Murder Game XIV: Monokuma's Awakening

[Atomyk]

"You got it!" said Monokuma. The bear giggled, and the site closed itself. Nothing momentous would happen and Kyoko would feel no different.

"It's okay." Jude nodded to her. "You got us. We'll protect you."

@Hospes @BarrenThin @york @Crimson Spartan @Crow @Gummi Bunnies @Verite @DapperDogman @Minerva @Jeremi @Yun Lee @Bunker

***

"Nothing's going on here... the diner's pretty boring."

"Huh? Uhh... Okay, so we managed to get the monitors on and that was fine, but they just suddenly changed... did you do something? I'll try that password you have." After a few moments, Victoria returned. "Do you have... a table there? Break open the light below it, then put the memory card it gives you and the other one into the projector."

@Crow

***

"You know, I think I got what's up with these monitors." Bullet adjusted the dial to 62.5, turning the monitors on. "Add 25 to 100, then divide... so, yeah."

The monitors displayed static for a few moments, until all of them suddenly flashed with the message "Selection Received." They then displayed what looked like a field to insert a password. "Huh?" Victoria stared at the monitors. "Uhh... Okay, so we managed to get the monitors on and that was fine, but they just suddenly changed... did you do something? I'll try that password you have."

Victoria went ahead and typed in trytounderstand, which displayed a check mark on the monitors.

The screens then displayed the inside of a strange room. It was clear to see it was showing the feed of the other group. The camera zoomed in on a light stashed under the table. Half of the monitors switched to an x-ray view, showing a memory card inside the light. These monitors then showed a diagram of two memory cards being inserted into a projector.

"Do you have... a table there? Break open the light below it, then put the memory card it gives you and the other one into the projector."

@Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Jeremi @The Tactician @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Takumi @Room999
​

 

[Crow]

"Nothing's going on here... the diner's pretty boring."

"Huh? Uhh... Okay, so we managed to get the monitors on and that was fine, but they just suddenly changed... did you do something? I'll try that password you have." After a few moments, Victoria returned. "Do you have... a table there? Break open the light below it, then put the memory card it gives you and the other one into the projector."

@Crow

"Morikubo can't just break it with her bare... oh wait... my diary is a hardcover... it should be hard enough to smash the light..."

Nono pulls her diary out, ready to smash a light. Nono walks towards the particular table. "Is it this one, Victoria?"

Nono describes the table's proportionate dimensions to her. If the answer from Victoria was 'Yes', Nono winced as she smashed the hard spine of her diary against the supposed light...

Should she acquire the memory Victoria spoke of, she proceeded to prepare to insert the memories in the projector. "Any particular order? Like, which one goes in which slot? Or no particular order?"

Nono follows the instructions that were provided in response to the prior question and inserts the memories into the Projector as specified...

"cyclone... joker... Here goes nothing!"

@Hospes @BarrenThin @york @Crimson Spartan @Crow @Gummi Bunnies @Verite @DapperDogman @Minerva @Jeremi @Yun Lee @Bunker​

 

[Atomyk]

"Yeah, I guess that's the one... No, it doesn't seem it needs a particular order... Okay, you see that cabinet behind the computer? Move it. There's like, a secret door behind it."

@Crow

***

"Yeah, I guess that's the one..." Victoria said into the phone. She began inserting the two memory cards she had gathered into slots next to the keyboard. "No, it doesn't seem it needs a particular order." With the memory cards inserted, the images on the monitors changed to show a different video feed. It seemed to be of the same bunker that the others were trapped in, but recorded sometime before they arrived. It depicted a sliding door in the wall opening and closing.

"... Okay, you see that cabinet behind the computer? Move it. There's like, a secret door behind it."

@Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Jeremi @The Tactician @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Takumi @Room999

***

The projector's image would change to just three numbers: 86, 22, and 55.5.

@Hospes @BarrenThin @york @Crimson Spartan @Crow @Gummi Bunnies @Verite @DapperDogman @Minerva @Jeremi @Yun Lee @Bunker​

 

[Verite]

"You got it!" said Monokuma. The bear giggled, and the site closed itself. Nothing momentous would happen and Kyoko would feel no different.

"It's okay." Jude nodded to her. "You got us. We'll protect you."

@Hospes @BarrenThin @york @Crimson Spartan @Crow @Gummi Bunnies @Verite @DapperDogman @Minerva @Jeremi @Yun Lee @Bunker​

"I appreciate the sentiment... But this is my burden alone to carry. I promise, I won't die. Not before I get you all out of this place," Kyoko said, averting her gaze despite her promise, "After all, a leader has to remain firm and strong throughout. No matter what happens. Until the end," she spoke.

It was actually quite amusing. How quickly the time limit can be activated. How quickly your mortality catches up with you. She wouldn't admit it or show it openly, but Kyoko wasn't going to delude herself. She was indeed a bit scared. After all, fear was proof that her imagination was still working, as she had once said before. The situation was bad. Even if there was no immediate visible indication that things were going to go bad, Monokuma had his ways.

Now, more than ever, it was time to show everyone what the true power of hope was capable of, when even she, who was supposedly in this hopeless situation, still had the will to fight.

"For now, let's just focus on what we need to do immediately. Getting distracted over things that may or may not happen later won't be of any use to us."

@Atomyk​

 

[Atomyk]

Continued from here.

Twilight Update
"Blues and Bullets"

Using the information Victoria had gathered, the group stuck inside the bunker moved the cabinet and found the secret door hidden beyond it. As the door was opened, there was an audible beeping noise throughout the bunker, which was soon followed by the exit door swinging open. It seemed the puzzle was solved and that they had successfully escaped.

And the prize for their efforts?

"There seems to be some folders back here," Jude said, poking his head into the hidden room. He looked around, feeling a sense of unease with the tiny room. Pictures were hung on the walls, depicting greyscale shots of various girls. They were all tied up, with the majority of them looking angry or asleep. The implications were clear. "Oh, no... No, this is sick. This can't be." Also in the room was a small bookcase where a number of red folders had been stored.

"Rachel... Anna, Laura, Rosie, all the missing girls. They all have a file, and they're not the only ones..."

"What a major buzzkill," Meira said, looking in from behind the group.

"Take these," Holder said, his face a mask of stone. "They are a definite link between our shithead and the girls. And think about it... respected member of the community has a dark side. Does some shady shit. He was last scene at the casino, and who there would want to do his head in considering this shit? Maybe a father of one of the girls who works there. Maybe a guy who works for the mayor, who would like to see our shithead dealt with. Maybe the casino manager who he likely worked with who got a little over his head. We have enough to question these assholes."

"Then... it's almost over," Jude said, Monokuma's words from earlier in the day echoing inside his head. Was today truly going to be the end of it?

"Let's get to that casino."

***

After receiving the numbers from the projector, Victoria moved the dial to match them. After the three numbers were submitted, the monitors flashed, and a square doorway in the wall of the hotel room revealed itself. The monitors then displayed five sets of heights and weights.

"The hell...?" Bullet moved to the doorway and opened it, revealing a small room with six chairs bolted to the wall. "What the shit is all this?"

Benjamin Horne looked aghast as he examined the room as well. "This room is supposed to be under renovations..."

"Umm... Hmm..." Victoria glanced up at the monitors, her mind working. She recognized one of the heights to be her own, as well as the weight that was underneath it. "I think... it wants six of us to sit on the chairs. Does anyone think they recognize their exact details?"

After a bit of shuffling around and discussion, it eventually became clear that the six meant to sit in the chairs were Bullet, Victoria, Horne, Shane, Jamie, and Stan. "Oh my god," Victoria mumbled as she sat in one of the chairs. "Please don't let this be an execution chair."

"Do we really have to do this?" Jamie asked, cautiously sitting down in one of the chairs.

"I'm... curious what's happened to my hotel," said Horne.

Stan followed next. "If you all say this will bring justice for Rosie, I'll do anything."

Shane and Bullet sat down last, the latter letting out a curse. "This is fucked up, man. You know that, right? We're gonna to get boned by doing this."

Letting out an exasperated breath, Bullet tried to put on a smile regardless. "... Wish us luck, yeah?"

Once all six were in place, the wall shifted out of place and spun at a rapid speed. Soon all six disappeared, moved into the space behind the wall.

On the other side, Victoria let out a gasp, as all six sat in a room filled to the brim with weaponry. Guns, knives, explosives... everything was on display. One of the screens in the monitor room switched to a feed of the room, allowing everyone outside to see what was going on inside.

"What is all this?"

