(I have only one thing to say for this instalment of the Danganronpa Let's Play... "It has begun...")
Warning: This is an LP of a game that contains blood, intense violence,
strong language, and suggestive (read "sexual") themes. If any of those
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'*Ding dong, bing bong*'
[sarcasm] Great, even in Maizono's room, we have to listen to this first thing in the morning... [/sarcasm]
Monokuma: Good morning, everyone! It is now 7 a.m. and nighttime is officially over! Time to rise and shine! Get ready to greet another beee-yutiful day!
Makoto Naegi: I sat up, still asleep, and rubbed my eyes. Slowly I pulled myself out of bed. ...I remembered I was in Sayaka's room. I just remembered, I promised to eat breakfast with everyone else. I'd better get going.
Yeah! Bring on the cheese, ham and bacon bagels!
Makoto Naegi: I left Sayaka's room and make my way toward the dining hall. A few people had already gathered at the dining hall by the time I got there.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Hello Makoto, and good morning! Can you believe it? I was the very first one here this morning!
Actually, that's not surprising at all...
Chihiro Fujisaki: Ehehe...good morning.
Aoi Asahina: Mornin'!
Sakura Ogami: I suppose I'm early...
Makoto Naegi: I figured everyone who had arrived on time could be considered model high schoolers.
(That or early, but either way...)
Makoto Naegi: And the ones who showed up a little late...
Mondo Owada: Yo.
Junko Enoshima: Sorry I'm late! My make-up just would NOT cooperate this morning!
Hifumi Yamada: My apologies, ladies and gentlemen. My morning, ah, duty took a little longer than usual...
Makoto Naegi: ...were the types with a more relaxed sense of time. Most high schoolers fall into this category. And finally, the ones who kept everyone waiting forever...
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...I suppose I'm late.
([sarcasm] No!? You "suppose"? You're definitely late!)
Celeste: Good morning, everyone.
Leon Kuwata: My bad, guys! Slept right through my alarm!
I wish I could sleep through Monokuma's morning announcement...
Toko Fukawa: Wh-What? Is it s-so awful to be l-late?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: I didn't oversleep, just so you know. Nope, got lost! I blame the Bermuda Triangle...
*sigh* That doesn't even make any sense! The Bermuda Triangle is a place! (Finally...) It was most likely the Mercury Retrograde or something like that. (...And here I thought we made some progress.)
Makoto Naegi: ...don't care about time or other people in general. They're the kind to move at their own pace. But regardless, everyone had arrived.
(Except Maizono-san. But, I highly doubt she ever will...) Wh-What are you trying to say? (You'll see...)
Makoto Naegi: At least, that's how it was supposed to go...
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Wait, aren't we still missing some people?
Aoi Asahina: Yeah, Sayaka and Byakuya aren't here yet.
Makoto Naegi: I don't know about Byakuya, but...I would definitely put Sayaka in the "model high schooler" category.
(Same with Shimohi over here.)
Makoto Naegi: For her to be so late...
That's a bad sign...
Byakuya Togami: ...What's going on? Did something happen?
Mondo Owada: Hey man! Have you seen Sayaka?
Byakuya Togami: Why would I have? I just came straight from my room to here.
Hifumi Yamada: Did she forget about our breakfast promise...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: I got the sense she always has her stuff together...
Makoto Naegi: Listening to everyone talk like that, a small, dark speck of unease rose up inside of me.
That's most likely Akurei.
Makoto Naegi: And that speck started to grow quickly... I-I need to go... I have to check on her!
(It's too late, you've failed to keep your promises...)
Makoto Naegi: The words had barely left my lips before I flew out into the hall. Where I headed first was...my room, where I'd let Sayaka stay for a single night. Where she was supposed to be safe...
(Operative word here, "Supposed"...)
Makoto Naegi: But over the course of that one night...
(...but no medicine or measure can stop death by stupidity.)
Makoto Naegi: ...The room had been completely transformed. Wh-What the hell!?
Exactly! (I think we need to check the bathroom, since we can't see Sayaka anywhere here.)
Makoto Naegi: I'd better check the bathroom. Let's...take...a...look...in...side...
Oh...my...gods...
Makoto Naegi: ... ... ...It took me a second to realize that I was screaming. What I saw dug its way through my eyes and buried itself in my brain.
Uh... I-I don't see anything like S-Sayaka's g-ghost...
Makoto Naegi: And then... And then...
I-I'm still...alone...
Makoto Naegi: ... ... ... ... ...everything went black.
'CHAPTER ONE: To survive - Deadly life'
Makoto Naegi: When I opened my eyes, I found myself staring at a huge ceiling.
Ugh... Let me guess... An "unfamiliar" one, right...?
Makoto Naegi: It was a ceiling I remembered seeing before.
So it's more like the "unfamiliar ceiling" trope namer...
Makoto Naegi: And when I sat up, I saw someone looking at me. Again, it was someone I'd seen before. ...
Aoi Asahina: Ah! You're awake! Finally! Are you okay?
Well, first Naegi-kun passed out due to physical trauma, now he passed out due to psychological trauma... I'm sure this has got to be not good for our health.
Mondo Owada: Now's no time for sleeping. Get your ass up!
Makoto Naegi: Huh...?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: You were unconscious, dude. I had to carry you back here.
Sakura Ogami: It's no surprise, considering what happened.
Makoto Naegi: What...happended?
I think it'll break your brain to remember that.
Makoto Naegi: Gh--! Grraaah!
*holding head* Nggh... Told...ya...
Aoi Asahina: H-Hey, are you okay!?
Makoto Naegi: So it wasn't a dream?
No, unfortunately, it's a living nightmare...
Makoto Naegi: What I saw...
...Was Sayaka Maizono's dead corpse.
Makoto Naegi: It was real...?
Byakuya Togami: That's right. It really did happen. Sayaka...is dead.
Makoto Naegi: ...! A deep, dark despair worked its way through my body, and then exploded out of me. I shot up and took off running.
(So, Naegi-kun figured he must run away...)
Byakuya Togami: Hey, where do you think you're going?
Makoto Naegi: I have to see for myself! I have to see if Sayaka is--! If Sayaka is...!
...already dead...
Byakuya Togami: You can check one, twice, a thousand times. Sayaka is completly and irrevocably dead.
Makoto Naegi: No! I have to see for myself!
We did! That's why we passed out in the first place!
Mondo Owada: Listen to us, man! Whaddya think's gonna happen if you go out there?
Makoto Naegi: Well what good is it gonna do just sitting around here!?
(I don't think that's what they're getting at.)
Makoto Naegi: I mean, why are we all hanging out in the gym at a time like this!? Our friend...Sayaka...she's... She's dead! Dead... When I said that, it finally hit me. I realized she was really gone...
But I still don't get why I became a ghost while Maizono-san hasn't!
Kyoko Kirigiri: None of us want to be here right now, either.
Makoto Naegi: Then...why?
Toko Fukawa: Sh-Shouldn't it be obvious? Monok-kuma...he told us all to c-come here...
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Well, hold on! Don't talk like that. We all protested it! I mean, we remember the terrible price Sayaka had to pay... B-But...!
Kyoko Kirigiri: I'm the one who convinced them to come. Right now, we need to do whatever he says. We're his prisoners, right? It's not a good idea to defy him without reason.
...
Kyoko Kirigiri: We don't need to make any more sacrifices than we already have...
Makoto Naegi: ...Why should we listen to anything he has to say? It's obvious he's the one who killed Sayaka!
Monokuma: I would never do that! If you can believe anything, you can believe that!
(Oh, you're going to prove yourself a hypocrite soon.) *dismissive sigh* Bitches just don't know anything...
Leon Kuwata: He's here again...
Monokuma: Unless someone violates a school regulation, I absolutely will not interfere. I can promise you, I won't do anything that goes against the purpose of your school life here. I'm famous at safari parks throughout the world for following the "Bear-Time-One" rule!
...What. And of course the "dude" here is a fucking idiot.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Then...who did it? Who killed her?
Monokuma: You already know the answer! The one who killed her is...one of you!
Makoto Naegi: Nobody had a reply for that. One of us...killed Sayaka? Don't be stupid. That's...
(The truth.) Damn straight it is!
Monokuma: Hmm? What's the matter? You guys all look like you're about to see a dove get shot up with a Gatling gun!
More like we DID see something like that.
Monokuma: Don't you remember what I told you when this all began? One of you decided to kill Sayaka so that you could graduate! Someone's just following the rules. There's nothing wrong with that!
Hifumi Yamada: Y-You're lying...right?
Makoto Naegi: Of course he's lying! I'm telling you, he killed her!
(Only from a certain point of view.)
Monokuma: Nope, sorry. One of you is now a bona fide killer. If they wanted to, the one who did it could testify to that little fact.
Makoto Naegi: What...?
(But if they did that, they wouldn't "get away with it" and not graduate.)
Makoto Naegi: Without thinking, I look around at everyone. They all had the same look on their faces... Everyone looked at each other with a combination of fear, suspicion, and confusion.
Chihiro Fujisaki: A-Are you serious...?
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Someone... Someone killed someone!
Celeste: It is amazing what some people are capable of.
Mondo Owada: Hey, hold on! Don't just assume he's telling the truth!
Byakuya Togami: That's enough. Before we do anything else, I'd like to confirm something with the stuffed animal here. If one of us really did kill her, that person gets to graduate from the school, right?
Monokuma: ...Huh?
(You're missing an important detail, Togami.)
Byakuya Togami: Don't play dumb! That's what you said, isn't it? If you kill someone, you get to leave!
Monokuma: Puhuhu... Puhuhu! Poohohoho! Bwaaahahahaha!
(Quit laughing out loud and spill the beans already!)
Leon Kuwata: Why are you laughing!?
Monokuma: Puhu...it's cuz... Naive... You're just so naive! You think it's really that easy? You can just kill someone and waltz on outta here?
Well, that WAS the impression you were giving everyone. The only hint of it being otherwise is in the e-Handbook. (And we know, more than anyone else, that most people just don't bother reading the fucking manual.)
Monokuma: You're super naive! Devilishly naive! HELLISHLY NAIVE!
Dude, it's on your head that people got the wrong impression from you. SHUT THE HELL UP! They...They...They just should've known! (Besides, I'd prefer to say "heavenishly naive", since that's kind of a trait you're more likely to find among angels rather than devils or demons; who WILL know better than that...)
Monokuma: No no no, the real thing has just begun.
Makoto Naegi: The...real thing?
Monokuma: Are you ready!? Allow me to explain the second part of the rule regarding graduation! Just like I explained before, you must kill someone if you want to leave. However...even if you do that, there's still one more part to the agreement you have to uphold, remember?
(I do, and I've been saying that the whole time, you have to not get caught as well!) Whatever, bitches never get anything right. So, how did you cheat? Dude, Akurei didn't cheat! She got it right fair and square. There's no way that can be true! The only things bitches can remember on their own is how to cook, clean, and raise children. Anything else they have to use notes or such, because they'll always remember it wrong and get their "facts" wrong!
Celeste: You are referring to rule number six of the school regulations... If you are the "blackened" that committed the murder, you can't be found out by the other students. That is what you are talking about, is it not?
Monokuma: Bingo! It's not enough to just kill someone. You have to actually get away with it!
