Enter the mess hall

You open the doors of the mess hall and are greeted by the resounding sound of over 90 or so hungry patrons. You can see a couple of pinks running around the place carrying food and serving trays, trying to get everything set up. You scan the area for a place to sit.

You spot an empty table over by the far wall. It seems like a quiet place to sit.

You grab a set of silverware and a plate and sit down at the table. Pretty much everyone around you is in a group of two or more. You're the only one sitting by yourself.

Then you notice someone. It's a girl with silver hair and red eyes. Her hair reaches down to her chin, apart from two long braids that end in a green bow. She looks considerably less endowed than most of the other girls in the mess hall, yourself included. You weren't an expert, but if you had to guess, she'd be something from an A-cup to a C-cup. She was wearing a blue maid's uniform, just like you had been wearing yesterday. [Sakuya Izayoi, Touhou]

You dart your eyes around the room. What was she doing here all by herself? She shouldn't be interacting with others, unless Alex was at her side.

"Maybe she went for a bathroom break?" You thought to yourself.

The girl walked up to your table and sat down. She didn't even look at you, and was sitting backwards on the bench, as if waiting for something. You recalled Alex's warning from earlier this morning... If you were to warn her about her fate, you would be punished... But Alex wasn't anywhere to be seen. It wouldn't take more than a few seconds to let her know. There shouldn't be any way that Alex would find out, but you were terrified of Alex's punishment all the same. Not to mention, what good would telling her really do? It's not like the knowledge would help her avoid her fate... You eventually decided against it, instead just choosing to extend a greeting.

"H-Hi there!" You nervously greet her.

"What do YOU want?" She snaps, not even bothering to look at you. You're immediately taken back.

"T-to say hi?" You respond. "What's wrong with that?"

"Hmph. You don't even care, do you? Of course you don't. You're just sitting here, pretending everything is just fine."

"H-huh?"

The silver-haired girl turns around, a scowl on her face. She slams her hands on the table and glares at you with her piercing red eyes.

"What do you think I mean, you whore? It's obvious what this place is, and yet you just sit around and TAKE it! You let her just trample all over you, don't you? And you don't put up a fight in the slightest, huh? Or maybe you like getting fucked in the ass? Is that it?"

You're completely taken aback by the girl's words. She was completely unlike any of the other women you had met. She was rude, aggressive and hateful. But more shockingly, she seemed to have figured out exactly what the place was, just by process of observation. That said, she was being an enormous hypocrite.

"What are you talking about?" You snapped back. "Isn't that what you're doing? You're just sitting at my table, you're not doing anything to resist either!"

The woman recoils somewhat. She clearly had thought that you would be submissive throughout her lecture.

"YOUR table? It's not your table at all! It belongs to the facility!"

"What does that have to do with anything!? You're still being just as accepting of your fate as I am!"

"I'm biding my time, that's all!"

"Until when? Next Thursday? When things will be exactly the same?"

The woman looked like she was ready to kill. Her strange red eyes emitted a horrifying stare, deep into your soul. You tried your best not to show your fear.

"That's quite enough, you two." Said an intimidatingly calm voice. It was Alex, who had indeed returned from her bathroom break.

"You'll have to excuse her, May. Sakuya here seems to be a smart one. She deduced the factory's purpose before she even had her first session. I promise you, we'll make sure she learns her place and calm her down."

"You won't be doing a thing to my resolve!" Sakuya snaps. Alex grabs her by the arm and twists it painfully until Sakuya starts to tear up.

"You will treat your superior with respect, is that understood?" Alex said in a calm voice. It seemed that Alex had two slightly different personalities. A cruel mistress when directing performances, and a professional businesswoman with a eerie dissonance to her when doing otherwise.

Alex let go of Sakuya. Sakuya said nothing and rubbed her arm.

"I hope you can forgive her in due time, May. She's just a little nervous, that's all. Come along now..." Alex started walking toward the doors of the mess hall. Sakuya bitterly followed behind her, and gave you a final glare as she left.

You ended up eating breakfast alone, as you expected. You didn't talk to many people after that. You spent the rest of your day simply being by yourself, aimlessly wandering about the maiden's hall.