Opehlia sighs and glanced at her finger nails. "She did think that. You would think not taking the elevator would end her troubles but she left the seventh floor law company to her assistant and quit about a week ago." She shakes her head as she thought of the lady. Before she quit, it was as if she was being chased down by something. Always avoiding the elevator when she knows how far the seventh floor can be.
Surprised, he looks at the lady from the corners of his eyes and mutters. "Seventh floor included then." If his AI was here she would have given him the 'i told you so look'.
"You said…"
He smiles at Ophelia and shakes his head. "Nothing."
Opehlia stares at him for some seconds before moving her gaze to the man that has joined. They both seem mysterious and full of secrets and they both looked like they were worried about something at the moment.
The man that had gotten into the elevator angled his body in a way that made him face the two. "Sorry to suddenly barge into your conversation but which building is that?"
Owen first gives the man a suspicious look before responding. "The building where we work."
He made an 'oh' with his mouth and smiles at them. He didnt want to sound nosy but he couldn't help but be curious. "Does any of you have systems?"
Owen glanced at Ophelia and both maintain an eye contact for about two seconds before breaking away. If one didn't know, they would think they were simply passing eye signals.
Ophelia tilts her head to Owen. "He has a system since he is from the second founding family."
The mam gave her a weird smile. "I know since everyone knows the Owen that came back to life." He then extends his hand out to Ophelia specifically. "I am Micheal by the way."
Opehlia glanced at his palm that was outstcehed and takes it. "Opehlia."
He grips her hand firmly. Although not to tight before releasing it and streches his hand out to Owen who unwillingly takes it just as the elevator door opens and it was time for the man to get off.
But, instead of letting go of Owens hand? He grips it tightly and looks into the mans eyes. As if he wanted to see past Owens soul.
"Owen."
"Hmm..your system is dormant Mr Duurm."
Owen yanks shis hand from the mans hold and glares at him. "Do you go around accessing people's systems without their permission?"
He was quickly to apologize. "Pardon me. I did not mean to but my system detects other systems and the information about them. I couldn't help it. Afterall, you just rose from the dead and you are a founding family."
"Well, try coming back from the dead and see if your system won't be dormant." He didnt know why but he felt naturally suspicious and said of the man. Every instinct in his body was telling him this isn't someone he can be around for long. Owen tilts his head towards the open elevator indicating it was his time to get off but the man pressed the button and smiles at him instead.
"Do you know of illegal systems?"
Opehlias surprise was more evident. "What is that?"
"Is there even such a thing?"
The man who had introduced himself as Micheal chuckles. "Yes there are things like that. They are…" he paused trying to think of a suitable way to explain it to them. "...think of them as founding systems. But ones that had bene banned."
Owens eyes were on the floor patiently waiting for when he will get floor thirteen so he can leave this suspicious man here. "Banned? If they are founding systems, doesn't that mean our systems generate from them? Why would they be banned?"
"The case is usually different but the most plausible one is that the founding systems are too dangerous for us to handle. Accdoing to the book I am sure most of us read, we know the systems was developed to fight against the beasts that had taken ownership of our place back then. So imagine how deadly they must have been. Not to say there are some that should not be used or owned by any human."
Owen raised his brows nd slowly asks. "And how should we be interested in this?"
Ophelia nudged him a little and he rolls his eyes. "So...why are you telling us about these things?"
"I dot know..but it felt like you two may need it. Banned systems that we called illegal will eat away at your consciousness and fill your brain with delusions. It will give you power. Enough to make you highly drunk om it and make you think you can rule the world. It eats at the mind and slowly begins to take over." He could not further explain why because they were just normal citizens but he guessed Owen might know a few things although judging from the mans expression, he seem to know nothing. "Systems like Villain system.." Owen almost had his eyes round as saucers if he hadn't controlled him expression. The mans eyes were specifically on him like a hawks eye. "It is controlling. Beyond what we can both phantom. We have a man with villain system caught and we are curing him from the system."
It was Owen and Ophelias turn to give the man a suspicious glance. "What do you mean we?"
He dipped his hand into his pocket and shows them his identity card. "I belong to the System control and protection organaization. We help people get away from systemd that are dangerous for them."
"And what do you do with the systems later on?" Owen asks.
He gave Owen a faint mysterious smile. "That is a secret you will learn of when you join our organisation."
The elevator door opens and Owen quickly steps out. Opehlia follows after and the man does the same.
"Are you following us?"
The man shakes his.head. "No. I just don't think we are done with our converstaion."
Owen and Ophelia give each other a wired look before staring at the man. "Do you know that some systems shut down?"
The second he said this, Ophelias round eyes turned to Owen but she quickly averts her gaze and adjusts her expression. How coincidental that her boss was just asking the same. The man obviously saw her reaction but pretended not to.
He looks into Owens eyes and says to him. "When an illegal detects a legal and knows it might meet it end, it hides. Just the way its owner would hide, when the waters of Ruda spill on it."