(See, just like I said.) No... No. NO!!! Both of you bitches must've cheated in some way! Did you convince a man to secretly tell you the answer? (Well, my mind is connected to Shimohi's... But that doesn't count!) Of course that doesn't count, a damned fag isn't a man! Excuse me?! I'm bisexual! Not strictly "gay". You're a non-masculine "man" and you love dudes, so you're a fag. End of discussion!
Monokuma: Which naturally means you need a system in place to assess whether or not it's been gotten away with! So, a certain amount of time after a murder has taken place, a class trial will begin!
Makoto Naegi: Class...trial?
Yeah, that's what I heard as well.
Monokuma: Yup! It'll begin a few hours after the murder! Everyone will gather together, including the blackened who committed the murder. And they and the spotless students will all engage in one big debate showdown!
Well, we already know of one student who's been tainted by death... Hey! Don't you drag Naegi-kun into this mess! Too late, he's already submerged in that "mess" as you called it! And you brought this down upon him.
Monokuma: During the trial, you'll have to present your arguments about who you think the blackened is. And once everything comes to an end, the outcome will be decided by popular vote! If the answer you've arrived at is correct...only the one that disturbed your peace will be punished. The rest may continue their communal life. However...if you choose poorly...then the one who got away with murder will survive, and the rest of you will receive your punishment.
Naturally, if you're too retarded to figure out who did it, you deserve to die! Likewise, if you can't even cover your own tracks, then you're also too retarded to live!
Monokuma: Which of course means your school life will come to an end! As far as class trial rules go...that's all there is to it!
Hifumi Yamada: So, um...what exactly is this "punishment" you keep talking about...?
Isn't it obvious, you fucking stupid idiot retard!? "Death!"
Monokuma: Oh! Well, to put it simply... It's execution!
Hifumi Yamada: E-Execution!?
Chihiro Fujisaki: And by execution, you mean...
Ya gonna get killed, bitch! (Dude, I think that...) Bitches aren't allowed to think! It's just too hard on their feeble little minds.
Monokuma: Execution is...execution. Ex-e-cution! Electric chair, bzzt bzzt! Poison gas, cough cough! Torn apart like a paper plane in a hurricane!
(Incinerated in a rocket ship, machine-gunned by baseballs, cooked by electrified wire ball while on a motorcycle, appearing to be burned by the stake but actually crushed by a fire-truck, crushed by an excavator, crushed by a back classroom wall, and all of the above. Those are just some random examples of executions I can think of.) That's rather specific to just be randomly made-up? (I know, I'm just born from the mind of a "rather nutty person".)
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: S-So, to make sure I understand... If we get the culprit right, then only they die. But if we get it wrong...
Everyone except the culprit dies.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: ...all the rest of us get...executed?
Monokuma: What a smart little chimpanzee you are! Look at you, implying you didn't do it without actually saying it! So it's basically what the outside world calls a "lay judge" system, or an inquisition type thing!
(Well, even if we aren't Spaniards...) (No! NO! Don't say it!) ("Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!") (...Reference jar! Now!) I've definitely gotten the idea that you don't like Monty Python references. (*looks down* Oh, now my tab in the jar's the same as the most known of the rules of the internet, "If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions!" The amount on Shimohi's tab, strangely enough, is the same as a very relevant rule regarding our struggle against the evil Daemon, "The more you hate it, the stronger it gets.")
Monokuma: Which means you'll be deciding who you think the killer is. But judge carefully, because all your lives are on the line! Okay, let me just add the rule I just described to your handbook. Make sure to keep it in mind!
'The new rule has been added to the Regulations menu.'
Junko Enoshima: W-Wait, hold on a second! You're freaking insane, you know that!?
(Indeed.)
Monokuma: Hmm?
Shut up, you bitches! Both of you!
Junko Enoshima: A class trial? What the hell is that!? I don't want anything to do with it!
Monokuma: Why not?
Junko Enoshima: Whaddya mean why not!? Why do I have to waste my time trying to figure out who murdered someone!?
Monokuma: What!? Are you saying you're not gonna participate in the trial!? Only punishment awaits such blasphemy!
Dude, this isn't a religion. Fuck you and your "this isn't a religion"! Everyone and everything should all worship me and obey my will alone! *lightbulb* What can you do to me? It's not like you can execute me, I'm already dead! No, but I can make it more likely for your host, Makoto Naegi, to be executed!
Junko Enoshima: What? Punishment!?
Or, even better, your own existence is punishment enough to those you care about.
Monokuma: I might...I dunno, throw you in a deep, dark, scary prison or something!
(...Or stick her with enough spears that she looks like a pincushion.) You know, that's not a half-bad idea... I'm glad I thought of it! (But you didn't, I did!) Prove it, bitch!
Junko Enoshima: Shut the hell up! Say whatever you want, I'm not gonna be part of this!
Monokuma: Don't be so selfish!
Junko Enoshima: You're the one being selfish! Kill whoever you want, it's got nothing to do with me!
(Oh dear, it's such a shame you didn't leave yourself out of the possible "people killed" pool...)
Monokuma: The evil standing here before me... I'm trembling with fear...! But I won't give in to such evil! It's my style to stick it out and resist till the very end...!
But, dude, you ARE evil yourself.
Monokuma: If you really wanna get out of here...you'll have to go through me first!
Makoto Naegi: As he said that, he came charging at us. Although it was more of a waddle...
Now he's trolling, in more ways than one.
Makoto Naegi: But then...
Monokuma: Gyumeh!
(Fuck yeah! The fashion chick made a better attack roll than Naegi-kun!)
Junko Enoshima: Are you enjoying yourself now?
(Well, he is at exactly the right vantage point to stare at your underwear.)
Monokuma: Are you?
Junko Enoshima: Huh?
Monokuma: Violence against Headmaster Monokuma is not allowed. You've violated a school regulation...I invoke the might summon spell! Help! To me, godly spear Gungnir!
There's just no way a sadistic bear like you would ever get their grubby paws on Odin's spear...
And... a crap-ton of sharp metal rods sprang up an swewered her...
Junko Enoshima: ...Wh...? H-Huh? This wasn't...supposed to... Why...me...?
See! See! THIS is my POWER! Such that I can command even the spear of the "gods", for I am the Ultimate God! "Daemon Spearmeister"! See! It's even in my name that I'm the master of all spears!
Makoto Naegi: Suddenly, right at the end, her eyes shot wide open. And just like that...she never moved again.
Aoi Asahina: Wh-What the...?
Chihiro Fujisaki: I don't...
Leon Kuwata: Th-This can't be real.
Hifumi Yamada: NO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!
Monokuma: Now I am painfully aware of the great power and meaning of a promise...
(*looks up* Just as I thought, you did prove yourself to be a hypocrite.)
Monokuma: I really wanted to keep a corpse from popping up for no good reason, ya know?
[simutainiously] [sarcasm] Right... (Right...) [/sarcasm] [/simutainiously]
Monokuma But I guess you all needed to be taught a lesson, after all. Ahh, what an amazing promise! But you guys understand, right?
(Y-Y-You see that, Shimohi! If Naegi-kun's reflexes hadn't been so slow, that could've been him!) I...I... *closes eyes/crying* ...
Monokuma: Now you see just how serious I am... Defy me and you get shot full of holes, exploded, buried alive, disintegrated...et cetera. So if you don't want that to happen to you, you'd best obey those school regulations!
Makoto Naegi: Junko's body had been impaled with a bunch of spears...
I wouldn't be surprised if the number of spears suck in her is equal to the number of guys she allowed to fuck her.
Makoto Naegi: It was the first time I'd ever seen...the moment someone's life came to an end.
Which mean that, if Naegi-kun were to ever go to Hogwarts, he'd be able to see the thestrals! Hey! Did you just IGNORE me earlier!? Yes, because listening to Naegi-kun talking about the dead corpse of a fellow student is much more plesant than to listen to your trash talk.
Makoto Naegi: Nobody there could deny what they'd seen. Junko, who until just a second ago had been our friend...was dead. She'd died. She'd been murdered. In simple terms...it was the death of a human being.
No! It was the death of a worthless bitch! And you will listen and take my words of wisdom to heart! You hear me!
Monokuma: It's really not all that shocking. She just died, that's all. Just went and died.
Sadistic bear, that was your fault and you know it!
Monokuma: It's no more remarkable than the inevitable demise of the entire human race.
(I have to admit, Monokuma has a point about that.) Akurei...
Monokuma: It's just as natural as the eventual end of the world itself.
By being cooked by the expanding sun? Yes, in the far distant future. Being cooked by greenhouse gaes turning the entire planet into a huge, well, greenhouse? No, that's not natural at all!
Monokuma: This isn't some superhero comic. So it's not like when you die, you didn't *really* die. This is reality!
Then explain my existance! I dare you!
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...Why did you have to kill her? Didn't you say you would put her in prison or something?
Monokuma: I changed my mind.
Kyoko Kirigiri: No, you've been wanting to kill this entire time.
Monokuma: Kill this entire time...? Don't be silly, you can't kill time!
First of all, "Killing time" is mostly used as another way of saying "wasting time". Second of all, you know what she meant. As in "You wanted to kill someone all along." SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!!! I'm the only one to ever have a logical argument!
Monokuma: Or are you being metaphorical? Are you saying I wanted to waste time this whole time? Come on, what do you take me for? I'm Monokuma! Anyway, none of that matters right now. I have something I'd like to give you to help you in your search for the blackened!
Speaking of which, for that act of defiance against the GREAT AND POWERFUL ME; I'll make SURE that your host, Makoto Naegi, will be the next one executed!
Monokuma: This little file has all the information I've gathered about the death in question. I like to call it... The Monokuma File!
Well, I'd like to call it an "autopsy report" thank you very much.
Monokuma: I mean, naturally you guys aren't experts at this kind of thing, so you can only do so much with a corpse. So instead, I've gathered up everything I know about the circumstances and cause of death. What's that? How do I know the cause of death, you ask?
It's the fucking security cameras...
Monokuma: Cuz the surveillance cameras picked up the whole thing! I got to see it all go down!
Kyoko Kirigiri: Wait, so then...you know who killed Sayaka?
Monokuma: Of course I do!
Same here, but I'll still make sure Makoto's executed, even if it isn't this time... He... Will... Die!
Monokuma: If I didn't, I couldn't possibly pass a fair and accurate judgement during the trial, now could I?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Tha's a good point. The judge has to be able to make the proper decision. That's...somehow comforting.
Monokuma: Now then, please put your full effort behind your investigation!
Not that Shimohi's host is going to make it out of this alive, no matter how hard "he" tries!
Monokuma: After all, you don't have any choice but to give it your best shot! Seriously, you don't have a choice! Okay, so we'll meet up for the class trial...in a little while!
Makoto's going to join you in your trip to the afterlife! This I swear!
Makoto Naegi: And with that, Monokuma disappeared once again. He left us stunned and confused... He left us at a total loss. He left us with Junko's dead body growing colder right in front of us. And for who knows how long...nobody said a word. The fact that Sayaka and Junko were dead was a huge shock, of course. But there was more to it than that... It was also the idea that one of us had actually murdered someone...
(Well, since knowing's half the battle, it makes sense that the other half is shooting someone.) Akurei, that's a bit of a non-sequetor.
Makoto Naegi: ...And that if we didn't find out who it was, we would all die here. We'd found ourselves in a situation where we couldn't help but look at each other with open suspicion. It was the worst situation imaginable. And yet, even in such a perversely terrible situation...she didn't show the slightest hint that it had gotten to her.
