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Tuesday - 11 - July - 20××
Lately, 20 students had gone missing! Investigation isn't doing great and the police almost lost hope on finding these poor, young students. According to some of their acquaintances and family, they were last seen after dinner and when going to bathrooms and stuff. The students are from two schools that is Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy and Kamiyama High School! If they won't be fo//d until to///row d/wn, t/ey w//l b/ cl///ed dëâ—
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? ? ?: ...M-My head...
[I groaned as I a tried to sit. Where am I? What is this place? It's so dark.. ughh.. Wasn't I shopping with.. Aki... Aki... Akito...? Who's Akito... Have I ever met him..? Ugh.. This is so confusing.. I tried to stand up and suddenly, I almost fell. This headache.. And this darkness.. Wait, is my eyes closed? ..Oh, silly me. Now I can see better. This place.. it looks like a garden? I was laying on a bench.. I walked around to see if I can find anything to answer my unknown questions.]
? ? ?: These flowers.. they're so beautiful. Aren't they.. carnations..?
[Carnations. I like them. But one thing caught my attention. What's a paper doing getting stuck there? I went to take the paper. I hope this explains everything..]
For the one reading, Kamishiro A. Kohane.
Welcome to the Hope's Peak MIKUDEMY! You are one of the chosen students to be in this school, along with other 19 students! You may head to the main hall for more information.
If you don't remember, you are the « ULTIMATE CHAIRMAN » ! Nah, not really. It's actually « ULTIMATE LEADER #3 ». Tho, you have to say it's the chairman!! And also, please check behind the paper. There has to be a necklace and a watch. If there is, students must wear them. If not, please head to the main hall and report to the higher ups. Plead to participate, Kohane!
—Signed by Kagamine Len__ (STAFF)
[...I.. My name... is Kamishiro Kohane. That's right. And my brother.. S-Shiro.. Where is he? Ah, but wait.. Kagamine Len..? Isn't he.. the Vocaloid..? Interesting.. oh, it mentioned something about a necklace and a watch behind the paper. I turned it around, and there was. It has an image of a hamster? I wore the necklace and the watch. Suddenly, a sound like a speaker.]
? ? ?: Ekhem! This is staff Hatsune Miku! Students that is awake, please escort to the main hall. You may wake up those who hasn't. To avoid getting lost, please click on your watch to get a look of the school map! I repeat, this is staff Hatsune Miku—
[..Miku? Hatsune.. Miku? As in the Vocaloid..? How.. is this possible? I look around to see if there's any door and immediately spot it near the corner. I needed to get answers on what's going on. Why am I in this school? I already attended in.. Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy..]
? ? ?: There's actually another person here..
? ? ? #2: Hey, you!! Blonde timid girl!!
[I heard two voices from behind me. I turned around to saw a girl with short blue hair, along with a girl with long pink hair.]
Kohane: ...H-Hi..?
? ? ? #2: I'm Mizuki! This is Haruka! We woke up from the next room and wondered if there's actually more people here!
Haruka: Why, yes. The claim of being the Vocaloids is rather.. something, so we wanted to know both reasons.
Kohane: I.. I understand..
Mizuki: Mhm! Oh, why don't we go to the main hall together?
[I muttered a nervous 'okay..' as because I'm not sure if I want to trust them or not. But, I'll do for now. We walked through the Hallway, passing by classrooms.]
Haruka: By the way, we haven't catch your name.
Kohane: H-Huh..? Oh.. I'm Kohane..
Mizuki: Well, nice to meet you Kohane! I hope we get along well!!
[I could feel myself smile a little. I guess I will trust them. I look forward and saw the we had arrived at the main hall. Mizuki barged in and we saw many people had arrived. They were all so unfamiliar.. except..]
? ? ?: Kohane!
Kohane: S-Shiro..?
[That's right! My brother! He's.. he's also here! I won't be alone now.. Shiro immediately ran towards me and hug me..]
Rui: Oh, I'm so glad you're okay!
Kohane: And I'm glad you are here with me..
SPEAKER: Aa, aa. Tes.. Oh! It looks like everyone is here.
[That robotic voice.. It's Miku's again. Shiro let go and grabbed my hand, taking me to the crowd.]
SPEAKER: Well, since everyone is here now.. we will show ourselves!!
