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You wake with the unshakable feeling that you shouldn't be here.

Perhaps you were in the middle of something, perhaps you weren't. Either way, you're waking up in an unfamiliar location with no recollection of how you got here. The room you've woken up in is sparsely-decorated, though that might be difficult to tell at first given how nice the beds are...but eventually you'll notice a few things that are a little...off. Maybe the scent is striking you wrong - it's clean, but it's not yours. Maybe your bed back home doesn't support your back in quite this way. Maybe you should be seeing sunlight through your window by now.

Maybe you should have a window in the first place.

This isn't right, but leaving the room won't give you any more answers. You might want to grab the silver key sitting on your trunk on the way out.

Don't worry though, you aren't all alone here. Once you step outside your room into the hallway, you'll notice that a few others are emerging from their rooms as well. It looks like they're just as confused and concerned as you are. Feel free to talk to them, but none of you know how exactly you wound up here and maybe some useful information can be found by exploring.

If you follow the hallway to its end (and it's a very long hallway), you'll eventually arrive in the foyer. You'll find some very interesting information about yourselves on the wall near the clock. Perhaps even more importantly, if you look on the other side of the multi-pendulumed thing, you'll find other framed information that you might want to pay attention to. It could very well be the key to escaping this strange place, after all. Don't worry if you forget the rules, you can find them in every room of the building.

Of course, search as you might, you won't find a doorway or a window of any sort. Getting out won't be so easy, it seems.

But who knows? Perhaps your fellow captives have something to say about all of this.

Welcome to Chronos University.

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[A person may find information about where they are from the books that are present - and, anyway, Christo hasn't been able to figure out anything significant from anything else, so he might as well inspect the library more thoroughly.

Ah, someone's occupying it now.]

Excuse me, but have you noticed anything of value in what you've read so far?

[No reason to go over the same books twice.]

Oh, no not really. I suppose looking for books with information about where we are would be useful, however, I can't really seem to put this book down!

[It's after that she returns to her book, the other ignored as her attention is back to where she was reading. Sorry, nothing against the other just she got to a really good part!]

Is now really the time for novels?

[He understands the value of a good book as well as anyone else, but kidnapping takes priority. Just a little.]

W-well, I figured since it was here, it's okay. There doesn't appear to be rules against it, considering it mentions we should utilize the facility to our liking.

[She stoops behind her book as she holds it up in front of her as if hiding, in a sense.]

I'm not arguing that we can't - I'm saying that we should be focused primarily on things that will help us escape.

[He knows you're not going to get splattered for reading.]

Right now there doesn't appear to be a way, correct?

[One can definitely hear the pout in her voice. She just wants to reeeeeaaaaad.]

That doesn't mean we should simply give up.

[...so she's correct, but he doesn't want to directly say that.]

Well, no, not at all. Just it might be easier to refresh our bodies and minds and look again later.

[She doesn't want to admit the book distracted her from what she was supposed to do.]

It's a bit early to take a break, but I understand your point.

[He will buy that ~~excuse~~ reasoning. For now.]

So, I'm going to finish then, then I will return to searching.

[Don't underestimate how long it will take Estelle to finish a book.]

That's a decently-sized book. We might escape by the time you're finished.

No, I can finish it today.

[Yeah, she really can. She's that diligent about reading.]

Is that so? Then I'll check with you tomorrow to see how it's coming.

Oh, if you wish to. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow, then!

[He will be genuinely impressed if she's actually finished with it.]

In the meantime, I came in here to look for nonfiction. Any hint about where we are might come in handy.

[So don't mind him, he's just scouring the shelves for promising titles.]

I suppose there may be some in here. When looking, this book just caught my attention, and well, here I am!

[She chuckles sheepishly at him.]

That's understandable - if we were in different circumstances, I could spend a while in here.

[He's a bit of a book nerd himself.]

I don't see why you couldn't right now...

[Yeah, she's still not grasping the gravity of the situation.]

I have places to be. Armies to organize. I can't just relax here.

I know I shouldn't be either, just--

[She feels conflicted. It's... weird.]

--just, well, I really don't know.

[...Sigh.]

Well, with thirty people, it might not make a difference either way.

[Your help is unnecessary! Doesn't that make you feel so much better?]

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