Ballroom. Time unknown.
Murder someone and get away with it.
There is absolutely no way anyone in this room can commit murder. Committing murder is a very serious offense to society, a law breaker, a terrible sin…
Yet, this bear is forcing everyone to commit the very sin that nobody expected to hear.
Patricia looked at everyone's faces. All she saw are shock, indifference, sadness, panic…anything negative that she can see. She herself is rather shocked at the event but remained calm in a degree to make her seem human.
No, rather…she's absolutely panicking in her mind. She never ever wanted to be in a situation like that and to be plunged into one right after being accepted into Tenrei Elite.
This is no school of hope…it is a school of despair.
"This can't be happening! I can't stay here like a hostage! I can't even be a hostage AGAIN!"
She was mentally screaming in her mind but her face remained a shocked calm expression. However, nobody is saying anything, nobody is protesting…
"You are sick!"
Everyone heard Takeru's voice, filled with rage and sadness. They all continued to look at him as if they expect more talk from the mangaka. The casual, normal and slightly optimistic boy…is now angry at Monokuma.
"There is no way even in hell would anyone here commit murder!" Takeru continued to yell, "If there is a need for that, I would kill YOU!"
"Upupupupu, the casual mangaka is soooooo angry at the cute me!" Monokuma replied to him a sarcastic voice, "What are you going to do about it?"
Takeru cursed under his breath after that reply from Monokuma. Everyone's shocked and indifferent faces turned into pity for him, as his arguments held no solid ground.
As much as Patricia wanted to help him badly, she wanted to know more about what Monokuma is talking about.
"Now that the bastard and all of you are silent, let me finish!" Monokuma face the group full front, "This game is called High School Life of Mutual Killing! Like what I said before, if you want to graduate from the premises, then kill someone and get away with it!"
Game? Now Monokuma is treating this…this "High School Life of Mutual Killing" a game?
Monokuma continued, "If you all are wondering about the method of killing…ANYTHING! You can use any method to kill! No limits here or anything!"
"Why are you encouraging US to commit this crime?!" Kimiko yelled out, "If you want all of us dead, then why don't you do it yourself?!"
"Because you bastard, I have rules!" Monokuma gave out a sinister laugh, "I'm a beary big stickler for the rules! I'm twice as obedient to the rules as any other bear!"
This caught Patricia's attention, "Rules? What are your rules? Even someone as sick as you have rules?"
Monokuma made another laugh, "I'll just hand out these IDs! They have the rules listed down! Since the pianist is sooo curious, I'll give her an ID first!"
"I'm hardly that curious, I just don't want to be a helpless hostage…"
Monokuma approached her and gave her a hand sized circular device. The device is grey with light blue designs, in the middle of the device is a tiny light blue orb.
"This is hardly an ID." Patricia looked at the device while turning it to all sides, "IDs are supposed to be square or rectangular…I've never heard of a circular ID."
"You never did. This is my creation, courtesy of referencing the many technologies of today! Upupupu, IDs for everyone!"
Soon out of nowhere, multiple Monokuma stuffed toys appeared one by one, each one appearing in front a classmate. All the Monokuma toys gave everyone their own ID and suddenly disappeared, leaving the Monokuma in front of Patricia left.
"H-h-how…?" Meyumi stammered, "They came out of nowhere…"
"What kind of sorcery is this?!" Corinne yelled, "How is this…possible?!"
"Th-this is…*cough* out of my reach…" Rizky clutched his device, "Is this sorcery? Impossible…"
"This is hardly sorcery! We live in the technology age now, adapt to it!" Monokuma comically yelled to them, "Seriously, kids are lacking genre savvy nowadays! Once they see something that they haven't seen before, they immediately proclaim it as impossible! GROW UP you bastards!"
"Y-y-you're the one who needs to grow up, Monokuma."
