The Seer

Chapter 4 - The Reward and The Deal

Camsie's POV

I got barely any sleep that night, and the next day I wasn’t sure to go to work, but the last words "he’d" been told had piqued my curiosity, and my anger had somewhat subsided.

No work has done that day at the office. The company brought in grief counselors, people shared their thoughts, they cried, they hugged.

Melinda had actually survived the accident, but was in a coma. The doctors thought she might recover eventually, but nobody was really sure.

Late in the afternoon, I was approached by Demetrio Salmara, the head of the division.

Demetrio was blunt and upfront, and he offered Melinda’s position to me. Technically it would be a temporary promotion, but Melinda wouldn’t be back any time soon. Demetrio promised me that the promotion would be made permanent once enough time had passed.

“Let’s keep this low key for now.” Demetrio told me. “I know it might seem quick, but the project Melinda was working on can’t be stopped. It’s too important to the company. I need someone in charge right away, this can’t wait.” sabi niya.

Stunned, I accepted the promotion. I left work with a strange mixture of feelings, happy and guilty not really sure how he felt about anything.

On my way home, I stopped at the electronics store and bought a new monitor.

I made it home and powered up the computer. Once again the writing came on the screen.

“Camsie, I want to be the first one to congratulate you! I’m proud of what you’ve accomplished.”

I stared at the screen.

“Camsie, I have to ask your forgiveness because haven’t introduced myself yet. I’m called The Seer. Like I told you before, I see what will be, and I see what can be. It’s a very powerful gift I have. But you know what, Camsie? For all my power, I still can’t do anything corporeal. I can predict, I can see, and with enough effort, I can even communicate. But I don’t have a body, that’s something that was taken from me a long, long time ago. That’s why I need you Camsie. I’m an artist of sorts, an artist of human manipulation. You’ll be my paintbrush and my canvas. I want you to work with me Camsie. It’s all very simple, just perform simple tasks for me, from time to time."

I was becoming more and more curious.

“And Camsie, before you give me an answer, I want you to know a couple of things. First off, I’ll never lie to you. Secondly, I’ll never ask you to do anything which, taken by itself, is wrong or illegal. Yes, bad things will result, and sometimes people will die. But they’re going to die eventually anyways, right Camsie? And the bad will always be balanced out by something good happening to you.”

I winced at this last idea, but I fought the urge to turn the computer off. The Seer was right. Lahat naman ay mamatay eventually, why not let something good come of it?

And what about never lying to me? If I'd  known at the time that Daniel was going to die, I’d have never gone through with the original favor. But as I thought more about it, I realized The Seer hadn’t lied to me, but had only withheld information.

Still, I wondered if he could trust The Seer.

“Work with me Camsie, together we’ll make incredible things happen. I’m just asking you to perform little tasks from time to time. Oh, but these little tasks will have great consequences! They’re going to be beautiful Camsie, and they’ll always end with a reward for you. That’s the beauty of my art, one single task produces something bad and something good. Oh, one last thing Camsie, I can see you’re having trouble with this. If I stopped talking to you right now, it would take you about two weeks to decide to join me. But you know what Camsie, you WOULD join me. That’s right, you’re going to say yes. So instead of waiting, why don’t you just say yes to me now? Let’s get started Camsie. And when all this is over, YOU'RE GOING TO THANK ME. I promise you.”

I considered what The Seer had just said. My initial feeling of revolt was slowly fading. I paused, and then for the first time, I placed my fingers on the keyboard and responded directly to The Seer. “What do you want me to do next?”
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A/N
Ang hirap ng English ni The Seer. Hehe

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