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"It's alright...I believe I've handled it before..." Naoya said as he went to the fridge and take some milk "The fear of death does drive people to the brink of insanity, but you know what they say, "In the face of death one shows their true colors." " He said, pouring milk into a cup before drinking it.
It's getting harder to breathe, since the source is near one of the vents, but despite the smoke the location seems to be... Lab 12, based on the distance. A few things are on fire and the fumes are very painful if inhaled.
Sho lightens up when he sees the skull! Nice! He tries to speed up and catch the skull by expending as much energy as he can, crawling with his arms and legs! Almost..!
Cent would look to see if anyone was in this room. Speciffically if Alexei was present at all in the room.
(edited by Centunculus_fur)
prolly a bad idea, smoke kills
[Gou decides he's not suicidal enough to keep going through the smoke, and backtracks to somewhere closer to Sho's location. He notices the skull, and decides to help catching it.]
"Those true colors are what Monokuma wants to see." He finishes brewing his cup of coffee and takes a large swig. "Urk..." He sticks out his tongue and places the cup down in a tizzy. "Too hot and very bitter! I got too distracted!"
Thankfully, Alexei is NOT here... or not. Sho barely misses the skull, which flees... running right into Gou. Skull caught! Good work Snake!
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Unluky for Cent, but Alexei is indeed in his room after passing out something fierce last night. The sudden arrival wakes him up with a start and his hands instantly curl around the nearest defensive item he has a blanket. What the hell man!? I was sleeping.
Sho smiles and gives Gou a thumbs up when he catches it and begins to look for the other one! Back tracking a little and to the right!
"You ain't gettin' out of my arms, you... Skull... Thing. Anyway!" [Gou crawled out of the Vent he entered.] "... 'Sup."
Gin
Hey. Banner's back. And he got one of those skull things. Not bad, man. *Gin gives Gou a thumbs up*
Katsuo looks over at Gou. He's got one of the skulls but... "Was it worth it? What's even the point of getting these things, what do they do?"
"Yay, you are alive!! Oh and here you go." (Micah gives Gou's jacket to him.)
The skull goes limp, lifeless. Sho doesn't find the other skulls, but does notice some smell of smoke... Bad idea to follow the trail, though.
Cent Freaks out a bit yep someone was in here! He quickly jumps back up into the vents and continues to crawl through them to another stop.
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[Gou puts his jacket back on.] "Thanks for keeping it safe. Now then... It doesn't look like that skull can talk. So I think the only option we have for now is cracking it open like a big, dumb pinata."
The girl finally emerges from lab 11, with a half-melted clock in hand, metal still red-hot. She doesn’t say a word as she walks over to the Hazardous Waste Disposal, and disposed of the clock Well, that was useful
Alexei is left stumped for a few seconds with his best wtf face and then decides feck it. Time to follow the dude since something interesting seems to be happening. He struggles pulling himself up the vents and then persues Cent.
Cent only finds more bedrooms. He should probably head back outside... but a wild Alexei blocks his path!
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Katsuo smirks. "So, you want to break it open, eh? I like the way you think."
Sho gulps as he takes a deep breath, he has to figure something out, even if it's dangerous, besides, he only has so much time... Once he braces and takes a deep breath of air he continues and tries not to breath in too much smoke
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"Mind if I help you with that?" Naoya said as he took out the milk jug again and poured it into another cup, though, only going 1/4 the way. "Maybe this will sort out the taste." He said.
Alexia chasing Cent seems to only quicken his pace such a stupid scenario he has got himself in. Instead he chooses to bash open another Vent hatch with his Hook and jump down to see if he can get away from the attention. By perhaps this will just make it worse.
The girl crosses her arms, sighing and shaking her head I had hoped these clocks were important to them, perhaps allowed them to keep track of us better. But that seems unlikely if it was this easy to break. You’d need an ultimate programmer to find out much more.
Looks like Vision Boy is braving this. The smoke becomes thicker around Lab 12's vent. It's more damaging than normal smoke if breathed in, and burns Sho's eyes. The flames, the source, are coming from a spot in Lab 12 that's very close to the vent. Into Gou's room Cent goes...
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Shotaro pours the contents of his cup into the new milk cup. Quickly swirling the cup around, he then goes to chug the rest. "Gah..." He slams the cup down and shudders violently. "Thanks. Still tasted terrible, but strong is what I need right now. It'll help me stay awake!"
"In any case... I noticed a lot of smoke in the vents, around labs 11 and 12. I'm gonna check 12 out."
Wait ... Was that a machine??? Noticing the hook Alexei lets out a very unmanly squeal and almost throws himself out of the opened vent hatch. Luckily his lower half catches in the vent so he has time to carefully fall to the floor in a heap. His body will be absolutely sore after all this, but he doesnt seem to mind. He just tries to recover quick wnough to follow behind Cent. Hey wait up! I'm not mad about the whole break in deal. Serious! Just wanna ask about your sweet hook and maybe know what is going on! He shouts this to Cent.
Gin
Well, I'm bored. Might as well come with you. Yu don't mind, right Banner? *Gin smirks.*
"Yeah, it has to be Lab 11 or 12. According to the map 12 is most likely where the smoke is... And I'm going with you as well!"
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Come on, come on.. Sho continues to fight through it to get a peek into the lab, something is going on in there and he can't leave without figuring out what's happening!
Katsuo nods. "So, lab 12, then? Let's go check it out, yeah?" He wanders over to lab 12.
A voice can be heard from a loudspeaker: "Attention, lab rats! Please head to the meeting room faster than a certain blue hedgehog!"
He's right by the source now, but... It's something that's blackened by now. With a wooden pole that's in flames. Either a broom or a mop... but how is this smoke so painful? It's no ordinary fire. ...Monobuddy seems angry.
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[He taps his brow with his fist. Let's refer to this as just "Brow is tapped" from now on.] "Man. I guess the more people we are, the better it will be." [Gou hears the announcement.] "The Meeting room?... No... You're shittin' me..."
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Katsuo sighs. "Way to cut it short." He heads to the meeting room, no doubt something will happen if he doesn't.
"Huh? But Lab 12...." How convenient, just when we were about to check out that lab.
