Chibi: twas a bit hard with this chapter but I managed! I did! And I hope you like it!
X~X~ the Manor Life of Mutual Killing ~X~X
Two days had passed since that bear made it announcement that in order to leave once must kill. Everyone was gathered in the dining hall. Eating the food that had always appeared there, they all noticed the camera that had suddenly appeared after that bear came along. Haruna was the first to break the silence.
"So has anyone seen that bastard bear anywhere?" she said, nobody responded for a while
"Tofu saw the bunny a few times but that's it!" Tofu said, biting into a banana.
"Other than the announcements I haven't seen him." Riley mentioned, eating his oatmeal.
"Although we need to keep on our toes, the spirits tell me that someone is plotting murder~!" Eiko announced, digging in her bag of mystical object.
"Eiko I ask you kindly to stop talking about murder, we mustn't talk about murdering our friends." Merry said, Jake scoffed
"Friends? You think we're FRIENDS?! We're nothing but a bunch of strangers to each other; we don't know where the person next to you is holding a knife to your back. If you believe that nobody is going to kill anyone, you're dead wrong, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if someone murdered tonight." He stated calmly.
"He's right in some sense we do have to be careful we don't know each other that much… so we have to keep vigilant." Avery said
"So why do we set up some rules for ourselves?" Ilari said
"We already have rules…" Aiden said
"But those only apply within murders and what we can and cannot do in this mansion like we can throw trash anywhere inside this place." Solvi said
"So… in addition to the rules we have in our electroID we also make some rules or something." Chisana said poking his scrambled eggs
"Ah I see, so let one of the rules be that we must all meet at the dining hall by 10 AM, if anyone is missing we must go search for them." Merry said
"Hold up, do we have to stay until 10?" Lala asked
"No, I mean we can stay if we want but we can also leave but only in pairs." Gwenael intervened
"That sounds fair" Merry said.
"Should there be a curfew?" Riley asked
"No, because nobody is going to listen to it, no matter how you look at it someone is going to break it." Solvi said
"Oh… well what else do we have?"
"Let that be the only rules for right now, we'll create more lately." Lala said suddenly the tv throughout the manor lit up with Monobear's body appearing on the screen holding a wine glass with a gold liquid, which was mostly likely champagne appeared.
"Ahem, this is a Kibou Manor announcement, all you bastard come to the foyer immediately! This is very important." The screen said before fading to black.
"What could that stupid excuse for a stuffed toy possibly want now?" Jake said
"Gotta be something bad, we can't really trust that bear…" Avery said. Everyone just sighed and head towards the foyer. Where Monobeat was eagerly waiting holding a live fish eventually tossing it away."
"So why have you called us here?" Haruna said crossing her arms, biting an apple.
"I see all you bastards are here. Now the reason I called you here is because I got bored, you bastards aren't providing enough fun for me~" Monobear said gloomily.
"Well it's not like w-"someone began to say before being interrupted by Monobear.
"I mean two days and not even a single attack? What is this, Big Brother? Anyways I've decide to give you bastards a motive." Monobear said gleefully holding up little envelopes with the Super High School Level's names written on them. He threw them into the air. Everyone cautiously took their own before peeking inside, to see a slip of paper.
"Your're deepest darkest secrets! Now if there isn't a murder in 24 hours I'll reveal your secret to the whooooole world! Now isn't that just despairingly delightful?" Monobear said. Everyone looked at each other with fearful eyes.
"H-How did they know this about me." Aiden said
"B-But nobody know this about Tofu…" Tofu said
"I'm surprised he managed to dig this up about me…" Jake said plainly. Suddenly then Monomi came out of nowhere, flail her little rabbit arms."
"You musn't despaiw" She said flapping her arms like a mad rabbit.
"Well what are we supposed to do we're stuck in a mansion, being held hostage by a stuffed doll-" Haruna began to retort before being cut off by Monomi.
"Have fun this IS a mansion after aww" she said before disappearing. Everyone looked at each other before deciding to give it a try.
~Free Time Start~
Everyone at first just kind of stood there awkwardly before dispersing and going their own ways. Haruna and Avery began to talk to each other when they realized that they were both sports fan.
"So you're a tactician?" Haruna said, crossing her arms and smiling
"Damn straight fantasy football ain't no sport for sissies." Avery said, Haruna laughed.
"You're funny, Avery was it? wanna go out into the yard and have a little one-on-one match?" Haruna asked, Avery grinned and nodded
"You're on I may be just a tactician but that doesn't mean I can whoop some ass." Avery said with a smirk.
"We'll see about that!" Haruna said taking off her school uniform to reveal her soccer uniform underneath as she went outside, with Avery tagging along.
In the kitchen Gwenael just finish making some gelato for Merry, Jake and Aiden.
