Murder Game XIV: Monokuma's Awakening

[Crow]

Nono was reassured by the words of Genji and Kyoko as she peered out of the podium, and then hid again.​

Continued from here.

Prologue DEAD END
"9 Lives Spent"

Monokuma's laughter grew in pitch, overpowering the discussion. For those gathered, it was obvious the vote was not going to sway any further. "Geh-hehe... it looks like your argument has come to a close! Let's move along to the most exciting part of tonight's daily feature!" Monokuma then slid down the head of the mammoth so that he was straddling one of the horns. "Oh, just a reminder... I'll let it slide this time as it was our first time together, but make triple sure you vote for someone in the future! If you don't vote... I'll skewer you upon one of these mammoth horns and eat you up!"

Monokuma then stood, gasping in mock surprise. "Oops! I lost control of my wild side for a second. Riding a mammoth like this has made me feel bold!" This triggered Monomi to begin weeping again.

"U-Ugghhhh!! Why did this happen...?!"

"Next time?" Jude asked, speaking up. "There won't be a next time, not after this!"

"Oh?" Monokuma tilted his head to the side in curiosity. "Won't happen again? Really? You know... why do you think the killer did what they did? Was it self-defense? An act of mercy? Did they decide the Affluent Progeny was a bad guy? Hmm... How about we ask them once we learn the results of the vote!" Monokuma jumped down off the mammoth and stood in the circle of podiums. He raised his arms into the air, and as he did so, an electronic display rose from the ground behind the mammoth statue. It stopped, displaying an image of a single white question mark on a black background, high above the mammoth.

"Have you made the right choice or the dreadfully wrong one?!"

The display changed to a moving image of a slot machine, the suspects' faces on the reels.

The slot machine eventually stopped, landing on Neon's face three times in a row. The text below flashed...

GUILTY

"I know it was hard for you guys to think hard, but somehow you did it! Now, was that so difficult?"

"N-No..."

Neon Katt started to break down, falling against her podium and crying. "I-I did it to save you all!" she screamed through her tears. "You think I wanted to kill him?! I-I-I talked to Diana and I agreed with her that he was a problem... but she wasn't the one who actually got me to even consider killing him... the way he talked the way he acted... it was just a matter of time. The skewers... Diana gave me the skewers. I wasn't going to use them. Just defend myself, you know? He wasn't supposed to be sleeping in our cabin, but when he came into our cabin during the night... I just panicked!"

Diana had risen, her eyes red with tears. She had been crying quietly ever since the votes started leaning toward Neon. "Neon, don't even bother. If I hadn't... If I hadn't said anything, if I hadn't switched the name plaques around, you wouldn't have gotten the idea into your head. I'm so sorry... I didn't think you would ever..."

"Diana, wait, p-please..." Neon was visibly shaking now. "I went under his bed and I... I stabbed him until he stopped moving. I... took the sheets and the skewers and hid them before I used the cart to drag the body over to the other cabin. I was about done when Diana saw me placing the body and she screamed. I panicked and ran back to the cabin when everybody else was running in to check out the commotion. In the confusion, I moved the sheets and the skewers into the old man's bag..."

"I awoke first and I saw her. When I saw he was dead, I screamed. I couldn't help it, it was involuntary. But I thought about it later, and I didn't want her to get in trouble for killing him... Who I thought he was..."

Neon stood silently, not speaking again until a few moments had passed. "Diana, I... didn't want to do it... but he..."

The faunus pointed dramatically at Monokuma. "He told me to do it! He told me my team would've died if I didn't do it! He said he had them locked away and then he displayed those abilities he had...! I-I just couldn't let that happen! I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry...!"

"What?" Diana's demeanor took a dramatic took as she took this new piece of info in. Her head whipped to stare at the tiny bear. "You mean she didn't... She didn't do it because of what I said...?" Diana's confused expression turned to one of hate. She growled, moving to leap over the podium. "You monster!" she screamed.

"Hold on there!" Nigel had jumped into circle after Diana, grabbing her in order to hold her back. "Don't get yourself killed now!" Diana only groaned, feebly trying to get out from his grip.

"Upupupu... Gahh-hahahaha! I feel it. I really truly feel it! Your hate! Your despair! Normally, I would be tickled pink! Buuut..."

"Why do you think I did this, huh? This Ultimate Kitty was such a bubbly girl, don't you think? Who would ever think her capable of such a bloody deed as foul as murder? Hehe... you see what I was saying? Anyone is capable of murder under the right circumstances! All you brats and goody-two-shoes think you know how the world works, huh? Well, let me tell you..." The display above changed to what appeared to be a field full of creatures mad of shadow. "Miss Strong-Willed was right! You're in the Dark Place, and here, you play by its rules. The despair you're feeling now? The darkness feeds off it. It's a malevolence that seeps into your bones! Monomi's tactics are ineffectual and limp-wristed at best! I truly understand how this world works, and that is why I'm the headmaster!"

The bear let out a soft giggle. He took a few steps toward Neon, peering at her. "You're a killer, sorry to say! You're also my example. You have to suspect everybody when you're down here! Sure, I killed a few of you to get you all to understand, but I'm notoriously a harsh teacher! That's my thing! You can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs! Think of all this as a lesson... think of it as the prologue to our adventures together! Byakuya wasn't able to lead you, but now I get to! And you have to deal with it."

"I don't-- We don't understand what you mean."

"Oh, well. You will, trust me! Now, it's time... some of you suspected this would be the case, and you're right! The only true way to deal with a killer... is to execute them for their crimes!"

For her part, Neon managed to hold strong against this news. "Just tell me they're alive," she whispered.

"Hehe... Puhuhuhu..."

Monokuma would deny her an answer.

Inside the circle of podiums, a circular hole opened in the pavement. Out came the inexplicable sight of a giant white hand. The hand was attached to a long metal limb that descended down into the darkness of the hole. It shot upward up to then fall down upon Neon Katt to scoop her into its palm. The girl was then pulled down into the hole and it closed up after she was gone. "There is more than one way to skin a cat!" Monokuma declared.

On the display above showed Neon dropping down from a great height. She fell into a large sack that was then tied closed by two of the mechanical hands. The hands then pushed the sack forward, the camera zooming out to show the sack starting to tumble down a very large slope. The girl inside was tossed about as the sack bounced and dragged against dirt and rock. The camera then looked down to show that the sack was about to fall of a cliff face and crash into a body of water below. Diana gasped the loudest when the sack finally fell off the edge, and the group was forced to watch as she descended down and down toward the water...

Until, one of the mechanical hands grabbed the sack just in time, with Neon hopefully cushioned by the sack itself. An agonizing few seconds passed where nothing happened, but soon the hand was moving, dragging the sack across the water. It began to pick up speed, soon approaching the rock wall at the opposite side of the lake. The hand was about to crash into the wall when--

It stopped. It let go.

The sack with Neon inside fell into the water, sinking down into the dark depths below.

Diana began to weep, falling into Nigel and clutching at his arms. McGucket frowned at the sight, lowering his head and placing one of the skewers against his chest. Jude had been forced to look away, staring at the ground with his hands balled into fists.

"That's all, folks! Go get some food and have a nice rest... tomorrow will be a brand new day!" As he said this, the podiums and the electronic display began to sink into the ground. "Seeee ya!" Monokuma waved goodbye as he began to sink into the ground as well. Once he was gone, nothing was left but silence.

The whole thing seemed to affect Wanda most of all. She doubled over, clutching her head and spoke.

"Sometimes we want to hide from ourselves — we do not want to be us — it is too difficult to be us."

"I am here, Wanda. I'll take the weight. You're mine. You have been since before you got here. Relax."

Wanda's voice rang over the group of players. Her body became surrounded by red flames and energy, flashing brilliantly.

"Wanda doesn't want to be Wanda. She doesn't know that, but I do. I know all of you. I know you all your secrets and truths. I brought you here."

"Wanda" was, at this moment, someone else. Wanda's body floated in the air, like a goddess among men.

"As the night wind blows, the boughs move to and fro. The rustling, the magic rustling that brings on the dark dream. The dream of suffering and pain. Pain for the victim, pain for the inflicter of pain. A circle of pain, a circle of suffering. Woe to the ones who behold the pale horse..."

"Wanda" landed on the ground, the flames settled as she walked toward Edmond Honda.

"I hate you all, but you are one of the most. You never move an inch, always centered."

"Wanda" lightly put her hands on the man. Eye to eye. In a song-like tone, "Wanda" would speak:

"Through the darkness of future's past, the magician longs to see. One chants out between two worlds... 'Fire... walk with me.'"

Suddenly, "Wanda" pushed away from the sumo and fell into the ground. Fire surrounded her.

" I am no spirit's plaything! I am in control! I will not let you hurt anyone!"

***

CAST LIST
@C.T. as Arya Stark "Ultimate Killer" [Game of Thrones]
@Yang Lee as Bolin "Ultimate Earthbender" [The Legend Of Korra]
@Kaykay as Chikage Kushinada "Ultimate Jujutsuka" [History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi]
@T.O.M. 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]
@CCC Kouhai as Five "Ultimate Game Master" [Zankyou no Terror]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@Krieg as Isaac "Felix" Gates "Ultimate Bounty Hunter" [Red VS Blue]
@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]
@Archwar as Noble Six "Ultimate Lone Wolf" [Original Character/Halo]
@Jeremi as Poison "Ultimate Manager" [Street Fighter]
@ShiroKiyoshi as Rant T. Mouse "Ultimate Rat Mouse" [Original Character]
@Hazel-rah as Ringabel "Ultimate Vagabond" [Bravely Default]
@Josh M as Scarlet Witch "Ultimate Witch" [Marvel Comics]
@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]
@The Spartan Potato 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]​

God that was traumatic as all fuck. Nono wasn't going to touch a Shamisen in a while. During all this, Nono was hiding underneath her podium.

"Morikubo... cannot look..."

As the podiums sank to the ground, Nono rolled out before it could trap her in.

"My sanctuary..." Nono utters and sobs as the podium sinks, "what's left of me... now..."

Scarlet Witch going all cray cray was the icing on the cake. Except the icing with molten aluminium mixed with chocolate and liquefied toadstools.

She steps away from the scene to avoid it, and during her backwards walking, bumps into Jude while she did her backwards tiptoe, who was very likely not in a good mood.

"WHA- WHA- WHA- MORIKUBO IS SORRY."

@Atomyk @Verite @BarrenThin @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Yang Lee @etcetcetc​

 

[Chewy Rabbits]

Monokuma's laughter grew in pitch, overpowering the discussion. For those gathered, it was obvious the vote was not going to sway any further. "Geh-hehe... it looks like your argument has come to a close! Let's move along to the most exciting part of tonight's daily feature!" Monokuma then slid down the head of the mammoth so that he was straddling one of the horns. "Oh, just a reminder... I'll let it slide this time as it was our first time together, but make triple sure you vote for someone in the future! If you don't vote... I'll skewer you upon one of these mammoth horns and eat you up!"

Monokuma then stood, gasping in mock surprise. "Oops! I lost control of my wild side for a second. Riding a mammoth like this has made me feel bold!" This triggered Monomi to begin weeping again.

"U-Ugghhhh!! Why did this happen...?!"

"Next time?" Jude asked, speaking up. "There won't be a next time, not after this!"

"Oh?" Monokuma tilted his head to the side in curiosity. "Won't happen again? Really? You know... why do you think the killer did what they did? Was it self-defense? An act of mercy? Did they decide the Affluent Progeny was a bad guy? Hmm... How about we ask them once we learn the results of the vote!" Monokuma jumped down off the mammoth and stood in the circle of podiums. He raised his arms into the air, and as he did so, an electronic display rose from the ground behind the mammoth statue. It stopped, displaying an image of a single white question mark on a black background, high above the mammoth.

"Have you made the right choice or the dreadfully wrong one?!"

The display changed to a moving image of a slot machine, the suspects' faces on the reels.

The slot machine eventually stopped, landing on Neon's face three times in a row. The text below flashed...

GUILTY

Mike hadn't wanted to vote for he didn't feel he had the right to take anybody's life. Not even if they were a killer. That was best reserved for people older than him or with more authority than him. For all that he had gone through, he was still just a kid! He didnt want to be responsible for whether or not someone died! Least of all after he saw two people killed right before him! But, sadly things didn't go the way Mike wanted them to as he heard Neon confess to the murder and then meet her own end. The sight nearly made Mike want to wretch. He had seen death for better or for worse. But this was an execution and Mike had been forced to bare witness to this.

Matter of fact he had been forced here in the first place!

He had appreciated all that Wanda and Zenyatta had done to try and make him comfortable but the truth was that he couldn't be comfortable. Not so long as he was here. Which is why Mike quickly turned to sprint away from the group. He couldn't afford to look back. Some people may have yelled for him to stop or to come back. But he couldn't bare the sight of sticking around in this group if this is what these trials entailed and their would only be more of them to come!

"I won't do it! I won't! I-I want to go home!"

Mike's words hadn't been to anyone in particular. He just wanted to get across how he felt. There was no turning back as far as he was concerned. He had to get away, think of a way to get out of here! Oh, and avoid being killed. That was another important thing. Mike's words reached an unlikely source however.

Catbug had been stoic the entire trial due to seeing one of his friends murdered right before his very eyes. Even Neon's death hadn't so much as gotten a blink out of the creature. But as Mike raced off, his cries of wanting to go home shook Catbug out of his sullen stupor. How could he have been so selfish? It wasn't as if everyone else here didn't have homes and friends they had to get back to! What if they had just lost friends themselves? Catbug would have done everything he could to have comforted them. Similar to how Jack had tried comforting Catbug, admittedly to little avail.

"Mike! Hold on!"

Turning and yelling after the escaping child, Catbug took to the air and flew after Mike. It seemed the two were heading straight for the woods. The same place that Mike had mentioned seeing an ominous figure lurking around in...

"Leave me alone! I don't want your help!" Mike yelled back at Catbug as he continued to sprint through the forest. Which given how closed off it'd been due to the strange forces at work here in the camp wasn't exactly too far. That would have proved to be the least of Mike's problems however as he tripped over a branch that'd been laying in his path and collapsed to the ground. "Ow..." He groaned as Catbug touched down near him only for Mike to quickly crawl away from him and lean up against a nearby tree. "I said leave me alone! What's wrong with you!? Don't you know how to take orders?"

Catbug kept his distance at Mike's insistence but he couldn't help but feel a little hurt. It was like running into Lapis all over again. When all he wanted to do was help, he was turned away. Though he couldn't exactly blame Mike. Things did seem really scary what with all the death and everything! Holding his arms out to his side, Catbug tried to give Mike a comforting smile.

"It's okay, Mike! It's okay to be afraid! I'm scared too! Scared I'm gonna get skewered by that mean oreo bear! But I have friends to stand by and you have me to stand by! I wanna go home too! To see my friends and to take a nap! But I can't do it alone! So c'mon back to the group, Mike!" Catbug exclaimed as Mike seemed to be thinking it over. But whatever thoughts might have been forming in Mike's head would have to wait as he slowly staggered to his feet and his eyes grew as wide as possible as he choked out.

"I-It's the z-zombie...ZOMBIE MAN!"

