Murder Game XIV: Monokuma's Awakening

[Yun Lee]

Holder's brow lifted as he took in Poison's... feminine assets. "Well, well, well. Let's pretend for a moment I have no idea what you're doing. We could talk about me for a little bit and how I'm so handsome, right?" He tilted his head the side, eyes gazing toward Honda for a moment. "Oh? You guys wanna be play at junior detectives? Let's say, in theory, a connection exists, right? What does that mean? No one's talkin', but what if..."

Holder smiled as he held up some keys. "... I got a pass into the girl's dorm room?"

@Takumi @Hospes @york @Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Yun Lee @BarrenThin @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Jeremi @Yang Lee @Reception​

Blissfully unaware of everything going on down the hall, Honda grinned as he saw the keys. "Excellent!! Could we perhaps investigate with you?!"
​

@Atomyk @Jeremi @Yang Lee @Takumi @Hospes @BarrenThin @Josh M @york @Crow @Reception

 

[Khan of the Mardu]

"RAAAAAAAARGH!"

The Cadaver had been so caught up on trying to strangle the life out of Zinnia that it paid very little attention to external stimuli. Which would soon prove to be it's undoing as a force much stronger than young Mike smashed into the side of the nude corpse as it hissed and shrieked. It was being attacked again! Only this time it was someone else instead of the monster man trying to hurt him! The blows cracked into the cadaver's head over and over. These blows hurt, but they didn't hut as bad as the monster man's punches! Grabbing Jack's fist the next time it came in for a punch, the cadaver lunged forward.

Seeking to dig it's rotting teeth right into Jack's shoulder! The cadaver's taste buds certainly hadn't been re-animated so Jack's flesh may as well have tasted like Jason's. The cadaver didn't care however. It just wanted to eat! Wrapping one arm around Jack's waist, the cadaver leaned forward to try and get more leverage as blood continued to run down it's mouth. ​

"MRGHRH?! RRRRAAAAAGH!"

The Cadaver had attempted to put all of it's attention onto Jack as it'd been the latest one to attack him. But catching Zinnia crawling off out of the corner of his eye, the re-animated corpse's attention was immediately dragged away. Removing it's teeth from Jack, the creature tried to push the samurai away as it tried to madly crawl after Zinnia. It wanted to chew off that annoying face of hers! The face she had on when she had stabbed him in the face with that glass shard!

His nails dug into the floor with bits of him falling off along the way. Due to the way his flesh had been mangled due to the accident that killed him and the ensuing decomposition, he wasn't in the best of conditions. But he wasn't going to stop until he had Zinnia right where he wanted her! Gnashing his teeth together, fresh blood-both Jason's and Jack's dripped from his mouth as he made his way towards Zinnia like a rabid beast!

@Klutzy Ninja Kitty @The Tactician @Cadaver crew! ​

Given that Herbert and Dan had commandeered this room for their cadaver experiments, an IV stand would have only gotten in the way/taken up room. Which meant that Darv would have had to rely on good old fashioned elbow grease. Which might have actually worked out for the better. The metal that made up Darv's armor crashed against Jason's forehead, coating the underside of Darv's elbow in Jason's sticky black tar-like blood. As it began to ooze down the front of Jason's mask, the zombie stumbled back before shaking his head to straighten himself. He wasn't going to fall here! His mother would have been so disappointed in him if he were to have failed twice!

Stepping forward, Jason reared back and prepared for a swing on Darv. He wasn't sure if the machete could cut through this armor but he'd tae his chances. This sinner had done too much damage to him to simply be left off the hook and ignored in favor of a more suitable victim! He had the bravery to stand up and face Jason down. Jason would return the courtesy: By brutally murdering Darv of course.

Though the machete's swing ended up having less power than Jason would have liked. As Jason's leg was grabbed, the machete's swing went wide. Skidding across the front of Darv's armor, Jason's eye narrowed behind his hockey mask. Had he gotten the full wind up without Sledge's interference, he desired to cut straight through Darv's armor! As it were however, Jason smashed his boot straight into Sledge's face as the zombie stumbled back and tripped. His machete slid from his grasp and ended up near Lapis. Watching as Jason finally went down, Herbert's eyes widened. He could have watched this group's punch away at Jason like a bunch of neanderthals until the cows came home. He couldn't afford to wait when science was on the line!

Drawing another syringe from his bag, Herbert quickly pumped it full of Reagent before holding the two syringes up.

"Today I documented that a 30% increase was sufficient enough to invoke Re-Animation. But what if I upped the dosage..?"

Only one way to find out. Rushing towards Jason as the zombie was picking himself back up, Herbert yelled at the top of his lungs.

"OVERDOSE!"

Jabbing the syringe's into Jason's neck, they easily punctured Jason's rotting skin. Although blood had not flowed through Jason's veins for years, the Reagent quickly found where it had to go. Though given that Jason was far more supernatural in nature rather than simply being a walking corpse like Herbert's usual cadavers, the Reagent had an alternate effect on the serial killer. Knowing full well how dangerous this was, Herbert continued to stand his ground and pushed the plungers down on the syringes. He'd get every last drop of Reagent into Jason if he could help it!

Jason's own body began to writhe under this foreign substance that was invading him. Jason hadn't seen Herbert inject the Reagent into the cadavers which only left Jason confused once they got up and started attacking him. His hands shot up and Jason wildly shook his head from side to side as he began to spit up massive quantities of blood from behind his hockey mask.

"Fall, damn you! FALL!"

Managing to finally grip onto the syringes, Jason ripped them from his neck and flung them to the side. Glowing traces of Reagent could have been seen oozing out out of where Jason had been stabbed. Not wanting to stick around and run the risk of getting smacked around once more, Herbert stumbled back. Falling onto his rear he tried to crawl back from Jason as he saw what kind of effect the Reagent had on him.

For his part, Jason wasn't quite sure what Herbert had injected him with. Sensations that Jason couldn't quite explain were starting to kick up as he lifted his hockey mask up slightly and began to spit up some more blood. Was this what actual pain felt like? Watching as Jason continued to have a negative reaction to the Reagent, Herbert gestured towards his machete while shouting at Lapis.

"You there! Use the machete while he's distracted! This might be your only chance!"

@Gummi Bunnies @Minerva @Crimson Spartan @DapperDogman
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The Doctor had been watching the entire time. Much to his frustration, he had let this masked hooligan horribly wound that cat-like creature and could only watch as another member of this group was threatened! If he could just get a good beat on him-"W-What are you doing?!" Hayward cried out as Rant threw him over his shoulder and tried to wrench the gun from his hand.

"Have you lost your mind?!" The good doctor cried out as he struggled to keep a grip on the gun. For as strong as Hayward may have been however, he couldn't keep the gun away from someone younger and presumably in fitter condition than him. Roy's attention was dragged away from Kyoko at the nearby struggle. Glancing over his eyes widened at the sight of the gun.

The Great Equalizer. Something that made people like him nearly obsolete. When all you needed was one good shot to the chest or head, who needed close quarters combat right? Roy reared back as the only course of action seemed to be to try and throw the machete at Rant. But as Rant took aim and pulled back the trigger..

The gun had been empty all along.

Hayward's golden days were long since gone which meant trying to engage Roy physically would have only gotten himself injured. But as long as he had that gun, he at the very least could have tried to intimidate the killer into ceasing his actions. Or stunning him enough with the threat that he could have been shot to allow one of the others to take him down. Like that child or god forbid that rat creature!

Nursing his shoulder where Rant had stomped on it, Hayward glared over at Rant. "Now, do you see why I was trying to hang onto it?!"

So, the old man had simply been trying to scare Roy into submission with the threat of a gun? He supposed that could have worked. At least until Roy got a hostage in hand. Like that rat creature which had been proving to be quite the annoyance. Stalking towards Rant, Roy raised his machete and prepared to strike him down.

Or so had been his plan anyway.
​

"GAH!"

The mug smashed into pieces upon coming into contact with Roy's mask. The shards flew here and there,likely giving Kyoko some superficial cuts as well. The majority of Roy's face had been protected by the hockey mask. But the blow had been enough to cause the straps to come loose and for the mask to fall off to the side by Roy's foot. Clutching at his face where blood was running down due to the few pieces of mug that had gotten through the holes on his mask, Roy turned and glared at Kyoko.

The shards had done a thorough job of tearing away at the hood, revealing more and more of Roy's messy black hair behind it. It also showed that this was indeed the same copycat killer who had plagued Tommy Jarvis not too long ago.

Continuing towards Kyoko, Roy finally swung the machete downwards. Due to his impaired vision as the blood was running down over his left eye, the strike didn't hit anything vital. It had however sliced open a nasty gash on Kyoko's right arm. Not at all satisfied with just the passing glance, Roy raised the machete and prepared to strike once more.

"NO!"

Fluttering out of Chikage's grasp, Catbug crashed to the ground near Roy and dug his claws into Roy's ankle. The claws were sharp enough at least to tear into Roy's flesh through the pantleg of his coveralls. But how long he'd be able to keep this up was another question entirely. Catbug continued to grow more and more pale with each passing moment as blood continued to ebb out of the gash Roy had given him across his chest. Unable to move any further towards Kyoko thanks to Catbug digging into him, Roy tried to angrily shake off the creature but to no avail!

"I...Won't let you...Hurt..my...friends!"

Giving a pained grimace as blood began to drip out past Catbug's claws, Roy smashed Catbug against the counter where the coffee machine had once been. The blow caused Catbug to yelp out in pain but he hadn't fallen just yet. His wings fluttered weakly as he tried desperately to hang on. He might not have interacted much with Kyoko but everyone else seemed to like her which meant Catbug did too! Even if he was feeling faint and things were getting blurry, he wouldn't give up!

Smashing Catbug one last time against the counter however seemed to do the trick. Catbug's cries went silent as he fell from Roy's legs and onto the floor with his wings slowly continuing to flutter. His pantleg now a mess of torn fabric and blood, Roy finally turned his attention back to the one who had injured him so: Kyoko!

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite​

The samurai bit back a growl of pain as he pushed at the beast, trying to unhinge its teeth from him. Once the undead did so, he released a momentary sigh of relief before noticing what had grabbed its attention. Grabbing for the nearest improvised weapon, Jack released a howling cry of a warrior as he slammed a sandal-clad foot into the creature's back to hold it in place and began to bash at its skull to crush it.

"BREATH NO LONGER, PROFANE ABOMINATION!"​

 

[Jeremi]

Holder's brow lifted as he took in Poison's... feminine assets. "Well, well, well. Let's pretend for a moment I have no idea what you're doing. We could talk about me for a little bit and how I'm so handsome, right?" He tilted his head the side, eyes gazing toward Honda for a moment. "Oh? You guys wanna be play at junior detectives? Let's say, in theory, a connection exists, right? What does that mean? No one's talkin', but what if..."

Holder smiled as he held up some keys. "... I got a pass into the girl's dorm room?"

@Takumi @Hospes @york @Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Yun Lee @BarrenThin @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Jeremi @Yang Lee @Reception​

Blissfully unaware of everything going on down the hall, Honda grinned as he saw the keys. "Excellent!! Could we perhaps investigate with you?!"
​

@Atomyk @Jeremi @Yang Lee @Takumi @Hospes @BarrenThin @Josh M @york @Crow @Reception

"Oh wow you really are the guy in charge." Poison playfully bumped into the detective with her backside and echoed Honda's statement. "I don't suppose you need a few helpin' hands with that..."

@Atomyk @Yun Lee @Yang Lee @Takumi @Hospes @BarrenThin @Josh M @york @Crow @Reception

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

Stiles was chewing on a piece of gum from the stick of gum that he had stolen off of one of the university students when they weren't looking." It certainly beats standing around a reception desk all day, it might also help us to piece things together," he said. " Also, would anyone like a piece of gum?"

@Atomyk @Yun Lee @Yang Lee @Takumi @Hospes @BarrenThin @Josh M @york @Crow @Jeremi @Reception

 

[Verite]

"GAH!"

The mug smashed into pieces upon coming into contact with Roy's mask. The shards flew here and there,likely giving Kyoko some superficial cuts as well. The majority of Roy's face had been protected by the hockey mask. But the blow had been enough to cause the straps to come loose and for the mask to fall off to the side by Roy's foot. Clutching at his face where blood was running down due to the few pieces of mug that had gotten through the holes on his mask, Roy turned and glared at Kyoko.

The shards had done a thorough job of tearing away at the hood, revealing more and more of Roy's messy black hair behind it. It also showed that this was indeed the same copycat killer who had plagued Tommy Jarvis not too long ago.

Continuing towards Kyoko, Roy finally swung the machete downwards. Due to his impaired vision as the blood was running down over his left eye, the strike didn't hit anything vital. It had however sliced open a nasty gash on Kyoko's right arm. Not at all satisfied with just the passing glance, Roy raised the machete and prepared to strike once more.

"NO!"