As soon as Victoria asked the question, the lights in the weapons room turned off.

Victoria then screamed.

***

Diana arrived at the casino with Rant in time to meet the others from the bunker. They had gotten the room number from Victoria and were on their way to the elevators when--

Cough cough.

Kyoko Kirigiri let out two coughs, and though they were but brief, though they seemed to be somewhat mild, they were but the beginning of the consequences of Kyoko's reckless act. Following her two violent coughs, she would go pale, even moreso than she usually was, and her breathing would go ragged.

Before long, she would even break into a cold sweat and lose strength in her legs, stumbling into the wall with a soft thump.

"Ah... Ugh..."

Thump.

And then with that, she suddenly collapsed onto the floor without a word.

Anyone who would investigate her condition would find that she was burning up badly, like she was down with a close to fatal fever. The end was coming.

Holder moved to grab Kyoko, lifting her up off the floor. He grunted at how hot she felt, adopting a worried look. Meira approached with her arms out. "Let me hold her now!"

The phone taken from the bunker then began to ring. When answered, Victoria's voice screamed through the receiver. "Something's seriously fucking wrong! Come to the hotel now!" Before more could be said, the sound of a gun firing echoed through the phone and the connection was cut.

"... Go."

With Kyoko in hand, Holder led the group to the elevators and up to the hotel rooms... where, when they stepped out of the elevator, they came face-to-face with an unsettling individual.

The girl before them cradled a knife in her hands. "It's so nice... to meet all of you."

Continued here.

***

CAST LIST
@C.T. as Arya Stark "Ultimate Killer" [Game of Thrones]
@Kaykay as Chikage Kushinada "Ultimate Jujutsuka" [History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi]
@Chewy Rabbits as Catbug "Ultimate Cutie" [Bravest Warriors]
@Minerva as Corrin "Ultimate Protector" [Fire Emblem]
@DapperDogman as Darv "Ultimate Saltborn" [Salt & Sanctuary]
@Yun Lee as Edmond Honda "Ultimate Sumo Wrestler" [Street Fighter]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@The Tactician as Jack "Ultimate Samurai" [Samurai Jack]
@york as Jack Frost "Ultimate Funhouse" [Rise of the Guardians]
@Verite as Kyoko Kirigiri "Ultimate ???" [Danganronpa]
@Gummi Bunnies as "Lapis Lazuli" "Ultimate Crystal" [Original Character]
@LuckycoolHawk9 as M. "Stiles" Stilinski "Ultimate Sarcasm" [Teen Wolf]
@Crow as Morikubo Nono "Ultimate Wallflower" [THE iDOLM@STER]
@Jeremi as Poison "Ultimate Manager" [Street Fighter]
@ShiroKiyoshi as Rant T. Mouse "Ultimate Rat Mouse" [Original Character]
@Crimson Spartan as Seamus "Sledge" Cowden "Ultimate Breaching Charge" [Rainbow Six: Siege]
@Hospes as Tarlotte "Ultimate Tantrum" [Kyoshiro to Town no Sora]
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as Tekhartha Zenyatta "Ultimate Teacher" [Overwatch]
@Periodically Incorrect as Terezi Pyrope "Ultimate Justice" [Homestuck]
@DBZ7 as Tharja "Ultimate Hextress" [Fire Emblem]
@Nater Taters as Tomoko Kuroki "Ultimate Loser" [WataMote]
@Atomyk as Victoria Maribeth Chase "Ultimate Bitch" [Life is Strange]
@Takumi as Yurick "Ultimate Arcanist" [The Last Story]
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as Zinnia "Ultimate Lorekeeper" [Pokemon]​

 

[Crow]

"Yeah, I guess that's the one... No, it doesn't seem it needs a particular order... Okay, you see that cabinet behind the computer? Move it. There's like, a secret door behind it."

@Crow

"Gaaaaah... Morikubo will take a while..." Nono musters all her strength to push to cabinet. "HRRRGGGHHHHH.... HRRRGGGHHH... someone help Morikubo out here..."

As adrenaline was channeled through her body via the will to live, Nono conjured enough strength to move the cabinet with the aid of the supposed volunteer. Her delicate fingers lacked the strength to push At last, the door was observable.

"Morikubo... did it... we.... did it... and Morikubo can't do it anymore..."

---

​

Continued from here.

Twilight Update
"Blues and Bullets"

Using the information Victoria had gathered, the group stuck inside the bunker moved the cabinet and found the secret door hidden beyond it. As the door was opened, there was an audible beeping noise throughout the bunker, which was soon followed by the exit door swinging open. It seemed the puzzle was solved and that they had successfully escaped.

And the prize for their efforts?

"There seems to be some folders back here," Jude said, poking his head into the hidden room. He looked around, feeling a sense of unease with the tiny room. Pictures were hung on the walls, depicting greyscale shots of various girls. They were all tied up, with the majority of them looking angry or asleep. The implications were clear. "Oh, no... No, this is sick. This can't be." Also in the room was a small bookcase where a number of red folders had been stored.

"Rachel... Anna, Laura, Rosie, all the missing girls. They all have a file, and they're not the only ones..."

"What a major buzzkill," Meira said, looking in from behind the group.

"Take these," Holder said, his face a mask of stone. "They are a definite link between our shithead and the girls. And think about it... respected member of the community has a dark side. Does some shady shit. He was last scene at the casino, and who there would want to do his head in considering this shit? Maybe a father of one of the girls who works there. Maybe a guy who works for the mayor, who would like to see our shithead dealt with. Maybe the casino manager who he likely worked with who got a little over his head. We have enough to question these assholes."

"Then... it's almost over," Jude said, Monokuma's words from earlier in the day echoing inside his head. Was today truly going to be the end of it?

"Let's get to that casino."

***

After receiving the numbers from the projector, Victoria moved the dial to match them. After the three numbers were submitted, the monitors flashed, and a square doorway in the wall of the hotel room revealed itself. The monitors then displayed five sets of heights and weights.

"The hell...?" Bullet moved to the doorway and opened it, revealing a small room with six chairs bolted to the wall. "What the shit is all this?"

Benjamin Horne looked aghast as he examined the room as well. "This room is supposed to be under renovations..."

"Umm... Hmm..." Victoria glanced up at the monitors, her mind working. She recognized one of the heights to be her own, as well as the weight that was underneath it. "I think... it wants six of us to sit on the chairs. Does anyone think they recognize there exact details?"

After a bit of shuffling around and discussion, it eventually became clear that the six meant to sit in the chairs were Bullet, Victoria, Horne, Shane, Jamie, and Stan. "Oh my god," Victoria mumbled as she sat in one of the chairs. "Please don't let this be an execution chair."

"Do we really have to do this?" Jamie asked, cautiously sitting down in one of the chairs.

"I'm... curious what's happened to my hotel," said Horne.

Stan followed next. "If you all say this will bring justice for Rosie, I'll do anything."

Shane and Bullet sat down last, the latter letting out a curse. "This is fucked up, man. You know that, right? We're gonna to get boned by doing this."

Letting out an exasperated breath, Bullet tried to put on a smile regardless. "... Wish us luck, yeah?"

Once all six were in place, the wall shifted out of place and spun at a rapid speed. Soon all six disappeared, moved into the space behind the wall.

On the other side, Victoria let out a gasp, as all six sat in a room filled to the brim with weaponry. Guns, knives, explosives... everything was on display. One of the screens in the monitor room switched to a feed of the room, allowing everyone outside to see what was going on inside.

"What is all this?"

As soon as Victoria asked the question, the lights in the weapons room turned off.

Victoria then screamed.

***

Diana arrived at the casino with Rant in time to meet the others from the bunker. They had gotten the room number from Victoria and were on their way to the elevators when--

Cough cough.

Kyoko Kirigiri let out two coughs, and though they were but brief, though they seemed to be somewhat mild, they were but the beginning of the consequences of Kyoko's reckless act. Following her two violent coughs, she would go pale, even moreso than she usually was, and her breathing would go ragged.

Before long, she would even break into a cold sweat and lose strength in her legs, stumbling into the wall with a soft thump.

"Ah... Ugh..."

Thump.

And then with that, she suddenly collapsed onto the floor without a word.

Anyone who would investigate her condition would find that she was burning up badly, like she was down with a close to fatal fever. The end was coming.

Holder moved to grab Kyoko, lifting her up off the floor. He grunted at how hot she felt, adopting a worried look. Meira approached with her arms out. "Let me hold her now!"