"Zombie man...?" Catbug slowly turned and covered his nose at the horrid scent coming off the giant of a man that had appeared beside him. The man's clothes were torn all over the place. Revealing his skin behind it which itself looked to be incredibly decayed with his spine poking through the back and part of his ribs exposed. He also seemed to be wearing a hockey mask that had been through quite the number of wear and tear if the chunks missing out of it were anything to go by. The most threatening part of him may have been the glistening machete he carried at his side as he glanced down at Catbug.

"You stink, Mister! Hahahahaa-"

"..."

*punt*

The man gave Catbug a sharp kick to the gut. Which resulted in both the wind being knocked out of Catbug and sending the creature flying in the air until he came to a dead stop against a nearby tree. Watching as Catbug slid down to the ground, Mike whimpered as Jason turned to face him. Too caught up in his fear, Mike could do little but shake in terror as the 'zombie man' approached him with his chest heaving up and down from the menacing breaths he took. He knew that he couldn't think of taking this guy down on his own and who knew how that cat thing was doing?

"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! IT'S THE ZOMBIE MAN!"

@The Tactician @Jeremi @Verite @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Josh M @DapperDogman @The Spartan Potato @Archwar @C.T.@Atomyk @Crimson Spartan @Takumi @ShiroKiyoshi @Crow @Yang Lee @Nater Taters @BarrenThin @Klutzy Ninja Kitty

Basically tag moi if you wanna get involed in this sick boss fight action : >
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[Josh M]

"No, Jack. I will hold it."




The Scarlet Witch , still covered around flame, still fighting would address him.

"I can win this battle. I will. I have not snapped. It covets me. I wasn't talking, that was the "the darkness" of this world."

Turning to Honda, Wanda would address his concerns.

"I didn't mean to scare you. It did. It sensed weakness in you. Normally, you're strong, but it sensed weakness. It wants to shake you. It wants to break you. Break all of us. Make us feel what it feels. Pain. However, we won't let him. I won't. "

The flames subsided.

"I am not afraid. I am The Scarlet Witch. I won't allow it to use me, anything to use me."

@The Tactician @Jeremi @Verite @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Josh M @DapperDogman @The Spartan Potato @Archwar @Atomyk @Crimson Spartan @Takumi @ShiroKiyoshi @Crow @Yang Lee @Nater Taters @BarrenThin @Klutzy Ninja Kitty

 

[Klutzy Ninja Kitty]

A silent anger could be seen in the Ultimate Lorekeeper's eyes. She stepped back from the group and said nothing until after Neon was killed, clenching her fists so hard at her sides that her hands trembled.

"Idiots," Zinnia mumbled under her breath.

They don't understand. None of them understand what it means to protect someone. All Diana wanted was to protect Neon. I tried to help her by voting for her, but no... they had to go with the evidence... they had to go along with Monokuma's sick game. Well, I'm done standing around here. I need air.

Zinnia whirled around to leave, her tattered cloak floating behind her as she walked. She didn't bother to speak with Jack or any of her friends either. This whole situation had Zinnia reeling with anger.

She hated this camp.

She hated Neon's death.

She hated Monokuma.

She hated this situation entirely.

Zinnia really wanted just to find her way back to Aster. But, for the time being, she just wanted some space.

Ignoring the situation with Wanda, Zinnia wandered into the forest. She walked around quietly, straightening up suddenly when she heard someone screaming for help. She rushed toward the sound, reaching down to pick up a hefty rock in her hand when she saw that Catbug was being attacked by someone. Zinnia crouched close to the ground and sneaked up on the stranger attacking Catbug, attempting to hit him over the head with the rock. "Hngh, take... that!"

I'm not letting anyone else die today!


@Chewy Rabbits​

 

[Crimson Spartan]

Mike hadn't wanted to vote for he didn't feel he had the right to take anybody's life. Not even if they were a killer. That was best reserved for people older than him or with more authority than him. For all that he had gone through, he was still just a kid! He didnt want to be responsible for whether or not someone died! Least of all after he saw two people killed right before him! But, sadly things didn't go the way Mike wanted them to as he heard Neon confess to the murder and then meet her own end. The sight nearly made Mike want to wretch. He had seen death for better or for worse. But this was an execution and Mike had been forced to bare witness to this.

Matter of fact he had been forced here in the first place!

He had appreciated all that Wanda and Zenyatta had done to try and make him comfortable but the truth was that he couldn't be comfortable. Not so long as he was here. Which is why Mike quickly turned to sprint away from the group. He couldn't afford to look back. Some people may have yelled for him to stop or to come back. But he couldn't bare the sight of sticking around in this group if this is what these trials entailed and their would only be more of them to come!

"I won't do it! I won't! I-I want to go home!"

Mike's words hadn't been to anyone in particular. He just wanted to get across how he felt. There was no turning back as far as he was concerned. He had to get away, think of a way to get out of here! Oh, and avoid being killed. That was another important thing. Mike's words reached an unlikely source however.

Catbug had been stoic the entire trial due to seeing one of his friends murdered right before his very eyes. Even Neon's death hadn't so much as gotten a blink out of the creature. But as Mike raced off, his cries of wanting to go home shook Catbug out of his sullen stupor. How could he have been so selfish? It wasn't as if everyone else here didn't have homes and friends they had to get back to! What if they had just lost friends themselves? Catbug would have done everything he could to have comforted them. Similar to how Jack had tried comforting Catbug, admittedly to little avail.

"Mike! Hold on!"

Turning and yelling after the escaping child, Catbug took to the air and flew after Mike. It seemed the two were heading straight for the woods. The same place that Mike had mentioned seeing an ominous figure lurking around in...

"Leave me alone! I don't want your help!" Mike yelled back at Catbug as he continued to sprint through the forest. Which given how closed off it'd been due to the strange forces at work here in the camp wasn't exactly too far. That would have proved to be the least of Mike's problems however as he tripped over a branch that'd been laying in his path and collapsed to the ground. "Ow..." He groaned as Catbug touched down near him only for Mike to quickly crawl away from him and lean up against a nearby tree. "I said leave me alone! What's wrong with you!? Don't you know how to take orders?"

Catbug kept his distance at Mike's insistence but he couldn't help but feel a little hurt. It was like running into Lapis all over again. When all he wanted to do was help, he was turned away. Though he couldn't exactly blame Mike. Things did seem really scary what with all the death and everything! Holding his arms out to his side, Catbug tried to give Mike a comforting smile.

"It's okay, Mike! It's okay to be afraid! I'm scared too! Scared I'm gonna get skewered by that mean oreo bear! But I have friends to stand by and you have me to stand by! I wanna go home too! To see my friends and to take a nap! But I can't do it alone! So c'mon back to the group, Mike!" Catbug exclaimed as Mike seemed to be thinking it over. But whatever thoughts might have been forming in Mike's head would have to wait as he slowly staggered to his feet and his eyes grew as wide as possible as he choked out.

"I-It's the z-zombie...ZOMBIE MAN!"

"Zombie man...?" Catbug slowly turned and covered his nose at the horrid scent coming off the giant of a man that had appeared beside him. The man's clothes were torn all over the place. Revealing his skin behind it which itself looked to be incredibly decayed with his spine poking through the back and part of his ribs exposed. He also seemed to be wearing a hockey mask that had been through quite the number of wear and tear if the chunks missing out of it were anything to go by. The most threatening part of him may have been the glistening machete he carried at his side as he glanced down at Catbug.

"You stink, Mister! Hahahahaa-"

"..."

*punt*

The man gave Catbug a sharp kick to the gut. Which resulted in both the wind being knocked out of Catbug and sending the creature flying in the air until he came to a dead stop against a nearby tree. Watching as Catbug slid down to the ground, Mike whimpered as Jason turned to face him. Too caught up in his fear, Mike could do little but shake in terror as the 'zombie man' approached him with his chest heaving up and down from the menacing breaths he took. He knew that he couldn't think of taking this guy down on his own and who knew how that cat thing was doing?

"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! IT'S THE ZOMBIE MAN!"

@The Tactician @Jeremi @Verite @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Josh M @DapperDogman @The Spartan Potato @Archwar @C.T.@Atomyk @Crimson Spartan @Takumi @ShiroKiyoshi @Crow @Yang Lee @Nater Taters @BarrenThin @Klutzy Ninja Kitty

Basically tag moi if you wanna get involed in this sick boss fight action : >
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"OI! Why don't ya take on someone your own size!..." Sledge had spoken up as he saw this scene before him. If there was anything he could do right... That was fight and he was damn good at it. Of course he didn't have his trusty Caber breaching hammer but his fists would have to do. He took note that this enemy was armed with a machete. He'd have to find a way to disarm the walking zombie....

So as expected Sledge rushed the dead man walking with a plan in mind. Mostly he would have to see how this enemy would react to his rush and go from there..
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A silent anger could be seen in the Ultimate Lorekeeper's eyes. She stepped back from the group and said nothing until after Neon was killed, clenching her fists so hard at her sides that her hands trembled.

"Idiots," Zinnia mumbled under her breath.

They don't understand. None of them understand what it means to protect someone. All Diana wanted was to protect Neon. I tried to help her by voting for her, but no... they had to go with the evidence... they had to go along with Monokuma's sick name. Well, I'm done standing around here. I need air.

Zinnia whirled around to leave, her tattered cloak floating behind her as she walked. She didn't bother to speak with Jack or any of her friends either. This whole situation had Zinnia reeling with anger.

She hated this camp.

She hated Neon's death.

She hated Monokuma.

She hated this situation entirely.

Zinnia really wanted just to find her way back to Aster. But, for the time being, she just wanted some space.

Ignoring the situation with Wanda, Zinnia wandered into the forest. She walked around quietly, straightening up suddenly when she heard someone screaming for help. She rushed toward the sound, reaching down to pick up a hefty rock in her hand when she saw that Catbug was being attacked by someone. Zinnia crouched close to the ground and sneaked up on the stranger attacking Catbug, attempting to hit him over the head with the rock. "Hngh, take... that!"

I'm not letting anyone else die today!


@Chewy Rabbits​

It seemed like Zinnia had a stealthier approach and Sledge could only hope that in rushing this deadman that he wouldn't notice Zinnia...

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty​

 

[Khan of the Mardu]

Mike hadn't wanted to vote for he didn't feel he had the right to take anybody's life. Not even if they were a killer. That was best reserved for people older than him or with more authority than him. For all that he had gone through, he was still just a kid! He didnt want to be responsible for whether or not someone died! Least of all after he saw two people killed right before him! But, sadly things didn't go the way Mike wanted them to as he heard Neon confess to the murder and then meet her own end. The sight nearly made Mike want to wretch. He had seen death for better or for worse. But this was an execution and Mike had been forced to bare witness to this.

Matter of fact he had been forced here in the first place!

He had appreciated all that Wanda and Zenyatta had done to try and make him comfortable but the truth was that he couldn't be comfortable. Not so long as he was here. Which is why Mike quickly turned to sprint away from the group. He couldn't afford to look back. Some people may have yelled for him to stop or to come back. But he couldn't bare the sight of sticking around in this group if this is what these trials entailed and their would only be more of them to come!

"I won't do it! I won't! I-I want to go home!"

Mike's words hadn't been to anyone in particular. He just wanted to get across how he felt. There was no turning back as far as he was concerned. He had to get away, think of a way to get out of here! Oh, and avoid being killed. That was another important thing. Mike's words reached an unlikely source however.

Catbug had been stoic the entire trial due to seeing one of his friends murdered right before his very eyes. Even Neon's death hadn't so much as gotten a blink out of the creature. But as Mike raced off, his cries of wanting to go home shook Catbug out of his sullen stupor. How could he have been so selfish? It wasn't as if everyone else here didn't have homes and friends they had to get back to! What if they had just lost friends themselves? Catbug would have done everything he could to have comforted them. Similar to how Jack had tried comforting Catbug, admittedly to little avail.

"Mike! Hold on!"

Turning and yelling after the escaping child, Catbug took to the air and flew after Mike. It seemed the two were heading straight for the woods. The same place that Mike had mentioned seeing an ominous figure lurking around in...

"Leave me alone! I don't want your help!" Mike yelled back at Catbug as he continued to sprint through the forest. Which given how closed off it'd been due to the strange forces at work here in the camp wasn't exactly too far. That would have proved to be the least of Mike's problems however as he tripped over a branch that'd been laying in his path and collapsed to the ground. "Ow..." He groaned as Catbug touched down near him only for Mike to quickly crawl away from him and lean up against a nearby tree. "I said leave me alone! What's wrong with you!? Don't you know how to take orders?"

Catbug kept his distance at Mike's insistence but he couldn't help but feel a little hurt. It was like running into Lapis all over again. When all he wanted to do was help, he was turned away. Though he couldn't exactly blame Mike. Things did seem really scary what with all the death and everything! Holding his arms out to his side, Catbug tried to give Mike a comforting smile.

"It's okay, Mike! It's okay to be afraid! I'm scared too! Scared I'm gonna get skewered by that mean oreo bear! But I have friends to stand by and you have me to stand by! I wanna go home too! To see my friends and to take a nap! But I can't do it alone! So c'mon back to the group, Mike!" Catbug exclaimed as Mike seemed to be thinking it over. But whatever thoughts might have been forming in Mike's head would have to wait as he slowly staggered to his feet and his eyes grew as wide as possible as he choked out.

"I-It's the z-zombie...ZOMBIE MAN!"

"Zombie man...?" Catbug slowly turned and covered his nose at the horrid scent coming off the giant of a man that had appeared beside him. The man's clothes were torn all over the place. Revealing his skin behind it which itself looked to be incredibly decayed with his spine poking through the back and part of his ribs exposed. He also seemed to be wearing a hockey mask that had been through quite the number of wear and tear if the chunks missing out of it were anything to go by. The most threatening part of him may have been the glistening machete he carried at his side as he glanced down at Catbug.

"You stink, Mister! Hahahahaa-"

"..."

*punt*

The man gave Catbug a sharp kick to the gut. Which resulted in both the wind being knocked out of Catbug and sending the creature flying in the air until he came to a dead stop against a nearby tree. Watching as Catbug slid down to the ground, Mike whimpered as Jason turned to face him. Too caught up in his fear, Mike could do little but shake in terror as the 'zombie man' approached him with his chest heaving up and down from the menacing breaths he took. He knew that he couldn't think of taking this guy down on his own and who knew how that cat thing was doing?

"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! IT'S THE ZOMBIE MAN!"

@The Tactician @Jeremi @Verite @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Josh M @DapperDogman @The Spartan Potato @Archwar @C.T.@Atomyk @Crimson Spartan @Takumi @ShiroKiyoshi @Crow @Yang Lee @Nater Taters @BarrenThin @Klutzy Ninja Kitty

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A silent anger could be seen in the Ultimate Lorekeeper's eyes. She stepped back from the group and said nothing until after Neon was killed, clenching her fists so hard at her sides that her hands trembled.

"Idiots," Zinnia mumbled under her breath.

They don't understand. None of them understand what it means to protect someone. All Diana wanted was to protect Neon. I tried to help her by voting for her, but no... they had to go with the evidence... they had to go along with Monokuma's sick game. Well, I'm done standing around here. I need air.

Zinnia whirled around to leave, her tattered cloak floating behind her as she walked. She didn't bother to speak with Jack or any of her friends either. This whole situation had Zinnia reeling with anger.

