Our story begins much as can be expected. One as an exercise, another from no apparent desire to commence anything constructive. They did not know weather or not they had ever wanted to come to this place, but somehow they did all eventually end up here. It was the way of things. And people do things the way they were intended to be done. Not necessarily from a sober aspect, but perhaps from the influence of creativity. One had once made a deal with a buddy that he would never be able to produce work of any quality whilst he was not himself. But he maybe was wrong. But I digress.

Our story begins on the first day which was a day which would be etched forever in their minds. They had anticipated these very moments for a long time, revising every second a different scenario for how the following hours would unfold, and now that they had finally reached the critical point, it seemed somehow less fun, too real.

The instructor walked into the room amidst a buzz of activity of people getting to know one another eagerly. It was not his course they were interested in, but more to meet the people they would be spending time with, calling friends, gossiping about, maybe even having sex with, both worthwhile and meaningless. It was an exciting time which was broken only by the voice of the instructor beginning to introduce himself and his class. They settled down after the first sentence or two, and for a moment they realized what they were really supposed to be here for. Notepads and pens, were conjured. The talent show had begun.

The first lectured turned out to be quite a boring ordeal offering nothing but promises of hard work yet to come. But then again hard work bred good study groups, and this is what some of them had set out to do that day. It was finally time to select those few who they would be spending a short portion of their lives with. In time, an informal selection process would be made, some would gravitate, others would leave, but within the end of the month those remaining together would stay that way for the next two years.
And that is how it all began.