"Harumi," I start suddenly.
Harumi stops and glares daggers at me. "What?" she snaps.
"You're a bitch."
"You stupid m-"
Harumi stops whatever she's about to say when Monokuma's voice suddenly rings out throughout the loudspeakers.
"Ahem, I'm getting tired of waiting here…" he says. "Let's get things started, shall we? It's the event you've all been waiting for...the class trial! I suggest you all lay down on the floor within the next ten seconds unless you want to wake up with a beary bad headache…" Monokuma says ominously and the loudspeakers click off.
Oh. Just like that, huh?
The five of us exchange a look and quickly sit down on the floor, some of us more reluctant than others (I'm looking at you, Harumi).
In the next second, I feel a piercing pain in my neck and drowsiness quickly starts to set in.
Valentin is the first one to drop.
I guess this really is it…
I hope we can solve this...I really don't want to die…
Kasumi you stupid gremlin…
And then everything goes black.
…
…
…
"If you're trying to make me get used to the sight of your face as soon as I wake up, it's not going to work."
Kasumi pouts. "Boo." she says and she moves aside so I can sit up.
The twenty of us remaining (not counting Yukiko, though she is still here with Luan) are back in the cell we were in when we first woke up here. Our colored handcuffs are back on our wrists and now there's a matching pair around everyone's ankles.
Paranoid much?
…
But I wonder if there's a reason for it…is it possible that Sting could have-?
"Perish the thought, Sora Sugawara." Takeshi says, appearing and kneeling down in front of me. "I don't want to believe that Sting is dead, but the only way out of here is over the barbed wire fences in the Yards, yes?" he thinks. "And even if Sting somehow got over that, he still has the Beast Monokumas to deal with." Takeshi says as he glances at one of the security cameras in the room. "I believe Sting is hiding somewhere and our captors are just frustrated they don't know where he is." he says with a small smile. "He is alive. I feel it."
"Or they could've caught him and killed him." Candace chimes in pessimistically as she walks over to us. "No offence to crazy snake boy but I don't feel like he has the right sense to stay hidden." she says.
Greyface's laugh - I jump when I realize she's laying on the ground right behind me - resounds throughout the cell. "OR, if I may present another option, Sting died in the Rec Room and one of us moved his body!" she says with a dramatic gasp. "You guys aren't thinking about all of the possibilities, y'know? Yes, the last of us girls all went into M-Pod together and that's where all twenty of us were for a while. But it'd be easy as hell to slip back without anyone noticing, move the body, and go back to M-Pod. Boom, body moved." Greyface says. "Riiiiiight? Not to discredit Sting as the killer, of course." she grins. "We may not have had the same type of homicidal career but I like to think of the two of us as kindred souls - I think he could've done it and then get offed himself after."
Before anyone else can chime in with their own opinion, the cell door crashes open. A herd of Guard Monokumas are there, just like last time.
"Well?" one of them says. "Come on, brats! Daddy and his friends are waiting for you."
The Guard Monokumas herd us into the same courtroom that we were all sentenced in. Waiting for us is Monokuma in that same getup as before - full court dress: scarlet robes with a white jabot and a bench wig. In front of his judge's bench stand the hooded figures of Hanako and Taro.
An unpleasant tingle goes down my spine. My neck burns just looking at them.
Taro grins when he sees the look I'm giving them. "Welcome back, Sugawara. How's the neck?" he jeers, Hanako laughing beside him.
I raise my hands and give them both the finger.
Looking around the courtroom again, it's been modified to match what we saw in the Killing School Life and the recordings of the Killing School Trip - twenty-two trial stands forming a circle. One of them is empty and one of them has a stand with an x-ed out photo of Ryu.
Twenty-two...the Killing School Life had an extra one for Junko Enoshima, the Mastermind. If we have the exact number of us, that means the Mastermind is among us. An imposter.
(Pun intended.)
Ordinarily I would think that they'd be supervising the game like Junko but going by the presence of Hanako, Taro, and whoever/whatever is controlling Monokuma, they're not alone. They have no reason to be on the outside watching in.
A rough shove from a Guard Monokuma trying to get me to my trial stand pulls me out of my thoughts.