She hated this camp.

She hated Neon's death.

She hated Monokuma.

She hated this situation entirely.

Zinnia really wanted just to find her way back to Aster. But, for the time being, she just wanted some space.

Ignoring the situation with Wanda, Zinnia wandered into the forest. She walked around quietly, straightening up suddenly when she heard someone screaming for help. She rushed toward the sound, reaching down to pick up a hefty rock in her hand when she saw that Catbug was being attacked by someone. Zinnia crouched close to the ground and sneaked up on the stranger attacking Catbug, attempting to hit him over the head with the rock. "Hngh, take... that!"

I'm not letting anyone else die today!


@Chewy Rabbits​

"OI! Why don't ya take on someone your own size!..." Sledge had spoken up as he saw this scene before him. If there was anything he could do right... That was fight and he was damn good at it. Of course he didn't have his trusty Caber breaching hammer but his fists would have to do. He took note that this enemy was armed with a machete. He'd have to find a way to disarm the walking zombie....

So as expected Sledge rushed the dead man walking with a plan in mind. Mostly he would have to see how this enemy would react to his rush and go from there..
​

It seemed like Zinnia had a stealthier approach and Sledge could only hope that in rushing this deadman that he wouldn't notice Zinnia...

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty​

Jack noticed Zinnia walking away from the scene, fury evident in her eyes. For a moment, he thought of leaving her alone, of allowing her to vent her anger in peace... But then he remembered where they were and what Mike had spoken of earlier. There was another stranger watching them from the woods, as if they were prey. While the samurai knew his friend could take care of herself, he also couldn't help but worry for her and so followed after her and the man known as Sledge who seemed rather... strange with his gas mask, but trustworthy none the less.

He was soon glad that he had as the stranger made his appearance by attacking Mike and the creature known as Catbug.

Strike fast, disable his ability to strike. With Zinnia striking at the back of the man's head and Sledge seeming to aim to feint him, Jack would take advantage of the momentary distraction they both provided. He darted forward, his hands looking to strike as fists of retribution aimed at the man's machete-wielding arm and break the limb easily.

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Crimson Spartan​

 

[Minerva]

Continued from here.

Prologue DEAD END
"9 Lives Spent"

Monokuma's laughter grew in pitch, overpowering the discussion. For those gathered, it was obvious the vote was not going to sway any further. "Geh-hehe... it looks like your argument has come to a close! Let's move along to the most exciting part of tonight's daily feature!" Monokuma then slid down the head of the mammoth so that he was straddling one of the horns. "Oh, just a reminder... I'll let it slide this time as it was our first time together, but make triple sure you vote for someone in the future! If you don't vote... I'll skewer you upon one of these mammoth horns and eat you up!"

Monokuma then stood, gasping in mock surprise. "Oops! I lost control of my wild side for a second. Riding a mammoth like this has made me feel bold!" This triggered Monomi to begin weeping again.

"U-Ugghhhh!! Why did this happen...?!"

"Next time?" Jude asked, speaking up. "There won't be a next time, not after this!"

"Oh?" Monokuma tilted his head to the side in curiosity. "Won't happen again? Really? You know... why do you think the killer did what they did? Was it self-defense? An act of mercy? Did they decide the Affluent Progeny was a bad guy? Hmm... How about we ask them once we learn the results of the vote!" Monokuma jumped down off the mammoth and stood in the circle of podiums. He raised his arms into the air, and as he did so, an electronic display rose from the ground behind the mammoth statue. It stopped, displaying an image of a single white question mark on a black background, high above the mammoth.

"Have you made the right choice or the dreadfully wrong one?!"

The display changed to a moving image of a slot machine, the suspects' faces on the reels.

The slot machine eventually stopped, landing on Neon's face three times in a row. The text below flashed...

GUILTY

"I know it was hard for you guys to think hard, but somehow you did it! Now, was that so difficult?"

"N-No..."

Neon Katt started to break down, falling against her podium and crying. "I-I did it to save you all!" she screamed through her tears. "You think I wanted to kill him?! I-I-I talked to Diana and I agreed with her that he was a problem... but she wasn't the one who actually got me to even consider killing him... the way he talked the way he acted... it was just a matter of time. The skewers... Diana gave me the skewers. I wasn't going to use them. Just defend myself, you know? He wasn't supposed to be sleeping in our cabin, but when he came into our cabin during the night... I just panicked!"

Diana had risen, her eyes red with tears. She had been crying quietly ever since the votes started leaning toward Neon. "Neon, don't even bother. If I hadn't... If I hadn't said anything, if I hadn't switched the name plaques around, you wouldn't have gotten the idea into your head. I'm so sorry... I didn't think you would ever..."

"Diana, wait, p-please..." Neon was visibly shaking now. "I went under his bed and I... I stabbed him until he stopped moving. I... took the sheets and the skewers and hid them before I used the cart to drag the body over to the other cabin. I was about done when Diana saw me placing the body and she screamed. I panicked and ran back to the cabin when everybody else was running in to check out the commotion. In the confusion, I moved the sheets and the skewers into the old man's bag..."

"I awoke first and I saw her. When I saw he was dead, I screamed. I couldn't help it, it was involuntary. But I thought about it later, and I didn't want her to get in trouble for killing him... Who I thought he was..."

Neon stood silently, not speaking again until a few moments had passed. "Diana, I... didn't want to do it... but he..."

The faunus pointed dramatically at Monokuma. "He told me to do it! He told me my team would've died if I didn't do it! He said he had them locked away and then he displayed those abilities he had...! I-I just couldn't let that happen! I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry...!"

"What?" Diana's demeanor took a dramatic took as she took this new piece of info in. Her head whipped to stare at the tiny bear. "You mean she didn't... She didn't do it because of what I said...?" Diana's confused expression turned to one of hate. She growled, moving to leap over the podium. "You monster!" she screamed.

"Hold on there!" Nigel had jumped into circle after Diana, grabbing her in order to hold her back. "Don't get yourself killed now!" Diana only groaned, feebly trying to get out from his grip.

"Upupupu... Gahh-hahahaha! I feel it. I really truly feel it! Your hate! Your despair! Normally, I would be tickled pink! Buuut..."

"Why do you think I did this, huh? This Ultimate Kitty was such a bubbly girl, don't you think? Who would ever think her capable of such a bloody deed as foul as murder? Hehe... you see what I was saying? Anyone is capable of murder under the right circumstances! All you brats and goody-two-shoes think you know how the world works, huh? Well, let me tell you..." The display above changed to what appeared to be a field full of creatures mad of shadow. "Miss Strong-Willed was right! You're in the Dark Place, and here, you play by its rules. The despair you're feeling now? The darkness feeds off it. It's a malevolence that seeps into your bones! Monomi's tactics are ineffectual and limp-wristed at best! I truly understand how this world works, and that is why I'm the headmaster!"

The bear let out a soft giggle. He took a few steps toward Neon, peering at her. "You're a killer, sorry to say! You're also my example. You have to suspect everybody when you're down here! Sure, I killed a few of you to get you all to understand, but I'm notoriously a harsh teacher! That's my thing! You can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs! Think of all this as a lesson... think of it as the prologue to our adventures together! Byakuya wasn't able to lead you, but now I get to! And you have to deal with it."

"I don't-- We don't understand what you mean."

"Oh, well. You will, trust me! Now, it's time... some of you suspected this would be the case, and you're right! The only true way to deal with a killer... is to execute them for their crimes!"

For her part, Neon managed to hold strong against this news. "Just tell me they're alive," she whispered.

"Hehe... Puhuhuhu..."

Monokuma would deny her an answer.

Inside the circle of podiums, a circular hole opened in the pavement. Out came the inexplicable sight of a giant white hand. The hand was attached to a long metal limb that descended down into the darkness of the hole. It shot upward up to then fall down upon Neon Katt to scoop her into its palm. The girl was then pulled down into the hole and it closed up after she was gone. "There is more than one way to skin a cat!" Monokuma declared.

On the display above showed Neon dropping down from a great height. She fell into a large sack that was then tied closed by two of the mechanical hands. The hands then pushed the sack forward, the camera zooming out to show the sack starting to tumble down a very large slope. The girl inside was tossed about as the sack bounced and dragged against dirt and rock. The camera then looked down to show that the sack was about to fall of a cliff face and crash into a body of water below. Diana gasped the loudest when the sack finally fell off the edge, and the group was forced to watch as she descended down and down toward the water...

Until, one of the mechanical hands grabbed the sack just in time, with Neon hopefully cushioned by the sack itself. An agonizing few seconds passed where nothing happened, but soon the hand was moving, dragging the sack across the water. It began to pick up speed, soon approaching the rock wall at the opposite side of the lake. The hand was about to crash into the wall when--

It stopped. It let go.

The sack with Neon inside fell into the water, sinking down into the dark depths below.

Diana began to weep, falling into Nigel and clutching at his arms. McGucket frowned at the sight, lowering his head and placing one of the skewers against his chest. Jude had been forced to look away, staring at the ground with his hands balled into fists.

"That's all, folks! Go get some food and have a nice rest... tomorrow will be a brand new day!" As he said this, the podiums and the electronic display began to sink into the ground. "Seeee ya!" Monokuma waved goodbye as he began to sink into the ground as well. Once he was gone, nothing was left but silence.

The whole thing seemed to affect Wanda most of all. She doubled over, clutching her head and spoke.

"Sometimes we want to hide from ourselves — we do not want to be us — it is too difficult to be us."

"I am here, Wanda. I'll take the weight. You're mine. You have been since before you got here. Relax."

Wanda's voice rang over the group of players. Her body became surrounded by red flames and energy, flashing brilliantly.

"Wanda doesn't want to be Wanda. She doesn't know that, but I do. I know all of you. I know you all your secrets and truths. I brought you here."

"Wanda" was, at this moment, someone else. Wanda's body floated in the air, like a goddess among men.

"As the night wind blows, the boughs move to and fro. The rustling, the magic rustling that brings on the dark dream. The dream of suffering and pain. Pain for the victim, pain for the inflicter of pain. A circle of pain, a circle of suffering. Woe to the ones who behold the pale horse..."

"Wanda" landed on the ground, the flames settled as she walked toward Edmond Honda.

"I hate you all, but you are one of the most. You never move an inch, always centered."

"Wanda" lightly put her hands on the man. Eye to eye. In a song-like tone, "Wanda" would speak:

"Through the darkness of future's past, the magician longs to see. One chants out between two worlds... 'Fire... walk with me.'"

Suddenly, "Wanda" pushed away from the sumo and fell into the ground. Fire surrounded her.

" I am no spirit's plaything! I am in control! I will not let you hurt anyone!"

***

CAST LIST
@C.T. as Arya Stark "Ultimate Killer" [Game of Thrones]
@Yang Lee as Bolin "Ultimate Earthbender" [The Legend Of Korra]
@Kaykay as Chikage Kushinada "Ultimate Jujutsuka" [History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi]
@T.O.M. 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]
@CCC Kouhai as Five "Ultimate Game Master" [Zankyou no Terror]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@Krieg as Isaac "Felix" Gates "Ultimate Bounty Hunter" [Red VS Blue]
@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]
@Archwar as Noble Six "Ultimate Lone Wolf" [Original Character/Halo]
@Jeremi as Poison "Ultimate Manager" [Street Fighter]
@ShiroKiyoshi as Rant T. Mouse "Ultimate Rat Mouse" [Original Character]
@Hazel-rah as Ringabel "Ultimate Vagabond" [Bravely Default]
@Josh M as Scarlet Witch "Ultimate Witch" [Marvel Comics]
@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]
@The Spartan Potato 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]​

"Wh-Why'd you kill her?" Corrin said. "That makes you just as bad as her!" Corrin shouted. She had been silent the entire trial, but now she stood gripping the podium. "Y-YOU..." Corrin was shaking at this point. She nearly collapsed in the podium. She wasn't sure if what she felt was sadness, anger, both, or something different. She just stared at the ground for a moment.

Mike hadn't wanted to vote for he didn't feel he had the right to take anybody's life. Not even if they were a killer. That was best reserved for people older than him or with more authority than him. For all that he had gone through, he was still just a kid! He didnt want to be responsible for whether or not someone died! Least of all after he saw two people killed right before him! But, sadly things didn't go the way Mike wanted them to as he heard Neon confess to the murder and then meet her own end. The sight nearly made Mike want to wretch. He had seen death for better or for worse. But this was an execution and Mike had been forced to bare witness to this.

Matter of fact he had been forced here in the first place!

He had appreciated all that Wanda and Zenyatta had done to try and make him comfortable but the truth was that he couldn't be comfortable. Not so long as he was here. Which is why Mike quickly turned to sprint away from the group. He couldn't afford to look back. Some people may have yelled for him to stop or to come back. But he couldn't bare the sight of sticking around in this group if this is what these trials entailed and their would only be more of them to come!

"I won't do it! I won't! I-I want to go home!"

Mike's words hadn't been to anyone in particular. He just wanted to get across how he felt. There was no turning back as far as he was concerned. He had to get away, think of a way to get out of here! Oh, and avoid being killed. That was another important thing. Mike's words reached an unlikely source however.

Catbug had been stoic the entire trial due to seeing one of his friends murdered right before his very eyes. Even Neon's death hadn't so much as gotten a blink out of the creature. But as Mike raced off, his cries of wanting to go home shook Catbug out of his sullen stupor. How could he have been so selfish? It wasn't as if everyone else here didn't have homes and friends they had to get back to! What if they had just lost friends themselves? Catbug would have done everything he could to have comforted them. Similar to how Jack had tried comforting Catbug, admittedly to little avail.

"Mike! Hold on!"

Turning and yelling after the escaping child, Catbug took to the air and flew after Mike. It seemed the two were heading straight for the woods. The same place that Mike had mentioned seeing an ominous figure lurking around in...

"Leave me alone! I don't want your help!" Mike yelled back at Catbug as he continued to sprint through the forest. Which given how closed off it'd been due to the strange forces at work here in the camp wasn't exactly too far. That would have proved to be the least of Mike's problems however as he tripped over a branch that'd been laying in his path and collapsed to the ground. "Ow..." He groaned as Catbug touched down near him only for Mike to quickly crawl away from him and lean up against a nearby tree. "I said leave me alone! What's wrong with you!? Don't you know how to take orders?"

Catbug kept his distance at Mike's insistence but he couldn't help but feel a little hurt. It was like running into Lapis all over again. When all he wanted to do was help, he was turned away. Though he couldn't exactly blame Mike. Things did seem really scary what with all the death and everything! Holding his arms out to his side, Catbug tried to give Mike a comforting smile.

"It's okay, Mike! It's okay to be afraid! I'm scared too! Scared I'm gonna get skewered by that mean oreo bear! But I have friends to stand by and you have me to stand by! I wanna go home too! To see my friends and to take a nap! But I can't do it alone! So c'mon back to the group, Mike!" Catbug exclaimed as Mike seemed to be thinking it over. But whatever thoughts might have been forming in Mike's head would have to wait as he slowly staggered to his feet and his eyes grew as wide as possible as he choked out.

"I-It's the z-zombie...ZOMBIE MAN!"

