61 Impossible Victory POV (1/2)

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When a chapter has a (POV) suffix, it is written in the point of view of another character. As more and more characters appear in the story, in the prime universe and other alternate universes, there will be more and more of these kinds of chapters.

I will create an auxiliary chapter on all the characters that have appeared. There is quite a lot already, but as a general rule of thumb, if they are given a full name or a history, they are probably a recurring characters – unless they are already dead.

I don't give names to background characters. They are unimportant as a person even if they drive the story forward. Also, I will run out of unique names if I do, at least for English names.

All characters are fictional, even if they are based on real life people and share the same name. Names aren't copyrighted. They can be trademark, but even so, I can still use them in my own context. It will not have any legal implication – probably.

Oh by the way, Rebecca Abarbanel is based on one of the main characters from Eric Flint's novel 1862 and its sequels. She is a Mary Sue in that story, perfect in everything and beautiful. Seriously. I expect better from a well-known author.

I usually drop cultural references all over the story, even from the first few chapters. A thousand year of compound interest thing is from Futurama. The ring against the vending machine to get free drinks is from the Simpson. On the latest stuffs, the Tesla Tank amongst many others is from Red Alert. The dark elf is obviously based on Warcraft.

If you didn't pick up these cultural references, it is fine since they don't impact the story in anyway. I add them for fun most of the time.

But if you did, please give a shout out! I will give thumb ups!

With the power of time, even dead characters can come back to life, if not in the prime universe, then in the other universes or realities. The multiverse gives me unrestricted literary freedom to write all sort of situations!

My mind is exploding with ideas! It is so crazy!

Note that I will not write fillers even for these kind of chapters. They do advance the story in one form or another.

Although I have stated before that I will only write 1k chapter from like chapter 42 since it is easier to check for grammar and spelling mistakes, but the previous 18 chapters are all like 1.5k to 2.5k. I do get carry away since there is so much to explain.

Anyway, less chitchat, more story! Please enjoy the chapter!

Remember to vote, review and send gifts. I need motivation to keep writing and money for coffees.

Mwuahahahahahahha! Ahem... don't mind me.

I will chill in my little corner over here.

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”Miss Allison McBill. Please don't fall behind even if it is your first time here. We are already running late and it is highly disrespectful to our client if we are to show up after he did.”

My boss request of me when I slow down to examine several opened courtrooms.

He is a very strict man and a very good lawyer.

It is a pleasure to be his assistant, but I didn't think he has chosen me over the countless others in our firm because of my skills and experiences.

I have very little of those because I have recently join the firm.

In fact, this is my third week at work.

As one of the more prestige firms in Los Angeles, the recruitment is extremely difficult.

So many applications have failed the initial screening despite their impressive skills, experiences, and work histories.

Even being the top of their classes when graduated didn't mean anything to the firm.

This has really opened my eyes to the profession as well as the whole industry.

I have always thought that I would lose out to those that have went to Harvard and the likes, but I was wrong.

The firm states in no small amount of words that it is not looking for colourful histories or certificates or even experiences. It is looking for innate talents and abilities regardless of background.

A homeless person could be hired if they proves to have the skills the firm needed.

I could still remember the incredibly difficult series of tests that were given to all of us, the applicants when we manage to pass the preliminary screening.

The firm is very thorough with the screening, requesting all sort of personal information, which include our blood type, likes and dislikes as well as measurements.

People who didn't want to disclose those private information were shown the door without hesitation, and people who lie repeatedly on their forms are evicted from the premises immediately.

It is then that I had realized the screening is a test for trust and honesty. The firm will not disclose our private information to anyone, but we must not withheld any information, including the private details of our personal life.

The firm even told me so when I was being interviewed afterwards to explain myself.

It is very terrifying, sitting alone in a room with no visible window whatsoever. Only a camera is placed in front of me, scrutinizing my body and facial expression.

The interviewer spoke through a intercom mounted on the wall.

I swear whatever was interviewing me isn't human from the way it directly phrases its questions. It is like an artificial intelligence, but that is crazy, right?

How the firm knows that I had withheld personally information and wasn't entirely honest when filling out those forms have stunned me greatly.

But the firm did give me a chance to explain myself.

Luckily, I manage to give a satisfying answer.

However, the whole experience really scares me.

It is as if the firm is always watching me. They knows things that no one should ever knows.

For the first test after the preliminary screening, each of the applications is given about 30 seconds to read through several pages of wordy documents before being questioned about specific things within those documents.

Many of the applicants have unfortunately failed here, as that kind of reading speed is inhuman, and many those who have passed only did so barely.

I got a perfect score thanks to my photographic memory. I had thought the firm would retest me since that is kind of cheating, but it did not. My innate ability is a tool, the firm tells me.

The second test is not as difficult as the first.

It examines all of us morally and psychologically.

No one fails the second test. And I wasn't sure what kind of psychological profile the firm created for me, but I know for a fact that they did.

My profile was used to formulate the third and final test, which is different for everyone.

Most applications are tested on their knowledge like me.

But the questions and situations described in the test were designed around my personality and sense of righteous. They could have only done so after forming my psychological profile.

I failed several questions spectacularly on the test since I didn't know the firm isn't exactly looking for what is right and what is wrong in a sense.

The firm is looking for loyalty to itself and the client.