Visual Novelist: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc #2 - The Ultimate Ghost...?

Yeah, I know the title of the last post was not elaborated on, but not only is it a reference to a catchphrase of the protagonist of "Hokuto no Ken", also known as "Fist of the North Star"... (Although the title more translates to "Fist of the Big Dipper"... By the way, said catchphrase is "You're already dead!") ...But it's also reversal of the title of the second post of the Hakuouki Let's Play, "I'm not dead yet"... Which is a reference to a song in the musical adaptation of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "Spamalot"! (I can't believe we already need to make a contribution to the Monty Python reference jar!) (I know, "that's an academy record"!) (...You two just don't know when to quit.)

Warning: This is an LP of a game that contains blood, intense violence, strong language, and suggestive (read "sexual") themes. If any of those things offend you, don't click on the link below.

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Makoto Naegi: "You must kill someone if you want to leave."
([sarcasm] Thanks for the recap, Sherlock! [/sarcasm])

Makoto Naegi: My mind froze and my breath caught in my throat as I thought about that...
Wh-What the others will become ghosts like I did once they die... No! I can't! ("You can't..." What?) I shouldn't be wishing for people to die just so I feel less lonely...

Makoto Naegi: I could feel a paralyzing fear slowly making its way through my body, dominating every last nerve. The air hung heavy on me, pressing down like a weight around my neck.
(Like an albatross of some kind?) Actually, that does kind of describe my current mood: That my presence is an undue burden upon Naegi-kun and the others, like... Like I'm drawing death to them.... (*slap* Shimohi, this isn't Another! You're being here isn't going to curse everyone else to die!) (I'm not so sure about that...)

Makoto Naegi: It took everything I had just to endure that weight...
Again, I'm so sorry about that. Hang in there, Naegi-kun.

'CHAPTER 01: To survive - Daily life.'

Makoto Naegi: But for as heavy as the air felt...all it took to pierce it was her sharp words.
Kyoko Kirigiri: So? What are you going to do now? Just stand around glaring at each other?
Makoto Naegi: Her pointed comment was directed at everyone in the room. It helped pull us all back to reality.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: R-Right... She's right! Sometimes, even if you're nervous or afraid, you have to step forward! To forget such a simple fact... I can't forgive myself. I'm so ashamed!
(Indeed.)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Please, someone hit me! I can't forgive myself! Somebody hit me! Punish me!
(..."in bed"!) (Eww! No, Monster! That's just gross!)

Mondo Owada: Jesus. If you have time yell about it, you have the time to DO something about it.
(I can't tell if that's a genuine grammar error on Owada-kun's part or if that's a fuck up on the translation team's part?) I'll still count this as an excuse for the use of a signiture sound effect from "Cinema Sins". *ding* By the way, why are you acting like this is a work of fiction? (Huh... Because it's funny.) Works for me. (About the "grammar problem" do you mean it should read "IF you have time to yell about it..."?) Bingo.

Hifumi Yamada: Perhaps, but...what is the mission, exactly?
Leon Kuwata: Idiot! To look for a way out, duh!
(And yet, we only hear Leon effectively calling him an "idiot".)

Junko Enoshima: And we totally need to find whoever was controlling that stupid bear and beat the hell out of 'em.
Chihiro Fujisaki: ...B-But before we do all that, maybe we should take a look at the handbook... It's probably best to check out the school regulations Monokuma mentioned before doing anything else.
(As good an in-game excuse as any to have a "use of the menu screen" tutorial.)

Celeste: True. If we stumble around with no clue what the rules are, something like that might happen again...
Mondo Owada: Shit...
Junko Enoshima: Fine. Then let's hurry up and check out the stupid rules already.
Now to actually see the thing... It read's "Hope's Peak Academy e-Handbook" in the upper-right hand corner with the name "Matoko Naegi" located in the middle of it.

Makoto Naegi: After turning on my e-Handbook, the first thing that appeared was my name. So just like Monokuma said, the owner's name showed up front and center. Then, from the Main Menu that popped up, I selected the School Regulations icon.
What it reads here, I think for the first page of it, is "Student may reside only within the school Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time."

Makoto Naegi: An itemized list appeared on-screen. It was the school regulations. In other words, the rules being imposed on us all.

'Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time. "Nighttime" is from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution. Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly. With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Hope's Peak Academy at your discretion. Violence against Headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is destruction of surveillance cameras.'
It distinctly says "destruction" but it doesn't say anything about "obstruction". (Like...?) Like covering the cameras, or sticking a photograph of the area...oh wait, those cameras can move. But still, blocking the lenses still looks like an option thus far.

'Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.'
(Just as I thought, to "graduate" you have to commit a perfect crime. Murder in this case, and get away with it; literally. See, I knew there was a catch to this!)

'Additional school regulations may be added as necessary.'
So, Monokuma can just make an obvious rule patch to cover my "block the cameras" idea...

Makoto Naegi: Feeling a slight dizziness, I raised my face up from the screen. As I looked around, I saw the same stormy expression on everyone's faces.
Mondo Owada: This is bullshit! What the hell kinda rules are these!? I'm not gonna let them control ME!
Celeste: Well then, why don't you wander around the school without a care in the world and see what happens? Personally, I would love to see what happens when someone breaks one of the rules.
(Something tells me you're going to get your wish very soon.)

Hifumi Yamada: But if he got punished like what we saw before, I don't think there'd be a respawn waiting for him...
Indeed, life is kind of like Rouge...

Mondo Owada: ...I... Ever since I was a kid, I grew up with my older brother pounding this into my head... When a man makes a promise, he has to keep it, even if it kills him.
Well, there's one thing in common between the Ultimate Moral Compass and the Ultimate Bike Gang Leader: Both follow "honor before reason".

Junko Enoshima: ...So what?
Mondo Owada: I've made a ton of promises that I still have to keep, that's "so what"! So I can't afford to die in here!
Celeste: None of that made much sense to me, but you are saying you will follow the regulations, is that it?
Mondo Owada: Huh? Oh, well...yeah, I guess you're right.
(That's odd, I thought that Owada-kun would've punched Naegi-kun's lights out by now...) Dude, I'd rather that NOT happen. I mean, I felt it when Ogami-san poked Naegi-kun just as strongly as though I had been poked byself! I'd rather not find out what would happen to me if Naegi-kun gets brain damage...

Sayaka Maizono: Hey, um...I have a question. For regulation number six...what do you think it means exactly?
"Regulation number six"? Let's see... (*looks up* She's either talking abou the "graduation" rules or the fact that new regulations will be added at Monokuma whim.)

'Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.'
Akurei, you're right, she was asking about the graduation rules. (I think I rather summed it up nicely earlier. To graduate you have to break the sixth of the ten commandments, "Thou shalt not kill" or rather "You shall not murder", and follow the eleventh, "Thou shalt not get caught".) ("Thou shalt not get caught" isn't a real commandment! Wait, you memorized the ten commandments?) Well, "Satan" is more like an aberrant Christian deity than any thing else. (You're using the term as that D&D supplement book, "Deities and Demigods" uses it.)

Makoto Naegi: You're talking about the second half, right? Where it says "Unless they are discovered"? I was wondering about that myself.
(This is why we figured that even Naegi-kun can't hear what we're saying.) ...Maybe only someone who's psychic can sometimes hear us? (Nah, they're not really psychic at all. They just got lucky.)

