Total Drama Dreamland Episode 5: All Rise: Part 2
Refresher on Clues:
Clues:
State of Kitchen
Pointy Rock
Stuffed Walrus
Broken Stick
Time of Theft (between 10pm-12am)
Gun Case
Missing Gun
State of Margaret's Room
Margaret's Testimony
Cleaner's Schedule
Fight Between Katniss and Chef
Unknown Contestant seen at 2am
Chris' Testimony
Deleted Footage
Attempt to Delete Footage
Chef's Testimony
Chef's State
Also, Expect to see a lot of references to Danganronpa and Ace Attorney.
Chris in his judges' chair starts to speak, "Welcome back viewers. In case any of you haven't been following or took a little too long in the restroom, both the Dreamers and Terrors are about to go head-to-head in court to decide who steal Margaret's precious object." Margaret, who is sitting on Chris' right while Chef sits on his left, makes a knife-cutting gesture to Chris, causing him to flinch as he continues, "Which we will not be mentioning out loud." Margaret nods and Chris says, "Now then, let the court battle begin."
Confessional Start:
Sarah: Alright! My time to shine and prove my worth to the team.
Confessional End:
"Okay." Kevin says, but then wonders a bit before saying, "Where do we start?"
"Professor Einstein. Right here everybody." Makayla replies sarcastically.
Confessional Start:
Kevin: Remind me to have my alliance go after her next.
Confessional End:
Kevin is about to say something in anger before Wendell interrupts, "We should start by setting up a timeframe. When the culprit enters Margaret's room? When did they left? And when they went back to their room? We should try to answer these questions before we go any further."
"Well," Sarah replies, "Obviously, it started at a time where Margaret wasn't in her room."
"That would be between 10 pm and 12 am." Mav interjects, "Margaret told us the (Time of Theft) when we went to talk to her."
"That would be plenty of time to steal something." Meredith says, "But what about going back into the room?"
"That's a little hard to pinpoint." Mav admits, "Technically speaking, all of us should have been asleep for that duration of time. It would be easy for someone to get something from Margaret, then go back into their room without anyone being none the wiser."
"So," Wendell starts, "Are you saying none of you know when the culprit reenter their room?"
Ben is about to say something, but Mathias quickly says, "Nope! We don't know when the culprit came back."
"I see." Felix says, "Well, then this was an easy challenge. Chris, would you please announce us the winners!"
"W…WHAT!" Eileen yells.
"What do you mean by that? Sarah asks threateningly.
Felix explains, "Clearly you forgotten the rules of the challenge. Chris says that if Katniss isn't cleared of guilt or you fail to pin the crime on me or one of my teammates, we win. And since you just said that everyone should have been asleep, and we have no idea when they went back into their rooms…"
Kevin finishes, "None of you can put anything on us since there's no proof we were even out!"
The Dreamers now start to get nervous, since they realized that they just talk themselves into a corner. Felix pay them no mind and says, "So Chris, would you do the…"
HOLD IT!
Sarah yells out loud with a panted breath. She then says, "We know that someone went out last night."
"You do?" Makayla asks, "Then why didn't you say so?"
Danuja answers the question for the Dreamers, "They probably wanted to keep some info they have to themselves so we can't use it against them."
"And who says I was talking to you?" Makayla argues.
Danuja argues back, "Hey! I was just trying to explain a possible reason. Don't start a fight with me!" Both of them glare at each other, but Bullet interrupts them and says,
"Danuja is correct. We wanted to keep some info to ourselves." Makayla huffs and pouts with this new piece of info, and Bullet continues, "But seeing as that will only give us an early loss, I think it's time to come clean."
Confessional Start:
Sarah: Hey. Keeping certain information private and waiting for the right moment to reveal it is a common practice in law. It helps build a stronger case in the long run. I just didn't realize that the right time was at the start.
Bullet: Mmm…mmm…mmm…Oh Sarah. You're just making it too easy for me at this point.
Confessional End:
Sarah looks at the room in anger, but sighs dejectedly and says, "I talked to one of the maids who cleans the VIP room. She didn't see anything personally. But she talked to one of the people who did see something.'
"What did the cleaner see?" Ben asks.
Sarah yells, "We're on the same team! I already told you!"
Mathias says, "To be fair, he may have not heard it since he was too busy panicking and being held down by me and Bullet." Bullet nods to this.
Ummm…" Eileen stutters until she finally says, "I d…don't know either since I…I passed after hearing th…the news about us be….being able to di…die here now."
Sarah just groans in annoyance and says, "If we trust (The Cleaner's Schedule), the cleaner who cleaned the VIP room last night said he saw two things that happened. One before he started cleaning, and one after. The before was Chef and Katniss fighting, and the after was someone coming out of the elevator with something in their hands?"
Ben hears this and says, "So, scary man tried to hurt doggy? That's animal abuse! Scary man should be arrested!"
Confessional Start:
Mathias: You know…
Danuja: It's weird…
Eileen: for me…
Carmen: to say this…
Mav: But…
Kevin: I…
Wendell: agree…
Sarah: with Ben.
Ben: …Shouldn't he?
Confessional End:
Chef looks offended by this remark and Chris and Margaret both snicker a bit. Then Meredith says, "That aside, the unknown person the cleaner saw after cleaning is likely the thief. The question now is who's the thief and what did they stole?"
Makayla scoffs and replies, "Well, obviously we need to know what the object in question is before we can properly accuse someone!"
