And here we are with the last of the Prologue and intros! I didn't plan for it to be this long, but that's how it worked out. And just so you know, Monokuma is not the one in this story, it's gonna be a Mono of my own creation.
Prologue 1-4: Happy Ever... Never?
Hanako walked down the hallway towards the lounge, watching in somewhat amusement at the electricity she could practically see coming from Phoebe and Mila as they walked ahead of her.
"Must you be so close to me?" Mila asked, deadpan.
"It is not my intention, we are merely heading in the same direction." Phoebe calmly replied back.
"Whatever." Mila scoffed, causing Phoebe's eyebrow to twitch.
Hanako cleared her throat. "I'm sorry, as amusing as watching you two's sexual tension is-"
"We are not-!/That isn't-!"
"Like I was saying," Hanako giggled "you should put a stopper on it, since we reached the lounge."
Hanako continued giggling at their scandalized faces as she walked passed them and opened the door to the lounge, which was rather monochrome in design like the hallways, with red couches placed in a circle around the fireplace, with a table set in the middle.
"Are we the first ones here?" Hanako wondered out loud.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I must have dozed off!" A female voice said as a girl popped out from behind one of the couches.
The girl herself seemed rather slim and vulnerable, like she was too innocent for her own good. Her long dark burgundy hair was left undone and the fringe sideswept, with a pink beret set on top, that has a pink bow with stars on it. Her grey-blue eyes were shaped somewhere between oval and almond shaped, her skin pale, somewhat matched by the white pearl necklace around her neck. She was wearing white long sleeved blouse with a Peter-Pan neckline and a pink necktie fastened into a bow. The bottom of the blouse was tucked into her light pink pleated skirt that ended just above the knee and were held up by sparkly pink suspenders. On her feet were pale pink patent shoes and white knee length socks.
She looked rather business casual, but she didn't seem all that focused at the moment. It might be Hanako's imagination but it looked like the other was looking at something behind her then at her.
"It's fine, we were to gather here anyways." Hanako said, noticing her previous tagalongs were getting settled in the room, away from each other.
"I don't believe I've met you yet." The girl said as she went up to Hanako. "My name is Konohana Nire. My Talent... well, it's not that impressive, I'll admit, but I'm the Ultimate Student."
Konahana Nire
Ultimate Student
"And what exactly does that entail?" Hanako asked.
"Well, what you would expect, honestly. Perfect grades, perfect attendance, all that." Konahana said.
"Don't you ever have time to yourself, though?" Hanako asked. Konahana seemed to stare off into space for a moment. She was about to wave a hand in front of her before she suddenly answered.
"Sometimes, but right now isn't a great time to go into detail." Konahana said.
"Oh? And why's that?" Hanako asked.
"You have company." A monotone voice said from behind her.
"That makes sense." Hanako said as she turned around to greet the new person.
This person was rather tiny, and very skinny, with stringy, unkempt grey hair that reached their neck, though Hanako couldn't make out any facial features, seeing how a plain white mask with basic black features of a blank expression was on his face. Their outfit was a blue and white kimono with the design on it looking similar to one you would find on a china plate, with a grey hakama over it, and on their feet were wooden sandals with leather straps.
"That's an interesting choice of accessory." Hanako said once she finished looking the other over.
"It's what I prefer." The other said, their monotone voice not changing as they suddenly changed their mask to a happy one with green features. "I should introduce myself. I'm Koichi Akasaka, the Ultimate Mask Maker."
Koichi Akasaka
Ultimate Mask Maker
"Well, explains the mask you're wearing, but I would expect the Ultimate Mask Maker to wear more detailed masks." Hanako said.
"That's for clients, I'm fine with using these masks for myself." Koichi said.
"Do you ever take them off?" Hanako asked.
"I would prefer not to. And no, I don't want to tell you why." Koichi said as they quickly switched to an annoyed mask with red features.
"I'm only curious. I swear, some of you are too easy to tease." Hanako said, winking when she saw Noburo and Kenzo walking in, the half-zombie already looking annoyed as Gerard was clinging to him and asking more questions and Kenzo trying to pretend Aster and Yvette didn't exist with their prodding.
"Hm, I don't believe I've met everyone yet, have I?" Hanako asked as she watched more students enter the lounge, until the last student entered, being the only student she hasn't talked to yet.
It was a boy with straight purple hair that was a little shaggy to be honest, probably overdue for a haircut. His dark blue eyes were narrow and his skin was rather pale. He was wearing a light grey golf jacket with a golf ball and club stitched on the side, over a dark blue polo shirt that had thin, horizontal, white lines on it, over khaki pants that had a lucky rabbit's foot hanging out of one of the pockets, with brown loafers on his feet.
