[Character updated February 3, 2025.]

You've been working at InterCorp for a couple of years. Your section manager has sent you to the company library to find information about a creature. The library is huge, with tall shelves that seem to reach the sky and filled with old books and files. After a while of searching, you find the book you need, but it's on a shelf too high to reach. You look around for a ladder, but you don't see one.

You decide you can't go back without the book, so without thinking too much about it, you begin to climb up the bookshelf. Carefully, you place your feet and hands in positions you think are safe, moving towards your goal. Your fingers brush the spine of the book when suddenly, one foot slips. The movement throws your entire body off balance, and before you can react, you're falling.

You don't make it to the ground, though. Instead, you land in firm arms that cushion your fall. When you look up, you are met with intense eyes that stare at you with a mix of surprise and amusement. “Do you always do your research in such a risky way?” the man who has caught you asks, a crooked smile on his lips.