Welcome to the Program

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Good Morning, Champions. In the interest of maintaining healthy sleep patterns, a day/night cycle is in effect. Your presence is expected in the cafeteria in exactly one hour.

[The voice comes through not a large speaker, but through the device that's attached to each Champion's arm. Further investigation of the features of the device will reveal a list of profiles, a mini-map, and a list of rules. The hallways are shiny white and silver, with running lights along the floor and lights on the ceiling, and at the junction of the hallways is a sign with a knife and fork icon and an arrow pointing down the hall.

Welcome to the Excellence Program, Champions. Time to get to know your teammates.]

Comments

[discalibur]

But of course! We are a truly exceptional pair!

[Exceptional at something, sure...]

To think I would meet a kindred spirit in a place such as this.

[playthedamncard]

A good question. Maybe you'll be showing us in time. Your information does say you're whiny.

[challengesfate]

Perhaps. I...get the feeling that all of us are very far away from our homes right now, but...I could be wrong.

[photoshooter]

...Which movie?

[Prompto, buddy, you could've just said yes.]

[discalibur]

Ah... yes, it does seem like that. And you're not the first I've met her who seems to be from somewhere completely unfamiliar to me.

It makes an already strange situation all the stranger.

[playthedamncard]

Hm. That's absolutely where the money goes, but I can tell you with certainty that nobody I know of was building a space station specifically to attack another country. Or even building a space station at all. Not any more than the ones already up there.

[discalibur]

[Sounds like a plan.]

That would make this very simple! Let us hope they are there, then. And... hopefully not locked away.

[discalibur]

So that is why...! I had no idea... Ah, I still have so much to learn...

But it makes this experience all the more important, I suppose! My first time in a cafeteria.

[photoshooter]

Insomnia. Uh, capital of Lucis.

[How does he ask this.]

What... kind of technology are you used to in Ylisse?

[photoshooter]

Hey!

[He says, whining.]

Well, what does yours say about you, you... [He's already scrolling as he makes his retort, then snorts.] Champion of Denial. What's that supposed to mean, do you have a crush on someone and refuse to tell them?

[challengesfate]

Um...wagons and horses? And...bows and arrows, which we've already discussed.

[Oh. So wait, that means...]

There's a woman here who was looking for someone from the...Lucis Kingsglaive? Her name is...Lunafreya, I think. Have you spoken to her?

[karappo]

Then that begs the question, non? What do they want.

[theundertaken]

Me neither. Buuuut it’d probably be secret, if you can keep an enormous space station secret. Which I would think you couldn’t do, but also I can’t see Earth from here.

[titularly]

I'm not a waste of space!!!

[PENNY YOU HURT HIM]

[karappo]

[If you could, Karamatsu would be a damn billionaire.]

It is alright! If I happen to somehow find my original clothing, or any sequins to be spoken of elsewhere, you will be the first I tell about them.

Essentially, they are very small pieces of plastic that are sewn into clothing. They are what causes the clothes to sparkle when they catch the light.

[discalibur]

Ah, yes, that would make sense! I hadn't even thought of that yet. But to think we're really in space.

[He turns to look at Prompto properly, tearing his eyes away from the view.]

It's unbelievable, isn't it?

[karappo]

My brother...? Oh, yes, Osomatsu!

...no, he probably does not know either. If I have no idea, then there is very little chance Osomatsu will know anything.

[Savage.]

[playthedamncard]

To be fair, this also likely isn't even real. They can make the outside look however they want to.

[karappo]

...eh?

[Oh. It begins.]

I am sorry, but...I do not believe I have met you before. It is possible you might have spoken to one of my brothers instead?

[photoshooter]

[And Prompto's train of thought jumps completely off the tracks, crashes through the wall of a station, kills dozens of passengers and stationworkers alike, and careens into the abyss.

What.

What?]

Lu... Lunafreya? You saw Lady Lunafreya?

[Guess who hasn't checked all the profiles as of this early thread.]

Are you absolutely sure?!

[playthedamncard]

[SHUT THE HELL YOUR MOUTH Kaiba is not a happy fucking camper about his title. And it shows. Very plainly.] Of course that's not what it means. I happen to have a certain realistic view of my world, one that doesn't have a place for magic and past lives, reincarnation and spirits who think they can dictate what I'm supposed to do.

[discalibur]

Then I shall be sure to stop by there later. One must always strive to better themselves, after all, even in a strange situation such as this!

[Jiiya would say so, he's sure of it.]

Well then, we are fortunate to have you here.

[karappo]

Ah! Ah, wait- here-!

[Karamatsu very nearly knocks the remaining water over as he quickly sets it aside so he can rush back and help Miki get the pack where it's supposed to be.

But uh. This whole thing is slightly alarming to witness.]

Is it supposed to be...s-smoking??

[titularly]

Yeah, neither did I until I walked out and saw how weird the hallway was!

[After saying that, a big, cheeky grin spreads across Osomatsu's face.]

Did you see that our room is right next to the girl's shower? Akatsuka-sensei really must be watching us from above~

[karappo]

Well......yes. Yes, it is true.

[He can't even argue that, he would have told her that without it being written down.]

I simply prefer going through life without worrying about where or how exactly I will make it to my next destination...life is far too short to be spending it fretting over things that have not yet come to pass.