Act 1-6: Mysteries Upon Mysteries
"JJ…" I breathed, the realization setting in on me. There's been another murder, and this time JJ of all people is the victim. Who would-
Sasha interrupted my thoughts. "Time to get investigating, I suppose. Hideki, can you perform an autopsy?"
He shrugged. "It'll take a while, but I'm sure I'll be able to-"
"What's going- Eep!" Matthew ran in, and promptly collapsed onto the wall next to the doorway. "Oh my god! There's blood on his face! My god, there's blood everywhere!"
"Oh, calm down, it can't be that-" muttered Jackie as she walked in, before she stiffened, "...bad?"
I could see her beginning to have a mental breakdown. Then again, knowing past experiences, she could be faking i-
"SACRE BLEU!"
Nevermind.
One after another, everyone began crowding into the room, most if not all still in their pajamas. Each of them reacted in their own way: while Xiang just stared blankly and sadly at the corpse, Faen collapsed against a wall, looking faint, and Ava turned around and punched said wall, gritting her teeth. This caused Eric, who had also leaned against the aforementioned wall to steady himself, to jump in fear, and he was now shivering behind Xiang. Tien screamed loudly and collapsed into the arms of Maya, who was simply staring at the body, completely apathetic to JJ's untimely demise, before she promptly dropped Tien to the floor.
"Ow… That hurt," she whined, rubbing her posterior.
"Were you honestly expecting me to let you fall on me?" Maya sniffed derisively, "I'm a failure, not a walking stick."
"Would somebody please explain how this...travesty came to be?" Faen gasped from his position.
"Upupupupupupupupupupupu! I'll be bear-y happy to do that!"
Walking into the room, Monokuma stared at JJ's corpse, before giggling. "Looks like the Lawyer got overruled, huh? Heh, sucks to be him, I say!"
"It's a sort of cruel irony that the Lawyer didn't even make it to a trial," remarked Sasha, "Although...he may have been on the route to becoming more of a hindrance than a help."
"I don't think any of us will miss him...too much," said Ava, "Not after what he did to poor Lucy."
"Yeah," Maya deadpanned in response, "I was planning on killing him too, but I guess somebody else beat me to it."
"Y-You what?" Eric shrieked, looking over Xiang's shoulder.
"Kidding, kidding." Maya laughed, but it was a cruel laugh more than anything. "I suck at planning ahead."
"In any case! " Monokuma giggled, "I guess I should explain to you bastards about the class trial and all, but I'm feeling lazy today, so-"
"Hold on." Johan blinked, "You're not even going to tell us what to do?"
"You idiots are Super High School Level students! Don't tell me none of you have ever read a simple murder-mystery novel, huh?"
The rest of us looked around at each other owlishly. Nobody spoke up.
Monokuma sweatdropped. "You serious? Maybe I really should explain, since you bastards seem to be hopeless without me!"
"JJ tried to solve the mystery, and look what happened to him," muttered Matthew, who had just composed himself and shakily stood up. He wiped off his glasses and replaced them on his face. "What's to say that the culprit doesn't just kill someone else? Todd's killer was never tried, after all."
"Well, the thing is, I can't officially make you people go to a trial unless you find a body! But you found JJ's, and that's why you get a trial! You get a trial!" Monokuma pointed as us all, "Everybody gets a trial!"
"Well, that's all well and good, but-" Hideki was cut off by Monokuma, who mimed shushing him.
"Do not interrupt your headmaster when he is speaking! Anyways, for now, I'm giving you like half a day. Investigate to your heart's content, because all doors are gonna be unlocked - except room doors, but of course, you bastards can invite people in if you've got nothing to hide! And after that, I'll start the trial…" he scratched his chin, "Eh, I'll explain it to you bastards when we actually get to said trial."
"A trial?" Jackie asked, "What good would a trial even do?
Sasha shrugged. "Deliver justice? Set our minds at ease? Make this trigger-happy teddy happy?"
"Rule #5, you bastards! Is no one paying attention to our homeroom rules?!" With a 'shink!', Monokuma flipped his middle claw up, which all of us took to mean he was flipping us off, "You have me sounding like Ishimaru for chrissakes!"
"Who?" inquired Hideki.
"Never you mind. Inside joke. Anyways, go look around the airship or something, don't expect me to spoon-feed you idiots! Upupupupupupupupupupu!"
And with that Monokuma bounded out of the room.
He then poked his monochrome head back in. "Right, actually, I'll be sending something to your Electro-IDs in a short while. You'll probably need me to spoon-feed you that, at least. Outta here now."
Finished with his spiel at last, he ducked back out.
"...Ooooooooookay." Maya stared at the rest of us, before turning around. "I'm out too. Just find me if you need me or something."
Walking out the door, Maya slammed it, leaving the other fourteen of us, including JJ, in the room.
Wait, hang on. We were missing someone.
"Guys, where's Lucille?" I asked uncertainly.
"She's probably still in her room," offered Ava, "Yesterday's...breakdown had a huge toll on her."
"Well, you should get her out of it," Xiang ordered, "And inform her that JJ is dead. She needs to know, at the very least."
Nico stood up shakily. "I-I'll go too. I'm sure I'll be more useful there than here."
"It's settled, then," Sasha dusted herself off, before glancing at me, "Ashley, take Ava and Nico back to the cabins, and convince Lucille to come out by any means necessary - meanwhile, the rest of us will organize ourselves, and search every corner of this ship's interior. Whoever our mysterious murderer is, they can't have made it perfect. Now, let's see here, who..."
The three of us were out the door before we heard Sasha finish her delegations.
Investigation Time! Acquire Truth Bullets!
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Monokuma File #1==
Victim: Jehovah 'JJ' Jackson. Estimated Time of Death: 0415 hours. Cause of Death: ...Unknown?
Huh, guess Monokuma doesn't want to completely help us...Luckily, Hideki's overseeing the autopsy right now. We should be able to get results when we return.
Atrium
Passenger Cabins
Dining Area - Ballroom
Dining Area - Kitchen
Storage Room
Medical Room
Janitor's Closet
Casino and Bar
Luxury Sitting Room
Mysterious Room
Selected Area: Passenger Cabins
Nico: Well, that was weird. I could have sworn we weren't in script format a while ago...
Ashley: We weren't in what now?
Nico: Nothing.
Ava: Not far now...Lucille's door is third on the right.
Nico: Next to mine, yes. Feel free to search mine, by the way - my room is open to all.
