Danganronpa: Hearts of Despair

To Survive: Part 5: Whitty and Ruv Explore More Of Hope's Peak

Well, after all of that happened, the dining hall was cleaned up and everyone got to eating breakfast. Obviously, Ruv was pissed about everything that happened, so he stormed off somewhere, Benjamin went to go find the animal room Scourge got the snakes from, Scourge went back to his room, which left only Shadow, Blaze, Espio, and Silver in the dining hall.

Silver: [Goes to Blaze] Morning, Blaze!

Blaze: ...Morning

Silver: [Thinking] This doesn't seem to be going anywhere. [Outloud] Umm...

Blaze: Did you need something?

Silver: Oh, uh...no, nothing in particular.

Blaze: Well then... [Leaves]

Silver: [Thinking] She left. Blaze seems kind of...how should I put it? Taciturn? Or maybe she just plays things cool. [Walks over to Espio] Morning, Esp!

Espio: Good morning, Silver. You know... we're standing here exchanging morning greetings, but... We can't even look out the window to see if it really is morning...

Silver: Y-Yeah, true...

Espio: Th-that was kinda a weird thing to say... Sorry if I disturbed you...

Silver: Don't worry about it! [Goes over to Shadow] Good morning, Shadow... [He didn't respond] [Thinking] Huh? Did he not hear me? [Outloud] Hey Shadow! Good morning!

Shadow: Once is enough...

Silver: Huh...?

Shadow: I'm only here to get breakfast. I have neither need nor desire to talk to you. Now withdraw.

Silver: [Thinking] So he did hear me. He just didn't respond. [We then cut to Ruv. He was walking towards his room]

Ruv: Ugh! That stupid Scourge! What is his problem with me, anyway?! Does he just find me to be an easy target just because I'm afraid of snakes! [Sighs] You know what, I'm just gonna go back to bed! [Before he could open his door, he saw Whitty walking over to him] Huh? Whitty?

Whitty: Morning, Ruv. Is everything okay?

Ruv: No! Scourge put real snakes in the dining hall and scared me! I am so done with that hedgehog! I could just kill that little bastard right now!

Whitty: Don't! Look, I hate Scourge, too, but you killing him wouldn't make you any better.

Ruv: So, how's your morning going?

Whitty: Pretty good. I just got up, and I didn't get the chance to eat breakfast yet, but we can do that later when you're calmer.

Ruv: Sounds good.

Whitty: Listen, I have a favor to ask...

Ruv: A favor...?

Whitty: I was just getting ready to head out. If it's okay, would you like to come with me? Maybe we could talk...

Ruv: Yeah, sure. Where are you headed?

Whitty: Oh...umm... I've been thinking that...there might be something around here I could use for self-defense.

Ruv: Self-defense...?

Whitty: Well, I mean...whoever's keeping us here could show up and attack us at any time. You never know...

Ruv: [Thinking] Whoever trapped us here... Whoever presented us with rules for murdering each other... Whoever put us in this insane position... He's right--we never know when they might attack.

Whitty: So I just...want to be able to protect myself no matter what happens.

Ruv: [Thinking] A weapon to protect himself... Well now that I think about it, that display case in the gym entryway had a bunch of stuff. Maybe... [Outloud] Okay. We can go check out the gym. Maybe we'll find something there.