[ He looks around and spots a white dress shirt. However, he hovers over it, his fingers shaking. Maybe he should pick something thicker? ]

Not... exactly paradise. It looked just like a normal high school would. Except there were... non-sentient students alongside us. They― no, we called them NPCs. Non-Player Characters... [ Just in case Layton wasn't familiar with gamer lingo. ]

When I first showed up, I was told not to interact with them.