"He's still asleep, riiight?" a mature female voice echoed in the back of my mind, nagging me to open my eyes. "We can't have him wake up before we reach The City!"

"It seems like the anesthetic is fading…" a younger male voice responded in my stead. With what little strength I had, I tried to move my left arm, only to find it restrained by a metal ring. "I'll get more of it."

"These guys don't even know what they've got coming. The despair!" The female voice cackled with a tone of sophisticated evil to her voice. "I'm so excit-" I flopped around as much as I could, which given the circumstances wasn't much, interrupting the woman's thoughts. "This one… the defense attorney? He's a resilient pest, isn't he?"

"Tell me about it…" the male sighed, almost annoyed. I tried moving my right leg, but it was also immovable, as were my other limbs. I heard some kind of liquid flowing into a recipient behind me and flinched at the thought. "Hananari-san, I think his name is."

An audible gasp escaped the female's lips. "Hananari? From the Hananari Law Offices back in downtown? My cousin works there." I heard a foot click repeatedly on the floor, almost as if whoever did so was running out of patience, quickly. "Maybe we shouldn't have kidnapped the brat."

The male stepped closer to me and pressed his thumb against my bare arm, the sleeve of whatever I was wearing pushed up to the shoulder. "Don't be stupid." he stated, rather rudely. "Would you look at that… we're almost there."

"I'm so excited for the actual Mutual Killing Game!" the female voice was mature before, but quickly changed into a squeal. "It was so boring how everyone got executed last time..." E-Executed…? Wh-Where am I…?

I flailed around with all my strength. "Would it kill you to be a little more patient? We're almost there." I felt a cold needle puncture my skin and drop a fluid onto my bloodstream. Slowly but surely, my consciousness started fading.

My name… is Tsukushi Hananari, the SHSL Defense Attorney… and this is the story of how a bear and a giant circular wall made my life a living hell.


SYOC: CLOSED! Thanks to everyone who submitted! I had loads of fun reading everyone's submissions, and I want to thank everyone for finding the time to make an OC to submit to this story! To all of those who did make the cut, I just hope I make your characters justice!

HERE'S THE ROSTER!

Males:

- Tsukushi Hananari, SHSL Defense Attorney (me!)
- Kiyoshi Ikeda, SHSL Custodian (The SENDER and the TRAVELER)
- Yori Hanamichi, SHSL Magician (Kat the Writer)
- Riou Ryielo, SHSL Boxer (YAmomoto)
- Eita Kurogane, SHSL Estimator (Third Cosmic Velocity)
- Yuki Batora, SHSL Butler (IcarusDash)
- Yatarou Nekomirin, SHSL International Tour Guide (TikiKitsune)
- Shizuka Matsuoka, SHSL Street Magician (SDproductions)

Females:

- Yuzuru Kanzaki, SHSL Assassin (Lloyd's fics)
- Blackjack 21 (?), SHSL Information Broker (dashunterman)
- Frances Baishou, SHSL Tapdancer (SatokoHojo)
- Akahana Nakajima, SHSL Prosecuting Attorney (CandiedStars)
- Maruko Inubarashi, SHSL Translator (Crimson Spider Lily)
- Asuyo Uemura, SHSL Landlord (TheRoseShadow21)
- Kikyo Namikaze, SHSL Hair Stylist (SongBirds-Lullaby)
- Chigusa Takagawa, SHSL Gardener (Jubilees)