Once everyone gets into place, Monokuma starts his usual spiel about the rules and whatnot. I tune him out and look around the circle. Continuing from my right is:
Kasumi,
Luan (Yukiko was taken away by Hanako and a pair of noise-cancelling headphones is on her head),
Armen,
Kensuke,
Hitoshi,
Toshiro,
Candace,
Takeshi,
Juriya,
Yosuke,
Kanna,
Shun,
Masaki,
Greyface,
Kaori,
Valentin,
Harumi,
the empty space,
Yume,
Nemiko,
and to my left, the photo of Ryu.
I sigh and tune back into whatever Monokuma is saying.
"-get started! Now, let the class trial-"
"Hold on." I say. "Hi. Yes. I have several questions." I say. "What about Sting? Wasn't it an original rule that participation was mandatory for all surviving students? You did say all of the original rules were in place, didn't you?" I ask. "Moreover it was originally said that each death would get its own body discovery announcement. We only got one - Ryu's." I point out. "Also, the only portrait here is Ryu's. So where's Sting?"
Monokuma looks awfully annoyed about being interrupted. He waves his gavel angrily at me, "Don't worry about him!" Monokuma snaps. "You're quite rude, you know. I wasn't done speaking!"
Kasumi awkwardly reaches up to scratch her cheek. "S-So...this is really happening, huh?" she says with a forced smile. "I really don't feel like dying. Anyone else?"
Luan stares down at his trial stand silently, a solemn look on his face. I can't imagine how he feels. Blackened or not, he would want to survive this more than any of us because of Yukiko.
Armen let's out an annoyed huff as he struggles to brush the loose hairs from his ponytail out of his face. "Let's not dawdle any longer," he says. "This case isn't nearly as complicated as other cases I've come across." Armen says with a confident, evil smile. "Well, Sting being missing does complicate things but I'm sure we can all still arrive at the correct answer."
Kensuke puts on a comforting smile. "Don't worry, big brother Ken will be here to make everything all better." he says and lifts up his arms. "Come, we can still hug if you duck under my arms." Kensuke says.
Hitoshi has an odd mixture of an embarrassed and saddened look on his face. "We can't...I can't die here. I still haven't...apologized…Reiko..." he trails off as his words turn into incoherent mumbles.
Toshiro looks around the circle with distaste. "I don't know who it was murder aside, but leaving Ryu's body like that was not very cute of you." he says. "If you're going to kill someone, have the decency to leave them cute."
Candace shuffles to the other side of her stand, putting some distance between her and Toshiro. "Ahem," she clears her throat. "I'm not the smartest tool in the shed so I'm counting on you big brains to get me out of this. Girls like Kanna and I are simply too young and pretty to die, y'know?"
Takeshi has a confident smile (a much kinder, positive one in comparison to Armen's) on his face. "We are students of Hope's Peak Academy, twenty-two teenagers humanity has chosen as the best of the best. We are the future." he says. "There is only one blackened here. The innocent are the majority here, we will not die here." Takeshi says optimistically.
Juriya tries to cross her arms and ultimately fails when the handcuffs restrict her. "Tch." she rolls her eyes and sighs. "It's as Takeshi says, we arethe best. Assuming our two detectives are innocent," Juriya looks pointedly at Armen and I. "and assuming that you all trust my medical evidence, we're going to figure this out."
Yosuke puts his hands together in prayer. "I too believe that we will get out of this." he says. "After all, He has spoken to-"
Kanna gives Yosuke a look. "Didn't I hear Sora yelling at you about this whole thing you're doing? Cut it out." she says snippily and sighs. "I...I'm sorry for yelling. I'm so tired…"
Shun grins. "Yeah, tired of dealing with Harumi, I bet." she says.
("What was that, you ugly haired delinquent?"
"You heard me.")
"But I really don't want to die here either. I have a lot of people waiting for me on the outside. I can't disappoint them." Shun says seriously.
Masaki looks at everyone like they're the dumbest people he's ever met. "Seriously…? We barely even know each other…" he says. "You're all idiots if you're relying on everyone but yourself to get you out of this." Masaski says as he pulls his hood over his head. "Jeez, this room is so cold…"
Greyface smiles calmly, scaring the majority of us. "Give me a good show." she says.
Kaori, who had been paying attention up until Takeshi's speech, seems...sad? Angry? I don't know but it's like his words had the opposite of the intended effect on Kaori.
I haven't had a lot of time to get to know Valentin but he looks more alive then he has in the three to fourish hours we've spent together (him being one of the last people I met, waking up in that room together, our 'trial', the investigation, and now this...damn, I really don't know anything about the boys, do I?). It looks like the firefighter in Val is finally awake.
