Kokichi x Reader Live, Laugh, Lie

Chapter 7: Perjury

I won't be putting the names of everyone speaking because I will run out of synonyms for said

You looked around the room before you. The centre of the room was adorned with 17 jury style podiums. On the opposite side of the room to the elevator sat a huge throne. Sitting in the throne was none other than Monokuma. In front of him, the fives monokubs stood behind a railing. The walls were a dark greyish colour, decorated with stained glass. On the stained glass was a figure that you recognized. Sayaka Maizono, there were still images of her concerts on the stained glass around the room. But why her? Sayaka has nothing to do with this, why are her pictures on the glass? I guess she is also an ultimate but she's not here.

Your proverbial train of thought was brought to a grinding halt, no crashed into the wall of the Monokubs. The annoying voice of Monotaro pierced through your skull and invaded your eardrums, banging senselessly against them.

"Why hello bear!" They all chanted in unison like they had practised but this is the first, class trial so why would they have practised?

"Welcome to the class trial." It was clear Monotaro was in charge of them. It was like a very bad season of Super-Sentai. "Oh boy! The class trial is finally starting! Finally, a game that feels like a game." You thought about his words. If I didn't know any better I would think of this possibly being a virtual reality game. There are two glaring holes in that theory. Firstly, if it was a game why do you feel pain and need to eat. There isn't technology capable of doing that yet. And, secondly, why can't I, or anyone else remember how we got here?

"Just as the prophecy foretold."

"listen up- from here on, things are gonna get violent. So violent you'll wish you could turn back." You saw Monophanie visibly flinch at the word 'violent'.

"Th-That's not true... There won't be any gory or violent scenes... I'm positive..."

"This is an authentic replica of a courtroom." You were about to roll your eyes before you realised it was Kiibo and stopped yourself.

"Hmph, what bad taste..." The four-foot tennis player exclaimed. he looked at the ground despairingly as usual.

"Why are you making us do this? Is this fun for you?" I mean, you were the one who killed him.

"Of course! Putting strangers in life-or-death situations is the best entertainment!"

"You're seriously the worst!" Tenko shouted at the monochrome bear.

"Puhuhu... Worst or not, the real winners in this world are those who have fun! It doesn't matter what happens to you as long as your having fun!"

"Wow!" Kokichi exclaimed with a wide-eyed expression. His face resembled that of a kid on their way through all the aisles at the toy shop. "This is so sickening it's almost refreshing. So, how do we get this game going?"

"There are podiums over there. Please stand behind the one with your name on it." Everyone quietly scurried over to their respective podiums without hesitation. Nobody was stupid enough to challenge Monokuma so they complied. You were in between Kokichi and Himiko. Across from you, between Kaede and Kiibo was a picture of Rantaro with a pink X drawn over it to signify that he is dead. Kaede had her brows furrowed in thought, though you were unsure why. Is she thinking about to deflect suspicion or who the mastermind is? Maybe it's not even her and she is being framed all the thought ran rampant through your conscience as you stood behind the podium. Your hands began o tremble and Kokicgi, who noticed this gave you a sort of empathetic look. You reached into your pocket and pulled out the monopad to go over the evidence one more time, making sure everything is in order.