Chapter 13 - Like In a Video Game (Part 1)
This chapter will only consist on showing the new rooms and some interactions with Blossom and her pupils along with hints of the next murder. I hope you enjoy this case!
Blossom was just staring at the ceiling, doing nothing. She noticed she didn't even know how much time she had spent on that school but she was tired of it. And she knew everyone else could agree on that.
She tapped her handbook and noticed it was almost 7 AM so she decided to go prepare herself for the horrible day that was coming.
Blossom arrived at the canteen only to find Dexter and Robin already there, seating in different tables. She decided to go seat with Robin.
"Morning, Robin." she greeted weakly.
"Hey, Blossom." he said, emotionless "Are you okay?"
"I'm... fine I guess. This situation is just horrible, y'know?" she replied "Innocent people are dying and we can do nothing about it." she sighed "How are you?"
"As good as someone could be in this crap." he also sighed "I just can't see this people suffering anymore. You're suffering, I'm suffering and everyone here is suffering... it makes me useless knowing I can't even help."
"I know how you feel. I've been a super hero my whole life and knowing I can't do my job and save the others is just..." she lowered her head, not finishing her sentence. Being stuck in that place was slowly getting to her brain and, unknowingly to her, was slowly killing her too.
"But we can't just give up on hope." Robin continued "We have to find some way to figure out who the mastermind is and get out before anyone else gets killed." he said determinedly. "We just have to work all together."
"Work together?" Blossom gave him a look "I mean, with people like Mandy, Finn and... him." she whispered the last word, pointing towards Dexter on the other table, who was simply reading a book with his headphones on, apparently not hearing the friend's conversation.
"Finn?" Robin raised a brow "What is it with Finn?"
"Look." Blossom simply whispered. Robin turned his head to see a depressing looking Finn entering the canteen. He had bags around his eyes and looked extremely tired. He took a seat on the furthest table from everybody.
"I think he's in a depression now." Blossom continued "I mean, after what happened to Jake and to Bubblegum, I can't really blame him. Poor guy." she said, now becoming a bit sad.
Soon after, the other pupils started entering the canteen one by one. Soon, there were Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Robin, Gumball, Darwin and Steven seating on the same table, Dexter and Dee Dee seating on another and finally Finn seating by himself. There was only one person absent, Mandy.
"Where is she?" Blossom thought aloud, loud enough for everyone in the table to hear it.
"Who?" Darwin asked, not knowing what the pink powerpuff girl was talking about.
"Mandy. I haven't seen her since like yesterday at the trial." Blossom said.
"I don't know. Maybe she was too ashamed to see us after yesterday." Gumball responded.
"Speaking of which," Buttercup started "Can you guys believe what she said after Mindy's execution? She looked like she wasn't even bothered by that."
"I mean, Mindy didn't look like she was really sorry for killing two people... She was also very mean." Darwin commented.
"I second that. That girl was nuts." Gumball added.
"Greetings, everyone," Dexter called everyone out of nowhere "Aren't you going to check the third floor? We succeeded in the last trial, remember?" he asked, before leaving with Dee Dee.
"Oh, I almost forgot about that." Steven said "What kind of rooms do you guys think there'll be?" he asked his friends.
"Ooh maybe a garden!" Bubbles exclaimed "I'd love to see some lovely flowers."
"Hopefully an arcade or something. I'd love to play some games!" Gumball suggested.
"Well, there's only one way to find out." Robin said, walking out of the room, followed by the others.
The pupils decided to form groups and check the rooms. Blossom went along with Gumball, Dexter and Buttercup to check a room.
When Blossom entered the first room, her eyes widened in wonder. The room was basically a giant arcade with various machines around the room. There were all types of game machines a person could imagine. In the middle of the room there was a normal-sized claw machine with round capsules in the inside instead of the usual toy and plushies.
"Oh... my... GAMES!" Gumball shouted in amazement, his eyes glowing "I can't believe I actually got what I wished for! It must be Christmas or something!"
"Yeah, this is totally amazing." Buttercup agreed, also looking around the room in awe. The two game lovers ran towards the games.
"Where the hell did Monokuma find the money for all of this?" Blossom wondered aloud. Dexter, who was beside her, heard it.
"You know, I think we should stop questioning Monokuma's acts by now." he said blankly.
"I can't believe this!" Gumball suddenly exclaimed, making the two redheads turn around "They're free!" He was seated playing in a machine called 'Kebab Fighter'. The game basically consisted on a rat fighting with a hot dog.
Blossom and Dexter walked towards where the blue cat was. "This was my favorite video game back home. I can't believe they actually have it here!" he exclaimed "I had to spend lots of coins on these types of games but now I don't need to!"
"How did you even put it to work if they're free?" Dexter asked.
"I just pressed this red button." he pointed towards a red button with black letters spelling 'On/Off' on top of it, not taking his eyes off the game.
"I was expecting Monokuma to give us some kind of coins for this." Dexter said.
"Yeah, I bet they would be named something lame like 'Monocoins' or whatever." Blossom folded her arms "Hey, where's-"
"This is amazing!" Buttercup shouted in pure adrenaline.
