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WINRY
“Oh god... What the hell is that thing?
“Why, I’m your headmaster, of course!”
“Gah! It spoke!”
The... thing showed its claws. “I’m not an it! Like I said, I’m your headmaster, Monokuma!”
“Gorlog’s beard, it can move!”
Ed gave me a glance. “Winry...”
“I’ve never seen anything like it before...”
He looks panicked. “How the hell did it move?”
Before I can tell Ed that I honestly don’t know, there’s another voice.
“So why are you here? As far as I was aware, the headmaster was human.” It’s the boy with the quiver of arrows, being certainly braver than any of the rest of us.
“Why, you’re all here to begin your school life! Starting now, and ending... well, never!”
That sparked an outrage in all of us.
“There is one way you could graduate...”
“How?”
“If someone were to disturb the peace, then they and only they will be allowed to graduate.”
A blue haired boy interjected. “Sir, I would respectfully like to inquire what you meant by disturbing the peace!”
“Well, say if one of you were to... murder another...”
“What the hell?”
“Oh my god...”
“What the fuck do you mean?”
“You’ll find your e-handbooks in your pockets or backpacks, I suggest you read the rules!”
We all pulled out our handbooks and silently read. One by one, everyone looked up, but stayed silent.
“So... what do you mean by ‘get away with it’?”
“Upupupupu! I’m so glad you asked, Mr. Treaty! After each murder, you will have a while to investigate. Afterwards, we will have a class trial, where you try and figure out who the killer is! If you discover who they are, they will get punished! If you guess wrong, however, everyone but the killer will be punished!”
The black haired boy in the sports uniform looked confused. “Punished? What do you mean?”
“Why, execution, of course!”
More outbursts from everyone.
“I’ll be taking my leave now.”
“Hold it, you little shit!”
Before anyone knew what had happened, Ed had the bear in a chokehold. “You expect us to just accept this?”
The bear didn’t respond. There was a steady beeping.
Silence.
The beeping continued.
“Throw it!” That was the boy with the arrows again.
“What?”
“Just do what I say!”
He must have shocked Ed into submission, because he immediately complied.
The bear exploded immediately.
Now, I had experienced explosions before, but there were obviously people who hadn’t.
“I-is the bear gone?”
“Upupu! Not quite!”
“God! How many of you are there?”
“Why, I’m everywhere, Mr. Oikawa! Remember, violence against headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited! Next time, you won’t be so lucky... Now, I suggest you go explore the school! Buh-bye!”
As soon as the bear left, everyone burst out in anger. I couldn’t even hear myself thi-
“QUIET!”
The boy with the arrows seemed to be taking a leadership role among our group.
“The question is, is anyone actually considering this?”
No one spoke.
“I suggest we go explore.”
With that, he left the gym, people slowly trickling out behind him.
WILL
“Hm.”
Horace glanced towards me. “What is it?”
“There’s a nurse’s office here, but it’s locked. Not much use that way.”
“Oh. That sucks. Well, you have your pain meds in case you need them, right?”
“Yeah. One of the scars opened back up recently though, so I might still need bandages. And you, Sir Altman, have turned passing out because you keep forgetting to take off your binder into a habit.”
“Oh.... Well, I can’t blame you on that one. Wasn’t that one guy a medic, though? Maybe he can help!
I gave him a grin. “Yeah, I guess!”
“Anyways, I found an AV room!”
“Oh, nice! Where?”
He led me down the hall towards the AV room.
“Y’know, I think people were pretty intimidated by you back there, Will.”
“Really?”
“Yeah! You really did take charge. I think people were kinda scared.”
I gave a little embarrassed laugh. “Well, I guess it was just instinct.”
The two of us entered the AV room, and after a quick poke around, walked further down the hallway.
“Hey, what’s this?”
Horace had stopped in front of a door with a pixelated video game-like bow and quiver.
“Why, that’s our very own Will’s Ultimate Lab, of course!”
The bear was suddenly next to us. I stifled a gasp, and Horace made a strangled noise that didn’t exactly sound human.
“Ultimate lab? What’s that?” I questioned, my heart still slightly racing.
“It’s a place for you to practice your talent! Not everyone’s is unlocked yet though!”
Then the bear was gone as quickly as he had come.
Exchanging a glance with Horace, we pushed open the door.
“Holy shit. This is really cool!”
There was a wooden theme, for sure. A rack with both a longbow and a recurve bow, and a ton of arrows. In the corner, there was a work table with what looked like all the supplies needed to make all the arrows I could possibly need. There were targets at the other side of the room, but the most impressive thing was the fake trees (or were those real?) along the long side of the room.
“Wow. I... Wow.”
“Yeah. Wow. Should we go tell the others what we found?”
“Yeah, sure.”
The two of us began our walk down to the dining hall, holding hands all the way.
SHOTO
As the last few people entered the cafeteria, the boy who had introduced himself as Will began the conversation.
“So, what did everyone find?”
I sort of zoned out, not really paying attention to who was saying what, but taking in the information nonetheless.
“We found the dorms. It looks like we each have one, and we need our e-handbooks to get in.”
“Looks like there’s at least one girls and boys bathroom in each area.”
“There was a nurse’s office, but it was locked, which is unfortunate. The AV room was unlocked though, so that’s good. Also, we came across what Monokuma called an ‘Ultimate Lab’, to practice our talents. Apparently not everyone’s is unlocked yet, though.”
“The kitchens have enough food to feed a hundred people, and they’re restocked every day. We’ll be fine when it comes to food.”
“We came across a stairway, but it was blocked off. We decided we shouldn’t try to break through.”
After a little bit, everyone fell silent.
“All right. It seems like we’ve all shared, and I’m sure we’re all tired thanks to today’s events” said Will, “So let’s go to bed, and we can meet here in the morning.”
We slowly left the dining hall one by one. As I headed down towards my room, I felt a squeeze on my hand. I turned to see Hanta, giving me a reassuring grin, which I suppose made me feel a little better. I gave him a small smile back, and let go of my hand as I split off towards my room. Scanning my e-handbook and sliding open my door, I collapsed onto my bed. Still in my clothes, I fell asleep right then and there.