Chapter 1: New Surroundings. (Part 3 - Secrets revealed)
(Coyler's Note: There actually isn't one this time. Coyler,out!)
Previously on Total Despair Academy -
Topher *in a classroom* - So this is that Ultimate School?
Monokuma *in the gym with everyone* - You'll are be staying here for quite some time. How do you escape I hear you ask? Simple. Just commit murder!
Courtney *in the cafeteria* Ha! You call yourself a big man but still wet yourself? Pathetic.
Topher - *in the AV Room* None of us know what it was Zeke had seen,but he was taking it pretty badly.
Topher and Alejandro *enter the kitchen and see Courtney's corpse* Oh the horror!
Ezekiel *banging on all the doors* WAKE UP! SOMEONE'S BEEN MURDERED!
Brick *making everyone line up* WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE! MOVE OUT SOLDIERS!
Monokuma *in the gym again* It's finally time for the main event - the CLASS TRIAL!
Harold *in the gym* - Class Trial?
Monokuma *in the gym* CORRECT! Alll you have to do is find the true murderer. Vote right and only they shall be punished. Vote wrong and the rest of you will be punished while the blackened goes free!
Dawn *in the courtroom* If I may ask,why is there a picture of Courtney with a red X?
Monokuma *in the courtroom* Just because they died doesn't mean they should miss out on the fun.
Topher *in the courtroom* The murderer is standing before us,I'll soon find them. It's life or death,but we have to do it. It's time for the first class trial!
Recap Ends
CLASS TRIAL/IN SESSION!
"Before we get started,does anyone any questions?" Monokuma asked,holding his gavel. "What time of the day is the hottest?" Lindsay asked,raising her hand. "He means about the trial,dollface" Duncan scoffed,making Lindsay look at the floor. "I'll take that as no questions at all" said Monokuma, "Let's get this class trial in full swing!".
"So,uh,where we would be the best place to start?" Trent asked, "Do we look at evidence or the corpse or whatever?". "I think it would be best to get a look at the crime scene" said Topher,to which everyone agreed. "Well,when we got to the kitchen we found some stuff we think could be evidence" said Harold,pulling out his handbook, "It mainly included some blue lint and fabric,what looked to be feather fragments and some smeared on the walls" he explained. "Did the stuff on the walls spell out a sha-code or something?" Lightning asked. "We weren't sure,it looked to be 2,3,a crooked 11 and another 3" said Dawn, "Perhaps it was just a coincidence". "Maybe she was trying write a message,eh?" Ezekiel asked. There was something about him that didn't look normal,but Topher couldn't place what it was. He shrugged it off,thinking maybe he was just crazy. "What were feathers doing in a kitchen to begin with?" Heather asked. "Well it's a kitchen,so maybe there was chicken in stock?" Amy asked. "No that's wrong!" said Topher, "These fragments weren't real,they were artificial,like the ones you'd see on say,a shuttlecock for example" he explained. "Ah,right,sorry" said Amy. "Where do you think someone could've gotten them from?" Duncan asked. Topher tapped his chin,but Shawn beat him with an answer, "When we were looking through the dorms for potential murder weapons,I noticed that there was a quiver of arrows in Ezekiel's room,with similar looking feathers on the back tips" said Shawn. "Just a coincidence yo" said Ezekiel,quite quickly. "I don't even know why we have to do a trial in the first place when Brick killed her" said Izzy,pointing at Brick. Everyone seemed confused,while Brick was upset, "How dare you! I would never blindside another member of my OWN platoon! Pure stupidity!" he yelled, "Besides,you're an actor,how do we know you didn't kill the girl and use me as a cover up?". "Oh I can't kill at the moment,my license expired a few days before I got here" Izzy explained, "If I were to kill again it would be against the law". "It's against the law to kill someone at any time" said Bridgette. "Uh,those licenses only apply for killing animals if you go hunting" said Jasmine, "I should know,I've got one myself". "You k-kill animals in your spare time? How evil!" Bridgette exclaimed,as Jasmine rolled her eyes. "I think we're getting off topic" said Topher,we should probably get back to the evidence".
