Chapter 7:
. Leon did not like the sound of that voice. And you know something, he never would. It was obnoxious, it was ear-grating, but most of all, it was surprisingly persuasive. Monokuma was a constant reminder of the setup of this place, and an intrusion on the nerves.
"Monokuma!" Asahina gasped.
"Asahina."
. Kirigiri's eyes narrowed. Monokuma had managed to appear right under their noses, but for all of her observatory skills she still couldn't pinpoint how he had managed to suddenly appear as he did. She had just watched him show up seemingly out of nowhere and yet, she still had no idea what had happened. All she knew for certain was that Monokuma was right there. There must have been something going on above her head. And yet...
. Ishimaru and Oowada had moved to the front of the laundry room, and were still arguing about hoodies.
"It is not acceptable to wear any sort of head covering indoors!"
"WE'RE TRAPPED IN HERE! IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE ANYTIME SOON!"
"Not acceptable under any circumstances."
"The hell, man? Your 'rules' don't work anymore. They've all been thrown out the window."
"The windows are covered up!"
"Ah. So you're one of those literal-minded types who can't get a metaphor." Oowada continued to get into Ishimaru's face.
"Maybe so, but in this semblance of chaos, we should at least create order. We may have to spend the rest of our lives in here."
" I don't know about you, but I am NOT spending the rest of my life in here.I got too many promises to keep."
"Hey, Fukawa!" Ishimaru suddenly shouted from in front of the laundry room. "You've been hearing our dispute for the last few minutes, can't you agree that I'm right?"
"Wwhhhaat?" Fukawa protested. "Can't you see I'm following my White Knight?"
"I think you mean 'stalking'." Oowada said.
"Oooooo, BURN!" Naegi shouted from the cafeteria.
"Shut up!" Fukawa protested.
"Naegi! Why are you still wearing your hood?" Ishimaru pointed out. "You must take it off immediately!"
"Because I felt like it!"
"Hey, man. Lay off him. Is his hood really the worst of our problems?"
"No, but it's a solvable one! And we must start by solving the problems that we can." Ishimaru marched up to Naegi and was about to yank off the hood off Naegi's head...
"Hands off the hood, Ishimaru." Maizono growled so threateningly that it compelled Ishimaru to stop.
"You are something else, man, you know that!" Oowada said.
"It's not my fault. It is unacceptable to wear hoods indoor."
"You know what, if my jacket had a hood on it, I would be wearing it too. So shut up!"
"But your jacket does not have hood with it. Naegi's does,and he should take it off immediately!"
"If he wants to leave it on, he should be able to." Oowada countered as he marched over to Ishimaru.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
. And suddenly Ishimaru and Oowada went quiet. Fujisaki sunk down into the chair out of fear. Celeste smirked. Togami and Fukawa both felt the need to request earplugs next time they saw Monokuma.
"STOP ARGUING ABOUT NAEGI'S HOODIE OR SO HELP ME I'LL BASH YOUR HEADS TOGETHER!" Maizono shouted, shaking her fists at them. "IF HE WANTS TO WEAR IT, HE'S GONNA WEAR IT! YOU GOT THAT!"
"Woah, uh, Maizono, you wanna dial it back there?" Naegi hesitatingly asked.
"Fine. I was just a little peeved at them." Maizono admitted.
"A little peeved?" Togami commented. Maizono shot him a death glare.
"Well, I think it's time I go somewhere else." Maizono said airily as she walked out of the cafeteria.
Naegi followed after her.
"Sorry about that. I think the stress of this situation might be getting to her a teeny bit." Naegi admitted, as he backed out of the cafeteria.
"A teeny bit?" Fukawa noted Naegi's choice of words as Naegi left the scene.
"So... does anybody else want to explain what just happened?" Ishimaru said.
"Yeah, man. I think we've learned something here. Don't touch Naegi's hood." Oowada said.
"You're both dumbasses." Celeste said.
"Hey you guys, what did I miss?"
"Oh, it's only the model." Fukawa said.
"At least I AM a Camelot." Enoshima snarked. "Unlike you."
"What the HELL are you talking about?" Fukawa asked.
"Hey, hey, I'm the one with the Knight motifs here." Celeste pointed out.
. Togami pushed his spectacles up. This conversation could get very interesting. The more he heard from his classmates, the more he could understand them, and the more he could predict their movements and their tendencies.
"What the hell are you girls referencing?" Oowada said.
