"Now then let's begin with a basic explanation of the class trial, during the trial you'll present your arguments on the case, and vote for whodunit, vote correctly and only the blackened will be punished, but if you pick the wrong person, I'll punish everyone besides the blackened and that person will get to graduate" Monokuma explained. "Alright now let the class trial begin!"
"I'd never thought we'd be back here again," Butters said, "sorry Ken we couldn't keep our promise."
"It's not your fault Butters, whoever killed Nichole is to blame for our reappearance in this chamber," Kyle said.
"Well we have to solve the mystery of Nichole's death so let's get to it," Clyde said. It's beginning, the second trial about gets underway, just like before I have to be ready for anything and everything.
"So, Nichole was found in the garden," Clyde said.
"She was buried underneath the soil." "Butters, Token, and Mike discovered her there," Wendy said.
"Yeah looks like someone stopped her from breathing with the tarp betcha that's what killed her," Eric said.
Wait a minute that's not right, "No that's wrong" I said.
"According to Stan's autopsy report, the poison is what killed her not the tarp."
"Is that right?" Eric said. "In that case, we have the where, the when, and the how, now we just need the who."
"Not quite we don't have the when pinned down yet" I responded. "According to the Monokuma file, she was killed between 7:30pm and 8:15pm, which means that we have a forty-five-minute window for which time ninety percent of us don't have alibis. We're just getting started I'm afraid."
"The file says the time of death was between 7:30 and 8:15" Wendy asked. "It couldn't be that early because I went to her lab around 7:30 and she was still alive."
"How did she look when you saw her," Butters asked.
"She barely even acknowledged me at first, it wasn't until I was about to leave that she even looked at me, something was definitely eating at Nichole I just wish I knew what it was," Wendy said.
"Maybe we do know," Clyde said.
"What do you mean," Token asked.
"Just follow me on this one I got a theory as to what was bothering her" Clyde answered. "So, Nichole was in her lab, right? She was probably upset about one of two things. Either the book with the info on Project UA or the motive video we found in her room."
"One of those two things definitely messed with her psychologically," Butters said.
"From the what Wendy said it was probably a combination of both."
Hold on what Clyde said is probably the case. "You're right," I said. "Clyde the motive video we found the one in Nichole's room, she probably watched it before she went to her lab."
"How do you figure," he asked.
"The contents of the motive video itself are the answer, Nichole wanted information on Project UA and Monokuma gave her an offer that she couldn't refuse," I said.
"Wait hold on Mike where are you going with this" Token asked.
I hesitated to answer, I knew what this information would do to him, but for the sake of our survival, he and everyone else need to know.
"I think that the victim, in this case, had planned to become blackened herself." Everyone was understandably shocked at this theory.
"Wait a minute, you think Nichole planned to kill someone for information," Token asked.
"That's crazy why would she do that" Tweek asked.
"Think about it Tweek" Eric started. "She was the Ultimate Author knowledge is what she craved and that journal we found was like a turkey on Thanksgiving for her, she probably wanted more info from the get-go, and when Monokuma offered it she didn't even hesitate."
"No, I don't believe it," Token said. "I refuse to believe that Nichole was trying to kill." "Nichole may have been interested in the journal, but she wouldn't kill for it, she was our friend, how could you believe she would attempt to kill anyone, she's the victim, she didn't try to kill!"
Token's upset I get that but there is proof that backs up my theory.
"No that's wrong," I said. "I'm sorry Token but their evidence to back up my theory. The poison vial that Wendy found in her lab, what would she be doing with that in the first place?"
"Your, your wrong" Token said.
"She was good she would never do something like that."
"There is another theory, but it's just as bad I'm afraid," Heidi said.
"What do you mean," I asked.
"She could've used that poison on herself" Heidi answered. An equally understandable shock echoed through the chamber. We all looked at Heidi eagerly awaiting her explanation. "Nichole could have been planning to kill with the poison, but then as she was getting ready to go out and kill, she suddenly realized that what she was doing was horribly wrong."
"But why to take herself out," Eric asked. "Why not just go join the others as if none of it had ever happened?"
