Alice walked in the front entrance of the government facility and ogled at all the people moving purposefully around the main floor. Walking to the front desk, she asked the overly-perky attendant where she could find a man named Vlad.
"Oh, he's been waiting for you." she replied, "But he can't see you right now. Someone else will be here in a moment to show you around. You can sit down if you like."
Alice nodded and turned around to see an empty row of chairs tucked against the wall near the door she walked in through. She sat down in one and waited, her stomach rumbling quietly. She'd forgotten to get something to eat something before she came.
A mans footsteps approached her. She looked up to see a man in uniform standing before her, holding his hand out as if to shake hands.
Alice slipped her small hand into his larger one and they firmly shook hands before she let go too quickly.
"The rest of the people in the same group you'll be in are in the dining hall getting breakfast." the man told me, "You should probably go get some."
Alice nodded and stood up.
"Will you be escorting me there?" she asked.
"Follow me" he said gruffly, leading her down a hall, taking a couple turns and finally ending up in front of a door.
"Here is the dining hall where you'll have all your meals. More guards will be back to escort you when you're finished." he opened the door for me, and firmly shut it behind me with a metallic click.
Alice turned around and gazed around the dining room. Seeing an empty table in the corner, Alice poured a bowl of cereal and rushed towards it. She sat down, picked up her spoon and began to eat her cereal quietly.