"Ow!"
You run into someone in the darkness. Suddenly the light of a candle
fills the alley. You find yourself facing a brown-haired girl about
your age.
It is not the girl who stunns you, but the large, rather evil-looking
sword strapped to her back. You wince, waiting for the killing blow.
Instead the girl steps back and looks at you with confusion.
"Are you an enrollee of Yukani Gardens?" she asks you.
"No," you manage to mumble, wondering what Yukani Gardens
is.
"Well then, I'll have to take you there to enroll. School starts
tomorrow, and everyone from age ten to nineteen has to go." She
starts easing you along.
You check your surroundings anxiously. You seem to be in a dirty,
damp alley, with filth everywhere. You go further and further into
the darkness.