Disclaimer: Disclaiming the disclaimer.
The lights had gone out, the only lights that shined were on the stage. People kept their eyes on the stage as our ultimate entertainer took the stage.
She smiled and bowed, seems this was the pre-show. We watched as our little entertainer danced, before adding in some singing as she got into the dance, all the while, Hanh played some music as Seiren moved across the stage, all our eyes were glued.
No wonder she was the ultimate entertainer. Singing, dancing, and even acting! This wasn't just some song and dance number, this was a story, like one of those Broadway musicals, she was acting out a story.
Some, during this time, went for the drinks and the food that was made in preparation before, even I had gotten myself a plastic cup, all while watching Seiren act, dance and sing.
If this was the pre-show, imagine what the actually event was like.
From the corner of my eye, I witnessed Renji leave the gym, only to return with more drinks in hand. Poor guy, and when I turned my head to the side.
"...it's never too old...for a lullaby..." ...wow, sleeping during the pre-show? I underestimated your ability to sleep through any situation.
Guess I had to find someone to send her to her room...but who? I mean, Tadakatsu was out there after all. I looked around, maybe Nanako? Or maybe...
"Hey, Charlie." Charlotte's head turned my way.
"Yeah?" she took a sip from her cup, turning her head back to the stage.
"Do you mind...taking Yozora back to her room?" she paused and turned to me slowly. "As you can see...she's sleeps anywhere so..."
"So you want me to take her back to her room?" she placed the cup down after a big gulp, presumably to finish the entire thing or what was left. "Yeah, I guess."
"Thanks, Charlie!"
She took a quick stretch as she walked to Yozora, pulling her up. "Come on sleeping beauty."
"...the alphabet's order...is pointless..." what have you done, Yozora!
"Uh huh, let's go." and with that, Charlotte had took Yozora out of the gym. However, she wasn't the only one to leave the gym, but those who left the gym, immediately came back.
Kanata, Akahana, Takeo, Nanako, Maria and others the further the pre-show went on and was drawing to a close. I guess they were for bathroom breaks, according to the map on the e-handbooks, the restrooms where located close by, an easy walk from the gym and cafeteria to reach it. So it made sense that bathroom breaks were being held in mind.
Seiren twirled with a smile, as she looked over all of us. It was truly an art-form for the eyes. At least it wasn't so engaging that I dropped my cup, or was that because I tried to keep my mind on the fact I was holding it?
I went to take another drink, but I all I got was nothing.
Seems my cup ran dry, guess it's refill time. I walked over to the bowl, seems Renji was nearby.
"Oh my, seems we're out of refreshments," Renji grabbed the bowl, I reached my hand out to stop him.
"I can take care of that for you," I interrupted what he was about to say next, "I saw you leave and bring in more drinks during the pre-show, and while you stayed for a while, you missed a bit. Stay a while, I can take care of this."
Renji looked at me and to the bowl a few times and back to Sei's performance. He took a breath and said, "alright, you can go in my stead."
I flashed him a smile as I picked up the bowl. "I'll bring back some more too!"
Walking of the the gym to get the refill bowl, or rather bring back the pre-made stuff that was put into the fridge under the bar.
Whatever comes first I suppose.
Actually, I never truly looked at the e-handbook profiles, the student IDs.
Well, it would only be fair to start with mine, would it not?
Name: Suisei Yozuru
Height: 5'7" (172cm)
Weight: 50 kg (110 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Ghostwriter
Everything seems to be in order...let's have a look at the others.
Name: Anju Ikehata
Height: 5'5" (166cm)
Weight: 42 kg (92 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Reporter
Name: Kanata Mukai
Height: 5'9" (175cm)
Weight: 64 kg (143 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Street Artist
Anju and Kanata, both had a smile on their faces, everyone was checking out.
Name: Leon Walker
Height: 5'10" (179 cm)
Weight: 77 kg (170 lbs)
Nationality: American (former), Japanese
Race: African-American
Talent: Basketball Star
Ah, so Leo moved to Japan? I guess with the whole invitation, that makes sense, or did his family move?