Meredith begins to look nervous about what Makayla just says and replies, "But Makayla, maybe we…"
Before Meredith could finish, Bullet smirks and says, "Right you are Makayla. Let's figure out what the object is."
Debate
Truth Bullets
Missing Gun
Stuffed Walrus
Broken Stick
Makayla starts, "What could the missing object be?"
Felix says, "Margaret told us it was a Gun.
Carmen replies, "But then why didn't Margaret say anything before."
Carmen continues, "Maybe it was something else?"
Ben happily states, "Maybe it was a toy for doggy?
Eileen stutters and says, "Spe…Speaking of toys,"
Eileen nervously continues, "W…Was it the st…stuffed toy I found?
Sarah remembers the (Stuffed Walrus) and shouts,
I AGREE WITH THAT!
Debate End
"Eileen is right." Sarah confidently states, "The Stuffed Walrus is likely the object Margaret was talking about."
Kevin retorts, "Why are you so sure of that? Margaret told Felix and I that the object missing was a gun."
"That was likely a lie to hide the existence of the real object in question." Sarah smugly states, "Given Margaret status and reputation, Margaret didn't want anyone to know she plays with stuffed animals like a walrus."
"So, you mean…?" Wendell starts
"Margaret is a girly girl who still plays with dolls?" Kevin finishes and laughs uncontrollably and several of the others starts laughing as well, but then stop when they feel a presence of death and see that Margaret is still in the room and has a fully loaded gun aimed at them. Everyone starts sweating and Kevin quickly says, "Not like there's any problem with that. It doesn't make her any less of a person. And can still beat us all up if she wants to." Everyone quickly nodded and while Margaret is still furious about what was just said, she decided to let the trial continue and go back to her seat.
Confessional Start:
Kevin: Pfft. I wasn't scared of Margaret. I was just (A gun points to Kevin's head in the booth and a script was put in front of him. Kevin panics and quickly reads what the script says) Respecting her authority as cohost and would never think of disrespecting her in any way, shape, or form regardless of her gender, interests and/or hobbies. (The gun disappears from the booth and Kevin lets out a breath of relief). What's with all the guns here?
Confessional End:
Meredith groans and says, "That was what I was trying to warn you about, Makayla."
Makayla sheepishly laughs and replies, "My bad."
Carmen then plays some music and remembers something, "Upupu."
Mathias notices this and says, "Should I be scared of what's coming next?"
Carmen keeps laughing and says, "Hey Eileen, do you remember where we found the Walrus?"
Eileen thinks a bit and then has a revelation, "Felix's room!"
Everyone turns to Felix, but he stood his ground and quietly states, "This is a misunderstanding."
Sarah replies, "The object was found in your room and Margaret reaction confirms that this is hers."
"Yeah." Makayla chimes in, "It has to be you who stolen the walrus."
Danuja questions, "Why are you agreeing with them? Felix is on our team."
Makayla sheepishly responds, "Sorry, I got caught in the moment."
Kevin scoffs and says, "Typical."
Felix ignores this and says, "For starters, you've never asked Margaret herself that the walrus was hers. You're just making assumptions. It could be mine and you just took it out of my room."
Mathias replies, "Yeah right! If it's yours, where did you get it from?
Felix immediately replies, "It was a present from an ex. Sir Tuskerton, his name was. We parted on amicable terms though, hence, why she allowed me to keep him."
Confessional Start:
Margaret: Hah! Keep dreaming buddy! (Margaret smirks but then realizes she was on camera) OH…
Confessional End:
Eileen looks at the doll and confirms what Felix says, "F…Felix is right. Th…The walrus has the name…on his back."
"You could have just checked the name out beforehand." Bullet states, "Just like us, you have no real proof."
"But is the walrus really the object we are supposed to look for?" Wendell says, which shocks everyone, even Felix.
Mav is the first to break the silence, "What do you mean?"
Wendell continues, "Remember in (Margaret's Testimony), where Margaret states that the object was a (Missing Gun)?
Mav retorts, "But she only told Kevin and Felix this. When we talked to her, she didn't say anything about the gun."
Mathias chimes and shouts, "Yeah! She likely just made it up on the spot!"
"She didn't!" Kevin says, which is now shocking everyone in the room, "The only reason she claimed it was a gun was when I noticed the (Gun Case) and mentioned there was a (Missing Gun)."
Felix says, "I suppose my word is shaky at the moment, but I can confirm that there was indeed two guns missing from that case. One of which Margaret obviously has, which leaves the other one unaccounted for."
Ben wonders about this, "So, is the stuffed toy Margaret's, or is the gun Margaret's?
Bullet replies, "To be honest, I'm leaning towards both. The question is now that which of the objects is the one Margaret wants us to find?"
"I says it's the toy!" Sarah shouts, "I don't care what Felix says. That toy clearly belongs to Margaret."
"I says it's the gun." Wendell retorts, "Whether or not the walrus belongs to Margaret is now irrelevant. Once Margaret stated that the object is question is a gun, that has become the object in question."
Mav retorts, "But Margaret herself didn't know about the gun and only told Felix and Kevin after they asked about it. So, in short, this wasn't what Margaret wanted us to find at the start."
Mathias chimes in again and says, "Plus, we heard this from Felix and Kevin of all people! And we're supposed to trust those two?"
Kevin becomes angry and shouts, "Hey! I'll have you know that I'm very trustworthy!"
Makayla scoffs and says, "Yeah right."
Kevin shouts, "Again. We're on the same team!"
