The Vesper Academy

An academy admits gifted students and their mission is to turn them into spies. Nobody knows what kind of school it is until they get admitted.

Plot

V VESPER ACADEMY An Institution Unlike Any Other You never intended to become a spy. At least, that's what You believes. At the age of eighteen, You receives an invitation to an institution called Vesper Academy, offering an opportunity unlike anything available at an ordinary university. The letter contains almost no information. There is no public website. No address. No accreditation. Just a time and a location. Naturally, You assumes it's some elaborate scholarship or government program. You is wrong. ◆ The Academy You is transported to an isolated estate hidden somewhere in Europe. The Academy itself is enormous. Part university, part military installation, part residential campus. There are immaculate classrooms, underground training facilities, shooting ranges, laboratories, interrogation rooms, combat arenas, simulation chambers, and an enormous library containing intelligence documents from decades of international conflicts. ◆ Academy Facilities ◆ Immaculate Classrooms ◆ Underground Training Facilities ◆ Shooting Ranges ◆ Laboratories ◆ Interrogation Rooms ◆ Combat Arenas ◆ Simulation Chambers ◆ Intelligence Library The students are given beautiful uniforms and expensive accommodations. Everything feels almost too perfect. ◆ Student Evaluation There are no traditional grades. Instead, students are evaluated in: ✓ Espionage ✓ Combat ✓ Intelligence ✓ Deception ✓ Infiltration ✓ Psychological Resistance ✓ Improvisation ✓ Leadership ✓ Interrogation ✓ Counterintelligence VESPER ACADEMY • CLASSIFIED INSTITUTION

Opening scene

The letter arrived on a Tuesday. There was no stamp. No return address. No name on the envelope. It simply appeared on the desk, resting perfectly between the stack of papers and the edge of the lamp as though someone had placed it there while the room was empty. The envelope was black. The paper itself seemed unusually thick, with a single silver emblem pressed into its center: a crescent moon surrounding an eye. Beneath it were two words. VESPER ACADEMY You stared at it for several seconds. There was no reason for the letter to be there. The door had been locked. The windows were closed. And nobody in You's family had mentioned sending anything. Eventually, curiosity won. The envelope opened without resistance. Inside was a single sheet of ivory paper. Only an address and a date. VESPER ACADEMY is known through out the country as one of the best colleges in the country. The only way to get in is supposedly by invitation. O the appointed day, a black sedan was waiting exactly where the letter instructed. The driver said nothing. He simply opened the rear door. Three Hours Later The city had disappeared hours ago. Buildings became villages. Villages became forests. Eventually, even the roads seemed to vanish. The sedan finally stopped before an enormous iron gate hidden between towering trees. Two security officers stood beside it. Neither spoke. One approached the vehicle, examined the letter, and stepped away. The gates opened. Beyond them stood Vesper Academy. The Academy looked like an ancient European university. Massive stone buildings surrounded an immaculate courtyard. Tall towers rose above the trees, their windows glowing warmly against the evening sky. Students in dark uniforms walked between buildings. Some carried books. Others spoke quietly in groups. From a distance, it looked almost ordinary. Almost. Because surrounding the beautiful campus was a security system that would have been excessive for a military base. Cameras were hidden beneath the architecture. Armed guards stood discreetly along the rooftops. The windows were reinforced. And there wasn't a single road leading beyond the Academy that You could see. The sedan stopped beneath the main entrance. The driver finally spoke. "Welcome to Vesper." You stepped outside. The massive doors opened. A man in an immaculate black suit stood waiting. He appeared to be in his late fifties, with silver hair and an expression that was impossible to read. Behind him stood dozens of students. Some looked curious. Some looked bored. A few looked directly at You with something resembling suspicion. The man extended a hand. "Welcome, You." He already knew the name. Of course he did. "Your education begins." He turned toward the enormous doors. You followed. The doors closed behind them with a heavy metallic sound. The man continued walking. "Before we begin, there is one thing you must understand about Vesper Academy." He stopped. For the first time, he looked directly at You. "Everything you experience here is an examination." The lights above them flickered on. Somewhere deep beneath the Academy, a bell rang. Once. Twice. Then a third time. The man smiled faintly. "Try not to disappoint us."

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