PROLOGUE - THE START

Black.

At first you tried to open your eyes, but as you did so, the sudden assault that came from the light in the room blinded you so much you closed your eyes again—

"Ah, what's wrong?"

You opened your eyes in surprise. The voice clearly came from right in front of you and just as you thought, another face was right on yours, golden eyes blinking in confusion as they slowly backed away and sat down on a chair. You quickly realized that the one in front of you was a male, his slicked back black hair shining under the light in the room. He smiled at you and tapped his pointer finger down—when you looked towards it, you saw a sheet of paper under his finger.

"You're still have to fill the form, you know?"

"Form...?"

A laugh bounced in the otherwise silent room. Without looking up, you know that it's belonged to the man in front of you. After all, there was nobody else but the two of you here. Wait, how did you know that—

"Still listening to me, dear contestant?"

You looked up to see him smiling as though he was amused. Maybe he was, but you wouldn't know that—you didn't even know who he is and what were you doing here. But what he said earlier—contestant...? You didn't know what he was talking about and it possibly showed clearly on your face as the man tilted his head slightly, staring at you with a weird expression... Wonder—no, amazement?

"Ah! I see, I see!" He laughed as he slumped down on the table, obscuring your view of the sheet of paper from earlier. You averted your eyes—his stare was starting to disturb you. "It seems that you don't remember anything about the assignment, huh."

You furrowed your brows, trying to remember about something—anything, but it was useless after all. You shook your head, and the man laughed yet again.

"Don't worry, little lost one—if you can't remember it, then please let me explain again from the start. Is that alright with you?"

You looked back at him, doubt filling your mind. You really didn't know what was going on and the way he acted was really suspicious, but he did said that he would explain. "...yes, please."

"Excellent!" The man suddenly lifted his previously slumped upper body from the table and gestured to the sheet of paper, smiling down at you as you felt the need to look down at the paper. "Now if you would listen carefully, little lost one..."

FORM

BASIC

Name: ["This section is simple yes—just fill the name of your character." "My... character...?" "Yes, yes! The character that you are going to submit for the Danganronpa game." "I thought you said you would explain..." "But I am!"]

Gender: ["Another simple one! Just fill the gender—either male or female, alright? We're not that confident to be writing about non-binary or any other gender beside those two, you see..." "Wait a second... Who do you mean by 'we'—" "Next!"]

Sexuality: ["Well, of course you know what this means right?" "..." "I see that you're either reluctant to do it, or embarrassed to!" "...please stop, I understand..." "As you wish, little lost one. Do remember though, you do not have any other option beside straight, homosexual, or bisexual for this—as you see with the genders earlier."]

Age: ["Yes, age! We're giving free reign to the contestant to choose their character's age, but please do remember that the setting is that of a high school. If you put an age beside 16-18, you have to explain the reason." "Setting... The game's setting?" "Marvelous! I see that you're starting to remember." "No, I'm just... Nevermind."]

Ultimate Talent: ["This one here is of course, a classic requirement. The Danganronpa game features sixteen Ultimate students, usually trapped somewhere and forced to do—well, you know it!" "..." "..." "Um, excuse me but, I think you're forgetting that I can't remember anything..."]

PERSONAL

Physical Appearance: ["This one is quite clear, yes?" "I... suppose so..." "Anything is allowed, even the one you human call 'anime hair'! But of course when I say anything, don't overdo it with rainbow and sparkles, if you please." "I won't..."]

Clothing: ["Again, anything is allowed! Well I do say that but, no nude allowed—we don't need that kind of fanservice! Understand?" "Y-Yes..." "Splendid! Oh, and also, please do keep your character's clothing so that it makes sense with their talent. It's simply ridiculous to see a diver with a lab coat, really..." "Um, you've seen that...?" "..." "..." "Next one."]

Personality: ["Easy—just make at least a paragraph filled with your character's personality. And remember what the assignment was, little lost one; this character you're making is based on your own self. One might say that this character is you." "My...self..." "I'm glad you understand! Now, let's move to the next one, shall we?"]

