Hmmm I'm glad the interactions didn't bore you! Honestly, I thought some of you would've hate how I'd write the interactions between the characters...

Oh yeah the polls are closed so I'm gonna make another one to see what you'd guys would think who'll survive throughout the story!

REPLIES TO COMMENTS:

A. Zarko: "Toby is such a great deceiver. Yay I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter though!"

HeroNoMore: "Hmm, Aika is the matchmaker who needs to know everything! Oh poor Ayano might have someone in mind, or maybe not? Who knows! That's what Aika's here to find out! A room filled with blood is very interesting! I'm getting more excited better and better as I go further into the story... Oh really yup I updated the story in one day with two chapters! I'm glad I didn't disappoint!"

Nagisa4863: "Yeah we're friends! Hmm I feel sad as well... Ooh yes I like Chie and Yosuke! Hmm? I guess I also like Yukiko and Chie in a friendly way not in a love way... Huh... I'm not sure who else I like I focus too much on Chie and Yosuke..."

Shadowplayer360: "Yeah I'm not into horror that much unless it's someone playing a game or anime... I do like blood though. The more the better in my opinion when it's stories, manga, and anime. Haha, I feel flattered. Thank you, and yes I like it when people are honest. I like it better if I know what I did wrong than to be wrong forever. I like the pairings Aika might pick, and ooh yeah the relations to maskless Juugo will be shocking... CJ is an interesting case."

Awesome D.T: "Oh geez the blood room is scary! Monokuma is creeped out but he wonders if he should feel happy for the murdering of him. Ryuu is a nice nickname... Makoto is awesome and Aika is very awesome! Oh, you want to go on a date? Hmm... Let me think... Haha Juugo is handsome in a good and bad way then... Darn fangirls. Ayano and Shizu does seem like an interesting couple... Juugo and Stellar too, agh, Aika help me with the pairings! CJ and Toby does sound adorable... Too many options. Makoto, Makoto, why? Oh no not Monokuma and his plans."

Starnightking: "Apparently Monokuma isn't Usami though. Haha, people just seem to like Stellar and Makoto, so I have to treat the fans. It's not that I won't stop the ShiKoto hints however. Thank you!"

Charming Crescendo: "Oh yes I'm loving murders as well! Also, everyone just likes our dear dear Aika!"

That1guyeveryonehates: "Yes, the climax is drawing near closer and closer to the murder!"

Now, onto the free time!

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"Wakey, wakey, lemon squeezy!"

The monitor greatly annoyed the tired to death Makoto Takamori. Makoto rolled off from his bed and onto the ground, groaning loudly. "Wake up students it's already 7 o'clock!" And again, Monokuma disappeared into the monitor with the screen itself. The monitor went blank as Makoto rubbed his eyes, ignoring the pain on his back from the impact of falling off the bed and to the floor.

"Uugh... Curse you monitor..." Makoto replied weakly, throwing a nearby book to the monitor. The book fell to the ground with a thud, and the monitor didn't have even a dent. Makoto groaned even more, rolling face to the ceiling. "I just want to go back to sleep..."

Ding dong!

Makoto glanced at the door. Who can be here when he was busy insulting the monitor for waking him up so early? He sighed, standing up and shoving the dirt on his hoodie away to the ground. Makoto humbly walked to the door and turned the doorknob. To his suprise, Takane was there at the entrance and no one else. Makoto blinked. "Ryuu- I mean, Takane? What are you doing here?"

Takane hesitated, averting his gaze towards the ground. He then sighed in defeat, knowing how hiding things will never get the muckraker anywhere. "Are you okay?"

Makoto bit his lip. "Of course I'm alright! I'm just as sleepy as you'll ever be."

"God dang it Makoto-" Takane smacked himself on the forehead, resisting the urge to curse any further. "... That's not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?" Makoto asked, deep down knowing exactly what Takane meant. Even so, Makoto didn't have an exact answer. He doesn't know why he suddenly gets headaches. He doesn't know why the medicine in the nurse's office didn't work. He didn't know anything.

"Well- I- Ugh." Takane really didn't know how to interact with people well enough to ask them sudden questions from his concern. He was interested and worried about the SHSL Detective, but it wasn't as if he was close enough to ask him anything personal. Knowing this, Takane scoffed and turned away. "It's nothing."

"Huh? Ryuu?" Makoto stared as Takane ignored him and quickly darted to the halls. Makoto frowned. "That was weird."

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Makoto stumbled all the way into the cafeteria, where some of his fellow students were, eating happily and talking excessively. Makoto smiled, waving at them. They waved back happily. Makoto quickly grabbed a plate of waffles with French toast and sat down next to Shizu and Nathan.

