Episode 6
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Their conversation has started, he was able to answer her first questions with a good chance of being correct. As the questions gets harder, his confident face doesn't shows at least one clue that might make the employer doubt his confidence. Even though he knows that some of his answers are not exactly what his employer is looking for.
Their conversation lasted for one hour, he went back to the lobby as his employer told him while waiting for the final result of his exams and interviews.
He seated on a new vacant spot and sighs, “God please give me luck this time.” he said as he leaned his head against the wall and closes his eyes.
Thirty minutes later, “I'm looking for, Mr. Vincent Miller.” his name was called by an employer, its the one who he had his final interview.
Vincent quickly stood up and walked closer to her, “Please follow me” she said and they both went back to her interview room.
“Please have a seat.” her right hand pointed out the chair in front of her desk and Vincent seated with a positive look on his face.
“Alright, first I would like to thank you for showing us your interest to become part of our growing team.” the first announcement she said and rolls down her eyes to the papers on her hands.
“But unfortunately you failed to reach the required passing grades for this job, which is above ninety percent.” she look back at him.
The positive look on his face suddenly turned into a partially smiling face when he heard those words, it wasn't the result that he was expecting to hear.
“But don't worry, you could still reapply to the same position after six months.” she layed the papers on the table, “So, once again thank you for choosing our company and I wish you luck to your next job hunt.” again she pointed out her right hand but to give him a handshake.
He grab her hand and gave her a handshake wearing that kind of smile.
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This, is Vincent.
A twenty-five year old asian guy, he is living with his family in a lone two storey apartment. They've been living there for almost six years after the death of their bread winner.
It happened during the cold christmass night on year 2015, because of a tragic murder. While he was driving his car on a road bridge, it was crushed by a red pick-up truck until it ramps over the bridge's barrier and fell off.
They had no choice but to live in the urban area for a better financial support.
He has a slim but muscular body, he is also a handsome guy but was born introvert.
On his free time, he usually help his cousin named Kevin for selling delicious street foods such as barbeques, pig's small instestine, chicken's intestine, hotdogs on sticks, pig's ears and other eye craving foods. This business was first started by their father named Samuel Miller.
They have a stall on a public food market where countless customers from morning to midnight are coming to eat with their friends or love ones.
Sometimes he spend a day of job hunting or just seating on a bench at a beautiful park just to clear his thoughts. He's been jobless for almost a year and a half, because of his unprofessional behaviors.
In his head, there's always a question that he can't get rid of. And it's about the direction of his life. He always feel like not finding the sense of life because of the way how humans live on Earth. They work, they eat, they sleep, they woke up, they eat again, and then work again and repeat. And this is the main reason why he got fired for being unprofessional from his five previous jobs.
Deep inside him, he was looking for a twist on his fate that could give him an incredible excitement in life. Something that is unforgettable and exciting.
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Somewhere in a secluded mountain forest, there are five men covered with black cloths on their heads. Their wrists are tied behind their back and their arms are grabbed by five armed men as they enter a man made house, behind them are five more men holding their rifles and pointed down to the ground.
There, they're all forced to kneel down on a dusty ground.
In front of everyone is another man seating behind his table made of bamboo sticks. He has a white beard and a mustache. Base on his looks his age is above forty, and he has a cigarette stuck between his right hand's two longest fingers.
Sighs, “Take off those covers.”, his command to those armed men standing behind each abductees.
They obeyed and grasps those cloths away.
The five abductees are finally able to see where these armed men brought them. They're all breathing deeply as their eyes turns broad and are staring at the man seating behind the desk and releasing a smoke through his mouth.
“Usman?” the first abductee wonderingly said.
“Why am I here?” asked by the third abductee.
“Huh?” the word that came out from the fourth abductee.
The last two abductees are just in silence.
The burning tip of the cigarette was turned to ashes when dip by Usman onto the plate which contains cigar stubs. He moved away his back from the chair's backrest, layed his elbows on the table and stick his both hands fingers.
Sighs, “My brothers...” he greeted them.
“Don't be afraid... I decided to bring you all here for a very—” the tips of his sticking finger tips are blown apart, “special mission.” he smiled as he returned the previous form of his fingers.
“Huh?” the word that came out from the second abductee but in low tone of voice.
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