Lidiya snaps up Tamara and zips them both far away into the corridor before...
B-BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Drace: "STRI..."
*zzzt!*
Drace's facsimile and the rest of the projections blink out of existence. The control console, the reception desk, and...pretty much the entire reception area is reduced to a smoldering heap of debris. Amid the smoke and explosions are two dozen young souls who have been roused from a terrible dream, only to face a grim reality.
"W-Whaa?"
*gasp*
"Uhhhh, my head."
"I am the scythe that separa...huh?"
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Hopefully everyone was able to take cover in time.
"So let me straighten this out for you. There are sentient being like humans who do not mean to do you harm that come from across the multiverse. There are however some that do. As you encounter each other, you should proceed like they were human. Greet them. Offer friendship first to avoid hostilities. If hostile, they will attack, then you defend yourself. However, we at Grey Corp are not the hostile kind of sentient non-human, we are here to help you whether it be from the mindless denizens of the night that hunt you or be it other humans that hunt you. So if you would, please allow us to lead you to safety." Pikachu announces omnisciently from the ceiling while remaining out of sight.
"It's good to be yourself. And the Dracian way is not a good thing, no matter how much she dresses it up. We do wish to bring you to safety, but we must watch out; if we get captured again, we're doomed."
"Grey Corp personnel are the people who have been assigned to save you all from this place. Grey Corps an interplanar company that offers it's services to people across the multiverse for the right price. We believe in the law of equivalent exchange, so you have to give some to get some. Or in business terms, you need money to make money." Pikachu continues tyrading from the ceiling.
Meanwhile a pair of guards stationed atop one of Thraben Prep's many lookout towers takes a moment out of their relatively dull routine to do some stargazing...
Diggery: "It's a lot nicer to actually see the sky than all of those weird rune things. Hey, Warrington you read the latest Post?"
Warrington: "Pshaw, the Post is so last week. I got myself a Macrofirm® Stained Glass™, one of those newfangled magical smartphones. It's got newspapers, records, 'virtual scroll rack', oh and Sweets Smash Epic! I'm on Level 665 now!"
*proceeds to play aforementioned game on his device*
Diggery: "Whoa! That...is...SO COOL! Can I play?"
*Warrington ignores him as he is absorbed by the game*
"C'mon, learn how to share man!"
*various blips, bloops, and whatnot later*
Warrington: "LEVEL 666 AT LAST!
...Eerie, this level's shaped like a..."
Diggery: "AUUUUUUUUGGH!"
Warrington: "Oh come on, Diggery it isn't that sca... AUUUUUUUGGH!"
Warrington finds a pair of bloodthirsty eyes staring a hole through him...moments before their owner literally tears a hole torn through him. The dearly departed guardsman's mangled remains soon crumple to the ground to join those of his partner. His phone soon follows, as it lands with a dull thud it makes tiny ripples in a pool of blood. A sea of imaginary confections lies neglected within their virtual world. The eyes glance at the screen for a moment before turning its attention elsewhere.
"Hey Lidiya, where is the rendezvous point for the extraction?" Pikachu shouts. "I think all the kids are ready to go there now. We should make sure the kids get to safety before going back in to hunt down Drace or whoever is still making mishief."
Hm... now I'm wondering whether the game is actually evil or if there's an invisible assassin involved...
I'm guessing the latter though, because there would be a lot more casualties in the student base if the former were true.
"Well... I think the left route is faster, but it leads us into the open for more. The right is more secret, but I think it leads out into the open eventually as well."
She asks Lidiya, "Have you made any other secret passages that we should know about?"
Lidiya balls her outstretched hand into a fist, then slowly opens it.
Lidiya: "I did set up a secret passageway for my personal use, it leads into the southern courtyard which is pretty close to the rear gate. I used it a few times during my stint here so I could hit the town, get some stuff for my room, grab a bite, you know. But it's located in the catacombs, meaning while there won't be so many guards on patrol we will have to contend with those zombies. And from what I've seen the student body's track record with the undead isn't all that impressive.