Harumi is...a fucking bitch.
Skipping over the empty space that I assume was supposed to hold Sting is the last member of the band of gremlins, Yume. Oddly, similarly to Kaori, her hopeful mood seems to have taken a turn for the worse.
I wonder if I'll get the chance to ask them about that...
Nemiko looks as determined as she was when I found her helping Armen examine Ryu's body. She balls up her fists, let's out a shaky breath, and: "L-Let's d-do our best, everyone!"
Everyone, including myself, is surprised to hear her speak. Even Armen looks a little taken aback.
To my left is the photo of Ryu. With him being the last person I met here, he's the person I know the least about. We didn't get to talk much before we were all herded here to receive our sentencing.
Ryu...Kuro Kamiyama, your killer won't get away with this.
Truth Bullets
Monokuma File - The victim is Kuro 'Ryu' Kamiyama. His body was found next to an unconscious Luan and Takeshi in the 2nd Wing. The time of death is unknown. His skull was cracked open with an unknown object and his head is surrounded by a pool of his own blood and bits of his brain. The cause of death is from blood loss. Ryu's neck and knuckles have also suffered severe bruising.
Takeshi & Luan's Assault - Someone hit Takeshi and Luan over the head with an unknown object while they were guarding the ladder to the vent.
Broken Piece of Metal - Juriya found a broken piece of metal in Luan's wound.
Luan's Account - According to Luan, their assaulter took out Takeshi first and then him. He thinks they came from the 2nd Wing Yard.
Sting's Body - All of the girls thought Sting was dead but when we returned to the Rec Room, his body was gone. Is he still alive or did somebody move his body? Monokuma won't say…
Rec Room Hours - Sting got into the Rec Room somehow when it was only available to the girls.
Shun & Kaori's Conversation - Shun and Kaori made some very good points about Sting's disappearance...
Ryu's Notepad - How does Ryu know that?
Signs of a Struggle - Ryu definitely put up a fight before he died. His knuckles are bruised and there's blood under his fingernails.
Wooden Pieces - There are a bunch of broken wooden pieces around the area where Ryu's body was discovered.
Open Air Vent - There's an open air vent on the ceiling. The grate keeping it shut is nowhere to be found.
Ryu, Luan, & Takeshi - Neither Luan nor Takeshi have said this directly yet but it's more than likely that they were assisting Ryu in traveling around in the air vent.
Armen's Account - Armen was the one who discovered the body. Everyone was already back in their cells when he went to wake them up - all except for Yosuke. He apparently stays outside late at night for 'religious nonsense'.
Times of Activity - Ryu's body was discovered while the boys were supposed to be sleeping.
Missing Pipe - There is a section of piping in the 2nd Wing Yard that looks like it's missing a pipe.
"Now then, let me re-explain the class trial since Miss Shock Collar here interrupted me before I could finish and you all started talking on your own. Jeez, you kidnap a couple of kids and they treat you worse than the dirt they walk on…" Monokuma sighs sadly.
I raise my hand. "You electrocuted me for no reason." I point out.
"That's what you think."
"Huh-?"
"Let me begin! Argue your hearts out and vote for who you think the killer is! Your votes will determine the results. If you can figure out whodunnit then only they will receive punishment. But if you pick the wrong one…" Monokuma smiles. "...then I'll punish everyone besides the blackened, and they will earn their freedom one way or the other."
My eyes widen. 'One way or the other'? What does that mean…? Maybe I should've paid attention before.
My eyes drift over to Armen and he shakes his head.
He doesn't know either.
Shit.
"Now let the class trial…" Monokuma pauses for dramatic effect. "...begin!"
TRIAL START!
"So…" Candace is the first one to speak. "How do we even start this?" she asks.
I tense when most of my classmates turn to look at me. "What?"
"You like books. You're smart and not creepy." Harumi says, glancing at Armen with distaste. "Do something...booky." she says, gesturing nonsensically at me.
That's probably the nicest thing she's ever going to say to me.
"We should probably establish what happened to Sting first, right?" I say. "Whether he meant to or not, he might be involved with Ryu's murder...right?" I ask, glancing at the one who should really be in charge of all of this.
Armen smiles unkindly. "I don't plan on dying here, Sora Sugawara. I won't let you take the discussion in the wrong direction, I'll let you know when you're veering off course." he says. "The people are looking to you to lead the discussion so do it."
Well he doesn't have to be such an ass about it.
