Danganflipa: Chapter 6 - Braving the Waters (Deadly Life)

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Welcome back to Danganflipa, my fanmade Danganronpa/Papa Louie series! Last time, the six remaining students participated in the fifth class trial, discussing the murder of Cooper's good friend, Akari. After solving many tricks and mysteries, Gremmie was exposed as Akari's killer, only for him to reveal that he was trying to commit suicide, and that Akari's death was accidental. He also revealed that Monokuma forced him to pretend to be the mastermind. But in Flip's Peak, even the innocent rulebreakers must pay the price, and Gremmie was cruelly executed. Monokuma promised the five surviving students one final class trial that doesn't require a death, so what will happen? What will they discuss during the class trial? And what truths will Cooper discover about his talent, Allan's past, and the mysterious Salem de Adly?

Day #15: Breakfast

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Cooper: A hallway. A dark, dark hallway. Light seeping through the nearly-closed door in front of me, dust particles floating freely around my face. This... this was true sunlight. Curiously, anxiously, cautiously, desperate for the sunlight... I opened the door. It was a bright classroom, with the windows wide open, letting natural light fill the room. And what else was inside that room... was...

Scooter: Hey, Cooper.

Cooper: Scooter, hi. How've you been?

Scooter: I've been great, seriously. And you?

Cooper: I'm... good.

Scooter: That's good to hear. (punches Cooper's arm)

Alberto: The air feels so nice!

Elle: Ehehe, the sunlight is so warm!

Deano: Yes, it does feel quite nice...

Cooper: I walked up to Alberto, Elle, and Deano, who were standing by the window, bathing in the sunlight and warmth. Wow, this really does feel great!

Timm: So, what kind of stuff have you been up to lately, man?

Cooper: Timm ran over and hopped onto the windowsill. Well, I... I'm about to leave the school.

Tohru: Leave Flip's Peak? Sure must feel nice to know that you're gonna escape... but I'm totally proud of you!

Cooper: Tohru held out her hand for a fist bump, and I returned it back.

Utah: Utah says you should enjoy this sunlight while you're here! As much as I hate to admit it, the sky may not look so pleasant where you're going. Which totally stinks!

Cooper: Yeah, it stinks...

Chuck: Keep your chin up, dude! What's your problem?

Cooper: Huh?

Chuck: You survived the killing game, you should be happy!

Xandra: As the losers of this dreaded catastrophe... we are very proud of you, Cooper. And the others, as well.

Cooper: Th-Thanks, guys... I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see...

Akari: Yo, dude.

Cooper: Y-Yo...

Akari: Hey, what's wrong?

Cooper: Nothing...

Akari: C'mon, I've known you long enough to know how you look when something's up. Now you gotta tell me.

Cooper: ...Seeing you guys together again...

Alberto: Looks like he's getting emotional on us, guys...

Elle: No, no, don't be sad!

Xandra: You're alive, Cooper. Isn't that a wonderful thing?

Deano: Hmm... haven't I said that before?

Xandra: You've inspired me, Deano.

Deano: Haha, you flatter me.

Cooper: You've all inspired me too. Every last one of you has taught me something about the price of human life, and what we should fight for.

Tohru: That's... pretty deep, Cooper. I'm pretty impressed! (gives a thumbs-up)

Utah: Oh-! OH-! That did it! Here comes the waterfall! (turns around with tears in her eyes)

Chuck: Haha, what a bunch of...

Cooper: I shot Chuck a smirk.

Chuck: ...bunch of... a-a bunch of... DARN IT!

Cooper: Chuck ran over towards Utah and leaned on her shoulder, bawling his eyes out.

Scooter: Wow. What a man, am I right?

Chuck: Sh-Shut up... (crying and laughing)

Timm: Anywho, Cooper. What's next for you guys? You, and Clover, and the others?

Cooper: We have one last trial coming up... but I don't know what to expect.

Akari: You've got this in the bag, Cooper. Never forget how far you've come. And especially never forget that you're not alone. You have Wylan B, Ninjoy, Clover, and Allan to help you out.

Cooper: ...Something feels... off... where's...

Scooter: Where's Gremmie? Is that what you were going to say?

Cooper: Y-Yeah, where is he? He should be here. It was like I finally understood the situation, when one thought appeared into my head. I read that thought aloud for the deceased to hear. G-Gremmie has nothing to say to me...

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Cooper: Th-This... this is a dream, isn't it!

Elle: He's going back... to the real world!

Akari: Cooper...! My dorm room... take... goggles... you can do... I beli... in y...

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Cooper: AH-! I jerked up from my bed, looking at my familiar room. After realizing that it was just another dream, I let curses fill my head. I-IDIOT!

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Cooper: Yeah, I started crying. I just let gravity take control of my body as I laid down on my bed, crying my eyes out. Akari... Scooter... Gremmie...

(knock knock knock)

Ninjoy: (from outside the door) Cooper, we're waiting!

Allan: (with Ninjoy) Again!

Cooper: C-Coming... I spoke quietly to hide the fact that I had been crying. The fact that I heard their footsteps leaving the Dorm Hall meant that I had fooled them, or at least, prevented them from becoming suspicious. For some reason, that dream made me very nostalgic... but it couldn't have been from these past two weeks... it had to have been from some other time, right? Maybe, I really don't know... but that thought lingered on my mind as I sat on the edge of my bed, slowly dressing myself with yesterday's clothes, hoping to make up for the indecency by adding an extra layer of deodorant. ...Wait... a certain part of that dream feels kinda strange... it was... okay, that's it. After I got fully dressed, I left my dorm room, and closed the door behind me, but instead of turning right towards the dining hall, I turned left, towards Akari's dorm. I looked at all the rooms I passed... Elle, Scooter, Deano, Xandra, Alberto, Clover, Allan, Utah, Wylan B... and I went ahead and skipped Akari's room just so I could see the rest of them. Timm, Tohru, Chuck, Ninjoy, Gremmie. Jeez, why'd they have to... no! That's not why I'm here. Abruptly leaving that thought behind, I went straight for Akari's room. The first thing I did was look through her drawers. Wonder if anyone came in right now... I'm not looking through her drawers with bad intentions or anything! I'm just looking for... this! Taking it with me, I closed Akari's door and headed for the dining hall. My final breakfast here... savor it, but don't savor it at the same time, Cooper. You've been waiting for this ever since Monokuma announced this nightmare killing game... and I opened the doors with both hands.

Wylan B: There you are! C'mon, Papa Louie made us waffles and omelets... whoa...

Cooper: Hm?

Clover: Wow, Cooper. Those look great on you.

Cooper: Oh, these? They're nothing. I held one side of the black goggles, and showed them off for the world to see, letting the ceiling lights reflect orange off of the lens.

Allan: You're not emo 'cuzza her death now, are you?

Cooper: O-Of course not!

Ninjoy: Back off, Allan. I'm sure that they're just a memento of her. You know how much she meant to Cooper.

Allan: Yeah, but...

Cooper: He raised his hand to say something, but then brought it down by his side.

Allan: N-Nothing, I bit my tongue... Cooper, you can keep those goggles. I'm glad you're keeping her in mind...

Cooper: ...Was he going to ask for these or something? Setting the goggles back on my forehead, I joined them at the table.

Wylan B: Here, we saved you a seat.

Cooper: That one? ...My regular seat?

Wylan B: Y-Yup, just thought you'd forget...

Cooper: Suuure. Clover, Allan, and Ninjoy had moved to the seats across from Wylan B and I, so we'd all have an easier time talking with each other. But the seat to my right was empty...

Clover: I had Papa Louie make you some waffles. Hopefully they're not too cold.

Cooper: She leaned to her side and picked up a plate off of the chair adjacent to her.

Clover: Here you go!

Cooper: Thanks, Clover. You didn't have to do th- I never got to finish my sentence, because when I looked down at my stack of three waffles, I noticed that there were some... interesting toppings on them. Cookie dough, Creameo bits, sprinkles, Flavor X drizzle? Did you tell Papa Louie to put all of this stuff on here?

Papa Louie: (tears off duct tape) Actually, I made them for Clover.

Cooper: Uh... why exactly? (looks at Clover's plate) And Clover, you already have waffles... with the same ingredients on them...?

Clover: Okay, I guess gotta explain now.

Cooper: Stress eating?

Clover: Shut up. No, what happened was that Wylan B and I made a bet with each other to see when you'd arrive. I said you'd come when time's at an even number, and Wylan B went for odd numbers.

Cooper: And I'm guessing... you lost?

Clover: No, I won! The winner got to receive a crazy Xandra-fied cookie dough waffle stack!

Cooper: They made a bet... and the winner received a plate of diabetes...? I mean, Clover and Wylan B are the only two people here who would make that bet believable. I took a bite out of my waffle stack. After tasting how sweet it was, I got up, and wiped off the toppings into the trash can with a napkin. So... why'd you get two?

Wylan B: Papa Louie accidentally burnt the waffles a little bit, so Clover asked for a new stack.

Cooper: Papa Louie... making a mistake in the kitchen? That's a first...

Ninjoy: Sounds believable to me. (stabs waffles with fork)

Cooper: Hm? What was that?

Ninjoy: ...I said it's his last day, give him a break.

Cooper: ...O-Okay... Ninjoy's acting pretty strange... wonder what it is.

Allan: Quick question... is Papa Louie coming outside with us?

Clover: I hope so...

Allan: He had better leave with us... after all he's done for us, and after all he's been through... technically, he survived the killing game as well, so he really should escape!

Monokuma: (appears) Wrong-o! Maybe...

Allan: Wrong-o, MAYBE? Why shouldn't he leave?!

Monokuma: Listen, I know that the last class trial is today, but escaping isn't as easy as you think it is. There may still be a blackened, or a sacrifice, or possibly another killing? Who knows? But just know that you have to work hard for freedom here.

Wylan B: So all of us may not leave Flip's Peak is what you're saying?

Monokuma: Oh, cool! He gets it! But yeah, there's no telling what's going to happen once the front doors to this academy are opened.

Cooper: By the way, I've been meaning to ask you this, Monokuma. Although it may be a little late to ask, I just have to know... where would we escape from?

Monokuma: ...The front door, I just told you.

Cooper: Yeah, but where is this front door?

Monokuma: Hm?

Cooper: I remember entering Flip's Peak Academy through the front door. And I also remember waking up with everyone else in the middle of the hallway. So what happened to the front door?

Monokuma: I blocked it, with a wall!

Ninjoy: You blocked it... with a wall? Where is it?

Monokuma: You wanna go and find it? You are totally free to buy an axe from the dumbwaiter, and you can start chopping down these walls. Super easy, and super cheap! Punishment and customer satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

Ninjoy: ...

Monokuma: Breaking the wall is breaking the law here! You've just gotta wait until you pass the final class trial. THEN, I'll let you guys see where the front door is.

Ninjoy: *sigh* (continues eating)

Monokuma: So, is everyone enjoying their final breakfast at Flip's Peak Academy?

Clover: D-Definitely...! Yup yup, I'm a hunded-percen lovin' this waffle!

Allan: (counts on fingers) 5... 4... 3... 2...

Clover: Hey, does anyone else see stars? Oh hi, Marty... (falls over onto the floor)

Allan: 1.

Cooper: Congrats, Wylan B. You're the most victorious loser I've ever met.

Wylan B: Glad to hear it! I love living a healthy life with no excessive sugar!

Ninjoy: He says, as he eats a waffle triple-drenched in maple syrup.

Cooper: Ninjoy stood up, and tried to help Clover get back on her feet.

Clover: Okay, I'm dizzy... I'm goin' to bed now. (grabs Monokuma's paw) C'MON, TEDDY!

Monokuma: No, Clover, I have to explain what's gonna happen today!

Clover: Ugh, fine... (lets go of Monokuma) ...just explain it to them. I'm taking a nap.

Cooper: C-Clover, we have to...

Clover: You're not stopping me, Cooper!

Monokuma: Wait! I almost forgot something!

Clover: What?

Monokuma: Uh, erm... huh, how do I word this... you'll be able to sleep while you investigate!

Allan: What? You can't sleep while you investigate!

Monokuma: Oh, but you haven't seen what I have planned for you. Come, come, my children! We're going on a field trip to the sixth floor!

Cooper: A choir of groans and sighs emerged from all of us as we got up to follow Monokuma.

Clover: Are you sure I can sleep while I investigate?

Monokuma: Most definitely! I think you'll be very pleased with what I'm about to show you.

Ninjoy: Will we really?

Cooper: I kinda doubt it. Anything that has to do with a class trial wouldn't exactly be described as "pleasing."

Clover: *yawn* I got the elevator.

Cooper: Clover pressed the button, and when the elevator doors opened, she held the door to the side to let us all in.

Wylan B: Anyone else nervous?

Cooper: Oh yeah... I don't know what to expect.

Ninjoy: "Sleep while you investigate?" It's probably some dreaming therapy session or something of the like... not anything I'd want to waste my time with.

Monokuma: Trust me when I say this. Everyone, even Allan, will enjoy this!

Wylan B: An exit sign!

Monokuma: Wh-What'cha... NO! Stop guessing!

Cooper: I felt that familiar feeling in my chest... the one where it feels like my heart naturally gains ten pounds, and you have to hold your chest with your hand for a minute. That may have been from the elevator slowing down, but that didn't make me any less anxious.

Ninjoy: Looks like we've arrived.

Clover: Wonder what it's gonna look like.

Monokuma: Ladies and gentleman... and Wylan B... Flip's Peak Academy is proud to present... Flip's Peak Academy!

Cooper: He held his paws up as if to present the floor. The elevator doors opened, and what we saw made us cover our eyes with our arms.

Wylan B: Hey, why didn't you include me in the "gentleman" category!

Clover: "Flip's Peak Academy is proud to present Flip's Peak Academy...?" I'm not even going to ask.

Cooper: M-More importantly, what's up with this place? I took a look around the place as my eyes adjusted to the light. The walls were painted a neon blue, and the marble floor tiles were checkerboard, jet black and white. The floor was so polished, I could see my reflection. There was a sculpted bush to the left of the floor in the shape of Izuru Kamukura. Of course.

Ninjoy: Ugh, this place hurts my eyes...

Allan: 'Cause of the light?

Ninjoy: Yeah, what else?

Allan: ...Look over there.

Cooper: Allan pointed to the right, on the wall, and he was right. It did hurt my eyes. Rubble and debris were spread out across the entire wall. Wood chips, plastic shards, glass, dust... H-How... what is this?

Monokuma: Oh, that? That is what we used to call... dorm rooms.

Clover: Dorm rooms?! For who, us?

Wylan B: That's stupid, we already have dorms!

Clover: But don't forget, Gremmie and Monokuma redesigned Flip's Peak just for the killing game!

Ninjoy: Ah, watch yourself, Clover. Remember, Gremmie was not the true mastermind, he was only a red herring.

Clover: Oh right... sorry, I'm just so used to him being evil and crap.

Cooper: I walked over to the pile of debris, and picked a small piece of wood. If these weren't our dorms, then whose were they?

Monokuma: Did I say that they weren't yours? Stupidhead. They are yours! Or... were, to be more precise.

Allan: So... we each have two different bedrooms in this academy?

Clover: Don't forget the Temporary Bunk on the fourth floor! Which by the way, was extremely uncomfortable.

Monokuma: Hey, you can't have a good killing game without a little discomfort! That ruins the fun!

Allan: But why do we have two dorms?

Ninjoy: ...Perhaps, these were our true dorms in Flip's Peak Academy. Before the killing game, that is.

Clover: What? We didn't attend Flip's Peak, did we? All I did was enter the academy, then I passed out!

Ninjoy: Remember those photos on the Izuru Collage? Quite sure it was on the third floor? The collage was created with pictures of the sixteen of us. Maybe those could have been from when we did attend Flip's Peak.

