Time for the first motive to be presented and the first victim to be murdered. A few of you have been trying to guess who's gonna die first and let me just say, you might be surprised. After the victim is shown, try to guess who killed them. I can't think of anything more to say, so let's get this show started!
Chapter 1-4: Of Trust and of Dissonance- Motive and First Victim
Daisuke headed back to the main auditorium where they first met that demented bear and saw that everyone was already there, even Fujin, surprisingly.
"Just because I don't want to hang around with people doesn't mean I'm stupid enough to ignore Monokuma." Fujin said as she looked at Daisuke.
"I didn't say anything." Daisuke said, raising his hands in surrender.
"Tch." Fujin scoffed as she looked away.
"Bad attitude aside, why have we been called here?" Bertrand asked.
"I'm quite sure Monokuma will tell us soon enough." Torahiko said.
"I'm somewhat amazed that you can stay calm about this entire situation." Kazuko said.
"Enough idle chattering, where is that bear so he may inform us of what he so wanted to reveal." Angelo said impatiently.
"As much as I hate to say it, I agree with the pompus ass." Katsumi said, earning a disapproving look from Michael with her language.
"You brats are so impatient!" Monokuma said as he appeared on the stage. "Haven't you ever heard of suspense? It makes the reveal so much better and interesting!"
"Please stop the antics and tell us why you've gathered us." Kuroko said.
"Fine, geez, you bastards always have to ruin my fun." Monokuma seem to pout. "Anyways, I'm bored! You all haven't even tried to kill each other! The closest I've gotten is the arguing from Queen Bossy and Prince Pompus!"
"I beg your pardon!/Excuse me!" Angelo and Katsumi said at the same time, offended, but ultimately ignored as Monokuma kept talking.
"So, I've decided to give you a reason to kill each other!" The bear said with a twisted smile before he held up a stack of photos, each with a student's name on the back before he threw them at them.
Daisuke grabbed the one with his name on the back before he turned it over, shock and dread suddenly filling him as he stared, frozen, at the picture. "M-mom?"
He vaguely hears the others' cries of shock and some vague hints of anger.
"Where... where did you get this photo?" Kuroko demanded.
"Oh, I have my reasources, Upupu~" Monokuma laughed. "I'm called this motive, Destiny Bond! All of you have that one special person who means more to you then anything, whether they be family or not, alive or dead." Monokuma said as his face gained an twisted and evil expression. "But if a murder doesn't happen in the next 24 hours, I will completely wipe them from your memories!"
"You'll do what?!" Harumi yelled, shocked.
"B-But that's impossible! You can't just make us forget about them!" Xeno said.
"Oh, it's not impossible. It's not like your memories haven't been changed before." Monokuma said offhandedly.
"W-what do you mean?" Soleil said.
"You've messed with our memories before?" Koyumi asked, shaking lightly.
"Upupu~ Did I say that? Opps~ It must've slipped out." Monokuma laughed. "Remember, 24 hours for a murder to happen, or say bye bye to your most precious person!" He said before he disappeared.
Nobody said anything for a while, nobody could say anything as they tried to process what just happened, all the shock, fear, even a bit of despair flooding them and preventing them from making any reaction as of yet.
"H-he has to be lying, right?" Daisuke asked, clutching the photo in his hand.
"Of course, there's no way he could possibly do that." Kazuko said, her voice shaking lightly as she tried to reassure everyone.
"Oh, I do believe he is capable of it. He did let slip that he has messed with our memories before." Torahiko said, weirdly casual and calm.
"How are you so calm about potentially forgetting the person who means the most to you?" Michael asked.
"I bet he's just putting on a brave face, like he really is that calm." Fujin said.
"Let's all settle down, we need to think and act calmly." Bertrand said.
"Like I'm going to act calmly after learning something like that. I need to work to get through this." Kafsi said, before he walked out of the auditorium, the photo in his hand.
"Shouldn't we stay together so we can work through this together? We just have to beat the despair inside us to not be tempted by it." Xeno said.