Nonstop Debate
"What happened to Sting, huh…" Kanna mumbles. "One of the boys should know that, right?" she asks.
Masaki points a finger at Toshiro, "Don't look at anyone but him. They were friends...for some reason." he says.
Toshiro's expression twists. "Pointing the finger at people already, huh? Damn, I didn't take you for such a coward, Masaki." he sneers. "Not cute at all."
"We don't know anything about what happened to Sting, all we can do is make educated guesses." Hitoshi says. "There's no evidence showing what happened to him, right?"
Truth Bullet: Shun & Kaori's Conversation, FIRED!
"You're more well read than I thought."
"Let us harvest for the truth."
BREAK!
Hitoshi smiles. "I was only thinking of what you said before the trial."
I nod and give Hitoshi a small smile. "We don't know anything but we can make educated guesses. Isn't that right, Shun and Kaori? I was thinking about what I overheard you two saying when you were investigating Toshiro's and Sting's room." I say.
Shun and Kaori look confused for the briefest second before they remember what happened between us.
"Oh!" Kaori exclaims, nodding.
"Right." Shun says, nodding.
"I mean, that's only common sense after knowing what we know about the Killing School Life, right?" Kaori asks with a confused frown.
Shun nods again. "Monokuma, Hanako, and Taro are hiding information from us. It's like we said before and like you said at the beginning of all this: there was only one Body Discovery Announcement. As it was with Celestia Ludenberg's trial, there wasn't a second B.D.A. until there was a real and true second body to be discovered." she says.
"And Sting's Body wasn't there for the boys to 'discover' when we returned to the Rec Room." Kaori continues. "And despite Greyface trying to confuse us for her own amusement-"
Greyface cackles loudly.
"-I don't think one of us snuck back and went through the trouble of hiding his body. We investigated every inch of the prison and he was nowhere to be found." Kaori says. "Not to mention the Rec Room Hours. If he was forced to stay in there when the door was closing, he would have been dead and there would've been an announcement when Juriya, Sora, and Kasumi found him." she finishes.
There she goes firing my truth bullets before I get a chance to use them…
"Well?" Kaori and Shun say in unison.
All of us turn to look at Monokuma, including Hanako and Taro.
…
…
…
…
…
"Fine. He isn't dead. Happy?" Monokuma deadpans.
Toshiro beams. "R-Really!?" he asks excitedly.
Monokuma dejectedly puts a hand over the left side of his chest. "Scout's honor. Minato Sakamoto did not die inside our lovely little Correctional Facility." he says."Furthermore, no, he is not responsible for Kuro Kamiyama's death."
"Then what happened to him?" Kasumi asks. "You left clothes for him in his room...do you not know where he is?"
Monokuma giggles. "Maybe I do, maybe I don't. I've said my piece, blondie. Maybe I'll tell you if you survive this trial!"
Beside me, Kasumi lets out a shaky, nervous breath. I give her a small smile. "Relax." I whisper. "We can do this."
Kasumi nods and smiles. "Yeah. Yeah, I believe in you." she says.
Good.
Now, what next? Sting is apparently irrelevant to Ryu's murder, so back to Ryu…
"Let's talk about the murder weapon." I say. "If we figure out where it came from we can narrow down the list of suspects even more."
Armen smirks. "Very well."
Nonstop Debate
"Why do we have to figure out the murder weapon? The Monokuma File states what Ryu's cause of death was." Masaki says.
I shake my head. "If we figure out what the murder weapon was, we'll know where it came from and who could've possibly attacked Ryu and the boys."
"One hit from whatever it was was good enough to knock out Luan and Takeshi." Juriya says. "Several hits from whatever it was did that to Ryu."
Shun raises her hand. "Um, didn't Ryu have bruises around his neck? What's to say the killer didn't just, uh, you know…" she trails off, an awkward look on her face. "...slam his head against the ground repeatedly?"
"Hm...I-I don't...I don't think so." Luan shakes his head. "We...we were hit with something. I am sure."
Truth Bullet: Broken Piece of Metal, FIRED!
"No, that's wrong!"
BREAK!
"No, I'm positive the killer used some kind of weapon against Ryu." I disagree.
Harumi rolls her eyes. "I told you to do something booky." she says. "There wasn't anything metal where Tweedledee, Tweedledum, and Tweedledipshit got jumped, dumbass book nerd."
Yume raises an eyebrow. "Miss Thing, you were in the bathroom the entire investigation, how would you know?" she asks.
