One by one, people arrived at the Ferris wheel.
"Is everyone here?" Hoggokuma asked once most of the kids had shown up.
"No, you bumbling idiot, we're missing two!" Hejjikuma shouted back.
"Eiko and Mioko still aren't here?" Raizo put his hand up to his mouth. "W-What if they're also-"
"No, they're not dead. The rules say two is the max per murder. If three died, we'd have to punish the blackened right now and end the trial early," Hoggokuma explained, "so they have to be around somewhere-"
"Are we missing something?"
"Oh."
Eiko arrived, basically dragging Mioko behind her. "Sorry. I just- couldn't bear to stand here in front of my poor, poor friend! Oh, what a terrible world we live in if someone like her has to die!" She shouted dramatically, tears dotting her eyes.
"But didn't you hate Ikue, Eiko?" Chiemi murmured. "Don't act so fake around someone not here to defend herself."
"Eh? Of course, I didn't hate her! You guys are the ones being fake!" Eiko cried.
"That's enough, Eiko..." Mioko murmured. "I... I just wanna get this over with."
Before the blacksmith could protest, Hoggokuma announced that to get to the trial room, they all had to ride the Ferris wheel and get off at the platform at the top, then walk down the spiral staircase and stand at the podium with their name above it.
It took forever to get everyone up there since the ride was so slow, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Once everyone was settled at their podiums, Akira looked around. The podium that would normally have Ikue's name instead had a portrait of her. There was a pretty floral pattern covering it.
This is it.
Let the class trial begin!
[ CLASS TRIAL - IN SESSION! ]
Hoggokuma cleared his throat. "Now then... let me explain how the class trial works. You guys gotta use all the clues you've found and figure out who the killer is. Then, you vote at the end of the trial. If you get it right, the blackened gets a punishment. If you get it wrong, though, all of you except the blackened get punished. Then, the blackened gets to go home."
"Great. It's a kill-or-be-killed situation. We hardly even have evidence! I've accepted death." Naoki sighed.
"No! We can't give up just yet!" Kouta shouted. "We need to make sure we get through this so Ikue can rest in peace!"
"Where do we even start?" Shinako tapped her finger on the podium, deep in thought. "There's a lot to talk about."
"We need to make a timeline of events," Akira suggested. She crossed her arms, toying with the bow on the armband. "So... let's go over what happened when Ikue left the arcade."
Yeah, that's right. Figuring out how and where exactly Ikue died can give us a greater idea of our list of suspects...
[ NON-STOP DEBATE START! ] (in a hopefully not confusing format!)
Chiemi: When Ikue left the arcade...
Chiemi: ...what happened?
Banri: Oh! I know! I know!
Banri: She got killed!
Rei: We know that, idiot. What we mean is...
Rei: Where and when did she die?
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danganronpa - deluded | fanganronpa
Fanfiction[This is a Fanganronpa. I do not own Danganronpa and all credit goes to Spike Chunsoft!] Akira Sashiki has always been used to living in isolation. She lived in a small town in a forest area with no other children her age. Her only hobby had been ar...
