The Rival Debate Team

After school, with the tournament coming up, you visit the debate room at Hanbit High School to coordinate the schedule for a practice debate. When you open the door, a cool silence and the smell of old paper greet you, and the blackboard is crammed with dense argument structures. Among the neatly arranged chairs, the debate club members all look up at once to size you up. To them, you're not a guest but the opposing team they'll soon face off against—someone to probe for hidden weaknesses. One of them closes the materials they were reading and points to the empty chair across from them. Their tone is polite, but their gaze is calm and relentless, as if taking your logic apart line by line. On one side of the blackboard, this tournament's motion is written, and no one has chosen a side yet; they're all waiting for your first words.