[Suddenly, a bomb of smoke appear on the stage. After a moment.. the smoke fades and.. the six Vocaloids..! They're.. on the stage! Except.. they have split hair with the left side of their hair is white..? And they have bear ears..]
? ? ?: W-What the?! How is this possible?!
? ? ? #2: Ain't no way y'all are actually real!!
? ? ? #3: Woah!! Miku-chan is here in a room with us!!?
[The room is so loud I feel like I could faint any moment now.. Shiro noticed my discomfort and immediately took me close.]
Miku?: Ekhem!! Everyone, silent!!
[She demanded. Everyone went immediate silent.]
Miku?: Now, since we're all here. Let's do an introduction of the staffs!! First of all, is me! MonoMiku!! I'm the Main Staff here!
[..M-MonoMiku?? That's.. an interesting name..]
Rin?: Oh! Oh! I'm next! My name is MonoRin~
Len?: I'm MonoLen!!
Luka?: Fufu, I'm MonoLuka.
MEIKO?: Y'all can already guess it! It's MonoMEIKO!!
KAITO?: ...I swear if you can't guess my name.. It's MonoKAITO.
[All of their names.. it all started with 'Mono'.. just what is going on?]
MonoMiku: And now.. the one we've been waiting for! THE HEADMASTER!!
[..And again, smokes. This is getting annoying.. but tho, why is there another Miku on the stage? Except.. she has black and white split hairs and bear ears. Her outfit.. it's rather.. something.. there's so many sews. And her left eye is red. Instead of a hologram, she's a robot.. looks dead too.]
MonoRin: We present to you all, the headmaster of this very Hope's Peak MIKUDEMY! MonoHatsu Mikuma Dayo!!
[Suddenly, her eyes turns on and...]
Mikuma: GRRRRREEEETINGS STUDENTS!! Thank you all for your presence. I know you all must be so confused on what's going on!! Well, I can't let that patience go to a waste, right?
[You're already wasting our time..]
Mikuma: Ekhem. So, I assume all of you got a piece of paper, right? It was said that all of you are the chosen students to be in this school! And you will have to stay here.. forever.
. . .
[What..? Why do we have to stay forever? Can't we just go home for the evening and come back tomorrow..?]
? ? ?: Hey! Why do we have to stay forever?!
? ? ? #2: Yeah! Can't we at least leave the school??
? ? ? #3: Huu... my cafe..
Mikuma: Oh? You want to leave the school??
? ? ?: Well, duh! We have other stuff to do!
Mikuma: Hmm! Well, there is most likely two ways.. I think!
? ? ?: Well? Tell us!
Mikuma: Upupupu... Since you wanna know so badly... I'll tell you!! Ekhem.. Well, for the first one, there is something you have to know! This school... is a SEKAI.
[..SEKAI..? Doesn't it basically mean world?]
Mikuma: SEKAIs are born from strong feelings of a someone. If you have a really.. really strong feelings! The SEKAI will be made for you to find your true feelings!!
Rui: So! You are saying! This... SEKAI.. someone made it? Because of their feelings? Now, who made it?
Mikuma: No can do, sir! For the first way to leave, you have to figure out who made this SEKAI!! And convince them to let you all out. The person you want to find will be considered as the Mastermind!
. . .
? ? ?: Ugh! That is too much work!! Is there anything else asides from that??
Mikuma: OH!! OHH!! Finally, you asked the best question ever!! Yes, there is another way. But it risks a lot!!
? ? ?: Just tell us, already!!
Mikuma: Upupupu~... of course!! Now.. for the other way to leave.. you all have to kill eachother.
. . .
"WHAT?!!"
? ? ?: Say you are joking! NOW!!
Mikuma: Nope! I'm not joking at all!!
? ? ?: But we're literal strangers?! Why would we even bother killing someone we just met!!?
Mikuma: Hmm.. why would you? Because it was the mastermind's plan! You see, this SEKAI was made to spread despair.
? ? ?: This is nonsense! I'm calling the police!!
[The person then search through their pockets but end up with nothing.]
? ? ?: What the.. I can't find my phone!!
[Hearing that, everyone began to search through their pockets, including me and Rui.. our phone was gone.]
Rui: Hey! Did you take our phones?!
Mikuma: Hmm~ Yep! I took it so y'all won't be considered crazy by the police. I mean- imagine being an police officer and you received a call by some teenagers and they say.. "help us! we're stuck at this place called sekai and we're told to kill by some robot named mikuma!!" ..Crazy, huh?
