Danganronpa: Boiling Point

Chapter 4: First Floor Investigation

Taking a deep breath, I decided to approach Mondo and Fuyuhiko, who seemed to be having a heated discussion, but were thankfully keeping amongst themselves. Wishing to diffuse this situation, as I often did at the Shishano mortuary, I politely introduced myself and asked if they needed any assistance.

Neither of them seemed to notice me, at least not right away. Fuyuhiko started to say something, but Mondo cut him off. "Look, man, I don't really wanna fight with you, ok? I've seen enough of that in my biker days, before my bro created the Crazy Diamonds. I'm just saying, do what you need to do to reach your goals and make yourself stronger!"

Fuyuhiko shot back, "Don't talk to me like we're friends or something! I'm not your friend, dumbass!"

Mondo started to say something else, but then looked at me and seemed to mellow out. "Hey, chick, whatcha want?"

I blushed a little bit at being called a chick, but answered politely, "I would like to see what is on this floor, if you two would not mind accompanying me. Perhaps I can ease some of the tension here, as well? I am a very good listener."

Fuyuhiko spun and glared at me, but Mondo stepped in front of me. "Watch it, pal. Real men don't hit women, ya hear me?"

Fuyuhiko glared at him in response, but said nothing. I had a feeling it did not have anything to do with me being a girl, though. After a few moments, Fuyuhiko composed himself, and then scoffed at us. "Tch. Do whatever you want." However, he made no movement away from me or Mondo or me.

Fuyuhiko was starting to strike me as a tsundere type, but maybe I was looking too much into it. Looking again at my E-Handbook, it was 5:05pm.

We quickly discovered that there were two doors that led to a girls and boys locker room, with a pool on the other side. To deter a boy from going to the girl's side, or vice versa, a large gun was mounted on the ceiling. This gun fanned from one entrance to the other, with one door going to the pool, and the other door returning to the gym. Fuyuhiko mentioned the name of the gun, but regretfully, the name did not stick with me.

Deciding not to check out the pool just yet, we left the gym instead and headed out. Making a left, we were met with a long hallway, which led to another long hallway with two sets of double doors, one of which was barricaded shut with chains. The other set, however, was not, and appeared to lead outdoors.

Opening these double doors, we were met with a nice courtyard, with grey benches and a round grey table, that could seat six people. There was also a strange fountain towards the far right side, that looked like a giant Monorakun's head constantly spewing water from its mouth. It actually looked somewhat relaxing, aside from the water fountain, and with the benches and the table for six, it could make for a nice meeting spot, too.

Looking up, I could see a total of five floors and a glass ceiling. I couldn't see inside any of the windows, though. They reminded me of the windows in the Embalming Room of our mortuary; you could see out, but could not see in. This was helpful when wandering children ended up in places they should not be in; they would not be able to see me, or others, performing our funereal rites.

Surprisingly, neither Mondo nor Fuyuhiko were saying much of anything. They were looking around as well, with Fuyuhiko seeming indifferent to everything. As for Mondo, he did a lot of looking around and nodding, but really did not say much.

After we finished looking around the Courtyard, we left and went around the corner, checking out classrooms 1-B and 1-C. However, both classrooms seemed very run-of-the-mill; 16 desks, in four rows of four, with a teacher's desk, an electronic blackboard, a monitor displaying the Hope's Peak Academy logo, and a security monitor watching the entire room.