Kyoko Kirigiri: Now's no time to wallow in your depression. The worst thing we can do right now is lose all faith in each other. That would lead to the same disastorous result as having *total* faith in everyone else.
Leon Kuwata: Huh...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Cooperation is absolutely key at this point. Who you decide to turst or not trust is, of course, up to you.
Celeste: Continuing to think about and talk about the deceased certainly isn't going to help anything.
Aoi Asahina: S-Saying stuff like that is just--!
Celeste: How many times have I told you? Anyone who can't adapt...will die. Death is the only thing awaiting those who are unable or unwilling to adapt. If that happens, you only have yourself to blame.
(We will hold you to those words!)
Aoi Asahina: What an awful thing to say! Especially after what's happened!
Kyoko Kirigiri: Right now, exposing the killer is the most important thing. Because if we don't, we're all going to die here.
Kirigiri-san is right...
Byakuya Togami: ...She's right. We need to begin our search right away.
Which is going to mean, we're going to need to return to the scene of the crime and gather as much evidence as possible.
Sakura Ogami: Either way, we can't run away from the situation, so we have no choice but to move forward.
Aoi Asahina: We just hafta do it, I guess... What other choice do we have?
Leon Kuwata: No way in hell am I letting someone kill me...! Alright, dammit! Let's do this!
"...chums!" ("Leeroy...Jenkins!")
Makoto Naegi: We just have to do it... Everyone kept repeating that sentiment. They were using it like a mantra to give themselves strength. But they're right. We just have to do this. No matter how much we don't want to, we have no choice. If that's what it takes to survive, then that's what we have to do!
Indeed.
Makoto Naegi: On top of that, there was something I needed to find out... I had to know why Sayaka had to die. Why she had to be the one... I'm terrified to find out, but still...I have to know. Otherwise, I knew I'd never be able to accept her death. Which is why...I don't have any choice! I have to do this!
Indeed, we have to do this... Kirigiri-san, what're your thoughts about what to do next?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Before we start searching for Sayaka's killer, we need to decide what to do about securing the crime scene.
Makoto Naegi: What do you mean...?
To prevent crime scene contamination, of course!
Byakuya Togami: You're thinking of putting someone on guard duty so nobody can distrub the area, aren't you? After all, if the culprit decides to destroy the evidence, we're pretty much screwed.
Mondo Owada: In that case, I don't mind doing it. I don't like havin' to think, anyway. I'll let you guys figure out who killed that chick.
Aoi Asahina: Okay, then we can let Mondo look after the scene.
Byakuya Togami: Well, no...we can't just leave him there alone.
Indeed, what if the guard happens to be the killer?
Mondo Owada: What? Why the hell not!?
Byakuya Togami: Isn't it obvious? If you were the culprit, what's the first thing you would do? By volunteering for guard duty, you're in a position to destroy all the evidence you want.
Mondo Owada: Wh--!? Fuck you!
Actually, Togami has a point Owada. We can just assign two guards, both to make sure no one destroys the evidence and to make sure the other guard doesn't do the same.
Sakura Ogami: Fine, then I'll stay there on guard duty as well. That way ther's no problem.
Hifumi Yamada: 2-player co-op base defense with the two of them... With their stats, they're totally OP!
(Huh...) I think a translation is in order. A-hem... "A two-person co-operative defense of the base! Their combined strength is so great, they might as well be overpowered!" (*claps*) Thank you, thank you, and I'm going to forgo the obvious jokes about how long I'm going to be here and what dish should be tasted...
Sakura Ogami: Since we won't be able to help investigate, we're putting our faith in the rest of you.
Aoi Asahina: I-I'm still pretty freaked out, but...I'll try.
Okay, Asahina-san, you you have anything to share?
Aoi Asahina: I hate this...but still, we don't have a choice. We have to figure out who did it. Or else we're all dead...
Okay, Ogami-san?
Sakura Ogami: We can't run away from the situation, so we have no choice but to move forward.
Alphmega?
Hifumi Yamada: ...
Makoto Naegi: Hifumi...?
Hifumi Yamada: Consciousness has crashed. Restarting now. Please wait a moment...
Sounds like a lampshading of the Heroic BSOD. Owada?
Mondo Owada: Is this really happening? Screw that piece of shit bear...!
I couldn't agree with you more. Togami?
Byakuya Togami: We need to hurry up and figure out who the culprit is.
I would, if only the option to leave the room was avaliable... Really!? Do we really have to inspect Enoshima-san's corpse? We know it won't say anything... ("Because it's a corpse.")
Makoto Naegi: I gently placed my hand on Junko's lifeless body... I touched her wrist to check for a pulse, like they do in movies and stuff, but... ...She...really is dead. There wasn't anything else to say. She was gone...
Indeed, "She is no more! She has ceased to be! She's expired and gone to meether maker! This. Is a late. Fashionista! She's a stiff! Bereft of life, she rests in peace, if she had died outside she would be daisy food right now! She's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible! She! Is an EX! FASHIONISTA!" (And... You've earned yourself another dollar on the refrence jar tab.)
Byakuya Togami: I don't know why you even bothered to check. After those injuries, and losing that much blood...
(Well... What if that had been Naegi instead of Junko? He would've survived, but barely.)
Byakuya Togami: Frankly, I'd be shocked if she *did* survive something like that.
Yasuhiro Hagakure: H-Huh...? H-Hold on... H-H-H-Hold o-on! J-J-Just w-wait a second!
Supernova, what're you doing now?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Sh-She's...dead!? Then that means...!
Wait, are you going to try and channel her?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: That means everything that's happened so far is real!? It's not a joke or whatever!? It's really real!?
(*blinks* Wow... This dude's really slow in the head...)
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Hell no! S-Someone save me! Let me outta here! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!
Toko Fukawa: You're j-just now accepting that...?
Well, hopefully this means the next stop is the scene of the crime itself... (Or the kitchen.) Huh? (You'll see why...) Well, I can't see any prompt. Still...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Hold on.
Makoto Naegi: Huh?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Before we begin the investigation, isn't there something else we need to discuss?
Makoto Naegi: Oh, yeah...
So, do we need to talk to everyone? Or is it just Kirigiri-san?
Kyoko Kirigiri: We're going to find out who the killer is... Because if we don't, we're all going to die here.
Nope, so who haven't I talked to yet... Fukawa-san...
Toko Fukawa: ...
Makoto Naegi: She must be so shocked she can't even open her mouth to talk...
Okay, then... Fujisaki-san?
Chihiro Fujisaki: Someone got... Right in front of us, they... Hnnn...
I see... Supernova, your thoughts?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Come on, man. Lemme outta here... Come on, someone let me out...
(He's...too distressed to make any sense.) Celestia, your take on this?
Celeste: Hmm? Heh heh...so you finally noticed.
Leon Kuwata: Huh? Noticed what? I was looking through the Monokuma File we recieved. And I noticed something very obvious, and very unusual.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Huh? What are you talking about...?
(Ah, so we should've looked at the Monokuma File...) I say "Autopsy Report" but... (We...or at least I already know this stuff.) Huh?
Celeste: Go ahead, take a look. Notice anything interesting about where Sayaka died?
[sarcasm] Oh great... [/sarcasm] This is bad, really bad...
Celeste: She died in Makoto's dorm.
Aoi Asahina: Wh--? She's right!
Hifumi Yamada: Then, could it be...!?
No! Alphmega! You're falling into Daemon's trap!
Makoto Naegi: All at once, everyone's gaze turned to me. H-Hold on a second! You've got it all wrong! F-For just one night, I...I traded rooms with her. I did it because...she was afraid.
Toko Fukawa: Y-You expect us to b-believe that? After all, you d-did just try to leave e-early. Just tell us the t-truth!
Oh shit! (Well, that backfired spectacularly...)
Makoto Naegi: The look in everyone's eyes had done a complete 180 from just a few minutes earlier. The feeling of suspicion and fear had returned. In other words...
They've fallen for Daemon Spearmeister's trap.
Makoto Naegi: Y-You think *I* did it!?
(No shit Sherlock!) Even though we know that's not true at all.
Kyoko Kirigiri: Are we all done talking?
...
Kyoko Kirigiri: We need to begin our investigation soon. At this point, we should split up. We need to get to the bottom of this and find out who killed Sayaka. We'll have to collect clues to form a foundation, then construct an agrument to come to a final decision. If we get this wrong...
It's "curtains" for all of us... (Except the killer, or at least that's what we're assuming.)
Kyoko Kirigiri: Well, do I really have to say any more?
Nope, it's crystal clear what'll happen.
Hifumi Yamada: I'd rather you didn't, no...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Everyone pray for good luck.
Makoto Naegi: With that, Kyoko hurried out of the gym.
Byakuya Togami: I'll be going, too.
Makoto Naegi: And just like Kyoko, he was gone before we realized it...
Mondo Owada: Oh yeah, I'm on guard duty, huh? I'd better head to the scene of the crime!
Sakura Ogami: Ah, that's right.
Mondo Owada: ...Lemme just say this right now! If whatever son of a bitch did this is here right now, and they're thinking of destroying that evidence... They'd better not let me find 'em! I'll skip the trial and cave their goddamn skull in myself!
Uh... Owada, I'm guess that'd count as a graduation attempt...
Mondo Owada: I'm serious! I will fuck them up!
Makoto Naegi: Lettting his deadly words hang in the air, he and Sakura ran off.
Aoi Asahina: But...I mean, we're not detectives or anything, y'know? And we're gonna investigate a murder? How do we even do something like that?
Toko Fukawa: We don't r-really have to do anything in p-particular. W-We already know who k-killed Sayaka...
How many times do I have to tell you, Naegi-kun didn't do it! You're going to get us all killed! (Then again, you seem to keep forgeting that they can't hear us.)
Makoto Naegi: What are you implying...?
*facepalm* That WE did it, even though we didn't!
Toko Fukawa: It was y-you.
*sigh* See...
Makoto Naegi: I'm telling you, it wasn't me!
Toko Fukawa: D-Don't come any c-closer! Are you g-gonna kill me next!?
No! Calm down! ...please?
Aoi Asahina: W-Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to give it a shot. It's not for sure that Makoto's guilty yet.
Hifumi Yamada: That's ture. We may as well at least check just to check.
(I'm thinking the gross otaku meant "We may as well at least check just to be sure.")
Toko Fukawa: Even if I w-wanted to, I c-couldn't help inv-vestigate...
Leon Kuwata: Wait, why not?
Toko Fukawa: I'm not g-good with...b-b-blood. All it takes is o-one glimpse and I b-black out.
(And I know exactly why.) (Does that have to do with...) (Yeah. But Shimohi shouldn't know that yet.) Why...?
Leon Kuwata: Well, whatever. I don't think anyone was expecting much from you, anyway. Alright, I guess I better get going.
Makoto Naegi: W-Wait, don't go yet! You have to hear me out! But it was pointless. Everyone had already left. And their parting looks at me had still been filled with suspicion...
Well, we have an uphill battle to climb for survival...
Makoto Naegi: ... Does everyone really think I'm the killer? How did it turn out like this?
("Yes", and it probably has something to do with your twisted luck.)
Makoto Naegi: Seriously, they've got it all wrong... Why do they have to suspect me!?
Like Akurei said, it's probably your twisted luck. But... maybe, just maybe, my presence actually is cursing you...
Makoto Naegi: I have to do something... Otherwise, everyone will...
[flashback]
Monokuma: Execution is...execution. Ex-e-cution! Electric chair, bzzt
bzzt! Poison gas, cough cough! Torn apart like a paper plane in a
hurricane!