"I had to pass by their bodies on my way to the bathroom, you mouthy bitch." Harumi snarls. "There wasn't anything shiny."
"Shut your stupid confectioner mouth and listen." I snap, glaring at Harumi. "Juriya found a broken piece of metal in Luan's wound when she was cleaning him up." I reveal.
"Take a look at this." Juriya says as she pulls out a ziplock bag from her pocket. For a second I almost think Juriya's trying to crack some sort of joke - the bag looks empty - but then I see it. "It's a tiny piece of metal. I found it in Luan's wound." she says. "That means their aggressor, blackened or whoever they may be, used something metal to knock them out, yes?"
Truth Bullet: Broken Piece of Metal, obtained!
Juriya puts the ziplock bag back into her pocket, giving me a pointed look. "The only people who know about it are the ones in this room and Armen." she says. "I think you understand it's better that it stays that way until the time is right."
I nod. It seems that Juriya is in agreement that Takeshi and Luan are innocent. And if Armen knows and now I know, that means that promise Kasumi made him all those days ago is finally coming into play…
I'm Armen's tool now. Damn Kasumi.
"Okay, so something metal was used to hurt each of them. How does that prove Luan and Takeshi are innocent?" Kaori asks. She doesn't sound malicious like Harumi, she's simply trying to understand.
"Because both of our stories line up, Kaori Yoshino." Takeshi chimes in. "It's as Luan Delvina told Sora Sugawara, I was knocked out first and then it was him. I know for a fact that I was knocked out first and Luan Delvina is not disputing that fact. That means I am innocent, no?" he says.
Takeshi continues with a pleased smile when he gets nods of agreement from everyone.
"Moving on, if my dear partner was the one to attack me, how could he have disposed of the weapon after knocking himself out and killing Ryu?" Takeshi asks. "It's simply not possible."
Everyone goes silent for a moment, processing the information.
"So we're all in agreement then?" I ask. "Takeshi and Luan are innocent."
Yosuke nods unequivocally. "Yes. And I believe we can determine the murder weapon and take eleven other people off the suspect list as well." he states, smiling when several heads turn to stare at him with wide eyes. "Ah, did I say something helpful? I'm glad."
Candace scoffs. "More like something outrageous - and with no explanation to boot. Are you going to elaborate what's going on in that shiny, prejudiced bald head of yours or are we going to have to guess?" she asks.
Yosuke brings his hands together in prayer. "Forgive me, I assumed Miss Sora shared this information with you all but I just remembered we made this discovery shortly before the announcement played." he apologizes and turns to me. "Miss Sora, do you recall what we found and determined?"
Of course.
Question: What did I discover with Yosuke?
A DVD copy of Sun Witch Esper Ito
Armen's creepy gloves
The probable murder weapon
"That was easier than fixing up a children's book."
Answer: The probable murder weapon
"We found the probable murder weapon." I answer. "Well, not exactly the murder weapon but one of many." I say and explain what we found.
When he doesn't say anything else, I sigh and move on to investigating the Yard like I originally planned.
There was a section of missing piping in the 2nd Wing Yard - somewhere the boys only had access to at the time of the murder.
I notice it almost immediately.
A chill goes down my spine as I stare at the obvious missing piping from the wall.
Could it just be a coincidence?
I test my theory by tugging on the nearby pipes. None of them move.
"Y-Yosuke," I call. "Can you pull on some of these for me? You're stronger, so…"
Yosuke snaps out of his daze and puts on his kind facade again. "Yes, of course, my - Miss Sora." he says, walking over. He pulls on the same pipes I did. They move a little bit but otherwise they're securely attached to the wall. "They're in there, all right." Yosuke confirms. "With a little bit more effort I'm sure I could remove one, though." he says and glances at the section of missing piping. "You believe that the missing pipe is the murder weapon?"
I nod. "As far as I know, nobody has found it but it makes sense, right?"
"So…" Kanna trails off.
"...It really could only be one of us." Kensuke finishes with a grimace.
"Hold on," Hitoshi starts. "I don't mean to doubt you, Sora, but how can we all be sure that you're right?" he asks. "So there was a missing pipe. So Juriya found a piece of metal in Luan's wound. Where is this pipe now?" Hitoshi asks with a frown. "I'm fine with being on the suspect list but I just don't understand that part."
Where is the pipe now…?
…
…
…
That's a great question. I don't know.
"Well?" Harumi snaps.
