DANGANRONPA 420% RESTORATION: Hope's Seppuku and Despair's Blazing Bullshittery

PROLOGUE: ADRIFT IN THE UNFAMILIAR RED SEA

???: "Is this... a pool?"

An orange-haired girl thinks out loud as she drifts about in the chlorine cellar, not fully understanding the gravity of her situation until she collects her bearings.

???: "OH MY GOD, I'M DROWNING!"

Her screams of panic that are muffled by the water echo through the metal walls of the pool room.

She scrambles around haphazardly in the water, managing to pull her head up to the surface after five seconds of exhaustion-induced insanity.

???: "Phew... that was unexpected."

She keeps thinking out loud, considering there seems to be no one else in the room.

She moves her body over to the corner of the pool to catch her breath and assess her situation.

???: "Where even am I? Did I even make it out of the orphanage?"

She continues to question her surroundings, because she's a massive idiot.

Just before winding up here, she had been working with other children in an orphanage to escape. Not because they were being rebellious for the sake of it, but because they were being raised to be eaten by literal demons.

Yes, heart-pounding, I know. I heard it was adapted into an anime. Perhaps I should watch both seasons...

After pondering her next move for a couple minutes, she finally came to the rational conclusion of: just get out of the damn pool.

The girl climbs out of the pool and collapses onto the cold floor, the ground immediately staining wet.

Even after escaping the ice-cold waters, the feeling of exhaustion that permeates within the girl's body did not wish to cease.

After again pondering her next move for another couple minutes, that exhaustion that has been creeping up on her all this time finally took her over, and she drifted off to sleep.

But not before one question was able to enter her mind.

???: "Where... am I?"

. . .

???: "Emma? Emma, can you hear me?"

Emma (I think?): "N-Norman? Did we make it out of the orphanage!?"

It takes the young white-haired boy a moment to properly articulate his thoughts to his pseudo-sibling.

Norman (I guess): "Yes, we did. Though I'm afraid we're not quite in the outside world."

The boy again pauses for just a moment before pointing to a group of eighteen people standing right behind them, all of varying sizes, and... species?

Little Blue Girl: "Huh, this place again? Can't wait to see who dies first!"

Rockin' Lamb: "W-what are you talking ab-bout?"

Dog With A Beanie: "Don't worry, Lammy, she's probably just trying to freak us out."

Nervous Wreck: "Man, this hurts more than when I tried helping my friends play baseball..."

Moody Brunette: "Okay, you've got to tell us more about that."

Crude Popsicle: "Oh, I exist... fuck."

Sassy Red-Head: "Great, I'm going to have to be stuck with you... people. Uh, what even are you?

Short Orange Guy: "Well, I'm a 'Star Nomad', you?"

Sassy Red-Head: "...a human."

Moon-Truther Furry Weeb: "Oh, come on. I had dogs to walk this morning, and now this? It's too early for this shit..."