[/flashback]
Makoto Naegi: I can't let that happen...
Same here...
Makoto Naegi: I can't let things turn out the way Monokuma wants!
Or Daemon Spearmeister for that matter!
Makoto Naegi: All I have to do is find out who really did it...
And clear your good name!
Makoto Naegi: Who really killed Sayaka..!
'Investigate'
Makoto Naegi: I guess I should look through the Monokuma File we got before... "The victim was Sayaka Maizono. The time of death is estimated to be around 1:30 a.m. The body was discovered in Makoto's room, in the dormitory. All evidence suggests that the death took place in the bathroom. The cause of death was a stab wound to the abdomen. There was also an injury to her right wrist. Specifically, the wrist appears to have suffered a fracture."
And there's the autopsy report.
Makoto Naegi: We have no choice but to push forward if we want to find out what happened... Somehow, I have to find out the truth. So that we can all survive... And for Sayaka... I have to find out how she was killed!
Uh, you do realise you're saying that out loud, right?
'Nice'
'"Monokuma File #1" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
Thanks Naegi-kun, now I don't have to say that myself. (Well, there's nothing more to do in here. Important locations to check are... Naegi-kun's room...) Of course. (...The kitchen and the incinerator. People to talk to are Leon-kun, Asahina-san, Hagakure-kun, and Kirigiri-san.) What makes you believe that? (I...I just know! Okay!)
'Leave the gym?'
-Yes-
-No-
(Now into the hallway!) But what will our first stop be? (...How about the kitchen?) Works for me.
'Leave the area?'
-Yes-
-No-
Makoto Naegi: First of all, I should head to the scene of the crime--my room. We won't make any progress without investigating there.
Well, if you say so...
Makoto Naegi: So I headed to my room, where Sayaka's corpse still remained. I'd better examine the state of my room a little closer. That might reveal something new...
How about the sword, first of all?
Makoto Naegi: This is...the replica sword I brought back for self-defense. Does this mean...it was used in the attack somehow? And plus... It's been taken out of its sheath... I hadn't actually looked at the blade itself till now. I shouldn't be surprised it's coated in gold, too. On top of that...
Yes...?
Makoto Naegi: Some of the gold coating has come off of parts of the blade, and the handle.
So, yes, somebody used this...
Makoto Naegi: Yeah, the handle especially is missing a lot of its coating... I remember the coating sticks to you even if you just touch it a little bit.
'Nice'
'"Replica Sword" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
Let's see here...
'Makoto took this from the gym entryway and put it in his room. The sword was found out of its sheath on the floor in the middle of the room. The sword handle was missing some of the gold coating, as was part of the blade.'
Well, we should pick up Naegi-kun's room key...
Makoto Naegi: There's a key on the ground... It has my name on it, so this must be my room key.
Technically it says "M. Naegi", but oh well.
Makoto Naegi: If I remember correctly...
[flashback]
Sayaka Maizono: Ah, that's right. We'll have to trade keys.
[/flashback]
Makoto Naegi: When we switched rooms, we switched keys, too. So Sayaka would have had the key here in my room the entire time. But wait... If that's true, then...how did the killer get into the room in the first place? Could Sayaka have forgotten to lock the door? No, that seems impossible...
[flashback]
Makoto Naegi: The same goes for you, Sayaka. No matter who it is, don't open your door for anyone.
Sayaka Maizono: Even if I'm sure it's you, I absolutely won't open it. Otherwise, what's the point of even switching?
[/flashback]
Makoto Naegi: After saying that, there's no way she would have forgotten to lock it, or opened it for any reason. Well...maybe she dropped the key somewhere, and someone else grabbed it or something. No, that's not possible, either... Sayaka was in here when we switched rooms. And with how scared she was, she wouldn't have gone walking around.
(Or so you think.)
Makoto Naegi: So she couldn't have dropped it... So...how did the killer...?
'Nice'
'"Switching Rooms" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'On the night of the murder, Makoto and Sayaka traded rooms and room keys. When the victim was discovered, Makoto's room key was discovered, Makoto's room key was also found in Makoto's room. Sayaka had originally asked Makoto to switch with her when someone attempted to force their way into her room, and she became frightened.'
(Pst... Check the notepad...) Wha... Well, that was an odd suggestion, but let's check it out anyway.
Makoto Naegi: The note pad is still here, but...I don't think it's relevant right now.
(Oh yeah, we need to talk to Kirigiri-san for that...) Huh? (Never mind.) Speaking of Kirigiri-san, there she is!
Makoto Naegi: Hey, Kyoko... I quietly called her name while she was investigating the area. But... What are you doing...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Isn't it obvious?
Makoto Naegi: N-No, not really...
Kyoko Kirigiri: I'm searching.
Makoto Naegi: Searching...?
For evidence, of course.
Makoto Naegi: She was down on her knees, carefully inspecting every inch of my room.
Actually, it looks like she's standing on her toes while sitting on her ankles at the same time.
Makoto Naegi: Did you lose a contact or something?
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...
Makoto Naegi: I dunno what she's doing exactly, but...she seems to be concentrating pretty hard on it.
Speaking of looking for stuff on the floor, I'm interested in checking out the slash marks on the floor. (Most likely left behind by that sword.)
Makoto Naegi: There are scratches and gouges on my walls and bed. Is that...evidence of a struggle?
(Yes! That's a bit of evidence we'll need for our survival!)
Makoto Naegi: It looks like there must have been some kind of fight in my room... Dammit...! I was right there in the other room! If only I'd heard something!
(Don't you remember, that letter from Monokuma stated that all the rooms are sound proofed.)
Sakura Ogami: That would not have been possible.
(See.)
Makoto Naegi: Huh...?
Sakura Ogami: Don't you remember? All of our rooms are completely soundproof.
(Exactly!)
Sakura Ogami: So something could happen in the room right next to you, and there's no way you could know. Perhaps this was another of Monokuma's strategies, creating an ideal setting for murder...
Makoto Naegi: ...
That... Makes way too much sense.
'Nice'
'"Evidence of a Struggle" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'There are a number of scratches and gouges on the bed and walls in Makoto's room.'
Well, time to do the most unpleasant part of looking at the scene of a murder... Checking where the body was found.
Makoto Naegi: I should look around here first. I can check other spots later...
Okay, so what did we miss?
(Pst! Check the lint roller!) If you say so...
Makoto Naegi: Huh? Looking at the link roller...it looks like there's way less than there was before.
Le gasp! Someone used the lint roller! So, that means there's already been a bit of evidence destroying even before we found the body.
Makoto Naegi: Did Sayaka see how dirty my room was and decide to clean up a little...?
(Why are you jumping to conclusions like that!) (Well, Naegi-kun's going to have to face some uncomfortable truths...) (No! I meant Shimohi! Why are you assuming every oddity has something to do with the murder!?) Because we're investigating it, that's why. So, are we going to find anything odd in the desk or something?
Makoto Naegi: The toolkit is still inside the drawer. I don't see any evidence that it's been used at all.
(That's another bit of data that's going to save our hides!)
Makoto Naegi: Which makes sense, I guess. I mean, it's mine, and I haven't had any reason to open it. I can't even imagine a situation where I'd need a toolkit like this...
Mondo Owada: Yeah, seriously!
(What?! Are the nuts on the bolts holding the metal plates to the windows too big for the wrench or something?)
Makoto Naegi: Oh, Mondo...
Mondo Owada: We ain't exactly in the mood to be buildin' fuckin' furniture, right?
Makoto Naegi: So you haven't used yours either, then?
Mondo Owada: Not just me. Nobody's busted theirs out yet, far as I know. Actually, we were talkin' about it yesterday. None of the guys have opened their toolkits yet. Cuz like, why the hell would we?
Good point... (This WILL be important later!)
'Nice'
'"Toolkit" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
(See, told ya!)
'This had been placed in Makoto's room before he arrived. It remains unopened, and there is no evidence of it having ever been used. All the other male students claim that they haven't used theirs, either. But still...'
Okay, is there something we need to check about the sword's sheath?
Makoto Naegi: This is...the replica sword I brought back for self-defense.
(Yeah, yeah, we know that already!)
Makoto Naegi: Does this mean...it was used in the attack somehow?
Yes.
Makoto Naegi: And plus... The sword's been taken out, so it's just the sheath, but... Huh?
Noticed something, huh...
Makoto Naegi: There's some scratches on the sheath. They must've been made with something sharp... But...how'd the sheath get scratched up in the first place?
That is the question...
Makoto Naegi: Even if someone used the sword during the struggle, it doesn't make sense for the sheath to be damaged...
Unless the sheath was used as a make-shift shield.
Makoto Naegi: I mean, if you're gonna attack someone with a sword, the first thing you'd do is insheathe it.
Well, that doesn't mean that the sheath itself can't be used to attack or defend either.
(Like our father once did while fighting an assassin!) What?! I don't get how you two would have a father...
Makoto Naegi: A heavy sheath like this would only get in the way. It could just slide off in the middle of the fight. So...why are there scratches on the sheath?
Still can't listen to us, huh...
'Nice'
'"Replica Sword Sheath" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'Makoto took this from the gym entryway and put in his room. The sheath was found some distance from the sword itself, and it shows evidence of being scratched with a sharp object. If you were going to attack someone with the sword, you would almost certainly remove the sheath first.'
(Now can we check the area around the dead body!)
Makoto Naegi: I should look around here first. I can check other spots later...
(I'll take that as a "no".) Maybe we need to talk to Owada and Ogami-san...
Mondo Owada: Ya know, I realized something while I was on guard duty... The killer could've already destroyed some evidence, right? Before anyone found the body, I mean.
(Yeah, that's what a smart killer would do.)
Mondo Owada: There's a trash room here in the dorms, right? They coulda tossed some stuff in there...
(You mean "the Incinerator"? Yeah, that's one of our stops already...)
Makoto Naegi: Y-Yeah, that's definitely possible.
Mondo Owada: That dirty bastard...! Anyone who raises their hand to a woman is scum that deserves death. That's what my brother taught me. So if I ever find the son of a bitch that did this, I'm gonna pound his goddamn face in.
*sigh* Well... a defenseless person, yeah, but not if the aforementoned woman is just as much of a combatant as you are.
Makoto Naegi: B-But...what if it was a girl that did it?
What Naegi-kun said.
Mondo Owada: ...
Yeah, I thought that'd be a bit hard to repsond to...
Mondo Owada: That'll all get sorted out when the time comes.
(Now can we search the lint roller and get a usefull result!?) ...Long story short, same result as last time. (Damn it!) Now time to talk to Ogami-san...
Makoto Naegi: Sakura...do *you* think I'm guilty, too?
Sakura Ogami: I try not to make assumptions like that. I simply don't know whether or not you did this.
*nods* Very logical stance, you're cool in my eyes.
Sakura Ogami: Whatever decision the rest of you come up with, I will follow your lead.
Makoto Naegi: I see...
Well, there's still the sword's stand... (Are you sure you're not just checking for coins at this point?)
Makoto Naegi: It's the display stand the sword was on...
Nothing... Let's see if searching the wall scratches comes up with anything the ones on the floor didn't. (Nope, same result as the floor scratches.) I swear, the only things I haven't checked in here are the security camera and the TV screen!
Makoto Naegi: A surveillance camera... The mastermind must be using them to keep an eye on everything that's happening here. They don't do anything to stop what's happening... They just keep on watching!
