In a dormant room , a figure was secluded in sleeping. Bluish dim light covering the entire room.
Danzy, who was asleep a moment ago , woke up, he looked at his hand, his vivid hands and fingers.
He had a ring on his index finger. It showed a number. 17%.
Danzy has accumulated 17% Remee.
He showed a faint smile , he was a little shocked after seeing this number. This number was something which will decide his future.
He leisurely looked at his room. It was a simple plain dormant room , A bed , a chair, and a closet in which his two cloaks were hung.
His bed glows with a pale yellowish hue while the ceiling resonates with mystic blue tint.
He was blank in thoughts for now. He'd secluded himself 4 years ago. After he was eligible to apply for second evaluation, he secluded himself as there was nothing to do, from the start there was nothing to do.
Danzy looked at his chair , it was currently inactive, the moment he would sit on it , it would start showing its effect. Like his bed which is currently emitting a pale yellowish glow due to him laying on it.
Below the chair on floor a red crystal could be seen. It emits a reddish glow.
it wasn't a peculiar crystal, it was a common object that could be bought from stalls.
"I'd bought it when I'd accumulated rudimentary amount of remee for feelings." Danzy recalled not so distant memories.
Danzy strongly remembers. He was walking in the streets, first time seeing stalls, he was excited.
It was his first time feeling something.
While wandering in streets with stalls and peers he'd seen this crystal which he'd bought on whim.
Danzy regained his cognitive abilities as brain fog was lifted.
He looked at his ring again which showed the same number 17%.
It was an accessory created from zemee.
it is connected to his consciousness. Unless he doesn't want to see, it won't show anything.
Danzy who was lying down on bed, stands up, he thought for a while about what he should do here now, but no answer came to his mind.
He thought about secluding again for some time but he dropped that idea.
"Since there is nothing do here I should head to Plaza, maybe there I could come across something interesting.'' Danzy thought and moved towards the closet.
Inside the closet 2 cloaks were hung, both were plain black with silver patterns on them.
Danzy picked one and wore it.
His entire vivid body was hidden now, except the head which was somewhat semi solid, compared to body.
[Body of consimms looks vivid , below the neck, it's faintly translucent, you could vaguely see through it, above the neck, heads look somewhat solid but feel hollow, with pair of eyes and a tatto on one side of face. From birth. Which denotes gender.]
Danzy raised his hood on head, as he stood infront of door. He touched it, with a thought it opened up.
He takes some steps out of his room. He was several meters above ground, his room along with many others were a part of juggernaut architecture.
He looked at the ground, it was dark purple, with
silver hued paths with symbols carved on it.
One could walk normally this high as its ground. As gravity, and its laws, don't exist here.
But in such a case they won't be able to admire architectures which are framed to look from the ground. Neither would they see people. And also it was norm to walk on ground.
"no one knows why such a norm, and need of ground. But it makes sense as it would be weird if everyone just travelled on different heights finding something to buy and travelling again for another thing, which is on different heights of ground." Danzy tried to guess.
Danzy descended on the ground. As he started walking, he could see some working class people about to construct another Juggernaut structure.
Except for this some people. Entire vicinity was dead silent. No moment at all.
Danzy scanned his surroundings.As far as he could see, which wasn't more than 100 feets.
This city like others was filled with dense fog, making it hard to see through some hundred feets.
What he noticed was, there are no changes, everything is the same as before.
After walking for a while, Danzy arrived in front of a transparent translucent wall. It was a wall which separated the dorms from the city. Dorm was situated on one side of the city, with a continuous wall as a boundary.
Danzy stood in front of the wall, he lowered his hood. On his face there was a birth tattoo on his left side. Which denotes his male gender.
As soon as Danzy revealed his face in front of wall, he heard a voice directly in his mind,
"Exiting from dorm after four years of seclusion. Remee around 17%. Danzy. You may collect a slate by touching the wall, for current affairs."
Danzy was a little startled but did as he was instructed.
He touched the screen with index finger, the ring in his index finger blinked and a slit appeared in front of his hand.
He picked it and stored it in the pocket of his cloak.
A tiny segment of wall in front of his eyes blinked.
He sensed that the wall in front of him won't block him from leaving now.
He took a step and he was outside of the dorms now.
Outside, he could see some stalls which weren't open, they may open at night as when most of the working class are free.
He hoods his head again and continues his travel.
It was advised to newer Consimms to wear cloaks for protection from luminescent stars which may affect their bodies.
While walking he came across some questions related to things the wall had notified him.