Name: Akahana Shokuryo
Height: 5'9" (176 cm)
Weight: 52 kg (115 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Forager
There was Aka, wearing her hood as always.
Name: Astin Luxelle
Height: 5'7" (172 cm)
Weight: 77 kg (170 lbs)
Nationality: Germany (former), France
Race: Caucasian
Talent: Teen Idol
Ah, our idol, smiling ever so brightly. Turns out she was originally from Germany, huh.
Name: Hudson Kusuma Mega Nyoman Ratna Wayan Amir Buana Darma Hasan Ilham Surya Wahyu Yuda Wibama
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Weight: 63 kg (138 lbs)
Nationality: Indonesian
Race: Half Balinese and Javanese
Talent: Split Singer
Oh god, they have Hudson's full name on here, even his picture was split into male and female thanks to the makeup.
Name: Yozora Omotenashi
Height: 5'8" (174 cm)
Weight: 45 kg (100 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Ultimate Flight Attendant
...wow. That's all I had to say with this...wow. Why? She was sleeping in her photo! She was asleep! And they took it anyway!
Name: Tadakatsu Mikami
Height: 5'9" (176 cm)
Weight: 81 kg (180 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Yanki
Tadakatsu looked surprisingly calm in this photo. Mad dog? The mad dog wasn't here in this picture.
Name: Renji Nakamura
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: 65 kg (144 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Mixologist
Classy, that's what Renji's picture showed.
Name: Seiren Tsubame
Height: 4'7" (140cm)
Weight: 47 kg (105 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Entertainer
...I think my heart just melted...or was I looking at a doll?
Name: Kyogen Engeki
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Weight: 76 kg (168 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Troublemaker
The troublemaker, Kyogen. It seemed he really took to the 'smile at the camera' and 'say cheese' a bit too far, with that wide grin.
Name: Seno Kgeshi
Height: 5'6" (169 cm)
Weight: 68 kg (149 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Internet Personality
...Seno look like he wanted to get the fuck out as soon as possible. Understandable.
Name: Sunako Komori
Height: 5'4" (162 cm)
Weight: 49 kg (110 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Medium
Did...did the picture move? I swore it moved! Do I have seven days left? Is this Sunako going to crawl out?! I better move onto the next one.
Name: Fumi Saito
Height: 5'6" (167 cm)
Weight: 61 kg (136 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Promoter
The photo looked a little fuzzy, it seems her personality showed through in the photo, it wasn't too fuzzy to be hard to tell however.
Name: Isa Abi
Height: 6'0" (182 cm)
Weight: 63 kg (140 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Puzzle Solver
What a bright smile she had. Judging from his posture in the photo, seems she was doing a puzzle while taking the photo.
Name: Hanh Le
Height: 5'7" (171 cm)
Weight: 59 kg (131 lbs)
Nationality: Vietnamese
Race: Asian
Talent: Jazz Musician
It seems she had the saxophone case on her back when the photo was taken...I do see the 'dude' aspect though in this picture...better not tell her about it.
Name: Maria Toscano
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Weight: 52 kg (115 lbs)
Nationality: Italian
Race: Latin European
Talent: Bishop
Dear Father, forgive me for I have sinned. Maria seemed pretty happy in the picture, ready to take on the world.
Name: Nanako Yukimura
Height: 5'7" (172 cm)
Weight: 58 kg (130 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Pyrotechnician
I had to take a double take to just make sure I was seeing the small black dirt marks that were supposedly washed off. Guess she was working on a firework and then had to get the picture then and there, however, those marks were hard to notice in the first place.
Name: Charlotte McCrimmon
Height: 6'0" (184 cm)
Weight: 54 kg (120 lbs)
Nationality: Scottish
Race: Caucasian
Talent: Billiards Pro
Here was the kuchisake-onna, the glasgow smiling billiards pro herself. Didn't know she was Scottish though, interesting.
