If one was to enter the Rimpleton University for Many People not Essentially Rich, or the RUMPER, expecting an uplifting, bright atmosphere, one would be slightly crestfallen upon such an occurrence. As it were, not many now entered the RUMPER of their own free will. However, the RUMPER did have quite a good history of students. Many of its alumni went on to work on some of the best video games currently on the market. There is, of course, no real reason for the inclination towards this tendency. This was a universally accepted fact in Rimpleton for quite some time. That is, until The Public Discovery.

To be clear, there was The Discovery, and then there was the chaos that was The Public Discovery. But, we’ll get to those later.

As mentioned, the RUMPER was not a pleasant place. It consisted of a plethora of short, long, and slightly longer hallways, all bedecked from top to bottom in the same faded light blue tiles. They resembled square subway paths with the addition of the occasional handicap ramp. Most of its numerous classrooms had not been used for many years. The small student body did not require much room. Although it was given the title of University, it actually only taught grades six through twelve.

The Headmaster was very particular about the selection of students chosen to attend. They needed to have open minds, but able to maintain a high grade point average. They also needed to have certain something about them, a factor never revealed to the public. Parents came from far and wide in the county of Rimpleton, hoping their little Johns and Melindas and Ediths might get a chance to go to the prestigious school. However, only six from each grade where chosen, amounting to a total of forty-eight students in the monstrosity that was the school at one time.

Because of this, only seven of the building’s spacious dorm rooms were used. Each dorm consisted of a large shared room with couches, a television, and even a snack machine in some of the bigger ones. There was no real door; there was only a large opening. The room was tiled, as well, but this time in faded pistachio ice cream green. There was a small strip on the left of the entrance. It would have been a large plant bed but for three small steps leading right into it. Going up the steps and turning to the left, one encountered a landing and three more stairs on the right. Up these stairs, and there were two doors. The one straight ahead led to the girls’ room, and on the left was the boys’. They held three people each.

Each grade had its own dorm. As they got older, they moved into the bigger ones, if they wished. On the first day of each school year, each grade ran around the campus as a team and chose their dorm. First went the oldest, then on and on until the sixth graders were left to their dorm, which the teachers assigned.

Each grade also had exactly three girls and three boys. No more and no less.

The classrooms were simple, however. Small, brown, and covered in wood, there was nothing to distract pupils. However, some still managed to drift off every once in a while.