Fluttering out of Chikage's grasp, Catbug crashed to the ground near Roy and dug his claws into Roy's ankle. The claws were sharp enough at least to tear into Roy's flesh through the pantleg of his coveralls. But how long he'd be able to keep this up was another question entirely. Catbug continued to grow more and more pale with each passing moment as blood continued to ebb out of the gash Roy had given him across his chest. Unable to move any further towards Kyoko thanks to Catbug digging into him, Roy tried to angrily shake off the creature but to no avail!

"I...Won't let you...Hurt..my...friends!"

Giving a pained grimace as blood began to drip out past Catbug's claws, Roy smashed Catbug against the counter where the coffee machine had once been. The blow caused Catbug to yelp out in pain but he hadn't fallen just yet. His wings fluttered weakly as he tried desperately to hang on. He might not have interacted much with Kyoko but everyone else seemed to like her which meant Catbug did too! Even if he was feeling faint and things were getting blurry, he wouldn't give up!

Smashing Catbug one last time against the counter however seemed to do the trick. Catbug's cries went silent as he fell from Roy's legs and onto the floor with his wings slowly continuing to flutter. His pantleg now a mess of torn fabric and blood, Roy finally turned his attention back to the one who had injured him so: Kyoko!

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite​

"Gngh!"

Kyoko let out a pained grunt when Roy's machete would manage to slash at her arm, the young woman perhaps too surprised by the notion that not only was this not the same person who had attacked the group during the trial for Neon Katt, but he also seemed to be little more than an ordinary man with a drive to kill. She jerked her arm back, holding it closely to her as blood gushed down from her wound. She was certainly going to have to wrap this up when the ordeal was done with.

That said, Kyoko was no stranger to pain. After all, she wore gloves all the time for a reason. To hide evidence of pain that she had endured before. So she'd manage to suck up her pain as much as she could, barely recovering quick enough to try to gauge where Roy would try to strike next, though Catbug would manage to intervene and buy her some time to let her think up her next move.

And so she moved.

It was right when Catbug would be kicked off that Kyoko would dash towards the glass pot of the coffee machine, safely kept inside the machine back when it was thrown. Dislodging it from the rest of the mechanism, Kyoko would firmly grip the pot and bash it into Roy's head, this time more aimed towards his temple with the intention of a knock out!

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Chewy Rabbits​

 

[Klutzy Ninja Kitty]

"RAAAAAAAARGH!"

The Cadaver had been so caught up on trying to strangle the life out of Zinnia that it paid very little attention to external stimuli. Which would soon prove to be it's undoing as a force much stronger than young Mike smashed into the side of the nude corpse as it hissed and shrieked. It was being attacked again! Only this time it was someone else instead of the monster man trying to hurt him! The blows cracked into the cadaver's head over and over. These blows hurt, but they didn't hut as bad as the monster man's punches! Grabbing Jack's fist the next time it came in for a punch, the cadaver lunged forward.

Seeking to dig it's rotting teeth right into Jack's shoulder! The cadaver's taste buds certainly hadn't been re-animated so Jack's flesh may as well have tasted like Jason's. The cadaver didn't care however. It just wanted to eat! Wrapping one arm around Jack's waist, the cadaver leaned forward to try and get more leverage as blood continued to run down it's mouth. ​

"MRGHRH?! RRRRAAAAAGH!"

The Cadaver had attempted to put all of it's attention onto Jack as it'd been the latest one to attack him. But catching Zinnia crawling off out of the corner of his eye, the re-animated corpse's attention was immediately dragged away. Removing it's teeth from Jack, the creature tried to push the samurai away as it tried to madly crawl after Zinnia. It wanted to chew off that annoying face of hers! The face she had on when she had stabbed him in the face with that glass shard!

His nails dug into the floor with bits of him falling off along the way. Due to the way his flesh had been mangled due to the accident that killed him and the ensuing decomposition, he wasn't in the best of conditions. But he wasn't going to stop until he had Zinnia right where he wanted her! Gnashing his teeth together, fresh blood-both Jason's and Jack's dripped from his mouth as he made his way towards Zinnia like a rabid beast!

@Klutzy Ninja Kitty @The Tactician @Cadaver crew! ​

Given that Herbert and Dan had commandeered this room for their cadaver experiments, an IV stand would have only gotten in the way/taken up room. Which meant that Darv would have had to rely on good old fashioned elbow grease. Which might have actually worked out for the better. The metal that made up Darv's armor crashed against Jason's forehead, coating the underside of Darv's elbow in Jason's sticky black tar-like blood. As it began to ooze down the front of Jason's mask, the zombie stumbled back before shaking his head to straighten himself. He wasn't going to fall here! His mother would have been so disappointed in him if he were to have failed twice!

Stepping forward, Jason reared back and prepared for a swing on Darv. He wasn't sure if the machete could cut through this armor but he'd tae his chances. This sinner had done too much damage to him to simply be left off the hook and ignored in favor of a more suitable victim! He had the bravery to stand up and face Jason down. Jason would return the courtesy: By brutally murdering Darv of course.

Though the machete's swing ended up having less power than Jason would have liked. As Jason's leg was grabbed, the machete's swing went wide. Skidding across the front of Darv's armor, Jason's eye narrowed behind his hockey mask. Had he gotten the full wind up without Sledge's interference, he desired to cut straight through Darv's armor! As it were however, Jason smashed his boot straight into Sledge's face as the zombie stumbled back and tripped. His machete slid from his grasp and ended up near Lapis. Watching as Jason finally went down, Herbert's eyes widened. He could have watched this group's punch away at Jason like a bunch of neanderthals until the cows came home. He couldn't afford to wait when science was on the line!

Drawing another syringe from his bag, Herbert quickly pumped it full of Reagent before holding the two syringes up.

"Today I documented that a 30% increase was sufficient enough to invoke Re-Animation. But what if I upped the dosage..?"

Only one way to find out. Rushing towards Jason as the zombie was picking himself back up, Herbert yelled at the top of his lungs.

"OVERDOSE!"

Jabbing the syringe's into Jason's neck, they easily punctured Jason's rotting skin. Although blood had not flowed through Jason's veins for years, the Reagent quickly found where it had to go. Though given that Jason was far more supernatural in nature rather than simply being a walking corpse like Herbert's usual cadavers, the Reagent had an alternate effect on the serial killer. Knowing full well how dangerous this was, Herbert continued to stand his ground and pushed the plungers down on the syringes. He'd get every last drop of Reagent into Jason if he could help it!

Jason's own body began to writhe under this foreign substance that was invading him. Jason hadn't seen Herbert inject the Reagent into the cadavers which only left Jason confused once they got up and started attacking him. His hands shot up and Jason wildly shook his head from side to side as he began to spit up massive quantities of blood from behind his hockey mask.

"Fall, damn you! FALL!"

Managing to finally grip onto the syringes, Jason ripped them from his neck and flung them to the side. Glowing traces of Reagent could have been seen oozing out out of where Jason had been stabbed. Not wanting to stick around and run the risk of getting smacked around once more, Herbert stumbled back. Falling onto his rear he tried to crawl back from Jason as he saw what kind of effect the Reagent had on him.

For his part, Jason wasn't quite sure what Herbert had injected him with. Sensations that Jason couldn't quite explain were starting to kick up as he lifted his hockey mask up slightly and began to spit up some more blood. Was this what actual pain felt like? Watching as Jason continued to have a negative reaction to the Reagent, Herbert gestured towards his machete while shouting at Lapis.

"You there! Use the machete while he's distracted! This might be your only chance!"

@Gummi Bunnies @Minerva @Crimson Spartan @DapperDogman
​

The Doctor had been watching the entire time. Much to his frustration, he had let this masked hooligan horribly wound that cat-like creature and could only watch as another member of this group was threatened! If he could just get a good beat on him-"W-What are you doing?!" Hayward cried out as Rant threw him over his shoulder and tried to wrench the gun from his hand.

"Have you lost your mind?!" The good doctor cried out as he struggled to keep a grip on the gun. For as strong as Hayward may have been however, he couldn't keep the gun away from someone younger and presumably in fitter condition than him. Roy's attention was dragged away from Kyoko at the nearby struggle. Glancing over his eyes widened at the sight of the gun.

The Great Equalizer. Something that made people like him nearly obsolete. When all you needed was one good shot to the chest or head, who needed close quarters combat right? Roy reared back as the only course of action seemed to be to try and throw the machete at Rant. But as Rant took aim and pulled back the trigger..

The gun had been empty all along.

Hayward's golden days were long since gone which meant trying to engage Roy physically would have only gotten himself injured. But as long as he had that gun, he at the very least could have tried to intimidate the killer into ceasing his actions. Or stunning him enough with the threat that he could have been shot to allow one of the others to take him down. Like that child or god forbid that rat creature!

Nursing his shoulder where Rant had stomped on it, Hayward glared over at Rant. "Now, do you see why I was trying to hang onto it?!"

So, the old man had simply been trying to scare Roy into submission with the threat of a gun? He supposed that could have worked. At least until Roy got a hostage in hand. Like that rat creature which had been proving to be quite the annoyance. Stalking towards Rant, Roy raised his machete and prepared to strike him down.

Or so had been his plan anyway.
​

"GAH!"

The mug smashed into pieces upon coming into contact with Roy's mask. The shards flew here and there,likely giving Kyoko some superficial cuts as well. The majority of Roy's face had been protected by the hockey mask. But the blow had been enough to cause the straps to come loose and for the mask to fall off to the side by Roy's foot. Clutching at his face where blood was running down due to the few pieces of mug that had gotten through the holes on his mask, Roy turned and glared at Kyoko.

The shards had done a thorough job of tearing away at the hood, revealing more and more of Roy's messy black hair behind it. It also showed that this was indeed the same copycat killer who had plagued Tommy Jarvis not too long ago.

Continuing towards Kyoko, Roy finally swung the machete downwards. Due to his impaired vision as the blood was running down over his left eye, the strike didn't hit anything vital. It had however sliced open a nasty gash on Kyoko's right arm. Not at all satisfied with just the passing glance, Roy raised the machete and prepared to strike once more.

"NO!"

Fluttering out of Chikage's grasp, Catbug crashed to the ground near Roy and dug his claws into Roy's ankle. The claws were sharp enough at least to tear into Roy's flesh through the pantleg of his coveralls. But how long he'd be able to keep this up was another question entirely. Catbug continued to grow more and more pale with each passing moment as blood continued to ebb out of the gash Roy had given him across his chest. Unable to move any further towards Kyoko thanks to Catbug digging into him, Roy tried to angrily shake off the creature but to no avail!

"I...Won't let you...Hurt..my...friends!"

Giving a pained grimace as blood began to drip out past Catbug's claws, Roy smashed Catbug against the counter where the coffee machine had once been. The blow caused Catbug to yelp out in pain but he hadn't fallen just yet. His wings fluttered weakly as he tried desperately to hang on. He might not have interacted much with Kyoko but everyone else seemed to like her which meant Catbug did too! Even if he was feeling faint and things were getting blurry, he wouldn't give up!

Smashing Catbug one last time against the counter however seemed to do the trick. Catbug's cries went silent as he fell from Roy's legs and onto the floor with his wings slowly continuing to flutter. His pantleg now a mess of torn fabric and blood, Roy finally turned his attention back to the one who had injured him so: Kyoko!

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite​

The samurai bit back a growl of pain as he pushed at the beast, trying to unhinge its teeth from him. Once the undead did so, he released a momentary sigh of relief before noticing what had grabbed its attention. Grabbing for the nearest improvised weapon, Jack released a howling cry of a warrior as he slammed a sandal-clad foot into the creature's back to hold it in place and began to bash at its skull to crush it.

"BREATH NO LONGER, PROFANE ABOMINATION!"​

A feeling stirred in Zinnia's gut that she still wasn't safe. She looked over her shoulder, red eyes spying the very resilient corpse that Jack had tackled was still on her heels. She gripped the shard of glass hard in her hand and turned toward it with her legs outstretched, using her feet to slowly continue pushing herself back and keep at a distance from it. That cadaver just wouldn't quit, would it?

Psyching herself up and drawing on whatever fire or adrenaline she had left inside her, Zinnia prepared to strike it should it get close. She trembled though. Zinnia knew she wasn't in her best condition, with no weapons or pokemon by her side, so this situation was a difficult one no matter how she looked at it.

So thank goodness Jack yet again intervened! She picked up her courage and crawled toward the cadaver when Jack had pinned it, repeatedly driving her shard of glass in its head.

"Die, die, die!" she exclaimed with every blow, continuing her assault whether the beast was finished or not.

@Chewy Rabbits @Minerva @The Tactician @Gummi Bunnies @DapperDogman​

 

[ShiroKiyoshi]

"RAAAAAAAARGH!"