Name: Riku "Fox" Mahoutsukai
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Weight: 52 kg (115 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Chemist
Huh, odd. It showed Fox's name here...but it still showed his nickname in the middle. Odd. Wait, what's this? Last update? What was this about? I checked the e-handbook and it seemed to have a update feature. And Fox, in the picture, wore his usual devilish innocent smile. Cheeky fox.
Name: Takeo Ikeda
Height: 5'10" (179 cm)
Weight: 72 kg (159 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Interrogator
Last but not least, Takeo. Huh? The profile shown, was kind of like Fox's name. It showed Takeo wearing his ballistic mask rather than showing his face.
Hm, checking out some of the pages, it seemed some things were locked, and what a diverse cast of nationalities we had.
I didn't even realise when I stopped walking, crouched into a ball. Nearly everyone is taller than me...
Oh right! The drinks!
How could I forget? Silly me. I rushed, or well quickened my pace more and headed towards the cafeteria, heading to the bar fridge that was behind the bar, obviously.
The trip towards the cafeteria after that was uneventful. I placed the bowl on the counter, and went to the fridge. It had a few drinks within it, but nothing to major.
I took the drinks out, maybe there will be more in the kitchen? I placed the drinks on the counter near the bowl. "Huh?" what was this doing here?
It was a can, with one of those small straws on it pointing down, half of it was white and the other half was black, and much like the bear it had a red on the black side, well for this it was the international no symbol, the circle with a backslash through it.
"What's this doing out here?" I took it and placed it under the bar. Hmm.
I walked into the kitchen, heading to that fridge. It was much, much bigger than the fridge in the bar, which was a mini-fridge, and within? Yep, it contained some of the drinks. Better take them with me.
As I started taking the drinks out, a thud landed on the ground. Oops, seems I knocked over an onion.
I picked it up, put it back and walked a bit. "This...did they have a rush of food that needed to be made when I left?" looking on the ground, there seemed to be a small white ring, it wasn't too heavy, but it was there.
I'm kind of in the mood for a banana thanks to that.
On my way out, I got myself a banana and peeled it, I wasn't going to eat it with the peel still on. That's something a psychopath would do!
As I had my potassium, I filled the drink bowl up. Hopefully they weren't waiting too long. Darn, now I had just the peel.
I went and moved the bowl onto one of the cafeteria tables and checked the drinks that had yet to be used. Leaving the rest there, I brought the bowl out, thankfully the trip back had nothing to distract me as I managed to slowly, but surely, crack open the door, leading into the gym, where Renji greeted me.
"Here, you go." I handed him the bowl, which he took with a nod.
"Thank you for landing a hand, it's much appreciated."
I turned my heels, but kept my eyes to the stage as Seiren went off the stage, behind the curtain after the lights on the stage darkened. Hanh continued playing her music though.
Oh, boy, was it time?
I better be quick then. Grabbing the door open, I headed back to the cafeteria, passing Charlotte on the way who gave me a look as I headed back into the kitchen. There on the table were the drinks in question that hadn't been used...and a banana peel.
Putting back the drinks that weren't used, I went to collect the banana peel. It had no use to me anymore, unless I fail to get a blue shell of course.
"Gross," I loomed over the trash bin.
In the contents of the bin, asides from regular garbage, was a small white cockroach. "We better not have an infestation already...where do they come from?" I dropped the banana peel.
In my wonder, I decided to head to the large sealed door keeping us within the school. It still shined, a pretty slick looking door. If I get closer, I can see the beauty that is my reflection...unless I'm a vampire of course.
After much examination of the door, I crouched down...there was a slight breeze coming from under it. Ah ha! So this is where those critters were coming from!
"What to...hold on," a breeze...and with this gap that a bug could crawl under...I should be able to use a knife and take a gander outside!
...
...
...
W-What? I just got a shiver down my spine. I turned my head to the camera...yep, it was on me. It might be better to do this later?
Anywho. I got up and made my way back to the gym. "Whoa!" THUD! "Urgh..."
