"Now then let's begin with a basic explanation of the class trial" Monokuma began, "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"
Henrietta cut him off, "we know how it works we've done this four times already, this makes number five."
"That's true" Monokuma started, "but this trial is different from all the others you've faced before, and that's because, I'll be participating"
"You will" Token asked.
"Yepparoni, we've never had a case like this before, well one came close in the past but never like this, I'm so excited I would kick myself if I didn't join in on the fun soooooooo, here comes a new challenger Monokuma brings the despair." He answered.
"Where have I heard that reference before, or something similar" Token asked. "Wait that's not important, what is important is figuring out the truth about our friends."
I looked at Craig he was understandably distracted, he's been looking at Tweek's portrait since we entered the chamber.
"Hey Craig" I started, it broke him out of his daydream and he looked back to me. "I know your worried about Tweek I get it, I'm worried about Butters as well, but the only way will be able to find out what happened to them is by completing this trial."
"Your right Mike" he said, "well what're we waiting for let's get this over with." "
Right, the first thing we should do is determine the identity of the bodies we found in the engine room" Henrietta said. "It won't be easy but between the four of us, well five of us now, we should be able to figure it out."
"The first body, the one we've been calling body A, who do we think it belongs to" Henrietta asked.
"Based on the three that are currently missing, it makes sense that the two bodies belong to Tweek and Butters" Token said.
"…" Craig didn't say a word, but something Token said contradicts with the evidence.
"No that's wrong!" I said, "It's too early to definitively say who the bodies belong to, there's evidence at the scene which throws the identities of the bodies into question."
"What evidence would that be" Token asked.
"It's not what evidence is present it's what evidence is absent, there's a body missing from the morgue" I answered.
The others looked at me surprised, even Monokuma, I guess he missed that detail, I'll deal with him later though, first things first.
"Wait there's a what missing from the morgue" Craig asked.
"A body" I answered.
"As we all know the bodies of our fallen friends and classmates are kept in the morgue post death, when I investigated it after the explosion I noticed one body was missing, but I couldn't tell which one because they were all covered. Nevertheless, the fact that a body was stolen means we need to consider other possibilities besides our three missing classmates."
"Alright, then let's continue discussing the matter" Token said.
Craig glanced at me out of the corner of his eye, he knew I was lying and he must have figured out what my plan was. With Craig on board I can move onto phase two.
"If a body was taken from the morgue" Token began, "then there's the possibility that it is one of the two bodies in the engine room."
"Meaning that two at least of our classmates could still be alive" Henrietta said.
"But what about the evidence you all collected from the scene" Monokuma said, "the only personal effects that were found were ones that belonged to two of the three missing classmates, Tweek's ring and Butters's monopad."
That last statement, it's just what I need to prove my theory. "No that's wrong" I said, "not so fast Monokuma there's something you're missing, and it proves the suspicions I've had since this case began."
"What are you talking about" Monokuma shouted.
"There was something else on the body closest to the door, something that we confirmed didn't belong to any of our missing classmates, but it did belong to a fallen one."
"Your lying, you can't just make up evidence that's not how a class trial works" he rebutted.
"It's a good thing this evidence isn't made up" I countered. "We found a Star of David on the first body, the one nearest to the door, body A."
"The Star of David is a symbol from the Jewish religion" Henrietta said, "none of the missing students were Jewish, but one of the fallen ones is. " Your right and that's why I'm certain Body A belongs to the Ultimate Rabbi, Kyle Broflovski, the missing body from the morgue matches the freezer that he was in."
"Hold on, you said that you couldn't tell who was in what freezer" Monokuma said.
"A little white lie to reveal a big truth, right Monokuma" I countered. Monokuma began to sweat, I didn't think it was possible for a robot bear but on this ship, I'll believe anything is possible. "Monokuma you didn't know that did you, which leads me to believe your as in the dark as we are aren't you" I accused.
"Admit it bear, you don't know anything about this case other then there's two burnt corpses and a destroyed engine room" Craig said. "That's why you decided to take part in this trial in the first place.
Monokuma didn't speak for a moment but then eventually he gave in, "alright fine I admit it, I don't know who the blackened or the spotless are in this case."
"No matter, since you've admitted it, you can help us figure out the truth of this case in earnest" Token said.