The Cadaver had been so caught up on trying to strangle the life out of Zinnia that it paid very little attention to external stimuli. Which would soon prove to be it's undoing as a force much stronger than young Mike smashed into the side of the nude corpse as it hissed and shrieked. It was being attacked again! Only this time it was someone else instead of the monster man trying to hurt him! The blows cracked into the cadaver's head over and over. These blows hurt, but they didn't hut as bad as the monster man's punches! Grabbing Jack's fist the next time it came in for a punch, the cadaver lunged forward.

Seeking to dig it's rotting teeth right into Jack's shoulder! The cadaver's taste buds certainly hadn't been re-animated so Jack's flesh may as well have tasted like Jason's. The cadaver didn't care however. It just wanted to eat! Wrapping one arm around Jack's waist, the cadaver leaned forward to try and get more leverage as blood continued to run down it's mouth. ​

"MRGHRH?! RRRRAAAAAGH!"

The Cadaver had attempted to put all of it's attention onto Jack as it'd been the latest one to attack him. But catching Zinnia crawling off out of the corner of his eye, the re-animated corpse's attention was immediately dragged away. Removing it's teeth from Jack, the creature tried to push the samurai away as it tried to madly crawl after Zinnia. It wanted to chew off that annoying face of hers! The face she had on when she had stabbed him in the face with that glass shard!

His nails dug into the floor with bits of him falling off along the way. Due to the way his flesh had been mangled due to the accident that killed him and the ensuing decomposition, he wasn't in the best of conditions. But he wasn't going to stop until he had Zinnia right where he wanted her! Gnashing his teeth together, fresh blood-both Jason's and Jack's dripped from his mouth as he made his way towards Zinnia like a rabid beast!

@Klutzy Ninja Kitty @The Tactician @Cadaver crew! ​

Given that Herbert and Dan had commandeered this room for their cadaver experiments, an IV stand would have only gotten in the way/taken up room. Which meant that Darv would have had to rely on good old fashioned elbow grease. Which might have actually worked out for the better. The metal that made up Darv's armor crashed against Jason's forehead, coating the underside of Darv's elbow in Jason's sticky black tar-like blood. As it began to ooze down the front of Jason's mask, the zombie stumbled back before shaking his head to straighten himself. He wasn't going to fall here! His mother would have been so disappointed in him if he were to have failed twice!

Stepping forward, Jason reared back and prepared for a swing on Darv. He wasn't sure if the machete could cut through this armor but he'd tae his chances. This sinner had done too much damage to him to simply be left off the hook and ignored in favor of a more suitable victim! He had the bravery to stand up and face Jason down. Jason would return the courtesy: By brutally murdering Darv of course.

Though the machete's swing ended up having less power than Jason would have liked. As Jason's leg was grabbed, the machete's swing went wide. Skidding across the front of Darv's armor, Jason's eye narrowed behind his hockey mask. Had he gotten the full wind up without Sledge's interference, he desired to cut straight through Darv's armor! As it were however, Jason smashed his boot straight into Sledge's face as the zombie stumbled back and tripped. His machete slid from his grasp and ended up near Lapis. Watching as Jason finally went down, Herbert's eyes widened. He could have watched this group's punch away at Jason like a bunch of neanderthals until the cows came home. He couldn't afford to wait when science was on the line!

Drawing another syringe from his bag, Herbert quickly pumped it full of Reagent before holding the two syringes up.

"Today I documented that a 30% increase was sufficient enough to invoke Re-Animation. But what if I upped the dosage..?"

Only one way to find out. Rushing towards Jason as the zombie was picking himself back up, Herbert yelled at the top of his lungs.

"OVERDOSE!"

Jabbing the syringe's into Jason's neck, they easily punctured Jason's rotting skin. Although blood had not flowed through Jason's veins for years, the Reagent quickly found where it had to go. Though given that Jason was far more supernatural in nature rather than simply being a walking corpse like Herbert's usual cadavers, the Reagent had an alternate effect on the serial killer. Knowing full well how dangerous this was, Herbert continued to stand his ground and pushed the plungers down on the syringes. He'd get every last drop of Reagent into Jason if he could help it!

Jason's own body began to writhe under this foreign substance that was invading him. Jason hadn't seen Herbert inject the Reagent into the cadavers which only left Jason confused once they got up and started attacking him. His hands shot up and Jason wildly shook his head from side to side as he began to spit up massive quantities of blood from behind his hockey mask.

"Fall, damn you! FALL!"

Managing to finally grip onto the syringes, Jason ripped them from his neck and flung them to the side. Glowing traces of Reagent could have been seen oozing out out of where Jason had been stabbed. Not wanting to stick around and run the risk of getting smacked around once more, Herbert stumbled back. Falling onto his rear he tried to crawl back from Jason as he saw what kind of effect the Reagent had on him.

For his part, Jason wasn't quite sure what Herbert had injected him with. Sensations that Jason couldn't quite explain were starting to kick up as he lifted his hockey mask up slightly and began to spit up some more blood. Was this what actual pain felt like? Watching as Jason continued to have a negative reaction to the Reagent, Herbert gestured towards his machete while shouting at Lapis.

"You there! Use the machete while he's distracted! This might be your only chance!"

@Gummi Bunnies @Minerva @Crimson Spartan @DapperDogman
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The Doctor had been watching the entire time. Much to his frustration, he had let this masked hooligan horribly wound that cat-like creature and could only watch as another member of this group was threatened! If he could just get a good beat on him-"W-What are you doing?!" Hayward cried out as Rant threw him over his shoulder and tried to wrench the gun from his hand.

"Have you lost your mind?!" The good doctor cried out as he struggled to keep a grip on the gun. For as strong as Hayward may have been however, he couldn't keep the gun away from someone younger and presumably in fitter condition than him. Roy's attention was dragged away from Kyoko at the nearby struggle. Glancing over his eyes widened at the sight of the gun.

The Great Equalizer. Something that made people like him nearly obsolete. When all you needed was one good shot to the chest or head, who needed close quarters combat right? Roy reared back as the only course of action seemed to be to try and throw the machete at Rant. But as Rant took aim and pulled back the trigger..

The gun had been empty all along.

Hayward's golden days were long since gone which meant trying to engage Roy physically would have only gotten himself injured. But as long as he had that gun, he at the very least could have tried to intimidate the killer into ceasing his actions. Or stunning him enough with the threat that he could have been shot to allow one of the others to take him down. Like that child or god forbid that rat creature!

Nursing his shoulder where Rant had stomped on it, Hayward glared over at Rant. "Now, do you see why I was trying to hang onto it?!"

So, the old man had simply been trying to scare Roy into submission with the threat of a gun? He supposed that could have worked. At least until Roy got a hostage in hand. Like that rat creature which had been proving to be quite the annoyance. Stalking towards Rant, Roy raised his machete and prepared to strike him down.

Or so had been his plan anyway.
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"GAH!"

The mug smashed into pieces upon coming into contact with Roy's mask. The shards flew here and there,likely giving Kyoko some superficial cuts as well. The majority of Roy's face had been protected by the hockey mask. But the blow had been enough to cause the straps to come loose and for the mask to fall off to the side by Roy's foot. Clutching at his face where blood was running down due to the few pieces of mug that had gotten through the holes on his mask, Roy turned and glared at Kyoko.

The shards had done a thorough job of tearing away at the hood, revealing more and more of Roy's messy black hair behind it. It also showed that this was indeed the same copycat killer who had plagued Tommy Jarvis not too long ago.

Continuing towards Kyoko, Roy finally swung the machete downwards. Due to his impaired vision as the blood was running down over his left eye, the strike didn't hit anything vital. It had however sliced open a nasty gash on Kyoko's right arm. Not at all satisfied with just the passing glance, Roy raised the machete and prepared to strike once more.

"NO!"

Fluttering out of Chikage's grasp, Catbug crashed to the ground near Roy and dug his claws into Roy's ankle. The claws were sharp enough at least to tear into Roy's flesh through the pantleg of his coveralls. But how long he'd be able to keep this up was another question entirely. Catbug continued to grow more and more pale with each passing moment as blood continued to ebb out of the gash Roy had given him across his chest. Unable to move any further towards Kyoko thanks to Catbug digging into him, Roy tried to angrily shake off the creature but to no avail!

"I...Won't let you...Hurt..my...friends!"

Giving a pained grimace as blood began to drip out past Catbug's claws, Roy smashed Catbug against the counter where the coffee machine had once been. The blow caused Catbug to yelp out in pain but he hadn't fallen just yet. His wings fluttered weakly as he tried desperately to hang on. He might not have interacted much with Kyoko but everyone else seemed to like her which meant Catbug did too! Even if he was feeling faint and things were getting blurry, he wouldn't give up!

Smashing Catbug one last time against the counter however seemed to do the trick. Catbug's cries went silent as he fell from Roy's legs and onto the floor with his wings slowly continuing to flutter. His pantleg now a mess of torn fabric and blood, Roy finally turned his attention back to the one who had injured him so: Kyoko!

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite​

Rant holstered the gun on his belt immediately after the failure to fire. They might find ammo for it later, but if not it could still be used as a bludgeon. As for the fat man he raised his hand and mimicked him with a hand puppet. When he finished talking Rant observed Kyoko's actions for a moment before trying to jab the doctor. Then he was the target.

Rant's face was pure rage for the first few seconds of being threatened with the blade. Then his expression softened to anger as he could see Kyoko moving fast behind Roy, but couldn't tell exactly what she had planned. When her plan had come to fruition attention was shifted from Rant to Kyoko. This caught the mouse's attention.

Rant noticed Kyoko was injured from when she diverted Roy's attention. Rant sighed as he fixed his gloves and then watched Kyoko back away and Catbug delay the man. During this time he charged forward and pounced on the man's head. His only goal was to blind him.

"I'm still here idiot!" With his claws extended he pokes two holes in the man's eyes as he latches on, but could do no more as Kyoko came back with a coffee pot. Letting go he rolled out of the way.

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite

 

[DapperDogman]

Lapis's eyes darted over to the discarded machete by her feet. Something like that would definitely do more damage than that pistol. Tossing the firearm back to Herbert since she wouldn't be needing it, the bounty hunter went for the machete, clutching it tightly in her hands. How long has it been since she held a weapon like this? Ignoring the fact that the others were around to help and witness what Lapis was going to do, she didn't hold back.

Gritting her teeth and at least holding back what she wanted to yell out in unison with her actions, Lapis swung the machete with all of the force she could gather up, swinging it at Jason's torso. That wouldn't be all, because even after this single swing, Lapis would keep on going, wishing to beat Jason senseless with his own weapon. Whether or not it would do the job, attacking in this manner, she felt... satisfied to be doing this, to finally let out her anger in the form of relentless attacks... as if she were going as far as attempting to commit murder onto Jason. Did that even matter when the group needed to kill this undead serial killer in the first place? It made her release of pent-up anger more... exciting.

Some others, if they were that close to Lapis, would hear her whispers turning into near-silent yells, as if she had become a completely different person once given this chance to fight back.

"Shi ne... shi ne... shi ne... shi ne! Shi ne! Shi ne!"
("Die... die... die... die! Die! Die!")

@Chewy Rabbits @Crimson Spartan @DapperDogman @Minerva​

A feeling stirred in Zinnia's gut that she still wasn't safe. She looked over her shoulder, red eyes spying the very resilient corpse that Jack had tackled was still on her heels. She gripped the shard of glass hard in her hand and turned toward it with her legs outstretched, using her feet to slowly continue pushing herself back and keep at a distance from it. That cadaver just wouldn't quit, would it?

Psyching herself up and drawing on whatever fire or adrenaline she had left inside her, Zinnia prepared to strike it should it get close. She trembled though. Zinnia knew she wasn't in her best condition, with no weapons or pokemon by her side, so this situation was a difficult one no matter how she looked at it.

So thank goodness Jack yet again intervened! She picked up her courage and crawled toward the cadaver when Jack had pinned it, repeatedly driving her shard of glass in its head.

"Die, die, die!" she exclaimed with every blow, continuing her assault whether the beast was finished or not.

@Chewy Rabbits @Minerva @The Tactician @Gummi Bunnies @DapperDogman​

Darv watches the pair, his weathered face unmoving even at the sight of the pair repeatedly wishing death upon their aggressors, while attacking with a zeal he had expected to be reserved for one's archenemy alone
"Guh." at last he vocalized his disgust, wiping the blood on his armour with his cloak "Disgusting creature."

@Chewy Rabbits @Minerva @The Tactician @Gummi Bunnies @Klutzy Ninja Kitty​

 

[Chewy Rabbits]

The samurai bit back a growl of pain as he pushed at the beast, trying to unhinge its teeth from him. Once the undead did so, he released a momentary sigh of relief before noticing what had grabbed its attention. Grabbing for the nearest improvised weapon, Jack released a howling cry of a warrior as he slammed a sandal-clad foot into the creature's back to hold it in place and began to bash at its skull to crush it.

"BREATH NO LONGER, PROFANE ABOMINATION!"

