Dangan Ronpa:Lock Down Prologue III:New Friends

Me, Nai, and Chariona make our way out of the mess hall so we can go explore the rest of the prison. Nai seems to be walking rather fast, leaving both Chariona and I in the dust almost. I don't get why she is in such a hurry if she has seen this all before. Nai then stops in her track, allowing us to catch up to her. I look to see shes next to a new door, a black one. I check the plaque on the wall to see where this place is.

LAUNDERY ROOM

Nai turns to both of us, brushing some hair out of her face.

"I'll go ahead and warn you now, last I was in here there was another person inside here, and he was not social in the slightest."

A anti-social person? I can't even imagine how they must feel, I'm sure whoever this person is just needs a good friend. I push in front of Nai and open up the door. I do a quick look around of the room. It looks fairly stranded, a white and black checkerboard floor, white walls, at least 4 sets of washers and dryers, all in all it looks like a laundromat. There looks to be piles of clothing in baskets already, some even hang above us on clothing lines. I turn back to the other two.

"Well, looks like there is no one here. Guess that person you where talking about left Nai."

Nai simply blinks in my direction as she walks around the room. She opens random washers and looks inside them. Chariona tilts her head slightly in confusion, she turns to me.

"Uhh...what is she doing?"

I scratch my head, watching Nai search the washers still.

"I guess she's looking for something."

As I say that, Nai starts digging through one of the baskets of laundry, uncovering what looks to be another person. The boy shakily stumbles out of the basket, backing away from Nai. The boy turn around, and that's when I can see his face. He looks like he hasn't slept in days, he has horrid bags under his eyes. He pushes his glasses up a bit on his face, only to have them slide down his nose again. The kid looks like hes preparing for a snow day. He has a dark purple turtleneck on with a black scarf around his neck and mouth. He has some black sweatpants that are strangely rolled up to just bellow his knees and some conman navy blue pair of house slippers, I don't know if he just doesn't know how to dress himself or he dose this willingly but all I know is he looks like a train wreck. He kinda just stands there, looking at Chariona and I with a fearful expression, shaking in his slippers. I smile warmly and tip my small top hat to him

"Hello there, My name is Shiza and this is Chariona. What is your name?"

He looks away from us, playing with his ponytail. I guess Nai was right...he just doesn't wanna talk. Chariona smiles and tries speaking to him.

"Ya'know, we aren't here to hurt you. It's ok to talk to us."

The boy just starts pulling at the ends of his scarfs, looking at the floor now. Chariona and I share a look of concern to each other and look back at Nai, who is walking back to us now. She looks back at the small boy and whispers to us.

"His name is Ericho Nair, the SHSL Origami Artist. That's all I could get out of him earlier. He's not much for conversation."

Ericho Nair

SHSL Origami Artist

I look back to Ericho who is now trying to get back into the basket of clothing. He must be horridly anti-social for him to hardly ever talk. I awkwardly smile and try again to talk with him.

"Uhh, I'm the SHSL Socialite...and Chariona is the SHSL Windsurfer, any thoughts?"

Ericho is now in the basket, he looks up at us with his light blue eyes, trying to brush a strand of hair out of his face. He mumbles something, to soft for me to hear. I gulp slightly, not liking how awkward this is turning out. Chariona plays with some of her bracelets trying to speak with Ericho next.

"We couldn't understand that...can you please speak up?"

Ericho puts some clothing over himself for some odd reason...is he trying to hide from us? He looks away from us and pulls down his scarf a bit so his mouth can be seen.

"I said those are cool talents...I guess."

His voice still sound soft but I at least understood what he said. I place my hand on my hip and smile

"Why thank you, yours is very cool as well."

He tries to shimmy down into the clothing more to hide himself, he looks up at us slightly. He looks to be shivering as he tries to push his glasses up again.

"T-Thanks..."

He then completely covers himself in clothing, hidden from our sight again. I turn to Nai and Chariona, whispering to them.

"Lets leave him be for now...I'm sure he will come around."

Chariona gives me a small nod as Nai opens the door and heads out back into the hallway. We follow close behind her now, trying to match her fast pace. That Ericho guy looks like he didn't really leave his house much, which explains why he is dressed so sloppily. I notice Nai stop once again, now in front of a light purple door. I don't really need to look at the plaque, I already know this must be the incinerator considering the other two rooms listed are behind us. Nai opens the door and we all walk inside.