Cent looks at Alexei clearly hesitant to speak and still on edge but tries to tighten up and speak about her questions. “This hook it’s part of my model build it’s my age old weapon partner....so to say. Uhh my model being Centunculus_Fur forgive me we have not interacted....” He still looks uncomfortable about the whole thing but it’s clear that Alexia probably does not mind. He decides to explain about the animated skull and his vent exploration. “Again I apologize....anyway I should keep scouting around....and you don’t have to follow me the other are in the main hallways I think...” Cent takes a bit to look around the room he is in.
Gin
Hmm. Probably not worth risking our captives anger. Come on. Lab 12 can wait until after we've heard what the bear has to say. *Gin starts heading towards the meeting room*
"You are right, time to go the Meeting Room I guess." (Micah goes towards the Meeting Room) Good thing I have my horseshoe with me, just in case something terrible will happen.
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"...Guess we have to meet that bear again..." Naoya said, as he decided to look for something to quickly heat, in the fridge, only to find some...pizza? "Argh...looks like I picked the short straw here...you go ahead of me Shotaro, I'll be there within a moment..." He said as he took out the pizza from the box and slammed it in the microwave and set it to cook for approximatley 4 minutes, as the box recommended.
"Alex heads to meeting room*
Non Non i'll keep you company. My treat~ Alexei always wanted to make friends with a fine piece of tech. He always assumed any talking patchwork would be far more fun then any basic person. Of course he couldnt confirm yet, but now he had the chance. No way was he ditching now. Ah but wouldnt the bear be mad if we are still skull hunting?
"... Not much of a choice." [Gou heads to the meeting room with the others.]
Shotaro can't make heads or tails of this guy. Would he really risk his head for a snack? Something felt very wrong, but he didn't have time to question it. "Right. Well, I'm off!" He quickly tears out of the cafeteria and towards the meeting room. It should be a short sprint, best to be quick.
the girl mutters something under her breath, like talking to herself, and silently heads to the meeting room
? Not yet.. Sho tries to endure for a bit longer and gets onto his back to try and kick the pole out of the way to get a good view of the object before leaving and moving to the meeting room, if he can't kick it he gives up and gets out, he's going to die if he keeps it up
He hears Monokuma’s announcement and then Alexei’s comment and nods in agreement. Ri-right..We should Head to the meeting room then so let’s make haste I guess.” Cent grunts a little in uneasy and starts to crawl his way to the Meeting Room checking back to see if Alexei follows.
The mop broom thing falls over, knocking some more over. The smoke thins out once that happens. Those were definitely the source... and off to the meeting room he goes.
Alexei snubs his lingering excitement and follows Cent with a pretty passive look. Figures he wouldn't get anywhere with Cent for now. As much as I like machines this bear model is pretty annoying sometimes.
As everyone enters the meeting room, Monokuma jumps out from behind the podium. "Good morning, lab rats!"
Star walks into the meeting room, having just woken up. Sup gu-oh, the bear is here. Joy.
"It's a bit late for morning, head chemist"
Katsuo puts on a "no nonsense" sorta persona. "Get to the point already. We all know you have a reason for calling us here."
What does Monokuma even want with us anyways? Is it an assembly thing?
"Get to the point."
Monokuma looks serious. "Alright, wise guy, have it your way. Firstly, it seems one of you lost your clock to another person, and it has been broken..." He stares angrily at Katsuo and Marionette.
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Sho approaches the meeting room short of breath and looks around, taking his place and staying quiet for now, rubbing soot off his clothes
...I didn't even take my clock. I just forgot it where it was because I had better things to do, like boobytrap my room.
I'm more the person who plays with rodents rather then be a rodent. Alexei flippantly looks to Monokuma as he mentally works out the best way to take ofd that stubborn head of his. Buuut if you really wanna take turns Monokuma I dont see why not~
"Oh... Shit." Monokuma is very pissed.. What is he going to do?
What are you talking about? I left my clock in my room, right where it belongs.
Gin
*Gin glances over at Star* You did what now?
Katsuo looks angrily at Marionette but decides to shrug it off. "So what if my clock is destroyed?..." He stares at Monokuma, puts his hand to his cheek and smiles. "You wouldn't want to hurt me, would you~?"
@Katsuo "srsly?" *Facepalms*
I didn't take my clock into my room. What's the point of taking it when all of us share times anyway?
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Monokuma just stares blankly at Katsuo. "Yes, I would actually. Anyways, for you, I shall give you a new clock with the old time back" He throws Katsuo a clock that has the current time for those who had 24 hour clocks, about 8 hours left. He also gives star her old clock back. "But as for you, ultimate puppet..." He looks angrily at Marionette. "For breaking another person's clock, now you're grouped with the 24 hour group!" Marionette's clock is brought down to roughly 8 hours.
Alexei claps in sheer amusement. Sucks for you guys but you have to admit the fun of all this~
After a little while Sho looks somewhat less charred and smoggy and speaks up, directing his words at the bear Alright, now that's that settled, do you mind explaining that fire? What exactly happened there, and what are these skulls?
"Oof, that sucks. And yeah, Monokuma, what was up with the skulls anyways?"
Fire? Skulls? What?
"Oh, the fire in the vents? That was cause by Alex, or the only person good enough to at least attempt to murder someone! Congratulations!" He claps and smiles.
[Gou slams the skull he found on a table.] "THESE Skulls."
...I think I'm going to make the Happy Time No Murder Club room safer after this.
Caused by Alex? Sho then looks to Alex with a suspicious gaze What do you mean? Cause a fire?
"So basically Alex tried to kill Sho..? Damn..." He tried to kill Sho... What the fuck. I hope the lucky charm will keep on working.
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"Alex? Someone tried to kill someone already? Wait, tried?" Shotaro glares at the man in question before looking back to the bear. "Why would you tell us that?"
"for the record, the fire was to hide the skulls, and the fuck monokuma!" Alex was starting to get nervous
Alexei gazes at the skulls with a disgusted look. Too human and alive for him. So when do we start making weapons for self-defense? I call spear or anything stabby. Kind of a lightweight.
Katsuo crosses his arms. "Just explain the skulls already."