"Zombie man...?" Catbug slowly turned and covered his nose at the horrid scent coming off the giant of a man that had appeared beside him. The man's clothes were torn all over the place. Revealing his skin behind it which itself looked to be incredibly decayed with his spine poking through the back and part of his ribs exposed. He also seemed to be wearing a hockey mask that had been through quite the number of wear and tear if the chunks missing out of it were anything to go by. The most threatening part of him may have been the glistening machete he carried at his side as he glanced down at Catbug.

"You stink, Mister! Hahahahaa-"

"..."

*punt*

The man gave Catbug a sharp kick to the gut. Which resulted in both the wind being knocked out of Catbug and sending the creature flying in the air until he came to a dead stop against a nearby tree. Watching as Catbug slid down to the ground, Mike whimpered as Jason turned to face him. Too caught up in his fear, Mike could do little but shake in terror as the 'zombie man' approached him with his chest heaving up and down from the menacing breaths he took. He knew that he couldn't think of taking this guy down on his own and who knew how that cat thing was doing?

"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! IT'S THE ZOMBIE MAN!"

@The Tactician @Jeremi @Verite @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Josh M @DapperDogman @The Spartan Potato @Archwar @C.T.@Atomyk @Crimson Spartan @Takumi @ShiroKiyoshi @Crow @Yang Lee @Nater Taters @BarrenThin @Klutzy Ninja Kitty

Basically tag moi if you wanna get involed in this sick boss fight action : >
​

A silent anger could be seen in the Ultimate Lorekeeper's eyes. She stepped back from the group and said nothing until after Neon was killed, clenching her fists so hard at her sides that her hands trembled.

"Idiots," Zinnia mumbled under her breath.

They don't understand. None of them understand what it means to protect someone. All Diana wanted was to protect Neon. I tried to help her by voting for her, but no... they had to go with the evidence... they had to go along with Monokuma's sick game. Well, I'm done standing around here. I need air.

Zinnia whirled around to leave, her tattered cloak floating behind her as she walked. She didn't bother to speak with Jack or any of her friends either. This whole situation had Zinnia reeling with anger.

She hated this camp.

She hated Neon's death.

She hated Monokuma.

She hated this situation entirely.

Zinnia really wanted just to find her way back to Aster. But, for the time being, she just wanted some space.

Ignoring the situation with Wanda, Zinnia wandered into the forest. She walked around quietly, straightening up suddenly when she heard someone screaming for help. She rushed toward the sound, reaching down to pick up a hefty rock in her hand when she saw that Catbug was being attacked by someone. Zinnia crouched close to the ground and sneaked up on the stranger attacking Catbug, attempting to hit him over the head with the rock. "Hngh, take... that!"

I'm not letting anyone else die today!


@Chewy Rabbits​

"OI! Why don't ya take on someone your own size!..." Sledge had spoken up as he saw this scene before him. If there was anything he could do right... That was fight and he was damn good at it. Of course he didn't have his trusty Caber breaching hammer but his fists would have to do. He took note that this enemy was armed with a machete. He'd have to find a way to disarm the walking zombie....

So as expected Sledge rushed the dead man walking with a plan in mind. Mostly he would have to see how this enemy would react to his rush and go from there..
​

It seemed like Zinnia had a stealthier approach and Sledge could only hope that in rushing this deadman that he wouldn't notice Zinnia...

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty​

The sound of someone's shouts alerted Corrin. She quickly stood up, and brushed off her armor. She looked around for anything she could use as an improvised weapon. She saw a broom leaning against the wall, and picked it up. She grabbed its handle and held it like one might hold a long sword.

"Go away." She would shout, clutching her improvised weapon and moving towards Jason. It wouldn't do much against the machete blade if he swung, but it would give the others time to think of a plan. Besides, she wore her armor.

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Fighters @I hope a broom is ok.

 

[Kaykay]

Chikage watched in silence as Neon was determined guilty and executed. Whatever reasons she may have had, she was the one who chose to kill so she couldn't complain about the consequences. It was insane to think one wouldn't kill you when you yourself had decided on murder. You were to blame if you got hurt in a fight you started, after all.

Yet a certain life-giving fist follower said in the back of her head that even this kind of killing was still wrong.

Shaking her head violently for a second, she skulked off to the forest, wanting to get some time to herself. Time she would be denied, it seemed.

Encountering a strange masked man in the woods with a few others, she immediately switched gears to ready herself for combat. As Zinnia attempted to bash his head in with a rock, she took the more direct route and rushed straight in, giving Jason's inner thigh a kick as she'd attempt to pull at his opposite arm in the opposite direction of her kick, hoping to knock him off balance and slam him into the ground.

"Slow."

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Crimson Spartan @The Tactician @Minerva​

 

[Atomyk]

Jude's attention had been too transfixed on Wanda to notice Nono walk right into him. Jude flinched backward as if scalded, stuttering out a word. "W-Woah, woah!"

"You freaked me out!" The young doctor shook his head, trying to get his bearings. Considering everything that was happening, Jude wasn't sure he'd ever feel okay again. Not even his memories had started to return yet. Jude began dusting off his jacket, but he noticed Nono didn't seem to be handling the situation too well. "Hey... you seem pretty freaked out yourself. Do you wanna sit down and talk--"

HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! IT'S THE ZOMBIE MAN!

The sound of the young Mike's voice cut Jude off, his head whipping to stare toward the forest. He stared, blinking in confusion for a moment. "... I gotta go check this out. If you're scared, get somewhere safe!"

Jude then made a run for the forest.

@Crow​

 

[Gummi Bunnies]

Mike hadn't wanted to vote for he didn't feel he had the right to take anybody's life. Not even if they were a killer. That was best reserved for people older than him or with more authority than him. For all that he had gone through, he was still just a kid! He didnt want to be responsible for whether or not someone died! Least of all after he saw two people killed right before him! But, sadly things didn't go the way Mike wanted them to as he heard Neon confess to the murder and then meet her own end. The sight nearly made Mike want to wretch. He had seen death for better or for worse. But this was an execution and Mike had been forced to bare witness to this.

Matter of fact he had been forced here in the first place!

He had appreciated all that Wanda and Zenyatta had done to try and make him comfortable but the truth was that he couldn't be comfortable. Not so long as he was here. Which is why Mike quickly turned to sprint away from the group. He couldn't afford to look back. Some people may have yelled for him to stop or to come back. But he couldn't bare the sight of sticking around in this group if this is what these trials entailed and their would only be more of them to come!

"I won't do it! I won't! I-I want to go home!"

Mike's words hadn't been to anyone in particular. He just wanted to get across how he felt. There was no turning back as far as he was concerned. He had to get away, think of a way to get out of here! Oh, and avoid being killed. That was another important thing. Mike's words reached an unlikely source however.

Catbug had been stoic the entire trial due to seeing one of his friends murdered right before his very eyes. Even Neon's death hadn't so much as gotten a blink out of the creature. But as Mike raced off, his cries of wanting to go home shook Catbug out of his sullen stupor. How could he have been so selfish? It wasn't as if everyone else here didn't have homes and friends they had to get back to! What if they had just lost friends themselves? Catbug would have done everything he could to have comforted them. Similar to how Jack had tried comforting Catbug, admittedly to little avail.

"Mike! Hold on!"

Turning and yelling after the escaping child, Catbug took to the air and flew after Mike. It seemed the two were heading straight for the woods. The same place that Mike had mentioned seeing an ominous figure lurking around in...

"Leave me alone! I don't want your help!" Mike yelled back at Catbug as he continued to sprint through the forest. Which given how closed off it'd been due to the strange forces at work here in the camp wasn't exactly too far. That would have proved to be the least of Mike's problems however as he tripped over a branch that'd been laying in his path and collapsed to the ground. "Ow..." He groaned as Catbug touched down near him only for Mike to quickly crawl away from him and lean up against a nearby tree. "I said leave me alone! What's wrong with you!? Don't you know how to take orders?"

Catbug kept his distance at Mike's insistence but he couldn't help but feel a little hurt. It was like running into Lapis all over again. When all he wanted to do was help, he was turned away. Though he couldn't exactly blame Mike. Things did seem really scary what with all the death and everything! Holding his arms out to his side, Catbug tried to give Mike a comforting smile.

"It's okay, Mike! It's okay to be afraid! I'm scared too! Scared I'm gonna get skewered by that mean oreo bear! But I have friends to stand by and you have me to stand by! I wanna go home too! To see my friends and to take a nap! But I can't do it alone! So c'mon back to the group, Mike!" Catbug exclaimed as Mike seemed to be thinking it over. But whatever thoughts might have been forming in Mike's head would have to wait as he slowly staggered to his feet and his eyes grew as wide as possible as he choked out.

"I-It's the z-zombie...ZOMBIE MAN!"

"Zombie man...?" Catbug slowly turned and covered his nose at the horrid scent coming off the giant of a man that had appeared beside him. The man's clothes were torn all over the place. Revealing his skin behind it which itself looked to be incredibly decayed with his spine poking through the back and part of his ribs exposed. He also seemed to be wearing a hockey mask that had been through quite the number of wear and tear if the chunks missing out of it were anything to go by. The most threatening part of him may have been the glistening machete he carried at his side as he glanced down at Catbug.

"You stink, Mister! Hahahahaa-"

"..."

*punt*

The man gave Catbug a sharp kick to the gut. Which resulted in both the wind being knocked out of Catbug and sending the creature flying in the air until he came to a dead stop against a nearby tree. Watching as Catbug slid down to the ground, Mike whimpered as Jason turned to face him. Too caught up in his fear, Mike could do little but shake in terror as the 'zombie man' approached him with his chest heaving up and down from the menacing breaths he took. He knew that he couldn't think of taking this guy down on his own and who knew how that cat thing was doing?

"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! IT'S THE ZOMBIE MAN!"

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A silent anger could be seen in the Ultimate Lorekeeper's eyes. She stepped back from the group and said nothing until after Neon was killed, clenching her fists so hard at her sides that her hands trembled.

"Idiots," Zinnia mumbled under her breath.

They don't understand. None of them understand what it means to protect someone. All Diana wanted was to protect Neon. I tried to help her by voting for her, but no... they had to go with the evidence... they had to go along with Monokuma's sick game. Well, I'm done standing around here. I need air.

Zinnia whirled around to leave, her tattered cloak floating behind her as she walked. She didn't bother to speak with Jack or any of her friends either. This whole situation had Zinnia reeling with anger.

She hated this camp.

She hated Neon's death.

She hated Monokuma.

She hated this situation entirely.

Zinnia really wanted just to find her way back to Aster. But, for the time being, she just wanted some space.

Ignoring the situation with Wanda, Zinnia wandered into the forest. She walked around quietly, straightening up suddenly when she heard someone screaming for help. She rushed toward the sound, reaching down to pick up a hefty rock in her hand when she saw that Catbug was being attacked by someone. Zinnia crouched close to the ground and sneaked up on the stranger attacking Catbug, attempting to hit him over the head with the rock. "Hngh, take... that!"

I'm not letting anyone else die today!


@Chewy Rabbits​

"OI! Why don't ya take on someone your own size!..." Sledge had spoken up as he saw this scene before him. If there was anything he could do right... That was fight and he was damn good at it. Of course he didn't have his trusty Caber breaching hammer but his fists would have to do. He took note that this enemy was armed with a machete. He'd have to find a way to disarm the walking zombie....

So as expected Sledge rushed the dead man walking with a plan in mind. Mostly he would have to see how this enemy would react to his rush and go from there..
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It seemed like Zinnia had a stealthier approach and Sledge could only hope that in rushing this deadman that he wouldn't notice Zinnia...

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Jack noticed Zinnia walking away from the scene, fury evident in her eyes. For a moment, he thought of leaving her alone, of allowing her to vent her anger in peace... But then he remembered where they were and what Mike had spoken of earlier. There was another stranger watching them from the woods, as if they were prey. While the samurai knew his friend could take care of herself, he also couldn't help but worry for her and so followed after her and the man known as Sledge who seemed rather... strange with his gas mask, but trustworthy none the less.

He was soon glad that he had as the stranger made his appearance by attacking Mike and the creature known as Catbug.

Strike fast, disable his ability to strike. With Zinnia striking at the back of the man's head and Sledge seeming to aim to feint him, Jack would take advantage of the momentary distraction they both provided. He darted forward, his hands looking to strike as fists of retribution aimed at the man's machete-wielding arm and break the limb easily.

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"Wh-Why'd you kill her?" Corrin said. "That makes you just as bad as her!" Corrin shouted. She had been silent the entire trial, but now she stood gripping the podium. "Y-YOU..." Corrin was shaking at this point. She nearly collapsed in the podium. She wasn't sure if what she felt was sadness, anger, both, or something different. She just stared at the ground for a moment.




The sound of someone's shouts alerted Corrin. She quickly stood up, and brushed off her armor. She looked around for anything she could use as an improvised weapon. She saw a broom leaning against the wall, and picked it up. She grabbed its handle and held it like one might hold a long sword.

"Go away." She would shout, clutching her improvised weapon. It wouldn't do much against the machete blade if he swung, but it would give the others time to think of a plan. Besides, she wore her armor.

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Chikage watched in silence as Neon was determined guilty and executed. Whatever reasons she may have had, she was the one who chose to kill so she couldn't complain about the consequences. It was insane to think one wouldn't kill you when you yourself had decided on murder. You were to blame if you got hurt in a fight you started, after all.

Yet a certain life-giving fist follower said in the back of her head that even this kind of killing was still wrong.

Shaking her head violently for a second, she skulked off to the forest, wanting to get some time to herself. Time she would be denied, it seemed.

Encountering a strange masked man in the woods with a few others, she immediately switched gears to ready herself for combat. As Zinnia attempted to bash his head in with a rock, she took the more direct route and rushed straight in, giving Jason's inner thigh a kick as she'd attempt to pull at his opposite arm in the opposite direction of her kick, hoping to knock him off balance and slam him into the ground.

"Slow."

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It was horrid, trying to fight over the dread that she thought she had gotten rid of... when she had gone to live with Abel. It was eating away at her, and Lapis felt it like a resurfacing disease. If it haunted her for too long, Lapis would feel like it was making her perish slowly and painfully. However, her attention was suddenly snapped away from her dread, overhearing Catbug running after that Mike kid. In a way, due to the strange occurrence with Wanda, everyone probably didn't even notice these two run out.

Why the hell are they going outside? Out of all times?! Alone!

Snapping out of her own self-dread, Lapis still wouldn't let anyone else get hurt. She's seen enough death in one day to allow much more to follow. Not even taking a moment to let the others be aware of this, Lapis bolted out of the Visitor Center and following the sounds of Catbug and Mike even further. Along the way, she heard something about a zombie man, which prompted her to sprint even faster. Once she got there, she happened to see it all at the wrong timing...

The former bounty hunter was able to pick off on who was the "zombie man" that Mike was yelling out about... and the man didn't come off as a friendly person. She saw how the man had roughly kicked Catbug out of the way, and knowing how Mike was reacting, this was spelling bad news all over.

After such a dreadful event as that execution, the very sight of this happening... it sparked a strong anger within her. All of the frustration... all of the resentment... all of the contempt... Lapis couldn't exactly stop it from growing.

Lapis rushed through her mind on what she could do. She was unfortunately unarmed of her weapons, so she had to improvise somehow. Her eyes darting around for anything she could use as a weapon, all that she saw were basic sticks and stones. That wasn't good enough, so she might as well use herself as a weapon.