My face hurts...urgh...it better not be Yozora again. Getting to my feet, I turned to see the cause of my trip (the food was awful by the way). "Another...can?"
It appeared to be very similar to the previous can, except grey in colour and without the 'straw' on it. "Who the hell just leaves this out here?" I picked it up and inspected it.
It had a simple label of white...and smelled nice. NO! I'M NOT WEIRD!
I didn't want to make another trip to a bin, so I placed it out of the way and entered the gym with haste. Opening the door allowed the music contained within to assault my ears. Ah, bless.
From what I saw, Seno was recording the whole thing as Seiren, Hudson and Astin moved and sang upon the stage. Even though it was brief for me, my ears were already pleased with the sounds.
I then looked around the room, maybe not everyone was taller than me...that also reminded me of something else. I walked over to Kanata, as everyone was enjoying the show.
"Pst, Kanata," he turned his head to me.
"Enjoying the show? Cause I sure am!" he smiled, eating one of the snacks I prepared with Maria. "Here, here." he handed me one.
"Thanks, but-"
"Shoot, I'm out." he looked at his cup. "Be right back!" and then he left me alone.
Wow rude.
Guess I had to walk to someone else now. "Oh, hey, Anju!"
"Evening, Sui," she smiled, "is something the matter?"
"No, nothing like that...can I borrow your student ID for a second? I need to check something." she blinked before she pulled it out of her pocket. "Thanks."
I then scrolled through our fellow student IDs.
...Things were different.
A big example of this was Fox.
Name: Fox
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Weight: 52 kg (115 lbs)
Nationality: Japanese
Race: Asian
Talent: Chemist
I then decided to check Hudson's ID.
Name: Hudson Wibama
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Weight: 63 kg (138 lbs)
Nationality: Indonesian
Race: Half Balinese and Javanese
Talent: Split Singer
Even Hudson's name was different.
Everything was the same as mine...except for the name. It showed Fox, instead of his name. I handed it back after exiting the profiles.
"Was something the matter?" she pocketed her e-handbook away.
"No, nothing's wrong." I pulled out my own. "Have a great night."
Then I walked away, took up a seat, and looked at the student profiles. Okay, so it seems that the more we get to know our fellow students, the more information is opened up and revealed, asides from the basic stuff like nationality.
I then pressed the small cog in the corner while on Fox's profile. Ah, it even had the changes and updates.
Last Update: Fox ID_Name
Changed Fox to Riku Mahoutsukai
"Huh?" It seems there was another option because of it. "So it does update when he get to know the others..." was this the bears doing? I mean, the cameras, monitors and they fact he handed out these e-handbooks via Takeo...the bear had to be behind this!
I could practically hear the 'upupupu' now, and it seems there was another option in the cog settings for the IDs asides from the latest updates and changes.
Turn off nickname?
I pressed it, and when I returned to Fox's profile, the part where it said Fox in the middle of his name was gone.
Name: Riku Mahoutsukai
Now it just had the name without the password. I tapped my foot in tune with the beat as I listened to the trio sing, it was really catchy...and no, that wasn't narcissism because I wrote them, they sung the song amazingly, better than I could of dreamed of.
I then checked Hudson's, and yep, it had the same thing, but for Hudson's ID, it had: Shorten Name?
I made a quick detour to Takeo's page, yep, still showed the mask. I wonder if that will also be updated too if I see his face? I pocketed my e-handbook as I watched the show, however it seems everyone was busy having fun on the dance floor.
Yes, they all started dancing, asides from a few like Takeo and Akahana for example.
"What are you sitting over here for?" a familiar face immediately entered my view. It was Isabi, she then grabbed my arm and pulled me up. "Come on, everyone is having fun!"
"...and what of them?" I asked as Isabi grinned. "We plan on involving them too!"
"Ah-"
I was suddenly roped into dancing. "Ready Sei Sei?"
"I...I can't dance..."
Isabi just stared at me before smiling. "Guess we got to fix that!"
Wait, what?
Whoa!