Patricia started having ill feelings towards Monokuma for treating this situation like a child's game. It's like she wanted to find out who the controller of this toy is and beat the crap out of him. Just seeing him in front of her is very tempting…
She wanted to strangle the toy.
"Saa, press the button in the middle and let it do its thing!" Monokuma waved its little right arm, "It won't hurt! Do it, all of you!"
"…What have I got to lose?"
Patricia pressed the button and a circle holographic light blue screen came out of the device. The screen shows her headshot and her information.
Name: Patricia Zamora
Age: 15
Nationality: Filipina
Title: Super High School Level Pianist
Besides the basic information, it also shows her height, weight and other personal information.
"Yep, NOW it works like an ID." Patricia kept looking at the screen vigilantly, "What would the others think about this?"
Patricia started looking at her classmates for their reactions. Stephanie and Kimiko, from a distance, are rather observant of their screens as if they are looking for hidden details. Takeru, who is just a few steps away from her, has a rather calm and curious expression. Conner looks baffled by the screen itself. Momoko is touching the screen randomly.
Everyone else is staring at the screen with an indifferent face.
"Check if the information is wrong! Consult me if it is, I cannot bear any mistakes in the IDs!"
"I hope Monokuma's words are true…"
Patricia continued to look around for reactions. Shin, who is at the moment standing close to her, is looking at his screen seriously. Patricia, not knowing his title, took a glance over at his ID and saw his title.
His title is Super High School Level…
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…Amnesia.
Shin's title is Super High School Level Amnesia? What kind of title is that? Patricia can't help but fill her thoughts on the oddball title that Shin possesses.
"Amnesia?! Shin has amnesia?!"
Despite her totally shocked reaction from the title, she still remained in her calm façade, not wanting to alarm the others.
"Upupupupu!" Monokuma made a random laugh, "Looks like the pianist saw Shin's title! Upupupu that must have shocked you!"
"Ara?" Momoko innocently interrupted, "What's Shin-nii's title?"
"Yeah, we don't know emotionless pretty boy's title." Kimiko added.
"Patricia, what's Shin's title?" Takeru asked.
"S-s-s…S-super…h-high school…level…"
Patricia was at a total loss at the title that she started stammering it. Monokuma was right, she's very shocked at discovering his title.
"Upupupu, even the doll pianist can't hold back her shock! Say it already!" Monokuma provoked, "A girl who acts like doll should obey a REAL person's commands!"
A girl who acts like a doll…Patricia took serious offense to what Monokuma said. She's always been called a doll throughout her social life due to her personality, but saying that statement like she is really a doll is…
"A…real…person…I'm…just a doll. Nobody…thinks that I'm a human-"
"My title is Super High School Level Amnesia!" Shin unexpectedly yelled to everyone, "There, happy?!"
Everyone got shocked at Shin's sudden outburst of anger as he stared angrily at Monokuma. Patricia could see that he got annoyed when he yelled that.
"Now that the damn amnesiac's title is known…back to business!" Monokuma said as if he wasn't affected by Shin at all.
"Shin…what was that?"
Monokuma continued, "There's a lone tab at the left side of the ID. Tap on it!"
Patricia looked back at her screen and saw the tab with the label "School Rules." She automatically tapped the tab and the screen turned vertically rectangular. The rectangle screen showed a list of rules.
~1~
Students are to live their lives in the academy. Forever.
~2~
From 10:00 pm to 7:00 am, "Nighttime" will take effect. Please be aware that some areas are off limits during this time.
~3~
Sleep is only permitted in the dormitory bedrooms. Sleeping in any other room counts as sleeping in class, resulting in punishment.
~4~
Investigation of Tenrei Elite Academy is endorsed. No limitations have been placed.
~5~
Ferocity, disobedience and back-talk against the headmaster, Monokuma, is banned. Furthermore, destruction of surveillance cameras is forbidden.
~6~
The villain who commits murder to his/her fellow classmate/s is allowed to "graduate", provided that his/her crime is not betrayed. The villain is allowed to kill only up to two of his/her classmates.