Blossom went to check on her sister "What is it, Buttercup?"
"This game is so cool, so intense but cool! It was one of my favorites back in Townsville." she replied.
"What game is that anyways?" Dexter asked, looking at with a weird look.
"You don't know the masterpiece that the game 'Hungry for Brains' is?" Buttercup seemed offended.
"I don't know and, with a name like that, I'm glad I don't." he crossed his arms, unimpressed.
"Hey, guys," Gumball appeared beside them after finishing his game "what are you talking about?"
"It's just Buttercup's game." Blossom responded. She then narrowed her eyes at a small visor that was above the game's screen. "Hey, what's that?!" she pointed at it.
"Great question, Blossom!" Monokuma appeared out of nowhere, making the pupils jump in fright.
"I already told you to stop doing that!" Gumball shouted.
"And I already told you to shut up!" Monokuma shouted back.
"Um... you never told me to-"
"Whatever! Shut up!" he demanded. "As I was saying," he glared at the blue cat, who glared back. "This little screen here marks the time when the last game was played. All the machines have it." he explained.
"Why does that exist though?" Buttercup asked.
"Because that way we could see If there was someone disobeying the rules and playing it after nighttime." he revealed "Do you little brats need any other information?"
Blossom rolled her eyes "Nope, you can go now. No one will miss you."
"Ouch. Your hurted my feelings, Blossom." he said, looking a bit sad.
"Bite me." she replied coldly, narrowing her eyes at him.
"Sheesh. Rude..." he uttered, not even looking sad anymore, as he walked out of the room, humming some tune.
"Woah, sis, you really made him shut up." Buttercup smiled. "Thank you so much."
"I'm just so tired of that little bear." she said. She stared at the little screen again and it was now marking 07:38.
"Hey, let's check that thing over there." Gumball pointed at the claw machine at the end of the room. The four made their way towards it. On the fake glass there was a sticker with the phrase 'Win a special prize!' written on it.
This machine didn't have a button like the other ones. It only had a joy stick that was used to move the claw everywhere.
Gumball did exactly that. And moved the joy stick towards a blue round capsule "This seems a little bit easy..." he uttered before catching one capsule "Got it!"
The capsule was sent out of the machine and Gumball picked it up. After five minutes of failed attempts to open it, he finally succeeded. What was inside made the four pupils gasp.
"Wh- what kind of joke is this?!" Blossom exclaimed.
"That Monokuma... I should've guessed it!" Buttercup muttered.
"I can't believe he actually put a knife inside this thing." Dexter said.
"It's not just a normal knife!" Monokuma suddenly said, appearing behind the pupils out of nowhere again, making them jump.
"JUST STOP IT!" Gumball shouted furiously, already tired of Monokuma's sudden appearances.
"These knifes aren't like those regular knifes you find in a kitchen." Monokuma said "They are smaller and not as fatal as those, meaning they can't kill someone just by single stabbing, but they for sure leave an ugly mark!"
"I don't care if they kill or not." Gumball said "They shouldn't exist." he said with a firm expression while throwing the tiny knife along with the capsule it came from in a trash bin nearby.
"Your loss. They would be so useful in a murder. Upupupupu..." Monokuma uttered, leaving the arcade for the second time.
"Crackhead thinks it is going to happen again." Buttercup scoffed, rolling her eyes.
"You never know, Buttercup, you really never know..." Dexter uttered.
While Buttercup and Gumball stayed in the arcade and Dexter went to do his own business, Blossom decided to explore the other rooms.
As soon as she entered another room, she was greeted by loud barks.
"Argh! What is happening?!" she exclaimed while covering her ears.
"The dogs are at it again." Dee Dee simply said. She was there along with Steven, Darwin and Bubbles.
"The dogs?" Blossom repeated before taking a better look at the room. There were about ten different types of dogs stuck inside cages, barking uncontrollably. There was one, however, that caught Blossom's attention, mainly because he was the biggest and seemingly more dangerous than the other ones. Also, there were signs plastered on the big glass cage spelling warnings like 'Watch Out!' and 'Be Cautious'.
"There's a dog room in here?!" Blossom inquired "Why?!"
"That's because here in Cartoon Network Special Academy we care a lot about our student's well being and we just want them to be safe." Monokuma spoke up, arriving out of nowhere once again.
"You don't really have anything else to do, do you?" Blossom asked the bear.
"Nope."
"I see."
"What's the deal with that one there, by the way?" Steven asked, pointing at the big dog on the end of the end of the room.
"Yeah, he's so cuuuuute!" Bubbles squealed.
"Cute?" Monokuma asked before bursting out laughing "That thing is definitely not cute. That's a 60 kg Rottweiler, one of the most dangerous dog breeds in the world. It can kill you so easily when he's hungry that you won't even want to imagine. We almost lost an intern because of it."
"Oh..." Bubbles uttered before hiding behind Blossom, trembling.
"And what is that stuff over there?" Darwin pointed at a little screen on the side of the glass cage.
"Oh, that timer is really important. It's part of the feeding system."
"Feeding system?" Bubbles repeated.
