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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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[ ohhhhhhhhhh my god she's CUTE

Vanille kneels down, arms on her knees. ]

Sure! What kinda information?

[There's a fine line between condescending and actually helpful, having people feel the need to crouch to talk to her...but nonetheless the movement actually spooks her a little into taking a quick step back, her feet patting against the floor.

She's fine, this is fine. She can do this.]

I'd like to know if the information located in your profile is correct.

[ Vanille's a heck of a lot more perceptive than she lets on, and she offers Judy a sheepish smile. ]

Mm-mm. [ She shakes her head. ] Lots of it is wrong. My age, my occupation, and some of my dislikes.

Wrong?

[Oh, that is interesting. And...a bit weird.]

That's strange. All of my information checks out. Why would mine me correct and yours incorrect?

[Is it because she's an officer? Did they somehow break into the system...........that she...isn't in yet.

Oh boy.]

I'm not sure... but some of the others' are wrong, too. [ She shakes her head. ] It's really strange, yeah! Like someone got careless?

Maybe, but I'm not sure that's the case. Everything else is so methodical and precise that a lot of mistakes like that don't seem likely. I'm afraid I don't have a better explanation, but they might have changed things around on purpose for some reason.

[ She... she has a point, and Vanille tries not to show how much that unsettles her. ]

Eheh... you think so? Why would someone do that?

I don't know. But whatever the reason, rest assured I will get to the bottom of it.

In the meantime...I suggest we try to remain calm. That's the best thing we can do if we want to keep our heads level enough to think of a way out.

Hm, you're right! Panicking won't help our situation at all. [ She tilts her head. The only panicking she's doing is internal, and she doesn't have any intention of letting that show. ] You do this stuff for a living? Investigating?

[Well, she can't force anyone to feel one way or another. If you need to panic, then panic. Just, you know...inwardly.

She perks a little at the question, nodding.]

Yep!

[She points to her badge. It's emblazoned with the words OFFICER and POLICE, and then words in a circle between that: TRUST, INTEGRITY, BRAVERY.]

I've only been on the force for a short while, but I've been studying to be an officer for years.

[ She's so small, but she's determined... well, that explains the title! ]

Years! No wonder you made it. That's real impressive. [ She tilts her head a little. ] What else do you do? As an officer?

Oh, a lot of things! Searching for missing animals, locating and capturing criminals...writing parking tickets.

[That last one tooottally isn't something she's ever done, nope.]

Just your average duties on the workforce, really. It's hard, but it's the most rewarding job in the world.

That sounds like a great job!

[ Part of her wonders what it's like, being able to pursue what you love without worrying about something like a Focus... but she's not about to ruin the nice conversation. ]

What got you interested in it?

Well...there is a lot of bad in the world. Police Officers do their part to keep things in order and stand up for those who can't for themselves. And I want to make the world a better place.

[ ... she's so cool... ]

That's a real nice goal to have. Standing up for others... Not everyone would be willing to do something like that! So I think that's pretty amazing!

Oh, well...I'm glad you think so!

[She'd be blushing if she didn't have fur.]

I try to do the best I can. But a good cop is only as good as the people she serves.

Well, if you're good as I think you are, the people you serve must be really good, too. Right?

They are! Well, usually anyway. Not everyone is going to be that thrilled to see an officer, you know.

[Especially when you've doled out as many parking tickets as she has.]

Eh? Why not? If you're helping them, they should be happy to see you!

Not if you're speeding or committing a crime. But I know what you mean.

[ She finds it hard to imagine anyone running that f-- ]

Oh, in cars and all! So people doing bad things... sounds like it happens often, where you're from.

[...oh no Vanille.]

Well, I mean...it happens. You can't really do anything about it but keep a watchful, vigilant eye. That's what us officers are for, after all!

[ judy must never know about the terrible things vanille has done. ]

Hehe... Don't you ever get overwhelmed, having to be so watchful?

Oh no, not really! Things do get busy sometimes, but it's not like I'm the only officer on the force. There are a lot of us working together.

[Ha..ha...working together...right.]

Welcome.

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