Byakuya Togami: It's saying that if you want to graduate, you have to kill someone without anyone finding out it was you.
[sarcasm] Great, it just had to be the smug snake who figured it out as soon as we did. [/sarcasm] (Now that I think about it, that particular trope just about perfectly describes Daemon Spearmeister.) Who? (The orange-blonde haired asshole that was possessing Monokuma like you're possessing Naegi-kun.) Oh, right, him... Yeah, I can see that. But, Akurei, your own voice sounds a bit like a smug snake yourself. (I... I'd rather not think about that right now.)

Toko Fukawa: B-But why...? Why do we h-have to do that?
Byakuya Togami: I don't see any reason to worry about it. Just worry about following the rules as they've been explained to us. Frankly, I don't want to hear anything from someone who waits for others to decide what to do for them.
Toko Fukawa: D-Don't jab at me...
(What's this I see? Is Fukawa-chan blushing?) Please, enough with that...

Leon Kuwata: More like a full-on stab...
Aoi Asahina: Well for now, let's forget all that silly junk about murderers or whatever. Now that we know the rules, let's start exploring the school!
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: True. We need to find out where exactly we are. Is there any way out? What about food and supplies? There are tons of questions we need to answer!
Leon Kuwata: Damn straight! Okay, then let's all start looking around!
Byakuya Togami: ...I'll be going alone.
Junko Enoshima: What!? Why? That's a pretty stupid idea, don't you think?
Byakuya Togami: Someone here might already have started thinking about murdering one of us. Are you saying we should stand around with them in our midst and make it that much easier for them?
(*sigh* Sir Byakuya, that's all the more reason to stick together. One can't really "get away with it" if there's a bunch of witnesses around.) (But if you're alone, and everybody else does so as well; when someone does find and kills you, you'd just better hope the others can figure it out. Otherwise, we're all going to end up like Shimohi here.) ...I'm just wondering, do you think Togami-san's autistic in some way?

Sayaka Maizono: W-Wait, hold on a second. That would never--!
Byakuya Togami: Don't bother saying it couldn't happen. You can't deny the possibility. That's why you all seized up with fear when that graduation rule was made clear to you. Am I wrong?
(Yes! That's back before we knew about the "Unless they are discovered." part! Now that we know that, sticking together would be the best idea!) *sigh* Niyagi has a point.

Sayaka Maizono: B-But...
(Come on! Speak up!)

Sayaka Maizono: ...
Byakuya Togami: So, I'm simply acting in accordance with what I think is best for me.
Mondo Owada: Hold on! Like hell I'm gonna let you run off and do whatever you want!
Byakuya Togami: Out of my way,, plankton.
(I'm really confused as to why Daemon ended up possessing Monokuma rather than this dude.)

Mondo Owada: Wh--!? The fuck's that supposed to mean!?
Byakuya Togami: One tiny bit of plankton, drifting across the sea. So miniscule, so insignificant, they couldn't possibly have any kind of influence on the boundless ocean.
Yeah... I really don't like this dude, one bit.

Mondo Owada: I'm gonna kick your ass!
(Yes! Do it! Do it!)

Makoto Naegi: S-Stop it! We shouldn't fight!
(Okay, this is where Owada-kun's going to punch out Naegi-kun's lights. Dude, you'd better dodge soon!)

Mondo Owada: The fuck you just say? You some kinda goody-goody little bitch?
*clears throat* I'd prefer "goody-goody little two-shoes" but, yes. What're you going to do about it? (There's something odd, taking an insult implying weakness and trying turning it into a bragging right...)

Mondo Owada: Who do you think you are, talkin' to me like that? You think you're my fucking' dad or something!?
Makoto Naegi: N-No, I wasn't--!
Mondo Owada: Fuck you!

'*WHAM*'
Hnnggg...!

Makoto Naegi: He punched me...and I flew back in a heap.
Aaack! Ow...!

Makoto Naegi: It was like something straight out of a comic book. I didn't even see the punch coming. It was just suddenly right there in my face. One second I was standing there, the next I was soaring through the air. Now that I think about it, maybe I'd kinda forgotten...the kind of people I'd been trapped here with. My common sense had just...stopped functioning.
Did-Did my own reckless tendencies influence you...? If so, I'm sorry about that...

Makoto Naegi: Being around all these "ultimates" had blown my fuses. So I guess I should't be surprised it led to something as absurd as this. But I'd just...lost track of that sense of reality. That was the last thought as my consciousness started to fade...
([fading away] I told you to dodge...! [/fading away])

Makoto Naegi: ...before it finally cut out completely. And when I finally opened my eyes again, what I saw was...

'Chapter 01 TIME UNKNOWN'

Makoto Naegi: Ng...gah...
Ugh... Did any one catch the license plate of that raging bull...? (Well, at least we know you won't disappear forever when Naegi-kun's unconscious.) Yeah, but feeling what he does resulted in me losing consciousness myself. (So, there's no way for you to "jump into the drivers seat" so to speak, and you're pretty much stuck as a back seat driver.)

Makoto Naegi: Huh...? Wh-Where am I?
That's what I'd like to know as well.

Makoto Naegi: As if it had become part of my daily routine, I woke up in yet another room I'd never seen before. Okay, so... Where am I now?

'You now have access to the Handbook Menu. You can use this to check a variety of information as you play. Open the Handbook Menu by pressing the [] button.'
(That was the closest approximation we could get to a square with out resorting to typing this "[square]".)

'You can use this menu to check the School Regulations, and character info in the Report Card section. At certain points, Map and Truth Bullets may not be available.'
(Apparently "word bullets" are called "truth bullets" in the official translation.)

'You can also save and load game data under the System section.'
"Save and load game data", is this really some kind of game? (I know it kind of seems slow on the uptake but; WHAT!? You're not aware that in another universe, we're seen as fictional characters!?) *thinks about that* ...Actually, that does make quite a bit of sense. Besides, acting like life is a video game is rather fun! (More like "afterlife" in your case.) *ji...*

'Finally, press the SELECT button to review the Transcript. This records all pertinent info, so use this to review comments from everyone involved.'
...Let's see here... Oh! What's that by the foot of the bed?

Makoto Naegi: It's some kind of lint roller. I guess we're supposed to clean up after ourselves...?
Well, that's how the real world works. And... That looks like a key of some sort...

Makoto Naegi: This must be the key to the room... My name's written on the keychain. Which means it must be mine, right? I'd better hang on to it for now.
(I'm not sure if you'd remember this, but I think it's time to go on a...) "Raiding party!" Well, we're already in the middle of one. But, oh well. Let's search the desk!

Makoto Naegi: It looks like there's something in the drawer... It's...a toolkit.
Well, that could be useful.

Makoto Naegi: It must be brand-new. It's still in the shrink-wrap. I don't really need it right now, so I'll just leave it here.
At least we know where to find it if there's some screws to drive or something like that. Wait, what's that on top of the desk?

Makoto Naegi: It's a notepad. I guess the school must have given one to each of us...
(Are you seriously going to have Makoto look in the garbage can?) (Yeah, most likely a habit he picked up from the Pokemon games.)

Makoto Naegi: Just an everyday trash can. I don't see any kind of trapdoor or hidden compartments or anything...
And...I've got this bronze coin of some kind? Maybe I can find something about that in the e-Handbook. The options are Map and Truth Bullets... (Both grayed out and hard to see, so not likely options we can check out yet.) ...Presents, Report Card, Regulations, and System. I've checked presents, but I could only find that School Crest. Described as "Proof that you've cleared the Prologue. It's a patch that..." ...what? What does it do? (I think you've got to select it.) Right. "It's a patch that displays the Hope's Peak Academy school crest." Yeah, not helpful... Oh wait, there's that coin right now! Back at the main screen! Apparently I can find these coins by searching random stuff... ([sarcasm] Great, now Shimohi's going to be checking every nook and cranny looking for coins. [/sarcasm]) Hey, is that a TV screen on the wall over there?

