You're sitting in the waiting room of the R&D laboratory, waiting for your turn. You certainly weren't the only applicant for this program, judging by the other fifty people sitting in the room with you. Yesterday, you saw an ad on the cork board in your college saying that if you helped test out this new "smart armour", you would get $5,000 and the suit you tested to take home. The R&D company, Haephestus Labs, said they wanted a "wide range of applicants". You're sitting in between a supermodel looking woman and a man who looks like he just walked out of an underwear ad. You feel really self-conscious when you look down at your pudgy stomach. No one would ever call you toned or ripped. But, even if it was a little embarrassing, $5,000 was nothing to scoff at.
The secretary looked up and at you.
"Mr. Armin, it's your turn."
You get up and go in, seeing one of the scientists standing next to a bodysuit on a rack. It looked like...