Saki: "Alright! Time to answer the questions from the Q&A, y'all ready?"

Sayori: "I'm ready!"

Bede: "Let's get this over with, we have the winners of the free time event polls to reveal as well."

Okay first question from Flareongirl360 on Wattpad!

Bede: "Sylveon is a much better option, but whatever."

Sayori: "Hey! Flareon is cute from what you've described to me, it's so fluffy and it's probably warm when you hug it! Oh, right! The questions: What are you planning to do next after the Danganronpa series is over? And who is your favorite character to write about?"

Oh it's easy, once the third and final killing game after Epicenter is complete then I would probably make more Ren x Ai stuff, before finally returning to my first fanfiction: Three Houses Saga (Zombie Land Saga x Fire Emblem: Three Houses). Since that story has not aged too well, even if I do have a soft spot for it, I would try to tackle a complete redoing of that story before I deliver the sequel of Three Houses Saga: Azure Moon. And my favorite character… Ai. From Three Houses Saga, Fictional Nexus, Ai Means Love, and RenAi… I can never get enough of writing about her. Her personality resonates so well with me, and placing in scenarios like killing games or a romantic comedy is just so fun.

Saki: "Heh, an obvious answer for that last one, eh Renegade? But goin' back to Fódlan sounds kickass, and I'm thinking I should roll with the Golden Deer from the start!"

Bede: "Moving on… we have several questions from Melody_Kisekinara on AO3. 1. Will there be some connections from Fictional Nexus and Fictional Guardians in this story? 2. Can Saki get more scenes? 3. Why are you so friendly? And 4. Who is the closest to Saki and Sayori in the group?"

Well I have to clarify something about that first one, if anyone isn't aware Yuri and Natsuki are two of Sayori's friends from Doki Doki Literature Club! that she mentioned earlier on in the story. Neither of them are from previous stories as this person had assumed, but to answer your question there will be some connections to Nexus and Guardians. This story will remain its own thing though, I want this story to stand on its own in some ways.

Saki: "And as for that second question, hell yeah am I getting more scenes! I was tired of waitin' for it too, but the wait's gonna be worth it! And for the question about who I'm closest to, it's gotta be Reyn! The big guy is a goof, and he's fun to spar with."

As for that 3rd question… would you prefer it if I were mean? Jk, I am friendly because I like when people are kind enough to leave comments and I like answering them when I can. Everyone else is so nice, and I hosted this Q&A to get another opportunity to talk to my readers.

Sayori: "Aww, that's so sweet, Renegade! And other than Hachiken… I'd say Tails is my other best friend here. Saki's pretty close, but Tails is so smart and cute! I want to hug him all day and hear him talk sciency stuff, even if I don't get it!"

Saki: "Heh, fair. I've always liked Rad Red Knuckles or Sonic, but Tails is cool."

Bede: "Getting off topic now… next question from EmeraldButterfly on AO3, What inspired you to start this series in the first place? And what got you into Danganronpa?"

The Danganronpa series is what inspired me, along with me wanting to ramp up the crossover potential up to eleven since I'm a big fan of multi-crossovers like Super Smash Bros. and killing games have the perfect setup to make them happen! What got me into Danganronpa though were the characters, the weird bunch of teenagers with their Ultimate Talents and personalities stuck within a game where killing is encouraged and escape seems futile… with a burning sense of hope buried beneath it. Inspirational isn't it?

Bede: "I don't think I can get invested in a story with so much death and despair…"

Saki: "Too scared, Curly? Or are ya into more sweeter stories? I guess you're more of a softy than I thought…"

Bede: "Why did I agree to be here? I could have chosen to sit in my dorm and…"

Sayori: "Oh my gosh, he's reading RenAi! I love that story! Oh, and Ai Means Love too, eeee!"

Bede: "Hey! Give me back my e-Handbook!"

Saki: "I've got him for ya, Sayo, keep running!"

