without despair than can be no hope- a danganronpa spinoff

Prologue- 3

'alright everyone! welcome to hopes peak! theres a microphone over there, so one at a time come up and introduce yourself and give one interesting fact about yourself. come on dont be shy!'

and with that the speakers cut off with a squeal that made us all clutch our heads. there was a awkward pause before a girl, the last person to arrive, walked up and grabbed the mic.

she was tall and muscular, with tanned skin and sunburnt shoulders. with her light brown hair in a high ponytail, and a orange vest, black shorts, hiking boots, and elbow and knee pads she seemed like a someone who would rather be outside in weather. not to mention she arrived by abseiling down onto the deck from one of the upper windows, with the rope she was now using as a belt. 'alright, im shinju fukuyama the ultimate mountain climber.' naturally. 'annnd, i am a insomniac or something. i also like- yeah just forget it' she looked away from us, like she really regretted saying that.

'fuck it.' the plum maned girl from earlier, tamiko, walked up to the mic and shinju. she carefully took the mic from shinju's hand; and shinju, looking relieved that she didn't have to stand their more than she had too, went to join the other us and the students. 'sup, im tamiko hidaka the ultimate aeronaut. and as we are spilling the fuckin' beans here, i've been arrested thrice or some shit.' and with that she placed the mic down and walked off to the side. 'what for?' several people asked, so she strode up to the mic. 'twice for reckless flying and once for crashing my hot air balloon into a skyscraper' honestly i didnt realize that you could get arrested for that kind of stuff, but as nobody pushed the matter further, tamiko walked away from the mic.

the boy who looked like he robbed a jewelry store shuffled his way up to the mic. 'i place bets that hes some sort of punk rocker' katsuro murmured. well that would be the obvious conclusion. well with an ice blue crew cut, small metal rings running up both his ears, two nose studs, a ring on his lip, and a stud in his chin; but with an over sized camo hoodie and black jeans, he could be a graffiti artist. 'well, this might come as a shock but-' he muttered darkly, like he could tell what we were all thinking. 'im rikuto jasmine, the ultimate golfer' well he did warn us after all. 'well looks can be deceiving...' the girl with the slippers yawned, and i looked at her. she could be anything, as rikuto just proved. 'so yeah, even though i look like someone you would find in a tattoo store, its just my style. i actually enjoy golfing' rikuto grinned, and then slouched away from the mic.

'cool' another guy smiled at rikuto, then walked up to take the mic for himself. he seemed to be another person interested in the punk style with a short lime mohican. though the long seleved olive polo shirt and brown trousers seem to contradict that. i honestly shouldn't second guess anyone by now. 'hi, im takumi imaishi the ultimate archer.' he waved up us, revealing a black wrist guard. well that made sense now. 'and i have broken 6 bows' takumi shrugged then walked off to stand beside rikuto.

then one of the twins in suits walked up to the mic, the look of utter disgust written clearly on his face. 'rich fucker' tamiko scowled. with the perfectly gelled sandy hair and designer sunglasses placed on top. the black suit and shoes must of cost over a million. 'kazou yokoyama, ultimate fashion designer. and i was successful at the age of four.' i think he couldn't feel the contempt radiating off most of us, and if he did, he didn't care. he strode, head held high, away from everyone else and stood by the doors of the deck.

the other twin walked up to the mic. he looked just like kazou, but with large circular glasses he kept pushing up his nose. 'i-im-' he stuttered being interrupted by kazous 'get on with it.' the glares were directed at him again, but kazou just fixed the position of his sunglasses, and ignored us. 'i-im tiagen yokoyama, ultimate mathematician. a-andi'vefoundthelastlettersofpi.' tiagen quickly mumbled, then scurried off to stand somewhat near his brother.