Dangan Ronpa:Lock Down Prologue V:Sick and Twisted Way of Life

I look up at Ayanaki who is still comforting Chariona. She just seems so nice and elegant, I wonder why she is dealing with lower class people. Nai taps me on the shoulder slightly, I turn around to face her. She looks at me with a angered expression on her face.

"Lets go, we have wasted more then enough of her time."

Chariona looks up and frowns, she tries to say something but Nai cuts her off.

"I said lets go."

Chariona sighs and walks back over to us. I turn to Nai fearfully, it feels like I'm being scolded by my mom, and I don't like that at all. Ayanaki waves goodbye to us as we head off to the last hallway. I stop and take a quick look at the plaque before we enter.

LIBRARY

ELEVATOR
SECURITY ROOM
WASH AREAS

I let out a sigh, still not actually having a way to get outside yet. Nai grabs my arm and ends up pulling me down the hallway. I look to her trying to get out of her iron grip.

"What's up with you all of a sudden?"

She just keeps walking, Chariona trying to keep up with us, I can hear her let out a sigh before responding to me.

"You both acted like fools in front of that girl. She is royalty, just because shes your age doesn't mean you can act that way to her."

Yep, she really is starting to turn into my mother bit by bit. I guess shes just a bit of a hard ass, she is a detective after all. We eventually reach a set of padded doors in a light brown shade. I look at the plaque beside it.

LIBRARY

Nai then pulls me into the room forcefully, she lets go of my arm and the pushes Chariona in with me. She's really...really pushy right now. She then looks to the two of us and frowns.

"I need to go check on something, I'll be back in a second."

She then closes the door on us both, leaving us by ourselves. I take a quick look around, seeing nothing but large bookshelves surrounding the room. There are some tables and chairs placed about as well as filing cabinets near what I assume to be the front desk. I see two other people in here with us...they are just staring us down. A boy and a girl are sitting on one of the tables together, looking to be whispering to each other while they keep eyes on us. The male looks to have his dark brown hair in one of those side pompadours, while the rest of his hair is just loosely combed about. He looks to be in a blue blazer of sorts with a gray button up shirt underneath it. He wears a messily put on black tie, to match his slacks he also wears. He looks to have dark brown loafers on his feet as well, but the thing I notice is that he's wearing a golden, diamond shaped locket around his neck

As for the girl, She has her long,black hair tied into a ponytail with her bangs evenly cut to just above her eyebrows. She has on a very long looking shirt with long sleeves on it she also has on some loose fitting jeans and some solid black boots. Her clothing really looks to big for her, but when she stands up, I notice shes the same height as I am. She puts on a backpack and starts walking over to us, the boy close behind her. She looks to Chariona, then to me. She then steps aside, letting the boy go in front of her. He slicks his hair back a bit and looks at us.

"Well well, look at this. What a cute little lady and her escort, did you two come to explore this place to?

Chariona and I share a look of confusion before turning back to the other pair.

"Well...not by our choice but...ya."

The boy then gives me a sly grin, looking me up and down before putting his hand out to me.

"Well then, whats your names. I would enjoy getting to know you both."

I timidly grip his hand and shake it, not exactly liking how...suave he is being to me.

"My name is Shiza...I'm a Socialite..."

He looks down at Chariona as he shakes my hand. Chariona tugs at her bracelets a bit and quickly responds.

"Oh...and I'm Chariona, SHSL Wind Surfer..."

The man lets out a slight chuckle and turns to the girl. He gives her a slight nod and she look at both of us with piercing blue eyes.

"My name is Quinn Chorina and that is Rorioka Sanasoba. He is the SHSL Politician and I am his Adviser. Nice to meet you."

Quinn Chorina

SHSL Adviser

Rorioka Sanasoba
SHSL Politician

Chariona backs away from the two, letting me deal with this, I look to Quinn and Rorioka and just fake a smile as best as I can.

"Wow, so you two know each other? The rest of us have been complete strangers."

Quinn gives a slight nod as Rorioka pats her on the head.

"Yes yes, she has been by my side since we where children. I couldn't have done this without her."

Quinn just...stares at him. Showing nothing on her facial expression she just...looks at him. It really creeps me out in a way, so I guess I can make up a excuse to leave now. I smile at them kindly and give them a wink.

"Well we must be catching up with Nai now, It was so nice meeting you."

I can hear Chariona walk out the door, the other two just look at me and smile. Rorioka waves goodbye to me as I walk out to catch up to Chariona.

As I walk back into the hallway I see Nai approaching Chariona and I,she looks to the two of us quickly before giving us a slight smile

"Sorry I had to do that to you, I had to make sure those rooms where still locked."

I look at her, scratching the top of my head. I didn't know there where more places locked off. I look down the hallway to see 3 more doors. A large set of red doors, a solid back door, and a pink and blue set of doors at the very back of the hallway. Chariona looks to Nai with a worried look on her face.

"What rooms are locked?"

Nai turns around, pointing to the red doors and the black door.

