1.5: Labyrinth

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Dribble woke up to the sound of his Monopad getting an @Everyone notification from the messages app.

Bill: Hey everyone, I'm gonna be a bit late today, I stayed up last night and thus am gonna be asleep. @Vanny and @LadyHeket are gonna be late too. @ILoveFood is going to be doing an inventory of the armory with me.

Dribble sighed, before getting his work uniform back on. He headed to the mess hall, and grabbed his breakfast of Pancakes. It seems Gabriel was on breakfast duty today.

Heket sat across from Dribble, with her large plate of pancakes and a knowing look.

‘...crap.’ Dribble’s only thought was how screwed he was.

“You know my secret, don't you? I know the look of someone who is hiding something.” Heket spoke in a hushed tone to him. “My only request is that you tell no one. I could get killed if the wrong person finds out my secret.”

Dribble only nodded and continued to eat his pancakes. “Okay.”

“Ain't it weird that a bow was gone?” He heard Gourmand say from a nearby table.

“Yeah. God, I hope no one used it on someone.” Bill replied.

“Someone dying is the last thing anyone wants to happen.” Alastor remarked.

“A bow was gone from where?” Heket asked.

“The armory. It's near the stern. Bill and I went to do an inventory as we said in the message we sent.” Gourmand replied.

“And I find it odd that Vanessa is still gone.” Dribble remarked once he was done eating.

“I’ll go look for her.” Gabriel said from the kitchen. “Holly, Dribble, I would appreciate it if you could come with me.”

Dribble got up, and waited by the door to do so. Once Gabriel and Holly were with him, the two left the mess hall.

“Please don't tell me she’s dead…” Holly muttered.

Dribble and Gabriel said nothing. They hoped the same thing, but no one knew if she was even okay.

Dribble knocked on her door as they passed, but got no response.

“What is this?” Gabriel asked.

Holly picked up what he was looking at. “A note to Vannesa. It says: ‘Meet me in the lounge. We need to discuss the secret I got. Take no one with you.’ It's signed as being from anonymous.”

“We should go to the lounge then, if that’s her last known location.” Dribble remarked.

Holly and Gabriel nodded and rushed there, leaving Dribble in the dust.

“WAIT UP!” He ran after them.

As Dribble rounded the to get to the two, he saw Gabriel open the door, and immediately shout French profanity.

And once Dribble was able to see why, he knew why.

He saw the dead body of Vanessa Shelly Afton, who had an arrow firmly lodged in the side of her skull.

The P.A turned on.

“About damn time!” Monkuma shouted. “Everyone, please go to the lounge, as a dead body has just been discovered there!”

Dribble then heard a stampede of footsteps.

“What's going on in-” Dribble heard Natsuki’s voice, before seeing her double over, a hand over her mouth and stomach.

“Poor kid, here.” Bill handed her a bowl, which she promptly barfed in.

Heket sighed. “Enough Dilly-Dallying.” She went over to Vanessa’s body. “We have to find out who killed her.”

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