"Agreed" said Shawn, "After checking out the trash room,we found remnants of white fabric with dried blood along with more of those feather fragments". "White fabric?" Izzy asked, "Well Courtney wears a white undershirt,maybe it belonged to her?" she asked. "No,that's wrong!" said Topher, "Courtney still had her undershirt on when we checked the body. Besides,I doubt the killer would go to that much trouble just to remove the shirt and nothing else" he explained. Topher thought to himself, "Hmm,I'm pretty sure that the only people who wear white are Harold (he wears a karate outfit),Ezekiel,Alejandro and Scott who wears vests and Bridgette who seems to have an undershirt". "Well,I've taken into account 5 people who mainly wear white with their outfits" said Topher, "So most likely the culprit is one of them". "Maybe it's tweedle farm and tweedle dirt" said Amy,pointing at Ezekiel and Scott. "Woah,just because I don't talk much doesn't mean I killed her. I mean,just because I wear white doesn't mean I killed her" Scott said,defensively. "What if someone paid you to do it?" Dawn asked. "Eh,I can believe that. I saw Scott eat a shoelace for a dollar the other day" said Duncan, "And I know it ain't just a story because I'm the one who paid him to do it" he laughed. "Well it seems this is the end of the road,eh?" Ezekiel asked, "Dam,if only we had more to go off of,we're fresh outta leads yo" he muttered. "Wait,I got it!" Topher yelled,making everyone look at him. "Great,let's hear it,eh" said Ezekiel. "You seem eager to hear me explain as to why YOU are the culprit Ezekiel" said Topher, "or should I say - ZEKE!", he yelled,pointing an accusing finger at the homeschooled guy. "W-what are you tryna say yo? Ran outta ideas so you wanna pin this all on me,eh?" Ezekiel asked,with some attitude. Topher thought to himself,before saying, "No,I'm not out of ideas. I'm certain" he said. "Oh yeah? Well I kn-" Ezekiel started. "Hold it" said Dawn, "I wanna hear what he has to say". Topher took a deep breath, "Okay,here's what I think happened:
After the argument over the leadership status in the cafeteria,it seemed everyone was annoyed with Courtney,but none looked more frusturated than Ezekiel. After getting our motives,it was obvious that he wasn't happy with what he saw,as he destroyed his DVD and smashed his monitor before storming out of the AV Room. After we all left,Courtney decided to go the kitchen alone,while everyone else returned to their rooms. However there was one who hadn't returned. After previously storming out,they returned to their room and grabbed their bow and arrow set before heading to the kitchen. After what was probably a short brawl,he got the upper hand,using his arrows to pin her down,before grabbing a knife and slicing her up like a birthday cake. Your vest and hoodie had managed to get covered in blood,along with the arrows so you removed them,but forgot about the feather fragments. Knowing people would soon find out,you headed for the trash room to dispose of everything,but due to the gate being dropped at nightttime,it was impossible. However,due to being the ultimate archer,you were able to use your arrows to shoot down the button that turns on the incinerator,and attached your vest before shooting it into the flames. As you left,some was burned off,and fell to the ground. You then returned to your room and slept. After waking up the next morning,you noticed that the lint ball on top of your hat was missing,and went to retrieve it this morning before anyone noticed. Unfortunatley for you,myself and Alejandro had beat you to the kitchen,which left you unable to retrieve it. After I assigned everyone their jobs,it would've been awfully suspicious if you were knocking around the crime scenes. You soon ran out time,and would've gotten away with it,if i hadn't noticed your missing vest and hat topper.
