Chapter 5 - A New World (Part 1)
There won't be a murder this chapter, it's just the buildup for it. Sorry :P
Blossom woke up. Her head was hurting like hell. She looked around at her room. Yesterday, she hadn't really paid attention to it when she had walked inside because of how tired she was. But now she could clearly see that it wasn't a mess anymore, it was cleaned. It looked like a murder hasn't happened the day before. How... how could Monokuma just act like nothing had happened? So.. heartless...
"Ugh." she moaned in pain because of her hurting head as she stood up. She tapped her handbook's screen and noticed it was 07:14 AM. "Dammit, I'm late!" she immediately walked to her shower room and started preparing herself for the day.
As soon as Blossom entered the mess hall, Mindy immediately stood up an jabbed a finger at her "You're late! Where the hell were you?!"
"I overslept, okay!" Blossom replied. "Why is it so important though?"
"Didn't you hear Monokuma's announcement? He told us he would open a new world or something for succeeding on yesterday's trial." Dexter responded.
"There was an announcement? I guess I was such in a deep sleep that I didn't even hear it." Blossom said.
"Anyways," Princess Bubblegum continued "We should investigate the building after breakfast."
"That way we can find a way to escape!" Dee Dee exclaimed.
"Meh, it's not like we'll make it out alive." Finn said with a monotonous voice tone.
"Don't be such a downer, Finn." Steven said.
"Why are you even bothering? We will all die sooner or later." he continued.
"Ignore him, he's just sad because his best friend is dead." Dexter said, coldly, receiving a glare from Finn.
After a couple of minutes, the pupils were already planning the investigation.
"Judging by our E-handbooks," Robin started "There are more rooms on the first floor. We should split up and investigate them and try to find an exit."
As Robin said that, the other students started forming groups with the people they already knew before entering the school, leaving Robin, Ben and Mordecai alone.
"Um..." Robin uttered "I think we should mix up, y'know? Try to get along with people we don't know." he suggested.
Everyone stood silent and stared intently at Robin, as if they were expecting him to continue.
"What?" he asked, confused.
"Form the groups then!" Mindy exclaimed.
"Oh, okay then." he thought for a moment "Let's see..."
After a couple of minutes the groups were already formed. Blossom, Robin, Finn and Dexter formed the first one. Bubbles, Darwin, Princess Bubblegum and Ben formed the second. Mandy, Mordecai, Buttercup and Steven formed the third. And Connie, Mindy, Gumball and Dee Dee were the fourth one. They went to explore the new rooms.
The first room they went to had 'Library' written on its door. Robin pushed the door open, revealing about millions of books. Maybe that was an exaggeration but there were lots of books there. The books were all organized in bookshelves. There were also some desks with a laptop placed on each of them. That had to be the biggest library Blossom has seen.
They walked in, staring in awe at the books around them.
"There must be, like, thousands of books in here." Blossom commented.
"You're right." Dexter said, scrolling through the books in the shelves "I'm not surprised. This is one of the, if not the, most prestigious school in the world."
"Yeah, and meanwhile the most prestigious school in the world is the place where we all are gonna die." Finn said, his voice tone still monotonous.
Blossom simply sighed and continued staring at the books. There were books of all genres. That was actually a good place for her. Reading was her favorite hobby. She was thinking about borrowing a book later after the investigation to read while she was inside of that hell of a school.
The four of them split up and went to different sections of the place.
Dexter was sitting on a desk, trying to work with the laptop "The laptop doesn't work at all. What a surprise." he sarcastically said.
"Guys, I don't think there's something that can help us in here." Blossom said.
"We could try searching for some kind of book that has some information about this school. Maybe that way we can find a way out." Robin suggested.
"I doubt the mastermind would give us any type of clue about leaving this place." Dexter said "But go ahead."
"I agree with Dexter. I'm going to search the other rooms." Blossom said, exiting the library.
The next room Blossom entered was some sort of trophy room. There were her sister, Buttercup, Mandy, Mordecai and Steven inside.
"Hey, sis!" Buttercup greeted as she noticed her sister.
