DAY 1 : Resentful Morning : Gymnasium
There was a vibration in my pocket before a cheerful school bell jingle chimed from it. From everyone's pockets, but actually. Curious, I stuck my hand inside, before pulling out a small electronic device.
I looked over Eiji's shoulder, as he was already scrolling through... something. I noticed that he had a different color, however. Instead of the dark red and black one I had, his was brown and black. Probably to match our hair colors, I thought.
I flipped over the electronic device. There was a logo of the school on the back of the device, with the words MONO-PAD imprinted right beneath it.
I turned it around before the dubbed "Mono-Pad" lit up in my hands, displaying a row of folders before me.
( PROFILE ) [•] ( MAP ) [•] ( RULES ) [•] ( INVENTORY )
Obviously, I'd choose the rules first. Wait a minute... Rules? Why do we need rules? I thought to myself as I began to swiftly move my hands around the interface in calculated motions like I knew what I was doing, scrolling through the different rules.
1. There is no end date for the communal school life at Gifted Inmates Academy.
2. When a murder occurs, everyone must participate in a school trial.
3. If the true culprit is found during the trial, then only the guilty party will be executed.
4. If the true culprit is not found during the trial, everyone except the guilty party will be executed.
5. If the culprit succeeds in getting away with their crime, they will graduate and be permitted to leave.
6. If the innocent continue to win, the game will end when there are only two participants remaining.
7. The hours between 10 P.M. and 8 A.M. are designated as "Night Time" and the cafeteria and gym will be locked.
8. Violence against Headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited.
9. Monokuma will not interfere or aid with murders.
10. Your Mono-Pad should be kept safe, and please do not break it.
11. The Body Discovery Announcement will be played when three or more students witness a body.
12. Students are free to investigate the school at will. There are no restrictions on this.
13. Anyone who breaks the school rules will be punished by the Nasty Monkeys.
14. The headmaster may add rules at any time.
"Are you guys seeing this?" Eiji asked, sounding a little panicked.
"He... they expect us to live by these regulations?" Bansai would boom. "What are we supposed to be here, prisoners?"
"Well..." Haibu paused, causing Guestian to turn his head towards her. "Shut it." He said. "Don't you dare finish that sentence."
"Hey, guys, look at the profiles," Yuru said with such a soft voice, staring down at her Mono-Pad. "There's something strange here."
I did as told, and began to look through the various profiles of the different students.
"This one?"
At the very end of the profile listings, instead of another person, it was rather replaced by an image of a brown photo frame, with a person whose face was blurred out by whiteness. The screen was glitching immensely, too. I quickly closed out of the app, before shoving the device in my pocket.
"Guys, we're wasting precious time here," Ryoto spoke up with an orotund voice. "We could be exploring the very edges of the school. Perhaps we'll find an escape. Who knows what Monokuma meant when he said he would prepare something for us?"
"Don't you remember what they said, though?" Naoki asked the author. "There's no escape here. We can only get out by killing each other."
"Is it really a good idea believe what those bears told us?" Eiji questioned. I sensed some sort of doubt in his voice. "They can just be lying to us, for all we know."
"All this talk makes me sick..." I could hear Yuru murmur.
"Y'know what?" Hiromo paused. "I'll just go. Standing around won't do us any good. You're welcome to join me, if you like."
"Yeah, splitting up during a killing game is such a great idea." Guestian said, obviously trying to be sarcastic. "I'll go with you."
We watched the two as they left the gymnasium.
Eren sighed. "I'll go too." She spoke up with her orotund voice.
"H-Hold on!" Tsukiko said with such a soft voice, as if she were to be whispering. It was like Eren didn't hear her, as she already pushed open the door. Tsukiko soon ran after her.
"I'll go with her." Takeshi spoke up. "Make sure she doesn't get herself lost."
Soon, a lot of familiar faces began to pile out of the gymnasium, with only me, Eiji, and Aiko left.
"So... that leaves three of us, huh?" Eiji spoke up, before sighing. I gave a slight nod. "Hiromo's kinda right though. We won't get anywhere just staying here."
"So you're saying we should go?" Aiko asked.
"Exactly." Eiji replied to the maid's question. "Well then, let's get out of this place." Eiji turned to leave, soon followed suit by me and Aiko.
DAY 1 : Resentful Morning : Hallway
As soon as I left the gym, I could hear an echoey sound. "Do you hear that?" I asked, looking around.
There was a sort of ringing tone.
