TIME: Night

BGM: Goodbye Despair Academy

Like all nights before this one, there was this girl who would look at the night sky, laying down on her back, and count all the stars that were visible to her. A hobby known as stargazing, she practically made it her entire life. With her handy Sextant, she would be able to mimic what her father did when he was still alive.

"First, be sure to adjust the small mirrors first. If anything, it should be placed like this...and, oops! How did this one got off? Well, at least it can be screwed on again." As she was saying this to the night sky, she reenacted the entire scene before reaching the slightly loose mirror. As such, she just tilted it a little bit so that it wouldn't come off easily.

"Then, you make sure that you place your eye right here. You seen this before in daddy's job, right? It's called a telescope." Placing her left right eye, she could see an image of what looked like one star. One that she always seemed so fond of since she was little.

"You then use whatever you want to see over the horizon, and make sure you don't move." With the star already been chosen, she made sure her breathing was calmer than what it was before. If she wanted to see the star, she would have to land her sight at something in the horizon. That is when she saw a small lake that had the image of a crescent moon that is bounced to it.

"Now. This is where you should be careful. Whatever you pointed at will have to be angled-er, moved to a side. When you do this, whatever you want to look from will then appear in the mirrors." and just like that, the arch that measured the distance between an illusion and a ball of gas was being measured, though it was more prettier to see the actual mirrors itself. Easily visable, both things that were too far away from each other was now next to one another. One turned out to be something that was trying to look like something, while the other one was just there. Present, but hidden by the vast darkness of space.

"It still amazes me how close two things really are. I hope when i'm gone, you could see that too. Don't worry though, you can still see me through the huge telescope were daddy work's okay? Just remembering those words brought small trails of translucent water fell from her eyes. She will never admit she would be crying. To this day, she'd still believe that what happened two years before she went to Hope's Peak, as a surprise, he would give a video signal of him giving his cheers for his daughter. Just seeing him get pelted with huge chunks of space debris as the only live transmission she ever saw. It was only 17 seconds, but it was enough to see that the previous message before was taken about a little bit more than a few hours ago. In this video, he just smiled. He waved and smiled. Not even words were uttered from him. What happened later ended up with him on the ground, falling at a rate that was once supposedly witnessed at another time by somebody with strawberry blonde hair.

Picking up herself, before looking back once more to the site she always visited, she left to the inside of the new city she was in. She only recalled herself being thrown in here by some random guy when she was just going to check and see if re-entering the school with the invitations were occurring earlier back again. She actually thought that maybe she'd see some other student there, but with her horrible luck, she just found herself get stuck here. It's not a bad place, but something about how it seems to be just a floating piece of rock over a dark pit doesn't make it seem like it's a place that you would have wanted to stay in.

Really, if only she'd learn more about the traps inside the hotel, she'd probably wouldn't have got caught getting snuck outside of it. Though in reality, outside the hotel at night really doesn't seem like the best sight. Maybe, at some point, she could see somebody else in there. I mean, those nameplates were not just there the entire time just for show. Maybe, they could even collaborate with her in order to figure out how to get out of this place! With a small sigh, she went to where her becoming-to-be home that she got herself. Maybe in the morning.

TIME: Morning

BGM: Beautiful Morning

"N-no mom...I-I don't wanna...I just one some mustard in my mac and cheese. Please I-" Those were the thoughts coming from my head, before I was somehow found in of the wooden benches from the building where the pink and blue building was. It was pretty weird when I first got there, but...nevermind, I don't want to say it.

I should probably mention the fact that i'm a student from Hope's Peak Academy for some time. If anything, this was going to be my third year going here. As the SDHSL Astronomer, and be dubbed as Ho-Chi once again. Well, 'cause of my stargazing and all.

You could say that I really would be surprised that out of all places, I landed here in some dumb rock filled with buildings as tall as skyscrapers and filled with obscene amounts of colors everywhere. It's like watching only the flashy parts of an animation where only neon colors would flash back and forth to give an effect. There were some more buildings here and there that looked a little bit more interesting ones then the ones that were just colors, but they either was covered by some metal that would require an insane amount of rope to climb your way up, or if you were just a natural climber that could also just climb up with no need of leverages. Meaning it would be humanly impossible. Even the hotel was one of those colorful buildings, as if to disguise the fact that it is just a machine tripped with lots of security cameras and fake walls.

