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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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[ He'll laugh a bit at that one. ]

Well, maybe that can come later, right?

[ In times like these being lighthearted can help, he finds. ]

[Varric gave the man a look, then flicked his gaze back to the list of profiles. Mikazuki, if his guesses were correct.]

Shit, don't I hope so.

[His footing shifted, and a hand came out, raised just high enough to make the greeting a little less uncomfortable for his taller counterpart.]

Varric Tethras, at your service.

[ He'll reach down easily to take the hand. ]

I am Mikazuki Munechika, one of the five great swords of Japan. It is a pleasure to meet you, Varric.

Hopefully we'll find out more about our situation soon.

[He gave the hand in his a firm squeeze and a deft shake, before pulling it back.]

Impressive title. Guess that means you're good in a fight? [He'll keep that in mind, and make sure to stick close to Mikazuki if anything went down.]

Yes I am.

[ His hand drops to his side as he doesn't hide he is bit proud of that. ]

I am particularly good with bladed weapons. I assume you're good at fighting with the crossbows you like?

[ He did have enough time to quickly gaze across some of the profiles, after all. ]

You'd be right. [Without Bianca, he might be at a disadvantage, but he wasn't out of the fight entirely.] Shit though, give me a stick and I can give you at least five bodies.

[Two people against 28 at the worst, or one at the best. He wasn't sure how he felt about that.]

My, my you sound very capable.

[ He sounds pretty intrigued. ]

Do you have a good amount of ability with swords as well? Seeing as you have mentioned you can wield a stick in addition to crossbows...

Daggers, actually. [He smirked up at the man as he motioned to himself.] I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm a bit small. Most swords are nearly my size. Makes for messy wielding.

Oh?

Well, that certainly does make sense.

[ ... ]

Though, out of curiosity, I don't suppose you have been ever in a situation like this before, hm?

[He let out a breath of a laugh, which quickly faded into a smirk as he shook his head.]

I've woken up in a number of strange places but... nothing like this.

Same, same.

[ It's a wonderful (not), learning experience for all of them! ]

At least some of the odder places I have been to do have visible places of entry and windows.

Windows would definitely be nice. [Or alcohol, to at least numb the fact that he was stuck without windows.]

Don't suppose we could manage to make some of our own, hm? [Wishful thinking, he figured. Without Bianca, or any other form of a weapon, it seemed like a hopeless effort.]

[ Mikazuki sure would like some sake as well. Plus a view of the moon would be nice. ]

Hmm... unless we have something that could do some damage against these walls, probably not. But it is a nice thought. Maybe we'll get lucky and find something later on that does?

[Varric made a show of looking around, hand cupped over his eyes.]

You think they have a trebuchet somewhere in here?

Maybe.

[ He'll take a moment to laugh. ]

Our captives could be hiding something like that in a basement, right under our noses. Although, it'd be funny for a "school" to have such a thing...

Says you. [The Circle, while not quite a school, had always been well protected. It helped that it used to be one of Kirkwall's defensible chokepoints, but still.]

Places like these tend to have all kinds of dirty secrets. [He had to hope that one of those would lead to the way out.]

[ He taps his chin. ]

Well, let's hope we can unearth one of the big ones soon. After all, the bigger the better, right?

I don't know. [Varric motioned to himself with a toothy grin.] I've always found that good things come in small packages.

[ Here he is, almost about to have a good-natured laugh again. ]

...You know, I suppose that is true as well. I'll keep that in mind.

Good. [Varric will do him a favor and laugh for them both.]

That said. If you ever need anything, come find me. Room 09.

[A room that seems to be calling him, the longer he stands around. He'd gathered a decent amount of information -- now it was time to get it all written down. He took a step back toward the hall, then glanced up at the man, hoping for his dismissal.]

I will. Thank you for your time and I hope to see you again soon, Varric.

[ He will bow a little and then begin to head off. ]

Welcome.

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