Briefing

Hello fellow sentient life form, I hope you are enjoying your visit. Here at the Agent Directory, you will be reinstated as an agent of the bureau. You will be provided with a contact who will help with your reacclimation process.

I am supposed to provide you with some information about your contact. Here is some of the latest information I could retrieve from our files.

IDENTITY

Name:                Andres De La Fuente

Alias 1:                Andy

Occupation:    Undergraduate Student at Penn State University, 4th year

Majors:              Computer Science, Philosophy

Notes:

Prominent activities from time expenditure analysis...

        Occupational time:    'machine learning', 'data science'

        Personal time:              'magic', 'illustration', 'animation', 'writing'

Apparently engaged in the strange human activity, 'entertainment'*, though our repository of Andy's language usage indicates he would consider this label inadequate.

*This tag is not fully understood by our systems, further investigation required

MISSION BRIEFING

At this point you might have a few questions.

Q: What is 'the bureau'?

    This information is marked CLASSIFIED

Q: What is the Agent Directory?

    This information is marked CLASSIFIED

Q: Why me?

    Because [CONTENT REDACTED], and that wouldn't be very good for humanity

Great, now that we have cleared all of that up, it is time for your mission briefing.

There is something of great value that you need to recover. At some point in your existence, like most of your human peers, you believed in something that might be called 'magic'. Over time, this has been thoroughly buried by the many mental constructs associated with participation in human society. Though commonly thought of as a useless thing among these social structures, there are aspects to the 'magic' impulse that are of interest to the bureau.

To be reinstated as an agent in the bureau, you will need to reacquire this quality. Your mission depends on believing in the 'impossible'*. It has been determined that this is an essential component for your mission, which among many things involves a rebellion against the universe. Don't worry about that for now.

All that matters is to do. Join forces with your partner from the bureau to create experiences that might be worthwhile for someone else.

In the words of our founder: "Did you get all that? You're supposed to start recording when I press the button! *loud interdimensional noises*"

Or, in this somewhat adequate human expression: "Let's make the world a better place"

* This term is based on the incorrect human concept of the 'possible'

THE AGENT DIRECTORY

This site is where you will begin your reinstatement by making contact with your partner from inside the bureau. Consult the graphic above to naviage the Agent Directory.