Cooper: How is that even possible?

Ninjoy: Our memories were most likely stolen. We know that Monokuma has the power to steal memories, although... how he does it is beyond me.

Monokuma: Yep! Yep! Yep! I'm the Ultimate Memory Wiper!

Allan: Shut up.

Monokuma: Jeez... I thought that would be funny...

Cooper: I think I get what Ninjoy's saying... Monokuma used our pictures from when we attended Flip's Peak Academy.

Ninjoy: I-It's only a theory. Of course I wouldn't know anything about it...

Cooper: Yeah, I suppose not.

Clover: So when can I sleep?

Monokuma: The surprise is waiting for you in the computer lab right over there!

Clover: Great, I'm starting to lose feeling in my arms... let's go!

Ninjoy: Hold it. Shouldn't we investigate the sixth floor first?

Clover: Aw... I guess. That seems best.

Cooper: Okay, let's take a look around.

Day #15: Investigation #1

Cooper: On the opposite side of the floor, the side with the Izuru Shrub, there were three rooms lining the walls, as well as two room on the adjacent wall.

Ninjoy: I've been hoping to see my study center for some time now... it must be one of these.

Cooper: On every floor except for the first one, the three rooms lining a wall are always study centers. It should do the same thing with this floor as well. Let's go check it out. You guys coming?

Clover: Oh, um... Wylan B and I were gonna investigate together.

Wylan B: Yeah... no hard feelings or anything.

Allan: I'm hoping nothing romantic's blossoming between you two.

Clover: Nope, it's not like that. Wylan B and I have become really close friends lately.

Wylan B: Yeah. Her snare skills rock!

Allan: Well, I'd rather investigate alone.

Cooper: That's alright. C'mon, Ninjoy. We started with the room on the left side. This is... the Ultimate Surfer's Study Center. So it's Gremmie's then. Wonder if there's gonna be anything useful in there?

Ninjoy: Probably some surfing tutorial videos.

Cooper: Haha, good one. Anything else?

Ninjoy: Dunno, maybe collections of surfboards and switchblade knives?

Cooper: Okay, what are you doing? This isn't a joking matter.

Ninjoy: But I'm serious, that's all we may find in there.

Cooper: Huh?

Ninjoy: Gremmie's the Ultimate Surfer; not the Ultimate Despair. Monokuma said it himself, remember?

Cooper: Yeah... but he still had a relation to Monokuma! There's no harm in checking.

Ninjoy: Hmm... alright, you've convinced me. In we go.

Cooper: Great. I held the door open for her, and she returned a "thank you." The room was quite larger compared to the other study centers. Caramel and mocha wood planks filled the floor. The wall was a cream color, with a Hawaiian flower pattern in faded orange and green.A strip of curved blue flooring took up a section of the room, and water gushed out from one side to another. This is indoor surfing, right? I've heard people talk about it, but I've never tried it before.

Ninjoy: I have once. Although I ended up slipping off my board after three seconds and got the wind knocked out of me... it was partially fun.

Cooper: ...Cool. I wish we had seen Gremmie surf at least once... I mean, we did get to see his skills, but that was during his execution. It wasn't even real surfing. *sigh*

Ninjoy: Would it cheer you up to see me surf?

Cooper: ...

Ninjoy: Attempt to surf, that is.

Cooper: Not really...

Ninjoy: That's good. I don't feel like getting my clothes wet today.

Cooper: I continued to look around his room. Shelves were set up to put Gremmie's many multicolored surfboards on. Finally, a sort of "chill zone" was made for him. A glass table with woven chairs around it were in front of bookshelves and a sink with a smooth brown marble counter. On it, was a coffee maker and a mini-fridge. A simple keyboard was to the wall, but it wasn't golden like Wylan B's.

Ninjoy: What's that? A laptop?

Cooper: Hm? I completely missed that! Ninjoy approached the counter and picked the deep silver laptop off of it. She sat down at the table with it and began clicking the touchpad underneath its keys. Whoa... what is this?

Ninjoy: I'm not sur- oh!

Cooper: Green words appeared on the black screen. ENTER PASSWORD.

Ninjoy: ...Oh. Looks like it won't be that easy.

Cooper: Hey, do you mind looking around the place for any hints to the password? While I go see the other rooms.

Ninjoy: A-Actually, I think...

Cooper: Uh, okay, I'll stay here.

Ninjoy: I... don't want to keep you from your investigation. Just fill me in on what you find later. I'll figure out the password.

Cooper: Got it. Good luck!

Ninjoy: And to you as well.

Cooper: And I closed the door behind her. Next up should be another study center. The middle room looked... smaller than the other two. I read the name plate on it, which said... "Headmaster's Office." I-Izuru...is he in here? I began knocking on the door while peeking into the small window provided in said door. H-Headmaster Izu-! Wait, that's impolite. What's his last name again...? H-Headmaster Kamukura! Are you in here? I saw a wooden desk, with a flat computer, a cup of pens and pencils, and a few folders. There were some file cabinets, fake plants, and a nice rug, but that was pretty much it. Although there was a door on the far side of the office. Is the headmaster in there?! I banged on the door once more. Hey, open up!

Allan: (opens the door) Why don't you try doing it yourself first?

Cooper: A-Allan? The door was unlocked this whole time?

Allan: Yep. I gotta owe one to common sense, they got me in this office in the first place.

Cooper: A-Alright, back off.

Allan: Fine, fine. Come in and see the place.

Cooper: I stepped inside and took a look around. Wow, this place is really clean. Then I walked over to the desk and wiped off a layer of dust with my finger. Nevermind.

Allan: Well, it's not perfect, but, it's interesting. Look at this.

Cooper: Allan picked up the name plate on the headmaster's desk. But the name was scratched off. That says, "Izuru Kamukura," right? Who would scratch it out?

Allan: Beats me. But think about this. Which word is longer, Izuru or Kamukura?

Cooper: Kamukura, obviously.

Allan: Yeah, but look at the name plate. The first and last names look identical in length.

Cooper: That's... that's right! Strange... so is the headmaster really Izuru Kamukura?

Allan: Possibly not. Maybe this belonged to an old headmaster, maybe Izuru is just a pseudonym... we'll find out sooner or later.

Cooper: A pseudonym means "fake name," right?

Allan: Right. (turns to leave)

Cooper: Ah, wait!

Allan: *sigh* Do you want me to tell you what "fake name" means?

Cooper: No, just... is that door unlocked? I pointed to the one I saw from outside the office.

Allan: Sorry, no luck. Don't try breaking it down either. We both know how that'll turn out.

Cooper: Before he left, he slid his finger across his throat and made a "kkk" sound, which made me shudder. I decided to trust Allan on this one. Even someone as stubborn as him has a sensible side. So... I left the office and went to the last of the three rooms. Allan was right beside me. What is this...?

Allan: Why does this room even exist? Is he...?

Cooper: "The Ultimate Kidnapper's Study Center."

Allan: Salem de Adly's study center... why would this be here?

Cooper: Ninjoy said that he's in Flip's Peak Academy yesterday... but how would she know that?

Allan: If you ask me, I feel like Ninjoy suspects that one of us is Salem.

Cooper: But I'm not! You aren't either. We proved that with the e-Handbooks...

Allan: If Salem didn't disguise themselves as a student, then what about Papa Louie? Couldn't he be Salem?

Cooper: No, of course not. I know Papa Louie personally, and that's definitely him.

Allan: Then he's just in hiding...

Cooper: What if... what if Salem de Adly is in the headmaster's office?

Allan: Behind that one door, you mean?

Cooper: ...What if he's in this study center? The two of us looked at the door handle. If that door had a window provided, we'd look through it. I'm gonna go in now, okay?

Allan: Go ahead...

Cooper: I don't know what I was expecting behind that door. Salem de Adly, a dead body, secrets, information, or even an exit. But I had to open the door. This is too important to miss. I slowly opened the door...

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Cooper: ...and I was greeted by an empty room, with numbers and letters drawn on the floor in large strokes of BLOOD. Ah-ah-ah-AHHHHH!!!

Allan: Wh-What the... what is this?!

Cooper: Whose blood is this? Wh-Why would they...

Allan: (reads the message) 6-K-O-N-O-3-M-A. What does that mean?

Cooper: I... I have to be somewhere... I had trouble focusing, my face went pale, hundreds of beads of sweat formed at my hairline... and I ran out of that room as fast as I could, trying not to trip. I went straight into the room beside the computer lab, not knowing what it was, and found a trash can. I didn't even care that my forehead hit the rim of the garbage can; I just focused on throwing up. After I coughed and wiped my mouth with my arm, I took a look around the room I had just ran into.

Clover: Cooper, that was pretty nasty, bro!

Cooper: Clover? Wylan B too?

Wylan B: Yes, Wylan B, too! Quit being gross and come look at this place.

Cooper: S-Sure... Bookshelves were stacked all around me, across every wall. Rolling ladders were set up so that you could reach the books on the higher shelves. Speaking of higher shelves, I looked at them, and they were almost twenty feet tall! Is this the library?

Clover: Yeah, what gave it away? Wylan B and I've been trying to look for clues, but we haven't found much.

Wylan B: No, wait. We did find that one book that looked pretty useful.

Cooper: What was it?

Wylan B: Watch this, I'll get it!

Cooper: Wylan B ran over to the adjacent set of books, grabbed the ladder, and began to climb up it as the ladder slid down the bookshelves. He reached for a book, until the ladder suddenly stopped at the wall, and knocked him off the ladder.

Clover: W-Wylan B!

Wylan B: Ugh... that wasn't cool.

Cooper: ...I-I'll get it. Slowly, making sure not to make the ladder swerve over, I climbed the ladder. What was it called?

Wylan B: The... The Lost Case of F-Flip's Peak Academy...

Cooper: What...? I took a look around the area where Wylan B tried to grab, and I saw it. A thick black book, with a frayed book cover. The words on the spine were written in a bold, white font. It gave chills down my spine just thinking about what this was. I climbed down the ladder and opened it in front of Clover and Wylan B.

Clover: Why'd you put that book back up again?

Wylan B: Because I don't have a library card!

Clover: (slaps face)

Cooper: (reads the back cover) "Flip's Peak Academy, an Americanized Hope's Peak Academy from Japan, has been a quiet, yet well-respected school across America. Its popularity has not surpassed that of Hope's Peak, which makes this case even more complexing. It even disproves the saying, "ignorance is bliss." A former Reserve Course student tresspassed onto Flip's Peak's property, and was killed by a Main Course student. Because of it occuring shortly before the Salem de Adly Kidnappings and days before the Revival, many people have not been informed about this incident. The identity of the victim has not been discovered, nor has that of the killer. The current state of those who were involved in this incident are unknown. With so little sources to collect information from, this incident has been titled as The Lost Case of Flip's Peak Academy.

Wylan B: Surprised?

Cooper: Y-Yeah... Salem de Adly Kidnappings? The Revival?

Clover: Look, I don't know what those are either... but maybe it has to do with the surprise. Or with the final trial! Either way, we're gonna learn the truth about Salem and this killing game!

Cooper: Right... thanks, Clover. That really put me in a better mood.

Wylan B: I'm still on the ground, help me up, would you?

Cooper: Haha, sorry... Clover and I grabbed an arm and pulled Wylan B up to his feet.

Clover: Could've gotten up yourself, idiot.

Wylan B: Wha-?! I fell 20 feet, cut me some slack!

Clover: Ha ha... c'mon, let's go meet up with the others. I think we're done here. (walks towards door)

Cooper: Wait, what about the book? I haven't read it yet!

Wylan B: Neither did we. Unless you know how to read Black Rectangulese.

Cooper: Huh? I opened the book, flipped through the pages... and every page I saw had been written in with a black marker. All of the text was marked out. What happened here? It's all been crossed out!

Clover: Maybe Monokuma didn't want us to know too much? Who knows...

Cooper: *sigh* I was expecting to get all sorts of answers from this. Before leaving, I took a picture of the back cover with my e-Hand Plus, threw it aside, and joined Clover and Wylan B in the hallway. Allan wasn't too far away and noticed us.

Allan: You guys make good progress with your investigation?

Clover: Somewhat.

Wylan B: You?

Allan: I found some interesting things... I'll tell you about it soon. Now where's Ninjoy?

Cooper: Oh, she's still in Gremmie's study center.

Clover: What would she be doing in there?

Cooper: C'mon, she's been working hard. I led them to Gremmie's study center as I explained to them what she was doing. She found a laptop in there, and she's trying to find the passcode to unlock it.

Wylan B: It's Gremmie's laptop, then?

Cooper: Possibly, we don't know yet. (opens the door) Ninjoy, how's progress?

Ninjoy: It's going good. I think I have the passcode now.

Allan: Wait, I think I might know what it is! (looks at e-Handbook) 6-K-O-N-O-3-M-A?

Ninjoy: Oh, too late. The one I put in works.

Cooper: What was it?

Ninjoy: Just some random numbers. I found it written on a sticky note on one of his surfboards... wait, what does 6-K-N-3-4-whatever you said mean?

Allan: ...It was written in blood in Salem's study center.

Clover: WHAT?! Seriously?

Wylan B: Oh... so that's why you puked, Cooper.

Cooper: Ninjoy and Allan shot me a confused look. B-But that was the only thing in there! No Salem, no clues... nothing. Just that code on the floor...

Ninjoy: It may be important for later. Allan, you have that memorized, right?

Allan: Yes, I'll keep it in mind for later.

Ninjoy: Excellent. Now let's see what's on this laptop...

Cooper: Ninjoy scanned across the home screen of Gremmie's laptop, however...

Monokuma: Hold it! I CAN'T allow you guys to look at that laptop just yet!

Wylan B: Ugh, you again! Just get out of our way, we're doing something important!

Monokuma: But whatever's on that laptop is important information! I've been saving that for after the surprise!

Ninjoy: ...Is there any way we can view this laptop now? Or will you just be a sissy about it and not let us have our way?

Clover: Uh, truth! (high-fives Ninjoy)

Monokuma: Look, I'm not gonna sit here and argue with you guys. Everyone, move your butts to the computer lab! The surprise is waiting for you!

Cooper: Oh... do we have to?

Allan: Don't worry about it. We'll come back to investigate this later. I just wanna get this so-called "surprise" overwith.

Ninjoy: Agreed. Let us not waste time, everyone.

Cooper: Ninjoy led the way out of Gremmie's study center, and towards the computer lab around the Izuru Shrub.

Day #15: The Surprise

Clover: Hey guys, what if this "surprise" is a trap?

Wylan B: Wh-WHAT?! It's a trap? No way am I going in there, then! NO WAY!

Ninjoy: Fine... then I'll go in first.

Wylan B: N-No, Ninjoy! Don't-!

Ninjoy: Ninjoy turned the doorknob and walked into the computer lab without any signs of hesitation. I looked at Wylan B's face, now replete with confusion and even disgust.

Wylan B: Well... someone's suicidal.

Allan: Calm down, honestly... she's fine.

Cooper: I can't see anything in there... The lights were turned off, and I couldn't see farther than maybe two to three feet from the doorway. Ninjoy flipped the light switch for me, and I could finally see what the surprise was. I was expecting orderly desks, each with equally-spaced computers and keyboards, but not a single desk was in the room. What was there... was a large cube of gold the size of an elephant. An X was engraved on the golden cube, and it branched to all corners. But what confused me the most was that black wires were attached to this box, and they snaked around each other until they reached wooden chairs. The chairs were facing the cube, and there were small tables in front of them, with futuristic-looking goggles resting on them. The wires and cords were attached to these goggles... what is this?

Wylan B: Duuude! This place looks SICK!

Monokuma: Enh, I'm not so crazy about it. That computer right there was supposed to be metal, not gold, but Gremmie insisted that I make it gold...