"Simple" Heidi answered. "Butters if someone had an epiphany like that under these circumstances how badly would the guilt be weighing them down?"
"That kind of guilt would be soul-crushing" he answered.
"Exactly, the guilt of realizing what she had done had gotten to be too much for her so she swallowed the poison right there in her lab and ended her life," Heidi said. Wait for their evidence that proves this isn't a suicide.
"No that's wrong," I said. "Heidi that can't be how it went down remember we found her body in the garden and there was no evidence of drag marks in her lab so I doubt that she was killed anywhere else."
"I see," Heidi said, "I guess it was foolish to think that Nichole would do something like that, sorry Token my theory probably just upset you more."
"It's alright, but to be quite honest I also think this was a suicide" Token said. His statement caught me and everyone else by surprise. "I can't bring myself to believe that Nichole wanted to kill and even if the suicide was her way of atoning for an act she had yet to commit, I will believe in Nichole and that she was good to the very end."
"Don't be a fool Token she obviously hadn't planned to use it on herself?" Eric said.
"Yeah that's right plus we already agreed there was no evidence of body transport," Jimmy said.
"But what if she just ended it in the garden and someone buried her there" Wendy added.
"The evidence could prove that theory," Tweek said.
"No way that bookworm didn't kill herself, someone killed her they used that tarp remember," Henrietta said.
"Hold it right there" Monokuma shouted. "It seems like your split down the middle again which means it time for another team debate!" "Today's topic: Who did Nichole plan to use the poison on?"
I believe she planned to kill with it, I just need to make sure the others see it as well. Just like before Monokuma put turned his key and our platforms began to move.
"On the self-side, we have, Heidi, Token, Wendy, Tweek, Craig, and Clyde. On the someone else side, we have, Mike, Butters, Jimmy, Eric, Henrietta, Stan, and Kyle, ready let the team debate, begin!"
"Nichole killed herself after I saw her in her lab" Wendy started.
"But then how did she end up in the garden" Henrietta replied.
"The culprit probably dragged her body from her lab to the garden," Clyde said.
"Without any of us seeing them, that's a little far-fetched if you ask me" Kyle rebutted.
"The pressure of the UA project became too much for her to handle gah," Tweek said.
"You're the only one who can't handle extra pressure Tweek" Eric responded.
"Nichole didn't seem like the type to be able to kill someone, she's too innocent for that if you ask me," Craig said.
"Even innocent people can draw the blood of another when adrenaline takes over their minds and they aren't thinking clearly," Stan said.
"If she killed herself in the garden, maybe someone just buried her there to mess with our heads," Heidi said.
"Psychologically that makes sense, but with the time crunch and considering the time when we all met up I doubt anyone would've gone to the trouble for kicks," Butters said.
"No, Nichole wouldn't kill I know it in my heart," Token said.
"I'm sorry man but the evidence, in this case, supports the murder theory," I said.
"And with that" I stated, "This is our answer," the members of the someone else side said in conjunction.
With that, we finally came to a consensus that Nichole did indeed plot to kill one of us for the information Monokuma promised her in the video.
"So, if Nichole did plot to kill, who was the target," Wendy asked.
"Well, whoever she went after probably ended up becoming the culprit on this one" Stan answered.
"Agreed" I concurred. "I think first we should make sure we know where she was killed."
"Isn't it obvious?" Craig asked. "She was killed in the Garden."
"I don't know about that, there is a chance she was killed elsewhere, her labor even her room" Eric said.
"What makes you say that," Kyle asked. "Got something you want to tell us?"
"You wish I was the culprit so you can watch me get executed but I am afraid that you won't get the pleasure this time," Eric said in a snarky tone. "I have a theory if you would like to hear it."
"Enlighten us," I said.
"Very well, listen up," he said. "Now follow me on this one." "What if Nichole summoned the culprit to her lab, and attempted to poison them." "When she failed the culprit overpowered her and forced the poison down her throat, once that was done they dragged Nichole to the garden and dug a shallow grave for her in order to make us think she died in the garden." His theory makes sense but there's some evidence that doesn't support it.
"No that's wrong," I said. "There's a contradiction in your theory, and it lies in the garden."
"Enlighten me," he said.
