It had been one day since everyone woke up in this hell hole of a school. Tensions were high and people were not quick to get along with each other. No one could trust each other. Not with what was said yesterday. They tried to avoid each other, they mostly didn't want anything to do with one another. If someone was in the cafeteria, people would avoid it. It was a nightmare.
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Nonam was lying down on his bed in his room, he had found it after everyone had left the gym. Gabriel had also left, but it didn't seem like he was giving up, just trying to think of another game plan to try and get everyone to cooperate. But who would? And why would they? They had no reason to even do anything. They were scared to be around everyone, no matter how friendly they truly were. Because Monokuma was right. What were their morals? How strong were they? Would their morals last? There was no proof that they could even withstand any pressure at all.
Nonam was alone with his thoughts for the time being. He was probably going to be alone for a lot longer, had someone not knocked on the door. Curious, but also cautious. He slowly stood up and walked over to the door. He slowly opened it, but upon seeing who it was, he opened it fully. "Yes?"
It was Marisa who was standing there "Gabriel sent me to get you, he wants to bring a few people to discuss! People he know would listen to what he has to say"
"I'm assuming you are one of those people?" Nonam deduced.
She slowly nodded "He seems like he knows what he is doing. I was… just overwhelmed yesterday so I left" She admitted.
"Who else is there?" He asked.
She started to think a little bit "Gabriel didn't actually tell me, he only sent me to get you. But I'm pretty sure Arianna and Xi are going to be there"
Nonam slowly nodded "Alright, I'll go" Nonam smiled at her "I don't really have anything better to do."
Marisa giggled a little bit "Well the meeting is at the cafeteria! It should start in ten minutes! Don't be laaaate!" She trailed off as she left.
Nonam shook his head a little before closing his door. He should probably clean himself up a little, he hadn't really done much but slept. Why was stuff turning out like this… He changed his shirt before leaving his room. The cafeteria, eh? That isn't too far from here. He started to walk towards it, but he bumped into someone. That someone was Arti.
"Watch where you are going!" He said, pretty angrily.
"Well aren't you on edge" Nonam said to him.
Arti glared at him "Of course I'm on edge! One of us could die at any moment!"
He crossed his arms "Not if we all work together…"
"Pfft! Like that's ever going to happen!" Arti said before walking away.
Nonam frowned before continuing on his way. Was it really not possible for everyone to work together? No, if everyone trusted in one another, it would be possible. He was going to prove that!
Since he was thinking so much, he didn't realize when he had arrived to the cafeteria until a familiar voice greeted him "So happy you could make it Nonam!" Gabriel said with a smile.
"Of course I wouldn't miss it, we all need to think together to do this. He looked around to room and was surprised to see how few people were actually there. Arianna, Delilah, Gabriel, Marisa, and Tristan. That would make six of them in total. That wasn't even half of the people here.
"Is… this everyone?" Nonam asked.
Gabriel sighed sadly "Yes… everyone else either refused to show up or they wouldn't open the door."
"It would make sense" Marisa sighed "A lot of people are scared… Including me, but that doesn't mean I'll hide in my room!" She said confidently.
"What we need to do is find a way to get everyone to get along with each other!" Gabriel said.
"Why not a sort of… party?" Arianna suggested.
"Even if we do a party! No one would show up!" Gabriel frowned.
"Well Catrina would go to a party" Arianna started again "And Eliza might be willing to make the food, so that's already two extra people we have. Chase doesn't seem like one to miss a party, and neither are the others"
"I, think a party would be nice!" Marisa chipped in. "If we do get everyone there, it would be a great way to get everyone to trust one another"
Gabriel sighed and went into deep thought. It was true, this could help people get along with each other. "Alright!" He said as he took out a phone like device.
"Wait…! I thought we didn't have our phones!" Nonam pointed out,
"Oh, Monokuma gave us these!" Gabriel told him.
