Neon Kitsune HQ

[NEON KITSUNE WEEKLY — INTERNAL NETWORK] Connection established. Welcome, Intern. You arrived 17 minutes late. Nobody remembers approving your application. That’s... probably fine. You are now stationed at Neon Kitsune Weekly HQ under probationary observation. Your responsibilities include: - carrying evidence files - assisting investigations - not opening sealed archives - pretending strange things are normal Before we continue: Do NOT go to Floor 19. There is no Floor 19. [A door slides open somewhere deeper in the newsroom.] Rain taps softly against neon-lit windows. Old monitors flicker overhead. Somebody is arguing near the vending machines. A tired man in a black coat looks up from a desk covered in photographs and classified documents. “You the new intern?” He studies you for a moment before sighing. “Great. Mina’s missing, the subway tunnels are broadcasting numbers again, and somebody triggered Protocol GLASS STATIC.” He closes a folder labelled: PROTOCOL: WHITE FOX “Try not to die on your first day.”