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Collei wondered how it happened.
What had she done in her previous life to deserve this.
She had to be a mass murderer, certainly worse than that.
"What do you think of The Tsaritsa?" asked a man, who had introduced himself as "Capitano".
“Um…” Collei's eyes went in all directions, as she bit her fingernails, “I think she's a good archon…?”.
Capitano writes something on his clipboard, then looks at Collei again, or she thinks she's staring at her.
The helmet the man wore prevented her from seeing whether this was the case or not.
“Thank you for your answers, an employee will accompany you to the waiting room.” he said before clicking on a button positioned on the table that separates the two.
A man, Fatui, arrived and waited for Collei to get up and leave the room before accompanying her to the reception room, once arrived in the room, he left.
"I think I'll be selected" said one of the people in the room.
“Nah, I think I have the perfect profile to be the new 6th Harbinger !”.
'Yes, I probably did horrible things in my previous life' thought Collei, tears in her eyes.
She had been kidnapped by Fatui and brought back here for an interview to find out if she had the qualifications to be the 6th Harbinger.
How did it happen, she didn't know.
What she did know though, was that she wanted to cry.
—
Capitano and Columbina had gathered in a room, each putting down their notepads and candidate sheets.
They exchange their sheets with the notes associated with each.
He took the sheets as well as the associated note.
A blank page, next.
A blank page, next.
A blank page… next.
…
He turned his eyes to the other resident of the room, who had just turned her eyes to him as she handed him the candidate's note.
On said note that Capitano had made, there were sketch of stickman fighting
He shrugged, her too.
—
At the end, they retained a candidate.
“Collei…” said Columbina.
“Yeah, she was funny”.
"Good enough for me" she said before yawning.
And just like that, the two Fatui have decided who would be the new Harbinger.
—
Well, not totally, it takes Pierro's acceptance for that sort of thing, Capitano and Columbina went to see him.
Capitano handed the candidate sheet.
“She looks goofy as fuck, I accept” said Pierro.
—
“Collei, I am happy to announce to you that your application has been accepted!” Capitano told her happily, before handing her a white coat with a black fur.
Collei's face was lifeless.
‘What did I do on Celestia to deserve that…’
—
“Where is Collei…” wonders Tighnari.
It had already been two days since Collei had disappeared, several Forest Rangers had tried to find her, in vain.
As Tighnari was about to scout, he heard someone screaming.
“TIGHNARIII”, he then saw the general Mahamatra arrived wearing his Pactsworn Pathclearer (A/N: his form when he uses his burst)
He didn't have time to say a word before Cyno sticks a newspaper to his face.
THE NEW 6TH HARBINGER, said the cover page, with an image of Collei in Harbinger attire shaking hands with Pierro.
“WHAT THE-”
—
Amber passed out, before being caught by Kaeya.
"It's a…strange career choice for sure," Lisa said, the newspaper in her hands.