"The elevator and security room is locked. I'm not entirely sure why though, I would need more information."

I nods slightly, also finding it odd why so many things are locked. I get its a prison ,but we aren't inmates we are just normal kids. I sigh slightly as Nai starts to walk out of the hallway with Chariona fallowing close behind her. I start to leave when I catch a glimpse of something out of the corner of my eye. I see a girl exiting one of the wash rooms jotting stuff down on a little notepad.

She has dark purple hair put up in a messy looking bun that's held in by a flower hairpin. She wears a simple T-shirt with the letters Y G and A on it in bold blue letters on the front of it. She looks to have a lime green hoodie tied around her waist, clashing with her solid white jeans. She also has a pair of neon pink tennis shoes, matching the shade of her glasses. She looks over to me and gives me a strange smile. She awkwardly walks over to me and I smile warmly at her. I tip my hat to her and begin to greet myself.

"Hey there. My name is Shiza...I'm kno-"

She cuts me off mid sentence with a high pitch yelp, she fiddles with her gasses for a second before looking back at me

"Oh...your not a girl? You looked so feminine."

I'm truly at a loss for words. With everything I have been called today,by Orin, Jerico, Furuaka, and Xeno. This is by far the worst one. I don't look that feminine...god dammit is it the hat? While I'm busy scolding myself in my own head I don't really notice the girl taping me in the arm. I snap back into reality and look down at her. She awkwardly chews on the pen she has.

"Uh...so dude...do you wanna uh...shoot the hoops?"

She quickly face palms after saying that. She look back up at me and continues to chew on the end of her pen.

"Sorry sorry...I'm not that good with talking to boys...being at a all girl school really keeps you away from that stuff...anyhow I'm rambling again...My name is Chiriaka Urmina ...Spelling Bee Champ."

Chiriaka Urmina

SHSL Spelling Bee Champion

She certainly is a long winded one, but if it s true about her being from a all girl school...I can see why she cant talk to boys. I hold my hand out to Chiriaka for her to shake it, she ends up trying to fist bump me. She corrects herself and eventually makes it around to shaking me hand. She looks up at me and smiles,I can't tell if shes just nervous or is just that pale in complexion, she lets go of my hand and looks off to the side.

"Uhh...so like...I'm going to go...look for some stuff. See ya."

She rushes past me without another word, leaving me alone in the hallway. I start walking out of the hallway getting slightly annoyed with this. I run a few numbers in my head, finding that I have met 14 other people so far...counting myself that's 15. Nai said there was 16 people in total gathered here. There have been 8 girls and 6 males that I met so far...so if I was to make a guess, I would say that there are a 8 girls and boys, a perfect split. So the last person I meet...will most likely be a man. Now considering I explored the Dentistry Enhancement Room but I haven't met a SHSL Dentist yet...I assume that male is it. I give a smile to myself, impressed with my line of thought, and I'm sure Nai would as well.

I exit the hallway and look around, not seeing Nai or Chariona anywhere. I guess I lost them while I was talking to Chiriaka. I walk to the large set of doors, the only place left that I haven't looked at yet. I look around for the plaque and find it above the door itself. I start reading it to myself...feeling a smile creeping up on my face.

THE YARD/OUTDOOR AREA

The...outside? This is the way out! Thank god, I can leave! I quickly rush out the doors to feel the crisp air on my face. That's when I see it, a large concrete wall, I would assume that is 70 feet tall, blocks off the entire perimeter of the prison. Even worse is that "The Yard" is just a cage about 30 feet by 30 feet, with only one door leading out of the cage...blocked by iron bars. I also see a stage set up on the far north end of this cage, with the rest of the people trapped in here standing in front of it. I see Nai and Chariona talking to each other in the midst of the crowd and I rush up to them.

They see me coming and wave me over to them. I arrive where they are and Nai instantly gets beside me whispering into my ear.

"That Orin fellow said that another female came and told him to gather everyone out here...I think that would be our captor."

A female did this to us? Well at least we know none of us are at fault for this, I look around the crowd of people, seeing that only Orin, Quinn,and Rorioka aren't here. I also survey the crowd for that one person I haven't met yet...and I found him. He has short blond hair in a messed up hairstyle. He wears a lab coat with a dark red dress shirt underneath it. He also has on very classy looking slacks with almost reflective black shoes.

I see he also has a name tag on the front of his shirt...I can't see it however. I look over to Nai who is paying attention to the stage...so I slip away to the other male.

I lightly tap him on the shoulder and he turns around quickly. He looks at me and simply smiles.

"Oh look at that, I don't think I have met you yet."

I notices his accent right away,he must be British. I smile to him and tip my hat, actually looking forward to this.

"No we have not, My name is Shiza, known as the SHSL Socialite."

The man simply smiles and grabs my hand shaking it.

"I am Elliott Marrex, and I am known as the SHSL Dentist. Pleasure to meet you."

