Today had not exactly been a good one for Karla. As far as fathers went, she drew a short stick. Her relationship with the man was one of business rather than family, rarely encountering him outside of the occasional chance-meeting in their Dubai-based home or when attending some sort of event with him. 

Their uncommon meetings rarely went well. The ethical and moral divide between the two was insurmountable, unmendable by familial relation alone. To say they argued sometimes would be like saying water is sometimes wet. Today was no exception, and the man even had the gall to laugh at his daughter, calling her 'adorably naive'. 

Was there something wrong with wishing to conduct ones self with some standard of human decency? Apparently her father thought so. Of course, she was more than a little bit experienced in the ways of being criticised for her ways, but it still got to her when it came from her father. 

Frustrated, she retreated to her 'study' (which was just what she called her rather large room), opting to do what she did whenever she was upset - retreat into the wonderful world of books. Human Understanding and the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus would not be so eager to call her a fool and a child!

She was perfectly happy to sit and read in peace, but that was far too ideal of a situation. 

A simple interactive blue text box, like that out of a video game, nagged at her peripherals, mistaking it for the heat and frustration playing tricks on her. It didn't take long for her to start considering the text. A yes or no question, asking her if she wished to be something she'd never heard of in her life. The red haired girl leaned back in her chair with a pout, weighing the three options before her: Wait it out and see if it goes away, or answer with one of the options. 

"...What was it the Romans used to say? Audaces fortuna iuvat?" She asked, as if the text box could hear her in some way. 

In a moment of uncharacteristic brashness, the pampered intellectual teenager picked the option that would change everything. 

"Yes."