151 The useless scale 1 (1/2)

The bad thing about a concept like an interesting future was that it is really vague and also involves a lot of waiting. Since the future covers quite a large time span, I might have to spend an uncomfortable amount of time waiting or doing other tasks that are arduous and mind-bogglingly boring.

All of this was part of life, but normally there are methods to cope with such mundane stuff. You could listen to music, talk to someone, watch an interesting movie, play some games, browse videos on the Internet, but alas I could not do any of this here to pass the time.

I was still being watched therefore I did not want to do anything too much out of the line. Starting a workout session, without knowing what awaits me would be a stupid idea. Since my vision was limited to staring at a white scale, I did not have any intention to venture out into the great unknown.

Although I was quite certain, that I could not use the scale since I could not use magic. Though this did not stop me from trying to influence it. Logically speaking a scale stands for many different concepts. It represents fairness, equality, balance and judgement.

It is fair, as the ratio between both sides is exact and correctly displayed.

It is equal, as the scale does not care who or what is on it.

It is balanced when both sides have the same ”weight”.

It is judgemental when there is someone holding it.

Provided that this scale shares the same ideas and values at its core, then there must be a way to utilize it. Besides its symbolic purpose, it still used the exchange of goods in a market place. Rather it used to be, scales like this are scarce nowadays.

Though the question should be how to start this exchange. Normally I would place any object on one side and a weight on the other side. Afterwards, more would be added until both sides were equal.

Although it was hard to place something tangible on something intangible. I should not think about it as a real scale, I should think of it as a metaphor for the ideals I have mentioned. Just imagining an item of my choice and placing it on the scale would be way too easy.

There has to be a deeper meaning to it, it must be a test to figure out my true understanding. The concept of balance needs to be linked with magic somehow. The origin from the scale must be related to my thought about the coexistence of bad and good.

Or this is another scheme to gauge my reactions and values. In a controlled environment, it could be seen which concepts and ideas I would treat as equal. Though even in this hypothesis, there seems to be a big crux.

How can they judge my values and actions, if there is no way for me to actually use this thing? Or they observe me on how I would approach such an object. What would be the best course of action?

There are still too many variables and unknowns involved which makes it hard for me to come to a conclusion without risks, but on the other hand, there must be a purpose for the appearance of the scale.

Gathering information should be my main focus for now. By figuring out how I can operate this contraption, I might be able to deduce the intent behind it. Should I find myself being unable to do anything with it, then this also tells me a lot.

Let us assume that this scale is indeed based on a logical principle and that magic exists as well. Magic is said to be in every lifeform and in all of the surroundings. at least that is what I was told in these made-up memories of mine.

This makes it pretty much obvious that a scale representing balance incorporates magic or mana. Which raises the question, how an entity like me, who was described as being the total opposite of mana, can get ahold of it.

Because, if the scale represents a balance, then this balance has mana at its core. Since the concept of a being not based on mana has most likely never existed in this universe. Every single lifeform supposedly has some affinity for magic, but what about an existence that is the exact opposite with none?

Let me think about this route a bit more. Did I get something like the scale, since my existence is outside of the act of balance? Is that some sort of evaluation? Something of my nature, should the claims be true, would certainly warrant a lot of attention.

Still, who was the voice inside of my head then? And how can this voice circumvent my nature and place such an object inside of my mind? Did any of my properties change that would allow something like this? Or was it all a bit hoax to let me astray? The more potential lead I found, the more confused I ended up.

As enticing as the idea of me being special was, I could not lose myself in it and had to explore different possibilities as well. If being caught in my own memories had me taught one thing, was to never see things as absolute, even if it was something fundamental.

What was real or what was something fabricated? All of this would be a lot easier if I could answer that question for myself. In order to distinguish between real or fake, I must take a look at everything and hope to spot some irregularities.

What can I say, everything boils down to just wait and see. I do not have any other options I could choose from. Which raises the question, normally there has always been a path, that would lead me to my destiny or rather to the desired results.

If this was still a simulation, what would they expect me to do or rather to accomplish? Knowing my approach to things like this, they must have prepared something, which would force me to seek conflict with others.

I doubt that they would expect me to idle my time away, simply staring in the clouds and twiddling my thumbs. Besides, I do not think that this world would even allow me the chance to actually do that.

What methods could they employ to drive me towards other players? One potential idea would be to give the players resources I would require to operate this scale. That way I would be required to actively fight for it. Since I would be involved in a lot of fights, I would rely on the scale more and more, which in return would force me to gather more and more resources.