Inanimate Insanity Ronpa!

The Final Trial Pt.1!

Monophone: Since this will be the final class trial, I've come up with a special rule! So listen up!

Monophone: If you can figure out the mystery of this school...

Monophone: ...you guys win!

 Monophone: But if you can't...

Monophone: ...then the mastermind and I win!

Monophone: And of course, waiting for the loser is the thrilling and chilling punishment!

Paintbrush: Are you saying that if you lose, you'll execute yourself?

Monophone: Yup, sure will!

Baseball: ...And that's final? No way out? No take backs?

Monophone: Of course not! Phones never lie!

Fan: Never mind all that. I just have one question for you...

Monophone: Ohh, you're taking this seriously? Are you feeling sick? Wanna lay down, maybe?

Fan: Is the mastermind...only one person?

Monophone: Hmm?

Marshmallow: Don't bother. We already know the answer.

Knife: You're all the mastermind, aren't you!? You're all out to get me! I'm right, aren't I!? I knew it!

Baseball: No, that's wrong! You guys have all been working together, haven't you!? 

Paintbrush: Hey! You stole my line!

Marshmallow: You're all out to get me, I'm sure of it! I have the photo, too, you know!

Fan: But we can't narrow this down so easily. The mastermind also had the song clue, and that was hard too.

Baseball: Wh-What...? Wait, hold on...

Paintbrush: This doesn't make any sense... How can the three of us each have that kind of evidence!?

All of us think that everyone  is their enemy... There's no doubt this is a trap that the mastermind set! He set it up so we would suspect each other...

Paintbrush: We received the same kind of evidence the others did.

Fan: It's not just you three. I have evidence, too.

Baseball: What!? You too!?

Fan: The evidence you're all referring to are the photos?

Knife: OF COURSE, FAN!

Baseball: What? Wait, but mine's different! With the picture I have... you're not in it!

Marshmallow: But that can't be right! Because in my picture... 

Baseball: See? Fan and Paintbrush aren't in it!

Paintbrush: I realized that-

Marshmallow: Fan, you have a picture too, right? Let's see it!

Fan: O-Okay, but be careful with it. It's pretty important to the trial!

Baseball: This one, too...! It's just like I thought!

Paintbrush: So the secret in these pictures has been revealed...

Fan: Secret or whatever, I don't care! You guys are all in this together! That's a High School Musical you're planning!

Baseball: But you're in my picture!

Knife: You're the ones trying to trick me!

Paintbrush: So the whole purpose behind these photos was to get us questioning and fighting with each other...

Paintbrush: The mastermind made us each think everyone else was working against us!

Monophone: Huh? I made you think that?

The proof I need to reveal Monophone's trap... Each photo has a certain something in common. There's a connection to the people in the photos.

Paintbrush: In each case, everyone got a photo with everyone in it, to think that the mastermind was every single one of us.

Baseball: But what about the Ultimate Despair testimony by Fan?

Paintbrush: I think that was the mastermind and their followers.

Paintbrush: As long as we're talking about it, I suppose I should show you my photo, as well.

Paintbrush: In other words, Monokuma gave each of us a group photo in which at least one of our classmates wasn't included.

Baseball: And when we each saw our picture, we just assumed everyone else was the enemy...?

Monophone: Puhuhu... Figured it out, huh?

: Yeah, I thought that must be it. But how was that a hint?

But you know...there might be more to this than just Monophone trying to confuse us... There's something else that bothers me about everyone's pictures... What is it? What's digging at me...?

Paintbrush: Listen, can I see everyone's group photo one more time? It's not directly connected to what we're talking about, but I'd like to double-check something...

Marshmallow: Sure, no problem.

Knife: Yeah, I don't mind.

I'm sure there's something unusual about these group photos... What is it? I need to compare each of them one more time.

Paintbrush: ...

There's something strange about all of them. Something I can't quite pin down... Something...

Paintbrush: ...strange about the photo...

Fan: Can you just forget about the photo already?

Knife: I hate that Monophone for tricking us!

Marshmallow: And on top of that, the mastermind went to all that trouble to make it look like we were good friends!

Baseball: Hmm? So you think they're fake?

Knife: What?

Baseball: No no no, I assure you, they're quite real.

Knife: Wh-What are you talking about!? There's no way!

Marshmallow: Yeah! I don't remember ever taking a picture!

Fan: So it's gotta be a fake! I'm sure of it!

Baseball: But you know... Can we really be so sure?

Knife: ...Huh?

Baseball: Don't get me wrong. I don't remember taking this picture, either. But... Is that really enough to be absolutely positive they're fake?

Knife: Wh-What do you mean...?

The reason I don't remember this picture isn't necessarily because it's fake... There might be...some other reason... Some...terrible reason...

An unbelievable but entirely horrifying reason...

Paintbrush: Let's say that somehow...we'd all lost our memories. That could explain it, couldn't it?

Baseball: Oh, I get it! So you all have amnesia. 

Marshmallow: ...As if! You expect me to believe such an unbelievable occult-type story!?

Knife: We lost our memories? That is wack-a-doodle!

It's only natural that they wouldn't believe it... But no matter how much they refuse, if that's the absolute truth, they have no choice...! We can't move forward until they accept it!

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Soap: Your eyes are glistening.

Suitcase: Aw, thank you, Soap!

Soap: No, there's actually glitter in your eyes.

Suitcase: OH MY GOD!!!