Prologue: Welcome to Despair part 1
The massive high school towers over all the other buildings in this bustling urban area. It's like the school stands at the center of the entire world.
Hope's Peak Academy…
It brings in top students from every filed imaginable. A government-funded school of privilege…
They say that if you come here and manage to graduate, you'll be set for life. With hundreds of years of tradition, it sends the cream of the crop into the work force every year.
It was built to raise hope in the nation's future. Which makes Hope's Peak a pretty fitting name.
There are two things you need to attend this school…
One, you have to already be attending high school.
Two, you have to be the very best at what you do.
No ordinary student could enroll here. The only way in is if you're scouted by the school itself. And standing there at the gate of the ultimate school filled with the ultimate students… was me.
Makoto Naegi
Ultimate Lucky student
It was a title I received from winning a lottery that the school held. The odds of me getting picked were one in a million. I guess the title is kinda fitting then. But common, I mean look at me. I'm completely ordinary, but still here I am, standing in front of the anything but ordinary Hope's Peak Academy. I honestly still can't believe I'm actually standing here. Make's a guy wonder if someone like me can survive in a place like this.
The building in front of me has this overwhelming presence.. like it's trying to swallow me whole. It's kinda understandable when I tell you about the "preparation" I did last night to get ready for today. As you already know Hope's Peak only invites those students who are truly elite in their field. It's so popular you can't even be online five minutes without finding a thread about attendees. I read some of the threads and found out a lot of what my classmates are going to be like. For example "Ultimate Pop Sensation," "Ultimate Baseball Star," "Ultimate Fashionista," and the list continues and continues. As I read on I began to feel more and more depressed about my stance in this school, like I was a lizard trying to hang out with some snakes. Luckily, I might not be the only one. You see, there were a few students who I couldn't find any info on, making me believe that they might be as ordinary as me.
So now here I am, standing in front of a school for people with massive amounts of talent. It made me feel lost, because I knew for a fact that I definitely didn't belong here. But still…I can't leave now or stand in front of this gate forever. I mean people would kill for this opportunity. With one last look at my acceptance letter, which read to 'meet at the main hall at 8 a.m.', I began to head in.
However, after the first step I took, the school in front of me seemed like an illusion and my view of the world around me turned black. Until I couldn't see anything anymore.
This is how it began. How life as I knew it came to an end. I wasn't able to realize at the time that I wasn't there because of ultimate good luck, I was there to experience Ultimate Despair…
All I can feel is a cold surface touching my fingertips, and the soft fabric of my jacket. I groggily raise my head and find myself seated in a desk of a classroom.
"What?" I ask out loud only to receive silence as an answer. What's happening? I was walking a second ago now I'm here. But, where am I? Hope's Peak? Nng…My body feels…heavy. Which is normal for people waking up. What's not normal is waking up in a classroom I've never been to before.
What the heck is going on…? Wait are those…barricades on the windows?
There isn't a word to describe how I'm feeling right now. Here I am in a classroom all by myself, which I've never been to, and see that every window is bolted shut with metal. I guess confused with a hint of scared can describe my feelings.
I then notice a letter on the table I was sitting on, coated in my drool, damn now I have to read it.
Wait what the..? Is this the schools Orientation Guide? There's scribbles on it and very poor handwriting like a bear wrote it. Luckily, I was able to read it.
Hey there new kid!
The next semester about to start.
Starting today, this school will be
Your entire world.
Is this a joke? What the hell? I then notice the camera in the room watching me. Had it watched me sleep? Is it watching now? My eyes then see the clock.
8:00 a.m.
What had an hour really passed by?
Okay I need to think logically yeah. Okay here's what happened. I got myself a little to excited, and passed out in the main hall. And someone carried me here..? …and if that's true. This is a classroom inside Hope's Peak!
But that just raises more questions. This is all really strange. I mean, metal plates covering the windows, cameras hung on the ceiling… It's almost like a prison. None of this makes sense.
I should probably just head back to the main hall. Maybe someone can tell me what's going on.
I leave the classroom.
Jeez… what is with this hallway? Every second things get more and more weird. I honestly have no idea what's going on…
Whelp let's see if I can make it back to the main hall. I moved through the hallways of the school running, trying to find the main hall as quick as possible.
By the time I found it…everyone else was already there.
Standing before me where 14 other students.
AN: Okay this might seem a bit repetitive with the actual game as I do use the game dialogue to help me write this as well including my own technique as I am really trying hard with this story. Now the first killing might take place until after a few more chapters because I don't want to rush this. Anyway enough excuses aside I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