~7~
Additional rules may be added to this list if deemed necessary.
The list stops here.
"…I have a question…"Sumner said, "What does it mean by provided that his or her crime is not betrayed?"
"You must commit the perfect crime!" Monokuma replied to the psychic, "You have to kill in such a way that nobody will find out!"
"If a murder happens…" Corinne interrupted, "What comes after that?"
"If a murder is committed, a school trial will commence after a given set of time! The time given after a body is discovered should be used to investigate!" Monokuma laughed again, "Upupupupu, this way everything will be fair!"
"A school trial…?" Makoto said.
"Upupupu, you'll see it for yourselves soon!"
Patricia can't seriously intake this whole info casually like she used to before. She's absolutely taken back by this whole…game.
"Why the hell would you let us kill each other?!" Takeru suddenly yelled to Monokuma, "Why?! Why did you take us in this damn event in the first place?!"
"He's right!" Kimiko said, "Kill each other?! Absolutely no way!"
"I have to agree! We can't kill!" Seria shook her head, "Why are you making us do this?!"
"Upupupupu…" Monokuma glowed off his red eye, "Why kill? Upupupu, this school is your home now! Escaping this is futile! Whether to be killed or to kill, it's still killing!"
Again, those words are sinking in everyone's heart and mind. Kill to commit the perfect crime is what Monokuma is encouraging everyone to do. It's like a bullet of words firing into Patricia's heart, trying to instil the idea of killing to escape.
Silence is what follows.
"YAAAAAWN Do you bastards know what time it is? Its 7:00 pm!" Monokuma gave out another exaggerated yawn, "Whether you bastards want to stay here and talk amongst yourselves or go to sleep is so not my problem! I declare this over!"
7:00 pm? Does he mean that it's already that late? Patricia remembered perfectly that she left very early to enter this school. She and everyone must have been unconscious for a long time.
The main problem is that Monokuma is leaving. It is evident from everyone that more info is needed from him as soon as possible.
"Whatever you bastards will do, I'm going to rest!" Monokuma yawned yet again, "Hey you, pianist! Get out of the way!"
"Huh? Hold on…!" Patricia did not move, "We're not done talking…!"
"I don't care, I'm tired!"
"Damn it, there are still many unanswered questions! I have to keep him here!"
"Monokuma, you haven't explained anything about this school or the school trial or who you really are or…! If you leave, then we'll never be prepared." Patricia made her talk patterns more desperate, "You can't leave yet. Answer me!"
Patricia became on the verge of panic due to the many facts that Monokuma avoided. She even risked a change in her speech patterns to get information out of Monokuma.
He didn't explain why specifically this group of students, he didn't explain a reasonable explanation for making this game, he didn't explain what the school trial exactly is, and the most important of all…
Who is controlling Monokuma?
Everyone wants these answers, and they'll lose the one chance they'll get to find out…
"She's right! You haven't given us all of the details!" Kimiko continued the argument, "You can't leave yet!"
"I'll shoot you." Conner added.
"Man you bastards are stubborn!" Monokuma showed off his claws from his paws, "if I wasn't so bounded to the rules, I would have killed you guys in seconds!"
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Once again, everyone can't find the words to counterattack him.
"Upupupu, don't try me you bastards!" Monokuma immediately ran to the ballroom door in a flash, "Saa de, I'll be going now! Investigate what you can tonight! That's my advice to you, bastards!"
Monokuma opened the door and exited in a cartoon-like fashion. The slam of the door somehow echoed throughout the whole ballroom.
"…Calm down, Patricia….Calm yourself down…" Patricia breathed in and out, "You weren't taught to lash out like that…remain lady-like…"
"Whoa, Patricia-chan!" Momoko ran to her and grabbed her arm, "I never knew you could try and talk back to him like that!"
"Young Mistress is surprisingly emotional when distressed I see…" Seria said, "At least you tried to do something."