Nothing, sorry Naegi-kun, we're likely to get another headache because I'm out of ideas...
Makoto Naegi: This is one of the monitors Monokuma appears on. Right now, it's just showing the school crest.
And... We've managed to not get a headache this time! Yay! (*sigh* I think we need to talk to Kirigiri-san again.)
Makoto Naegi: Hey, Kyoko... I quietly called her name while she was investigating the area. But... What are you doing...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Isn't it obvious?
Makoto Naegi: N-No, not really...
Kyoko Kirigiri: I'm searching.
Makoto Naegi: Searching...?
Makoto Naegi: She was down on her knees, carefully inspecting every inch of my room. Did you lose a contact or something?
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...
Makoto Naegi: I dunno what she's doing exactly, but...she seems to be concentrating pretty hard on it.But a few seconds later, she suddenly stood up straight and said...
(Finally, the plot can move on!) I don't think it's that... (*facepalm*
Kyoko Kirigiri: Are you a clean freak?
Makoto Naegi: Huh? N-No, I don't think so. But what...? Nodding, she glanced around my room one more time.
Kyouko Kirigiri: Interesting...
Makoto Naegi: What's interesting...?
("Uncharacteristly clean room" plus "scene of a crime" equals "Evidence already destroyed.")
Kyoko Kirigiri: Just as I suspected, there's something [very unusual] about your room.
(We already have a good idea what that is but still...)
'Re: Action'
-[very unusual]-
Makoto Naegi: Unusual? What do you mean?
Kyoko Kirigiri: I've searched your floor from one corner to another...and I didn't find on single strand of hair.
Makoto Naegi: Really...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Not one hair from the victim, and not one hair from you, even though you've been living in here.
Makoto Naegi: You know, now that you mention it...I noticed something while I was looking around before. It looked like the lint roller in my room had been used, but I never touched it.
Neither have I, but then again, I can't touch it. Seeing as how...I'm...a ghost...
Makoto Naegi: Could someone have used it to...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Very interesting... Your room didn't have a single hair in it, and someone used your lint roller without your knowledge. In other words...someone other than you came in and scrubbed your room clean.
Makoto Naegi: Was it...Sayaka? Or the killer?
(I'd say "the killer".)
Kyoko Kirigiri: That's the question, isn't it?
'Nice'
'"Makoto's Room Cleanliness" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
(Finally!)
'Not a single hair was found on the floor at the scene of the crime. In additiion, the lint roller shows evidence of being used.'
(Now let's see Maizono-san's corpse already!) ...Akurei, you can be an insensitive jerk, you know that right? (Yes, yes I do!)
Makoto Naegi: The bathroom... And on the other side of this door...
Wow... (In that color inverted there-for-a-second-and-gone flashback the blood looked green.)
Makoto Naegi: ... No... I can't let it get to me...!
("I'm just gonna creep, down in Pumpkin Hill I gots to find my lost piece!") (Now you're not just quoting a rap song, but a rap song from a Sonic the Hedgehog video game...)
Makoto Naegi: I can't afford to freeze up now!
(Especially since the answer to "who dunnit" is right behind Sayaka's dead body...)
Makoto Naegi: Forcing myself to push my panic down, I stepped into the bathroom. Looking at her made it painfully clear it wasn't a dream, or an illusion.
Even though I wish my own death was... (And you still can't remember how that happened.)
Makoto Naegi: She had lost everything that made her "her"... Sayaka... All at once I was overcome with dizziness, nausea, the urge to burst into tears... But I can't...I can't hesitate now... Why...? Why did Sayaka have to die?
(Again, you're not going to like the answer to that question...)
Makoto Naegi: I have to uncover the truth...
...No matter how unplesant it is, because lives are on the line; including your own.
Makoto Naegi: I have to find out what happened! I wanted to give up, I wanted to collapse. But that thought held me up and supported me.
See, told you there was a toilet in here! Now, Akurei did you say something about the answer being behind Sayaka? (Yeah, so check those letters there.)
Makoto Naegi: I looked past Sayaka to the wall behind her. And there I saw... Wh--!? Written in blood were the numbers 11037.
(Actually, remember how some kids typed in certain numbers into calculators because they look like words when up-side down? Well, that that image of the "numbers" and turn it up-side down and you get...) *Notices the name of the wall* No... No! How could this be!? When we talked to him that one time, we was worried about us killing him; but now...
Makoto Naegi: Did...Sayaka do this?
Good point, dying messages have been faked before... (Well, there's one thing we haven't checked and... What with the lack of a prompt for the leave button, this is probably plot important...)
Makoto Naegi: I told myself I simply couldn't face what I saw, but... But now's no time to think like that! I pulled out the Monokuma File to verify what it said about her body.
Some sort of sharp object has been thrust into her stomach. That must've been the killing blow...
(That kind of looks like...) One of the knives from the kitchen? (Bingo!)
Makoto Naegi: But whatever they used to kill her... Where'd they get it? That's definitely something I should look into later... Also according to the Monokuma File, Sayaka's right wrist is broken. Her wrist does look swollen and bloody, that's for sure.
With a few gold leaf flakes stuck to it.
Makoto Naegi: But...there's something sorta glittery there on her wrist, too. Right there, where her wrist is all swollen...there's something glittery. That definitely concerns me... Another thing that concerns me is... Huh? There's some blood on her left index finger, but that's it.
(Ah ha! So she did...) Nope, that has been faked before, but with a dying message scratched into the dirt.
Makoto Naegi: The palms of both her hands are totally spotless, so how come only her left finger...?
'Nice'
'"Sayaka's Wrist" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'Sayaka's right wrist had been fractured, and her wrist was "glittery" at the injury's location. in additon, her hands appeared to be completely clean, except for the index finger of her left hand, which had some blood on it.'
Makoto Naegi: The stab wound in her stomach is what killed her, so when she broke her wrist... That must have happened earlier on. I mean, how would her wrist get broken after she'd already been killed?
Hypothetically, if the wrist was broken while the body was being transported to another location. But that clearly didn't happen here. Or maybe if the killer did this for some unfathonable reason. But other wise...
Makoto Naegi: So it's very possible she broke her wrist during the struggle... The killer attacked Sayaka in the main room, which is when her wrist got broken... After that, the killer cornered her in the bathroom...where they inflicted the deadly wound.
(The begining of that story is missing something, but the ending is spot on!)
Makoto Naegi: ...
Well, time to find more evidence. (Yeah, let's go.)
'Leave the bathroom?'
-Yes-
-No-
Kyoko Kirigiri: It looks like you found it, right Makoto? The [bloody numbers]... That's most likely Sayaka's [dying message].
It's that time again...
'Re: Action'
-[bloody numbers]-
-[dying message]-
We know about the "numbers" already, so...
Makoto Naegi: What do you mean by "dying message"?
Kyoko Kirigiri: It's something a victim writes right before they die, usually as a way to tell people who killed them. But generally, whoever writes it doesn't make it totally obvious.
So, if it is for some reason "totally obvious" it's most likely fake, got it!
Kyoko Kirigiri: They'll either write it somewhere the killer wouldn't notice, or write it out in code or something.
Makoto Naegi: Wow, that's pretty incredible...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Have you ever heard of Ellery Queen?
Makoto Naegi: ...Who?
Same here. (Let's see... apparently "Ellery Queen" is a fictional character or construct that's supposed to be a mystery writter and amature detective.) Wait, I thought we couldn't have access to the Internet here. (I'm a demon, the only "rules" I follow are the rules of cool, drama, or funny.) If you say so...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Never mind...
So... I'm thinking we do need to "react" to the bloody numbers topic...
Kyoko Kirigiri: You saw the [bloody numbers] in the bathroom, right? Tha's most likely Sayaka's [dying message].
'Re: Action'
-[bloody numbers]-
-[dying message]-
Well, time to face the "numbers"...
Makoto Naegi: I've never seen something written in blood before...
Obviously, you've never read mysteries or watched crime dramas or the like.
Makoto Naegi: It really was her final message... It's as if she wrote it with life itself.
That could be one way vampires sustain themselves, they extend their own unnatural lives by stealing life from others...
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...Do you often talk like an aspiring poet?
Maybe Naegi-kun's "a poet but didn't know it?" (*groan* *facepalm*)
Makoto Naegi: But the numbers she wrote... What do they mean? 11037... I have no idea what that could possibly mean.
Well, the digital root of 11037 is "1"... (I've heard enough of digital roots from the Zero Escape series...)
Kyoko Kirigiri: They way she wrote the numbers make me thing she wanted to use her body to block them. If she wrote them in that location, while she was sitting the way we found her...
(Yes! Yes! Maybe she's got it!)
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...it means she must have wrote them by turning only her hand toward the wall. If you were to write something in that positon, do you know what the result would be?
Makoto Naegi: The result...?
(It'd be up-side down.)
Kyoko Kirigiri: Think about it.
(It'd be up-side down.)
Makoto Naegi: You're not gonna tell me?
(That's because she's assuming you can figure it out for yourself...)
Kyoko Kirigiri: You need to uncover the mystery of this case yourself...
(...but, I think we're stuck with the point-of-view of the Watson.)
Kyoko Kirgiri: Otherwise, the case will end and you'l remain unconvinced.
And that's why we're not mentioning what we figured out, out loud. (Just in case Makoto can suddenly hear us?) Yeap.
Makoto Naegi: I have no idea what you're trying to say, but...it's obvious you're not going to tell me.
'Nice'
'"Dying Message" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
Makoto Naegi: It sounds like Kyoko knows what Sayaka's dying message means. But honestly, I have no idea... Oh, I know who I should talk to. When it comes to numbers, who better to ask than the Ultimate Programmer?
Kyoko Kirigiri: There's one other thing I wanted to ask you about. Do you know how the door to your bathroom got broken?
(Oh yeah, that's important as well.)
Makoto Naegi: Broken...? Oh, you mean how it gets stuck?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Gets stuck?
Makoto Naegi: Yeah, I guess I'm the only one, but the door doesn't fit in the frame quite right. When I first tried to use it, I thought it was just locked. But once you learn the trick, it opens no problem.
'Nice'
'"Bathroom Doorframe" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
Kyoko Kirigiri: So the door doesn't quite fit the frame, huh? But actually, I'm referring to the broken doorknob.
That's new... (Not for me it isn't.) Huh? Aren't you a construct in my own mind?
Makoto Naegi: Huh? The doorknob?
Kyoko Kirigiri: You didn't notice? Well, just try closing the bathroom door. I'm sure you'll see right away what I'm talking about.
Makoto Naegi: I did what Kyoko said and shut the bathroom door. ...Huh? The doorknob...
(But, before we do that, a little belated data on the two newest "Truth Bullets" we gathered...)
'A series of numbers had been written in blood on Makoto's bathroom wall--11037. It is assumed that Sayaka wrote these numbers while leaned up against the wall, as she lay dying.'
(Here's the data on the "dying message" and next up...)
'Makoto's bahtroom door was difficult to open, due to it not quite fitting in the doorframe properly. The only two people who knew the trick to opening it were Makoto, the room's owner, and Sayaka, the victim.'
(Is the doorframe. But Monokuma also knows the trick, he's the one who taught it to Naegi-kun. And, because he taught it to Naegi-kun, we know it as well.) So, as you said, next is to check the door again for something about the doorknob...
Makoto Naegi: Wh-What the heck!? The doorknob's practically about to fall off! Why is it like this...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Someone must have used a screwdriver or something similar to unscrew it.