. It was Fujisaki who answered, a little bit timidly. "You've never seen Monty Python?"
"Monty Python? Who likes that show?" Togami asked.
"The Beatles did. Both John Lennon and George Harrison were massive fans." Leon had arrived. "So who here is a Monty Python fan?" Enoshima, Celeste and Fujisaki raised their hands.
"Why?" Leon said.
"Because I'm a fan of European media." Celeste said.
"Because people kept slyly insulting me with the It's only a model' line and I was determined to find out where it was from." Enoshima admitted.
"Because I thought it was a tutorial about the Python coding language." Fujisaki admitted.
"Wait a minute, Fujisaki, there's a type of programming called 'Python'?" Leon said.
"Yeah. I was determined to learn how to code in Python and I stumbled across 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' because I thought it was a Python tutorial and I absolutely loved it."
"Well, I gotta say, that's the strangest way ever to discover it, but definitely the most interesting." Leon observed.
"Yeah, my dad was a bit weirded out when I started strutting around the house with silly walks and having this exchange with him.
"'I'm learning how to program.'
'In what language?'
'Python. Monty Python.'"
"So why are you interested in it, Leon?" Enoshima asked.
"Well, if half of the Beatles have recommended a television program, it's worth checking out." Leon said.
"I see." Celeste said.
"Well, I have no idea who this 'Monty Python' is. And I don't really care. I am outta here." Oowada said.
"It's time for me to go too. I feel I should take a nap. Remember to be in the cafeteria at 4:30 today!" Ishimaru said as he trudged back to his room.
"You guys are all too weird." Togami said, adjusting his glasses. "And it's time I take my leave back to my room. Goodbye." Togami left, with Fukawa tailing behind him before entering her own room.
"We're all prodigies. Prodigies are weird." Fujisaki resumed eating Doritos and drinking Mountain Dew. The programmer paused for a moment. "You know, did he ever get his Luwack coffee?" Fujisaki asked.
"You know what, I don't think he did." Celeste said.
"And he also meant to ask Leon how to get rid of a stalker." Fujisaki commented.
"What?!" Leon said. "What's this about a stalker?"
"Fukawa's stalking Togami." Celeste commented.
"Why?" Leon asked.
"That's exactly what Maizono said." Celeste replied.
"So, Leon, what were you doing?" Enoshima asked, hurriedly, trying to change the subject.
"Well, I was in the gymnasium. Kirigiri is STILL trying to figure out how Monokuma appears seemingly out of thin air. Asahina and Oogami were in there too." Leon replied.
"Wait a minute." Celeste begin rattling off the names of everyone in here. "Me, Fujisaki, Leon, Enoshima, Naegi, Maizono, Kirigiri, Asahina, Oogami, Fukawa, Togami, Ishimaru, and Oowada. That's only thirteen of us who have been seen today."
"Who are we missing?" Fujisaki asked.
"Yamada and Hagakure." Leon said.
"You don't think the two of them ..." Enoshima started.
"I doubt it." Celeste said.
"What makes you say that?"
"Hagakure is such an idiot that I'm pretty sure he still thinks this is all a prank, so he'll be fine." Celeste said. "But I can't speak for Yamada."
"I'm sure Yamada's fine." Leon said.
. Just then, they heard shouting.
"I don't give a flying frick that you think I'm ' a kawaii princess'! STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!"
"Or not." Leon joked.
"Oh, dear. This isn't going to end well." Celeste gasped. "You think she'll slap him?" She asked Enoshima.
"Eh, probably."
"Probably? With all that yelling? I would think it would be inevitable."
. In front of the dorm rooms, Naegi was frantically doing his best to calm Maizono down to almost no avail, who was absolutely seething at Yamada. Yamada was not helping.
"Master Makoto Naegi, what is wrong with trying to compliment a girl?" Yamada was saying.
"It wasn't the compliment itself, Yamada. It was the timing and the whole sleazeball delivery." Naegi replied, as he was trying to box out Maizono from tearing Yamada to shreds.
"But what was so wrong with either of those?" Yamada said.
"Never interrupt a girl's thoughts when she's ready to dismember someone!"
"But-"
"Yamada, I suggest you leave!"
Yamada put his head down silently and departed.
"Good riddance." Maizono pouted.
"Maizono, when's the last time you actually slept?" Naegi cautiously asked.
"I-i-i-i-i-i"
"And there's my answer. Come on, to bed with you, off you pop."
Maizono gave Naegi her huge-eye look that she used to get anything she wanted.