Ava: We should focus on helping Lucy first.
Ava: (*knocks on door*) Lucy! Are you in there?
Ava: …
Nico: …
Ashley: ...
Lucille: …
Lucille: La porte est déverrouillée. Entrer. (Translation: The door is unlocked. Enter.)
Nico: Oh, thank-
Ava: Can you give me a moment alone with Lucy, please?
Ashley: Uh, sure?
Ava: Thank you. (*opens door, enters, and slams it shut behind her*)
Nico: ...Well, Ashley, what do we do now?
Ashley: Umm, Nico, mind if I ask about the events of this morning?
Nico: Not at all. I probably should test it out anyways.
Ashley: Huh? Test what out?
Nico: (*holds up Electro-ID*) It appears as if we can document voice recordings to act as Truth Bullets, like the Monochrome File. Monokuma must have added that function along with the Monochrome File truth bullet just now..
[Home] [Rules] [Map] [Call Monokuma] [Camera] NEW! [Record] NEW!
Ashley: Well, isn't that convenient? In any case, alright then.
Ashley: (*presses Record button*) Tell me, Nico, what happened this morning?
Nico: I woke up to banging from outside my room. It was about...five o'clock? In any case, when I opened the door, it was Sasha and Johan - they needed me as a third party to trigger the Body Discovery Announcement.
Ashley: I see...Wait, why did they go for you, specifically? Why not me or Hideki - I mean, we're closest to the front of the hallway...
Nico: They apparently did try - something about you two sleeping through it, though.
Ashley: Oh. Oh my. So that's why I also heard bangs coming from right outside my door - I almost thought someone was trying to break in.
Nico: Yeah, that was probably them. So they got me instead.
Nico: The two of you followed me- us, right after, didn't you?
Ashley: Pretty much, yes. Hideki and I gave chase, and we got to the Luxury Sitting Room by following the sound of your screaming.
Nico: Yikes. Did I scream that loud?
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Nico's Account==
Johan and Sasha had come to get Nico at around 5 in the morning, according to her Electro-ID, when they took her to the body. Also, she had been the third student whose door they had approached, because they had first tried the doors of Hideki and I, and neither of us answered.
Ashley: (*checks recording*) Okay then. What next?
Ava: (*from inside*) You guys can come in now!
Ashley: Wow. That was...way too convenient.
Nico: We're going in! (*both enter*)
Lucille: So...he eez really...deceased. You're sure of it?
Ashley: Yes, unfortunately.
Nico: He looked pretty lifeless to all of us, yeah...Plus, Monokuma wouldn't have played the Body Discovery Announcement if he wasn't.
Ava: Either way, I believe Lucille has some information to offer.
Lucille: I should account for my actions through ze night...and ze reason for my poor showing zis morning.
Ashley: Okay, then, if you're comfortable...let's hear it. (*presses Record*)
Lucille: As...embarrassant as zis is to admit, I cried myself to sleep last night. I was woken zis morning by ze body announcement, but I did not want to investigate what had happened.
Nico: Why not?
Lucille: Because I had a sinking feeling zhat it wasn't Todd. I-I...I thought it was one of you. I didn't want to see you, or Ava, or anyone else lying on zhat floor, bloody and dead. I wouldn't have even wished it on JJ.
Ashley: So...does that mean you never left your room at all?
Lucille: Non..I did not even know the identity of the victim until you told me.
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Lucille's Account==
Lucille had been crying herself to sleep, and had not gone to the crime scene, because she feared seeing one of us as the victim there. She didn't know JJ had been murdered until we told her.
Ava: She seems pretty shaken...I'll stay with her while you guys investigate further, okay?
Lucille: Pardonnez-moi...I cannot do much to help in this case. But please, I beg of you, even if it eez JJ, bring his killer to justice.
Ashley: We will. I promise. Take care, Lucille.
Lucille: Au revoir, my compatriots. Safe travels ahead.
Nico: Ciao! (*both leave*)
Ashley: Hmm...Where to, next? Without the others to direct me, I'm not really sure where to go.
Nico: JJ's room is right here - we could check that out.
Ashley: Out loud again?
Nico: Pretty much.
Nico: But if there's any blood in here, I'm 'nope-ing' out of this. (*opens door*)
Ashley: There doesn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary here - or at least out of the ordinary for your atypical Super High Level Lawyer. There are a bunch of papers on the desk, which look like they've been recently looked through.
Ashley: Hmm...this top page is like something you'd find in a conspiracy theorist's journal. The constellations being weird, time passing weirdly, Sasha not being physically injured at all, the things vanishing from my pocket, a bunch of other stuff...he thinks that Monokuma is trying to confuse us to prevent us from outsmarting him.
Ashley: I feel like there's more to this theory than he wrote down - shame that he can't tell us now that he's dead.
Ashley: Newspaper clippings, charts - he has info on a lot of us. That's just creepy.
Ashley: And underneath it is - oh!
Ashley: Nico! Look at this!
Nico: What?
Ashley: Look what I found on JJ's desk!
Nico: Paper? Seems to be a lot of that.
Ashley: No...Well, I mean, yes, there's a lot of paper, but look at this one in particular!
Nico: Looks like another piece of paper - probably from the storage room or something. What does it- oh...
Nico: "I know what happened to Todd Dunham. Meet me at the kitchen at 4 a.m. if you wish to know too."
Nico: ...
Ashley: It's not signed, and I doubt any of us have any fingerprint-analysis equipment on the airship. Unless Monokuma will lend us some?
Nico: That would be way too easy, though. Monokuma sounds like he wouldn't want us to solve JJ's murder so easily.
Ashley: That's true...
Nico: Still, do you think that whoever wrote that note is the culprit?
Ashley: Most likely. I doubt anyone else would have a reason to write the note otherwise.
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Letter In JJ's Room==
A letter was found in JJ's room, telling him to meet someone, probably the killer, in the kitchen at 4:00 AM to talk. The conveyed message is simple but direct: I know what happened to Todd Dunham. Meet me at the kitchen at 4 a.m. if you wish to know too.
Ava: Hey, guys, I noticed something.
Ashley: Gah! You scared me!
Ashley: Wow, Hideki is right. I am easily scared.
Ava: Yeah, no kidding.
Ava: But that's not what I'm here about.
Ava: En route to me trying to find you guys, I've noticed that Todd's door was...open.
