Act 2-Omake - A Day In The Life: Todd Dunham

It was an utterly beautiful and sunny day up on the Despairship. The birds that flew high enough to reach that altitude were chirping, as if to greet good morning to everyone who was sleeping in their state rooms, although the soundproof doors and walls ensured no one actually heard them. Except for one particular boy.

Through the windows (are there even windows? lol, who cares) of the state room, sunlight fell onto a handsome boy's face, without hurting his lovely closed eyes. The sunlight itself made the boy's totally cool orange hair even more vibrant than before, and sensing the change in his awesomeness, he opened his gorgeous orange-brown orbs that were like beautiful amber gemstones, and smiled so sweetly, even Monokuma would dote on him.

The boy's name was Todd Dunham, and right now, he was fifteen years old, and ready to leave on his Pokemon journey- I mean, face another day on the dreaded Despairship. Dreaded to everyone, that is, except Todd. He rolled out of bed gently, careful not to mess up his perfect hair that was totally unaffected by friction or bed-head or whatever. His satin pajamas were also totally unwrinkled, because Todd was such a gentle and quiet sleeper.

He smiled again, and patted the silk white sheets of his Victorian style bed. The bed frame was golden brass, and the silk sheets imported straight from France, and it had all been a gift from Monokuma for being such a good boy. Well, of course he was a good boy, he was Todd freaking Dunham, the best teenage acrobat in the world!

He dressed in his outfit that had been washed and ironed the night before (who cares if they didn't have a Laundry Room at that time, he could have just called over a private maid on a hovercraft or something, it's totally explainable!): a tight black leather jacket with metal zippers crisscrossed all over the material over a light blue muscle shirt. Despite the fact that he was only fifteen, he had natural biceps popping through the leather, and his lean muscles showed thoroughly. His jeans were designer and a pale grey color, while his shoes were bright red Nikes.

Todd looked at his reflection in the mirror, and struck a pose. His hair didn't need to be combed down - it had already settled into its usual stylish hairstyle, that made him look like Louis Tomlinson of One Direction.

Todd confidently walked out into the atrium. Several girls swooned, and several others leaned towards him in total awe. Maya was the only one who remained stationary, leaning darkly and emo-y against the far wall, but nobody cared about the ugly mug she called a face, so all was well. The boys and Sasha were all in various shades of jealousy and awe.

"Good morning, all," he said, in a magnificent voice as smooth and harmonious as honey. "Did you all sleep well?"

"Actually, I-"

"NOBODY ASKED YOU, MAYA," chorused the girls.

"Dammit..." She muttered. "I'll just be over here, being emo and listening to Green Day, like the absolute failure I am."

"More importantly, how was your night, Todd?" Lucille asked, practically smothering him with her enourmous t-

"It's never been better, dearest Lucy." Todd looked into her eyes and smiled the most wondrous of smiles. Seconds later, she was on the floor, her eyes glazed over and drool dabbling her lips.

"Oh dear. I should probably perform surgery on her," Hideki said in a monotonous voice.

"No need!" Todd graciously offered, "I will do it myself!"

Materializing a scalpel out of nowhere, Todd knelt down dexterously sliced open Lucille's clothing, before jamming it straight down, and cutting deep into Lucille's body. Who cares if she hadn't been prepared with antiseptics or anesthetics? Surely, being around Todd's marvelous presence would be enough, right?

"AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGH!"

Seconds later, both were up and on their feet.

"Dr. Dunham! Congratulations!" Nico read from a chart that had appeared out of nowhere. "The operation was a huge success!"

"Ugh…"

Lucille clutched the holes in her chest, trying to staunch her bleeding, "I don't feel very good…"

"That's okay!" Ava read from a similar chart, "We've ensured that all of your life's worth and all significant wealth you may or may not have will all be donated to Dunham Industries, so worry not! Your measly money is in safe hands!"

Thwomp!

At this moment, Monokuma appeared out of nowhere, and stood on Lucille's now-dead corpse. "Upupu! A body has been discovered! I'd tell you all to go investigating, but the blackened's clearly right in front of you!"

"That's right!" Todd pointed an accusing finger. "The only person who could have killed Lucille DuCarde...It was you, Maya Metl!"

The Failure looked up skeptically. "What."