"What's this new system? And why mention seclusion? he wondered."
When he first arrived six years ago, there were no notifying walls, you could directly cross them as they sense your presence. Two years later, they updated things so you could check your Remee more accurately as rings may show errors after leaving the dorm. Now, they added a 'seclusion period'? It felt bloated.
Maybe it's their way of reminding us how much time we've got until the deadline of submission for the next evaluation. He thought.
He didn't dwell in it much, it was not of much concern as he has passed minimum criteria to apply for second evaluation.
After walking for a while Danzy arrived at junction.
One way leads towards his current destination, Plaza. While the other one leads towards Households.
Path leading towards Plaza was the same as he walked on, Silver with some patterns on it with green color. While path leading towards households was golden and with crimson red lines.
Danzy's looked at this golden road, Unlike buildings, roads, and mostly everything provided by the governing body -Outpost unit. Which have some patterns on them. This way was different.
He could spot that this pathway didn't have any symbols on it. It was plane road with liner lines of red.
As he was inspecting more his sight landed on some vague structures some hundred feets away on some road.
They were households.
He could spot 3 buildings which aligned with 3 out of 4 luminating stars above in the sky.
It was his first time on this way, he was astonished with this sight. He couldn't clearly see due to fog but he could vaguely notice some of these buildings as they lighted. Resonating stars above then.
"Astonishing" he murmured.
Although this view was magnificent, his feelings crept from amazement to disappointment. Not on households but on himself.
In his early days, Danzy was on par with exceptions, which are people who are taken in by households.
But shortly after, he fell behind.
He'd heard rumours that they receive guidance and support, which normal people lack.
Or when they achieve such on their own. Time would've gone.
At those days he hadn't accumulated enough remee for feelings, he hadn't felt anything . As he reached 10% where feelings start to form. He was in a situation where he tormented himself. Gradually he overcame it.
Looking at this sight, he reminisces about his early days after first evaluation.
"It would've been wonderful if I was an exception too." Danzy murmured.
Although there he had some dissatisfaction about himself, he'd faced this before, he let it go. As in the past as now.
Danzy shifted his gaze from the Household zone towards Plaza road and began heading towards it.
On his way he noticed more stalls than before.
"quite absurd ratio." Danzy whispered as he noticed a surge in the number of stalls.
He discerned that people were having heated bargaining over crystals. These crystals were different from what Danzy has.
What he has is a crystal with no effect that could be used just as an ornament. While these ones were which have different types of effect.
Some people were testing crystals. As crystals show arrays of functions. Getting familiar with them before purchasing is common.
On his tread from a somewhat marketed zoned, Danzy has observed how people bargain over pricing and their reactions.
He considers this somewhat important as he'll be doing this soon too-In the future.
After walking for a while, after passing this somewhat marketed zone, Danzy came across a Big place filled with white ground similar to which are for identifying routes related for strolls. Such roads were carved so that passersby can enjoy every beautiful architecture of the city.
"This place is quite Large. Probably twice or thrice the size of the place my dorm acquired." Danzy thought as he perceived the size of Plaza.
Different small statues, seating areas-open and close both. Giving this place vibrant and lively vibes.
Danzy began to wander around.
As he was wandering, he noticed someone who was wearing a cloak too.
"Should I approach them?" Danzy mused.
It was certain that that person was his peer.
Why?
Only Consimms who haven't attended second evaluation, wore cloaks or atleast inside the city.
Those who had passed it either don't wear anything or use different attire. And who haven't, are either in shelters, or are thrown out of society - Degenerates.
Someone's who aren't any helpful for this society and are thrown out. Those are deemed as degenerates.
Danzy decided to approach that person. He would need such experiences to live in society.
He started approaching them, as he was closing distance between them, that person noticed Danzy.
Danzy closed the distance and stood in front of them and lowered his hood, which was also followed by that person,
Danzy was a little startled as he noticed who that person was. He was Mark, someone who was on the brink of failing the first evaluation.
Lucky fellow I guess. Danzy thought as he scanned Mark from top to bottom, same as me though.
"Mark, is your name Mark?. I'm Danzy, I think we were in the same shelter in the early days." Danzy ventured, his voice was a little uneasy and tense.
"Yes, I'm that Mark, someone who somehow passed the first evaluation." Mark responded . He wasn't tense at all, contradictory, he was quite relaxed.
"Uh, well I shouldn't ask this but , isn't the second evaluation's deadline in the next 2 years ? Aren't you worried ? I guess your remee hasn't reached 15% or does it?" Danzy drawled. He couldn't understand how Mark was so free. Rather than worrying about second evaluation.