Makoto Naegi: Some kind of monitor... Urgh...
Damn it, my head's still smarting from Owada's punch... (You do remember that it was Makoto that got punched, not you.) Well, we share a head space. So I might as well have been punched as well... What's that white thing on the wall?

Makoto Naegi: There's a piece of paper hanging up on the wall, which says...

'"Announcement from Headmaster Monokuma: Each room's lock has been designed to completely protect against tampering or lock-picking. Remaking an individual room key is quite troublesome, so please make sure not to lose yours. Your room comes furnished with a shower, but please note that the water is turned off at nighttime. Also, the bathrooms in the girl's rooms include a lock of their own. Finally, we've prepared a small gift for each of you. For the girls, a sewing kit."'
Really!? Seriously!? A SEWING KIT for the GIRLS!? (Well, remember this is something that Monokuma did, and he's being possessed by Daemon Spearmeister. Bullshit like this isn't surprising at all coming from him.) Point there, he does sound like an asshole.

'"And for the boys, a toolkit."'
Dude, who says that boys won't ever need to fix their own clothing or that girls are never going to have a broken table...!? (Or doorknob.) What? (Nevermind, I got my facts mixed up.)

'"The sewing kit includes a map of the body's vital organs. One stab will do the job, girls!"'
Now it's implying that girls don't know where the vital organs are... Yes, indeed, this Daemon Spearmeister is an absolute asshole.

'"For the boys, we believe a strong blow to the head with any of the tools should be ample."'
Actually, correct me if I'm wrong but, didn't I once see a case where someone was stabbed with a screwdriver and died? (Yes, yes you did. Cause of death was drowning in their own blood that collected in the lungs. That was one of the Forensic cases in the game "Trauma Team".) Well, I'm not so sure if a screwdriver can pierce a lung in this universe or not. Still, if other people besides myself are going to end up dying; I think that those investigative skills will help with this problem...

'"Don't think! Just feel! And let's all enjoy ourselves!"'

Makoto Naegi: ... I crumpled up the sheet of paper and threw it in the trash.
Well, at least that's better than... ("Throwing it on the ground!") Yeah, that... (He should've thrown it to the ground.) Whatever... Hey, look! More metal plate covered windows!

Makoto Naegi: There's some kind of...metal plate mounted here.
Well, that's just the "window" to the farthest right, how about the one in the middle? (You're just looking for more of those coins, aren't you?) Yep!

Makoto Naegi: There's some kind of metal plate mounted here. Is it to keep us all trapped in here...?
And...I can't target the farthest left window. How about the other side of the desk? Oops, I miss fired and hit the bed...

Makoto Naegi: There doesn't seem to be anything particularly strange about the bed.
Well, then... Is it just me or does the bathroom door look like it's hanging out of the wall?

Makoto Naegi: This would appear to be...the bathroom.
Talking to yourself, that's usually considered a bad sign. Mental health wise. (What!? You talk to yourself all the time!) No, I don't I usually talk to you two. (But we only exist in your head, so; yes, you are talking to yourself.)

'*Rattle rattle*'
Oh shit! Did we end up in a girl's room? (Not really, Naegi-kun just has a form of twisted luck.)

Makoto Naegi: Huh? It's not opening. I guess it's locked.
(Yeah, he has both sides of the proverbial coin when it comes to luck; both good and bad luck.) Well, might as well try the other door...

Makoto Naegi: Looks like this door leads outside. It's locked... So some of the rooms have locks, huh? I think I'm starting to understand. This room must be...

'Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly.'

Makoto Naegi: This is my assigned dorm room.
Wait? If that's the case, why's the door to the bathroom locked? (Because you're haunting Naegi, Daemon ended up lumping in Naegi with the girls?) No, that can't be the case, there was a toolkit left here. (Then, maybe he's finally acknowledging Shimohi's genderqueer...) (I doubt it.)

Makoto Naegi: Someone must have carried me here after I fell unconscious.
Of course, since I'm...haunting Naegi-kun, I ended up being brought here as well.

Makoto Naegi: So that answers that question. The next question is... What's everyone else up to right now? There's only one way to find out... And that's to get out of here.
So, it's time to "Seek a way out"...again. (!) What!? I've played those games as well. Well, at least here, getting out is as simple as the press of a button...

'Leave the area?'

-Yes-
-No-

Makoto Naegi: I rushed out of the room to meet up with all the others. But there was someone waiting for me there. It was like something out of an old TV show...
What type of old TV show? I know of several, but I don't feel like mentioning all of them right now.

'*WHAM*'
*flinch* Did Owada come back to beat us up again?

???: Ahh!
(Nope, sounds like a girl.) So, Ogami-san? (Again, nope, sounds more high-pitched than that.)

Makoto Naegi: Oh--! ...Sayaka?
I heard him refer to her as "Maizono-san"! Akurei and my names for everyone is canon! (That's because you're mostly going off of the Japanese audio.)

Makoto Naegi: S-Sorry! Are you okay?
Sayaka Maizono: I-I'm fine. I hope you're okay... Sorry about that...
Makoto Naegi: She had an embarrassed smile on her face. I stood up slowly. Are you okay, Sayaka? Are you hurt?
Sayaka Maizono: Hmhm, you make it sound worse than it is. I'm completely fine.
(I can see that the signs were altered.) As in...? (As in the names on the name plates were changed to not only be written in Roman lettering, but also so it's the given name that's shown rather than the family name.) I see... Yeah, it does say "Makoto" on the sign rather than "Naegi" in... (Katakana.) Right, katakana. (*sigh* Sayaka could've been injured and all you care about are the SIGNS!?)

Sayaka Maizono: I know how I look, but I've actually built some pretty good muscle jumping up and down on stage.
Makoto Naegi: That's good, then...
Sayaka Maizono: But...are *you* okay? You know, from when Mondo hit you...
Makoto Naegi: That's true... I got knocked out right there in front of everyone. I guess I revealed my lack of cool right from the beginning...
Sayaka Maizono: Makoto...?
Again! I heard Maizono-san call him "Naegi-kun"! (All right! I get it! You're going by Japanese name conventions most of the time!)

Makoto Naegi: Oh, uh, I'm fine! Nothing wrong here!
At least, no long lasting repercussions. *gulp* I hope...

Sayaka Maizono: Oh, that's good. I was kinda worried...
Makoto Naegi: Th-Thanks... By the way...what are you doing here?
Sayaka Maizono: Actually...I came to get you.
Makoto Naegi: You came...to get me?
Sayaka Maizono: Well, if you really are feeling better...I was hoping you could come to the dining hall.
Makoto Naegi: The dining hall...?
Sayaka Maizono: After you got knocked out, everyone decided to go and do their own thing. We decided it would be more effective if we split up to investigate. So we agreed to get together later on and talk about what we'd each found out.
Makoto Naegi: So does that mean it's almost time to get back together?
Speaking of which, what time is it? (...!) (If you say...) ("Hour of Venture!") "Obtain your allies!" ("We shall travel to far-off plains!") "Jacob the canine!" ("And Finnegan the sapien!") "The amusement shall never cease!" ("Tis the...") "Hour of Venture!" (...the "Adventure Time" theme...again.) We did. (It was just the Joseph Ducreux version.)

Makot Naegi: If that's what's going on, then of course I'll go with you!
Sayaka Maizono: Good. I'll go on ahead and meet you at the dining hall, then.
So... We're left to figure out where the dining hall is by ourselves. Very well, challenge accepted! *pulls out map* My first guess is that room with the spoon and the fork!