The phone taken from the bunker then began to ring. When answered, Victoria's voice screamed through the receiver. "Something's seriously fucking wrong! Come to the hotel now!" Before more could be said, the sound of a gun firing echoed through the phone and the connection was cut.

"... Go."

With Kyoko in hand, Holder led the group to the elevators and up to the hotel rooms... where, when they stepped out of the elevator, they came face-to-face with an unsettling individual.

The girl before them cradled a knife in her hands. "It's so nice... to meet all of you."

***

CAST LIST
@C.T. as Arya Stark "Ultimate Killer" [Game of Thrones]
@Kaykay as Chikage Kushinada "Ultimate Jujutsuka" [History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi]
@Chewy Rabbits as Catbug "Ultimate Cutie" [Bravest Warriors]
@Minerva as Corrin "Ultimate Protector" [Fire Emblem]
@DapperDogman as Darv "Ultimate Saltborn" [Salt & Sanctuary]
@Yun Lee as Edmond Honda "Ultimate Sumo Wrestler" [Street Fighter]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@The Tactician as Jack "Ultimate Samurai" [Samurai Jack]
@york as Jack Frost "Ultimate Funhouse" [Rise of the Guardians]
@Verite as Kyoko Kirigiri "Ultimate ???" [Danganronpa]
@Gummi Bunnies as "Lapis Lazuli" "Ultimate Crystal" [Original Character]
@LuckycoolHawk9 as M. "Stiles" Stilinski "Ultimate Sarcasm" [Teen Wolf]
@Crow as Morikubo Nono "Ultimate Wallflower" [THE iDOLM@STER]
@Jeremi as Poison "Ultimate Manager" [Street Fighter]
@ShiroKiyoshi as Rant T. Mouse "Ultimate Rat Mouse" [Original Character]
@Crimson Spartan as Seamus "Sledge" Cowden "Ultimate Breaching Charge" [Rainbow Six: Siege]
@Hospes as Tarlotte "Ultimate Tantrum" [Kyoshiro to Town no Sora]
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as Tekhartha Zenyatta "Ultimate Teacher" [Overwatch]
@Periodically Incorrect as Terezi Pyrope "Ultimate Justice" [Homestuck]
@DBZ7 as Tharja "Ultimate Hextress" [Fire Emblem]
@Nater Taters as Tomoko Kuroki "Ultimate Loser" [WataMote]
@Atomyk as Victoria Maribeth Chase "Ultimate Bitch" [Life is Strange]
@Takumi as Yurick "Ultimate Arcanist" [The Last Story]
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as Zinnia "Ultimate Lorekeeper" [Pokemon]​

"Morikubo... can't seem to... gah...."

All was fine - or not!

Nono immediately hopped back into action when Kyoko seemed to be in medical danger.

"Kirigiri-san? Th- this isn't funny... y- you're not a joke kind of person. H- hey, Kyoko... you with us? Kyoko? Kirigiri Kyoko, don't fuck with us right now!"

Nono proceeds to checks Kyoko's heartbeat by leaning her ears against Kyoko's chest.

@Verite @Atomyk

@Hospes @BarrenThin @york @Crimson Spartan @Crow @Gummi Bunnies @Verite @DapperDogman @Minerva @Jeremi @Yun Lee​

 

[ShiroKiyoshi]

Continued from here.

Twilight Update
"Blues and Bullets"

Using the information Victoria had gathered, the group stuck inside the bunker moved the cabinet and found the secret door hidden beyond it. As the door was opened, there was an audible beeping noise throughout the bunker, which was soon followed by the exit door swinging open. It seemed the puzzle was solved and that they had successfully escaped.

And the prize for their efforts?

"There seems to be some folders back here," Jude said, poking his head into the hidden room. He looked around, feeling a sense of unease with the tiny room. Pictures were hung on the walls, depicting greyscale shots of various girls. They were all tied up, with the majority of them looking angry or asleep. The implications were clear. "Oh, no... No, this is sick. This can't be." Also in the room was a small bookcase where a number of red folders had been stored.

"Rachel... Anna, Laura, Rosie, all the missing girls. They all have a file, and they're not the only ones..."

"What a major buzzkill," Meira said, looking in from behind the group.

"Take these," Holder said, his face a mask of stone. "They are a definite link between our shithead and the girls. And think about it... respected member of the community has a dark side. Does some shady shit. He was last scene at the casino, and who there would want to do his head in considering this shit? Maybe a father of one of the girls who works there. Maybe a guy who works for the mayor, who would like to see our shithead dealt with. Maybe the casino manager who he likely worked with who got a little over his head. We have enough to question these assholes."

"Then... it's almost over," Jude said, Monokuma's words from earlier in the day echoing inside his head. Was today truly going to be the end of it?

"Let's get to that casino."

***

After receiving the numbers from the projector, Victoria moved the dial to match them. After the three numbers were submitted, the monitors flashed, and a square doorway in the wall of the hotel room revealed itself. The monitors then displayed five sets of heights and weights.

"The hell...?" Bullet moved to the doorway and opened it, revealing a small room with six chairs bolted to the wall. "What the shit is all this?"

Benjamin Horne looked aghast as he examined the room as well. "This room is supposed to be under renovations..."

"Umm... Hmm..." Victoria glanced up at the monitors, her mind working. She recognized one of the heights to be her own, as well as the weight that was underneath it. "I think... it wants six of us to sit on the chairs. Does anyone think they recognize there exact details?"

After a bit of shuffling around and discussion, it eventually became clear that the six meant to sit in the chairs were Bullet, Victoria, Horne, Shane, Jamie, and Stan. "Oh my god," Victoria mumbled as she sat in one of the chairs. "Please don't let this be an execution chair."

"Do we really have to do this?" Jamie asked, cautiously sitting down in one of the chairs.

"I'm... curious what's happened to my hotel," said Horne.

Stan followed next. "If you all say this will bring justice for Rosie, I'll do anything."

Shane and Bullet sat down last, the latter letting out a curse. "This is fucked up, man. You know that, right? We're gonna to get boned by doing this."

Letting out an exasperated breath, Bullet tried to put on a smile regardless. "... Wish us luck, yeah?"

Once all six were in place, the wall shifted out of place and spun at a rapid speed. Soon all six disappeared, moved into the space behind the wall.

On the other side, Victoria let out a gasp, as all six sat in a room filled to the brim with weaponry. Guns, knives, explosives... everything was on display. One of the screens in the monitor room switched to a feed of the room, allowing everyone outside to see what was going on inside.

"What is all this?"

As soon as Victoria asked the question, the lights in the weapons room turned off.

Victoria then screamed.

***

Diana arrived at the casino with Rant in time to meet the others from the bunker. They had gotten the room number from Victoria and were on their way to the elevators when--

Cough cough.

Kyoko Kirigiri let out two coughs, and though they were but brief, though they seemed to be somewhat mild, they were but the beginning of the consequences of Kyoko's reckless act. Following her two violent coughs, she would go pale, even moreso than she usually was, and her breathing would go ragged.

Before long, she would even break into a cold sweat and lose strength in her legs, stumbling into the wall with a soft thump.

"Ah... Ugh..."

Thump.

And then with that, she suddenly collapsed onto the floor without a word.

Anyone who would investigate her condition would find that she was burning up badly, like she was down with a close to fatal fever. The end was coming.

Holder moved to grab Kyoko, lifting her up off the floor. He grunted at how hot she felt, adopting a worried look. Meira approached with her arms out. "Let me hold her now!"

The phone taken from the bunker then began to ring. When answered, Victoria's voice screamed through the receiver. "Something's seriously fucking wrong! Come to the hotel now!" Before more could be said, the sound of a gun firing echoed through the phone and the connection was cut.

"... Go."

With Kyoko in hand, Holder led the group to the elevators and up to the hotel rooms... where, when they stepped out of the elevator, they came face-to-face with an unsettling individual.

The girl before them cradled a knife in her hands. "It's so nice... to meet all of you."

