Despair | Danganronpa AU

Prologue: 03

Oof still in the prologue..

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I leave the main hall and head towards the gymnasium. While walking there, I notice a barrier blocking us from accessing the staircase going up. I also notice a pink door that has caution tape on it. Taking a deep breath, I reach my shaky hand out to open the gym doors. When I went in, we weren't even in the gym yet. There's a second door that leads us there, but I see some hesitant people.

"I never thought this Bangtan Academy place was gonna be such a pain in the ass," Keiyo complains.

"B-but where i-is everyone?" Airi asks. "The.. the halls were c-completely empty."

"Isn't that not good?" Violet asks. "Maybe they're just trying to spook us!"

"All we can do now is hope for the best and prepare for the worst," Namjoon says, trying to calm us down. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

"Tch, I'm not scared. Alright, let's get this over with," Keiyo mutters. He bursts through the gym doors yelling, "Where's whoever called us here?!"

"Hey! No running Keiyo!" Violet scolds, following after him.

Namjoon sighs. "I'm going to."

Again, Airi leaves silently.

I look around at the few people left in this room. Jimin, Yoongi and Jin. I sneak a glance at the silver-haired and I'm surprised. He's totally silent and completely calm in this situation. I look at Jin.

"Where's all the other students? Why are we the only ones here?" I hear him mutter under his breath.

"I'm getting some bad vibes.. ugh," Yoongi groans, yawning once more.

I realize that there's a lot of TVs in the school too. Are they all for the school broadcast system? Surely not...

I then take a look at the trophy case. That's a lot of stuff... makes sense. This school was made for the Ultimate students, there's obviously going to be a lot of trophies. This is just a tiny fraction I'm pretty sure.

Well.. I guess it's time to head inside.

I enter the gym after everyone else, filled with uneasy dread.

And I saw... something normal. "A-a normal entrance ceremony?"

"Y-Yeah! It's a totally normal ceremony.." I hear Hobi mutter. I could hear the hesitation in his words.

Before I could think of anything, a high-pitched voice disrupts it all.

"Hi there! Hello! Is everyone here? Good! Then let's get things rolling~!" it cheers.

At the front of the gym, there's a podium. And on that podium... is a cookie? It just popped out of nowhere!

"H-Huh? A...cookie?" Sumire prompts.

"I am not a cookie!" the... cookie states. "I am.. Shooky~!"

Um... doesn't change the fact that you are structured like a cookie.

"And I am the headmaster!!" 'Shooky' declares. Hold on... what?! A... a cookie-like thing our headmaster?! That's... incomprehensible...

"Nice to meet you all~!" 'Shooky' announces cheerfully. His voice.. is so out of place. My anxiety is slowly transforming into fear. 'Shooky' is too carefree for my liking. And probably for anyone's liking.

"T-The cookie can talk?!" Taehyung shouts.

"There's probably just a speaker inside of him," Kei nonchalantly points out, almost unaffected by the situation. I can see beads of sweat trickling down his face though so..