A/N: Hey ya'll it's SushiCat! And I have somewhat sad news for you all, Serpent of Death will be going on a hiatus for the summer months. Kiki and I hate to do this to all of you but unfortunately, our schedules get so hectic and crazy that we have little to no time to write and edit, in addition, we will hardly be in town to collaborate on chapters. In more happier subjects, it's Eddie's floor time! He's my favorite floor master honestly, and I did draw more heavily from the game because I love his floor in the game, though it's good in the anime as well. All my normal warnings apply for the chapter, swearing, Rachel's dark thoughts, etc; and since there are no questions this time I'll hand it straight over to Kiki.
A/N 2: Hey this is Kiki, Hope you enjoy the chapter. Please let us know what you thought of it a review.
The elevator opened up to floor B4, the air seemed chillier than the other floors. "Shit, we're only on B4!" Zack yelled annoyed.
"I have a feeling that this won't be the last floor either." Nagisa deadpanned at Zack's stupidity.
"Gah! Whatever, let's just hurry up and move!" Zack threw his scythe over his shoulder and started walking. The room had a dirt floor with a stone bridge surrounded by water on each side, on the right side the water seemed slightly off.
"There's something in the water," Rachel stated.
"Probably nothing useful," Zack mumbled before walking off towards the next room.
"Hey, wait up. We don't know if it's useful or not. We have to take into consideration whoever the killer of this floor. It could be apart of a puzzle later." Nagisa pointed out, inspecting the water with Rachel.
"We gotta keep moving! You were the one who wanted to move so fucking quickly just a few minutes ago!" Zack argued back.
"That was different…" Nagisa muttered under his breath.
"Nagisa's right. Do you really know enough about this building to make an assumption?" Rachel crouched down to get a better look at the water.
"It's not like I'm an expert or anything. All I know is they told me I could kill whoever I want! I just went with it. I'm sure it's the same for the sickos on the other floors." Zack walked out of the room.
"We should probably follow him…" Nagisa stated awkwardly. Rachel nodded and the two set off after Zack.
"Graves..." Rachel stated looking at the room. The room had a small graveyard in the middle with four doors, two on the left and two on the right.
"No wonder it smells like blood," Zack said tilting his nose up in the air.
"I wonder if there are actual people in them?" Nagisa asked heading towards one of them.
"Wanna try digging it up?" Zack asked walking up next to Nagisa.
"Not unless we have to." Nagisa retorted back. Zack mumbled under his breath. Rachel looked at one of the graves, it had a hole next to it. Zack looked over at Rachel.
"It's just a grave." Rachel kept staring at it blankly.
"Do you wanna get in it, that bad?" Rachel shook her head.
"This one won't do. It's occupied." Nagisa walked over to the hole and took a step back in shock. Inside the grave, a body was laying, something shiny sparkled through. Rachel tried to reach for it, but her arms were too short.
"I can't reach it…" Zack grinned.
"Well, that's an easy fix." He reached down and grabbed the body roughly, Nagisa felt like he should be disgusted, but he wasn't really. Suddenly the body's leg fell off, and a key fell out.
"Why would someone want to hide a key in a body?" Nagisa asked before picking it up. Zack dropped the body back into the grave haphazardly. Rachel stood up and saw what looked like some sort of larger headstone near the front of the graveyard.
"The graves of the impure. The pitiable unwanted by the master and his angels. Await to be purified, plummeting to the depths and be buried in the ground." She read off the headstone blandly.
"The Master and his angels? Are they talking about the people who run this place?" Nagisa asked.
"Hell if I know! Can we get moving already!" Zack yelled grabbing the key from Nagisa. The key unlocked the second door on the right which was labeled morgue, and the three headed inside.
The room had five giant freezers, at the front of the room there was another bridge surrounded by water with a small crack in the wall.
"There's more writing on here," Nagisa stated using his hand to wipe away some dust.
"Cleanse thyself. The master expects a pure soul and body." He read out, Rachel walked over to one of the freezers. The top drawer opened and a piece of paper fell out. Watkin Beckett, age 36. Place of Death, B3. Cause of Death, Blood loss, from a bullet wound. Mr. Beckett had the B4 key on his person, but it has yet to be found. It appears he lost it. Due to severe injuries, use caution when handling. A hand fell off while cleaning the tank.
