Camp Turtleshell- Danganronpa V3

Chapt. 6

Kokichi barged into the room, followed by Keebo and Rantaro. What the Hell? It had only felt like seconds since he left to go get them. It didn't help that my brain was refusing to be productive. For some reason, every time I tried to think about the game I would just think about my last conversation with Kokichi instead. Speaking of Kokichi, he was currently sat next to me on the floor. Rantaro and Keebo were directly across from us, just like when we started the game. However, it seemed like they were closer to each other than yesterday. Maybe I was overthinking it, but Kokichi seemed a bit closer to me, too. God damnit. It's literally only been one day. Why are teenagers like this. Ignoring the fact that he was halfway clinging onto my arm, Kokichi started the game as usual.

"Alrighty boys! We're starting right where we left off, after Rantaro. That's you Keeboy."

"Yup! I've prepared what I judge to be some pretty good truth telling and lie telling for you all."

Damnit. I was hoping Keebo would at least not be prepared either. Now I'm really going to look like a mega-clown when it's my turn. I snapped my attention back to Keebo, who had began speaking again.

"I own four pairs of Heelys.
I don't like Lucky Charms.
I've never been inside a Walmart."

What.
All of these are so specific, but so believable. Heelys have a niche audience, and that audience is Keebo exactly; but nobody needs four pairs of Heelys. Everybody I've ever met has liked Lucky Charms, but they're not so good they're impossible to dislike. Walmart's a huge store chain, but it's not like anybody goes there religiously. I sat and thought for a second, then I remembered that Keebo was friends with Miu and I realized that he's had to have gone inside a Walmart at some point. Miu seems like the type of person to go to Walmart twice a week and only buy snacks. So I cast in my vote, and Rantaro casted in his, then Kokichi put in his. Kokichi agreed with me on the Walmart front, but Rantaro suggested that the Lucky Charms dislike was a lie instead.

"Aww, really guys? I thought about those answers all day. You were right. I've been inside a Walmart."

"Woww what a shock. Honestly I'm more surprised that Rantaro intentionally picked the wrong answer."

"Shut up Kokichi, I didn't. Everybody likes Lucky Charms. Plus, yesterday Keebo told me about how his family is pretty rich."

"Seriously? There's no way that's true. He's joshing you."

"It's true! My dad is a pretty successful robotics engineer, and I don't have a mom or any siblings, so the wealth just kind of piles up."

"So you're actually telling me that you could be in like, Novoselic or something right now, but instead you're at this shitty summer camp?"

"Well... Miu likes it here. She's been going here ever since she was a kid. I've offered to take her and Kaede out on travels but she always refuses. She may not seem like it but she has a lot of emotional attachment."

"Ohh trust me Keeboy. She seems like it- Shuichi I think that leads us to your turn! You've been awfully quiet. You're not thinking up your answers now, are you?"

"Huh? Oh, no. Of course not. I'm just caught up on why anybody would need four separate pairs of Heelys."

I absolutely was thinking about my answers. I could barely focus on the others conversation with how quickly my brain was trying to think of good lies. I'm not a good liar. I just lied right then and it was extremely obvious that everyone could see through it.

"Alright Shushu, you're struggling. We all can tell-"

"I couldn't tell."

"Shut up Keebo. As I was saying, I'll give you a minute to think. Actually, thirty seconds. Orrrr whenever I get bored. Your time starts now."