The girl freezes, shaking for a moment as she mutters to herself. After a few minutes, the girl mutters a little more loudly I understand. before simply getting up and heading out of the meeting room
"Well, it still was a faliure, my friend! And moving on to the second thing, I've decided to remind you that the 24 hour group is running out of time! Come on, you guys should just murder someone already! I wouldn't want you to have to see this people's fates, now would I? Oh wait, I would! Upupupu~! So unless you want to see what happens, you guys better get killing!"
Sho stares suspiciously at Alex, it wasn't exactly a strong case, he wanted to get through this without murder but it was looking increasingly likey that it wasn't going to happen. Why would you hide the skulls? It just doesn't make sense, you knew we were looking for them. What did you use? Tell us!
"I was going to use the skulls as a source of evidence for the inevitable murder as they work as good cameras, but you done fuckes that up, furry." Alex would direct the last word towards Katsuo
*leaves*
To be honest, I feel like 24 hours isn't enough time to make a good murder.
Katsuo scoffs at Alex. "You should've told us that, plus it wasn't me who went after the skulls, it was Gou." He left before he could explain. Goddamnit that guy is uptight. "So, Monokuma... Who made you anyway? You are a robot, correct?"
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Cent is getting tired of staying in the room with everyone. He listens to Alex’s testimony before leaving the room to do his own stroll but now he was bored he realizes that things are getting tense so he should not go do anything stupid but....curiosity has been unfinished. And to quench his feeling Cent decides to head into the Hazordus Waste Storage/Disposal to shave some time.
...Might be a good time to wrap this Phase up. Any secret actions or murders, speak now or forever hold your peace. This area has drums and containers of chemicals with warning labels abound. Certainly not too safe if an accident happens.
(edited by Cait_Sith)
Can't we just like ya know ... Temporarily kill someone? Alexei knew the others would be kinda annoying but things were getting a bit too riled for him. Time to throw some dogs a bone. If someone's heart stops then it should technically be a death even if we shock them after.
"You know what? I going to check out Lab 12 now, alright with you?" This situation gets worse and worse. If something else bad happens I'll go straight back into my room. (Micah leaves the Meeting Room quite quickly.)
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"Sorry, ultimate inventor, but not even shocking someone can get past the Rez-Block-O-Maticâ„¢!"
Gin
And there she goes. Welp, better get moving. *Gin decides to leave as well, heading for Lab 12.*
Sho watches, and slips out of the room as well, no use staying around anymore, if there was information to be given out he could get someone else to say it for him Secret Action Commence!
I think I'm going to go into lab 13 now. Star heads over to lab 13, being careful not to trigger any traps that might have been set up.
Oh no well guess I tried. Alexei says this with minimal enthusiam. He didnt really think it would pass but one could try. Well if anyone needs i'll be in the supply closet contemplating life. My room isn't exactly safe anymore.
She'd simply watch quietly from the corner forbidden now, not really having an idea or time with which to do anything... Gah, this whole mess of secrets and lies is beyond annoying. But hey, might as well speak a bit. "Personally, I'd say there's always some other way than murder... But hey maybe I'm just being a bit too naive, regardless I'll see you guys later." Killing monsters is one thing, but people? She's never really done that before. Now seems a bad time to start.
Cent looks around the the chemicals present are fascinating but not filling his current boredom he notes it down for later use. He checks his Pads and realizes that there is a incinerator in the room over he makes haste in that directions to see if anything else can satisfy his boredom or answer anything that has been happening.
"I'll be going to Lab 12 too."
Lab 12 houses the still-burning remains of a bunch of mops. There are flammable and hazardous chemicals in containers. Lab 13 is as she left it.
Katsuo shakes his head. "Well, whatever then... See ya, cutie." He heads over to lab 12.
The incinerator is just a large... incinerator. With a shaft heading upwards.
Okay, let's see about making this place a bit safer... actually, it feels like it's already safe enough. I'll just head to the cafeteria then to get some food. I'm starving. Star heads to the cafeteria, hungry and bored.
"So the smoke did come from here. I still wonder what the fire was used for though."Skulls as cameras is possible, but what does fire have to do with Alex's plan?
"Time to explore I guess." He waves dismissively to the bear as he exits the room and heads towards Lab 14. It might be good to get a feel for this place in case something comes up.
The mops emit a nasty-looking smoke. Star eventually comes across the kitchen, with enough food for an army, so to speak. Lab 14 contains many plants, from crops to weeds to clovers. They appear to be in water and soil with different "ppm" of certain substances depending on the "group".
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Oh hell now that’s a beast of a incinerator! Time to see how this big scrapping metal function. Seeing the shaft as the only point of interest Cent decides to crawl up that way.
Katsuo looks around the lab, Alex must've used something to start up this terrible fire.
Gin
Whatever Alex's plan may have been, I think it failed. Perhaps his plan was to lure someone into the vents with the skulls, trap them in the there and then have them die by breathing in to much smoke. But something went wrong, and everyone got out alive. Speculation of course. Heh. Guess I'll start caliing Alex Killer then. Heh heh heh.
Hmm...it would be too easy to poison the food, given all the chemicals around here. It would also be easy to dispose of the evidence because of the incinerator. I wonder if there's a way to contact that bear to see if there's a rule on poisoning food...
"How are mops making so much Smoke?!"
Naoya is seen running into Lab 12 with a pizza in his face, "Ok, what did I miss?"
Katsuo speaks up. "It isn't just the mops, he has to have used a chemical of some sort." He checks the clock to see if it's still ticking down.
"That is definitely possible, I guess that'll explain things for now. Still what chemicals did he use to start this fire?" Whatever it was, it must have been a very deadly chemistry.
any flammables would work, it was so y'all couldn't get my skulls
[Brow is tapped.] "Man... SCRTC's tech would be real handy right now."
"The effects of chemicals on agriculture, hm?" Shotaro walks around the lab looking at the different plant subjects and making a mental list of any dangerous plants or chemicals. "I wonder what an ounce of prevention equals out to if I were to bring it down to parts per million. Heh."
...well, whatever. Star grabs some food and digs in.
