Chapter 1: Dilemma

It's weird that every morning I get up and see the technology around me. I can't seem to fathom the idea why I find it weird as well. I know a lot of things, but not much about the world around me. Before I go rambling of about my endless thoughts and of that I do not know, why or what I'm supposed to do in this boring world, let me introduce myself. I'm Xavier Evens, just turned 16 this year on the 25th of March. I know, I know, I have heard everyone from my parents, teachers and even myself telling me that I shouldn't be sceptical about life.

Let me clear the background a little before you all start to question, "Who is this spoiled and screwed up kid?".

My parents moved to this city, which I will not say as to not involve them in my dilemma, to start a new life. Everything went along fine, of course we had money problem, which family didn't, but we lived through it to see another day. I am soon to start my college in a couple of months, but why should I?

I had a lot of options, I could take any course I did like, Medical, Engineering and business or other which I haven't any idea about.

Medical - I am interested to learn about medicine and how the human body works, but I am 16 now, I will have to work myself to the bone for over 10 years to be a fully fledged doctor, or so, my father says that I can enjoy my life after the age of 26 years. Yea rite...

Engineering - I have a few older friends who did Engineering. If any Engineer is reading this now. I sympathise, I really do. You guys have it hard.

Business - I don't know. Learning business from books, I can read all those finance books within days, but I believe it should take more practise than reading to get business right, but I might go with business or just join my dad and start a business and learn on the job, I think.

But, Engineering looks more promising at the moment, why you ask? - Well let me see, It's more challenging, but not time taking, if my interest change, I can move to another stream before I waste my time with something I don't like. I would love to do Medical, maybe when I really get bored and have a lot of money, so that I can waste 10 years of my life learning and later enough to keep be afloat a few more decades after as well.

Who am I kidding rite? You guessed it by now. I'm a bit.. no a lot of lazy. NO! I'm not fat, I like being healthy, I have a good physique. Wait... did I just get physically conscious with you just thinking about this...

Ok, let's start again. Why am I rambling in my mind...

Well the questions before me, makes me want to think of the life I had, because this might lead to a better or more interesting life.

Really!! Literally there are questions before me in white boxes and grey text asking me 10 questions.

Re-birth Trivia.

Salutations, you don't think it's fair you were born too late, i.e., in centuries not after your brother. So, WE ( not gonna say who) have decided that you get a.. let's say like : re-roll of the dice, choose your own pack of cards or  pick your game. We won't ask you, just you need to answer the questions below as truth fully as you can, don't worry about time, you have a whole life to decide, but, let US warn you, we get bored easy..

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1. You see a wormhole(black hole, whatever you wanna call it..), you can't see the other side, would you jump in or forget you even saw it?

2. Would you call yourself a people person- meaning, would you go out of your way to mend the misunderstanding between yourself and another, or would you rather just forget you even knew the guy.

3. This is an MCQ, choose the best answer, I would rather be,

(a) A limping thief than a necromancer.

(b) A necromancer than the other sex. (I actually wrote 'woman', but I don't like the rage posts later.).

© The other sex than a creature of choice (actually, you get to be a cat or a dog or... a pigeon, WE couldn't get approval for more and yes, WE have Others above US as well. See all the Capitals, yeah, We're all powereful.)

(d) A creature than a looney soothsayer.

(e) I don't mind being a looney soothsayer, will a bit less looney.

4. I am a ..(another MCQ)

(a) Tea person.

(b) Coffee person.

© Beer person.

(d) Ginger Lemon Tea with Honey person.

5. I don't.. (yeah we can never have enough of MCQs)

(a) believe in God.

(b) care if there is God, HE doesn't control me.

© really understand, what this has to do with God, but I have no comments.

(d) want to answer any more questions.

6. I get bored easy because, (yeah, a MCQ).

(a) Life's easy, I need more challenges.

(b) I feel lost without a quest window.

© I need a superpower and a super villain to keep me occupied.

(d) it's the government's fault, they make people lazy with their stupid talks of peace. Let there be war.

(e) care, I just don't care.

7. If you were give one wish, what would you choose? (you think this is a question, guess again, MCQ).

(a) All the knowledge existing and non-existing.

(b) A super power from Marvel Comics universe.

© good health and good sleep.

(d) A huge investment, where your bank account is always full or never empty.

(8). WE don't really have any more questions, but it's standard to ask 10 questions, so..

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

(9) Another question, Why did the chicken cross the road?

(10) Last one, let make this interesting.

I would rather be..

(a) A peasant in the dark ages rather than being born in the 21st century.

(b) A future man in the 25th century.

© bored than answer any more questions.

(d) dead than live ever again.

You see my dilemma? What's a soothsayer?