I went to the dorms and then my room. I guess I should check on Roxy. I went to her room and knocked on the door.
"Come in!" Her muffled voice called out. I opened the door. I also found out where all of the confections were.
On Roxy's bed. She was wearing a blue onesie.
"It's not what it looks like, I swear!" She cried. "Here! Have anything you want and forget it!" I took a tart. I liked Riv's lemon tarts. I sat on the bed.
"So, how are you?"
"Not great. This killing game is messing with my mind. I keep thinking about blood and death, making me feel woozy. Kath said to think of carrots dancing in tutus. Dunno why. But..." She stopped for some reason.
"BELLATRIX HELP ME PLEASE!" She broke out in tears and hugged me. "Please... I don't want to die. I want to live... Let me live..." She fell onto the bed and started to sleep. I left the room and went to mine.
Roxy... I feel sorry for you...
I fell onto my bed, without taking my clothes off and slept.
DING DONG! DING DONG!
The TV turned on and showed Monokuma in an office, sipping a glass of champagne. "Morning! It's 8 am, buckeroos! Eat your food and meet me in the gym at 10 am. And remember to brush your hair, fur, feathers and teeth! TIDDLES! So, goodbye!" The TV turned off.
Right...
I got out of bed, changed into new clothes, brushed my hair and teeth and left. I saw India and May-lin walking together, talking about their dreams. Happy lot. Tiddles just walked out of her room, barely awake, her bow almost falling off. I left the dorms, walked into the main building and went to the dining room. When I got there, some people were also in the room. Riv, Clara, Sam and Hailey.
"Good morning." I sat down at a seat, next to Hailey. She handed me a glass of orange juice. "How is everyone?"
"We're fine back here!" Riv peeked out of the hatch. Clara waved.
"I'm a bit tired..." Sam was sat at the other end of the table, waiting.
"So, small crowd, I guess..." Hailey twirled her ribbon.
The doors opened and in came Flame, James, Harry, Roxy, India and May-lin.
"Morning, where's the food?" Roxy ran in and sat by me.
I knew this would be bad to talk about, yet I talked about it...
"Roxy?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"You remember last night... Right?"
"Yeah? What about it?" She poured out a glass of orange juice.
"You started crying for no apparent reason. Why was that?"
She bowed her head in disappointment. Like she didn't want to talk.
"OROKANA-CHAN, COME ON!" A loud screech came from the hallway. Kashikoi came into the room, Orokana in tow.
"I did not ask for this. Yeah, uh, Tiddles and Tweety are coming. I think Kath overslept."
How did Katherine sleep through the morning announcement? That woke even Tiddles up! Talking of Tiddles, her and Tweety came in.
"Uh... Morning..." Tiddles slowly walked to a chair, with some books on it, sat on it and was given a small plastic bowl of milk. Tweety's chair had books on it too, but he didn't really acknowledge them.
Clara came out of the kitchen with a clipboard and a pen. "When I say your name, say "here" or something like that.
"James?"
"Here."
"Flame?"
"Right here."
"Orokana?"
"Apparently here..."
"Kashikoi?"
"Hai, Clara-san!"
"Riv?"
"Here!"
"Harry?"
"Eh..."
"Hailey-Mae?"
"Here."
"Tweety?"
"SQUAWK! Here!"
"Katherine?"
The door opened up, Kath was there.
"Sorry, I'm late! I overslept!"
"Continuing..." Clara sighed.
"Bellatrix?"
"Good morning."
"Tiddles..."
"MORNING!!!"
That was painful.
"May-lin?"
"Konichiwa!"
"Roxy?"
"I guess I'm awake..."
"Sam?"
"Here..."
"And I'm here, so... Full house!"
Clara looked as us, probably expecting a cheer, but we sat there, barely awake.
"Fine! We have choices for breakfast. Either pancakes or grilled fish, miso soup and tamagoyaki."
"All those for pancakes?"
Me, Roxy, Harry, Hailey, Tweety, Tiddles, Riv, Sam, James, India, Flame and Clara all raised our hands.
"And for the other option?"
May-lin, Kashikoi and Orokana put their hands up.
Clara peeked into the hatch. "13!" She cried out. She went into the kitchen, probably to prepare the other meal. Until then, general chatter commenced. Maybe I could talk with Roxy now. I sipped some juice and cleared my throat.
"Roxy?" I tried to be happy, but such a serious matter was hard to put into words. She turned to me, a half-asleep face greeted me.
"Yeah?" Her voice was groggy, like if a frog could speak.
"You know last night? What was that about?"
She stopped, thinking, and then sighed.
"The stress got to me, it was nothing..." She turned to Harry and talked.
...
...
...
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" Tiddles cried out, breaking everyone out of conversation. Clara and Riv came out, carrying plates of pancakes. When they got to us, I saw the true talent of the Ultimate Baker.
Fluffy, light, pretty. Stacks of 3 on each plate, coated in syrup and a knob of butter. Picture perfect.
Clara ran into the kitchen and brought out 3 dishes. 3 grilled fish fillets with a bowl each of chunky soup and a rolled up omelette. They were brought to the 3 girls.
"Ikimakidesu!" The 3 girls cried out.
"Iky-maki-das? What's that?" Hailey asked the 3 girls.
"Ikimakidesu!" Kashikoi exclaimed. "It means thanks for the food!"
Roxy shoved a pancake in her mouth. "So, I don't care. We don't thank, we eat!" She said this with a mouthful of pancake, crumbs flying everywhere. "Oh, man! This is good!" She grabbed another one of her plate.
"Roxy, have you ever heard of slow eating!?" India chuckled. Everyone else laughed.
"Huh?" Oblivious as always... Aren't you, Roxy...
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Danganronpa: Torn Pages
Misterio / SuspensoA project that I have been working on. Based on the Japanese visual novel Danganronpa. 16 students, with no memory of how they got there, are wound up in a game where only the strongest will survive.