Nico: Open?! Do you mean he's inside? Please tell me he-
Ava: No. It was empty. He never even went back to his room - we can assume that he didn't close his door when he left. Someone else tried to just close it for him. So it's not locked - just closed.
Ava: He disappeared so suddenly and without a trace - no one can tell what happened at all.
Nico: Yeah. From what I've seen of JJ's papers so far, he wasn't able to make heads or tails of it either. And he was probably the most experienced detective out of everyone here.
Ava: I still think he was less than helpful - but the point is, maybe there are clues about how and why Todd disappeared in his room.
Nico: (*presses Record*) One more time, with clarity, pretty please?
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Ava's Account==
Ava said that before Todd died, he had never closed his door. Someone else must have done so for him, but the room should still be unlocked, just closed. What happened to Todd to make him disappear so suddenly and without a trace?
Ashley: In any case, you're right. Let's go look there. I'm sure we'll find more clues.
Ava: If you say so. (*all enter*)
Nico: I...wow. I don't know what to say.
Ava: If you have nothing better to say, say nothing at all.
Ashley: I think I should take a picture of this. (*click*)
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==State of Todd's Room==
There's some… Weird stuff in here. It looks relatively untouched since he's been gone, but there's a layer of dust on everything. Faen would have a heart attack.
Ava: Everything's so dusty, though- it's looking rather obvious that no one's been here in quite a while.
Nico: You're right...Wait- there's a spot on the table where it isn't dusty.
Ashley: Hey, that's true! It looks like someone took something from here.
Nico: Todd never really used his room, so my guess would be that it was whoever closed the door for him. (*click*)
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Dust Wipe==
For some reason there's something big missing from the room, or at least something that was piled as there's a big swipe across the table in the dust, as if something was recently taken.
Ashley: Do you think that it was the murderer?
Ava: Maybe. Both of you have good theories, but I'd say something else.
Ashley: What other possibility is there?
Ava: (*points at floor*) Well, whoever left those prints.
Nico: Well, they could belong to...anyone.
Nico: Oh.
Ashley: What's wrong?
Ava: These aren't shoe-prints - rather, they're footprints. And the only person amongst all of us who goes barefoot is, well-
Nico: Todd.
Ashley: She's right - there's a set of barefoot prints on the floor, going from the entrance of the room to the table, then back to the door again.
Ashley: (*click*)
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Footprints In Todd's Room==
There is a pair of bare-footprints in Todd's room, leading in and out. One pair only - and it seems like they could have belonged to Todd.
Lucille: Ava!
Ava: Listening, what is it?
Lucille: I was wondering if you could show me something?
Ava: Oh. Okay! (*turns to Ashley and Nico*) See you two later, I guess. (*leaves*)
Ashley: And...she's gone. Nico and I had better move on, too.
Nico: Where should we go next?
Ashley: Well- Huh?
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Knife==
There's a bloody knife amongst all the knives in the sink, as if someone was trying to bury it within the mountain of knives.
Ashley: A knife? Where did that come from?
Nico: Oh. I geddit.
Nico: This Truth Bullet's from Eric. He must have shared his information with the rest of us.
Ashley: I guess that means he's at the kitchen right now. Let's go ask him about it in further detail.
Nico: Sure!
Atrium
Passenger Cabins
Dining Area - Ballroom
Dining Area - Kitchen
Storage Room
Medical Room
Janitor's Closet
Casino and Bar
Luxury Sitting Room
Mysterious Room
Selected Area: Dining Area - Kitchen
Eric: Oi! Watch it! Those things are sharp!
Ashley: Eep! When Eric of all people can startle me you know I have a problem!
Eric: And that's bloody rude of you!
Ashley: Jeongmal! Why do I keep doing that?
Maya: Well, of course these things are sharp. They're knives.
Nico: Besides that...Why are these here?
Eric: They were here in the sink when I was looking around. But they're not the important thing.
Ashley: Then what is?
Maya: (*holds up bloody knife*) This.
Eric: Aiiiiiiie!
Ashley: Kyaaaaaaah!
Maya: ...Really? You took a picture of this very knife a few minutes ago, and you saw the knife in the message, I believe. Don't get so riled up about it.
Eric: When it's in your hands, I ain't gonna take any chances!
Ashley: I concur! That poor robber probably does too!
Nico: Wait, what now?
Maya: …
Maya: (*abruptly stabs the area in front of her with the knife*)
Eric: (*squeals*) GAH BLOODY HELL WHY WOULD YOU EVER DO THAT - THAT'S DANGEROUS!
Nico: ...Would you mind saving their torture for later and explaining what that is?
Maya: (*sniff*) Fine. (*puts knife down*)
Maya: It's just what it looks like, though. It's a bloody knife.
Eric: I think they can tell it's a bloody knife. No one here is blind, y'know.
Maya: I meant the other bloody. Bloody as in covered in blood. It was lying at the bottom of a pile of clean knives in the sink, as though it was hastily put away.
Ashley: So, do you think that's the murder weapon?
Maya: Could be. I don't see why someone would stab the guy after killing him a different way anyhow.
Eric: Dramatic purposes?
Maya: Only you would ever do that, Andrews.
Eric: Fair enough- hey, I take offense to that!
Maya: Deal with it.
Ashley: In any case- hold on, wait, why is the dishwasher open?
Eric: It's broken. It was like that when we got here.
Ashley: ...It wasn't when I turned it on last night.
Ashley: Now that I think about it, the dishes in here are all dirty, but I definitely remember Tien asking me to turn it on last night.
Nico: (*presses Record*) It's added.
Ashley: ...I should really put a leash on this habit of mine.
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Dishwasher==
The dishes in the dishwasher are all dirty, but Ashley explicitly remembers turning it on the night before.
Ashley: Does anyone know how the dishwasher stopped working?
Maya: It was me. I can't remember how, but I broke it.
Nico: How can you not remember how you broke it?
Maya: I fail to remember. That's all.
Nico: ...Care to repeat that?
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Maya's Account==
Maya had admittedly broken the dishwasher sometime last night. She claims that she doesn't know how she broke it. She just...did.
Maya: Did you honestly think I would remember? I'm a fffffailure, not a memory bank.
Ashley: (*sigh*) Well, it looks like none of us are gonna have any cooked breakfast at this rate. Or lunch. All of the cutlery's still...dirty?
Ashley: Hey, wait a moment. What's this?
Eric: It's a frying pan, duh. Looks shiny from here.
Ashley: And doesn't that seem out of place?
