Laie University

 A rather small university in Laie, akin to a community college in size, it has become now well-known for not only its strange happenings going on, but its breakthroughs in computer technology thanks to SkyBreak Industries, a new partner and investor in the university. It offers shuttles to most important city centers, such as Kaneohe, Honolulu, and North Shore, to name a few.

Many of the amenities offered to its students, such as a cafeteria/food court, bookstore and computer store, computer labs, theatre and so on, is housed in what’s called the Central Hub, a rather massive building near the center of campus. Of note are the specialized computer labs - sponsored by SkyBreak - where work is conducted long into the night in various cutting-edge technologies that SkyBreak has hired interns from Laie itself to help with. Very few people, aside from the janitors that clean the place at night and the staff that work there, know what goes on in the lab.

There is also a hometown favorite coffee shop that is separate from the Central Hub, attached to the library on the other side of campus: Maya’s Coffee. Opened by a former magazine owner from Japan who came into a grand sum of money rather hurriedly, it serves as a local hangout. The color motif is ivory, chocolate and bubblegum pink, with small images of butterflies and hearts around the walls and the whole atmosphere has an air of humble confidence to it. Maya Amanois the proprietor of the shop, and is always available with a smile, her trademark saying being “Let’s think positive!”. A few of the rumors running through Leia University involve Maya, however she typically dismisses the questions.