Introductions are in order...

[bathymetric]

When the hour has passed, and everyone is gathered into the Meeting Room, the door shuts and locks with an unassuming soft click. The overhead lights darken, though there's still some light in the room - complete darkness is hard to get with the windows there, even if the ones in here are a little more tinted than the ones in the rest of the facility.

The video screen taking up the wall in the back also turns on, displaying a fairly simplistic design, static and unmoving. A voice, male, clears its throat over the speakers.

"Greetings to you all, and welcome."

His voice is methodical and even, and even through the slight distortion filter it's been put through, those of you with a Europe can recognize his accent as some kind of European. German, maybe?

"You may call me The Professor, and I will be overseeing this experiment. Do not be mistaken - you are not currently my students, you are my test subjects. Lab rats."

Well, that answers that, at least.

"In order to reduce contact, I will personally be monitoring you from a secondary facility. Do not worry, there are members of staff on-site to take care of any immediate needs or wants you may have."

Not that you've seen any, of course, but...

"By now I imagine you're familiar with your situation, at least somewhat. If you have not yet, please read the rules, and... well, I will go ahead and open the floor to questions. I'd ask for you to be orderly about it, but... having observed some of you, that seems like a foolish hope."

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CLOSING COMMENTS, 1/2

[bathymetric]

[ Well, after a whole lot of talking in circles and a few maybe-useful pieces of information, the door out from the meeting room clicks open! ]

And with that, I think all I have to say to you for today has been exhausted. You are free to go-

[ There's another click, though, from the other door, and it slides open. ]

What, don't I get a turn?

Ah, of course. You may want to stay for a moment to meet my lovely Assistant. I was informed by one of my colleagues, who will go unnamed, that my... disposition might lead to encouragement towards specific results in the experiment, and so I brought her in to account for that. Just remember that all rules are still in effect, and good luck to all of you in the coming weeks!

[ The screen flicks off, and... ]

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[didntgetdadslooks]

[ The door to the right of the video screen slides open, and out walks… well, whoever you were expecting the assistant to this guy to be, this probably wasn’t it. She’s small and thin, dressed in a full lab coat and gloves and holding a device not unlike the ones you all woke up here with, but a little fancier and in a bright purple case. ]

Hello, everyone! I’m the Professor’s Assistant, but you can just call me Angel. Um… what he just said was basically right, I’m here to manage things day to day and try to keep you all alive and healthy! If you have any questions or comments or... anything, come on over to my office! I love to talk.

[ And before any of you have a chance to try to question or try to refute that... ]

I really hate to cut and run, but I’m spinning a lot of plates here, so I need to stick to my office. Doors are open during daylight hours, I can only see one of you at a time, uh… anyway, come say hi when you get a chance! I don't know how much more you'll get out of me in terms of answers, but I'll do my best! As... weird as that probably sounds right now. Uh. Yeah. Bye!

[ And she? Goes back into her office? Well, now you know about her, at least! ]

[emberserker]

Hey, you can't just --

[and she's gone]

Ugh...! This place is vile.

[thieviusraccoonus]

It's a lot of things, that's for sure.

[Hm. Watching Angel leave. Curious.]

Might as well get comfy. This may take a while.

[emberserker]

Do you seriously want to just stay here forever?

[thieviusraccoonus]

Of course not. But escaping might take longer than I thought.

[reallyhatesharks]

You should've figured that one out when you realized we're at the bottom of the fucking ocean.

[emberserker]

As long as you're doing something. I am not dealing with this.

[valentinus]

[ Vincent had been glowering at the Professor the entire time this was happening, though, yes he hadn't expected that there'd be someone with Angel's appearance and build being The Professor's Assistant.

If anything, he just pursed his lips at this, and drew away, leaving without even a single comment. This has been an awful day. ]