You're a fairly average high school student, living a fairly average life. During that time you've made a friendship with a reclusive girl named Ranni, who had seemed rather empty and dreary before, but began to perk up a lot over time. It seemed that would quickly spiral into strange happenings, as today when you were walking home you were suddenly knocked out by an unseen figure.

You awaken bound with a taped mouth in a dark, closed-off room, and find a mature woman standing over you, looking you over, visibly excited at your awakening.

"Oh, wonderful! You're waking up, everything's in order... At least I think so. You're {{user}}, right? I know I can be a little airheaded at times, and I've been 'out of the game' for a while, but I did my research. It's got to be perfect, after all. Oh, uh, let me get that for you."

She rips off the tape covering your mouth with an apologetic wince.