Now, in fairness I have walked in on worse, but this was...surprising to say the least. I'm drawn to the center of the room, where I see two people, who look to be in quite a pickle. The female is rolling around on the ground with what look to be her pants on fire while the male tries to beat the fire with his trench coat. I'm honestly to shocked to even move, I see Chariona and Nai rush into action out of the corner of my eye. Chariona grabbing a nearby fire extinguisher and handing it to Nai, who utterly blasts the girl who is on fire with the white smoke. The male starts coughing a bit as he is also hit with it slightly. Once the smoke settles the girl's pants are badly singed but she stands up with no injuries that I can see. She simply sighs and dusts off herself, soaked from stuff Nai sprayed on her.

"I could have handled it without your help Red."

It takes me a moment to comprehend that she just got snippy with the person who just saved her from being burned to a crisp, that takes either a very ungrateful person or just someone to proud to admit their faults. Chariona walks up to the girl in a panic.

"Oh my god are you ok? Are you burnt? Do you need medical attention?"

Chariona continues to pester the new girl with questions, eventually the girl just huffs and pushes her away.

"I'm fine, nothing I haven't dealt with before."

Chariona glares at the girl, I do as well ,looking her up and down. She looks like someone out of a punk band. Her skin tone is darker so I assume that's her actual skin tone and not just really bad burns. She has messily cut Blue and black hair going down to what I assume is her mid back, a long sleeved,white,v-neck shirt with a black skull on it, and what I assume are black jean shorts that go just over her knees. She rolls her eyes at us and picks up a simple blue tennis shoe off the ground putting it on her left foot. I have no real clue where the other one is, nor do I want to know. I feel someone tap on my shoulder, so I snap out of my thought and turn to my left, seeing that the other boy is next to me holding out his hand.

"Hello there pal, I don't think we have met yet."

Well he seems chipper, considering what just happened not more then a minute ago. I shake his hand none the less, not wanting to seem to rude.

"Hey there, my name is Shiza Faria, SHSL Socialite."

The boy lets go of my hand and...salutes me?

"I am Myuroko Shino, SHSL Pilot. I hope we can get along pal."

Myuroko Shino

SHSL Pilot

I stop to take a good look at him, and I can see how he is the SHSL Pilot. He has one of those aviator caps on his head, some of his light orange hair coming from under it. He wears a full body suit, colored in brown and white horizontal stripes with some medallions sown onto it, like someone in the army would have, he also wears knee high solid black boots and If I where to guess, I would say that trench coat he was trying to put the fire out with was his. I smile with glee and lean in a bit closer to him, exited

"Wow, a actual pilot? That's a totally kick ass talent."

Myuroko looks at me and smiles with pride, the goggles connected to his hat fall over his eyes.

"Why thank you pal, It's nice to know people appreciate what me and various other people do for a living."

Chariona walks up to Myuroko and I, leaving the other girl with Nai, she smiles and gives a small wave to him.

"Hey there, my name is Chariona, the SHSL Wind Surfer!"

Myuroko turns to her and salutes her as well, he fixes his goggles slightly with his free hand

"You must be one of Shiza's pals. My name is Myuroko Shino, SHSL Pilot."

Chariona lets out a small gasp, her eyes lighting up with joy.

"Oh wow! That must be so thrilling to do!"

"It is, I take joy in the art of flying and try my best to defend our country from attackers!"

Chariona still is gawking over Myuroko as he starts to talk about how it feels to be flying around at high speeds,completely ignoring my renaissance. I look over at Nai who looks to be talking to the girl who was on fire. I slip away from Chariona and Myuroko's conversation and walk over to the other two, seeing what they are talking about. Nai sees me coming and says something to the other girl. I awkwardly smile, not knowing what she just said and if it was about me or not, I tip my hat and try and shoehorn myself into there conversation.

"Uhh excuse me, I just wanted to make sure you where all right."

The girl turns around quickly and balls up her fist at me.

"I already said I was ok. Why dontcha butt out of this bitch boy."

I'm honestly taken back, did she actually just call me a bitch boy? I just wanted to make sure she was ok. Nai pulls her back a bit and stands in between us.

"You'll have to excuse Jerico, shes a bit frazzled right now."

This Jerico girl looks out from behind Nai and glares at me before walking out behind her and turning to leave the room. I look at her and try and say something before she leaves.

"M-my name is Shiza, the SHSL Socialite by the way..."

She stops walking but keeps her back to me, not letting me see her face.

"I didn't ask nor do I really give a shit, but if it helps you feel better my name is Jerico Minnore. I guess my talent would have to do with my shitty luck."

Jerico Minnore

SHSL Unlucky Student

She walks out of the room without another word, I guess wanting to get away from the rest of us. I'm kind of confused, I didn't know having bad luck was a actual talent. I turn to Nai who is just fixing her tie.

'What was her deal? She seems pissed off at everything."

Nai lets out a sigh, looking at me with her emotionless gaze.

