Otto walked into a room, there were numerous features of the room that if I were to describe would probably create a quite good atmosphere. But I can't be bothered, there was a table in front of a screen, that's all that matters.
Seated at the head of the table was Cruella De Vil with Ursula's hair and a monocle. Seriously. I'm not even kidding. She was the most evil person you've ever imagined.
"Children, sit down," she said in an Italian accent, "my name is Contessa Sinistre," her voice was smooth, musical, and turning Otto on a little bit.
They then watched a really weird introductory video, it looked dumb as shit. At one point a kid genuinely gave the camera a thumbs up and it ended with the voice over dude saying 'the school of tomorrow, today'. It was terrible, you'd think a school full of billionaire supervillains would be able to come up with a video that didn't look like the dorkiest thing ever.
After it ended, the Contessa asked, "so, any questions?"
"I have a question," said Wing. Oh for fucks sake, thought the Contessa. "Are we prisoners here?"
"Yes, that's literally what you are."
"I HAVE A QUESTION!" shouted Malpense, Otto Malpense.
"What?"
"Has anyone ever escaped?" he asked, setting up the entire plot of the first book in one swift sentence.
"Fuck off." Otto couldn't help but submit to her voice, it was such a hot voice.
Some random American girl set herself up as a complete bitch by talking about clothes, and no one cared, and a red head asked another question, no one cared about her either, but they would. Well, they wouldn't care about the American, she's does literally nothing.
"Anyway," continued the Contessa, "you will be sorted into streams, the streams are Nerds, Stereotypical Bullies, ?, and Main Characters. Guess what, the Main Characters get the best outfits, who'd have thought."
Then Franz was introduced as a fat pig and Otto was threatened by the Contessa, who might as well have had a giant arrow on her head saying 'I WILL BE AN ANTAGONIST'.
They had a tour, it was boring, and the Contessa shot a dude, who cares.
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Author's note: that introductory video lasts like 2 pages and it is pure gold. Pure Gold.