*These are the free time events of the characters in this fanfiction. Some of these plot points were mentioned in the actual story, but they will be mentioned here as well for the sake of consistency. Also, these don't take place at any specific place in the story, and may contain spoilers.

Spending time with the Ultimate Director Mayu Akimoto

Event 1:

I had some free time, so I decided to find someone to spend the day with. After wandering around a bit, I found Mayu in the dining hall.

"Hey Mayu!" I said, sitting down next to her. The director jumped when I spoke.

"Oh! Yui!" She exclaimed. "I didn't hear you come in."

I debated spending some time with Mayu. She looked like she wanted to talk. Yeah. Hanging out with Mayu could be fun.

"Sorry." I apologized. "I guess you were lost in thought or something. Were you thinking of anything specific?" Mayu shrugged.

"I was just thinking about the first movie I ever saw." She replied. "It's funny how much you think of something when you don't have access to it."

The lack of movies to watch must have really been getting to her. Perhaps talking about them would help. It would be better than not thinking about them at all.

"What movie was it?" I asked. Mayu's eyes seemed to sparkle and this time she literally jumped. Right out her chair.

"It was on June 2nd!" She said in a very dramatic tone. "I sat in the back row, so I was able to see the projector. The movie had a small protagonist, who had to go on an extremely long journey to destroy an evil item." She calmed down and sat next to me again. "There were other parts too, but it's way too long of a movie for me to explain all of it."

"It seems like this movie means a lot to you." I said. She technically hadn't answered my question, but the plot she described seemed kind of familiar. I think it was called the Lore of the Thing, or something like that. Mayu nodded.

"Yeah." She replied. "I loved the movie so much that I decided to make it my dream to become a director some day!"

I guess she was living the dream then. Not only was she directing, but she was the Ultimate Director. I couldn't help but feel happy for her. I also couldn't help but notice her fidgeting in her chair.

"Do you have something else you want to say?" I asked.

"Yeah!" Mayu said energetically. "I really want to talk more about the movie!"

Reluctantly, I told her to go ahead. I spent the next few hours listening to her ramble on enthusiastically about the plot and characters of the movie. Once she was done, I went back to my room.

It might have been tedious, but Mayu and I seemed to grow a little closer from it.

Event 2:

I had some free time, so I decided to find someone to spend the day with. After wandering around a bit, I found Mayu in the electronics store. She heard me come in and waved me over.

"Yui! I need your help!" She said. Was something wrong? I felt my stomach tighten as I moved over to the aisle she was in. Fortunately, there was no body there. She had had me worried for a moment.

"What do you need?" I asked. Mayu pointed at the cameras on the shelf.

"I'm looking for a specific camera to use." She said. "It's the same as the one I used as a kid and is the highest quality one money can buy."

I looked at the camera shelf. All of the cameras looked high tech to me, and I could barely tell one from the other. Looking back at Mayu, I saw a pleading look in her eyes. I guess it wouldn't hurt to at least try to look.

"What's it called?" I asked. Mayu answered without looking away from the shelf she was searching.

"A Filmpro 245 HD" She replied. I nodded and started looking at the cameras there. I decided to try to talk to make the task a little less boring.

"So you said that that was the first camera you used?" I asked Mayu nodded.

"Yeah! I got it as a gift, and I immediately started filming and editing using my family computer." She answered. That sounded like a lot of work, but it would be interesting to see the first movies of the Ultimate Director.

"What kind of movies were they?" I asked. This time Mayu did look away from the shelf.

"I would act out and film the scenes from my favourite movies! I always went all out with the sets and costumes." She said before looking at a different shelf. "After a while though, I started writing my own scripts and acted those out instead."

She must have had a lot of fun doing that. I took a breath to ask another question, but I realized that Mayu was very focused on finding the camera. I guess the conversation was over. Nodding, I turned back to my own shelf. We looked for a few hours, but still couldn't find the camera. We eventually gave up, and I went back to my room. The search wasn't a complete loss though, since Mayu and I had grown a little closer.

Event 3:

I had some free time, so I decided to find someone to spend the day with. After wandering around a bit, I found Mayu in the library. She was scribbling away on some paper, but stopped and waved when she noticed me.

"Hey Yui!" She said cheerfully. I walked over and sat down next to her.

"Hey Mayu." I said back. "What are you working on?"

The director quickly grabbed the papers, hiding them behind her back.

"Working on?" She said in a panicked tone. "Who's working on something? Not me! I definitely am not. Not at all! Hahaha..." Her fake laugh trailed off. I decided not to press the issue since she definitely didn't want to talk about it.

"Never mind." I said. I tried to think of a question to ask that would make this conversation less awkward. As difficult of a task as that was.

"So how did you get into the movie industry?" I asked. I couldn't think of any better questions. That would have to do. Mayu shrugged.