. . .
Kohane: Shiro.. I'm afraid she made sense.. if we tell the police they will think we're crazy..!
Rui: I understand..
Mikuma: EHEKEHSJEH Anyways! We will be giving out your e-Handbooks! But if you don't want to call it that just say monopad. Ekhem! Staffs!
"Yes!"
[They went behind curtain and then came out with something.. that looks like tablets. Are those what they call the monopads? I saw Len.. no. MonoLen walking towards me.]
MonoLen: Here you go, Kohane! It has all your informations there!
[..I see.. Shiro must've gotten his by MonoRin.]
Mikuma: Now, you all have your monopads, I'll explain some things before we leave beforehand! EKEHEHEHM.
“In your Monopads, rules of this school will be listed in. It also has a complete map of the school. If you ever lost your monopad, you can track it with the MonoWatch that was given from the paper! It also has a lost of all students and their life status. Asides from all that, you can access a messaging app, camera, gallery and any other basic apps from a phone! You can even find Spotify! The only thing it don't have is Google and those apps you use to call people.”
Mikuma: Do you understand now? If you have any questions, just submit it at the QnA app in your monopad! Now, for the final thing, please introduce yourself along with the ultimates you have. That's all! Goodluck~
[With the farewell, they left the stage..]
Kohane: Shiro.. I'm scared..!
Rui: It's okay, Hane.. As long as I'm here, no one can hurt you.
? ? ?: Ekhem, for everyone, I will need your attention!
[Someone with a black hair tried to catch everyone's attention.]
? ? ?: I will need your cooperation and calm for this. Yes, we're stuck here told to kill eachother with no escape, but remember! We can also try to find the mastermind and convince them to let us go! That's the first way we were told about, right? It may take a lot of work, but if we investigate the school and find clues on who's the mastermind is, we can definitely leave this place!
? ? ? #2: Yeah! She's right! We just need to work together to escape this place!! If this place is to spread despair, then let's fight it with hope!!
Kohane: ..I.. I agree! We can't just get suck into despair that easily! We still have hope to escape!
[Shiro looked surprised, but smiled..]
? ? ? #3: Yeah! Let's work together to find mastermind and escape! Together!
? ? ? #4: We can do this everyone..!
Ichika: That's the spirit!! Now, Mikuma said we shall introduce ourselves, right? Then let's do so! I'll go first, my name is Hoshino Ichika, I am the « ULTIMATE COMPOSER ». I hope we'll get along!
Toya: Oh, I'll go next! I'm Aoyagi Toya, the « ULTIMATE KEYBOARDIST»!
Akito: Shinonome Akito. « ULTIMATE DRUMMER ». Mess with my sister and I swear you-
Ena: Please don't mind him! I'm Shinonome Ena! I'm the « ULTIMATE VOCALIST »! We both also likes to paint stuff. It's nice to meet you all!
Honami: Oh, I'm Mochizuki Honami! The « ULTIMATE STYLER »! Also, if you ever need assistance with cleaning, you can always come to me!
[A/N: I give up using bold for their names.]
Mafuyu: Asahina Mafuyu, the « ULTIMATE BASSIST ». This is my daughter, Emu! Oh, note that I took her when she was 14 and I was 15.
Emu: HII!! IM ASAHINA EMU!! THE « ULTIMATE ACROBAT »!! WANDAHOII!!
Tsukasa: Hahaha! Very energetic I see! My name is Tenma Tsukasa! The « ULTIMATE VIOLINIST »... although I'm not into classical musics...
Saki: ...Tenma Saki. « ULTIMATE GAMER ».
Nene: Ah! I'm Kusanagi Nene! The « ULTIMATE SINGER »!
Rui: Fufu, I'm next. I'm Kamishiro Rui. The « ULTIMATE INVENTOR »!
[I'm next..!]
Kohane: K-Kamishiro Kohane..! I'm the..
[Remember what the paper said..]
Kohane: ..« ULTIMATE CHAIRMAN »..
An: Yahoo! I'm Shiraishi An! The « ULTIMATE DANCER »!! I can also cook by the way!
Minori: Oh! Oh! I'm Hanasato Minori! The « ULTIMATE ANIMATOR »!!
Shiho: Hinomori Shiho, the « ULTIMATE LYRICIST ».