"Ugh fine" Monokuma said crossing his arms.
"Alright, now that that's out of the way, how about we go over the movements of Tweek and Butters based on what we know so far" Henrietta suggested.
"Sounds good" Craig said. "The last time I saw Tweek, was right before we went to bed, he seemed perfectly normal."
"What about Butters Mike" Token asked.
"Same thing, he seemed pretty normal" I answered.
"If the two of them were both in the same mindset" Craig said, "they must have snuck out together while we were sleep."
Our accounts line up with his statement, "I agree" I said. "Craig's right, when I asked him about this earlier and compared it to my own testimony, I confirmed that both of our boyfriends did the exact same thing.
"Kissed us good night, and fell asleep cuddling with us" Craig said finishing my sentence. "But when the sound of the explosion woke us up, both Tweek and Butters were gone."
"So, with that we can theorize their movements from the time they were last seen, to the time of the explosion" Token said.
"Right let's do it" Henrietta said. "After leaving their respective rooms, Henrietta started, "Tweek and Butters probably headed down to the basement."
"Once they were down there, they probably ran into Eric" Token said.
"If that's true, then after the events of the fourth trial, the two of them definitely would've confronted him, maybe Eric is the one who died in that Engine room after all" Monokuma said. Hold on it's too early to decide that Eric was the second body.
"No that's wrong" I said, "We can't say for certain that Eric was the one who perished in that explosion, remember Tweek's ring and Butters's monopad were still in the room when we investigated it."
"There's also another reason why Eric probably isn't dead, he's the mastermind after all" Henrietta said. I was hoping this wouldn't be brought up so soon in the trial. No matter, I'll say my piece now since we're about to discuss it anyway. "I have my doubts that Eric is the mastermind" I said. "What" Henrietta shouted. "What're you talking about, of course he's the mastermind, the UA project list confirms it."
"Doesn't it seem too easy though" I countered, "Minutes after we begin investigating the hardest case yet, we find a game changing clue that reveals the person behind all of this? I don't know about you but I have my doubts, it's way to convenient. I say we wait to determine the mastermind until after we confirm the identity of the second body."
Henrietta thought for a moment but eventually backed down, "alright fine but we're not done talking about this. We will come back to this issue later."
"What should we talk about next" Token asked.
"How about we talk about the room itself and what caused the explosion" Monokuma suggested.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Monokuma" Craig said, "if we can determine how the room was blown up we might be able to confirm whether or not it was Eric that did it."
"What caused the explosion" Craig asked.
"We have a few options to consider" Token said, "theirs the possibility that the engine was damaged during a struggle of some sort and that triggered it."
"I don't know about that" Henrietta said, "if that was the case wouldn't we find more bodies?"
"Not if the other bodies were disintegrated in the explosion." Token answered. With the evidence we saw at the scene, I can tell what caused the explosion.
"No that's wrong" I said. "It wasn't the engine that caused the explosion."
"How can you tell" Token asked.
"When I investigated the room, I noticed something was off about the fuse box across from the engine" I answered. "It looked like a wire was cut and burned, all the evidence to suggest that it was sabotaged, someone probably turned the fuse box into a make shift explosive by messing with the wiring and lighting it up."
"Whoever did it must've had some knowledge on electrical wiring" Token said.
"Maybe or maybe they looked up the information from the library" I said, "But that does raise a concern."
"What concern" Craig asked.
"Eric's title is the Ultimate NEET" I said, "meaning he had no training or education, I doubt he went out of his way to learn something if he never had or wanted an education to begin with."
"But that would mean that" Craig began, "the saboteur was either." He was cut off by the PA system being activated.
"Testing, testing is this thing on" a voice said.
"That voice, it's Eric's" Token said.
"Oh good, you guys can hear me and I can hear you" Eric said.
"You bastard, what have you done with Tweek and Butters" Craig shouted.
"I'm right here Craig" another voice said over the PA. It was Tweek's voice and he and Eric weren't alone,
"Hey Mike, I'm here too." Butters voice came over the loud speaker.
This isn't possible, there were two bodies in the engine room and only one was a reused corpse, something bigger is going on here and we need to find out what. More importantly Craig and I need to find out if those are really our boyfriends on that microphone. Surmise it to say, this trial is just getting started.