The very moment that Zinnia would strike the man on the head with a rock, Lapis rushed into the scene, dropping herself onto the ground to where she began to slide towards this zombie man's direction. Under the notion that everybody else was here to assist with this, Lapis was aiming to slide right by him, using her legs during her slide to go and attempt knocking the man off of his feet.

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[Yun Lee]

"No, Jack. I will hold it."




The Scarlet Witch , still covered around flame, still fighting would address him.

"I can win this battle. I will. I have not snapped. It covets me. I wasn't talking, that was the "the darkness" of this world."

Turning to Honda, Wanda would address his concerns.

"I didn't mean to scare you. It did. It sensed weakness in you. Normally, you're strong, but it sensed weakness. It wants to shake you. It wants to break you. Break all of us. Make us feel what it feels. Pain. However, we won't let him. I won't. "

The flames subsided.

"I am not afraid. I am The Scarlet Witch. I won't allow it to use me, anything to use me."

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Honda straightened as Wanda took control, her confidence bringing his back. He nodded, still feeling shaken up from this all, but if she could recover, so could he. "I see...well, to 'it's' credit...this trial hit close to home at times." He glanced at the sobbing Diana and felt for her once more. For Neon too, really. These deaths were all a misunderstanding born of tragedy, and there was no way Honda was going to be shaken or broken from it! "With any luck, though, this'll be the last time I show weakness on this trip! Now, if you'll excuse me..."

Honda made his way to Diana and Nigel,getting down to her level as he managed to smile at both of them. "Wanna get a bite to eat? I know this isn't exactly the best of times, but eating usually helps me get through a rough patch. Even with how rough this one was, it may help at least a bit."
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[LuckycoolHawk9]

Stiles heard the cry and that snapped him out of his self- pity. He held his bat in his hand and rushed to the forest to see what was going on. He saw the man in the hockey mask and knew what he had to do. He had to be a distraction, giving the more powerful people a chance to defeat this beast. " Hey, hockey mask, hasn't anyone ever told you that hockey is so out of season,it's a winter sport and we're in the dead of summer," Stiles sarcastically quipped. It was the best he could come up with off hand.

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[Atomyk]

Diana removed herself from Nigel's arms, slowly turning to fix a tired glance at Honda. She stared at him, mouth opening slightly as words formed slowly inside her head. What was there even to say? "No..." She hook her head, slowly, barely even moving it. She pushed away fulling from Nigel, putting some distance between them. Her expression turned to a scowl. "No, you killed her. You voted for her and now she's dead. I don't want anything to do with any of you."

Diana briskly turned around and took a few steps away. She stopped though, and turned her head back to Honda and Nigel. "And I'm not hungry." With that, she continued her slow walk toward the cabins.

"She's gonna need some time," was all Nigel could say.

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[Yun Lee]

Diana removed herself from Nigel's arms, slowly turning to fix a tired glance at Honda. She stared at him, mouth opening slightly as words formed slowly inside her head. What was there even to say? "No..." She hook her head, slowly, barely even moving it. She pushed away fulling from Nigel, putting some distance between them. Her expression turned to a scowl. "No, you killed her. You voted for her and now she's dead. I don't want anything to do with any of you."

Diana briskly turned around and took a few steps away. She stopped though, and turned her head back to Honda and Nigel. "And I'm not hungry." With that, she continued her slow walk toward the cabins.

"She's gonna need some time," was all Nigel could say.

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Honda nodded. "Everyone has their own coping method. This trial was hardest on her, I think." Honda decided to give the poor kid some space. Himself? He started off to get something to eat. Like he had said, it helped him in a rough patch, and this was probably the roughest patch he'd ever been in.​

 

[BarrenThin]

Genji watched in disgusted silence as the girl was killed, his hand twitching in anger as the poor girl was tortured leading up to her likely horrible demise. She had panicked, and he did not blame her for what she had done. That did not change that he could not abide a killer in their midst, for fear that they might hurt someone else in a similar state of mind. He watched as Wanda freaked out, then regained control. It was... Off-putting, but there was nothing he could do besides hope she was alright. The thing that really sprung him into action was the arrival of yet another threat.

The cyborg examined the hulking 'zombie man' with a hidden frown before his mechanical leg came up like a cannon at the hopefully distracted man's knee. Though no longer as stupidly superhuman as the kick would have ordinarily have been, the kick was still pretty strong. He needed to take his oppenent down without killing him. No more death this day.

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[Chewy Rabbits]

Zinnia really wanted just to find her way back to Aster. But, for the time being, she just wanted some space.

Ignoring the situation with Wanda, Zinnia wandered into the forest. She walked around quietly, straightening up suddenly when she heard someone screaming for help. She rushed toward the sound, reaching down to pick up a hefty rock in her hand when she saw that Catbug was being attacked by someone. Zinnia crouched close to the ground and sneaked up on the stranger attacking Catbug, attempting to hit him over the head with the rock. "Hngh, take... that!"

I'm not letting anyone else die today!

Jason had been so caught up in his curiosity with Mike that he hadn't noticed Zinnia sneaking up behind him. He did however notice the expression on Mike's face and where his eyes were looking. If they weren't looking at him or the creature he had kicked then who...?

"...!!"

Jason quickly turned with his machete raised and poised to strike as the rock cracked against the front of his mask. The force Zinnia had put behind it left a very noticeable crack on the front of the mask and a little blood of black blood could have been seen seeping out from under Jason's mask. Still, the rock had done little more than irritate the zombie in the grand scheme of things. With his free hand lashing out, he sought to grab Zinnia by the collar and fling her across the ground. He'd deal with her just like he had dealt with that bug-cat abomination. Stomping towards where Zinnia lay after being hurled away by the serial killer, he stopped midswing as Mike stepped in his path with his arms held out to the side.

"L-LEAVE HER ALONE, MAGGOT HEAD! SHE WAS ONLY TRYING TO HELP ME!"

If this was going to be the last thing he did then he'd make damn sure it was to help someone who had tried helping him. But much to Mike's surprise, Jason stayed his hand and turned away from Mike and Zinnia. Had his demand really reached through to Jason?

Well, somewhat. Jason wouldn't have harmed a hair on Mike's head but would have certainly moved him out of the way if it meant dealing with a sinner.

But it seemed like Jason was going to have more guests due to Mike's cry for help. Turning to face Sledge as he charged at him, Jason reared back his arm to prepare to send Sledge flying back with a blow of his own.
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He was soon glad that he had as the stranger made his appearance by attacking Mike and the creature known as Catbug.

Strike fast, disable his ability to strike. With Zinnia striking at the back of the man's head and Sledge seeming to aim to feint him, Jack would take advantage of the momentary distraction they both provided. He darted forward, his hands looking to strike as fists of retribution aimed at the man's machete-wielding arm and break the limb easily.

"...?"

Jason couldn't quite understand what was happening here. Yes, people resisted when he tried to end their lives. But they usually ran away from him. Making it all the more drawn out when he simply could have finished them right then and there. Yet, these sinners took the fight to him! The blows rained down upon Jason and stumbled him back and as he saw the blows primarily being aimed at the arm that was wielding the machete, Jason tossed the machete over to his free arm as the other one eventually snapped after Jack's repeated blows.

But Jason wasn't finished with the samurai just yet. Raising the machete, Jason prepared to strike only to be stumbled by the furious Lapis. Little did Jason know of just how angry the bounty hunter was with him. Trying to catch his footing proved to be harder than Jason would have anticipated. As he got a foot back down on the ground, it shuddered and Jason nearly fell flat on his face as a metal covered foot came in and smashed right against his decomposing kneecap. How was this even possible? Normally, it followed a very simple formula. Sinners appeared and Jason struck them down and made his mother proud.

Yet here it was completely the opposite. They weren't running around and screaming their heads off. Instead they were all working together as a group against him. Smashing his other foot onto the ground, Jason's shoulders raised up and down as ragged breaths escaped his mask. They may have decided to fight back but they wouldn't stop him. Nothing would stop him.

Nothing would quench his eternal anger-
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Encountering a strange masked man in the woods with a few others, she immediately switched gears to ready herself for combat. As Zinnia attempted to bash his head in with a rock, she took the more direct route and rushed straight in, giving Jason's inner thigh a kick as she'd attempt to pull at his opposite arm in the opposite direction of her kick, hoping to knock him off balance and slam him into the ground.

"Slow."

Oh.

Another child. Staying his hand once more, Jason made no attempts to resist as Chikage assaulted him. What did surprise Jason though was the effort that she put into attacking him. Going to the extreme of lifting him over her shoulder and smashing him into the ground. As the zombie was now flat on his back and gazing up at the sky with his one good eye, he blinked.

This was all so, so wrong.

But he wouldn't be stopped. Not by this child or any of these sinners! They would pay with their lives and that's all their was too it! Sitting up, Jason snapped his arm back into place with a grotesque cracking and popping sound before gripping back onto his machete with that arm. Not that it really mattered given Jason was ambidextrous.

Rising to his feet, Jason's knee began to work on fixing up the damage Genji had caused as he turned towards those gathered and began to simply walk towards them. With a slow but menacing gait as he kept his machete held at his side..

"..."

Many had tried to keep Jason Voorhees down forever. Many had failed and so would these fools. He would make them pay for what they had done to him and he'd make sure every moment was painful-Jason came to a stop. But not because of any damage done to his person. But more the fact that a small rock had landed in front of him and caught the zombie's interest. Had that been intended to hurt him? Turning his head to see who had thrown it, he would have glanced upon none other than Mike Dawson who had been quiet up to this point. He wasn't really much of a detective anyway.

But he had seen Jason attempting to hurt people and he couldn't stand by and let this happen! He had saved the world from the threat of the Ancients after all! Pointing a finger dramatically in Jason's direction, Mike yelled in his typical whiny voice.

"STOP RIGHT THERE! Why don't you take me on, man to man?"

Was this man serious? It wasn't often Jason was challenged by some boisterous fool but this one didn't even seem like he could throw a decent punch let alone do any considerable damage. Which is why Jason would waste no time on him. It was then that Jason seemed to vanish before the group's very eyes, with only a brief trail of mist indicating where Jason had once been standing.

"OH NO!"

Mike cried out as Jason appeared behind him with his fist cocked back. Knowing that his ticket was going to be punched, Mike clutched onto the chain around Jason's neck and looked him straight in the eye. "Did YOU kill Rita?"

Jason actually paused for a moment to consider. Before deciding it wasn't worth it and simply punched Mike's head clean off his shoulders. The head flew through the air before smashing into a high tree branch and tumbling all the way down. Hurling the body to the ground, Jason turned back towards the others. They'd meet the same fate if he had something to say about it..

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[Minerva]

Jason had been so caught up in his curiosity with Mike that he hadn't noticed Zinnia sneaking up behind him. He did however notice the expression on Mike's face and where his eyes were looking. If they weren't looking at him or the creature he had kicked then who...?

"...!!"

Jason quickly turned with his machete raised and poised to strike as the rock cracked against the front of his mask. The force Zinnia had put behind it left a very noticeable crack on the front of the mask and a little blood of black blood could have been seen seeping out from under Jason's mask. Still, the rock had done little more than irritate the zombie in the grand scheme of things. With his free hand lashing out, he sought to grab Zinnia by the collar and fling her across the ground. He'd deal with her just like he had dealt with that bug-cat abomination. Stomping towards where Zinnia lay after being hurled away by the serial killer, he stopped midswing as Mike stepped in his path with his arms held out to the side.

"L-LEAVE HER ALONE, MAGGOT HEAD! SHE WAS ONLY TRYING TO HELP ME!"

If this was going to be the last thing he did then he'd make damn sure it was to help someone who had tried helping him. But much to Mike's surprise, Jason stayed his hand and turned away from Mike and Zinnia. Had his demand really reached through to Jason?

Well, somewhat. Jason wouldn't have harmed a hair on Mike's head but would have certainly moved him out of the way if it meant dealing with a sinner.

But it seemed like Jason was going to have more guests due to Mike's cry for help. Turning to face Sledge as he charged at him, Jason reared back his arm to prepare to send Sledge flying back with a blow of his own.
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"...?"

Jason couldn't quite understand what was happening here. Yes, people resisted when he tried to end their lives. But they usually ran away from him. Making it all the more drawn out when he simply could have finished them right then and there. Yet, these sinners took the fight to him! The blows rained down upon Jason and stumbled him back and as he saw the blows primarily being aimed at the arm that was wielding the machete, Jason tossed the machete over to his free arm as the other one eventually snapped after Jack's repeated blows.

But Jason wasn't finished with the samurai just yet. Raising the machete, Jason prepared to strike only to be stumbled by the furious Lapis. Little did Jason know of just how angry the bounty hunter was with him. Trying to catch his footing proved to be harder than Jason would have anticipated. As he got a foot back down on the ground, it shuddered and Jason nearly fell flat on his face as a metal covered foot came in and smashed right against his decomposing kneecap. How was this even possible? Normally, it followed a very simple formula. Sinners appeared and Jason struck them down and made his mother proud.

Yet here it was completely the opposite. They weren't running around and screaming their heads off. Instead they were all working together as a group against him. Smashing his other foot onto the ground, Jason's shoulders raised up and down as ragged breaths escaped his mask. They may have decided to fight back but they wouldn't stop him. Nothing would stop him.

Nothing would quench his eternal anger-
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Oh.

Another child. Staying his hand once more, Jason made no attempts to resist as Chikage assaulted him. What did surprise Jason though was the effort that she put into attacking him. Going to the extreme of lifting him over her shoulder and smashing him into the ground. As the zombie was now flat on his back and gazing up at the sky with his one good eye, he blinked.

This was all so, so wrong.

But he wouldn't be stopped. Not by this child or any of these sinners! They would pay with their lives and that's all their was too it! Sitting up, Jason snapped his arm back into place with a grotesque cracking and popping sound before gripping back onto his machete with that arm. Not that it really mattered given Jason was ambidextrous.

Rising to his feet, Jason's knee began to work on fixing up the damage Genji had caused as he turned towards those gathered and began to simply walk towards them. With a slow but menacing gait as he kept his machete held at his side..

"..."

Many had tried to keep Jason Voorhees down forever. Many had failed and so would these fools. He would make them pay for what they had done to him and he'd make sure every moment was painful-Jason came to a stop. But not because of any damage done to his person. But more the fact that a small rock had landed in front of him and caught the zombie's interest. Had that been intended to hurt him? Turning his head to see who had thrown it, he would have glanced upon none other than Mike Dawson who had been quiet up to this point. He wasn't really much of a detective anyway.

But he had seen Jason attempting to hurt people and he couldn't stand by and let this happen! He had saved the world from the threat of the Ancients after all! Pointing a finger dramatically in Jason's direction, Mike yelled in his typical whiny voice.

"STOP RIGHT THERE! Why don't you take me on, man to man?"

Was this man serious? It wasn't often Jason was challenged by some boisterous fool but this one didn't even seem like he could throw a decent punch let alone do any considerable damage. Which is why Jason would waste no time on him. It was then that Jason seemed to vanish before the group's very eyes, with only a brief trail of mist indicating where Jason had once been standing.

"OH NO!"