"The brick that was out of place in the garden," I said. "The one that Butters fell on when we discovered Nichole's body, it's not much but I believe that it's enough to confirm that she died in the garden."
"So, the question is who was in the garden with Nichole," Wendy asked.
"Well you all were supposed to come to my lab for the coffee tasting at 8 but a good half of you were late" Tweek answered.
"Craig, Clyde, Token, Kyle, Wendy, Mike, and I were all there at 8," Butters said.
"Stan, Henrietta, and Jimmy showed up a few minutes later," Craig said. "So, what were you guys doing before you got there, I don't want to suspect you guys but we need to know."
"Well, Henrietta and I were actually together in my lab before we came to Tweek's," Jimmy said.
"Really," Heidi said surprised. "What were you two doing together?"
"Don't act so shocked, flower girl" Henrietta said aggressively. "Jimmy here was showing me some of his standup act."
"Henrietta seemed more upset about this then the rest of us, I was trying to cheer her up," Jimmy said.
"That's really nice of you Jim," Butters said.
"So, they're clear, what about you Stan," Craig asked.
"I uh, I don't want to talk about it" he answered.
"What why," Kyle asked.
"I can't tell you" he answered. "Stan you need to, unless, did you kill her," Kyle asked panicking.
"No, I swear I didn't" he answered.
"Stan you need to tell us or we'll vote you the culprit," Token said.
"It's none of your business," he said getting more aggressive.
"Well that's all I needed to hear, Stan has my vote" Token responded.
"Hold on," I said. "I think I might know what he was doing and why he doesn't want to say."
"Mike don't," he said. "Stan, I know you're not the culprit they need to know, otherwise we will all die and I don't want to die here, do you?" He didn't respond but I had no choice. "Stan has been working on a birthday gift for Kyle, a poem, he spent the last few days in the library working on it, I know because I helped him with it." "Ten bucks that's what he was working on before he arrived at Tweek's lab."
Kyle looked at Stan, "is that true?" Stan blushed and nodded confirming the revelation I revealed.
"Stan I" Kyle began,
"let's get through this trial and then we can talk about other stuff later." Stan cut him off.
"Well with that I believe that those three are clear" Wendy said awkwardly. Being stuck in between both of them after that revelation, I wouldn't want to be her.
"Last but not least, Heidi you were the last one to arrive before we found Nichole in the garden, what were you doing before you came to us," I asked.
"Well let's see I was in my room for a bit then I went to my lab to work on some soil samples I took from the garden the other night, then I realized where the time had gone, I ran back to my room, got changed and went to meet you guys."
Craig and I glanced at each other as she said that, we both caught it, the contradiction she made.
"Heidi, something's wrong with your alibi," Craig said.
"What do you mean," she asked.
"When Tweek, Craig and I searched the garden, we checked out your lab it looked like it hadn't been used at all, as new as the day it was unlocked," I said.
"What can I say I'm meticulous about my cleaning, I cleaned up before I left" she answered.
"But wait you said you rushed over after running back to your room, you had time to clean before you ran to get ready," Tweek asked. At this point, everyone was looking at Heidi and her platform had moved toward the center.
"Wait, hold on," Kyle said. "I'm off the opinion that it's still too early to convict Heidi and condemn her to death." "We still don't have Eric's alibi and he's much more suspicious in these circumstances then Heidi."
"Screw you, Kyle, I told you I was in my room," Eric said. "That alibi is not gonna hold up dude, no one saw you in your room plus you weren't with the rest of us outside Tweek's room at all, you could've been anywhere on this boat and none of us would've known, until we found the body, you were completely MIA."
"Just because you didn't see me doesn't I killed that bitch," Eric said.
"Her name was Nichole you scumbag," Token said. "I'm with Kyle I think fatass here did it."
Eric's platform turned red and advanced forward to match the positioning of Heidi's. Two main suspects each with shaky alibis, one of them killed Nichole in self-defense after she tried to poison them. Everyone is unsure on who to vote for but based on the evidence and the circumstances of the crime that we now know took place, there's only one person who could've killed her.
'Hey Mike, you've been lost in thought for a while now, do you know who the culprit is" Butters asked.