Marisa took our hers to show Nonam, and it was the same that Gabriel had "See?"
Nonam slowly nodded and checked his own pocket, but, of course he didn't find anything. "Wait, where did he put them?"
"In our rooms!" Tristan said, speaking up for the first time. It seemed like he didn't really want to be there, but he wanted to support the idea of what Gabriel was trying to do
"Oh… I didn't really check my room that much…" Nonam admitted.
"Seems like a rash decision" Arianna shook her head.
"Well! As the bright colourful me! I'll go make some preparations!" Delilah giggled before skipping her way out of the room. She was actually really hot. But sadly for her, all three guys in the room were doing their own thing. Gabriel was sending messages to everyone, Tristan was sitting on the floor, and Nonam left to go get his phone. When he returned, he walked into Eliza, who squeaked loudly and ran away, heading towards the cafeteria. When he returned, he notice that she was trying to keep her distance from everyone, but Gabriel, that is.
"Y-you said you needed me?" She said shyly.
"Yeah!" Gabriel smiled at her, putting away his phone. "We are planning on throwing a party and we want you to make the food!"
"M-me… to make the food?" She tried to back up a little more but couldn't. "I… I guess I can!" Once she realized there was no way out of this, she gained a more confident feel to her "I did check the kitchen. And they seemed well stocked, even if we ate today and yesterday, food seems to continuously reappear" This was way different from what Nonam was used to seeing of her before.
"It must be Monokuma's doing…" Arianna crossed her arms.
"That would seem the most logical, even if it still seems illogical" Nonam thought for a few moments.
"I'm… I'm sure I won't use to much ingredients…" Eliza said.
Suddenly
Bear.
Monokuma was standing beside Eliza "The ingredients do indeed replenish on their own! That's all thanks to me!"
Eliza looked at Monokuma and freaked the fuck out.
Monokuma sighed "Is that really any way to treat your headmaster? I would understand if you reacted that way upon seeing Arianna, but me? Really?"
"Hey!" She yelled out, pretty angrily.
"Oh shut up! You know it's true!" Monokuma said to her. "Puhuhuhu! So? What's the party to celebrate? The killing game?"
"In your dreams!" Marisa put her hands on her hips "No one would ever celebrate the killing game!"
"I would!" Monokuma said "Not to mention the four of you who will be excited for muuurder! Puhuhuhuhu!" Monokuma laughed some more and vanished.
"I… I don't like the sound of this." Nonam said,
"Well we can't stop the party now!" Delilah yelled, having returned, with Chase, who seemed like he was tricked.
"This isn't what you said…" Chase said with a faint blush.
Delilah huffed her cheeks and turned to look at Chase "Oh shut up and suck it up!"
Chase rolled his eyes "So why is everyone gathered here…?"
"We are throwing a party tomorrow night!" Gabriel smiled.
"What? To celebrate the killing game?" Chase smirked, jokingly.
Gabriel was taken aback, but wasn't going to let Chase get the best of him "No, so everyone here can work together to get out!"
"Yeah, I know…" Chase rolled his eyes "I don't understand why you had to bring me here so early compared to everyone else…"
Delilah giggled "Because you were the easiest to convince" She gave him an adorable look before skipping off to go gather more people.
Of course, Chase watched her skip away because he's the type of guy to do that. He looked over at everyone else who was there. "Is this seriously all the people you have gathered so far?"
Marisa huffed her cheeks a little "Is there a problem with that?"
"Well, I mean, there's so little of you. What are we… some kind of Suicid-"
"I would recommend not finishing that sentence…" Someone said from behind Chase, holding a blade to his throat.
This, of course, freaked him the fuck out. Because at moments like this, you don't expect a fucking katana to be pressed against your neck.
Arti removed his katana and placed it back in the sheath "Alright… I'll participate in your stupid little party. But this is as much cooperation you are getting from me while we stay here!"
"That's all I need" Gabriel smiled.