So we've got the option of taking them through the Main Halls or the Catacombs. Then again, there's also that passage beyond Bonzora's Palace of Debauchery but I have no idea where that leads.
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"Fire in the hole!"
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Lidiya snaps up Tamara and zips them both far away into the corridor before...
B-BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Drace: "STRI..."
*zzzt!*
Drace's facsimile and the rest of the projections blink out of existence. The control console, the reception desk, and...pretty much the entire reception area is reduced to a smoldering heap of debris. Amid the smoke and explosions are two dozen young souls who have been roused from a terrible dream, only to face a grim reality.
"W-Whaa?"
*gasp*
"Uhhhh, my head."
"I am the scythe that separa...huh?"
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"That's not what the Chancellor said."
"Can we trust them?"
"Inhuman entities from beyond the veil. Why have you come here?"
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Tamara: "I'm from the plane of Ravnica and over there all sorts of different people live amongst each other. We get along great...most of the time."
The students take a moment to process the information then after talking amongst themselves come to a consensus:
"Okay, we'll follow you."
"This place is dangerous."
"I can't believe the Chancellor would lie to us."
"How did we even get down here in the first place?"
"All I remember was not doing so great on an exam and them being taken down here."
"Yeah, it was like 'You are noncompliant with the Dracian Way. You will learn to conform.' "
"Conform? I don't want to conform. I want to be me."
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System Voice: "At any time you may press LB/R1* to contact HQ."
*Depending on your console of choice.
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Meanwhile a pair of guards stationed atop one of Thraben Prep's many lookout towers takes a moment out of their relatively dull routine to do some stargazing...
Diggery: "It's a lot nicer to actually see the sky than all of those weird rune things. Hey, Warrington you read the latest Post?"
Warrington: "Pshaw, the Post is so last week. I got myself a Macrofirm® Stained Glass™, one of those newfangled magical smartphones. It's got newspapers, records, 'virtual scroll rack', oh and Sweets Smash Epic! I'm on Level 665 now!"
*proceeds to play aforementioned game on his device*
Diggery: "Whoa! That...is...SO COOL! Can I play?"
*Warrington ignores him as he is absorbed by the game*
"C'mon, learn how to share man!"
*various blips, bloops, and whatnot later*
Warrington: "LEVEL 666 AT LAST!
...Eerie, this level's shaped like a..."
Diggery: "AUUUUUUUUGGH!"
Warrington: "Oh come on, Diggery it isn't that sca... AUUUUUUUGGH!"
Warrington finds a pair of bloodthirsty eyes staring a hole through him...moments before their owner literally tears a hole torn through him. The dearly departed guardsman's mangled remains soon crumple to the ground to join those of his partner. His phone soon follows, as it lands with a dull thud it makes tiny ripples in a pool of blood. A sea of imaginary confections lies neglected within their virtual world. The eyes glance at the screen for a moment before turning its attention elsewhere.
"Caaaaandy..."
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I'm guessing the latter though, because there would be a lot more casualties in the student base if the former were true.
"Well... I think the left route is faster, but it leads us into the open for more. The right is more secret, but I think it leads out into the open eventually as well."
She asks Lidiya, "Have you made any other secret passages that we should know about?"
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Lidiya: "I did set up a secret passageway for my personal use, it leads into the southern courtyard which is pretty close to the rear gate. I used it a few times during my stint here so I could hit the town, get some stuff for my room, grab a bite, you know. But it's located in the catacombs, meaning while there won't be so many guards on patrol we will have to contend with those zombies. And from what I've seen the student body's track record with the undead isn't all that impressive.
So we've got the option of taking them through the Main Halls or the Catacombs. Then again, there's also that passage beyond Bonzora's Palace of Debauchery but I have no idea where that leads.
Anyway, pick your poison."
*Pikachu rolls the decision dice*
1-2 Main Hall
3-4 Catacombs
5-6 Bonzo's Mystery Play House
"I think *insert dice roll decision* would be the funnest way to go"
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