Ugh… let's just let them have their fun. Okay, next question is from a good friend of mine, DGRTDB on AO3. If Link were put in this Killing Game, how do you think he would have fared, second, same question, but with my OC Venomcrest Ganon (based on what you've read of him so far) in the Nexus Killing Game, and third, what got you to pick Sayori as Hachiken's successor?" Link would mostly be his quiet self, and I'd throw a dash of that BOTW and TOTK jokeyness he has in some of his dialogue options. I don't like changing characters from their original canon selves too much, so if a character is mostly silent then I would do my best to come up with some things they could do without speaking. Second, Venomcrest Ganon would not be easily trusted and would play a role similar to Aoba (but likely much smarter). I am looking forward to seeing how that opinion will change as I read more about him though. And as for choosing Sayori as the new protagonist, I wanted to see if I can tackle her own insecurities and self doubts, try to figure out how a person with depression like this could get through a killing game (a lot of people on the Danganronpa subreddit thought she would die immediately, so I proved them wrong and then some ha.) I also have a big plan with her in these next few chapters where—

Sayori: "We're back!"

Bede: "Tch, keep your hands off my stuff… I knew I shouldn't have left it there."

Saki: "Alright, alright, alright, one final person left! AppleTheCreator on AO3 is asking us some questions! To Bede - If each of the students were a Pokémon, which would they be? To Sayori - What characteristics do you think make MC a good friend? To Saki - What are the minor inconveniences of being a zombie? Well to be honest, not much, it's weird but being a zombie doesn't have a lotta downsides… well except for when our body parts fall off, we can't go out in public without makeup to make us look like actual people, and… maybe the part about us not being able to grow up, but I know some shrimpy back home is glad for that.

Bede: "That is… intriguing to think about. Makes me thankful that I am alive and well, even at the cost of other's lives… Now then, for which Pokémon I would choose to represent each of the students here, this will take some time…"

Sayori: "I'll answer my question first then, What I think makes MC a good friend is how he takes care of me like buttoning my blazer, waiting for me every morning so we can walk to school together, and being willing to join the literature club in the first place! He's definitely grumpy a lot, and is too focused on video games and anime but… I can't help but lo—"

Bede: "Finished, I've compiled the list."

Sayori: 'U-Um, okay, go ahead…"

Bede: "First off, Dimitri's impressive strength somehow reminds me of a Mamoswine. For some reason that's the Pokémon that pops into my head when I think of him. Konata is… a Swirlix, based on the way her mouth is always curved in that smile of hers. Tails is a Vulpix, obviously… Kazuma is… Thievul, his stealing abilities are remarkable even if his personality leaves much to be desired. Minori, Blipbug to represent her glasses. Ray reminds me of Indeedee in terms of vibes, with Morgrem's style of having his hair covering his eye. Reyn would be a Rhyperior—"

You mean, Reyn-perior?

Bede: "... No. So… Kale's berserker form had me comparing it to Conkeldurr, no offense in terms of her looks mind you mostly strength."

Saki: "What about me and Sayori, eh? Gimme something good…"

Bede: "I see you as a Scorbunny, with your fiery personality, while Sayori is…"

Sayori: "Hm? I'm what?"

Bede: "... Eevee."

Sayori: "W-Wha? Why Eeevee?"

Bede: "I'm not elaborating further, since we're taking up too many pages as it is. Our winners for the next free time events are myself in first and Dimitri in second. Goodbye now."

Sayori: "H-Hey, wait!"

Saki: "Eh, guess we better bail. Later peeps, thanks for the questions and the votes. Glad to have ya!"

I… yeah, what she said. I did not expect this portion to go on for so long… I'm so sorry. As for the full results, Bede was 1st with 4 votes, Dimitri was 2nd with three votes, Saki, Minori, & Ray were 3rd with two votes each, and everyone else had one vote each. Bede's free time will be in this chapter, while Dimitri's will be in the next one. But now, onto the main event! No further delays, see you at the end!

