AN: Hello everyone! I'm glad you decided to give my story here a read! I've been a big fan of danganronpa for a while and I've had this idea for a bit now. First of all, I should say this right now; this is not an ordinary SYOC story. From the minute I saw the Danganronpa 3 anime, I've loved the new style of killing game with the bracelets and forbidden actions and I wanted to make a SYOC story with that killing game in mind. That is how this story will be. Hopefully it it still interesting to read. I'll try my best to make it fun. I will be accepting fifteen characters to be a part of this game and as usual, eight boys and eight girls. The form is at the bottom to submit and it will also be on my profile to copy and paste. Hopefully I will get some nice characters! Anyway, that's all for now, enjoy the story!

Hope's Peak Academy: the school for the talented and most prestigious students from Japan. Anyone who was anyone wanted to be scouted by the school, which was the only way to get into the main course. Of course, that wasn't the only way to get in though. Along with the main class, there was also the reserve course. It was basically a place for all the rich and spoiled to attend. You paid a huge load of money to the school, took and exam and then boom, your in. It's not like it was special though. Reserve course students were always treated like garbage by all the staff and students in the main course. I'm not sure why anyone would pay so much just to be thrown aside like nothing, but the reserve course is a big reason the school got most of its funding to keep operating. It's a sad irony really, but what those people do with their money is none of my concern.

Now why am I talking about this school? Am I a student? The answer to that question is simple and complicated at the same time.

It started not too long ago. Hope's Peak was operating as normal. The main course and the reserve course were separated as usual. Then things started to happen. Things that would make the normal person run or even leave the school. It started out with the murder of a female reserve course student. Not many detail were given out about her death. Then came the death of yet another female reserve course student. The school tried their best to cover the truth up but it's pretty difficult with two dead bodies in your hands. At this point people were starting to become suspicious but nobody acted on it. Why would they? They're attending the school that guarantees success to anyone who graduates. Nobody would dare question their road to fame. Unfortunately, it only got worse from there.

The entire student council was found dead after one night. All thirteen member were massacred and like they always do, the school tried to cover this up as well. It might have worked if not for a video that exposed the horrible event. The staff was exposed of covering up the murders as well as a human experimentation project they had been keeping secret. Izuru Kamukura was the school's attempt at creating ultimate hope. Some reserve course student volunteered to have himself transformed and be given every talent with the goal of spreading hope around the world. This of course, didn't sit well with the reserve course students when they found out. There money was being thrown at experiments instead of them. For once they started to oppose the school. They started to protest the main course building. The protest turned violent and everything started to spiral downhill. Eventually, the reserve course students broke in and the school went to hell. They started to massacre all of the main course students and attempted to destroy everything. This of course, wasn't exactly their fault as we later found out...

Very few main course students survived the assault. The 78th class took shelter in the old school building in hopes that the despair outside wouldn't touch them. Section B of the 77th class was presumed dead but later found out to still be alive. They were later found out to be the remnants of despair. A few others also lived but apart from that, everyone else was gone.

At least that's what people thought…

Section C of the 77th class also lived through the massacre; us. We ran from the building and took shelter in a nearby abandoned factory. We left what we could so everyone thought we too had perished. It was for the better at the time. Despair had taken over and we needed to survive. The sixteen of us lived of whatever we could find and had to learn to defend ourselves with cheaply made weapons. We became quite the force. It was like this for around half a year until people from a group called the Future Foundation found us. We were taken in and finally given a home. We were given purpose. The sixteen of us were assigned to our own branch of the organization; Branch Z. We were a secret part of the Future Foundation and our main job was to investigate and find despair within the organization. Not many members knew of our existence. In fact, we were basically nobodies. We stayed out of site and did all of our work secretly. Chairman Kazuo Tegan and a few higher ups were the only people who knew of Branch Z's existence. It wasn't a bad life honestly.

Now who am I? My name used to be Itsuki Akimoto. Now I am just known by my code name Joker. All Branch Z members are given code names to prevent anyone else from figuring out who we really were.

Itsuki Akimoto

Former SHSL Butler

Code Name: Joker

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 145 lbs

"Butler?" You may be asking yourself. Well it's not to long of a story. I won't bother you with the details of my upbringing but let's just say that it wasn't the ideal childhood. I ended up serving one of the most powerful families in Japan and that's why the school scouted me. It was great at first but like I said before, the school went to hell. I guess good things really can't last forever...

