Dangan Ronpa: Lock Down Prolog II: Awakening
I feel nothing...I cant see anything...Whats going on...? I don't understand if I'm just asleep or knock out, but I try to push that to the back of my mind for now. My first thing that I need to do is wake up...I slowly start to open my eyes, seeing that I look to be on some grayish linoleum. I sit up, holding my head, and start to look around me. I'm socked with what I see, I look to be inside of a jail cell. I'm completely alone and inside this cramped cell, and the worst thing is I don't actually know why I got here. I'm not sure if one of my parties went bad or I just got far to drunk.
PAUSE
"Oh wait...you don't actually know who I am, that's my bad sorry!"
I rub the back of my neck awkwardly and try give off a nice little smile, tipping my mini top hat.
"My name is Shiza Faria, SHSL Socialite. Charmed to meet ya."
I fix my white and blue checkered shirt and my stylish black jeans. I brush some of my dark blue hair out of my face but to no use as my wispy bangs just go back to their normal place. I clear my throat a bit and continue to speak.
"Anyhow, I guess now that I told you who I am I can get you back to the real event...Ya'know I guess this kinda makes me like the protagonist...awesome!"
UNPUASE
I stand myself up and walk to the cell door, it looks to be...open? That's odd, why is this open if this is a jail? Did I miss a riot or something? I try and push those thoughts back for the time being and just walk out. I take a quick glace around and I see what looks to be a large plaque on the wall. I walk up to it and read it to myself.
"Welcome to Hope's Peak Prison Academy"
Prison...Academy? So this is supposed to be Hope's Peak...but in a prison? I don't really understand this at all, I'm more confused now then when I first woke up...and that was just a few minutes ago. Suddenly I remember I have a watch on me, I check it to see that it's 4:30 PM. That's odd...its far to early for me to have been partying...how exactly did I even get here.
"Oh...I guess I'm not alone here."
I jump a bit from the sudden talking, I quickly turn around to see a girl standing there, holding her hands together. She has a sleeveless tie-dye hoodie on and some regular looking cargo shorts...and cargo boots. She has a lot of bracelets on as well,what a fashion disaster. She brushes her light blond hair out of her green eyes and kinda looks off to the side. She must be out in the sun a lot, because she has a killer tan.
"Uhhh...can you not speak or something?"
I notice I'm being rude, I just have been standing here judging her. I quickly put on a smile and tip my little top hat to her.
"My bad, I didn't mean to ignore ya."
She smiles back at me putting her hands on her hips playfully. She looks at me.
"OK then, its good to know your a human. Anyway do you know whats going on? Cuz I got nothing."
She rubs the back of her head and gives a awkward giggle to me. I notice her flower hair clip and I cant help but think shes actually kind of cute.
"Uh no I'm in the dark as well. I do know we are in Hope's Peak Prison Academy."
She looks at me tilting her head to the side, I'm guessing shes confused about what I told her. I guess its a normal reaction to have in this case.
"Why are we in a prison, I'm sure I did nothing wrong."
"So we are in the same boat basically. Well if we are gonna be here for a while I guess we should get each others names."
"Oh, I guess your right."
She holds out her hand to me, her bracelets jangle as she moves her hand.
"I'm Chariona, Chariona Worika. SHSL Wind Surfer."
Chariona Worika
SHSL Wind Surfer
I shake her hand, and tip my mini top hat with my other hand.
"Shiza Faria, SHSL Socialite."
We let go of each others hands and stand there for a moment. She speaks up after what seems like a hour of awkward silence.
"So Shiza, how old are you?"
"I'm 18, why?"
"Oh nothing, I wanted to see if I was the oldest...looks like I'm already not. I'm a year younger then you."
She awkwardly giggles again clearly trying to keep her mind of this. I can't really blame her, I really need something to get my mind off this. I take this time to look around. I see 16 cells, all of which are open, and some hallways strung about. I look closer and see they each have a plaque next to them. I turn back to Chariona.
"Hey, did you want to go look around? I was thinking we may find some other people."
I notice shes looking off into the distance, I turn around and see nothing of real interest...I get confused. She then blinks and looks at me.
"Oh I spaced out did you say something?"
I hold back the urge to let out a sigh, not wanting to come off as rude. I simply repeat what I just said she gives me a nod and a smile.
"Alright, you lead the way."
I nod slightly and start walking off to one of the hallways. I can hear Chariona's footsteps behind me so I know shes following me. I take a quick glance to one of the plaque's next to the hallways.
