[Planet: Escala - Country: Iristia - City: Kiphis - Grand Marirosa]

[Maximus’s Perspective]

“To Maximus

As the administer of the Tryphant Agent Program I am proud to announce that you have the qualifications and skills to enter the Tryphant Agent Program. You are currently assigned on the classified mission, ‘Dimension 1-Æ-01 - Tier 3 - Category 4 - Human Elven Conflict - Year: 4023.’ Your main mission is to prevent this conflict from happening 400 years in the future. There are currently 22 other agents working on the same mission as you who can be contacted through the Ophelius brain that comes with the package. The guide on using it will be later mentioned.

The Tryphant Agent Program was created to ensure the fundamental rights within different civilizations across the multiverse so that each civilization can grow healthily. We’ve noticed that the conflict between the Elves and Humans impair the future relationships between these two civilizations and harm the future generations of said civilizations. This mission is located within the Dimension 1-Æ-01 and is focused on ensuring the right to live for the future generations. If these aforementioned values don’t align with your interests feel free to mention it right now and we can send you back. If they do align with your interests and are interested in working with us we will provide you with an opportunity to amend these past crises from ever happening in the first place.

Your specialty lies in the logistical trading between the elven planet Lyria and the human planet Escala. Your priority is to maintain a stable economic trade between the two races economically intertwining them together and making them dependent on each other. Your job is to economically tie both parties so that the financial cost of starting a conflict between these two races are so high that an outright war is nigh impossible. To do this you would need significant economic and business influence, something which you currently lack right now. As of now, focus on gaining more influence and power within the business world so that in the future you can create a world where your daughter can live in peace, proud to be a half-elf instead of being tortured for being one.

Other agents will be dealing with their separate tasks along the same mission. This mission will have rules and responsibilities to follow. Breaching any of these main rules will result in different levels of punishment and the possibility of termination.

Exposure of any content of the program to the third party will result in termination Sabotaging the main mission or any other missions will result in termination Exposing any agent’s identity will lead to severe punishment. The attempt at harming the program will result in absolute death. Creating an entirely new crisis will result in termination Any signs of corruption or the abuse of this power out of the intentions of the mission will result in termination The misuse of the Tryphant Church’s support will result in the loss of the Tryphant Church’s support and may result in termination depending on the situation.

All misdemeanors and crimes will be trialed with due process under the watch of Grishika personally. At this time it’s within the jurisdiction of the Tryphant Program to read your memory and go through history to gain concrete evidence.

Being a part of the Tryphant Agent Program enlists you to a number of benefits. Due to your entry status position, your benefits will be limited to a few at the moment. Proving yourself capable of preventing crises and setting up other agents for success will raise your evaluation and give you access to more benefits. Your current limited benefits are listed with

Access to knowledge about the future of a timeline Access to the basic multidimensional market Access to high support from the Tryphant Church

Further benefits can be negotiated at the end of the year agent review. As an initial salary you will be awarded 1,000 Tryphant Points and if you are capable at the end of the year you will be awarded another 1,000 Tryphant Points which can be used in the multidimensional market. Your salary will be 500 Tryphant Points every year excluding bonus and compensations. A standard bonus may entitle you to a 300 extra Tryphant Points but may be subjected to change based on your performance. The completion of the mission will entitle you to 500,000 Tryphant Points.

In addition to your salary you will be provided an expense total of 1,000,000 IRD [Iristian Dollars] which you can receive from the Tryphant Church as the initial investment. You will be given access to a loan up to 50,000,000 IRD from the Tryphant Church with a 3% interest rate per year.

Note: A person of your capability and knowledge could get their hands on most material wealth that they desired. The agreed payment for this mission is the safety of your wife and daughter as well as the peace between the Humans and the Elves. It’s advised to use the Tryphant Points to help complete your mission where you can get access to a large number of resources. After the mission is completed you are free to choose where you want to go next.

Guidelines to using the Ophelius Brain:

Introduction: The Ophelius Brain is extracted from a Delphinus class hivemind that can communicate through dimensions and across distances. As an agent you can have access to the multiplicity of uses of the Ophelius Brain, the main one which is the ability to anonymously communicate with the other agents on your mission. To properly implant the brain mix the Ophelius fluid to pure water with a 2:3 concentration and cover your body with the mixture. Let the fluid seep into your body until you have 20% of the mixture left. Take the brain and let it disintegrate with the fluid until the brain is no longer visible. Take a knife and carefully open up the skin from the C1 spine to the TH12 spine. Once completed pour the liquid with the brain mix into the exposed skin and rest for 12 hours. Once finished the wounds should close automatically and the Ophelius Brain will work. For this procedure it’s advised to go to a medical expert to do the incisions and extra work.

Good luck, Maximus

Grishika”

“What’s this?” I thought to myself. Attached to the bottom of the message were two cards. “It looks like one is pure black with the symbol of the Tryphant Church on it and the other is pure white with the symbol of the Tryphant Hospital attached to it”

At the bottom of each cards were a line of texts I read out-loud,

“This Legionis Business Card from the Tryphant Bank will give you the financial support necessary. Inside is $1,000,000 IRD and the ability to take a loan up to $50,000,000 IRD with an interest rate of 3%. This Legionis Card is currently limited to these two features, once you pay the initiation fee of $7,500 IRD with a $2,500 annual fee after each year will unlock the remaining benefits of the card including unlimited spending, points for travel, cash-backs, points for hotel and market exchange rate.”

