Sevens

Chapter four

It takes an average of 7.3 seconds for a whisper to be sent into a persons head in Janlea, and it will have a person convinced of whatever was said to them until it is proven wrong. They've used whisper techniques in schools ever since Government discovered mind manipulation techniques. At first everyone was skeptical, but the students that would no longer have to study or write exams were more than happy to accept the new form of teaching. I was one of those students. I remember in the fifth grade, we were the first year to try the Whisper, we were truly the greatest grade for a little while. Of course, that moment of glory ended the moment the Whisper got tested on the other grades. During that first Whisper, we were brainwashed with a whole bunch of bullshit that I have believed up until now. The Whisper we were played manipulated all of us into believing that Sevens hardly got jobs. I think I liked that idea better than reality. Turns out, Sevens do get jobs, but absolutely degrading jobs. If you are charged with Lust, you are forced into being a prostitute, whether you like it or not. If you are charged with Anger, you are used for the entertainment of high class Rectitudes. Every single Seven charged with Anger is pumped with steroids before they enter a fight, and then they are sent into a caged ring, and have dog-like fights whilst Elite Rectitudes watch them- and laugh. People charged with Sloth are taken every day at four o clock in the morning to the Rectitudes sector and made to clean every single inch of the sector- to make up for the Sloth they possess. If you are charged with envy, all your beauty is stripped so that you will never provoke envy from another person again. If you are charged with Pride, you become the opening and closing act show for every caged fight held. Apples, cans, scrunched up paper and trash are thrown at Pride citizens, to "humble" them. Citizens possessing Gluttony are given jobs as snitches of all the other Sevens, obviously because they'd be the only ones willing to go against another Seven to get another fix of whichever addiction they have. But a person possessing Mercy, seeing as though I am the only one, wont have a set job. The only job that I could possibly take would be to clean up all the garbage thrown at Pride citizens, and I'm glad I got that job as compared to being forced to into any of the other jobs.

Zachary takes the rest of his day off to teach me the basic rules of Sevens. The first and most important rule is to never ask for more than you have been given. The second rule is to not seek love, reproduction of another generation of Sevens seems catastrophical to our government. "And the third rule," Zachary says, "Is to never question a Rectitude. They are always right and have always been right. They fought for their spots in society and we threw ours away. Remember that."

Zach shows me where I'm allocated to sleep, which is within a tent that I share with three other people on a thin sheet with a pillow. Then he wanders off to the side of the Camp where he meets a man who hands him a clear packet with red lining and white powder.

I guess old habits never die.

*Authors note*

Once again I'm truly sorry for the bland content of this chapter. There was a lot of information in this chapter again so yeah, we're avoiding information overloads. So what did you guys think about these ridiculous jobs they get...and Zachary's drug addiction, that's still there 😱

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