Cooper: Wait... computer? What IS this whole setup?

Ninjoy: ...

Cooper: Ninjoy, what's on your mind?

Ninjoy: Ohh... I understand what this is. This must be virtual reality.

Allan: Virtual reality?

Clover: U-Um, actually... I don't want to do this. I see tons of videos of people doing this, and they always fall over and break TVs and junk like that.

Cooper: So this is our surprise? A virtual reality set...?

Monokuma: Exactly! You get a gold star! Actually, had Gremmie not spoken up, you'd get a silver star, but... no biggie! (holds claws up) BIGGIE.

Wylan B: And... I'm adding that to my list of things I'ma try to ignore today.

Ninjoy: However, there is something that does not make sense. What is the need for those chairs?

Cooper: The ones behind those tables with the headsets?

Ninjoy: Yes. Virtual reality requires movement. So what good would sitting down do?

Monokuma: Allow me to explain. This is gonna be awesome! You've never seen anything like this!

Clover: What's so great about it?

Monokuma: As Ninjoy pointed out... there are chairs. And I applaud her observation skills! (claps) Literally! And enthusiastically! And...

Ninjoy: ...Jerk.

Monokuma: Point taken! But yes, you will be using the chairs while in virtual reality. That's because this virtual reality was created to function without any movement whatsoever!

Allan: How is that possible? And I thought technology had reached its peak when you came along...

Monokuma: (holds up a visor) This visor has two ports behind it, one for the blue memory cord, and one for the red conciousness cord. The red one goes on the right, and the blue one goes on the left. It's that easy!

Clover: Stop being a commercial.

Allan: Wait... I know none of us are stupid enough to make this mistake, but what if you mix up the two cords?

Monokuma: I dunno. Probably gets all glitchy or something. Maybe you'll become a vegetable, maybe you'll body-swap with someone... who knows?

Cooper: Uh...

Monokuma: Ahh, just kidding! But seriously... if you switch the two cords, you won't remember anything from inside the Virtual World.

Cooper: The Virtual World? Just what is this Virtual World? Where will we be going in there?

Monokuma: You'll see... puhuhu... puhuhuhu!!!

Allan: Moron.

Ninjoy: The final class trial's today... this had better not waste our time, Monokuma!

Monokuma: No, no! Whatever's in the Virtual World will be your topic of discussion for the class trial!

Cooper: Will we learn all the secrets about this academy? About Salem and his kidnappings?

Allan: Don't forget about mine and Cooper's past!

Monokuma: Relax! You'll learn about everything today... well, mostly everything... I may have to spoonfeed you all the details, but that just makes your expressions even more entertaining to watch!

Cooper: Can we start now?

Monokuma: Wait wait wait. Watch this.

Cooper: What now?

Monokuma: Prudence is dead. Ninjoy's true identity has been revealed to the entire world. Allan's family is dead. Clover's band mates are dead. Wylan B music has dropped one place on the top music charts!

Cooper: ...What...?

Wylan B: NOOOOOOOooooooooooo...!!!

Clover: What... did you say?

Monokuma: See? Your expressions are HILARIOUS! AAAHAHAHA!!!

Ninjoy: Keep that up and I'll reveal your disembodied head to the entire world. How about that?

Monokuma: ...Oookay, let's go ahead and start. Mood killers.

Allan: Tch, like he's one to talk.

Cooper: I took a seat in one of the chairs. They were quite comfy... a smooth tan leather chair. I would rather them rock, but it may interfere with the virtual reality. The others took a seat in the remaining four leather chairs.

Clover: Ahh, these chairs are so comfy! Now I know what you mean by "sleeping while investigating!"

Monokuma: Now go ahead and put the cords in.

Clover: Blue on the right, red on the left, was it?

Monokuma: NO! Blue left, red right!

Clover: *sigh* Calm down, would you? I've got it.

Wylan B: Okay, so I write with this hand, and I do nothing with this hand... I hold a microphone with both hands...

Allan: I'm about to lose it with you! Did you seriously forget which way is right?

Wylan B: N-No, I'm just trying to make a joke.

Allan: Well, next time, make a joke at a more appropriate time!

Wylan B: Sure. (puts cords in visor)

Cooper: Okay, I've got it. Do we put them on now?

Monokuma: Yep! Go ahead!

Ninjoy: Will you not be in the Virtual World with us, Monokuma?

Monokuma: Sadly not. Only five visors. I could connect myself to the program, but that takes too much work...

Cooper: Then I plan to be there for a very VERY long time if that's true. I received some supportive nods from everyone else.

Monokuma: ...Just get outta here.

Cooper: After taking Akari's goggles off, I replaced them with the visor, and all I could see was black for miles and miles... but it was actually centimeters and centimeters.

Allan: We're still here, aren't we? What gives?

Monokuma: Oh! Almost forgot! Feel around your temple. There's a big red button that you need to press. That'll whisk you away to the Virtual World!

Cooper: I felt around my temple, like he said, and I felt a large, round circle. I tried pressing it like a button, and in an instant... my mind felt numb. A bright blue light appeared before me, and I could see Flip's Peak Academy's logo in that light. Text began typing itself below the logo, which read, "Welcome to the Neo World Program..."

...

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Day #15: Investigation #2

Cooper: Light. That was all I saw, only for an instant. I was no longer in Flip's Peak's computer lab... I was outside, standing on a sidewalk, inside a gated area. The fancy gate in front of me was polished to perfection, and the metal bars snaked and meandered past each other, creating a delicate, classy design. It was hinged on tall brick walls, possibly five-six feet tall in height. I looked at the grass planted beside the sidewalk I was on. It had been so long since I've seen grass... I kneeled down, and swept my hands across the beautiful green blades of life. The smell, the vibrant color... smooth texture, yet it made my hand itchy at the same time. I took a moment to send a hateful thought to Monokuma for substituting grass in the Abyss. No shag carpet could hold a candle to real grass. Never.

...

Cooper: Where am I...? I turned around, and that's when I saw it. The familiar building that I knew all too well. One tall building on the right, another on the left, connected with several walkways and bridges. Had to block the sun with my hand as I looked up each building, making sure to scale each brick that crafted this glorious pair of buildings. Flip's Peak Academy. What do I do now? Do I enter it? Are we investigating here?

...

Cooper: Where's everyone else? Fear took hold of me as I spun around almost three full times, looking for another person. N-Ninjoy! Allan! Clover! Wylan B-! But nothing happened. My eyes began to feel heavy... it felt similar to when you need to stretch your arms and hear the satisfying popping of the bones. I tried rubbing them with my arm... and when I opened my eyes, I could see them appearing. First was Ninjoy, then Wylan B, then Allan, and finally, Clover.

Ninjoy: Are we here? In the Virtual World?

Wylan B: We're finally outside! Look at this!

Clover: It's amazing... I've never been this happy to see the sky!

Allan: By the looks of it, we're on Flip's Peak Academy property.

Cooper: Yep, that's right...

Ninjoy: I... wonder what we're doing here...

Cooper: Ninjoy began to play with one of her pigtails, until she looked a bit worried.

Ninjoy: Uh... does anybody else feel strange?

Wylan B: What are you talking about? You look strange!

Cooper: Yeah, you look... different. In fact, we ALL do. Ninjoy's pigtails weren't silky and strandy like normal, but it was just bunched together in one 3D shape, like a banana. Wylan B's hair as well... and Clover and Allan, too. I tried touching my hair, but... OW! I poked myself with my hair!

Clover: Remember what I said the first time I met you? You're the Ultimate Hedgehog.

Allan: So we look like cartoon characters... why, exactly?

Cooper: These must be our avatars for the Virtual World.

Wylan B: Avatar? Then shouldn't I be blue?

Allan: *groan* You're not blue, but you sure are yellow.

Ninjoy: I... don't think I like my avatar that much...

Cooper: Maybe we should explore around some. We have to find what we're gonna discuss in the class trial.

Clover: Yeah... which building?

Cooper: She looked at the buildings closely, probably in deep thought.

Clover: Hey you guys... the Flip's Peak we've been in for the whole killing game... is it really Flip's Peak?

Allan: An interesting question... I believe it is, though.

Clover: What makes you so sure?

Allan: No reason, I just think it is.

Clover: Then shouldn't we be able to go across those walkways? Where are the doors to those walkways? We haven't seen any.

Ninjoy: Clover... never forget that Monokuma had the ability to redesign Flip's Peak at his own will. He may have removed them.

Clover: Oh, really...? I have a fear of heights anyway, so that's... just fine...

Wylan B: If one of these buildings is ours, then what's the other one?

Ninjoy: The Reserve Course building, obviously. Haven't you researched this school before, Wylan B?

Wylan B: Y-Yeah, but not the Reserve Course. Just the Main Course building. Why'd you research both?

Ninjoy: ...Why wouldn't I? For all I knew, the letter I received from Flip's Peak could have been a scam, or even a prank. I needed to do all the research I could to discover whether the letter was legit.

Allan: "Legit"? That doesn't sound like something you would say.

Ninjoy: I... meant to say "valid."

Cooper: Ninjoy held her hand to her forehead as she began to walk away, through the area between the Reserve and Main Course buildings.

Ninjoy: W-We should begin investigating the school now.

Clover: Huh. What was that about?

Allan: Her identity's not the only mystery about her, that's for sure.

Wylan B: Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready to start investigating. Just want to get things done, y'know? So let's get moving!

Allan: (under his breath) His life's on the line, he gets excited. Perfect sense.

Cooper: The four of us had almost split up to search the area, until we heard a piercing scream from where Ninjoy was.

Ninjoy: Ah... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Everyone, come here at once!

Cooper: N-Ninjoy!

Clover: She's over there... hurry!

Wylan B: I-I'm coming, don't rush me!

Allan: What is it now?!

Cooper: Then we ran up to Ninjoy. Her face was as white as a sheet, and her hands were quivering in front of her mouth. O-Oh my...!

Allan: Wh-What is this...?!

Cooper: Before the five of us, was a terrible sight to behold. A body, laying on the grass with a knife inserted into their back. A body... belonging to...

...

...

...

Cooper: Ninjoy, who... is this?

Ninjoy: I don't know... I just found them.

Cooper: It was a figure with grey skin and no hair. They were wearing a Flip's Peak Academy uniform, but other than that, there were no other distinctive features about them. We didn't even know if they were a boy or a girl.

Wylan B: Why... do they have grey skin?

Clover: D-Don't ask me! I don't know!

Allan: Perhaps it has something to do with their avatar. Monokuma may not want us to know who this person is.

Cooper: Ninjoy knelt down and rolled the body on its side.

Ninjoy: Oh, their clothes are wet... interesting. Hmm...

Wylan B: (walks closer) What?

Cooper: Ninjoy stood up and put her hand on Wylan B's chest.

Wylan B: A-Are you doing this for a reason?

Ninjoy: Yes, I want to see if we have heartbeats in the Virtual World.

Wylan B: Well, do we?

Ninjoy: Yes... and it's getting increasingly faster.

Allan: Uh...

Wylan B: Hey, Ninjoy... you feel something between us?

Clover: (slaps face)

Ninjoy: Actually yes, I do. It's called a heartbeat.

Cooper: Abruptly cutting him off, Ninjoy went back to the body as Wylan B wore a half-confused half-shocked face. Clover burst into laughter, and Allan chuckled a little bit. I even wanted to laugh a little bit, but I didn't. I put my focus back on Ninjoy. She felt the gray person's chest, looking for any signs of life. But...

Ninjoy: He... or she, is dead. No doubt about it.

Allan: Well...

Wylan B: This is getting kind of annoying, though. We need to give them a name.

Ninjoy: A name? Hmm...

Clover: Bob? Steve, maybe? No, no... too generic... maybe we should give him an extremely long name just for the fun of it!

Wylan B: ...Seriously?

Clover: Yeah! How about... "Haw'kohd Dis'nahm Bi'ahni Lawga Ormo Pohmpus Da'nit Ar'edi Iz"-

Cooper: No, how about just Mystery?

Clover: Mystery?

Cooper: We don't know anything about them, not even their gender. I think Mystery fits pretty well.

Allan: Agreed. I didn't want to remember that long joke of a name Clover said.

Clover: Okay, it was a joke... Mystery's cool with me.

Cooper: So... I guess everyone may have figured it out by now, but our topic of discussion for the final class trial's gotta be the murder of Mystery.

"Mystery" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Ninjoy: That's right, so we had better start investigating for this murder.

Clover: Hey, look at the knife in Mystery's back!

Wylan B: What's wrong with it?

Clover: Nothing, I just found something on it. Check it out, right here.

Cooper: Clover pointed to the handle of the knife. The logo of Flip's Peak Academy had been engraved on the end of it.

Clover: This knife came from Flip's Peak Academy. That's gotta mean something!

"Bloody FPA Knife" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Ninjoy: And going back to what I said earlier... the body is wet, but why?

Allan: Perhaps it's because of sprinklers?

Wylan B: That's logical, cuz I mean, a school as prestigious as Flip's Peak would have automatic sprinklers, right?

Ninjoy: No, that can't be it. Feel Mystery's clothes.

Cooper: Wylan B knelt down and felt their clothes, shuffling the cloth between his thumb and forefinger.

Wylan B: Y-Yeah, they're wet, but what's your issue?

Ninjoy: It feels like the killer poured water on the body, as it is wet in all places. If the sprinklers were the cause of the wet clothes, then it would be a lot less wet.

Wylan B: Oh yeah, I kinda feel it now. So sure, someone poured water on them. But from where?

Clover: Hey, I think I know!

Allan: What do you mean?

Clover: Over here, by the building!

Cooper: We all ran over to where Clover was.

Clover: This water hose right here's leaking water. This has gotta be it!

Cooper: I looked at the large puddle the water hose was making, but the puddle was about two feet away from the grass. Hate to disappoint you, Clover, but the water hasn't even touched the grass.

Allan: Well, someone must have used it, and forgot to turn off the water.

"Water Hose" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Cooper: I heard a door open from nearby. Someone, another grey figure with a school uniform, walked out of the Main Course building. They were pushing a large wheeled trash can in front of them, towards us.

???: ...

Cooper: Uh... excuse me! Who are you?

???: ...

Cooper: Th-They completely ignored me! He pushed the trash can past all of us, towards Mystery.

Allan: H-Hey! Get away from them!

???: ...

Cooper: Suddenly, time stopped. The figure pushing the trash can froze... and Monokuma's voice filled the air.

Monokuma: (voice only) What will you name this avatar?

Clover: We get to name them...?

Ninjoy: That's the killer, is it not?

Wylan B: How are you so sure?

Ninjoy: They didn't even react to Mystery's dead body. I bet they already knew Mystery was dead, or they killed him or her.

Cooper: A-Alright. We want to name this person, "The Killer!" And time continued... the killer continued to push the trash can towards Mystery. They picked up Mystery's body and put it into the trash can.

Allan: HEY! You stop that this instant!

The Killer: ...

Cooper: Can they even interact with us?

Allan: Let's find out.

Cooper: A-Allan... He pulled his sleeve up, poised to punch the killer in the face. But as soon as he threw his punch, Allan almost fell forward, and stumbled through the hologram of the killer.

Allan: I-It's a hologram...? The heck?!

Ninjoy: I guess it's like a paradox... we can't change what's happening. Perhaps this is some sort of simulation of a previous murder?

Allan: *sigh* All we can do is watch the killer, then...

Cooper: I felt sick as the killer took a trash bag and wrapped it around the trash can, completely hiding Mystery's body.

Clover: C-C'mon... should we really be watching this? Doing nothing?

Allan: You saw what I did... we can't change anything.

Cooper: And the killer left, returning back to the Main Course building. Jeez...

