Hi, I'm still on hiatus, but I've decided to do a special update on all my stories for my birthday, which is today, so enjoy!


The third floor is... creepy, in the simplest of terms.

Borderline psychotic could be an overreaction, so I'll keep that thought to myself.

I can't really judge as I ran up the stairs and straight into my lab, locking the door behind myself in the process, but from the very brief glance I had, I've decided I will happily stay locked in my lab and far away from Korekiyo or the empty rooms.

Solid plan. Truly.

Except... it really isn't.

"Angie!"

"Hello, Angie."

"Hi..."

My left eye twitches as I stare at Korekiyo, Kokichi, and Shuichi standing in my suddenly open lab door that I know I locked.

"How'd you get in?"

"Your door was unlocked," Kokichi responds with a half-smile. "Didn't you know that?"

There's no way it was unlocked, I checked, five times.

Little Liar

"My bad, what do you need?"

"I merely wished to have a conversation and passed these two on my way here," Korekiyo responded lowly, an odd gleam in his eyes.

"I'll be fast, I was just going to ask if you can hold onto this?" My breath hitched as Shuichi held out the Necronomicon. "Not permanently, it's just your lab is the only one we can lock, and you have the only key."

That was... not wrong. I hadn't meant for anyone to know I'd gotten a spare key from Monosuke because he found Monodam's attitude ridiculous. It was rotten luck Gonta and Keebo saw, and those two couldn't keep their mouths shut, so now everyone knew.

"No problem!" I reply, with as much happiness I can muster as the book is dropped into my hands. "I'll make sure to find a spot and keep it there, for now, kay?"

"Thank you." Shuichi nodded before saying goodbye and leaving with Kokichi.

Now I'm alone, with Korekiyo.

"So, Kiyo, what brings you here?" I ask as I offer him a seat and start looking around my lab for a place to hide the Necronomicon, carefully avoiding looking at the guest I have.

"I was curious about your lab as well as the Necronomicon when I found out about their intentions to give it to you... It seems fortune favors us both."

"Guess it does."

"You seem... distracted. Is it because of the recent deaths?"

"You could say that; doesn't it affect you?" I turn towards him slightly. "At all?"

"It showed to me that neither was fit to meet my sister. No, both acted too rashly, hardly good friends."

"That's all you're focused on?" I whirl on him. "Two of our friends just died!"

"Your friends," Kiyo responds coolly. "For me, they were one acquaintance who I had satisfactory, if stilted, conversations with, and the other was a nuisance."

"Don't... Don't talk about her like that."

"Very well, though it is surprising for you to defend another." Kiyo leans back in his seat. "Your grasp on reality since the beginning of this game seems... tenuous, at best, I almost considered you to be unfit to be a friend for dear sister."

"Maybe you should stop talking."

"Kehehe. Does it bother you, these topics?"

"You already know the answer, so stop asking."

"How about I-"

"Everything okay in here?" A deep, monotone voice interrupts.

The two of us turn to the open door and see Ryoma standing there, hands deep in his pockets. "Well?"

"No, why would there be a problem?" Kiyo questions, rising smoothly. "It was a simple conversation."

"Then you don't mind if I stay? I promised Angie I'd teach her tennis today, so I'll wait right here for you to finish your talk."

Kiyo's eyes narrow. "Is it right for a killer such as yourself to spend time around innocent people?"

"Not a bad question, what would you say if I asked you the same thing?"

"This has been a... pleasant interaction, Angie. I'd like to continue another day." Kiyo gave a short nod before disappearing.

"Thank you, Ryoma."


Ryoma never tried to teach me tennis, I don't think he's ready for that, but we did spend some time in my lab and hid the Necronomicon before deciding to sit at the window overlooking the pool in his lab.

Kaito stopped by and even managed to get a full conversation out of Ryoma before sitting down with us.

It all seemed peaceful.

We all let out a laugh when Tenko shouted from the pool about Kaito being a pervert for watching her and Himiko, and it feels so nice to laugh.

Laughing seems like a foreign idea when looking back on recent events that it shows how unique this group is when they can joke around and smile without focusing on the trail of blood left behind us.

But looking between Ryoma and Kaito makes it hard for me to tell how real this is. The small grasp I have on reality depends on my memory of the game, but now the game is changing, and I don't know if that's good.

Changing things feels wrong after seeing the results. Ryoma is alive, but Miu died as the blackened with Kirumi as a victim, her corpse toyed with by someone unknown.

Is this reality better for the people in this game? It could end up with Maki, Himiko, or Shuichi dead at some point, and how would someone even save Kaito? The only way I can think of is either ending the game early or speeding it up... which has already happened by about a day.

Could these changes grow?

If Shuichi dies, because someone has to go after the detective at some point, it's common sense, it'll be hard to solve cases, especially if Kokichi and Maki refuse to help.

Turning away from Kaito and Ryoma, I briefly wonder if any of us are useful in the class trials or overall plot at all and... I can't decide.

Miu needed to live. She was supposed to do so much that would let Kokichi bring the game to a standstill. What will he do now without her?

The people left alive are me, Kokichi, Shuichi, Maki, Himiko, Ryoma, Kaito, Kiyo, Tsumugi, Tenko, Keebo, and Gonta.

The ones dead are... Rantaro, Kaede, Kirumi, and Miu.

I can't see Kokichi working with many of these people, and now we're halfway into the game, so it's not a good idea to start working with anyone...

There should be three trials left before the finale, and with how Kiyo has been acting, he's going to kill soon, which likely means two females will die.

After that, the fourth trial is anyone's game, though, without Miu, Kokichi's plans have been pushed back, that is, if he's even going through with his current project.

The fifth trial... is dependent on the fourth trial.

Oh. Everything rests on what Kokichi does in the fourth trial.

That's bad.