Chapter 3 of V3, Part 1: The Return of Celeste 😡

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"The final chapter, the end is close at hand
Across the boundary where ocean meets the sand
Embrace the anatine, forsake all that you know
The tenebrous cosmic sphere where all of us must go..."

"Last time on V3... Things got very messy! Junko found out that Susie puts on makeup, and we got rid of that selfish Celeste! Everyone presumed the mean-spirited gambler dead. And Susie killed Mondo and she became the class trial's next casualty. Who will join The Land of the Nonliving (population: 4) next? Find out right now, right here, on V3!"

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It was the morning after Susie's execution, and Ruth talking to Naegi and Akari.

"You see, I was born to a family that was all about mastering swordsmanship. Everyone in my family has Atychiphobia, which is a fear of being a failure! I consider being a disappointment to my family equal to death."

"I heard Mono is gonna make his grand entrance into this room today!" said Akari.

"Yay!" said Naegi. "I heard it's gonna be done through a trapdoor."

Suddenly, the lights dimmed down. Stage lights came on the stage, lighting it up.

A trapdoor appeared in the middle of the stage.

"Here comes Mono!" said Akari, preparing herself for Mono's entrance.

The trapdoor swings open.

A hand reaches up on to the stage. Akari and Naegi look shocked.

"Um... That doesn't look like Mono," Naegi said nervously.

Celeste climbs up out of the trapdoor and on to the stage. Her hair is disheveled. Her clothes were all torn and ruined. Scratches covered her arms and face.

"Guess who's back!" Celeste said menacingly.

"You?" asked Akari.

"Bingo!" cried Celeste almost ferally.

"What's happening?" asked Sakaya.

"Either Celeste has come back or Mono is in disguise." said Ruth, as she adjusted her glasses to see if she was right about Mono being in disguise. But it didn't work. "Wait, that's not right."

"What happened to you?" asked Aoi as she stared at Celeste. "I thought you were sent down with a trapdoor back in Chapter 2."

"I got out," laughed Celeste.

"Hey you, Taeko!" said Junko.

Celeste looked shocked.

"Tell us about your past," said Juzo.

The gambler told them. Apparently, Celestia had a hard childhood. She wasn't always accepted and her personality was normal and boring. Then she created her new identity, Celestia. She was always afraid that people would find out who she really was, Taeko Yasuhiro. She covered her true identity perfectly, but now it had been revealed.

"That's so sad!" said Naegi.

"You weren't accepted..." said Akari.

"I feel so sorry for you!" cried Juzo.

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After Celeste told them about her past, Ruth turned to them.

"I'll show you something," the swordswoman said.

She led Celeste to a dark room.

"Show this something," the gambler said.

But suddenly, Ruth pulled out a sword.

Celeste had barely any time to scream as the sword cut a red smile into the thin flesh of her throat.

Victims: Yaku, Mondo, Celeste/Taeko

Execution Order: Maria, Susie

Since the title of Chapter 3 of V3 "Keebo Strikes Back!" was in reference to Keebo's return, I had to come up with a new title name. I decided to have Celeste replace Kee as "The Abandoned Student" who comes back.

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