A feeling stirred in Zinnia's gut that she still wasn't safe. She looked over her shoulder, red eyes spying the very resilient corpse that Jack had tackled was still on her heels. She gripped the shard of glass hard in her hand and turned toward it with her legs outstretched, using her feet to slowly continue pushing herself back and keep at a distance from it. That cadaver just wouldn't quit, would it?

Psyching herself up and drawing on whatever fire or adrenaline she had left inside her, Zinnia prepared to strike it should it get close. She trembled though. Zinnia knew she wasn't in her best condition, with no weapons or pokemon by her side, so this situation was a difficult one no matter how she looked at it.

So thank goodness Jack yet again intervened! She picked up her courage and crawled toward the cadaver when Jack had pinned it, repeatedly driving her shard of glass in its head.

"Die, die, die!" she exclaimed with every blow, continuing her assault whether the beast was finished or not.

"RAAAAGH!"

The closest thing Jack could have grabbed would have been a mop that was used to clean up any blood spilling from fresh cadavers. As the mop crashed into the cadaver's head, it slammed into the floor over over as it's hands continued to lash out at Zinnia. It's teeth clashed together as it managed to get a hold of Zinnia's ankle despite Jack's gruesome beatdown upon it.

"FLESSSSSH!"

Digging it's teeth into Zinnia's ankle, the creature ripped it's head back to try and tear a chunk of flesh off. Swallowing it down, the creature went back in for another bite. Even as Jack continued to beat down upon it. But it let out a horrified yelp as Zinnia began to stab it in the head over and over! The pain from the shard was returning! Having been re-animated, the creature could feel pain once again. Which meant that it cried out in agony every time Zinnia stabbed it! Managing to wrap it's hands around Zinnia's bloodied ankle, it sought to drag the girl closer to him as it leered up at her.

With blood absolutely pouring down it's face, it leaned forward. Everything was going dark again. Just like it had when it...It got behind the wheel when it shouldn't have. Before the creature could take a bite out of Zinnia's nose, it collapsed to the ground beside her with the shard sticking out of it's head.

What had been liberated from death had now been returned to it. Thanks to Jack and Zinnia's combined efforts.

Having risen to his feet by this point, Dan limped off. Hopefully the guy that was with Zinnia could make sure she was alright. All of this was getting way out of hand! They had to contact campus security or the police at the very least!

@Klutzy Ninja Kitty @The Tactician @CadaverCrew
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Lapis's eyes darted over to the discarded machete by her feet. Something like that would definitely do more damage than that pistol. Tossing the firearm back to Herbert since she wouldn't be needing it, the bounty hunter went for the machete, clutching it tightly in her hands. How long has it been since she held a weapon like this? Ignoring the fact that the others were around to help and witness what Lapis was going to do, she didn't hold back.

Gritting her teeth and at least holding back what she wanted to yell out in unison with her actions, Lapis swung the machete with all of the force she could gather up, swinging it at Jason's torso. That wouldn't be all, because even after this single swing, Lapis would keep on going, wishing to beat Jason senseless with his own weapon. Whether or not it would do the job, attacking in this manner, she felt... satisfied to be doing this, to finally let out her anger in the form of relentless attacks... as if she were going as far as attempting to commit murder onto Jason. Did that even matter when the group needed to kill this undead serial killer in the first place? It made her release of pent-up anger more... exciting.

Some others, if they were that close to Lapis, would hear her whispers turning into near-silent yells, as if she had become a completely different person once given this chance to fight back.

Jason continued to stagger around, swinging wildly at his surroundings. Holes were punched into walls, tables were sent flying through the air. Jason's t-shirt was an absolute mess of black blood and reagent which had been dripping down from his neck where Herbert had injected him. Smashing a chunk of the nearest wall into a pile of rubble, Jason leaned on it as he tried to catch his bearings. What had these sinners done to him? What had been in that shot that the man with glasses had stabbed him with? Nothing felt as it should have after Jason felt that strange substance flowing through his decrepit veins.

But he wouldn't have had much time to think on it as he felt a sharp pain to his torso. Looking down, Jason's eye lit up in fury as he saw it was none other than the very woman he'd been trying to kill! As she continued to strike at him, deep gashes opened up all over Jason's body. He could have easily punched a hole through Lapis and been done with it. But thanks to the Reagent messing with Jason's body, there might have been two Lapis Lazulis's for all Jason knew. His swings went far and wide, brushing right past Lapis's head as she continued to strike at him.

But while Jason's vision may have been impaired(not helped by the fact that he only had one eye to work with.), he could still hear well enough. What was it that Lapis was saying?
​

"Shi ne... shi ne... shi ne... shi ne! Shi ne! Shi ne!"
("Die... die... die... die! Die! Die!")

Jason couldn't quite understand what Lapis was getting at. But he didn't need a translator to get the gist. It brought back flashbacks to that one killing spree all those years ago back in the eighties where Jason had been at his murder peak. The battle in the Jarvis house was coming to a close with the mom having already been drowned in her bathtub with the sister not too far behind.

But then something unexpected happened.

Tommy Jarvis had spent his time shaving his head who Jason thought was a vision because Tommy resembled what Jason looked like as a very young kid. So he lumbered towards Tommy, reaching out to see if he'd been actually looking at his younger self, but ended up getting a machete to the face for his troubles.

Although the blade had certainly sealed Jason's fate, there'd been a little twitching in the fingers here and there. Jason could still hear if just barely as he was fading off to death. What young Tommy said as he hacked away at the Crystal Lake Killer.

"DIE! DIE! DIE!"

One of Lapis's swings hit home and cracked open the upper half of Jason's hockey mask. Digging right into the crevice where Tommy had hit Jason in the head all those years ago. Jason's hands clenched into fists as his sole eye began to zip around in it's socket. His tongue began sliding in and out of his mouth, his eye wandered back and forth, and his jaw moved around in an unexplained way. This was just like before! She had hurt him just like that brat did! As a torrent of black blood rushed out of where Lapis had struck Jason in the head with his own machete, he'd grip onto the hilt of the machete and ripped it from his head as he swiftly punched Lapis square in the chest to send her flying back.

It wouldn't have been enough to kill her but certainly enough to floor the poor bounty hunter for a while. Unable to stop the ebbing of blood running down the side of his head, Jason realized that he had failed yet again. His mother would be so upset with him...But these sinners would not escape their eventual judgement. They'd meet their end at his hands, no matter how long it took. Sheathing his machete, Jason looked towards the nearest vent in the room and began to turn to mist in order to escape-

*BZZZZZZT!*

Jason's body began to surge with electricity once more as Herbert smashed the radio over his head. Thus bringing the playing of 'Another one Bites the Dust!' to a premature end as Jason's limbs flailed around. Shakily reaching back to grip Herbert's wrist, Jason hurled Herbert away from him and over a table. He...He couldn't admit it aloud but this group had injured him and got him furious! That girl had stolen his own weapon and struck him with it!

The next time they met, it would be the last time...

With that Jason staggered off before finally fading into mist and ebbing away...

Groaning from where he'd been laying on the ground, Herbert sighed. Jason had gotten away and so with him went a potential scientific breakthrough. But there was one positive to come out of this.

At least that goddamned radio was broken.

@Crimson Spartan @Minerva @DapperDogman @Gummi Bunnies
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Rant noticed Kyoko was injured from when she diverted Roy's attention. Rant sighed as he fixed his gloves and then watched Kyoko back away and Catbug delay the man. During this time he charged forward and pounced on the man's head. His only goal was to blind him.

"I'm still here idiot!" With his claws extended he pokes two holes in the man's eyes as he latches on, but could do no more as Kyoko came back with a coffee pot. Letting go he rolled out of the way.

Roy was nearly toppled over as Rant slammed into him from behind and began to scratch at his face with those claws. What was it with these goddamned animals?! Grabbing Rant with his free hand, Roy sought to yank him off and toss him to the floor. It wasn't the most brutal way of dealing with this creature that Roy would have liked. But he didn't have time to be picky. He had to-

*CRASH!*​

And so she moved.

It was right when Catbug would be kicked off that Kyoko would dash towards the glass pot of the coffee machine, safely kept inside the machine back when it was thrown. Dislodging it from the rest of the mechanism, Kyoko would firmly grip the pot and bash it into Roy's head, this time more aimed towards his temple with the intention of a knock out!

Blood ran down Kyoko's hand and down the handle of the now shattered pot as Roy swaggered back and forth. For as much of a fight as he had put with Tommy, Roy a the end of the day was just a crazed human being and not a immortal revenant like Jason. But he couldn't be stopped here. He...he had to get revenge on Tommy! For not letting him kill those who had tormented his son and then stood idly by as he was murdered! He couldn't just let that go!

Managing to stay upright, Roy lashed out with his free arm. Backhanding Kyoko, he sought to knock her to the floor as he quickly staggered off to grab his mask and make off for the exit. Making sure to knock down shelves/supplies/tables whatever else behind him to cut off the others from attempting to follow him. Soon there would have been an absolute pile of things cutting off the group from taking chase after the crazed paramedic. Everything was blurry and he might have been bleeding from the head a bit more than was probably safe. But he couldn't just let them defeat him and take him into custody! His son's death would never be avenged that way!

Slipping the mask back on, Roy continued on not caring where he went. He had to find somewhere to lay low and patch himself up..

Meanwhile, Catbug could only groan in pain as he watched Roy escape. Well, he may not have been able to protect himself. But at least Kyoko had only gotten a slash across the arm. Still wasn't the nicest thing that could have happened. She could have gotten cut across the chest like him. Oh man, had everything always been this blurry? Maybe it's because he felt so tired all of a sudden...

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite​

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Somewhere within the halls of Miskatonic, Roy was continuing a search for a safe zone. Leaning on the walls to support himself due to the bruised knee Kyoko had given him and the injuries he had sustained to his ankle from Catbug, Roy let out soft pants of exhaustion as he continued forward. This school felt like it went on forever! How was he supposed to find a way out let alone find somewhere to catch his breath and deal with these wounds?

How was he going to even find the person he came here to kill: Tommy Jarvis?

!

"..."

Roy came to an abrupt halt as he crossed paths with someone who'd already been through the wringer today. Disgruntled medical student Dan Cain slowly looked at the bloodied figure standing before him with a machete in hand. He didn't look nearly as tough as the guy who put his head through a wall just a few moments ago. He also seemed to have his own fair share of injuries if the blood running down his face meant anything. He was still having a hard time staying on his own two feet due to Jason's attack on him but Dan felt confident enough to take down this guy and then call the police.

"So, you like to play dress up, tough guy? Well, I just fought the real deal.." Dan muttered and Roy winced. So the rumors were true after all. Jason had returned and here Roy thought it'd just been people stealing the Crystal Lake killer's gimmick. But he couldn't get caught. Everything he had done up to this point would have been a waste then. Pointing his machete in Dan's direction to silently ward him off from following, Roy quickly limped away from Dan. Heading further into the depths of the University.

"I might not have been able to stop the big guy. But your not getting away!" Dan yelled as he raced after Roy.

@Atomyk


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[Klutzy Ninja Kitty]

"RAAAAGH!"

The closest thing Jack could have grabbed would have been a mop that was used to clean up any blood spilling from fresh cadavers. As the mop crashed into the cadaver's head, it slammed into the floor over over as it's hands continued to lash out at Zinnia. It's teeth clashed together as it managed to get a hold of Zinnia's ankle despite Jack's gruesome beatdown upon it.

"FLESSSSSH!"

Digging it's teeth into Zinnia's ankle, the creature ripped it's head back to try and tear a chunk of flesh off. Swallowing it down, the creature went back in for another bite. Even as Jack continued to beat down upon it. But it let out a horrified yelp as Zinnia began to stab it in the head over and over! The pain from the shard was returning! Having been re-animated, the creature could feel pain once again. Which meant that it cried out in agony every time Zinnia stabbed it! Managing to wrap it's hands around Zinnia's bloodied ankle, it sought to drag the girl closer to him as it leered up at her.

With blood absolutely pouring down it's face, it leaned forward. Everything was going dark again. Just like it had when it...It got behind the wheel when it shouldn't have. Before the creature could take a bite out of Zinnia's nose, it collapsed to the ground beside her with the shard sticking out of it's head.

What had been liberated from death had now been returned to it. Thanks to Jack and Zinnia's combined efforts.

Having risen to his feet by this point, Dan limped off. Hopefully the guy that was with Zinnia could make sure she was alright. All of this was getting way out of hand! They had to contact campus security or the police at the very least!

@Klutzy Ninja Kitty @The Tactician @CadaverCrew

Zinnia made a mistake and she knew it. Her focus had been so deeply intertwined with the glass shard in her hand that she failed to keep her appendages protected from the cadaver. The young woman howled in pain as the creature dug its disgusting, rotted teeth into her flesh. It even went so far as to try and pull her toward it while she and Jack were attacking it. Its assault only further motivated Zinnia to take it down. This thing had been a huge pain!

"DIIIIIE!"

