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]

No, I don't believe so? Well, I do hunt in a way, but I can't say anyone has ever called me that.

[in4apounding]

Really? That's a shame, I bet a swordsman of your caliber could REALLY help against the Grimm.

[Maybe he never got the chance to attend one of the academies?]

...what way do you hunt, then?

[discalibur]

Aha, thank you for saying so! Though I have to ask... the Grimm?

[Please tell him more.]

I hunt down vicious monsters called Worms. I plan to be the one to eradicate them once and for all.

[in4apounding]

You've. Never heard of the Grimm.

[Penny.exe has encountered an error.]

...oh, are Worms just what you call them in your- ...village?

[Because it can't be anywhere remotely mainstream.]

Giant soulless monsters that attack humans and Faunus on instinct?

[discalibur]

No, definitely not familiar. The word Faunus is foreign to me as well.

Not that I wouldn't use the word soulless to refer to the Worm. It describes them well enough. But they're far from giant. They're more around... human size, I suppose.

[As most good Kamen Rider monsters of the week are.]

[in4apounding]

Some of the Grimm aren't THAT big, especially if they're young, but they're all definitely larger than an average person...

[What is going on.]

But you've never heard of the Faunus either? People with- um- animal-type features? It's different for each of them.

[discalibur]

No...

I am... starting to get the feeling that we are from very different places!

[in4apounding]

...You're not from Remnant either?

[You're like the third person she's talked to from some weird planet.]

What's your- um. Your planet called?

[discalibur]

Earth, of course!

[in4apounding]

I've never heard of Earth before now, sorry.

[discalibur]

Then... you must be from a different planet entirely. So that would make you an alien, wouldn't it?

[in4apounding]

No!

[Wow, rude.]

This is- what was it- This is international waters! ...Only in space. So technically nobody's the alien.

[discalibur]

International... space waters. I see! Yes, technically that would be the case, then.

[Tsurugi don't just go with that...]

Still! It does seem like we are both from completely different planets!

[in4apounding]

[No no, it makes perfect sense.]

I know. It seems like there's a lot of people from different planets here. I didn't think getting into space was even possible, before this!

[discalibur]

I did, but... It's not so common that I could ever expect to be in space myself.

It's amazing, isn't it?

[I mean yes they've been kidnapped or something and everything sucks, but. Space! Space is pretty cool!]

[in4apounding]

It's absolutely sensational!

[Have you looked out the windows yet. Have you.]

...I mean besides the part where we've been kidnapped. But we've been kidnapped to someplace very pretty, at least!

[discalibur]

Yes, precisely. The situation is not so great, but we can still enjoy the sight! If nothing else, it can improve our moods.

[in4apounding]

[That earns a small laugh. You GET her, Tsurugi.]

Exactly! I'm sure we'll be able to find a way out of here, and even if it takes a while we're still someplace absolutely sensational!