Makayla shrugs and says, "Doesn't mean I'll hide my contempt from you."
"Upupupupu." Carmen laughs and continues, "Oh man this is just great! Two objects in questions have now become the focus of so much drama! Which of these is our dark-haired financer after!? Is it the toy walrus Eileen found in Felix's room? Or is it the gun that went missing? Which is it!? WHICH IS it!? WHICH IS IT!?"
Mathias looks spooked at this and says, "Hey, can someone take off Carmen's headphones, she's starting to creep me out."
"TOUCH MY HEADPHONES AND THIS WILL BECOME A MURDER TRIAL!" Carmen shouts angrily.
"ENOUGH" Chris shouts, getting everyone's attention, "While I'm loving the drama this challenge is giving, I want it to move along. As from what I heard, a case can be made for both of the objects in question. So, allow me to set the stage," Chris presses a button on the stand and the podiums where the contestants were shifted until there were two where both teams faced each other. Specifically, the picture of Liz and Cara were the closet to Chris, followed by Ben and the picture of Touma, Mathias, and Danuja, Bullet and Meredith, Eileen and Makayla, Mav and Kevin, Carmen and Felix, and Sarah and Wendell rounding it up being the furthest from Chris. Chris then continues, "The Dreamers will argue for the (Stuffed Walrus) being the object, and the Terrors will argue for the (Missing Gun). I will hear both arguments again and choose a winner. And whoever does, I will make their object the one all of you need to find, regardless of what the initial one was. Clear?" Everyone but Ben nods at this while Ben is wondering how the podiums change like that, Chris shrugs and says, "Good. Let the arguing commence."
Split Decision
Sarah: It's obvious that the object was the Walrus!
Danuja: You only have assumptions and coincidences. No real proof it's the Walrus.
Eileen: But som…someone took something last night and this was found in Felix's room.
Felix: You just took something out of my room. You didn't prove I stole it.
Mav: But it's clear that the gun wasn't the intended item.
Wendell: That no longer matters since Margaret declared that the gun is the item.
Ben: But is the thing even missing?
Kevin: Yes, it's missing because it was taken from the gun case.
Mathias: Why should we believe the testimony of those two?
Makayla: We only need to believe in Margaret's testimony.
Carmen: Are we even sure one of us stole it?
Meredith: Regardless of whether or not it's one of us, someone stole the gun.
Full Counter
Split Decision End
Chris immediately presses a button, and all the podiums went back to their original position. Chris then begins to speak, "I have heard both cases, and now, I have come to a decision…
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…I will decree that (The Missing Gun) will be the object all of you must find!"
"What!?" All of the Dreamers yelled, and Felix sighs in relief while the rest of the Terrors look smug and nodded.
"Yep." Chris continues, "The gun is now what you are looking for. And I'll also state that you have thirty minutes left to solve the case. The Dreamers that is. If you run out of time, the Terrors win, and you will vote someone off tonight. So, get back to arguing."
"Dammit!" Sarah yells in frustration, "We were so close!"
Bullet just shrugs it off and says, "Well, nothing to do but move on and find the gun."
"Of course, you would say that." Sarah scoffs, "Not like you're in real danger."
"My, my. Still holding on to that temper?" Bullet replies.
"Enough you two." Mav shouts. "This pointless arguing only give the Terrors more of an advantage."
Makayla heard her team brought up and says, "Oh don't mind us. Please pretend were not even here."
"Not going to happen!" Mathias responds, "If we are going to search for this gun though, we need to figure out how it went missing. Right?"
"You guys need to." Kevin replies, "Us Terrors just need to wait till time runs out."
"Gee. Thanks for the help." Mathias says sarcastically.
"Not like you'd do the same for us." Felix replies.
"In that case," Bullet cuts into the conversation, "does anyone know when the gun was taken?"
"I imagine it would be around the same (Time of Theft) as the walrus." Sarah says.
Felix interrupts and says, "I know where you are going with this, and I'll say right now that I had no idea that the gun was missing, nor did I take it during the time you think I took the walrus."
Mathias scoffs at this and replies, "And we are supposed to believe you?"
"There's actually evidence to support this." Wendell chimes in.
"The…There is?" Eileen nervously asks.
Wendell continues, "Yep. Remember the (Broken Stick) that was left in Margaret's room?"
"So, could doggy have taken it?" Ben asks.
"I'm…unsure." Wendell admits, "On one hand, Katniss would indeed have the opportunity to take the gun from Margaret's room. But two things contradict that."
"Two?" Kevin asks.
"Two." Wendell confirms, then continues, "First is the (The State of Margaret's Room). Obviously, Katniss is very wild, and would likely leave a mess wherever she goes. She should have left a mess in the room."
Mav chimes in the conversation, "But the room is clean and save for the lost gun and the leftover stick, there was no real sigh that anyone has been there."
"Exactly." Wendell confirms, "That means that someone cleaned that room after Katniss left."
"That confirms it." Sarah interrupts.
"Huh?" Wendell questions why he was stopped during his deduction.
"I thought something was weird. With the cleaner seeing something before and after cleaning the VIP room. While it's true that liberties may have been taken with how long the cleaner took, the fact remains that at least more than an hour has passed between both points."
"So, why does it matter?" Danuja asks.
"It matters because it explains why Felix was seen much later than Katniss and Chef!" Sarah yells, "He was cleaning Margaret's room to hide his tracks alongside Katniss!"
