[Lupin frowned at the question--it was complicated.]
There are times when they are and times when they aren't. They're a bureaucratic organization with multiple departments, not all of which are in communication with each other. Some offer us missions to do work for them in exchange for compensation in the form of points that can be redeemed for items from home or their own specials. Others run annoying experiments periodically. The most recent one had floors turn into trampolines and left people walking on walls.
There's also a faction within the organization that kidnaps the residents for their own research or experimental purposes. The people, when they return, are often left with a strange condition. I had a friend turn into a cat once because of that...and an aquaintance of mine was recently forced to play the starring role in Sleeping Beauty.
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There are times when they are and times when they aren't. They're a bureaucratic organization with multiple departments, not all of which are in communication with each other. Some offer us missions to do work for them in exchange for compensation in the form of points that can be redeemed for items from home or their own specials. Others run annoying experiments periodically. The most recent one had floors turn into trampolines and left people walking on walls.
There's also a faction within the organization that kidnaps the residents for their own research or experimental purposes. The people, when they return, are often left with a strange condition. I had a friend turn into a cat once because of that...and an aquaintance of mine was recently forced to play the starring role in Sleeping Beauty.