"From there." Aiko said, before approaching the lockers that were lined in a neat row. She opened one of the lockers, and inside was a miniature device, sort of like a smartphone. The screen suddenly faded to black.
Aiko retrieved it from the locker, showing the two us it.
"I saw Guestian with that before the announcement." Eiji spoke up. "I'll take hold of it for now." Aiko gave a slight nod, before handing Eiji the phone.
"Then when we see him, we'll return it." I said, as Eiji shoved the phone in his pocket. "It's the right thing to do."
Then, I felt a vibration from my own pocket.
I took out the Mono-Pad, only to see a ribbon around the INVENTORY folder, as it kept jumping up and down. So, I opened the inventory.
Besides the Saishuu Gakuen emblem, the only thing there was the phone that was just recently added. In fact, the words "NEW" was right in the center before I pressed it, with a yellow background.
I looked up from my device, only to see the other two looking at their devices. "So you got the notification too, huh." I muttered.
"Yeah," Eiji sighed. "Anyway, shouldn't we be leaving the school right now? I've done looked around this place, so there's no need to stay here."
So the three of us made our way towards the entrance hall, stepping across various weeds and plants...
The room was noticeably darker than before, like it was around nighttime, and the doors had been opened.
"Look at that." Eiji spoke up, turned towards the monitor. I diverted my attention to it as well.
The monitor's screen was on, for some odd reason, revealing a sort of traditional Japanese styled home, but was in ruins. The wallpapers had been slashed, some floorboards were missing, and let's not forget that there was a blood splatter in the middle of the room.
"Ugh. I don't wanna be here any longer." I murmured. "Can we just go now?"
"Yes, it's been quite a long day for all of us." Aiko said, turning towards the small, brown-haired woodcarver. "Would you like to accompany us to the outside?"
"Of course!" The boy smiled. "I don't want to be alone in this place. It's best if we stick together."
So, with that decided, we finally left the school building.
DAY 1 : Resentful Morning : Outdoors
We stepped out into darker territory. "Would ya look at that?" Eiji said, staring up at the dome that surrounded us. I looked up, noticing that it was nighttime. The sky, however, was blanketed with darkness.
No stars.
No anything.
"Hey, Aiko..." He paused, before turning around to the maid. "What time is it right now?" He probably asked because hers was still in her hands.
Aiko was already looking down at her Mono-Pad by the time I looked behind me. "It's... 9:50." She replied.
"Ah, we'll do more tomorrow, let's head back to our dorms and call it a night." Eiji suggested to the two of us. "It's right down there."
He pointed to the blue building nearby the staircase.
"Well, okay then..." I said, as we began to walk towards the dormitory building. The building wasn't all that far away. In fact, it felt like the distance got shorter with it.
DAY 1 : Resentful Morning : Dormitory
As soon as I stepped inside, I noticed that the inside was noticeably lighter. It was nice to feel the warmth of the light again.
"Alright, I'll be in my dorm for then." A familiar voice spoke. I looked up at the staircase, to see Naoki in front of an open door. I could see a tint of pink hair from beside his arm. "Alright, good night!" The supposedly Tsukiko would exclaim. "Goodnight." As he turned around to see us, the door behind him closed.
"Hey!" Eiji spoke, waving at the author. He looked up, to see us at the center of the building. "How are 'ya doing?"
"I'm doing just fine, actually. Thanks for asking." Naoki replied, as he approached Eiji. "How about you, dude?"
"Eh, I could be worse." The woodcarver responded to Naoki's question, before giving a lighthearted chuckle. "We just came out of the school, so nothing really happened."
"Alright, I'll see you guys later." I intervened their conversation, as they turned towards me. "I really need some sleep..."
"Alright, see you later." Aiko waved, as I began to walk up the stairs. My room was directly next to Naoki's, so I had little time finding it. And then there it was, the red and black door that was supposedly my dormitory.
I firmly grasped the door knob, turning it before the door slowly creaked open. The lights must've been automatic, because after I opened the door, the lights immediately turned on. Unconsciously, I approached the bed I had woke up on.
And...
...had fallen face first onto it.
Damn, am I really that tired?
After struggling to turn my body around, I stared up at the black ceiling, I couldn't help but get flooded by my own thoughts.
Was what Monokuma said true? Why are we really trapped in a killing game? Am I just in a coma..? Why us? Why me? These type of questions began to swirl throughout my tiny brain, until I became oblivious to the fact that my vision was fading. My eyes closed as soon as I heard the school bell chime once again from the monitor that so was hanging from my ceiling.