"Are you still going on about this!?" Felix yells in frustration, "I wasn't there! You have only assumptions! And even if I did, the item is now the gun! Not the stupid walrus!"
"Couldn't you have stolen the gun as well?" Carmen asks from out of nowhere.
"What?" Felix asks in surprise and wonder.
"Let's put ourselves in the thief's shoes. Shall we?" Carmen continues.
Closing Argument
The thief of this crime went into the dead of night around the time before the cleaner saw him and went into Margaret's room. Upon arrival, the thief saw that the room had been ransacked, thanks to one of Katniss and Chef's usual scuffles. So, to cover his tracks, Felix went on to clean the room. It was around the time of cleaning that he say the stuffed walrus, and the gun. Chris gave him orders to steal something, and decides to take the walrus, but knowing Margaret, he feared for his life and stole a gun for safety…"
"OBJECTION!" Kevin of all people shouts,
"Oh, uncool." Carmen says, "I was on a roll, and you stop the song in the middle again!"
Confessional Start:
Carmen: Seriously! What's with these people interrupting me while I'm listening to my beats? Can't they respect a girl who just want to listen to some tunes?
Confessional End:
"I'm stopping you because you are wrong." Kevin fires back.
"Wr…wrong?" Eileen asks.
Kevin says, "It seems you all are unaware about a piece of (Margaret's Testimony), specifically, the part where Margaret has the ammo locked down tight, and the only one who has ammo is her and her alone."
Margaret looks at Kevin with grudging respect. And says "Wow. I'm surprised the gorilla there remembers that detail."
"HEY!" Kevin shouts in anger.
Margaret ignores him and continues, "But he's right. The only ammo around is on my person. And no one is going to get a chance to get a single bullet from me. Unless one to the face for those who try." Everyone decided to not comment, and silence spread throughout the courtroom.
Chris breaks the silence and says, "With that out of the way, let's be clear now that you all now have ten minutes to find the gun. And since I'm seeing that one side is benefitting more than the other, I'm changing the victory conditions."
"What?" Danuja asks.
"Hey!" Makayla yells.
"ZIP IT!" Chris yells. Which causes the other Terrors to stay quiet. "As I was saying, the victory condition now is to find out who took the gun. Whichever team figures it out will win regardless of who stole the item in the first place."
"What about the punishment for the thief?" Meredith asks, "Isn't that why you change the rules in the first place?"
"At this point, the trial has gone on long enough." Margaret immediately replies, "Right now, I don't care who took my things. I'm more pissed that someone stole from me, and people think I have a stuff animal. Right now…I JUST WANT THIS DAMN TRIAL TO END ALREADY!"
"AIIEEEE!" Eileen shouts in fright.
"Oh, scary lady is angry!" Ben shouts in fright.
"Huh." Mathias looks in wonder, "Is this what I look like when I get angry."
"Nah." Bullet responds, "You're more annoying than scary."
"MOVE IT!" Margaret shouts after hearing the banter,
"YES MAAM!" Both teams shouts. Margaret then goes back to her seat, and everyone looks at each other on what to do next.
Confessional Start:
Mav: Hmmm…I'm curious, would Margaret be interested in a haunted house/escape room. I would pay for her services if that's the case.
Confessional End:
"So," Sarah nervously starts, "Since it no longer looks like Felix was the thief of the gun…" Felix looks at Sarah sternly for the remark, "What was the second contradiction you were talking about Wendell."
"Wha? Oh. Right." Wendell was still in fear of Margaret, but recovers after hearing what Sarah asks, "The second one is that she was locked in a fight with Chef for a while."
Mathias says, "That much is obvious. What's your point?"
"My point is…" Wendell continues, "…is that she wouldn't be someone to grab a gun to fight."
"That's true." Mav admits, "The (Broken Stick) in Margaret's room was clearly the remains of the weapon she used during her fight with Chef last night."
Bullet steps in and says, "There's also the (Pointy Rock) we found in the Mess Hall. And considering the (State of Kitchen), it's safe to say they fought in there as well."
"Which means both of them travel between floors of the whole building." Meredith concludes."
"Wow!" Kevin shouts, "I'm now wishing I could have seen this in action."
"Of course, you would. Brute." Makayla says and Kevin silently fumes.
"He brings up a good point though." Danuja admits.
"He did?" Makayla asks.
"I did?" Kevin follows suit.
Danuja continues, "This fight went through the whole building, right? So, shouldn't Chris or the original thief saw the fight and the gun with it?"
"I don't know." Sarah replies, "Why don't you ask Felix."
Felix calmly sates, "I'll ignore your obvious attempts to rile me up and say that again, I have no idea about the gun nor that it was taken. And Danuja, I do believe you know the reason why Chris doesn't remember the fight specifically.
"You…you do?" Eileen asks
Meredith decides to step in and replies, "According to (Chris' Testimony), he made an (Attempt to Delete Footage) that was only semi-successful."
"Semi?" Mathias asks, confused about the situation.
Meredith continues, "Chris was successful in deleting some footage, but not all of it. He was caught by Margaret's security guard I believe."
"That I was." Chris admits from the stands with a frown while Margaret smirks at Chris' pain, "Unfortunately. But this trial isn't about that, it's about finding the gun, and now, all of you have five minutes to do so. Tick-Tock people."
Wendell thinks helping his team get an easy victory. "Maybe I should use my powers. I mean, if I focus on them then that would…No, you already messed up using your powers once, Don't dive into people's private info when…"
"Hey." Ben says, "Couldn't the scary man took the object?"