After what seemed like ages of stabbing the creature, it eventually fell down dead. She didn't even bother to pull the glass shard out of its head as it collapsed beside her. Once it was finished off, Zinnia panted for a moment, trying to calm down her lungs and heart from the scare of it all. But when her eyes finally fell upon Jack, and she viewed the bloody mess of his shoulder, her symptoms only worsened.

"J-Jack, you're hurt," she struggled to say, her voice raspy from swelling around her throat where she had been strangled. Despite the condition of her throat, however, a whimper managed to escape her lips. It wasn't due to the own pain of her ankle or throat, but because of how Jack appeared. Her red eyes were fixed on his injury, unable to look away, even as a few hot tears stung her eyes.

Please be okay.

In a panic, Zinnia tried to quickly move over to Jack--forgetting about the damage done to her ankle. Against her will, she collapsed onto her knees as soon as she took a single step, a wave of pain shooting up her leg. Suppressing another yell, she bit her tongue.


@Chewy Rabbits @The Tactician​

 

[ShiroKiyoshi]

"RAAAAGH!"

The closest thing Jack could have grabbed would have been a mop that was used to clean up any blood spilling from fresh cadavers. As the mop crashed into the cadaver's head, it slammed into the floor over over as it's hands continued to lash out at Zinnia. It's teeth clashed together as it managed to get a hold of Zinnia's ankle despite Jack's gruesome beatdown upon it.

"FLESSSSSH!"

Digging it's teeth into Zinnia's ankle, the creature ripped it's head back to try and tear a chunk of flesh off. Swallowing it down, the creature went back in for another bite. Even as Jack continued to beat down upon it. But it let out a horrified yelp as Zinnia began to stab it in the head over and over! The pain from the shard was returning! Having been re-animated, the creature could feel pain once again. Which meant that it cried out in agony every time Zinnia stabbed it! Managing to wrap it's hands around Zinnia's bloodied ankle, it sought to drag the girl closer to him as it leered up at her.

With blood absolutely pouring down it's face, it leaned forward. Everything was going dark again. Just like it had when it...It got behind the wheel when it shouldn't have. Before the creature could take a bite out of Zinnia's nose, it collapsed to the ground beside her with the shard sticking out of it's head.

What had been liberated from death had now been returned to it. Thanks to Jack and Zinnia's combined efforts.

Having risen to his feet by this point, Dan limped off. Hopefully the guy that was with Zinnia could make sure she was alright. All of this was getting way out of hand! They had to contact campus security or the police at the very least!

@Klutzy Ninja Kitty @The Tactician @CadaverCrew
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Jason continued to stagger around, swinging wildly at his surroundings. Holes were punched into walls, tables were sent flying through the air. Jason's t-shirt was an absolute mess of black blood and reagent which had been dripping down from his neck where Herbert had injected him. Smashing a chunk of the nearest wall into a pile of rubble, Jason leaned on it as he tried to catch his bearings. What had these sinners done to him? What had been in that shot that the man with glasses had stabbed him with? Nothing felt as it should have after Jason felt that strange substance flowing through his decrepit veins.

But he wouldn't have had much time to think on it as he felt a sharp pain to his torso. Looking down, Jason's eye lit up in fury as he saw it was none other than the very woman he'd been trying to kill! As she continued to strike at him, deep gashes opened up all over Jason's body. He could have easily punched a hole through Lapis and been done with it. But thanks to the Reagent messing with Jason's body, there might have been two Lapis Lazulis's for all Jason knew. His swings went far and wide, brushing right past Lapis's head as she continued to strike at him.

But while Jason's vision may have been impaired(not helped by the fact that he only had one eye to work with.), he could still hear well enough. What was it that Lapis was saying?
​

Jason couldn't quite understand what Lapis was getting at. But he didn't need a translator to get the gist. It brought back flashbacks to that one killing spree all those years ago back in the eighties where Jason had been at his murder peak. The battle in the Jarvis house was coming to a close with the mom having already been drowned in her bathtub with the sister not too far behind.

But then something unexpected happened.

Tommy Jarvis had spent his time shaving his head who Jason thought was a vision because Tommy resembled what Jason looked like as a very young kid. So he lumbered towards Tommy, reaching out to see if he'd been actually looking at his younger self, but ended up getting a machete to the face for his troubles.

Although the blade had certainly sealed Jason's fate, there'd been a little twitching in the fingers here and there. Jason could still hear if just barely as he was fading off to death. What young Tommy said as he hacked away at the Crystal Lake Killer.

"DIE! DIE! DIE!"

One of Lapis's swings hit home and cracked open the upper half of Jason's hockey mask. Digging right into the crevice where Tommy had hit Jason in the head all those years ago. Jason's hands clenched into fists as his sole eye began to zip around in it's socket. His tongue began sliding in and out of his mouth, his eye wandered back and forth, and his jaw moved around in an unexplained way. This was just like before! She had hurt him just like that brat did! As a torrent of black blood rushed out of where Lapis had struck Jason in the head with his own machete, he'd grip onto the hilt of the machete and ripped it from his head as he swiftly punched Lapis square in the chest to send her flying back.

It wouldn't have been enough to kill her but certainly enough to floor the poor bounty hunter for a while. Unable to stop the ebbing of blood running down the side of his head, Jason realized that he had failed yet again. His mother would be so upset with him...But these sinners would not escape their eventual judgement. They'd meet their end at his hands, no matter how long it took. Sheathing his machete, Jason looked towards the nearest vent in the room and began to turn to mist in order to escape-

*BZZZZZZT!*

Jason's body began to surge with electricity once more as Herbert smashed the radio over his head. Thus bringing the playing of 'Another one Bites the Dust!' to a premature end as Jason's limbs flailed around. Shakily reaching back to grip Herbert's wrist, Jason hurled Herbert away from him and over a table. He...He couldn't admit it aloud but this group had injured him and got him furious! That girl had stolen his own weapon and struck him with it!

The next time they met, it would be the last time...

With that Jason staggered off before finally fading into mist and ebbing away...

Groaning from where he'd been laying on the ground, Herbert sighed. Jason had gotten away and so with him went a potential scientific breakthrough. But there was one positive to come out of this.

At least that goddamned radio was broken.

@Crimson Spartan @Minerva @DapperDogman @Gummi Bunnies
​

Roy was nearly toppled over as Rant slammed into him from behind and began to scratch at his face with those claws. What was it with these goddamned animals?! Grabbing Rant with his free hand, Roy sought to yank him off and toss him to the floor. It wasn't the most brutal way of dealing with this creature that Roy would have liked. But he didn't have time to be picky. He had to-

*CRASH!*​

Blood ran down Kyoko's hand and down the handle of the now shattered pot as Roy swaggered back and forth. For as much of a fight as he had put with Tommy, Roy a the end of the day was just a crazed human being and not a immortal revenant like Jason. But he couldn't be stopped here. He...he had to get revenge on Tommy! For not letting him kill those who had tormented his son and then stood idly by as he was murdered! He couldn't just let that go!

Managing to stay upright, Roy lashed out with his free arm. Backhanding Kyoko, he sought to knock her to the floor as he quickly staggered off to grab his mask and make off for the exit. Making sure to knock down shelves/supplies/tables whatever else behind him to cut off the others from attempting to follow him. Soon there would have been an absolute pile of things cutting off the group from taking chase after the crazed paramedic. Everything was blurry and he might have been bleeding from the head a bit more than was probably safe. But he couldn't just let them defeat him and take him into custody! His son's death would never be avenged that way!

Slipping the mask back on, Roy continued on not caring where he went. He had to find somewhere to lay low and patch himself up..

Meanwhile, Catbug could only groan in pain as he watched Roy escape. Well, he may not have been able to protect himself. But at least Kyoko had only gotten a slash across the arm. Still wasn't the nicest thing that could have happened. She could have gotten cut across the chest like him. Oh man, had everything always been this blurry? Maybe it's because he felt so tired all of a sudden...

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite​

~~~
Somewhere within the halls of Miskatonic, Roy was continuing a search for a safe zone. Leaning on the walls to support himself due to the bruised knee Kyoko had given him and the injuries he had sustained to his ankle from Catbug, Roy let out soft pants of exhaustion as he continued forward. This school felt like it went on forever! How was he supposed to find a way out let alone find somewhere to catch his breath and deal with these wounds?

How was he going to even find the person he came here to kill: Tommy Jarvis?

!

"..."

Roy came to an abrupt halt as he crossed paths with someone who'd already been through the wringer today. Disgruntled medical student Dan Cain slowly looked at the bloodied figure standing before him with a machete in hand. He didn't look nearly as tough as the guy who put his head through a wall just a few moments ago. He also seemed to have his own fair share of injuries if the blood running down his face meant anything. He was still having a hard time staying on his own two feet due to Jason's attack on him but Dan felt confident enough to take down this guy and then call the police.

"So, you like to play dress up, tough guy? Well, I just fought the real deal.." Dan muttered and Roy winced. So the rumors were true after all. Jason had returned and here Roy thought it'd just been people stealing the Crystal Lake killer's gimmick. But he couldn't get caught. Everything he had done up to this point would have been a waste then. Pointing his machete in Dan's direction to silently ward him off from following, Roy quickly limped away from Dan. Heading further into the depths of the University.

"I might not have been able to stop the big guy. But your not getting away!" Dan yelled as he raced after Roy.

@Atomyk


​

"Alright, so you can do more than look like a doll." He commented on Kyoko's injuries.

Rant said before noticing Catbug's injuries. They were no laughing matter, but he didn't fret as he casually picked the thing up and sat it on the examination table. He then motioned for Jude.

"Hey, Doc. Take a look at him." Rant said pointing at Catbug before walking over to Kyoko. "I take some of what I said back. You can be trusted. Now, I have something to tell you."

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite

 

[Gummi Bunnies]

"RAAAAGH!"

The closest thing Jack could have grabbed would have been a mop that was used to clean up any blood spilling from fresh cadavers. As the mop crashed into the cadaver's head, it slammed into the floor over over as it's hands continued to lash out at Zinnia. It's teeth clashed together as it managed to get a hold of Zinnia's ankle despite Jack's gruesome beatdown upon it.

"FLESSSSSH!"

Digging it's teeth into Zinnia's ankle, the creature ripped it's head back to try and tear a chunk of flesh off. Swallowing it down, the creature went back in for another bite. Even as Jack continued to beat down upon it. But it let out a horrified yelp as Zinnia began to stab it in the head over and over! The pain from the shard was returning! Having been re-animated, the creature could feel pain once again. Which meant that it cried out in agony every time Zinnia stabbed it! Managing to wrap it's hands around Zinnia's bloodied ankle, it sought to drag the girl closer to him as it leered up at her.

With blood absolutely pouring down it's face, it leaned forward. Everything was going dark again. Just like it had when it...It got behind the wheel when it shouldn't have. Before the creature could take a bite out of Zinnia's nose, it collapsed to the ground beside her with the shard sticking out of it's head.

What had been liberated from death had now been returned to it. Thanks to Jack and Zinnia's combined efforts.

Having risen to his feet by this point, Dan limped off. Hopefully the guy that was with Zinnia could make sure she was alright. All of this was getting way out of hand! They had to contact campus security or the police at the very least!

@Klutzy Ninja Kitty @The Tactician @CadaverCrew
​

Jason continued to stagger around, swinging wildly at his surroundings. Holes were punched into walls, tables were sent flying through the air. Jason's t-shirt was an absolute mess of black blood and reagent which had been dripping down from his neck where Herbert had injected him. Smashing a chunk of the nearest wall into a pile of rubble, Jason leaned on it as he tried to catch his bearings. What had these sinners done to him? What had been in that shot that the man with glasses had stabbed him with? Nothing felt as it should have after Jason felt that strange substance flowing through his decrepit veins.

But he wouldn't have had much time to think on it as he felt a sharp pain to his torso. Looking down, Jason's eye lit up in fury as he saw it was none other than the very woman he'd been trying to kill! As she continued to strike at him, deep gashes opened up all over Jason's body. He could have easily punched a hole through Lapis and been done with it. But thanks to the Reagent messing with Jason's body, there might have been two Lapis Lazulis's for all Jason knew. His swings went far and wide, brushing right past Lapis's head as she continued to strike at him.

But while Jason's vision may have been impaired(not helped by the fact that he only had one eye to work with.), he could still hear well enough. What was it that Lapis was saying?
​

Jason couldn't quite understand what Lapis was getting at. But he didn't need a translator to get the gist. It brought back flashbacks to that one killing spree all those years ago back in the eighties where Jason had been at his murder peak. The battle in the Jarvis house was coming to a close with the mom having already been drowned in her bathtub with the sister not too far behind.

But then something unexpected happened.

Tommy Jarvis had spent his time shaving his head who Jason thought was a vision because Tommy resembled what Jason looked like as a very young kid. So he lumbered towards Tommy, reaching out to see if he'd been actually looking at his younger self, but ended up getting a machete to the face for his troubles.

Although the blade had certainly sealed Jason's fate, there'd been a little twitching in the fingers here and there. Jason could still hear if just barely as he was fading off to death. What young Tommy said as he hacked away at the Crystal Lake Killer.

"DIE! DIE! DIE!"

One of Lapis's swings hit home and cracked open the upper half of Jason's hockey mask. Digging right into the crevice where Tommy had hit Jason in the head all those years ago. Jason's hands clenched into fists as his sole eye began to zip around in it's socket. His tongue began sliding in and out of his mouth, his eye wandered back and forth, and his jaw moved around in an unexplained way. This was just like before! She had hurt him just like that brat did! As a torrent of black blood rushed out of where Lapis had struck Jason in the head with his own machete, he'd grip onto the hilt of the machete and ripped it from his head as he swiftly punched Lapis square in the chest to send her flying back.

It wouldn't have been enough to kill her but certainly enough to floor the poor bounty hunter for a while. Unable to stop the ebbing of blood running down the side of his head, Jason realized that he had failed yet again. His mother would be so upset with him...But these sinners would not escape their eventual judgement. They'd meet their end at his hands, no matter how long it took. Sheathing his machete, Jason looked towards the nearest vent in the room and began to turn to mist in order to escape-

*BZZZZZZT!*

Jason's body began to surge with electricity once more as Herbert smashed the radio over his head. Thus bringing the playing of 'Another one Bites the Dust!' to a premature end as Jason's limbs flailed around. Shakily reaching back to grip Herbert's wrist, Jason hurled Herbert away from him and over a table. He...He couldn't admit it aloud but this group had injured him and got him furious! That girl had stolen his own weapon and struck him with it!

The next time they met, it would be the last time...

With that Jason staggered off before finally fading into mist and ebbing away...

Groaning from where he'd been laying on the ground, Herbert sighed. Jason had gotten away and so with him went a potential scientific breakthrough. But there was one positive to come out of this.

At least that goddamned radio was broken.

@Crimson Spartan @Minerva @DapperDogman @Gummi Bunnies
​

Roy was nearly toppled over as Rant slammed into him from behind and began to scratch at his face with those claws. What was it with these goddamned animals?! Grabbing Rant with his free hand, Roy sought to yank him off and toss him to the floor. It wasn't the most brutal way of dealing with this creature that Roy would have liked. But he didn't have time to be picky. He had to-

*CRASH!*​

Blood ran down Kyoko's hand and down the handle of the now shattered pot as Roy swaggered back and forth. For as much of a fight as he had put with Tommy, Roy a the end of the day was just a crazed human being and not a immortal revenant like Jason. But he couldn't be stopped here. He...he had to get revenge on Tommy! For not letting him kill those who had tormented his son and then stood idly by as he was murdered! He couldn't just let that go!

Managing to stay upright, Roy lashed out with his free arm. Backhanding Kyoko, he sought to knock her to the floor as he quickly staggered off to grab his mask and make off for the exit. Making sure to knock down shelves/supplies/tables whatever else behind him to cut off the others from attempting to follow him. Soon there would have been an absolute pile of things cutting off the group from taking chase after the crazed paramedic. Everything was blurry and he might have been bleeding from the head a bit more than was probably safe. But he couldn't just let them defeat him and take him into custody! His son's death would never be avenged that way!

Slipping the mask back on, Roy continued on not caring where he went. He had to find somewhere to lay low and patch himself up..

Meanwhile, Catbug could only groan in pain as he watched Roy escape. Well, he may not have been able to protect himself. But at least Kyoko had only gotten a slash across the arm. Still wasn't the nicest thing that could have happened. She could have gotten cut across the chest like him. Oh man, had everything always been this blurry? Maybe it's because he felt so tired all of a sudden...

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite​