"Hey there!" Nathan greeted happily, munching on some PB&J sandwiches.

"Makoto," Shizu nodded at him as a greeting. Makoto nodded back.

"So, how's it going with everyone's life?" Makoto started, trying to bring up a conversation between him and his classmates.

"Oh I'm doing well!" Toby interjected, making Ayano and Elena glanced at him awkwardly. Makoto gave Toby a thumbs up gesture, then looked at Juugo. "How about you, Juugo?"

"I'm fine," Juugo scoffed, turning away from the rest of the students.

"Hey, hey," Aika began whispering to Tiki and Rina. "Haven't you ever seen him take off his mask?"

"No! I haven't seen him take off his mask at all!" Rina cried out loud, the rest of the students blinking at her weirdly. Juugo grunted as he finished gulping down the last of his water.

"We are not going to talk about this," he grumbled angrily, glaring at Stellar who averted her daze away from him. Everyone glanced at Juugo, then at Stellar, then back to Juugo. They blinked in confusion, except Aika who began whistling.

"Hey! Hey! How many ships am I supposed to sail?!" Aika screamed out loud, Ayano flinching in the process. Juugo groaned as he quickly darted away from the cafeteria, knowing how crazy his classmates were acting. Makoto laughed awkwardly along with Tiki and Toby, while Shizu, CJ, Constantine, and even Ayano and Malcolm held their forehead in disdain. "Aika and her matchmaking..." Shizu quietly muttered.

After a tiring breakfast (as Aika began to talk about romance, while Rina began to flirt with Malcolm, and other mischief), Makoto was able to stumble away into the quiet hallways.

"Now to kill some time," Makoto said to himself.

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(Infirmary)

"Weird. What am I doing here?" Makoto asked himself as he entered into the infirmary. Ironically, there was one other person who had the same confused face as Makoto did. "Oh! Malcolm, didn't expect to see you here."

Malcolm: "Huh? Oh, Makoto. What are you doing here?"

Makoto: "I don't know. I just felt like going here."

Malcolm: "Uhuh."

Makoto: "So, what are you doing here? Planning to practice your secret escaping techniques?"

Malcolm: "Why would I do that here? That's a bit bizarre if you ask me."

Makoto: "Eh. I guess."

[Malcolm and I began to exchange some trivia about ourselves...]

[Well, we bonded at least!]

Malcolm: "Didn't know you liked to read..."

Makoto: "Didn't know you like to play with locks!"

Malcolm: "Of course you know, Makoto."

Makoto: "Aww, come on Malie, it's a joke!"

Malcolm: "Er... Malie?"

Makoto: "Yeah! It's a nice nickname, don't you think?"

Malcolm: "I guess it is. It's not that I'm going to make a big fuss about it."

Makoto: "Exactly! So, wanna ask me a question?"

Malcolm: "A question? What for?"

Makoto: "You know. Just to get to know you better!"

Malcolm: "Why not, I suppose. Let's see... Which Japanese band do I like?"

Makoto: "Ooh! Ooh! I got it!"

It's the RADWIMPS, right?!

"Ooh! It's The Pillows!"

Um... Morning Musume!

Malcolm: "That's right!"

Makoto: "Whoo! I'm so awwesome!"

Malcolm: "Haha. I guess you are then."

[After making a little victory dance, I waved goodbye to Malcolm.]

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(Dormitories)

Makoto began to head into his room when he suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to find Shizu, looking at him awkwardly with a small smile. Makoto waved at her. "Hey! What's up?" Shizu glanced at Makoto, then sighed softly. "I have to ask you...something."

Makoto: "Yeah? What is it, Shizu-chan?"

Shizu: "Why are you adding chan in my- Oh whatever. I just want to ask you if you know where Monokuma could be."

Makoto: "Huh? Why?"

Shizu: "Because you've met him when you were investigating two days ago. And, aren't you a detective? The SHSL Detective, Makoto Takamori? You should have something in mind."

Makoto: "Eeeh? But I'm lazy. I'm not Sherlock Holmes."

Shizu: "Well, if you're not Sherlock, then be Watson."

Makoto: "I'm not smart enough to be Watson!"

[And with that, Shizu and I ended up talking about Sherlock Holmes.]

[Didnt we completely ignore the real topic at hand?]

Shizu: "You're good, making us engage in a side conversation to stray us away from the topic."

Makoto: "No. I swear I wasn't doing that, Shizu-chan..."

Shizu: "Fine then. I want you to answer something and don't make any excuses not to answer."

Makoto: "I swear I won't!"