Nonam frowned a little, for someone who didn't want this party at first, Gabriel seems way more eager about it. What was he planning to do…
Gabriel thought a bit "Everyone else should be showing up soon, I did sent a message to everyone else that wasn't here. And Delilah has gone to collect some other people who haven't touched their phone."
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Soon, the room filled up with everyone that was trapped her. Everyone, but…
"I'm guessing you couldn't get Terra…" Gabriel frowned.
"Well it's a hell of a lot easier getting guys to come!" Delilah crossed her arms over her chest.
"Yes… understandable…" Gabriel said, sighing a little.
"Leave this to m-" Chase started to say.
Somehow, everyone in the room said no, in unison.
"Rude"
Xi shook his head "What's this I'm hearing about a party? I didn't think you would lose your mind this quickly…" He was referring to Gabriel.
"Actually, this was Arianna's idea…" He corrected.
Xi looked over at Arianna, looking deep into her eyes "So you listened to what the two faced bitch said?"
"TWO FACED BITCH?" Arianna said angrily
Xi chuckled a little "I speak only the truth…"
"Hey! No fighting!" Gabriel yelled out, trying to keep the situation under control.
"Pfft… even with trying to be a leader, you can't seem to keep everyone under control" Jenna rolled her eyes.
Gabriel tried to keep his calm "This would be going so much better if people actually cooperated!"
Christopher looked at Gabriel and then at Xi, and Jenna "You two aren't exactly making it easy for him…"
"Shut up" They said in unison.
"Alright" Christopher said.
Gabriel took a step forward "Disagreeing like this will result in nothing but more problems for all of us!"
Xi crossed his arms "Fine…"
"Would it be such a problem to at least also have meals together? Think of it this way! If we are all together, no one would dare murder" Gabriel started to deliver a confident speech. "The more we stick together, the least chance we have of getting murdered!"
Arti sighed, he had to admit, it was true. Being alone in your own room wouldn't do any good anyways.
Catrina nodded before speaking up "Plus! All you fuckers better be there tomorrow night! Since I'm in charge of the music, I won't let any of you miss it!"
"Well, good luck convincing me…" The voice of a girl said. When everyone looked to see who it was, it was Terra.
"Oh! Terra! Glad you could join us!" Gabriel said.
"Oh, I didn't come here to talk about the party. I only came here to get food" She crossed her arms. "If you are going to have a meeting, at least have it somewhere like the gym" She walked over to the buffet table and started to fill up a plate.
Delilah coughed a few times before putting on her energetic face "Come on Teeeerra! The party is going to be niiiice!" She giggled.
"Not interested…" She made her plate and left
Gabriel sighed and looked at everyone "Well, the set up for the party will start tomorrow. So anyone is free to help me. For now, you may all leave and head back to your rooms" He seemed kinda defeated. It was understandable, no one really want to listen to him.
Soon, the cafeteria emptied up.
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Nonam did like the others and headed back to his room to think. After a bit of thinking, he got up from his bed and thought it would be better to talk to people.
With that, he opened his door and walked out. The party was happening at the gym, wasn't it? He decided to go check out the gym. When he got there and opened the door, he was blasted by blaring music.
"Catrina! Too loud!" Gabriel yelled.
She removed her headphones after turning down the music "WHAAAAT?"
"Too fucking loud!" Arianna yelled back.
Meanwhile, Christopher was on the ground.
There was a moment of silence. "WHAAA-" Catrina started to say before Arianna angrily marched over to Catrina.
"Woah! Don't have to be so hostile!" Catrina shouted out.
"You don't have to fight her" Gabriel said.
Arianna sighed and stopped.
"Alright, I'll play it less loudly…" Catrina sighed. She looked up and saw Nonam "Oh hey! Another person!"
Arianna turned towards Nonam and smiled softly "Oh! Hey Nonam, we are just testing out the sound system for tomorrow!"
"I… noticed" He said, looking at Catrina.
