Welcome.

[trustfellows]

Rise and shine. There are a few things that matter right now - the fact that you're waking up in an unfamiliar but decently comfortable bed, the fact that you don't recognize the room you're in, the fact that you seem to have some sort of headache... Nothing severe, mind. Just the sort of odd, heavy fuzziness that comes with having slept far too long. You don't really remember where you were immediately before this, not upon waking. Something will come to you eventually if you think long enough, however - a couple of seconds of consideration will bring to mind a place, a memory, a recollection of where you were and what you were doing. It probably wasn't anything that would result in you being here, though. Welcome to Graceside Preparatory Academy. You may want to pick up the key to your room before you leave the room, but don't worry too much - your door won't lock automatically, so you won't be locked out if you've forgotten to pick it up. It seems you're not alone, either; the hallway outside your room is most likely full of other confused people by now, and should you turn around to look at the door of the room you just left, you'll find a nameplate with your name printed on it. There's a single word underneath it with no explanation. This is your title, but don't worry about that right now. Depending on when you left your room there may be a clock chiming in the foyer up ahead. It seems like it's seven, though it's difficult to tell if it's seven in the morning or seven at night. There aren't any windows, after all. Should you venture into the room with the clock, you'll find that the only exit is closed - there's absolutely no way to break down that steel bulkhead. It looks like you're not getting out of here anytime soon. The foyer also holds some very interesting information. There's a bulletin board with thirty-five pictures on it. Beside each picture is some very specific and very familiar information. Feel free to examine it. The bulletin board is large enough for plenty of you to gather around and gawk. Don't try to get at it though, that glass in front of it is very thick. If you try to break it, you'll find out the hard way that it's shatterproof. Sorry about that. Perhaps even more of a concern than the glass is the list beside the profiles. It looks like a set of rules. You might want to examine those, though they're not providing much of an explanation for why you're here or how you got here. So relax and get to know your fellow Participants. You might be stuck here for awhile.

Comments

[evilfrenzy]

[He chooses his words carefully here.]

It depends on how many floors down you go. The further you go, the bigger the differences. A floor down, there may be only minor changes to the world you know. But further down, entire series of events may have changed. People you know may be completely different and may not even recognize you. That sort of thing.

[matchbreaker]

Huh.

[ . . . ]

Okay so to put this into real context, for you to not know more than one kingdom, we're- what, sixty floors apart?

[evilfrenzy]

At least, yes. Further than one hundred would be even more likely.

[matchbreaker]

[ for that to be the case then, there's probably infinite floors too...

She nods. ]

Okay, see, that makes more sense.

[evilfrenzy]

[Essentially.]

Is that right? If you'd like me to be honest, I'm surprised you've taken to it so quickly. [Most people would probably find it to be ridiculous.] But this situation is hardly anything out of the ordinary in the first place.

[matchbreaker]

Well it's still strange, but it's not like I can explain a lot of other impossible things here without some theory like that. [ So yes, the extraordinary situation thing. ]

So if it's that we're a hundred floors apart on some building and this a floor a thousand up or something we're on now, that makes more sense than impossible things.

[evilfrenzy]

[He nods.]

The only thing that I am confused about is the actual logistics of us ending up here. It's not exactly easy for just anyone to travel this far away from their dimension of origin.

{But considering this is only the first few hours of their murderschool adventure, there's going to be a lot to learn.]

[matchbreaker]

Maybe whoever runs this has a metaphorical jackhammer. Or elevator.

[ SHRU...G ]

[evilfrenzy]

If that's the case, then I suggest we approach our captors with caution.

[Which is already a given, but he's pretty much implying that even more caution should be applied. Seriously, that would be some scarily impressive power on their end...]

[matchbreaker]

[ she nods ]

Yeah, sounds like. Thanks for the lesson, that'll probably be important later.