I entered my room, same as usual, letting out a sigh of relief. Today had went better than expected, I managed to dissuade Sakura from killing me, however she still wasn't in the clear just yet, and I got to tease Naegi, all in all it was a good day...But if I do hang out with Makoto the max amount of times I will not give him my underwear...Why was that even a thing, fan-service? A lewd joke trophy?...Now i'm kinda curious...

Shrugging to myself I made my way to my bed, not really feeling tired, when that damned case file caught my eyes, freezing me in my tracks...

I stared at it, blinking a couple of times, *Damn my curiosity...But I can't even open it if I tried...* I walked over to it and tried opening it, surely enough it wouldn't budge...There was some kind of paper-lock attached to the flaps that went around the edge, sealing the folder shut, since the lock was made of plastic breaking it was harder than it sounded.

Eventually I sighed in annoyance before tossing myself onto my bed, letting out a short yawn before dozing off.


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My eyes opened once more to this oddly purple world, which was annoying seeing as purple was quickly becoming an annoying color for me...However, something was different, I wasn't standing at a Trial Ground like I had all previous times...I was sitting at a small table in the middle of this odd, purple wasteland.

Sitting directly across from me was Vermilion, who was sipping what I assume was tea from a cup that had been sitting on the table in front of her. I raised an eyebrow, "What is it this time?" I asked, I couldn't just think that nothing was going on, not with this odd ball.

She blinked a couple of times before setting her cup down, she tilted her head to the left as she lifted a pot of tea with her right hand, "...Tea...?" she asked, almost sounding genuinely confused by my suspicion, the eyes in her hat stared at me questioningly.

I stared at her in disbelief, "Are...You serious?" without waiting for my response she snapped her fingers and the table rotated, she poured tea into my cup before the table rotated back to it's original position. I stared down at the, how surprising, purple tea, questioning whether this would kill me or not...But damn would I hate to be rude...

I hesitantly took the cup and raised it to my lips, it had a scent similar to pancakes oddly enough. As I sipped the tea I realized it tasted oddly like syrup more than tea, not really sure why but hey, syrup is better than almonds...(Poison)

Vermilion wore a small smile, "And you passed."

I froze, I stared at her, my cup still pressed to my lips, "Come again?"

"You have come to trust me in this short time, otherwise you wouldn't have agreed to drink such a shady concoction, no?" ...She has a point, but this seems too...Easy...

I put the cup down and stared at her questioningly, "That's all?" I asked, "No Nighttime Showdowns?"

Vermilion shook her head, "You looked as though you needed a break, besides, if I were to put stress on your mind now then the meaning of this Tea Party would be missed." she stated, "You must relax, tomorrow is the day the Motive is revealed..."

I nodded, "Right..." my gaze fell to the table, "Um...Hey, Vermilion..." she tilted her head, waiting on my words, "Thanks..."

Vermilion froze, her head still tilted, "What for?"

I looked back up with a small smile, staring at those odd eyes of hers, "For keeping me on track, I know you've been forcing me to broaden my view on the matter, and your giving me a chance to calm myself down a little...So, thanks."

Vermilion blinked a couple of times, a tiny smile grew on her face, "Hmm...I see." she took another sip of her tea, "very well...Let's relax..."

I nodded, the two of us drank tea in the middle of a barren wasteland, little was discussed but it helped to clear my head.


Hope's Peak Academy

I slowly sat up, stretching as i awoke. I had beat the bell once again, but i wasn't about to listen to the announcement...That's because a shiny object fell from my chest as I sat up. I picked it up and brought it to my face, the object was some oddly distorted key...

I blinked a couple of times, *A key...This must be...* my gaze shifted to the folder on my desk, the curiosity of what about myself was in there, but...*Now's not the time, it's gonna begin soon.*

I placed the key over the folder and jumped off my bed, I was luckily positioned at the end of the hallway, around the corner, which made Celeste my neighbor...Well, I wasn't lucky for that, I was lucky because Kiyotaka would still be retrieving Naegi right about now.

I sighed in relief as i left my dorm and locked it, stretching in the hallway, either the others were already at the cafeteria or were in their rooms because so far I saw no one.

I had entered the dining hall and surely enough everyone else was gathering in the Cafeteria, it wouldn't take long for all meant to be present to arrive. Much to my dismay we didn't begin talking immediately, everyone was talking, this was when the player, Makoto, could walk around and talk to anyone they wanted.

Surely enough Makoto eventually found his way to me, I stared at him, "Hey Jane, what do you think about this?"

I blinked a couple of times before typing, [What I think about it doesn't matter, this is an alliance that should bolster the group, that being said you should probably ask Kiyotaka to get started.] I typed with a blank expression, he had obviously heard similar things from the others.

Eventually Kiyotaka managed to start the meeting, "Okay, looks like everyone's here. So then, let's begin our very first 'Breakfast Meeting'!" he declared. "Everyone, thank you for making time in your busy schedules to come together."

Leon stared at him, an annoyed expression on his face, "I didn't make time for shit. You dragged me here..."

Kiyotaka ignored this, "I know I already mentioned this earlier, but in order to get out of here it is essential that we all cooperate with each other." he stated, leaning over the table, "And the first step is this breakfast meeting, to allow us to become friends and build trust!" I stared forward blankly, technically these meetings didn't really do either of those but let's go with it, "So from now on, let's all meet here in the dining hall every morning after the morning announcement!" with this said Kiyotaka took his seat, "Now then, let's eat!"