"Be quiet." Kasumi says, glaring at Harumi. "Do you want to die here? Let her think."
I appreciate it, Kasumi, but that was all in vain. I really don't know-
"E-Erm, perdón," Valentin interrupts. He looks strangely red in the face, almost...nervous? "I can...I can assist here," he says. "It is...easy answer. The pipe was thrown over the 2nd Yard's fence." Valentin says. "I saw it from the 1st Yard."
All at once, Yume, Harumi, Kanna, and I turn to look at him.
He's lying.
"So what's going on here?" I yawn. "I've looked everywhere I could for any sort of evidence."
Kanna sighs. "Harumi went about it in a rude way but she really did get sick from seeing Ryu like that." she says. "She only just started feeling better a few minutes ago and Valentin was kind enough to bring her her clothes. She's changing now."
Valentin gives me a small wave, smiling shyly. "I...um...I am sorry I was not able to help with the investi...investigation?" he tries. "I can explain later if...you know."
Valentin was unable to investigate for some reason and he only went as far as F-Pod so that he could grab Harumi's outfit.
"Is that so…?" I say slowly.
"Yes." Valentin says firmly, steeling his expression. "The fence is tall, si, but not so tall as to prohibit even the shortest of us from, ah, throwing something over." he says. "The barbed wire merely makes the fence more...more taller?" Valentin tries and shakes his head. "...You know what I mean."
"And how do you know that?" Armen challenges. "What makes you so capable of judging our throwing velocity?"
"I am a firefighter."
"That's not...ugh." Armen sighs but doesn't say anything else.
I clear my throat, "So...it was thrown over the 2nd Yard's fence, then?"
Valentin nods.
So he believes it was one of the boys too.
Yume and Kanna are giving Harumi a look that screams 'shut up'. Amazingly, Harumi listens.
"That settles that argument then," I say. "The girls are off the suspect list."
What now? With Valentin's lie, we've established that a pipe was used to attack Luan and Takeshi and we've narrowed down the suspect list…is there any evidence that can be used to support alibis?
"Gosh, I still can't remember…" Yosuke mutters. "It was important, I know it…"
Nonstop Debate
"We should establish alibis next, right?" Toshiro asks. "It's not looking good for us…weren't we all sleeping? How are we supposed to get alibis from that?" he wonders.
Kensuke nods. "We...we were supposed to be sleeping, all of us should've been tired from the previous twelve hours when we had access to A-Wing. Clearly, someone was still awake enough to commit murder." he says with a frown.
"I don't know about you guys but I was exhausted." Hitoshi says, tries and fails to cross his arms, and sighs. "Sting kept bothering me about having 'the same father'..."
Takeshi taps his chin. "Hmm...this is quite the problem on our hands."
Truth Bullet: Armen's Account, FIRED!
"Maybe you're smarter than you look."
"Did you expect anything less from a cutie like me?"
BREAK!
"Shiro is right." I nod. "According to Armen, the one who discovered the body, everyone but the victims were in their rooms." I say.
Wait…
My eyes widen.
Armen smirks. "Did you remember what I told you, Sugawara?" he asks.
That's right…
Armen said everyone but one person was in their room.
Did he really do it?
What a perfect, hypocritical example of not practicing what you quite literally preach.
Accuse: Who wasn't in their room when Armen went to report the bodies to the boys?
Kasumi
Luan
Armen
Kensuke
Hitoshi
Toshiro
Candace
Takeshi
Juriya
Yosuke
Kanna
Shun
Masaki
Greyface
Kaori
Valentin
Harumi
Sting
Yume
Nemiko
Ryu
"You're the only one!"
DECIDE: Yosuke
"Yosuke." I say, turning to look at him.
The Ultimate Priest sighs and shakes his head. "I knew all eyes would be on me but please, I've been trying to remember something since before the trial even started." he says. "I didn't do it. You may not like me but I am a firm believer in what I preach - I would never kill somebody. I just need more time to think." Yosuke pleads.
Masaki rolls his eyes. "Whatever, man. Think quickly. I want to get out of here." he says.
Candace stares at Yosuke unsurely, a conflicted look on her face. A steadfast ally of LGBTQ+ rights, she and Yosuke were born to be enemies. If she's doubting his guilt…
Did Yosuke really do it?
7~7~7
A/N poggies
i hope it makes sense to you like it does to me :pepecryrunstone: hopefully i'll get better at trials as we go on fingers crossed
w in the chat for sting not being dead