"Rude, what's up with you? Acting just like the first time you saw me!"
Hearing that, Louis' brain went into overdrive.
[I gotta think fast! this guy seems to know me!]
"Sorry I seem to be a bit busted from sitting on the throne" [That is what the teacher called it, I guess?]
"Oh, so you went through with it after all! How are you feeling?"
"Not gonna lie, my brain feels all scrambled, and I kinda forgot a lot of stuff, apparently?"
"Is that right? I see." The temperature in the room feels like it dropped by 2 degrees.
"Uh, yeah?"
"By the way, what is your name?"
"It is Louis..."
"Say it with your chest! Full name!" The mister got instantly serious.
[This again? There is something I can understand from this!]
"Louis Coval! I am from Brooklyn!"
"You are from there? I didn't know." The mister seems to have relaxed.
[Do I really remember this guy? I really think I have seen him before...]
"You are, uh..."
"You can call me Doctor Evans. I think I came a bit too early. Anyhow, you should try your best to remember as much as you can; it will make things easier for you. Though, I came here for this!" He picks up the tray and begins to leave, but just before going outside, Evans turns and says:
"As long as you truly are Louis, you will be just fine, so don't worry. Usually when this happens, people remember everything in a little bit. If you were going to have a big problem, it would happen right at the throne."
"Uh, ok, thanks, doctor."
"Bye." The door is closed forcefully.
[So, what I am going through is probably not that unusual? Good, I guess.]
[Now I just have to do my best and remember...] Louis closes his eyes and starts thinking as hard as he can...
[So... I am still from Brooklyn? Is this still the USA? Is this really some sort of magic school?]
He opens his eyes, looks again to his right, and sees a clear window from the infirmary to the corridor, from the corridor to the outside, which seems bright with some trees here and there...
[That doesn't help too much; at least stuff seems to be the same outside... not being in a post-apocalypse is reassuring... what else can I see?]
There doesn't seem to be any electronics in this room; I don't see a light bulb from where I am, but the room is pretty clear... ah, I think I got sidetracked?
The door opens again, and a stretcher with someone wrapped enters the view, along with Laura.
"Ah, hello again!"
"Hi."
The person on the stretcher seems to be a dude who's knocked out.
"Is he ok?"
"Dunno"
"..."
*Pull*
A golden wire once again stretches from her heart and touches the warping, which then carefully places the dude from the stretcher to the bed.
Laura once again pulls the stretcher back and leaves.
"Farewell."
"Yeah... bye."
The door closes softly.
[I can't see the other guy from the curtains so I can't get any info like this... I should have asked if it will take on much longer...]
[Even then I can't remember much from right now... I think I remember my last life pretty well? My dad and my grandma took care of me. My mom died after my little bro was born. I went to school, I went to college, got a lot of debt and no job, went into trade school, and worked with cars, and then...]
[But from this life... how much matches with that? At least quite a bit should... I have the same name, and I am from the same place...]
[&%$@3$%& $%&&]
[I wanted to...]
[$0R3R3R]
[I wanted to be a sorcerer...]
[Like...]
[A mage or something?]
[Z
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[?]
The door slams open again!
"Good batch; this time no one dead at least."
"Don't put it like that."
Teacher Fuyuko and the nurse entered the infirmary just like that.
"Hello!"
"G' Afternoon."
"Yeah."
"..."
"So?"
"What?"
"Are you doing better? Remember everything?"
"Well, kinda?"
"Fuyuko! The procedure! Follow the procedure!"
"Yeah, yeah. Anyway, your full na..."
"You asked this already."
"I did? Well, to be honest, beside not remembering stuff properly, your soul frequency is the same as before. To be honest, I am not too worried."
"Fuyuko, we have to do this properly; you never know if he got some crazy spirit that can mimic the frequency of his soul."
"He said his name, and the seal didn't show he was lying; the only way for that to happen is if he is sure his name is correct."
"Even so..."
"I asked his original home location already, so next is family. Anyhow, how many living family members do you have right now?"
"Just my little brother."