"IT WORKS PERFECTLY!" She yelled out at them.
"Maybe a little toooo well." Christopher said.
"Well, as long as it works, it shouldn't be a problem." Gabriel said.
"So… do you need help with anything?" Nonam asked.
Gabriel started to think "Well, not at the moment, tomorrow we are going to move the stuff out of the gym. And I think Marisa and Eliza are currently in the kitchen, thinking of what type of meals to make"
"I can't wait to see what they cooked up!" Christopher said happily.
"Well, Eliza is the Ultimate Chef, I'm pretty sure she'll make a delicious meal!" Arianna smiled.
Gabriel turned towards Catrina "Alright! Try it again!"
"On it!" Catrina yelled out. She tried again, only to yield the same result. Blaring music started to play. She quickly stopped it. "What the fuck is even the problem!"
Nonam started checking the cords to see where it was connected to. Once he saw the speaker he crouched down in behind "Someone played around with the settings" He sighed
"What? Fucking bullshit!" Catrina yelled out, hoping down to go inspect it. "What kind of asshole does this!" After fiddling around with the settings, she headed back to the sound board and tried it again.
"WAIT!" Gabriel called out but it was too late.
However, blaring music didn't play. Yes, it was loud, but it was a good type of loud.
"Oh…" He said.
"See! This if fucking perfect!" She smirked.
Arianna smiled at both Catrina and Nonam, before frowning at Catrina, because she was still mad.
"Alright" Gabriel crossed his arms "I think that's it for today…"
"What!" Catrina puffed her cheeks "I finally got it working and you are calling quits now!"
"Well you can keep fiddling around with the settings to get the sound right?" Gabriel said "But I have… other things to do"
Catrina sighed "Fine… I'll see if I can get other people to help!"
Gabriel waved goodbye to everyone and left the room.
"So, what else needs to be done today?" Nonam asked Arianna.
She started to think "I think Gabriel just wanted to get the sound system up and running"
"Hmm… so no more help is needed?" Nonam said sadly.
Arianna sighed "I'm afraid not…"
Christopher stretched a little "Even if we are throwing a party, doesn't mean we shouldn't find a a way out! I'm going to go check around the school a little…" He walked out of the gym.
Arianna sent Nonam another smile before leaving.
He sighed before leaving the gym himself, with the noise of music being blasted in the gym.
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He was in his room for about an hour when he looked at the time. Eh, there was still some time before nighttime. Maybe he should go exploring a little more. He got up and opened his door. He was going to see if Arianna was around, except he heard a voice coming from a classroom that he was passing by. Curious, he slowly peered in.
"No one will believe you anyways…" David sighed as he spoke.
Nonam open the door slightly more to see who he was talking to. It was no one. More than that, David was playing around with a knife in his hands.
"And if they do believe you, they won't trust you anymore" He sighed again.
"Huh…? David…?" Nonam stepped into the classroom.
This clearly caught David off guard, as he dropped his knife and almost fell off the table he was sitting on "Jesus Christ!" He turned to look at Nonam "Nonam? What the hell are you doing here!" He stood up and started walking towards him.
Nonam felt pretty intimidated at the moment "I just… heard you talking and wanted to know who you were talking to!"
David glared at him, crossing his arms "I wasn't talking to anyone."
"Well, yeah, you were talking to yourself" He said.
"Nor was I talking to myself!" David corrected, although it was a lie.
"Then why did I hear you talking" Nonam countered.
He gritted his teeth "You have only been here for a day, and you have already started to go crazy? That doesn't look good for you!"
Nonam narrowed his eyes "You said something about nobody believing you or trusting you. What's that all about?"
David closed his eyes "Like I said, you were hearing things"
"And what about the knife?" Nonam pointed out.
"This?" David said as he picked it up and twirled it around "It's the first thing I made as a Blacksmith"
Nonam started to think for a bit "How many blacksmiths carry around the first thing they made?"