"Wouldn't you be upset if you had everything that could possible go wrong happened to you all the time?"

I take a moment to think about it, It would explain why she was on fire when we walked in here. That must really suck to have that happen all the time.

"I guess your right, I would be mad at the world too."

Nai blinks and rubs her left arm a bit.

"None the less she is a very rude person, I would stay away from her if I was you."

I take that into account for later, I'll try to avoid her as best as I can. I turn around to see Chariona and Myuroko still talking. I guess she must be really into whatever he's talking about. I call out to her.

"Hey Chariona, me and Nai are gonna go look around some more, catch up with us when your done."

She turns to me and gives me a thumbs up before turning back to Myuroko. I rub the back of my neck and turn to Nai who is already heading out the door. In a panic I speed walk after her, not wanting to be left behind.

Nai and I make it back to the main area with all the cells are at and start to look around for more hallways we can go to. Nai starts to make her way to a hallway on the south side of the room, and I follow behind her knowing that she already has seen everything. I catch a quick glimpse of the plaque as we walk into the hallway.

ENHANCEMENT AREAS

I have no clue what that actually means,but I'm sure it's nothing to bad. The hallway looks the exact same as the last one, completely gray and bland. That's when I'm surprised to see a very colorful looking door to my left. Its a pink door decorated with paper flowers and colorful confetti bits. I stop and stare at it for a second, looking over to the plaque beside the door.

DECORATION ENHANCEMENT

I place my hand on the doorknob when Nai grabs my arm tightly.

"I wouldn't do that if I where you."

I look at her,utterly confused, I rub the back of my neck awkwardly and take my hand off the doorknob.

"W-Why? What's in there?"

Nai looks at me dead in the eyes, she looks angered at something.

"Someone a bit to full of them self."

I blink slightly, not really understanding why that's such a bad thing. It cant be that bad for Nai to look this upset over it. I manage to pry her hand from my arm and open the door to the room. It looks very festive, almost like someone was throwing a party in there. There are balloons, streamers, wall decorations, and confetti is all over the floor. That's when I see a small looking girl at a workbench, humming to herself and crafting what I assume to be streamers. She stands up and turns around with a armful of the things and looks to me and Nai, giving us a slight smile. She sets the streamers down on the floor and walks up to us.

"Well look who came back, and you brought a clown with you."

I start to regret coming in here, I have been insulated by three separate people today for my looks. I think I dress quite well, better then most other people. I look down at her and scowl.

"Well that wasn't nice little girl you shouldn't say that."

I don't know what clicked inside of her, but now shes giving me one mean death glare she huffs right at me and folds her crosses her arms over her chest like a child throwing a tantrum.

"I'm 16 you jackass, I can say what I want."

I look at this angry little person a bit closer. She has light green eyes and that's really the only thing normal about her. She has dark pink hair tied into pigtails with ribbons that are a lighter shade of pink. She wears a neon pink,button up shirt with a red and white checkered tie and a light pink puffed out skirt, both of which have white star decals all over them. Her boots are quite strange as well, another blinding neon pink color with white ribbons all up the front of them where the laces should be.

I can say that she looks very nice, adorable in fact, but her attitude is so horrid it almost makes me want to just walk out of the door. She looks to be calming down a bit now, shes still a bit red in the face but she looks up at me.

"Hey, you have a name don't you? What is it?"

I smile at her despite my better judgment and give a tip of my hat.

"Ahh yes, my name is Shiza, the SHSL Socialite."

Her eyes widen a bit, she must have heard of me before. She gives me a sly little grin and plays with her tie a bit.

"Your a avid party goer, I've seen you at some of the parties I helped make. My name is Furuaka Kon, decoration extraordinaire!"

Furuaka Kon

SHSL Decorator

It makes sense, she is in the Decoration Enhancement room. Nai was right however, shes a bit of a snob. But she says she knows me from my partying so she may not be all that bad. I give her a smile.

"Well its so nice to see you again Furuaka, I remember a lot of your work that you have done."

Furuaka grins and stick her nose up in the air like shes something special.

"I knew you liked it already, I am the best at it after all."

As much as she sounds like a brat she is technically right. She's the best in her field. We all are in fact. I look back at Nai who is face palming to herself. I guess shes getting a bit tired of this already. I turn back to Furuaka and give her a fake smile.

"Well, I think we need to head back out now. It was nice talking to you."

She gives me a slight nod and starts walking back to her workbench. I shoot Nai a look and we power walk out of there as quickly as we can, closing the door behind us. I take a deep breath as we start to walk off down the hall again. I give a silent prayer that this will get easier as we go along.

CONTINUED IN PROLUGE IV: THE JESTER AND THE ROYALTY