Shizu: "Haha. That's good. So. What did I do that first made me go towards my talent as a speaker?"

Makoto: "Okay! It's..."

You outnumbered a gang with your wits.

"You won a speech contest in the Nationals."

You were pretty enough to get famous?

Shizu: "Oh! I'm suprised you know all of that. Then again, you are the SHSL Detective, you should've known that by now."

Makoto: "I don't think detectives will look up information about people who aren't suspicious... Even if they are famous..."

Shizu: "Even so, it's nice to see you're as smart and observant as I thought."

[Shizu waved goodbye at me and left.]

[She's such an interesting girl...]

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(Gymnasium)

Tomoe walked into the gymnasium, and to his suprise, he founded Constantine examining the bags of gym clothes and dumb bells. "Constantine?" Tomoe muttered, walking over to her side. Constantine glanced at him and grunted. "Tomoe."

Constantine: "What are you doing here? You don't seem like the sporty type."

Tomoe: "Same goes to you."

Constantine: "Hey. At least I'm doing something meaningful instead of finding love and all that crap."

Tomoe: "So... What are you doing exactly?"

Constantine: "Checking what could be used as a possible weapon, what the distance between from here to the end is, and the time it would take for a killer or a victim to run away from here."

Tomoe: "You're planning to murder someone?"

Constantine: "That's not what I'm saying you idiot!"

[Constantine began insulting me.]

[I guess we "talked" for more than a few minutes.]

Tomoe: "Yes, I believe you then!"

Constantine: "Thank you! Damn, don't you have the time to think things through?"

Tomoe: "It's not like I know nothing about you, Constantine!"

Constantine: "Really? Then answer me this! What's my favorite food?"

Tomoe: "That's easy! Look, it's..."

"Pasta!"

Fish...?!

Ramen and chow mein!

Constantine: "Tsk! So you do know something about me... You pervert."

Tomoe: "How is knowing about what you like considered being a pervert?!"

Constantine: "Shut up! Oh my god, why is everyone here insane except me?!"

[Constantine began cursing as she stomped away...]

[At least she didn't hit me or something.]

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(Kitchen)

Tomoe sighed deeply. He just wasted 3/4 of his energy by just talking to Constantine, and now he felt as though he needed a snack. He entered into the kitchen where all the foods and drinks were, and instantly, he was suddenly faced with Nathan, who was carefully looking through the refrigerator.

Nathan: "Aww man, can't find that fried chicken I packed in here yesterday!"

Tomoe: "Oh. I think Toby ate it."

Nathan: "What?! Oh man, that sucks."

Tomoe: "Yeah."

Nathan: "Hmm... Were you looking for food too? I got some bubble gum if you'd like."

Tomoe: "Huh? Oh sure, why not."

[We began to eat silently...]

[We bonded... I guess.]

Nathan: "Um... Hey! I wanna ask you something!"

Tomoe: "What? What is it?"

Nathan: "Meh, I'm bored so I just wanted to ask you something."

Tomoe: "Go on."

Nathan: "It's nothing special, but, can you guess when's my birthday? I'm just wanting to kill some time, nothing special."

Tomoe: "Um..."

Nathan: "Here's a hint, I'm an Aquarius."

Tomoe: "Aquarius? Um... Let's see..."

August 29?

"February 7?"

... Um... Febuary 28?

Nathan: "Woah! That's exactly the date of my birthday!"

Tomoe: "I hit a bull's eye?!"

Nathan: "I'm impressed! You actually got my birthday correct!"

Tomoe: "Woah... Didn't think I'd have such an amazing intuition..."

Nathan: "Haha! You do!"

Tomoe: "Woah..."

Nathan: "Haha. Oh well, I have to go now. Bye!"

[I watched as Nathan left the kitchen.]

[I guess I learned something today.]

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"Hey! Time to go to sleep! It's nighttime already!"

And yet again, Monokuma began to scream through the monitor. Constantine sighed as she plopped herself on the bed, staring at the colorless ceiling. She hadn't heard from Monokuma at all since yesterday. None of the students did. "Weird." What was Monokuma doing? He should've been forcing and persuading us to murder each other, Constantine thought suspiciously.

He's planning something...

What Constantine didn't know was that Monokuma was delightfully laughing inside his room, holding a bunch of papers with his paws. The lights flickered on and off, as it was like something that would happen in a crime show where the mastermind figured something out for the better of him and for the worse of his victims, his pawns.

"Upupupupu, this will be fun!"

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Students Remaining: 18

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Okay, now we're finally getting somewhere... The interactions between the characters was fun, however! Next time will have Monokuma and horrible stuff with incentives or whatnot!