***

CAST LIST
@C.T. as Arya Stark "Ultimate Killer" [Game of Thrones]
@Kaykay as Chikage Kushinada "Ultimate Jujutsuka" [History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi]
@Chewy Rabbits as Catbug "Ultimate Cutie" [Bravest Warriors]
@Minerva as Corrin "Ultimate Protector" [Fire Emblem]
@DapperDogman as Darv "Ultimate Saltborn" [Salt & Sanctuary]
@Yun Lee as Edmond Honda "Ultimate Sumo Wrestler" [Street Fighter]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@The Tactician as Jack "Ultimate Samurai" [Samurai Jack]
@york as Jack Frost "Ultimate Funhouse" [Rise of the Guardians]
@Verite as Kyoko Kirigiri "Ultimate ???" [Danganronpa]
@Gummi Bunnies as "Lapis Lazuli" "Ultimate Crystal" [Original Character]
@LuckycoolHawk9 as M. "Stiles" Stilinski "Ultimate Sarcasm" [Teen Wolf]
@Crow as Morikubo Nono "Ultimate Wallflower" [THE iDOLM@STER]
@Jeremi as Poison "Ultimate Manager" [Street Fighter]
@ShiroKiyoshi as Rant T. Mouse "Ultimate Rat Mouse" [Original Character]
@Crimson Spartan as Seamus "Sledge" Cowden "Ultimate Breaching Charge" [Rainbow Six: Siege]
@Hospes as Tarlotte "Ultimate Tantrum" [Kyoshiro to Town no Sora]
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as Tekhartha Zenyatta "Ultimate Teacher" [Overwatch]
@Periodically Incorrect as Terezi Pyrope "Ultimate Justice" [Homestuck]
@DBZ7 as Tharja "Ultimate Hextress" [Fire Emblem]
@Nater Taters as Tomoko Kuroki "Ultimate Loser" [WataMote]
@Atomyk as Victoria Maribeth Chase "Ultimate Bitch" [Life is Strange]
@Takumi as Yurick "Ultimate Arcanist" [The Last Story]
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as Zinnia "Ultimate Lorekeeper" [Pokemon]​

Rant froze as he saw Kyoko fall before them. Rant knelt down to pick her up and felt the heat of her body almost instantly. "She's burning up..." Rant said as he watched Holder come in and take her. Rant followed the group to wherever they were now going. Then stepping out a girl with a knife stood before them.

"Give me Kyoko's jacket." Rant said to Holder.

 

[Klutzy Ninja Kitty]

"VICTORIA!" Zinnia shouted, her eyes widening when she heard the scream and the lights went out. What had just happened? The lorekeeper felt her heart start to pound in her chest. She hadn't been okay with Bullet, Victoria, and the others sitting in those seats in the first place, and now something had happened. It sounded like they were in trouble! Zinnia walked over to the wall and gave it a kick, unsure what else to do just yet. "Any bright ideas, guys? We can't just leave them in there!"


@Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Jeremi @The Tactician @Atomyk @Takumi​

 

[Verite]

"... G-Gh..."

Kyoko was generally unresponsive to the events and people around her, though one could assume that she was at least still conscious due to her stressed breathing, and she was still at least alive, Morikubo able to feel her heartbeat, though it was going at a rather rapid pace. It was evident that she was in great pain, though no telling on what the source was.

@Crow @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @People​

 

[Khan of the Mardu]

Continued from here.

Twilight Update
"Blues and Bullets"

Using the information Victoria had gathered, the group stuck inside the bunker moved the cabinet and found the secret door hidden beyond it. As the door was opened, there was an audible beeping noise throughout the bunker, which was soon followed by the exit door swinging open. It seemed the puzzle was solved and that they had successfully escaped.

And the prize for their efforts?

"There seems to be some folders back here," Jude said, poking his head into the hidden room. He looked around, feeling a sense of unease with the tiny room. Pictures were hung on the walls, depicting greyscale shots of various girls. They were all tied up, with the majority of them looking angry or asleep. The implications were clear. "Oh, no... No, this is sick. This can't be." Also in the room was a small bookcase where a number of red folders had been stored.

"Rachel... Anna, Laura, Rosie, all the missing girls. They all have a file, and they're not the only ones..."

"What a major buzzkill," Meira said, looking in from behind the group.

"Take these," Holder said, his face a mask of stone. "They are a definite link between our shithead and the girls. And think about it... respected member of the community has a dark side. Does some shady shit. He was last scene at the casino, and who there would want to do his head in considering this shit? Maybe a father of one of the girls who works there. Maybe a guy who works for the mayor, who would like to see our shithead dealt with. Maybe the casino manager who he likely worked with who got a little over his head. We have enough to question these assholes."

"Then... it's almost over," Jude said, Monokuma's words from earlier in the day echoing inside his head. Was today truly going to be the end of it?

"Let's get to that casino."

***

After receiving the numbers from the projector, Victoria moved the dial to match them. After the three numbers were submitted, the monitors flashed, and a square doorway in the wall of the hotel room revealed itself. The monitors then displayed five sets of heights and weights.

"The hell...?" Bullet moved to the doorway and opened it, revealing a small room with six chairs bolted to the wall. "What the shit is all this?"

Benjamin Horne looked aghast as he examined the room as well. "This room is supposed to be under renovations..."

"Umm... Hmm..." Victoria glanced up at the monitors, her mind working. She recognized one of the heights to be her own, as well as the weight that was underneath it. "I think... it wants six of us to sit on the chairs. Does anyone think they recognize there exact details?"

After a bit of shuffling around and discussion, it eventually became clear that the six meant to sit in the chairs were Bullet, Victoria, Horne, Shane, Jamie, and Stan. "Oh my god," Victoria mumbled as she sat in one of the chairs. "Please don't let this be an execution chair."

"Do we really have to do this?" Jamie asked, cautiously sitting down in one of the chairs.

"I'm... curious what's happened to my hotel," said Horne.

Stan followed next. "If you all say this will bring justice for Rosie, I'll do anything."

Shane and Bullet sat down last, the latter letting out a curse. "This is fucked up, man. You know that, right? We're gonna to get boned by doing this."

Letting out an exasperated breath, Bullet tried to put on a smile regardless. "... Wish us luck, yeah?"

Once all six were in place, the wall shifted out of place and spun at a rapid speed. Soon all six disappeared, moved into the space behind the wall.

On the other side, Victoria let out a gasp, as all six sat in a room filled to the brim with weaponry. Guns, knives, explosives... everything was on display. One of the screens in the monitor room switched to a feed of the room, allowing everyone outside to see what was going on inside.

"What is all this?"

As soon as Victoria asked the question, the lights in the weapons room turned off.

Victoria then screamed.

***

Diana arrived at the casino with Rant in time to meet the others from the bunker. They had gotten the room number from Victoria and were on their way to the elevators when--

Cough cough.

Kyoko Kirigiri let out two coughs, and though they were but brief, though they seemed to be somewhat mild, they were but the beginning of the consequences of Kyoko's reckless act. Following her two violent coughs, she would go pale, even moreso than she usually was, and her breathing would go ragged.

Before long, she would even break into a cold sweat and lose strength in her legs, stumbling into the wall with a soft thump.

"Ah... Ugh..."

Thump.

And then with that, she suddenly collapsed onto the floor without a word.

Anyone who would investigate her condition would find that she was burning up badly, like she was down with a close to fatal fever. The end was coming.

Holder moved to grab Kyoko, lifting her up off the floor. He grunted at how hot she felt, adopting a worried look. Meira approached with her arms out. "Let me hold her now!"

The phone taken from the bunker then began to ring. When answered, Victoria's voice screamed through the receiver. "Something's seriously fucking wrong! Come to the hotel now!" Before more could be said, the sound of a gun firing echoed through the phone and the connection was cut.

"... Go."

With Kyoko in hand, Holder led the group to the elevators and up to the hotel rooms... where, when they stepped out of the elevator, they came face-to-face with an unsettling individual.

The girl before them cradled a knife in her hands. "It's so nice... to meet all of you."