"Scary man?" Wendell think then it hits him and hits him hard, "Of course! Chef Hatchet took the gun!"
"Wha…What!" Chef shouts and everyone, including Chris and Margaret stare at him with expectation and disappointment. Chef starts to look nervous and weakly smiles, "Don't drag me into this. I'm not the one on trial!"
"But you're the one who had the opportunity to do any of this." Meredith responds backing Wendell up, "You were in Margaret's room fighting with Katniss, you had the chance to take Margaret's gun, and you had the motive and opportunity the clean Margaret's room."
"Well…yeah." Chef admits, "But why would I take the gun in the first place? Didn't you hear any of the threats that mob girl made?" Margaret gets angry at Chef for talking about her like that, but Felix interrupts her.
"The gun could have simply been knocked loose during your struggle. If the room was anything like your kitchen now, I bet it was a real mess to clean up."
"It would also explain why you were so sweaty and out-of-breath when me and Meredith went to talk with you." Makayla adds in. "You were working to the bone trying to clean up the mess in her room.
"N…Now just wait a second." Chef says in panic.
"Where could he have hidden the gun?" Someone asks. Everyone turns to see it was Sarah who asked the question.
"Yo, girl. Why are you getting in our way?" Kevin asks irritably, "We found the thief and the case is done."
"Exactly." Sarah admits, "If everything you Terrors said is true, Chef is the thief, and this case will be over. Though that would mean that your team will win. So, consider this my final act of resistance. So, to win answer the question; where's the gun now?"
Confessional Start:
Sarah: And seriously. Why was I the only one saying anything about this? My team realizes that we'll lose if we don't talk right?
Mathias: Honestly, I was getting caught up with the show being put on. I mean, if court cases were more like this, I think I would have a hobby second only to baseball.
Carmen: What!? You think I would participate anymore without listening to music. Give me a break.
Ben: (Eating a bag of popcorn, then stares at the camera) What? I thought I was watching a movie.
Confessional End:
"Y…Yeah" Chef says, trying to keep a straight face, "What she said! If I do have the gun, where would I put it?"
"In your room?" Makayla replies in confusion.
"I didn't set foot in that room since the day of filming. I was always too busy preparing food for you ungrateful whelps and fighting crazy girl. I just usually sleep in the Mess Hall."
"Why not the mess hall then?" Danuja asks.
"Have to say no there, Danuja." Bullet steps in, "If it was in the Mess Hall, it would have come up by now. Unless Ben found the gun himself."
Everyone looks at Ben who just shakes his head and says, "I was trying to find doggy."
Confessional Start:
Bullet: Typical Benjamin.
Confessional End:
"Put that as a maybe." Mathias says and everyone agrees with that.
"In any case," Chef says, "You can't prove...!?"
"It's in your underwear." Wendell calmly states. Shocking everyone in the room.
"W…What?" Chef weakly asks.
Wendell continues, "You hid the gun in your underwear after your fight with Katniss. You found the gun in the elevator after cleaning Margaret's room. You were going to put it back in her room the night before, but Margaret was already back in her room by then. So, you kept the gun on you and were planning to put the gun back once the challenge was over. As for the reasons why, you hid it in your underwear…well, let's leave that part out."
"Agreed." Makayla admits, "And Ew."
Chef just stands there in shock since he was caught like a deer in headlights. His mind still processing how Wendell could have known this. But he wasn't the only one wondering this as Danuja looks at Wendell in shock, to which Wendell can only stare down in shame and Kevin gives a comforting hand to his shoulder.
"Well…" Chris starts, "I think it's clear that the Night Terrors have won this challenge." The Terrors except for Wendell and Danuja cheer for the win while Danuja looks confused and upset and Wendell and the other Dreamers look down in shame, "Lucid Dreamers. Your winning streak has come to an end, I'll be seeing you at Elimination tonight."
"Hold on Chris." Chef says.
"We'll give you your punishment later Chef." Margaret says in anger.
Chef then replies, "Well, now I'm scared. But no, I mean are you two planning to do the big finale for this challenge?"
Both Chris and Margaret just stare at Chef blankly and look at each other before looking at Chef again. Chris then says, "You do know that the death function is busted now, right? As in, if it was turned on, someone here could die for real?"
Chef just straight up panics, "What man!? I heard nothing about this. What? You didn't think of telling me all that time we were in the real world, pretty boy!?"
"Stop it you two." Margaret breaks Chef and Chris up, "The challenge is over, and the repair guys promise that it will be fixed by tomorrow, so let's just leave and…"
"What shiny thing?" Katniss says, somehow being silent all this time. Her voice though caught the attention of Margaret, Chris, Chef, and all of the contestants on both teams, and all of them stared wide eye as they saw Katniss looking at a shiny red button on top of the stand that Chris was sitting in.
"KATNISS! NO!" Margaret and Chris shout in panic to stop Katniss from pressing the button…
*PUSH*
…But it was too late as Katniss already push the button. Then a small, blue television appears and in a pixelated art style, shows Katniss on a screen being pulled by a rope that appears offscreen. It also says in white letters, Game Over. Katniss is found guilty. Preparing for execution.
(Super Danganronpa 2 Execution Theme)
No one really knew what was going to happen until a secret door in the courtroom opens and a metal chain appears and grabs Katniss by the neck. She tries to struggle, but it quickly flies back to where it came from, dragging Katniss with it.
