20 min after I placed the order, a flying child knocked on my window.
Let me repeat this
A CHILD .. FLYING .. OUTSIDE .. MY .. WINDOW
He was wearing a red chineses tutu , and holding a takeout bag.
He kept knocking on the window very impatiently, but I didn't know how to open it
HOW DO YOU OPEN A FLOOR TO ROOM WINDOW?
The child glanced at his watch then suddenly sighed, and then reappeared inside the building. That took me by surprise, so much so my thought process collapsed and my face became a carved stone .
' he he .. sorry customer .. my performance bonus is at stake. Can you kindly confirm delivery?'
A notice came up on the screen, I automatically pressed yes , then the little child started jumping in the air ' now beet this Jay, I am best employee 3weeks in a row' .
Nothing how I am looking at him, he nervously laughed ' thank you customer, I know teleportation into people houses is illegal but please don't report me. I promise I will reflect on this. That was an emergency situation. '
I took my take out placed it on the table trying to buy time to process things.
Looking back at the delivery child ' I thought humans would manifest at 19, how come.'
The child smiled sheepishly: I am not a human child , customer. This is just the most innocent looking to humans. I need to go now, see you and thank you'
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Not human?
That is even more scary
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Never mind let's get my chicken !! .
Eh.. I rubbed my eyes.. is this .. chicken?
It looks more like a pigeon leg than chicken legs, don't insult chickens!!!
The taste .. is like duck meat and rubber , but still edible.
After having my fill, I went back to look up chickens
It seems animals that were extracted from the previous Earth had not been able to adapt to space, hence the current chicken looks like a grotesque flamingo , if previous chicken were here they would be the Beauty queens of the current animal kingdom.
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Ok, enough now!! Why am I so fixated on chicken?
Haaa , what is wrong with me.
Take a deep breath..
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After settling down my emotions which were out of sorts due to the *chicken* controversy, I remembered a detail I had missed.
That delivery one looked into my eyes. He didn't recoil, and it certainly didn't feel like he was afraid of me. Then am I the only one who can't see my own eyes?
Before I could delve into that thought a sudden *Ping* sounded.
A message icon lit up : ' we are pleased to inform you a spot had opened on a nearby ability centre. Your appointment has thus been moved accordingly. Please make your way into the centre for your 4 pm appointment. Failure to show up without reason will have dire consequences. May tonight's glory all be yours'
The message had a link that then opens the maps app that would then manifest as a holographic arrow that will apparently guide one to that centre.
I looked at the clock, it had 1437 on it. , so I have to be there in 83 minutes.
I am unsure what to even take there. I dragged my feet tiredly back into the 2nd floor bathroom. after a quick shower I grabbed a suit from the closet, a deep emerald green shirt and midnight black suit jacket. One look at the mirror told me I look dashing, if you ignore the missing eyes of course .
I might be a coward and (at the moment) an amnesiac , but I am not walking out into the unknown looking like a beggar .
Not to forget a black bandage , with intricate gold embroidery on both ends to go around the eye. Nothing beats this elegance.
Eh, where did this eye bandage come from?, there's a whole section dedicated to that, all colours and different decoration and styles.
This means these 'eyes' aren't new problems, it had been here long enough for these to be make. The second normal question is, how am I able to see normally even with these bandage on? .. I feel like I need Watson here to help me think.
I gave up and made my way downstairs.
Looking through the holographic screen again, I booked a cab to my address. It seems like it , too, can come up to this floor. I didn't want to grabble with how to get to the main road in my current time constraints, as I now only have 40 min left.
Of course Everyone knows it is only polite to arrive at least 10 minutes before an appointment.
The car stopped outside the window, same spot as that little delivery boy, but strangely this time the window had a spot flashing green in the middle of it . As I approached that spot, it projected a beam at me , then an electronic sounding voice sounded
' Authentication complete! Do you want to attach to the vehicle outside?'
'Yes'
The window then started .. folding . A step case connected to the flying car outside. I stepped into the vehicle, only to be shocked again, I am all alone. No driver, it seems AI was the one driving today. I leaned back into the seat , closed my eyes and took a deep breath.. I can do this.
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The drive there was .. surprisingly… smooth. I arrived with 7 minutes to spare, not my goal but close. No need to focus on that
On the way here I had an eye opening:
the sky wasn't the sky.
It was a barrier with humans previous 'sky' projected on it. How did I know? . Well it spit open , and a massive white and gold space ship passed through it, with nothing but black reflected beyond that, sooo yes that is how.
Other than that I had only spotted other flying vehicles which all seems to be heading to the same destination.
The building looked like a tower from those towers manhunt, all black , tall and huge with a mysterious aura around it. As I stepped into the building a security guard stepped towards me, he had a stern aura around him. I was freaking out on the inside but didn't let that slip out, I noticed since earlier my control of facial muscles seems to be quite weak. That is at least a blessing now, otherwise my tears would have flooded this place.
By the time the guard arrived it was only a few seconds but it felt like eons had passed inside my heart.
Smiling I said Dear officer, how can I help?'
He quickly inspected me head to toe then smiled faintly and said 'Sir that is our question. Why is your esteem self here? Please advise and we shall do everything to accommodate your needs''
Eh!! Esteemed self!! Who? Me?
Who is that!!!! Someone HELP !!!