"The Killer" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Wylan B: W-We should follow them, right?

Ninjoy: Yes, of course!

Cooper: All five of us began to follow The Killer. We all went through the door that The Killer went through: the one to Flip's Peak Academy's Main Course.

Clover: Whoa... is this really Flip's Peak?

Cooper: The floor was the same, and so was the wallpaper... but there was a couch over there, and tables over there, and a lamp right there, and a water fountain over there...! It was the first floor of Flip's Peak... only... it felt more inviting.

Clover: Oh, good. A water fountain. I was getting thirsty.

Cooper: Clover went over to the water fountain to take a sip from it.

Clover: ...?

Cooper: ...Looks like it's just for show.

Ninjoy: Focus, guys. Where did The Killer go?

Allan: (sees an elevator closing) There!

Cooper: Allan ran up to the elevator not far away from where we were, and slammed his hands on the doors, which thankfully prevented them from fully closing.

Allan: C'mon, everyone in!

Cooper: Allan pulled the doors open for us, and let us all in with The Killer. They had already pressed the button to the sixth floor, so we waited for the door to reopen. The sixth floor, huh?

Wylan B: What's so special about it?

Cooper: Don't you get it? Those destroyed dorm rooms outside the computer lab... they should be up on the sixth floor here in the Virtual World!

Clover: You're right! I wonder what we're gonna find there...

Ninjoy: Maybe we'll figure out why they were destroyed in the first place...

Wylan B: Hey guys, watch this.

Cooper: Hm? Wylan B held his finger up and wiggled it by The Killer's holographic nose.

Clover: E-Ew...

Wylan B: What? It's funny! I'm picking his nose!

Allan: Stop that... your presence alone now makes me cringe.

Wylan B: A-Aw... y'know, Utah would have appreciated this!

Allan: I'm not Utah.

Wylan B: Duh!

Allan: (sarcastically) What gave me away?

Wylan B: Personality! She was nice... you're mean, all the time! THAT'S what gave you away!

Cooper: Wylan B was holding his arms up above his head like a rapper would, as he walked closer towards Allan, getting in his face.

Allan: ...You spit in my eye.

Wylan B: Hehe, sorry bro.

Cooper: Wylan B, Allan, and the rest of us didn't say a word for the rest of the ride. At last, we felt the smooth vibration on the floor of the elevator slowing down. I exited first, but I accidentally walked through The Killer as I did so. Sorry... wait, why did I say that? He can't hear me...

Allan: Keep following him.

Cooper: Right. The sixth floor of Flip's Peak pre-killing game looked quite similar to the sixth floor of Flip's Peak post-killing game. Same tile, same wallpaper... but classrooms were placed where the library was. I assume that the study centers used to be classrooms as well. Sure enough, the headmaster's office was right there where it was when we saw it.

The Killer: ...

Cooper: The Killer took a right and went into a hall, where the destroyed dorm rooms were.

Clover: Hey, these are those dorm rooms!

Ninjoy: Not just any dorm rooms... they were ours.

Allan: Were they JUST ours?

Ninjoy: ...

Cooper: Ninjoy ran after The Killer, and looked down both ends of the hall.

Ninjoy: Two, four, six... twelve, fourteen... there's sixteen rooms in total.

Wylan B: S-Sixteen?! Did I hear that right?

Cooper: Wylan B almost tripped over himself running into the hall Ninjoy was in.

Wylan B: These are our dorms!

Allan: We knew that already. Besides, you're asking the wrong question.

Wylan B: Wh-What would that be...?

Allan: Why did The Killer go into our dorm hall?

Cooper: *gasp* I-Is The Killer one of us...? After I said that, I saw the killer go into one of the dorm rooms to the right. A sign was hanging by the ceiling that said, "B Hall," with an arrow pointing down the hall. The dorms to the left had an "A Hall" sign. L-Let's follow them! With the other four behind me, I walked into the dorm that The Killer did. I slowly opened the door to see The Killer lying in the dorm bed, trying to sleep.

Allan: So The Killer really is one of us...!

Cooper: If one of us killed Mystery, then one of us should get executed, right...? Unless whoever killed them is dead...

Clover: So one of us is The Killer... and if The Killer appears in the Virtual World... then shouldn't we be in here, too? And the people who died?

Ninjoy: Most likely. I never thought of that.

Wylan B: Maybe we can get them to talk to us!

Allan: Will that really work, though?

Wylan B: Maybe The Killer was, like, programmed to stay silent so we won't figure out who they are. But with the other students, we may be able to get their testimony!

Cooper: Testimony? ...Oh, you mean to find out if they witnessed the murder of Mystery!

Clover: I-If we really are here as NPCs...

Wylan B: Uh, what do-

Clover: It means non-playable character. If we really are here as NPCs, will we have grey skin like Mystery and The Killer? Will... will we not know who we are?

Wylan B: All the more reason to get their testimony.

Ninjoy: He's right. From what they say, we can figure out if they're a boy or girl, what their interests are, and what their speech patterns are. Then, we can pair an NPC with a student, and using the process of elimination, we can find out who The Killer is.

Cooper: That's... that's genius! C'mon, we have to go find our NPCs!

Ninjoy: ...You four can do that. I'll be someplace else.

Allan: Huh? What for?

Ninjoy: I just want to investigate the rest of the school. I'll fill you in on what I find, and it will save time.

Allan: Time certainly is precious... I won't stop you, Ninjoy. Good luck finding evidence.

Wylan B: A-Actually, I want to go with her.

Clover: Really?

Wylan B: Yeah. What if SHE'S The Killer? And she was gonna go tamper with the crime scene!

Ninjoy: I-I assure you I am not...!

Cooper: We don't even remember our lives at Flip's Peak Academy before the killing game... so we don't even know if we killed Mystery or not... so I'm sorry to say this, Ninjoy, but yes... you're a suspect.

Ninjoy: ...That's alright.

Cooper: However, we can't leave each other alone... someone may know something about this case, and may try to do something on their own that may affect the murder. So we all have to stick together. In pairs at least.

Wylan B: 'Kay. I'll be with Ninjoy, and you three can go find the NPCs.

Clover: Sounds like a plan! Okay, good luck, you two.

Wylan B: Same to you three.

Ninjoy: Goodbye.

Allan: See you.

Cooper: Bye, Wylan B. Bye, Ninjoy. The two left with each other and boarded the elevator.

Allan: Let's begin looking down B Hall, the hall we're in right now.

Clover: There's... eight rooms here.

Cooper: Four on the left, four on the right. What if the separation of rooms has to do with gender?

Allan: Explain in more detail, please.

Cooper: Maybe it's set up like the Dorm Hall on the first floor, or maybe one hall is girls and the other is boys... who knows?

Allan: Guess we'll just have to find out.

Cooper: We started with the room on the far left. I wanted to knock, but I remembered that whoever's inside may not answer me, so I went ahead and opened the door. It wasn't much different than The Killer's room... there were a bunch of video game discs by the TV, and bags of chips laid around everywhere. Must be a really lazy person...

Clover: There's someone, on the bed. (taps the figure) Wake up, we wanna talk!

???: ...Wh-Who are you?

Clover: They talked! They actually talked!

Allan: Strange... what's your name?

???: Oh, we're doing a formal introduction?

Cooper: The grey figure sat up in bed.

???: Aloha. I'm _____. If you need anything, I'm open for questions.

Cooper: I-I'm sorry, can you repeat that name?

???: No worries, I'll say it again. It's _____.

Allan: I can't understand, it's no use. Maybe we have to give them a name?

Cooper: Hey, person... do you know where you are?

???: Yeah, I'm in Flip's Peak. But not the real one, the one in the Virtual World.

Cooper: So they know that they're in virtual reality... this is how we get evidence from them! It's been set up so we can ask the students questions!

Clover: That's actually really helpful. Thank you, Monokuma, wherever you are.

???: So, are you guys gonna name me or what? Haha!

Cooper: They seem really laidback and chill... that could be anyone. And they seem to like video games. If it's a girl, it may be Tohru. But if it's a boy, it could actually be anybody!

Clover: How about we call you "Aloha?"

Aloha: Aloha? Hahaha... that's a funny name.

Cooper: A text box with the word "Aloha" appeared over the figure's head. I guess we don't need to tell Monokuma what we're naming them anymore. Really convenient. Takes up too much time, and I honestly hate talking to Monokuma.

Allan: Aloha, did you witness the murder of Mystery?

Aloha: Mystery? ...You mean that person who tried to kill Ms. Owari?

Clover: What?! T-Tried to kill...

Aloha: Yeah, it was a while ago... a little less than a year, at the beginning of the first semester. Mystery was in the Reserve Course, but got kicked out because they were caught trying to murder Ms. Owari.

Cooper: Really...? That's interesting.

Aloha: A-And you say that Mystery's dead?

Cooper: Yeah... did you know them?

Aloha: No, not at all. I wouldn't speak to anyone who would want to attempt murder. That's just not cool.

Cooper: Hold on... Ms. Owari, wh-who is that?

Aloha: Oh, she's one of the members of the Council of Ultimates.

Cooper: A-Am I supposed to know what that is?

Aloha: It's a group of five former Ultimates from Hope's Peak Academy that have come together, and they pretty much own Flip's Peak now. Ms. Owari's one of them.

Cooper: Ms. Owari... what's her first name?

Aloha: Owari... Owari... Yeah, I remember! Her first name's Akane.

Cooper: That sounds really familiar... where have I heard that from?

(FLASHBACK)

Cooper: But I made sure to grab the photo of the Killing School Trip survivors. I looked at it on the way to the game room. There were five people, unlike the other picture, which had six people. The five people on the list were... Kazuichi Soda, the Ultimate Mechanic... Akane Owari, the Ultimate Gymnast... Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, the Ultimate Yakuza... Sonia Nevermind, the Ultimate Princess... and Hajime Hinata. That's weird... this Hajime guy doesn't have a talent.

(FLASHBACK ENDS)

Cooper: That it... Akane Owari survived the Killing School Trip! A-Aloha, do you know what the Killing School Trip is?

Aloha: Oh, that? We don't really talk about that here...

Clover: Why not?

Aloha: It's... the Council of Ultimates. They all survived that killing game about ten years ago.

Allan: Wh-What?!

Cooper: Who are the other members of the Council of Ultimates?

Aloha: Hmm... I'm not that good at remembering Japanese names, but there's that one princess lady who's from Europe...

Cooper: ...Sonia Nevermind...?

Aloha: Yeah, that's who it was. You know the other people?

Cooper: ...It was... Kazuichi Soda and Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, right?

Aloha: Right... and there's one more.

Allan: Is it that Izuru Kamukura guy? He founded Flip's Peak, so he's gotta be the last member!

Aloha: Izuru Kamukura... I've never heard of him.

Cooper: H-Huh? You've been here for how long, now?

Aloha: About a year.

Cooper: S-So Izuru didn't found Flip's Peak... that fraud! The last person was Hajime Hinata, but he didn't have a talent, so he couldn't have been in the Council of Ultimates!

Aloha: Actually, that sounds right. Mr. Hinata founded Flip's Peak.

Cooper: ...Huh...?

"Mystery's Attempted Murder" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

"Council of Ultimates" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Allan: But... you never said anything about Mystery's murder. Do you know anything about it?

Aloha: I'm sorry, my friend. This is the first I'm hearing about it.

Allan: Okay... well, thank you for the information about Flip's Peak.

Cooper: Yeah, thanks, Aloha.

Aloha: Haha, you're too kind. Now you should hurry up and meet everyone else...

Cooper: Huh? Why...?

Aloha: You're just going to have to see for yourself. Now hurry! Before your chance slips away.

Clover: Ch-Chance? What chance?

Allan: You two, we have to trust Aloha. Let's go!

Cooper: Allan grabbed both mine and Clover's arms, and walked us out of Aloha's room.

Aloha: A-Aloha! (chuckles)

Cooper: Aloha, Aloha.

Allan: Shut up and say goodbye.

Cooper: Uh, bye? And Allan shut the door behind him. The next room down the hall was our next destination. We entered the room to see another figure sleeping. The room was extremely clean.Hey, excuse me?

???: Ah, it's you three.

Allan: You know us?

???: You're three of the five users that joined recently, aren't you?

Clover: Yeah, we are.

???: I assume you want to ask me something. You may ask me anything you need.

Cooper: They certainly are polite... Can we call you Nice Guy?

Nice Guy: Ha ha ha... what an odd name. But certainly.

Cooper: Great. Have you witnessed anything strange tonight?

Nice Guy: Hm... no, I can't say I have. Sorry to disappoint you.

Cooper: That's fine. We're gonna ask everyone else to see what they saw.

Nice Guy: I see. Best of luck.

Clover: Thanks, we sure need it!

Cooper: We left Nice Guy's room in disappointment.

Allan: We actually need to go through that thirteen more times? THIRTEEN?!

Clover: Hey, relax. Be like Aloha.

Allan: Sh-Shut up...

Clover: And hey! We may actually get some more valuable information or testimony! So don't lose hope just yet!

Cooper: Yeah, she's right. C'mon, Allan.

Allan: Five bucks that this person's not gonna have anything special to say to us. (points to the door beside Nice Guy's door)

Clover: I'll take that bet. You got yourself a deal, Allan.

Allan: Hmph.

Cooper: Hey, you two... try to stay focused, okay? The two nodded as I opened the door. The person in there this time wasn't sleeping... they were just sitting on their bed, watching TV.

???: Good evening, you three. Welcome to my room.

Cooper: Haha... hello. Nice to meet you.

Clover: It's uh, pretty messy in here, isn't it?

???: What? Cleaning's not one of my best qualities. I'm not used to living like this.

Cooper: Living like this?

???: Oh, right... I never told you guys. 

Cooper: They said that with a pretty mean voice... what's their problem?

???: I come from Calypso Island. Population... like, ten people, or something? I was homeschooled.

Allan: Okay, I understand. You're from Calypso Island, so you're either... Utah, Gremmie, Alberto, or Chuck...

???: Uh, guys? I'm _____.

Clover: Hey! I want to name them!

Cooper: *sigh* Go ahead...

Clover: ...How about "Chilly?"

???: Chilly...?

Clover: You look like you like to chill, and your personality... could use some work.

Chilly: Wha-?

Clover: So that makes you Chilly!

Chilly: Ah... whatever. Just get out of my room. I want to keep watching this.

Cooper: The Hunger Games was on TV right now, and Chilly never took their eyes off of it.

Allan: I take it you like bloodshed, huh?

Chilly: What? Bloodshed? No, not at all! I just like the movie.

Cooper: That reminds me... Chilly, did you witness Mystery's murder?

Chilly: Didn't witness any murders.

Cooper: ...Oh. Chilly said that pretty bluntly.

Allan: I see... we'll leave now. Enjoy your movie.

Chilly: (to self) I will now that you three are gone...

Cooper: I shut the door behind me and wore a disgusted expression.

Clover: Bad attitude, doesn't give a dang about any of us... Allan, that's gotta be you.

Allan: I'm not from Calypso Island.

Clover: ...

Cooper: Clover raised her hand to say something but stilled her tongue. The next room we went to had a person sound asleep in bed.

Clover: I swear I don't wanna do this anymore.

Cooper: Clover... please.

Clover: Hey, you! Get up!

???: Zzz... zzz... zzz...

Clover: Wha-?! I said, get up!

Cooper: Clover started pushing the figure back and forth to wake them up.

Allan: Careful, that may be you.

Clover: As if...

Cooper: I took a look around the room. Posters of singers and rappers were hung around the room. Actually, he may be right. This could be you, Clover.

Clover: Huh? (looks around room) Shut up, it's probably Wylan B or Timm...

???: Zzz... zzz... zzz... huh?

Clover: Took you long enough. What's your name, did you see the murder?