Mike cried out as Jason appeared behind him with his fist cocked back. Knowing that his ticket was going to be punched, Mike clutched onto the chain around Jason's neck and looked him straight in the eye. "Did YOU kill Rita?"

Jason actually paused for a moment to consider. Before deciding it wasn't worth it and simply punched Mike's head clean off his shoulders. The head flew through the air before smashing into a high tree branch and tumbling all the way down. Hurling the body to the ground, Jason turned back towards the others. They'd meet the same fate if he had something to say about it..

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Corrin watched as Mike's head flew like a football towards the goal. It nearly made her vomit. Even after leading the Hoshidan Campign, needless death still made her sick. She tripped her broom tightly in her hand and stepped forward.

"Hey, what did you do that for?" She said nervously. She held the broomstick like she would hold the Yato. She stepped forward towards Jason. She felt even more confident. They would defeat this monster together. Confidence grew in her face, then...

"You Monster!" She shouted as she charged forward. She dove towards the ground and swung the broom stick towards the back of Jason's legs, trying to sweep him off of his feet so someone else could get another attack at him. It was a plan, and she was still wearing armor, so she felt fine unless Jason went for the head.

@Crimson Spartan @The Tactician @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Kaykay @Jason busters

 

[Klutzy Ninja Kitty]

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Jason had been so caught up in his curiosity with Mike that he hadn't noticed Zinnia sneaking up behind him. He did however notice the expression on Mike's face and where his eyes were looking. If they weren't looking at him or the creature he had kicked then who...?

"...!!"

Jason quickly turned with his machete raised and poised to strike as the rock cracked against the front of his mask. The force Zinnia had put behind it left a very noticeable crack on the front of the mask and a little blood of black blood could have been seen seeping out from under Jason's mask. Still, the rock had done little more than irritate the zombie in the grand scheme of things. With his free hand lashing out, he sought to grab Zinnia by the collar and fling her across the ground. He'd deal with her just like he had dealt with that bug-cat abomination. Stomping towards where Zinnia lay after being hurled away by the serial killer, he stopped midswing as Mike stepped in his path with his arms held out to the side.

"L-LEAVE HER ALONE, MAGGOT HEAD! SHE WAS ONLY TRYING TO HELP ME!"
If this was going to be the last thing he did then he'd make damn sure it was to help someone who had tried helping him. But much to Mike's surprise, Jason stayed his hand and turned away from Mike and Zinnia. Had his demand really reached through to Jason?

Well, somewhat. Jason wouldn't have harmed a hair on Mike's head but would have certainly moved him out of the way if it meant dealing with a sinner.

But it seemed like Jason was going to have more guests due to Mike's cry for help. Turning to face Sledge as he charged at him, Jason reared back his arm to prepare to send Sledge flying back with a blow of his own.
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"...?"

Jason couldn't quite understand what was happening here. Yes, people resisted when he tried to end their lives. But they usually ran away from him. Making it all the more drawn out when he simply could have finished them right then and there. Yet, these sinners took the fight to him! The blows rained down upon Jason and stumbled him back and as he saw the blows primarily being aimed at the arm that was wielding the machete, Jason tossed the machete over to his free arm as the other one eventually snapped after Jack's repeated blows.

But Jason wasn't finished with the samurai just yet. Raising the machete, Jason prepared to strike only to be stumbled by the furious Lapis. Little did Jason know of just how angry the bounty hunter was with him. Trying to catch his footing proved to be harder than Jason would have anticipated. As he got a foot back down on the ground, it shuddered and Jason nearly fell flat on his face as a metal covered foot came in and smashed right against his decomposing kneecap. How was this even possible? Normally, it followed a very simple formula. Sinners appeared and Jason struck them down and made his mother proud.

Yet here it was completely the opposite. They weren't running around and screaming their heads off. Instead they were all working together as a group against him. Smashing his other foot onto the ground, Jason's shoulders raised up and down as ragged breaths escaped his mask. They may have decided to fight back but they wouldn't stop him. Nothing would stop him.

Nothing would quench his eternal anger-
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Oh.

Another child. Staying his hand once more, Jason made no attempts to resist as Chikage assaulted him. What did surprise Jason though was the effort that she put into attacking him. Going to the extreme of lifting him over her shoulder and smashing him into the ground. As the zombie was now flat on his back and gazing up at the sky with his one good eye, he blinked.

This was all so, so wrong.

But he wouldn't be stopped. Not by this child or any of these sinners! They would pay with their lives and that's all their was too it! Sitting up, Jason snapped his arm back into place with a grotesque cracking and popping sound before gripping back onto his machete with that arm. Not that it really mattered given Jason was ambidextrous.

Rising to his feet, Jason's knee began to work on fixing up the damage Genji had caused as he turned towards those gathered and began to simply walk towards them. With a slow but menacing gait as he kept his machete held at his side..

"..."

Many had tried to keep Jason Voorhees down forever. Many had failed and so would these fools. He would make them pay for what they had done to him and he'd make sure every moment was painful-Jason came to a stop. But not because of any damage done to his person. But more the fact that a small rock had landed in front of him and caught the zombie's interest. Had that been intended to hurt him? Turning his head to see who had thrown it, he would have glanced upon none other than Mike Dawson who had been quiet up to this point. He wasn't really much of a detective anyway.

But he had seen Jason attempting to hurt people and he couldn't stand by and let this happen! He had saved the world from the threat of the Ancients after all! Pointing a finger dramatically in Jason's direction, Mike yelled in his typical whiny voice.

"STOP RIGHT THERE! Why don't you take me on, man to man?"

Was this man serious? It wasn't often Jason was challenged by some boisterous fool but this one didn't even seem like he could throw a decent punch let alone do any considerable damage. Which is why Jason would waste no time on him. It was then that Jason seemed to vanish before the group's very eyes, with only a brief trail of mist indicating where Jason had once been standing.

"OH NO!"

Mike cried out as Jason appeared behind him with his fist cocked back. Knowing that his ticket was going to be punched, Mike clutched onto the chain around Jason's neck and looked him straight in the eye. "Did YOU kill Rita?"

Jason actually paused for a moment to consider. Before deciding it wasn't worth it and simply punched Mike's head clean off his shoulders. The head flew through the air before smashing into a high tree branch and tumbling all the way down. Hurling the body to the ground, Jason turned back towards the others. They'd meet the same fate if he had something to say about it..

@Crimson Spartan @BarrenThin @Atomyk @Kaykay @Gummi Bunnies @The Tactician @Klutzy Ninja Kitty ​

"OI! Why don't ya take on someone your own size!..." Sledge had spoken up as he saw this scene before him. If there was anything he could do right... That was fight and he was damn good at it. Of course he didn't have his trusty Caber breaching hammer but his fists would have to do. He took note that this enemy was armed with a machete. He'd have to find a way to disarm the walking zombie....

So as expected Sledge rushed the dead man walking with a plan in mind. Mostly he would have to see how this enemy would react to his rush and go from there..
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It seemed like Zinnia had a stealthier approach and Sledge could only hope that in rushing this deadman that he wouldn't notice Zinnia...

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty​

Jack noticed Zinnia walking away from the scene, fury evident in her eyes. For a moment, he thought of leaving her alone, of allowing her to vent her anger in peace... But then he remembered where they were and what Mike had spoken of earlier. There was another stranger watching them from the woods, as if they were prey. While the samurai knew his friend could take care of herself, he also couldn't help but worry for her and so followed after her and the man known as Sledge who seemed rather... strange with his gas mask, but trustworthy none the less.

He was soon glad that he had as the stranger made his appearance by attacking Mike and the creature known as Catbug.

Strike fast, disable his ability to strike. With Zinnia striking at the back of the man's head and Sledge seeming to aim to feint him, Jack would take advantage of the momentary distraction they both provided. He darted forward, his hands looking to strike as fists of retribution aimed at the man's machete-wielding arm and break the limb easily.

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Crimson Spartan​

"Wh-Why'd you kill her?" Corrin said. "That makes you just as bad as her!" Corrin shouted. She had been silent the entire trial, but now she stood gripping the podium. "Y-YOU..." Corrin was shaking at this point. She nearly collapsed in the podium. She wasn't sure if what she felt was sadness, anger, both, or something different. She just stared at the ground for a moment.




The sound of someone's shouts alerted Corrin. She quickly stood up, and brushed off her armor. She looked around for anything she could use as an improvised weapon. She saw a broom leaning against the wall, and picked it up. She grabbed its handle and held it like one might hold a long sword.

"Go away." She would shout, clutching her improvised weapon and moving towards Jason. It wouldn't do much against the machete blade if he swung, but it would give the others time to think of a plan. Besides, she wore her armor.

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Fighters @I hope a broom is ok.

Chikage watched in silence as Neon was determined guilty and executed. Whatever reasons she may have had, she was the one who chose to kill so she couldn't complain about the consequences. It was insane to think one wouldn't kill you when you yourself had decided on murder. You were to blame if you got hurt in a fight you started, after all.

Yet a certain life-giving fist follower said in the back of her head that even this kind of killing was still wrong.

Shaking her head violently for a second, she skulked off to the forest, wanting to get some time to herself. Time she would be denied, it seemed.

Encountering a strange masked man in the woods with a few others, she immediately switched gears to ready herself for combat. As Zinnia attempted to bash his head in with a rock, she took the more direct route and rushed straight in, giving Jason's inner thigh a kick as she'd attempt to pull at his opposite arm in the opposite direction of her kick, hoping to knock him off balance and slam him into the ground.

"Slow."

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Crimson Spartan @The Tactician @Minerva​

Jude's attention had been too transfixed on Wanda to notice Nono walk right into him. Jude flinched backward as if scalded, stuttering out a word. "W-Woah, woah!"

"You freaked me out!" The young doctor shook his head, trying to get his bearings. Considering everything that was happening, Jude wasn't sure he'd ever feel okay again. Not even his memories had started to return yet. Jude began dusting off his jacket, but he noticed Nono didn't seem to be handling the situation too well. "Hey... you seem pretty freaked out yourself. Do you wanna sit down and talk--"

HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! IT'S THE ZOMBIE MAN!

The sound of the young Mike's voice cut Jude off, his head whipping to stare toward the forest. He stared, blinking in confusion for a moment. "... I gotta go check this out. If you're scared, get somewhere safe!"

Jude then made a run for the forest.

@Crow​

It was horrid, trying to fight over the dread that she thought she had gotten rid of... when she had gone to live with Abel. It was eating away at her, and Lapis felt it like a resurfacing disease. If it haunted her for too long, Lapis would feel like it was making her perish slowly and painfully. However, her attention was suddenly snapped away from her dread, overhearing Catbug running after that Mike kid. In a way, due to the strange occurrence with Wanda, everyone probably didn't even notice these two run out.

Why the hell are they going outside? Out of all times?! Alone!

Snapping out of her own self-dread, Lapis still wouldn't let anyone else get hurt. She's seen enough death in one day to allow much more to follow. Not even taking a moment to let the others be aware of this, Lapis bolted out of the Visitor Center and following the sounds of Catbug and Mike even further. Along the way, she heard something about a zombie man, which prompted her to sprint even faster. Once she got there, she happened to see it all at the wrong timing...

The former bounty hunter was able to pick off on who was the "zombie man" that Mike was yelling out about... and the man didn't come off as a friendly person. She saw how the man had roughly kicked Catbug out of the way, and knowing how Mike was reacting, this was spelling bad news all over.

After such a dreadful event as that execution, the very sight of this happening... it sparked a strong anger within her. All of the frustration... all of the resentment... all of the contempt... Lapis couldn't exactly stop it from growing.

Lapis rushed through her mind on what she could do. She was unfortunately unarmed of her weapons, so she had to improvise somehow. Her eyes darting around for anything she could use as a weapon, all that she saw were basic sticks and stones. That wasn't good enough, so she might as well use herself as a weapon.

The very moment that Zinnia would strike the man on the head with a rock, Lapis rushed into the scene, dropping herself onto the ground to where she began to slide towards this zombie man's direction. Under the notion that everybody else was here to assist with this, Lapis was aiming to slide right by him, using her legs during her slide to go and attempt knocking the man off of his feet.

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Crimson Spartan @The Tactician @Minerva @Kaykay​

Stiles heard the cry and that snapped him out of his self- pity. He held his bat in his hand and rushed to the forest to see what was going on. He saw the man in the hockey mask and knew what he had to do. He had to be a distraction, giving the more powerful people a chance to defeat this beast. " Hey, hockey mask, hasn't anyone ever told you that hockey is so out of season,it's a winter sport and we're in the dead of summer," Stiles sarcastically quipped. It was the best he could come up with off hand.

@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Crimson Spartan @The Tactician @Minerva @Kaykay

Genji watched in disgusted silence as the girl was killed, his hand twitching in anger as the poor girl was tortured leading up to her likely horrible demise. She had panicked, and he did not blame her for what she had done. That did not change that he could not abide a killer in their midst, for fear that they might hurt someone else in a similar state of mind. He watched as Wanda freaked out, then regained control. It was... Off-putting, but there was nothing he could do besides hope she was alright. The thing that really sprung him into action was the arrival of yet another threat.

The cyborg examined the hulking 'zombie man' with a hidden frown before his mechanical leg came up like a cannon at the hopefully distracted man's knee. Though no longer as stupidly superhuman as the kick would have ordinarily have been, the kick was still pretty strong. He needed to take his oppenent down without killing him. No more death this day.

@Chewy Rabbits @The Tacticiam @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Jason fight​

It all happened so fast.

The masked man came after Zinnia with intent to grab her, but she was protected by Mike. A few of the others attacked him as well, but their attempts seemed to do little other than irritate the man. Zinnia picked a few more rocks up and began hurling them at the masked stranger, hoping she could at least draw him away from hurting the others. However, her attempts did nothing.

Mere moments later, she witnessed the man who had just protected her having his head literally pushed off in front of her. She was both horrified and angry after having witnessed this. "You son of a bisharp!" she screeched, pelting more rocks at the man with greater force than before. A boost of adrenaline from her anger seemed to strengthen Zinnia, causing the rocks to hit the assailant harder.

At one point, when she couldn't find anymore rocks, Zinnia clung to the last rock she had, tracked down her target, and leapt onto Jason's back. She clubbed him on the back of the head with the rock repeatedly until it actually cracked and broke in her hands. Afterwards, she attempted to reach forward and stick one of her hands into an eyehole on his mask so she could dig her nails into one of his eyes. At the same time, she even tried biting onto the back of his neck. Her style of fighting was a bit wild and reckless--not to mention she doubted it would do much damage to this brute--but maybe if she did at least something it would give the others a good chance to attack the man while he was distracted dealing with her.


@Crimson Spartan @BarrenThin @Atomyk @Kaykay @Gummi Bunnies @The Tactician @Chewy Rabbits​

 

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"Tsukubo... will now vote for Neon Katt..." the sentient podium utters, "if what Shimada-san says is true, there's no other way about this..."

Crying emerged from the unoccupied podium.

@Atomyk @Verite @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Yang Lee @york @ClassTrials​

Genji turned to the crying podium and felt a rush of sympathy for the... Child? He took a step forward and went to pat the top of the sentient podium, assuming it was her head. He spoke in Japanese, hoping to illicit a sense of kinship from the child, but the odd, universal translator-sequel effect allowed others to understand as well. "Hasshu ima... Sore wa daijōbudarou. Ore wa daremoga anata o kizutsukeru koto wa dekimasen." Hush now. It'll be alright. I won't let any harm come to you.

