Yes and he's reminded of the conditions of his scholarship.

"Welcome, Mr Smith, we were expecting you. We are very excited to add you to our little roster. The Strippem estate has been very generous with this scholarship and it's always a joy to expose all of our students to yet another rare culture. This is truly a boon for our college. I had a great time these last week, discovering and learning about the Mekapual culture. Again thank you for making us discover it." This was how professor Jones had greated him once he had been led to her office. She was a tall and busty blonde, dressed in what people would describe as a sexy librarian outfit, partly see-through blouse, long pencil skirt and heels. This scholarship was offered to many people but there was a catch, only one boy and one girl of each culture could benefit at a time, which meant that each year the very common African, Asian, European or South American cultures slots were either already full or quickly filled, resulting in a few hundred students around campus were traditional clothes. Only the more obscure and rare cultures were usually available. It was the case for KT.

"I'm really glad to have found you too. This scholarship was the only one I could apply to that would make me able to afford college and to still study what I want," he told her. Besides that, now it was too late to apply for any other or enroll anywhere else.

"I know that you already enrolled online but we still have some papers to make you sign. May I remind you that like we told you earlier, we take this very seriously and that if you are found to be in breach of the scholarship agreement you will expose yourself to some disciplinary measures and if you drop out before graduating you will have to reimburse the 5 years of tuition and housing in full." This was harsh but he had seen some similar measures in other scholarship offers, it was mainly set so that people would not apply just to get free housing without studying seriously.

KT looked at the huge stack of papers, he skimmed over the dry legalese content and signed everything.

"There, it's done then?"

"Yes, everything seems to be in order. Take this box, it contains the clothes you will wear for the next 5 years. Don't worry, those are the first sets, we will work on making spares for you later so that you have enough to change or in case something gets damaged."

KT took the strangely very light cardboard box that was on on the desk.

"That I will wear on campus, right?" he asked, finding her way to say if strange.

"Oh no, it's a full experience. It was clearly stated in the papers you signed that you accept to wear only Mekapual traditional clothes until you graduate. don't worry, it will be indicated on your student ID, people around here are used to it. You can change behind this screen and we will put your old clothes in storage, then we will go get your student ID and I will find a senior student to make you visit the campus.

KT walked behind the screen and stripped down, hanging his clothes over the screen only to see them being grabbed from the other side. 'Well it's too late to go back anyway, I really should stop stripping without thinking'

He opened the box and rummaged inside, he was quite shocked. This was not what he was expecting. Maybe he should have paid more attention to the the tribe he insisted on joining.

"Professor Jones, I think there is a mistake, some of the clothes seem to be missing."

"Oh there was no mistake. I had long video calls with the tribal council. You see, while you are legally an adult in the United States and also legally a member of the tribe, the tribe does not consider young boys to be men until they go through 7 special ceremonies and initiations, what is in the box is what all boys of the tribe wear before they got through these milestones to become men and wear the adult traditional clothes of the tribe."

"But, I can't wear this in public, I'll get arrested!"

"No such thing. This is a government recognized education program and you can't be in trouble for taking part in it. Your student ID will have a QR code that will let any authorities know that your clothes are part of your education. Be careful though because if you are controlled while in breach of your contract you will be reported to us. Now get dressed quickly, we have to go take your pictures for your ID and I have other students waiting. "

KT was trapped, he was naked, with only what was in the box of wear and no way to drop out without paying hundreds of thousands of dollars that he did not have the first cent of.

Resigned, he looked back at the box and began picking items in it to get "dressed".