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The thin man lead Shirley off through the gardens of the Academy shortly after, taking a few shortcuts before stepping into one of the many spacious wings of the building. This one was decorated with hanging tapestries in blues and whites, with the walls devoted to not only bookshelves, but a large amount of gears and clockwork parts.

There was also someone in the middle of the room, seated at a small table. It was a girl who looks a little older than Shirley, dressed in sleek looking armor. She was studying a fairly heavy looking book laid out on the table, but her eyes turned up when her visitor arrived.

"Hello. And you are?"
"Hello", Shirley replies, "Name's Shirley. I'm... fairly new at this thing, and haven't got around to making myself a fancy callsign yet, so, just Shirley. I'm a Seeker - and you... a Champion, right? Well, that's not a great feat of deduction, to be honest..."