Phantom Thieves of Hope - A Danganronpa X Persona 5 Story.

Chapter 67: Seaside Secrets

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How had everything suddenly gone so wrong?

Monomi's plan had been perfect. All she'd wanted was to create an intoxicating atmosphere so that it would loosen up her students and make them more willing to talk to her about their personal troubles. She hadn't been forceful, even if she had been a little devious in practice, but it was all for a good cause, and her want to reinforce camaraderie had been genuine.

And yet...

Junk Food for a Dashing Youth - Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

"I-I'm not a chiiiilld!" Komaru snapped, tripping over her own tongue, "Sh-Shtop making fun of meee!"

"AHAHAHAHA! Baybee gurl, BAYBEE!" Kaede pointed at her, bright red in the face, laughing like a lunatic, "only baybee gurlsh woold deny it sho shtrongly AHAHAHA!"

"Wh-What are yoo shaying!?" Komaru spat back, "I-I'm sho adult I-I-I can eat theshe whishkey chocolate'sh all by m-mahshelf! GNOM! Meemheemmm!"

"AHAHAHA! She ate it; she actually ate it! Ishn't she sho funny Shuichi!? AHAHAHAHA!" Kaede pointed and laughed some more as Komaru stuffed a small chocolate ball into her mouth. Shuichi however, trembled as she thuggishly slapped his shoulder.

"I-I don't know! I-I'm sho shorry Komaru-shan!" Shuichi, out of nowhere, started to cry miserable and passionate tears, "I-I don't know what'sh come over her! I-I'm sho shorry...!"

"DOOOON'T WORRY ABOUT IIIIIT!" Kaede slapped him again, harder this time, "Jusht, eat more chocolatesh! Here! Shay AAAAHHAHAHAHA!"

"Aaahahahahaha?" Shuichi sobbed, seeming confused, then surprised and crying more when Kaede shoved another chocolate into his mouth.

"What the fresh hell is going on...!?" Toko glared in disbelief at how the three of them were acting.

"I...I don't know...!" Makoto seemed a little bit panicked, "Are all of you alright?"

"Ezhezhinzh zhiffzhe..." Chiaki chimed in "Zhuizhi'zh zhuzh eing a zhazh zhunk..."

"What kind of alien language was THAT!?" Toko exclaimed, "Hajime, can you translate?"

"Mph! Shant!" Hajime spat, "If you can't undershtand what shhe'sh shaying then that'sh your problem! It'sh got nothing to do with me!"

Hajime stamped his foot on the ground like a rabbit does when it's in a bad mood. For some reason, he was being very oppressive.

"Um...She said, "Everything's fine. Shuichi's just being a sad drunk..."" Monomi translated in his place.

"I'm amazed that you understood that," Makoto remarked.

It didn't take a genius to immediately establish a link between the how and the why. While out shopping at the supermarket, against Monomi's knowledge, one of the snacks that the group had packed was a brand of chocolate called "Whiskey Bonbons." Whoever had packed them had basically taken them off the shelf without giving it a proper look, nor had they checked the casing properly as they started to chow down on them.

So now half the team was completely intoxicated. For one thing, even though she was usually an upbeat person, this was another level of jovial for Kaede. She was being way too overenthusiastic, laughing at even the most meager things, honestly to an aggressive degree.

Komaru was being very needy and was being subjected to teases and insults from Kaede. She was also being overly dependent, clingy, and emotionally demanding to everybody else, particularly Shuichi.