"Deny if you want! But that's how it happened!" Topher yelled,as Ezekiel looked panicked. The other students all seemed satisfied,but there were still 2 who had questions to ask. "Wait,but what about the blood smeared on the walls?" Trent asked. Topher thought, "Simple,it's a well known fact that the name Zeke is an abbreviation of Ezekiel" said Topher, "It wasn't just random numbers,Courtney had written 'Zeke' in blood to tell us who killed her. It just took me until now before I realised it" he said. "But..why did he...or,why did you do it Zeke?" Jasmine asked,looking down at Ezekiel,who still looked dumbfounded at being found. "I...I did...I did what I had to" he whispered. "Did what you had to? She was hot dude,you could've let her live" said Duncan,slamming his podium. Ezekiel looked up, "I had to see if they were okay" he muttered. "Know if who was okay?" Scarlett asked. "My...family" he whispered. "Your family? We're they in your motive video?" Dawn asked. Ezekiel nodded, "I saw them sitting in my house,wishing me the best of luck,telling me how proud they were of me" he mubled, "but then...". "Then what?" Amy asked. Ezekiel took a deep breath, "It cut to black,and returned showing them about to...be...put in a meat grinder" he stammered. "A meat grinder? Now where would they have found something like that?" Ella asked,looking nervous for the result. "I live on a farm,eh" Ezekiel told them, "We breed and kill animals that we don't need cramping our space yo". "God,that's terrible" said Bridgette,covering her mouth. Ezekiel hung his head in shame. All was quiet,until he spoke up, "I guess I need to officially come clean,eh. I did it. You got me,eh" said Ezekiel. Silence once again sweeped over the room,until Monokuma spoke up, "Well that was an interesting first trial,but now it's time to vote on who you think the blackened is!" he squealed, "Just press the button and use the level to select your vote. Oh,and be sure to vote,otherwise we'll have some trouble" he said,brandishing a claw. Naturally,everyone followed Topher's idea of who to vote for. After all the votes were tallied,it was revealed that there was 18 votes for Ezekiel and 1 vote for Topher.
CLASS TRIAL/ALL RISE
"As much as that story saddens me,I can now at least say this. There's no need to worry about your family Zekey" he said. Ezekiel looked hopeful, "A-am I being let go?" he asked,before regretting the question, "Surely this can all blow over,eh?". Monokuma laughed, "Of course it'll all blow over...for us! But as for you,things won't be so good". "What do you mean yo?" Ezekiel asked. "Just take a look at this!" said Monokuma,pointing to a large screen behind him. A slot machine appeared on the screen with 3 slots. "It's time to see if you have made the right choice or the dreadfully wrong one!" said Monokuma. The slot machine rolled through the current 19 students,before eventually having all 3 slots land on Ezekiel. As soon as it landed on Ezekiel,coins came out of the slot machine,while a sign lit up which read "GUILTY!". "That's all folks,you've made the right choice,good job!" said Monokuma, "Which means that Courtney Quadson,the Ultimate Honours Student,was indeed killed by the Ultimate Archer himself,Ezekeil Miller!" he announced,as Ezekiel's face went white. "Uhhhhhhhhhhh" he whispered. "Oh god" said Lightning,seeming shocked for the first time. Everyone turned to Ezekiel,who took a while to return to reality. "Wha? Oh,hey! Stop looking at my fresh wears yo,I didn't do anything wrong!" he yelled. Harold and Duncan both scoffed simultaneously. "Yeah right,you murdered someone dude" said Duncan. "Yeah,someone expendable,eh! I could tell you all hated her,if someone had to go she deserved it the most,eh!" Ezekiel yelled, "Uhhhhh Brick! You agree with me riiiiiight?" he asked. Brick looked unsure,but then stern, "No,I don't agree. Sure,she was rude and embarrassed me in front of everyone,but that's no excuse at all for anyone to commit murder" he said,puffing out his chest. "I agree with Brick" said Harold, "The only valid excuse would have been if she killed someone here,to which your murder was in retaliation to her murder". Ezekiel looked desperate, "Well uhhhh I um,I have to get outta here yo!" he yelled. "You aren't going anywhere Mister,you know the rules. You were voted the blackened,so now you will recieve your punishment" said Monokuma, "and by punishment,I of course mean execution!". Ezekiel stumbled back, "no" he whispered, "NOOOOO!" he shouted,turning around and banging the main door as everyone looked at him. "After being struck down in the prime of her life,Mr Ezekiel Miller has been revealed to have been the evil mastermind behind her death" Monokuma started. "I DON'T DESERVE THIS!" Ezekiel yelled,starting to sob as he continued banging on the door before starting to claw at the walls. "After being voted as the blackened,I've prepared a VERY SPECIAL punishment!" said Monokuma,sounding excited, "Here goes! Let's give it everything we've got! IT'SSSS PUNISHMENT TIME!". "NOOOOOOOO!" Ezekiel yelled,as Monokuma pulled out his gavel and hit the "punishment button".
(Primitive Prairie Ezekticide) (Ultimate Archer/Ezekiel Miller's Execution - EXECUTED)
EZEKIEL HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY! TIME FOR HIS PUNISHMENT!