"Yup! It basically feeds the big doggo over there at specific hours. More specifically, at 09 AM and at 09 PM." he revealed.
"What does it eat?" Blossom asked.
"Bones. Like your dead friend's bones!" he bursted out laughing hysterically. After a couple of seconds of laughing on his own he stopped, looking at the frowns of the pupils face's. "It was just a joke! God, stop being so butthurt." he walked out of the room, not in a good mood.
"Douche." Dee Dee muttered under her breath.
Blossom noticed Bubbles was trembling a lot "Hey there, Bubbles. Calm down."
"D-do you think that dog is g-going to..." she gulped "eat me?"
"What?! Of course not, Bubbles. There's no way someone could actually make it in there." Blossom replied.
"Actually, Blossom, there's a little glass door that I suppose it is to get inside." Steven said.
"Yeah but no one with a right mindset would get inside." Blossom said.
"Maybe not if they wanted to but they could be pushed." Darwin pointed out.
"You guys are not helping!" she muttered, gritting her teeth while Bubbles kept trembling.
The next room the pink powerpuff girl entered seemed to be a normal weight room, which contained equipment for weight training. There she only found Finn, standing alone and staring blankly at a wall.
"Uh, hey, Finn..." she tried to talk to her but Finn either ignored her or he was distracted. He seemed to be thinking about other stuff.
We just have to work all together, Robin's words echoes in her mind. She decided to try again.
"Finn, look, I know this is really hard, losing two people you love, but if you want to get out this school alive and get to avenge Jake and Bubblegum, we have to work all together. That way we can all-"
"Blossom, please, stop talking." he uttered "I can't deal with this now."
"Finn, you're being succumbed into despair and you're getting depressed. You can't be like that. What would Jake and Princess say about that?"
Finn clenched his fists and turned around to face her "You think it's that easy, don't you?! You think I can just become happy all of a sudden!" he shouted "You don't know how I feel, because you haven't lost someone important to you! Your sisters and your friends are all here and you are all happy and stuff while I'm here dying inside! You think that's fair?!"
"You're right, I don't know how you feel, yet. But I could very well know it in the future! However, I'm trying to be positive and believe my sisters are going to be alright even in this hell of a situation!" she protested "And, Finn, I'm sorry you're hurt but you can't just say that it isn't fair that my sisters are still alive..."
"I... I didn't mean that..." he uttered, lowering his head "But I just... I'm sorry-" he walked out of the room immediately, trying to hold his tears.
"Oh Finn..." Blossom sighed sadly.
The next room she entered left her speechless.
"Wh-what the hell?!" Blossom exclaimed. In front of her was a wall full of guns. Huge guns, tiny guns, all types of them. Along with some other weapons. "An armory?"
"I know right." Robin said "Monokuma must really want a murder to happen."
"Oh, that's not the case this time!" Monokuma said, popping out of nowhere for the fourth time that day.
"This is already gettting tiring." Blossom commented, visibly irritated.
"Whatever. Just wanted to explain the rules if you ever want to take one fo these weapons."
"Why would we do that exactly?" Blossom raised a brow.
Monokuma ignored her and continued "There's a timer in every space a gun is placed, that timer says the exact time the gun was taken. You also have to write on a piece of paper your name to take it and put it back, then the timer will also show the time the gun was brought back." he explained.
"Why thank you for the information but we didn't really need it." Robin scoffed. Blossom nodded in agreement.
"Meh, I don't care. I just have to tell that to everyone that steps into this room." he said as he started to walk away. "Oh wait!" he stopped walking and turned around to face the two "Get in the gym in ten. I have a new motive prepared for y'all! See ya!" he walked away.
"Another motive..." Blossom's eyes widened. "Oh no..."
"Don't worry, Blossom. It can't possibly be worse than the ones we got until now." Robin tried to comfort her.
"I- Maybe you're right..." she didn't say anything else and simply walked away with Robin.
All of the pupils, including Mandy, who no one had seen that day, were gathered in the gymnasium listening to Monokuma.
"Okay, students, the next motive is pretty simple." he said "Basically, if the murderer goes undetected they may bring someone else of their choice to leave the school with them."
"Wait!" Mandy interrupted him "That isn't fair! Of course the murderer and the person he want to leave this school with will work together!"
"You're absolutely right, Mandy! And that's why the person the murderer wants to leave with, cannot help them in any way." Monokuma declared and he soon left the gym.
Mandy turned around and faced everyone "Well, I guess it's pretty clear what's going to happen next, along with the possible murderers."
"What do you mean by that, Mandy?" Dexter raised a brow.
"Well, it's clear that there are three pairs/trios that have known each other before this whole situation started, those people being Dexter and Dee Dee, Gumball and Dartwib, and of course, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup."
"Actually, my name is Dar-" Darwin tried to speak but Mandy cut him off.
"So, it's pretty obvious that one of those people will be the next culprit." she finished, before starting to walk out of the place, leaving the others there to think.
Why does she have to be like this?, Blossom thought Though, it's very likely she's right...
New Rooms: Arcade, Dog Room, Weight Room, Armory
So, who do you think is going to be killed? And the killer/s? Murder Weapon? Read and Review please!
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