"DOGGY" Ben shouts in alarm and quickly runs to where the chain took her. The others are about to follow when after Ben entered, the secret door quickly closed up and leaving them no way to get through. Though some of them try to open the door like Mav using his fireworks to blast the door, Mathias using his fastballs to make dents, and Kevin using his metal form to slam into the wall. None of which worked.
The screen then shows that Katniss was taken to an unknown island with a bunch of robotic animals and Ben was there with her and quickly went to her aid. Both of them see the animals and quickly find out they were surrounded. The screen changes again to read:
Top Of The Food Chain
Katniss Monroe's Execution
The screen changes back the island, and the robot animals begin charging on Ben and Katniss. Ben is scared, but Katniss sees a spear and picks it up and gets into a fighting stance. Katniss sees a robot rhino who charges at her. Katniss is too quick though and uses the tip of her spear to pierce the outer shell and the brain of the robot, deactivating it instantly.
Katniss then sees a robot lion trying to claw at Ben, but goes under the lion and hits its underbelly, which makes it explode. Slowly more robots begin to show up, and Katniss keeps fighting and destroying them.
The robot Elephant.
The robot Crocodile.
The robot Leopard.
The robot Snake.
The robot Monkey,
The robot Chicken.
Katniss keeps the fight up and destroys any robot animals she finds. She's so caught up though that she doesn't notice that the island is sinking below her feet. Ben notices it though and shouts, "Doggy, we have to leave!" Katniss is too busy fighting off a giant robotic scorpion though to listen. So, Ben goes up to her to try and get her to run. This got her angry though and she pounces on Ben and has him by the shirt. Katniss was about to fight Ben too, but in either desperation or in a moment of clarity, Ben finally says, "KATNISS! WE NEED TO LEAVE!"
Katniss is in shock that this boy has finally remembered her name. So, in shock in fact, that it made her forget about the giant robotic scorpion…
*Swish*
*Crash*
*Bam*
…Only for a moment though. Katniss promptly destroys the scorpion. But not before the scorpion succeeds in piercing Katniss' hand with its stinger tail and knocking Katniss unconscious. Ben sees then and shouts, "KATNISS!" Ben then sees the robot animals coming again and even hears the sighs of something coming toward them. But Ben didn't care, as he's angry for Katniss getting injure and responds with, "You hurt Katniss! All of you will pay!" Ben's eyes also begin to glow white, and this didn't go unnoticed by those watching on the screen.
"Oh crap!" Chris shouts. "We need to get out of the dream! Now.
"My men are working on it now!" Margaret shouts while holding the same phone Chris had in the first nightmare challenge, "They're trying to get Katniss out first! Something is jamming her forced logout."
"We don't have time!" Chris shouts, "Get one of them to get us out now!"
"Urrgh." While having conflicting thoughts, Margaret relents and shouts into the phone, "Luigi, get us out now."
"What about Ben!?" Mathias shouts.
"No time!" Chris shouts, "Move!" The hosts and contestants still in the courtroom are logout, leaving the courtroom empty. Ben, then unleashes his full power upon the animals, the island, everything in sight. Until the dream…was no more.
(Dreamcatcher 500)
Everyone in the courtroom has escaped from the destruction that Ben caused and all of them were in shock some form. But shock quickly morph into worry for Mathias as he quickly goes to where Ben is sitting and starts shouting, "Ben! Ben! Get out of there!"
Mathias tries to take the helmet off by force, but Margaret and Sarah hold him back. "Pulling that off by force will just cause him more pain. Idiot!" Margaret shouts in frustration. "Luigi, get Ben and Katniss out NOW!"
"Yes madam!" says a guy was standing by the controls for the Dreamcatcher. He's looks to be of Japanese origin, and is somewhat tall and wears a bowler hat, a red necktie, black button up jacket, blacks dress pants, black gloves, black socks, and black loafers. Luigi quickly types into controls and tries to force logout both of them, but neither were moving. "The forced logout isn't responding. I can't get them out!"
Margaret then shouts back, "Well find a way or so help me I'll…!" Margaret then notices that Ben's and Katniss' machine finally log them out, and Ben wakes him and lets out a few gasps of air.
"Ben!" Mathias shouts in relief. "You're okay!"
"Yeah." Ben admits in relief, "I was worried machine might have killed me."
Bullet chimes in and says, "It was close man. You and Katniss all had us worried."
"Katniss?" Ben says and his eyes widen, and he remembers, "Katniss!" He looks at Katniss and sees that she's not waking up. And Margaret notices this and shouts to Luigi,
"Get Katniss to the medical bay, figure out what's wrong with her!"
"Yes madam." Luigi says and he promptly leaves with Margaret right next to him and an unawake Katniss in his arms as he takes her to the medical bay."
Confessional Start:
Eileen: Th…That was the scariest moment of my life! And the worst part! It ma…may not be over yet!
Bullet: Okay. No joke. That was freaking scary. They better get that machine fixed or I'm not stepping one more foot into that machine.
Kevin: (His eyes are shown to have tear stains) Damn it. Please be okay Katniss. I…I still need to apologize to you. Please don't die!
Sarah: (She's hitting the confessional doors repeatedly), Ahhh! *BEEP*! *BEEP*! BEEP*!
Mathias: Ben's waiting at the medical bay door to hear about Katniss and has been waiting for three hours for her. He's afraid. I think we all are.
