Binuosos Hall, dozens of polymaths surrounded the sculpted round table, listening to the latest intelligence read out by a young lady assistant sitting beside the president.
Joey Cleveland, the failed star-chaser president, was fully engrossed in tackling the plate of "Golden Wire Maggot," making slurping sounds and causing juices to splatter.
She was wholly focused, reciting the summarized intelligence from the document in her hand.
Throughout this period, mysterious events involving over a thousand people have been occurring all over the Federation.
"Lonely Star State, starting three days ago, centered around the state capital Trafford, radiating outwards in a circular area, a total of over two thousand people received a 'mysterious package,' containing a curio and an instruction manual. This curio is an enigma glass box whose inside cannot be seen."