???: Uh... AHH! INTRUDERS!

Cooper: H-Hey! The figure hid underneath his covers. They're shaking pretty violently...

???: H-Hand me a phone so I can call the police on you!

Allan: We joined the Virtual World to ask you some questions. You know about that?

???: The Virtual World...? Oh, that's all you wanted?

Allan: Yeah. I don't think we can actually hurt you, since you're an NPC...

???: NPC... Does that stand for National Pizza Center? I wanna go...

Clover: (annoyed) Let's name this person Idiot.

Idiot: I-Idiot?!

Allan: Clover... this could still be you.

Idiot: Th-That's not nice...

Clover: You didn't answer me earlier. Did you see the murder or not?

Idiot: N-No, I didn't see any murder...

Clover: Of course!

Cooper: Clover threw her hands into the air and left Idiot's room in frustration. C-Clover, wait!

Idiot: I-I didn't mean to frustrate her, man... do a pal a favor and tell her sorry, a'ight?

Cooper: I will. Goodnight, Idiot. I wanted to start laughing after I said that... "Goodnight, Idiot?!" Come on... that's hilarious!

Allan: Night.

Cooper: Allan and I walked out of the room to find Clover banging her head on the door opposite of Idiot's.

Clover: ...

Allan: Clover, seriously... watch Idiot be you.

Clover: Shut up... let me bang my head in peace.

Cooper: Hey, Clover... don't lose hope just yet.

Clover: Let me bang my head in peace, I said.

Cooper: There's, what? About ten more rooms left? Surely at least one of them has something to say to us about Mystery.

Clover: ...

Cooper: Besides, talking to the NPCs... even just that is helpful for our investigation. So we can narrow down who is or isn't The Killer. Do you understand?

Clover: ...Yeah...

Allan: Can we go into the next room? You still seem mad, though.

Clover: ...I owe you five bucks.

Allan: Th-That was a joke... don't take it seriously.

???: HEY! Who's out there?!

Cooper: The voice was coming from inside the door Clover was banging her head on. She opened the door to find a figure lying up in bed with an angry face.

???: I'm trying to get a good night's sleep!

Clover: I'm sorry... can we talk, though?

???: Sure, why not? I've got some time.

Cooper: Sounds like they have high standards or something...

Clover: So... did you witness any murders today?

???: Murders? Wait, who was... who was killed...?

Allan: We... we don't know. We just know his or her name is Mystery.

???: Mystery... that person who tried to kill that Akane lady?! She's dead?

Allan: Yes... the one who tried to kill "that Akane lady."

???: Whoa... think they'll make the news?

Cooper: ...It's a murder. There's no way it wouldn't make the news.

???: Will the story get more popular than me?

Allan: Wh-What a sick thing to say...!

Cooper: ...Famous Guy. That's your new name.

Famous Guy: Huh... I like it.

Cooper: So... nothing about a murder, correct?

Famous Guy: Nope. Nada.

Clover: Okay, let's get out of here. I don't like this one.

Cooper: Yeah, let's go. I walked the two out of Famous Guy's room. Hey, Clover... I didn't want to say it in front of Famous Guy but I don't like them either.

Clover: Right? I hope they fall over.

Allan: ...

Clover: What? I can't say, "I hope they die!" That's bad!

Allan: ...Next room, please...

Clover: Fine...

Cooper: Clover touched the doorknob of the next room, but I stopped her. Clover, that's... that's The Killer's room.

Clover: Oh... right. They didn't talk to us, did they?

Cooper: "Nope. Nada."

Clover: Oookay, next room it is.

???: Come in!

Cooper: They heard us? Clover opened the door and was blinded by a light she wasn't prepared for. The figure in the next room was playing Yoo Sports.

???: Hey, dudes. Wanna join?

Clover: Playing a video game inside virtual reality? Pass.

Allan: We're here to ask about Mystery's murder. Did you see anything?

???: Mystery's murder... well, I didn't see any dead bodies or anything, but since I've been playing video games for a while now, I saw everyone pass by my room.

Cooper: Who were they?

???: Well, in order... I saw _____, then _____ and _____, then The Killer carrying _____, and then just The Killer.

Allan: ...Uh... maybe we should come back.

Cooper: Yeah, then we'll know who he's saying... what I got from that is that The Killer passed this door twice, and then carried somebody? I don't know...

???: Okay, I'll just get back to this game. Wish they had soccer on here.

Cooper: ...Alberto? We'll name you... Sport, for now.

Sport: Sport? That's stupid...

Clover: (smiling) We don't care! Next person.

Cooper: Clover walked out by herself, and eventually Allan and I followed her.

Clover: Last room on B Hall.

Cooper: Clover crossed her fingers as she went inside the final door. She's in a bit of a rush, isn't she?

Allan: Time is of the essence. No problem with that.

Cooper: Once again, this figure was sleeping in bed. Clover tapped them awake.

???: H-Hey... what are you fools doing?

Clover: F-Fools, huh? We're just going around asking about... Mystery's murder. Can you tell us if you know anything?

???: Oh man, do you cats wanna hear this?

Cooper: What? Yes, we want to hear it.

Clover: And your new name is Fresh.

Fresh: Fresh... hmm, I like that!

Allan: So, what happened tonight?

Fresh: Okay, so here's what happened... _____ came to my room to ask me about a sound they heard.

Cooper: A sound?

Allan: And we'll come back to ask who that person is.

Fresh: Uh, okay... so _____ asked me to check the Reserve Course building to see what that sound was.

Clover: They heard it all the way from the Reserve Course building? They must have really good ears!

Allan: Careful, that might have been you, Clover.

Clover: Hehe, stop saying that!

Fresh: So I went to check... and when I crossed one of the bridges, I saw someone...

Cooper: D-Did you see who it was?

Fresh: N-No, I left my glasses in my room, so I couldn't get a good look at them. But they knew me, so it had to be one of my classmates!

Allan: If you couldn't tell who they were, how do you know that they knew you?

Fresh: Get this... when they saw me, they said, "I-It's you!" And then hit me over the head and my world went as black as night.

Allan: They knocked you out?

Fresh: When I woke up, I was back in my dorm! The dork must've brought me back.

Cooper: Interesting... was it possibly The Killer?

"Fresh's Account" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Cooper: I see... that's gonna be really important for the trial. Thanks, Fresh.

Fresh: Nah, it was a pleasure. Catch you guys on the flipside.

Clover: Bye, Fresh.

Cooper: I noticed Clover was in a better mood once we left Fresh's room. What happened, Clover?

Clover: Who, me? What are you talking about?

Cooper: You're not frustrated anymore.

Clover: Oh, yeah... I really don't know.

Allan: Maybe talking with Fresh put you in a better mood.

Clover: Possibly... I just... you know that feeling when you become really happy, like when you recall a nice memory, but you can't remember what it is and you just want that feeling back?

Allan: ...

Cooper: Yeah... yeah, I know that feeling.

Clover: ...Well, it doesn't matter now. Let's go visit A Hall.

Cooper: As we walked down the rooms we entered in B Hall, I thought about which NPCs are which. I was almost certain about a couple, but others, not so much. We started with the room on the far left again.

???: Hey, is someone out there?

Clover: Great, they heard us again. (opens the door)

Cooper: The figure was sitting up in bed, looking at us like we're stupid. H-Hello, sorry to bother you.

???: Don't worry about it... I've been up for so long, and I can't get any sleep... maybe cuz I'm too jumpy.

Allan: Jumpy?

???: Haha, let me tell you. It's the curse of my golden ears!

Clover: Curse of your golden ears...?

???: Yeah! I can hear almost everything... eavesdropping's like my specialty.

Cooper: You're getting carried away. Why are you jumpy?

???: Oh yeah... silly me, getting carried away like that. Well, I heard a loud BANG or CRASH noise from far away earlier this evening and I got really scared, y'know? I thought it was from the Reserve Course building? That's why I'm jumpy!

Cooper: You heard a loud noise? Hey, did you go talk to Fresh about it?

???: Fresh? Yeah, I asked Fresh to go check it out for me. It scared me, I didn't want to go!

Allan: ...I'm naming you Perky.

Perky: Sweet! I'm okay with that.

Cooper: ...Doesn't sound like Allan likes Perky all that much.

Clover: So did anything happen after that? Did you go talk to Fresh after they returned?

Perky: Well, they texted me that everything was okay. I never saw Fresh after that.

Cooper: Did Fresh say that they ever texted Perky? Perky, I don't think you knew this... but Fresh was knocked out on the way to the Reserve Course building.

Perky: Well, Fresh would've told me.

Cooper: Strange...

"Perky's Account" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Cooper: Well, thank you, Perky. That was really helpful.

Perky: No problem! Good luck with... whatever you're doing.

Allan: Mystery's murder. We're trying to solve it.

Perky: Mystery died?! Gosh... I don't want to get involved in that. But seriously, good luck.

Clover: Thanks... but you didn't know about that until now?

Perky: No! Like I said, I don't want to get involved in those kind of things.

Clover: Uh-huh... well, good night.

Perky: Night!

Cooper: After I closed the door, I turned to Clover and Allan. After we check all of these rooms, we need to go back and check with Fresh.

Clover: Do we really need to?

Cooper: Even if Perky said that they asked Fresh to check the Reserve Course building, they could still be lying. We need to check with them that Perky was the one who asked Fresh.

Allan: *sigh* If only we can just figure out who these people are so we can stop saying "they" and just say "him" and "her" instead. It's much easier.

Cooper: Who said this was easy?

Allan: Ah, good point. Next room then?

Clover: I got it! (opens the door)

Cooper: The figure in the next room wasn't asleep; they were cleaning their desk with a duster. Um... hello?

???: Ah, good evening! Come in, come in.

Cooper: S-Sure.

???: It doesn't seem like you three are from here. You must be avatars!

Clover: Yes, we're avatars! I think I like this one.

???: This one? Oh, you are referring to me. Ahaha!

Allan: If you'll excuse me asking, why are you cleaning? Shouldn't you be asleep?

???: Sleep doesn't come upon me as naturally as I would like it to... besides, it's unhealthy for the soul to sleep in such nasty conditions.

Clover: Unhealthy for the soul...?

???: You wouldn't understand... I am all about metabolism.

Allan: Metabolism? ...You're "all about" the chemical crap that happens in our bodies?

???: Not that kind of metabolism. (rudely) Take your nose out of that textbook, nerd.

Allan: Wha-?!

???: By metabolism, obviously, I mean balance. My negativity is influenced by my inability to sleep, and I must balance it out with positivity by cleaning. Metabolism!

Allan: Um...

Clover: Are you some sort of hippie?

???: You could say that. Nature is my favorite thing in the world.

Clover: Then that makes you Nature!

Nature: Nature? What a beautiful name.

Cooper: Strange... who could this be out of the sixteen of us? I don't remember anybody talking about nature or "metabolism" at Flip's Peak... maybe this was some sort of hippie phase one of us had? Nature, did you witness Mystery's murder?

Nature: Mystery... no, I did not.

Allan: And did you-

Nature: (stares) Your questions are only adding to my pile of insanity. When the scale tips, it will be your fault.

Allan: I... don't like this one. Let's get out of here.

Nature: Don't let the door hit you on the way out. May Mother Nature treat you karmically!

Cooper: Allan slammed the door behind him.

Allan: Th-That jerk! Once I find out who they are, I'm going to slap him or her regardless if they're a corpse or not!

Clover: Allan, calm down! Mother Nature will sort things out in the future.

Allan: Shut up.

Clover: Thought that would cheer you up some.

Allan: Well, you thought wrong! Let go to the next room before I seriously lose it.

Cooper: I held the door for both of them, but only Clover thanked me. I should have expected as much from Allan, but because of his attitude right now, he glared at me. The person in this room was asleep... I nudged them awake.

???: Can't a girl get some sleep?

Cooper: This one's a girl... H-Hi, we just wanna talk.

???: Make it quick. This stupid school life is breaking me down to the core, and I just need to sleep.

Allan: ...Ouch.

Cooper: We're going around asking about Mystery's murder, and we want to try to get to know everyone on A and B Hall.

???: Oh, so this is a meet-and-greet, now is it?

Cooper: I guess so...

???: You wanna meet someone? Meet Mr. Hand. (holds up hand and pretends to talk with it) Careful, I have a history of hurting people.

Clover: Pfft... hahaha!

???: Shush, will you?! You're too noisy.

Clover: E-Excuse me...

Cooper: Shot down with only a few words...

Allan: Wait... what did "Mr. Hand" just say?

???: I have a history of punching people. So what?

Allan: You... hurt people?

???: Yeah, I'm a dangerous gal. I mean, I have good intentions, but right now, I'd advise you not to get on my bad side. Please, for the sake of my knuckles and eyelids.

Cooper: O-Okay, we won't aggravate you. But, I guess we can call you Danger.

Danger: Dangerous name, no pun intended.

Cooper: As for Mystery's murder, you haven't seen anything suspicious lately?

Danger: Of course not... actually, there was one thing I saw today that was mighty suspicious.

Clover: Really? Spill it, sister!

Danger: Well, there were these three weirdos I saw... and they walk into people's dorm rooms at night to get to know them! Maybe you should tell someone about them and have them arrested! It'd be beneficial to me.

Cooper: ...

Clover: ...

Allan: ...That's hot.

Cooper: I-I think we should leave now...

Danger: Please... and good night!

Cooper: Allan had to be pushed out of the room by Clover.

Clover: The heck is wrong with you, Allan?

Allan: Excuse me for having strange taste in women!

Cooper: *sigh* Next room, please... and no more bickering between you two... double please?

Allan: Double thank you.

Cooper: (opens the next door) Just get in, smart aleck.

???: A-Ah! Wh-Who are you?

Allan: We're the pizza delivery people. Forgive us for arriving three minutes later than promised, your pizza is now half-off.

???: Th-That's not funny... ah! You're those new avatars that recently got added, aren't you?

Cooper: That's right. I'm Cooper, and this is Clover and Allan.

???: I thought five avatars joined... where are the other two?

Clover: Oh, Ninjoy and Wylan B? They're off investigating elsewhere. The three of us are going around, meeting new people...

???: I-Is now the best time for that? I was looking forward to sleeping in and you three scared me awake!

Clover: We're sorry... can we talk for a minute, though?

???: Definitely! How may I help you?

Clover: What a nice personality!

???: Aw, thanks... you're too nice.

Allan: Okay, you're Sweetheart.

Sweetheart: You didn't say that too friendly...

Cooper: It was obviously a condescending name, but I didn't say anything.

Sweetheart: You wanted to ask about something?

Cooper: Mystery's murder. That person who tried to murder Akane Owari a while back.

Sweetheart: Mystery...! I know them, but I didn't know anything about the murder, I'm sorry...

Clover: No no, don't be sorry.

Sweetheart: But... there was this one thing I saw...

Cooper: What was it?

Sweetheart: Well, it's a bit difficult to explain... since the Virtual World is a simulation of something that already happened, I know what's going to happen in the future.

Allan: What? Really?!

Sweetheart: But I don't know what it is... I know that I'm going to witness something, but I won't know until I witness it here...

Cooper: Oh... what do we do with that now?

Sweetheart: I'll call you three if I see anything suspicious. Cooper, Clover, and Allan, right?

Cooper: Perfect. Just let us know, okay?

Sweetheart: I sure will! Bye!

Cooper: Sweetheart waved to us kindly, and I waved back. I let Clover and Allan through the door before shutting it.

Allan: We need to remember to meet with Sweetheart after we're done with the rooms.

Clover: Yeah. That, and check with Fresh.

Allan: And Sport, too. That makes three things we have to deal with.

Clover: This is too much... but it'll all be over once we hold the class trial. Then we can all escape together!