"Hey, Buttercup! So, did you find anything here?"
"Nope. There are just a bunch of boring trophies." she responded.
Blossom walked to have a closer vision of the trophies. There were a lot of normal sized golden ones and even some medals inside of a glass compartment, organized in various shelves.
Out of them all, there was one that stood out to Blossom. It was a bigger trophy compared to the other ones, all painted in gold.
"How does this school has so many trophies, after all?" she thought aloud. "I thought it had just opened."
"They're fake." Mandy said, analyzing the big trophy. She showed Blossom her fingers, which were covered in some golden dust, from the big trophy. "I presume they were just painted with golden paint."
"Okay. Thanks for the information." After receiving no response from Mandy, Blossom walked out of the room.
She entered inside of what looked like a music room. There were basses and guitars stacked the walls. There were all types of instruments a person could imagine. She noticed there were already other people in there: Bubbles, Darwin, Princess Bubblegum and Ben.
"Oh hi, Blossom!" Bubbles greeted her, happily "Isn't this place great?"
"Yeah, I guess it is." Blossom replied, looking around at the room.
"Remember when we formed a band and we beat that evil clown?" Bubbles asked her, as she approached the drums "I played the drums and you played the the bass! Do you still remember how to play it?"
"Let me see." Blossom said as she grabbed a black and white bass and played random musical notes. "Huh, I think I still got it."
She placed the bass on the place it was before and walked toward the exit.
"You're leaving?" Bubbles asked.
"Yeah, I don't think this place has anything that can helps us get out of here." she responded "Do you know if there are any other rooms?"
"I heard there was a pool somewhere. Bye!" Bubbles waved her goodbye.
"Bye." Blossom waved back, as she exited the room.
Blossom walked towards a set of double doors and pushed them open, revealing a giant room with a giant pool in the middle of it. There was pool equipment stacked against a wall. In the corner there two doors that would lead inside the locker rooms. The pink one was the girls' locker room and the blue one was the boys' locker room. Next to the doors were the same screens that were found in the dorms to analyze the students' E-handbooks.
Inside the room were Mindy, Connie, Gumball and Dee Dee, investigating the room.
"Oh hey, Blossom." Gumball greeted as soon as he noticed she was in the room.
He walked next to her. "Pretty nice, huh? It's kinda getting difficult to hate on this school." he said, smiling.
"Yeah..." she uttered. How can he be smiling? Didn't he see what we all saw yesterday?!, she thought.
"So, did you find anything special here?" the powerpuff girl asked.
"Nah, nothing." his smile vanished from his face. "Did you?"
"...Nope.." she responded "Do you know what's there?" she pointed towards the locker rooms.
"There's just some exercise equipment. Nothing special." he replied.
"Can I see it?" she asked.
"Yeah, sure." he said before heading towards the locker rooms, Blossom following him.
Dee Dee and Connie noticed Blossom was with Gumball in the room and smiled at her. "Hey, Blossom!"
"Hi, girls." the powerpuff girl replied. Blossom noticed Mindy was also staring at her so she smiled awkwardly at her. The latter simply rolled her eyes and turned away from her.
Gosh, what's her problem...
Gumball and Blossom eventually arrived in the locker rooms, where the former had to put his handbook on the scanner beside the door for them to enter.
"This is the boys locker room." he said.
Blossom silently analyzed the room. Gumball was right. There was only exercise equipment along with lockers of course. "Yeah, there's nothing here." she said, disappointed "Thanks, either way."
"You're welcome." he sighed "I just hope we find a way out soon enough."
"Me too." she also sighed.
Moments later, everyone reunited inside the canteen to discuss their findings.
"So, what did everyone find?" Mandy asked.
"Gumball, Dee Dee, Mindy and I found a pool." Connie said "It was pretty big."
"Was there a way out?" Darwin asked.
Connie shook her head, sadly. "Nope, it didn't seem like there was."
"Well, Bubbles, Bubblegum, Darwin and I found a music room, but there was no way out that we could find." Ben said.
"Um, Robin, Blossom, Dexter and I found a library." Finn said.