Either way, I was planning to go there again. Not just because there might be people there since it had plenty of room for some people, but also some strange lights would appear there time and time again. Possibly the sixth one occurred about six days from now. No matter how much I looked at it, it would have taken a lot of energy if it was possible for it to brighten the entire night sky for a few seconds. Freaky, since there was no meteors or lightning that would fall near us. If anything, I guess you could say that for this place, it was just natural. How much it really was though, is not for me to guess, but I guess it be unlikely.

If you have to know, I have simple white T-Shirt that has a Saturn pendant planted on my chest. My boobs if you want to call it that. Below me was just some denim jean shorts that I had so that I could get to the school building here for the class of 52. It was a busy year really, but with what with how things like the biggest airplane in North America was made, you could say that going from a place where I would visit my mom's and then going to my dad's would be easy. It was also the time where the were a few incidents occurred here and there, but as such, nothing was more infamous then the time that in 1983, Takeshi Nanto, was just in space, only to get space debris everywhere.

BGM: Welcome to Despair High School

In other words, my dad died there.

That bastard...! Didn't he knew that he could have left to come and see my entrance to Hope's Peak in person?! If only he did, then maybe I wouldn't have to, witnessed that...

I-I feel like there's no need for me to say more.

I guess I should head there now...

TIME: Morning

BGM: Resumed Beautiful Morning

Just the thought of returning here is kinda'of scary. Not only just by the size of it all, but the aura it resonated when you get close to it. It would be better if I stayed away from it, but from how far this place was, (Seriously 3 hours of purely walking here from the bench!) it be a waste to not check again.

That was when a bright light appeared again, and after some seconds of being still, i jumped a little bit when another light appeared again. Even if you were to call it a pattern as to how much it occurs, and then just called it fine, there was no doubt that there'd be some goddamn explanation needed in order for that to happen. Not to mention the fact as to how light like that would need power! It looked like it was even more than what the lights that this place had when it's dark. In the end, if there was something that I want from all of this, that'd be answers.

Before entering, I had to make sure I went to the left entrance, since going to the center only had cameras in there. There'd be no doubt that the white rabbits will just grab her and toss her back to her room. The left entrance also had cameras, but with some even looking more advance than I knew, but there was far less then what the main entrance had. As a note, she'd also be careful of the white tiles that were present. Those had some type of pressure plate that would just make you sink to a level, before being brought back up by those bots. What they do was just like anything you might have thought they did. Locking you up for the day, and return with whatever they were doing.

Whatever this place was, those white rabbits seem like they are in charge.

BGM: Third's Island Theme

Entering, I made a quick dash to the right wall, and had some areas of me being blocked. The lights indicated movement that were human, so if I went as fast as a fly, then they'd either knew that I wasn't one because of how big I have, or they'd just blink yellow before returning green. I still don't know what that means, but I guess it has to do with something like a notification for a rabbit to appear. Unlike the other ones, that one would just waddled up here, rather than appearing out of nowhere. I'd prefer that than then when it was red, since all it did was spawning rabbits to where I was. It's strange to see an exploit like that. Maybe with an explanation, I would probably know what they meant, rather than what it does. I had to make it to the stairs to the second floor, and then go to the separate elevator that is located there. Weird how that it was designed like that, but with how spacious it is, it's possible that almost everybody from a floor could just step in and visit other floors. Strange really, but with how big the place is, i'd guess there's no reason to complain. There was another one in this floor, but it was only meant for four people, and inside it, there was a built in camera that would look straight from the back, rather than the one up floors, where there was one located in the front, and was the one that had a design that would send video feed about every five minutes. Getting caught with that wouldn't be bad if it could take me to where the other rooms were. There were stairs as well, but somehow, some have been broken down, and just like the outside buildings, something durable would have to be placed there so that you could reach the huge gap in the first place.

Well, all I know is that the rabbit will appear any second now if I didn't move.

Stepping on the black tiles, it took every bit of me to not step on the checkered white tiles, which where much bigger than the small black counterparts. Catching some breath from all the accumulated stress and nervousness, I made it to the only first set of spiraling stair case, before reaching half way to see what happened and turned my back. Some seconds later, the rabbit appeared from the where the elevator was, and ran to where I was previously. Looking back and forth she saw nothing, and what looked like a shrug, just left the place and returned to the elevator. It was, well, not much of a difference then what happened like last time.