The taller girl had taken the lead as she spun me around into a dance number. Oh boy, that was dizzying. "Just do what your body tells you~, like Isabi~."
"Um, I'll try my best..."
"Mhmh! Just follow me!" she danced and I tried my best to follow through her dance moves. All the while everyone enjoyed either dancing, eating and drinking, or just watching and listening. All the while the trio on stage sang their best.
"I said I wasn't going to lose my head, then POP, goes my heart~" sang Astin, Seiren and Hudson, in a more female voice than his usual male tone.
I found myself being spun around by Isabi before Isabi grabbed Akahana and brought her into the dance. In that brief period, I saw Takeo hold a cup while Seno recorded the whole thing.
"Okay you two dance now!" Isabi had left both me and Akahana with each other. I looked up at Akahana, and gave a small smile.
"You don't need to dance if you don't want too," I offered as Akahana's face seemed to be hidden by the hood. Her eyes darted to everyone else who was dancing and back to her basket and book.
"I guess...it wouldn't hurt to try?" she more so asked than said.
"I just want to say, I'm not very good at this." I said, taking her hand. Remembering to do the moves that Isabi showed me briefly as we danced.
It was more of a slow dance to get us used to dancing...or what could be called dancing with each other. But the one who was down with the idea with dancing the most was Fumi, spinning and twirling, dancing the night away.
She made us, all of us, look incredibly bad...depending on the person, different types of bad of course.
"Woo! This is so fun! Right Ju?" she smiled as she chatted with the reporter, now on the dance floor.
Anju returned the smile. "It's quite fun! Fu!" was the reply, good to see them both having a blast.
"I...think I'm getting the hang...of it." the little red riding hood mumbled.
I looked back to Akahana, seemingly getting into it quicker then me. Seems she was beginning to have fun, guess I'll move on and back to th- get a new dance partner.
I looked down at my new dance partner, seems I was being passed along tonight. "Have you came to give Fox a lovely time~?"
Fox grinned like well, a fox actually. "Seems I got swept up with it..."
"Don't worry, the wonderful and amazing Fox-sama will gladly accept your proposal~" he winked at me. I held a sigh.
"Okay, fine. I guess I'll dance with you..."
As soon as those words left my mouth, I was roped into dancing with the Fox. "D-Don't get too close..." I groaned, he was trying to get under my skin and I won't let that happen!
We danced, or more so, I followed the Fox, dreading that something might happen.
"...You're...quite good Fox."
Said fox grinned at Akahana, "that's why I am the amazing and wonderful Fox-sama!"
Akahana fixed up her hood. "I'm...not so good...at dancing..."
"But you're getting better," I offered. "You'll quickly get the hang of it!"
Akahana smiled as Fox snickered. I gave him a look as Akahana enjoyed herself.
After a bit more dancing, Fox and Akahana seemed to dance together as I slipped away, sorry Akahana, but I ain't comfortable with my own dancing skills! Forgive me if Fox does something!
After dancing with Fox, I headed back to the tables of food. I picked up a pastry...then remember Fox made it. "Oh, hey Takeo?"
"Hm?" our bodyguard for the night turned to me.
"Have you tried the pastries?" he nodded. "Okay cool."
I ate the pastry, turns out it was good...surprisingly, considering who cooked it.
"So...how's the party going for you Takeo?"
The tall interrogator had just finished adjusting his mask. "Well, for starters, the music is quite nice, and the food is good." he said looking down at the tray of food. "In short, I am having a good time. However, I am a little concerned about Mikami."
"How so?" the fact he hasn't crashed the party yet?
"I...don't know what he would do."
Ah, true. "Well, just enjoy the party for now while you can okay?"
The masked classmate nodded as the conversation ended, glancing over to Seno, he was still recording the whole thing. I wonder how it will turn out on the camera?
I watched as Kyogen came up to the table to get some more food. "Ah dude, this party is popping." why popping of all things?
"Do you mind?" the lazy tone of Seno drawled. "I'm trying to record."
"Nah dude, come on." he gripped the internet personality's wrist. "Come on, eat some food! Dance as much as you can!"