Cooper: ...It's not going to be easy... I even remember Monokuma telling us that not all of us may escape this school. But in order to keep Clover in high spirits, I stayed quiet. That was the last of the four rooms on this side of the hall. We only have four more left.

Allan: Then we can meet up with Ninjoy and Wylan B and escape this dumb meet-and-greet.

Cooper: The next room we entered was the one facing Sweetheart's door. Like always, or most of the time rather, the figure was asleep in bed. But on top of the figure's covers were... an empty pizza box and a game controller? Hey, you... wake up!

???: Ah-AHHH!!! D-Don't take my money!

Clover: W-We don't want your... your... ahahaha!

Cooper: Clover was too busy laughing at the figure's scream that she couldn't finish her sentence.

Allan: Yikes... we're not here to take anything, except information.

???: You're the avatars, aren't you? Aren't you?

Cooper: Y-You're getting increasingly excited over nothing... yeah, we're three of them.

???: That is so cool! You're the first avatars we've ever had!

Clover: What's cool about it?

???: Hellooo? This is Virtual Flippin' Reality! Virtual Flip's Peak Reality, if you will. Everything about that is just awesome!

Allan: Really now?

???: Yeah. If it's got a pixelated screen, I'm all about it.

Cooper: Guess it'd be appropriate to call you Gamer then.

Gamer: Wicked name, dude! So, what's up?

Clover: So, Gamer... did you witness Mystery's murder?

Gamer: *gasp* A murder mystery? Epic!

Clover: E-Epic?! The nerve of this... this...

Cooper: Wait, Clover. I don't think Gamer understands.

Gamer: Hm?

Cooper: This isn't a murder mystery. It's a murder that just happened recently outside of the two buildings!

Gamer: Wait, are you serious?! Who killed them?

Cooper: Mystery? We don't know who killed them... but you haven't witnessed anything strange today?

Gamer: Not that I can remember... oh, wait!

Allan: Ah, this is great. Something useful.

Gamer: ...I was totally owned in Call of Honor: Lacking Cops 2. I wasn't planning for that today!

Allan: ...Bye.

Gamer: What? I wasn't expecting it, though!

Allan: Well, doesn't matter if you were expecting it or not. It's useless. (leaves Gamer's room)

Gamer: Wha...? Boo!

Cooper: Gamer stuck their tongue out at the door Allan closed.

Gamer: Well, at least you two are a'ight.

Clover: Yeah, we apologize for Allan's attitude.

Gamer: No worries. If he was in a video game, he'd be one of my favorite characters. Just sayin'.

Cooper: Haha, interesting... well, I suppose that's all we can ask.

Gamer: Good luck!

Clover: Thank you, Gamer. Keep gaming!

Gamer: Sure will. (shoots finger guns)

Cooper: Allan heard us coming and held the door for us, and we talked about Gamer once the door closed. Well, they were nice.

Clover: Certainly eccentric, but nice nonetheless.

Allan: Uh... Certainly idiotic and pointless, but eccentric, but nice nonetheless.

Clover: Calm down, you're just bitter.

Allan: Whatever, let's go to the next room.

Clover: Okay...

Cooper: I touched the doorknob, and...

Clover: And just so you know, Allan, Gamer said that they would have liked you if you were in a video game.

Allan: I'm not in a video game.

Clover: Eh, worth a shot. Hurry up and open the door, Cooper.

Cooper: Okay, don't rush me... The room was... extremely messy. Not only did posters of singers and islands cover the walls, but papers and food trash were all over the desks and floors. The next student was asleep under a quilt with turtle and flower patterns sewn onto it. They were snoring quite loudly...

???: ZZZZZzzzzz... ZZZZZzzzzz...

Allan: Wake up, you're already annoying.

???: ZZZZZzzzzz... ZZZZZzzzzz...

Allan: Ugh, I said WAKE UP!!!

???: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzz...

Clover: Wow... unless this is me, I've got some competition!

Cooper: Is this really Clover? Who else would have snored loudly when they slept?

Clover: Hey, nutjob, get up!

???: What? I'm a nutjob?

Allan: Wha-?! After all that, a simple and quiet "get up" gets them up? Must be Gremmie because of how stubborn he makes me.

???: Hey, you three strangers... wait. What are you doing in my room?

Cooper: D-Don't mind us, we don't mean to intrude, but... this is pretty urgent. We...

???: Oh, I know why you're here! You're the three little pigs, aren't you?

Allan: ...What.

???: You're in here, hiding from the big bad wolf! Wait, is he outside?! Is he gonna blow my dorm down? I didn't know that Flip's Peak Academy was built out of straw and sticks! Save meeeeee!

Clover: ...Yep, you're a nutjob, for sure.

???: Aw, thanks. Much appreciated. (winks and flashes an "ok" sign)

Allan: In fact, why can't that be your actual name from now on?

Nutjob: Cool. Much more appreciated! (closes both eyes and flashes two "ok" signs)

Clover: Okay, now it just looks like you're meditating.

Nutjob: Nah, go talk to Nature for meditating. I'm all about refreshing snacks and drinks... and crazy stuff, pretty much.

Allan: Nature? No thanks...

Cooper: Anyway... Nutjob... I had to keep myself from snickering at the name, "Nutjob." Hey, it's way funnier than "Idiot." Did you witness the murder of Mystery today? Or anything else suspicious?

Nutjob: Oh, that one freak who tried to break into this academy so they could, like, get gymnastics lessons?

Allan: Um, no... they attempted to murder Akane Owari.

Nutjob: Oh, right... haha, where did I get gymnastics from?

Cooper: She's the Former Ultimate Gymnast. That's where.

Nutjob: Man, I thought I had it this time!

Allan: Answer the question, please.

Nutjob: Other than you three, I didn't see anything strange.

Clover: The first sensical thing you've said today.

Nutjob: Yeah! Nutjob made a milestone!

Allan: Congratulations. Now let's leave.

Cooper: Allan left the room abruptly, just like in Gamer's room. Clover and I told Nutjob bye, and we exited the room.

Allan: I'm getting a headache, and it's not because of the number of people we've met... what is that, twenty?

Clover: Fourteen... only two more, Allan. Can you get through this with a smile?

Allan: ...

Clover: Fine, let me rephrase that. Can you get through this with anything but a bad attitude?

Allan: ...I don't mind much.

Clover: Excellent. C'mon, Cooper!

Cooper: I'm coming, I'm coming... The next person was lying in their bed like... Sleeping Beauty? Lied on their back, holding their hands on their chest... it's really strange. Hey, are you asleep? That can't be too comfortable...

???: What? Who are you?

Cooper: The figure opened their eyes and looked at the three of us.

???: G-GET OUT! I am not dressed, you morons!

Cooper: A-Ah, I'm sorry! Clover, Allan, let's get out!

Clover: Wait... you can stay under the covers. We just wanna talk.

???: It is highly rude to speak to me in this state... barging into my room with no warning or permission... how dare you!

Allan: Excuse us for having a really good reason, then.

???: You probably don't even know who you are talking to. I have power on my side.

Clover: Power, huh?

???: Power strong enough to give you nightmares.

Cooper: Really?

???: The source of my power isn't allowed at this academy, but if it was, then you'd be dead by now.

Allan: Okay, then we won't annoy you too bad, O Wizard.

Clover: Easy name, right there! You're Wizard from now on.

Wizard: I'm not a wizard. Although you are the first people to address me using a powerful title without my saying so... I appreciate that. Wizard it is!

Cooper: Right... tell us, did you witness anything regarding a murder today?

Wizard: No. This is the first I'm hearing of this murder. And to happen under such circumstances...

Clover: What circumstances?

Wizard: I'm not the person to ask. You need to go speak to _____, the dorm to the right on my side of the hall.

Cooper: That's the only person we haven't met up with! Thank you, Wizard.

Wizard: Hmhmhm, I quite like that title...

Allan: Okay, let's go talk to that last person Wizard mentioned. C'mon!

Wizard: Leave at once, I'm getting even more uncomfortable with you three in my room.

Clover: Chill, we're leaving!

Cooper: I hoped that the final person we were to meet was normal, at least... after Gamer, Nutjob, and definitely after Wizard, I need a breath of fresh air... When we entered the last door, I was relieved to see the figure laying in bed, holding a flashlight with their neck and reading a novel. Hey, excuse me...

???: Hey, you guys know what time it is? It's super late!

Cooper: I know what time it is...

Allan: You're one to talk with that book and flashlight.

???: Hey, I may not look like it, but I love books.

Clover: So, we just wanna ask you a couple questions.

???: Alright, go ahead, ask anything.

Cooper: Also, let me just say thank you for being so cooperative and cool about this situation.

???: Asking around, are you?

Cooper: Yeah, it's about Mystery's murder.

???: Seriously... I don't care what they did to this academy's reputation. Killing is wrong, and I'll never forgive whoever killed them!

Allan: They're on this hall. Their name is "The Killer."

???: Really? I can't believe that they would even think about killing...

Clover: Their name is The Killer, though! How could you not think that?

Cooper: To this person, the name "The Killer" may not mean anything more than a name...

???: But no, I didn't witness anything.

Allan: Well, we were asked by Wizard to ask you about what all you guys are doing.

???: What we're all doing?

Clover: They said that it was bad that the murder happened "under such circumstances?" And they told us to ask you about it.

???: Oh, I understand now. If you're asking me about it, it must be about our student picnic tomorrow.

Allan: Student picnic?

???: Okay, dudes and dudette, listen up.

Clover: Before that, your new name is Dude.

Dude: Haha, now isn't that lame? Anyway, let me tell you about the picnic. I came up with the idea of a picnic, so that put me in charge of the whole operation. Today was when I chose the picnic groups.

Allan: What groups?

Dude: There's four... the Food Crew, the Cleaning Crew, the Shopping Crew and the Nothing Crew.

Cooper: That reminds me of our second day at Flip's Peak... when Utah planned the luau and put us into groups.

Dude: The Shopping Crew went out to buy the food from stores that the Food Crew would fix with to make the lunch. The Cleaning Crew cleaned the picnic area today... and guess what the Nothing Crew did. Those lazy slackers...

Clover: Okay. This is good info, right?

Cooper: Yeah... Dude, can we get a list of who's in what crew?

Dude: Absolutely!

Cooper: Dude, still in their school uniform, hopped out of bed and let the flashlight and book fall on the covers, got a pen and paper, and began to write down a list of names in pretty sloppy handwriting.

Dude: Here you go, the full list.

Cooper: According to Dude, they were in the Food Group with Gamer, Idiot, and Sport. The Cleaning crew consisted of Sweetheart, Fresh, Nice Guy, Nutjob, and... formerly The Killer? The Killer left the Cleaning Crew?

Dude: Yeah... said they were too tired of cleaning, so they left and "joined" the Nothing Crew.

Cooper: Interesting. The Shopping Crew consisted of Nature, Famous Guy, Perky, and Aloha... and the Nothing Crew included Chilly, Wizard, Danger, and The Killer. There they are.

"Picnic Groups" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Allan: Great. Nothing else you can tell us?

Dude: Don't think so... good luck, and go slap a pair of handcuffs on The Killer, would you?

Cooper: I, uh... don't think we can do that to an NPC.

Dude: Well, expose them sooner or later! I believe in you guys!

Cooper: Thanks, Dude.

Dude: That's Dudette.

Cooper: Oh, Dude's a girl... I... think we'll stick with Dude. We have to remember 16 names, so cut us some slack.

Dude: Fine, fine, whatever.

Cooper: Then we left her room. Okay, we need to go check wtih Fresh, Sport, and Sweetheart.

Clover: Should we split up and ask them?

Allan: I'm for it. Cooper?

Cooper: Oh, alright. I'll ask Sport. Allan, you get Fresh, and Clover, you get Sweetheart.

Clover: Break!

Cooper: We went our separate ways after that... well, actually, we all went in the same direction but we stopped at different rooms; mine being Sport's. I was about to knock, then I remembered that Sport was playing a video game, so I just walked in.

Sport: Hey, bro. Welcome back.

Cooper: Hi, Sport. He was still playing Yoo Sports... Do you think you can repeat who you saw passing your door tonight?

Sport: Yeah, for sure. It was... Perky first, then Perky and Fresh, then The Killer carrying Fresh, and then just The Killer by themselves.

Cooper: That makes sense... Perky asked Fresh to check the Reserve Course building, then the two left together, but Perky went back to their room. The Killer met with Fresh on the bridge, and knocked Fresh out, then carried them to their room. After that, The Killer should've gone back to Mystery's body to hide it in the garbage can. Perfect.

"Sport's Account" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Cooper: Well, thanks. Hope you win... your game...?

Sport: Thanks, I'll do my best.

Cooper: When I left his room, I took a deep breath. I honestly didn't care about Sport's game, but I had to be nice. Allan was finished with Fresh and so was Clover with Sweetheart.

Allan: You two find what you're looking for?

Clover: No, but... you can go first, one of you.

Cooper: I'll go. Sport saw Perky, then Perky and Fresh, then The Killer carrying Fresh, and finally, The Killer by themselves.

Allan: Well, I confirmed with Fresh that Perky did meet up with them.

Cooper: I mean, I already knew that, thanks to Sport, but I didn't say anything. What about you, Clover? You said you didn't find what you were looking for.

Clover: Not at all. Sweetheart said that they didn't see that thing they were talking about earlier!

Allan: That sucks...

Cooper: Well, do we just wait on Sweetheart?

Clover: They said to go on and meet up with Ninjoy and Wylan B. They'd come and get us when they saw it.

Cooper: Well, alright... let's go find those two. The three of us walked out of the hallway with more questions than answers.

...

Cooper: Oh, how little we expected those questions to multiply.

???: ...

Cooper: Someone exited the elevator and walked towards the hallway we had just left. Hey, who are you?

???: ...

Cooper: They ignored me... it's another The Killer situation. But this can't be The Killer, so who is this? They were walking with a limp in their step...

Allan: It looks like they're lost... wonder who that could be.

(CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH)

Cooper: A-AH! What was that?

Clover: It sounded like glass breaking!

Allan: You two, stay here.

Cooper: Allan inched closer and closer towards that hallway that the strange limping figure went into. Looking down A Hall, his eyebrows raised and his pupils shrank in fear.

Allan: Th-That's...!

Clover: Who?! Who is it?

Cooper: Clover, c'mon! The two of us ran over to where Allan was, and in front of a broken window we saw... a completely new figure wearing spy-like clothing. They were holding their arm around the limping figure's neck, and in their other hand... a syringe with green liquid inside.

Clover: St-Stop that! Let them go!

Cooper: The spy figure didn't listen. They injected the liquid into their victim's shoulder... and they began to lose consciousness. The limping figure fell to the ground with a thud.

Allan: Wh-What was that? Are they dead?!

Cooper: ...No. They can't be dead.

Allan: H-Huh?

Cooper: That's one of us, remember? That green liquid can't be poison, so it has to be... anesthetics.

Clover: Allan, do you know who either of these people are?

Allan: ...No...

Cooper: Suddenly, Sweetheart barged out of the room, their arms shaking in terror.

Sweetheart: Ah-AHHH!!!

Cooper: Sweetheart! The spy took hold of them, and took out another syringe.

Sweetheart: Th-That's Mystery! (points to unconscious person)

Clover: M-MYSTERY?!

"Sweetheart's Account" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Cooper: They're right... there's a stab wound on their back, but how are they alive...?! The spy injected the anesthetic into their neck. And Sweetheart fell down...

Clover: What can we do, guys?

Allan: ...Nothing.

Clover: N-No...

Cooper: So we watched the spy break into everyone's rooms, and knock them out unconscious. Some heard the noise and exited their rooms like Sweetheart, but they didn't make it. They were taken hold by the spy and were knocked out. The spy let out a bitter laugh of malice, and grabbed the first of many bodies he found lying on the hall. He threw them out of the window into a crate being harnessed by a helicopter outside.