STAIRWELL
Well, I guess its a place to start. I start walking down the hallway when I'm met by a large set of iron bars blocking my path. I turn around and see Chariona with a confused look on her face.
"What? Why is this place blocked off?"
"I don't really know, I guess they don't want us to be here."
I scratch the top of my head, almost knocking off my little hat, I turn back to the iron bars and put my hand on them. I try pushing on them as hard as I can, but they don't even budge a inch. I sigh and turn back to Chariona.
"It's no use, lets head somewhere else."
She nods slightly as we move to a new a knew hallway. I glance at the plaque next to the hallway.
MESS HALL
LAUNDRY ROOM
INCINERATOR
I guess that's all that is down this hallway. I start waling down the hallway with Chariona trying to take in what little scenery there is. Everything is just so gray: the walls, the floors, the roof even. There isn't even any windows anywhere. The only thing not gray is the blinding white lights hanging above us. I look to the right of me and see another plaque next to a blue door.
MESS HALL
Alright then, at least we found something. I turn to Chariona who is just looking at a wall. I shrug it off and open the door, walking inside. That's when I notice a complete change of scenery. The floor and roof are solid black while everything else in the room is completely white. There are a large amount of tables and chairs arranged around the room. It could easily fit 100 people at least, its so odd they did this with what looks to be a small amount of people. I look and see a door and what looks to be a empty door frame that leads to the kitchen on the wall to my left. That's not all, I see another person, they look to be sitting with their feet up on the table. Chariona stands beside me she whispers into my ear
"That guy looks sketchy...do you think we need to go?"
I take a look at the guy for myself, he has a leather jacket on, blue jeans with one of those black belts on, solid black boots, and various piercings on his ears. He even has a damn mohawk with blood red tips, so I lean down and whisper in Chariona's ear.
"Yes, lets hurry."
As we turn around to leave...
"Hey! You two, get back here!"
His voice sounds normal...nothing like I expected it to sound like. Chariona and I worriedly turn around. We see hes looking directly at us, his feet still up on the table. Her and I share a look and quickly walk over to him, not wanting to anger whoever this is. He takes his feet of the table and stands up to talk with us. Suddenly all my fear for him vanishes, he is no taller then Chariona, meaning he is shorting then I am. I turn on my smile and look down at him.
"Something wrong?"
He looks up at me, just scowling.
"I wanted to talk with ya. Haven't talked with another person yet, so I say fuck it, lets start now."
He dresses like a criminal...talks like a criminal...I have a bad feeling. I awkwardly smile and nudge Chariona, nut wanted to be the only talker here. She takes the hint and holds out her hand to the boy.
"Well hello, My name is Chariona, and this is Shiza. What is your name?"
The boy looks at the both of us, he shakes Chariona's hand.
"Orin Ellion. I'm known as one of the baddest bikers around."
Orin Ellion
SHSL Biker
I knew it, hes one of those thugs that ride around on motorcycles I'm tempted to just turn and run away but Chariona speaks to Orin
"A Biker huh? Well I'm a Wind Surfer and Shiza here is a Socialite. We all have awesome talents!"
Orin looks back at me, I politely tip my little hat to him trying to smile through this the best I can. He looks me dead in the eyes, I can see the light almost shine of his dark purple eyes.
"What's with the midget top hat, to poor to get a full sized one?"
I want to sock him right in the nose, I curl up my fist to strike but I feel Chariona grip my arm tightly, I guess she knows what I was gonna do. I unball my fist and take a deep breath.
"No I am not to poor, its just fashionable."
He rolls his eyes at me proceeding to turn his back to me, walking off to his seat.
"Whatever, sorry prissy pants."
As he takes his seat again I look to Chariona. She looks annoyed with this Orin kid already, that's when she turns her head to the left pointing to something. I follow her finger and see another person walking out of the kitchen with a cup of something. Its another female. She looks to b about the same size as Chariona, she has short red hair, part of it lightly covering one of her dark yellow eyes, the left one to be exact. She looks to be in a suit her over shirt,pants and tie all being a pale red her undershirt being a solid black. She has some shiny gold cufflinks and even shinier black dress shoes. She has this strange symbol on her right sleeve, I don't know what that is meant to mean, but all in all she dresses nicely.