"H-Hey!" Seno was getting dragged away. "Yozuru, take my camera and record the action." he sighed.
"Will do." I said, taking the camera and began filming the dance of Seiren, Astin and Hudson. All the while Seno was dragged off by the troublemaker, wearing a 'I don't want to be here' expression.
"Phew, phew, man I need a drink!" Fumi walked over to the table. "Scooping up the first drink she could get."
"Well, you were dancing," don't say anything that mind offend, "pretty wild out there. You were going at it."
"Hahaha," she laughed. "Guess I was." I spied the earmuffs around her neck.
"You going to be leaving soon?"
"O-Oh, not yet." she turned back to the stage. "First there's going to be an intermission then the finale."
"Then that's when you'll go."
"Mhm!" she then walked back to Anju with a bounce in her step.
Renji poured a drink for Leo as he was snacking on some pastry too. "I didn't think things would be this fun!"
The billiards pro, also there, seemed to nod. "A shame that Yozora won't be joining us..."
"Hm? Why's that?" Leo blinked as Charlie remained in her seat, unsure if the frown was forced or not.
"Have you seen her? She sleeps anywhere and everywhere."
"Oh, yeah. I almost tripped over her once."
"...dude..."
It almost makes you forget about the killing game, doesn't it?
With how they are talking, it feels like the killing game we were forced in was just a dream, or rather a nightmare. But as long as we are withing theses walls, the nightmare won't ever leave.
Not until we suffer through it all.
Wow! That was depressing, let's forget about that.
But that does raise the question of 'I wonder what those two are doing?' or rather, since Yozora will be sleeping, it was only fair to assume Tadakatsu was brooding or something in his room.
But enough about that, it was a time to be alive! Ironic considering our situation of killing each other, but still!
I approached the two sitting down, Maria and Sunako.
"You two having fun?" I asked, keeping the camera on the stage, occasionally getting the other people involved, even Seno himself, but shh, that's a secret.
"Y-Yes," stuttered the bishop.
"...I am quite enjoying myself," said the medium.
"That's good to hear...you two are sitting quite a bit away though." Sunako then looked at the bishop.
"...We find it more comfortable, enjoying the show from back here."
I checked the camera, making sure everything was fine. I do kind of hope Seno came back shortly though...hopefully the intermission was soon.
"I-If you don't mind me asking, w-what's with the camera?"
"This is Seno's camera. He wanted to record the whole event, being an internet personality and that."
"O-Oh," Maria fiddled with her robe. "Um..."
"Hm?"
"N-Nothing..."
I decided to grab Maria and pull her out of her chair. "Sunako, I believe you and Maria should dance!"
Sunako and her ever present smile nodded. "I gathered...she had wanted to dance."
"U-Um!"
"Have fun you two!" with that, Sunako brought Maria to the dance floor, ain't that precious.
After some time, I swapped hands for the camera and panned around the room. Some time later, while I watched everyone have fun, Hudson and Astin walked off stage as Sei stayed on the stage for an announcement.
"We will now be taking a short intermission! Thank you!" Seiren announced as she bow, the lights going off and Hanh taking a break, using more pre-recorded music as she took a break.
With that, I turned the camera off and handed it back to Seno. "Thanks." he took the camera as I took one of the untouched trays of food and walked to the stage.
"Hey, Hanh, nice playing tonight," I held out the tray. "Want some food?"
Hanh took some and began to eat, "Thanks, seeing the food was making me hungry..." she mumbled after swallowing her food.
"I bet it must of been like torture." that...didn't sit right with me, maybe because we had an interrogator. "I'm quite surprised at how they sang those songs."
"Better than you hoped?" she moved her guitar out of the way.
"Definitely, you four are really something."
"I, uh, didn't do much. I'm just the music."
"Music is a big part of songs and singing. Without you, these whole thing wouldn't be able to happen."
"I-I guess."
I held out the tray again. "Want another?" she took one as I began to move behind stage. "Looking forward to the finale," with a quick glance to the instruments, I headed behind the stage.