Personality Traits: ["Traits...?" "Ah! Well that one is simply a list of traits, to summarize your character's personality. My personality, for example, is Charming – Intelligent – Sinful, like that! Of course, you're not just limited to three personality traits." "..." "..." "..." "Hm? What's wrong?" "N-Nothing."]

Likes: ["Short and simple, just how I like it! At least three, if you don't mind." "Alright..." "Nothing much to say here so let's move to the next one shall we?"]

Dislikes: ["The same with likes, at least three. Ah yes, I forgot to mention it but anything is allowed, yes. After all, people have all kind of likes and dislikes so it's totally understandable." "Mhm..." As for me, my dislikes would be something like: wasabi, BDSM, and rope." "Um..." "Yes?" "...nevermind."]

Fears: ["Fears..." "Indeed, fears. Please put your character's fear, or fears—or if your character has no fear somehow, then feel free to empty it." "Is it even possible to have no fear...?" "Well, who knows. I do, in fact, have a great fear of someone..." "Um... you look really pale..." "Nonsense! I am always this pale."]

HISTORY

Background: ["A story of your whole life, to put it simply. Well, your character's life. As I said before, this assignment is about making a character based on yourself." "Myself..." "Indeed. Oh and also, please do keep in mind that this Danganronpa's game theme is second chance." "..." "You look confused, I see. The short explanation is that either your character did something bad in their life, or someone did something bad to them. And they wish for a second chance. You would know, wouldn't you?" "..."]

Family: ["This here is simply a section to put a list of your character's family members. Oh yes, and do keep it restricted to those who mattered to the character. And don't forget to describe their relationship with your character, is that clear?" "..." "..." "..." "I'll take that as a yes and continue."]

Friends: ["Another similar one. In this case, please put a list of your character's friends. Important friends, of course. We can't really put all the friends they have into the game, after all." "Game...?" "Ah, you talked again, little lost one. Yes, the game I have said earlier." "Danganronpa game..." "I see that your memory is still as strong as ever!" "'As ever'...? What do you—" "Next!"]

Future Dreams: ["Future dreams, aspiration, you name it! Simply describe what does your character want to be in the future, or what do they want to do—well, I'm sure you get it! Do you?" "..." "Nodding means yes, yes? I understand!"]

Secrets: ["A secret or two, anyone must have them. After all, all of you are not a saint." "All of us...?" "Ah! What I meant was of course, your character." "..." "Do you doubt me?" "Who wouldn't..." "Simply splendid! You do have a sense of humor after all, little lost one."]

DANGANRONPA(...?)

Motive to Kill: ["A motive or two, or perhaps three. The things that could possibly make your character kill, as simple as that." "K-Kill...!?" "Ah, that's right. Your memory is missing, my apologies." "Y-You just remember that now...? But what does... 'k-kill' mean—" "You see, little lost one—one cannot ask to many questions." "..." "I'm glad you understand!"]

Motive to Die: ["..." "Oh, please refrain yourself from looking at me like that! I'm not the one who made this form, I'll have you know. But there's one thing you need to know, that everything is questioned for a certain reason. Please don't worry though." "..." "Little lost one? You look pale, what's the matter?" "..."]

Innocent Behavior: ["The innocent behavior here refers as your character's behavior when they're innocent of murder—what would they be like during investigation and the trial." "..." "Hmm, she has stopped responding..." "..."]

Guilty Behavior: ["The guilty behavior is exactly as it says, the opposite of innocent behavior. Hence, you would fill it with what would your character like during investigation and the trial, the same as the section before. Do you understand?" "..." "Ah, I wonder if I broke her or something...?"]

MISC

Quotes: ["In here, just put something that your character would say, please. At least three dialogues, if that's alright with you." "..." "Still not responding, huh—oh, but your hand is still moving and writing. That's splendid! And convenient, considering there's only one more thing left. You truly are the Ultimate Student after all, Miss Suzuka Haruzome." "..."]

Others: ["This is it, the final section. Feel free to put anything that you think hasn't been mentioned in this form, or if you want to give us some advice that is fine as well." "..." "Well then, I see that you have no comment at all, Miss Suzuka. That is fine." "..." "It's been quite a pleasure to meet you. Now, since we'll never meet again...