Maya: ...I see. Since I broke the dishwasher, theoretically, all of the frying pans should be dirty, but one clean one stands out. (*clicks*)
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Frying Pan==
A frying pan in the dishwasher wasn't dirty...It looks as if it had been recently washed, unlike the rest of the cutlery.
Nico: Well, I guess that's everything we can glean from this place?
?: Whoah!
CRASH!
Ashley: Huh?!
Ashley: Looking over to the entrance to the kitchen, it appears as if someone has fallen down. It's-
?: Oh god, Faen, are you alright?
Ashley: Yep. It's Faen. And Johan is now helping him up.
Faen: Worry not about me, Mx. Otto. A small fall will not affect my quality of service.
Faen: ...Too much.
Johan: It's Mr... But in any case, are you alright? That was a very nasty fall.
Faen: No matter. I shall not be perturbed by a minor inconvenience…
Faen: Although I will say, this is rather peculiar.
Ashley: What is?
Faen: Oh. Ms. Jung. (*nods*) Ms. Birza. (*nods*) Ms. Metl. (*nods*) Mr. Andrews. (*nods*)
Eric: Here, lemme help you up-
Johan: No need, I got him. (*helps Faen up*)
Maya: So, what's so strange about you falling to the floor?
Faen: It's not that, it's...the floor.
Nico: What about the floor?
Faen: It's wet. And it smells quite fresh too.
Johan: But I thought you only clean it after our meals in the morning and afternoon?
Faen: Yes, and that is why I find it rather unusual. I did not clean the floor last night, as on most nights, you and Tien stay behind after the Nighttime Announcement, therefore there would not have been enough water to clean it.
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Wet Floor==
As Faen slipped on the kitchen floor coming in, he noted that it was wet, and smelt quite fresh, as if someone had recently cleaned it. He usually cleans it, but that's only after breakfast and/or lunch, not after dinner, as usually, the Nighttime Announcement triggers before everyone leaves.
Ashley: In that case...Whoever cleaned up must have hoarded water from their bathroom for use here.
Maya: Probably. Looks like they did a pretty squeaky-clean job with it too.
Nico: Oh, yes, Johan, can I ask something?
Johan: Go ahead.
Nico: How exactly did you and Sasha find JJ in the first place?
Johan: I don't exactly sleep a lot - so I go out for early morning runs in my neighbourhood. I've been jogging in the hallways of this airship in place of that, and this morning was no exception.
Johan: However, I did meet Sasha near the Dining Area by coincidence today, and, feeling the need to rest a bit to catch my breath, we went to the Luxury Sitting Room to, well, sit down.
Johan: Imagine our shock and surprise when we found JJ just lying there, dead.
Eric: Good grief, that must have been horrible...
Ashley: What happened after that?
Johan: Monokuma popped up and started laughing at the two of us.
Eric: ...I stand corrected, that must have been horrible.
Johan: He told us that we needed three people to trigger the Body Discovery Announcement, so we ran back to get someone, which eventually was you, Nico.
Nico: Yeah, I figured. Thanks for explaining.
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Johan's Account==
Johan was out on his morning run around the airship when he encountered Sasha outside the Dining Area. To catch a break, they went to the Luxury Sitting Room, only to find JJ's corpse. They had rushed back to get a third student to help them trigger the Body Discovery Announcement.
Ashley: I don't think there's anything left here that's important to the case.
Ashley: Nico, shall we move on somewhere else?
Nico: No problem, Ashie! Pick a place.
Atrium
Passenger Cabins
Dining Area - Ballroom
Dining Area - Kitchen
Storage Room
Medical Room
Janitor's Closet
Casino and Bar
Luxury Sitting Room
Mysterious Room
Selected Area: Storage Room
Ashley: I'm not sure if I'll find anything of interest here, to be perfectly-
Sasha: Yo.
Ashley: Eep!
Ashley: Okay, what is with me and getting jumpscared today?!
Sasha: I dunno. Maybe you're on edge from the deaths? It's pretty understandable that you'd be freaking out.
Sasha: Thankfully I'm so emotionally stunted that I'm not flipping my shit - it's a miracle any of us can still think straight after seeing JJ die right in front of us.
Xiang: It's absolutely inexcusable. Whoever did this must be brought to justice.
Nico: Did you just borrow JJ's catchphrase?
Sasha: I don't think it's a catchphrase so much as a fact.
Xiang: Eagle One is correct.
Nico: 'Eagle One'?
Sasha: Well, yeah. My surname, 'Oryolov', means 'Eagle'. Ironic for someone as openly unpatriotic as me, but I say eh. Worth the reference, anyway.
Sasha: Nico, you can be Eagle Two for now.
Nico: And do you have any other codenames, or…
Sasha: That's all confidential.
Ashley: …
Ashley: Let's just see what's of interest here.
Ashley: Have you guys found anything out of the ordinary?
Sasha: Thanks for steering me back on track. I was just getting to that. First off, it's what we didn't find that was shocking.
Xiang: JJ's corpse had a length of rope, similar to the lengths of rope that can be acquired from this storage room, around his neck. However, no rope has been taken, at least, not from here.
Nico: How can you tell?
Xiang: The rope has been coiled up over here. (*pulls up rope*) As you can see, there are no signs of fraying or cutting at all, meaning that there isn't a possibility that a length of rope was removed from the coil. And since it's the only rope we can find in here, it should be safe to assume that the rope did not originate from this storeroom.
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Storage Room's Rope==
There is no rope missing from the Storage Room, oddly enough. Was there somewhere else that rope could've been obtained?
Sasha: While the pink substance on the side may just be paint, it does look an awful lot like blood, being pink and all.
Xiang: So we catalogued it.
Sasha: Better safe than sorry!
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Red Paint==
A normal can of red paint...There's some pink substance on the side, but I can't tell if it's paint...
Or blood.
DUN DUN DUN!
Nico: Was that last part really necessary?
Sasha: Yes. Comic relief is always necessary in times of despair like these.
Xiang: Otherwise, there doesn't appear to be anything else we can glean. Shall we move on?
Sasha: That's fine.
Ashley: I don't mind. Where shall we go to next?
Atrium
Passenger Cabins
Dining Area - Ballroom
Dining Area - Kitchen
Storage Room
Medical Room
Janitor's Closet
Casino and Bar
Luxury Sitting Room
Mysterious Room
Selected Area: Medical Room
Nico: Looks pretty empty.