Makoto Naegi: This must be the dormitory dining hall.
Sayaka Maizono: It looks pretty clean, so that's good. ...Er, I guess that's not really important right now, with us being prisoners here and all.
Makoto Naegi: Yeah, that's true...
(Well, technically, you can say that Shimohi here's trapped in your mind. And yet you don't even notice us in there, Naegi-kun.)

Makoto Naegi: Nobody was there waiting for us. We don't really have much choice. I guess we should just wait here for now.
Figures. And I'll still have only Akurei and Niyagi to ever hear me...

Sayaka Maizono: Hmm... Okay, let's just wait here. Maybe I can listen to you talk.
Makoto Naegi: Huh!? You heard that!?
Sayaka Maizono: Like I said, I'm psychic.
Huh? That happening twice now, maybe she really is psychic...

Sayaka Maizono: Come on, I'm just kidding! Seriously, I just have amazing intuition.
An "amazing intuition" that just happens to sound like responses to both Naegi and my own thoughts? Starting to sound unlikely...

Makoto Naegi: Is it really just intuition...?
I swear, if she hears Naegi-kun and my thoughts again, I'm going to be convinced she has some kind of a psychic talent.

'It's kind of sudden, I know, but here come a tutorial!'
Another "tutorial"? (It's tutorials all the way down.)

'Right now I'd like to talk about reactions. You're gonna be talking to Sayaka, right?'
I'm not sure why I'm talking to a "tutorial" but yeah, that's the basic assumption here.

'Well, while you're talking to her, some [purple words] are going to appear.'
Dude, from a distance, the white with purple bordered letters look pink to me... (And there's your usual "Pink/Purple" confusion.)

'Here's how they work...'
(Let's see just how much rainbow speak this game uses so far...) "Red, Orange, Yellow-terms to make note of/emphasis, Green-Tutorials/descriptions and reading not covered by the next color, Teal-Makoto Naegi's thoughts and narration, Blue, Purple-What this tutorial's all about." ("Teal"?) Yeah, that could be another option for the seventh color of the rainbow replacing indigo. (Then again, you tend to also confuse indigo with purple.) The only colors we're missing are red, orange, and blue. Then we'd actually have a game with Ultimate Rainbow Speak!

'When [purple words] show up, if you press the [triangle] button, you'll go into Reaction Mode. At this point, you can use the directional buttons to make a selection, and the X button to confirm it. Also, when it comes to that dialogue, you can review whatever you talked about to look for more info. Talking to someone about things like this is called a reaction. Okay, do your best to enjoy your ever-important [school life]'
I wonder...

'Re:Action'

-[School life]-

'Ah, have you gone ahead and used it already? Well, that's just wonderful! Make sure you keep it in mind as the story keeps on moving forward!'
Well, you heard the tutorial! Time to talk to the Ultimate Pop Sensation, Sayaka Maizono!

Sayaka Maizono: By the way, Makoto...
Makoto Naegi: Huh? What is it?
Sayaka Maizono: W-Well, it's just... I know this is kind of [continuing the self-introduction thing], but I [wanted to ask you something].
Let's hit it!

'Re:Action'

-[continuing the self-introduction thing]-
-[wanted to ask you something]-

Now, which words to react to... How about the first one? ...Hopefully we can still ask about the second one later.

Makoto Naegi: Continuing our self-introductions?
Sayaka Maizono: We kinda got cut off before, but I had a question I wanted to ask you.
And we still get to the topic of the second set of "reaction words"...

Makoto Naegi: Sayaka wants to ask me something? I wonder what it is. Now I'm really curious...
You and me, both. Looks like we can talk to her again!

Sayaka Maizono: By the way, Makoto...
Makoto Naegi: Huh? What is it?
Sayaka Maizono: W-Well, it's just... I know this is kind of [continuing the self-introduction thing], but I [wanted to ask you something].
Once more!

'Re: Action'

-[continuing the self-introduction thing]-
-[wanted to ask you something]-  This time, let's ask about that question...

Makoto Naegi: What did you want to ask me?
Sayaka Maizono: Makoto...did you happen to go to Blackroot Junior High? Were you maybe...in class 2?
Makoto Naegi: Y-Yeah, actually...I was.
Sayaka Maizono: I knew it!
(And... Maizono-san's looking a bit too much like the overly attached girlfriend.)

Sayaka Maizono: I went there, too! I was in class 4, though. Do you remember me?
Makoto Naegi: Do I remember...?
(Isn't it usually the normal person to ask the famous person if they remember them?) Yeah, I know...

Makoto Naegi: Even back in middle school, she was a celebrity with all kinds of "ultimates" surrounding her. How could I forget? Almost as surprising as her question was...that she remembered me!
Indeed. What if...? (She had a crush on him?) That's what I'm thinking...

Makoto Naegi: We'd never even talked to each other, but somehow she still knew who I was.
(Like I said, crushing hard enough to break rocks.)

Sayaka Maizono: Hey, are you okay?
Makoto Naegi: Oh, yeah. I'm just as surprised, is all. I wouldn't have thought you'd remember me.
Sayaka Maizono: We went to the same school for three years, of course I remember!
That's funny, I only remember a couple of people from middle school, and both of them were friends of mine...

Makoto Naegi: Well, that's true. But there were lots of students in our grade, right? Plus, I've never been the type of person to ever really stand out. I'm average at everything, and all my hobbies are totally normal. Even "normal" would call me boring.
And there's the heroic self-depreciation at full blast...

Sayaka Maizono: What are you talking about? You're so strange!
I'm wondering if she's actually talking about Naegi-kun or me? After all, I vaguely remember saying... ("That your family tree is full of nuts"?) Yeah, like that! (With the obvious implication that you're one of those nuts.) Pretty much.

Makoto Naegi: S-Strange? That's--!
Actually a pretty good compliment, at least I see it as a compliment.

Sayaka Maizono: Hahaha!
Makoto Naegi: She started giggling even louder. That somehow mysterious smile of hers made my heart grow calmer. Her smile was the nicest smile I'd ever seen...
Sayaka Maizono: Anyway, I'm really glad...that I know somebody here. Talking to you has made me feel a lot better about all this...
That's good to hear.

Sayaka Maizono: You're amazing, Makoto!
I wonder if that has anything to do with why I'm haunting Naegi-kun out of everyone here...

Makoto Naegi: N-No, I'm really not... I'm nothing at all compared to all you "ultimates."
Sayaka Maizono: But *you're* the one that helped me find my courage again. Not any of those "ultimate" students.
(Maybe that points to a sign that, maybe, you fit in here more than you thought.)

Makoto Naegi: Thank you for saying that...
Sayaka Maizono: And to thank you for helping me out, I'm going to become your Ultimate Assistant!
Makoto Naegi: Huh? My assistant?
Sayaka Maizono: Yup! I'm your assistant now!
...Why?

Sayaka Maizono: I'm going to help you out as much as I can, so let's get out of here together!
Makoto Naegi: When she says things like that, it... It just gets me pumped up!
Wow, turns out that Maizono-san's not the only one with crush. (Yeah, I think they'd be a cute couple.) (Heh-heh-heh... If only you knew...)

Makoto Naegi: Which is nice, but still... Everyone else is still late.
And we still have no clue as to what time it is...

