The Chairman

Most people on Karth considered working for the government to be the worst job. You only ever got to sit in a room with 12 other people and talk at length about very boring topics. You had to decide what things needed a public record vote. Decide how to handle problems that come up in any society like street design planning and park design. It used to be a little rewarding to post the quests and see which adventers would take it on but that had become another thing that they had to choose from the hundred which would take on the jobs only someone with magic could do. Very dull and not challenging in the least. Since no one wanted to be on the committee but the jobs needed to be done they had tried to make P.A.I.L.'s do it but no matter how they designed them they always threaten to delete themselves if they are not reassigned. Since no one would run for any of the seats, a lottery was system was designed and if you "won" this lottery you had to do the job for at least 6 months. On Earth in America it would be like if you were selected for jury duty but could choose to stay longer if you really wanted to. There were 13 members of the committee 4 representatives from each continent and 1 representative for the inhabited islands on Karth. The seat of Chairman always went to someone from the SUN continent since it was the largest both in size and population.

The current Chairman however had volunteered for the job 4 cycles ago. As a child he had gone to the Earth museum nearly every week and was fascinated by people like George Washington and Winston Churchhill. He saw how the world history books of Earth had raised these men to an elevating standing and wanted to make that happen for himself on Karth. He was not however quit as smart or magically inclined as most average people. He had been among the 5% of people who had failed the Knowledge Needs Equivalency Adult Determination or K.N.E.A.D and one of only 100 to fail it a second time. He ended up cheating and finding out the secret of the test from his mother before his third attempt because the woman was a little embarrassed of him at that point. He was resentful of people who always seemed to be one step ahead of him. He however rather than discussing these feelings with a therapist like a normal Karthing bottled up his resentments turning him into the man he is today.

In his heart he had despised Jessica Stongwell from the moment she was born he had been watching as a baby used phazing magic to exit its mother who had screamed at it to get out of her already. The baby had even phazed out the umbilical cord and placenta. Shock and fear grew in him as he watched his holo screen this new born causal heal itself of its own birth defect just so it could suck on the toe of its leg foot. The leg had been just enough shorter than the other one for it to be visible to the naked eye that something was wrong. He had thrown his phone after it beeped twice alerting him to world first achievement tiles. That is just not fair he thought not even named yet and already making a name for herself.

In truth when the Blackout happened he had softened to her just a little because of the lives she had saved but that quickly disappeared when her father had pointed out he was in large part to blame for the tragedy. He had in fact been sending Jessica on ever mission that would take longer than a day or two to punish her for being extraordinary. He blamed the Strongwells for the new title he had received today taking no personal blame whatsoever.

Holding the resignation letters staring at the long braids bouncing off Jessica's back he thought to himself, "You think you can get rid of me that easily! I'll show you." He then stormed off back to the committee building to the office he called his chambers. "How dare you talk to ME that way, Get out of my store blaha blah."

He wrote up a proposal to call Jessica, Peter, Arholo and Harmon before the committee to force them to continue taking on quests. His proposal was very well worded and anyone who read it would think it was written by a man looking out for the good of Karth. He submitted his proposal when his phone beeped. He opened it to read.

Amarilla Fall Survivor

Has been awarded the title achievement of:

Adultest Adult

(this title has been removed from the previous owner)

Finally someone is knocking her down a peg! He thought with glee.