No dangerous plants, except if they picked uo stuff. Example: ones in lead-infused soil or water. Cent can't climb the shaft, since there are metal bars in the way for some reason... The end of the Phase is here. As the day wears on, the clocks tick down... Maybe everyone should get to their rooms in case of a murder.
Star finishes up eating before going to her room and locking the door.
While the clock ticks and the end of today draws near....To late to stop now he’s gotta know what’s going on here. Luckily the robot has an idea, Cent moves back into the Hazordus Waste Storage room and tries to find some really corrosive acid or chemicals to melt the bars down easy there has to be some of it. Don’t worry they can’t melt Cent he’s made of rusty Australium.
After taking some time to catch her breath, the young, grey-haired girl breathes a sigh of relief and, still shaking, heads back to her room, closing and locking the door
Gin
Hmm... Well, we think on this later. I'm heading back to my room. Careful nothing bad happens to you guys on the way back. You're fun to hang out with. *Gin waves to Micah and Gou as he leaves the lab and returns to his room.*
"I'm going to the Cafeteria to get food and water. After that I'll be in my room, okay?" I don't know what to think right now, for now I think I'm indifferent with Alex..
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"I'm gonna keep following you, and then I'll... Go back to my room too for now."
Katsuo heads back to his room, looking down. "Alright, looks like it's the end for me..." He enters his room, closing and locking the door behind him. "Come whatever may." He lays on the bed, hopeless and waiting for whatever terrible thing about to befall him.
"Thank you, Gou!" (After Micah got their food and water, they went back to their room safely and locked their door.) I barely have time left do I? That is troublesome...
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Alex enters his room, locks it, pushes his bed in front of it and sleeps
Sho sighs and returns to his bed, this has been a crazy day..
"That's it for today." With a solid grasp of the room's contents and layout, Shotaro exits the lab and returns to his room. However this time he spends time scouring his room for any oddities. Such as the very obvious vent. "Well that won't do. I gotta sleep light..." Mentally preparing himself, Shotaro locks his door and lays down. His training should be enough to wake him if something makes a noise. He probably won't be getting much sleep.
The narrator is back. Phase end. As the clock ticks down for the 24-hour people, the crackling of flames grows louder. Smoke comes out of the rooms' vents. A cry, muffled by the walls but still audible, is heard above a roar from one of the rooms. Pained and long.
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Gin
*Gin notices the cry and looks up from writing in his notepad.* Huh? What the heck? Has it been 24 hours already? Or was that... No. No, it can't have been... can it? *Gin waits a second before sighing* Ugh. Might as well. *Gin leaves his room to see if he can find who screamed, hoping it wasn't anything to dire*
The agonized screams eventually stop, but even without sound to guide the curious residents, there is smoke coming out from under one of the doors... Cake's, according to the label. That one other person that had holed up in their room most of the time.
After having slept for some time, the grey-haired girl wakes to screaming and the smell of fire.. Fire. Noting the smoke coming out of the vents, the girl takes a deep breath, before unlocking her door and heading over to lab 11 to grab the fire extinguisher and blanket, just to be on the safe side.
Gin
Is that a... fire? Shit, someone's in there aren't they? God damn... *Gin goes to open the door to Cake's room, tapping the handle to make sure it wasn't going to burn him.*
The handle is rather hot, but not so much that it's impossible to open. Wrapping a piece of cloth around your hand a few times or a similar action could probably minimize injury.
I am starting to smell smoke. Is it coming from the vents?! Wait... Somebody is screaming! Oh fuck... ( Micah burst through their door in a panic.) "H-Hey! What the hell is going on?! Is everyone okay?!"
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after retrieving the fire extinguisher and blanket, the girl takes a deep breath, and brings them back to the common area between the rooms. Visibly shaking, the girl offers Gin the fire extinguisher, leaving the fire blanket beside her Y... You might want this. I'm... Not so good with open flames.
Star rushes out of her room and tries to kick the door in to Cake's room. Fire fire fire fire!
Gin
Grr. Too hot to just open. What could I use to... *Gin touches his scarf. Grumbling to himself, he takes his scarf off and wraps it around his left hand, taking the fire extinguisher in his right hand, before trying to open the door.* Stay back, Lucky. I got this. Hate for you to get burned.
The door opens, revealing the room in flames. A fallen body is being licked at, along with anything else the flames can catch on... As soon as the clocks reach 0, a special announcement comes on. The actual trial section will not be today, and I must vanish, but I digress. I shall turn things over to my co-host. Good luck. You'll need it.
"Please be care, Gin! I think I should try to wake up the others...." I didn't even had time to check how much time left. Was this murder or the punishment!?
Gin
*Gin uses the fire extinguisher to try and put the fire out. He noticed the body and sighs.* Damn. We lost one.
A voice can be heard in a loudspeaker. "Oh, finally, a body has been discovered! I can't believe it!, Good job, whoever did it! However, we also need to discuss something else! Head on over to the meeting room, pronto!"
...oh shit...somebody died! I'mma catch the killer! Star suddenly grabs a fedora out of thin air and puts it on. Good thing I've been playing LA Noire, otherwise I would not be very good at this. Everyone, search for clues as to what happened! Or at least later after the bear is done!
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The girl peeks into the room, only to shut her eyes and shake her head. not like this.... Her head raises at the sound of the announcement, something to discuss? Hopefully it'll all be over. Ignoring the others, she walks straight to the meeting room.
Maya would walk into the room with a grimace on her face, looking at the door and sighing before standing behind Gin. "So, I guess someone actually did this... Geez, people shouldn't be killing each other but here we are right?" Video games? The dragon hybrid is insane clearly... Or, well no sense thinking that yet. Either way, she'd walk off for the meeting room once again and mutter something about dragons.
Gin
Grr. At this point? What does that damnable bear want? Tch *Slightly agitated, Gin puts the Fire Extinguisher outside the door and heads towards the meeting room, putting his scarf back on as he walks.*
B-Body?! You're kidding! Completely and utterly terrified, Kido leaves her room and walks over to the meeting room
[Gou went to the meeting room after hearing the annoucement.] "... I can't believe it. Who the hell even could... Do that?"