Makoto Naegi: Besides that, I don't even know what time it is right now. There must be a clock around here somewhere...
And we've better hope that it's a digital clock that displays a.m. vs p.m., otherwise a bit of confusion can happen. (Like during the second Nonary Game?) (Wait, what!?) Niyagi, I've played that game as well... Dang! I only see an analouge clock! Oh well, let's see what it says...

Makoto Naegi: Um, so...what time is it right now? What!? 7 o'clock!? At night!?
Let's see... 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... (Why are you counting on your fingers?) I'm trying to figure out how long we've been unconcious. Now, back to what I was doing... Well, looks like we took an eleven hour nap.

Sayaka Maizono: You were unconscious for a pretty long time...
Yeah, that is a long time to take a nap... (The only other long nap I know of was your own dirt nap. *LOL*) ...not funny.

Makoto Naegi: I see... Without being able to look out a window, I've lost all sense of time. If I have to stay in this crazy place for too long...I might just go crazy...
Sayaka Maizono: I can't believe no one's here yet. But I'm sure they'll start showing up soon...
Makoto Naegi: Almost like he'd timed it, Taka threw open the dining hall doors right as Sayaka siad that.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Ah, Makoto! Sayaka! So you two got here first, huh?
Indeed, for once, we're not late.

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Too bad... I was sure I'd beat everyone here.
Since when was this a competition?

 Kiyotaka Ishimaru: I guess that just means I don't have enough fighting spirit yet! Well I won't give up! Next time, I swear I'll win no matter what it takes! Justice shall always prevail!
Sayaka Maizono: That's a bit much, don't you think?
(But, that's how men are supposed to act. Unlike a certian someone here... *stares at Shimohi*) (Nah, he's just kind of like Naegi-kun in that sense.)

Makoto Naegi: And soon after that...everyone else came strolling in one after another. After a few minutes...everyone had gathered in the dining hall.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Okay! It looks like everyone's here. Time to start the meeting! Let's all go around and share what we found out during our respective investigations! The sooner we find out what's going on, the sooner we get out of here!
Junko Enoshima: Wait, hold on a sec!
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: What's wrong!?
What Ishimaru-kun said.

Junko Enoshima: What about, uh...what's her name? You know, the silver-haired girl.
Her name is Kyoko Kirigiri! (Of course you'd remember the name of the girl YOU have a crush on.)

Junko Enoshima: Uhh...oh yeah, Kyoko!
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: ...What about her?
Junko Enoshima: She's not here.
At best, she's just late, like Naegi-kun and I were. At worst... I'd rather not think about that.

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: What!?
Makoto Naegi: I took another look around the dining hall. Sure enough, she was nowhere to be seen.
Aoi Asahina: I wonder where she went. Has anyone seen her?
Makoto Naegi: But everyone just shook their heads.
*sigh* If she doesn't show up for the meeting, I guess Naegi-kun and I'll have to knock on her door to check on her...

Chihiro Fujisaki: Wait, so *nobody's* seen her...?
Makoto Naegi: Why hasn't Kyoko shown up yet? Could it be because...?
That was the one posibility I said I'd rather not think about. That she's...she's...like me...

[flashback]
Monokuma: Stabbing, strangling, bludgeoning, crushing, hacking, drowning, igniting, how you do it doesn't matter. You must kill someone if you want to leave. It's as simple as that. The rest is up to you. Give it your all to achieve the best outcome in the worst way possible.
[/flashback]

Makoto Naegi: Is it possible? Was she really...?
..."Dead?"

Makoto Naegi: No, no. I'm just overthinking things.
You know, that sounds oddly familiar...

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Darn it, Kyoko! You're really going to be late like this on the first day of school!?
I'm not sure our current situation really counts as "school" anymore.

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Not only is she late, she didn't tell anyone she would be late! A most unbecoming personality trait...
Hey! Maybe an emergency came up or something like that! (Apologising for Kirigiri-san?)

Junko Enoshima: You're being a real jackass right now, you know that?
Okay, the fashion expert has a point... (You sure she's a fashion expert?)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Well what do you want me to do!? Punctuality is everything! Now then, I declare that the first session of the Hope's Peak Academy briefing meetings has begun!
Sayaka Maizono: Makoto... Actually, first of all... I've talked enough. Maybe we should listen to what everyone else has to say.
Makoto Naegi: Okay, let's do that.
Sayaka Maizono: Hmhm. You know...
Makoto Naegi: Huh? What's up?
(Are you sure your speaking habits aren't rubbing off on Makoto?)

Sayaka Maizono: I feel like I really have become your personal assistant, don't you agree?
*sigh* If only Maizono-san was actually psychic, then I could draw direct paralels between her and Ms. Maya Fey!

Sayaka Maizono: I may not be the best assistant in the world, but I'll give it everything I've got.
Kind of like... ("Maya Fey"?) Exactly!
Makoto Naegi: No...you've already done so much as my assistant.
And, for that, we are grateful.

'CHAPTER 01 NIGHTTIME'
*looking around* Oh, here's an interesting cursor reaction...

Makoto Naegi: I don't think I should leave right now. The atmosphere is...unpleasant.
Not what I ment to do... Oh there's a TV screen up there!

Makoto Naegi: It's a TV.
(We knew that already!)

Makoto Naegi: Right now, it's just showing the school crest. Even so, it makes me feel uneasy... Urgh...
Are we really sure Owada's punch didn't cause any brain damage? Well, there's always talking to Maizono-san...

Sayaka Maizono: Okay, so since you're in the dark about all this, let me lay out what's been going on. Everyone split up to investigate different parts of the building, but... [Byakuya] and [Taka] each went off on their own, and so did Kyoko.
I wonder...

'Re: Action'

-[Byakuya]-
-[Taka]-
Right now, I'm kind of suspicious of Togami... (Right, after enraging Owada-kun and all that.)

Byakuya Togami: I wanted to try and find some clue as to who's responsible for imprisioning us here.
(*ji...*) Why are you staring at the fashion expert? (No reason.)

Byakuya Togami: But unfortuanately, I made no such discoveries. That's all from me...
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Really? That's it?
Byakuya Togami: If I'd uncovered anything, naturally I would have more to say. But I didn't. So I don't.
Unless... You're hiding something.

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: R-Right, understood...
(What's with your absolute mistrust of him!?) I...I don't remember why exactly, but I just don't. Looks like it's time to talk to Maizono-san again...

Sayaka Maizono: Okay, so since you're in the dark about all this, let me lay out what's been going on. Everyone split up to investigate different parts of the building, but... [Byakuya] and [Taka] each went off on their own, and so did Kyoko.
Then again, Ishimaru-kun could be covering something up...

'Re: Action'

-[Byakuya]-
-[Taka]- (You can figure out what' we're picking here...)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: I spent some time looking around the dormitory, and... There I made the descovery of the century! I found that there was exactly one room for each person!
Aoi Asahina: Well yeah, I figured that out before anything else...
(Oh! Burn...)

Junko Enoshima: Each door already has a nameplate on it, so I guess all the rooms have been assigned already.
Sakura Ogami: And each room was attached to a keychain with the owner's name precision-etched onto it.
Makoto Naegi: Which confirms that the room I was in earlier is, in fact, my room.
And, by assosiation, unofficialy my room as well.

Junko Enoshima: And Chihiro and I found out that all the rooms are totally soundproof.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Your next-door neighbor could scream their lungs out, and you wouldn't hear a thing...
Celeste: Well, each room also had a private bathroom, which could also lock.
Junko Enoshima: But it looked like there were only locks on the bathrooms in the girls' dorms.
Which makes the door to the bathroom in Naegi-kun's dorm all the more puzzling...

