Welcome.

[trustmods]

It doesn't matter where you last were or what you were doing. What matters is that you're waking up in a decently comfortable bed in a room that's completely unfamiliar. You may feel a bit groggy, like you've slept for too long, but that will fade in time. Welcome to Graceside Preparatory Academy. You may want to pick up the key to your room before you leave, though don't worry. Your door won't lock automatically so you won't be locked out if you've forgotten to pick it up. The hallway outside your room is most likely full of other confused students 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 stuck in here for the time being. The foyer also holds some very interesting information. There's a bulletin board with twenty-nine 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 students. You might be stuck here for awhile.

Comments

[decrees]

It might not be possible to tell from those profiles. Some of them are inaccurate.

[He's not 33. Also he doesn't like executions, that's just rude.]

...I haven't seen the person who brought us here, no. I'm not sure how we arrived at all. Our captors will most likely make an appearance at some point to tell us what they want.

[Because obviously they want something. That said, this topic is much heavier so Logan's words are a bit stilted while he tries to figure out if he's said anything that will make Ashley panic again, um.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[She's quiet, considering. Bites her lip. Bites it so deep that it almost hurts.]

H-he had a cloth... Chloroform, probably, and a mask... It wasn't...he was so fast.

[It's not panic, per se. Just something distant. Something she never thought she'd have to say, or think about.]

[decrees]

[It's good that she's keeping her composure despite the... that. But Logan has no idea what chloroform is and perhaps more importantly, that isn't possible.]

...The last thing I remember was talking to my sister in the throne room. There were guards stationed at the doors and nearby. It would have been impossible for someone to slip in unnoticed and if they had, Sir Walter would have fought them off.

[Sure, Walter hates him, but Walter is a good person and wouldn't let him be kidnapped.

...Unless this was Walter's doing. But surely Walter wouldn't... Well, even if Walter would his sister would never go along with this willingly.]

I'm not sure how that would be possible.

[The words are still cautious. He can't dismiss them outright, unfortunately, because it would be possible for everyone to turn on him.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Oh.

[Her gaze drops slowly. So this doesn't help anything, it just. Makes everything more confusing.]

I thought...everyone would've remembered something like that.

[Of course, Ashley doesn't remember getting presumably hit in the face so.]

[decrees]

I've spoken to a few of the others and they didn't mention anything of the sort. That doesn't mean it didn't happen to us, however.

[It's possible whatever magic was used on them to make them forget what happened wasn't as effective on her for... some reason. That's also assuming magic was used, though he's not sure what else could have caused something like this.]

I'm sure that information will be very helpful. Thank you.

[...Well, the last line is a little on the awkward side, but he's trying...]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Absentmindedly, she nods it off. Yeah, you're welcome, sharing the details of her abduction, what a way to pass the time.]

I hope so. [It doesn't sound too optimistic, but there she is.] As long as we get out of here. Safe. Alive.

[As long as I get out of here.]

[decrees]

Of course. I will do everything in my power to ensure we all leave this place soon.

[...well this is gonna suck.]