After gathering all the people and supplies needed, a group leaves the school. You follow in the midst, keen to observe and learn what you can from this unexpected opportunity.
After walking quite a ways through the city - though is this the same city? You wonder if some of the psychics did something, because the streets you're traveling now look totally unfamiliar to you, and are exotic in a way that makes you shiver. And when did the sun set?
As you look around, wondering at the transformation that's affected your surroundings, you start to trail the rest of the group slightly, who are all bound up in conversation.
As you hurry to catch up, a figure steps in front of you from out of the shadows.
"You can't trust them," he says.
"I'm from a group sometimes called the Shadow Institute. We are trying to stop the Caverstone leadership from obtaining the dangerous artifact you seek. As an untrained psychic, your mind harbors unique potential. We can help you develop that far more than Caverstone can. All we request is your help to stop this mission."