Patricia remained quiet at her classmates' praise on her rather out of touch behaviour.
"…maybe it's best if we talk about this whole thing first." Patricia returned to her formal speech, "We can at least salvage something from doing that."
"Here's what I noticed…*cough*" Rizky started, "The rooms we were all in moments ago…are they our dorm rooms?"
He's talking about the rooms at the side of the foyer. The rooms with the fancy decorated ornaments and the pixelated pictures with a surname on each door.
"Hey Stephanie, what did you say again about the rooms?" Sachiko asked her.
"There are 8 rooms in the second floor. Another 8 on the ground floor. Totalling 16 dorm rooms. Most of us passed out in a room that has our surname on it." Stephanie walked closer to the group, "The reason for that…ask someone else."
"Why the heck did I end up passed out in the middle of the foyer?!" Takeru yelled, "Everyone passed out in their rooms, I ended up lying down on the ground exposed to that chandelier!"
"…That's a mystery." Meyumi looked at him, "What if Monokuma dragged everyone to their room and you ended up being the last to be dragged. Maybe he got tired?"
"I'm not that heavy!" Takeru yelled again, "I'm SO going to beat the damn hell out of that bear…"
"Speaking of mystery…" Sumner interrupted, "I'm sorry to interrupt your defence but Shin's title is a mystery…I mean, amnesia?"
He's right. Shin's title is Super High School Level Amnesia. Isn't there supposed to be a significance to that? It's a total mystery…
"He's right…ne!" Meyumi's faced sparked up and faced Sumner, "You are the Super High School Level Psychic right? Can't you view his past?"
Sumner shook his head, "I've tried but it's very…very…vague. The only clear thing is that he has been inactive for a year."
Inactive for a year...no activity done by him in a year…was he in a coma?
"That Shin is mysterious…"
Takeru clapped his hands, "Maybe we should leave that for later! Listen guys, I'm absolutely curious as to what this place has to offer! We need to investigate, maybe by doing that we can find a way out…"
"Oh, so split up into teams?" Yuuki interrupted, "I'm curious about the dorms."
"Allow me to accompany you, Young Master." Seria walked to him, "Maybe I can also clean up while we're at it."
So Seria and Yuuki are to investigate the dorms.
"Ne!" Momoko yelled, "Let's look for food! I haven't eaten yet!"
"Right back at you Momoko, we haven't eaten anything…" Kimiko face then sparked up, "Hey, I remember a door with a sign that depicts a spoon and a fork! Maybe that's the cafeteria. I saw the sign under the stairs!"
"I want to come along!" Corinne excitedly jumped, "I'm very hungry…"
Momoko, Kimiko and Corinne are to investigate the cafeteria.
"Ah!" Takeru faced Stephanie, "Have you noticed anything that stood out in the foyer, Stephanie?"
"I saw a huge door that looked like the entrance to a bank's storage seen in cartoons." Stephanie replied, "I need to look into it more."
"Ok. Raik, Conner…" Takeru faced both sharpshooter and hunter, "Can you two accompany her? Maybe there's a way to break that door and maybe your accuracy can help there."
"Sure." Conner agreed.
Raik shook his head, "Fine then."
Stephanie, Conner and Raik will investigate the huge safe door in the foyer.
"I-if its…not too much trouble…I'm curious at the other doors on the first floor…*cough*" Rizky said, "One of the signs I saw…lead to an infirmary…"
"Whoa, want me to accompany you to investigate those rooms?" Sachiko interrupted, "We should look for the infirmary first for your sake…"
Rizky and Sachiko will look into the other rooms in the ground floor.
"Ne Makoto…" Takeru faced him, "There's the second floor rooms right? Can you investigate?"
"Sure, I can do that. I just need company." Makoto looked around.
"Alright, I can accompany you." Sumner nodded.
"Ne, me too, I want to come." Meyumi said.
Makoto, Sumner and Meyumi will go to the rooms in the 2nd floor.