***

CAST LIST
@C.T. as Arya Stark "Ultimate Killer" [Game of Thrones]
@Kaykay as Chikage Kushinada "Ultimate Jujutsuka" [History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi]
@Chewy Rabbits as Catbug "Ultimate Cutie" [Bravest Warriors]
@Minerva as Corrin "Ultimate Protector" [Fire Emblem]
@DapperDogman as Darv "Ultimate Saltborn" [Salt & Sanctuary]
@Yun Lee as Edmond Honda "Ultimate Sumo Wrestler" [Street Fighter]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@The Tactician as Jack "Ultimate Samurai" [Samurai Jack]
@york as Jack Frost "Ultimate Funhouse" [Rise of the Guardians]
@Verite as Kyoko Kirigiri "Ultimate ???" [Danganronpa]
@Gummi Bunnies as "Lapis Lazuli" "Ultimate Crystal" [Original Character]
@LuckycoolHawk9 as M. "Stiles" Stilinski "Ultimate Sarcasm" [Teen Wolf]
@Crow as Morikubo Nono "Ultimate Wallflower" [THE iDOLM@STER]
@Jeremi as Poison "Ultimate Manager" [Street Fighter]
@ShiroKiyoshi as Rant T. Mouse "Ultimate Rat Mouse" [Original Character]
@Crimson Spartan as Seamus "Sledge" Cowden "Ultimate Breaching Charge" [Rainbow Six: Siege]
@Hospes as Tarlotte "Ultimate Tantrum" [Kyoshiro to Town no Sora]
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as Tekhartha Zenyatta "Ultimate Teacher" [Overwatch]
@Periodically Incorrect as Terezi Pyrope "Ultimate Justice" [Homestuck]
@DBZ7 as Tharja "Ultimate Hextress" [Fire Emblem]
@Nater Taters as Tomoko Kuroki "Ultimate Loser" [WataMote]
@Atomyk as Victoria Maribeth Chase "Ultimate Bitch" [Life is Strange]
@Takumi as Yurick "Ultimate Arcanist" [The Last Story]
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as Zinnia "Ultimate Lorekeeper" [Pokemon]​

"VICTORIA!" Zinnia shouted, her eyes widening when she heard the scream and the lights went out. What had just happened? The lorekeeper felt her heart start to pound in her chest. She hadn't been okay with Bullet, Victoria, and the others sitting in those seats in the first place, and now something had happened. It sounded like they were in trouble! Zinnia walked over to the wall and gave it a kick, unsure what else to do just yet. "Any bright ideas, guys? We can't just leave them in there!"


@Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Jeremi @The Tactician @Atomyk @Takumi​

"Perhaps reentering the combination will release them?" Jack suggested, stepping up to the wall as well to examine it. He refused to begin panicking in the situation, no matter what the stakes were. Such a thing would only limit his ability to help those trapped within the wall, those who might still be alive.


@Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Jeremi @The Tactician @Atomyk @Takumi​

 

[Crow]

"... G-Gh..."

Kyoko was generally unresponsive to the events and people around her, though one could assume that she was at least still conscious due to her stressed breathing, and she was still at least alive, Morikubo able to feel her heartbeat, though it was going at a rather rapid pace. It was evident that she was in great pain, though no telling on what the source was.

@Crow @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @People​

"Kyoko, hang in there! Don't pull this on us, don't pull this on Morikubo... y- you... have to stay strong..."

She holds Kyoko's hand like a husband holding his pregnant wife's hand during childbirth.

Turning to Jude, she asks, "is there hope, hope for Kyoko over here? Sh- she can't just go out like this, can she?"​

With Kyoko in hand, Holder led the group to the elevators and up to the hotel rooms... where, when they stepped out of the elevator, they came face-to-face with an unsettling individual.

The girl before them cradled a knife in her hands. "It's so nice... to meet all of you."​

"Morikubo does not believe it is nice to meet you. What is your reason for being here, and who are you?"

@Crow @ShiroKiyoshi @Verite @Atomyk @Yun Lee @Jeremi @etcetcetc​

 

[Atomyk]

"I... I don't know...!" Jude had been examining Kyoko during the elevator ride, but he couldn't fathom what was happening to her. "I don't understand. She was perfectly fine moments ago... A fever this strong... I-I'm sorry, but--"

The girl with the knife smiled at the scene before her. She leaned forward and dangled her knife between her fingers. "I'm... well...

Y O U ' L L
F I N D
O U T

... When you're done... please join us in the other room. We have a momentous occasion ahead of us..."

The girl arrived in the monitor room, moving lazily past Zinnia and Jack to look up at the monitor screen. She smiled and rubbed her palm across the screen, this action seemingly turning on the lights in the weapons room. The scene unveiled was one of chaos.

Shane stood in the corner of the room, a shotgun in his hands and pointed at Jamie. Jamie was huddled in the corner, holding a bleeding left arm. Nearby was Stan, holding a bloody knife and looking bewildered. Opposite of the room from Jamie was Victoria, who was lying prone against the wall. In Benjamin Horne's hand was a pistol, his face a mask of blood. Finally, slumped over in her chair...

Bullet was dead.

"What's this?" Monokuma said, walking into the room. "What a mystery! Six people enter, and only five leave! In the darkness, who delivered the final blow? Upupu... Looks like this class trial will be the most interesting, huh?"

The girl with the knife nodded at this. "This is the end... prepare for your last trial, for it will determine the fates of yourselves, this town, and everyone caught in-between. I, Daughter..." The girl began to laugh. "I will oversee it all!"

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @ShiroKiyoshi @Everyone​

 

[Klutzy Ninja Kitty]

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"Perhaps reentering the combination will release them?" Jack suggested, stepping up to the wall as well to examine it. He refused to begin panicking in the situation, no matter what the stakes were. Such a thing would only limit his ability to help those trapped within the wall, those who might still be alive.


@Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Jeremi @The Tactician @Atomyk @Takumi​

"Kyoko, hang in there! Don't pull this on us, don't pull this on Morikubo... y- you... have to stay strong..."

She holds Kyoko's hand like a husband holding his pregnant wife's hand during childbirth.

Turning to Jude, she asks, "is there hope, hope for Kyoko over here? Sh- she can't just go out like this, can she?"​

"Morikubo does not believe it is nice to meet you. What is your reason for being here, and who are you?"

@Crow @ShiroKiyoshi @Verite @Atomyk @Yun Lee @Jeremi @etcetcetc​

"I... I don't know...!" Jude had been examining Kyoko during the elevator ride, but he couldn't fathom what was happening to her. "I don't understand. She was perfectly fine moments ago... A fever this strong... I-I'm sorry, but--"

The girl with the knife smiled at the scene before her. She leaned forward and dangled her knife between her fingers. "I'm... well...

Y O U ' L L
F I N D
O U T

... When you're done... please join us in the other room. We have a momentous occasion ahead of us..."

The girl arrived in the monitor room, moving lazily past Zinnia and Jack to look up at the monitor screen. She smiled and rubbed her palm across the screen, this action seemingly turning on the lights in the weapons room. The scene unveiled was one of chaos.

Shane stood in the corner of the room, a shotgun in his hands and pointed at Jamie. Jamie was huddled in the corner, holding a bleeding left arm. Nearby was Stan, holding a bloody knife and looking bewildered. Opposite of the room from Jamie was Victoria, who was lying prone against the wall. In Benjamin Horne's hand was a pistol, his face a mask of blood. Finally, slumped over in her chair...

Bullet was dead.

"What's this? Monokuma said, walking into the room. "What a mystery! six people enter, and only five leave! In the darkness, who delivered the final blow? Upupu... Looks like this class trial will be the most interesting, huh?"

The girl with the knife nodded at this. "This is the end... prepare for your last trial, for it will determine the fates of yourselves, this town, and everyone caught in-between. I, Daughter..." The girl began to laugh. "I will oversee it all!"

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @ShiroKiyoshi @Everyone​

Zinnia paid little mind to the woman who pushed past Jack and herself to fiddle with the screen. When the lights returned and the scene before them was unveiled, Zinnia's red eyes dilated in shock.

"B-Bullet," Zinnia stuttered breathlessly. "N-No."

The draconid felt as if her head was spinning. "I-I-- This can't be... she--"

She couldn't wrap her head around what had just happened. Bullet had just been right there in front of them. It seemed like not only a few minutes ago she had just spoken with the young woman, had just seen her smile, had just made her laugh.

But now she was gone.

"May the... Dragon Lord guide your soul to rest, Bullet."


@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Atomyk @ShiroKiyoshi @Everyone​

 

[Crow]

"I... I don't know...!" Jude had been examining Kyoko during the elevator ride, but he couldn't fathom what was happening to her. "I don't understand. She was perfectly fine moments ago... A fever this strong... I-I'm sorry, but--"

The girl with the knife smiled at the scene before her. She leaned forward and dangled her knife between her fingers. "I'm... well...

Y O U ' L L
F I N D
O U T

... When you're done... please join us in the other room. We have a momentous occasion ahead of us..."

The girl arrived in the monitor room, moving lazily past Zinnia and Jack to look up at the monitor screen. She smiled and rubbed her palm across the screen, this action seemingly turning on the lights in the weapons room. The scene unveiled was one of chaos.

Shane stood in the corner of the room, a shotgun in his hands and pointed at Jamie. Jamie was huddled in the corner, holding a bleeding left arm. Nearby was Stan, holding a bloody knife and looking bewildered. Opposite of the room from Jamie was Victoria, who was lying prone against the wall. In Benjamin Horne's hand was a pistol, his face a mask of blood. Finally, slumped over in her chair...

