" BEEP ! BEEP ! BEEP ! "
Sound of pod breached my ears and woke me up from my slumber .
I opened my eyes and was met with purple uv lights of my pod.
'Uhh it was a fine sleep but still can't be more lazy as duty calls '
With that I gave the command for the pod to open
It opened with the same "Hiss" sound as before .
Decimus stepped out of his pod using some force and then he connected his brain chip to his exoskeleton and used it to put it on himself after the some struggle as always .
He then moved towards the window and opened its lid , the first thing he was greeted by was the scene of a beautiful virtual woman telling morning news on a nearby board .
" Today's temperature will be set to 27* celsius on the vote of our citizens so let's all enjoy today while listening to our daily meme ranking "
I moved from the window while listening to the news , it was a free way to stay aware of the recent trends without having to waste my precious session of hivebot on it .
" Today's first meme to be ranked is dancing Ari "
Yep i know of Ari meme , she used to be a popular idol back then but now she has resurfaced on the net in a cartoon meme form , standing still and just shaking her head up and down according to the beat , that's just it .
But still beat is impressive and full of vibe , that's all that matter here
I too started shaking my head as beat outside intensified when the meme was being played on the screen
I then began giving my body massage using my exoskeleton, this was my daily routine and I do this every day for half an hour
This is important because as they say , a healthy body is like a chest of treasures ...
I then finally readied myself and went out
It was 9 am , everyone was going to work and then I entered my working id in my brain sensor and a holographic panel opened in front of me as I connected .
It displayed my id and my tasks , i searched through but before I could even explore and sign-in for today , a pop-up popped into my screen existence.
[ EMERGENCY MISSION
Code error 2829 in sector 89 : fix the waste disposal passage gate
Time limit : 4 hours
Reward = 5 points ]
Uhh , a task before I even got to sign in for the day .
But what can I do , gotta do work to live so I exited my apartment and stepped out .
I moved through the empty corridors of my apartment lit by neon lights
On the way I encountered dozens of ad bots.
" Are you a baldy , don't worry come to our centre to get latest chromatic hairs that would make even your virtual girlfriend jealous "
" Who knows what Tomorow holds but we know what your present holds , come get luxury spa in our centre to live upto your body potential , Don't be a potential man... "
Yep , dozens of advertisement bots whose only job is to annoy you , started following me
" Feeling annoyed because of old age , don't worry come try our latest nutrients"
Ahhhhh , they truly have a way of making you annoyed .
I ignored them , they followed me till they found someone else to annoy .
Finally I reached the tram station connected to my apartment complex
Inside , this whole place was filled with various people of diverse groups , all engaged in their own world .
[ Please passenger of second class , connect your exoskeleton to tram station net , i repeat ... ]
I then synchronised my exoskeleton to the net of the tram station like everyone else following the announcement , it is done so as to not create chaos and also , so we don't disturb each other and reduce their efficiency
Well actually, i don't know why I always feel anxiety whenever I come here , maybe it's because of the number of other humans here
[ All second class passenger must go to cabin 10 to 8 and all respected first class passanger must go to cabin 2 to 1 ]
This whole announcement rang as soon as the tram arrived , all our exoskeleton of 2nd class people like me formed a line outside the cabins and automatically started walking towards our designated space when the doors opened .
While moving I suddenly turned to the left hearing a loud voice
There was a glass partition separating first class and second class citizens at the station here .
I saw a girl of my age in the arms of a older woman perhaps 30 , the girl was shouting and had drops of water near her eyes .
It was weird maybe that's how first class citizen of my age behaves .
But who knows anyway , as the government say mind your own business .
Then we all stepped into the tram , here our exoskeleton stood at close gaps to each other , i already connected to the tram net , used it to start listening to some songs south american phonks online while tram went on its way .
I then started looking through its window , outside i could see that tram was moving at a very high speed but the whole Interior of the tram felt very still .
Then tram finally passed through some tall buildings and finally stepped into the sunlight
As soon as sunlight started pouring in , all people sunflaps opened including mine but I used my exoskeleton to manually disable it
Then I saw sunlight, it was too bright and blinding
But soon my eyes adjusted to it and I saw huge glass building with trees and garden on their balcony and solar panels on their roof
No matter how many times I look at it , it looks wonderful .
But it did not last long and tram entered lower levels where sunlight never reaches and sunflaps disabled automatically .
Then time for my stop came in , I then turned around to get final look at all people and all I saw was them glued to their screens , no matter holographic or physical .
I then sighed because I thought that maybe today I might talk to someone for the first time but maybe it's just hormones affecting me
I got out of the station and moved towards sector 89
Finally i reached the giant entrance gate of sector 89 , there at the security gate they scanned my biometrics and only then let me go
As I prepared to move a woman who was a whole shoulder taller than me and appeared to be in her 20s came towards me
She too was from class 2A like me , on the side her name was written 111 Beta
She has long black hair and tanned skin , she walked towards me with a tablet in her hands
I instantly got nervous and looked around to see if there was anyone else and only after confirming that we both were alone , my anxiety got worse but then an idea struck
Maybe this was my chance to interact with another human being like myself .
It's now or never so I finally took out some courage to initiate the neural link to communicate .
[ Connecting .....
Oops! , looks like the other person rejected ]
As expected, she rejected it without any expression on her face like nothing happened
She finally came towards me and without any delay showed me the tablet in her hands
I directly looked towards the tablet and avoided eye contact with her as to not appear awkward
I took a deep breath and concentrated.... on the tablet and what it read was...
[ From the Hive Government of Shadow Embers
Respected worker , we appreciate your courage to work and make our society better and also your dedication to take this risk
You are our true heroes and this agreement hereby states that any incident that may occur during this job to you is not the responsibility of the government of Shadow Embers .
We respect your dedication and selflessness
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189 Decimus ]
My mind went blank after reading its content , I stood there bewildered
it was the first time in my job that I had been told to sign a ridiculous agreement like this .
Is this what it means to have an emergency task assigned to you...
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