"?"
"?"
"Do you... do you have a bad relationship with your dad or something?"
"Uh, no, I didn't. What do you mean?"
"Mirian, is this file out of date or something?"
"Shouldn't be."
"The correct answer should be your brother and father."
For the second time today Louis feels like he got hit in the head with a brick; in shock, he asks.
"My dad is alive?"
"Hoh, now we are getting somewhere new! This is interesting! Why would you think so?"
"I remember that happening a few years back...? Can I give him a call later?"
"A call? Well yeah, I think you can schedule one later. Well then, next topic..."
[Schedule a call? Is this school some sort of prison?
"So? Can you answer that?"
"Oh, sorry, I missed that. Can you repeat the question?"
"I asked, What is your birthday?"
"My birthday? It is November 20."
"November?"
"Yeah...? The eleventh month or something?"
"What the hell are you talking about? There are only 10 months?"
"Teacher, somehow I am pretty sure there is something wrong; he is definitely talking about the calendar of the invoked."
"Dang, so he is possessed after all? I figured he had been being too polite for a while already."
[Uh... I think I fumbled the speech check? Am I cooked?]
"What do you mean?"
"Doesn't seem to be the case... this might be a mind merge situation..."
"Eh, so all good then?"
"Probably, we will have to wait and see."
"Excuse me again...? Wait and see about what?"
"I think I can take it from here for now. Can you call the doctor in here while I explain some things to him?"
"No problem, we are almost done for the day anyhow; after this we can go eat something good."
"Hey..."
"Oh, hey, anyhow, back with you, so where was I?"
"You were about to explain something."
"Right, right, give me a moment to set up the mood first."
"what?"
The nurse named Mirian? [I think I heard her being called that?] goes to a small shelf and pulls a harmonica from a small shelf and starts blowing a silly tune.
"~~Long, long ago....~~"
"Please get to the point; I thought you were the serious one of the two."
"Haha, now, now, you are starting to sound more like the usual. I will abridge it then. Long story short, you are in the city of the white waterfall, in the sorcery technical school, trying to become a sorcerer to get a good-paying job, I believe, and then..."
"I figured as much. Can you just get to the possession thing you guys were talking about?"
"What is the hurry? If you don't want to hear it, you can just leave; you can figure stuff out yourself over time anyway."
"I can?" < tied up and sealed.
"...Guess not. Anyway, there is this type of energy called aura that makes up our soul. You can use that to summon ancient spirits, otherworldly specters, inner fighting power, and other powerful techniques. Once you sit on the aura throne, it unlocks those kinds of powers for use by people that have the correct constitution."
"So I got superpowers now?!?"
"Yes, of sorts."
"Can I fly now?"
"Likely not."
"So... you are saying there is a chance?"
"Well, if you can do that, you would be pretty lucky; that kind of technique is pretty rare."
"Cool!"
"I am glad you are happy, though as you can see, some people that go through it can have a range of side effects; nothing is free after all."
"I see...? So what do I have, doc?"
"I am not a doctor; he should be here in a bit. Continuing, basically the mind of the spirit or specter that was activated seems to have fused directly with yours as you went through the process. You might see memories that aren't your own, forget most of your past, or straight up lose your mind to the incoming soul if you are unlucky, which, thank the gods, is not your case! it seems..."
"Nice! so I can get out of these bandages?"
"In a little bit, so, as I was saying"
And then the door... was left alone. Fuyuko left it open as she went. Doctor Evans comes back with a medium-sized, double-layer cart full of tools and teacher Fuyuko in tow.
"Howdy!"
"""Howdy""" Everyone repeats it back to him as he enters, with varying degrees of enthusiasm.
"So, what are we doing now?" Louis asks.
"As I was saying," Mirian picks up some tools, "We have to be thorough and check for anomalies and try to figure out what spirit possessed you so that you understand your powers better and..."
"And...?"
"Just in case it is some sort of VERY VERY evil spirit or specter."
"Yes?"
"If we figure out it is something like that, we might have to just kill you."
"Please don't?"