The rest of the day was more of the same... also the bafflement of Rober seeing me getting only perfect results with One Bro which doesn't seem possible, "I'm telling you I'm not doing anything different from you." I responded to Rober who hasn't stopped bothering me about this.

"You have to be, there is no way every work you had with it ends perfectly not even one bad box, what's your secret?" I sighed at his very overbearing questions.

Beth smiled lightly, "Maybe he resents you for lying?" We finished mopping the hallway a while ago, so we just started talking, kinda pleasant.

"Good Job! Work is over for today"

Oh, the female boss has spok- wait now what? "So... now what?" I asked my friends with a raised eyebrow, Rober suddenly got this... very disturbing smile on his face and started walking away.

"Let's go to the dining hall, I'm damn hungry after a good day of work." At his words, I followed along with a very sly smile on my face.

"Pretty low standards considering how well I did~" He actually tripped and turned to me with a frown while Beth giggled and then... went the different direction.

I blinked at that, "You aren't hungry?" I asked, wondering where she was going.

Beth turned to me and smiled, "Clerks have a longer work schedule, we have to clean the bodies after all." ...and she just said that with a straight face, where the hell did I wind up on?

I felt Rober grab my shoulder, "Chill out Rookie, she ain't going anywhere after works hours, Abnormalities don't do anything then..." he trailed off and stared ahead I followed his gaze and met... a goddamn toaster.

Literally a claptrap with legs with the words Malkuth glowing on it, a notebook that looks like it has seen some shit, and a slightly narrowed orange eye that doesn't look happy "Hi there." and I just casually offered it my hand.

"Trigger, when an order is given I expect you to follow through with it having your complete attention on it, not start having a conversation in the middle of important work." Oh, so it's a she, guessing her name is Malkuth, and she seems a bit... of a busybody.

Also, I know how to deal with these type of bosses, "Sure did Ma'am, had my eyes on the door the whole time and weapon ready. I also kept the Clerk's attention on the job while also keeping my muscles loose and helping clean the facility, I'd call that doing my duty and then some." I explained myself and I swear to god I heard the Windows turning off sound coming from her.

"Oh!... Well, keep the good work coming, the Control Team would expect no less from you!" What an endearing person, maybe should calm down a little, but she doesn't seem that bad.

I waved at her, now for some flattery and seal the deal, "Sure will Ma'am, gotta say with someone so proactive like you around I know that if I slip you'd tell me how to deal with it." I swear to god, she either has a very bad processing power or she has never met someone that was actually willing to treat her like a normal person.

"Flattery will get you nowhere!... But thank you for the acknowledgment!" Did her voice just rise in pitch right at the en- and she is leaving now... ok?

Well, that was a thing.

Rober patted my shoulder, "What kind of acting skills are those and where can I learn them?" he joked while I gave him a flat stare.

...

"Oh... that wasn't an act, you're weird." He finished, and I rolled my eyes.

"I prefer the word unique, but that does bring up a question I have... why did we only work with One Bro?" I hope he has the answer for that, it seemed kinda weird that we talked with a skull all day.

He... started scratching the back of his head in embarrassment, "That's... what they have Rookies do when entering this facility, heard that with time they let us work on more Abnormalities, also probably being used to have the Manager get a hang of things around here." I gave him a raised eyebrow and a shit-eating smile.

"Rookies, huh?" He scoffed and ruffled my hair.

"Yeah, yeah... first day in, and I was already crumbling, cut me some slack..." Second person that I got all flustered today, that's a skill I didn't know I needed until now.

We kept our walk going, chatting like old friends, but I was still... thinking about that one thing I heard while talking with the skull, maybe it was my imagination but...

That did not come from One Bro, hell I'm pretty sure he actually was mad for a moment, judging by the aggressive rattling he did after I heard that, I ignored it at first, but this place seems to be full of crazy things.

So maybe one of these... Abnormalities talked with me for some damn reason?

"Trigger? You seem to be thinking about something." Rober got me out of my pondering that was really not going anywhere.

Ah hell, I'll figure it out later, "Wondering why you even bothered to look like my senior." He sputtered and laughed nervously.

"O-Of course I had to! Without a proper example, you would have been lost!" Man... you do not sound confident at all.

Also, I kinda kept you from losing your shit... but I guess he needs the ego boost. Now to see if they have apple juice and Pizza!

Young Saint, blind to the illness of the people

Yet still aware of their plight

Will you break or meet the light that is I?