"Yeah I think I do" No doubt about it, it has to be them. "The culprit, in this case, is Heidi," I said.
Heidi's eyes widened as if she had known she had been caught, then she started laughing.
"Good one Mike," she said, "you caught me off guard for a minute there." She kept laughing and looked back at me as did some of the others in the room, I couldn't let my conviction waiver, I know the truth, now I just need to make them see.
Heidi stopped laughing at this point her tone got much more serious, "you really think I did it" she asked. "How dare you accuse me!"
Her personality did a complete one-eighty at this point, the sweet gardener and chef we've come to know now stood before us an angry and verbally aggressive defendant.
"After all, I've done for you and everyone here you accuse me over fatass over there, he's more suspicious than anyone in this goddamn killing game!"
"Sorry Heidi but the facts and evidence don't" I was about to finish my sentence when someone cut me off.
"Moses gives me strength" Kyle shouted. "I'm with Heidi there is no way she did this and if you won't defend her then I will Mike." "Heidi's alibi may be a bit shaky, but at least it's more viable then Eric's, besides Heidi is the last person here we'd expect to kill."
"It doesn't matter how we feel about her, her alibi, and the location of her lab in conjunction to the scene tells it all" I rebutted.
"Who cares if her lab was attached to the garden" Kyle responded. "Heidi's alibi still is stronger, she was in her lab working before the murder happened."
I stopped him right there, "I'll cut your words!"
"If Heidi was really working in her lab, no matter how meticulous a cleaner she claims to be, she still would've left some evidence behind especially if she was in a rush," I said. "Well, Heidi, what do you have to say?"
She was unresponsive, not even looking us in the eye, we heard her start to sniffle and saw tears fall from her eyes. At this point everyone was silent, you could hear a pin drop in the room.
"Well Mike why don't you finish this one up," Clyde said.
I looked to meet his gaze as did the others. He looked at Token and Nichole's empty podium, she wasn't a blameless victim in all this, that much was clear. "Let's end this trial and put this case to bed."
Heidi looked at him, panic started to enter her eyes, she knew now what fate would soon befall her, a fate she did not deserve, but in order for us to survive and escape, Heidi must be sacrificed. My conviction had yet to waiver and I couldn't stop now. With a gripped fist I began to review the case once more.
"The truth of the case is revealed!" "The blackened in this case had no intention of becoming a murderer this evening, however, their hand was forced. Around 7:30 Wendy saw the victim, Nichole Daniels in here lab reading, she had reminded Nichole about the coffee tasting at Tweek's lab, when Nichole responded she simply walked away. Wendy and the rest of us for that matter had no idea that Nichole had planned to commit murder.
Nichole took the poison that she stole from the nurse's office and began looking for a target. She didn't have anyone in mind, just someone she knew she could overpower. That's when she saw the culprit in the garden.
She snuck up behind the culprit and jumped them pinning them to the floor, she reached for the poison and as she did the culprit used their free arm to overpower Nichole. Nichole began to struggle, she wasn't going to stop now, the culprit had to stop her so they grabbed the first thing she could find which was the bottle that had fallen out of Nichole's pocket, the culprit probably knew it was poison but at this point there was no going back, they poured the poison down Nichole's throat which subsequently killed her.
Realizing what they had done, the culprit quickly grabbed a shovel, the gloves, and the tarp from the shed and buried Nichole to hide the evidence. After that, they ran to her lab, dropped the poison vial, proceeded to their room, got changed, and proceeded to meet up with the rest of us as if nothing had happened. You killed her in self-defense didn't you, Heidi Turner, the Ultimate Gardener."
Heidi didn't respond at first, but after a few seconds she fell to her knees and was crying once more. Her tears spoke a thousand words, and it was all a confession that we had needed.
"Monokuma," Token said in a monotone voice. "Please start the voting time, I think we'd all like to get this over with."
"You got it, dude," he said with a chuckle. "Jurors lock in those votes! It's voting time!"
The screen in front of me lit up once more, I didn't want to do it especially given the circumstances, but I pushed Heidi's button and hit vote. A moment later a screen appeared and showed the results, it wasn't unanimous this time, we were one vote short considering she hadn't picked herself up off the floor we all knew who didn't vote.