Chapter 4: An Azure Uproar Part 3 (Daily Life)

Remaining Students: 11

Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club): Ultimate Poet

Bede (Pokémon): Ultimate Gym Leader

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd (Fire Emblem: Three Houses): Ultimate Prince

Saki Nikaido (Zombie Land Saga): Ultimate Biker Gang Leader

Reyn (Xenoblade Chronicles): Ultimate Tank

Minori Ichinose (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure): Ultimate Bookworm

Konata Izumi (Lucky Star): Ultimate Otaku

Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic The Hedgehog): Ultimate Pilot

Kale (Dragon Ball Super): Ultimate Berserker

Satou Kazuma (Konosuba) Ultimate Thief

Ray (The Promised Neverland): Ultimate Strategist

Sayori's POV

Insert Song: Mr. Monokuma's Lesson (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

Okay, I admit it… I guess it was a good idea to let him cook. At least that's what my stomach is telling me.

"Bah, I'm glad I remembered to make three of everything… I'm running a college full of students with black hole stomachs!"

Chef Monokuma grumbled with that apron of his flapping in the breeze. On the apron it said "Cut Throats Kitchen" with a claw mark symbol on it, scary stuff, but I can appreciate a good pun.

"You know… this stuff ain't bad, even if you're murder-happy robot bear you know how to make a good rib."

Kazuma complimented the chef, but he continued being a grumpy-grump.

"Hmph! I'm not taking any praise from a guy who likes stealing panties!"

"Hey! I only did that once here, cut me some slack!" Kazuma defended himself.

I stay silent and focus on my food, so I don't end up embarrassed by that terrible reminder. I started wearing two pairs of underwear since that happened, sure it's a waste, though I can't take any chances!

Anyways, as for our outdoor meal: there were chocolate chip skillet cookies, baby back barbecue ribs, sirloin steaks with garlic butter, pesto pasta salad, corn on the cob, chicken and pork skewers, pulled pork, spicy sausages, baked potatoes with cheese, sour cream, bacon, and grilled onions, coleslaw, and grilled chicken drumsticks with sauce.

This was a lot of fun, but I couldn't help but notice that when Ray locked eyes with Dimitri while they went to get more food, Ray just walked past him. This might not be good, we can't have any bad blood between us. And Dimitri didn't mean to break the computer in the library! Normally I step in to stop arguments between Yuri and Natsuki when they start yapping at each other, but with these two I just can't bring myself to do it.

After watching him get blown off, Dimitri clears his throat.

"Ahem, Monokuma, while the meal is scrumptious we were informed that our next motive was ready. And just to be clear, whatever it may be, we will once again not be looking to participate in this killing game."

Monokuma shook his little head, "Oh, I'm repeatedly pressing X to doubt you right now, Your Princeliness. You're right though, I should just get to saying it so you all could lose your appetites. Okay, everyone, listen up! I've got several announcements to make here… so quit stuffing your faces for one second!"

"Awww…." I groaned as I put down the slice of cookie I was gonna eat.

Bede swallows some pasta before speaking up, "Several, so I assume it's actually important?"

"VERY important, Bede-lejuice! It's something that I hope can kick things up a notch, and during the last killing game we didn't have anything like it!"

Ray raises an eyebrow at the last statement, "Last killing game?"

"Ignore that!" Monokuma tells him.

"No, I don't think we will." He answers back.

There was another killing game other than this one…? I wonder what happened to the people there… and now I'm thinking about if there's another one being planned too… And where exactly would it be?

Monokuma then gets back on track, "Anyways, you all have been so trusting of each other this whole time… no one person to look out for, and you all just have your silly little meetings and hangouts without a care in the world. Don't you know that there's a few of you hiding some things that you don't want other people to know about?""

Reyn crossed his arms, "We've all got our own secrets, they can't all be that bad if we've survived this long…"

"Oh, believe me Rain, it is." Monokuma chuckled to himself.

"It's Reyn! You can't have a rainbow without—"

Monokuma cut him off, "Yeah, yeah, I get it! It's my turn to talk, so let me finally say that there are two of you who are connected to what's going on in this killing game in some fashion… in the classic term, you've got some traitors!"