Amen to that my dear brother. Eh...Dear brother?...Oh yeah, I guess he stopped being less annoying after that Nighttime Showdown.

Everyone, well, almost everyone...*Cough, cough*Togami*Cough,cough*...Exchanged some form of discussion, so I guess that technically these meetings did give an opportunity to strengthen bonds...I was busy eating though so my fingers had no say in the matter, thus this time around I was silent. Probably not the best idea, I could try using this to get to know Sayaka or Leon a little better...But...I don't know, this time around I was just hungry, so I passed.

Eventually we arrived at the standard dialogue for this scene, but my focus sharpened with the laugh that disrupted the conversation.

Monokuma had appeared at the opposite end of the table, "The police? Your putting you faith in the police!?" you know, I didn't really believe in too many 'officers of the law' with all the corrupt shit that I kept hearing about in the states, but not all police officers were bad, so even if he had a slight point here I was still on the side of the law.

Sakura glared at him, "What are you doing here!?" she was probably expecting him to reveal her mole status since she didn't kill me when the chance presented itself.

The bear held it's paws to it's face as if to suppress laughter, "You guys, seriously...Do you understand what role the police exist to fill?" Monokuma asked, "All they're good for is being a foil, playing against a villain or anti-hero or evil organization. The bad guys come along and destroy them, and that just shows how badass they really are."

Not really, it just shows how easy it is to pick on people without super powers, authority or not.

Monokuma stared over the group, "Are you sure you want to rely on such an unreliable group of losers?" I sighed at this, I hated swatting but if I knew where Junko lived it would have been sooo worth it, "I mean come on! If you really, REALLY wanna get out of here, all you gotta do is kill!"

This entire conversation, debate...Whatever, was going to be annoyingly long at this rate.

[Are you just going to continue wasting our time with your utterly useless words, or are you here for something meaningful?] everyone stared at me with surprised expressions as I stared at Monokuma with a bored expression, resting my chin in my right hand, [You didn't come here to join us for breakfast i'm sure, so just get to the point and piss off...]

I was expecting a lecture, instead the demented bear burst into laughter, "See, I told you that Handbook would translate every foul word of yours!" he brought his hands to his mouth, "But your right, we shouldn't bore them, should we?"

I stared at him with a raised eyebrow, [Then get on with it, some of us were trying to eat.] hmm...He's not scolding me, I think I see what he's getting at...He must want me to get tired of the arguing to make things advance quicker...Or should I say she, Junko did get bored quickly so maybe she's using me to try to make things advance quicker with less time for thought...Maybe I should calm down...Otherwise I might make things worse for us.

Monokuma straightened up, "Alright, let's get down to business." he looked over the group, "Your life here has already begun and a couple of days have gone by, and nobody's killing anybody!" his gaze shifted downwards, "I thought all you kids were lazy and selfish, and here you are working together. But i'm totally bored!"

I glared at him, [Your plotting to give us a motive to kill, right?]

Monokuma looked up at me, "A motive, that's a great idea!" I could feel gazes shifting, "Speaking of which, I have a little surprise for everyone here, a video!"

Hiro stared at him, "A...Video?" he asked, not sure what this meant.

Monokuma turned bright red, "Oh, but don't worry, it's not one of those pervy, adult videos!" pretty sure no one thought that, "It's a video showing what's going on outside the school."

this got a reaction out of everyone, I glared at Monokuma but it was ignored. Makoto stared at Monokuma in disbelief, "Outside the school...? What are you talking about?"

Monokuma chuckled to himself, "Master's so impatient today, why don't you just watch it and find out?" he resumed blocking his mouth with his hands, "Here in the school, there's a specific place you can go that has everything you need to watch the video."

Kyoko simply smirked, "Good, then we can go watch the video right now." she said calmly, "But before we do that, i'd like to know...What are you? Why would you do something like this?" she asked, completely serious, "What do you want from us?"

Monokuma tilted his head, "What do I want from you...? Well, if you must know..." he straightened up, "Despair. That's all." he stated plainly, a cold chill shot through the room, "If you want to know more than that, you'll have to figure it out yourselves." he stated, returning to his previous attitude, "Do whatever you need to to discover the mystery hidden within this school. I won't try and stop you."

Yeah, because restricting us on floors based on trials is totally helping us...

Monokuma laughed, "Cuz to be honest, it's entertaining as heck watching you guys search so desperately for answers!" he then burst into laughter, "So i guess i want amusement from you, too."

With nothing left to say he took off out of the Cafeteria, leaving us watching in silence.

Maizono eventually broke it, "He's gone..."

Yes Sayaka, yes he is...

i stood up, grabbing everyone's attention. I looked the group over, [Remember something, you can't trust anything a Mastermind says...So whatever it is he's trying to show us, just keep in mind that it's just a sick attempt to get you to try and murder each other.] with this I left the Cafeteria.

Naegi, canon-wise, should be the first to the A/V Room...But I was curious...Just what was meant to be my motive?


AAAaaaaaand...Sorry, gonna have to cut it there. ;P

I wanted to get the motive in on the same chapter but I won't have enough time today, I could have just saved it and posted later but I don't have time to think at the moment. See you guys later! :D