Okay, NW office then. Any particular time they should call?

I'm still in high school, so afternoons and weekends and not in the middle of the night.

We'll get someone in contact with you to discuss further soon!

The next day at 4:15 PM, she gets a call where the Caller ID reports 'PHOENIX CO'.

"Hello?"

"Hello! Claire from Phoenix Company here. I'm calling because you wanted more information about a position, Mobile Agent?"

"That's right, I'm considering going into magic instead of college."

"I see. Well, we do pay people for going through the testing even if we reject applicants later, if you want to try. What would you like to know?"

"I want to know more about the deity involved in the position, since it seems like it would be hard to seek an alternate employer."

"Yes, that's a pretty common ask when gods are involved. Khintal is an axiomatic sort of god- To human understanding, often compared to an organization following a set of rules like a bank or government office, or an artificial intelligence, though those are both imperfect analogies. In terms of goals, Khintal really just likes building and fixing things, and complicated systems running smoothly. People are interesting to Khintal because we also build things and form complex societies. He wants transmigrators both for high levels of GPMG and for your experience growing up in a modern society. New perspectives. If you don't want to take my word for it we can maybe arrange a visit from previously selected Agents, or a time slot on the godphone. Second thing is a bigger ask though."

"I'd love to talk to preexisting Agents, yeah. If I'm not cutting too badly into their constrained vacations back on Earth."

"It's a special extra, we even pay them with Earth stuff. We do it at every test day for this one."

"What kind of testing would I be looking at?"

"They're varied and thorough. Written tests, physical tests, team building exercises, problem solving. We want to get a really good idea of personality and aptitude before we select someone, to make sure it's a good fit."

"Physical tests? Wouldn't you be replacing my entire body with a space angel?"

"Yes. How you approach them is informative."

"I have a balance disorder."

"-I see. I'm sure we can make some arrangements. Are weight machines okay?"

"Basically anything I can do sitting down and some things I can do standing still are fine."

"Alright. It shouldn't be a problem." There's some typing noise in the background. "Can I ask what you're hoping to get out of the position, or answer any more questions?"

"I want magic and you've completely bottlenecked it for anyone who doesn't go through you, for whatever reason. I'm looking into this specific role because I'm generally in favor of building and healing, if you didn't exist I'd probably go to medical school."

"Ahuh. I won't just repeat the same bland platitudes at you, then. So do you want to go for testing? Day long event, every other Saturday. We do travel expenses and give you four hundred dollars."

"Yeah, I can be free on Saturdays. How many Saturdays?"

"One Saturday, and then a week-long camp if you pass the first round."

"When's the camp?"

"We get enough applicants to run them seasonally." She gives dates; Three in summer, three more spread around the rest of the year.