Welcome.

[trustwellness]

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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[matchbreaker]

Oh, you know what this thing is, girlie?!

[ So said the vampire lady who is perched in a crouch on top of the vending machine! ... Or at some other high vantage point she could climb up to in the same room if that's not possible or a dark corner if that's not possible. Either way, the point is she had been in the room before hand and been stealthily seeing if someone else who came into this space with the vending machine knew what the hell this divil contraption was ]

[introspects]

[ Whoa there, she didn't see you?! Orihime lets out a tiny yelp as she draws back from the vending machine, eyes locked onto the little vampire lady sitting on top. ]

M-Me? [ Yes, you, Orihime ] W-Well, this is a vending machine? Um, you're supposed to put coins in it and something comes out!

[matchbreaker]

[ Elda leaps off the vending machine (why is she not wearing shoes?) landing deftly next to Orihime and smoothing out her dress a little when she does. ... Elda is actually a little shorter than Orihime, one of the few people here who is. And so she looks up and over at the vending machine ]

Oh yeah, it's some kinda magic box, then?

[introspects]

Magic? [ Oh...well, she never thought about it that way? Probably because Japan has a lot of machines like these. ] I...guess you could say that!

[ Orihime turns to look at her as she points to the little slot where the coins are supposed to go. ]

Here's where you put in money, and you turn the little knob! After you do that, a surprise is supposed to come out from the machine!

[matchbreaker]

[ Huuuuuuh... Well, she doesn't have any money, so- ]

You got some money on you? Let's see it.

[ Maybe it'll be a hammer so she can break the wall. Damn, that'd be nice ]

[introspects]

I...

[ Does she have money? She thinks about it for a second before feeling whatever pockets she has, and nope. Nothing. ]

I left my wallet back at home, I think? So I don't have any money at all.

[matchbreaker]

Oh. Darn.

[ She turns to the vending machine, one hand reaching out to touch the thing, poking it a few times with her long nails. She seems to be examining it or something ]

Someone's gotta have some coins though, right?

[introspects]

I think so?

[ She says that with uncertainty. She usually carries her wallet around with her, but it didn't show up with her when she woke up, so... ]

Do you happen to have any?

[matchbreaker]

Nope! I don't actually carry the money that much! I don't really get how all that yen stuff works!

[ Plus she only rarely needs to actually buy things. ]

[introspects]

Really? How do you buy your clothes, then? Or your food?

[matchbreaker]

Most of my clothes I've either made myself or are gifts from my hubby. [ As for food...

Well...

No comment yet! ]

[introspects]

[ This lady's full of surprises! ]

You're married?! Wow! I had no idea, you look really young!

[matchbreaker]

[ She preens. Elda looks maybe early 30s if you're super generous, and she takes a lot of pride in that, brushing back her hair and smiling. ]

I do work hard at it. I look quite good for my age, if I say so myself!

[introspects]

You really do! What's your secret?! Wait--don't tell me--is it anti-aging cream? I don't really use cosmetics, but I heard those things are like magic.

[ S t o p Orihime ]

[matchbreaker]

[ Hahaha ] Oh, actually, it's love! If you want to look good for someone, then of course you're going to do you best to do that. Aaah, and you should make sure you get hydrated with a lot of blood, but not too much - though I don't know what the human equivalent for that is.

[ . . . Wait what ]

[introspects]

[ Love, huh? There's a certain person who comes to mind, a certain orange-haired boy that Orihime knows all too well. She understands the feeling of wanting to impress someone and look good in front of them, and a sheepish little smile comes to her face. ]

T-That's true... I guess love really does that to you, huh? Though I don't know what blood has to do with that, haha!

[ w h o o p s ]

[matchbreaker]

[ Oh, this girl has felt the love bug! Elda laughs, clapping Orihime on the shoulder as she does, going on to explain ]

Oh, you've got the bug in you, don'cha! Hahaha, well, some good blood is healthy for vampires, you know!

[ . . . This is clearly connected ]

[introspects]

[ She's startled by that clap, and is even more startled by the mention of a bug?! ]

Eh?! I have a bug in me? That's not good! How do I get it out?!

[ And she still doesn't know what vampires have to do with anything??? ]

[matchbreaker]

The love bug, the love bug! There's no reason to get that out! Well, unless the romance is going to end in bloody tragedy, but how likely's that for some human girl?!

[ She's saying this energetically.

Repeatedly clapping Orihime's shoulders like the annoying granny she is ]

[introspects]

O-Oh, that.

[ Oh my god she's so embarrassed?! She's covering her cheeks with her palms now, visibly blushing. Also, their romance may have very well ended in bloody tragedy but #bleach ]

Um, w-well! I-I don't think it will?!

[matchbreaker]

Good, good! And don't worry, even if it does, that'll still be something people will be talking about long after you're in the grave I bet!

[ Reassuring.

In fact, even though she needs to tip toe just a little for it, Elda advances from the shoulder pat to the head pat. Man, if only she had a granddaughter. Ren was cute, but she'd love to tease some little girl ]

i totally thought i tagged this whoops

[introspects]

[ Elda why do u do dis ]

Oh...I...guess you're right?

[ She doesn't even want to think about Ichigo dying again. The first time was hard enough. Even though Orihime laughs sheepishly, there's a little bit of hurt in her heart from thinking back on when that had happened. She'd never felt so helpless in her entire life. ]

It happens

[matchbreaker]

[ This whole affair ends as quickly as it started. Though, immediately following that whole clapping her on the shoulder and patting her head thing, Elda seems to come to a belated realization.

Namely, that Orihime is stacked.

... A long lady fingernail comes out of nowhere to poke her in the boob. Or at least try to ]

Christ girl, look at these yabos you've got! I didn't know they made gals like you!

[ Namely, that she looks Japanese-ish but also has that figure ]

[introspects]

[ Okay, so this is a thing that is happening.

Orihime yelps and instantly moves her arms to cover her chest? Why is this happening!!! ]

M-Me? [ She's so confused?! What's so special about her! She was born with these, okay? ] Um-!! I mean, I...

[matchbreaker]

... And they're soft too! Come on, that isn't fair to anyone else!

[ Sure, she looks better and everything: Elda's hair is gorgeous and her body is amazing, thank you. But still! She now makes to leap around to try and grope at Orihime. Because science ]