“We apologize, it seems you aren’t what we’re looking for at this time.”
You look at the email again and groan. How many times has it been now? You think you must be doing something wrong in these job interviews, but you aren’t sure what. You followed all the instructions you found online, but there must still be some other element… something human, that you’re missing.
Moping won’t get us anywhere! You think to yourself. You decided to live as a human and you won’t let this stop you. You stand up suddenly with renewed determination, but your foot catches on the leg of your chair and you find yourself tumbling backwards.
After your brain catches up with your body on the floor, you can you hear… giggling. You are in your room alone, as far as you know. You stand yourself back up to check if maybe you had left a video playing on your computer.
Nope. Computer is definitely muted.
By now, the giggling has stopped. You’re room isn’t very large so it doesn’t take you long to verify that you are, indeed, alone. Strange…
Well, there isn’t much else you can do at the moment. You decide to soothe your aching, rejected heart with some tasty food at a nearby restaurant. Making friends has been a bit difficult, but the people there are always kind to you.
“Lillie! The usual?” The old man behind the counter gives you a friendly smile and you nod in response. The old man owned the restaurant and it was run by him and his family.
It didn’t take long for your food to finish and the owner’s daughter, Alice, brings it out to you. Alice is a girl around your own age with blue haired tied into a high ponytail. You think she might be your friend, but it’s difficult for you to tell.
“How’s the job search going?” Alice asks you. She sets down the food and you are about to respond to her when you’re interrupted by a large explosion. It shatters the large window facing the street and you and Alice are both knocked to the ground.
A large, dark purple creature stalks through the broken window. It looks like a cross between a cat and a reptile with sharp, yellow teeth and claws. It’s tail flicks back and forth as its eyes slowly scan the scene before stopping on Alice. It’s body lowers to the ground and you understood instantly what it planned to do.
“STOP!”
For a moment everything pauses. The reptile-cat is frozen in the air, mid-flight towards the other girl on the ground. The silence of the motionless scene is broken by the same giggling you heard earlier.
“Do you want to save them?” The voice is light and melodic, almost playful.
You don’t respond immediately, still processing what’s going on.
“Hm~ if you do, all you need to do,” From nowhere something is thrown at you. You catch what appears to be some kind of wand, “is say, Power Heart.” The wand is pink, with a heart at the end with a red jewel embedded in it. Along it, several smaller hearts are engraved with smaller gems inside them. It feels warm in your hand, almost like it’s alive.
With this, will you be able to save them? You aren’t sure, but it’s the only option you have.