Bullet was dead.

"What's this? Monokuma said, walking into the room. "What a mystery! six people enter, and only five leave! In the darkness, who delivered the final blow? Upupu... Looks like this class trial will be the most interesting, huh?"

The girl with the knife nodded at this. "This is the end... prepare for your last trial, for it will determine the fates of yourselves, this town, and everyone caught in-between. I, Daughter..." The girl began to laugh. "I will oversee it all!"

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @ShiroKiyoshi @Everyone​

"O- of course!"

Nono had a realization.

"Submit a name... Kyoko submitted her own... Morikubo doesn't believe in urban legends regarding ghost stories of vengeance, and she still doesn't... because this wasn't vengeance... this was...

... despair. "

Nono continued to look over Kyoko's pained body. "I will look over Kyoko during the final trial. Everyone, it's double or nothing, and there is no third way about it. As for you, Monokuma..."

Nono points her fingers in an odd manner at the ursaroid bear, remniscent of a certain split-hued Tokusatsu hero generally associated with the colours green and black. Nono's face was stern and serious, no longer feeling eternal sadness, but eternal rage.

"... count up your sins!"

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Minerva @Yun Lee @Jeremi @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Everyone​

 

[ShiroKiyoshi]

"I... I don't know...!" Jude had been examining Kyoko during the elevator ride, but he couldn't fathom what was happening to her. "I don't understand. She was perfectly fine moments ago... A fever this strong... I-I'm sorry, but--"

The girl with the knife smiled at the scene before her. She leaned forward and dangled her knife between her fingers. "I'm... well...

Y O U ' L L
F I N D
O U T

... When you're done... please join us in the other room. We have a momentous occasion ahead of us..."

The girl arrived in the monitor room, moving lazily past Zinnia and Jack to look up at the monitor screen. She smiled and rubbed her palm across the screen, this action seemingly turning on the lights in the weapons room. The scene unveiled was one of chaos.

Shane stood in the corner of the room, a shotgun in his hands and pointed at Jamie. Jamie was huddled in the corner, holding a bleeding left arm. Nearby was Stan, holding a bloody knife and looking bewildered. Opposite of the room from Jamie was Victoria, who was lying prone against the wall. In Benjamin Horne's hand was a pistol, his face a mask of blood. Finally, slumped over in her chair...

Bullet was dead.

"What's this? Monokuma said, walking into the room. "What a mystery! six people enter, and only five leave! In the darkness, who delivered the final blow? Upupu... Looks like this class trial will be the most interesting, huh?"

The girl with the knife nodded at this. "This is the end... prepare for your last trial, for it will determine the fates of yourselves, this town, and everyone caught in-between. I, Daughter..." The girl began to laugh. "I will oversee it all!"

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @ShiroKiyoshi @Everyone​

Rant's tense position loosened as the girl left them. He looked to the group to see if he was missing out on something, but could tell they were just as confused as he. He was the first to take a step forward of the ones coming up on the elevator. For the moment he was just confused and cautious of the girl they just met. The rest of the events were unknown to him.

"Looks like she left." Rant said turning back to the elevator peeps.

"O- of course!"

Nono had a realization.

"Submit a name... Kyoko submitted her own... Morikubo doesn't believe in urban legends regarding ghost stories of vengeance, and she still doesn't... because this wasn't vengeance... this was...

... despair. "

Nono continued to look over Kyoko's pained body. "I will look over Kyoko during the final trial. Everyone, it's double or nothing, and there is no third way about it. As for you, Monokuma..."

Nono points her fingers in an odd manner at the ursaroid bear, remniscent of a certain split-hued Tokusatsu hero generally associated with the colours green and black. Nono's face was stern and serious, no longer feeling eternal sadness, but eternal rage.

"... count up your sins!"

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Minerva @Yun Lee @Jeremi @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Everyone​

"This is the last stretch apparently." Rant then looked over to Nono. "You seem a lot more confident, Nono."

Rant then left the group and went to see the scene in the monitor room. The first thing he noticed was Zinnia then the screen. He gritted his teeth and breathed in through the wall of teeth.

"This is going to be fun." Rant said sarcastically as he crossed his arms and breathed out.

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Minerva @Yun Lee @Jeremi @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Everyone

 

[Crimson Spartan]

"I... I don't know...!" Jude had been examining Kyoko during the elevator ride, but he couldn't fathom what was happening to her. "I don't understand. She was perfectly fine moments ago... A fever this strong... I-I'm sorry, but--"

The girl with the knife smiled at the scene before her. She leaned forward and dangled her knife between her fingers. "I'm... well...

Y O U ' L L
F I N D
O U T

... When you're done... please join us in the other room. We have a momentous occasion ahead of us..."

The girl arrived in the monitor room, moving lazily past Zinnia and Jack to look up at the monitor screen. She smiled and rubbed her palm across the screen, this action seemingly turning on the lights in the weapons room. The scene unveiled was one of chaos.

Shane stood in the corner of the room, a shotgun in his hands and pointed at Jamie. Jamie was huddled in the corner, holding a bleeding left arm. Nearby was Stan, holding a bloody knife and looking bewildered. Opposite of the room from Jamie was Victoria, who was lying prone against the wall. In Benjamin Horne's hand was a pistol, his face a mask of blood. Finally, slumped over in her chair...

Bullet was dead.

"What's this? Monokuma said, walking into the room. "What a mystery! six people enter, and only five leave! In the darkness, who delivered the final blow? Upupu... Looks like this class trial will be the most interesting, huh?"

The girl with the knife nodded at this. "This is the end... prepare for your last trial, for it will determine the fates of yourselves, this town, and everyone caught in-between. I, Daughter..." The girl began to laugh. "I will oversee it all!"

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @ShiroKiyoshi @Everyone​

As if this chain of events couldn't get any worse. "Well... Knowing this bear we should've seen it coming I suppose... " Sledge spoke with a sigh as he shook his head for a moment... "Alright lets just get this damn thing over with..." Sledge commented clearly done with Monokuma at this point..

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Minerva @Yun Lee @Jeremi @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Everyone​

 

[Gummi Bunnies]

"I... I don't know...!" Jude had been examining Kyoko during the elevator ride, but he couldn't fathom what was happening to her. "I don't understand. She was perfectly fine moments ago... A fever this strong... I-I'm sorry, but--"

The girl with the knife smiled at the scene before her. She leaned forward and dangled her knife between her fingers. "I'm... well...

Y O U ' L L
F I N D
O U T

... When you're done... please join us in the other room. We have a momentous occasion ahead of us..."

The girl arrived in the monitor room, moving lazily past Zinnia and Jack to look up at the monitor screen. She smiled and rubbed her palm across the screen, this action seemingly turning on the lights in the weapons room. The scene unveiled was one of chaos.

Shane stood in the corner of the room, a shotgun in his hands and pointed at Jamie. Jamie was huddled in the corner, holding a bleeding left arm. Nearby was Stan, holding a bloody knife and looking bewildered. Opposite of the room from Jamie was Victoria, who was lying prone against the wall. In Benjamin Horne's hand was a pistol, his face a mask of blood. Finally, slumped over in her chair...

Bullet was dead.

"What's this? Monokuma said, walking into the room. "What a mystery! six people enter, and only five leave! In the darkness, who delivered the final blow? Upupu... Looks like this class trial will be the most interesting, huh?"

The girl with the knife nodded at this. "This is the end... prepare for your last trial, for it will determine the fates of yourselves, this town, and everyone caught in-between. I, Daughter..." The girl began to laugh. "I will oversee it all!"

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @ShiroKiyoshi @Everyone​

"... then let's start already."

Despite how absurd things were getting, Lapis didn't seem to be shaken up by this discovery. In fact, with this discovery, it was like Lapis was reverting back to the person that she appeared to be beforehand: a person that worked best alone... and was used to such sights.

@Crimson Spartan @Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Minerva @Yun Lee @Jeremi @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Everyone​

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

Stiles didn't care about anything else going on. He did notice that they had another corpse, wow, that was so surprising, not like fifteen or so people hadn't already died in front of him. He walked over to Victoria, clearly concerned for her the most since she was facing the wall.

" Victoria,did you see anything or hear anything in the dark? Please look at me and be as okay as this fucked up place can get," he said.

Six people entered the room. Five left, Bullet died. I really liked her, Victoria could be the killer. God, I hope I am wrong.