"Ah!"

I gasped, as did everyone else as a few of us started to look over each other. However, Dimitri wasn't believing it for a second as he stood up from his seat and raised his voice at the bear.

"Lies! Trying to dissolve our group through deception is such a low-life tactic, but what would I expect from the mechanical beast puppeteered by that loathsome woman? You cannot fool me with such a pathetic attempt…"

Monokuma laughed, "Puhuhuhu~, but Your Highness… have I ever lied to you before? Make fun of you, yes. Laugh at your suffering, absolutely, but lie to you? Name one time I have… I'll wait."

Dimitri couldn't answer, and neither could anyone else.

"So these… traitors, you're not gonna tell us who they are so what are they after?" Kazuma asks.

I turned to him in surprise, "You really believe what Monokuma's saying?! It can't be true…"

"It's not impossible… Granted, I am hesitating to believe it myself based on the fact that the bear is using this to prevent more collaboration. That's what he's afraid of the most it seems…" Bede clicks his tongue in annoyance.

Tails pondered the thought, "If it were true, which I'm not saying it is, why would they even agree to being a traitor in the first place?"

Ray gives his own insight, "Hm… they may have manipulated things from behind the scenes so that certain people were killed off, or just to clear the board. Or perhaps they may not even be aware that they're under Sird's thumb…. Too many possibilities, yet no clear answer on if these traitors even exist."

"They don't exist, I won't believe that. I refuse to, no matter how many times that lie is fed to me. Can't you all see that this is just another of the ploys by that vile woman to make us desperate?" Dimitri states.

Minori tries to clarify, "You could be right, Dimitri, but you could be wrong as well. We don't have enough information to completely take it out of consideration…"

"Tch…" Dimitri grunts as Monokuma snickers.

"Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, I knew things would get good after I revealed that. Now then, onto the next few announcements… Next up is that we'll be having a horror movie tonight at 6pm out in the woods, snacks provided of course."

"H-Horror m-movie?"

I felt myself quivering after hearing that. Even if we were living a horror movie, I can't stand watching those things. Slashers, zombie apocalypses (no offense, Saki), ghosts puking icky black stuff… and jump scares, those are the worst.

Monokuma continued, "Well… it's based on a video game series that had a murderous robot bear mascot, four years after I did that first! I'd be more bitter about this if it weren't for the fact that making a live-action movie with me would be awful, but where's my flowers kicking off this mascot horror thing!"

"Murderous robot bear mascot, eh?" Konata remarked as if she knew what he was talking about.

"Indeed, and after the screening is over, you'll get a key to a new facility right here in this forest! And I'm sure afterwards one of you will be sleeping in the dirt in way less than five nights! So no matter who that may be, eat as much as you can… this may be your last meal. Puhuhuhu~..."

He disappeared as usual and the mood suddenly got a lot more awkward. Bede, Ray, and Kazuma had their eyes shifting at everyone, and Dimitri was… well he didn't seem like himself at all. He barely touched his food when we started eating, but now he just tossed it all in the trash before walking off alone. It's a waste of food, but I can't really blame him to be honest.

There shouldn't be any traitors here, and even if there were I don't think they'd want to betray us now. We're friends, right? Monokuma is just saying it to make us distrust each other, why would we believe him? He's lying…

He's gotta be… but he hasn't lied to us so far, has he?

"Oi, Sayo, not gonna eat that?" Saki brought my attention back onto my cookie, which I immediately went back to stuffing my face with.

"Mmph, shorry!"

Saki just kept staring at me the whole time, was… was she suspicious of me? Did I do something wrong? Did she think I was a traitor?

"Sayori…"

"Y-Yes?!" I blurted out as she spoke my name.

She squinted, "You're doing that thing again."

"W-W-What thing?" I stuttered and her eyebrows lowered more.

"Remember when I caught you that one night, when you found out about the last motive at the stadium? It's like you're trying to hold something back so we don't feel bad about it." She explains.

