A large circular room greeted us. It had a circle of podiums in the centre. 16 podiums. Each of them had a tiny plaque displaying someone's full name. A circular screen was inside the podiums. Above the circle were 2 chairs, one red and a smaller pink one. One for Monokuma, one for Moneko. And then I saw... Tweety's podium had a pole with a picture of him on it. But, there was a red cross on his portrait. He was dead. But he was still watching... Sort of.
"Get to your places, people!" Monokuma shouted from his chair.
We all went to our podiums. Mine was opposite Monokuma and Moneko. And then I looked at the arrangement of students. On my left was Roxy.
Then Tiddles Jones,
Sam Taylor,
Tweety Hethel,
India Kujawa,
Orokana Chīsana,
Kashikoi Chīsana,
Katherine Herrall,
May-lin Kawaii,
Harry Hethel,
Hailey-Mae Hethel,
Clara Whiskas-Moew,
James Brown,
River Harper,
And finally, Flame Burns-Owans.
With us all at our podiums, Monokuma gave us one last instruction. "Place your Monopad into it's allocated slot on each of your podiums. Have fun!"
We all put them in and the screen flickered as it came to life. It showed a black background with Monokuma's red eye.
It was time.
TRIAL BEGIN!
Monokuma: Now then, let's begin with a basic explanation of the class trial! During the trial, you present your arguement for who the culprit is and vote for whodunnit! Vote correctly, and only the blackened will be punished. But if you pick the wrong person... I'll punish everyone besides the blackened, and that person will get to graduate from this academy! Also, refusing to vote will result in your death, so... ya better vote for someone.
India: Right.
Roxy: So... What do we actually do?
Clara: I would suggest going through the Monokuma File.
Tiddles: Dude, are you sucking up for brownie points?
Clara: What makes you say that!?
Flame: Anywho... Who had the page last?
Hailey-Mae: That would be me. Should I read it out?
Orokana: It's your call.
Katherine: Okay, go nuts.
Hailey-Mae: A-Alright...
The victim is Tweety Hethel
The time of death is 9:45 am
The cause of death was
He was found in the computer room with a knife in his back and his head smashed into the screen.
There are no other known injuries.
James: There's no cause of death...
Sam: That could be a problem.
May-lin: Let's work it out then!
Kashikoi: Good call, May-lin-chan!
May-lin: Right...
Moneko: Should we debate it then?
(Thinking): Maybe this is the only way we can figure out the culprit. Start debating and go from there... Okay.
Monokuma: Alrighty, a debate will start. Each of you get a set of truth bullets. They can shoot down weak points in a person's argument. They will be shown on the central screen. Good luck to all. Work it out from there... I couldn't care.
NONSTOP DEBATE START!
India: We need to figure out the cause of death.
Flame: What options do we have?
Harry: There was a knife...
Harry: Maybe Tweety was stabbed?
River: His head was bashed into the computer...
James: There might be a third option.
Kashikoi: But Sensei Monokuma forgot the cause of death on the Torn Page!
(Thinking): Wait. Monokuma wouldn't do something like that. That was the mystery!
"NO, THAT'S WRONG!"
Kashikoi: NYEEEEEEEHHH!?
Bellatrix: Monokuma wouldn't forget something like that. He's the type of guy to add something in there to "make it more interesting". Am I right?
Monokuma: ...
Katherine: Uh... Right. Guess this is part of our stupid game.
Sam: So... What are the causes of death..?
Bellatrix: Clara? Didn't you find out the possible causes of death?
Clara: Stabbing and bludgeoning. That's all I could find. Either Tweety was stabbed in the back with a fatal stab wound, or blunt force trauma via the computer.
Bellatrix: Yep. Sounds about right.
Orokana: So... We know 2 causes!?
Roxy: Pretty much.
River: Don't we need one cause?
Roxy: Ah.
Tiddles: And I thought I was the dumbest one here!
Roxy: Shut up you dumb animal.
Clara: Wow. That shut her up.
Flame: Anyway, maybe talking about the cause so soon isn't really the answer. What if we talk about the body?
Monokuma: I've got a picture of the dead bird, right here! HD! As soon as Moneko gets off her fat ass and get the picture on the screen!
Moneko: You have the remote.
Monokuma turned on the screen. It showed the dead Tweety Hethel. He was... a sight to behold. In all the wrong ways. Uh... We all cried out, less that last time. Ugh... I wanted to vomit.
Orokana: Even with only one eye, I can still see that bloody bird. Literally.
James: I hate whoever did this...
Hailey-Mae: Don't cry, you big crybaby...
Flame: Alright... Let's see if we can find a clue.
Katherine: How are we going to find a clue on a dead bird?
Flame: Uhhhhhhhh...
(Thinking): Wait... Is that- No... Is it!?
Bellatrix: I... see something...
Kashikoi: Nan- What!?
Bellatrix: Look at his watch.
Roxy: Looking.
Bellatrix: Anyone who has used the Monomono machine knows these tickets.
M
ay-lin: What the heck is a Monomono machine!?
Bellatrix: A gumball machine but bigger and better prizes.
India: Uh... Better than gum?
Harry: I got video game controllers.
River: India, that's better than gum.
Hailey-Mae: T-That's a ticket! Aaaand... He got a Tiny Comb!? Wh-?
Bellatrix: I helped him get that ticket. So... The crime must of been committed after I helped him.
Roxy: Wait a second!
Tiddles: Hurry up.
Roxy: I remember being by the door. But... That's it... Damn, I hate loosing 15 minutes... Ugh.
James: Huh!? Y-you forgot!?
Roxy: Did you not see me the other day..?
Kashikoi: Wait! Roxy-kun brings up a good point! What was everyone doing at the time of Tweety-kun's death?
Clara: Alibis? I like your thinking. Alright. Should we go round the room? I'll start.
Katherine: Why don't we start with the oldest?
Clara: I'm the oldest.
India: You do realise I'm a month older than you?
Tiddles: Simpletons. I'm 24 in cat years. I go fir-
Kashikoi: NYEEEEEEEHHH! How abouuuuuuut... Bellatrix-san! She can go first!
Bellatrix: Huh? O-okay... Just say my alibi... Alright.
(Thinking): ABORT MISSION. ABORT MISSION. NONONONONONONO. DO NOT SPEAK IN FRONT OF CROWD.
Bellatrix: It's not really useful, but I was in my room.
(Thinking): Phew...
YOU ARE READING
Danganronpa: Torn Pages
Mystery / ThrillerA 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.