@Crow @class trial​

Tharja, who had been hardly been paying attention throughout all of this nonsens- oh was the fat one dead? What was his name? Bakana? Banana? Well he certainly could pa- er- could HAVE passed for a gorilla.

Regardless, with what little she got, the sorceress cast her vote to off Kate... Cat... Katt. Right? Gods, who the hell cared?

Creeping up behind Kyoko, Tharja reached downwards, casually getting two full handfuls of the normally stoic woman's rear.
"So are we almost done here, or can I take the corpse for some spells? I could probably make it last for years on end.
Also? Nice place you got here." The slender woman chuckled darkly.

"Honk honk, as the husband likes to say."
Although he never did that for her rear. Most of the time, anyway.

@Verite @Atomyk
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Standing up, Wanda, clearly still reeling under the weather, nodded at Genji.


"Neon Katt is my vote."


@Atomyk

"..."

Kyoko stood silently as the votes began to pile on. It was a bit early to believe that those who were voted off would die from the perspective of others, though of course, it wasn't like she was going to say anything. After all, they were right, or at least, Kyoko also believed so, considering that bear was standing there before them, laughing as everyone panicked and was driven towards despair. Of course, if she could help it, she would do everything in her power to make it so that no one had to die, but like any human, she had her limitations.

All that she could hope for was that the voted party, Neon Katt in this case, if she were to die, that her death would be a quick one.

Seeing Nono cry, something that she seemed to be fond of doing often (though in this situation, perhaps it should be expected of a fragile, younger girl), and observing Genji reply to her, the young woman gave a sigh.

... Why was it that when Genji spoke, it was like, his voice faded in and out between native Japanese and then not?

"I'm sorry that you have to go through this, Morikubo-san, but just as the samurai said, as long as you stick close, everything will be daijoubu. Watashitachi wa mikata."

... Felt like it just happened to her too for a minute. Weird.

...

And then Tharja said "honk honk" and then touched her rear as her back was to her.

"... Please stop that."

@DBZ7 @Crow @BarrenThin​

Continued from here.

Prologue DEAD END
"9 Lives Spent"

Monokuma's laughter grew in pitch, overpowering the discussion. For those gathered, it was obvious the vote was not going to sway any further. "Geh-hehe... it looks like your argument has come to a close! Let's move along to the most exciting part of tonight's daily feature!" Monokuma then slid down the head of the mammoth so that he was straddling one of the horns. "Oh, just a reminder... I'll let it slide this time as it was our first time together, but make triple sure you vote for someone in the future! If you don't vote... I'll skewer you upon one of these mammoth horns and eat you up!"

Monokuma then stood, gasping in mock surprise. "Oops! I lost control of my wild side for a second. Riding a mammoth like this has made me feel bold!" This triggered Monomi to begin weeping again.

"U-Ugghhhh!! Why did this happen...?!"

"Next time?" Jude asked, speaking up. "There won't be a next time, not after this!"

"Oh?" Monokuma tilted his head to the side in curiosity. "Won't happen again? Really? You know... why do you think the killer did what they did? Was it self-defense? An act of mercy? Did they decide the Affluent Progeny was a bad guy? Hmm... How about we ask them once we learn the results of the vote!" Monokuma jumped down off the mammoth and stood in the circle of podiums. He raised his arms into the air, and as he did so, an electronic display rose from the ground behind the mammoth statue. It stopped, displaying an image of a single white question mark on a black background, high above the mammoth.

"Have you made the right choice or the dreadfully wrong one?!"

The display changed to a moving image of a slot machine, the suspects' faces on the reels.

The slot machine eventually stopped, landing on Neon's face three times in a row. The text below flashed...

GUILTY

"I know it was hard for you guys to think hard, but somehow you did it! Now, was that so hard?"

"N-No..."

Neon Katt started to break down, falling against her podium and crying. "I-I did it to save you all!" she screamed through her tears. "You think I wanted to kill him?! I-I-I talked to Diana and I agreed with her that he was a problem... but she wasn't the one who actually got me to even consider killing him... the way he talked the way he acted... it was just a matter of time. The skewers... Diana gave me the skewers. I wasn't going to use them. Just defend myself, you know? He wasn't supposed to be sleeping in our cabin, but when he came into our cabin during the night... I just panicked!"

Diana had risen, her eyes red with tears. She had been crying quietly ever since the votes started leaning toward Neon. "Neon, don't even bother. If I hadn't... If I hadn't said anything, if I hadn't switched the name plaques around, you wouldn't have gotten the idea into your head. I'm so sorry... I didn't think you would ever..."

"Diana, wait, p-please..." Neon was visibly shaking now. "I went under his bed and I... I stabbed him until he stopped moving. I... took the sheets and the skewers and hid them before I used the cart to drag the body over to the other cabin. I was about done when Diana saw me placing the body and she screamed. I panicked and ran back to the cabin when everybody else was running in to check out the commotion. In the confusion, I moved the sheets and the skewers into the old man's bag..."

"I awoke first and I saw her. When I saw he was dead, I screamed. I couldn't help it, it was involuntary. But I thought about it later, and I didn't want her to get in trouble for killing him... Who I thought he was..."

Neon stood silently, not speaking again until a few moments had passed. "Diana, I... didn't want to do it... but he..."

The faunus pointed dramatically at Monokuma. "He told me to do it! He told me my team would've died if I didn't do it! He said he had them locked away and then he displayed those abilities he had...! I-I just couldn't let that happen! I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry...!"

"What?" Diana's demeanor took a dramatic took as she took this new piece of info in. Her head whipped to stare at the tiny bear. "You mean she didn't... She didn't do it because of what I said...?" Diana's confused expression turned to one of hate. She growled, moving to leap over the podium. "You monster!" she screamed.

"Hold on there!" Nigel had jumped into circle after Diana, grabbing her in order to hold her back. "Don't get yourself killed now!" Diana only groaned, feebly trying to get out from his grip.

"Upupupu... Gahh-hahahaha! I feel it. I really truly feel it! Your hate! Your despair! Normally, I would be tickled pink! Buuut..."

"Why do you think I did this, huh? This Ultimate Kitty was such a bubbly girl, don't you think? Who would ever think her capable of such a bloody deed as foul as murder? Hehe... you see what I was saying? Anyone is capable of murder under the right circumstances! All you brats and goody-two-shoes think you know how the world works, huh? Well, let me tell you..." The display above changed to what appeared to be a field full of creatures mad of shadow. "Miss Strong-Willed was right! You're in the Dark Place, and here, you play by its rules. The despair you're feeling now? The darkness feeds off it. It's a malevolence that seeps into your bones! Monomi's tactics are ineffectual and limp-wristed at best! I truly understand how this world works, and that is why I'm the headmaster!"

The bear let out a soft giggle. He took a few steps toward Neon, peering at her. "You're a killer, sorry to say! You're also my example. You have to suspect everybody when you're down here! Sure, I killed a few of you to get you all to understand, but I'm notoriously a harsh teacher! That's my thing! You can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs! Think of all this as a lesson... think of it as the prologue to our adventures together! Byakuya wasn't able to lead you, but now I get to! And you have to deal with it."

"I don't-- We don't understand what you mean."

"Oh, well. You will, trust me! Now, it's time... some of you suspected this would be the case, and you're right! The only true way to deal with a killer... is to execute them for their crimes!"

For her part, Neon managed to hold strong against this news. "Just tell me they're alive," she whispered.

"Hehe... Puhuhuhu..."

Monokuma would deny her an answer.

Inside the circle of podiums, a circular hole opened in the pavement. Out came the inexplicable sight of a giant white hand. The hand was attached to a long metal limb that descended down into the darkness of the hole. It shot upward up to then fall down upon Neon Katt to scoop her into its palm. The girl was then pulled down into the hole and it closed up after she was gone. "There is more than one way to skin a cat!" Monokuma declared.

On the display above showed Neon dropping down from a great height. She fell into a large sack that was then tied closed by two of the mechanical hands. The hands then pushed the sack forward, the camera zooming out to show the sack starting to tumble down a very large slope. The girl inside was tossed about as the sack bounced and dragged against dirt and rock. The camera then looked down to show that the sack was about to fall of a cliff face and crash into a body of water below. Diana gasped the loudest when the sack finally fell off the edge, and the group was forced to watch as she descended down and down toward the water...

Until, one of the mechanical hands grabbed the sack just in time, with Neon hopefully cushioned by the sack itself. An agonizing few seconds passed where nothing happened, but soon the hand was moving, dragging the sack across the water. It began to pick up speed, soon approaching the rock wall at the opposite side of the lake. The hand was about to crash into the wall when--

It stopped. It let go.

The sack with Neon inside fell into the water, sinking down into the dark depths below.

Diana began to weep, falling into Nigel and clutching at his arms. McGucket frowned at the sight, lowering his head and placing one of the skewers against his chest. Jude had been forced to look away, staring at the ground with his hands balled into fists.

"That's all, folks! Go get some food and have a nice rest... tomorrow will be a brand new day!" As he said this, the podiums and the electronic display began to sink into the ground. "Seeee ya!" Monokuma waved goodbye as he began to sink into the ground as well. Once he was gone, nothing was left but silence.

The whole thing seemed to affect Wanda most of all. She doubled over, clutching her head and spoke.

"Sometimes we want to hide from ourselves — we do not want to be us — it is too difficult to be us."

"I am here, Wanda. I'll take the weight. You're mine. You have been since before you got here. Relax."

Wanda's voice rang over the group of players. Her body became surrounded by red flames and energy, flashing brilliantly.

"Wanda doesn't want to be Wanda. She doesn't know that, but I do. I know all of you. I know you all your secrets and truths. I brought you here."

"Wanda" was, at this moment, someone else. Wanda's body floated in the air, like a goddess among men.

"As the night wind blows, the boughs move to and fro. The rustling, the magic rustling that brings on the dark dream. The dream of suffering and pain. Pain for the victim, pain for the inflicter of pain. A circle of pain, a circle of suffering. Woe to the ones who behold the pale horse..."

"Wanda" landed on the ground, the flames settled as she walked toward Edmond Honda.

"I hate you all, but you are one of the most. You never move an inch, always centered."

"Wanda" lightly put her hands on the man. Eye to eye. In a song-like tone, "Wanda" would speak:

"Through the darkness of future's past, the magician longs to see. One chants out between two worlds... 'Fire... walk with me.'"

Suddenly, "Wanda" pushed away from the sumo and fell into the ground. Fire surrounded her.

" I am no spirit's plaything! I am in control! I will not let you hurt anyone!"

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CAST LIST
@C.T. as Arya Stark "Ultimate Killer" [Game of Thrones]
@Yang Lee as Bolin "Ultimate Earthbender" [The Legend Of Korra]
@Kaykay as Chikage Kushinada "Ultimate Jujutsuka" [History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi]
@T.O.M. 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]
@CCC Kouhai as Five "Ultimate Game Master" [Zankyou no Terror]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@Krieg as Isaac "Felix" Gates "Ultimate Bounty Hunter" [Red VS Blue]
@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]
@Archwar as Noble Six "Ultimate Lone Wolf" [Original Character/Halo]
@Jeremi as Poison "Ultimate Manager" [Street Fighter]
@ShiroKiyoshi as Rant T. Mouse "Ultimate Rat Mouse" [Original Character]
@Hazel-rah as Ringabel "Ultimate Vagabond" [Bravely Default]
@Josh M as Scarlet Witch "Ultimate Witch" [Marvel Comics]
@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]
@The Spartan Potato 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]​

Well that was something... As Sledge was forced to watch everything that Neon went through until her supposed demise he merely folded his arms and stood still. His body was tense but one could tell from his eyes that he seemed completely emotionless to the event in total. Perhaps the gas mask was hiding his true feelings... But despair certainly wasn't one of them. His training saw to that.

Then this thing with Wanda started. He certainly was confused not knowing exactly what this was all about.

"Can't say i'm surprised to see all of this... This is probably Hell after all...." An idle comment as he thought over the current situation they were in.

@EveryoneAndNoOneISuppose​

...

...

...

It was funny, really. The man who the Scarlet Witch said was always centered certainly didn't feel that way now. E. Honda was trembling, holding onto first the podium for support, then his knees once the former was lowered away. At least Byakuya's death they hadn't seen. Neon's though...and even if it was murder after all, she had a team she was looking after. Had any of his disciples, any friends of his been held hostage like that, who knows what he would've done in Neon's place.

And even then he couldn't process this whole thing too much, as out of nowhere, Wanda had targeted him of all people, talking to him. Then just as she had started, she stopped herself. What...they had never talked that he'd known, what had he done to earn her attention?!

Honda took a step back, hand clutching his stomach as he felt a rumbling that wasn't hunger. For once, he was truly at a loss for words.

@Everyone​

"No, Jack. I will hold it."




The Scarlet Witch , still covered around flame, still fighting would address him.

"I can win this battle. I will. I have not snapped. It covets me. I wasn't talking, that was the "the darkness" of this world."

Turning to Honda, Wanda would address his concerns.

"I didn't mean to scare you. It did. It sensed weakness in you. Normally, you're strong, but it sensed weakness. It wants to shake you. It wants to break you. Break all of us. Make us feel what it feels. Pain. However, we won't let him. I won't. "

The flames subsided.

"I am not afraid. I am The Scarlet Witch. I won't allow it to use me, anything to use me."

@The Tactician @Jeremi @Verite @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Josh M @DapperDogman @The Spartan Potato @Archwar @Atomyk @Crimson Spartan @Takumi @ShiroKiyoshi @Crow @Yang Lee @Nater Taters @BarrenThin @Klutzy Ninja Kitty

A silent anger could be seen in the Ultimate Lorekeeper's eyes. She stepped back from the group and said nothing until after Neon was killed, clenching her fists so hard at her sides that her hands trembled.

"Idiots," Zinnia mumbled under her breath.

They don't understand. None of them understand what it means to protect someone. All Diana wanted was to protect Neon. I tried to help her by voting for her, but no... they had to go with the evidence... they had to go along with Monokuma's sick name. Well, I'm done standing around here. I need air.

Zinnia whirled around to leave, her tattered cloak floating behind her as she walked. She didn't bother to speak with Jack or any of her friends either. This whole situation had Zinnia reeling with anger.

She hated this camp.

She hated Neon's death.

She hated Monokuma.

She hated this situation entirely.

Zinnia really wanted just to find her way back to Aster. But, for the time being, she just wanted some space.

Ignoring the situation with Wanda, Zinnia wandered into the forest. She walked around quietly, straightening up suddenly when she heard someone screaming for help. She rushed toward the sound, reaching down to pick up a hefty rock in her hand when she saw that Catbug was being attacked by someone. Zinnia crouched close to the ground and sneaked up on the stranger attacking Catbug, attempting to hit him over the head with the rock. "Hngh, take... that!"

I'm not letting anyone else die today!


@Chewy Rabbits​

Jason had been so caught up in his curiosity with Mike that he hadn't noticed Zinnia sneaking up behind him. He did however notice the expression on Mike's face and where his eyes were looking. If they weren't looking at him or the creature he had kicked then who...?