Makoto Naegi: Huh? But when I checked my bathroom door before, it definitely seemed like it was locked... That's weird... I should double-check that later.
Note to self... Check bathroom door again... (Wow, Shimohi actually is miming the action of writing something in a note book!)

Mondo Owada: Okay, so they got a bunch of rooms ready for us. They're assuming we're gonna be here a while...
(Well, as I recall, this was a boarding school.) ("Was" that's an odd choice of words.) Well, Monokuma didn't mention anything about actual class schedules or teachers for said classes. (Point.)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Well, better to have than have not! At least we don't have to worry about surviving like wild animals.
Toko Fukawa: Th-That can't be all you have to r-report, can it Mr. Honor S-Student?
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: ...That's all for my report! Let's move on to whoever's next!
Well, we know the drill for now.

Sayaka Maizono: Okay, so since you're in the dark about all this, let me lay out what's been going on. Everyone split up to investigate different parts of the building, but... [Byakuya] and [Taka] each went off on their own, and so did Kyoko. It looks like [Leon, Hiro, Junko and Chihiro] all grouped up together.
Got it!

'Re: Action'

-[Leon, Hiro, Junko and Chihiro]-
Well, it is the only option here.

Junko Enoshima: We went all up and down the school, double-checking the windows in all the hallways and classes. We wanted to see if we could get any of those metal plates to come off. And what happened was...
Leon Kuwaya: Nothing. Not a damn thing. We couldn't get a single one to budge even a little bit.
Chihiro Fujisaki: There wasn't any hope of escape anywhere... The school really has been totally cut off.
Junko Enoshima: This sucks...
(Tell me about it...)

Junko Enoshima: It *really* sucks! It sucks sucks sucks sucks SUCKS! What the hell are we gonna do!?
(I didn't mean that literally!)

Leon Kuwata: Goddamn, calm down! You're starting to make me nervous!
Once again?

Sayaka Maizono: Okay, so since you're in the dark about all this, let me lay out what's been going on. Everyone split up to investigate different parts of the building, but... [Byakuya] and [Taka] each went off on their own, and so did Kyoko. It looks like [Leon, Hiro, Junko and Chihiro] all grouped up together. The same goes for [Hina, Sakura, and Mondo]. [Celeste, Toko, and Hifumi] were left over, so they joined up.
It's reaction time!

'Re: Action'

-[Hina, Sakura, and Mondo]-
-[Celeste, Toko, and Hifumi]-
I'd rather not talk to Fukawa-san, but then again I do want to hear from Alphmega!

Celeste: If I'm being honest, I can't quite say we acted as one. Rather, we did *nothing* as one. We spent the entire time in the gym. Honestly, we are not exactly the types to go running around a school like a gaggle of junior detectives.
(Better than sitting around in the gym like a gaggle of sad socks.) (*LOL* Okay, I have to admit, "Princess Celestia" set herself up for that one.)

Junko Enoshima: What the hell were you thinking, just sitting around the gym the whole time?
Toko Fukawa: W-Well it's not like any of you i-invited me along! Nobody said hey, c-come with us! I blame y-you for leaving me out! I-It's your fault!
(So you actually WANTED a written invitation!? So, you're going to be like that one pathetic girl who blames other people as the reason she isn't popular?) That's odd, for you to make a reference to an anime/manga series that is. Besides, the link text is about as long as the full title of the sereis; "No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!" It's a mouthful, hence the official shorthand "WataMote".

Junko Enoshima: If you wanted to go with someone, you should've just said something!
(What she said!) (*LOL*) (That's not funny!)

Toko Fukawa: Hmph. F-Forget it. Like I'd w-want to go anywhere with a dirty s-slut like you...
Junko Enoshima: Slut...
Okay, not only do you engage in obviously caustic behaviors, but you also resort to slut-shaming!? That tears it! I'd never, ever go out on a date with you, EVER!

Toko Fukawa: Your mind is as th-thin as your body. You m-make me sick to my s-stomach...
The feelings mutual, towards you, Fukawa-san...

Junko Enoshima: I...I don't even know how to react. How can you say something so awful to someone you just met?
I hate to admit it but... (I have to agree with you... Huh? You're agreeing with me?) Yeah, someone would have to be a collosial jackass for me to say horrible things about someone. Yes, Enoshima-san's a stuck-up snob, but right now, Fukawa-san's being even worse.

Yasuhiro Hagakure: Alright guys, everybody just calm down, okay? All this stress is bad for your skin, y'know?
Sayaka Maizono: Yeah! It sounds like you two are so close now you're fighting like sisters!
Kind of like you two! [simutainously] (Do not!) (Do not!) [/simutainously] See.

Makoto Naegi: I...don't think that's what's going on, Sayaka...
Hopefully this will be the last round of this...

Sayaka Maizono: Okay, so since you're in the dark about all this, let me lay out what's been going on. Everyone split up to investigate different parts of the building, but... [Byakuya] and [Taka] each went off on their own, and so did Kyoko. It looks like [Leon, Hiro, Junko and Chihiro] all grouped up together. The same goes for [Hina, Sakura, and Mondo]. [Celeste, Toko, and Hifumi] were left over, so they joined up.
...and that this will be the last of the reaction time triggers for this event!

'Re: Action'

-[Hina, Sakura, and Mondo]-
-[Celeste, Toko, and Hifumi]-
Narrowing it down to the one option not taken...

Aoi Asahina: We though maybe we could find some way to communicate with the outside, so we went looking all over! But...we didn't find a thing. Sorry...
Mondo Owada: I went back to the main hall, thinking maybe we could do something about that giant hunk of metal. But even with Sakura and me both, it wouldn't budge. We hit it with desks and chairs, and nothin'... It was hard as, like...metal.
(I hate to say this but... THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS MADE OF METAL!)

Celeste: Well yes, it *is* metal...
(What the goth girl said.)

Mondo Owada: Anyway, if we're gonna get outta here, it's not gonna be through there.
Aoi Asahina: I feel like I could just cry... But no, I have to hold it in! I have to manage my hydration...!
Sakura Ogami: I shall tell you what happened next... It has nothing to do with communicating with the outside world, but it's still worth worrying about. In both the school and dorm areas, there was a set of stairs leading up to another floor.
Aoi Asahina: But there were gates there, and we couldn't find any way to open them, so we couldn't check it out.
Sakura Ogami: In other words, at this point we are only able to serch the 1st floor. We can further assume that there is potentially something above the 2nd floor, as well. Af if that's the case, there is at least a chance it may lead to a way out.
Sayaka Maizono: So that's what they have to say, huh? Then I guess I'm the only one left...
Well, let's hear it.

Sayaka Maizono: I went and had a look around the dining hall... I found a fridge in the back of the kitchen, and it was overflowing with all kinds of stuff. I guess we don't have to worry about food, at least.
Hifumi Yamada: Sure, fo now. But even with all that, there are fifteen of us. How long can the food last...?
(Especially with lard ass over here...) *slaps Akurei* (*hand on face cheek* Okay, I have to admit, I did have that coming. But still, ow!)

Toko Fukawa: Y-You can just eat sesame s-seeds or something...
Hifumi Yamada: Huh? What am I, a parakeet?
(I don't know, tweet for us and lets see...) *slaps Niyagi* What is it with you two and picking on Alphmega!?

Sayaka Maizono: I don't think we have to worry about it. All the food gets restocked automatically each day.
How do you know that?

Sayaka Maizono: At least, that's what Monokuma said...
What!?