Ezekiel is shown in the courtroom,growing nervous as the other students look on in shock. A metal collar wraps around Ezekiel's neck,dragging him out of the courtroom. He appears chained to a pole in what looks to be his home farm. Monokuma appears dressed as Ezekiel's father,and proceeds to repeatedly shoot arrows at him with a crossbow. Each shot pierces his body,spurtin out blood. Eventually an arrow with a canister is shot through Ezekiel's eye,being lodged in place as Ezekiel is barely alive. The canister releases poisonous gas which finally finishes him off,as Monokuma walks away laughing.
The screen in the courtroom cleared,as the gas parted and everyone could see what was left of Ezekiel. Thankfully they didn't have to be there for his execution,but were essentially forced to watch it unfold on the massive monitor above Monokuma's throne. While the other students did seem contempt with Ezekiel dying,due to killing Courtney,some did feel as if he didn't murder out of evil,but out of compassion for those he loved back home. "My god" Topher thought, "Did I...do...the right thing?" he asked himself, "Was it right to sentence Zeke to death for only wanting to escape and protect those who he cared for?". As Monokuma was returning,a panel opened underneath Ezekiel's podium,as a stand appeared with two red arrows forming an X on Ezekiel's portrait,seemingly there were portraits on standby in case anybody died. "My my,that sure was fun!" Monokuma laughed. "F-fun?" Dawn asked, "You had no right to perform sucha cruel and dragged out form of execution" she said. "You miss the point my dear girl,murderers don't deserve a nice,soothing death. They need something much more...complex,for them to truly regret their actions as despair overwhelms them!" Monokuma explained,grinning. "Seems fair enough to me" Scarlett and Duncan both said together,crossing their arms. "You won't be saying that if you two are convicted!" Harold rasped. The 2 laughed together. "Ha,I'll believe it when I see it" said Scarlett. "I've been to prison,I don't need no motives to kill,I could kill anyone I want,whenever I want" said Duncan, "And I,uh,never will". "We're totally making it out of here alive" said Scarlett. "Amen brainiac" Duncan smirked,as the 2 fist bumped. "If you start kissing I'm gonna puke" Harold grumbled. "Hey,what are you still doing here? GET OUT OF MY COURTROOM!" Monokuma yelled,as the students all turned on their heels and dashed out of the courtroom.
As everyone left,they decided it might be best for them to go about their day like normal. Though something took them by surprise. Monokuma came over the loudspeakers,explaining that they now had the 2nd floor and the bath house open for their freedom and exploration. Topher thought he'd check out the bath house first,and ran into some of the other students. "Hi Tyler!" Lindsay called out,waving at Topher as she entered the room. "It's Topher,not Tyler" he reminded her. "Has your name always been Topher? I was sure it was Tyler" said Lindsay,tapping her chin, "Maybe I'm thinking of that athlete from back home". "Is he a friend of yours?" Topher asked. "I think so?" Lindsay pondered, "We went on a few dates,but I accidentally called him Topher" she explained, "Maybe it's because I was listening to loads of this one presenter that week?" she said to herself. "Say,do you want to go into the sauna for a bit?" Lindsay asked,turning back to Topher. "Um,sure. I don't see why not" he replied,as Lindsay immediatley dropped her dress. Topher shielded his eyes,but opened them to see that she was wearing a bikini underneath.
The 2 stepped inside,as Topher shovelled coals onto the fire. "Wow,it's really hot in here" Lindsay panted. "Obviously,it's a sauna" Topher laughed. "Oh yeah,that's right" Lindsay smiled. They both sat in the sauna making small talk,until the conversation shifted to models. "I've spent basically every day of my life working as a model" Lindsay smiled, "I'm pretty sure I was doing it before I was even born! It's so much fun having everyone look at you! Though for some reason a few of the photographers don't take pictures of my face" she explained. "Maybe they missed or something?" Topher asked. Lindsay shook her head, "I don't know,my dad said they accidentally took pictures because they were looking at how pretty I was" she smiled,tilting her head. "She seems a bit ditzy,but I can tell she means well. I think we both had fun" Topher thought to himself.
