Dear diary,

The next motive is a fucking stink bomb.

A disappointing motivation to say the least.

Of all the ways to do it, Mono-Chris threatened that a stink bomb would be set off if we didn't kill.

Pathetic, frankly... I thought to myself as I left.

Me and Jo then kissed.

But then Ripper turned up dead.

The victim is Ripper, particant of Total Drama 2023. Cause of death is being poisoned.

As it turned out, corpses fazed Damien about as much as they fazed Scary Girl, which was to say: not a lot.

"Ripper was so confident that he was going to win this," MK mused, "It just shows exactly how far big egos can get you."

Marin could taste iron on their tongue, clenching their jaw hard as they stared at Ripper's body as Scary Girl and Damien checked it.

"Who the fuck is doing this?" They hissed, head swimming with nervous energy, "When will this stop?"

Jo swallowed loudly. "I don't know, Mary. I really don't know."

The rest of the investigation went by as smoothly as it could, and the class trial came about fairly quickly. They were well equipped with knowledge, but flushing out exactly who killed Ripper was the trickier part.

Until Jo started accusing Chase.

Everyone agreed that it was Chase, and they almost voted for him too until Jo admitted everything in a guilty breakdown. She had made everyone a promise that if anything put the group in danger of falling apart, that she would help her "girlfriend" fix it. But never in a million years did she think fixing it would include killing Ripper.

Marin didn't have the stomach to sum up the murder, only covering the part where Jo threw a stink bomb at Ripper.

Marin is seen on the right, in front of the camera, tears falling on their cheeks, and their hand on their heart. On the left was the blackened, sad yet having a smile on their face.

"This should be the truth behind your lies, Josephine Silver, the Ultimate Assassin!"

The blackened turned to be Jo, her sad smile now more noticeable.

They voted for Jo like they voted for Millie.

Jo spilled her guts when she was asked why she did it. Ripper had been getting on her nerves lately, and she hated him. She decided to kill him, and partly because of her past working under a man called Brick McAthur. He had raped her and did emotional abuse and psychical abuse to her.

When Mono-Chris announced her execution, Jo sighed. "I'm sorry," she said. "Mary will be your hope now, seeing as I will no longer be."

Marin couldn't help but let out a small chuckle. "Please, call me Marin"

Jo walked willingly to her death, tears shining in her eyes as Marin cried.

Marin didn't watch the animation of Mono-Chris dragging Jo to her final, deadly destination.

GAME OVER

JO HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY. TIME FOR THE PUNISHMENT!

(EXECUTION MUSIC: LINK HERE)

Jo stood firm in a new location. The setting was like that of a martial arts dojo, with sliding screen doors, a floor of wooden planks, and various hanging scrolls adorning the walls.

The doors slid open, and new occupants flooded the room. A group of robotic warriors. The warriors were dressed in traditional black gis, and were held in place with red belts. The emblem on the left breast of the gis showed the school crest of Hope's Peak.

The new warriors stared Jo down, prompting the girl to bow to her adversaries. Once she raised her head, she took a fighting stance.

Topher was standing to the side watched in awe, as Mono-Chris hit a gong, signaling the beginning of the fight.

One Woman Army 2.0

The robots rushed Jo, though it was not much of a fight. The automatons were intimidating in appearance, but they had no form, no style, no heart. They fought like street thugs, in spite of their attire. To an expert of her craft, Jo could easily take them down. Her kicks and punches reduced their numbers slowly but surely. Gears and springs flew across the room as they broke apart in the face of Jo's true power.

As the last mechanical threat fell, Jo breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps now it was over. Perhaps Mono-Chris had underestimated her, and she could walk free.

No such luck.

To Jo's surprise, new warriors rushed in. Jo fought hard, but she was overwhelmed in moments, and thrown to the floor violently. Jo only managed to get up before swords went through her legs.

The warriors had stabbed her.

The others joined on the fun.

Before long, countless swords ran through Jo's body. She stared, eyes wide in shock and despair as she fell to the floor, blood oozing under her.

A small grey butterfly flew down from the ceiling and landed near the body.

Marin broke down in tears after that.

Their girlfriend was dead, and they wanted to go home.

Surviving Contestants: 14