"Kibougamine Academy...

Despite being a Japanese school, it was famous world-wide as the best school in the world. The best of the best of Japan's high school students were the only ones who could attend, as well as a very minute amount of foreign exchange students. In fact, many students from around the world would desperately try to become exchange students from their country to Japan, as success was guaranteed to any and all who graduated. Unfortunately for them, it was a largely pointless effort. Kibougamine Academy was meant to be a symbol of hope for Japan, and only for Japan.

Eventually, copy cat schools began to pop up in various countries. However, none were ever nearly as successful as Kibougamine. The schools never gained much renown, and the students who graduated never met any of the immediate success promised to them.

But then, one country found a way. The United States of America, in a plea of desperation, managed to get the attention of a certain group with unknown intentions. Their leader, a seemingly simple fashion model, secretly promised American government officials that she could easily get a school built in America that would be of the same caliber as Kibougamine. The girl's power was doubted, but she had an extremely powerful following. As part of the deal, her group would build the school with their power alone, though the government could supervise to make sure everything went as planned. All the girl asked for in return, was permission to place members of her group in America without having to vie for citizenship. Though the government was wary of her intentions, and were apprehensive of the group's power, their desperation ended up overpowering their cautiousness, and they allowed it. Besides, they doubted her group could ever gain any influence.

And so, Sky's Peak Academy was born. The name was admittedly awkward, but the girl demanded that it be the school's name, to both reference and mock the school in Japan. Still, the American school was an architectural marvel, and seemed to have a limitless amount of money pumped into it, all funded by the mysterious group. Publically, however, the school was said to have been made by American geniuses, funded by the government itself. Most people accepted it as fact, though there were quite a few who found the whole thing to be too shady. Conspiracy theories had begun to spring up, all of which were denied or ignored by the government.

But now, it was all going to be tested, to see if all the trouble was worth it. The 1st Class of Sky's Peak Academy were to be enrolled. Students of all grades and ages from across the country were going to be invited, and be labeled with Ultimate talents, all as the symbolic hope of America itself."

The document I'd just read seemed unreal to me. I'd heard the rumors of course, and assumed something shady had happened to allow such an incredible school like Sky's Peak to exist. I hadn't cared though, I was just glad to have gotten an invitation.

The titles given to American students had been changed from the ones that Japanese students received, as Ultimate apparently felt more natural as a title than the awkward translation Super High School Level. It was a little disappointing, and honestly I felt like the translation change was no different than the pointless translation changes that Japanese games from the 90s had to suffer. Still, an invitation was still an invitation, and I was elated that I was going to attend the first ever successful Hope's Peak copycat school.

I felt no elation now though. I was now alone in an empty classroom, with a document confirming that Sky's Peak was shady as hell. What's worse...I couldn't remember a single thing other than the fact that I'd been invited to attend. Not my talent, my past, not even my name.

Hold on, maybe I should back up a bit here. My thoughts are jumbled enough as it is, so I should probably go through my very few memories in as chronological of an order as I can muster. It would make things less confusing, that was for sure.

My earliest memory I can think of is getting the letter of invitation to attend Hope's Peak Academy. Try as I might, I couldn't seem to focus my memory enough to remember who the letter was sent to, or for what talent the person was being accepted for.

Next...I remember walking up to the front gates of the academy. I remember standing there for a moment, my pride of actually being chosen as a student worthy of an Ultimate title and talent momentarily filling me with many emotions. I don't remember exactly how I got there though, to be honest. I guess it was yet another gap in my memories.

The next memory isn't much better. It continued from my last one, with me walking up to the front gates. As soon as I enter through the front door, my memories turn to mush once more. It was just getting frustrating at this point.

Those are all the memories I can recall. Sometime after all of that happened, I woke up here. For the sake of clarity, I'll relay what happened and my initial thoughts.

I must have been asleep.

It was the first thing I realized as I found myself sitting at a desk, with my head laying down resting on my folded arms. I blinked drearily, and let out a yawn as I sat up and stretched. My back satisfactorily popped a bit, and I shook my head to stave off the remaining tiredness in my brain.

It's a good thing too, as it helped me to quickly realize that I should not have been sleeping at a desk. I had no idea where I actually was, and as I looked around, my surroundings soon came into focus, and startled me.

I seemed to be in a classroom...yeah, that's right. I had been accepted to Sky's Peak Academy, the First Class in fact. I kind of hated the name, it felt awkward to say to be honest. But, that was besides the point. I knew where I was, but now a new question had arised.

What the hell was I doing here? How did I get here? When did I get here? And why had I fallen asleep here? I didn't understand it and couldn't think of any answers, and somehow, I doubted I would receive a decent answer anytime soon. Still, there was no point to just sitting around in an empty classroom. I needed to look around and see what was going on.

It was when I got up and took a closer look at the classroom I was in, that I realized something sinister was happening. There was a camera on the wall, watching me, along with a monitor. I had no idea why they were there, but then I saw something even worse. In place of windows, were large steel plates that looked incredibly thick. I cautiously stepped over to one to take a closer look, and confirmed that it would be impossible to remove them by any normal means. Though, why would I want to remove them? They were odd, and extremely out of place, but the worst thing about them was that they blocked off the windows.

Hold on...I remembered now, how I got here. Today was my first day at Sky's Peak Academy. I remember looking at the school building in awe, before walking in through the front gate. I remember that none of the windows had been covered...so why were they now?