I took the black credit card with the Tryphant Logo of a majestic tree etched onto it. It felt heavy like it was made out of pure metal and the design was sleek. I saw that etched on the bottom left of the card was the name, “Maximus Z. Kitonia”. I placed the credit card into my wallet before reading the text underneath the white card.

“This Fidelis VIP Card from the Tryphant Church lets the Tryphant Church know that you are important personally. Using this Card will let you grant access to meet the top brass of the Tryphant Church and support you within their power. The misuse of this card and our favour will result in the immediate revocation of this benefit. The people at the Church have no idea that this program exists so come up with a creative excuse on the origins of this Card. Without a genuine excuse this card will often bring more trouble than good. History has proven that it's beneficial to use this card to get out of troublesome situations.

I picked up the white card that seemed to be made out of metallic wood. The white card had a wooden pattern on it with a metallic sheen covering both sides. At the bottom of the Card was a word written in cursive, “Fidelis” which meant “Loyal and True” in the ancient Escala language. I also placed this card into my wallet before observing the green canister with the brain inside.

“I really want to meet who else is on this mission but I can’t do that operation hastily”

I went to the painting on the wall and took it down revealing a small door with a fingerprint scanner and a small screen on top of the scanner.

“Seems like I haven’t forgotten how this works”

I placed my finger on the scanner which prompted the door to unlock and the screen showed, “Welcome BX-352-932”. I took a pen out of my pocket and wrote down BX-352-932 on a receipt I had in my wallet before opening the door revealing an empty safe. This safe was where Spade’s clients store their precious documents, goods, cash, whatever away for a period of time. The safe was a double layered safe where the people can take out the entire box out of the wall and place a new box in. After finishing using the room Spade’s men would take the box and place it in a safe location where you can retrieve it with the number presented on the screen when you open the door.

I took a piece of paper from the table by the bed and began to write down the prominent events that happened in the next 400 years. I began to regret drinking away in Donavan’s bar for the last 5 years but I kept writing about everything I knew. From the first event, to the current event. My life story, and what I remembered. As I kept writing I had to call for more paper and ink from the front desk and change the eggs to poached.

When the manager asked for eggs she asked if you wanted to deposit something. Saying yes meant you needed to store something and the type of egg identified how long you wanted to store it. Fried meant short-term (1-6 months), Scrambled meant medium term (6 - 24 months), Poached meant long term (2 years and above). The eagle room was meaningless, you only needed to speak nonsense to bring the manager out before giving her the card. Most of the new clients get a randomly generated phrase and if they give that phrase to another person Spades can track who leaked the phrase. Steaks represent a search service you can give to Spades.

As the sun was going down and the blue sky turned dark the pages in my hand began to pile up and the writings were getting messier as time passed by. The aching in my hand continued for the night and the messy lines of the future were piled up inside the safe.

“Damn I miss auto-writing, manual writing hurts so damn much, but everything is done. Time to place this in the safe and get out of here”

Piling the layers of paper within the safe I closed it and scanned my fingerprint once more. The fingerprint serves as a fail-safe in case a client loses the code and requires the content that they stored. All fingerprint scans are immediately transferred to Spade’s database anonymously and can only be retrieved if the fingerprint holder comes to Spades personally and is automatically deleted once you retrieved your package.

In the future Spades became an integral part of my success getting information ahead of everyone else on Escala and storing confidential information as well.

After finishing that entire troublesome process I went to the phone in the room and called the number to the front desk.

“Hello, this is the front desk. How may I help you?” a voice came from the phone

“I want to give my compliments to your manager. Mind if I talk to her?”

“Absolutely, please give me a moment” a moment of silence was met before the manager from yesterday sounded through the phone.

“I’ve heard that you were pleased with our service sir”

“I am, it’s as clean as always. Is the phone tapped?”

“Not at the moment”

“Alright, I need a medical expert and a gallon of pure water”

“Are there any requirements you need for the medical expert?”

“I need the medical records of my surgery to be erased and I need a custom request”

“We can set an appointment and send the pure water to you both in a week”

“Send it to this address and leave it on the front porch.” I opened up my bracelet phone and looked up for disposable emails before generating one. “Send the appointment to this email, [email protected] and put everything on the bill”

After paying the bill that totaled to $1,500 which included the surgery bill I left the hotel and stood observing the pier. The sky was now pitch black and the stars began to glimmer into the sky. The pier of Kiphis lit up and displayed the colourful integration of business and technology resulting in a combination of lights as beautiful as the stars. Covering the lights of the dock was the shimmering of ships, the glittering vests of the people and the sun-like flash of the lighthouse. Far into the sea was a line of lights leading the path for ships to and from the Kiphis port. The unseen beauty of the port and how a single place can have such economic power over a country still makes me feel so surreal to its immense presence and power. There I stood, outside the Grand Marirosa where the scent of the deep sea filled my lungs and the beautiful sights of the port covered my vision. The bright mixture of colourful lights covered the land and the glimmering starlight painted the stygian sky and here I realize, that I was back in time.