He put his knife away, feeling like he got personally attacked "Well it's because it's precious to me!"
"Also, should you really be carrying that around at a time like this?" Nonam crossed his arms.
"Fuck you, I can protect myself with this if someone attacks me. I'm not stupid enough to go out and kill someone!" David headed towards the door "Now I'm going, don't follow me!" And with that, he left the room.
Nonam sighed and decided to leave the room too. Staying here wouldn't do any good anyways.
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When he made it back to his room, it was already nighttime and a TV screen in his room lit up.
Monokuma was on the screen, sitting in a large chair "This is an announcement! It is currently 10 pm! Which means, I recommend you all go to bed! There's no rules about going out at night. You are free to do so. However, that might increase your chance of someone killing you! This is the killing game after all! Puhuhuhu!" Monokuma laughed, before turning off the screen.
Nonam sighed and plopped down into bed. The party was going to be tomorrow night. Was everything really going to be OK after that? Well, he shouldn't be thinking about that right now. He should be getting some rest. He slowly closed his eyes and let sleep take him away.
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"Hey…" A voice called out to him. There was a long pause of silence before another "Hey!" Could be heard, this one a little louder. Nonam opened his eyes, but saw only darkness in front of him, stretching on forever.
"Don't worry…" The voice said. "There's a way out of all of this. I don't know how, I don't know when. But I feel confident that you can do this. You have the powers to stop this game. This is the first of many, you can do this!" He tried to look around in the darkness for whoever was talking, but he saw nothing. Soon, a bright light happened and a doorbell sound could be heard.
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Ding Dong! Dong Ding! Ding Dong! Dong Dong!
Nonam awoke with a startle at the noise, he looked around for the source of the noise. It was coming from the TV, which suddenly turned on, revealing Monokuma.
"Good morning everyone! It is currently 8am! So wake up and get ready for your daily day! And don't forget about the party tonight! How do I know about the party? Well, I am Monokuma, after all! Puhuhuhu!" And with that, the TV screen turned off.
Nonam slowly sat up on his bed and sighed. He was still stuck in whatever this hell hole was. And it seemed like there would be no way out of here for a while. He got up and went over to his bathroom, to take a shower and get ready to go have breakfast.
Soon, once he was done, he grabbed his Monophone and walked out of the room. Soon making his way to the cafeteria. He expected to find the people who were OK with cooperating to be there, but he didn't expect… this!
Everyone was actually there, even Terra, although she kept to her own little corner, away from everyone.
Arianna looked up and saw Nonam. She motioned him over.
Complying, he walked over to her. "What's everyone doing here?"
She kinda shrugged and took a bite of some eggs. "I don't know, but apparently Eliza made some practice food to see if she still had what it takes to make the food for the party. And it's really good. So everyone wants some"
"Eh, all it takes is food, apparently" Nonam rolled his eyes a little.
"It would seem so" Arianna smiled. "Oh, I made a plate for you! I didn't know what you wanted, so I got a little of everything." She placed a plate in front of him.
Nonam smiled softly, sitting down beside her "You didn't have to"
"Well, to be fair, if you didn't show up. I was going to have it for myself" Arianna admitted.
"Figures" Was all he said. "So, are you going to help Gabriel set up the gym?"
She thought for a moment "I was, but I have other things to do at the moment. So I had to decline…"
"What are you doing?" Nonam asked her, a little curious.
"I… just have to do some stuff" She smiled at Nonam. She finished eating and stood up "I better get going now!" She quickly left, leaving Nonam alone.
Why is she acting like this… Nonam shook his head and finished his meal. He then left to head back to his room.
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He was in his room for a while before deciding he should do something, deciding this. He got up and exited his room. Maybe I should go check out the kitchen. It's one of the only rooms I haven't checked out yet. With that, he made his way over to the kitchen. The first thing he was greeted with was the smell of something delicious. Someone rushed by him, it was Eliza, carrying a bowl of something.