So recap: Seria and Yuuki will investigate the dorms. Momoko, Kimiko and Corinne will look into the cafeteria. Stephanie, Raik and Conner will check out the large safe door in the foyer. Rizky and Sachiko will look into the other rooms in the first floor. Makoto, Sumner and Meyumi will go to the rooms in the 2nd floor.
Takeru, Patricia and Shin are left.
"Alright everyone, let's meet up at the middle of the foyer after investigating our designated areas." Takeru then possessed a serious look, "Take note of anything noteworthy."
With his word, the groups started to leave one by one out of the ballroom. In a few seconds, Shin, Patricia and Takeru are left alone.
"The three of us should investigate this room." Takeru said, "Look around every nook and cranny, ok guys?"
The three of them then started walking around at their own individual pace. Patricia ended up looking at the curtains at the west windows of the room. The curtains certainly look high class and the material used is something not easily obtainable.
"…These curtains are like the bigger versions of the ones I have at home…" Patricia sighed.
She then moved the curtains in order to reveal the windows. She was expecting an evening sky to welcome her but…
What she saw are steel plates with large bolts attached to them, blocking the windows to conceal the vision of the sky. Patricia just stood there and looked at it, a shocked face evident from it.
"S-steel plates blocking the windows?! I'd better tell the guys…"
"Takeru, Shin!" Patricia yelled to get their attention, "The windows are all blocked with steel plates!"
"What?" Takeru then opened another set of curtains to reveal the steel plates blocking the sky, "No way! Why are steel plates blocking the sky?!"
Patricia saw Takeru attempting to remove one of the large bolts holding the plates. Despite his efforts, he ended up releasing his grip to reveal that his hands became red from trying.
Shin then came to Takeru's area and tried to remove the bolts himself. Even if he's wearing gloves, the bolts are way too strong to remove.
"Damn it…" Shin cursed under his breath.
"Man, this is extra tough…" Takeru loudly said, "Well, now we know that the windows are covered up…"
Patricia sighed at the steel plates. She felt like she'll go insane anytime soon without seeing any real sky.
"Remain calm…remain…calm…it is not very proper of me to go insane simple because of that…"
"Ah!" Takeru gasped, "Is that a camera up there?"
"Where?" Patricia started frantically looking around.
"Around your area, up there in the corner!"
Patricia looked up and saw a surveillance camera looking at her, zooming its lenses and focusing on her area. She became particularly intimidated about the cameras.
"Look." Shin said, "All 4 corners."
Looking at each corner of the room, Patricia saw surveillance cameras on each corner.
"…In a way, it makes sense to have 4 cameras in this room, it's absolutely huge…"
Other than the steel plates and the cameras, nothing else stood out. Patricia then decided to walk to the middle of the ballroom, waiting for the two guys to finish their investigation.
Soon afterwards, they did come to the middle as well.
"You know, other than the cameras and the steel plates, nothing else stood out here…" Takeru scratched his head, "It's like a ballroom specifically designed for rich people…"
Patricia couldn't help but nod lightly, agreeing with Takeru on all that he said. She then faced Shin, wanting to ask him a question she has thought of.
"Shin, when you yelled out your title…you sound angry." Patricia looked down at her feet, "Was it…because I saw your title on your ID? If it was, I must apologize…"
"…It's not your fault…" Shin said, "I got a bit angry…for some reason."
"Some reason huh? Is it related to your amnesia?" Takeru interrupted, "Speaking of which, why is it that you have amnesia?"
As expected, Shin did not answer him.
"Or why not this," Takeru breathed in and out, "What is it that you can remember?"
This question somehow made Shin look like he's thinking deeply, as if he's digging in his mind to search for parts of his memories. His eyes then got a silent shocked expression.
"I was…asleep for a year."
"Asleep?" Patricia asked, "A coma?"