"It can only be her!" Todd composed himself. "But to give her a chance to redeem herself, I'll offer myself up for execution in her place!"

"No! Todd!"

He turned towards the source of the plea, to find a long, blue-haired girl in a pale pink top with spaghetti straps, a jean miniskirt that went a bit above the knees, and cute hot pink combat boots that made her legs look totes miles long! And her name was...Ashley Jubilee Jung!

"Oh, Todd, how I love you! You can't possibly be thinking of throwing your most revered life away for that...skank!" she cried.

"I must, Ashley. For the greater good."

"Oh Todd…" she swooned, pulling him closer.

"Oh Ashley…" he swooned in return, bringing her down to eye-level.

"Oh bother." Maya snarked, facepalming.

"Oh Todd…"

"Oh Ashley…"

"Oh my god," reiterated Maya annoyingly.

Ashley leaned in, puckered lips as bright red as cherries. "Oh-"

"Todd? What are you doing?"

The Acrobat looked up from where he was typing on a laptop to find the owner of said laptop - his 'big sis', Nico. Hastily, he tapped the 'close' button, before replying hurriedly, "Nothing! Todd was most certainly not writing crack fanfiction!"

She put on a knowing smile. "You were writing crack fanfiction, weren't you?"

Aw shucks, how did she know?

"You forgot to go past the 'Save file' pop-up, Todd. I can see everything." Nico turned her computer back to face her, before blushing. "Todd?! What in the world is this?!"

"Um...Uh…" Todd turned to face the camera. "Todd will go back to being mysteriously disappeared now, please?"

The camera seemed to nod, before the feed cut off.

A/N: This was all SD's brainchild, by the way. It's not intended to be serious, but hey, he completely floored the 'Mary Sue' pedal. Regardless, tell us what you think! Leave a review, take the survey if you haven't already, and answer the QOTD poll on my profile. - Lime

(By the way, about the survey - results will be revealed and responded to in a bonus chapter after the body discovery announcement. It'd be great if you were to all answer, and there will definitely be future surveys in the same vein)

In my defense, we discussed Mary Sues, and this was the first thing that popped into my mind. We're probably going to continue the series with other characters and other types of Sues, if you guys are interested enough. So yeah, leave a review, answer the poll, and take the survey! It's really a big help to us, seriously. Okay, onwards to review replies. - SD

PowerPlayer: Pfft. We're pretty meta in general. Hard to out-meta us, actually, I'd say.

Matthew and Jackie are an interesting situation that is definitely going to further develop. I honestly think you guys'll like where we go with them. And yeah, Matthew is quite the interesting character, and hopefully one of the ones we do more justice to.

Well, hey. I don't have a dad, so I overcompensate by making my own dad jokes. Tien doesn't have a dad, so she overcompensates with science. There definitely is more to her backstory, though - you guys know what to do if you want it explored in the next act.

Eric has a lot more to hide than one would expect - he may be the comic relief, but he's also got a really interesting set of motivations that make him who he is. It'll definitely be something we delve into.

Maya? Nice, nice. Hate to say it, but you're gonna have in-story competition. Maybe it could be like the new Hidekal, though. (don't ask - in-joke)

A Dingus With Sweet Shades: Ooh, an on-despairship marriage? Interesting idea…

Although Jackie and Lucille are both pretty hot, I feel the need to point out that neither are Canadian. Just French. Ava's Canadian, though.

C.T. Sky: Yes, MatthewxJackie (someone give that a ship name…) may or may not be a thing. And the water polo will probably happen.

Eric is definitely hiding something. And yeah, Tien's a cutie. Or did you mean them as a ship? Yeah, I can see it….

And we'll clarify that slip in...the next chapter!

As for the other part of the review - well, we already clarified this, but for the readers back home: please don't use Sasha's birth name for her. Ever. Under any circumstances. Or joke about her dressing in revealing clothing. Let me clarify this: Sasha is DYSPHORIC. Seeing her sex characteristics causes her physical discomfort. If I was able to post links in here, I would, since I'm not the best at explaining it, but TL;DR putting Sasha in a bikini would be physically triggering her dysphoria. Even if she WASN'T dysphoric, I find forcing people out of their comfort zones like that rather unfunny, but still. Point stands. If you did that to me in real life (referred to me by my birth name OR forced me into a bikini) I would probably have a nervous breakdown right there. So...please don't joke about stuff like that with trans characters, ever. And especially not trans people.