Confessional End:
While everyone waits to hear the news about Katniss, some of the other people there were talking amongst themselves. One of which was Wendell, who's standing next to Kevin on his right and Danuja on his left. After a long silence between them, Danuja finally asks, "What are you Dream powers?"
Knowing that this was coming and having no real strength to defend himself after what just happened, Wendell replies, "I can see anyone's personal info with just a blink of my eyes. Likes, fears, weaknesses I see them all."
"…So those 'things' you saw…?" Danuja asks.
Wendell replies, "Personal info on you. Including the private stuff." Danuja takes a few seconds to digest this…
*SLAPS*
…Before being slapped in the face by a very angry Danuja. Wendell promptly falls on the floor where Kevin quickly goes to him and helps Wendell up. Danuja then says, "Be thankful that I didn't do anything else. *BEEEEP*" Danuja then moves far away from them and starts to silently cry.
Confessional Start:
Danuja: Trust me. If I was in the mood. I would have done far worst to that dweeb. How dare he look into that info! Well, the gloves are coming off now! Tomorrow, I'm going to bring it.
Wendell: (Wendell was trying to say something, but nothing was coming out and he stared at the ground in shame).
Kevin: Okay, I know I'm the outsider, but does Danuja really needed to do that to Wendell? It was an accident and Wendell felt terrible about the whole thing. I'm going to have a talk with her about that later. That's for sure.
Confessional End:
Meanwhile, Mav is comforting Eileen after the events that just happened. Eileen herself is now scared for Katniss and hopes that she'll pull through. Sarah just stares at the two in silence and watches the scene in regret. Bullet comes up to her and says, "Having doubts about have you acted yet?"
Sarah just rolls her eyes and says, "Say what you want. After someone just almost died, I'm not thinking about the next vote off at the moment."
Bullet just sighs and says, "Why does it sound like you given up already?"
Sarah just turns to Bullet and says, "Look, I may have lost as far as we're concerned, but I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of me breaking down and begging for mercy. So, you know what, keep this rivalry going, it will certainly help you make a better face when you yourself are voted out of the game." Bullet just stares at Sarah in silence after this remark, but she was done speaking and simply left him there.
Bullet forms his hands into fists and shows an angry face for the first time since this competition. Bullet then says to himself, "Sarah, you aren't going to have the last laugh. I swear it."
A little bit after this conversation, Chris and Chef start to argue with each other. Chris starts with, "Did you just realize how much trouble you put both of us in. Not only taking her gun, but activating the death function on the Dreamcather?"
Chef shots back with, "Look man! I didn't know anything about those problems. And I was going to return that gun before the challenge. I just didn't have enough time. Besides, you usually like it when the contestants' lives are in danger."
"Not when it affects my well-being!" Chris shots, "It's why we put that release in the contracts for Pahkitew. Though honestly, we overdid it in that season."
"True." Chef admits.
"The point is," Chris goes back to the conversation at hand, "That now we have an angry leader of the mafia and an injury of the adopted daughter of a multi-million-dollar corporation on our hands!"
Chef then asks, "Well…what are we supposed to do about it?"
"You can start by becoming my personal servant for the remainder of the competition." Margaret appears in between Chris and Chef, surprising both of them and all of the other contestants, go to see her.
Ben is the first to ask, "Is Katniss going to be, okay?"
Margaret, holding back tears, sighs and says, "The good news is that Katniss is still breathing, and that she didn't suffer any physical injuries while in the machine." The contestants all sigh with relief after hearing this, thinking that she's going to be okay. But Margaret continues, "Unfortunately, she's in a coma and we have no idea if she'll ever wake up. If at all."
The relief that the contestants felt moments ago is replace with fear, regret, and worry. But none of them are as distraught at Ben who is feeling extreme guilt for his perceived part in Katniss being in a coma. Ben kneels on the floor with tears endlessly dripping off his face with Mathias and Mav trying to comfort him. While everyone is upset, Makayla decides to ask, "So, what happens now?"
Margaret wipes her face so no one sees her tears, and replies, "My men will fix the machine as fast as they can. They will make sure that the machine and all of its functions will be in working order in time for the next challenge."
"We're still using that thing?" Eileen asks without any stuttering surprisingly.
"Only if you all want the prize at the end." Margaret curtly responds. Nobody wanted to leave the contest, so Margaret continues, "The Dreamers will eliminate somebody tonight. So,"
"Wait." Ben says, getting up and then asks, "Is anyone watching Dogg-Katniss as she recovers?"
Margaret replies, "My best men are going to keep an eye on her 24/7. If she wakes up, they'll know."
"Let me watch her too." Ben says causing everyone eyes to widen.
Margaret, now looking angry shouts, "You!? You're the reason she's in this state in the first place!"
Not liking that his friend is getting shouted at, Mathias shouts back, "Hey, Ben was trying to save Katniss! It's not like…"
"No, Matt." Ben says, with Mathias looking at Ben in confusion. Ben continues, "Regardless of the reason, it's my fault that Katniss can't wake up. So, I should make this right. So, please let me watch her."
Margaret looks conflicted, but says in a calm voice, "You are not going to be paid at all for this." Ben nods at this, "You will inform me the very instant she wakes up." Ben also nods at this. "And…You will quit the contest here and now so you can keep a constant eye on Katniss."
Everyone's eyes widen when Margaret says the last part, but Ben simply replies, "Okay."
"What!?" Mathias shouts, "Ben, are you really quitting the game?"
"You know you're throwing your shot away. Right" Bullet adds on.