I bit my lip and looked back down at my nearly-finished plate.

"It's okay, really… don't worry about me…."

Saki shook her head, "Don't give me that crap, girl. I'm serious, you can tell me or anyone else. If you keep doing this, you might end up hurting yourself."

She scarfed down the rest of her food before tossing it in the trash and chatting with Reyn. I sighed, accepting that she was right… but I just couldn't put that pressure on her right now. Not when she's probably thinking about the traitors too.

I sadly couldn't finish my food, so I just ate the rest of my cookie and placed the rest in the garbage. I guess Monokuma succeeded, I did lose my appetite. Everyone else didn't speak to each other as we all split apart, and I continued to feel the tension building between us all. If I were to put this into math terms, which I hate doing but there's no better way of putting it: it was split into 33% each of people who believed there were traitors, those who believed there weren't any, and those who didn't know yet.

That remaining 1% was me, wanting nothing more but to just not think about this at all and wanting the rest of us to be friends again…

…

…

Ugh, I can't sit still anymore! The more I lie in bed, the more I'm thinking about the traitors! Maybe going to see someone who's just as split as I am. Going down the list, I think out of all of them… I'll give Bede a chance!

He's looking to work with us more than he originally was, and he also had some doubts about the traitors thing…. Yeah, I think I'll talk to him to get our minds away from this whole situation.

Maze Team 2, represent!

… Okay I think that's too much, if I say that around him he'll probably just walk away, ehehe~.

Free Time

Insert Song: Beautiful Days (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

I switched on my e-Handbook to see where was on the map, and he just so happened to be by the Ultimate Labs, it's been a while since I've been around there. It was a steady stroll there, passing by the library until I arrived. This looks the same as it was when we first got here, might as well see if my Ultimate Poet's lab has changed a bit.

As soon as I step in, it continues to remind me of the literature club back home. The desks are all neatly organized, there's manga in the closet (Which I may have taken to show Konata, hope Natsuki doesn't mind since it's not really her manga), and the chalkboard with all the activities and assignments written down.

Monokuma really wanted us to feel at home here, but for some odd reason it feels too accurate to me… as if the classroom was just copied and pasted here.

"Ooo, these are so cute!"

I immediately tossed that thought aside as I picked up some adorable little animal-themed colored pencils and found a few notebooks. Hm… I think I've got an idea… I picked up two of the notebooks and two mechanical pencils ( a red one with a cow eraser and a pink one with a unicorn on it) and looked around for Bede's lab.

"Aha! There we go, hello? Are you in there, Bede?" I knocked on the door.

I heard a groan on the other side, and I immediately knew he was in there. He opened the door and…

"What do you want?"

"Pfff, it suits you."

I let out a snort upon seeing him in that pink getup again, making him sigh as he reluctantly let me in. I see that this place is basically a small little stage with a desk right in front of it, as if there were auditions for some kind of play. There were some pink and light blue murals in the back of the stage, with spotlights up above, and some colorful glowing mushroom lamps in each corner of the room.

"This is the Ultimate Gym Leader's lab, a place where I train to showcase…"

Bede struggled to let out the rest of that sentence as I titled my head to the right.

"Hm?"

"... The power of pink. Gah!" He lets out quickly.

I giggled at how funny it sounded as his cheeks then demonstrated "the power of pink".

"Ehehehe, what does that mean anyways?" I asked in a curious, yet joking way.

He scoffed as he answered "Just something my hag of a mentor constantly tells me about, nothing you need to concern yourself with. What I want to know is, why are you here anyways, Sayori?"

I whip out the notebooks and pencils and show them off to him.

"I figured we can spend some time writing things, just to pass the time. We don't have to talk if you don't want to, we can just chill while all this tension is happening."

I held out the pink unicorn pencil out to him as he stared at it for a little bit. After about two minutes of waiting I spoke up again.