Reaching the second floor, you could see that just the left entrance was a mockery to what the actual size of this hotel is. It really was the size of what looked like a soccer stadium. It was so huge, you could consider this place as one since there was, indeed, just do that, amazingly behind this hotel. Because in a floating piece of earth on it's own, a for real stadium was there. It was like a mall that had almost everything that you would want and live in, and yet, that is without even counting how much individual rooms this place had. You could see what looked like a paradise for anybody who lived here, with free space, and could be given a lot of freedom in here. Whatever this place could have, it was possibly here. An incredibly size kitchen, an entire gym floor, a stage theater or a cinema. An aquarium could be seen, and even a museum of sorts. It wouldn't even be called a hotel would it not be considered for the huge marble slab outside that read just that. "Usami's Hopeful Hotel", with what had to be a ridiculous title to begin with. To reach the elevator, I would have to go through some of the stores through walking and avoiding those cameras. If there was something i'm thankful for this hotel, would be how this place had walls that would cover some of the cameras to begin with. The elevator in question would take about almost another twenty minutes like before, but unlike before, I would have to monitor my own actions. Just the rooms with the nametags itself made it looked like it was a house. If you tried to leave though, only to get caught or have no idea as to where to go, then you can only go through so much floors before you would reach a certain point of exhaustion or boredom. This place made it look like that splendidly by making me the only person here right now. That and well, rabbits in dresses that sing. I only got out of here by luck, and by that, I just ran like hell at the last second.

Oh well, I guess to the shoe store it is.

BGM: Fifth Island's Th-

LOCKEDMINIGAMELOCKEDMINIGAMELOCKEDMINIGAMELOCKEDMINIGAME

LOCKEDMINIGAMELOCKEDMINIGAMELOCKEDMINIGAMELOCKEDMINIGAME

Will be sent to automatic failure for now!

D-damn! I got caught by one of those rabbits! W-well, either way, I guess you could say that it was done when I barely even reached the start of the shoe store, but I guess next time!

FAILURE (0)

Time Remaining: 05:00:000 (100)

Awarded Points: None (0x100=0)

Struggling to get out, the white rabbits took me up to take me back at my room again. It was really embarassing actually, but I guess I deserved it for being too careless. Maybe there, I could see somebody out there!

BGM: Despair Syndrome

It didn't too long to see that we were being taken to the first floor, and ride the elevator that the other robot used. They, well, at least look like robots beneath all that plush. When we got to the elevator, one of the two climbed up on top of the other, while the other just held me up lying down with my arms being tied. It was no use to move after that. The one on top of the other quickly pushed a button that said 'teacher use only' in white letters. The one in the bottom however pushed a button that read the number 30. It was pretty huge for a hotel like this, and with that, the doors closed, and the one that lifted me suddenly placed me on my feet. There was no way you could remove these handcuffs. They had some type of material that could have bested steel by some multiple times. If anything, maybe it was titanium!

BGM: Pause

It took sometime, with what how high this place was, but in the end, a 'ding!' sound was made after all of that.

"H-hey! Is s-somebody else there?!" A voice was called to me, and though it was familiar, I was more overly in shock to see somebody being here other than me!

"Yeah! I-It's me! I-I didn't know there was anybody here! Are there more of you or something?" I was trying to make sure I walked as I talked, since this pattern was going to repeat again.

BGM: Resumed Beautiful Morning

"What's your name? D-Did you get to see what was under there?!" It turned out to be a guy. He really looked athletic and had a nice tan color to support the fact with his body frame. From how far I was, I couldn't fully see him all the way. Blame the size of this hotel and all.

"I can barely here you, ya know? SPEAK LOUDER OKAY?!" With a raised voice I made sure to see if this guy might be next to my room or something.

"O-Oh! OKAY! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?!" He shouted out loud, while looking down. He then decided to run to where I was.

Bad choice.

"S-STAY AWAY FROM THE WHITE T-" But before he could register my words, he stepped on one of the white tiles, making his feet suddenly sink until he met the ceiling from the floor below him. He got startled and immediately, two more of the white rabbits appeared from some opening of the walls. They were solid, but if you paid attention, they could be moved from some mechanisms that made them go down, revealing the outer wall from outside, which had enough space for the white rabbits to be placed. It really is creepy to think that throughout this entire hotel, inside the walls were nothing but rabbits that moved when a white tile was pressed. At the end, he got carried like me just a while ago, and tried to struggle his way out until he got handcuffs in him. He uttered some curses, before he seemed dejected and called it quits. Surprisingly, the white rabbits that got him tied up in went closer to the ones that were near me. I didn't even noticed the ones behind me even stopped pushing me to stay there. Since it was still like the bottom floors, except less ceiling enough to give it some even more nonsense, they still took time to get to where I was. That didn't stop me from asking questions though.