I'm bolding this so everyone can see it, but I genuinely mean no offense, and I'm sorry for any rude wording.

Stargirl909: Sasha, hmm? Interesting choice.

Let'sTalkAboutMurder: Thanks so much! Hideki does deems to be a favorite...

And OK, several Hideki jokes coming right up!

There will definitely be ships next chapter...what they are? You'll see.

Penumbro: I dunno what you're talking about. Just so you know, if I theoretically did, I would theoretically wink at you right now. Theoretically.

FireDusk: Which ships do you mean?

dashunterman: Uh...SD and I conferred, and we meant to make no such references. Which means we've begun to reference unconsciously.

And all righty!

Unicorn819: They grow up so fast, don't they?

I'll tell you right now. It's gonna be a lot of fun. Shit is gonna hit the fan. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Yeah, poor Sasha is right.

Safe, you say? Perhaps not safe, but not in immediate danger. As Matthew would say, though - statistically speaking, at least one of them will most likely die.

Your wish may or may not be my command! You'll see.

Yeah, general consensus among readers seems to be that Hideki is rather dateable.

HeroinOfDarkness: Actually, Arcana already came up with Roobois as a ship name. Readers' call which one you wanna use.

ezmonee6: Thank.

BUT WAIT

HE ISN'T DEAD

SHIA SURPRISE

(By which I mean the chapter isn't over yet)

Hey there guys, it's Lime with a super coolio ballzio preposition for y'all loyal fans! So, I've been thinking about it, and I've decided to start a contest. I'll call it

THE FARQUAAD STAR SQUAAD'S CHARACTER ANALYSIS EXTRAVAGANZA

Hold on to your posterior and throw some confetti because this is flipping huge.

Basically, the challenge - write an essay! I know, lame, right? Well, this isn't. The essay must consist of the following.

At least one paragraph. Preferably more - the more in-depth the essay is, the better a chance you have at winning. But of course, length isn't everything.

The essay must be a character analysis of an AFoFD character of your choice. While I would advise picking one of the main sixteen, Yukari and Ataru are also fair game, if you so wish.

I do have some characters I think would be great to get feedback on. So far, Todd, Ashley, Sasha and Nico have proven to be controversial, Ava and JJ are dead and thus their character arcs are completed, and some characters, like Hideki and Lucille, have received tons of attention. Really, though, pick whichever character you think you can write best about.

Also, you CANNOT write about your own submitted character.

The essay is an opinion piece detailing as much or little of the following as you feel you can accurately discuss:

How YOU interpreted their personality and mannerisms, and what you think of them as a person

Your thoughts on their character arc so far, and predictions for future development

Your analysis of their relationships with other characters, which characters you feel they will be friends or more with, and which characters they seem to clash with.

An analysis of their role in the story. Do they seem likely to play a major role in the later parts of the story, like deuteragonist or love interest to Ashley? Do you think they're more likely to kill, or be killed, or even live?

Do you like this character, overall? Do they come off as a positive part of the story, or do you dread reading their name?

Submit your response by PM to Lime, or submission to the Tumblr. Or both.

To enter, you must have answered the survey. Please do so, writing your account name, so that we know you reviewed. This means anons can enter, too (by the power of anonymous tumblr submission). Just use a name to identify yourself in the reviews, and again in the survey.

You must also have reviewed at least once, or have a character in the story.

Now, prizes. There will be one winner, chosen by Lime and SD. Their reward? Talking to us on Skype. You'll get to ask any questions you want (whether or not we answer is another question entirely…), get to know the (criminal) minds behind the eleventh most reviewed Dangan Ronpa story on this website (working on number ten, guys! Less than twenty reviews to go!) and just in general communicate your feelings. Don't have a Skype? That's fine, because we're giving everyone the option to choose between the Skype chat and choosing two of Act Three's free-times.

We're looking forward to it!

Chapter isn't over again - I have yet another announcement! According to the survey, you people really want a forum. And, lo and behold, I made an AFoFD forum a while ago, and it's just sitting there gathering dust. I'll link to it on my profile, so make sure to check it out!

AND that's it for real. Limeade Space Dorito, signing out!