@Atomyk @Everyone

 

[York]

​

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"Wait, Kyoko, we can't forget..." Jude frowned as he made additions to the lost of names. "Citizen Snow, Ada Bartholdi, and Mike Dawson. There was also Roy Burns and Daniel Cain."

The Monokuma on the screen giggled. "That's right! One more thing now!" A new text field appeared, allowing for something else to be typed. Jude read the text beneath it.

"Choose who dies next."

@Hospes @BarrenThin @york @Crimson Spartan @Crow @Gummi Bunnies @Verite @DapperDogman @Minerva @Jeremi @Yun Lee @Bunker​

"Th- thanks, Victoria... Morikubo thinks they might be of importance... I'll keep the phone up... anything on your side, Diana?"

@Atomyk

Nono then exclaims to the others in the room, "the others have 'C' and 'D' memory cards, Morikubo thinks 'AB' is important!"

Nono's attention was then turned to....

"G- g- gasp!!!"​

"Th- that's not possible... i- it can't be possible under any capacity... it's impossible for Morikubo, and it's impossible for all of us... do we have to kill one of our own? Morikubo doesn't have the courage to kill one of us... or any victim of this for that matter..."

@Hospes @BarrenThin @york @Crimson Spartan @Crow @Gummi Bunnies @Verite @DapperDogman @Minerva @Jeremi @Atomyk @Yun Lee @Bunker​

"..."

If one looked at Kyoko closely enough, one could see that through her stone-cold expression that was practically signature by now, she was greatly conflicted. She was practically at an impasse. A situation with a difficult decision to make. With Monokuma plastered all over the page, she knew that this was no joke, though on the off-chance it was, it was one in greatly poor taste. Still, she couldn't take any chances.

No one had the right to decide on a whim who should and shouldn't die. That may not prevent others from taking the lives of others anyway, but it was what Kyoko Kirigiri believed. Her eyes never leaving the monitor, Kyoko took the flash drive labeled B and the page that was printed out, handing it to the panicking Morikubo, as she was the one currently working with the phone right now, and she figured the talk of letters would be solved with that, whatever "Try Stand 2" meant.

"Morikubo-san," she simply spoke, "Here. Maybe you'll have more use with these than I do. And whoever you're talking to."

It was funny how she could think so clearly even when faced with a situation like this. Maybe she really was too robotic for her own good as a human being, but she had to admit, sometimes, it had its advantages. Because the decision she was about to make, for the good of everyone else, was something that she had to make with a clear head.

She had so many wishes she would have liked to fulfill. She wanted to get out alive and well, along with the others. She wanted to reunite with those she had disappeared from long ago. She wanted to see the fruits of her labors. The payoff of what she had endured in the past, of what she had accomplished.

But maybe the greatest fruit of all was having the ability to stay true to oneself all this time. So she made her decision.

> Choose who dies next.

...

> Kyoko Kirigiri

@Hospes @BarrenThin @york @Crimson Spartan @Crow @Gummi Bunnies @Atomyk @DapperDogman @Minerva @Jeremi @Atomyk @Yun Lee @Everybody​

"Morikubo will ensure that it is in safe hands..." Nono nods as Kyoko hands her the B thumbdrive*. "Thank you, Kirigiri-san. It's good to have a... friend like you... I don't think I'd know what I'd do without you over here, with my usual adult supervision gone... sorry for what happened yesterday, Morikubo was having some doubts, but I guess there is no reason to doubt you now...

... you're a great leader and an even better friend..."

@Hospes @BarrenThin @york @Crimson Spartan @Crow @Gummi Bunnies @Atomyk @DapperDogman @Minerva @Jeremi @Atomyk @Verite @Yun Lee @Everybody

*imagine the book is a thumbdrive​

"Diana, Victoria, you still there?" Nono gets back to the phone, "Morikubo has a word puzzle. It depicts the English word 'Try' on the left and the English word 'Stand' on the right, underneath the latter word is the number '2'. Try... 2 under stand... this word puzzle could mean a lot of things that Morikubo doesn't understand... any more passwords to fill back where you are? Because we can't find anywhere to place the supposed answer of this..."

@Atomyk

The others would hear Nono's part of the conversation.

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"You got it!" said Monokuma. The bear giggled, and the site closed itself. Nothing momentous would happen and Kyoko would feel no different.

"It's okay." Jude nodded to her. "You got us. We'll protect you."

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"Morikubo can't just break it with her bare... oh wait... my diary is a hardcover... it should be hard enough to smash the light..."

Nono pulls her diary out, ready to smash a light. Nono walks towards the particular table. "Is it this one, Victoria?"

Nono describes the table's proportionate dimensions to her. If the answer from Victoria was 'Yes', Nono winced as she smashed the hard spine of her diary against the supposed light...

Should she acquire the memory Victoria spoke of, she proceeded to prepare to insert the memories in the projector. "Any particular order? Like, which one goes in which slot? Or no particular order?"

Nono follows the instructions that were provided in response to the prior question and inserts the memories into the Projector as specified...

"cyclone... joker... Here goes nothing!"

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The projector's image would change to just three numbers: 86, 22, and 55.5.

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"I appreciate the sentiment... But this is my burden alone to carry. I promise, I won't die. Not before I get you all out of this place," Kyoko said, averting her gaze despite her promise, "After all, a leader has to remain firm and strong throughout. No matter what happens. Until the end," she spoke.

It was actually quite amusing. How quickly the time limit can be activated. How quickly your mortality catches up with you. She wouldn't admit it or show it openly, but Kyoko wasn't going to delude herself. She was indeed a bit scared. After all, fear was proof that her imagination was still working, as she had once said before. The situation was bad. Even if there was no immediate visible indication that things were going to go bad, Monokuma had his ways.

Now, more than ever, it was time to show everyone what the true power of hope was capable of, when even she, who was supposedly in this hopeless situation, still had the will to fight.

"For now, let's just focus on what we need to do immediately. Getting distracted over things that may or may not happen later won't be of any use to us."

@Atomyk​

Continued from here.

Twilight Update
"Blues and Bullets"

Using the information Victoria had gathered, the group stuck inside the bunker moved the cabinet and found the secret door hidden beyond it. As the door was opened, there was an audible beeping noise throughout the bunker, which was soon followed by the exit door swinging open. It seemed the puzzle was solved and that they had successfully escaped.

And the prize for their efforts?

"There seems to be some folders back here," Jude said, poking his head into the hidden room. He looked around, feeling a sense of unease with the tiny room. Pictures were hung on the walls, depicting greyscale shots of various girls. They were all tied up, with the majority of them looking angry or asleep. The implications were clear. "Oh, no... No, this is sick. This can't be." Also in the room was a small bookcase where a number of red folders had been stored.

"Rachel... Anna, Laura, Rosie, all the missing girls. They all have a file, and they're not the only ones..."

"What a major buzzkill," Meira said, looking in from behind the group.

"Take these," Holder said, his face a mask of stone. "They are a definite link between our shithead and the girls. And think about it... respected member of the community has a dark side. Does some shady shit. He was last scene at the casino, and who there would want to do his head in considering this shit? Maybe a father of one of the girls who works there. Maybe a guy who works for the mayor, who would like to see our shithead dealt with. Maybe the casino manager who he likely worked with who got a little over his head. We have enough to question these assholes."

"Then... it's almost over," Jude said, Monokuma's words from earlier in the day echoing inside his head. Was today truly going to be the end of it?

"Let's get to that casino."

***

After receiving the numbers from the projector, Victoria moved the dial to match them. After the three numbers were submitted, the monitors flashed, and a square doorway in the wall of the hotel room revealed itself. The monitors then displayed five sets of heights and weights.

"The hell...?" Bullet moved to the doorway and opened it, revealing a small room with six chairs bolted to the wall. "What the shit is all this?"

Benjamin Horne looked aghast as he examined the room as well. "This room is supposed to be under renovations..."

"Umm... Hmm..." Victoria glanced up at the monitors, her mind working. She recognized one of the heights to be her own, as well as the weight that was underneath it. "I think... it wants six of us to sit on the chairs. Does anyone think they recognize there exact details?"

After a bit of shuffling around and discussion, it eventually became clear that the six meant to sit in the chairs were Bullet, Victoria, Horne, Shane, Jamie, and Stan. "Oh my god," Victoria mumbled as she sat in one of the chairs. "Please don't let this be an execution chair."

"Do we really have to do this?" Jamie asked, cautiously sitting down in one of the chairs.

"I'm... curious what's happened to my hotel," said Horne.

Stan followed next. "If you all say this will bring justice for Rosie, I'll do anything."