After finishing up in the sauna,Topher and Lindsay decided to check out the 2nd floor,passing Ella,Scarlett and Amy. There was a few rooms on the 2nd floor,the most notable ones being the pool,gym and library. Lindsay went to see the pool situation,while Topher headed for the gym. He entered the room to see that Jasmine,Brick,Lightning and Duncan were already there,working out. "Just gotta sha-lift with your legs!" said Lightning,as he hoisted a stack of weights into the air with ease. Jasmine rolled her eyes,and lifted up 2 stacks as if they were water bottles. Easy mate,an absolute doddle" she laughed. "Wha- How could you sha-outlift the sha-Lightning?" he stammered, "You gotta be on some sha-steroids or something?" he asked,rasing an eyebrow. While Lightning interrogated Jasmine about her godlike strength,Duncan was working on the punching bags,while Brick ran on the treadmills. "Wonder who I should talk to?" Topher thought to himself. Duncan noticed Topher,and called out, "Hey Tophman,want me to show you how to beat on a guy real easy?" he asked. Topher thought to himself, "Should I spend time with Duncan?". He eventually nodded, "Sure,I'll take a look" said Topher. "Alright!" Duncan exclaimed,slapping him on the back, "The first thing to remember is that you gotta throw a punch right where it hurts" he said. "Uh,so the head?" Topher asked. Duncan laughed,shaking his head, "Rookie mistake dude,the best place is the gut and ribs" he explained,throwing a punch at the bottom which knocked the bag upwards. "You learn how to fight for real if you've been in juvie as long as I have,it eventually just becomes second nature" said Duncan, "I remember when I first got locked up I was just a weak string bean,like Harold. I didn't really know what to do,and soon became the butt of all the jokes and beat down sessions. I then learned the way to earn respect is to beat up the biggest guy in the centre" Duncan explained, "I think I trained for a month or so before giving a huge smackdown to the biggest,toughest guy there" he said, "I sure as hell got the respect I deserved. The other inmates stopped laughing at me then" he finished,remincing about his home life. "Huh,that's quite a tale" said Topher,who was seemingly impressed. "I know,I lived it" Duncan smirked. He turned back to the punching bag, "Alright let's get back to this. Hit it as hard as you can" he instructed. Topher threw a few punches,but they weren't very powerful. Duncan scoffed, "C'mon man,harder! Your a a stallion,your a machine,your a tank!" he yelled. Topher started puching harder,causing the bag to move more and more. "Uh,what nationality are you?" Duncan asked. "I'm *wheeze* Canadian" Topher spluttered. "Awesome man,your not just a tank,your a greasy fast,200 pound Canadian tank!" said Duncan,doing an impression of an old boxing coach. Topher eventually puched hard enough that the bag flew off it's railing. "Woah,nice one Tophman" Duncan smirked,giving him a thumbs up. "Duncan and I grew a little closer today,I think both of us had good fun" Topher thought to himself.
Topher eventually decided to head back to his room at the end of the day,and walked back with Dawn. "Today was pretty wild,huh?" he asked her. Dawn nodded, Yeah,it was,uh,crazy?" she replied, "I must admit,I'm still a bit shaken over seeing Ezekiel be executed" she admitted. Topher agreed,seeing him being ripped apart and gassed was kinda traumatizing. He shrugged, "I'm sure we'll eventually get over it,considering that we only knew him and Courtney for a few days,I guess it wasn't as if we were all best friends or anything" said Topher. "While that is true,it's not exactly reassuring our safety knowing that those kinds of punishments will be given out if we kill or break any rules" said Dawn. That seemed like a fair point to Topher,but he figured it was just more of a reason to not try anything shifty. Eventually they both parted ways and entered their seperate rooms. It had been a long one,and he was glad that it was over. As he colapsed into bed,he tried to forget about everything he had seen. It took a while,but eventually he drifted off to sleep.
-End of Chapter 1-
(In a mysterious place)
A bright shone into his eyes,as he stirred awake. "Ugh...is this...heaven? or hell,eh?" he asked. A woman looked down on him and smiled, "Welcome back" she grinned.
(Coyler's note: Well dudes and dudettes,that's it for Chapter 1. I'm not sure how it turned out,so hopefully you enjoyed it. I'd say my next update will be Episode 3 of Danganronpa Wawanakwa Island. Sorry to all you Zeke fans out there,but he's done like dinner. Anyone got a clue what that mysterious place is? Remember to leave reviews guys and gals,I love hearing feedback. Also a side note,but the executions I come with are basically my own property,meaning any videos made aren't cool to be made without my thumbs up dawgs. Anyway,that's it for me. Coyler,out!)