Elliott Marrex

SHSL Dentist

I give myself a little imaginary pat on the back, I called it perfectly. Just as I am about to respond to him I hear the piercing sound of a microphone turning on. My head whips to the stage, seeing a girl dressed in a cat suit is on the stage. She has long green hair and smaller green eyes. And she looks almost deathly pale...almost like a ghost she holds the microphone up to her mouth, speaking into it.

"If I may have your attention participants, the announcement is about to begin."

Just then Orin, Quinn and Rorioka come through the doors quickly walking to the stage where the rest of us are. I look around at everyone, who has the same confused expression on their faces. The girl just looks down at us from the stage with no discernible expression on her face. She speaks again.

"As you all notice, you are all inside of this prison. I was asked to bring you all here for a experiment my late master was trying to go though with. My name is Enhanced Human Experiment 04263. But you can simply call me by my given name...Kodeki. I will be the leader of this test you are all forced to play."

"Kodeki"

Leader of "The Test"

I can hear Orin raise his voice, clearly unhappy with this.

"The hell?! What is this test your talking about?"

Furuaka joins in in the yelling.

"Ya whats the deal here? Why did you abduct us!"

Kodeki sigh and turns her back to us, still speaking into the microphone.

"Well my master wanted to preform a simple test, to see how humans would react to being put into a certain situation where they where given a choice."

A choice, what the hell is that supposed to mean? I can hear a lot of people mumbling to each other, eventually Iruna timidly speaks up.

"Uh...W-what would that choice be?"

Kodeki looks to her and simply says

"Well that's simple. Keep everyone safe, or kill for your own selfish needs. That's the choice you have."

My heart drops down my chest...that's what we are dealing with? She plans to see if we would actually kill each other? Nai speaks out next, her voice strangely mixed with fear.

"No...that isn't your plan...it cant be!"

Chariona nods at Nai's comment while Ariki starts making his way up to the stage.

He leaps up onto the stage, causing it to tremble under him. He towers over Kodeki, cracking his knuckles. His eyes are solely focus on her, almost like he's ready to rip her in two.

"If you do intend to follow through with this plan...I will kill you where you stand."

Kodeki looks up at him and just blinks.

"Alright then...go right ahead."

Ariki lets our a bellow as he reels back his fist, sending it full speed right at Kodeki's face...that's when a bone chilling crunch is echoed though the entire yard. I look at the two to see something unexpected. Ariki's hand is shattered, his fingers bent at odd directions and his hand a dark shade of purple...meanwhile Kodeki's face looks completely unharmed...not even a scratch. I fight the urge not to throw up right there, others weren't so lucky. Iruna and Ayanaki are both passed out on the floor and Myuroko is off in the corner puking his guts out. I look over to Chariona who is pale with fear, her hands over her mouth. Ariki yells out in pain stumbling backwards gripping his shattered hand in agony. Kodeki then simply walks forward and dropkicks him in the chest, sending him off the stage and onto the ground. I look in absolute shock as the SHSL Wrestler just got his ass handed to him by a girl. Kodeki taps on the mic slightly, clearly having all of our attention now.

"Well then, now that that is out of the way, I shall give you all these."

A part of the stage opens up, showing 16 tablet devices all on a table lined up. She grabs one at a time and passes them out to us. I turn mine on almost instantly.

Welcome Shiza Faria. This will be your personal device for as long as you remain here.

When the welcome screen vanishes I am left with various other icons on the screen, each with a name under them. I look up at Kodeki who has just gotten back on the stage. She looks down at all of us.

"Those are tablets that will be used for storing information, as well as easy access to the rules and map layout of this facility. Please do not lose them, I only had 16 of them made."

I don't even know what to say...this information is to much to process...first we are told to kill each other...now we get free tablets...its making no sense to me. I look around at the other students, who all look to be frazzled emotionally. Every one of them staring down the people next to them. My eyes then meet with Nai's, we look into each others eyes for what feels like a hour. She looks startled, like not even she could have expected that. She then turns back to the stage, as Jerico is yelling at the top of her lungs at Kodeki.

"Like hell! I refuse to participate in this test. You and your fucking master can kiss my ass."

She then starts to walk off only to have a microphone thrown at the back of her head. She turns around and glares down Kodeki, who looks to be really...really pissed.

"Two things. You will not insult my master, or I will rip you into shreds. And you have no choice in the matter if you wish to play or not, your under my command and under my command you shall stay until you die or escape."

Jerico tries to open her mouth again but Quinn quickly covers it with her hand.

"Don't poke the bear, it never ends well."

Rorioka nods at her statement. I still can't process why the hell this is going on...I quickly look at my watch to see its just past 7. I can even see the sun starting to set...I focus on that and that only. It slowly starts slipping under the horizon...and I just simply laugh to myself. I don't know why, it just happens. I guess this is my brain trying to cope with being overflowed with information...hell that may not even be it. Maybe its just the fact that the sun gets to leave this horrid scene but we have to stay, trapped in our own sick and twisted way of life.

PROLUGE END

CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 1 I: TRUST AND BONDING MASKED BY THE BLOOD