Mark got to the stage and instantly flinched because he could tell that the people in front of him were no ordinary old people nor weak powered at that. They gave off an aura of calm and nobility but not the good kind, no, the kind of calm before a storm and a very dangerous one to say the least.
Mark was instructed on what to do which was not that different from what others before him had done which was go into the machine. After the button had been pressed, the machine started lighting up but this time it took longer to display the information needed. Then it finally showed, but what it did show was something no one ever expected to see. The elder in charge not believing what he saw told mark who had stepped out to step back in to do a rescan.
Mark at this time had a sense of foreboding but could do nothing but respect the wishes of the elder who instructed him.
The process was repeated and the same information was displayed again making the elder look at mark with an undecipherable look.
By this time, people had started wondering what the reason for the delay was. Seeing the elders in deep thought and discussion made most of them to start coming up with different theories and ideas in their heads.
Finally at last, the elder turned and faced the crowd then announced
"Mark Galil, awakening unknown, zero star"
When the elder mentioned this, most people immediately got confused. Yes there had been times when new unknown powers were shown or came into play because they didn't actually have a recording of all abilities and powers out there reason being newer ones were still coming out. But hearing zero star meant it was weaker than the weakest ability meaning it was basically useless.
For a moment there, mark just stood there speechless and overwhelmed after everything he had heard. He didn't know what else to do or where else to go. He didn't know if he'd even be able to enroll in an academy again.
The elder in charge seeing this decided to do something and told him to leave the stage but mark replied "and go where, I have no where else to go"
The elder just sighed and told him to follow the others who had finished their own awakening. Mark just obeyed without thinking much about it.
After he left, the awakening continued like that.
"awakening charmspeak, four star....
"awakening electrokinesis, five star ....
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Mark went on into the room the other awakened had entered. Immediately he stepped in, almost everyone's eyes were on him. This was mostly because the ones who had awakened were still able to watch others awakening too so everyone has seen what transpired.
After stepping in, the rumors started amongst them all.
"isn't that the guy who awakened an unknown power?"
"yeah, I saw it was also a zero star, not even up to a one star, how weak can a person be"replied the other to his friend.
Mark heard them all and acted as if he didn't hear or care what they said, when in reality it hurt him badly.
He had never had a friend or a parent figure so he basically had no social life. Even in the orphanage, he was mostly alone, his closest friends had either been adopted, or gotten an opportunity that helped them leave, making him all alone.