The World beneath Us

Five- Two-sided

There was an empathizes on new which made Rea and I flinch again.

The girl looked at the knife and realized immediately. "Ohhh, I didn't mean in that way, " She said shocked and hid the knife behind her back. "My old roommate transferred out 3 days ago."

We were still unconvinced, flinching at every word she said.

"Relax. I have no intentions of hurting you guys or anyone. Besides I agreed to do this–well forced."

"You agreed to sharpen knives and make yourself look intimidating?" Rea asked dumbfounded.

"I'm not intimidating," The girl said shocked. "You haven't even heard of my side of the story."

"Go ahead," Rea said. I was surprised her voice was filled with confidence. Valor huh. She's living up to her name.

"Someone made a deal with me. I was to be the weapon provider. If I provided the weapons, I was to be let in to hear about their plan."

"Your telling me that you'll give someone or a group, to take lives for a secret?" I questioned.

"No, it's something everyone down here would like to know. I know they have good intentions. I can't tell you it by the way."

"Can you tell me how you made those knives?" I was curious.

"Fair enough.  There's a special type of metal that becomes flexible over time. It takes some effort to manipulate it into the shape you want, but it becomes a perfect almost light-weight weapon," She twirls the knife in her hand. "Perfect for flesh."

"That isn't proving your innocents," Rea pointed out.

"Well you'll just have to be my roommate for awhile to test my innocents won't you? That if you live that long," She gave a lighthearted laugh. She placed the knife in one of the rows on the nightstand.

Rea covered her mouth and whispered to me. "There isn't a place where you can file a complaint is there?"

"Depends if you want your complaint at the bottom of a trash can."

"Goodbye life," Rea muttered and decided to settle in.

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"You're doing it wrong!" Veneera shrieked at the Neo's poor bandaging skills.

"I think you're just a bad teacher," The Neo complained.

Vee gasped dramatically. "My excellent teaching skills are just exceeding your incapable, puny brain."

"Yes I'm blaming you. Your teaching skills are making me lose brain cells. Your the reason why I have an 'incapable, puny brain'."

"Jerk," Vee muttered under her breath.

"Stupid," He shot back.

"I HATE YOU, GO AWAY!" She screamed, flailing her arms.

"Real mature," He scoffed. 

She waddled over to me. "I hate these Neos. They're so mean."

"Well, you called his brain puny and incapable."

"Well, he was a terrible student," Vee said back to her dramatic demeanor.

After yesterday, all the Neos receive a job on the second day. From then on, they will learn from others and this will be their permanent job. There are 4 jobs available: Medical, agriculture, facility work (electrical), and office work.

"So anyways, how'd the new roommate go with the girl?" Vee fumbled with the roll of bandages.

"Terrifying actually. Her roommate turned out to be an insane knife-wielder, or maker."