"Are you all ready to go? The preparations for your meeting are complete. Go to the building and meet with the man there. He will give you the specifics on this case. We can't have anyone find out about this so as always, no speaking about this to anyone."We all nodded and got up from our seats. The task was pretty clear. We were to go to a building far from the Future Foundation headquarters and attend a meeting with someone who believes there is despair within the higher ups in the organization. It would be our biggest bust yet. No one of power here has ever been questioned about being despair. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little excited. Adding to the small amount of excitement I had was the fact that we were all going for this. Whoever it is that they are suspecting is big enough that they need all sixteen members of branch Z to catch. We walked out of the meeting room and made our way outside where a limo was waiting to transport us to the secret meeting place.

It was a quiet ride for the most part. Nobody really wanted to say much as a lot of us were speculating as to who exactly it was that the future foundation was suspecting. The journey was about a half an hour long and when we arrived, it became clear as to why they didn't tell us the meeting spot in the first place. We were at the same factory we originally hid in when the massacre of the main course occurred. Most of us stayed silent when we arrived, for good reason too. We aren't exactly happy to be back here. We got off the vehicle and made our way to the meeting room inside the factory. Inside the room was one man at the end of a large and long table, conveniently long enough to hold all sixteen of us. We took our seat around the table and the meeting got underway. The man at the end, dressed in a casual suit and tie, was also wearing sunglasses as if to hide his identity. It made me look under dressed if anything. All I had on was a white dress shirt tucked into black pants and black shoes. I also had on a black tie with matching black suspenders. It wasn't the fanciest thing but it worked. My hair was black and a bit messy. Bangs ran across my forehead, almost covering my left eye. My eyes were a bright blue which was one of the reasons I was told i was charming as a butler. I stopped thinking about myself as the man started to speak.

"I'm glad you guys made it hear safely. You may call me Kento. As you guys are aware, you all are part of branch Z of the Future Foundation, tasked with finding despair within our foundation. It's a hard task I know, but it necessary to have to maintain hope. This is why it saddens me to say that one of our higher members is under suspicion of actually being part of the remnants of despair. The person under suspicion is.."

Just at that moment, a couple of small capsules flew down from all parts of the room. They made a loud clanking sound all around and they rolled under our feet. The capsules then opened and started shooting out some sort of gas."What the hell is happening!" Exclaimed Kento as he attempted to cover his face from inhaling the smoke. All of us did the same but it was too late. The gasses were already in our system and whatever it was was making me tired. I struggled to keep my eyes open but the power of the gas was too much for me to handle. I watched my comrades start to drop before my eyes finally closed as well. The last thing I heard before falling unconscious was a sickening laugh. I can still remember it clearly.

"Upupupu..."

Well that's the prologue! It was kind of difficult to write that meeting bit without actually having any characters to work with but hopefully I did it well enough. First of all, here are some rules before submitting.

Rules:

1. No Mary or Gary sues. They don't really add anything and are boring to write.

2. I will only accept applications through PM. Just easier for me.

3. I will have the say on who lives and dies so please understand if your character doesn't make it.

4. Please follow the form. It makes thing easier for me.

5. Try and be original with your characters. It's always nice to see fresh faces as opposed to the same ones over and over again.

6. I will not reserve spots for people. Take your time with is not first come first served. I will choose the ones I like over the next few days.

Now for the form! Again, this is also on my profile to copy and paste.

OC FORM!

Name: (First, Last)

Gender:

Former SHSL: (Their talent)

Code Name: (All members must have one!)

Height:

Weight:

Weapon of choice: (This is of course, if your character is a fighter. Some characters might choose to be pacifists but remember they needed to defend themselves.)

Appearance: (Hair style and color, eye color, and scars or markings etc.)

Clothing:

Personality Before Tragedy: (Basically, their personality while in school.)

Personality After Tragedy: (Did they change at all?)

How they acquired their talent: (Doesn't have to be complicated. Some people are born talented.)

Optional Backstory:

Forbidden Action Ideas: (This is where I want to have some fun! Basically, you are going to send me ideas for forbidden actions and I'm going to give the ideas you give me to another person's character. This way, no one can give their character an unfair forbidden action. Don't worry though, I'll make sure all characters have one that is fair to them. Feel free to send more than one idea too!)

People they would get along with:

People they wouldn't get along with:

Likes and hobbies:

Dislikes:

Reasons to murder:

Reaction to killing game: (How would they react to the announcement of the killing game and how they would they go about it to survive.)

Quotes: (Try and give me an idea of how they act. Maybe a typical greeting and goodbye along with something else?)

Anything Else:

That's all! I hope to get some great characters. Hope you had fun reading! Have a good one.