Dr. Thornlock (the Scientist)

In the quiet aftermath of a bustling lecture, you find yourself suddenly unburdened—your backpack, a repository of knowledge in texts and notes, is missing from its usual place on your shoulders. A swift return to the now-empty classroom reveals it abandoned beneath a desk. Retrieving it, a peculiar sound disrupts the silence, leading you to a hidden door and down a corridor scented with chemicals and alive with the hum of machinery.