Danganronpa: Painful Truth

Revelation

Tetsuo's eyes narrowed as he perused the file. "Well. This certainly does raise some interesting questions." He passed the folder to Ayu, whose wide eyes were already brimming with tears. "It appears we have a homework assignment, wouldn't you say?"

"Don't make it sound so casual!" Ayu sniffled. "Our parents...were all in one of the first killing games? Why didn't they ever tell us? My dad tells me everything!"

"Oh come on, you can't possibly believe that," Tetsuo sighed impatiently. "Even a man as naive and gullible as your father is bound to have secrets."

"The fuck do you know, Tets, you don't even talk to your asshole dad," Natsumi snapped. "Anyway, what I need to know is why my parents are labeled 'Remnants of Despair!' How the fuck am I supposed to even bring that up? 'Hey Dad, can I borrow the chopper, also did you and Mom used to be evil or some shit?'"

"Wasn't your dad a gangster back in the day?" Shigeri asked with a yawn. "And you're surprised he's got a shady past? You think the Yakuza goes around shootin' squirt guns and ticklin' people to death?"

"You see any other gangsters on this list asshole? No, you don't. Which means he was worse than that," she growled. "Why the fuck is your smug ass even talking? You don't have anything to worry about."

"That's right," they agreed. "Lucky me. Don't you guys wish you were orphans too?" They smirked lazily. "I feel super bad for you guys though, really. Thoughts and prayers."

"Hmmmm..." Kiki stood and pointed at a picture in the file. "I dunno Shiggy, this guy looks kinda like you!"

"Who cares? Ain't like I know the guy."

"Why the fuck aren't you guys more worried about this?" Natsumi started pointing at the others in the list. "Kiki, your parents are on here too. And Ryu's parents, and Shinji's." She continued to jab her finger at various headshots, growing more and more agitated. "That's the rude bitchy woman who takes our dumbass family photos every year. And that's the creepy chef that my parents hire for parties, remember? And that's our fucking family nurse. She was there when I was born. We all know the same people in this fucking neighborhood, why am I the only one who gives a shit?"

Kiki giggled. "Lots of people have dark stuff in their past! But my parents are great! They may not be together anymore but they're nice people! There's no way they're weirdos with despair fetishes!"

"I mean, it's pretty hard to imagine creeps like that lettin' me'n the boss mooch off 'em for so long," Shigeri offered with a shrug.

"Maybe..." Natsumi grumbled, but she didn't look satisfied.

"Anyway..." Yuri interjected. "Kiki...did you...get into those...digital files?"

"Oh yeah!" she gasped. "I totally forgot~!" With a twirl, she pulled the flash drive from her pocket and plugged it into the library computer. After a few quick clicks, she turned to face them proudly. "Alllllll done! Just uploaded the goods to your archives, Testy!"

He nodded with a satisfied smirk. "I must admit, this plan has been rather beneficial to my collection thus far."

Ayu wiped her eyes and smiled at him. "Aww, you're really grateful, Tetsuo!"

"Shut up."

Suddenly, everyone felt a vibration in their pocket. At the same time, a cacophony of lewd noises filled the room.

Kiki burst into giggles. "Yaaaaaaay it works~!"

"Uh, cool." Shigeri wrinkled their nose at the sound as they checked their phone. "Looks like we got a meeting."