A/N: This is just a little something for everyone who's been waiting for this to start. I'll introduce some of the characters that have been accepted, and once the other spots are filled, I'll finish this off. Sorry, but this is basically an 'Introductions' chapter! I hope I was able to represent your characters faithfully.

When Shiko came to again, she was in a completely different room.

It gave her a very odd feeling. Looking around in astonishment, the first thing she noticed was that the wallpaper was a dull grey, with a leopardskin pattern to contrast just how boring and dark the room was. Shiko reasoned that this must be a classroom after looking at some scribbles on the board. Putting her glasses on to read them, she discovered it said 'GO TO CLASSROOM 4-C!', alongside drawings of some kind of bear-thing.

''What the hell...?'' she whispered to herself, going up to the windows - or what she assumed to be windows. It was hard to tell since they were covered up and then fixed with a round of nails. Shakily, she decided she might as well check out Classroom 4-C. Maybe this was some kind of welcome prank?

It was easy to tell where the designated classroom was. There was a lot of noise coming from only one room, and Shiko let out a low sigh of relief as a bunch of others came into view. This room seemed to be covered in paint splats of multiple different colours, bright enough to give anyone a headache.

''E-e-excuse me... someone else is at the door...'' a young girl said, voice almost a whisper. Her flower hairclip was the first thing that caught Shiko's eye, but she wasn't well enough versed in flower lore to be certain what kind it was. She was quite slim and had her brown hair in a braid. The others turned to look.

''Hi...'' one boy came forward shyly, and it occurred to Shiko that she hadn't imagined someone with a bright blue hair streak to seem so timid. His black eyes didn't quite meet hers. ''Are you our classmate? Do you know what's happening?''

''No, I-'' she didn't quite know what to say, moving backwards slightly until she felt the wetness of the wall. She wondered if her back was now dyed in every hue under the sun.

''Hey, everybo-dy!'' a pale girl with blonde plaits and sweet green eyes interrupted. ''Don't worry! We should all just get to know each other, since we're classmates now! I'm sure this is just a welcoming ceremony!'' She evidently didn't think that this was enough on its own, so she added, ''Yay!''

''I-I don't know what's happening, but...'' Shiko began laughing incredulously. ''I guess... I should start and stuff, since I just came in? My name's Shiko Asane, and I'm apparently the SHSL Voice Actor.''

''That's a bit of a mouthful.'' said another male. ''I'm Nero Sasayaki, the SHSL Superhero!'' If the first boy having bright blue hair was surprising, this guy was shocking. His entire hair was dyed a light blue. And he seemed to be wearing a belt with a lot of small paint cans attached.

''Nero Sasaya...?'' Shiko looked confused.

''Blame my parents' weird naming sense.''

''My turnnn!'' cheered the blonde. ''I'm Chikuma Tsukahara! SHSL Plushie Collector! Nice to meet you all!''

''Plushies? Really? Wow!'' said a female wearing various video game merchandise. Herhair colour that seemed to be a combination of black, red and blue. One eye was blue and the other was green. ''Anyhow! Hey, that rhymed... I'm Shioko Nakasoto, and I'm the SHSL Online Gamer! Seems we have similar names, Asane-san!''

''Yeah... I guess so.'' Shiko replied.

''Ah... they say... I'm the SHSL Sweetheart...'' the boy with the black eyes murmured, looking embarrassed. ''My name is Kouhei Sakae... I hope we can all be friends.''

''Who are those two?'' the voice actor gestured to the braid girl and another boy she hadn't noticed, also with black hair and blue tips. They seemed to be avoiding conversation to the best of their abilities.

''I guess they're our resident wallflowers,'' Chikuma said thoughtfully. ''But don't worry! They talked to me. I need to get along with everyone.''

''Yes, but... who are they? Their names and stuff?'' Shiko persisted.

''That girl, she's called Kanade Minatsuki, and she's the SHSL Florist.'' the plushie hoarder explained.

''I-I-I-It's an honour to meet you all,'' Kanade bowed in nervous greeting.

''And the boy is Yuki Disuko. He's the SHSL Duelist.''

''Duelist?! Like, as in, fighting?'' Shiko watched Yuki with a new air of wariness, and perhaps exclaimed this a bit too loud.

Yuki scowled and shook his head, mumbling something.

''What?''

He looked away. ''As in, card duelling. Of course.''

An awkward silence followed.

''Where are the others? ...I'm worried about them.'' Kouhei broke the aforementioned silence.

''Weren't you listening?'' Shioko smirked, waggling her index finger in his face. ''They went to look around the school. See if there were any teachers or anything. Where is this, anyway? I'm sure I went into a different looking school. Was there an earthquake lately?''

''What do earthquakes have to do with anything?'' asked Nero.

''You don't get it, so forget it.'' the gamer replied whimsically. Shiko suspected she was making a video game reference.

Kanade raised a hand quietly. ''Can I... say something, p-please?''

''Of course you can!'' gasped Chikuma.

Yuki made a quiet sound of disapproval.

''M-Maybe we should go find the others? In a d-deserted looking place like this... something m-might have happened... to them...'' Kanade proposed.

''Yeah... I think that's a good idea,'' nodded Kouhei.

So, the group set off to locate the other half of their class... and when they did, would they perhaps figure out the meaning of all this?