<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><em>"Welcome... </em><strong>STEPHANIE VON SMIDGEN</strong><em>... Please enter... the testing... facility."</em><br/><br/>   <em>"Welcome... </em><strong>MIA ROSENBERG</strong><em>... Please enter... the testing... facility."</em><br/><br/>   <em>"Welcome back, </em><strong>CADDERLY BONADUCE</strong><em>... Please enter... the testing... facility and please... refrain... from contacting... infernal beings... within the training... course"</em></span><br/><br/>The mechanized voice greets them all in turn as they insert their coins and push past the turnstile. At each rotation of the metal bars, there's a soft<em>hiss</em>of air and a cold sensation on the back of their hands; when you look, there's the Acquisitions Incorporated logo in stippled purple dye, with smaller letters stretching out that make it read "applicant Intern."<br/><br/>Again the voice speaks through a grille as you walk the short hallway towards your first challenge;<em><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">"Your accrued debt balance currently stands at... One... hundred gold dragons... each or an equal exchange... thereof."</span></em>Wait what? No questions are answered as the voice continues.<br/><br/><em><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"> "Thank you... for... participating in the Intern Selection, Training, and Ranking... program. You may be held liable for... damages to training facilities or employees. Please keep in... mind that your training... process will be monitored... for... quality... control and training purposes. Acquisitions Incorporated is not liable for... any lingering injuries or trauma. Acquisitions Incorporated claims all rights to properties conceived... or crafted in the training facility. if you experience an erection lasting more than... four hours..."</span></em>A long list of legal disclaimers continue to stream from the grille as the party continues on.<br/><br/>Just beyond the turnstile is a short hallway that ends in a pair of saloon-style doors. A placard over the doorway reads "Deliveries." Beyond the doors is a room made to look like a tavern; a long bar, a fireplace (complete with fire!) many tables, and a set of stairs that lead to an upper balcony.<br/>Tranining dummies made of cloth, straw, and wicker are set up at various points around the room. Two patron dummies are at the bar, being served by a bartender dummy whose head has been replaced by a melon that has clearly begun to spoil. Four dummies play cards at a table, though the cards have been scattered across the floor. A musician dummy sits by the fireplace, brandishing a fiddle at the wooden head of the bartender dummy which sits in the flames, though isn't burning. Another dummy sits on the stairs, wooden hands resting suggestively on a broomstick that erupts from between his legs. And a last one leans over the upper railing, weighed down by two more long-overdue melons stuffed into the front of its tunic.<br/>A chandelier hangs in the center of the room, lit candles casting illumination into the otherwise dim room. There is a strange, almost overwhelming aroma of wet dog in the room, as well.<br/><br/><em><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">"Interning with... Acquisitions... Incorporated is a rare... and prestigious opportunity that requires... more than just the ability to fight AND perform magic AND disarm traps AND fight. AcqInc Interns and fight must also... be able to execute their... duties with a certain degree of flair... and... style.. and fight.<br/>   "In this room you... will demonstrate your ability to attack an enemy while using a catchphrase.<br/>   "You will and fight be graded on originality and delivery."</span></em>