Xiang: I wonder why they didn't bring the body here for the autopsy.
Sasha: (*shrugs*) Too much work, I guess. Plus, no one wants to touch a corpse except Hideki. I'm kind of opposed to the idea myself, but I'd do it if I needed to.
Xiang: Well, then. I'm fine with corpses myself, but that's to be expected...regardless, I'll look in this corner. I'm sure that this room was somehow involved in the murder.
Ashley: They're all doing their own thing...I feel so unneeded.
Ashley: I guess I'm just gonna sit down here- ow!
Ashley: What did I just sit on?
Sasha: Looks like the end of a syringe. Ouch. (*picks it up*) Looks lke the actual syringe itself and its needle aren't here. And what's this next to it?
Xiang: Hey, I recognize this brand...it's a tranquilizer drug, used in most hunting equipment. Well, at least, just the container for it. Looks like the actual drug for it is missing.
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Empty Container==
A tranquilizer drug's container was found on the desk in the medical room, and it was empty; a syringe and needle are also missing from the room.
Sasha: This case just keeps getting more and more convoluted. So someone tranquilized Todd and/or JJ before killing them?
Xiang: Looks like it. We'll have to wait for Hideki's full autopsy to be sure, but it certainly seems a possibility.
Nico: Speaking of autopsy, where is Hideki?
Sasha: Last I checked he was still in the Luxury Sitting Room with the body. We'll visit him next when we're done.
Nico: Okay, then, let's keep looking.
Ashley: …
Ashley: ...Would either of them have let themselves be tranquilized? The murder seems like it was an ambush…
Ashley: Wonder what the others are talking about.
Nico: -it's odd. I can't imagine someone being able to inject Todd or JJ with that syringe.
Sasha: I agree with you on that... Todd would never stop moving for long enough to get injected, and JJ letting his guard down is pretty much implausible...
Xiang: Perhaps he was tranquilized while he slept?
Sasha: Impossible. JJ of all people would have known to lock his door.
Ashley: There is another possibility.
Sasha: Mhmm? Let's hear it, Jung.
Ashley: One second - let me transfer you some evidence I found earlier.
Ashley: (*transfers the evidence*)
Sasha: (*gasps softly, but quickly regains composure*) This changes practically everything.
Xiang: What is it? Did you have a breakthrough?
Sasha: Not quite...but I do have a theory in the works.
Nico: What is it?
Sasha: Not enough evidence for a definitive theory. We need to go check in with Hideki.
Ashley: Alright then. I don't have any objections.
Xiang: Nor I.
Nico: Let's go, then!
Atrium
Passenger Cabins
Dining Area - Ballroom
Dining Area - Kitchen
Storage Room
Medical Room
Janitor's Closet
Casino and Bar
Luxury Sitting Room
Mysterious Room
Selected Area: Luxury Sitting Room
Hideki: Ugh!
Ashley: Oh, Hideki! Are you alright?
Ashley: What did I walk into?
Hideki: I'm fine. This body, however...well, it's pretty fugazi, pardon my French. I can't even determine the cause of death.
Sasha: What the hell kind of surgeon can't even perform an autopsy properly?
Hideki: The kind that operates on living patients, thank you very much! I'm no forensic expert here, unlike a certain colleague I know...Meadows, that parakeet.
Sasha: But you had to dissect corpses in school at some point, right? Or did Harold just make that up?
Ashley: Harold?
Sasha: My stepdad. Forensic psychiatrist, started in surgery. More pretentious than Eric.
Hideki: Well, I didn't go to school, I was trained by my father, and we always used live patients. The only corpses we'd ever use were animal ones.
Sasha: ...is that even legal?
Hideki: Worry less about that and more about finding the killer, Oryolov.
Xiang: So Monokuma wasn't denying us information on purpose?
Matthew: While we can't rule that out, I doubt it somehow.
Ashley: Are you okay, Matthew? You seemed very distraught earlier.
Matthew: Yeah, I'm fine. I just can't look at the body without having an insatiable urge to puke, but other than that I'm all good.
Jakcie: Well, I would like to scratch out my eyes and swan-dive off of zis awful aircraft if I have to see yet another corpse, although otherwise I am fine.
Sasha: That sounds strangely like something I would say.
Sasha: Either way. Hideki. Report. Stat.
Hideki: (*sighs*) Watch your tone.
Ashley: Um, please share your findings?
Hideki: (*sighs*) Sure. Why not. I should preempt you though. My findings are quite...unique. Someone might want to record me while I say this, while someone else should take pictures.
Nico: Done. I'm live. Fire away.
Hideki: A lot of the wounds were afflicted pre-mortem, though there are a few details that stand out.
Hideki: For example, while the length of rope is still tied around his neck, there doesn't appear to have been any chafing on his neck.
Xiang: Well, that's...odd, to say the least. You mean to say he wasn't choked by the rope?
Hideki: Unless his killer had a buffer between his neck and the rope before removing said buffer - which is unlikely, because even then, there would have been signs of a compressed windpipe - the rope is there for purely aesthetic purposes.
Hideki: On the other hand, the epidural hematoma he suffered appears to be the freshest of the lesions-
Nico: Um... English, please?
Sasha: Head trauma.
Hideki: It's more than just head trauma.
Sasha: The exact effects don't matter - he took a hit to the head. And this was the last thing to happen, chronologically, right?
Hideki: Correct. Either way, moving on.
==Truth Bullets Acquired!==
==Hideki's Autopsy==
Hideki states that a lot of the wounds were inflicted pre-mortem, so much that he couldn't identify the cause of death exactly. He does note that the wound on the back of his head was the freshest. There were, oddly enough, no abrasive scars on his neck due to the rope.
==Rope==
There is a rope around JJ's neck, with the two ends hanging limply at each side of him as he lies on the ground against the wall. It was apparently not utilized in his murder.
Hideki: Another thing of note is the state of his neck. It's broken.
Sasha: Hmm…
Xiang: I wonder how that could have happened. After all, you did say the rope was completely uninvolved, right?
Hideki: Yes. Whoever broke his neck, they probably did it with their bare hands.
Sasha: Wouldn't that leave handprints? I think it's more likely that - maybe that wound on the back of his head has to do with it?
Hideki: Likely. If someone were to hit at the right angle from above and behind him, it would certainly break his neck at the angle it is now.
Ashley: ...Above?
Hideki: Very good observation, Ashley. Therein lies why I am unsure of how the wound was caused. JJ is the tallest student here, other than myself.