"Maybe. I also remember that I..." Shin then looked away from both Patricia and Takeru, "Stay away from me as much as possible…"
Suddenly, Shin walked towards the entrance of the ballroom. He opened the door forcefully and walked out. He shut the door behind him.
"What was that about?" Takeru looked at Patricia, "At first, he doesn't seem to mind our company and now that he seems to remember a few things…he ended up leaving us alone."
"He's right, Shin left us once he gathered up something…is he mad at me again? At us?"
Patricia looked at the entrance, "What if Shin remembered something that he did before and never wanted to do again?"
"That's possible…" Takeru started his serious look again, "Although, I think that kind of memory is pretty much the only thing he remembers…"
"As much as I wanted to find out, maybe it's better if we just move on…"
"Saa, let's go back to the foyer." Takeru walked ahead, "We may be ahead of everyone, but there's nothing else that's noteworthy here…"
Foyer, second floor. Time: 8:00 pm
By the time Patricia and Takeru took the stairs down to the middle of the ground floor foyer, they saw Shin looking up at the chandelier. The two looked at each other, unsure on how to confront him now.
"After what happened in there, how can we talk to him?" Takeru showed a sad face, "I feel horrible…"
"We don't have to." Patricia crossed her arms, "Recovering a memory that immediately changed his demeanour is a lot to take in."
Patricia also couldn't help but feel guilty of her actions earlier but she can't afford to show her guilt…
It'll make her an easy target.
"It's no use to show myself…it's worthless anyway…"
"Why don't we wait up here in the second floor? The other areas have a lot more importance than our area." Takeru leaned against the railing, "Is that fine?"
"…That's fine."
Patricia held onto the railings as well and started to look at the first floor of the foyer. The foyer has a bit of the royal setting and it makes this school look more like an extravagant mansion than a school.
"…If my parents were to see this, they would attempt to buy this school. Hmph…"
"Ne, don't you think this place looks more like a castle than a school?" Takeru randomly said, "It would be amazing if this is really a castle…"
"…If we weren't imperilled to a murder situation, then I would have to agree…"
"You like to live in rich places?" Patricia nonchalantly asked, "With your status as a successful mangaka, that's possible in a few years' time."
"It would be nice but my lifestyle is pretty much normal. I only live with my parents in an average house in Shibuya. I went to a normal middle school as well."
Patricia's face sparked up slightly when she heard Shibuya.
"You live in Shibuya as well?" Patricia faced him, "I also live there but I happen to attend a different school, since I'm a foreigner."
"Wait, the only middle school I know that caters to foreigners is like, super expensive…" Takeru made a small laugh, "Your family must be amazing to send you to somewhere wealthy. What's your family like?"
"My family?" Patricia began to think, "My father is a successful CEO and my mother is a head doctor. I have an older brother by 2 years, he's studying to become a full-fledge reporter."
"Whoa, cool!" Takeru smiled widely, "Your family is amazing!"
Patricia ended up silent after hearing Takeru's innocent comment of her family. She ended up smiling and looking up the chandelier.
Her smile has empty meaning.
"NEEEEEEEE!" The both of them heard Momoko's yell from the bottom, "If you two are done sharing stories, we got to report our findings!"
"So the impromptu mangaka leader is slacking off by telling stories…" Kimiko laughed, "How irresponsible from someone who showed leadership a while ago..."
"Huh?! Ok, wait!" Takeru ended up speeding down the stairs to the complete group in a comical manner, "Sorry everyone. It's just that we investigated the ballroom and found only surveillance cameras and steel plates. Nothing else stood out."
"So you too huh…" Yuuki sighed, "In every room, not only are there cameras and steel plates, but there's a screen in there as well. You know, those blue holographic tvs…"
"Uuuu…those tvs, cameras and steel plates are making me down…" Momoko faced Takeru, "Ne! Takeru-nii! Me, Kimiko-nee and Corinne-chan searched around the cafeteria! It was huuuuuuuge!"