"...!!"

Jason quickly turned with his machete raised and poised to strike as the rock cracked against the front of his mask. The force Zinnia had put behind it left a very noticeable crack on the front of the mask and a little blood of black blood could have been seen seeping out from under Jason's mask. Still, the rock had done little more than irritate the zombie in the grand scheme of things. With his free hand lashing out, he sought to grab Zinnia by the collar and fling her across the ground. He'd deal with her just like he had dealt with that bug-cat abomination. Stomping towards where Zinnia lay after being hurled away by the serial killer, he stopped midswing as Mike stepped in his path with his arms held out to the side.

"L-LEAVE HER ALONE, MAGGOT HEAD! SHE WAS ONLY TRYING TO HELP ME!"

If this was going to be the last thing he did then he'd make damn sure it was to help someone who had tried helping him. But much to Mike's surprise, Jason stayed his hand and turned away from Mike and Zinnia. Had his demand really reached through to Jason?

Well, somewhat. Jason wouldn't have harmed a hair on Mike's head but would have certainly moved him out of the way if it meant dealing with a sinner.

But it seemed like Jason was going to have more guests due to Mike's cry for help. Turning to face Sledge as he charged at him, Jason reared back his arm to prepare to send Sledge flying back with a blow of his own.
​

"...?"

Jason couldn't quite understand what was happening here. Yes, people resisted when he tried to end their lives. But they usually ran away from him. Making it all the more drawn out when he simply could have finished them right then and there. Yet, these sinners took the fight to him! The blows rained down upon Jason and stumbled him back and as he saw the blows primarily being aimed at the arm that was wielding the machete, Jason tossed the machete over to his free arm as the other one eventually snapped after Jack's repeated blows.

But Jason wasn't finished with the samurai just yet. Raising the machete, Jason prepared to strike only to be stumbled by the furious Lapis. Little did Jason know of just how angry the bounty hunter was with him. Trying to catch his footing proved to be harder than Jason would have anticipated. As he got a foot back down on the ground, it shuddered and Jason nearly fell flat on his face as a metal covered foot came in and smashed right against his decomposing kneecap. How was this even possible? Normally, it followed a very simple formula. Sinners appeared and Jason struck them down and made his mother proud.

Yet here it was completely the opposite. They weren't running around and screaming their heads off. Instead they were all working together as a group against him. Smashing his other foot onto the ground, Jason's shoulders raised up and down as ragged breaths escaped his mask. They may have decided to fight back but they wouldn't stop him. Nothing would stop him.

Nothing would quench his eternal anger-
​

Oh.

Another child. Staying his hand once more, Jason made no attempts to resist as Chikage assaulted him. What did surprise Jason though was the effort that she put into attacking him. Going to the extreme of lifting him over her shoulder and smashing him into the ground. As the zombie was now flat on his back and gazing up at the sky with his one good eye, he blinked.

This was all so, so wrong.

But he wouldn't be stopped. Not by this child or any of these sinners! They would pay with their lives and that's all their was too it! Sitting up, Jason snapped his arm back into place with a grotesque cracking and popping sound before gripping back onto his machete with that arm. Not that it really mattered given Jason was ambidextrous.

Rising to his feet, Jason's knee began to work on fixing up the damage Genji had caused as he turned towards those gathered and began to simply walk towards them. With a slow but menacing gait as he kept his machete held at his side..

"..."

Many had tried to keep Jason Voorhees down forever. Many had failed and so would these fools. He would make them pay for what they had done to him and he'd make sure every moment was painful-Jason came to a stop. But not because of any damage done to his person. But more the fact that a small rock had landed in front of him and caught the zombie's interest. Had that been intended to hurt him? Turning his head to see who had thrown it, he would have glanced upon none other than Mike Dawson who had been quiet up to this point. He wasn't really much of a detective anyway.

But he had seen Jason attempting to hurt people and he couldn't stand by and let this happen! He had saved the world from the threat of the Ancients after all! Pointing a finger dramatically in Jason's direction, Mike yelled in his typical whiny voice.

"STOP RIGHT THERE! Why don't you take me on, man to man?"

Was this man serious? It wasn't often Jason was challenged by some boisterous fool but this one didn't even seem like he could throw a decent punch let alone do any considerable damage. Which is why Jason would waste no time on him. It was then that Jason seemed to vanish before the group's very eyes, with only a brief trail of mist indicating where Jason had once been standing.

"OH NO!"

Mike cried out as Jason appeared behind him with his fist cocked back. Knowing that his ticket was going to be punched, Mike clutched onto the chain around Jason's neck and looked him straight in the eye. "Did YOU kill Rita?"

Jason actually paused for a moment to consider. Before deciding it wasn't worth it and simply punched Mike's head clean off his shoulders. The head flew through the air before smashing into a high tree branch and tumbling all the way down. Hurling the body to the ground, Jason turned back towards the others. They'd meet the same fate if he had something to say about it..

@Crimson Spartan @BarrenThin @Atomyk @Kaykay @Gummi Bunnies @The Tactician @Klutzy Ninja Kitty ​

Corrin watched as Mike's head flew like a football towards the goal. It nearly made her vomit. Even after leading the Hoshidan Campign, needless death still made her sick. She tripped her broom tightly in her hand and stepped forward.

"Hey, what did you do that for?" She said nervously. She held the broomstick like she would hold the Yato. She stepped forward towards Jason. She felt even more confident. They would defeat this monster together. Confidence grew in her face, then...

"You Monster!" She shouted as she charged forward. She dove towards the ground and swung the broom stick towards the back of Jason's legs, trying to sweep him off of his feet so someone else could get another attack at him. It was a plan, and she was still wearing armor, so she felt fine unless Jason went for the head.

@Crimson Spartan @The Tactician @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Kaykay @Jason busters

Jack Frost
@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Forest?

Jack Frost needed some air, badly... The entire situation didn't sit well with him, the death of Neon Katt, the uncertainty of who to trust... He wasn't quite sure where Tarlotte was either, which almost seemed to be the icing on the cake in this situation, he shook his head, deciding to head into the forest, just in time to see a masked man literally knock someone's head clean off their body.

"What did I just see...?" He said, thinking out loud.

Then, he shook his head... It was apparant that more lives would be at risk if something wasn't done, he raised his staff, forgetting for the moment that his powers were gone, before he suddenly stopped... No... This wouldn't work, this couldn't work... But wait a minute... Though his staff could not channel his powers, since he had none, maybe he could do something... As one of the others who also happened to be in the forest charged their enemy with a broomstick, he waited for the right opportunity to use the crook of his staff to tug the killer off balance, by hooking it around one of his ankles.
​

 

[Khan of the Mardu]

Jason had been so caught up in his curiosity with Mike that he hadn't noticed Zinnia sneaking up behind him. He did however notice the expression on Mike's face and where his eyes were looking. If they weren't looking at him or the creature he had kicked then who...?

"...!!"

Jason quickly turned with his machete raised and poised to strike as the rock cracked against the front of his mask. The force Zinnia had put behind it left a very noticeable crack on the front of the mask and a little blood of black blood could have been seen seeping out from under Jason's mask. Still, the rock had done little more than irritate the zombie in the grand scheme of things. With his free hand lashing out, he sought to grab Zinnia by the collar and fling her across the ground. He'd deal with her just like he had dealt with that bug-cat abomination. Stomping towards where Zinnia lay after being hurled away by the serial killer, he stopped midswing as Mike stepped in his path with his arms held out to the side.

"L-LEAVE HER ALONE, MAGGOT HEAD! SHE WAS ONLY TRYING TO HELP ME!"

If this was going to be the last thing he did then he'd make damn sure it was to help someone who had tried helping him. But much to Mike's surprise, Jason stayed his hand and turned away from Mike and Zinnia. Had his demand really reached through to Jason?

Well, somewhat. Jason wouldn't have harmed a hair on Mike's head but would have certainly moved him out of the way if it meant dealing with a sinner.

But it seemed like Jason was going to have more guests due to Mike's cry for help. Turning to face Sledge as he charged at him, Jason reared back his arm to prepare to send Sledge flying back with a blow of his own.
​

"...?"

Jason couldn't quite understand what was happening here. Yes, people resisted when he tried to end their lives. But they usually ran away from him. Making it all the more drawn out when he simply could have finished them right then and there. Yet, these sinners took the fight to him! The blows rained down upon Jason and stumbled him back and as he saw the blows primarily being aimed at the arm that was wielding the machete, Jason tossed the machete over to his free arm as the other one eventually snapped after Jack's repeated blows.

But Jason wasn't finished with the samurai just yet. Raising the machete, Jason prepared to strike only to be stumbled by the furious Lapis. Little did Jason know of just how angry the bounty hunter was with him. Trying to catch his footing proved to be harder than Jason would have anticipated. As he got a foot back down on the ground, it shuddered and Jason nearly fell flat on his face as a metal covered foot came in and smashed right against his decomposing kneecap. How was this even possible? Normally, it followed a very simple formula. Sinners appeared and Jason struck them down and made his mother proud.

Yet here it was completely the opposite. They weren't running around and screaming their heads off. Instead they were all working together as a group against him. Smashing his other foot onto the ground, Jason's shoulders raised up and down as ragged breaths escaped his mask. They may have decided to fight back but they wouldn't stop him. Nothing would stop him.

Nothing would quench his eternal anger-
​

Oh.

Another child. Staying his hand once more, Jason made no attempts to resist as Chikage assaulted him. What did surprise Jason though was the effort that she put into attacking him. Going to the extreme of lifting him over her shoulder and smashing him into the ground. As the zombie was now flat on his back and gazing up at the sky with his one good eye, he blinked.

This was all so, so wrong.

But he wouldn't be stopped. Not by this child or any of these sinners! They would pay with their lives and that's all their was too it! Sitting up, Jason snapped his arm back into place with a grotesque cracking and popping sound before gripping back onto his machete with that arm. Not that it really mattered given Jason was ambidextrous.

Rising to his feet, Jason's knee began to work on fixing up the damage Genji had caused as he turned towards those gathered and began to simply walk towards them. With a slow but menacing gait as he kept his machete held at his side..

"..."

Many had tried to keep Jason Voorhees down forever. Many had failed and so would these fools. He would make them pay for what they had done to him and he'd make sure every moment was painful-Jason came to a stop. But not because of any damage done to his person. But more the fact that a small rock had landed in front of him and caught the zombie's interest. Had that been intended to hurt him? Turning his head to see who had thrown it, he would have glanced upon none other than Mike Dawson who had been quiet up to this point. He wasn't really much of a detective anyway.

But he had seen Jason attempting to hurt people and he couldn't stand by and let this happen! He had saved the world from the threat of the Ancients after all! Pointing a finger dramatically in Jason's direction, Mike yelled in his typical whiny voice.

"STOP RIGHT THERE! Why don't you take me on, man to man?"

Was this man serious? It wasn't often Jason was challenged by some boisterous fool but this one didn't even seem like he could throw a decent punch let alone do any considerable damage. Which is why Jason would waste no time on him. It was then that Jason seemed to vanish before the group's very eyes, with only a brief trail of mist indicating where Jason had once been standing.

"OH NO!"

Mike cried out as Jason appeared behind him with his fist cocked back. Knowing that his ticket was going to be punched, Mike clutched onto the chain around Jason's neck and looked him straight in the eye. "Did YOU kill Rita?"

Jason actually paused for a moment to consider. Before deciding it wasn't worth it and simply punched Mike's head clean off his shoulders. The head flew through the air before smashing into a high tree branch and tumbling all the way down. Hurling the body to the ground, Jason turned back towards the others. They'd meet the same fate if he had something to say about it..

@Crimson Spartan @BarrenThin @Atomyk @Kaykay @Gummi Bunnies @The Tactician @Klutzy Ninja Kitty ​

Corrin watched as Mike's head flew like a football towards the goal. It nearly made her vomit. Even after leading the Hoshidan Campign, needless death still made her sick. She tripped her broom tightly in her hand and stepped forward.

"Hey, what did you do that for?" She said nervously. She held the broomstick like she would hold the Yato. She stepped forward towards Jason. She felt even more confident. They would defeat this monster together. Confidence grew in her face, then...

"You Monster!" She shouted as she charged forward. She dove towards the ground and swung the broom stick towards the back of Jason's legs, trying to sweep him off of his feet so someone else could get another attack at him. It was a plan, and she was still wearing armor, so she felt fine unless Jason went for the head.

@Crimson Spartan @The Tactician @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Kaykay @Jason busters

​

It all happened so fast.

The masked man came after Zinnia with intent to grab her, but she was protected by Mike. A few of the others attacked him as well, but their attempts seemed to do little other than irritate the man. Zinnia picked a few more rocks up and began hurling them at the masked stranger, hoping she could at least draw him away from hurting the others. However, her attempts did nothing.

Mere moments later, she witnessed the man who had just protected her having his head literally pushed off in front of her. She was both horrified and angry after having witnessed this. "You son of a bisharp!" she screeched, pelting more rocks at the man with greater force than before. A boost of adrenaline from her anger seemed to strengthen Zinnia, causing the rocks to hit the assailant harder.

At one point, when she couldn't find anymore rocks, Zinnia clung to the last rock she had, tracked down her target, and leapt onto Jason's back. She clubbed him on the back of the head with the rock repeatedly until it actually cracked and broke in her hands. Afterwards, she attempted to reach forward and stick one of her hands into an eyehole on his mask so she could dig her nails into one of his eyes. At the same time, she even tried biting onto the back of his neck. Her style of fighting was a bit wild and reckless--not to mention she doubted it would do much damage to this brute--but maybe if she did at least something it would give the others a good chance to attack the man while he was distracted dealing with her.


@Crimson Spartan @BarrenThin @Atomyk @Kaykay @Gummi Bunnies @The Tactician @Chewy Rabbits​

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Jack Frost
@Chewy Rabbits @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Forest?

Jack Frost needed some air, badly... The entire situation didn't sit well with him, the death of Neon Katt, the uncertainty of who to trust... He wasn't quite sure where Tarlotte was either, which almost seemed to be the icing on the cake in this situation, he shook his head, deciding to head into the forest, just in time to see a masked man literally knock someone's head clean off their body.

"What did I just see...?" He said, thinking out loud.

Then, he shook his head... It was apparant that more lives would be at risk if something wasn't done, he raised his staff, forgetting for the moment that his powers were gone, before he suddenly stopped... No... This wouldn't work, this couldn't work... But wait a minute... Though his staff could not channel his powers, since he had none, maybe he could do something... As one of the others who also happened to be in the forest charged their enemy with a broomstick, he waited for the right opportunity to use the crook of his staff to tug the killer off balance, by hooking it around one of his ankles.
​

The anger that had blazed within Jack's soul aimed at Monokuma had now found a new subject to hold responsible for the evil of this camp. As Mike's head was simply punched clean off his neck, the samurai silently prayed for the man's soul before vowing vengeance upon the beast who sought to terrorize them.

"Begone, demon of the forest!"

Undaunted by the man's ability to set his arm back in place without any trouble, he simply resolved to break both arms at once. "Zinnia, strike his arms with me!" Charging forward once again, each strikes used by him hit home in a hopefully painful cadence for the mask-wearer, seeking to break one arm then the next with the help of the others.​