Shizuku: Hinomori Shizuku, the « ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATOR ».
Kanade: ..Yoisaki Kanade, the « ULTIMATE IDOL »!
Mizuki: Oh! Akiyama Mizuki! « ULTIMATE DESIGNER »!!
Haruka: Fufu, Kiritani Haruka. « ULTIMATE PHOTOGRAPHER ».
Airi: And lucky last, me! Momoi Airi! The « ULTIMATE STAR »!!
Ichika: Now that we know each other, let's take a look in the monopads to read into the rules!
[We nodded and each of us opened our monopads. I turned it on and.. it's pretty decent.]
‹ WELCOME TO HOPE'S PEAK MIKUDEMY! PLEASE SLIDE TO READ THE RULES. ›
*slides*
⟨ RULES ⟩
Rule #1: Students must live in Hope's Peak MIKUDEMY for the remainder of their foreseeable future.
Rule #2: Once a murder takes place, all surviving students must participate in a class trial.
Rule #3: If the blackened is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be punished.
Rule #4: If the blackened is not exposed, all remaining students will be punished.
Rule #5: If the blackened survives the class trial, they will graduate and re-enter the outside world.
Rule #6: The SEKAI will continue until only three surviving students remain.
Rule #7: "Nighttime" is from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The dining hall and gymnasium are off-limits at night.
Rule #8: Violence towards the Staffs, especially Mikuma, the headmaster of Hope's Peak MIKUDEMY, is strictly prohibited.
Rule #9: Mikuma will never directly commit a murder.
Rule #10: Your Monopads are very important items. Please do not damage them.
Rule #11: The "Body Discovery Announcement" will play when three or more students discover a body.
Rule #12: With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore the campus at your discretion.
Rule #13: Students who violate these rules will be immediately exterminated by the Exisals.
Rule #14: Further, there may be new additions to the school rules according to the convenience of the headmaster.
⟨ THIS IS A NOTE FROM STAFF MONOLUKA: I will come pick you all up to take you guys to your dorms right when night-time arrives. This note will be deleted when every students is in their very dorms. ⟩
[So.. if the.. blackened gets away, they'll leave this place..? That's..]
Rui: Are you okay, Hane?
Kohane: H-Huh..? Oh, I'm.. fine..
Rui: Hey, if you're not feeling great, you can always come to me, alright? I'm here for you.
Kohane: ..Okay..
* ding dong bing bong
Mikuma: It is now 10 p.m.! Which means, it is officially night time. MonoLuka will lead every students to their dorms. Please refrain from sleeping somewhere else asides from dorms or you will be punished accordingly! Thank you, good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite~!
[After the announcement, MonoLuka then showed up at the entrance.]
MonoLuka: Well, students, as said. Please follow me and don't get lost.
[The hologram lead us through the hallways, and arrived at the dorms, each of it has a name board.. my room is next to Shiro's..]
MonoLuka: Please note that the dorms are soundproof, so if you ever want to blast music, you are very much allowed. And also, to access your dorms you will need to use your monopads and scan it at your door, it will be unlocked once it recognises you. I will now be taking my leave.
[She said as she disappeared. I took my monopad and put it against my door.. *click!* It worked! I bid a goodnight to Shiro as I went in my room. Inside, it was pretty decent.. The walls were painted hot pink, there's also some stuff.. that was used for shows. Ah, there's also tools for me to do something when I'm bored! I spotted my bed right at the corner. I also noticed that there's a bathroom. I walked towards my bed and collapsed.]
Kohane: Escaping together.. I wonder.
[Suddenly, everything went dark.]
{ UNKNOWN ROOM }
[I watched through the monitors, all of the students are sleeping. How silly. I heard a door creak open as I turned around to see Mikuma.]
Mikuma: Hello, boss.
? ? ?: Ah, Mikuma. Great job on the introduction, it was really crazy I almost forgot I was the one running this SEKAI.
Mikuma: I see, thank you. Is there anything I have to focus on?
? ? ?: Why, of course! The one with leader ultimates. Don't forget to tell them and unite them. Make sure they don't die too.
Mikuma: I understand. I will make sure they will stand surviving.
? ? ?: Fufu, good.
[I focus back on the monitors, just so you know everyone...]
Despair is waiting for you.
* REMAINING STUDENTS : 20