"Who could have done this...? This is just awful...." I have never seen this person before, but I bet they didn't deserve this at all. We need to find the killer and quickly. "I'll go to the Meeting Room then..." (Micah walks out and went to the Meeting Room with the others.)
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J-Just because there's a dead body doesn't mean they were necessarily murdered... right?
As everyone enters the meeting room, Monokuma pops out from behind the podium once again. "Hello!"
W-What the hell is that thing?? Having woke up late, this is the first time she's seen Monokuma
Gin
What do you want, bear?
Hmm, Kido... Right, she heard that girl's name in the cafe the other night. "Sadly it's no joke, the whole room smelled like burning flesh even from outside..." She'd then glance toward the bear, a casual smile on hw3 face despite the awful things going on. "Hey! So how's it going? Beyond the burning body anyways... Which, if I had to guess is murder and not an accident, right Monokuma?"
"Why..? Why is it fun for you, Monokuma? Someone is fucking dead!"
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Kido gets woozy from seeing a talking bear doll. It looks like she's about to pass out from terror
"You got that right, 3rd eye! Someone finally killed another person! But, before we get onto why were here, there's another thing I just remembered! The punishment for those in the 24 hour group, as their time has run out! Upupupupu~!"
Gin
Didn't you say if someone was murder, you'd cancel that out? Also, my nicknames are better than yours.
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P-Punishment... But they didn't do anything... They're completely innocent!
The girl looks up, punishment? She mutters to herself, right, she did get herself bumped down here, didn't she? Master.. is it... After a short moment, the girl nods, before taking a deep breath and shakily getting up g.... Get on with it.
"The timer ran out right before Pastry face was killed, Ice King!"
Fun? Not hardly. "Oh it isn't in any way fun to me at least, but I'm not gonna stand around feeling bad about it either. There's work to be done and being depressed helps nobody..." She'd pause for a moment, placing her hand on her chin and looking toward the other "students". "As someone I used to know might say, 'finish the mission.' Even if it's... Unpleasant."
"F-fine... What is the punishment for us?!" Panic! Panic! Oh fuck! What should I do?!
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... I'm so glad I'm in the fifty hour group... because I'm kinda scared of what Yin Yang Murder Bear will do.
Hold on, you stupid bear! They didn't even have a say. L-Let me switch clocks with them! I've been doing nothing but c-cowering this whole time!
Cent ends up sneaking his way into the meeting room as the other gathered if anyone catch a glance at him they would notice he is covered in ashes and a strange liquid coming off him but he did his best to avoid attention and listen him.
"Well now, that means...." Monokuma's grin grows more sinister. "IIIIIITS PUNISHMENT TIME!!" Suddenly, the lights go out. Blood curdling screams can be heard. Once the lights vmcone one, Katsuo, Marionette, and Micah......... Are wearing fake cat ears. Monokuma can be seen cracking up on the podium.
Alexei appears behind the group after sometime in his loners closet and he watches with a sort of detached interest. Damn the bear keeps upping the ante. Anymore intensity and I bet the reactions will soon be lacking. Also smells terrible right now.
What the hell did you do...?
Gin
Did you really distract us... from someone dying... to put cat ears... ON RANDOM ASS PEOPLE?!?!
[Gou lets out a sigh of relief.] "Thank god it's nothing serious... I guess we should have expected it being a bluff."
That... Who ope- Cent, and covered in ashes? This is so far beyond obvious she'd almost think he's aiming to toss them off course... Or bad at murder, very bad. "C-cat ears? Those are kinda cute... But anyways, enough about that. Cent, how's it going?"
Are you guys hurt? What happened? What awful thing did he do to you?
Monokuma can BEARly stop laughing. "*Sigh* Ice King, this was the punishment! It wasn't a punishment at all! All they have to do is wear cat ears for a week! It was a trick, to make the suspense of what the fate of the people who ran out of time would be turn into pressure, that pressure being pressure to kill, of course! Upupupupu~!"
It looks like he just put cat ears on them? okay he had to give the bear some credit. That was pretty unexpected and almost hilariously out of place.
Gin
...If I had a musket, I'd shoot you. *Gin glances over at Cent, narrowing his eyes, before looking back at Monokuma.* Was that all? Can we go now?
The grey-haired girl covers her face, curling up into a bit of a ball. After a few moments of muttering, she drily states This truly is worse than death
...this is adorable...I think my heart just stopped...sh- Star faints from cuteness.
"....I can stand wearing this for a whole week..." I'm not dead? No one else is dead? Thank you God! Thank you horseshoe!
Am I allowed to hit the bear? Please?
"Kido, read the rules, if you hurt him he'll kill you. It's best to try to be calm at the moment. "
No don't hit the bear he could be valuble for future innovation. Alexei rubs his eyes in playful fashion then proceeds to waves his hand as if clearing a scent. So what are we doing about that body? It might smell bad soon which will be preetty gross.
"Hitting the head reasearcher is against the rules, Blind side! Anyways, back on topic! Now that a murder has been committed, it's time for..... THE REASEARCH GROUP TRIAL!"
Okay, whose body and what did it look like and how they d-die? I'll pass out if I see it...
..what? Is this some kind of joke to you? Somebody just died! Sho then shakes his head before realizing a form of trial was going to happen? What? Research Group Trial? What's that? For a head researcher you don't give many answers.
Gin
A trial? As in court system, I take it. Huh. So, whose the defendant?
"A trial?" So we have to figure out who killed them, huh? What would happen to the killer then?
"I assume it's whoever the killer is."
She scratches the back of her head embarrassed I wasn't around for any of this... I'm useless unfortunately. I'm really sorry I wasn't there to help...
*enter Alex in pajamas* "what happened?"
"Here's a quick explanation. Remember when I said all the killer has to do was kill to get promoted? Well, I lied! I'm not letting them off that easily! After a murder, a Reasearch Group Trial happens, where everyone has to find out who was the curiosity that killed the cat! If you're right, I punish the murderer for a job not-well done, but get it wrong, and EVERYONE BUT THE MURDERER STAYS TO ROT IN HERE!" Monokuma laughs maniacally
Star is unconscious on the floor from cuteness overload. She'd flip everyone the bird for not helping her, but she can't do that while unconscious now can she?
