Authors note: Welcome to Inspired By You! Me and Le Pecore Nere are co-authoring this story, she did this chapter, so all credits go to her
Elena sat on the chair of the house. She had just gotten a letter from Shinra Company, it read:
Ms. Elena Spalinger,
You've been accepted for a job at the Department of General Affairs. You are to report to building C for your interview. Be there at 0700 on Friday and be on time. Be sure to bring this letter and a positive ID. Wear something loose.
Head of the Department of General Affairs and an unreadable signature.
She had always wanted a job, but she didn't ever remember applying for a job in Shinra. She sighed; she still had a few days before she had to go.
Elena found herself sitting in a café, bored out of her mind. She had just gotten out of her karate class and liked to come to this café to wind down. It was a nice place with a quite atmosphere that she loved. She would often come here to study or just read a book, but not today, she sat there with the letter in her hands, wondering about it. 'Maybe I shouldn't show up…' She thought, after all, her mom had told her to be cautious, because you never knew what lay around the corner. 'That'd be stupid, this is a job, and you don't want to turn that down, beside, Shinra pays really well.' She sighed; maybe things would be better than her last job. She had resolved it, she would go to the interview and see what kind of stuff she was doing, and if she didn't like it, she wouldn't take the job.
Elena sat in the car. 'Great, just great, today's the interview, and I'm going to be late, some first impression.' She thought, stuck in traffic. She hated Midgar traffic in the morning. She found the request for clothing a little strange, at most job interviews, you wore presentable clothes, and she hoped it wasn't a joke and she going to make a fool of herself. The traffic slowly inched forward. 'Maybe I would've gotten there faster if I walked…'
By the time she arrived to Shinra Building C, she was a half hour late. 'Not as bad as I thought.' She thought and got out of the car and walked up to the building. 'This isn't right…' The building looked more like a warehouse. She prepared herself for the worse and opened the old brown double doors. 'I've come this far, it'd be useless to turn back now.' Inside were chairs and desks. Most were empty.
"Ah, welcome. I am a representative of the Department of General Affairs." A man said, walking up to her and shaking her hand. "I'll need your letter and ID." He said, cutting straight to business. She handed them to him. He nodded and told her to sit.
"Um, sir, I'm sorry I was—"
"Stuck in traffic, that's understandable, don't be late again."
"Oh… yes sir." She said and sat down at a desk next to a girl who looked about her age. She surveyed the other people, they all seemed to be different ages, and it looked like just about anyone from anywhere was here. She saw people who looked like they were from big cities, small towns, Wutai, and just about every walk of life. She wondered what kind of work they were doing here…
It was a little while later when the room was just about full of people.
"I see everyone is here." The representative said loudly. "Now then if you all will take a seat please." He said, the dull roar quieted and people sat down.
"Now, my name is Rude, and I will be your instructor for today." He said. 'Instructor, I thought this was an interview…' "Now, there are some tests being passed around to see where your areas of expertise are."
Sure enough, some papers came to her, and she took one and passed it down, she felt like she was back in school again, she half expected someone to raise their hand and ask to use the bathroom.
"Okay, begin." Rude said.
It was finally over. Elena found most of the questions easy, but relatively pointless. She didn't see how various scenarios about being in trouble were part of the job, but she answered the way she would have done them. Sighing, she got back in the car. 'I hope I did good on the test…' With that she started the car and headed home.
A/N ... Thanks for reading, please review? Chapter 2 (by me, renoxxxXXXxxx) will be up soon!!