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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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[Did somebody say kitchen?

Yep, as soon as he hears the magic word, Watanuki is hurrying on over to where Vanille is so he can see it himself. And honestly, he's pretty impressed with what he sees.]

Wow, you're right, this is pretty amazing.

[Don't mind him he's going to check the fridge and see exactly what's in there. Maybe he can cook a big breakfast and calm everyone down.]

[ Vanille nods and starts looking through the stuff, and... what is beef.... ]

It's even got stuff I've never heard of!

Yeah? Some exotic spices or something?

[He's now trying to look further into the fridge to see if there's something she sees that he doesn't. She can't be so amazed over beef, right?]

[ She points to the (very choice) cuts of beef. ]

Nope, this stuff!

...That's beef.

[Okay, Watanuki will give her the benefit of the doubt there. Vanille looks young enough, maybe she's not really one to cook and doesn't know what beef looks like when raw. It's strange, but not completely unbelievable.]

Beef... beef... Nope. Never heard of it.

[What is it with the people here?!]

How could you not have heard of it before?! It's a staple food!

[ why are you yelling--

Vanille actually looks stunned; enough to drop her cheerful expression, which is a feat. Good job, Watanuki!

Her voice is a lot quieter, missing any of its usual pep, and she fidgets to give herself something to do... to, you know, not start crying. Be strong...! ]

Well... we don't have anything like that, on Pulse.

[Oh.

Oh right, there's thousands of worlds out there, and they're all different. Watanuki had forgotten that, but he really shouldn't have, not after all the times Yuuko had gotten visitors from other worlds.

And now a girl is crying because he was insensitive about that, and all he can do is quickly try and patch things over.]

I-it's okay! Sorry, I didn't realize you were from another world. If you want, I can make some for you, so you can try it?

[FOOD FIXES EVERYTHING RIGHT?]

[ Luckily, she hadn't started crying yet!

... She feels really silly for crying about something so minor. Vanille draws in a deep breath and nods, that smile coming back easily. ]

It's okay! Really. No worries. [ Vanille nods, and she seems to have bounced back easily enough. ] I'd like that a lot! If it's not too much trouble.

[OH GOOD Watanuki would not have been able to handle a crying girl. He's not good at helping people with sad feelings.]

Oh no, it's no trouble at all! I'm used to cooking, it's part of my job.

Part of your job? What do you do?

[He counts off on his fingers as he names his job duties.]

Cooking, cleaning, yardwork, running errands, stuff like that. I work at a shop, and the shop-owner lives there too. She's very messy and drinks too much liquor, so I usually have to save her from her hangover headaches.

[ ... Huh. Except for the part about the shop-owner, that sounds like life on Pulse. ]

It sounds like she's really lucky, haven't a great worker like you!

[Aww, you're making him blush!]

It's nothing, really! They're pretty common skills, if you think about it.

[Oh look he's already pulling stuff out for cooking a thing, hope you're hungry Vanille.]

[ she is always hungry ]

I guess so! Sounds like stuff we do in Oerba every day. [ She tilts her head, watching him. ] What's all that for?

It's for breakfast. An omelette with some meat in it is quick enough to cook right now.

Omelette, huh? [ She's never had one in her life, but it looks pretty hearty. ] I'll take your word for it!

[Yuuup, it's full of egg and meaty goodness. Also, despite how quickly he's preparing it, it's very clear that he has some skill in the kitchen. Despite working with sharp knives and hot pans, he doesn't even come close to hurting himself.]

It's perfect for breakfast too, it'll give you plenty of energy for the rest of the day. I'm sure we're going to need it to figure out what's going on.

[ She's interested, for sure! Vanille watches carefully, memorizing what he's doing. ]

Can you put veggies in there?

Yeah, you can. Root vegetables work particularly well, actually. Did you want some?

Definitely! Everything's better with 'em. [ She looks around, then pulls out some potatoes and onions. ] I think these for now.

[Potatoes would not be his first choice for an omelette, but he can make that work.]

Alright, I'll saute these and add it to the mix.

[Chop chop chop cook cook cook hum de dum~

And then, it's done. An omelette with beef, potatoes, and onions inside. And ketchup on top, because Japan.]

Here you go!

[ Red stuff... Vanille at least grabs a fork before digging in, but she tries the stuff on top first. Her eyes light up, and she looks at Watanuki. ]

What's this stuff? It's yummy!

The ketchup? It's, er, ketchup. Tomatoes mixed with vinegar and made into a liquid.

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