"UHM? CAN YOU HERE ME NOW?!" It was then that his eyes shot up and nodded his head, before speaking again.

"Yeah! I can hear you clearly now! What about you?" Some more of his features were now available to describe. His chocolate brown hair was about ear length, short if it doesn't seem comprehensive. Not only that, but he wearing a simple white shirt that had a slim black jacket. It had the fur that lined the hood. His hands were black for some reason before, but now up close, it turned out to be just finger less black gloves. Connecting that were his black jeans, rather than what I thought were just trousers. It seemed like some of the color and texture looked a little roughed up or whiten beneath where his ankles were. They were met with mid calf (combat?) boots, and with its silver color on the bottom. I guess that was made by some type of metal.

Hold up a second, does he have a burlap bag? Man! I had to carry by hand with everything I had. If anything...where's my Sextant?

No...did I-?

"Uh, not to be rude, but can you uh...?" It was then that his voice got closer and made me remember about him being there in the first place.

"Y-yeah. I can hear you, I mean practically you're not even faraway now." With a small chuckle, I was greeted with a small push to go forward by the rabbits, and was forced to move forward.

"He he. Yeah, I guess I can see that now." Okay...was he the person who I was neighbors to in this place? I mean, now it looks like like we're not that far anymore. If anything, we're actually close enough to hear the other. Suddenly the white rabbits carrying him made him stand up, and the other two remaining were pushing him like me to go forward.

"Seriously Usami! I'm fine, okay?! You don't have to do this. I'm not a child!" He looked back at Usami with a fierce look, before chuckling back to me. Usami...?

"Man, it seems like they forgot about us or something, me and Shiori. First, they were just talk, but now, they barely even mutter a word. It's like they were controlled by that creep. You had to see him too, right? You wouldn't be here if you weren't going to Hope's Peak Academy, right?" Finally, his eyes were viewable, them just being a muddy brown with wireframe sitting on top of his eyes. Whoever he was something screams at me to call him a nerd of sorts. Possibly like a nerd like me.

"Hey, who's Usami? Who's the creep? And is Shiori you're friend or something?" These questions keep revolving on my head, with how much this guy seems to know to be some kind of chatterbox.

"Well, Usami is the name of those silent rabbits you see. It reffered to it as its name, and if anything, it has a girls voice. Kind of like an actual girls voice, but more slow and child like." As he says this he looks as the door I was headed to, and was a little shocked by it, before displaying another similar grin.

"The creep is some guy who hasn't said his name yet. He said we were invited to the class of 67 and all, and that he would be glad to show us around the school."

Well, I seriously don't know what he means by a creep. The last thing she remembered was the fact that she was going to meet Ms. Akira the said first women to be a headmaster for Hope's Peak Academy.

And wait, what did he just said now? Class of 67? That's a whole 13 years margin of inaccuracy. Maybe it was a mistake?

"Isn't it the class of 55? I mean, today is the five years since the 50th anniversary from Hope's Peaks Academy opening. It's also two years since a, er, accident occurred." This seriously didn't even need to be brought up.

"Wait...you too?! B-but Shiori said she was going to be as the 12th's class! Seriously, I actually thought she was joking! That and the fact that she called herself as a witch!" He simply stood there, froze on the spot. Until an 'Usami' pushed him to keep moving.

"But i'm not lying! I'd gamble my black high-tops and black knee-high stockings with 'cartoony' pictures of planets just to easily win some cash out of you!" I seriously didn't even knew why I even said that.

"W-well...Shiori was there at the time, she did look a little confused and all, but followed me anyway when I told her that we might get answers. She's rather quite, so I don't really know much about her." Well, he looked a little recovered from my previous statement. As if he thought that maybe I was a friend of-Shi-ori? I think.

"Well, i'll guess i'll ask her later. She got trapped in her room, right?" I would rather just ask her if she's just setting up a prank of sorts, but deep down, I really hoped that it had to be true. Just thinking about something like this is kinda stressful then on wishful people who wanted to travel in the future. I mean, that had to be it.

"Either way, my name is Shinobu, Shinobu Tachibana. I guess it'd be weird to not tell you my name in the first place, right?" No matter how the situation goes, he seems pretty calm about it in the end. Well then, I guess it's my turn.