That's a really bad design flaw... WHO PUTS THE SCREWS KEEPING THE DOORKNOB ON THE OUTSIDE!? (Maybe that's why the door doesn't fit in the frame, it was installed backwards.)
Kyoko Kirigiri: Whatever it was, it's obvious this was intentional.
Indeed, Monokuma probably installed the door to Naegi-kun's bathroom backwards on purpose! *drops fist into open palm of other hand* (Let me guess, one more part of Daemon's "trap", right?)
Makoto Naegi: What!? It was intentional? Why would someone want to do that!?
Kyoko Kirigiri: I guess maybe they were trying to get the door unlocked and ended up breaking the whole thing.
Makoto Naegi: But my bathroom doesn't have a lock on it...
But we thought it did at first, so...
Makoto Naegi: Only the girls' bathrooms can lock, right? She stood there for a while, lost in thought. Then, apparently struck with a sudden realization, she shot a question at me...
Kyoko Kirigiri: I have just one more question for you... You mentioned earlier that your bathroom door would get stuck, right? Did you tell anyone about that?
Makoto Naegi: Oh, umm... Well, I did tell Sayaka about it last night, when we switched rooms.
Kyoko Kirigiri: So what you're saying is, only you and Sayaka knew about it... Hmm... Interesting...
Makoto Naegi: She had the slightest hint of a smirk on her face. I got the sensse that she was really starting to get into all this...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Then that clears that up.
Makoto Naegi: Huh? What clears what up? I'm so lost...
(Don't worry, we'll be your GPS!)
Kyoko Kirigiri: Well...see you later.
Makoto Naegi: As if forgetting I was ever even there, she suddenly turned and left the room.
'Nice'
'"Bathrrom Doorknob" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'Makoto's bathroom doorknob had been broken--the screws holding it in pace had all been partially or completely removed.'
Makoto Naegi: I still don't really understand any of this, but... I've aleady given my room a good once-over. Maybe I should look around somewhere else... I should start looking into where the murder weapon might have come from. And also...I should look into the DVD Sayaka got.
So that means our next destinations are the kitchen, the A/V room... (And the incinerator!)
Makoto Naegi: With Sayaka dead, I have no choice but to see for myself what was in that video. And on top of that, I'm sure thre are some other areas worth checking out, too. Maybe I should see what everyone else thinks. If they'll even talk to me, that is...
So, yeah, off we go!
'Leave the area?'
-Yes-
-No-
To the kitchen! (Just as I thought, there's a knife missing...)
Makoto Naegi: There are all kinds of kitchen knives here, big to small. But... It looks like one of them is missing. Was it missing from the very beginning, or...? I'd better see if anyone here knows more about it.
'Nice'
'"Kitchen Knife Set" has been added to the Truth Bullet's section of your handbook.'
'The kitchen in the dining hall has a set of kitchen knives. Apparently one of the knives had gone missing.'
Well, time to leave the kitchen and ask Asahina-san about the missing knife...
'Leave the kitchen?'
-Yes-
-No-
Indeed, let's get down to bees-wax...
Makoto Naegi: Hey, so...did you notice that one of the kitchen knives is missing from the dining hall?
Aoi Asahina: Yeah, weird huh? I thought it was kinda strange, a knife just suddenly disappearing like that.
Makoto Naegi: Oh, so it wasn't missing from the beginning?
Aoi Asahina: Nope. Last I remember, they were all lined up in a nice, neat row.
Makoto Naegi: So when did you notice one of them had disappeared?
Aoi Asahina: Well, I went to go get some tea from the kitchen last night, and all the knives where still there. But when I finished my tea and went back into the kitchen to wash my glass...one of the knives was gone.
Dun-dun-duuun!
Makoto Naegi: So you're saying the knife disappeard while you were drinking your tea in the dining hall?
Aoi Asahina: Yeah...
Makoto Naegi: In other words, you were right there in the dining hall when someon came and took it. Then you should be able to say for sure...
Who possibly took the knife?
Makoto Naegi: You can tell everyone I didn't come to the dining hall last night... Which proves I didn't take it!
*falls over* Well, that works too...
'Nice'
'"Aoi's Account" has been added to the Truth Bullet's section of your handbook.'
'The knife from the kitchen went missing while Aoi was in the dining hall. Aoi swears that Makoto did not come to the dining hall at any point while she was there.'
Aoi Asahina: Hey, by the way... Did you really kill Sayaka?
(Shimohi's going to give the three possible answers to that question...) No, no, and NO!
Makoto Naegi: Wh-What!? Of course not! I would never!
Aoi Asahina: ...
Makoto Naegi: Hina...do you really think I murdered her?
Aoi Asahina: Well...she was killed in your room, right? So I mean...
(*facepalm* Well, she wasn't invited to Hope's Peak for her brain, that's for sure...)
Aoi Asahina: You guys were supposed to be friends, right? But you still...killed her...
No! He! Didn't!
Aoi Asahina: On the other hand, two people becoming good friends then one killing the other is a classic drama setup. So when you consider everything together...I honestly have no idea.
Makoto Naegi: ...
Well, I think that's all we can get from here... Next... (Do you think Hakagure-kun's in the laundromat?) Huh? Why Supernova? Oh well...
'Leave the area?'
-Yes-
-No-
Well, no one was in the laundromat, so next stop was... (The incinerator!) Well, dang, we still need to set the gate aside...
Makoto Naegi: It looks like some kind of switch. I wonder what it does...
Ah come on!
Makoto Naegi: There's a sturdy gate here. No way to get past...
Monokuma: It's the end of the line.
Holy shit! Not you again! I know, given what happened the last time I was near an incinerator, I'd rather not be here either, but the Great and Powerful Me has to be here anyway!
Monokuma: The trash room... This is where all the trash in the school eventually winds up.
Makoto Naegi: How do you get this gate open?
Monokuma: No no no! No entry beyond this point! Only the person on cleaning duty is allowed in!
Makoto Naegi: Cleaning duty...?
Monokuma: No no no! No entry beyond this point! Only the person on cleaning duty is allowed in!
We heard that! What we want to know is WHO'S on cleaning duty!? Jeez, the sadistic bear here's sounding like a broken record...
Makoto Naegi: Who's on cleaning duty?
Do you really... Yes! We've never been told that! *sigh* *faceplam* Given your "talent" I figured you'd already know by now, but nope, you're just as retarded as I thought. When I'm no longer possessing Naegi-kun... I'M GOING TO PUNCH YOU BACK TO THE STONE AGE!
Monokuma: No no no! No entry beyond this point! Only the person on cleaning duty is allowed in!
(Yeah, Monokuma's broken...)
Makoto Naegi: This is stupid. It'd be faster to just go around and ask the others.
Indeed, let's leave this asshole with the malfunctioning sadistic bear...
Monokuma: No no no! No entry beyond this point! Only the person on cleaning duty is allowed in!
'Nice'
'"Cleaning Duty" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'There's apparently a trash room withing the school. It's blocked off by a sturdy gate that can only be opened with the trash room key.'
Strange that it's called "Trash Duty" in the Truth Bullet's section of the menu. Anyway...
'Leave the area?'
-Yes-
-No-
Hell yes, we're leaving! (So... It seems Yamada-kun's in the Dorm hallway...) Okay... *whispers* Just how did you know that...? Ah, there's Alphmega... Wait, why're we going to talk to him? (Trust me, he's the dude on cleaning duty.) If you say so...
Makoto Naegi: Umm...I'm looking for whoever's on cleaning duty.
Hifumi Yamada: Cleaning duty? As a matter of fact, that's me. Why do you ask?
(Told ya!)
Hifumi Yamada: It just so happens Monokuma talked to me yesterday and asked me to take care of it. Without someone on cleaning duty, the school would be flooded with trash in no time. So I formally applied for the position!
(Yeah, yeah, makes sense. Because you're a human piece of trash.) Niyagi! I thought you were supposed to be the nice one! (Nope, the Pansy's more like the model mainstream citizen. Vices, "virtues", and all.)
Hifumi Yamada: I was gonna start this morning, but after what happened, I haven't had a chance to get started.
Makoto Naegi: And since you're on cleaning duty...you can open the gate in front of the trash room?
Hifumi Yamada: Of course! It's my job to gather up all the garbage and toss it in the trash room. And to do that, they gave me the key for the trash room gate! But we're supposed to rotate once a week, so eventually you'll be in charge.
Byakuya Togami: Wait, hold on... You need a key to get in the trash room? And only the person on cleaning duty has access to the key?
Yeah, so? Alphmega can just use his key to open the gate for us.
Byakuya Togami: What's the point of going to all that trouble?
*sigh* Because we have reason to suspect that the killer may have already tried to destroy evidence, and what better way to make evidence disappear than to kill it with fire? (So, you're expecting the killer to be sloppy?) Exactly!
Byakuya Togami: Why not just leave the trash room open all the time so we can all throw things out whenever we want?
Oh, that's your problem. Simple, it's to make so that not just anyone can kill someone and easily destroy the evidence.
Makoto Naegi: That does seem more convenient.
Byakuya Togami: Actually...
Back to the school regulations again...
'Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.'
Byakuya Togami: That must be why. If anyone could go in and out of the trash room whenever they wanted...then destroying evidence would be easy. The trill would disappear, and things would become boring.
Makoto Naegi: B-Boring...!?
(Of course, Monokuma thinks all this is entertaining. I can't really blame him though...)
Leon Kuwata: Anyway, more important than that... Hey fatty! Why'd you want the cleaning duty guig, anyway!?
Hifumi Yamada: I-I just decided to volunteer for something I knew no one else would wanna do. What's the big deal!?
(I think I know why, Leon-kun "suspects" Yamada-kun of being the killer.) ("Suspects"?) (Okay, more like "is trying to falsely accuse".)
Leon Kuwata: Liar! I know why you did it... You wanna dig thorugh all the girls' trash! Looking for...y'know...and poking around at it!
"Discarded underwear" or something like that?
Hifumi Yamada: What are you talking about!? All my love is for 2D!
Yeah, Alphmega as a 2D-Complex, of course.
Leon Kuwata: But there's all kinds of trash diggers like that! Maybe you'll get tired of 2D, and then turn to--
Hifumi Yamada: I would NEVER get tired of 2D!
Yeah, if Keima Katsuragi went to Hope's Peak Academy, not only would he be the "Ultimate Gal Gamer" but I think he and Alphmega would get along famously!
Hifumi Yamada: After spending a significant amount of time comparing 2D and 3D, I voluntarily chose 2D! The only thing 3D is good for is to shower love and affection on 2D!
Fuck yeah! Preach on, brother! (Oh brother... *facepalm*)
Hifumi Yamada: ...Oh, and PVC figures!
Yeah, those as well...
Leon Kuwata: How are you not totally embarrassed to say stuff like that!?
Because we don't see that as embarrassing. (You speak for yourself, I'm not with you and your "otaku-types"!)
Byakuya Togami: If you're so worried about Hifumi's questionable morality, there's a very easy solution. Whenever a guy has cleaning duty, Sakura can accompany them, from picking up the trash to disposing of it.
Hifumi Yamada: Whaaat!?
Byakuya Togami: If you're as innocent as you claim, where's the harm in it?
Okay, Togami has a point there. Well, except for the fact that for some reason people find Ogami-san to be scary. I just think she's cool and awesome!
Hifumi Yamada: Kh--! That's not how it's supposed to--!
