My walk was rewarded with a metal door that... had the numbers Rober said to me, to its right there are folders attached on paper bins all of them of different colors and named in big and black letters, so I have to pick the one for attachment right? The purple one.
The... amount of information that comes here could be basically be summed up as 'Tell him your Sins' although I'm surprised that someone could find so many ways to say the same thing through at least two entire pages, that requires dedication.
Taking one last look at the door I took a deep breath and used the fingerprint reader to open the door, and... yes it is Christianism given shape and form, that cross, the crown of thorns, ominous light... and a skull that's as big as I am.
"Alright... so I don't know if you prefer what I consider a Sin or the broad definition, so may as well try either, 50/50 and all that." The Skull NODDED at me, while I do have a good poker face that made me pause.
Ignoring that then "Um... there was this time that I found an ungodly amount of money and I took it... then again I did look for the owner while the streets were empty and shouted constantly for whoeve- ok not that one, I beat the living shit out of a man for bullying childre- not sure that counts..." ok, so maybe I'm not exactly a sin machine, maybe I should go by bible rules and say I don't believe in God? That counts as a sin, I think.
Wait, lying is a sin? So if I sin by lying then confess I lied, does that count?.
... I mean guilt by association is a thing, "I did kill someone to keep going, not sure how though..." I trailed off when I saw the Skull shake his head, which is everything, he is actually in denial.
Blinking at that, I scratched the back of my head, "Not my fault or not a Sin?" the Skull nodded once then rattled.
"Both then..." I trailed off when my fingers felt a crown on top of my head, one made of thorns that didn't seem to harm me at all, man Jesus would love to have this one. All the symbolism, none of the pain.
Then the room flashed in green light showing that whatever I did was done right, "Thanks for the gift One Bro." The Skull nodded at me, and I'm pretty sure it shined brighter than normal for a second, welp time to hit the old dusty trail.
I left the containment chamber and put the folder back on the paper bin and saw Rober staring at me like I grew a second head, "What?" was the only thing that came out of his mouth.
"Not sure, it wasn't as bad as you made it out to be... it'll even go as far as to say he is nice." I commented with a shrug while he kept staring at me.
He took a deep breath and glanced at the top of my head, making his left eyebrow twitch, "Even an E.G.O. Gift..." he sounded defeated at that one... must have had a bad experience with One Bro.
"Did you tell him your Sins?" I asked, wanting to see if he did anything wrong with One Bro.
He scoffed, "I mean, not a real one, but it's a damn skull, how would it know the difference?" Kind of a dick move there, but then again, maybe he's the kind of guy that takes lying very seriously.
"Not like he can speak, he isn't about to tell anyone what you may have done." I answered, and he frowned at me, Rober thought about it for a moment then stared at the door with a pensive expression.
He paused for a moment and nodded, "Alright, I'll try this honesty thing with that thing... wait, why do you call it a he?" Rober must have gotten orders from our boss to work One Bro next.
But he did direct a question at me right at the end, "I get that feeling from him. Good luck with your work Rob" I offered him a fist bump that he... very carefully took.
"That's weird... not as weird as the talking skull or anything else in the damn City." What kind of City are we talking about if Talking Skulls aren't that weird?
He entered the chamber and I kinda just stood there...
"Orders from the Top! Trigger stay there and wait in case Rober can't handle it."
This voice is definitely more upbeat than the last one, also a woman then... just going to assume she is my superior too then.
I saw a woman with purple hair and a dead fish expression moping the floor with a name tag on her suit saying 'Beta22' I stared a while longer and noticed the second mop on the bucket she was using.
Welp, I can keep an eye on the chamber and do something productive too, "Mind if I help?" I asked her while getting closer to her, she for a moment didn't react, then she froze and stared at me in surprise.
"Really?" The question came out with so much confusion that I was a little taken back.
"Yeah, got some time to kill." I replied after a moment of hesitation she nodded, and I started helping her mop the floor about half a minute later I heard a buzz on my earbud.
"Trigger! You should be watching One Sin's chamber!"
Sounds like someone is scolding me? Same voice as last time too, she sounds like the living incarnation of a golden retriever, "Job is half-way done, I'm seeing a lot of green too, so he must be doing something right." I replied back, confident on the fact she could hear me.
I saw that the door had this weird bar that is being filled with yellow boxes with green stuff in them, I'm assuming that's good.
"OH!... Well, keep up the good work then!"
Was it me or she sounded offended?
Eh, problems for future me, I kept moping while Beta stared at me again, "Agents are something else..." damn that sounded like a person that gets exploited daily, should see what's that all about at some point.
Another couple of minutes and Rober came out... different, I'll even say he looks relieved, "Man... that was refreshing." His eyes landed on me and then Beta, who he just frowned at.
"Trigger, start Attachment Work with One Sin"
Well... duty calls, "Later Beta, I have to talk with a Skull." I commented with a small smile, Rober sighed and shrugged his shoulders.
"What the hell? I'm in a good mood. Here, let me help." Rober took my mop and started working where I left off, Beta was just completely shocked by this.
Still... "Is Beta22 really your name?" I asked suddenly, and she turned to me with a VERY bright expression.
She took a deep breath, "B-B-Bethany!" Ah... she is all flustered.
"Neat, see ya later." I replied and went back to talk with the Flying Jesus Skull... thoughts that I never expected to reach my brain in my life.
