“How do you know my name?” I asked.

“Lucky guess,” the man responded simply.

“Don’t bullshit me. There’s no way you guessed that.”

“I’m not lying. You seem to be having a lucky day, why don’t you give it a try. Guess my name Michael.”

“Tom,” I said, pulling a random name out of thin air.

“Nope. Try utilizing those socks of yours.”

“My socks?” I looked down at my feet. What did socks have to do with anything?

“Those are your lucky socks, correct? Try drawing power from them, as you did earlier.” Feeling a bit silly, I once again willed my socks to give me luck. I felt the strange sensation again, like energy rushing up from my ankles.

“Good. Now try again.”

“Jake. Your name is Jake,” I said with confidence, though I had no idea whether or not I was correct. Jake nodded, pulling out his driver’s license to prove that I had guessed correctly.

“Woah. I guessed your name with sock power?” I asked incredulously.

“With luck,” he corrected me. “I have a lot of things to explain to you Michael. Come with me, let’s get something to eat. You must be starving after that game.”

“Sure. You know that chain restaurant Nacho Bell? We could go there. There’s a location over by the old Hillside Laboratories building.”

“Sounds great. Let’s go!” We went over to the fast food joint and got some nachos. After sitting down, he began to teach me.

“So,” he said as he finished up the last of the nachos, “You’ve heard of luck right?”

“Of course I have. Everyone’s a little superstitious. Break a mirror, 7 years of bad luck, find a penny on heads, good luck, etc.”

“Well, there’s a difference between true luck, and superstition. While there is truth behind having a lucky fishing hat or something like that, breaking a mirror won’t curse you, and throwing salt over your shoulder won’t extend your life. Most of that stuff is made up.”

“So, besides lucky fishing hats, what is the part that’s real?”

“Before I explain that, there’s something else you need to keep in mind. You remember learning about probabilities in math class?”

“Yeah, how likely something is to happen or not happen.”

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“Well, that ties into luck. You see, there’s something in the universe called “Luck Points.” there’s really no official term for it, but we’ll call it that for now. Basically, you have a certain number of these Luck Points, or LP, at any given time. You can mentally control how many you use, and therefore how lucky you are. The more Luck Points you use, the better fortune you have.”

“So, everyone gets like 1 million Luck Points and needs to spend them wisely?”

“Not really. You naturally get a certain amount of LP every second. How many you get depends on how much you’re using. An average person usually gets 50 LP per second and uses 50 LP per second, evening out. Sometimes it fluctuates, and you might use more or less, causing you to have a good or bad day.”

“That’s pretty confusing.”

“Think of it like this. The average human is 50% lucky, and 50% unlucky. Sometimes, they might end up being 48% lucky and 52% unlucky, causing them to have a bad day. At that point, they would actually be earning 52 LP per second, and using 48 LP per second. That means that the chance of something good happening to them is slightly lower than the chance of something bad happening.”

“Interesting. So, it’s like a balance. Raise one end, lower the other.”

“Precisely, and naturally, the balance sometimes tilts back and forth, causing good or bad days, but usually evens out. I’m going to teach you how to control your scale. Few people learn to do this on their own, and they usually control it so that sometimes they have more bad luck to save up LP, then use their saved LP to have good luck when they need it. People have done this to gain riches, fame, and power all throughout history, from Pharaohs to Bill Gates.”

“So, why are you going to teach me this?” I asked him. He looked at me seriously. His eyes narrowed.

“Because you’re the chosen one.” Then he burst out laughing. “Just kidding! I’m bored, and you already know some of the basics, whether you’re aware of it or not.”

“Fair enough. So tell me one more thing Jack,” I stood up grinning, “When do we start training?”