Danganronpa - 8J

Introductions

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I woke up in a large hall. There are 16 other students around me, also waking up to the same odd sight.

What is going on..?

"Hey! What's going on here?! One second I was entering Hope's Peak and now I'm in a hall with 16.. I mean, 15 idiots?!" A girl shouted, obviously angry over the whole situation.

I looked around, blinking slowly. We all stood up, some confused, some angry, some scared. Suddenly, almost completely out of the blue, another strange situation occured.

"Upupupupupu!" Wakey wakey you sleepy heads, time to get up!

A.. Teddy bear? It was half black and half white, with one button eye on the white section, but the black half seemed rather sinister.. It had a jagged red eye and a cheshire cat smile across the part of it's face, this weird thing had just sprung up from behind a podium.

"Who are you?" I asked, hesitating. Maybe this was just a joke and there was a Super High School Level Prankster in my class or something.

The bear looked offended. "Why, I'm Monokuma of course! Your dastardly principal!"

"You're.. A teddy bear? This must be a weird joke right, it has to be!" A brown haired girl called nervously, adjusting her flower crown.

"Nope! This is noooooo joke! Hey, I bet you guys are realllly confused on why you're here, right? Well, let me explain. You're here to entertain me!" It mused, oddly excited about what it had just said.

"Enter..tain?" Another girl called, pulling her hood down.

"Yep! You're going to have a real jolly time! Well, it's gonna be a real jolly time for me, anyway."

"Just get to the point already damnit!" Another called, flicking her fringe out of her eyes and scowling.

"You're going to participate in my little game."

Silence reigned. Everyone fell into utter silence.

"Let me explain for you dummies! I, the great Monokuma, have trapped you in this school! There's only one way of getting out, so don't even try!

"One way?" I asked, confused.

"You need to kill one of your classmates! If you get away with it, I'll set you free and kill the others! Buuuuuut.. If you get found out, you will suffer an execution in front of the entireeeee remaining class!"

The silence was shattered - everyone started to fret and panic, we had to kill someone else?!

"Well, you guys can panic all you want! It's only natural, I understand! See ya later!" And with that, the bear was gone. Everyone began to calm, but I found myself frozen to the spot.

"Well, what if we just don't kill anyone else? Doesn't that make sense?" One girl with long blonde hair suggested, her voice was very quiet, but it could be easily heard in the large school hall.

"Never mind that for now. We should introduce ourselves to each other." Dismissed a shorter girl with mousy brown hair and freckles.

I nodded, and everyone began to introduce themselves. The girl that had suggested it stepped forward first, "I'm Sophie Haswell, SHSL Opera Singer."

The hoodie wearing girl introduced herself next, "Grace Thompson, the SHSL Shooter. Bet you I could score from a mile off!"

The nervous one was next, "I'm Gabrielle King, the SHSL Fanfic Author. Let's try and be friends, even under the circumstance, OK?" Strange talent.

A cheerful girl with a dark ponytail introduced herself next, "I'm Mackenzie Jardine! The SHSL Pianist, I hope we get along." She finished off with a smile.

"Rachel Lockhart, SHSL Bassist. Don't expect to be my best friend in 0.2 seconds." A girl with a dark brown plait abruptly said, her eyes seemed to glare daggers. Kinda scary..

"Hey, my name's Théa, Théa Nicholls, the SHSL Barista. I don't actually make the drinks, I just critique and enjoy them!" She explained, I noticed that she was shorter than me and everyone else, but she definitely had a big personality.

"I'm Skye Jobling, SHSL Horsewoman." There was something about her that gave off this calming aura, maybe it was her steady smile?

"Mina Dodds, SHSL Gamer.. I'm a big fan of the game Yandere Sim, and I love most genres. It's nice to meet you.." She said, shifting gazes between the floor and all of us very often.

"Beth Francis, the SHSL Designer. Don't all stare at me like that!" She shouted, I did look away, but then I returned to watching the others introduce themselves.

"Since Beth introduced herself, I might as well follow up. I'm Maya, can't be bothered to tell yous my last name. Find it out yourselves. Oh, I'm SHSL Slob by the way, kind of proud of my talent." That's a talent..?

"I'm Izabella Dowden, please just call me Izzy though. I'm the SHSL Swimmer, it's really nice to meet you all." She seemed down to earth, which is the type of person we honestly need right now.

"I'm Inés Curran, SHSL Runner, sorry about my voice, I've just got a bad throat." I'd seen Inés in interviews and newspapers before, she's famous big time because she got picked for the Olympic team. But she looks and sounds different..?

"Hey, I've seen you before, you look different than you do in interviews and newspapers?" I asked, confused.

"Oh yeah! I explained my voice, but those photos of me are totally edited." She replied. For some reason I didn't believe her.

"I'm Millie Williams, SHSL Judoka. Get on the bad side of is and I'll throw you across the room." Scary, but Millie seemed to find it funny. Maybe she's just joking?

"Kiki Johnson, I'm the proud owner of the title of SHSL Illustrator. Hey, has anyone heard of Teruteru?" Umm, who's Teruteru..?

"My name's Hannah Dixon, SHSL Scientist. It's great to meet you guys." This girl seemed super friendly.

"My name's Alice Hattaway, SHSL Ice Skater. I dibs Edward Cullen by the way, none of you can have him." A strange way to end an introduction, but I guess she likes Edward Cullen.

"Anya Jurowska, SHSL Performer, I can dance and act to any situation." She smiled and flicked her ponytail.

It was my turn to introduce myself.
"My name is Alyssa Hismana, I'm the SHSL Lucky Student. It's nice to meet you all, even if it's through.. This circumstance." I fell silent. This was it, was I going to die? Would one of us betray another? We looked at each other worriedly, could we trust each other?