Hideki: And no. That is not a confession. Don't even think about it, Oryolov, and I can see the gears turning in your head.
Matthew: Maybe they stood on something?
Jackie: While I am inclined to agree, I wonder how ze killer could have gotten ze element of surprise on JJ, zhen. He would notice if someone had crept behind him...on a chair.
Sasha: I have my suspicions-
Hideki: In any case, the strangest thing has got to be the lack of blood.
Nico: But there's a lot of blood, isn't there?
Hideki: Not as much as you'd think. Head wounds bleed an absurd amount. The fact that there aren't pools of the stuff around his body is...perplexing.
Hideki: Even the rest of his wounds don't match up to the amount of blood. These three stab wounds completely missed the ribs and penetrated deep into his sternum and viscera. It's a wonder that there's only a smear of blood around it…
Sasha: Do you think that it was cleaned up? Or that the body was moved?
Hideki: If it was moved there should be smears, though...regardless, this is indeed a strange case.
==Truth Bullets Acquired!==
==Bloody Wounds==
Near the back of JJ's head, there is a wound that looks to be have been caused by blunt force, with the portion of the wall it's leaning against being slightly bloody. There are 3 small stab wounds on his stomach, that pierced deeply.
==Blood in the Area==
Oddly enough, the blood from the puncture wounds and blunt wounds have very little blood around them for some reason. According to Hideki, there should be more blood if it was inflicted when he was alive.
Sasha: Hey, Jung. Come over here for a second.
Ashley: Why do I feel so apprehensive about following Sasha?
Sasha: Calm down. I'm not gonna hurt you. Just because I'm literally Satan…
Ashley: S-Satan?!
Sasha: It was a joke.
Sasha: Either way, I wanted to show you this.
Ashley: What is it?
Sasha: I thought I saw something weird over (*reaches into couch cushions*) Ah, here.
Ashley: What is that?
Sasha: (*studies it*) Looks like the tranquilizer we were looking for.
Ashley: What's it doing here?
Sasha: Hell if I know.
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Tranquilizer==
The tranquilizer drugs and syringe were found in the Luxury Sitting Room. Sasha found them stuffed into the couch cushions.
Ashley: Wait, it was hidden pretty well. How could you have known where it was? Unless you...put it there.
Sasha: Relax. I didn't plant it. If I did, why would I have pointed it out to you?
Sasha: Besides, I know what you're thinking. And I'm not the murderer. In fact, I'm one of three people with a perfect alibi.
Ashley: What? How?
Sasha: Three people, not counting the murderer, must be present in order for a Body Discovery Announcement to be triggered. That's me, Johan, and Nico. Unless someone else saw the body first and hasn't said anything, the three of us can't have done it.
Ashley: Well, you don't mind if I take a statement from you about that, do you?
Sasha: Of course not. Ask away.
Ashley: She's being surprisingly pleasant and cooperative - the polar opposite of what she was just moments earlier. I somehow can't shake my suspicion that Sasha is hiding something.
Ashley: (*presses Record*) What were you doing up so early in the morning?
Sasha: I was up working on the first draft of my play.
Ashley: You're writing a play?
Sasha: Yeah. You could call it a hobby of mine.
Ashley: And why were you awake to begin with.
Sasha: Easy. I'm an insomniac. Have been since I was a kid.
Sasha: Either way, I went to get some crackers or something to chew on from the kitchen, and I nearly got knocked over by a jogging Johan. Thankfully, my Babe Ruth reflexes saved my life.
Ashley: You play baseball?
Sasha: Hell no. I hate sports. I'm a bit of a Sox fan, and I've thrown some ceremonial first pitches - that's how I got this shirt, incidentally - ugh, but that's not important. Either way, Johan and I started talking, and our conversation engrossed me so much that I lost track of location.
Sasha: We made it to the sitting room, which was Johan's destination. Don't know what he wanted to do there, but anyhow. I think he just needed to rest - he was panting an awful lot.
Sasha: He opened the door, and I turned to leave, but then I heard him scream. I rushed in, and he was leaning against the wall, shocked. And JJ was dead.
Sasha: We quickly ran to get someone else to trigger the announcement, but neither Hideki nor you responded. Nico was the third door we tried.
Sasha: And that's it. Need anything clarified?
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Sasha's Account==
According to Sasha, as she didn't sleep at night due to her insomnia, she was awake in the morning. She had run into Johan, and the two proceeded to the Luxury Sitting Room. Her alibi matches up with Johan's, so they should both be telling the truth.
Ashley: No, that's all. Thank-
Matthew: Open, god damn you!
Sasha: What the hell?
Xiang: He's trying to pry open JJ's hand. He's holding something!
Matthew: Grah!
Clink!
Jackie: What eez that?
Hideki: Looks like a locket to me.
Nico: …
Nico: Oh dear.
Ashley: What's wrong?
Nico: This locket...I know who it belongs to. But how did his stuff end up here?
Sasha: His? Do you mean-
Nico: (*snaps open locket*) Yep. This locket...It's Todd's. I mean, look inside!
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Locket==
A small, silver locket, found on JJ's being. He was gripping it tightly.
Inside is a picture of a girl and a very-familiar orange-haired boy. Looks like it belongs to…
Todd.
Ashley: I recognize the girl with him - that's Electra Violet Camisole, one of his troupe's performers.
Jackie: So they were dating?
Ashley: Possibly...It's hard to see Todd ever falling in love, though. But I wonder why he would leave it behind, and how it got onto JJ like that.
Sasha: ...I'd like to solve the puzzle-
Before she could continue any further, the speakers blared to life.
"I'm getting tired of waiting! Shall we begin?"
"Huh?" Sasha looked up, "Begin what?"
"Begin what, you ask? Well, of course, we are beginning our long-awaited class trial!"
"...Calm down." she breathed, "He can't hear me, that's just a default response-"
"Upupupupupupupupupu...I can hear you bear-y well, Comrade!"
"Chort vasmi!"
Xiang raised an eyebrow, "Hoped for too much?"
"Nerves are getting to me." she explained in return, "I have an inkling as to who's the murderer, but that's just a theory."
"A game theory?" Matthew asked, before clapping his hands to his mouth. "Oops, sorry, habit."
"No, but it's a damn good one." Sasha muttered.
"In any case, will all of you bastards report to outside the Casino and Bar? And don't keep me waiting too long, I can see you on my cameras! Cheerio!"