"I would have to say I agree with that." Kokomo said.
"We should at least stay together." Harumi suggested as Kuroko gripped the locket around her neck before suddenly marching out.
"Kuroko? Where're you going?" Kazuko asked worriedly before turning to the others. "Let me see if I can't see what's wrong." She said before she ran after her.
"Well, she has the right idea to at least keep in sight of someone." Bertrand said.
"Alright, for the next day, everyone has to stay with someone else." Katsumi said, with the others nodding in agreement.
"Hey Bertrand, why don't we go finish our project?" Harumi asked as she walked up to him.
"Alright, it should distract us from what just occurred." Bertrand said before the two walked out of the auditorium. The others slowly followed their example, though Fujin tried to go off on her own before Katsumi grabbed her and forced her to join her, until the odd foursome of Daisuke, Soleil, Kokomo, and Koyumi was left.
"Why don't we go to the cafeteria? Perhaps some food and chatting will helps us keep our minds off of what Monokuma told us." Koyumi suggested.
"Alright." Soleil said as Kokomo merely nodded. Daisuke merely stayed quiet as they went to the cafeteria.
When they reached the cafeteria, Koyumi went to kitchen to grab them a snack as the other three sat at the table.
Daisuke was still quiet as he stared at his picture that he still had in his hands, not responding even when the other two tried to get him to talk or cheer him up.
"My picture had my father." Koyumi suddenly said, placing a plate of various snacks on the table, making Daisuke raise his head in surprise, Soleil and Kokomo looking at her as well. "He was the one who introduced me to Kyudo, and drove me to perfect my art. That's why he's my precious person."
The others were silent for a bit.
"Mine is an old friend of mine. He was bullied and the reason why I became a sukeban, and formed my gang." Kokomo said.
"My family is precious to me, but the one that was shown in the photo was my mom, who I have my last name from." Soleil said.
Daisuke listened and sighed quietly, he knew they were trying to help him by talking through it, and honestly, it was helping. "My photo has my mom. I don't know her, she died when she gave birth to me, but... she was the only parent that loved me."
Koyumi smiled gently as she placed her hand over Daisuke's comfortingly. "There. Do you feel better now that you've said it out loud?"
"... Yeah, I do. Thank you." Daisuke said.
"You're welcome, though honestly that was for all of our benefit. I know my thoughts were starting to turn a bit dark thinking about that motive." Koyumi said.
"Hopefully the others have the same idea." Soleil said.
"If not, I'm sure they'll have their own way of getting over this." Kokomo said.
"Now, let forget all about that and just enjoy each other's company." Koyumi said, smiling.
The others made affirming sounds as they started eating snacks and chatting about whatever came to mind. The mood around them became much lighter, even after all the snacks were gone.
With all their talking, they lost track of time, getting close to nighttime. Before the nighttime announcement could be played, a loud scream suddenly pierced through the air, shattering the peaceful atmosphere.
"That sounded like Harumi!" Kokomo said.
"You think she's okay?" Soleil asked worriedly.
"Let's go find her!" Daisuke said before they all got up and rushed out of the cafeteria, heading towards where the scream came from.
They soon found Harumi, slumped against the wall in front of warehouse, shaking almost violently, eyes fixed on a certain sight.
When they all went towards her and looked towards where she was staring at, the image was forever burned into their minds.
On the ground, a bloody sword was laying there, like it was hastily thrown there, next to the freshly dead body. And the dead student, with a stab wound that goes straight through and deep into the center of their forehead... was Bertrand Dewy, The Ultimate Philosopher.
Dun, dun, dun, we have our first victim! And it was our despair hating philosopher. How many of you saw this coming? Now that you know the victim and the motive behind their murder, try to guess who might've killed him, before all is revealed in the Class Trial. Next chapter shall be where all the evidence is gathered for the Trial. Tell me who you think the killer is, and I'll see you all next chapter! Chaos, out!