Rogueport has populated once again, more than ever for some strange reason. Things were actually turning out for the better this time. Rogueport looked cleaner, there were more houses and shops built and it just seemed like a happier place.
Podler was now running Podley's bar. He moved out of his shop in Glitzville because a Toad girl went psycho after experiencing so many suicides and kill 17 people with a sub-machine gun. After that, Podler's business just tanked so he moved to Rogueport, hoping for more success.
"Ahhh, I never thought I would EVER say this but...this is the life. No more suicides, no more drama, no more robberies, just plain happy happy!" Goombella said, sipping a Lemonade with Bombette and Vivian. They took over Professor Frankly's house and rearranged everything to a more girlier fashion.
"Yep! This honestly couldn't get any better. Just us girls relaxing on a Saturday afternoon, drinking ice cold Lemonade!" Vivian laughed.
"I couldn't agree more. I'll probably have to move here soon cause my home in Koopa Village is SO boring!" Bombette said. Goombella and Vivian laughed.
"Uh huh, nothing could go wrong today. I mean, it just feels like anything good is more possible than anything bad. You know what I mean?" Goombella asked.
"I think I do. But I'm HOPING you didn't just jinx it for us by saying that..." Vivian said. Goombella rolled her eyes.
"Oh please, that's just a bunch of superstitious crap. Nothing bad will happen, trust me. I mean, come on, look at the facts. There hasn't been a suicide around for almost a year and I doubt it's gonna happen anytime soon. Don't worry so much and just relax yourself." Goombella said.
"Speaking of the suicides, sorry to keep bringing it up, but what's the suicide rates in the world now? I'm curious." Bombette asked.
"If I remember correctly, the suicide rates last year were about 17 percent, which is actually really high if you think about it. But, as of right now it is...I think about 6 percent? Yeah, around there." Goombella said.
"Wow, that's a MAJOR improvement! I'm especially surprised at how quick the percentage decreased too." Vivian said in shock.
"And if you wanna get REAL technical, then last year in the mushroom Kingdom, 27 percent out of 100,000 people would kill themselves, where as now, it is at 9 percent out of 100,000 people. In Sarasaraland, last year it was 31 percent out of 100,000 people but now it's like 11 percent." Goombella explained. Bombette and Vivian were impressed.
"Wow, that's just amazing. I'm glad the world is improving on something for once." Bobmette said oddly.
"But wait a second, there's something I just don't get. Why have the suicide rates gone down so quickly in the past year? I mean, don't you think that's kind of odd?" Vivian asked.
"I'll admit, it is a bit weird, but I don't really think it's anything to worry about. We'll probably never know why suicide rates are gooing down so fast." Goombella said, then staring down at her lemonade. The lemon in her glass had a tiny tint of red.
In Mushroom City, things were getting back to normal just like Rogueport was.
Rosalina and Donkey Kong were out on a date at a fancy restaurant.
"So tell me DK, how many times have you beat King K. Rool?" Rosalina asked in a flirty way, which made DK blush.
"Well umm...you see uh...I pretty much beat him up everytime he tries to steal my bananas, you know? But I also have Diddy, Dixie and the rest of the gang help me sometimes too. I get defensive when it comes to my bananas!" DK explained. They both laughed.
"Haha! That's nice. I bet that's where you got your nice and toned muscles from, huh? From doing all that hard work for beating K. Rool?" Rosalina asked again in a flirty way. DK was taken back by how majestic she was being.
"Oh, of course! Plus, it also helps that I work out everyday...well, except for Fridays cause that's the day I munch out on Pizzas and other crazy sweets." DK said with a cheesy smile.
"Hmm hmm. That's lovely. So...hey! You wanna see me do a cool trick?" Rosalina asked.
"Oh uhh, sure I guess. Is it a magic trick?" DK asked.
"Well, it depends from what you see from it." Rosalina answered. DK raised his eyebrow.
"Um, what do you mean by that?" DK asked.
"Oh nevermind. I'll just do the trick." Rosalina said. She grabbed her steak knife with her right hand.
"Umm, are you gonna swallow a knife or something? I love those kind of tricks." DK said.
"Not exactly. Just see for yourself." Rosalina said.
She then held the knife to her throat and then slit her throat as hard and fast as she could. Blood sprayed all over the table, her food and DK.
"AAAHHHHH! OH MY GOD, ROSALINA!" DK screamed in total and complete shock. Rosalina's head smashed down into the table.
People nearby noticed the suicide and the great amount of blood and they ran out of the restaurant screaming for their lives. DK was traumatized by the unexpected sight of Rosalina killing herself and it will haunt his dreams for the rest of his life.
The whole world is a Suicide Circle.
TRIVIA TIME!
1. Like I said in the beginning of the fic, this fic is based off the movie 'Suicide Circle' (Or just Suicide Club). Suicide Circle/Club is a movie that was filmed and released in Japan. The movie has pretty much the same plot as this fic, except this fic goes a bit deeper into why people are killing themselves. I HIGHLY recommend watch Suicide Circle/Club. It's kind of gory, but it's an interesting take on suicides. You can find it online by searching google, or you can just buy it if you have lots of money.