Makoto Naegi: Anyway, on another topic... Hifumi, since you were on cleaning duty, I have a favor to ask you.
Hifumi Yamada: What, so now you suddenly want to join my party? Sorry, but you haven't triggered that flag yet.
*sigh* Okay, what's going to be nessesary to trigger that flag?
Hifumi Yamada: I mean, you haven't helped me recover from a past trauma, or save a village, or beat a boss...
Well, we're going to need your help to beat a boss, period!
Makoto Naegi: No, nothing like that... I was just hoping to get into the trash room and look around.
Hifumi Yamada: Oh, okay!
Makoto Naegi: So easy...!
"Alphmega has joined the party!" (Anyway...)
Makoto Naegi: So, Hifumi and I headed down to the trash room.
Later, after several random encounters, at the incinerator... (Those "random encounters" never happened!) I know, that was a joke.
Hifumi Yamada: You'd like me to open the gate, wouldn't you? Bwehehe... You know, when I look at it, it makes me think... They say he killed his wife. He learned how to get by on the inside, but he never stopped dreaming. Get busy livin' or get busy dyin', he said. So him and Rita, they found themselves a way out...
...I don't get it.
Makoto Naegi: ...Whatever, please just hurry up!
Hifumi Yamada: Okie dokie! Leave it to me!
Makoto Naegi: Hifumi pulled a key out of his pocket and used it to flip the switch next to the gate. And then...
"do-do-do-lu-du-du-do!" (What?) (I think Shimohi was trying to imitate the "discovered a secret" sound effect from the Legend of Zelda game series.)
Hifumi Naegi: However, Mr. Naegi... Surely you aren't planning to use the trash room to destroy evidence, are you!?
No, quite the opposite, we're here to LOOK FOR evidence instead.
Hifumi Yamada: Y-You fiend...! You planned this all along!
Makoto Naegi: N-No!
Still, nobody can hear us... (Well, except for Daemon, and on rare occasions Maizono-san and Hagakure-kun.) B-But Maizono-san's dead! (Oh right.) (You said that on purpose, didn't you?)
Makoto Naegi: I just wanted to see if the actual killer had tried to destroy any evidence or not!
Hifumi Yamada: But the "actual killer" is YOU, isn't it!? You want to see if you left anything behind!
In order, the answers to those are "No" and "Hell no"!
Hifumi Yamada: Wait... Maybe a parallel world...?
That sounds rather interesting, explain please, Alphmega...
Makoto Naegi: Whatever, let's just hurry up and keep looking...
(Oh, it's easy to figure out what to look for, the shirt sleeve near the feet of the incinerator and the glass shards near the switch.) Again, you seem to know some rather odd things without a known source. But it's not like I have any better ideas...
Makoto Naegi: There's something on the ground in front of the incinerator... It looks like a burnt piece of...something.
(*LOL*) What's so funny? (What!? You don't remember your little homebrew role-playing game you tried to make called "Something" because you didn't have any better ideas at the time?) No, I don't remember! "Ghostly Amnesia" and all that, hell I still can't remember where I stored my porn stash!
Hifumi Yamada: A burnt piece...? Like a hunk? Like a hunk of burning love!?
I was kind of expecting some kind of anime reference here.
Makoto Naegi: ...
Yeah, I know. Rather strange, huh?
Makoto Naegi: Anyway. This is...it looks like a piece of cloth. And the shape... It's part of the sleeve from a button-up shirt! And now that I look at it, that's definitely blood on the cuff! Which means...! This is all that's left of some of the evidence the killer destroyed...
(Called it!)
Makoto Naegi: But there are lots of people here with white button-up shirts.
I call them "button-down shirts" but whatever, either way we know what we're talking about.
Makoto Naegi: This isn't enough by itself to figure out who the killer is...
Indeed we still have more "Truth Bullets" to gather...
'Nice'
'"Burnt Shirt Piece" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'A piece of burnt clothing was found next to the incinerator in the trash room. It is apparently part of a shirt cuff, and it has a noticable bloodstain on it.'
So, about those "glass shards" by the switch?
Makoto Naegi: There are shards of broken glass scattered around in front of the incinerator. It looks like it used to be some kind of glass ball, just about big enough to fit in the palm of your hand.
Like... Supernova's "crystal ball"! (Why are you using air quotes with the term "crystal ball"?) Because I'm highly doubting that his "crystal ball" is made of real crystal, it's probably just a cheap glass knock-off. (Why are you remembering the supposed authenticity of a crystal ball, of all thing, before the important stuff!?) Even I have no idea.
Hifumi Yamada: Ngyah! Is that...!?
Makoto Naegi: ...Do you know what this is?
Is this the anime reference I've been waiting for?
Hifumi Yamada: They say if you collect all seven, a dragon will appear and grant you a single wish!
...Unless you're on the planet of Namek, in which case the dragon grants THREE WISHES! (Aw come on! You shouldn't make THAT kind of a reference!) Hey! Alphmega started it, not me.
Hifumi Yamada: Erm, kidding aside, it's the kind of thing you might see on any big-city street corner. Gaze into it, and it will show you a glimpse of the future... Just like that Meeena girl who was on that quest to find that one guy!
That name sounds kind of familiar... (That's a character from Dragon Quest IV.)
Makoto Naegi: Yeah, I get what you're trying to say. But who did this particular ball belong to...? There's only one person it could be...
(Well, you see, she's a "fortune teller" which means she deals with powers like...) "Clairvoyance". And, indeed, our very own Supernova's title here is the "Ultimate Clairvoyant"!
Makoto Naegi: They should all still be in the gym. I'd better go find out for sure...
(Well, aside from maybe asking Hagakure-kun about the shattered ball, I can't remember anything else that need to be done.) (But what about Chihiro and the numbers?) (The "bloody numbers" angle is a dead end.)
'Nice'
'"Shattered Crystal Ball" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'Shards of glass were found next to the incinerator in the trash room. As it turns out, the glass ball would have fit comfortably in the palm of a person's hand.'
Let's see, there's the switch and the incinerator itself to search and Alphmega to talk to...
Makoto Naegi: A gren button...and a yellow button.
Then why does that button look red to me? (Argh! We already have enough problems with your pink/purple confusion, but now we're including red/yellow confusion as well!) Well, at least in the case of translation, it's not surprising to get blue and green mixed up.
Makoto Naegi: There's no doubt they're related to the big mechanism.
Speaking of "the big mechanism"...
Makoto Naegi: This is the incinerator. It's way in the back part of the trash room. It's a good thirty feet from here to the gate... Ah! And it's on right now!
Hifumi Yamada: Do you see the green and yellow buttons next to the mouth of the incinerator?
Yeah, but I still say that "yellow" button looks more like a "red" button.
Hifumi Yamada: It's a pretty simple setup. You press the green button to get it going, and the yellow button to turn it off.
Oh, right, because "green means 'go'".
Hifumi Yamada Sooner or later you'll be on cleaning duty, so make sure you learn this before yo leave, okaaaAAAYYY!?!?
*salutes* Yes sir! (...Did you just do that "Attack on Titan" salute again?!) (Yes, yes, he did.)
Hifumi Yamada: Huh!? Someone turned the incinerator on!
In before claiming Naegi-kun did it!
Hifumi Yamada: Very strange... I'm quite certain it was off last time I was down here. Perhaps it was the work of a fairy...
Well... That was unexpected.
Makoto Naegi: Hifumi! Do you realize what you just said!?
Hifumi Yamada: Huh? The fairy...?
Makoto Naegi: ...No. You said that last time you were here, the incinerator was off.
Hifumi Yamada: Ah, yes. About that there can be no mistake. If I've got one thing going for me, it's my memory! Yesterday, as soon as I was appointed, I came down to check the place out. It definitely wasn't on then.
...but you volunteered for this job.
Hifumi Yamada: I haven't been back to the trash room since then... And since I'm the only one who has a key to open the gate...it should be impossible for the incinerator to be on. And yet...
Makoto Naegi: So that means someone was able to switch on the incinerator without opening the gate... But...how is that possible?
(We'll figure out how that happened soon.)
'Nice'
'"Incinerator" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'The incinerator can be activated via a switch on the machine. Hifumi was on cleaning duty, and he claims that the last time he saw the incinerator, it was off. However, when Makoto checked it after the incident, the incinerator was, in fact, on. The distance from the gate to the incinerator is roughly thirty feet.'
Hifumi Yamada: This whole thing is quite strange, indeed... When I was here last, the incinerator was off, and those glass shards and burnt clothes weren't. What does it all mean, Mr. Naegi!? Will you be confessing soon!?
(*LOL* Yamada-kun! You should be so embarrassed! Behaving so predictably that even Shimohi could correctly guess what you'd say even without my help... *LOL*) What, what?
Makoto Naegi: Why me...?
Hifumi Yamada: Everyone already knows you did it! All the mysteries are being solved one by one!
Dude, does it REALLY look like Naegi-kun can throw something THAT far? Wait, we all no the answer to that one. It's "A snowballs' chance in the first through eighth circles of hell"!
Makoto Naegi: It sounds like he's living out one of his comic book fantasies...
Looks like we don't need to talk to Alphmega, we can just go visit the A/V room on the way to the gym...
'Leave the area?'
-Yes-
-No-
Later at the A/V room...
Makoto Naegi: It's a DVD player.
Well, thanks for the coin, but it seems we still need to get Maizono-san's DVD from her room.
'Leave the area?'
-Yes-
-No-
To get that DVD!
Makoto Naegi: ...Huh? This is definitely my room, but...the nameplate has Sayaka's name on it...
Oops, wrong room... (So, the nameplates being switched threw you off.) I'll get the right room next time!
Makoto Naegi: ...Huh? This *is* Sayaka's room, right? But the nameplate has my name on it...
(I guess Makoto and Sayaka switched more than just rooms...) Of course, they switched keys as well.
Makoto Naegi: The nameplates on my room and Sayaka's room...were switched!? So all that effort I put into switching rooms without anyone knowing was totally pointless...
(Yes, yes it was.)
Makoto Naegi: But...why would anyone do that?
(Once again, you're not going to like the answer to that question.)
'Nice'
'"Dorm Nameplates" has been added to the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
'The nameplates on the doors to Sayaka and Makoto's rooms were apparently switched at some point.'
Okay, now can we pick up that tossed out DVD? "Yes". Okay, last I recall, it was in the waste basket...
Makoto Naegi: There can only be one thing in the trash can... Yup. The DVD with Sayaka's name on it. Sayaka got really upset after seeing whatever was in that video. I wonder...what did she see? It might not be directly related to the case, but it might be worth checking out anyway. I'm sorry, Sayaka... I need to borrow this DVD.
(Well, it's not like her ghost is around to complain about it.) Really, Akurei...!? Really!? (Well, my very name means "Evil Spirit". So yeah... On to the A/V room...again.)
'Leave the area?'
-Yes-
-No-
(Later at the A/V room...again...) Oh, I wonder if we'll get a coin for inspecting this camera over here?
Makoto Naegi: Who cares about a surveillance camera right now...!?
Apparently, we do. Okay, enough screwing around, time to see what scared Maizono-san so much...
Makoto Naegi: I should be able to use this to see what's on the DVD... The DVD that Sayaka threw in the garbage... I sat down in front of the screen and put the DVD in the player. I pushed play, and the screen was dark for a few seconds. But then...an image slowly appeared. It looked like some kind of concert. And standing onstage, front and center, was a face I recognized all too well. Sayaka...