"who died? Cuz like I'll take their souls" Alex was very groggy because he was woke so early
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The grey-haired girl kicks star's arm, noting she's passed out, but otherwise remains silent, trying to pretend no one can see her with the fake ears on
.. I see.. So we have to pass Judgement again, and I don't even have my deep vision.. Sho then starts to run through the information in his head, thinking of potential suspects and their motives, this was going to be tough..
"So we have to investigate what happened and find the killer?
Star launches up into the air after getting kicked. So we have to find evidence, catch the killer, and figure out just what the fuck happened, when it happened, and how it happened! When do we get started!?
"I'm going to inspect the body Alex leaves*
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Gin
Find Evidence. FInd the Killer. Vote 'em guilty. Sounds simple enough
@Centunculus_fur No offense, but you seem pretty suspicious right now... Would you mind if I investigated your room? (When ever we get the chance tomorrow)
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"Tomorrow! It's really late right now, so you should all get some sleep! However, to make your endeavors somewhat easier, I've decided to give you some help with.... The Monokuma Filesâ„¢! If you check your tablets, or your Monopadsâ„¢ as they're actually called, you can find information on the deceased person, and find out more information about what time they died, how they died, and more! Welp, goodnight my lab rats! I got a big ol fish to eat!" And with that, monokuma jumps off of the podium, laughing.
I think I'm going to go check Lab 12. That's where the first fire broke out, so maybe there's a connection to it? Star heads to lab 12.
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"I'll investigate Labs 11 and 12- there's flammable substances in there, so there's probably evidence in either. Micah, wanna come help?" [Gou then realized he should go to sleep.] "... Tomorrow?"
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"I'm sorry...I'm very tired. Well night." (Micah went back to their room and locked it without another word.)
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I'll see you guys tomorrow then... Please, nobody else die in the mean time... She heads to her room, locks and barricades it as usual
Gin
*Gin takes the Monokuma files and looks through it.* What even is this? Well, whatever. I'm heading back to my room. But it's even that place is not safe anymore... *Gin heads for his room.*
Cent was confused by Kido’s comment not sure what she meant when asking that. “Very well you can I don’t comprehend why...” He actually noticed a few people were glaring at him which bugged him out why were people eyeing him up. Cent takes a Monopad and immediately leaves the Meeting Room to avoid the other. He begins to scroll through the pad to see what info it pertains and it clicked real quick. “Oh..Oh no. Current outlook negative.” the info on this pad that he observed has him to say the least guilty as charged. Cent dashed off to his Dorm room without hesitation but left he left his room unlocked in his haste.
The grey-haired girl returns to her room, having left her tablet in there. Plus, its out of everyone's sight, another relief for her at least. Once she gets there, she absentmindedly flips through the tablet, I would appreciate PMing me the info since I don't use discord. That would be nice.
Sho returns to his room and begins panning through and sifting the information in his pad, just another day in the life of Sho Kasugai
*Takes pics in cat's room fr evidence*
Natsuki woke up from what she thought was a quick nap but when in reality, she slept for the whole day. She sat on her bed, stretched her arms out and started to yawn. She looked at the time on the clock and saw the remaining time. Oh. Shit. This is not good, this is not good, this is not good, this is not good, this is not good.... Repeating that same phrase over and over again, doing this for a good 5 minutes until she got a hold of herself and started to process what she needed to do. She looked at the tablet and looked over the other's information. After she was done reading it, she slowly got up, unlocked the door and quietly went into the cafeteria to get some food. While getting the food, she smelled something burning, but from the baking experience she done for some time, it wasn't burned food. Her legs started to tremble a little as she was thinking of the worst. She hold the urge to vomit and instead, grabbed all of the food and ran towards her room where she locked it and placed the food on the bed where she started to eat it slowly. Afterwards, she was exhausted and slept on her bed again.
"...A body...and a trial..." Naoya said to himself, looking down, yet being a bit stoic, not visibly detered by the meaning of this, but there was a murder for a student...that they never even met. "That's strange though...a student that we have not even met yet..." He mused to himself as he quietly walked back to his room, thinking about the situation at hand
Monokuma's punctual morning announcement cuts in. It's only a few hours till the trial... ...speaking of that, it might be best to check the file... "The victim is known as Cake Cat. The body was discovered inside their room, room 11. Estimated time of death was 3:47 PM. There are burn wounds covering their entire body. Inhalation of smoke caused loss of consciousness under two minutes before death. Specific cause of death is unknown, but it is a combination of oxygen deprivation from smoke and the damage done by the flames." This investigation period will be to get a general idea of the crime scene, etc. At the end, each person will be given a specific piece of evidence that they can reveal at any point in the trial they find convenient (evidence is given through PM/DM obviously)
Gin
*Having not slept very well, Gin is already awake by the time of the morning announcement. Taking his pen and notepad from his room, Gin decides to head for the crime scene to inspect it, jotting down things of interest in his notepad as he goes.*
Activating her invisibility as the Ultimate Illusionist, she makes her way to room 10 belonging to Cent and attempts to open it up for the investigation. After he leaves of course.
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Cent was awake for most the night paranoid and concern about how his misadventures landed him in the eyes of a suspect. He left his quarters as soon as he heard he could and looked around to see if anyone was around. He made his way over to room 11 the room of Cake Cat and waited there for others to arrive. Granted he was not looking forward to them or willing to say anything to them.
Along with some piles of burnt stuff to the left and right of the door, scorch marks cover anything flammable. The fire was really strong... obviously, our victim found that out firsthand. Cent's room has some soot on the ceiling, but that's true for rooms 1-13 in general. It doesn't appear too out of the ordinary...
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Star wakes up, gets up, and exits her room. She gets some breakfast before going into Lab 12. Okay, let's review the facts. A fire broke out in here first, then later in Cake's room, so there must be some kinda connection between them.
Gin
Hmm. How did the fire start? I doubt something like this was accidental. I suppose the best place to start would be... *Gin decides to try and investigate the vents in the room.*
Kido leaves Cent's room and begins to investigate room 14 belonging to Sho.