"Wow this Gelato taste very delicious, Gwenael!" Merry said eating it up quickly
"I've had worse." Jake said, eating the gelato half-heartedly, Aiden merely ate the food in silence as he was pondering someone in his mind, he sighed adjusting his white tie and fixing his hat.
"Anyways… Do you think anybody'll get murdered?" Gwenael asked, Merry sighed Jake snorted.
"As much as I wish nobody would I can't help but know that someone's life will be taken away…." Merry said remorsefully.
"Calm down Mother Theresa no need to go all Shakespeare on us. " Jake said
"Funny how you mention that weren't just in a remake of Shakespearse's Othello?" Gwenael asked, Jake looked at him
"Yea, I was in it I played Iago, big whoop it was really boring anyways, nothing like the other movies I've starred in like Seventh Son and In the Heart of the Sea…" Jake groaned out. Just then Lala came in with a big smile on her face.
"Whoo! Who would have thought the ceiling made for good practice! Oh cool Gelato can I have some?" Gwenael nodded and handed Lala some gelato.
"Anyways I find Eiko really cool, she's telling everybody fortunes and stuff… something about spirits…" Lala said Merry huffed
"I really wish she'd stop, nothing good comes out of these Pagan practices! Why just the other night I saw her go out to the parlor at night, probably to summon the devil…" Merry said sternly returning to her gelato.
Eiko breathed calmly as he held Ilari's hand trying to read it, meanwhile Tofu was reading one of the mini booklets Eiko gave him, on it scribbled in red ink was "Laughing Jack"
"Mm, your hand is hard to read…. Because there are many, I see two more… are you ok?" Eiko said, Ilari quickly drew his hand away, looking at his hand almost out of fear. Miyoko looked up, she was having tea with Solvi, who happily sipped some tea, inhaling the scent of the mint tea, handing some to Chisana who was solving a small tile puzzle.
"Chisana would you like some mint tea?" Miyoko asked. Chisana looked up distracted from his puzzle.
"Ah… oh … um y-yea…" Chisana said looking at the cream colored tea set. Meanwhile Riley looked at Ilari as he took off one of his gardening gloves for Eiko to read.
"You seem tense Ilari is something wrong?" Riley asked. Ilari shook his head.
"Nothing's wrong! No nothing's wrong…" Illari said, holding his hand gently then letting it go.
"Riley… you're hand it gives off vibes, nasty vibes! It gives the feeling that you are close to death!" Eiko said, as she looked into her bag. She pulled out a small stone with a strange engraving on it.
"Carry this talisman it can keep you safe! Safe and sound " Eiko said with a smile. Just then Avery came in helping up Haruna.
"Um i-is there an infirmary here? Haruna twisted her ankle!"Avery said as Haruna held a grunt of pain.
"It's nothing, Avery I can handle thi-OUCH" Haruna said, Miyoko stood up, smoothing out her outfit.
"I'll take you to the infirmary." Miyoko offered, Avery thanked her and the three girls went to the infirmary, where Miriki was, reading a few medical reports.
~Free Time End~
Monobear's announced came on.
"This is an announcement, it is now 10 P.M. Night time has start all water has stopped running and the kitchen will be closed for the night, Goodnight your bastards!" Everyone decided to retire for the night going to their rooms except Haruna and Avery who stayed in the infirmary for the night.
"Nah, really Avery I'm fine you go to your room!" Haruna insisted
"I'm not leaving just yet, what is someone comes and kills you? You can walk just right yet…" Avery insisted, Haruna sighed as she looked to the side, which was nothing more than a white curtain.
Everyone was awoken by Monobear's morning announcement.
The first ones in the dining room were Miriki, Merry, Gwenael and Jake. Followed by Miyoko, Chisana, Solvi, Lala and Riley who entered rather sleepily, Lala almost half asleep as she walked in.
"Do I have to say, I want to drink some tea." Lala said
"No but take a partner with you." Merry said as she served herself some breakfast. Lala nodded and looked around deciding to take Miyoko with her. As they were leaving the rest of the group came in.
"Oh I feel the need to say that Avery and Haruna won't be joining us for breakfast, as Haruna can't walk well and Avery not wanting to leave their side." Miriki announced, everyone looked around and noticed that there were 5 empty seats.
"Oh~ Where is EIko?" Tofu asked pointing at the chair. Merry noticed it too, she stood up. Then a scream was heard, a few people got up, startled as they ran to the source of the scream, they saw Solvi on the floor trembling with fear, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes, as Lala shook uncontrollably looking into the room. A few brave people decided to look in and were shocked at what they saw.
There, laying face down was a mangled mess of auburn hair, soaked with blood, the bodies maroon sweater pulled harshly down and also soaked in blood. Nearby there lay a shattered crystal ball.
"So… it begins…"someone muttered nobody knew who said it, or paid any attention, still in shock of the person there lying face down in the middle of the tea parlour.
~End~
A/N: WOO First death! Anyways guess who done it in the comments!