Hello once again train riders! It's been a little bit but here's the epilogue for Chapter 2!
Author's note at the end as per norm, but I hope you enjoy!
DANGANRONPA: OFF THE RAILS
Chapter 2 – White is for Wishing
Epilogue
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"…A tragedy. Two more souls lost." The scene shifted back to the dark room with the multitude of monitors. On the main monitor was both Ai and Takeshi's pictures. "Still, compared to the last trial, I hold no anger towards them." However, the sound of a clenched fist could be heard as they glared at a different monitor holding a… different image. One that caused a slight growl to escape the individual's lips. "But rather… my anger is towards… another."
However, the figure stopped as they heard sounds of pitter-pattering feet approaching. Turning their head, they noticed as Conductorkuma approached followed by Tenshizo and Akumahebi. The bear bowed before speaking. "Your highness. You called for us? May I ask the reason?"
The figure nodded as they pressed a button, causing the scene on the screen to shift to a moment with Ai… where she was talking alone with Akumahebi. The snake froze as the figure spoke up. "…Mind telling me why you decided to manipulate our riders Akumahebi?" The figure then pressed a button as the screen started to play.
On the screen, the astrologer would take a step back as she looked at the snake in shock. "So this… observer is part of your core? One of the ones in charge?"
All the while, the snake smirked and nodded. "Oh yeah. We keep track of them because they're one of us you know? Only a matter of time~"
The astrologer nodded with a grim expression on her face as the snake left. "I… I see." She then shook her head as she gained a hardened look. "I need to act… The stars shall guide me to this scoundrel. I… shall find them… so the others are safe." And with that, the astrologer rushed off… as the snake peeked out once more before laughing.
The screen then paused as the figure glared at the now shaking snake. "I found it rather strange that such lengths occurred. Ai was one who wished to prove herself and assist the others… something you knew…" They then slammed their fist down on their desk in frustration. "So, what on earth made you decide to manipulate her into causing this chain reaction of death?"
Staying silent for a moment, the snake shook her head as she spoke. "I… was trying to get the game going along! That's why we're here! Why else would we be handling the motives?"
"YOU FOOL!" The figure yelled out as they turned to face the mascots. "Have you not learned a thing!? These actions are going against EVERYTHING we are working towards!"
The snake shook in fear as they backed up into the elephant. Shaking away from Tenshizo, Akumahebi gained courage and shouted out. "B-But I was told to!"
This caused the figure to pause before sighing in exhaustion and frustration. "…Told to… must have been by THEM… Of course, they wouldn't listen… had to pull another stunt…" They shook their head as they glared down at the snake. "Very well. You already know the motive that is going to occur. You will oversee the motive while Tenshizo will oversee of the riders. Meanwhile, Conductorkuma shall oversee you two…"
They then turned and looked Akumahebi dead in the eye. "This is your last chance. Make a mistake once more… and you will know of what will come to pass."
The snake nodded rapidly before slithering away. The elephant looked nervously but bowed to the figure before leaving as well. Finally, Conductorkuma would bow. "I will get to work right away… but… you truly planned for them to not act, didn't you?"
The figure would nod once more before turning back to the screen. "Of course. As the conductor of this train… the results I wish to achieve do not require bloodshed. Now leave me. I need to decide on what to do… with THEM." They motioned their hand to dismiss the bear, who left without another work. All the while, the figure stared at the screen with a sigh.
"Now… time to see if they will fall to greed once power is bestowed."
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Chapter 3 – Beyond the Wall of Authority – Daily Life
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BONUS EXECUTION-
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AI HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY!
INITIATING PUNISHMENT
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The scene shifts as it shows Ai strapped down to a seat as the camera zoomed out to show some kind of cockpit. Zooming out once more, the camera ended up outside of a large rocket ship that held Conductorkuma's face on the side of it. Suddenly, a monitor on the side sparked to life as numbers began to appear. "…3…2…1…" The numbers then disappeared as the rocket fired to life, bursting through the roof as the monitor then showed some new text.
Ai Fukushima, the Ultimate Astrologer's Execution-
Galaxy Fallacy
As the rocket sored through the sky and exited the atmosphere, Ai felt the straps on her chair disappear away, letting her move. However, in front of her… she noticed the stars starting to move and twist around her rocket before forming behind it as a massive lion. Rushing back to the controls, Ai looked around before seeing what appeared to be a gas pedal as she pressed down with all her might. And like that, the rocket blasted off as fast speeds with the star lion chasing.