We'd better treasure these few moments we have while the music sounds happy and up-beat...
Makoto Naegi: She was there, along with the friends she said had been so important to her. She was positively glowing there in front of the crowd. So full of life... Seeing that image made it even harder to accept... Accept that she was...dead. My vision started to blur and darken, and then...
NO! You can't black out here! Not now!
Makoto Naegi: That voice I'd come to despise so much began to float out of the speakers.
Monokuma: Sayaka Maizono, the Ultimate Pop Sensation--lead singer for a world-famous all-girl pop band. For these girls, the glowing spotlight only made them that much more beautiful. But then...
Makoto Naegi: Suddenly, the screen went dark. And in the next moment...I saw something I could hardly believe.
Makoto Naegi: What the--!?
N-No doubt about it, th-they're...dead.
Makoto Naegi: Sayaka had disappeared from the stage, which was now in ruins. But what I noticed even more than that...was the figures of the other girls, who had all simply...collapsed.
Monokuma: This ultra-successful team suddenly fell apart! None of them will ever perform onstage again. None of them will ever feel the warmth of the spotlight...
...That's because they're dead.
Monokuma: For Sayaka, there's simply nowhere for her to return to. So here's the billion-dollar question--what oh what could have caused the group to go to pieces!?
'LOOK FOR THE ANSWER AFTER GRADUATION!'
Makoto Naegi: Without warning, the video cut off. Wh-What the hell...? That wasn't real, right?
(Right now, Naegi-kun's more like the Ultimate Denial...)
Makoto Naegi: They're a super famous pop group. Everyone knows who they are... Is he trying to say he was even able to get to them...?
Yes. (Yes.) (For hells sake! YES!)
Makoto Naegi: If that really did happen...everyone in the outside world must be going crazy!
(Correction. Everyone in the outside world is crazy, period.) (What!? B-But... Normal people do-don't just kill pop stars!) (Well... "You nitwit! Normal people are extinct!") (Great, now you've just made a reference to a three part manga that no longer even has a TV Tropes page any more!) You mean, "You nitwit! Heroes are extinct!!"? (Yeah, that's the one...)
Makoto Naegi: What kind of person would take things this far...!?
Some kind of sick fuck who takes pleasure in "murdering beauty and passions". And now it's time to go to the gym and hopefully find Supernova to ask about the shattered "crystal ball"...
'Leave the area?'
-Yes-
-No-
(Let's see... Yeah, both Hagakure-kun and Fujisaki-san are in the gym.) Well, what are we waiting for!? Let's go!
(Later, at the gym... Come on! We can finally ask Chiriro about the bloody numbers!) (*faceplam* I'm telling you, those aren't numbers!) *sigh* Might as well humor Niyagi, what harm can it do?
Makoto Naegi: Hey, Chihiro. I was hoping I could ask you something.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Oh? What is it?
Makoto Naegi: Before she died, Sayaka left a message. She wrote out the numbers 11037. Do you have any idea what these numbers might mean? Like, could they be code for something...?
Chihiro Fujisaki: Umm... Sorry, no...
Makoto Naegi: Chihiro slowly shook her head.
Chihiro Fujisaki: I-I'm sorry... I just don't know.
Makoto Naegi: Okay. Well, don't worry about it. Thanks anyway for trying. Even she doesn't know...
(See, told you that line of thinking was a dead end!)
Makoto Naegi: Or...could she maybe know more than she's letting on?
(Nope.)
Makoto Naegi: ...No, couldn't be...
Now for the real reason we're here... (Asking Hagakure-kun about that shattered crystal ball.)
Makoto Naegi: Hey Hiro, can I ask you something?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Aggh! No no no no no! I gotta get outta here! Gotta get out now! I've had enough! Gotta break free!
Makoto Naegi: Hiro, snap out of it!
Indeed, do you want to end up dead like I am!?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Ghh... Hrm? Huh? Makoto, what are you doing here? What...? You're being haunted by a ghost...?
Makoto Naegi: Hey, enough with the jokes, um...does this look familiar?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Ahhh! That's my crystal ball! But...it's all smashed! What the hell...? I-I only bought it cuz the guy said it was blessed! He said it was unbreakable...!
Well, clearly, the dude lied to you Supernova.
Yasuhiro Hagakure: So...how did it break? Was it actually just made of glass!? And not crystal!? Did that guy totally dupe me!?
The answers to those questions are... "Yes", "Yes", and "Definitely yes".
Yasuhiro Hagakure: He said it belonged to the pillars of history... Genghis Khan, George Washington, Napoleon... He said whoever controlled that crystal ball controlled the world! Was that seriously all BS!?
*sigh* Yes, that was obvious bullshit...
Makoto Naegi: U-Umm...let's put that aside for now. So you can say without a doubt that this belonged to you?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Yeah, that's mine for sure. I prolly forgot it in the laundry room last night. Someone musta come by and snatched it.
Indeed... (Of course assuming he didn't do it!) (Aw come on! We know that HE can't throw things that far! But we DO know someone who can...)
Makoto Naegi: You left it in the laundry room? That means anyone could have found it and taken it...
'Update'
'"Shattered Crystal Ball" has been updated in the Truth Bullets section of your handbook.'
(Okay, now time to report on the updated profile...)
'Shards of glass were found next to the incinerator in the trash room. As
it turns out, the glass ball would have fit comfortably in the palm of a
person's hand. Apparently, Yasuhiro left the ball in the laundry room on accident, so anyone could have come along and taken it.'
Makoto Naegi: Thanks, Hiro. That's all I wanted to know.
Yasuhiro Hagakure: S-Sure...
Makoto Naegi: ...Um, by the way...I'm almost afraid to ask, but how much did you pay for that thing?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Everything I saved up from fortune-telling for two full years.
Which was... What?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Came out to be like...a million.
Makoto Naegi: A m-million!?
Dude! Even a replica of the crystal balls seen in the third Harry Potter movie doesn't cost that much! You've been clearly ripped off.
Yasuhiro Hagakure: That's pretty cheap, actually. I mean, considering it gives you the power to control the world...
But it actually doesn't like I said, you were ripped off.
Makoto Naegi: That's just too...too stupid. I can't even feel bad for him...
*sigh* Unfortunately, same here...
'*Ding dong, bing bong*'
Oh no! It's the dreaded bell again...!
Monokuma: Erm, so ah...I'm getting tired of waiting. What say we just get started, hm? It's time for the long-awaited... Class trial! Now then, allow me to appoint a proper location for the proceedings. Please go through the red door on the 1st floor of the school! Puhuhu. See you soon!
Makoto Naegi: The red door on the 1st floor... That's where I should go. ...No, where I *have* to go.
This is it... (The moment of truth...) (Where we'll soon...) Meet our fates, behind the red door...
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: You're late, Makoto! We've all been waiting for you!
Toko Fukawa: Hmph. I bet y-you were afraid you would be discovered as th-the murderer you are...
No, more like afraid we're just walking into Daemon's trap like lambs to the slaughter.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Let's not jump to conclusions just yet! Save that for the class trial! There we can all reveal the details of Makoto's crime!
I've said this once, I've said this a thousand times... "Naegi-kun didn't do it!"
Makoto Naegi: So they really are convinced I did it. But... I didn't do it. Me and Sayaka both know that all too well...
Akurei, Niyagi, and I know that as well.
Makoto Naegi: But then, who *is* the killer? The one who murdered Sayaka... Is it really one of us?
(Yes.) There goes one of those TV screens again...
Monokuma: Puhuhu... Is everyone here? Okay then... Please board the elevator in front of you, which will transport you to the courtroom...where all your fates will be decided. Puhu. I'll meet you all down there. I'll be waiting...
*sigh* Let's get this over with...
Makoto Naegi: I guess I have no choice but to get on this elevator...
Sakura Ogami: Let us begin...
Celeste: Good idea.
Makoto Naegi: ...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Are you scared?
To be honest... Yes.
Makoto Naegi: N-No, scared isn't quite right...
Kyoko Kirigiri: I said it before, but it's up to you to uncover the mysteries surrounding this case yourself. If you don't, you'll never come to grips with the truth.
Makoto Naegi: I need to uncover the truth of Sayaka's death...
We need to uncover the truth of Maizono-san's death...
Makoto Naegi: I didn't need someone else to tell me to do that.
Indeed, all our lives are on the line, even if my own body's as dead as hers.
Makoto Naegi: In Sayaka's honor...
In Maizono-san's memory...
[simultaneous]
Makoto Naegi: I swear I'll find out who the real killer is!
I swear we'll find out who the real killer is!
[/simultaneous]
Makoto Naegi: As I raised my voice to try and give myself courage...I turned, trembling with anticipation, toward the elevator. With each step forward, I could feel my heart starting to race faster and faster. Everyone else was already on the elevator. When I finally stepped on...the doors closed, and the elevator started to move.
(No turning back now, here we go...)
Makoto Naegi: The steel box descended with heavy clunking sounds toward the school's basement. I wonder if this is how a death row inmate feels when his time finally comes...
[sarcasm] Great, Naegi-kun, why NOT add more fuel to the fire? [/sarcasm]
Celeste: Rather than that, is it not more like a defendant waiting to receive his judgement?
Makoto Naegi: Oblivious to our shared anxiety, the elevator lowered us further and further into the bowels of the school.
At the bottom of said elevator shaft...
Monokuma: Nyohoho! You've finally arrived! What do you think? Doesn't it feel just like a real courtroom?
Nope, where's the audience? The defensive and prosecuting attorneys? And all that? (You forgot the Jury!) Niyagi, the Japanese court system doesn't use a Jury... That doesn't matter, now shut and and accept your sentence, your "cursed fate"! Never!
Monokuma: It's like a Hollywood movie set, right?
More like the set of "Judge Judy", and even that show's more accurate!
Mondo Owada: Not even close. It's total shit.
(Of course he'd know what it's like to be in a courtroom...)
Monokuma: Okay, okay, everyone find your assigned seats and sit down! Hurry up now, hurry up!
Makoto Naegi: We did what he said and found our
seats. The seats were arranged in a giant circle. It was set up so that
everyone could see everyone else. Which also meant it'd be easy for
anyone to transfer their tension and unease onto anyone else... The air
seemed to grow heavy as we sat there.
The "seats" are more like "witness stands". And, true to term, everyone's standing up right now.
Makoto Naegi: And
so, the curtain on our first case opened... A deadly judgement... A
deadly deception... A deadly betrayal... A deadly riddle, a deadly
defense, a deadly faith... A deadly...class trail...!
'Do you want to save the data?'
'Chapter 1 Pre-Trial Prep'
-Yes-
-No-
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Of course I'll save, I'm going to need help with the next part. Speaking of which... Next time, the actual class trial itself! (Yes, we're posting the events of the class trial in a separate entry, because this one was already getting way too long.) Yes, Akurei made a reference to an alternate continuity earlier, specifically to a light novel called "Danganronpa IF". (Of course, we reported the descriptions of the "Truth Bullets", kind of like we do for newly acquired evidence in the Ace Attorney Let's Plays.) While, yes, this isn't the first post in which I mentioned discrepancies between the colors described and what I saw. Like the aforementioned pink/purple confusion in a post during the first playthrough of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. Well... Here's a Vsauce video to explain how that can happen! (Speaking of stuff that happens, time to pay up for your silly references!)
Monty Python Reference Jar
Akurei: $34
Shimohi: $20
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