After lunch, they toured the Research and Development Labs. Samson has to keep them from touching the equipment and explained to them that they will make their own weapons aside from repairing them. He also pointed out that medical students will make cures to diseases known only to their home dimensions. They also went to Aether Health and Medical Hospital, where they toured the garage with flying ambulances. Said garage has a roof that can open up for them to take off. They toured the infirmary rooms and the hospital lobby. The hospital has five floors and has ERs, OR, and ICUs. Its doors have forms on them that read their IDs, diagnoses their ailments and tells visitors who're currently staying in the infirmary. There are voice-activated floating discs that can take visitors to the room they want to visit. It even has a dental office and a psychiatric ward. "You guys will also rescue people from other dimensions, and treat them in this hospital. Your medical skills will be tested here," Samson said. "Hopefully, you won't go there frequently."
They also toured the Cosmos Observatory, where they can observe not only the stars and constellations but also what was happening in their home dimensions. There are rooms containing recordings of every kind of knowledge about every world out there, but they are off-limits, according to King Athos. In the Observatory, there is a room filled with portals to various dimensions, with an elevator leading to the king's floating castle and bases in the centre. "Can we enter the bases someday?" A bespectacled boy in the robes of a mandarin official asked Samson. "When the time is right, then you will live in them," he answered. Next to the Portal Room, there is a garage holding the Dimensional Shuttle, or as Samson called it, his 'baby'. Like in Aether Health and Medical Hospital, it has a roof that can open to let the space ship take off. Husdent told the students not to joyride the bus into space, or else they will pay the fines.
Lastly, they went to the Celestial Halls of Residence. The Main Building consists of a cafe and pub, where the students can hang out and socialize after saving worlds and such. "You can have your food here," Samson said. "Anyone want to volunteer?" A matronly woman wearing royal robes and queen's crown raised her hand. "Alright, Cassiopeia, aka Cassie, will be the cafe manager. She can hire assistants at will. So don't be afraid to help her some time," King Athos said. They toured the gardens surrounding the Main Building, and then they went upstairs and toured the gym, with lots of sports equipment. "You will have your PE lessons there," Samson said while attempting to lift the barbells. They went to the dojo near the auditorium, where they learned from Samson, that they will practice kung fu and other martial arts. "Someday, you will make up your own," he said. They went to the auditorium next to the gym, where, as the fox spirit noted, they get to "watch us beat up each other live." Zarafa then told her, "Yeah, Kibahime. I think that you get to learn what it's like to be part of a team there." Then, they went up to the Arena, which is the roof of the main building. "And it can be used for friendly sparring or as parts of the school sports game where your teams must fight each other in order to pass the test and move on to the next round. No fatal injuries or dangerous forbidden techniques please," Samson said, doling out information to his audience. The Arena is lit with torches, and it's as big as a battle dome which is the only place they must battle their opponents and classmates. It also has a hatch from which they come out or come down. The students went down to the main floor by lift and took a look at the ten Halls of Residences that are connected to the main building by covered walkways.
Samson told them about the guardhouse with the symbol of the dwarf planet Pluto on it. A pale boy in dark clothes with the flag bearing the Pluto symbol asked Samson, "Is this for me?" "Yes, you be the guard there," he said. The guardhouse is made of solid obsidian, with a skull painted on the door. It is lit by green torches that burn for 24 hours a day, and it has a small window for peeking out, and a bedroom with baths. It is connected to the student courts and the dungeon below it.
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