"..Okay, I'm ready to investigate right now." (While in their room they thought 3 possibilities of what happened, but the 3rd one is just plain odd. Micah opened their door to face the hard truth.)
Cent follows in to observe the scorched destruction of the room he look around before approaching some of the ashes scattered down on the floor and start to collect a bit of it. Apparently the robot was carrying a test tube on him and placed these ashes from the room into it. Next he walked over to Gin and tried to motion his attention to ask something. But would he even believe or want to talk to him? Would anyone for that matter? "Er..Hey...Can you do me a favour? Is there any like damage to the hatch of the vent or like clawed or scrapped marks anywhere on it?"
Alex would ask his skulls for the nessecary evidence for the trial
Lab 12 has some nice burnt mops on the floor. They were obviously lit by Alex, although they've fallen onto the floor from Sho trying to kick at them yesterday. Should Sho's room be unlocked, not too much of interest is there either, unless he put some stuff on his dresser or something. The vents are notably blackened. The burnt smell lingers here especially.
His three hall skulls saw nothing overly suspicious, but his fourth is nowhere to be found.
Alex travels to cat's room to just take her soul well, time to smell the coffee
Kido now attempts to check room 12 belonging to Gou
Hmm...it might be possible chemicals were used... it's actually most likely that...hmm...I may as well check around for a list of chemicals...or anything interesting at least... Star checks around for a list of chemicals or anything interesting.
"Hmm... I should check the floor and the dresser, there might be clues." What if someone put something in here to cause the fire Day 1..?(Micah looks through the dresser first.)
Gin
Hmm. It's possible this is where the fire started. Which means the killer could have climbed through the vents, set a fire... Ack. But what would they use for that? Hmm. Perhaps... *Gin turns and yells out of the room.* Hey! If anyone else is awake, can I ask that someone crawls through the vents? You know, to investigate them? Might be necessary!
What the hell Alex. As Alex approaches the body, a loud beep comes from over the loudspeaker... Room 12's vent is busted open. It's lying dented on the floor.
Gin
*While hoping someone heard him, Gin goes to inspect the body. He looks up at Alex and shakes his head.* I don't know what you're planning, but don't do it, Killer.
The hell? This must've been what they used to start the fire. Kido goes into Cat's room and looks around the vent connecting to Gou's room to see if anything was dropped in or what not
Nothing but clothes in the dresser. Although they've seen better days... There are flammable, poisonous, irratative, corrosive... lots of chemicals! The flammable ones on the list are most notable... No solid thing was dropped in, but it's difficult to tell the source either way, since rooms 1-13 had signs of burning and smoke from vents...
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Monokuma's voice is heard over the loudspeaker. "I probably should have added this to the rules earlier, but no soul stealing is allowed on the premisis. That means you, soul sucker! Drop it boy!" And his voice is gone, just like that
[Gou was in his room when everyone was investigating. He decided to finally go investigate after a while.] "Let's go see the supply closet."
Did..Did I just get brushed aside.....Ah whatever it looks like i'm really on my own in this. Cent crawls up to the vent himself now and specifically looks for any physical damage to the vent at all this could be a ticket he needs right about now.
"Well is was going to take the skull after the investigation, but it also seems that the killer used the vents as my vent skull is missing. Also the open vent." Alex proceeds to put cat's soul in a silver cage
Kido investigates the incinerator room to see if anything is out of place
Hmm... let's see what the flammable ones are like...I don't think most people carry a lighter around...maybe there are some flame things around here for chemistry perposes? Star checks for anything that could create fire while reading through the flammable chemicals, looking at their properties to determine which chemical was used.
Opens cage, freeing soul crap
The supply closet is about what one would expect, although there is some potentially-flammable stuff... but it's more of a spray. Nothing too extreme, and besides, it's all full. The only physical damage seems to be from heat and blackening from the fire.
"Nothing special in the dresser sadly, I guess it is time to check around the floor thoroughly. Is it alright, Gin?"
"Nothing special here... I should check up on Micah and Gin."
Gin
*Gin rolls his eyes at Alex's actions before going back to inspecting the body*
Strikers and bunsen burners and stuff... no matches, though. Kido doesn't find anything strange in there initially, although they do notice that someone's clearly been there a while recently... The body is charred beyond recognition.
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She thinks to herself for a moment. Better go question where everyone was at when this took place. @Alex_Liang Hey, could you tell me where you were when this fire started?
Gin is definitely focused on the body right now, might as well check the floor now. I really hope i don't mess anything up.. (Micah checks the floor thoroughly.)
Gin
Hmm. Bad way to go. *Gin writes something down in his notepad before heading to the door and inspecting the lock on the door.* Let's check the other enterance to the room.
Hmm...I don't think our killer used a bunson burner, so let's see what chemicals are of interest on this list. Star checks the flammable chemicals for anything that would be interesting, suck as needed a different method than fire to ignite it.
Bingo the Vent is clear of incrimination on him! Cent's next action is to explore any extra compartments and supply closets maybe to find anything out of place or find a origin of the fire.
The lock wasn't forced, but there is some black stuff on the handle. Did the victim grab it? The mark's size makes sense... The floor is just about decimated in a certain area, near the vent wall.
@kido "I was asleep, and with my 12 yr old body, I couldn't climb up there
There aren't any compartments that are suspicious. In a gaseous state, chemicals could be ignited with a spark... but maybe the flame was carried another way? There's a lighter in a drawer, she realizes after much searching.
"Nothing? Ugh..." Wait what about the bed? Someone could have dropped something in there.. (Micah decides to check the bed.)
Naoya wakes up, makes and takes a sip of slightly less bitter coffee than the one Shotaro made the day before, "Gh!" He grunted, adjusting to the bitterness of the coffee before deciding to investigate the so called, "scene of murder", to him... He's saw people die(or...what looks like to be them dying) before he even got to where he was now, but this was different...though, something about it seemed off to him as he decided to check out what was going on.
A lighter? This might be what started the fire... I'll take the chemical list, along with the lighter as evidence. I'll just check around once more for anything interesting. Star takes one more look for anything interesting.
