A/N: another long one whoops-
The room was dead silent. Not a single word was said as the shock from Angie's brutal execution settled in. Niles was once again, the least affected by the horrifying sight. After all, he had seen people impaled on lances and swords, decapitated by axes and swords, magic burn others, beasts tear people to shreds and of course, seen his own arrows pierce through others. He shook it off, not wanting it to linger in his mind or heart. After all, he didn't know Angie and she was a guilty person. He hears Monokuma start laughing and notices that that gets the remaining 14 students to snap out of it and look to the laughing bear.
"Why are you laughing? That wasn't funny at all!" Kaito shouts at the bear. "Even though Angie was punished since she murdered Ryoma, it wasn't funny in the slightest!"
"Oh but it is! Seeing aaaalllll the despairing looks upon your faces is HILARIOUS!" Monokuma laughs. "But that's all for this first trial! You should all go to bed.. After all, it's been an exhausting day, hasn't it?"
"Monokuma is right. We should leave this wretched place and rest up. I, for one, have no desire to linger here longer than necessary," Niles says nonchalantly. He turns and heads towards the elevator that had once again opened up, Rantaro following the Outlaw.
"Yes, I quite agree. Sleep would do well for the rest of our nights. If anyone would like some relaxing tea, I would be happy to make some for you," Tojo says to the other students before going to the elevator. Everyone eventually piles onto the elevator and it goes back up. The ride up was silent as almost everyone thought about what happened. Upon stopping, the remaining 15 Ultimates file out of the elevator and out the Shrine of Judgement. Himiko, Tenko, Kaede and Shuichi follow Tojo to the cafeteria to take her up on the relaxing tea. The others minus Kokichi, Rantaro and Niles all head to bed. Instead, Niles goes out to the courtyard and he takes a seat in the grass, aware that the Supreme Leader and Survivor were following him. Rantaro sits next to him and Kokichi ends up in front of the two. Niles's face was looking up at the quickly darkening sky.
"A beautiful sunset, isn't it?" Niles hums out. "The sun giving way to the moon who will bask us in her ethereal glory."
"Yeah, it's quite nice," Rantaro says in agreement, looking up. Kokichi was looking at the two of them.
"See something you like Kokichi?" Niles asks, noticing that the purple gremlin was just staring at them.
"You're not my type Niles," Kokichi snorts in response. "But you two are hiding things. And I want in."
"True we are," Niles says, finally bringing his gaze from the sky and looks at Kokichi. "And I suppose we can tell you now instead of tomorrow morning."
"Wait- You're actually going to tell me? I thought I would have had to twist your arm to get you to tell me," Kokichi says, surprised. Rantaro chuckles.
"Nah. You passed our tests and since we got out of this alive, we're letting you in on the know. On the premise that you keep it secret," Rantaro explains.
"And we'll know if you let it slip~ So I recommend you don't let it slip~" Niles comments, as he casually pulls out an arrow to twirl between his fingers. Kokichi eyes the arrow and know that Niles meant business.
"Now, that wouldn't be very wise of me to do, now would it?" Kokichi says. "I don't think even I could get away with saying it's a lie anyways."
"Precisely, as what we are about to reveal to you is a bit too peculiar to be a lie," Rantaro hums out.
"So, who do you want to know about first? Me or pretty boy?" Niles asks.
"Rantaro," Kokichi answers.
"Very well then. As you've probably gathered, I do in fact know my talent and have been lying about it from the start. I'm the Ultimate Survivor. This isn't the first time I've played this Killing Game. As such, I know one of the others is the Mastermind but for some reason, I can't seem to remember," Rantaro says, scowling towards the end. He then hands his MonoPad over to Kokichi. "And that, is the Survivor's Perk MonoPad."
"Whoa... It has maps of every floor! And what the fuck - my Research Lab is under the main floor with a secret tunnel?" Kokichi asks.
"Yeup~ And take a look at the third floor would ya. Notice something off?" Niles says. Kokichi navigates to the third floor and looks over it. He blinks.
"Uuuhhh.. There's a gun and a knife-" Kokichi says. "Wait... This has to do with Maki, doesn't it? And her deal with you Niles?"
"Bingo~ Maki is actually an Assassin. You gotta keep that secret though as it goes with all of this. I have her observing the others to see if she can figure out who the Mastermind might be."
"Huh, smart. Now is that all for you Rantaro?" Kokichi asks, handing over the MonoPad back to the green haired male.
"Yup. And here's where it correlates with Niles - he's the 17th. These games should only have 16," Rantaro says.
"So, Niles wasn't supposed to be in this game... So why are you here then?" Kokichi puts together. These were not the secrets he had been expecting.