"Do you think you could..."
"No." Naegi said completely deadpan.
"What? You didn't even let me finish!"
"I know what you were going to ask. I said 'No'."
"Why?" Maizono asked innocently, taking Naegi's hands into her own.
"Because."
"Alright." Maizono pouted slightly as she trudged to her room.
"Wow, dude." Leon commented to Naegi. Naegi jumped slightly.
"Leon! Fujisaki! When did you get here!?"
"We saw the whole thing." Leon said, munching on Fujisaki's Doritos.
"What the?"
"Yeah." Fujisaki concurred.
"So you saw the whole thing?" Naegi sheepishly asked.
"Well, we heard the 'I don't give a flying frick that you think I'm ' a kawaii princess'! STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!' and came jogging over because of it. Well, I came jogging over. Fujisaki strolled."
"So Fujisaki can't exactly move as fast as an athlete. Big surprise."
"HEY!"
"Eh, calm down, We're just messing with ya." Leon said, nooging Fujisaki.
"Never mind that, could you explain why you two decided to come over?"
"We were bored. It seemed that Yamada would be involved and we were trying to account for everyone." Leon explained.
"Everyone?" Naegi asked. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, everyone except Hagakure has now been seen alive." Leon said.
"Everybody except Hagakure? Seriously? You don't think ..."
"Celeste doesn't seem to think so. We've only been trapped in this for about a day."
"Still, should we try and do something about it?" Fujisaki proposed the suggestion.
"It's Hagakure. I'm sure he'll show up sauntering about. If he doesn't show up at 4:30, then we'll start getting concerned." Leon replied.
"Alright."
. Just then, Asahina came sprinting over with Kirigiri not far behind, panting out of breath.
"I heard yelling, what happened?" Asashina appeared worried.
"Yy-eah. What happened?" Kirigiri was almost doubled over. She had never sprinted so hard before in her life.
"You ran in heels. You really are Blaze the cat, Kirigiri." Naegi snarked.
"Shut up, Naegi. What happened?" Kirigiri looked majorly annoyed as she used the wall to steady herself.
"Well, Yamada was acting like a sleazeball." Naegi admitted.
"How so?"
"He saw that Maizono was getting peeved at him, but couldn't take a hint."
"And?"
"Well, I don't think Yamada asking how I managed to land such a 'kawaii princess' helped Maizono's mood at all."
"Where's Maizono?" Asahina asked. "She's not going to go after Yamada, is she?"
"I don't think so." Naegi said. "I mean, she was lacking in sleep."
"That's not surprising." Enoshima walked up. "She didn't get any sleep last night. She woke me up at 2 AM because she was still so jumpy."
"Jumpy? Just in general jumpy? Or Jumpy about something in particular?" Naegi asked.
" She was just jumpy." Enoshima said.
"I think there's nothing more for us to do here." Leon admitted. "Hey, Fujisaki, wanna head back to the cafeteria?"
"I guess so."
"I think I'm going to back to the gymnasium, Sakura is still there." Asahina said as she departed.
"Actually, Naegi, there was a particular reason why Maizono didn't get any sleep." Enoshima admitted to Naegi.
"Oh, what is that?" "
"I'm staring at the reason right now."
"What?"
"I said 'I'm staring at the reason right now.'"
"Yeah. Okay." The words took a moment to register.
"Naegi, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I'm going to go into my room now."
"Naegi?" Enoshima asked as Naegi opened and shut the room to his door.
"Enoshima, why did you tell him?" Kirigiri asked as she stood straight up.
"Well, Maizono was never going to tell him herself." Enoshima explained. "And it's better he hear this now rather than later."
"What makes you say that?" Kirigiri said.
"Because this situation is only going to get more and more unpleasant. I might as well get that out of the way now so it doesn't come back to bite him later. Look at this way, it's a card Monokuma no longer holds."
"I see. And I wonder what Naegi's reaction to that will be. He may not take this as well as you think he will."
"We will see."
"Yes, we will."
"I'll see you later, Kirigiri." Enoshima said as she walked past her to her room.
. While Celeste had eavesdropped on Enoshima's words, Naegi was slumped against his bedroom wall. His head was against his knees.
"Maizono couldn't sleep last night just because I was decked! Guys get decked all the time! Why should I be any different? And that was just a situation I practically walked away from! What would her reaction would be if I got seriously wounded or even murdered? Would she go on a rampage of destruction inside this school? Who could calm her down?"
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