Danganronpa: Dissonance

Chapter 1- Welcome To Hope's Peak Park

The water park was as silent as the grave. A large water slide was suspended in time as a clumsy mess of metal poles and unstable slipways of filthy water. A spiral of rivers that could only just be called a log flume ran around the ground, now overgrown with fungi and plants. Meanwhile, a large pool of murky green water lay in the centre of the park, filled with dead leaves and spores. The winding path of a lazy river could be seen flowing through the park as well as an abandoned arcade- overgrown with plantlife. Finally, there was a dilapidated hotel in the park that looked as abandoned as everywhere else. Suddenly, a few noises could be heard from within the hotel and then a loud laugh echoed out from the door - "Puhuhuhuhu!"- and then the slide, lazy river and log flume burst to life as the water started to run.

Atop the the water slide was a small inflatable raft and in that 3 people. The small girl was the first to wake. She had short, strawberry blonde hair with an ahoge as well as a pair of gold-rimmed, circular glasses. The girl opened her eyes in a confused daze to see her hands bound to the float with rope- her painted nails glimmering in the sunlight. She instinctively shook around to try and escape from her bounds but it was no use. However, the splash of dirty water gives the other 2 with her a harsh wake up. The first was a boy in a white cap with red hair; his face was shrouded by a black mask with luminous colours so she could only see his eyes.
"W-w-what? W-where am I?" The boy muttered, each word illuminating his mask, "Who are you? Why are we here?"
The girl shook her head, "I'm just as clueless as you about most of this. Oh and my name is Shijime Yoki,"
"Ok then. I'm Genki Ryumine."
Both of them turned to the other person and saw them awaken. He had black hair and a pair of goggles on his forehead, as well as a fang-like tooth on the left of their mouth.
"Um...hi?" The 3rd person muttered, still confused, "I'm Tamuhei Hashibara, nice to me- OH GOD, WHY ARE WE UP HERE?!" Tamu screamed as they looked down.
"Look, we don't know where or why or how or anything ok but we need to get out of these restraints!" Shijime was in full panic mode as she felt the supports of the slide buckle below her.
"Err..Shijime, I think we have another problem!" Genki pointed to a gush of water heading to them from the top of the slide. Before Shijime even had time to react, the water had clutched their raft- taking it down the slide. Every bump on the way down made Shijime's heart beat faster and faster until...SPLASH! They reached the bottom and were soaked with filthy water.

Another boy walked over to the raft. He has short, black hair and an almost emotionless expression. He was wearing quite formal clothes with a silky, yellow cloth hanging from his neck- almost like a tie. He looked down at Tamuhei, Genki and Shijime and smirked.
"Hello, need some help?" He scoffed
"Err...yes, we need you to help untie us," she gestured to her bounds, "please?"
"Hmmm, okay, but first...what are your names and ultimates?" The boy asks, a fascinated gleam in his eye.
"Ultimates? Does everyone here have ultimate talents?"
Aki nods.
"Okay, well I'm Shijime Yoki, the Ultimate Nail Artist,"
"I'm Genki Ryumine, the Ultimate Raver," Genki chimes in.
"And I'm Tamuhei Hashibara, the Ultimate Tattoo Artist!" Tamu seems as proud as a father.
"Hmmm, good. There are a few others back at the hotel. Anyway, I'm Aki Yoshida, the Ultimate Analytical Prowess," he says as he unbinds Shijime. "'Analytical Prowess', hmm...seems impressive" Shijime thinks to herself. Eventually, Genki and Tamuhei were free from their bounds.
"Come on, the other 2 are at the hotel, but I expect that they'll be more," Aki's voice was monotone and, as they climbed out of the raft, he tripped Tamu into the pool and giggled to himself.

The group of 4 eventually made it to the hotel; it was comprised of 2 vine-covered layers made of white stone and bricks, topped by piles of rubble, mushrooms and broken tree branches.
"There's 2 others in the restaurant," Aki sighed when he saw everyone's confused faces, "Ughhh. The ground floor is the restaurant, obviously."
Aki opened the door to the hotel and pointed at the 2 sitting at a table. The first was a short girl with bright red hair, wearing a top of identical colour and a navy skirt. She was cheerfully chatting, with a green-haired boy across the table. He was wearing a bright red shirt with a loosened green tie and beige gloves. As the group walked in, the 2 at the table looked up and smiled.
"See Popee, I told you there would be more!" The red-haired girl ran over and hugged Shijime, "Hi! I'm Yori Misanabi, the Ultimate Napper,"
Aki sniggered in the corner.
"Hey!" Yori looked annoyed, "I told you to stop laughing at my ta-" she stopped abruptly as Aki looked up and stared at her dead in the eyes.
"W-whatever..." Yori whimpered.
The green-haired boy rose from his seat.
"Hey, I'm Popee Hiku," he put his hand out and Shijime shook it, "the Ultimate Manipulator."
Shijime immediately backed away cautiously and Popee laughed.
"It's fine, people are always like that. Nice nails, by the way."
Popee sat back down, along with Yori- their hands interlocking across the table.
"So that's 6 out of 18 accounted for..." Shijime heard Aki mutter under his breath.
"18? How do you know they'll be 18?" Shijime questioned.
"Go look for yourself," Aki gestured upstairs.
Shijime headed upstairs and was met with a rectangular floor and, sure enough, 18 doors to hotel rooms. The walls were surprisingly clean for an abandoned hotel. Each door had trims of gold and name platters on. An old chandelier swung from the ceiling, creating a dim light that fragmented about the floor. Shijime headed back down to the restaurant and noted that everyone was now sat in chairs talking, except Aki.
"So, do you remember anything? Like, how we got here or w-" Shijime's questions were cut off
"No, I do not remember a thing. I swear, if one more person asks me that again, I am going to kill someone," Aki spat the words out in a frustrated tone, "All I remember is waking up, slumped in a chair with those 2 idiots. Then I looked upstairs and decided to look for others, which is how I found you."
"Ok..." Shijime paused for a minute to think.
"Now, if your done with your detective work, Miss Nail Polish, I think that we should find the others and maybe then something interesting will happen." He sighed and opened the door, "Are you coming or not? I need something exciting to happen."
Shijime snapped out of her thoughts and stared blankly at Aki for a second before nodding.
"There," Aki led them down a path and pointed towards a pool of filthy, green water that was about a 5 minute walk from the hotel, "There's a wooden raft with people on in that pool."