The speakers ceased after that. Xiang left the room with Sasha in tow, followed by Matthew and Jackie. In the end, only Nico and Hideki were left, besides me - Nico was still staring and fiddling with the locket, while Hideki bent forward and closed JJ's eyes.
"Regardless of the circumstances resulting in your death, I will see to it that your legacy lives on. Requiscat in pace, JJ." I heard him say out loud as he was performing the act. Getting up, Hideki dusted himself off, before taking out his Electro-ID, and scanning through our Truth Bullets.
After a pause, he sighed, "...I am not sure who to trust anymore. The problem is, as of now, I can only think of possibilities, without any concrete evidence.
"Sasha sure seems to have an idea."
He sighed. "Sasha's ideas are not fact. In fact, I'd trust her about as much as she could throw me, which isn't a lot."
"Then, who do you think is the killer?"
"You can argue a case for just about anyone." Hideki explained, "For example, take into consideration personal agendas. Who has the most reason to kill JJ?"
"Lucille." I reluctantly concurred. The argument last night had been brutal.
"That's right, it's her. But then you have to take in consideration what one would stand to gain from JJ's death, and the possibility of the motives Monokuma set coming into play."
"Like what?"
"Todd's killer didn't want to get caught. Someone wanted to prevent the body from being found after his untimely death...As for JJ, someone could have been annoyed at the leadership role that he was taking."
"Leadership role?" I questioned. "You were more of a leader than he was."
Hideki sighed. "Thank you. But perhaps that makes me the next target."
"We're not allowed to kill more than two people, remember?"
"In any case, it's also possible they killed JJ solely because he was a lawyer."
"What? Why?"
"Because, Ashie," Nico finally spoke up, after going quiet for some time, "Lawyers are some of the best debaters in the world, and it would be highly likely that JJ would have been quite the force to be reckoned with in trials."
"We also can't get rid of the possibility that someone had committed a crime before we were kidnapped," offered Hideki.
"He did have information on all of us, and a lot of it," said Nico with a sigh, "If any of us have anything to hide, he would have known it."
"To the three still at the crime scene, the trial starts soon, so get your asses down here unless you want to be punished!"
"Tch." muttered Hideki. "We do need to leave, but I haven't considered all possibilities..."
"None of this makes any sense...My mind says one thing. But my heart tells me another. I don't know which to trust anymore..." Nico kept on mumbling.
It's times like this that I have to be strong for them.
"Guys." I cleared my throat. "Let's not worry about it too much. We'll all get to the bottom of it during the class trial, so cheer up, okay?"
A brief moment of silence passed, and I almost thought I'd said something wrong.
Hideki composed himself. "For all our sakes, I hope you're right."
"She will be." Nico smiled, "I have a feeling Ashie knows what she's up to. I'll trust her."
"Hey! Are you guys ever going to get to the courtroom?" Ava was standing at the door to the room. "I'm warning you, unless you get here soon, Monokuma might get a little trigger-happy."
"R-right, of course," said Hideki.
Making our way out of the Luxury Sitting Room, we traversed the hallways until we saw the rest of our classmates crowded outside the locked door to the Casino and Bar. As we got closer, I noticed something different about them, and as my hands subconscious trailed down my pajamas, I realized why.
Most, if not all of us, were in our sleepwear, or a different outfit than the one I had seen them in on day one.
Scanning everyone, I noted that the only person in normal clothing was Hideki, but he looked rather disheveled. Nico was still in her pajamas: next to Nico was Tien, who was also in her pajamas from the day before. Maya was wearing a black hoodie with designs on it - equal in creepiness to her normal clothing, and dark brown cargo pants. Matthew was in a light-colored t-shirt and pair of pants, Ava was in a red shirt and grey pants, both Under Armour (why did she always wear that brand?), and Johan had pulled on a large, oversized white sweater. Lucille was sporting a white tanktop and camo pyjama shorts. Faen wore a white polo shirt and black pants, Eric wore a white t-shirt, black vest and black pants, and Jackie was wearing a black, frilly nightgown. Sasha had neglected to wear her vest or tie, and her crinkled shirt had not been fully tucked in. Xiang was perhaps the neatest person present, but lacked his jacket and scarf.
One or more of us were most likely going to die, and all of us were going to look ridiculous while doing it. Perfect.
"Took you long enough," Sasha drawled. "I swear Monokuma was about to execute you three."
"At least they're here now…" muttered Tien.
"Yeah! I mean, without Hideki's bloody autopsies we wouldn't stand a chance!" said Eric.
"Thank you."
"Oh look! You bastards are finally all here! Guess I'll let you in, then!"
As Monokuma finished that little ditty, the door swung open.
This is it... I briefly glanced sideways, studying my classmates, fourteen of us were going in. Not all of us are coming out of this one.
Calming my nerves, I took the first step forward.
The casino looked vastly different than it had been the first time I had stepped into it, two days ago. The walls had been reprinted pastel blue, with benches and chairs in a neat, orderly row. A rather large armchair was seated directly in front of the roulette, and right in front of it, there was a large red button - which almost immediately screamed danger.
Most unnervingly of all, a large statue stood straight in the middle of the room. The statue was blindfolded, and had one hand at a sword by its waist, and carrying a pair of weighing scales in the other. But what was unnerving wasn't the presence of the statue itself, but rather, who it was - I could recognize that trenchcoat and buzzcut anywhere. It almost looked like...
Almost looked like JJ was presiding over his own murder trial.
"*whistle* Well. Someone's been busy redecorating."
Nico's quip went unnoticed as we surveyed the new and refurbished casino in amazement. So much so, we nearly missed Monokuma popping up out of nowhere onto the large armchair.
"Welcome, every single last one of you bastards!" Monokuma giggled, "I hope you like the new interior-design, because if you don't, it's gonna make me des-bear!"
Saying that we all groaned at that awful pun was an understatement.
"Bluh, you guys don't get my sense of humour! Anyways, just find your spot around the roulette, and then we can get the class trial started!"
"She's even copying me now..." Sasha grumbled.
"You're not that important, y'know," Maya riffed back at her.
"Says the literal S.H.S.L Failure," she muttered angrily in return.
"Oh, wow. How original. I definitely have never heard that one before."
"Be quiet. We have a life-or-death trial on our hands, and all you can do is make clever retorts?"
"So you admit it, I'm clever."
"Both of you, shut up!" Eric yelled. "We have no time for your petty disagreements. Maya is right, and that's that!"
