generation"
"Prices fluctuations of Crystals, and Accessories."
"Evaluation updates" this one was in red font while others were in white. Indicating that it should be his top priority.
Danzy focused on the first heading. Other headings dimmed a little and went back while the first heading came forward and elaborated into multiple paragraphs.
He could see three pictures of people. Precisely under "Exceptions of new generation."
Nex Maline Aeron
24% 24% 23%
Their Remee percentage was also noted below their names.
Why list them? So we compare ourselves to them? Push for improvement through substances controlled by the governing body?"
The Outpost unit framed these exceptions as products of the system. But Danzy knew better. They were simply that talented.
"Many will try to emulate them, get caught in the trap, and end up as pawns. Slaves to a system with no clear way out."
"Sadly, I'm part of this system too." Danzy murmured and showed a mysterious smile.
Danzy leisurely glared at multiple paragraphs, he concluded except names of households and their Remee percentage, nothing was of use. It was a bloated rant of the Outpost unit about how the household helped these folks.
I can't blindly trust this data until I meet one exception. I'll pretend that I haven't read anything.
With a thought first heading head back and others came forward, and the first heading changed its color to green.
Danzy looked at the third heading. Similar thing happened.
It elaborated into a chart -like format. Crystals, Clothes, Accessories like rings, blets, bands. Etc…
Emerged out inside rows of the cell of the chart.
This looks good and in range. Inside the clothing section a piece of clothing caught his attention.
He thought and that cell transformed into another chart, blurring out other cells. And increment in its size.
With clothing as heading, a completely new chart was in front of him now.
Above the first row, Clothes, buffs, crystal equipped, pricing appear.
With overviewing other clothes which were similar to what he liked, he focused on clothing he chose.
After reading the entire row of cloth he liked which was the first row. He double checked the last cell which was of price.
"1250 U." Danzy murmured.
I'll think about this after, evaluation.
Danzy lifted his thumb from the slate, and all information vanished.
He sat for a second
What should I do here now? Same question struck him again
.
Let's finish this slate first, then maybe I should head outside.
He placed his thumb slate again. Same interface except the clothing section was blue this time.
With little nervousness and hesitation he thought about the second headline. And a list of names appears.
There were 8 people on that list.
"Why are there some names I haven't heard here?"
"Are they from other shelters?"
Shelters. A place where Consimms spend their early development.
After they are born or more accurately accumulated in Emergence zones, Governing body signs a contract with them, a contract of initial care for similar years of work for them.
In shelters many Consimms are gathered. They are provided with similar beds as in dorms. Unlike dorms here there is a one juggernaut hall in which moving walls create partitions, everyone does get a room and bed.
Here they set limits. In the current era, in the first two years 1% accumulation of Remee was the first criteria. Second criteria was to accumulate rudimentary Remee for feelings which was 10% in 10 years. Third was to accumulate15% Remee and apply for a second evaluation in the next 7 years. Those who fail any of these are thrown out. They are termed and degenerates.
"Maybe there are other shelters here too." Danzy said. He doesn't know if there are more shelters.
Many people don't even have thought if another shelter could exist, like multiple dorms do.
"Inside the list, Danzy could notice his name too, his name was in 2nd place with his Remee listed too.
Naming wasn't based on Remee percentage but application, who applied first were on top.
"So I've 2 weeks of time." Danzy calmly.
Wha.. what ? Evaluation is 2 weeks away isn't that 14 days ! What should I do ? Danzy who was in placid state, now was filled with thoughts ,
What percentage of Zemee I'm born with ?
A question he dreaded struck him again.
At that moment, his ring pulsed like a human heart- black, white, black white, in rapid alteration, where each flash came with a sound.
Ting, ting, ting,
Danzy fainted as the 3rd ting echoed in his mind.
After an hour, he woke up.
"My emotions are unstable, yesterday I blurved in front of Mark, today I couldn't even handle my thoughts." Danzy murmured.
That's why I was ignoring that damn headline.
"Whatever, Let's try heading outside. If I didn't distract myself from this loneliness now, it'll be devastating for myself." Danzy uttered in worry.
He got up from bed and appeared in front of the closet wore cloak and straight headed outside.
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Emee - somthing like consciousness.
Zemee - something which is like vessel for Emee and could not appear without emee ( very minute emee is present where ever Zemee is used)
Remee - a connective between Emee and Zemee . it's like a bridge connecting two shore.