"Hey, you." A shopkeeper calls me out, "Give this to your uncle, tell him it's from Kabba." The shopkeeper hands me a box.

"Uh, what's inside the box sir?" I ask the shopkeeper as i put the box in my pocket.

"Doesn't matter, just give it to him." The shopkeeper gazed at me.

I left the shop and started going to the inn immediately.

I grab the box from my pocket and try to see what's inside, i shake it around and and hear a metal sound coming from the box. "Is this money?!" I grin suspiciously.

I run as fast as i can to the inn. "Uncleeeee!" I yelled.

-- Huh no one inside?

I look around for the light switch, the atmosphere suddenly feels creepy.

I find the light switch and turned it on.

"Hey Uncleeeeeee!" I walk upstairs, no one responded.

The silence is sending chills through my back, I walk back downstairs and check the receptionist table.

There's a sign that says 'Closed', my mind felt relieved.

-- Phew, I thought something happened...

I sit down on the receptionist seat, and put the box in a drawer.

"Weew! I guess that's done." I pause for a moment, to think what i'm gonna do next.

I wanted to play outside, but it's still too sunny right now.

-- Maybe the TV's on right now!

I run across to my room, and turned on the TV.

“Hello! Welcome back to Eating Food with-“ I switch on another channel,

“You know what sucks harder than a-“ I switch onto another channel.

“This is SpaceNews.” I leave the TV on.

-- Really? There’s no shows for me to watch today

I let my body collapse to the ground, just laying down.

“We’ve heard that the Terrians are recruiting new disciples in their ship.” My hands twitched like there was a jolt going through my hand

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-- What?

“We will be interviewing them from a HoloCall after this short ad break! Stay tuned.” The show cuts off to an ad.

-- Are they looking for disciples from the whole galaxy?

My feet begins to tap itself, I felt agitated waiting for the announcement.

“Our products are top quality! And we will be branching off to space! A new space market near your solar system!” An ad about a space market, it’s shocking how people can build a market in space, “Any day’s great at your Jules!”

-- This ad sucks! Just hurry up!

I feel irritated, I want to complain but there was no one to bother.

“Alright we are back!” The SpaceNews started again. My mind is full of mixed up emotions.

“We are connecting with them in 3…” The reporter starts to countdown.

“2…”

“Oh, it’s already connected!” There was an image of a man standing menacingly.

“Hello!” The reporter waves to the Terrian.

“Good morning.” The Terrian responds with no emotion.

The conversation felt quiet, it feels like the reporter forgot what he was supposed to ask.

“As you may know, Terrians are recruiting new disciples right now.” I don’t know why, but the Terrian’s eyes looks hollow.

I wonder what Terrians do everyday, now i kind of feel uneasy after seeing that man’s eyes.

“Ah, right! The recruitment.” The reporter looks like he’s not paying attention, “About the recruitment, uhh…” The reporter looked like he’s stressing out.

“Ah! Sorry, which solar system are you going to check for disciples this decade?” The reporter asked the Terrian.

-- The Terrians have never gone to our solar system… Please!

My fingers are subconsciously tapping the floor in a rapid pace.

“Well, we are actually trying our best to scout as far as we can.” The Terrian said, “But we’re going to check Ikhtar’s solar system first.” The man was called by another Terrian.

-- No way…

“Apologies, this is all the time we have. Goodluck future disciples.” The HoloCall ended.

-- They’re coming to our planet!

I jump out of excitement, I grab a drink and look at the clock.

-- It’s 3 pm, maybe Raggo is free now.

I put down the glass of water and walked to my friend’s house. I look around the sky searching for the ship.

-- I guess it’s still not here?

My mind is full of thoughts about being a disciple for a Terrian.

Now I finally arrive to my friend’s house, “Hellooo!” I yell out as I knock at the door.

“Wait a minute!” My friend answers from inside.

I wait a little, looking around the sky for a ship.

“Hey Horo! Did you see the news too?” Raggo asked me.

“Yeah! Are you gonna ask your parents for permission?” I ask him

He looks a little hesitant but he nodded, “Yeah! I don’t know if they’ll allow me or not though.” He frowns a little.

“Don’t worry, we’ll definitely get permission!” I pause for a moment, “To be honest, I don’t know if my uncle would allow me either.” We both stayed in silence for a while.

“Uh, did you come here to just ask me about the news?” Raggo asked.

“Yeah, we gotta wake up early for tomorrow right?” I respond.

Raggo seems like he’s thinking for a little bit.

“Hmm yeah.” He nods, “Let’s meet up at the usual place tomorrow.” He asked me to meet him at our usual meeting spot, “Oh, don’t forget to invite the others too.” He reminds me to invite the others.

-- Oh yeah, I almost forgot about them

“Yeah, goodbye!” I walked off and waved from afar.

“Don’t forget!” Raggo shouted as he closes the door.

-- How do I ask this to uncle..?

I spent the time walking from Raggo’s house to the inn thinking about how I should ask.

I arrived at the inn without noticing.

I open the inn’s door, I don’t see anyone here.

-- I’ll just lock the door, I think uncle has a spare key.

I turn back and lock the door, I peek out a little bit through the small glass on the door.

-- Yep, he’s probably not coming any time soon.

[16:35 PM]

I walk to the kitchen to drink some water and eat a quick snack, I go upstairs to check if there are any customers. It’s just empty like i imagined. I go to my room in the staff only segment of the inn to play with toys, imagining like it’s a big fight between the Terrians and bad guys.

[17:10 PM]

After a while, I read a book about the history of the war in space. It’s a pretty nice book, being educative and exciting to read at the same time. I’ve wished about being a disciple of Terrians for a long time now. I really hope i pass.

[20:15 PM]

-- Hm…

I stare at the clock wondering about when uncle would come home.

-- Is he working overnight there again?

I stop staring at the clock and laid down on my bed.

-- Guess i’m not getting a permission today.

My eyes are slowly getting drowsy, and my mind is starting to doze off.

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[End of day 1]