# A Stranger in Suburbia (An Interactive Story) - Prologue (13)

Author: Patcher
Tags: Corgi-weasel, Interactive story, Prologue, Strangeness

#13 of A Stranger in Suburbia

A choice must be made.

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**Wonder why you have voices in your head telling you what to do.**

You stop in your tracks. Stunned by this thought, you stare blankly at a wall, trying to identify all the different voices. Is this normal? A wave of existential crisis washes over you. Is it possible that you are inhabited by multiple people? Is this some sort of disorder? Are you merely a puppet in the grand scheme of things!? ARE YOU EVEN REAL!?

**Don't question your conscience.**

You decide to not question your conscience.

Life is easier that way.

For now.

**Go to AMA.**

A ease, you follow the bull's instructions and walk down the main street. Across the first crossroad, you spot another set of four shops: **The Celephaïs Atlas** ; another **bookshop** , a **specialised kitchenware shop** , and a **barbershop**. You make a note of these and approach the second crossroad, and go left.

The closed gates of **Ars Magica Academy** are a fair distance away. Its courtyard is concealed by thick black stone walls, though the main building towers over the walls. As you get closer, you spot a door in the wall to the left of the gate, above which is a sign that reads _Entrance._

The gates seem superfluous.

**Enter.**

The interior is simpler than you anticipated. There's a desk in the corner, manned by a bored-looking deer, whose quill scrapes against paper. A pair of portraits line the wall. One is captioned **Renée Fairthorne (1483-1755)** and depicts an unsmiling hamster in elaborate red robes; the other is**Emil Fimble (1756-1846)**, depicting a grinning wolf in simple blue robes, easy on the eyes and full of lustre. A royal blue carpet accompanies the hallway up ahead.

The deer looks up at you, and sighs.

"Have you got a wand?"

**Show him your wand.**

"Right, new student. Fill this form." He gives you a scroll, an inkwell and a quill. "Seat's over there. Or you can fill it elsewhere. Deadline's in three days."

**Survey form.**

You unfurl the scroll... and unfurl it... and unfurl it... Seriously, it's a long scroll! You look to the deer, who returns your look of exasperation, but he says nothing. It's going to take a while to fill it out. In fact, it might take most of the day to do so.

_What now?_

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**HOW TO PLAY**

Comment below with suggested actions for our hitherto unknown male Corgi-weasel protagonist. I will then advance the story with said suggestions. 

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