"Well, I was sent here on accident. I'm from a whole other universe where magic is a legit and dangerous thing. I'm a retainer to a young prince in a kingdom known as Nohr. My fellow retainer is a dark mage and he was creating a summoning circle to summon a very dark but powerful ally since we are currently at war. One of the lines broke but by the time I noticed it, it was too late. And so, here I am, stuck in a world with things beyond my imagination!" Niles explains.
"Well fuck!" Kokichi says. "That sure is something!"
"You bet. And now you're in the know," Rantaro nods. He then flops onto his back to stare up at the sky that was now significantly darker. Niles flops down as well.
"Anything else you wanna know that we might have left out?" Niles prompts the Supreme Leader. Kokichi flops backwards as well.
"Nah, I think I'm good. I got a lot to digest and think through," the purple haired gremlin responds.
"Fair enough. If you think of something, be sure to let us know," Rantaro says.
"You got it~" Kokichi hums out. The three males continued to lay in the grass and admire the sky as it fades to night, all ignoring the nighttime announcement when it went off for the night. They remained in a peaceful and comfortable silence, Kokichi processing the information, Niles enjoying the night sky and the moon and then Rantaro just appreciating the company of the two with him. Kokichi was the first to retire out of the three and with a cheerful good night, he hops off to the dorms. Rantaro props up onto his elbows and looks at Niles, noting how relaxed he was.
"Niles," Rantaro prompts. He waits for the the Outlaw to look over and acknowledge him. "Would it be bothersome to either stay with you or have you stay with me for the night?"
"Ohohohoho~ Not a bother but what ever is the reason?" Niles asks, his eyebrows wiggling in suggestion. Rantaro rolls his eyes in response.
"Not what you're thinking," Rantaro says. "It's kind of embarrassing but I guess after the severity this game is showing, I would feel better if I stayed with someone I trusted for the night," he explains, blushing a bit. Niles's face returns to normal and he chuckles softly.
"That's understandable. Despite the doors locking, you can never be too sure at night," Niles says before standing up. "And after something so brutal.. Being alone is not fun," he says, his tone much softer. He offers a hand to Rantaro and helps the green haired male up before walking back into the dorms. Niles gives Rantaro a knock pattern so that they could both change out of their clothes and into their night clothes. After Rantaro got changed, he swiftly made his way to Niles's room and knocked the pattern he was told. Niles let him in shortly enough and after the door was locked, the two males got settled in the bed and sleep overtook them soon enough.
The next morning brought a mostly quiet cafeteria as people didn't really know how to act after the previous day's murder and trial. The only noise was the occasional scrape against a plate, the placement of a cup, Tojo's footsteps every now and then, and the faint voices of Kokichi, Niles and Rantaro having a conversation. No one bothered the three who seemed to be fine, not even Tenko as she could not find it in her to yell at the three for being suspicious. The somber peace was soon interrupted by the MonoKubs appearing the cafeteria.
"Rise and shine ursine!" the MonoKubs greet. No one gave the five a greeting in return. Monotaro coughs a bit before speaking up.
"We have some rewards for you all to use for surviving the first trial!" Monotaro announces. His four siblings each present an object in their paws. Shuichi and Niles stand up and approach the MonoKubs knowing they would both be asked to figure out these objects. As such, the two received a red orb, a crank, a passport and an ocarina.
"Thanks I guess? Anything you can tell us about these objects?" Shuichi asks.
"Nope! That's for you all to figure out!" Monophanie answers with a cute smile.
"I see," Shuichi says.
"So long, bear well!" the MonoKubs say before disappearing, leaving the 15 remaining students alone once more.
"Well detective, looks like we have some business to attend to, don't we?" Niles asks.
"That we do. Let's go Niles," Shuichi says before starting to head out of the cafeteria, the Outlaw right behind him. Rantaro gets up and he jogs after the two, deciding to go with them to kinda keep some control over Niles. Kaede had gone to join them but decided to trust Rantaro to keep Niles in line and sees that everyone else needed some sort of pick me up and that Kokichi had lingered. Niles passes the ocarina and the crank to Rantaro.
"I think we should go up to the second floor first. I remember seeing a bizarre dragon statue," Rantaro suggests
"Ah yes I was thinking that. It's right before Kaede's lab. I think that crank is for that big door outside but I think that should be the last area we go to," Shuichi says, nodding in agreement.
"Works with me. Any idea where this ocarina could be used?" Niles prompts the two, holding up said item in his left hand.
"Not a clue. But I feel like that passport was to be used somewhere on the first floor," Rantaro hums.
"Well we're going to have to scour the place anyways so we'll eventually have to check the first floor," Shuichi informs them. The group make their way to the second floor and Shuichi leads them to the dragon statue where he takes the orb and puts it into the round indent. The eye of the dragon glows and Niles instinctively pulls Rantaro and Shuichi back as the dragon starts to violent shake. The dragon statue then explodes as does the wall behind it, revealing a hallway and the way forward.