Clover: Wh-What is this?

Cooper: It's a kidnapping... Then that would make the spy...

...

Cooper: ...Salem de Adly?!

Clover: I-Is that who that is?

Cooper: ...Hey, what if... What if this is the Salem de Adly Kidnappings?

Allan: The what?

Clover: Th-That name was on the back of that book Wylan B and I found!

Cooper: ...This has to be Salem!

Salem: ...

Cooper: Salem picked up the final body and threw it into the crate. A rope ladder dropped down from the helicopter, and Salem jumped out of the window and climbed up it.

Allan: C-Can we interact with that ladder?

Cooper: Chances are low... we shouldn't even try to stop Salem, cuz we may fall down...

Clover: There they go...

Cooper: Sure enough, the helicopter carrying the crate of unconscious bodies flew off into the distance. Who was driving that helicopter? Does that mean Salem has an accomplice?

Allan: You two... how many people were kidnapped?

Clover: I-I didn't count them all... but counting Mystery, it had to have been seventeen, right?

Allan: ...No...

Cooper: ...Allan?

Allan: ...One moment.

Cooper: Allan stormed to the first door on A Hall and knocked on it loudly... with no response. Then, he moved to the next door and knocked again.

???: H-Hello... what did you need? What happened out here?

Allan: S-Someone's here! Which one are you?

???: I'm Nature... don't you remember?

Allan: O-Oh... the one I hated the most.

Nature: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude... I just needed some serious alone time.

Clover: Nature... your classmates were kidnapped!

Nature: A-Are you serious? My goodness...

Cooper: Nature...

Nature: But... why am I still here?

Cooper: I don't know... Allan had already continued checking the rest of the doors.

Allan: Open up! I said, open up, anyone!

Nature: I-I need to do something... what shall I do...?

Allan: I think I hear someone in here!

Cooper: R-Really? Allan held his ear up to a door on the far left in B Hall. The door opened up to reveal...

???: Is everything okay out here?

Nature: Aloha! Thank heavens!

Aloha: N-Nature... what in the heck happened?

Nature: Wh-Who cares?!

Cooper: Nature ran up to Aloha and embraced them tightly.

Aloha: I-I'm not really one for hugs, so...

Nature: Aloha, everyone else was kidnapped!

Aloha: R-Really? That's awful! We need to find them!

Allan: No one else is in this hall... these two are the only people left.

Aloha: Okay, Nature, we have to go. NOW!

Nature: Th-This is insane... our friends...!

Cooper: Then, the two held hands and ran out of the halls together, towards the elevator. That just happened...

Clover: Is there anything else we can do here?

Allan: No... now all we have to do is find Ninjoy and Wylan B.

Cooper: Let's hurry! We barely spoke during our run to the elevator and then our run to the Reserve Course grounds... except for one thing Clover said.

Clover: C-Can I just say something... how was Mystery... how were they alive...?

Allan: We'll find out later... just keep running!

Clover: O-Okay...

Cooper: I'll have to admit, I had trouble focusing on running. I couldn't take my mind off of Mystery somehow being alive...

Allan: Hey, that's them, isn't it?

Clover: HEYYYYYYYYY OVER THERE!!!

Cooper: E-Ease up... But yes, I saw Ninjoy and Wylan B by the Reserve Course building. Some strange miscellaneous items were by their feet.

Wylan B: Ayy, it's you guys!

Ninjoy: Ah, you three. I take it your investigation went well?

Cooper: You could say that...

Allan: That reminds me, I've been meaning to take notes. (pulls out e-Handbook)

Ninjoy: Notes on what? Evidence?

Allan: Somewhat... I just need a way to remember the NPCs we met.

Clover: Good idea. I don't think I could remember them all.

Allan: This will take me about ten-fifteen minutes. I'll walk with you guys, but I have to focus on this. Got it?

Ninjoy: That's good. Just try to pay attention to what the two of us say, okay?

Wylan B: What? We both have to tell them stuff?

Ninjoy: Please, can you just cooperate with us? It'd be much more helpful if you do.

Wylan B: Ahh, whatever. So, what are we gonna say first?

Clover: Well, um... what is all this? (points to the ground)

Cooper: The items on the ground were... a large stone wrapped in several layers of masking tape, and few broken glass shards.

Wylan B: Yeah, that? That's uh... we don't actually know. They were just there when we found it.

Allan: Strange... where'd they come from? (not looking up from e-Handbook)

Ninjoy: The garden to the side of the building is lined with stones, and it appears that one is missing. It's gotta be this one right here.

Clover: But why is the stone wrapped in tape? That seems pretty pointless...

"Garden Stone" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

"Masking Tape" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Cooper: Well, how about the broken glass? Where's that from?

Ninjoy: Look up.

Cooper: She pointed at the fourth level of the Reserve Course building. One of the windows had been completely broken, and barely had any glass left intact. Why would someone break a window like that?

Wylan B: I know, it's stupid... maybe someone took the joke too seriously and threw a clock out the window?

Allan: (looks up from e-Handbook briefly) There's no clock anywhere... wait, why did I even look around for that? Of course nobody did that!

Wylan B: Guess not. But there's more stuff that we found in the Reserve Course building.

Cooper: There's not that many glass shards here... could this really be all of the glass that was broken?

"Broken Reserve Course Window" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Clover: What else did you find?

Wylan B: What do you think, Ninjoy? Should we take them to the roof?

Cooper: The roof?

Ninjoy: Yes. There was something up there that was very unnatural.

Cooper: Ninjoy and Wylan B led us to the Reserve Course main lobby, and then to the elevator. Clover tried to encourage Allan to look up from his e-Handbook, but was unsuccessful. U-Um, just to let you guys know, I have a major fear of heights... so don't make me get too close to the edge.

Clover: Since when do you have a fear of heights?

Cooper: ...S-Since Gremmie...

Clover: What about Gremmie?

Ninjoy: Mm-mm.

Cooper: I noticed Ninjoy shaking her head at Clover, sliding her hand across her neck to tell her to drop the issue.

Clover: G-Got it... my bad.

Cooper: Don't worry... Gremmie really was a good person, but for him to thrust a knife at me and push me down the Abyss like that... Monokuma must have really broken him down. At least his family is okay...

Ninjoy: We're here. Careful, Cooper.

Cooper: I'll be careful, promise. The door opened, and a large, cold gust of wind greeted us.

Clover: Awesome! It looks so cool up here!

Allan: Huh? Oh, yeah...

Cooper: ...He said, not paying any attention. There were a few crates with Flip's Peak's logo on each one. Rusty white railing was placed on the edge of the roof to prevent anyone from falling. A binocular stand that accepts quarters was set up by the railing. Clover ran up to those binoculars and looked through them.

Ninjoy: I already checked that. The time expired from the previous quarter.

Clover: Enh, it's not like you could see much here.

Cooper: She's right. Beyond the gates of the academy, there was nothing. No land, no sky, no buildings... it was like the end of the world map in a video game.

Allan: What was unnatural about the roof?

Ninjoy: The bottom of the binocular stand.

Cooper: Is that a rope tied to it? The rope was hanging off the side of the academy, but... I didn't want to see how far down it went.

Ninjoy: The rope is about... say, twenty to thirty feet long?

Allan: How could you tell?

Ninjoy: Just an estimated guess.

Cooper: That's strange... it's hanging off the side of the building, but we didn't see it when we saw the broken window.

Ninjoy: A broken window is easy to spot... but it should have been difficult to see a rope on a roof from ground level. It had to have been out of our avatar's range of vision.

Wylan B: We have vision ranges? Epic!

Allan: I'm sure we already had vision ranges, Wylan B.

"Rope" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

"Binoculars" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Ninjoy: That's all up here... Wylan B, where to next?

Wylan B: Well, we found the rest of the evidence in the Main Course building, didn't we? I don't want to walk all the way there...

Clover: Then just tell us what you found.

Ninjoy: I guess we can... and I'll start with the most simplest thing we found. There was a hair pin in the hallway right outside the gymnasium.

Cooper: ...Can that even be considered as evidence? It's just a hair pin. Some student may have dropped it.

Wylan B: I don't know, man... but what if it is evidence? The one piece of evidence that reveals the killer in the end!

Cooper: B-But you can't just assume that everything's important to this case!

Ninjoy: Don't forget, Cooper. This is virtual reality. Would Monokuma really add a hair pin in the Virtual World if it wasn't important?

Cooper: You do make a good point there... okay. Let's keep that in mind, then.

"Hair Pin" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Clover: Okay, so yeah, the hair pin may be important. But what would that prove?

Cooper: ...What if...?

Clover: What if what?

Cooper: How about... that hair pin belonged to The Killer?

Wylan B: Whoa... that makes a lot of sense!

Cooper: Okay, Ninjoy. What else?

Ninjoy: That notecard we found on the Headmaster's Office floor... that was another thing we found.

Clover: What did it say?

Wylan B: I've got a picture. (pulls out e-Handbook) That's what it looks like.

Cooper: A picture of a notecard appeared on his e-Handbook. "BITS" was written on the notecard in large, sloppy handwriting. What's "BITS?"

Wylan B: Beats me. I know it's important, though. The Headmaster wouldn't just leave trash on his floor.

Ninjoy: Meaning that someone else put that notecard there.

Wylan B: B-But I know that this is gonna be important! I can feel it!

"BITS" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Ninjoy: There was one more thing we found...

Clover: FINALLY! The last piece of evidence! I'm sick of this place already.

Ninjoy: Calm down.

Clover: Oh, okay... go ahead and tell us.

Ninjoy: ...Wylan B, you may tell them.

Wylan B: Great! So, get this. All of the security cameras in the surveillance room were turned off!

Cooper: ...What?

Wylan B: I know, right? I had that same face when I found out. It was like, it was like... (opens his mouth)

Clover: Wowww. What a way with words.

Cooper: How could someone break into the surveillance room? And where is it? I haven't even seen it!

Wylan B: It was on the fifth floor. Don't worry about it, though. That's all the stuff we've found.

Ninjoy: No, that wasn't all. You forgot something. We tried turning them on, but when we did... all of the footage was deleted.

Clover: You're serious? That sure is convenient for The Killer.

Cooper: Was it The Killer who broke in and turned the cameras off?

"Surveillance Cameras" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Allan: Okay, I just finished the list of names.

Ninjoy: Excellent. Can you send that list to everyone?

Allan: (tapping on e-Handbook) It's on the Evidence App. You should be able to view it from there.

Wylan B: (checks e-Handbook) Yep, I got it! ...Wow, that's a bunch of info.

Ninjoy: That's... quite interesting. Salem... and Mystery? What happened...?

Cooper: The list of names in alphabetical order are... Aloha, Chilly, Danger, Dude, Famous Guy, Fresh, Gamer, Idiot, Nature, Nice Guy, Nutjob, Perky, Sport, Sweetheart, and Wizard. Mystery, The Killer, and Salem were added last. So in total, that's eighteen total NPCs.

"NPC Nicknames" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Cooper: This is a lot of evidence to keep track of... this trial definitely won't be easy.

Allan: I wouldn't expect such a twisted situation to end easily.

Ninjoy: Well, allow me to make this easier by calming your nerves. That's all the evidence Wylan B and I found.

Clover: Really? Thank goodness...

Cooper: So that means that we don't need to investigate anymore. We can leave the Virtual World.

Wylan B: But how? We just appeared here! We can't exactly appear in the real world!

Ninjoy: I don't know what to do...

Cooper: Just when I was about to panic, Monokuma's voice filled the air once more.

Monokuma: (voice only) To leave the Virtual World, just say your name three times! It's so easy, anyone can do it! Well, maybe not babies... or people who lost their voice...

Clover: Wow, just... he's so extra.

Allan: Well, I for one, HATE this place. Allan, Allan, Allan!

Cooper: Wh-Whoa! Allan's avatar began to glow white light, and when it became too bright for us... he disappeared.

Ninjoy: I-Incredible...

Clover: Me next! Clover, Clover, Clover. (disappears)

Cooper: Wylan B, you can go next.

Wylan B: Uh... no. I wanna go last.

Cooper: Is there a reason for that?

Wylan B: Saying "Wylan B" three times won't work. That's just my shortened stage name...

Ninjoy: Well, what's your real name, then?

Wylan B: ...

Cooper: C'mon, you've gotta say it.

Wylan B: I-I-I-I mean y-you could g-go, C-C-Cooper...

Ninjoy: Say it.

Wylan B: *sigh* Wilbert, Wilbert, Wilbert...

Cooper: Wh-WHAT...? (laughs)

Wylan B: D-Don't laugh...! (disappears)

Cooper: Okay, Ninjoy, you're next.

Ninjoy: ...No. You have to go next.

Cooper: Huh? How come?

Ninjoy: I can't risk saying my name in front of you, three times no less. My identity is precious to me, so please. You need to go next.

Cooper: As much as I want to find out her true name, I have to respect her privacy. Otherwise, what was all that time I spent with her? Cooper, Cooper, Cooper. A growing light emitted from my arms, and my legs, and then my whole body...

...

...

...

Cooper: I'm back? All I could see was black. But I heard her voice in front of me.

Clover: Cooper, take off your visor!

Cooper: I did so, and I saw Clover smiling at me, Wylan B with an annoyed face, and Allan on his e-Handbook. Guys...

Wylan B: I can't believe you made me say my real name...

Cooper: Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me.

Wylan B: Can I take your word for it?

Monokuma: (appears) Of COURSE you can, Wilbert!

Wylan B: ...I hate you.

Monokuma: Nah, you love me!

Wylan B: (points a finger gun at his head and "pulls the trigger")

Ninjoy: ...Nngh...

Clover: Ninjoy's waking up!

Cooper: I took Ninjoy's visor off of her head.

Ninjoy: W-W... Wow...

Wylan B: Wow what?

Ninjoy: Nothing, just... that gave me the headache of headaches...

Monokuma: Don't worry! An exciting class trial will fix that headache right up!

Cooper: Ninjoy wore a stern expression and glared at Monokuma.

Ninjoy: I'm not in the mood right now.

Monokuma: ...

Ninjoy: But don't you worry. I'll be in a better mood when we find out who created you, and when you are defeated. Then I'll feel better.

Monokuma: ...

Allan: Is that all of the evidence for the trial? We may as well go then.

Cooper: Wait, not yet. Something's missing.

Allan: ...What is it?

Cooper: The Monokuma File. We don't have an autopsy for Mystery!

Ninjoy: But if what Allan wrote in his list of names was true, then Mystery is alive, right?

Cooper: The focus of the trial is Mystery and The Killer. Any piece of evidence is useful. Monokuma, do you mind writing up a quick autopsy?

Monokuma: ...Nah, I don't feel like it.

Clover: C-Come on!

Monokuma: Ah, just pulling your leg. I wrote it all during everyone's five seconds of disappointment.

Cooper: My e-Hand Plus sent me a notification for it. It's amazing how fast Monokuma writes these things... or maybe he was just being a jerk and he was hiding it from us? Oh well. I opened the final Monokuma File and read what was written in it.

The victim was Mystery. Estimated time of death is around 9:20 p.m. The body was discovered inside a garbage can in the picnic area. The victim's only injury was a stab wound to the back with a sharp object. Furthermore, the body is wet and grassy. There are no traces of drugs or poison.

Wylan B: So... we can trust this Monokuma File?

Monokuma: Sure you can!

Allan: The others proved to be trustworthy. Why is this one any different?

Wylan B: He left out some important stuff in Elle's autopsy!

Monokuma: What? Did I?

Wylan B: Yes, shut up.

Ninjoy: The description of the body matches how the body looked in the Virtual World. Our best bet is to trust Monokuma.

