"Ugh," I moaned. I woke up facing a shiny crystal chandelier, while laying on a long dinner table

"Where... am I?" I asked myself. The light hurt my eyes after just waking up.

"Oh, you're awake," a voice said. I turned my head to see a boy sitting on the floor by the wall. He's wearing a blue shirt with sleeves that go past his elbows, pinkish red kimono pants that reach his ankles, and yellow, green and white yarn beanie. His arms and legs were extremely hairy, it looks like animal fur.

"Oh hello, I didn't see you there," I said after I climbed off the table. I walked him to greet him, he wouldn't look up at me. "Are you okay?" I asked him.

"I-I'm fine. Don't worry about it," he answered, still not looking at me.

"Then look at me. It looks like you're shy, there's nothing to worry," I said to him, not trying to scare him.

"Are you sure? Cause if you get scared, I understand," he said.

"Don't you worry, I won't judge," I answered calmly.

He breathed in then out. "Okay," he said. He looked up at my face. His face was... a dog's face. I couldn't help but stare.

"So that's what you're afraid of," I said to him.

"Before you ask, this isn't a costume or a mask. This is..." he paused for a second. "My real face," he finished.

He stood up on his legs, or hind legs I guess. "This fur is real, the tail is real, everything you see is real," he said. I just noticed his brown and tan blond, fluffy looking tail. It looked cute.

"Okay, how about we introduce ourselves," I said, trying to change the subject. "My name is Sora Akomi, what's yours?" I asked him.

"My name is Kojaku. Kojaku Aoba," he answered.

"Nice to meet you," I said.

"Oh, you too," he replied.

"Sooooo, where are we?" I asked.

"I don't know," he answered. "All I remember is that I was heading to a school. And then everything went black," Kojaku explained.

"Oh, you mean Hope's Peak Academy?" I asked in concern.

"Y-yes, I was going to be a student there," he said.

"So was I! We must have been knocked out at different times I guess," I said, almost spooking him.

"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry," I apologized. "But back to the subject, I'm apparently The Ultimate Observant. What's your talent?" I asked.

"Ultimate Monster," he answered, while lowering his head down like someone put down his good mood.

"That's an awful thing to call you," I said, knowing I was right.

"No. I think it fits," he said.

"Hey. What this?" he asked, finding a note on the floor. He reads, "All students report to the main hall in this luxurious manor."

"Why is it written in crayon?" I asked him.

"I don't know, but this could mean that there more people here," Kojaku answered.

He was right, so I nodded. We then ran out the door, searched our way though this maze of mansion, and found the staircase to where we need to be. We walked down the stairs and then saw sixteen other people watching us as we walk down. There were eight boys and eight girls. Thank God they're all not like Kojaku, or I'd be dreaming.

"Um... excuse us," I said to them.

"Ah, you two are students like us too?" a green haired boy said.

"And that makes this eighteen. That's a lot of people," a small girl said.

"Well then let's not stay quiet, we should introduce ourselves," a guy wearing a cap in a heroic pose said.

"Alright then," I said. "Who first?"