Danganronpa: Digital Daze

Chapter 7: Gods and Goods

Kaito, Celeste, Leon, Kaito, and Chihiro had gotten into a big argument in the Group Chat. Well, mostly Kaito and Celeste, with Leon putting his two cents in here and there, and Chihiro and Sayaka panicking.

I scrolled up to the beginning of the argument, which seemed to start with a conversation between Chihiro, Sayaka, and Celeste.

Sayaka Maizono: I'm sure we'll find a way out, Chihiro. We have to defy the odds and never give up!
Chihiro Fujisaki: Yeah, you're right, Sayaka. We all need to calm down. I mean, everyone's really upset about this situation. How can any of us be calm right now?
Sayaka Maizono: Well, we all know the rules here by now. We all just need to stop and think about what to do from here, so we can get out of here together!
Chihiro Fujisaki: Of course! I mean, if I don't do something, nothing's ever going to change, but at the same time, we have to be careful, too.
*Celestia Ludenberg has entered the chat.
Celestia Ludenberg: Is it not crystal clear to the two of you what is going on? It is perfectly obvious that we have been imprisoned here, with no way out. We play by the rules, or we die by the rules.
Sayaka Maizono: No! We can't think about that right now! That's just going to make everyone panic again!
Celestia Ludenberg: And so what if they do? I say we let the weak cull themselves from the herd, and leave those of us willing to adapt to survive. This is a zero-sum game, after all; only one of us can become the Blackened, and to do so, someone else has to die. For one to gain, another must lose.
*Kaito Momota has entered the chat.
Chihiro Fujisaki: But I don't want to kill anybody! I won't! I'd rather die than be forced to kill any of you, just so I could escape by myself.
Celestia Ludenberg: If you cannot stop yourself from showing weakness, especially where everyone can read it, someone may just take you up on that offer...
*Chihiro Fujisaki has left the chat.
Kaito Momota: Stop saying stupid stuff, Celeste! Are you trying to provoke us into killing each other?
Celestia Ludenberg: As someone who comes out on top, time and again, it does not concern me too much what the rest of you attempt to do. I am merely stating things as they are.
Kaito Momota: I said stop saying stupid shit like that, Celeste! Even kids know that killing is bad!
*Leon Kuwata has entered the chat.
Leon Kuwata: You know, I don't even think I'm afraid anymore. Now I'm just pissed off!
Kaito Momota: Leon, we all know we need a way out of here, but it's gonna be pretty hard to find something, if we have no clue what we're looking for in the first place. You have any ideas?
Leon Kuwata: I don't know. But there's gotta be SOMETHING we can do, right?
Celestia Ludenberg: What we can do, boys, is hurry up and adapt to our new lives here. Unless you wish to murder another to escape, that is.
Leon Kuwata: No way in Hell am I letting somebody kill me!
*Leon Kuwata has left the chat.
Kaito Momota: Celeste, I swear, no matter what you say, I'm not going to fall for your poisoned words! I will find a way to protect everyone here, and get everyone out! You hear me?!
*Celestia Ludenberg has left the chat.
*Kaito Momota has left the chat.

My mouth hung open in shock. Celeste was really trying to goad people into killing each other? But why? What was she thinking? Closing the Group Chat, I noticed it was already 11:30am, and I had an idea for some other outfits that I wanted to put to paper before I forgot.

I decided to head back to the Art Room, passing Kenchikka, Sonia, and Kaede chatting amongst themselves along the way. I didn't pay any attention to what they were saying, though, as I was trying to focus on the patterns and lengths.