After most of people had left the hall,the hall returned to its original state.Allen sat in the hall,Observing his digital watch.He had been doing it for quite some time.
There were two main reasons behind that.First one was to see if his sister had sent any message.
He had enrolled his sister to the Austin institute and was planning to return soon to accompany his sister.This was her first day so he thought he would take her into the Austin institute.
But due to the abrupt situation he was in right now,that did not seem quite possible. He had told her in advance that if he got delayed then she should not wait. Afterall it was not a necessity for him to go along with her.He had just wanted to see her new study environment.
Because even if it was rumored to be the city's best,he would still get peace of mind if he found it satisfactory.
So he sent her a message that he would not be able to come,And briefly explained the reason.But there wasn't a reply despite waiting so long.
The second reason was that the time to enter groups by one's own initiative was gonna end soon.And remaining people were to be assigned randomly.
He did not know anyone here.As the people who had joined the institute had mostly come from outside Austin city.And they were not its residents.
So Allen thought instead of joining a group by his own volition,he would rather join a randomly assigned group.As if the people he formed a group with did not turn out to be up to par,at least he will feel less regret if the decision to join them wasn't his.
He closely watched the group making.The criteria to form a group was that its members could not be less than 4 and more than 7.After most people had voluntarily joined their preferred groups,there were only about 10 people left.The A.I. started making random groups.And he was surprised at the results.
The group he was in had four members including him while the other group got 7 members.If A.I. was functionally normally then it would have one group get 6 members and other 5.Not that much unbalanced.
Random group making as stated by the President was without doubt random in its truest sense.It was like a lucky draw and the A۔I۔ was only stating its results.
He was not anxious about his new group mates and just slightly curious.So he started seeing which three members were assigned to the same group as him.
The first member was what made him speechless, it was the one and only M. Luke.
The second member was the man who had tried to talk to him before institute's test results were out.
The third member was surprisingly the person who had stated his analysis to Steven and was promoted to five stars as a result.
He only had a impression of Luke from all of them.He had very low E.Q.The first impression that he had given to Allen was of a hard worker.A true hard worker on whom the quote "Success is 9 part hard work and 1 part talent" Suited .
Otherwise all other people he had seen up till now were hard worker mostly in name.They would make a bit more effort than talented people and attribute their final failure to talent of other person.
But if they had worked tripled or quadruple times more hard than a talent,Would they have really failed?"
So Allen had a little respect for him even though he very much didn't want to partner with him right now.But it has already been decided. So he would just have to endure and somewhat fix that attitude of his. And it might prove to be more better.
And the only person he had headache about was the same person who was promoted to five stars. By his slightly haughty attitude he could guess he didn't want a peaceful atmosphere.
And the third person...he seemed amicable at first glance but who knows.
Anyways Allen would not really mind them as long as they fulfilled their quota.
Though it was not mentioned officially but they did need a leader to manage their tasks.Allen didn't want to trouble himself with the duty.So he was fine if someone else became the leader.
They first gathered outside the hall.The four of them announced their identity one by one.After all only Luke in them had worn his uniform.
After they had discussed among themselves they had decided upon the slightly haughty one as the leader.As Allen didn't want to,Luke couldn't ,amicable man wouldn't.
The haughty one's attitude did not seem bad.His name was Timothy.Tim for short.
The amicable one's name was Yushin. He said they could also call him Yusin.
The quota of their group was already assigned to them.It was to make 1 small successful experiment or 1000 failed experiments.
The quota changed with change in total members of group.4 member group would get the aforementioned quota.5 member group would need to submit 1500 failed experiments with same number of successful experiment.6 member group would need to submit 2500 failed experiments or 2 Small successful experiment.7 member group would need 4000 failed experiments or 1 medium sized successful task.
It was not 1 + 1 when calculating quota.But more like multiplying them.But it was not necessarily more difficult for large groups as they could divide their work into more parts.
The leader would then submit team's experiment data and their task would be considered accomplished.And they would get merits equal to standard of their submitted work.
Allen with his other group members first went to the department.They wore their new uniforms and started heading towards main centre of institute together.They were gonna apply for a separate research area for their group of four members.
Afterall it was hinted along with their first assigned quota that they could apply for a separate research place at main centre that could accommodate people equal to researchers in a group.It would be a pity to not use this privilege.
This time the person sitting there was not Sam.And someone whose uniform's colour was Green.
He had read from the manual he got with the map that ranks were separated into four main divisions.The fourth division they were in had clothes that were coloured Blue,it was the lowest division.The third division would have red coloured clothes as their uniform.The second division would have green uniform and the first division would have pure white uniforms which were coated with a material that would keep it safe from blemishes and splashed water.
The design would not get more elegant or beautiful with increase in division.But it will get a more solemnly feeling.
So from this information Allen figured that the person was at a lower ranking than Sam.And Sam was only doing duty here till all newly admitted researches had arrived.
They were now in front of a researcher who was superior to them in rank.So they greeted him first as a show of politness.
The man was also more hospitable than Sam and did not take long to ask them of their purpose here.Tim filled some forums and fulfilled some other formalities and they got a Research area for them.
They had fulfilled their purpose here,and they could not go out of their institution so they they just went to check the research centre.
After they arrived at the research area given to them,they all were somewhat taken back.The research area given to them was not composed of a couple of rooms but a whole building.
They entered after verifying their identity.The inside was spot clean and not even a speck of dirt could be seen.It felt like that robots had just come here and cleaned it.
The research area was surprisingly mostly empty and there were no tools to be found.It did contain some necessary faculties but nothing much.
Tim reached the main centre about it.And he got a answer that the research area was customizable.They just needed to send a list of required research tools and they would be delivered by robots ASAP.
The main centre had a variety of products on its site.Hell there were even household and military products.What were they doing here?
All research tools they could see were available for free in a limited quantity.If they wanted more they could get them for credits.
He had read about the credit system from the mail sent to him by the institite a week ago.It stated that all new researchers would start with zero credits.
But seeing 100 credits in his account,it seemed this time,there was an exception.
Tim listed the tools they needed after discussing with the group and sent the list to the Main centre as was adviced.
Allen also bought things with his own credits.He had also bought some things for his sister.And had sent them by parcel.
The four man group did not do much on the first day other than some planning.After it got late they scattered.He went to see some of the areas he had clearance to as he was a 3 star researcher of fourth division.And 5 star researchers would have clearance to only cafe and such.
He returned to his sleeping quarter in the department.Some groups had chosen shared rooms to increase their interaction with each other
But he was quite happy if he could get a room to himself only.So he chose a single person room.
He thought back to the things that had occured today and soon sleep caught him.