I look over to see Chariona has vanished, I turn back to that other girl to see Chariona already talking with her. The girl looks so emotionless, almost like she is board with her talking. I turn back to Orin who is just kicked back in his chair, so I guess he will be no help. I notice something however and tap him on his shoulder. He looks up at me, clearly mad.
"What."
"I though you said you never spoke to anyone, but that girl was in here with you."
He looks back behind him, looking at Chariona and the girl converse. He then turns back to me.
"Well I didn't lie, I tried talking to her but she gave me the cold shoulder. She must be one of those high class bitches who think they are better then everyone."
I blink, not exactly sure how to respond to his statement. I rub the back of my neck and awkwardly smile at him.
"Uhhhh...alright, I'll see you around Orin...I'm gonna go catch up with Chariona, bye."
He gives me a small wave and goes back to his own thing. I walk over to the other two girls in the middle of their conversation. The red head looks at me and instantly stops talking she just stares into my soul, it creeps me out. Chariona turns around and smiles.
"Ahh, Shiza we where just talking about you."
I look to Chariona and smile slightly to her. I look back to the red head and tip my hat to her.
"Hello there, I guess you already know my name is Shiza, What's yours?"
The girl looks me up and down, not saying a single word. I'm not sure if she is trying to undress me with her eyes but...I don't think I mind that much if she is. She takes a sip of whatever is in her cup.
"Nai Horoka. Hello to you too."
She takes my hand and shakes it without me having any say in it. I awkwardly smile at her.
"Uh...Well hello there Nai, do you have a talent?"
She sighs and lets go of my hand she takes another sip of what is in her cup.
"I'm the SHSL Investigator."
Nai Horoka
SHSL Investigator
"Oh so your like a detective? I think I may have heard about you on the news."
Chariona looks to Nai smiling at her.
"I think so too! Well I guess that's why your a SHSL after all."
Nai looks at the both of us, giving a small smile to the both of us. She fixes her tie a bit.
"Well I'm flattered, but I really don't care that much for the fame. It's a serious job."
I glance over at Chariona, who seems to be completely oblivious to Nai's seemingly cold nature. I brush some of my hair out of my face and awkwardly rub the back of my neck.
"Are you worried about something?"
Nai looks at me, I take my hand off my neck and awkwardly smile at her.
"Uhh, ya We are kinda in a prison..."
Nai taps her finger on her chin, thinking about something it looks like. Chariona whispers in my ear quickly
"She seems cool. Much better then Orin."
I give her a quick nod, smiling to myself. She has a point, Nai scares me more then Orin however, but she is much easier to talk with. I look back at Nai who still seems to be in thought, she looks to me.
"Do you have no clue how you got here?"
Chariona nods to Nai, I simply put my hand on my hip, trying to recall any event to how I may have got here.
"Uhhh, no I don't know either...I guess we all just forgot."
Nai looks around slightly, almost as if shes making sure no one else is watching.
"Unlikely, its to much of a coincidence."
Well...she has a point. Its not that believable that all of us just forgot where we are. I start to feel the worst. I can feel myself sweating, but I don't know why...I don't feel that nervous. I guess I just think that, hell I don't even know what to think about any of this. Nai looks at me and Chariona, looking to the exit.
"I found a lot of other people here to, they all seem to be SHSLs too, I think we are meant to be trapped in here for some unknown reason."
Chariona pales slightly she must be thinking the same thing I am, Why are we trapped here. Chariona speaks up, her voice shaking.
"How many people are there..."
"Well with you, Shiza, and that thug over there that makes 16 that I counted."
That must be why there was 16 cells...I guess that's something at least...there are 16 people...all trapped in a prison. This cant be good.
"Well, I think we should go someplace out...Nai would you like to join me and Chariona in looking around?"
Nai blinks then puts her finger to her chin, thinking again. Chariona looks at me and smiles, I don't know why, I guess she just enjoys Nai's company. Nai then looks back at me.
"Well I have already seen it all...but I guess I can hang around with you guys."
That was a reasonably lackluster response, but I'll take it. Its better then a rejection. I look to Chariona and give a slight grin.
"Well then Chariona, lets head out, you can lead the way then Nai."
Chariona smiles warmly and Nai nods slightly and starts to walk out. Chariona and I follow close behind her, leaving Orin in the Mess Hall. Nai sets her cup down on a table before she leaves, she quickly exits the room. I follow behind her,wondering if the rest of these people will be so welcoming.
CONTINUED IN PROLOG III:NEW FRIENDS