"Well! That was a thing. Perhaps before we venture forward we should inform the others of this so that they have some to do while we figure out the rest?" Niles says. "In fact, I'll go do it. I'll be right back~"
"We might as well take a peak while we wait for Niles to return," Rantaro suggests to Shuichi who simply nods, his eyes shining with intrigue. As Niles saunters off to inform the others, Rantaro and Shuichi venture forward down the hallway. The two discover another Research Lab and peaking a head inside, the two see that it was most definitely Tojo's. They then walk further down, eventually coming across another set of stairs, as well as another lab and a very large chest. Shuichi pokes his head into the other lab and sees that it was Gonta's lab even though the butterflies on the door should have indicated that. Rantaro had wandered over to the chest. He didn't open it, not wanting to trigger a trap.
"Is it locked?" Shuichi asks as he walks over after looking in Gonta's lab.
"Not sure, but I want Niles to look it over first," Rantaro answers. And it wasn't very long afterwards that Niles arrives and about half the students were behind him. The Outlaw goes back over to the two while the other students dispersed around the second and third floor for the time being. "Speak of the devil and he shall appear!"
"Well, I am devilishly handsome so that's just a given. But oooo a chest," Niles says.
"Wanna check it and open it?" Rantaro asks.
"Duh," Niles says, rolling his eye. The two males step aside and let Niles get to work on inspecting the chest. Upon finding no traps, Niles gives a test open to see if it needed to be unlocked and it was not locked. He looks inside and pulls out a strange contraption. "What the hell is this?"
"It looks like a flashlight but I don't think it is... Let's save this for later when we meet up with everyone," Shuichi says, taking the bizarre flashlight.
"Well, let's continue exploring then," Rantaro says, heading towards the stairs despite knowing there was no need to go up there. Niles and Shuichi follow the green haired male up to the third floor. They noticed that Monokuma was outside one of the Research Labs and looked partially bothered. As they approached the irritated bear, Monokuma informs them to keep moving as there was no getting into Ryoma's lab as he's dead. The trio obey and move further down the hallway and neither Niles nor Rantaro were surprised to see Maki guarding the door to her lab. They were also told to bug off by Maki and Rantaro simply moves Shuichi back the way they came, knowing that Niles was going to follow.
The group makes their way down to the first floor and Rantaro fakes his curiosity as he wanders around, looking for a place that seemed similar to the shape of the passport. The Survivor didn't have to feign his curiosity for long as Himiko's presence and her mutterings about her magic brought their attention to the wall that was indeed missing something. Shuichi immediately goes over and puts the passport in. Niles once again yoinks the Detective away from the wall as it starts to shake, crumbling a few moments later. Himiko, showing the most energy she has, immediately makes a beeline down the hallway and the three follow, coming across her Research Lab. After curiously poking around Himiko's lab with her permission, the trio of males head outside to see if they could figure out the ocarina before using the crank.
As they wander outside, Kiibo spots them and waves them over eagerly. The three decide to follow the Robot to see what he had found while they were exploring the upper floors. Kiibo brings them over to the part of the building that was covered in vines and where there was a stone statue with music notes upon it. Tenko was talking with Kaede off to the side.
"You were given an ocarina correct? Perhaps you are to use it here!" Kiibo suggests, clearly proud of his deducting capabilities. Rantaro chuckles and pats Kiibo on the head after Niles relieves of the ocarina
"Might as well try. Not the best at music but those notes look easy enough," Niles hums out. He manages to play the notes he was shown and right before the six's eyes, the vines seemingly wither and blow away, revealing a pool.
"Oh sweet! A pool! That's gonna be crazy good!" Tenko cheers. "Oh! Kaede! Let's get all the girls together and have a girls night at the pool!"
"That sounds like a great idea!" Kaede beams. Niles ignored the chattering females and pokes his head inside, curious as to what a pool was and was surprised to see it was like the hot springs but not hot. Satisfied with his brief investigation, he returns to Shuichi and Rantaro.
"Well, time to go see what the hell is behind that big mysterious door!" Niles grins.
"Right! Let's go!" Shuichi says before turning and heading off towards the big, medieval looking gate. The three go into a light jog to speed up the process and arrive at the gate soon enough. Rantaro goes over and inserts the crank into the wall and starts to crank it. The gate opens just as Kaito joins them.
"WHOA! IS THAT A CASINO?" Kaito shouts before curiously heading down the path, Shuichi following behind, wondering what the hell the other building.
"What the hell is a casino?" Niles asks as he calmly walks with Rantaro.
"It's a place where people can gamble their money to get more money and prizes," Rantaro answers. The two catch up to Shuichi just as he was reading over the sign.
"Love Hotel? What's that?" Shuichi wonders out loud. Monokuma then appears, startling the poor Detective.
"Well! I'm glad you asked!"