And, well, that was it. It was then that I noticed the document that I talked about at the beginning of this monologue. It was nailed to the white board at the front of the class. It seemed important, so I read it. And now, here we are. I'm standing here, alone, scared, with no memories, talking to myself as if I were my own audience, trying to form some semblance of sanity. Even worse, despite not being able to remember almost anything, this entire situation somehow seemed familiar. It was completely maddening.

Eventually, I found my resolve. I couldn't just stand there. I had to look around, I had to go find answers. There had to have been reasons for why this was happening, I just had to search for them. First things first, I had to get out of this classroom.

I hurried over to the classroom door and yanked it open with surprising ease, as I'd half-expected it to be locked. As I did, I found myself in a hallway. It looked like I was in what I assumed to be the classrooms area of the school, as there were multiple other class doors in the hallway. I wondered if anyone else were in the other classrooms, and decided to check them one by one, but didn't find anybody else. It seemed like I truly was alone.

I started wandering around the hallways, since because I was new to the school, I had no idea where anything was. All I could find out from exploring the halls was that each room and the hallways had cameras and monitors. It was almost as if someone was watching me...scratch that, I probably was being watched. The more I thought about it, the more likely it seemed to be true. This only brought on even more questions though. Who was watching me? And why?

It had barely been ten minutes since I had awoken, yet I already had so many questions. I felt so lost, literally and metaphorically. The only thing I could do is keep exploring, but I had no idea where I could end up. I just wanted to get out of here already.

Eventually, I found myself in front of a pair of double doors. I had no idea to where they lead, but I suddenly felt anxious to open them. I don't know why, I just did. It felt like things might keep ending up that way for awhile, not knowing things, and not knowing why I didn't know things.

Nonetheless, I knew I needed to open these doors. I had to find out what was going on. And so, I grabbed ahold of the door handles, and pushed the doors open, unknowingly walking into what would be one of the biggest death traps known to man kind.

Dramatics aside, I found myself in a gymnasium once I entered through the doors. It seemed normal enough, but I didn't get much of a chance to look around though, as I suddenly began to feel dizzy. My mind felt like it was turning to mush once more, and I collapsed.

Well, I finally did it. I wasn't sure about the timing, seeing as there are plenty other SYOC stories out there right now, but I finally caved in and decided what the hell, I'll give it a shot, and if it works out then great, if not then...well I'll understand due to the current oversatuation. Anyway, welcome, to everyone who has decided to give this story a look! I've had an idea for this rolling around in my head for a few months now, and I now feel confident enough finally start it. I've got a general outline planned from beginning to end, so there should be no worries about this going unfinished or not having an ending or having twists that I pull out of my ass.

I plan to play and mess around with tropes standard with the Dangan Ronpa games, as well as with SYOC stories. There's gonna be quite a bit of leaning on the fourth wall, especially when it comes to class trials and how they usually go. I guess you could say this is going to be a parody of sorts, and though there will be some humor (whether it'll successful humor will be judged by you guys), it won't be the only focus.

The character app is below. This is NOT going to be a first come, first serve kind of thing. I want you guys to really flesh out your characters, and quality will always win out over timing. After one week, if I still don't have enough OCs, then I will just add my own that I have created as back ups.

I will be accepting 14 OCs, with an equal amount of boys and girls. I prefer for submissions to be sent directly to me through messaging to avoid character spoilers. Please, please, PLEASE do that.

Anyway, I think that's it. I'll be looking forward to the OCs that will hopefully be coming in. Have fun!

Character Sheet- Which can also be found in my Bio.

Name: (Your character's name.)

Nationality: (As this is based in America, they can be any nationality.)

Gender: (Your character's gender.)

Age: (From 15-18. If they have been held back and so are older than the average high school student, then they can be older but it has to be explained.)

Grade: (What grade your character is in. Only 9-12.)

Sexuality: (Romance probably won't be playing a big factor in this, but it'll still be good to know as a reference.)

Ultimate Talent: (The unique talent that got them enrolled into the school. Canon talents from the games can't be used. That includes Luck and ? as titles. If you need help thinking of a talent, Google can help find a list of SHSL talent ideas to pick from.)

Appearance: (What they physically look like. Includes body type, face details, posture.)

Outfit/Style: (What their usual clothing attire is.)

Personality: (What are they like? How do they react to people? How do they react to certain situations?)

Background/Past: (How was their life growing up? What were their hardships? How did they find out their talent? They don't have to have a tragic backstory, so don't feel like you have to force one on them if it doesn't make sense.)

Hobbies: (Any hobbies they may have. Will be useful information for Free Time Events.)

Skills: (What skills, other than their Ultimate Talent, do they have?)

Role During Investigations: (How would they help during an investigation? Can they handle investigating a crime scene, or even looking at a body?)

Role During Trials: (What would they do during a trial? Are they skeptical, cynical, aggressive, passive, rational, logical, emotional, etc. during high-stress debates?)

Worst Fear: (What is their deepest darkest fear?)

Deep Hidden Secret: (What is their most-kept secret that they can never let anyone know?)

Important Momento: (A item they left behind to be protected in the hands of someone they trusted before they left for the academy.)

Strongest Motive to Murder: (Whether they actually become a culprit or not won't be determined until later. However, this section will help with figuring out how severely your character will act towards motives.)

Most Likely Role: (Would they most likely be a Killer, Victim, or Survivor? Put them in order from most likely to least likely.)

Other: (Anything else you can think of that you want to add.)