"I don't believe we've met yet." Hanako said.
"Perhaps, I can't be bothered to remember. There are too many unimportant people here to keep track of." The boy said.
"Well, I'm Hanako Kisaragi, I'm the Ultimate Witch."
"I suppose I should return the favor then. Chase Gregory, I'm the Ultimate Golfer."
Chase Gregory
Ultimate Golfer
"Hm, how come I haven't seen you around here before now?" Hanako asked.
"I don't really see the need to associate myself with the rabble." Gregory said, looking away dismissively.
"That's going to be rather hard to do, with the time we're going to be spending together as a class." Hanako said.
"No more then necessary." Gregory said. "Now I would rather be alone while waiting for our teacher to arrive." He said before he walked off to an unoccupied corner of the room and sat in a chair.
"Hm." Hanako hummed in thought before she turned away, going to sit down and noticing a empty space between Noburo and Yvette. She smirked before she plopped down on the spot, wrapping her arms around the half zombie. "Hey Noobie~ How's my favorite zombie boy doing~?"
"Get off me!" Noburo yelled as he tried to push her off.
"Yay, Noburo's giving hugs!" Gerard squealed as she quickly wrapped her arms him, effectively trapping him.
Noburo groaned as a few of the others laughed at his situation. "Why did I have to get stuck between these two?"
"Hello hello~ Is everyone here?" The voice from the intercoms said as they all looked for the source.
"Who said that?" Loch asked.
"Why I did, of course!" The voice said as the center table was enveloped in smoke before confetti popped out of it, making the smoke slowly disappear to reveal what looked like a rather large stuffed cat, that was half black and half white, wearing a rather frilly grey lolita dress and holding a wand. "Magical Girl Monomaho, reporting for duty~!"
The group of students looked at Monomaho for a few moments, trying to process what just happened.
"... Is that a stuffed cat?" Kenzo asked before he was bopped on the head by Monomaho's wand.
"How rude, that is no way to speak to your teacher!" Monomaho huffed and crossed her arms.
"You're our teacher? I find that hard to believe." Gregory said.
"Well, half of our classmates are creatures we believed to only be fairy tales before today, so maybe it's true?" Konahana suggested.
"I've never heard of a Magical Girl like this." Aster said.
"Excuse me!" Monomaho yelled, getting everyone's attention. "Thank you. Now I want to welcome everyone to your new class! And your home for the rest of your natural or unnatural lives~"
"WHAT?!" The group shouted.
"You can't keep us here for the rest of our lives!" Kenzo yelled.
"Yeah, we have things outside this place to return to!" Yvette said.
"Well, that's too bad. The moment the last student entered this place, all exits were sealed off by magic that not even our Ultimate Witch can get rid of~" Monomaho said.
"I highly doubt that." Hanako said as she got up before her magic flared, making her dress and hair move like an invisible wind blew around her. She stayed like that for a few moments before she was suddenly knocked back to her seat. "What the hell? It knocked me out before I could even start."
"I told you~ Next time listen to your teacher when she tells you something." Monomaho said.
"But why keep us trapped here? Why us?" Coralia asked.
Monomaho merely giggled. "That's for me to know, and you to find out. If you're smart enough that is."
"Damn it! Just release us!" Yvette yelled, glaring at the cat, her grip tight on her cane.
"Oh? You really want to get out that badly?" Monomaho asked, her giggling turning darker as her expression darkened to match. "Well, I suppose I could let you go... in special circumstances~"
"Like what?" Gerard asked, pressing herself closer to Noburo.
"The death of a fellow student, of course~!" Monomaho cheerfully explained, laughing merrily at their shocked faces. "But it can't just be any death, the death must be a murder! If you really want to escape, you must release your true monster and willfully kill someone else in this room!"
"You're insane! None of us would resort to such an act!" Phoebe protested.
"Oh really? I very much doubt that. Besides, several of you already have experience in that area, what's a little more blood on your hands, right?" Monomaho giggled.
"What... are you talking about?" Takeshi asked, clearly shaken.
"I'm sure you all will see who I was referring to soon enough~ Now, remember class, we're all in this together forever~ Or perhaps for a few days, when someone steals another's last breath~" Monomaho laughed as she disappeared, her laugh echoing in the room.
Hanako was rather shaken by the bombshell dropped on all of them as she glanced around at the others. Their faces matched how she was feeling in some way, but their eyes were already showing signs of distrust and wariness. The seeds of despair have already been planted.
Prologue End
Students Alive: 16
And here we are with the final chapter of the prologue and the final intros for all the wonderful characters sent to me! And rather soon, the cast will dwindle down. But that's for later, I hope I did all the characters sent to me justice and that you all like my Monomaho. Anyways, see you all next time!