Scenario:Cassius - On Vocations
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(Captain) drops by Cassius's room in the Society medical facility.
The captain arrives just as the healer is wrapping up Cassius's treatment.
Healer: That should do it for today. Make sure you get your rest.
Cassius: Understood.
Cassius: Oh. Hello, (Captain). Excellent timing.
Cassius: When I inquired, that doctor claimed he chose his profession of his own volition.
Cassius: I struggle to comprehend.
Cassius: People are subjected to an aptitude test at birth to determine the profession to which they are best suited.
Cassius: Personal preference has no part in this.
Cassius: Just as I was assigned at birth to be a soldier...
- So that's normal on the moon?
- So you were forced to fight against your will?
- Is there any other job you'd like to try?
Choose: So that's normal on the moon?
Cassius: Indeed.
I gather there is a different system in place here.
I gather there is a different system in place here.
Cassius: So fossildwellers choose their vocations haphazardly, with no regard for suitability?
Cassius: And your society continues to function? I cannot fathom such a system.
Cassius's curiosity rose by 100!
Choose: So you were forced to fight against your will?
Cassius: I was assigned to become a soldier and raised to that end. That's all.
Cassius: I had no particular objections.
Cassius's curiosity rose by 75!
Choose: Is there any other job you'd like to try?
Cassius: I see. This hypothetical question is predicated upon the ability to choose a profession for oneself.
Cassius: Hm... I have trouble imagining myself as anything but a soldier...
Cassius: But the positions of scholar or researcher at Site Zero were not without their merits...
Cassius's curiosity rose by 50!
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