RE: Vox Mentis
03-24-2015, 03:40 PM
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Spoiler
(03-24-2015, 03:30 PM)Whimbrel Wrote: »Because I wasn't going to let it happen again.
"This doesn't sound like a questionnaire."
"It's a personality test."
"Is this Scientology?"
"No."
"Amway?"
"I promise it's not Amway. It's no one you've heard of. You're very close, Elise. What's your answer?"
"To your bullshit question?"
"You don't have to agree with it. You just have to answer honestly."
"Fine," you say. "I did it because I wasn't going to let it happen again."
Lee nods. "One disappointing thing about this job. People always turn out to be less interesting than you hope." Before you can decide whether he insulted you, he speaks a jumble of words. They slide by you and are gone. You feel dazed. "Go to the restroom," he says. "Wait there for me."
~
You walk to the counter. You're leaving your bag behind, but that's okay. Lee will look after it. You ask a boy behind the register for a restroom key and he gives you a look but hands it over. There's a single stall. You close the toilet lid and sit on it.
After a minute, the door opens and Lee comes in, talking on a cell phone. "Yeah. But hey, we're here, let's give it one more pass." He stops in front of you. "I'm actually with her now. Thought there was something there, for a minute." He fumbles with his pants zipper.
You're in an interesting place. You're present, but remote. Detached. Somewhere deep inside you, something is screaming.
What do you do?
"It's a personality test."
"Is this Scientology?"
"No."
"Amway?"
"I promise it's not Amway. It's no one you've heard of. You're very close, Elise. What's your answer?"
"To your bullshit question?"
"You don't have to agree with it. You just have to answer honestly."
"Fine," you say. "I did it because I wasn't going to let it happen again."
Lee nods. "One disappointing thing about this job. People always turn out to be less interesting than you hope." Before you can decide whether he insulted you, he speaks a jumble of words. They slide by you and are gone. You feel dazed. "Go to the restroom," he says. "Wait there for me."
~
You walk to the counter. You're leaving your bag behind, but that's okay. Lee will look after it. You ask a boy behind the register for a restroom key and he gives you a look but hands it over. There's a single stall. You close the toilet lid and sit on it.
After a minute, the door opens and Lee comes in, talking on a cell phone. "Yeah. But hey, we're here, let's give it one more pass." He stops in front of you. "I'm actually with her now. Thought there was something there, for a minute." He fumbles with his pants zipper.
You're in an interesting place. You're present, but remote. Detached. Somewhere deep inside you, something is screaming.
What do you do?