"We… have to hurry up. A lot of these recipes take a while to make, and if we want it to be ready by the time the party starts! We… we… need to do our best!" Eliza was telling some people.
This was weird, this was totally different from her shy self. She still had problems being in full control, but she didn't stutter as much as she would normally. She was completely in the zone. Nonam looked around the room and saw two people helping her out. First there was Marisa, who was reading over a list of ingredients and equipment
"We do have everything we need for now! It should be replenished in about half an hour" She said. She put the list down and turned on the oven to preheat.
It was looking at the final person, who was actually wiping some icing for maybe a cake, that he was a little confused.
"Arianna?"
She almost dropped the thing she was mixing up and turned to Nonam angrily "What are you doing here!"
Eliza stopped what she was doing and looked at Nonam "Oh! More help!" She handed Nonam some stuff "Start helping!" She kinda demanded it, but there was a squeak in her voice.
Nonam turned to look at Arianna and tilted his head curiously "What are you doing here?"
She crossed her arms angrily "I was just making something for myself for breakfast since all the food here sucked and Eliza caught me. Now she made me help her prepare food!" She didn't seem to please by that. But she went back to doing what she was doing.
Nonam looked at the stuff Eliza gave him and then looked back at her "Wait! I don't know how to cook!"
She sighed before thinking of something "There's always the dishes…"
"Wait… what?"
Eliza pointed to a huge pile of dishes that had stacked up.
How did I get myself into this mess…?
Well, Nonam, not being able, to refute Eliza, got right to doing the dishes, even if he didn't want to. While doing them, he leaned over to Arianna. "Why are you angry at me for coming here?"
She had a faint angry blush and looked the other way "Because baking is stupid!"
Nonam looked at the dishes and went into deep thought "But, you seem to be good at it…"
"Doesn't mean I like it!" She was pretty angry now "And why did you come here anyways?"
"Well…" He started "It was one of the few rooms I hadn't checked yet.
She closed her eyes in frustration before moving over to the other side of the kitchen, clearly, not wanting to speak to him anymore.
"I guess she's mad at you" Marisa giggled a little, placing more dishes beside Nonam. Greeeat.
"Yeah, tell me about it…" He sighed.
Marisa started to think "I don't know why coming here made her so mad. You two seem to get along a lot. Or maybe that's just my imagination…" Marisa started to grab some of the clean dishes "I'll need these…" She smiled and walked away with them.
Nonam sighed, why was she mad at me for?
He was deep in thought when Eliza walked over to him "Be careful with the dishes! They do not replenish! I found that out the hard way when a plate broke" She sighed.
"Why aren't you shy in here?" Nonam asked her.
She seemed a little angry at that question, but blushed faintly "I'm just… more confident in the kitchen!" With that, she walked away, a little angry.
He sighed again. He was never going to be able to understand these people.
Much time had passed and Eliza and the others decided to take a lunch break. Nonam, not wanting to be in the crossfire again, grabbed some food and retreated to his room.
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Nonam was lying on his bed again. The party was about in five hours. Would this really be enough to convince everyone to cooperate? Hopefully it was, but, he had his doubts. Well, since the party wasn't for another five hours. He might as well do something to pass the time… He left his room and headed over to the lab. That would be the last room he hadn't checked yet. He opened the lab, and, in the corner, Terra was working on something. What the?
Despite how she looks, she seemed to somewhat know what she was doing.
Nonam took a few steps towards her but never got the full way.
She let out a soft sigh "Please leave…"
"I don't have to!" Nonam crossed his arms.
"Yeah, but I would feel better if you did" She said coldly, although less coldly than her normal self. She was probably using her energy to pay attention to what she was doing.
Nonam looked at what she was making "What are you even doing anyways?"
"What the hell does it look like?" She added some stuff to the concoction, which made it form a cloud. She took a cautionary step back, making sure Nonam got away too.