"Well, I started off making videos for my school. I even got to film big events like sports or concerts." She answered. So directors got to go to concerts for free? Was it too late to get into the movie industry myself?

"My first big project though," Mayu continued. "Was a music video. The pop star Sayaka Maizono went to my school, and she asked me to make one for her group. That's when I finally managed to make a name for myself in the editing and directing business."

My brain flashed back to the photo I had found in my bathroom. That had been Sayaka Maizono. I wondered what had happened to her. Why had her picture been there? No... now wasn't the time to think about stuff like that. Right now I was hanging out with Mayu.

"That's so cool!" I said. "It must have been fun spending time with famous people like that." Mayu nodded several times.

"It really was!" She said, with a huge smile on her face. She then went on to talk about the experience for a whole hour. I listened attentively. This was probably as close as I would get to meeting an actual famous person after all. I suppose there was Nori, but I didn't really feel like talking to her. Once Mayu had felt she had shared enough, we both went back to our rooms. I felt like I had grown closer to Mayu again. She was starting to become a close friend.

Event 4:

I had some free time, so I decided to find someone to spend the day with. After wandering around a bit, I found Mayu in the library again. This time, she wasn't scribbling away on a piece of paper, but it did look like she reading one. I walked over and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Hey Mayu." I said. Mayu turned around and smiled, putting the paper on the table.

"Hey Yui!" She replied. Her reply was followed by a silence as I eyed the paper over her shoulder. Mayu noticed what I was looking at and sighed.

"Fine." She said. "If you really want to know what it is, I'll tell you." She held up the paper, facing the top side towards me. On it was the title "Do You Know Who I Am 2. Forgotten Again." For some reason, I recognized the title. As if she had read my mind, Mayu answered my question.

"It's a sequel to the first movie I made to make it into theatres." She explained. That was where I had heard the name! I had heard about the first movie, "Do You Know Who I Am?" in a magazine. I had no idea that Mayu had been the director of that movie. It had been extremely successful in the theatres and was even going to get a DVD release! Maybe I had underestimated Mayu's directing capabilities. It had been playing in theatres not too long ago if I remembered correctly. Well, I suppose that if what Monokuma had said about our memories was true, then it would have been longer than not to long ago. I realized that I had zoned out and that Mayu was waiting for a reply.

"You're making a sequel?" I asked. "Sorry I'm not more excited. I never saw the first one. What's it about?" Mayu's eyes seemed to sparkle. I had a feeling I had just walked into something that I wouldn't be able to escape.

"The first movie was a comedy about a girl who has amnesia and is trying to find out how to get home after waking up in a foreign country." Mayu explained. "She's helped out by a teenage boy and the two end up falling in love."

"I never took you to be the kind of person who'd make a romance film." I said. Mayu shrugged.

"You're right." She agreed. "I don't really care for romance, but that's what the audience wants. You need to keep them in mind when making movies, since you're making the movies for them."

Mayu continued to lecture me on the important things to keep in mind when making a movie. I didn't understand much of the terminology, but she seemed to be enjoying herself. Eventually, she got tired and we headed back to our rooms. I think we were growing even closer.

Event 5:

I was laying on my bed in my room trying to fall asleep, when I heard a knock at the door. Reluctantly leaving my warm sheets behind, I walked over and opened it up. Mayu was waiting outside.

"Hi." She said. I replied the same way. She looked like she had something she needed to say, so I let her into the room. Once she was seated on one of my chairs, she started talking.

"Hey Yui..." She began. "What do you think about the current situation?"

This had come out of nowhere. Where as she going with this?

"Well, I miss my old life." I replied. "But I also know that like it or not, we're in here. I guess I'm just trying to adapt." Mayu nodded slowly, contemplating my answer. After a bit of silence, she finally replied.

"I'm pretty optimistic about all of this." She said. "After all, every story has a happy ending. Movies with tragic endings just leave a bad taste in your mouth. They never do well."

We weren't exactly in a movie, but I understood what she was trying to say. Before I could reply though, Mayu stood up.

"I know that we're going to make it out of here!" She exclaimed. "Even if I have to do it myself. And once I'm out, I'll make a movie about all of this. It will be my way of honouring those we've lost!"

I was glad to see she was being optimistic about all of this. Her optimism was like a spark of hope in these ashes of despair. I couldn't help but smile back at the young director. After she finished speaking, Mayu walked over to me, placing something in my hand.

"Here." She said. "I got this in the Monomono machine. I want you to have it!"

I opened my hand and saw a small clapperboard key-chain. I thanked Mayu and she went back to her room. Her and I had become such close friends. I laid down on my bed after placing the key-chain on the table. Had Mayu and I been friends at Hopes Peak Academy? The thought of that being a possibility made me feel warm and happy. It made me feel hopeful.

Congratulations!

Obtained Clapperboard Key-chain.

Obtained Skill "Action!"