~~~
Somewhere within the halls of Miskatonic, Roy was continuing a search for a safe zone. Leaning on the walls to support himself due to the bruised knee Kyoko had given him and the injuries he had sustained to his ankle from Catbug, Roy let out soft pants of exhaustion as he continued forward. This school felt like it went on forever! How was he supposed to find a way out let alone find somewhere to catch his breath and deal with these wounds?

How was he going to even find the person he came here to kill: Tommy Jarvis?

!

"..."

Roy came to an abrupt halt as he crossed paths with someone who'd already been through the wringer today. Disgruntled medical student Dan Cain slowly looked at the bloodied figure standing before him with a machete in hand. He didn't look nearly as tough as the guy who put his head through a wall just a few moments ago. He also seemed to have his own fair share of injuries if the blood running down his face meant anything. He was still having a hard time staying on his own two feet due to Jason's attack on him but Dan felt confident enough to take down this guy and then call the police.

"So, you like to play dress up, tough guy? Well, I just fought the real deal.." Dan muttered and Roy winced. So the rumors were true after all. Jason had returned and here Roy thought it'd just been people stealing the Crystal Lake killer's gimmick. But he couldn't get caught. Everything he had done up to this point would have been a waste then. Pointing his machete in Dan's direction to silently ward him off from following, Roy quickly limped away from Dan. Heading further into the depths of the University.

"I might not have been able to stop the big guy. But your not getting away!" Dan yelled as he raced after Roy.

@Atomyk


​

If it wasn't for the fact that Jason has punched the air out of her now, Lapis would've continued with her mindless attacks once she lodged that machete of his into his head. Feeling absolute pain all over, stemming from her chest, Lapis felt herself snap back to her normal self, snapping out of her killing trance. Forced back by said punch, the bounty hunter let out a gasp, spreading her red blood and crystal shards onto the floor as she fell on her back with a loud thud.

A mess of red and black blood covered Lapis's clothing and face, the bounty hunter feeling all sorts of pain from just trying to lift herself up into a sitting position.

"God... goddammit..."

Lapis gritted her teeth in pain, trying to get herself together despite the pain.

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

 

[Verite]

"Alright, so you can do more than look like a doll." He commented on Kyoko's injuries.

Rant said before noticing Catbug's injuries. They were no laughing matter, but he didn't fret as he casually picked the thing up and sat it on the examination table. He then motioned for Jude.

"Hey, Doc. Take a look at him." Rant said pointing at Catbug before walking over to Kyoko. "I take some of what I said back. You can be trusted. Now, I have something to tell you."

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Verite

"I aim to please," Kyoko said in an almost facetious manner, though as always, it was a little hard to tell considering her perpetually deadpan expression. She grunted a bit, leaning against the counter as she'd hold her head for a moment in order to recover from the backhand that came rather close to giving her head a bruise. There was also quite a bit of blood running down her arm as a result of the machete slash that penetrated her clothes and some of her skin, but it didn't feel that deep...

At least, Kyoko didn't think so anyway.

Inhaling and exhaling, Kyoko, clutching her arm, would begin to walk in the direction that Roy had fled to.

"C'mon... We need to find where he went. And maybe we can pin him down if we run into some of the others on the way. I'm leaving Catbug in your care in the meantime, Jude. But be quick about it. There are some others that could use tending to as well once you're done with him."

And with that, she began to leave the morgue in search of Roy, but continuing to keep her guard up just in case he might be hiding around any corner for a surprise attack.

@Nater Taters @ShiroKiyoshi @Atomyk @Josh M @Kaykay @Krieg @Chewy Rabbits​

 

[Atomyk]

Continued from here.

Twilight Update
"Karma"

Jude nodded in agreement, seeing to Catbug as Rant requested. He figured he could do something for the guy despite only being trained in taking care of people, but when he cradled the little hybrid in his arms, he knew it was too late.

"... I'm so sorry."

Doc Hayward grabbed his gun back from Rant, shooting him a dirty look as he rushed to his desk to properly load it. He managed to not get caught by the falling supplies as he chased after the masked man, following after Dan as the chase led to the library wing of the university. Bullet came running in after, after only vaguely having caught the tail end of the scene.

"What the hell?!" she yelled, staring at the double doors they had disappeared behind. "Don't you fucking--" Bullet's cry was cut off as she ran into the wing after them.

It was not long after a gunshot was heard.

***

Holder winced at the sound of the gunshot going off. "Hold up," he said, putting the keys away and starting in that direction. Once he was a few steps away, an announcement was broadcast throughout the university.

"Attention, attention! I need my forensics team in the library wing! A body may or may not have been discovered! It's Schrödinger's body!"

As the group eventually met up and made their way to the library, they encountered a familiar looking corpse slumped up against one of the bookshelves. With his hockey mask laying nearby, the straps had been torn apart indicating that a blade had been behind this.

As Kyoko and the others would reach the scene, the young woman would let out a small, surprised gasp, both from the grizzly sight of the murder and the cruel irony that the man who had just tried to kill them all had just ended up dead himself, as she would lay her eyes upon the victim.

"It's...!"

The blue chevrons on the mask however indicated that this was not the Crystal Lake killer that the group had already fought twice by this point. No, this meant that the body was none other than the impostor Roy Burns who had adopted Jason's M.O. as a way of masking his own killing spree.

But it seemed like that after fleeing from the group someone had ended him. His head was slumped forward with part of his hood torn wide open as blood gushed out of a gash on the top of his head. The crimson liquid ran down Roy's face and stained his blue coveralls earning a look of disgust from Mike.

"Who could have done something like this..?" Mike muttered. Though while the sight was disgusting, he couldn't have felt too bad for a guy who imitated a monster like Jason. But then the sound of a new arrival into the library quickly took Mike's attention away.

"Guys... Help..."

The voice belonged to Tommy Jarvis, although it came out in more of a croak. Likely to do with how bruised up Tommy's face appeared to be, with one side of his face swollen from repeated blows to the head. His nose was an absolute mess with blood dripping down from it. His shirt was also torn to shreds with bruises scattered all over his chest. Likely from where he'd been punched and kicked. He also seemed to have a bit of a limp to his walk.

"..."

Kyoko remained silent for a moment, this time remaining so more because she was just plain speechless rather than a deliberate choice to be reticent. She tried her best to stay away from Tommy; though she wanted to investigate his condition and the machete, she wanted to stay away from sharp objects like that for a little while after her previous encounter with Roy. For the time being at least, she'd rather not take the chance that Tommy would suddenly get up and start savagely attacking everyone.

Speaking of which, she would groan ever so softly, a sharp pain emerging within her arm, causing her so suddenly grab hold of it and lean against the wall, the pale young woman having herself take a small breath. That's right... She was in such a rush to get here that she neglected to disinfect and patch up her wound. Perhaps she could rely on the others to investigate the scene while she'd have Jude patch her up and discuss certain matters with others.

Before Tommy could draw any closer to the group, he collapsed to his knees. Upon doing so however, something clattered to the ground beside him. Having come unloose from his belt, a machete - Roy's machete at that - fell to the side and it seemed to be... soaked in blood.

From behind Tommy was Bullet, leaning against a bookcase with her hands covered in blood. She waved the group off, assuring them she had no wounds. Detective Holder looked down at the dead body with disdain.

"Well then."

The man took a step back, looking around the library. "Where are the people? You'd think a school library would be buzzin'."

"That would be 'cause of me!"

Monokuma appeared, as plump and soft as ever. Holder gave a sidelong glance at those around him, as if to ask if someone was playing some kind of joke on him.

"I'm Monokuma, the new town sheriff! Don't underestimate my size, for I can go toe to toe with the best of 'em. You see, I have a sort of kill clairvoyance... I can see kills before they happen! I cleared out the library to ensure that my forensics team wouldn't have to deal with too many suspects!"

Jude was looking forlorn as he held Catbug in his arms. "This man... he was a killer. Maybe this was karma."

"Oh?" Monokuma seemed amused. "So you agree with my executions now?"

"A-Ah, no, I just mean--"

"A kill is a kill! A killer is a killer! Right? If you all want to hold on to the convictions you spew like some bratty teens, I'd say you better solve this murder too! Gather the evidence, for we'll soon be in the midst of another class trial!"

Continued here.

***

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]
@Chewy Rabbits as Catbug "Ultimate Cutie" [Bravest Warriors]
@Minerva as Corrin "Ultimate Protector" [Fire Emblem]
@DapperDogman as Darv "Ultimate Saltborn" [Salt & Sanctuary]
@Yun Lee as Edmond Honda "Ultimate Sumo Wrestler" [Street Fighter]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@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]
@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]
@Periodically Incorrect as Terezi Pyrope "Ultimate Justice" [Homestuck]
@DBZ7 as Tharja "Ultimate Hextress" [Fire Emblem]
@Nater Taters as Tomoko Kuroki "Ultimate Loser" [WataMote]
@Atomyk as Victoria Maribeth Chase "Ultimate Bitch" [Life is Strange]
@Takumi as Yurick "Ultimate Arcanist" [The Last Story]
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as Zinnia "Ultimate Lorekeeper" [Pokemon]​

 

[Gummi Bunnies]

Continued from here.