Cooper: That's a scary thought...

Ninjoy: Yep, I know...

"Monokuma File #6" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.

Allan: Now can we go to the trial?

Monokuma: Absolutely! The courtroom looks so beautiful this time... I made it extra special for you guys!

Allan: I just want to get this overwith. Let's go, everyone. (heads towards the computer lab door)

Cooper: Ah, wait up.

Allan: Now what?!

Cooper: We need to check Gremmie's laptop. Monokuma told us that we couldn't until we used the Virtual World.

Ninjoy: Ah, that's right! I had completely forgotten all about it.

Clover: Ninjoy, you had already gotten through the login stuff on that laptop, right? Then we could just go back and continue where we left off.

Cooper: Yeah! Let's make this quick. Ninjoy led the way out of the computer lab, and back into Gremmie's study center. We all stood around the table with the laptop, and Ninjoy moved the mouse across the home screen.

Ninjoy: Wha-?

Wylan B: Huh? What do you see?

Ninjoy: It's... 9:30?

Cooper: Really? Let me see! I clicked on the digital clock in the bottom corner, and sure enough... it read November 8, 2017, 9:30 p.m.

Clover: Hey, Monokuma, is this clock in the right time zone?

Cooper: H-Huh? Monokuma followed us and I didn't even notice?

Monokuma: Uh, yeah. Flip's Peak Academy's dead in the center of Ohio, and Ohio's time zone is Eastern Daylight Time.

Ninjoy: ...That's what it says. 9:30, EDT.

Allan: That means that we spent about ten hours in that Virtual World?! How is that even possible?

Cooper: It probably works like dreams... we think they only last for a couple minutes but in reality, they're hours long.

Allan: That's insane... now I'm really hungry...

Monokuma: Don't fret, I can get some packs of pretzels and water bottles for you all on your final elevator ride.

Clover: Water bottles yes, pretzel packs no. Get us a snack that won't make our mouths dry!

Ninjoy: I think I found something in the files.

Cooper: Really? What is it?

Ninjoy: It's a file called "For The Survivors Dot M.O.V."

Cooper: Which read "forthesurvivors.mov".

Wylan B: Hey, that has dot M.O.V. at the end! It's a video!

Ninjoy: For the survivors... Monokuma, may we watch this?

Monokuma: (shrugs) Eh, you're the survivors, aren't you?

Ninjoy: Fair enough.

Cooper: Ninjoy clicked on the video, and a green background popped up on the laptop. Gremmie walked in front of the camera and began to talk.

Allan: G-Gremmie?

Gremmie: (on laptop) So, how do I say this? It's good to see you. I don't know who you are, but I do know that you're a group of students who survived five class trials.

Clover: What is this?

Gremmie: Now let me get straight to the point. The reason why I'm recording this now. If I'm still the same Gremmie in the future, then I shouldn't even be alive at this point. If I'm watching this in the future, then it's best if I go ahead and kill myself. Save the other surviving students.

Cooper: Gremmie... it was either him or his family... that's what he means by "it'd be best if he went ahead and killed himself"...

Gremmie: Okay, so, next. You all should have used the Virtual World to investigate a murder. Then you should have seen all of the main characters, or NPCs, that Monokuma set up in there. That includes the victim, the killer, a kidnapper, and the other students. This infamous incident is known as The Lost Case of Flip's Peak Academy.

Wylan B: It's that book we found, Clover!

Clover: I know, keep watching!

Gremmie: Now it's important to remember one fact as you discuss this case in your final class trial. Every one of you played a role in The Lost Case. All sixteen of you, yes, even those who have been killed or executed.

Cooper: So that pretty much confirms it... we're all NPCs.

Gremmie: There are sixteen students who were trapped in Flip's Peak. There are also eighteen total NPCs. Do the math, and that means that two of the NPCs represent two people who aren't here.

Ninjoy: ...Oh?

Gremmie: But don't be nervous. All you need to do is match a student with an NPC. You won't need to worry about the identities of the missing two characters. The only thing that matters is finding out who the killer is.

Cooper: I already had some ideas of who was which NPC in my head. But there were some that I had no idea...

Gremmie: I suppose that's it. However, I would like to say one thing to a certain student, assuming they're still alive. But since this is a video, and since I should be dead, I can't just say it out loud. What I want to say can only be between me and the person I want to talk to. So for that reason, I've pre-recorded a message to every student. Every video message says the same thing, except for one. I would like for every surviving student to watch their assigned videos in privacy. Once you are done, do not say anything about what you saw, whether or not you were the person I wanted to talk to.

Cooper: ...?

Gremmie: And don't worry. I've made sure that every video is the same length, to prevent suspicion. Each video is protected by a thumbprint, so each student is only able to watch one video; their own. With that, that's all I need to say. So please, respect each other's privacy, and don't say anything about what you saw until you feel the time is right. I wish you luck for the final class trial. Gremmie out.

Wylan B: ...

Allan: ...

Clover: ...

Ninjoy: ...

Cooper: ...And then the video ended.

Monokuma: Wow, what an ending! Now you all have to take turns watching your own videos.

Ninjoy: This is just... bizarre. For something like this to be sprung upon us like that...

Cooper: Hey, Ninjoy. We'll all wait out in the hall. Then when you're done, we'll switch out.

Ninjoy: O-Okay... if Monokuma guards the door.

Allan: That sounds fair.

Cooper: So we waited out in the hall for Ninjoy to finish her video. Monokuma guarded the door and didn't move a muscle.

Wylan B: I wonder what's in those videos.

Clover: If Gremmie doesn't want to talk to you, then it's not gonna be anything important. He just doesn't want us to know who he wants to talk to.

Allan: He went to a lot of trouble for something as overly-complicated as this... that idiot...

Cooper: Ninjoy's video only lasted about two minutes. Allan was next, and then Clover, then Wylan B. Nobody asked about what anyone else saw. Maybe seven minutes later, Wylan B exited Gremmie's study center.

Wylan B: Cooper, you're next, bro.

Cooper: Thanks. He held the door open for me, and I sat down in the chair by the laptop. Below the video file was a folder. I clicked that, and fifteen videos popped up inside that folder. Each one was named after all of us, except for Gremmie. I clicked on my video, and watched what Gremmie had to say.

Gremmie: (on laptop) Hello, Cooper. I have something I want to say to you, and I promise not to waste your time.

Cooper: ...I'm the person he wanted to talk to?!

Gremmie: As you should know, you are the Ultimate Lucky Student. But this was just a cover of your real talent. You may want to get comfortable for the next two minutes. This could get a bit crazy.

Cooper: I-Is my talent really that horrifying?!

Gremmie: Well, I'll lay it on you. Cooper, this is the answer you've been waiting for ever since this killing game began. You, Cooper, are the Ultimate...

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...

...

Gremmie: ...now I don't want you to tell anybody about this, until you believe that the time is right.

Cooper: ...Th-That's... that's my talent...? It can't be... he's lying...

Gremmie: Also, before you leave, there is one more thing I must mention. It has to do with the Virtual World. Monokuma may or may not have told you that I wanted to change the material of the Virtual World cube from metal to gold. There is a reason for this, trust me. When you...

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...

...

Gremmie: ...just remember that the cube was made out of gold, and you will be safe.

Cooper: ...D-Did he really just say that?! Do I have to... have to...

Gremmie: Now, I'll say this again. Tell no one. Not until the time is right.

Cooper: ...The video ended. I wanted to sit in that chair for eternity, but then everyone would notice that I was spending too much time in there, and they'd get suspicious. I can't believe that what Gremmie said is true... THAT'S my true talent?!

...

Cooper: Okay, I need to get out of here NOW. I can't let the others know that I had Gremmie's special video...! I closed the laptop, got up, and exited Gremmie's study center.

Clover: Guess that's all of us.

Cooper: I didn't dare look into anyone's eyes. I have a really bad poker face...

Allan: ...

Cooper: But Allan was looking at me weird. Does he suspect me...?

Ninjoy: So... is everyone ready?

Wylan B: For the trial? Heck no.

Ninjoy: ...Mentally, I'm not either. I'm referring to the evidence.

Allan: Well, yeah. I'm sure we have everything.

Ninjoy: ...Then consider myself prepared.

Allan: I agree. Let's get this overwith...

Clover: But... as much as I don't feel like going back to that dumb courtroom... this is something I need to do. So I'm ready! Wylan B? Cooper?

Cooper: ...Now that I know what Gremmie told me... I can be prepared for the worst. I know that hope will win in the end. Yes, I'm ready.

Wylan B: I mean, if I'm being honest... I'm not ready. But I know that Clover's gonna make me come either way, so...

Clover: You know me too well, Winston.

Wylan B: I-It's Wilbert... wait no no no! That's not what I meant!

Clover: (raises her eyebrow)

Wylan B: Fine! I'm ready! (pumps fist in the air)

Cooper: Monokuma... let's go.

Monokuma: What? Who says I have to ride the elevator with you?

Clover: Hello?! We're hungry! You're supposed to give us some food!

Monokuma: ...

Clover: ...

Monokuma: You know, I'm tempted to say that "Hi hungry, I'm dad" dad joke, but I won't. You're welcome.

Allan: No amount of dad jokes would make you a decent father.

Monokuma: Fine... I have some protein shakes here.

Cooper: Monokuma kept pulling out protein shakes from behind his back. Where was he keeping them? How'd you do that?

Monokuma: Sleight of hand!

Cooper: ...Yeah, I'm not gonna question that. It's a waste of time.

Clover: Mmm, Creameo flavored!

Cooper: I got a vanilla shake. Ninjoy and Allan got chocolate, and Wylan B got strawberry. C-Clover, you drank that whole shake in one sip!

Clover: It was really good! Hey Monokuma, where can I get these once I escape?

Monokuma: IF you escape, that is... but I created those shakes myself. I even added a little sakura flower on the logo, which indicates no poison whatsoever in that protein shake!

Cooper: ...Uh, what does that mean?

Monokuma: Now get inside that elevator. I'll meet you at the courtroom! (disappears)

Ninjoy: (finishes shake, then throws it on the ground) I'm sure Headmaster Kamukura won't mind.

Allan: Uh, Ninjoy... we're gonna have to explain some things to you and Wylan B later.

Ninjoy: Alright. Now let's board that elevator for the final time.

Cooper: Yes... let's. And we did so... we looked at the sixth floor of Flip's Peak Academy for the final time before the elevator doors closed in front of us.

Day #15: Final Trial Arrival

Wylan B: There's so much I wanna do when I leave...

Clover: Me too! I need to go find my family, and my friends...

Ninjoy: I hate to disappoint you both, but there is a chance that we may not escape Flip's Peak. That's what Monokuma said.

Clover: O-Oh...

Allan: And, we don't know who's still alive in the outside world. But... even if everyone we love is dead, I still want to escape. Lonely freedom is better than lonely imprisonment, wouldn't you agree?

Cooper: Definitely. The elevator passed the last water section. The water looked as beautiful as ever, especially behind glass. But... why was it there?

Ninjoy: The elevator stopped. We're here.

Cooper: The elevator doors opened, and a bright light emitted from the courtroom. The complete opposite of what the fifth class trial was like.

Wylan B: W-Wow... this place is looking sharp!

Cooper: He's right... a grand diamond chandelier hung from the domed ceiling. Our podiums were now glass, and Monokuma's throne was now pearl white. Fancy mirrors lined the walls, making the length of the courtroom seem infinite. Vines seemed to be growing on the walls, and beautiful red roses grew from them. The once tiled floor was now carpeted, a honey yellow carpet with a pattern that took inspiration from Indian culture.

Ninjoy: ...What a beautiful room.

Monokuma: (sitting on the throne) What do you think, everyone! I spent forever setting it up.

Ninjoy: (notices Monokuma) Oh, look. It's not beautiful anymore.

Cooper: It's been too long... this killing game has been too long... it's gone on long enough. It's going to end. Tonight!

Wylan B: Yeah! Suck it, Monokuma!

Monokuma: Grrrr... don't expect that hope to stay intact as the trial progresses.

Allan: What...?

Clover: Hey! What's that supposed to mean?

Monokuma: Now, let me lower Papa Louie's cage!

Cooper: Monokuma snapped his fingers, and Papa Louie's cage lowered from the curved ceiling.

Papa Louie: ...

Monokuma: What? Got nothing to say?

Papa Louie: ...

Monokuma: Enh, that's okay. You'll talk as soon as I let you out of that cage.

Papa Louie: ...!

Cooper: What?! You're letting him out?

Monokuma: Of course! He's gonna participate in this trial, after all!

Clover: Th-That's incredible!

Wylan B: Hurry! Let him out! That must be really uncomfortable to stay in a cage for two weeks...

Ninjoy: ...No. Let him stay in the cage.

Papa Louie: N-Ninjoy?

Ninjoy: I refuse to let this man out of his cage... just yet.

Monokuma: What? Why are you against your uncle getting freed from a cage?

Ninjoy: H-He's not my uncle. Also, I have my reasons. Let's just discuss Mystery's murder first, and then the secrets of Flip's Peak, this killing game, and Salem de Adly. Only then will I allow Papa Louie to leave his cage. Got it?

Monokuma: Nnngh... got it.

Cooper: Why is Ninjoy... what's up with her? Who would be against Papa Louie escaping his cage...

...

Cooper: I trust Ninjoy. She probably has a good reason for saying that. I walked up to my glass podium, and felt its smooth surface. Clover stood beside me, and the other three joined the podium ring. Only then did I notice Gremmie's portrait. I should have seen this coming, but two surfboards were painted in the shape on an X on his face. After that, I remembered that Akari's portrait was burned last trial. I saw that it had been replaced, and "2.0" was painted on Akari's portrait in pink paint. Just horrible...

...

Cooper: I'm going to have to trust only three things now. The evidence, my friends, and Gremmie's words.

Monokuma: Is everyone ready? Looks like it! That's just grand! Now, let the final class trial... BEGIN!

Name	Talent	Status	Fate	Cause of Death
Cooper	Ultimate Lucky Student Ultimate ???	Alive	TBA	N/A
Ninjoy	Ultimate Thief	Alive	TBA	N/A
Wylan B	Ultimate Rapper	Alive	TBA	N/A
Akari	Ultimate Biker	Deceased	Killed by Gremmie	Died from hypothermia
Alberto	Ultimate Soccer Star	Deceased	Executed by Monokuma in GOOOOOAL!!!	Cut all over body by wires
Xandra	Ultimate Guardian	Deceased	Executed by Monokuma in Sword of Damocles	Impaled through the skull with a sword
Allan	Ultimate Hockey Player	Alive	TBA	N/A
Utah	Ultimate Tour Guide	Deceased	Executed by Monokuma in Beat the Heat	Crushed by a metal robot
Timm	Ultimate Competitive Dancer	Deceased	Killed by Utah	Bludgeoned with a ceramic pot
Elle	Ultimate Scientist	Deceased	Killed by Deano	Triggered an allergic reaction from rubbing alcohol
Chuck	Ultimate Model	Deceased	Killed by Xandra	Stabbed in the chest with an arrow
Clover	Ultimate Percussionist	Alive	TBA	N/A
Deano	Ultimate Gondolier	Deceased	Executed by Monokuma in Deano's Wet & Wild Canal Ride!	Fell to death on sharp rocks
Scooter	Ultimate Skateboarder	Deceased	Killed by Alberto	Sliced in face with switchblade knife
Gremmie	Ultimate Surfer	Deceased	Executed by Monokuma in Mono Loa	Burned in an active volcano
Tohru	Ultimate Youtuber	Deceased	Killed by Utah	Strangled with rope
Salem de Adly	Ultimate Kidnapper	Unknown	TBA	N/A

Danganflipa: Chapter 6 - Braving the Waters (Class Trial) coming soon!

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