Like the floor, part of the bed is decimated as well. Although... The bed and that part of the floor are close, and worse off than most of the room. All she can tell is that one of the flammable chemical bottles is almost empty.
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Where in the room is the corpse?
Gin
The door was unlocked? So they went to open the door. That would explain the markings but... *Gin looks at the body again before turning back to the marked handle.* But if they grabbed the handle, why didn't they just... The handle was burning hot when I tried to open it last night. Did they burn their hands trying to open it? Hmm. Possible but... *Gin looks closer at the black stuff on the handle, trying to scrape a bit off with the metal on the other end of his pen.*
Hmm... interesting...I suppose I'll also take this as evidence. What chemical is this anyway? I'll find out later. I need to see if anyone has figured out anything yet. Star takes the chemical bottle as evidence and goes to the crime scene. Hey, anybody figure anything out over here yet?
"I can't find any suspicious things in here... Gin, I think I'm going to check out Lab 11." (Micah leaves the room and head towards Lab 11.)
Alright I think that's all I can contribute....I bet they won't let me near the body so i should go check else where for now. With that said Cent went back all the way to the incinerator room to collect some samples of ashes now he has tree different tubes one of the incinerator, one of his body, and the victims room.....But is there anything he could use to possibly break down the composition? Cent heads to lab 11 to continue his chemistry conundrum.
Kido heads to the room of the murder and notices all of the piles of ash pushed up against the doors. Suddenly, she has an epiphany N-No way... That could've just as easily been me... She clenches her first and tears form in her eyes TRUTH BULLET ACQUIRED
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Huh? What do you mean that could have been you? Star looks at Kido.
She wipes her tears and tries to act cool like she TOTALLY wasn't just crying N-Nothing... it isn't that important.
...The stuff on the handle smells suspiciously like roast chi- ...no. It's burnt flesh. The body is in front of the door. Lab 11 isn't too disturbed, although many chemicals are gathered on a table for some reason... In addition, Cent is now experimenting with the ashes. The byproducts of the fire are easier to find this way... The incinerator ashes have a notably different composition than the other two samples.
Not that important? Somebody is dead, and you just said something that could be important to the case. I won't push you for the information, but if you have something that could be important, please say it during the trial.
Gin
Eww. Yep, that's... definatly what happened. Gross. *Gin looks over at Kido.* You find something, Inazuma?
@Starwaddle Yes, I'll save it for the trial, but I don't think it's that important to finding the murderer...
@Gin W-What did you just call me??
Naoya looks up as he sees star, "Oh, hey there um...what do I call you?" he asked, waiting for her reply
"Hey, Cent, did you find anything? I wasn't able to gind anything suspicious in the room. " My gut is telling me that Cent can't be the killer, but I don't know if it is right..
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Anything helps right now. I'm going to head over to the hazardous materials disposal room. My theory is that someone used chemicals to start the fire, so I'm going to see if they got rid of the chemicals yet. Ehh? I'm Star. I'm definitely not the murderer if you're thinking I am. Star leaves the crime scene and heads over to the hazardous materials disposal room.
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Alright the ashes are separate now Cent is loaded on alibis to explain that mess but still the search for answers is not enough. Vent put the ash samples in storage and the data of the different compositions is shall really help. Next he walked over to the chemicals gathered together...Odd why are they even grouped up at all?
Gin
Inazuma. I guess, it's an obscure reference, huh? Heh heh. Kido's a main character in an anime called "Inazuma Eleven" that I like. So, you know. Inazuma. *Gin coughs nervously.* A-anyway. I think I,um, *cough* done here. I'll, err, check... the vents... somewhere else. *Gin walks quickly from the room, looking for the vent he saw the skulls enter yesterday.*
She sighs at Gin's stupidity Y-Yeah... Alright then...
Ignored I guess... I wonder what are the chemicals in the grouped up area are. Are these the flammable stuff?
After zoning out for a bit he then notices Micah and gets a little nervous is she here to interrogate him? Well no point in trying to dodge people he's already a major suspect so just play along he won't get any other help as it is. "Uh yes I found some bits.....I also found these strange grouped up chemicals... were they like this before?"
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"I never went in here before now, so I don't know if it was already like this. But someone must have moved them around I think. " Wait... I getting some ideas of what could have happened..
These grouped up chemicals are corrosive, although a flammable one is off to the side. All are clearly used.
@caitwhich one did I use?
"Someone was definitely here before us. And only one chemical is flammable used it seems. Someone may have done some mixing." I should check my useless clock in my room, something is just...off.
Naoya stares at star blankly as she left, as if she didn't even know he was there, "Um, I exist you know?" he said out loud for everyone else inside the room to hear, before looking over at what is in the room
Sho gets up and checks over his evidence, knowing what he knows he sets out, time to catch a murderer, first step, hiding his tracks to make sure nobody can mess with him! Secret Action Commence!
"Noted all of these chemicals have been used at some point...." He turns to Micah and hesitantly ask a question "Have you seen anyone access this room? Oh you left..." Cent checks to see if the specific chemicals or anything else of note in Lab 11 to explain the usage of the chemicals but expects nothing.
Monokuma can be heard over the loudspeaker "Alright kiddos, your time is up, and now it's time for the Reasearch Group Trial! Head to the left elevator, ASAP!"
Kido heads to the elevator on the right cause fuck the rules left and meets up with everyone.
...damn. Star runs into the cafeteria, grabs some lunch, and runs out for the elevator.
(Micah goes into their room to get their clock, and brought it out of the room.) "Does anyone know what is in these things by any chan-...Oh."
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Gin
*Gin heads for the elevator*
Sho finishes up with whatever he's doing with a disgruntled face and returns to the elevator, taking it down with everyone else deep in thought
Oh hell what! I barley looked around...very well come now come judgement. Cent heads to elevator but feels a core of anxiety swell up as he walks forward.
The elevator on the left opens up, but the one on the right is still completely shut. The elevator is bigger on the inside than it seems.
[As Gou heard the announcement, he moved to the elevator. The brow is tapped.] "Man..."
"Damn it..." Great, I basically wasted time, how fun.. (Micah sighs and went to the left elevator.)
Naoya gets up and then goes to the elevator, where he waits before going to the trial