All of You

Chapter 1: Stranger Waking

Y/n: Is it morning already?

???: "I better hurry up and find that uniform before someone spots me... Urgggh... This lid weighs a ton! Try this on for size! Mya-ha!"

Y/n: "F-fire?!"

???: "Now to grab the goods... What?! You ain't supposed to be awake!"

Y/n: "A talking...weasel?!"

Grim: "How... How DARE YOU! I am no WEASEL! I'm Grim, sorcerer extraordinaire! Tch. Whatever. You...human! Just gimme your uniform, and be quick about it! 'Cause if you don't...you're gonna regret it!"

Y/n: "How dare you! I'm not stripping and walking around in a building I know nothing about naked!" What to do? "S-somebody help!"

Grim: "Hey, come on! I'm on a tight schedule here!"

~Library~

Y/n: "Where am I?"

Grim: "Foolish human! Did you really think you could slip away from ME? Now, unless you wanna get burned to a crisp, take off that— Me-YEOW! That hurt! What gives?"

???: "Consider it tough love. Ah, I've found you at last. Splendid. I trust you're one of this year's new students? My, were you ever eager to make your debut. And bringing a poorly trained familiar with you? That is a clear violation of the school's rules."

Grim: "As if I'd serve some lowly human! Now lemme go!"

???: "Yes, yes. Rebellious familiars always say that. Do be quiet for a bit, won't you?"

Grim: "Mmmrph!"

???: "Dear me. Of all the students I've dealt with, you're the first with temerity enough to open their own gate and step out of it. Does the very notion of patience elude you? No matter. Your orientation has already begun. Let us return to the Mirror Chamber."

Y/n: "Student...?"

???: "You awakened in a room full of gates, did you not? All of the students here at the campus arrived by passing through such gates. Although typically the students have restraint enough to wait until I open them before waking up."

Y/n: "So those coffins are like...gateways?"

???: "The design is intended to symbolize a parting with your former world, and a rebirth into a new one. But now is not the time for such prattle."

Y/n: "Huh, pr-raa-tlle?"

???: "Prattle. Foolish talk."

Y/n: "Huh?"

???: "You've a student orientation to attend! Go on, now. Make haste."

Y/n: "First, just tell me one thing: Who are you?"

???: "Hm? Have you not fully regained consciousness? The timespace teleportation must have addled your memories... Well, these things happen, I suppose. I shall explain it to you while we walk. Truly, my magnanimity is boundless."

~Courtyard~

???: *Ahem* "This is Night Raven College. It is an institution for students the world over who demonstrate a rare aptitude for magic. It is the most prestigious academy of its sort in all of Twisted Wonderland. And I am Dire Crowley. Having been entrusted with its care by the chairman, I serve as headmage."

Y/n: "Academy?"

Crowley: "Only those who the Dark Mirror perceives as having a talent for magic are admitted to the college. Those who are selected are summoned to the campus through those "gates," which can appear anywhere."

Crowley: "A black carriage bearing one such gate should have come to meet you."

Y/n: "I thought I was hallucnating."

Crowley: "That black carriage serves to receive a student chosen by the Dark Mirror. It too bears a gate that connects to this campus. And as you know, sending a carriage to meet someone on a special day is a time-honored tradition."

Y/n: "So this carriage dragged me here against my will?"

Grim: "Mmfff! Mmmmmmfff!"

Crowley: "Now, let us attend to your orientation."