A Sleeper's Destination

Chapter Seven: The First Strike

 A little bit later, everyone was feeling full, so they had given their dishes to Toujou to wash. This time, Shinguuji offered to help instead of Amami. Still, Achikita hadn't come in. What the hell is going on?

"Hey, Shirogane-san! Want to join me and Harukawa-san for some training?" Momota asked. He had gone around asking everyone. I'm pretty sure that Harukawa didn't even agree as much as she had gotten dragged into it. So far, no one has agreed to go training with the two.

"Um, no thanks. Actually, I feel really tired for some reason. So I'm going to go lay down." Shirogane excused herself, before hurrying off. Around about at the same time, Achikita walked into the dining hall. She looked perfectly fine, the same as always. So what took her so long to get her?

"Oh, Achikita-san. I was worried you wouldn't be coming at all. I still have some food I set aside for you," Toujou spoke, grabbing the plate and giving it to Achikita. It was a bunch of rice balls that were left over. "Now, why did you miss breakfast? Is there something I can help you with?" Toujou questioned.

"Thanks, Toujou-san. Sorry that I missed breakfast with everyone. This situation has been stressing me out, so I had more trouble falling asleep than usual. So I took some sleeping pills from one of the bottles from my lab, which is now in my room. I didn't think I would oversleep." Achikita explained.

"I see." Toujou paused. "I promise to make this a suitable environment you feel comfortable sleeping in. For the mean time, you really should be eating breakfast." Toujou lectured, then she hurried back into the kitchen, with Shinguuji, before Achikita had the proper chance to thank her. The only people left in the dining hall was Achikita, Amami and I. I guess I can hang out with the pair of them today, unless something else pops up.

"Amami-san, did you get any sleep? Did the pills not help any? There's other things in my research lab, like essences and music. Those might be a better suit for you." Achikita informed worriedly. It hadn't taken her long to point out Amami's appearance. Achikita had gone silent for a moment, probably because she was eating.

"I mean, you normally just look like an avocado. But today you look like a bruised, rotten avocado. Honestly, it's pretty gross," I teased, sticking my tongue out at him. Achikita choked on her food as she fought back a laugh, mean while Amami was rolling his eyes at me.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me. I actually didn't use them last night. Since I was hoping I wouldn't need to. Though, I'm sure I'll get a good nights sleep tonight." Amami reassured. The way he worded it at the end was a bit odd, but that was probably just me being paranoid. "Anyways, what do you want to do today?" Amami inquired.

"Well, when I was hanging out with Hoshi-san yesterday, we came across a video game in the game room. Monokuma appeared, saying something about how he's really proud of the piece. Hoshi-san and Monokuma got into an argument afterwards. Monokuma was insistent no one would be able to beat the game on hard mode, even though he said it was possible. If we can beat the game, then he says he'll give us a list of motives. We won't be getting out of the motive, but he says we can choose it." Achikita explained. If we can choose a motive, we can pick the one that will do the least damage.

"I'm assuming you want to play the game, then?" Amami asked. Achikita nodded. I wasn't too sure how familiar these two are with games, personally I'm pretty familiar. Not to mention, this will defiantly give us some sort of leverage on Monokuma.

"Hey! No fair, I want to play the game too!" I complained. Amami simple sighed, not dignifying me with a response. Achikita snickered at my reaction.

"That's fine, Ouma-san. Three heads are better than two. You might notice something in the game that the two of us don't notice," Achikita agreed. "Anyways, I'll get us some snacks and beverages. The game might take a long time." Achikita decided. She finished her rice balls, and was heading back into the kitchen with her plate.