"Oh, really. I'd like to see you-"
"Eagle One. Peace." Xiang said. "This is not the time for arguments, but for debates."
Silence prevailed after that, as the rest of shuffled off to find our stands, before-
"Excuse me, Headmaster Monokuma?" Faen raised his hand as he got to his stand.
"Yeah, hot stuff?"
Flinching slightly at the nickname, nevertheless, he pointed at something and continued, "May I ask what that is supposed to represent?"
The rest of us had already seen it, but it had been Faen who was the first to bring it up. In the spot JJ was probably supposed to be, was a white stand. Said stand had a mugshot of JJ's face on it, except a large, pink 'X' framed its front.
"Isn't that obvious? The Ace Attorney may be dead, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't be a part of the trial! It's symbolic, after all."
"Then..."
I turned to my right. Whereas Johan was to my left, the podium spot to my right was empty. I could, however, make out the name inscribed on it - Todd Dunham. "Why doesn't Todd have a stand like that?"
"Oh, that?" Monokuma tapped a hand to his chin, "It's not like I don't want Monkey-Boy not to be part of the trial, but I can only put a stand up if the munchkin's body is found! His Body Discovery Announcement needs to be triggered first!"
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Placement of Stands==
JJ has a stand with a crossed-out face where he should have been standing, had he made it.
Yet, even though he's supposed to be gone, Todd does not have a stand with a crossed-out face…
Is this proof that he may still be...?
"How do we know you aren't trying to play us for fools?" Johan quietly asked. "How do we know you aren't lying to us about that?"
"There's no way that he could be lying."
"What?"
"It says so in the rules," Matthew offered. "Specifically, rule #10: Headmaster Monokuma is not allowed to lie."
"He is right!" confirmed Jackie, reading from her electro-ID.
==Truth Bullet Acquired!==
==Rule #10==
Headmaster Monokuma - and by proxy - and of his assistants and/or overseers are not allowed to lie. Furthermore, Monokuma must answer all posed questions to the best of his ability.
"Well, we've drawn out this introduction long enough! Now, although we should really get started with this Class Trial...well-"
"You're about to see...upupupu!"
Suddenly, the roulette table began to spin. I locked eyes with Nico, then Hideki, then Nico again. Her hair blew into her face, and then - upwards?
Immediately, it felt like my stomach had dropped out of my body, and my hair briefly obscured my vision entirely. I reached up and pulled it out of my face, only to see the casino vanishing above us. We were descending.
Suddenly, the black walls of the elevator shaft became the blue and white background of the sky.
What - what is this?
With a sudden lurch, the roulette settled into the floor of our new room, knocking me off of my feet. I quickly looked down. Big mistake - an infinite blue sky with fluffy, rolling white clouds scattered at random completely filled my vision. I moved my hand slightly to the side. The floor felt like plexiglass.
I looked up at my fellow students. Everyone except for Xiang, Ava, Sasha, Maya, and surprisingly enough Eric had fallen to the floor, and they were in various points in the process of getting up.
"So, do you bastards like the trial room? I like to think that it's the coolest one yet."
"Zhis is terrifying! What if zhe floor-" screamed Jackie.
"Relax. The floor isn't going to break. It's been engineered to hold a lot more than just a courtroom," said a soft, nice-sounding, yet familiar voice. One of the plexiglass windows swung back into itself. A pair of feet strolled into the room.
"You," growled Sasha. "I knew it. Nishiyima really is behind this."
The Super High School Level Co-Pilot, Ataru Inoue, sighed. "Well, the identity of the mastermind is irrelevant. I'm just here to go over the takeoff procedure, because someone-" he glared at Monokuma, "Didn't bother to hire a proper flight attendant."
"Hey! What do you mean, 'takeoff procedure'?" asked Nico.
"Glad you asked. I'll be here to explain how these trials are going to work, as well as the ins and outs of the Truth Bullet system."
"You people were getting irritating, so I decided it would be a good idea to bring in someone more patient than myself to explain everything."
Ataru stepped slowly into the stand between Tien and myself - the stand that would have belonged to Todd. "So...let's get started, shall we?"
Act 1-6 FIN
15? Students Remaining
A/N:
So, who do you guys think is the killer, now that all this evidence has come to the surface? Does Lucille still seem like the murderer? After all, last time you did vote for her three out of six times. I'll put up another poll - you guys should vote for your new suspect.
Since SD has nothing important to say, we'll just move on to the review replies.
A Dingus With Sweet Shades: Rest in pieces, JJ.
PowerPlayer: Yeah. 'Tragic'.
So you caught onto the Todd thing, huh? Yeah, Todd's status is unknown at this point. Perhaps the trial will clear that up. And I'm happy that we managed to make the mystery...mysterious. Especially considering that this will be one of the more obvious cases. In fact, one or more people have already guessed it in the poll. Not that I'm going to let you guys see the results...upupupu.
Sekrin- Lord of Monsterds: Haha, I'm glad that you're not turned off from the story due to JJ's death.
Khronovision: Yeah, pretty ironic. And Todd's disappearance is going to play a role in the trial. We won't say what, but you'll see.
HeroNoMore: Yeah. Anyone killing JJ (except the BDA-triggers) is a real possibility. Of course, you'll have to wait and see what actually happened.
Well, you know who said that line now. Was it who you expected?
GinMerric: Hehe, sorry we switched styles again. The trial'll be in both styles, so prepare for that.. (For the trial itself, all Nonstop Debates/Crossed Swords/Special Events will be carried out in script format, while everything else will be in normalcy. Cheers. - SD)
HeroinOfDarkness: Haha, yeah. JJ does give off a murderer vibe. Fun AFoFD trivia fact: he was originally going to be the murderer in this Act, but we scrapped that idea. It would've been cool to see him in a debate, though, amirite? I'm just happy that you're confused - it means we're doing our job right. Your OC is the SHSL Espionage, Kuno Okura. Now give me that virtual cookie.
dashunterman: Haha, yeah. And which portraits are you talking about? (Probably Khrono's ones. - SD) (Yeah, probably. Khrono's are gr9.)
Unicorn819: Finals are evil, amirite? But yeah, SD and I have written way ahead. We're actually planning out our updates in order to give you guys time to review, and us time to write to the best of our ability. And Hideki is great, yeah!
SDproductions: Got any more lawyer jokes, man?
Poll's on my profile all over again - let's see if you can read between our lines.