Twilight Update
"Karma"

Jude nodded in agreement, seeing to Catbug as Rant requested. He figured he could do something for the guy despite only being trained in taking care of people, but when he cradled the little hybrid in his arms, he knew it was too late.

"... I'm so sorry."

Doc Hayward grabbed his gun back from Rant, shooting him a dirty look as he rushed to his desk to properly load it. He managed to not get caught by the falling supplies as he chased after the masked man, following after Dan as the chase led to the library wing of the university. Bullet came running in after, after only vaguely having caught the tail end of the scene.

"What the hell?!" she yelled, staring at the double doors they had disappeared behind. "Don't you fucking--" Bullet's cry was cut off as she ran into the wing after them.

It was not long after a gunshot was heard.

***

Holder winced at the sound of the gunshot going off. "Hold up," he said, putting the keys away and starting in that direction. Once he was a few steps away, an announcement was broadcast throughout the university.

"Attention, attention! I need my forensics team in the library wing! A body may or may not have been discovered! It's Schrödinger's body!"

As the group eventually met up and made their way to the library, they encountered a familiar looking corpse slumped up against one of the bookshelves. With his hockey mask laying nearby, the straps had been torn apart indicating that a blade had been behind this.

As Kyoko and the others would reach the scene, the young woman would let out a small, surprised gasp, both from the grizzly sight of the murder and the cruel irony that the man who had just tried to kill them all had just ended up dead himself, as she would lay her eyes upon the victim.

"It's...!"

The blue chevrons on the mask however indicated that this was not the Crystal Lake killer that the group had already fought twice by this point. No, this meant that the body was none other than the impostor Roy Burns who had adopted Jason's M.O. as a way of masking his own killing spree.

But it seemed like that after fleeing from the group someone had ended him. His head was slumped forward with part of his hood torn wide open as blood gushed out of a gash on the top of his head. The crimson liquid ran down Roy's face and stained his blue coveralls earning a look of disgust from Mike.

"Who could have done something like this..?" Mike muttered. Though while the sight was disgusting, he couldn't have felt too bad for a guy who imitated a monster like Jason. But then the sound of a new arrival into the library quickly took Mike's attention away.

"Guys... Help..."

The voice belonged to Tommy Jarvis, although it came out in more of a croak. Likely to do with how bruised up Tommy's face appeared to be, with one side of his face swollen from repeated blows to the head. His nose was an absolute mess with blood dripping down from it. His shirt was also torn to shreds with bruises scattered all over his chest. Likely from where he'd been punched and kicked. He also seemed to have a bit of a limp to his walk.

"..."

Kyoko remained silent for a moment, this time remaining so more because she was just plain speechless rather than a deliberate choice to be reticent. She tried her best to stay away from Tommy; though she wanted to investigate his condition and the machete, she wanted to stay away from sharp objects like that for a little while after her previous encounter with Roy. For the time being at least, she'd rather not take the chance that Tommy would suddenly get up and start savagely attacking everyone.

Speaking of which, she would groan ever so softly, a sharp pain emerging within her arm, causing her so suddenly grab hold of it and lean against the wall, the pale young woman having herself take a small breath. That's right... She was in such a rush to get here that she neglected to disinfect and patch up her wound. Perhaps she could rely on the others to investigate the scene while she'd have Jude patch her up and discuss certain matters with others.

Before Tommy could draw any closer to the group, he collapsed to his knees. Upon doing so however, something clattered to the ground beside him. Having come unloose from his belt, a machete - Roy's machete at that - fell to the side and it seemed to be... soaked in blood.

From behind Tommy was Bullet, leaning against a bookcase with her hands covered in blood. She waved the group off, assuring them she had no wounds. Detective Holder looked down at the dead body with disdain.

"Well then."

The man took a step back, looking around the library. "Where are the people? You'd think a school library would be buzzin'."

"That would be 'cause of me!"

Monokuma appeared, as plump and soft as ever. Holder gave a sidelong glance at those around him, as if to ask if someone was playing some kind of joke on him.

"I'm Monokuma, the new town sheriff! Don't underestimate my size, for I can go toe to toe with the best of 'em. You see, I have a sort of kill clairvoyance... I can see kills before they happen! I cleared out the library to ensure that my forensics team wouldn't have to deal with too many suspects!"

Jude was looking forlorn as he held Catbug in his arms. "This man... he was a killer. Maybe this was karma."

"Oh?" Monokuma seemed amused. "So you agree with my executions now?"

"A-Ah, no, I just mean--"

"A kill is a kill! A killer is a killer! Right? If you all want to hold on to the convictions you spew like some bratty teens, I'd say you better solve this murder too! Gather the evidence, for we'll soon be in the midst of another class trial!"

***

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]
@Chewy Rabbits as Catbug "Ultimate Cutie" [Bravest Warriors]
@Minerva as Corrin "Ultimate Protector" [Fire Emblem]
@DapperDogman as Darv "Ultimate Saltborn" [Salt & Sanctuary]
@Yun Lee as Edmond Honda "Ultimate Sumo Wrestler" [Street Fighter]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@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]
@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]​

So another murder had happened... a murder done to someone that was also a murderer, some karma right there. However, that wasn't the priority in her mind as she limped her way towards the library, something else caught her eye.

Catbug.

Seeing the little bundle of joy held in Jude's arms, Lapis practically forced herself to move towards that direction, she needed to check up on him. She swore to herself that she wouldn't get so attached and friendly with the others present here, that she wouldn't drag them into trouble... and yet, she found herself wanting to check on how Catbug was doing.

"Hey..."

She paused for a second to realize that he had all sorts of injuries scattered throughout his body, meaning that he had taken a strong beating... almost like the last time he was hurt.

"Jude, please tell me Catbug's fine. Just tell me that he's knocked unconscious or something. P-Please..."

She told Catbug to stay out of trouble, to not get himself into situations that'll hurt him... she couldn't stand to see someone that innocent and having a long life ahead of them be in this type of situation at all. Now... she was fearing that she was about to hear the worse to come, her voice nearly croaking from the dread that was starting to settle in her head again.

@Atomyk @ppl​

 

[Atomyk]

At first, Jude had no idea what to say. He stared back at Lapis and felt his mouth go dry at the pure anguish on her face. He felt she already knew the truth, but just couldn't accept it. Jude didn't want to have to be the one to confirm it for her, but he knew he would have to be.

This was the worst thing in the world for a medical professional.

"... I'm sorry," Jude muttered, wincing and looking away. "But there's nothing I can do. Our friend is gone."

Holder let out a heavy sigh. He didn't really get the majority of what was going on and wasn't too keen on getting involved with whatever fresh Hell this all was. "Unrelated, but--" He held up the keys to the missing girl's room. "Figure we should still check the girl's dorm out."

@Gummi Bunnies @Everyone​

 

[Khan of the Mardu]

Zinnia made a mistake and she knew it. Her focus had been so deeply intertwined with the glass shard in her hand that she failed to keep her appendages protected from the cadaver. The young woman howled in pain as the creature dug its disgusting, rotted teeth into her flesh. It even went so far as to try and pull her toward it while she and Jack were attacking it. Its assault only further motivated Zinnia to take it down. This thing had been a huge pain!

"DIIIIIE!"

After what seemed like ages of stabbing the creature, it eventually fell down dead. She didn't even bother to pull the glass shard out of its head as it collapsed beside her. Once it was finished off, Zinnia panted for a moment, trying to calm down her lungs and heart from the scare of it all. But when her eyes finally fell upon Jack, and she viewed the bloody mess of his shoulder, her symptoms only worsened.

"J-Jack, you're hurt," she struggled to say, her voice raspy from swelling around her throat where she had been strangled. Despite the condition of her throat, however, a whimper managed to escape her lips. It wasn't due to the own pain of her ankle or throat, but because of how Jack appeared. Her red eyes were fixed on his injury, unable to look away, even as a few hot tears stung her eyes.

Please be okay.

In a panic, Zinnia tried to quickly move over to Jack--forgetting about the damage done to her ankle. Against her will, she collapsed onto her knees as soon as she took a single step, a wave of pain shooting up her leg. Suppressing another yell, she bit her tongue.


@Chewy Rabbits @The Tactician​

"And you are hurt worse."

Ignoring the stinging sensation in his shoulder, Jack breathed a sigh of relief as the cadaver was finally put to rest once again. It seemed they had survived another bout with both Jason and other similar undead. However, it was not without injury, he noted as he examined her ankle and throat.

"Let us find Jude."

Without anther word, the samurai began to carry his precious person once again. After a few minutes to mourn Catbug he approached the doctor who had treated Zinnia once before.

"Doctor Mathias, perhaps you could treat our wounds once again? I and Zinnia were involved with the fight to defeat the hockey player and another undead."

@Atomyk @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Chewy Rabbits​

 

[Atomyk]

Jude nodded to Jack, deciding to give Catbug to Lapis. He wasn't entirely sure what they would do with the body, but Lapis would need some time to mourn. Looking down at the blood in his hands, the young doctor gave a great sigh.

"Jack, let's move out of the way here. They shouldn't mind if we make use of the hospital wing." He gestured to the exit of the library.

@The Tactician @Gummi Bunnies @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Chewy Rabbits​

 

[Crow]

The cyborg relaxed when she said she was alright, though he kept a couple protective hands on her shoulders. When she held out the picture to him, he took it quietly, looking it over. He saw the surprise on their faces (fear for Nono). It made him smile. Truly smile. That felt like so long ago, even though it had only happened yesterday. "Nono-chan, arigatōgozaimashita." He actually went to hug the girl. The fact that she was trying to make others feel better made him feel... Pride, actually. That she was reaching out. "I think you're stronger than you think, Nono-chan."

@Crow @Minerva @Josh M​

"R- really? Morikubo doesn't really know, but... thank you, Shimada-san..." Nono says as she bows.​

Holder's brow lifted as he took in Poison's... feminine assets. "Well, well, well. Let's pretend for a moment I have no idea what you're doing. We could talk about me for a little bit and how I'm so handsome, right?" He tilted his head the side, eyes gazing toward Honda for a moment. "Oh? You guys wanna be play at junior detectives? Let's say, in theory, a connection exists, right? What does that mean? No one's talkin', but what if..."

Holder smiled as he held up some keys. "... I got a pass into the girl's dorm room?"

@Takumi @Hospes @york @Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Yun Lee @BarrenThin @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Jeremi @Yang Lee @Reception​

"I'm a little worried," Nono comments, "but Morikubo has to do what Morikubo has to do..."​

Continued from here.

Twilight Update
"Karma"

Jude nodded in agreement, seeing to Catbug as Rant requested. He figured he could do something for the guy despite only being trained in taking care of people, but when he cradled the little hybrid in his arms, he knew it was too late.

"... I'm so sorry."

Doc Hayward grabbed his gun back from Rant, shooting him a dirty look as he rushed to his desk to properly load it. He managed to not get caught by the falling supplies as he chased after the masked man, following after Dan as the chase led to the library wing of the university. Bullet came running in after, after only vaguely having caught the tail end of the scene.

"What the hell?!" she yelled, staring at the double doors they had disappeared behind. "Don't you fucking--" Bullet's cry was cut off as she ran into the wing after them.

It was not long after a gunshot was heard.

***

Holder winced at the sound of the gunshot going off. "Hold up," he said, putting the keys away and starting in that direction. Once he was a few steps away, an announcement was broadcast throughout the university.

"Attention, attention! I need my forensics team in the library wing! A body may or may not have been discovered! It's Schrödinger's body!"

As the group eventually met up and made their way to the library, they encountered a familiar looking corpse slumped up against one of the bookshelves. With his hockey mask laying nearby, the straps had been torn apart indicating that a blade had been behind this.

As Kyoko and the others would reach the scene, the young woman would let out a small, surprised gasp, both from the grizzly sight of the murder and the cruel irony that the man who had just tried to kill them all had just ended up dead himself, as she would lay her eyes upon the victim.

"It's...!"

The blue chevrons on the mask however indicated that this was not the Crystal Lake killer that the group had already fought twice by this point. No, this meant that the body was none other than the impostor Roy Burns who had adopted Jason's M.O. as a way of masking his own killing spree.

But it seemed like that after fleeing from the group someone had ended him. His head was slumped forward with part of his hood torn wide open as blood gushed out of a gash on the top of his head. The crimson liquid ran down Roy's face and stained his blue coveralls earning a look of disgust from Mike.

"Who could have done something like this..?" Mike muttered. Though while the sight was disgusting, he couldn't have felt too bad for a guy who imitated a monster like Jason. But then the sound of a new arrival into the library quickly took Mike's attention away.

"Guys... Help..."

The voice belonged to Tommy Jarvis, although it came out in more of a croak. Likely to do with how bruised up Tommy's face appeared to be, with one side of his face swollen from repeated blows to the head. His nose was an absolute mess with blood dripping down from it. His shirt was also torn to shreds with bruises scattered all over his chest. Likely from where he'd been punched and kicked. He also seemed to have a bit of a limp to his walk.

