Clayton POV
Thank you Tsubaki for revealing my dating history. Remind me to never tell you that ever again. Anyways you can imagine my shock at what the teddy bear called Monokuma just did.
"Now that I've made everything quite clear, it's time to go exploring!" Monokuma gestured to the door which slowly swung open, creaking and moaning all the way. This was all a lot to process but I couldn't do any processing because Monokuma started pushing us through the door. I stumbled onto the floor of the hallway Monokuma pushed us into and I looked all around me. The walls, floor and ceiling were made out of cobblestone held together by cement. The floor had a light green carpet with gold lining placed on it. The walls had torches placed on them every few feet, knight armor and shields lined the walls too. Banners were hung from the ceiling with sigils of I assume noble houses from all over the world, I recognize a few like the Lancasters and the Yorks. I went through a War of the Roses phase.
"Okay you guys, you all have the run of the place. Just don't venture outside the hotel yet." Monokuma said.
"Hotel, we're in a hotel?" I asked slowly, processing even that little bit of information for a little longer than under normal circumstances.
"Yeah silly, you guys did come here for a field trip. You're still in Towa Amusement Park." Monokuma answered.
Oh yeah, forgot we were on a field trip. Must have slipped my mind, though I can't tell why. Maybe it's because I just went through a traumatic event just minutes ago and am now being forced into a killing game for someone's sick amusement. Other than that I wouldn't be able to tell you why I forgot I was on a field trip.
Eventually everyone filtered out of the hallway, still in a daze. I found myself walking out of the hallway into the lobby of the hotel. I looked to the entrance of the hotel and saw blackness. The doors were still there but beyond them is nothing but darkness. I looked at the receptionist's desk and no one was there. Hard to believe a few hours ago our teacher was checking us in here. I saw another hallway on the other side of the reception desk and walked down it to medieval wooden door. I pulled it open, it was a lot lighter than it looked. An elevator was on the other side of the door. I pressed the button and elevator arrived, sliding open for me. I selected the floor above men and the doors slid closed.
The floor I was now on was the exact opposite of the previous floor. This floor was brightly lit with white walls, floors and ceiling. The floor was made out of white tiles with black rubber placed in between them. The ceiling held round light bulbs and the walls were just blank with nothing on them. The air in the floor was also extremely cold, cold enough that I saw my breath. I clutched the sides of my arms as I started exploring the rest of the floor.
I reached the end of the hallway and found only two rooms across from each other. I entered the room on my right and found Jake and Nora in it. The first things I realized was that I was now in a lab, there were syringes filled with unknown liquids in refrigerators. Lab coats hung from the walls and a lot of hi-tech equipment was spread out.
"Monokuma came by earlier, he explained most of these are biological and chemical weapons. One of these vials or syringes contains a chemical that stops your heart within seconds of administration and another is a virus that, while not contagious, can turn you into a monster with black oozing eyes and mouth." Jake said, noticing I just entered the room.
"So many ways to die, all of them just sitting here in the open. It's almost like an open encouragement to kill someone, like me." Nora remarked.
"You are not going to die, and you are not going to be murdered." I said.
"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT! I am a little girl who's always in the background, I bet I've already been targeted." Nora responded.
"Hey, hey look at me" I placed my hands on her shoulders "You don't need to worry about anything. Trust me, none of us have any reason to murder so it's all going to be good."
"O-Okay" She started blushing and looking down at the floor. "I'll just go to my room now." she quickly left the lab.
"She's just under a lot of stress." Jake said.
"Eh, I've seen crazier." I responded.
"Okay, well I should probably check out my room as well." Jake left the lab. I took one last glance around, maybe it was the cold or being surrounded by deadly liquids but something felt off about the room. I left the lab and took a quick walk to the room across from it.
I immediately felt more cold than I did, half of the room was filled with even more lab equipment. The other half was filled with tarps, body bags, steel tables, dissection tools and the walls held cold chambers. I was in a morgue. I then noticed that Yuushi, Lavender and Myako were in it.
"Airi was in here earlier, she said this was an impressive setup and I have to agree. Remarkably efficient." Yuushi said.
"Coming from the Ultimate Event Administrator and Tutor that's high praise, even though we're being held here against our will." I said.
"Don't worry Clayton, with my remaining six lives I can get us through this." Myako said.
"Myako, I don't mean to be rude but it is literally physically impossible for you to have nine lives." Yuushi said.
"Please call me Neko, and let me tell you how I actually do have nine lives and how I lost three." Miyako or Neko said.
I slowly backed away from that conversation, Miyako is a nice girl and I don't feel like being rude to her by getting into a conversation I'm not invested in. I just feel like there are other things I need to do at the moment. Though I do feel like her bravery will be a source of strength and comfort later.