"Good luck."]

RULES

1. Send your character through PM. No matter how good your character is, if it was sent in the review, I wouldn't accept it even if you sent it to my PM afterwards. At that point, everyone would already be spoiled by your character. Also please title it "Danganronpa: A New Game - [Character Name, [Talent]"

2. As usual, not accepting any kind of Mary Sues. I think that's a given but well, just in case people don't get it. And please, at least put some kind of effort to your submission. Think carefully, would this talent really be an Ultimate? Does this backstory actually make sense? Stuff like that. Don't be half-assed, kay.

3. I'm limiting the characters you can send to three characters per person. I'd only accept one character, but in the situation where I received less submission than what I expected, I could possibly accept two of your characters.

4. The deadline is two weeks from now, so June 16th. Of course, I'm not that tight on schedule so if you want time extension then PM me and I could give you some time to make your character after the deadline has passed. I'll take some time from the deadline to decide who I'm going to accept in my story. UPDATE: To hell with deadline. Yes, you hear me. I'm changing this shit to June 23th now. Because I can.

5. Please, don't send me a character that is currently in an active story, especially if it's a Danganronpa SYOC. I know personally that re-using character is faster in term of submitting a character to someone, but I'm not really sure if I can write a character that has made appearance in another story. Although, rejected character is totally fine.

6. Do remember that the theme of this story is second chance. You need to make your character fit with the theme, or the chance of them getting in is low. Of course, you're free to decide what kind of second chance does your character want. Did they failed at something important and want another chance? Did they got into prison and wanted to rewind time? Or something else? Be creative—I'm looking forward to see what you guys can do!

A/N: Oi oi, mayurie's here. You may know me or don't know me, who knows. But yeah, I've decided to make my own Danganronpa SYOC right here! I was honestly hesitant to publish it at first, but with the cuisini fettuccine from the Ultimate Helping Hand, Pow a.k.a. PainX65 here on this very website, I made up my mind. Go check him out people, he has an ongoing SYOC called Scrapyard of Talent!

Anyways, that's pretty much it. Oh yeah before anyone asked me if I'm going with 2nd person perspective while writing this story—no, I'm not gonna do that. I was just doing it with the prologue but that's it. Maybe. Just trying out some stuff to make this unique, if you know what I mean. So yeah, feel free to ask me if there's anything unclear on the form—either review or PM me, yeah? I'll put the form on my profile, of course. Good luck everyone!

SUBMISSION STATUS

- Ultimate ?

- Ultimate Psychiatrist

- Ultimate Sukeban

- Ultimate Nail Artist

- Ultimate Mountain Climber

- Ultimate Geneticist

- Ultimate Horologist

- Ultimate Private Eye

- Ultimate Historian

- Ultimate Bodyguard

- Ultimate Nature Photographer

- Ultimate Linguist

- Ultimate Doctor

- Ultimate Baker

- Ultimate Prosthetist

- Ultimate Eggplant (as the one who put it here, I'm sorry)

- Ultimate Analyst

- Ultimate Botanist

- Ultimate Escape Artist

- Ultimate Ghost Idol

- Ultimate Backup Dancer

- Ultimate Spelunker

- Ultimate Toymaker

- Ultimate Neurologist

- Ultimate Ballerina

- Ultimate Ten-Dancer

- Ultimate Psychic

- Ultimate Shadow Prince

- Ultimate Therapist

- Ultimate Construction Worker

- Ultimate Yamato-e Artist

- Ultimate Paintball Shooter

- Ultimate Gravedigger

- Male x18

- Female x14

- Eggplant x1

More A/N regarding submission: I'd appreciate it if I can get more aggressive/reckless character, a character related with food theme in any kind of way, antagonistic/asshole character, and a leader-type character. I would recommend to tone down the kind character a little, and also less tragic backstory if you don't mind; I've said that the whole second chance theme doesn't have to be anything serious, and it really is true.

However, all the stuff above are only a suggestion of mine—in the end this is SYOC, a submit your own character. Everything you do is up to you, and I don't mind some creativity and unique ideas. I look forward to read your submission, and thank you for reading this!