"Why, hello, Sui darling~" I knew that tone.
"Hello Hudson," I walked towards him. "Want some food?" looking around the backstage, they had bottles of water, that's good.
Hudson smiled, and gracefully took the taralli. "Thank you for bringing the food, darling~" he winked. Stop it. Stop it now.
"All that is left is the finale, right?"
"You are correct." he hummed as Astin walked over.
"Thank you for bringing us some food, Sui," she gently took one of the pastries. "Are you enjoying the show?"
"Yes! Very much, I think we all are," asides from sleeping beauty and the mad dog of course.
She held a hand to her mouth as she closed her eyes with a giggle. "I saw Isabi roped you into dancing~"
My face flushed. "H-Hey, she just decided that I should dance..."
"At least it wasn't Fumi who brought you into it, she quite enjoys dancing." she giggled. "She was quite excited about it when we were discussing the plans for tonight."
She seemed to enjoy herself very much on the dance floor.
I then shook those thoughts away, as I remember I had one last person to pretty much feed. Where was she anyway?
"Where's Seiren?" I asked.
"I don't know, Hudson?" she asked.
"She went that way darling~" he pointed in the direction the entertainer went. "She said she forgot something in the middle of our conversation."
I took the remaining food on the tray and headed over to where Seiren was. "Sei?" I called out, no response. "The finale is going to on shortly? I thought you might want some food?"
"N-No, I'm fine!"
Thanks for telling me where you are right now.
I started walking closer.
"I'm fine, I'm not hungry." she claimed as I approached.
"Are you sure? I didn't see you at breakfast."
"That's because I came to breakfast late." there she was, sitting on a box holding a bottle of water.
"You must be hungry right?" well as least she is hydrated. "I brought some pastries."
Sei looked at the tray, rather than myself, biting her lip a little before looking up at me. "Please?" I asked.
I don't know what happened, but her eyes widened a little as she took the pastries. "...Thank you." well that was easier than I thought.
"No, thank you, Sei." I smiled. I have no idea what is happening right now, but hey, she was eating before the finale, and that was good enough for me.
"Good luck with the finale, Sei," I put the tray under my arm as she held onto the pastry. "How about tomorrow, we'll have breakfast together?"
She looked at me with a smile. "You don't have to," she started off, "but I'll be happy to have breakfast with you!"
Hm... "See you then I guess."
I walked back down with the tray under my arm, and noticed that Nanako was sitting close by, ready to set the fireworks off as the trio came back to the stage.
"Getting ready with the fireworks?"
Nanako nodded, ready to set them off. "Just one last song number and boom, fireworks."
The trio began their last song, moving about the stage as everyone's eyes was on them, done with the previous dancing.
"I recommend you stay back, the song will take a while, but it is loud."
"Oh, uh, thanks for telling me, Nanako."
Nanako shrugged before she smirked. "It's going to end on a bang!"
I unknowingly gulped. "R-Right," I then proceed to back away.
"What's wrong? It's not like I'm planning on killing anyone with these."
Please don't say that, in our situation.
"...wrong choice of words, but you understand right?" I nodded quickly. "It's going to be quite bright, so stay back a bit."
I placed the tray down after leaving Nanako and tapped Fumi's shoulder. "Put your earmuffs on, it's time." I told her. "I'll open the door when it's done."
Fumi did as told and left the gym.
The song then came to an end the light going dark as they backed off and then our ears and eyes were assaulted by loud pops, booms, bangs, cracks and fizzles. Our eyes however were assaulted with different colours. Red, blue, green, yellow, orange, white, purple, different shades of said colours...it was wonder!
The fireworks continued for some time, but they slowly reached the end. It seemed Seno recorded the whole thing, and it seemed everyone enjoyed it.
I opened the door, allowing Fumi to come back it, as she did, she took the earmuffs off.
However, as soon as everyone was about too cheer, our fun was ruined immediately.