"I also searched around the kitchen…" Kimiko said, "There's plenty of food there…"
"And I found a note that said that the food restocks regularly." Corinne said, "I guess shortage of food isn't a problem…"
Patricia then decided to walk down the stairs to join the group, keeping on her indifferent face but showing slight interest in the discussion.
"Stephanie." Patricia face her, "How about that big safe door over there?"
Patricia pointed to the absolutely huge safe door that stood out in the foyer.
"The door is steel, and we tried looking for weak points around the door like loose bolts, small holes…nothing. The door is highly maintained." Stephanie answered.
"Conner and I tried looking for any possible damages." Raik shook his head, "It's not possible to break the door as of now."
"Undamaged." Conner interrupted, "The door. It is unbreakable."
"Young Master Yuuki and I entered everyone's dorm room." Seria said, "The dorm rooms all have a large bed, a study desk with a computer, a lint roller, a cabinet, and a closet. Besides those, there's also a bathroom in each room. Oh and everyone's luggage is inside their respective rooms."
"There's also something else that stood out between the rooms for girls and rooms for boys." Yuuki interrupted, "There's a toolkit for boys and a sewing kit for girls. Also, only the girls' rooms have locks in their bathroom doors."
"For everyone's knowing, I'll also say whose room is on the ground floor and whose room is on the 2nd floor." Seria continued, "Kawamura, Zakharia, Mwinda, Klyce, Kinoshita, Rousseau, Nakamura, and Tsukino. These people will occupy the dorms on the 2nd floor. Meanwhile, Tsukiyomi, Shiratori, Zamora, Lorando, Rene, Natsubishi, Shimura, and Williams will occupy the ground floor dorms."
"Our privacy in our rooms would have been a lot better if there are no cameras…" Kimiko interrupted.
Sachiko nodded, "Agree!"
"U-u-um…" Rizky coughed, "Sa-sachiko and I checked out the other ground floor foyer rooms. There's an incinerator room, an infirmary, a laundry room and a school store…"
"The laundry room and the incinerator room have no interest but the infirmary is almost like a mini hospital, complete with blood bags and other medicine that Rizky knew too well." Sachiko paused for a bit, "Also, the school store looks more like a mini department store…"
"Sumner, Makoto and I looked into the 2nd floor foyer rooms." Meyumi interrupted, "There's only 3 doors in that floor. One leads to a big recreational room."
"It's also weird for a recreational room." Sumner interrupted, "Chess boards, shogi boards, dart boards, a magazine rack, poker game tables, video games…anything that has to do with a game board or a video game is in that room."
"Another door leads to an AV room." Makoto continued, "The AV room has multiple video players organized like a classroom and at the front is a large tv."
Meyumi then looked up to the 2nd floor of the foyer, "There's also this bigger door that's locked. The three of us tried to open it, the door is locked tight."
With everyone's findings of the foyer area, the investigation ended in the conclusion that no exit has been found and that every room's windows are blocked by steel plates and every step of the investigation was seen by the surveillance cameras.
"We looked all we can, yet we can't find the exit." Yuuki said, "How troublesome…"
"Ne ne!" Momoko smiled, "We may be trapped here but we can't let that bring us down! At least this foyer is big enough for me to run around!"
"As long as nothing serious happens, a murder won't occur with the way things are now!" Corinne smiled brightly, "We can't give up! The Americans from long ago didn't give up! Why should we?"
Bim Bom Bam Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!
"May I have your attention? It's now 10:00 pm. Nighttime will take effect! Some areas will close now. Good night!"
Monokuma's announcement of nighttime made everyone silent. It's the first they heard of something like this.
"We should all go to our dorm rooms." Makoto declared, "We'll continue this tomorrow."
Sachiko, Corinne, Kimiko, Conner, Rizky and Raik started to climb up the stairs since their dorm rooms are on the 2nd floor of the foyer. Makoto and Momoko somehow stayed behind.