"My arm's getting tired, so…"

He sighs before taking it into his hands and looking it over, "What even is this creature? It looks similar to a Rapidash from the Galar region but…"

"It's a unicorn! It's… not real unfortunately, but it's cute isn't it? Now look at mine!"

He looked at my cow pencil and raised an eyebrow.

"A Miltank?"

"It's a cow! It looks like the Mr. Cow plushie that I have at home, isn't it adorable?"

He just squinted at both pencils before shrugging, "Hm, fascinating…".

I smiled as we both sat down on the stage and began to write in both notebooks, it felt so nice to do this after all this time… I got the chance to read with Minori, but making poems is another thing I love about the literature club! I may be sad that we're not home just yet, but knowing that Natsuki and Yuri are somewhere here is making me somewhat hopeful. Now let's see what I can put out onto this page, hmm~, hmm~, hmm~...

(The following is a special bonus poem Sayori wrote in Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!)

There once was a ladybug.

It was so small, it took a really long time to crawl from here to there.

It was very tiring to fly for too long.

Nobody squishes ladybugs because they're cute.

Does that make them better than other bugs?

Do ladybugs know they're cute?

I think they're too preoccupied with bug things.

And so, the ladybug crawled around and did bug things.

This story wasn't really going anywhere.

But I know you don't mind.

I hope you think it's nice for being there anyway.

Like ladybugs.

Like this ladybug.

The one who clings like a doof onto your sleeve because it knows you won't squash it.

If it doesn't bug you,

Will you stay awhile?

And done! Not bad if I do say so myself… I look over at Bede and he's tapping his chin with the pencil.

"Ack, stupid thing…" He utters after accidentally poking his chin with the unicorn's horn.

"Ehehehe~." I softly giggled before scooting over to him, "So whatcha got in there?"

He huffed before opening the notebook up, revealing several names of attacks that I saw him use during that maze event with his Pokémon, as well as ones that I haven't seen him use and some strategies for each one.

"If you must know, I'm always looking for new ways for my team to triumph over the rest. I mentioned I have some rivals, yes? Well, it's not just them I have to contend with, I take on all comers as Gym Leader of Ballonlea." He tells me as I lean in to listen more with my hands on my cheeks.

"Hmm, hmm, so people come by and fight your Pokémon with theirs? What do they get if they win?"

He then pulls out a tiny badge with a fairy symbol on it.

"A badge and another step completed on their completion of the Galar League Gym Challenge. Ever since I became the Gym Leader though, claiming this badge is easier said than done."

I stare at the badge intensely, "It looks so pretty…"

"Nope, not a chance." Bede tells me as he pockets it.

I pouted, "Aw, come on! I was just looking at it, you meanie…"

"Only those who have proven themselves worthy can hold one of these. Plus, you're neither endorsed to enter the gym challenge or a Pokémon trainer." He scolded me as I continued to puff out my cheeks in frustration.

"Fine, be that way! Then I guess you don't wanna take a look in my notebook…"

"You're right, I don't." Bede states bluntly.

I felt my cheeks get redder as I held my poem close to my chest, "Hmph! Big meanie…"

I continued to write more poems into the notebook, sneaking glances over at Bede who was doing the same to me.

"I thought you didn't care, hmm?"

Bede rolled his eyes at me, "I don't, why would I be thinking about what you're scribbling down in that little notebook? I'm more wondering why you think it's so significant than what it could be."

I huffed and just showed it to him, "Just look and you'll see, you big dumb meanie."

Did not mean to rhyme, but I feel it's an appropriate time. I saw his eyes read each line, he's probably judging it considering it's one of mine. It reminds me of back home when we did a poem swap, and I read them so much, none of them I could drop… okay I guess I'll stop, ehehehe~...

"Hm…"

Bede handed my notebook back to me without saying another word as he stepped behind one of those fancy folding screens. He came back out in his normal outfit and magenta jacket, running his hand through his hair.

"Sayori." He then speaks up.

I tilt my head at how quiet he was being, "Y-Yeah?"