Junko Enoshima: You saw him!?
Sayaka Maizono: Yeah, he came out of nowhere while I was checking the fridge, told me that, then disappeared again. He was so fast, I can't believe someone could have been moving him around with a remote control...
Chihiro Fujisaki: A weponized toy that can just appear from nowhere... I can't tell if we're supposed to be afraid or not.
Aoi Asahina: But was everything okay? He didn't try to like, eat you or anything?
Hifumi Yamada: E-Eat her...?
(Oh, get your brain out of the gutter!) He's a bear! Niyagi, you get your brain out of the gutter!

Hifumi Yamada: Um, what do you mean by that? I mean, when you say "eat," what kind of eathing are we talking about?
(See! His mind IS in the gutter!) *miming feeling for someing down below* Speaking of which, I have to fetch my brain...

Aoi Asahina: C-Come on, man!
Leon Kuwata: What the hell, fatty!? You're acting like some kind of sleazy drunk dude.
*ji...* (Why're you staring at Hiro?) Nothing. ([sarcasm] Right... [/sarcasm])

Yasuhiro Hagakure: Not like there's a good kind of drunk dude...
Speak of the devil...

Junko Enoshima: Hey! Stop screwing around, all of you!
(Heh heh, you said "screwing"...)

Junko Enoshima: Are you still asleep or something? We're prisoners here! We could all just die any second!
Mondo Owada She's right. We can't be makin' stupid joke right now. We gotta do something, or--!
Makoto Naegi: A voice cut through the noise, interrupting Mondo.
(Speaking of stupid jokes, what's black and white and interrupts people?) An interrupting cow? (Nope, over nine-thousand Internets says it's Monokuma!) Deal!

???: You're all spending an awful lot of time yelling and carrying on.
Kyoko Kirigiri: Do you really think you can afford to do so? Have none of you accepted the reality of the situation?
Hurray! Kirigiri-san is alive and well!

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Kyoko! Where the heck have you been!? We already started the meeting without you!
Makoto Naegi: She didn't say a word. Instead, she just dropped a piece of paper on the table.
Still no Monokuma, looks like I win the bet!

Makoto Naegi: Huh? What's this...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: It appears to be a map of Hope's Peak Academy.
Makoto Naegi: A map...?
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Wh-What the...? Where did you find this?
Kyoko Kirigiri: It doesn't matter where I found it.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: It DOES matter! You're really freaking us out right now!
Junko Enoshima: Never mind that. What's it mean?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Just look at it. The building we're in right now is laid out in percisely the same way as Hope's Peak Academy.
So, obviously, we're in Hope's Peak Academy.

Makoto Naegi: So what you're saying is...this really is Hope's Peak Academy?
(Then again, we were tricked into thinking we were on a sinking ship, when it was actually a replica of it.) Uh, that was just a game. But, now that you mention it, both locations DO have metal plates over the windows. Maybe they're there to hide the truth of what this location really is?

Kyoko Kirigiri: Well, in terms of its construction, yes. But it looks like it's had a number of strange...renovations done to it.
Makoto Naegi: Renovations...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: I don't know all the details yet. All I found was details about the 1st floor.
Chihiro Fujisaki: But then...this really is Hope's Peak. We didn't get kidnapped and taken to some other place...
Mondo Owada: So stupid it's not even possible. *This* is where the contury's future elite are supposed come and learn?
(Okay, now it's starting to look more like a deliberate grammar choice rather than programmer error...)

Aoi Asahina: But if this really is Hope's Peak, where are all the other students?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Hey, come on, guys. Let's just stop talking about all this...you know, gegative stuff...
Makoto Naegi: But aren't you worried? Things don't look good...
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Worried? What's there to be worried about?
I hate to admit it but, Supernova has a point. "Don't worry, bee happy!"

Yasuhiro Hagakure: I mean, this was all planned out, right? The people in charge of Hope's Peak put this all togther, right?
Ack! What if they had planned it to work like this? And the all the upper-classmen succombed to these horrible rules... (So, that poison oak epiliptic tree of yours could've been real all along? In that case, congradulations "senpai"!)

Yasuhiro Hagakure: Man, if I got stressed every time something like this happened, I'd have ectoplasm shooting out of my mouth!
(Actually, 'cause Shimohi here's possessing this dude rather than Hagakure, something like that's more likely to happen to Naegi-kun.) Akurei, you're the demon here...

Yasuhiro Hagakure: Good things come to those who wait, right? So we just gotta chill and everything'll work itself out!
Celeste: Hahaha!
What's so funny?

Toko Fukawa: Wh-Why are you laughing? What's so funny!?
(Okay, now are you infulencing the others as well?) Actually, that I'm thinking is just a coincidence.

Celeste: I'm just happy, that is all It seems splitting up to investigate was a good idea, after all.
Toko Fukawa: Haven't you b-been listening!? Looking around was a t-total waste of t-time! We d-didn't find a way out, didn't f-find who's behind this. We still have no idea what's g-going on!
Celeste: Huh? Is it not crystal clear to you what is going on? It is perfectly obvious that we have been imprisoned in some secret location, with no way out.
Makoto Naegi: None of us had any response to that. We didn't want to accept that reality--but it was staring us right in the face.
Toko Fukawa: You didn't h-have to go and s-say that. I w-was trying not to th-think about it...
Is it just me, or does Fukawa-san tend to treat everyone that's female like Niyagi treats Akurei? (No idea.) (Looks like it, so far...)

Toko Fukawa: N-No way out... We're t-trapped here. What are w-we supposed to d-do...?
Byakuya Togami: It's very simple. If you want to leave, you just have to kill--
*facepalm* (You just had to say that, didn't you...)

Junko Enoshima: Don't even joke about that!
Sayaka Maizono: Everyone just calm down, please! We need to stop and think about what to do from here.
Leon Kuwata: There's gotta be *something* we can do...
Celeste: All we can do is adapt. Adapt to living our lives here from now on.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Live here...? Are you saying we should just accept it?
Celeste: A lack of adaptability...is a lack of survivability. Survival is not based on who is the strongest or the smartest. It comes down to who can adapt. As someone who has come out on top more than once, I have a suggestion.
Mondo Owada: Huh? What do you mean?
Celeste: We all understand that we are trapped here. Which means we will be spending the night. However... You all remember the rule regarding nighttime, right?

'"Nighttime" is from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution. Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly.'

Celeste: So regarding this "nighttime," I think we need to add a rule of our own.
And that would be...?

Makoto Naegi: What do you mean?
Celeste: Going out at nighttime should be prohibited altogether. The school regulations do not actually tell us not to go out at night. I would like to make it offical.
Toko Fukawa: B-But why...?
Celeste: The way things are now, every time night comes we will all start to get worried and anxious. We will be afraid someone might try and come kill us.
Sayaka Maizono: What!?
Actually, Celestia has a point.

Celeste: If we have to worry about that night after night for who knows how long, it will wear us down in no time.
Sakura Ogami: So you're suggesting we limit our activity at night as a kind of preventative measure.
Celeste: However, unlike the other rules, nobody can be forced to comply. We all have to agree to follow it.
Junko Enoshima: I see what you mean. But...I think I can agree to that. It's like the little goth lolita said. Without something like that, we're just gonna self-destruct.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: On behalf of all the men here, I agree to comply!
Well, technically, I agree as well. But, then again, I really don't like it when someone just declares they're speaking for me without my consent...

Leon Kuwata: Hey, you can't just decide to speak for us!
What Leon-kun said!

Celeste: So everyone is in agreement? Good. Then if you will excuse me...
Chihiro Fujisaki: Huh? Wait, where are you going?
Celeste: It is almost nighttime. I want to take a shower before it arrives.
Uh... Celestia, according to... (This! *pointing to the upper-left corner of the screen*) ...It's already nighttime.

