(Discontinued) Danganronpa Hope Glitch

Ch. 1: The Story Begins To Unravel [7] (Deadly Life)

Anther Note:

Change of plans. I finally finished the trial, so here. It's only 6973 words, not counting the Author Notes.

Also, feel free to make predictions and call out suspicious behavior as you read through. 

Let's see who predicts the killer correctly.

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I landed on a soft mattress. I think everyone else did, too. As much as I wanted to just sit on this soft mattress all day, I knew I had to get up and go to the Class Trial.

After getting off the mattress I saw 16 podiums. One of them has a picture of Suki with a pink 'X' over her portrait.

"Go to the podium with your name on it!" A squeaky, obnoxious voice shouted from some obscure place.

Everyone did as the voice commanded, not wanting to see what would happen otherwise. We looked around to see where the voice had come from, but there was nothing. Nothing but an empty chair meant to resemble a throne.

"ALL RISE, CLASS TRIAL IN SESSION!" The voiced squealed, before a green and yellow figure popped out from behind the throne and sat on it.

"What does that mean, exactly?" I questioned the frog not getting why the it was being so loud. "Also, where's the friend Chromesuki mentioned?"

"The answer to your first question is, the Class Trial has now begun!" The frog excited. "To answer to your other question... I'm the friend she mentioned!"

"You are?" Nash asked in disbelief.

"Of course I am!" The frog seemed angry that Nash didn't believe them. "What other talking frogs do you know of?"

"There was that one frog from that one show..." Nash muttered. "I think his name was Frig or something."

"Arrgh!..." The frog fiercely hopped on the throne. "I am the only relevant talking frog in this courtroom!"

"Significant talking amphibian," Eden addressed the frog. "How will this 'Class Trial' event come to an end?"

"Ah, finally! Best girl asked the good questions!" The frog was excited by her question. "The Class Trial will come to an end once everyone has come to a conclusion of some sort on who you think the culprit is. Or if you fail to keep me entertained. The I'll cut your time short and watch you all suffer from voting early!"

"Ah, I have a vision of everyone suffering because they were fools who didn't repent to our savior before their tragic demise," Eden tried to immediate us. "I suggest you all repent—"

"Okay, frog," Leo looked at our new talking animal. "Do you have a name, because calling you frog is getting annoying?"

"Indeed, I do!" The frog did a dramatic pause. "My friends call me Monocroak, but you can call me Monocroak!"

"I can't tell if a robotic frog is more of a dork than Saoirse or not," Prisha chimed in, teasing me and Monocroak.

"Stop insulting me before I execute everyone!" Monocroak screamed. "You have to focus on the Class Trial."

"So, uhh, h-how do Cl-Class Tr-Trials work?..." Pix nervously question, not knowing what to do.

"Allow me to give a basic explaination of the Class Trial!" Monocroak sounded genuinely excited. "So, you'll present evidence and theories on 'whodunnit', and then you'll vote on why you think the killer is when the time comes!"

"This doesn't seem as complicated as I thought it would be," Naomi said what she was thinking. "Maybe finding the killer won't be too hard."

"...yeah..." Hana muttered looking down at the floor. "We need to figure out who killed Suki... And make them pay."