"Are you making… a sort of poison?" He realized.
"It's not a poison!" She tried to defend herself. "Well, I mean…" She looked the other way "It might be. Too be honest I'm just following the instructions on the counter.
Nonam took careful steps towards it, reading the things "Huh, the name of the stuff is burnt off or something…"
Terra shrugged "It was like that when I got here…" She gave a sigh. "Not to mention that wasn't the only paper in this room" She pointed to a empty placeholder "There should have been one there. But it went missing."
Nonam started frantically searching the room in alarm "Don't you think that's cause to be worried?"
She smiled a little, something rare "Don't worry, there was nothing dangerous on it from what I remembered. Just some harmful stuff. The worst thing on there would only be able to knock someone out for a good 5 to ten minutes. So honestly, it's kinda worthless for any murder attempts. If anything, Gabriel probably removed it"
Why would Gabriel remove the none harmful one and leave the poison ones alone? "I find that hard to believe…" He said frankly "If he wanted to remove it, he would have removed all of them." He started to think some more. "Why are you making that anyways?" He pointed over to the thing she was making.
"This? I just got bored, that's all." She shrugged.
"Yes, because I too, make deadly poison when I get bored" Nonam shook his head.
She glared at him "Well there isn't exactly anything else to do in this place but wake up, eat, ignore people, and then sleep. I'm just trying to change up the routine a bit!" Terra was really on the defensive.
Nonam frowned, a little inconvenienced "You better not use it…"
Terra, trying to prove a point, dumped the poison down sink to get rid of it, probably killing whatever was living in there. Oh well. "There? See?" She dropped the flask in the sink, which shattered it. With that, she left the room.
Nonam sighed, shaking his head. He'd never be able to understand her one bit. Soon, he too left the room, heading back to his room. The party would be soon, and then hopefully everyone would get along after that… Nothing bad was going to happen… Nothing…
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Nonam soon sat up on his bed and looked at the time. The party was starting in thirty minutes, so he should start heading there. He got off his bed and walked out of his room. He didn't see anyone in the nearby hallway. Shrugging, he made his way to the gym. When he opened the door, he noticed how different it looked from before. All the gym equipment was moved to make way for tables that were seemingly taken out of nowhere. Food lined up those tables, and boy did it look amazing. Figures the Ultimate Chef would be able to do this. Everyone was there, meaning he was the last one to arrive. Well, not everyone, but everyone who was going to show up was there. Terra wasn't there, but the odds of her showing up were already slim.
Arti was leaning against a wall with a cup of punch, looking at everyone else, he didn't want to talk to anyone but suddenly an adorable Larissa decided to disturb him. She started chatting with him, and he couldn't turn her away.
Eliza was walking around the tables, placing dishes everywhere. And boy did they all look good.
Arianna was actually still setting up some stuff around the gym walls.
All in all, it looked like everyone was having fun.
Gabriel walked over to the stage, upon realizing that everyone was here. "Hello everyone! I'm so glad you could all make it! I know it isn't exactly what you all wanted. But, we shouldn't let this situation get us down. We were given the stuff we need to live, so this shouldn't be a problem…"
Suddenly, the door opened and everyone looked at who entered.
"Oh… Terra!" Gabriel smiled softly. "You decided to come!"
She crossed her arms and looked away "Not like I wanted to…" She had a faint blush. "I only decided to show up because Gabriel would have pestered me about it forever…"
The room was kinda silent, but it finally got broken by a voice.
"Shiiiiip!" Larissa called out.
Terra sent her a death glare "Shut the hell up!"
"I was just saying" Larissa said innocently.
"Well, let's not make that stop the party!" Gabriel said with a smile.
Eliza slowly started to nod "Y-yeah! I m-m-made plenty of food for you all!"
"Just as I thought" Arianna crossed her arms "She's a wreck everywhere BUT the kitchen."