Ben simply shakes his head and replies, "After what happened today, I don't want to even be near that machine. I don't want to become even more of a monster than I am now." His team is looking down in sorrow from hearing this and quite a few of the Terrors are feeling sad about the situation. Ben then looks to Chris and asks, "Would this count as the elimination for my team?"
Chris and Chef look at each other be Chris responds, "We'll allow it. But again, are you sure about this?"
Ben responds, "A friend needs my help now. And I need to go help her." Before anything else is said, all of the contestants went to give Ben a group hug. Some of them crying tears for what's happening now. After about a minute, they let go and Ben went to follow Margaret to where Katniss was, but then he turn back to everyone as says, "Good luck everyone. Especially to you Matt. I hope to see you all again soon." They all wave to him goodbye and Mathias is trying to hold back tears from losing his friend in the game.
Confessional Start:
Mathias: Heh. Still calls me Matt even when leaving the game. And yet, I think I'm liking it now.
Confessional End:
"Well," Chris says, "Seeing that Ben is now out of the competition, the elimination for the Lucid Dreamers is now canceled. We'll prepare some snacks for the evening later for everyone, so I suggest that everyone goes back to their rooms for the night. And do your best to have a good night's sleep. Oh, and Eileen?"
"Y…Yes Chris?" Eileen asks.
Chris says "Can you give that Stuffed Walrus back to Felix please? I do not want any more lawsuits about stolen items than I already have."
"O…Okay." Eileen says and she quickly hands the Stuffed Walrus back to Felix.
Sarah is confused and says "But I thought…"
Chris instantly says, "Shush. I don't want to hear anymore about today's challenge. And I have a feeling that several of you don't want to, either. So, can we please just move on?"
Confessional Start:
Felix: Margaret told me to give what I stole back to her personally if I wasn't eliminated in the challenge. And that if I call her my ex again, she'll put cement in my shoes and throw me in a river. Huh. Playing hard to get. In any case, it feels so weird that now I owe Wendell for saving me during the challenge. I have to consider my options carefully from now on.
Confessional End:
Sarah reluctantly nods and goes into the elevator. As everyone did eventually. Until only two are left.
Mathias, who is wondering what to do now, and Carmen, who's trying to find a song to go with the situation. Mathias sees Carmen and says, "Where were you while Ben was leaving?"
Carmen shrugs and says, "I was there. I just didn't talk too much. Especially when my music is off."
"So, I've noticed." Mathias replies. He then sees one of the elevators open up and moves to enter it.
"You need a partner, Mathias. Now more than ever." Carmen says. "Think about my offer. For real, this time." Carmen says as the elevator door closes for Mathias.
Confessional Start:
Carmen: (She's listening to a classical playlist) With all of the dreadful events happening in this game. I believe it's about time for me to get serious. And good thing too. Because now, I want to win this contest.
Confessional End:
Chris tries to keep a smile and says, "Well, glad something positive came from this fiasco of an episode. How will the Dreamers go on without Benjamin? Will Mathias finally join that alliance with Carmen? Will Danuja forgive Wendell for his peak at her private info. Doubt it. Heh heh. But for out for sure next episode of Total…Drama…DREAMLAND!"
Votes: None (Ben quitted the game)
Teams
Lucid Dreamers: Mathias, Mav, Carmen, Eileen, Bullet, Sarah
Night Terrors: Makayla, Kevin, Wendell, Meredith, Felix, Danuja
Placements: 16th: Liz, 15th: Cara, 14th: Touma 13th: Ben
Dreams Explored: Mathias, Bullet, Sarah
Nightmares Explored: Wendell
Bosses:
Margaret Diablo: The Mafia Queen/The Queen of Spades
Unknown: The Queen of Diamonds
Katniss Monroe: The Wild Child/The Queen of Hearts
Unknown: The Queen of Clovers
Other:
Unknown
Authors Notes: And by soon, I mean months. I'm honestly really sorry for that. Truth was that I felt a little bit unmotivated for a while. Mostly because I was trying to get submissions for Grand Prix, and I only have a little over half of the applications I need, and it was published around the time Dreamland was last updated. That and well, I didn't see a lot of reviewers commenting on my story last chapter and I didn't know if many people were still reading the story. But I made a promise to myself to see that this story gets told and gets a proper ending. That's definite. So, if all of you are willing to wait a bit, I promise you will see an ending for this.
As for Ben leaving this chapter and the way he did. Well, I've seen other versions of his character in other SYOCs. In particular, Space Station and Lost City by Clown Princess Phoebe. While I can say that I like Ben's character in Space Station, and I can't say that I like the direction his character was taken in its sequel, Lost City. In Lost City, I felt he was jerk, even more so than Zachery who was the main antagonist. Not to mention how he eliminated his friend over his stupidity and his uncaring attitude afterwards. I wanted this Ben to be more like the one I saw on Space Station. Dim, strong, heart of gold and wants to be a good friend. And I do believe that when push comes to shove, he would give up the game to help a friend, especially when he played a hand in getting them hurt, albeit unintentionally.
And, as usual here are some questions,
When do you think the next boss will appear.
Who do you think is going to make merge.
What do you think about a Superhero themed SYOC season. (I'm thinking of making one and I want to hear your thoughts)
And the next applicant selected for Dreamland 2
Charlotte Finch- The Sinister Cheerleader (Reaper919)
Next Time: It's the Chinese New Year which means a lot of fireworks and a lot of explosions are about to be set off, in more ways than one.