Celeste: So...goodbye.
Makoto Naegi: Moving with pure elegance, Celeste left the dining hall.
And... She's gone.

Makoto Naegi: Her behavior seemed so natural, I couldn't imagine anyone even trying to stop her.
Hifumi Yamada: S-So I guess it's pretty obvious where we go from here. We'll be spending the night, it looks like.
Indeed, brother...

Sakura Ogami: Adaptability...
Junko Enoshima: So, Mr. Chairman...what next? One person already left.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: U-Umm... Well then, what say we call an end to today's meeting!? Like she said, it's almost nighttime anyway. We can reconvene first thing tomorrow morning!
Chihiro Fujisaki: Do we really have to stay the night here...?
*sigh* Looks like it.

Junko Enoshima: We don't have a choice. We can't go for long without getting some sleep.
Mondo Owada: So we have to just give up...
Toko Fukawa: That's all f-fine and good for t-today, but what do we d-do tomorrow?
("Same thing we do every night, Pinky -- Try to take over the world!")

Sakura Ogami: Our only option is to split up and look around again, and let everyone know if we find anything.
Aoi Asahina: Yeah, okay. Let's go to that...!
Junko Enoshima: Then we're done for tody? Good, I'm exhausted...
Makoto Naegi: With heavy movements, everyone headed off to their private rooms.
Sayaka Maizono: Makoto... Are you ready to call it a day?
Well, I sure am.

Makoto Naegi: Yeah, let's go.
Later, at Naegi-kun's room...

Makoto Naegi: ...Is this really where I'll be staying for the foreseeable future?
It seems so, but for now, it's time to check the bathroom door again.

Makoto Naegi: Oh, that's right. I should check the bathroom one more time before I go to bed. Only the girl's bathrooms should have locks on them, right?
(Well, the room does have red and pink colored wallpaper...) Less commentary about decorating choices and more figuring out what's with the bathroom door!

Makoto Naegi: Alright, let's open it up...

'*Rattle rattle*'

Makoto Naegi: It's no use. It really is locked.
Monokuma: Bzzt! Wrong! Not locked!
Wah!!!

Makoto Naegi: Holy crap!
Indeed, Naegi-kun... Daemon! Where the fucking hell did you come from!? Well, you guys are acting like fucking retards... (*restraining Shimohi* Hey! I can't punch him now, he's possessing Monokuma! What if this causes Naegi to punch the "Headmaster"!? That would be bad news indeed!)

 Monokuma: Jeez, talk about an overreaction. It's like you just saw a ghost or somethin'! Like...some kind of...robot bear...ghost.
Speaking of ghosts, I'm talking to one! *slumping in Niyagi's arms* ...Why must you torment me, constantly, at all times...?

Makoto Naegi: Wh-What are you doing here!?
*standing up; resyncing* What he said.

Monokuma: Makoto Naegi, this is super duper majorly bad! So bad it's almost magical! Ultra magical awful awful attack! In point of fact, I acknowledge that the bathroom in your room has a problem with the doorframe!
Are you sure you should be haunting poor, poor Makoto like this? [mocking] What ever did he do to you? [/mocking] I-I...I don't know, I can't remember... Hey! Like I said, leave me alone!

Makoto Naegi: Wait, so the reason it won't open isn't because it's locked? The door just...doesn't fit?
Monokuma: Didn't you see the notice? What, can't you read? The bathrooms in the boys' rooms don't have locks! I mean, a lock on a boy's bathroom is kinda pointless, don't you think?
Although Makoto, and you as well, are so wimpy you might as well be bitches. *once again being held back* Why I aughta!!! Besides, someone can still rape a dude!

Monokuma: Well, it's not that it's pointless, I guess. But I'm no expert on the birds and the bees and all that.
No kidding...

Monokuma: Anyway, there's a little trick to opening this particular ill-fitting door. And that's what I'm here to teach you! Okay, ready? So you just gotta turn the doorknob, then lift up while you pull! Go ahead, give it a try!
Makoto Naegi: Turn the knob, and lift the door up while I pull... When I did that, the door opened without a problem.
Oh well and what do you know, that worked. Well, of course it worked, you guys are just a bunch of... Hey!!! I think I can figure out what you're about to say! (Wow, that shouting drowned out Daemon's slur.)

Monokuma: Puhuhu... See? It opened right up!
Yeah, yeah, now can you get the fuck out of here!?

Monokuma: Isn't that crazy, though? Your door's the only one that doesn't fit quite right! You're supposed to be the Ultimate Lucky Student, right? But looks like you're not lucky at all!
Indeed, considering your talent, I would think you would've had plenty of advance warning, but you stupidly ended up getting yourself killed... GET! OUT! NOW!!!

Monokuma: Anyway, I suddenly don't feel like being here anymore. Bye!
Makoto Naegi: H-Hey! Wait!
Well, I say good riddance.

Makoto Naegi: ...Dammit.

'*Ding dong, bing bong*'
And... ("Main screen turn on.") "It's you!"

Monokuma: Mm, ahem, this is a school announcement. It is now 10 p.m. As such, it is officially nighttime. Soon the doors to the dining hall will be locked, and entry at that point is strictly prohibited. Okay then...sweet dreams, everyone! Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite...
...For some reason, I'm hating hearing that coming from that sadistic bear.

Makoto Naegi: Looks like it's ngithtime. We all promised we wouldn't leave our rooms now. All I can do now is try and get some sleep...
And, hopefully, some lost memories can come back to me in the form of dreams...

Makoto Naegi: While still mumbling to myself, I collapsed into bed. My eyes clsoed almsot immediately. It's not that I was ready for bed, exactly. I was just utterly exhausted.
Again, sorry if your mind hosting me caused that.

Makoto Naegi: It was as if I'd spent en entire day staring at a TV watching movies. Or like some kind of illusion where I'd been tossed into a made-up fantastical world.
(Which, Scientologists believe, is what happened to the souls of myrid dead aliens...)

Makoto Naegi: Yeah, that feels about right... There's no easy way to just accept the situation we've suddenly been dropped into.
Good night, Naegi-kun. Sweet dreams...

Makoto Naegi: So this is how the curtain closed on my first day at Hope's Peak Academy. Soon enough, I was asleep. Would it be too much to hope that when I woke up, I'd realize it was all a dream? It's kind of lame as far as endings go, but I'd be fine with that. Actually, that'd be for the best...
(Our heroic neutral protagonist, ladies and germs!)

Makoto Naegi: ... Did I just hear something...?

'Monokuma Theatre'

Monokuma: In any normal school, Mr. Monokuma would be a kind teacher. But when I think about what's coming up...I'm just so full of pride and joy. Our ceremony earlier today was absolutely splendid. Thank you all very much.
Indeed, Monokuma, I bet you can't wait to see what sort of torments Shimohi will face next time!

Monokuma: Remember that you're all students of Hope's Peak Academy, and strive to refine your ideals. I swear to you, I will send you all off into a new tomorrow!
With more moments of schadenfreude, or "the enjoyment of seeing others suffer", for your pleasure. Of course.
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Yeah, I better save the "Report Card" data for an "extras post". (Speaking of which, in news unrelated to this Let's Play. Shimohi tends to end the posts that are all about odd thoughts of thon, Shimohi tends to figure out ways to end those kind of posts asking if thonself is just... "Overthinking things". Like that, hence Shimohi's odd comment in-universe.) Yeah, I'm doing these post day-by-day, or when a new chapter starts, for now. See you next time!

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