2. There's a sequel to Suicide Circle/Club called Noriko's Dinner Table. It's actually not so much of a sequel, it's more of a side-story that takes place before, during, and after the events of Suicide Circle/Club. This movie, is just as good, if not better than the first one. This film goes even MORE deeper about why people kill themselves. For those of you who can't handle a lot of gore, I recommend you watch this movie as there's very little blood and only a few deaths. This is, more or less, a family drama and it's a girl's interpretation of what a Suicide Club might be.
3. I was originally going to have Vivian get killed by Flurrie, but since she got so many votes on the poll in my profile, I decided not to.
4. Jocelyn was originally going to have a much gorier death. She was suppose to get stabbed by Flurrie multiple times and have her intestines ripped out by Flurrie, but I figured that would up the gore factor WAY too much so I just had her stabbed twice.
5. The girl group in this film that's named Girls' Generation is actually a REAL Korean Pop Girl Group. I've been listening to a lot of their songs recently, and their songs are honestly probably some of the best pop songs ever made. Check them out on youtube!
6. There was a mistake I made in the first chapter. Toadia asks Toadiko why she likes the girl group, Generation Z. After Chapter 1 was submitted, I found out about Girls' Generation, so I decided to use their names in the fic often, but I didn't realize I made a mistake with the changing names until way later.
7. Girls' Generation's songs also play a part in the suicides. No, they don't hypnotize people into killing themselves. They're part of a HUGE trend that thousands and thousands of people follow. Compare Girls' Generation to mass suicides. Girls' Generation has millions of fans but a lot of them only like Girls' Generation just because their friends or family do. Mass suicides are heard of about in some cities, and the topic interests a lot of people, so since someone's friends take part in a mass suicide, then that person too, will most likely join the mass suicide trend.
8. The reason why Mario, Peach, Daisy, Luigi, etc. aren't featured in this fic is because I already had a fic (Resident Koopa) focus on all of them. Plus, since Rosalina and DK survived Resident Koopa, I decided to put them as cameos in here.
9. This fic, Suicide Circle/Club and Noriko's Dinner Table also shows what would happen if society had a major downfall.
10. I MIGHT make a sequel to this. I'm not sure. And if I do, it will be similar to Noriko's Dinner Table. But I haven't planned anything yet, so don't expect a sequel to this for a while. But if I actually decide to actually to write the sequel, it will focus on the surviving cast of this fic and Goombella will be the main character.
11. This fic was originally going to be called Suicide Club, but I decided to be original for once and name it Suicide Country.
12. I was gonna have Wendy die in the 'Suicide Cult' but I decided to just let her live. I was also gonna have the remaining members of the Suicide Cult kill themselves as well, except for Red Ninjakoopa.
13. How Mimi found out why people are committing suicide will probably be explained in the possible sequel. (She didn't find it out by Lucky, if that's what you're thinking)
14. I might make a dead character come back to life in the possible sequel.
15. Jojora was the epitome of why people commit suicide. She had all the elements of following trends, having the Eye of Horus tattoo, being a bitchy drama queen, demanding what she wants, assumes that all rich people are snobs and all poor people (Rogueport) are scum and hinting that she like Girls' Generation.
16. In a way, the suicides had worked for Flurrie as she tried to plan out a way to make her get famous again. She was originally going to plan to kill everyone remaining at Podley's, but I'm not sure why I forgot to put that in the fic.
17. Toadiko and Francesca are examples of people who want to fit in the trends so badly but they know that they should do what they feel is right. Unfortunately, they succumbed to the pressure of suicide.
18. The bolded word "PRESSURED" in Chapter 4 is the key clue for why so many people were committing suicide.
19. Koops and Arfur are examples of people who want to go their own way and realize that being in the current trends was unnecessary because they didn't WANT to in the first place.
20. Goombella, Vivian, Bombette, Parakarry, Kylie and Bamma are examples of people who don't really care for the current trends, which is why they were never close to committing suicide.
21. In actuality, there were 11 people that surivived the events of this fic (Note: This is not counting Lucky or DK since they were barely involved in this fic): Goombella, Vivian, Koops, Bombette, Parakarry, Bamma, Kylie, Arfur, Gus, Wendy and Peeka.
And before I forget, here are the poll results of the "Which 5 characters do you want to survive Suicide Country?" poll:
Vivian won the poll with a staggering 8 votes.
Goombella became close behind with 7 votes.
Parakarry came in third with 5 votes.
Koops, Bombette, Jojora and Peeka were all tied for 4th with 4 votes.
Professor Frankly, Jocelyn and Kylie all came in 5th with 3 votes.
Bamma, Toadiko and Mimi all came in 6th with 2 votes.
Flurrie, Tony and Wendy came in 7th with 1 vote.
And Arfur and Gus came in last place with 0 votes.
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That's all folks! I hope you enjoyed this fic. Please review, leaving your final thoughts and words. Check my profile out sometime soon, cause I WILL have a fic uploaded sooner or later, whether or not it be the sequel! -wink-