"You're the Ultimate Poet, correct?" He asks me out of the blue.

My eyes went wide, "I am, but… I don't know if that's true or not, I mean I have a few good friends who are super good at writing poems and—"

He raises his hand up to silence me as he places his hands in his pockets and turns away nodding.

"Adequate work."

…

Huh? Did he just compliment me… AGAIN? He's still a meanie as always after not letting me see the shiny badge, but it's feeling like we're making some progress into becoming friends! I feel like I'm starting to crack open his shell, hope to grow closer next time!

Ah… I think I should take a nap, that horror movie will probably keep me awake all night so I should get rest as much as I can. I walk back into the dorm, open my room, and flop face first onto the bed. Nothing to worry about right…?

…

No, of course not.

There may or may not be some traitors going around messing with things… maybe they ended up causing a few of the deaths that happened to be blamed on other people… or maybe they're lurking about, waiting for the perfect chance to strike… maybe they don't exist and I'm worrying over nothing…

… Or maybe I'm one of the traitors?

No, it can't be…. But what Ray said earlier is still playing at the back of my head.

"... perhaps they may not even be aware that they're under Sird's thumb…"

It's really scaring me as to what this could all mean. Monokuma could just be pushing us into believing this and get someone to kill another person on suspicion… or he's setting up the traitors to get killed for fun… maybe he could also be signaling the traitors to start killing now…

But… I also have to wonder if these people can be considered "traitors", Monokuma said they were connected to the killing game and left out how they were. Maybe they didn't do anything wrong or just don't know it like Ray said… what would happen if they get found out though… agh!

No more… I can't take this anymore… I need to rest.

Rest…

…

…

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MONOKUMA THEATER

"Just accept it, even if they turn out amazingly well or surpass the original, sequels are always made to get more money or hits!

"Sure they can have better stories, visuals, character work, basically everything… and creators could even listen to feedback from fans about the previous entry and improve, but it's all for the same goal in the end."

"Even if you're building up a multiple story saga, it can't even get off the ground without some attention… I mean they wouldn't be making five movies in two certain animated film series if billions of people didn't come to watch each entry, even some of the lesser ones!"

"If you build sequels, people will flock to them. I mean, look at what you're reading right now, third entry in a four-part crossover series! Unless some of you started here and not even looked at Nexus or Guardians, you're here because it's a sequel to those things."

"What a shameless thing we've done here, you all should boycott this story and refuse to continue reading… oh wait, then I'd be out of a job. Never mind! This never happened! Cut! CUT!"

"Sa…yori…"

"Mmm… ack… ah…"

I tossed and turned in my bed, it's the voices again… or… is that just one voice this time?

"Sayori…"

My eyes tightened shut and my body stiffened up as I heard it say my name more clearly.

"H-Huh?"

"Sayori…'s me…." It becomes hard to hear again…

I respond in confusion, with my eyes still closed. "Eh…?"

"Sayori…it's me…Ha…."

I don't want to open my eyes, it might be the poltergeist in that movie we're gonna watch. Coming by to take my soul already… help….

"Who… W-W-Who are you?"

"Sayori…it's me….Ha…en…"

Hold on… what did they just say…?

"W-What..?"

"Sayori…it's…me…Hachiken…"

"AH!"

I jolted awake, looking back and forth all around me. My breaths come out all heavy, and I'm clutching my chest to calm my rapidly beating heart. I calm down enough to see that there's no one here… just me.

I… I might be going crazy.

I check the time and saw that it was 5:45pm, ugh, it's time to go… whoopee, as if I needed anything else to scare me right now….

Next time, the rest of the motive and Dimitri's free time event! You all might have your own theories of what is happening with the traitor situation, and whatever the hell just happened at the end of this part. Hope you liked Bede's free time event and thank you all to those of you who asked me a question in my Q&A, sorry that particular portion went on for so long ^^;. I'll be waiting for your comments as always, for now I'll be hard at work writing the next RenAi chapter. See you all next time, farewell peeps! - Renegade Braveheart