This was making him nervous. Blaise could clean those fake fossils like no one's business but being surrounded by so many people, it was nerve wracking on him. Pushing his dark blonde shaggy hair out of his face, he tried to focus on the words on the test paper in front of him. All he wanted to do was pass the preliminary tests to get into the Caliosteo Cup Competition, referred to as The Cup.

His feet were moving too much, he was sweating, he was getting antsy as he tried to read and give the answers he knew he had in him. It was like school all over again. He didn't like being around people, he didn't like being surrounded by people at least. Blaise knew this was going to break his chance but he had to try, he wanted this more than anything else.

"All right, everyone that's time." Stella, one of the Staff Leaders of Caliosteo Fossil Park, said. "Pass up your tests and head out to the grounds. We'll call your names and give you your results when we are done."

Blaise headed for the door, shoving his hands in his pockets. He tried not to touch anyone, he never liked that idea too much anyway. He just wanted to get outside and breathe. This was his only chance to make a change in his life, and he had been wanting to be a fossil fighter for some years now. Now that he was old enough, maybe he could. But the results of the test wouldn't be for a few hours and he just...he had to get away from people.

The preliminary tests were being held at a local fossil fighter camp that was run by the Fighters Association, commonly referred to as The FA Camp. It was where kids could come to learn about fossil fighting before heading off to actually accomplish that feat. His mother had struggled with that, not having enough money to send him there. Blaise sat under a tree he found comforting, next to the large pond in the middle of the Camp, and stared into it. His mind wondered to his life, his life that was never good enough for him at least...

"So, how do you think you did?" Blaise looked up, seeing the green clad kid that had sat behind him during the written test part. "I know I did great. I wasn't scared or anything. Why were you shaking, twitching and all that? Do you have epilepsy or something?"

"Todd!" A girl's voice yelled, causing both boys to turn around as a girl in blue shorts, a blue zippered top with black under cloths stomped up. "That was just rude to ask someone you don't even know."

"I'm just curious. He kept fidgeting and making me loose my concentration on the test!"

Blaise stood up, his peace and quiet ruined for the most part. As he dusted off his blue jeans, he started walking away.

"Hey, where you going?" Todd called out.

"Away from you." Was the reply no one had expected.

There was a little path that led behind the girl's cabins. Blaise found himself in that area by pure mistake. He just...he just wanted to be by himself. He was not anti-social, he just didn't like being around so many people. He preferred the company of either animal or vivosaur. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a picture, a picture that made him want to be a fossil fighter more than anything in his life.

Looking back at him was Blaise a few years younger than he was then, with his arms around the neck of a Smilo, a fire type vivosaur cat that he had befriended during a family trip to his uncle's place in Oklahoma. Smilo, Miles as he called him, had been abandoned by his original trainer and found his way to Blaise's uncle's place. Blaise and Miles were the best of friends for days until the FA sent out Joe Wildwest to retreive the prehistoric cat. Miles had been abandoned by his previous owner, but since Blaise wasn't old enough to be a fighter at the time, he couldn't keep Blaise.

Now here Blaise stood, friendless and feeling like a freak because he couldn't keep his fidgeting down.

"Will Blaise come to the exam hall? Blaise to the exam hall." He heard the announcement loud and clear.

He'd hoped he would have a chance to get into The Cup.

He wanted to enter the Cup so bad, but he came up short in the preliminaries that would have allowed him to enter into the cup. He didn't come up short, he flat out bottomed out and it felt as if he was falling. He was always falling.

"Blaise, wait, hold up there." Terry, one of the Staff Leaders that had been giving the preliminary tests to the contestants.

A blur of green whizzed by them at that moment. It was that Todd kid, someone that he didn't care for all too much. His friend, Dina, the blonde girl that always tried to keep him in order, followed by. Of course they had been some of the few that had managed to make it into The Cup, Blaise didn't. It was the test part, the written part. He just couldn't...

"Blaise, hey, look." He turned to the dark haired man that was approaching him. "I know you wanted to enter the cup but...were you having problems reading the quiz or something?"

"I don't like tests." He said, shifting his feet. "I like doing, not taking tests."

Terry stared at him.

"I didn't like being in that room full of people." He confessed. "I don't do well with tests when there are so many people around me. I...I..."

"You're autistic, I know." Terry said, nodding. "It's not something to be ashamed of, Blaise. But...maybe being in the competition isn't the best thing for you, not just yet at least. You need to take things slowly, before you get used to it. How about I give you a job?"

"What sort of job?" Blaise asked, tilting his head.

"You'll live and work at the Caliosteo Park, you'll be asked to take care of the park, make sure the contestants are doing okay. You'll have to wear a uniform...you'll also be given your own vivosaur to help with such matters. Also, you can go out and search for your own fossil rocks whenever you are not working."

"The pay?"

"The pay is good, and you'll have your own small apartment on whichever island you'll be assigned to. We just need more help, more workers to help make this Cup more enjoyable for the contestants."

"Okay. When do I have to get to the Park?"

"Two weeks before The Cup starts, that way you can settle in and start working. So will you...?"

Blaise nodded. "Sure, I suppose."

"Great, let's get you set up with what needs to be done now. Give your information and stuff, then we'll get you on your way to The Park." Terry smiled and the younger guy.

All Blaise could really do was follow Terry back into the building where he had just taken his test prior.