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"You summoned... videogame characters... to fight monsters?" she asked as she took out another game. This one was 'The Adventures of Jack Frost' and looked like another children's game. "I have the first one of that series if you'd like to check it out sometime. This one is pretty fun, too," she said as she handed him the Jack Frost game.

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"Ah, that's right! If we get these and leave now, we should be able to get to campus before the registration line gets too long," she said and brought their games to the checkout counter. The trip to campus wasn't that long since the university was only on the other side of the shopping plaza. "We can check out the old dorm after we register. By the way, what's your major?" she asked.

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"Hmm, there's always time for that later. I'm in the Criminal Justice program. It's only my second year, though, so I'm not up to the higher-level courses yet. Since you haven't declared a major, how about we take some prerequisite classes together?" she offered as they wandered into the administrative building. The line for the registration kiosks wasn't very long, but there were more students arriving already.

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After they registered for their classes, Raenah led Minato out onto the grounds to the fenced-off area where the old dorm was. "Well, here it is. It's hard to believe they just left all the remaining building equipment when they fenced off the area," she said as they gazed out at the rubble. There was an eeriness about the area, and a violent, oppressive presence could be felt from inside the chain-link fence.

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Raenah nodded and tried to fight the chills she was feeling despite the warm weather. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Most people stay away from this place out of principle, but there are a few people in town who are just plain scared of it," she said with an anxious edge. Something towards the center of the area seemed to shift slightly, and Raenah couldn't help but shiver.

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"You saw it, too?" she asked, surprised. "Wait, don't get too close!" She grabbed Minato's wrist before he could touch the fence. "It's electric. You'll get zapped if you touch it. They electrified the fence last year because a few people broke into the area and wound up getting hurt pretty bad," she explained. The oppressive presence seemed to notice them. Some bits of wall crumbled away, and a faint growling sound came from within the rubble.

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"Wait, ready for what? You actually want to go in there? That's just plain crazy. One, it's broad daylight out. The security guards would see us snooping around and arrest us. Two, there's still the matter of the electric fence. The control panel for it is probably in the maintenance building. Three, and this one is really important, did you not hear that growling? Something in there obviously doesn't want to be disturbed," she tried to reason with the raven-haired boy. She truly was curious about the truth behind the incidents, but the presence she could feel beyond the fence struck terror right down into her bones.

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A security guard drove by on a golf cart and said, "Hey, you two get away from there; it's dangerous!" Raenah turned to him and said, "Yes sir, we're sorry. Well, let's go, Minato. We should go reserve our textbooks at the bookstore. If we don't, they'll be sold out almost as soon as they're in stock." She walked away on slightly shaking legs. The security guard drove on, muttering to himself.

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