"13%. Fantastic, right ?" Mark grinned somewhat tensed.
"I'm… I'm actually worried." Mark's voice wavered.
" What will I do after they throw me out? I don't even know what is out there." Mark added in a fearful voice.
"Sigh... Don't worry too much. It's not in our hands." Danzy offered a half-hearted shrug, the words coming out flatter than he intended.
"We don't even know how the accumulation of Remee actually works. I've gained 2% more Remee just by sleeping for four years. Maybe you'll get lucky like that." Danzy added.
A beat passed. The attempt at comfort rang hollow even to himself, and that other thought crept in
Why did I even ask him?Was I jealous of his relaxed showcase ? Maybe he was comforting himself. Sigh, poor guy, I broke his defence.
I still have time. It's quite early to worry about this. Make comforted himself.
"It's still early to worry, which won't help in evaluation. What about you? You also don't look tense." Mark uttred without much emotions
"That's nice."
How do you even perceive things ?
After a pause Danzy continued, "I'm around 17% , since the required Remee is 15%, I'm safer than ever." Danzy said with a wide smile.
"You'll have a future here'" Mark said. Danzy could notice glitter in his eyes.
"After evaluation, it'll be clear about which kind of future there is." Danzy murmured in a faint voice.
"Better than throwing it out." Mark comfort Danzy
So now, I'm being comforted . Danzy found it funny how in few exchanges comforting someone to being comforted in a situation occurred.
"Whatever, it's still early to worry, isn't it?" Danzy said in teasy voice. As he repeated Mark's responses before.
Mark nodded.
"Have you ever seen any exception?" After a few moments pause Danzy asked.
"None. I've been staying at Plaza dorms for the last 2 years. There are no signs of them in this place. All I know is that they haven't left their households since the moment they were taken in." Make was also getting serious as they started this topic.
"That's kinda strange, as the Outpost unit promotes conversions between us and here those folks haven't even taken a step out of residency." Danzy noted.
"It's nothing much new, I haven't even seen 4% of our acquaintances in my time here. I guess that'll be even lower for you , maybe in single digits." Mark showed minute disagreement.
"I agree with that. It's hard to see anyone." Danzy acquiesced.
"Everyone asked me about them, it's not something new. They may have their own reasons for not meeting anyone, or maybe they'd and we are one who don't know anything." Mark added.
Danzy was about to say something.
But he started to feel heavy, even blinking felt difficult.
Following one another, his hands and body started to densing.
His body. It was translucent purple, similar to Mark and any other Consimm. Now it was shifting towards darker shade.
"I think I'll need rest, I've used quite a bit of cognition." Danzy faltered.
"It's okay, see you soon." Mark nodded . Although he was dissatisfied, he didn't show it.
"See you later." Danzy said, and started heading towards the residential area, in Plaza.
Danzy arrived in the residential area, everything was still, he couldn't notice any moment at all.
Ignoring it, he found another dormancy,
Unlike his previous one which was like an open podium where all dorm rooms were part of a juggernaut architecture, this one was just a building to save space.
As he noticed inside,
he stumbled upon a foreign screen. Instinctively he looked at it,
With a flash, that screen took picture of Danzy,
After a moment a circular symbol appears on Screen, indicating to touch it with his finger.
Danzy done as instructed,
he touched the screen, he felt some information was forced into his consciousness, he focused a little.
"If you are here for a room, please select one of the available rooms listed below."
A list of room numbers flashed in his mind after the instructions ended.
Some have crossed some don't , those who have crossed were taken, he could guess that.
He selected room 26 randomly and confirmed. Numbers vanished and some words appeared,
"1 year rent is 1 Unitary. Please proceed further." with a thought he confirmed.
"Thanks for selecting our room services."
With a beep, screen blanked, all words which spawned in his head vanished.
Danzy moved his finger in front of him. This time it showed another number.
"2243 U" ( U - Unitary)
Danzy traipse towards inside,
An open space in between and a helical structure where at each turn rooms are present.
He step upward like it is ground and arrived at his room,
He was tired, and his cognitive abilities dropped to 1/10th.
He entered the room, he was not even in state to inspect the room.
He took off his cloak, hung it inside the closet similar to the previous one. And fall into bed.
Bed which was in an inactive state where it showed no luminescence, started tinting yellow as he slept.
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Remee- consider it as something which connects consciousness to form
Zemee - consider it as a form
In later chapters I'll elaborate it more.