I saw Lavender off to the side looking at the cold chambers in the wall.
"It's strange, the logs say these chambers have not been used but I still feel some spirits lingering. Like residue or an echo, it's very faint but I can feel it." Lavender said.
"I don't have anything to say to that, the supernatural freaks me out. Can't even get through a horror movie." I responded.
"Something just doesn't feel right about this maybe it's..." Lavender trailed off.
"It's what?" I asked.
"Nothing, forget what I said." Lavender left the morgue. Something tells me she's not thinking about nothing. With nothing left on the floor I took the elevator one floor up and I emerged right back into a medieval setting but at least I was warm again. Wonder what's on this level. I quickly found out this was the weapons level. I passes display cases filled with axes, spears, crossbows and swords while I explored. Ordinarily I wouldn't think twice about those things but now I think those weapons are real and can kill people. I passed multiple storage rooms during my exploration, I looked through a few and they held random items like toothpaste or pajamas with a little tag on them that said "This can be used as a murder weapon." I hate that bear.
I finally got the end of the level with two rooms across from each other. I decided to go into the room on the left and found both Deacon and Toboe in it.
"Your connection is like that of Pan, the God of Nature. You must be his child." Deacon said.
"I doubt it, I come from a family of hunters so I doubt Pan would get involved with them." Toboe responded.
"But you have a deep connection with nature. You are the Ultimate Caretaker, especially towards animals. You are blessed by the gods." Deacon said.
"I guess." Toboe said. The two were having their conversation near a rack of bows and arrows. In fact the entire room was filled with medieval weaponry. I began to leave the room but then I heard something.
"These bows must be a gift from Apollo, they look so good." Deacon remarked.
"They might look good but these bows are not a gift from Apollo. These are all for show and tell, the moment they fire an arrow the string on the bows will snap. Completely and utterly useless. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if all these weapons break on their first use. Like those crossbow bolts, they are not properly forged so they'll shatter the minute it impacts. And these knives are fragile." Toboe continued to explain but I drowned out the rest of the conversation. So the weapons are practically useless, good to know.
I walked across to the other room and it was whole other story. Inside the other room were automatic rifles, pistols, shotguns, C-4, grenades, garrote wires and so much more. I spotted Shinobu and Lova amongst the weapons.
"Don't worry Lova, I shall use these weapons to defend you. I shall turn them from evil into a force of good." Shinobu said.
"Wow Shinobu you're so brave and strong, you truly are a hero." Lova said.
"Thank you citizen, I shall make it my life's mission to prevent any murder from happening in this place." Shinobu said.
"Careful, I think those are automatics. One wrong move and you can seriously hurt or kill someone." I said, interrupting their conversation.
"Are you implying citizen that I cannot handle the responsibility and power...
"Yeah yeah, hero shit and stuff. Listen just don't run around with guns in your hands and I think we'll be good." I said, completely done with Shinobu.
I left the floor, eager to get some distance between me and Shinobu. I found myself on the final floor that could be accessed, the residential floors. I saw the pixelated face of Myako as soon as the elevator slid open. The carpet was different, it was crimson red instead of light green.
I quickly found my room Just past the cafeteria and kitchen but I couldn't get in so I went on a quest to find a key to open the door. I found a laundry room nearby which contain several people and keys hanging from the walls. I found Airi, Haruta and Aki examining one of the washers.
"This is one massive operation, the sheer scale of this is unprecedented. In the history of crime something like this has never happened before." Airi remarked.
"I'm just grateful that we have food, and a place to wash our clothes. I haven't been to my room yet but I am willing to bet it has toiletries and indoor plumbing." Haruta said.
"And all the food is fresh. I made sushi with crab meat and it was real crab meat. I gave some to Tsubaki and Kaikane before they went to their room." Aki added.
Not wanting to get dragged into that conversation I found my key and silently made my way back to my room. I just to get to bed, sleep till the apocalypse and hopefully when I wake up this will all be a nightmare. I opened the door silently and slowly, I didn't want to set off a trap Monokuma might have set upped. I heard the shower running, guess I have a roomate. I laid down on my bed and started closing my eyes before I heard the bathroom door open.
"Well, this is awkward." A familiar voice said. I looked up and found myself starring at Manson. Except all he was wearing was a towel wrapped around his waist and the water from the shower still dripping from his body.
Sometimes I think the universe has it out for me.
Author's Notes
Sorry for missing last week's update, so many things happened at once I forgot to update. I tried injecting a bit of the character's personality into this chapter just to get a better feeling on them and hopefully you guys as well. Now that you've seen more of the characters which would like to see more of? Until Next Time.