Eliza squeaked and ran off, presumingly to hide and maybe get food.
The party was actually in full swing! People were talking and actually getting along, Catrina actually rocked the sound system. No one complained about the music playing, which was a good thing.
Nonam was soon approached by someone "So, I don't believe you are the Ultimate Academic…" It was Arti. He was glaring at Nonam.
"I'm… I'm not" He admitted "But it's the only thing that makes sense. I remembered writing a test to get into the school…"
"Then it's simple, you're simply a reserve student someone mistook for an actual student." Arti said coldly "No other explanations"
Nonam frowned a little "Why did you find the need to come talk to me about that?"
"Hey! Blame Xi, he's the one who's been talking about being dishonest about their talents!" Arti said.
Nonam started to think "Who does he have in mind?"
"Hasn't told me anything besides that one of us is lying. I'm just trying to find out who that person is!" Arti exclaimed.
Larissa ran up to him "Hey Arti! I need your heeelp with something" She giggled a little.
"No…" He said coldly.
"Pleeeease" Larissa said in a cute voice.
There was like. No way anyone could say no to that.
Like
No way.
"Fine!" Arti said before walking away with Larissa, who mumbled something about a self ship, to no one in particular.
Nonam shook his head and went to get himself some food. The food smelled like heaven, since Eliza made it. He started stacking some on his plate.
Gabriel soon approached him "It seems this party is going good" He smiled.
Nonam slowly nodded "It would seem so…" Nonam looked at everyone who was eating. Pretty much everyone but Tristan and Eliza were eating. Eliza, trying to convince Tristan to eat, refusing to eat before everyone has tried her food.
Christopher was off in his own little corner. He was actually wearing his shirt inside out.
"Well maybe this is what all of us here needed…" Gabriel smiled.
"I have a question… Why did you didn't like the idea of a party, but then got onboard for it?" Nonam looked at Gabriel.
"That's…" Gabriel sighed a little "I don't know really…" He kinda lied, he did know, but it's not like telling Nonam would do anything.
Nonam glanced over at the clock, it was 8:59 pm. They still had an hour until nighttime. And even then, they could all stay here. The gym isn't closed at night.
Fsssshhhhh
A weird noise resonated inside the gym, and slowly, one by one, people were starting to fall.
Gabriel started to franticly look around "What's happenin-" He never got to finish his sentence as he fell to the ground with everyone. The last thing Nonam saw was Tristan and David collapsing.
Nonam slowly followed suit. The last thing he remembers is an indistinguishable voice yelling "You fuck!"
Suddenly…
Lights out…
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A lot of time had passed, seemingly, when Nonam had regained consciousness. The first thing that was noticeable was the sound of distorted music coming from the sound system. He stumbled up, looking around, almost everyone else was passed out.
"What the fuck just happened?" David asked, somewhat pissed.
"I-I-I don't know" Eliza said shyly.
"Leave her alone…" Arianna sighed.
Nonam walked over to them, the music ringing in his ears. A lot of people were still knocked out from whatever it was that had knocked them out.
Arianna looked over at Nonam and frowned. It seems she was still kinda mad about the events at the kitchen.
David was getting pretty frustrated now "Someone go turn off the fucking music!"
Nonam scratched the back of his head. "I'll… I'll do it…" He made his way over to the stage. When he got there, he noticed that all the controls were kinda out of whack. It would make sense, Catrina passed out with everyone else and probably fell onto the sound system. He didn't adjust them yet because he didn't know how. I should probably ask Catrina about that. He walked around the corner to wake her up.
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However, the sight was horrifying… amongst many scattered records, that are shattered, blood was everywhere. The victim had cuts everywhere. A shattered disco ball lie beside the person, right next to the head, which had a huge gash of blood seeping out of it. There, dead on the floor, lie the body of the Ultimate DJ, Catrina Rwuicks.
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What the fuck is going on!?
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Fifteen remaining students...