"Who will be chosen as the blackened, will you make the right choice or the dreadfully wrong one."
The white wheel appeared next to Monokuma once again all of our faces on it except for Kenny's, Bebe's, and Nichole's. A black bar spun around three times before slowing down and landing on Heidi's face.
"Two for two, congrats chums, Nichole Daniels's killer was the gorgeous girl with the green thumb, Heidi Turner!" She was hysterical at this point and who could blame her.
"Heidi," I said. "No one blames you, you were just protecting yourself." She didn't respond, it was as if she blocked out all sound. Token walked up to her and kneeled down hugging her. Finally, her eyes had left the floor.
"Heidi, I know it's painful but could you please tell us what happened," he asked. She nodded and composed herself enough to tell us the truth.
"It happened just like Mike said" she began. "But I didn't just reach for the poison right away, I tried to talk her down, but she said that she needed to know, and she needed to get out. If I didn't stop her, she would've tried to kill me again, or worse she would've gone after one of you. I didn't mean to kill her, it wasn't until after she was dead that I realized it was poison."
"Why bury the body," Eric asked. Heidi looked at him confused. "The body, we found it buried, why?"
"Because, well, she may have tried to kill me, but it was an accident, I wanted to give her a proper burial but all things considered what I did was the best I could do.
"Noble until the end," Eric said in a sarcastic tone.
"Oh, ho speaking of the end, it's time for Heidi's end" Monokuma interrupted. The calm state shown on Heidi's face quickly changed to pure panic.
"No, please, it was an accident, she was gonna kill me what else was I supposed to do" Heidi pleaded.
"How should I know, it ain't my fault the wannabe President over there is also a super sleuth, if anything, blame him for putting it together" Monokuma answered. Heidi was back to full-blown hysterics she raced for the elevator and started to pry it open with her hands, her expression was almost feral I'd never seen anyone so desperate to survive.
"Now then, I've prepared a special punishment for Heidi Turner, the Ultimate Gardener" Monokuma began.
"Please let me out of here I don't want to die, help me" Heidi turned around and pleaded for our help, but we all knew there was nothing we could do and, in the end, I believed Heidi knew that too.
"Let's give it everything we've got, it's PUNISHMENT TIME," Monokuma said. Then just like with Kenny, he hit the red button on his gavel and the screen behind him lit up once more. "Heidi has been found guilty, commencing execution." Heidi was still clawing at the elevator trying to get it open when to hand restraints shot out of the ground, captured her and dragged her underneath the trial chamber.
The screen lit up and we got a view of the execution chamber once more, we saw Heidi suddenly fall into it her hands-free from the restraints. The light in the chamber grew stronger and we saw five giant fake flowers surrounding her in a pentagon formation. All of them had their petals covering the center, but four of them quickly opened up to reveal multiple holes in each one. A graphic came onto the screen, "When Nature Attacks, Ultimate Gardener Heidi Turner's execution: executed."
Seeds fired out of the four flowers at rapid speed and quantity. They increased in speed doing more and more damage to Heidi's body, after a few seconds her clothes were torn apart and she was bleeding like crazy. She couldn't even stand, the damage from the bullet seeds was to extensive. Suddenly the fifth flower slowly bended down to where it was right in front of Heidi, the flower opened and released a plume of yellow smoke, Heidi suffocated from it and inevitably died. Her body laid there lifeless, bringing the second execution, and as a result the second trial to a close.
Butters fell to his knees after the screen turned to black and screamed. I remembered that his eyes were closed during Kenny's execution so Heidi's was the first he had witnessed.
"Alright kiddies' trial's over, now go get some sleep lord knows I need it" Monokuma said over the loudspeaker. The elevator door opened and we used it to leave the chamber. By the time we all returned to our rooms it was three in the morning, so we all decided to just leave anything we needed to say until later in the day. As I was getting ready for sleep I heard a knock at my door, once again it was Butters still in shock over watching that execution. We ended up in my bed together somehow, at that point in the night I was too exhausted to even deduce how, all I can remember was that we talked for a bit and I woke up seven hours later with him lying next to me.