《The Mighty Creature Collector》Chapter 10: The Violet Sidestory
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"Hey, my chosen public demonstrators, have you heard me?" a question is what came out from the mouth of Rey Vallera after several seconds of being in silence. And unlike his tone of speaking earlier which is calm and formal, this time it sounded more casual. A casual one that demands more attention and immediate response. He adds, "I am asking for your agreement if will you please just enjoy the game. I don't talk in the wind when I said that, you know? What do you think?"
As the video continues to play, I, Lily, Rustee, and other participants exchange looks before nodding as if we have come into an agreement. And truth is, it was. Because by the moment I have shouted, every other public demonstrator also shouts. And to my surprise, we have the same words been spoken. "We will, sir!"
"Oh, wow..." Rey Vallera said in pure shock. Since he has already walked several rows of chairs from the front, I saw how his expression changed from where I sit. From being startled, slowly his lips parted. Seconds past, now he is flashing a smile. But when he can't already contain his happiness, to everyone's surprise, he began laughing.
Such a very rare sight to witness. A guy that wears formal attire and has the eyes of the world is laughing as if he didn't care what could that action of his do to his well-known image.
The only laughter there is in the place continues to be heard until Rey decided to stop it. He clears his throat before speaking once again, "Just excuse me, everyone. My soon to be public demonstrators, I am just so happy receiving that synchronized response from all of you. I never expected to hear a singular sentence coming from all of you at the same time. Looks like those couple's talents in evaluating people are paying great already at this early time of showcasing Mindrey Gear."
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Hearing what Rey Vallera said, makes me turn to my left and right to know if I am not just the only one seeing the president of Mindrey Incorporated becoming emotional. And it looks like I am right, by the time I faced Lily, I saw her replying to my wondering stare with her's. Also goes with Rustee, by the time he saw me turned to him, he gave me a puzzled stare back.
I turned to where Rey is when I heard him spoke again. "I shouldn't be apologizing to all of you because this is my event, to start with. But a humble me is saying sorry to everyone who found my sudden changing of mood confusing. I'm sorry. Although today's orientation will proceed as expected, let me sandwich this topic that will cost us a minute or two."
The video was already paused. And because Rey Vallera took a pause also, what happened is the place being enveloped by this expecting silence. Expecting silence that is waiting for Rey's upcoming words. When once again he continued, "Although all of you know that the making of Mindrey Gear and its games requires a lot of people and time and money to be invested, let me tell that there was this couple who really did help me a lot. Aside from being my buddies in making designs, the two also assisted me in picking people that will be my public demonstrators in the future."
'In the future': I don't know how much the extent of this phrase really meant by Rey. But when I heard it, immediately goosebump is what crawled in my being.
"I will not disclose their names because there is no need already. The couple has already rested in peace many years ago. Their favorite color is violet, the reason why they were destined for each other. I think the two are happy as I am telling them to you their awesomeness at the moment. And if you are wondering when was the first time we started picking up our potential public demonstrators, it was fifteen years ago."
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Although I got shocked when I heard that the couple that MR. Rey is pertaining has the same favorite color as my parents', my eyes got wider when I heard what Rey said. 15 years? So that means I was 6 back then. Really this Mindrey Gear event has long ago been prepared. I wonder how much is the money spent on all of this.
"Okay, enough for that. Now, let's proceed back to the orientation proper." Rey Valera checks his wristwatch before continuing, "Since we still have more than forty minutes before noon, I will take several minutes in telling you what will happen in the upcoming days."
Hearing what he said, makes me look up to the sky to confirm that it is near-noon. The sun is already above the sky, several moments to pass before it will reach the very middle. Yes, it is about to be at 12 o'clock. And about the heat at this time of the day? At the moment the sky has an abundant number of clouds passing by the sun. Also, the cold breeze of fresh air is serving its purpose very well. I placed back my sight to Rey just to know that he is once again walking.
"My chosen public demonstrators, today after lunch, we will be having a small activity wherein everyone is required to introduce themselves to people that have their chairs adjacent to his or her. I decided to do this because I find communication vital in making the game run much exciting. So if you are sitting in the middle of eight chairs, conversate with that eight people that are next to you. And if you are sitting at the edge, make sure to communicate with 8 people that is very near to you. I hope I make myself clear with that."
The remaining time before the lunch really did tell us by Mr. Rey the next days to this orientation. Tomorrow, we will be seeing the actual Mindrey Gear. Every one of us will be required to execute to see to it that all of us know how to handle with care and use the one thousand dollars helmet-like thing. The next two days after that is we will be running a health check to know what must be done to make us in our best condition as the public demonstration is in progression. The last two days will revolve around familiarising the terms that we will be encountering inside the game. That includes commands and buttons.
Lunch took place and I started communicating with the people that are next to me.
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