"With that we can obtain some information about this school and this whole situation." Dexter added.
"And we just found a lame trophy room with fake trophies." Buttercup folded her arms as she grumbled.
"I guess this was just a big waste of time then." Mandy said.
"It wasn't a waste of time, Mandy." Robin said "Plus, we can try again with future rooms."
"Whatever." she rolled her eyes "I'm going somewhere else." she walked out of the room.
Soon, the other pupils also left the room, leaving Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup there.
"So, girls, did you make new friends already?" Blossom asked them.
"Well, Darwin is nice and he is good with the flute. We could form a band after this." Bubbles said.
"And Mandy says she likes horror movies just as me, so I guess that could be the beginning of a friendship." Buttercup said, receiving weird looks from her sisters.
"Mandy? She literally never smiles." Bubbles commented.
"Yeah and she kinda looks intimidating." Blossom added.
"She could be cool and not smile at the same time? Maybe she wants to look tough in front of people she doesn't know." Buttercup shrugged "What about you, Bloss?"
"Well, Robin is nice, I guess. He seems friendly." she sighed "I just hope we get out of here."
"Yeah, me too." Buttercup uttered.
"Hey, has any of you checked the rules yet?" Bubbles asked while using her E-book.
"No, why?" Buttercup inquired in confusion.
"I just feel like we should read them." Bubbles replied. "They may be important."
"Ugh, as you wish." Buttercup mumbled.
Rule 1 - Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time.
Rule 2 - "Nighttime" is from 9 PM to 7 AM. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution.
Rule 3 - Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly.
Rule 4 - With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Cartoon Network's Special Academy at your discretion.
Rule 5 - Violence against headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is destruction of surveillance cameras.
Rule 6 - Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.
Rule 7 - Additional school regulations may be added if necessary.
Rule 8 - The blackened can only kill two students, if more than that punishment will be given.
Rule 9 - If equal votes are given to two students both will be executed as long as one of them is the blackened.
Rule 10 - The body announcement sound will only activate when three or more students see the dead body, the killer is not included.
"Are you happy now?" Buttercup asked her sister, with annoyance in her voice.
Bubbles smiled and nodded, making Buttercup roll her eyes.
"Geez, it already is 7 PM." Blossom commented "Sorry, girls, but I just have to go to the library. I'm going to take a book to read."
"Whatever, nerd." Buttercup joked "See ya."
Blossom rolled her eyes and headed towards the library.
As soon as she stepped into the library she found Dexter and Dee Dee using the laptop.
"Hey, guys," she greeted "What are you doing?"
"Dexter is trying to make the computer work." Dee Dee responded "As if."
"With that attitude of course it isn't going to work." he mumbled "And what are you doing here, Blossom?"
"I just came to borrow a book." she responded as she scrolled through the books until one caught her attention. "The twins of the WaterMoon College." she read out loud "This seems like a good read." she said as she grabbed the book and walked towards the exit. "Until tomorrow, guys."
"Bye, Blossom." Dexter and Dee Dee waved her goodbye.
Blossom was laying in her bed. She tapped her handbook screen and saw it was literally switching from 8:59 PM to 9 PM.
Immediately the intercom crackled "Okay, students…this is a school announcement," Monokuma announced. "It is now officially nighttime. Soon the doors to the canteen will be locked, and entry at that point is strictly prohibited. Sweet dreams, everyone!" The intercom bluntly shut off.
Blossom positioned to the side to start sleeping. "At least nothing happened, today..." she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
New Rooms: Library, Music Room, Pool Locker Rooms, Trophy Room
Sorry that nothing much happened this chapter, the murder will take place on the next chapter.
Can you guess the killer and the victim/s already? And can you guess the murder weapon?
I have some good news! I already decided every future case and let me tell ya... there will be some messed up ones... I hope you guys don't stick to the "they're too nice to kill someone" thought, because I came up with some messed up plots that... well, you'll see. In conclusion, ANYONE can be a killer. And when I say anyone is really anyone.
Reviews and execution ideas are appreciated.