"This guy died?" Rachel asked staring at the paper.
"Not really surprising after everything that's happened." Nagisa tried opening another of the drawers, but it was locked.
"Shit! My hands are all gross from messing with the graves earlier!" Zack yelled running over to the water and rinsing his hands in the stream, before catching something in his hand unexpectedly. He pulled his hands out of the water dragging a key with him.
"Another key? Maybe it unlocks another room? We should check it out." Nagisa headed out followed by Rachel then begrudgingly by Zack.
The key unlocked the second door on the left, which was labeled Graveyard 1. The room was filled with graves lined up in rows of three, at the front of the room another memorial stone sat with writing on it and a larger grave loomed in the back of the room. Rachel walked towards the back grave, before staring at it in surprise. "Hey now, what's your problem!" Zack yelled at the girl, Nagisa stood next to the grave Rachel was staring at.
"It seems newer than the rest-" Nagisa's eyes widened in shock as he read the name on the grave.
"So what! It's just a fucking grave!" Zack turned toward Rachel.
" Or do you really want to get it that badly?" Rachel narrowed her eyes to read the wording inscribed.
"The name inscribed on it is Rachel Gardner."
"Why would your name be on the grave?" Nagisa asked, Rachel only shrugged in return. Next to Rachel's grave was a much smaller unfinished grave, Isaac Foster was hastily carved on.
"Is that one supposed to be mine or something then." Zack gave the grave a kick and part of the stone fell off. "What a joke." He rose his scythe and was about to smash it into bits when Nagisa stopped him.
"Your scythe will break, it's not made to hit through stone."
"Shut your mouth! Of course, I knew that!" Zack yelled back, throwing his scythe over his shoulder and turning away with a huff. He looked at Rachel. "Are you just stare at it all day or what?" Rachel took one last look at the grave before turning to look at Zack and Nagisa.
"Sorry…" Rachel paused, before continuing. "There's a hole in the wall." She pointed behind her grave where a crack was, it seemed just big enough to squeeze one small person through it. "I think I can fit through it, want me to go through it?" Rachel asked Zack.
"How do I know you won't go running off?" Zack demanded back, moving his scythe towards Rachel's neck. Nagisa grabbed part of the handle, as a warning.
"Why would I do that? You still haven't killed me yet." Rachel acknowledged. Zack huffed and murmured under his breath. Nagisa left go of Zack scythe and Zack swung it back over his shoulder.
"Whatever."
"Wait! We don't know what could be behind there. It's not smart to just start crawling through things." Nagisa called out.
"You got a better idea squirt?" Zack retorted back. Nagisa rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Not really."
"Zack, you should stay here and search, Nagisa can you search back in the main room?" Rachel asked before crawling through the hole and disappearing into the darkness. "Who said I take orders from you!" Zack shouted, but the girl was already long gone.
"I'll go search the main room then," Nagisa said to himself, before heading out leaving a yelling Zack behind him.
A/N: Note, while I have been going through the death roster in order of floor, Rachel's floor will be skipped for now so death roster is jumping up to Danny's floor. Feel free to guess how your favorites died, me and Kiki try to respond to all comments, even during a hiatus:
Nagisa Shiota: ALIVE
Karma Akabane: ?
Kaede Kayano: ?
Rio Nakamura: ?
Itona Horibe: DEAD Danny's Floor
Yuma Isogai: ?
Taiga Okajima: DEAD Zack's Floor
Hinata Okano: DEAD Danny's Floor
Manami Okuda: ?
Megu Kataoka: ?
Yukiko Kanzaki: ?
Masayoshi Kimura: ?
Hinano Kurahashi: ?
Sōsuke Sugaya: DEAD Zack's Floor
Tomohito Sugino: ?
Kōtarō Takebayashi: DEAD Zack's Floor
Ryūnosuke Chiba: ?
Ryōma Terasaka: DEAD Zack's Floor
Kirara Hazama: DEAD Zack's Floor
Rinka Hayami: ?
Sumire Hara: DEAD Zack's Floor
Yuzuki Fuwa: ?
Hiroto Maehara: ?
Kōki Mimura: DEAD Zack's Floor
Takuya Muramatsu: ?
Tōka Yada: ?
Taisei Yoshida: DEAD Zack's Floor
Ritsu: ?