Facing the garage, Edward steeled his resolve and made up his mind to go in. He took a step forward toward the door to the left. Suddenly, he saw a screen appear in front of him.bHe tried to use his hand to swipe at it but his hand only passed through it.
The message on the screen read:
[WELCOME!!!]
It then started to load for a bit then displayed a new message which read as follows:
[User identified...]
[Name: Edward Cash]
[Age: 25]
[Level: Training]
[Some functions are locked due to your level. Level up to unlock all the abilities of the system..]
[Requirement - Try to get a job: Complete]
[Due to completion of the first requirement, Skill awarded]
[Skill - Masked: Unlocked]
[Skill - Masked: When activated, the user can choose from a set of new identities. When an identity is chosen, the facial features and body structure of the user changes to the identity chosen. Currently only one identity is unlocked due to current level.The number of identities are unlimited.]
[Skill - Masked;
Identity 1;
Name: Joel Carter
Age: 20
Other information locked]
Edward was stunned by what he was seeing. Was he really seeing a game like screen before his eyes. Why was it that he could not touch it?. Was he the only one that could see it? Was he the only one in the world that has this?
He then rememberd the other day when a person walked up to him in the alley way and gave him the strange mechanically advanced box with a spider in it. He had a lot of thoughts dancing around in his mind. In order no to distract himself from what he had actually come here to do he thought about how to control the screen.
Immediately he thought about how to close it, the screen closed by itself. He then realized that all he had to do to control it was to think about it. He then thought about equipping the [Identity 1] of the new skill he had acquired.
The moment the taught fell into his mind, a change began to oocur in and on his body. His skin started to raise up and turned imto something like a fish scale all around his body. It moved all over his body and as it did his appearance changed. His height increased a bit and his muscles became more dense.
He felt a bit stronger. It seemed that according to the identity he chose, his bodies abilities will change accordingly. He took some time getting used to his new body and after he was done, he walked into the garage.
He knocked on the door and after a while he heard a voice that said,"Come on in". He gently opened the door and entered the office. The office was not that large. It was a small cute room that was able to house things that would make it an office.
Immediately he entered , he came face to face with a man who looked to be chubby with a long white beard. He was wearing what looked like farm clothes and sat in a chair behind his desk. The chair seemed to be doing well holding up his weight. The man got up the moment he saw Edward and walked to him.
Even though the man had some weight he was still able to walk freely and did not look to be struggling at all. He streched out his hand a took hold of the hand of Edward and beamed a bright smile. He then went back to his seat and gestured for Edward to do same.
Edward looked around a little bit before sitting down. He could see a coffee maker. Behind him on top of the door was a Tv. The tv was not all that big. There was a long table attached to the wall to the left and on it were some things. Some of these things were trophies, parts of cars and a few equipments.
Seeing Edward looking at the table, the man voiced,"That was back then. When me was still strong and healthy. I had everything going on for me". Edward slowly turned to the face the man and took his seat opposite the man.
"Me name is Lee. What is yours?", Lee inquired. "My name is Joel... Joel Carter." "Well Joel, it is nice to meet ya. I came from the farms in the west. More of like a cowboy. I came with my fellas but they are gone. I am the only one left. I got my nephew in the back working for me", The expression on Lee's face became glum as he uttered these words.
"Enough about me buoy. What are you here from and where you coming from?", Lee asked. "I come from around here. I saw your poster for a worker and decided to apply.",Edward said. "Hmm, I see. Do you have any experience with cars at all." "No sir, but I can learn if you teach me", Edward said back.
"I ain't looking for hand me outs buoy. It is true that I need someone to take over the business and I dont think my nephew - Mike is ready. I wil give you the job buoy but if in a weeks time you dont learn the trade, I'm gonna have to let you go." "No days off because you are new. Go to the garage and get changed into some of the old clothes and get to work. In there there is Mike and Marcel. They will teach you everything you need to know."
As Edward got up to go to the garage, Lee showed hima door to his right which led straight to the garage. Edward then moved to the door and opened it. Before he went, Lee called out to him and threw a book to him. "Read that when you got some time. It is everything you need to know."
Edward looked at the cover of the book which read,"An all you need to know guide to fixing a car." After reading the front cover, Edward left the office. Back in the office, Lee sighed and said,"I hope he the one, I a'int got much time and I dont think Mike or Marcel gone cut it."
Edward entered the garage into a noisy atmosphere. Inside the garage was a red run down car and working on the car was two people who he presumed to be Mike and Marcel. One person was under the car while the other was cutting some metals for the car.
When they set eyes on him, they all stopped what they were doing and walked towards him. One of them said,"I am Mike and behind me is Marcel." Edward then waved and said, "I am Joel." "Joel. You dont look like you belong here. What exactly do you want to achieve by coming here. Better find your way out of here. The salary is not enough as it is. We dont want a leech here. And look he is using a beginners book.",Mike scoffed
"Hahaha. Goo done Mike.",Marcel backed. It looked like Marcel was a suck up person to Mike. "You are still here. If that is so then let us start. You do whatever we tell you to and dont expect us to pamper you.",Mike said.