"..."

Kyoko remained silent for a moment, this time remaining so more because she was just plain speechless rather than a deliberate choice to be reticent. She tried her best to stay away from Tommy; though she wanted to investigate his condition and the machete, she wanted to stay away from sharp objects like that for a little while after her previous encounter with Roy. For the time being at least, she'd rather not take the chance that Tommy would suddenly get up and start savagely attacking everyone.

Speaking of which, she would groan ever so softly, a sharp pain emerging within her arm, causing her so suddenly grab hold of it and lean against the wall, the pale young woman having herself take a small breath. That's right... She was in such a rush to get here that she neglected to disinfect and patch up her wound. Perhaps she could rely on the others to investigate the scene while she'd have Jude patch her up and discuss certain matters with others.

Before Tommy could draw any closer to the group, he collapsed to his knees. Upon doing so however, something clattered to the ground beside him. Having come unloose from his belt, a machete - Roy's machete at that - fell to the side and it seemed to be... soaked in blood.

From behind Tommy was Bullet, leaning against a bookcase with her hands covered in blood. She waved the group off, assuring them she had no wounds. Detective Holder looked down at the dead body with disdain.

"Well then."

The man took a step back, looking around the library. "Where are the people? You'd think a school library would be buzzin'."

"That would be 'cause of me!"

Monokuma appeared, as plump and soft as ever. Holder gave a sidelong glance at those around him, as if to ask if someone was playing some kind of joke on him.

"I'm Monokuma, the new town sheriff! Don't underestimate my size, for I can go toe to toe with the best of 'em. You see, I have a sort of kill clairvoyance... I can see kills before they happen! I cleared out the library to ensure that my forensics team wouldn't have to deal with too many suspects!"

Jude was looking forlorn as he held Catbug in his arms. "This man... he was a killer. Maybe this was karma."

"Oh?" Monokuma seemed amused. "So you agree with my executions now?"

"A-Ah, no, I just mean--"

"A kill is a kill! A killer is a killer! Right? If you all want to hold on to the convictions you spew like some bratty teens, I'd say you better solve this murder too! Gather the evidence, for we'll soon be in the midst of another class trial!"

***

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]
@Chewy Rabbits as Catbug "Ultimate Cutie" [Bravest Warriors]
@Minerva as Corrin "Ultimate Protector" [Fire Emblem]
@DapperDogman as Darv "Ultimate Saltborn" [Salt & Sanctuary]
@Yun Lee as Edmond Honda "Ultimate Sumo Wrestler" [Street Fighter]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@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]
@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]​

So another murder had happened... a murder done to someone that was also a murderer, some karma right there. However, that wasn't the priority in her mind as she limped her way towards the library, something else caught her eye.

Catbug.

Seeing the little bundle of joy held in Jude's arms, Lapis practically forced herself to move towards that direction, she needed to check up on him. She swore to herself that she wouldn't get so attached and friendly with the others present here, that she wouldn't drag them into trouble... and yet, she found herself wanting to check on how Catbug was doing.

"Hey..."

She paused for a second to realize that he had all sorts of injuries scattered throughout his body, meaning that he had taken a strong beating... almost like the last time he was hurt.

"Jude, please tell me Catbug's fine. Just tell me that he's knocked unconscious or something. P-Please..."

She told Catbug to stay out of trouble, to not get himself into situations that'll hurt him... she couldn't stand to see someone that innocent and having a long life ahead of them be in this type of situation at all. Now... she was fearing that she was about to hear the worse to come, her voice nearly croaking from the dread that was starting to settle in her head again.

@Atomyk @ppl​

At first, Jude had no idea what to say. He stared back at Lapis and felt his mouth go dry at the pure anguish on her face. He felt she already knew the truth, but just couldn't accept it. Jude didn't want to have to be the one to confirm it for her, but he knew he would have to be.

This was the worst thing in the world for a medical professional.

"... I'm sorry," Jude muttered, wincing and looking away. "But there's nothing I can do. Our friend is gone."

Holder let out a heavy sigh. He didn't really get the majority of what was going on and wasn't too keen on getting involved with whatever fresh Hell this all was. "Unrelated, but--" He held up the keys to the missing girl's room. "Figure we should still check the girl's dorm out."

@Gummi Bunnies @Everyone​

What's more frightening to Nono than Catbug?

A dead Catbug.

"This truly isn't Morikubo's day, or anyone's day for that matter! The amount of death here... is absolutely impossible! It's OK guys, I'm calming down..."

Nono then looks at Holder, and takes a few steps back.

"You're not one of those... a- are you?"

@Takumi @Hospes @york @Josh M @LuckycoolHawk9 @Yun Lee @BarrenThin @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Jeremi @Yang Lee @Crow @Atomyk @Minerva @Reception @GirlsDorm​

 

[Yun Lee]

Continued from here.

Twilight Update
"Karma"

Jude nodded in agreement, seeing to Catbug as Rant requested. He figured he could do something for the guy despite only being trained in taking care of people, but when he cradled the little hybrid in his arms, he knew it was too late.

"... I'm so sorry."

Doc Hayward grabbed his gun back from Rant, shooting him a dirty look as he rushed to his desk to properly load it. He managed to not get caught by the falling supplies as he chased after the masked man, following after Dan as the chase led to the library wing of the university. Bullet came running in after, after only vaguely having caught the tail end of the scene.

"What the hell?!" she yelled, staring at the double doors they had disappeared behind. "Don't you fucking--" Bullet's cry was cut off as she ran into the wing after them.

It was not long after a gunshot was heard.

***

Holder winced at the sound of the gunshot going off. "Hold up," he said, putting the keys away and starting in that direction. Once he was a few steps away, an announcement was broadcast throughout the university.

"Attention, attention! I need my forensics team in the library wing! A body may or may not have been discovered! It's Schrödinger's body!"

As the group eventually met up and made their way to the library, they encountered a familiar looking corpse slumped up against one of the bookshelves. With his hockey mask laying nearby, the straps had been torn apart indicating that a blade had been behind this.

As Kyoko and the others would reach the scene, the young woman would let out a small, surprised gasp, both from the grizzly sight of the murder and the cruel irony that the man who had just tried to kill them all had just ended up dead himself, as she would lay her eyes upon the victim.

"It's...!"

The blue chevrons on the mask however indicated that this was not the Crystal Lake killer that the group had already fought twice by this point. No, this meant that the body was none other than the impostor Roy Burns who had adopted Jason's M.O. as a way of masking his own killing spree.

But it seemed like that after fleeing from the group someone had ended him. His head was slumped forward with part of his hood torn wide open as blood gushed out of a gash on the top of his head. The crimson liquid ran down Roy's face and stained his blue coveralls earning a look of disgust from Mike.

"Who could have done something like this..?" Mike muttered. Though while the sight was disgusting, he couldn't have felt too bad for a guy who imitated a monster like Jason. But then the sound of a new arrival into the library quickly took Mike's attention away.

"Guys... Help..."

The voice belonged to Tommy Jarvis, although it came out in more of a croak. Likely to do with how bruised up Tommy's face appeared to be, with one side of his face swollen from repeated blows to the head. His nose was an absolute mess with blood dripping down from it. His shirt was also torn to shreds with bruises scattered all over his chest. Likely from where he'd been punched and kicked. He also seemed to have a bit of a limp to his walk.

"..."

Kyoko remained silent for a moment, this time remaining so more because she was just plain speechless rather than a deliberate choice to be reticent. She tried her best to stay away from Tommy; though she wanted to investigate his condition and the machete, she wanted to stay away from sharp objects like that for a little while after her previous encounter with Roy. For the time being at least, she'd rather not take the chance that Tommy would suddenly get up and start savagely attacking everyone.

Speaking of which, she would groan ever so softly, a sharp pain emerging within her arm, causing her so suddenly grab hold of it and lean against the wall, the pale young woman having herself take a small breath. That's right... She was in such a rush to get here that she neglected to disinfect and patch up her wound. Perhaps she could rely on the others to investigate the scene while she'd have Jude patch her up and discuss certain matters with others.

Before Tommy could draw any closer to the group, he collapsed to his knees. Upon doing so however, something clattered to the ground beside him. Having come unloose from his belt, a machete - Roy's machete at that - fell to the side and it seemed to be... soaked in blood.

From behind Tommy was Bullet, leaning against a bookcase with her hands covered in blood. She waved the group off, assuring them she had no wounds. Detective Holder looked down at the dead body with disdain.

"Well then."

The man took a step back, looking around the library. "Where are the people? You'd think a school library would be buzzin'."

"That would be 'cause of me!"

Monokuma appeared, as plump and soft as ever. Holder gave a sidelong glance at those around him, as if to ask if someone was playing some kind of joke on him.

"I'm Monokuma, the new town sheriff! Don't underestimate my size, for I can go toe to toe with the best of 'em. You see, I have a sort of kill clairvoyance... I can see kills before they happen! I cleared out the library to ensure that my forensics team wouldn't have to deal with too many suspects!"

Jude was looking forlorn as he held Catbug in his arms. "This man... he was a killer. Maybe this was karma."

"Oh?" Monokuma seemed amused. "So you agree with my executions now?"

"A-Ah, no, I just mean--"

"A kill is a kill! A killer is a killer! Right? If you all want to hold on to the convictions you spew like some bratty teens, I'd say you better solve this murder too! Gather the evidence, for we'll soon be in the midst of another class trial!"

***

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]
@Chewy Rabbits as Catbug "Ultimate Cutie" [Bravest Warriors]
@Minerva as Corrin "Ultimate Protector" [Fire Emblem]
@DapperDogman as Darv "Ultimate Saltborn" [Salt & Sanctuary]
@Yun Lee as Edmond Honda "Ultimate Sumo Wrestler" [Street Fighter]
@BarrenThin as Genji Shimada "Ultimate Forgiveness" [Overwatch]
@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]
@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]​

So another murder had happened... a murder done to someone that was also a murderer, some karma right there. However, that wasn't the priority in her mind as she limped her way towards the library, something else caught her eye.

Catbug.

Seeing the little bundle of joy held in Jude's arms, Lapis practically forced herself to move towards that direction, she needed to check up on him. She swore to herself that she wouldn't get so attached and friendly with the others present here, that she wouldn't drag them into trouble... and yet, she found herself wanting to check on how Catbug was doing.

"Hey..."

She paused for a second to realize that he had all sorts of injuries scattered throughout his body, meaning that he had taken a strong beating... almost like the last time he was hurt.

"Jude, please tell me Catbug's fine. Just tell me that he's knocked unconscious or something. P-Please..."

She told Catbug to stay out of trouble, to not get himself into situations that'll hurt him... she couldn't stand to see someone that innocent and having a long life ahead of them be in this type of situation at all. Now... she was fearing that she was about to hear the worse to come, her voice nearly croaking from the dread that was starting to settle in her head again.

@Atomyk @ppl​

At first, Jude had no idea what to say. He stared back at Lapis and felt his mouth go dry at the pure anguish on her face. He felt she already knew the truth, but just couldn't accept it. Jude didn't want to have to be the one to confirm it for her, but he knew he would have to be.

This was the worst thing in the world for a medical professional.

"... I'm sorry," Jude muttered, wincing and looking away. "But there's nothing I can do. Our friend is gone."

Holder let out a heavy sigh. He didn't really get the majority of what was going on and wasn't too keen on getting involved with whatever fresh Hell this all was. "Unrelated, but--" He held up the keys to the missing girl's room. "Figure we should still check the girl's dorm out."

@Gummi Bunnies @Everyone​

"And you are hurt worse."

Ignoring the stinging sensation in his shoulder, Jack breathed a sigh of relief as the cadaver was finally put to rest once again. It seemed they had survived another bout with both Jason and other similar undead. However, it was not without injury, he noted as he examined her ankle and throat.

"Let us find Jude."

Without anther word, the samurai began to carry his precious person once again. After a few minutes to mourn Catbug he approached the doctor who had treated Zinnia once before.

"Doctor Mathias, perhaps you could treat our wounds once again? I and Zinnia were involved with the fight to defeat the hockey player and another undead."

@Atomyk @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Chewy Rabbits​

Jude nodded to Jack, deciding to give Catbug to Lapis. He wasn't entirely sure what they would do with the body, but Lapis would need some time to mourn. Looking down at the blood in his hands, the young doctor gave a great sigh.

"Jack, let's move out of the way here. They shouldn't mind if we make use of the hospital wing." He gestured to the exit of the library.

@The Tactician @Gummi Bunnies @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Chewy Rabbits​

Of course they couldn't get away from murder. No matter where they went death always followed...and they even lost one of their own. Honda tried to swallow the lump in his throat, not able to look at little Catbug. Where was his joy, his determination? They needed to give some man justice, who had apparently tried to kill everyone? It seemed sick.

But, this was what the Darkness wanted, he guessed. He needed to stay strong now more than ever. Therefore, Honda started looking for where the bullet from the gunshot wound up.
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