"T-That...that was byootiful!" we all turned to see the rusted down, broken bear clap his 'hands' as he cried, he even pulled out a tissue and blew into it. "Encore! Encore!"
"W-When did you get here?!" Kyogen panicked.
"Huh? What's wrong? Surprised to see your headmaster here?" he stopped sobbing immediately, what skills.
"That's not the problem here..."
"Oh? And what's the problem?" the bear titled it's head, annoyingly. I think I heard the loose bolts slammed into the scrap holding the head together.
"The fact that you're here." Nanako huffed and mumbled something about fireworks and the bear itself.
"Y-You guys are so mean to your headmaster!" he started sobbing again...
"Just stop crying and tell us what you're really here for," I sighed as the bear dropped the sob story immediately.
"Ask and you shall receive!" he was happy now, so happy...he began to dance. Which was something, considering his broken body, raising those hands in the air, like he just doesn't care before bringing them down into a roll and back again, all the while, swaying side to side.
It was a disturbing sight.
"But boy, was I getting jiggy with it~!"
"Don't...don't use jiggy..." Leo stammered.
"Huh? Ah, of course. Your minds are still in that gutter, well then..." he then opened his mouth as wide as he could. "STOP THINKING OF SEX!"
We all covered our ears, jesus that was loud.
"Now that I all cleaned your minds, please direct your attention to your lovely headmaster!" he cackled at our pain.
"B-But our attention was a-already on you..." our bishop spoke up softly, it was true after all.
"Eh? I guess it was...kinda..."
"So what are you doing here?" asked the teen idol.
"That's a good question, Astin dear." Hudson seemed to agree.
"Oh boy, do I have some news for you guys," Monokuma laughed...but it was a bit more nervous then before. "I usually do this over an announcement, but given the circumstances, and the fact you were boogieing down so loud, you woke the neighbours." he started to dance again.
"Ooo! Feel the burn baby! Hmhmhm, get down on this!" Please for the love of all that is holy, stop. The bear only had three limbs, and not to mention how it was BROKEN DOWN! It was just, creepy to watch it dance.
Did...did it forget about why he was here?
"See this? This is real dancing kids." no it wasn't. It was awful. Please stop.
"Enough," Takeo called out, grabbing the bear's attention. "What have you come here for?"
"Oh, yeah...that," the bear seemed more disappointed that he stopped dancing than the news he had in store for us. "Well, as I was saying...I would do this over an announcement, but due to your loud partying, I thought I'd give our first piece of juicy news to you all in person! Aren't I a kind bear?"
"I...wouldn't call you kind..." Akahana mumbled.
"So? What's the news? Did you give up on making us kill each other?" Fumi bounced, it was a nice hope to have, but I doubt that.
The bear laughed sinisterly, starting off as a distorted, broken cackle, erupting into full blown laughter.
"You pieces of scrap should head to the hallway, not to far from your dorms, nearby the shop. Don't worry, you guys won't miss it, I mean, I did put an X on it after all! Upupupupupu!"
"Why?" it was Fox that spoke up. "When Fox looks at the map, there's nothing there."
"Exactly!"
Seno sighed, "What the hell are you up too?"
The bear, with it's permanent smile, seemed to grin.
"I...don't like that grin..." Hanh mumbled.
"I...think I now what you're going to say..." it seems Sunako, didn't like what the bear was going to say...and I think I too had the same idea of what the bear was going to say.
"Upupupupu!" the bear giggled. "There's been a murder! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Then, all hell broke loose.
Duh Duh DUH! A murder, oh my, oh who? Who died? Who's the killer? Guess you guys got to find out, next time. But, the poll for who darn gosh done it, is up on my profile, let's see your theories on the deceased and the blackened.
Whisper those sweet nothings in my ear.
Also I converted students heights, using the canon characters heights. If some are wrong, please let me know.
But apart from that (and the fact some of you actually read the disclaimer :T) that's it for this chapter. Shorter than the other, yes I know, but it just seemed to be a good cut off point, totally not because of cliffhangers reasons, nope.