Shane and Bullet sat down last, the latter letting out a curse. "This is fucked up, man. You know that, right? We're gonna to get boned by doing this."

Letting out an exasperated breath, Bullet tried to put on a smile regardless. "... Wish us luck, yeah?"

Once all six were in place, the wall shifted out of place and spun at a rapid speed. Soon all six disappeared, moved into the space behind the wall.

On the other side, Victoria let out a gasp, as all six sat in a room filled to the brim with weaponry. Guns, knives, explosives... everything was on display. One of the screens in the monitor room switched to a feed of the room, allowing everyone outside to see what was going on inside.

"What is all this?"

As soon as Victoria asked the question, the lights in the weapons room turned off.

Victoria then screamed.

***

Diana arrived at the casino with Rant in time to meet the others from the bunker. They had gotten the room number from Victoria and were on their way to the elevators when--

Cough cough.

Kyoko Kirigiri let out two coughs, and though they were but brief, though they seemed to be somewhat mild, they were but the beginning of the consequences of Kyoko's reckless act. Following her two violent coughs, she would go pale, even moreso than she usually was, and her breathing would go ragged.

Before long, she would even break into a cold sweat and lose strength in her legs, stumbling into the wall with a soft thump.

"Ah... Ugh..."

Thump.

And then with that, she suddenly collapsed onto the floor without a word.

Anyone who would investigate her condition would find that she was burning up badly, like she was down with a close to fatal fever. The end was coming.

Holder moved to grab Kyoko, lifting her up off the floor. He grunted at how hot she felt, adopting a worried look. Meira approached with her arms out. "Let me hold her now!"

The phone taken from the bunker then began to ring. When answered, Victoria's voice screamed through the receiver. "Something's seriously fucking wrong! Come to the hotel now!" Before more could be said, the sound of a gun firing echoed through the phone and the connection was cut.

"... Go."

With Kyoko in hand, Holder led the group to the elevators and up to the hotel rooms... where, when they stepped out of the elevator, they came face-to-face with an unsettling individual.

The girl before them cradled a knife in her hands. "It's so nice... to meet all of you."

***

CAST LIST
@C.T. as Arya Stark "Ultimate Killer" [Game of Thrones]
@Kaykay as Chikage Kushinada "Ultimate Jujutsuka" [History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi]
@Chewy Rabbits as Catbug "Ultimate Cutie" [Bravest Warriors]
@Minerva as Corrin "Ultimate Protector" [Fire Emblem]
@DapperDogman as Darv "Ultimate Saltborn" [Salt & Sanctuary]
@Yun Lee as Edmond Honda "Ultimate Sumo Wrestler" [Street Fighter]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@The Tactician as Jack "Ultimate Samurai" [Samurai Jack]
@york as Jack Frost "Ultimate Funhouse" [Rise of the Guardians]
@Verite as Kyoko Kirigiri "Ultimate ???" [Danganronpa]
@Gummi Bunnies as "Lapis Lazuli" "Ultimate Crystal" [Original Character]
@LuckycoolHawk9 as M. "Stiles" Stilinski "Ultimate Sarcasm" [Teen Wolf]
@Crow as Morikubo Nono "Ultimate Wallflower" [THE iDOLM@STER]
@Jeremi as Poison "Ultimate Manager" [Street Fighter]
@ShiroKiyoshi as Rant T. Mouse "Ultimate Rat Mouse" [Original Character]
@Crimson Spartan as Seamus "Sledge" Cowden "Ultimate Breaching Charge" [Rainbow Six: Siege]
@Hospes as Tarlotte "Ultimate Tantrum" [Kyoshiro to Town no Sora]
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as Tekhartha Zenyatta "Ultimate Teacher" [Overwatch]
@Periodically Incorrect as Terezi Pyrope "Ultimate Justice" [Homestuck]
@DBZ7 as Tharja "Ultimate Hextress" [Fire Emblem]
@Nater Taters as Tomoko Kuroki "Ultimate Loser" [WataMote]
@Atomyk as Victoria Maribeth Chase "Ultimate Bitch" [Life is Strange]
@Takumi as Yurick "Ultimate Arcanist" [The Last Story]
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as Zinnia "Ultimate Lorekeeper" [Pokemon]​

"I... I don't know...!" Jude had been examining Kyoko during the elevator ride, but he couldn't fathom what was happening to her. "I don't understand. She was perfectly fine moments ago... A fever this strong... I-I'm sorry, but--"

The girl with the knife smiled at the scene before her. She leaned forward and dangled her knife between her fingers. "I'm... well...

Y O U ' L L
F I N D
O U T

... When you're done... please join us in the other room. We have a momentous occasion ahead of us..."

The girl arrived in the monitor room, moving lazily past Zinnia and Jack to look up at the monitor screen. She smiled and rubbed her palm across the screen, this action seemingly turning on the lights in the weapons room. The scene unveiled was one of chaos.

Shane stood in the corner of the room, a shotgun in his hands and pointed at Jamie. Jamie was huddled in the corner, holding a bleeding left arm. Nearby was Stan, holding a bloody knife and looking bewildered. Opposite of the room from Jamie was Victoria, who was lying prone against the wall. In Benjamin Horne's hand was a pistol, his face a mask of blood. Finally, slumped over in her chair...

Bullet was dead.

"What's this? Monokuma said, walking into the room. "What a mystery! six people enter, and only five leave! In the darkness, who delivered the final blow? Upupu... Looks like this class trial will be the most interesting, huh?"

The girl with the knife nodded at this. "This is the end... prepare for your last trial, for it will determine the fates of yourselves, this town, and everyone caught in-between. I, Daughter..." The girl began to laugh. "I will oversee it all!"

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Jack Frost

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... Despair, he could feel it welling up in him again at the sight of Kyoko's state, but at the very least, she was alive... For now, but her reckless decision in that bunker had definitely cost her... And even now, he wished he had acted faster, but now was not the time to mope about, Bullet was dead, cut up in a strange hidden compartment in the bunker. It seemed that Jefferson had a darker side to him after all, like he had suspected, but it was still uncertain who exactly killed him, though the list of suspects were pretty easy to narrow down, so that case had been closed. However, now, a strange, and quite creepy girl holding a knife had er... Decided to "oversee" this investigation, while Bullet had been killed in a strange room, where 5 others were in there with her.

Though some may be more liable suspects than others, they were all, still, suspects... And because of this, Jack Frost decided to closely inspect Bullet's body for any evidence, or clues he could find, which might just lead him closer to the correct suspect. Though it seemed obvious that Bullet had been killed by multiple lacerations, he had to wonder if there was more to the story than just that... After all, nearly anything could have happened in the apparent darkness they were in.

​

 

[Jeremi]

"I... I don't know...!" Jude had been examining Kyoko during the elevator ride, but he couldn't fathom what was happening to her. "I don't understand. She was perfectly fine moments ago... A fever this strong... I-I'm sorry, but--"

The girl with the knife smiled at the scene before her. She leaned forward and dangled her knife between her fingers. "I'm... well...

Y O U ' L L
F I N D
O U T

... When you're done... please join us in the other room. We have a momentous occasion ahead of us..."

The girl arrived in the monitor room, moving lazily past Zinnia and Jack to look up at the monitor screen. She smiled and rubbed her palm across the screen, this action seemingly turning on the lights in the weapons room. The scene unveiled was one of chaos.

Shane stood in the corner of the room, a shotgun in his hands and pointed at Jamie. Jamie was huddled in the corner, holding a bleeding left arm. Nearby was Stan, holding a bloody knife and looking bewildered. Opposite of the room from Jamie was Victoria, who was lying prone against the wall. In Benjamin Horne's hand was a pistol, his face a mask of blood. Finally, slumped over in her chair...

Bullet was dead.

"What's this? Monokuma said, walking into the room. "What a mystery! six people enter, and only five leave! In the darkness, who delivered the final blow? Upupu... Looks like this class trial will be the most interesting, huh?"

The girl with the knife nodded at this. "This is the end... prepare for your last trial, for it will determine the fates of yourselves, this town, and everyone caught in-between. I, Daughter..." The girl began to laugh. "I will oversee it all!"

@Crow @The Tactician @Verite @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @ShiroKiyoshi @Everyone​

"Fuck..." Poison had taken a liking to Bullet since they met her in this strange world. The fact that she was no dead right in front of her made Poison feel sick to her stomach. And to the girl calling herself the Daughter well... "You seem worse than that fucking bear..." There was however nothing else to be done and so another trial was starting...who could be the culprit?

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