"Come on Kouhai, we need to get some rest." Makoto grabbed Momoko's arms forcefully. Momoko amusingly tried to let go from his grip.
"Sempai! I don't want to sleep yet!" Momoko showed off a cute sad please, "Watashi…I want to run around!"
Makoto's grip ended up being the stronger competitor. However, Makoto ended up having to drag a very energetic Momoko to the second floor. This somehow amused the people left on the ground floor.
"We should all go to sleep." Stephanie started to walk to her room, "Good night."
Stephanie, Sumner, Meyumi, Seria and Yuuki went into their rooms and closed the door. Patricia stayed out, not wanting to enter her room yet. Takeru and Shin are also staying out for reasons currently unknown.
"Shin…" Takeru started, "I want to tell you something…"
"Takeru…what's he doing?"
"…What?" Shin's attention is now fully on Takeru.
"…Please…please forgive us!" Takeru yelled, "We didn't mean to make you hate us! We were just curious about your amnesia, we just got carried away…"
Shin shook his head, "That's not-"
"Let me finish!" Takeru interrupted him, "What we made you remember must be something bad right? We really didn't mean that, we just want to help you with your amnesia!"
"…since when did Takeru add me to his plans without consulting me…? Sigh, even then, I still would've agreed with him…"
Still though, Takeru's loud apology must have struck Patricia hard in the heart, as she is also involved with his actions earlier.
"I…" Patricia ended up making a curtsy bow, "I must also apologize for that. I also want to know more about your amnesia and your year-long haitus…"
Shin ended up sighing, "Can't believe that you two want to be involved with me…" He then faced away from them, "Do what you want. I'm not even angry at you two in the first place."
"So that means we can still hang out-" Takeru got interrupted.
"However, if you two want to stay alive…then stay away from me as much as possible…"
Shin ended up walking to his dorm room and shutting the door behind him gently. Takeru and Patricia looked at each other with more confusion but Takeru then placed a reassured expression on his face.
"Thank god, I thought he was angry at us!" Takeru made a small laugh, "Shin may look creepy with his clothing, appearance and his personality, but I would like it if I get to know him more!"
"Takeru, I think your optimism can go long ways…" Patricia commented, "Still, I agree with you."
"It's like the three of us are bonding." Takeru then faced his dorm room, "Maybe I can bond with the others as well! I want to get to know everyone personally!"
"…So that's why he took the hard way when he's introducing himself…he wants to remember everyone…I'm sort of jealous at his personality."
"So good night!" Takeru then went into his dorm room and closed his door.
Patricia's dorm room. Time: 10:32 pm. Nighttime.
Patricia is lying on her bed, attempting to sleep. It's very hard for her to sleep, knowing that a dangerous game is taking effect and there's nothing she can do to stop it as of now. The red and black wallpaper of the big dorm room is not helping her either.
All she can do is think about her older brother.
"Big Brother Ryoto…please endure my absence…I won't let anyone kill me…I won't leave you alone with mom and dad, dear brother…" Patricia hugged her pillow tighter, "I won't kill anyone…I won't kill Takeru, Shin or anybody here…please pray that I won't succumb to this game…"
Despair's Start – END
Monokuma: Upupupupu, I once gave out a gift to another bear. The bear appreciated my gift! The bear then told me stories of himself and guess what? I was puking on the inside on how BORING his story is! There's so much angst, tragedy and drama in his story! I want the real grotesque stuff if you know what I mean!
Like I said in the chapter before this, I'll be switching between Takeru's viewpoint and Patricia's viewpoint. It's just like how the first game is solely on Naegi's viewpoint, mostly (Take note of this word.).
Aaaaaaah, I really wish I can pull this story off as at least successful…
Also, it's actually pretty hard to determine who will be dead and who will survive. I liked everyone's characters…and I feel so guilty for the need to kill some. So please understand that if your character is killed, it's only for plot reasons.
Upupupu, see you guys in the next chapter! Please review!