"Ho-Shi."

"..."

"..."

"Is that it?" Shinobu looked at me with a questioning gaze. Did he really think I had to give out my full name?

"Not to be mean or anything, but i'd prefer it if you call me by my nickname." Well, that had to give some effect to him. But once again, he's just smiling again.

"Doesn't bother me. If you'd like, maybe when this is over, you'd like to have a bigger conversation with me? Don't worry, it's just to know about what's out there." Shinobu nudged his head forward to show how close we are to getting in our rooms. Perhaps I could.

"It's fine. I'd prefer if I were to see this Shiori person first. She's...interesting to say the least." It really didn't look like a bad idea. Maybe he's really is like me. Nerd blood and all.

BGM: Pause

"That be great. But I don't think you'll have to wait." The grin that Shinobu had appeared again, and suddenly, he went to my side and pushed me hard from the shoulder. It made me fell and hit some more panels that were white, making me fall down.

BGM: BGM: Tropical Despair

"T-T-THE FUCK WAS THAT ABOUT?!" Shit! Was this guy some insane guy or something?!

"Sorry, you'll understand soon when you get up. It's interesting really." And with that, he had an Usami behind him and with a touch of her, 'hands' entered in the room.

"Fucker!" After that, the two Usami's from before picked me up. What I would expected however, was very different indeed.

You see, an 'Usami' should have just picked a person up from the panels, and take them back to their rooms. But why exactly am I picked up, and my cuffs suddenly got released?

Not only that, but the Usami's who were once going to send me into my room suddenly went to Shinobu's room. As if they were glitched or something. At the end of all of that however, the Usami's just left. Not even touching the door with their 'hands' in order to what seemed like the only way to lock or unlock a door without using a key that was in the keyhole. Just when they left, the door to Shinobu's room was quickly reopened again, and from what I see, he still had his cuffs, tied in his back when it should have just fell down in the ground like they always do when I was forced in the room again. Something clearly went wrong, but somehow, he was still grinning.

BGM: Pause

"Now wasn't that interesting? Come on! Shiori is in her room." And with that, he went to the right.

BGM: Love is Survival

"Seriously! What just happened? Did that happened to Shiori too?" Following him, he was pretty much the only option I have for now in this hotel.

"Yeah. Pretty much, except it was accidental. I wasn't really too sure if it was just a one-time thing, but I guess it isn't! Still sucks to get cuffed for the entire day, but if you're not that mean, maybe you can feed me!" With a small laugh, he went forward, making sure he doesn't step on another white panel.

"No way! I didn't want you to be Mr. Hero all of a sudden! Besides, it was just going to be me! Why do you think it included you?!" I was still pissed. There was no doubt about that.

"It's a fair deal, don't you think? If you really don't want to, then it's fine. I might need help to go to the restroom though..." He still had the sly grin on his face, but he looked like he was pleading instead.

"Eww! Don't even say that, it's not funny! Just what type of girl do you think I am?"

"Possibly one who would understand humor, even if they didn't like it." And with a groan and a small chuckle, we still walked all the way to Shiori's door before we were to meet the supposed 'witch'.

"You know...I'm more serious then this, but for the most part, I guess it'd be better if I tried to befriend you. It's never too often that you get to befriend satan or something." That smug ass...!

"You might want to sit down on this one, and don't worry the pleasures all mine." And with that, a small shove made him lose his balance, but later regain it back. And though he seemed eager to do so, I wondered if it was because he was going to lie down flat? I mean, I actually fell in more than one, so I guess that's his goal. But what if it was just one..."

"Quick! There's an Usami behind you!" I shouted and pointed behind him.

"I'm not a dolt you know. There's nothing behind me-" and with that, I grabbed on one of his hand and made him get pushed in just one block. Sooner or later, he landed on that one square and looked up at me. I guess that's what he meant by serious.

"Y-you...! Just wait until tomorrow when i'm not handcuffed! I'll show you!" He was kinda scary, but looked more like if he wanted to get even with me than to injure me. With a small wave from my hand, I walked away from him, and left the Usami's to take care of the rest.

Man, and I thought i'd change myself just for him! Ahhhhh...Boys will be boys!

End of Part Three

Here is the next one! The next one is almost here actually, but I wanted to extend this one a little longer. Might be out in 12:00AM!

Also, I like the last scene myself!