Ai tried driving the rocket with all her might when the rocket was suddenly rammed in from the side, causing it to spin out. Once the ship stabilized, Ai saw a large bull made of stars in front of her kicking it's feet… ready to ram once more. The astrologer tried to fly out of the way when she felt the ship stop in place. The sides of the rocket also started to press inwards as Ai looked out the window to see a massive crab of stars holding the ship in its claws.
The ship was then smacked out of the crab's claws by the star lion that had caught up once more. The lion's paw sent the rocket flying into a large asteroid belt as the ship started to ping pong through it, leaving dents on the rocket's sides. Once the ship finally came to a stop, a weakened Ai stood up. She was sent flying back and forth within the ship, causing her body to bruise from the flying debris and being sent into the ship's metal walls.
As the astrologer groaned and started to move back up to the rocket's controls when the ship jerked and sent her on the ground once more. Looking up, she saw the ship's center starting to squeeze and bend as directly in the front… was a large snake head made of stars. The rocket was currently in the clutches of a massive star snake as the snake held an evil grin… before biting down on the ship's side, puncturing it.
In an instant, Ai felt her lungs stop as she fell to the floor in an instant as the star snake slithered away with a wicked grin. The area around her started to freeze up as the astrologer's eyes started to close… until the ship beeped loudly, causing a rush of air into Ai, waking her up and keeping her alive. It was a repeating cycle of loss of oxygen only for it to be given back. Along the way, ice started to slowly form around Ai's limbs as she looked around desperately. Finally, her eyes rested on the rocket's controls… it was her final chance.
Ai felt weaker and weaker as she started to slowly crawl towards the ship's controls. Her arms were nearly completely frosted up and her eyes grew heavy. Her body felt heavy and bloated as she slowly lifted herself off the ground. Closer and closer she moved until finally… she was in front of the controls. She weakly had a small smile of hope… before she heard a beeping noise from the rocket's captain seat. Suddenly, a small hatch from the seat opened to roll out a round bomb with a timer on it. A timer that held only a couple seconds left. …A moment of silence passed as Ai could only fall to the ground, anguish and loss of hope filling her expression as her eyes closed, frozen tears floating around her. And then… a bright light… and she knew nothing.
From the trial room, Conductorkuma could be seen watching the extremely large explosion that occurred with a telescope. All the while, he held a large grin as the other riders watched the sky in horror. As the explosion faded, the bear started to chuckle wickedly to himself as he stepped away. The camera then moved towards the telescope and looked through the lens… to show a brand-new cluster of stars. A line then started to connect them together to create the image of Conductorkuma's grinning face.
Execution Completed
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-TO BE CONTINUED-
12/16 REMAINING
Hello everyone! Void here!
And that's the end of Chapter 2! Once more, thank you for all the support on the story so far! It's been a blast and this train ride is not stopping anytime soon!
As for other things… firstly, I want to thank everyone that brought to attention my writing issue. I was making it hard to tell who was talking… but it's good to know and now I'm working on making sure I don't do it!
Speaking off, I started going back to the previous parts of the story and revamping them! Just simple additions here or there for better story flow and such. Mostly me going back and going "…God I was shit." And I totally believe that in a year's time, I'll look back again and go "…God I was shit." All because writing and creative media is a never-ending cycle of improvement of your old work. But don't worry. I haven't changed anything plot wise so it's more of a 'read if you want to enjoy' type thing! The story isn't going to change suddenly or anything. Just making it all clearer and add more to the character development in Chapter 1. But I did not change the authors notes at the start and end of the parts… saw no need to. At the moment, it's only Chapter 1… cause doing the prologue as well will drive me insane.
Finally, more life stuff if anything… I'm going to be going back to college! So, depending on my schedule, parts might either come more often or more sporadic. Either way, I'm hoping it doesn't take another year to finish Chapter 3. But when it comes to writing, as I've stated before, I'm going to be focusing on Off the Rails. So, enjoy more train murder mystery action!
But then again… perhaps something else will come up? Who knows. There is a story that I am potentially thinking of doing… but again. Who knows? My writing is like the wind. So, we'll see.
But… that's all for now! Until next time! See you all later!
VoidRebirth signing out!