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.

Comments

[elepe]

[That at the very least gets Lusamine to stop her vague conversation with the plaque, turning to face Vanille with...confusion. She saw her name and appearance while skimming over at the very least, but...]

It's awful. [...She states it like it's an obvious thing. But at the very least, she gestures with her hand toward the profiles, pointing to them and turning to face them.] Not to mention a breach of privacy. It's like looking a gift Ponyta in the mouth.

[ravagers]

[ She's still not sure why it's awful... ]

I don't see any problem with it. [ Tilting her head here. ] They're just facts, right?

[elepe]

[...She does not need a migraine in this place. That's what Lusamine keeps telling herself, inwardly. Lusamine does go a tad inquisitive, however.]

Raised by an uncouth parent, hm? [...okay, focus on appealing to sense first, then trying to teach her how to be a proper lady--] Well, don't you think it's strange that they know this much about us? How, exactly, could they have found out?

[ravagers]

I wouldn't say that! [ Look she doesn't have parents. Vanille pauses, and she's actually significantly more serious when she replies, ] They brought us here, right? That's what everyone thinks. And they know a lot about us. So that's pretty serious. Bunch of strangers all together, anyone'd be suspicious. [ A pause, and that smile's back in place. ] But we shouldn't assume the worst, you know?

[elepe]

[...goodness, what is this girl? What on earth is going on with her, surely someone would have taught her something. But...]

How can you look at this optimistically? [Lusamine's hands go back to the position they were in at the beginning--one arm supporting, and a hand going under her chin. She's...confused.] The best case scenario isn't good. It's that we've all been kidnapped from our regions and brought here.

[ravagers]

[ she's been through worse, lusamine. probably. ]

Everyone's so worried, I thought maybe a little bit of optimism would help! [ That's... maybe a little more honest than she'd intended, talking to a complete stranger. ] What I mean is, if people get too lost in thinking about the worst things, it might make them feel a lot more terrible. So if I can help even just a little, then that makes me happy!

[elepe]

[...you know what? That gets a small smile out of Lusamine. It seems they're at least seeing a little eye to eye.]

One could take a page out of your book on how to act. [She can acknowledge that much, but she goes back to being serious after a moment.] Someone like you, who is willing to make others happy...you must be even more careful in this place. You don't want to get hurt.

[ravagers]

Aw, that's nice of you to say! [ Still smiling; Vanille's actually pleased by the compliment. It means she's doing something right. ] And I'll be okay. I'm a lot tougher than I look.

[elepe]

I wouldn't say something I don't mean.

[Vanille doesn't deserve this sort of place, much like everyone, but she may be just what this place needs.]

You certainly look like you come from a different region. May I ask where you are from?

[ravagers]

I believe you, honest!

[ Vanille hums a bit. ]

Gran Pulse is my home, but I live in the village of Oerba. What about you?

[elepe]

The Gran Pulse region...

[...Good lord, is that a far off region? Lusamine hasn't heard it come up in any of the deliveries of Pokemon. Are they on the other side of the planet? What on earth...]

I'm afraid that I am unfamiliar with such a place. I, however, hail from the Alola region--I live on an artificial island created by my foundation. So it is a little different than living in a village...

[ravagers]

Alola? [ She says it somewhat slowly, to see how it sounds when she says it. ] You make islands, where you're from? Isn't that tricky?

[elepe]

Alola is the region that I hail from. Much like Gran Pulse is yours, hm?

[She does chuckle a bit at that, however.]

Oh, it's not a typical occurrence! It was simply something I paid someone to do. Much of Alola's land is already spoken for. So I simply decided to make my own. It certainly seemed a tad difficult, but they managed to make it more beautiful than I could have ever imagined...

[ravagers]

Wow... I wonder how long that took to make! We don't have any way to do that on Gran Pulse, so I can't even imagine!

[elepe]

If I remember correctly, it did take a few years. There was a lot I wanted to make sure of. That it cause heavy interference with the Pokemon who already lived there, for one. I would say that added an extra year on top of everything...

Then there was the matter of ensuring that anything that would be used to make the island would also not disrupt it. Then came the process itself, making the grounds stable enough to hold everything we needed...

[Hmm.]

It's certainly not a process for the impulsive, that is certain.