(Discontinued) Danganronpa Hope Glitch

Ch. 1: The Story Begins To Unravel [8] (Deadly Life)

Author Note:

This kinda rushed, but it's fine. I'm just glad this is finally happening.

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Everyone was completely silent.

"Yes!" The frog cheerfully hopped in his throne. "You guys are correct! Ocean, the Ultimate Storyteller killed Suki!"

"N-No..." Arlen weakly muttered in protest, as if he was still holding out for Ocean not being the culprit.

"But, surprisingly, the vote was not unanimous!" The frog added. "Someone, I'm not naming any names, voted for themselves."

While Monocroak didn't give us a name, we could take a guess from the direction he was looking in.

"Arlen–" Naomi wanted to address the fact that her brother voted for himself and not the culprit.

"Hey, so, like when does the water dude die?" Nash asked the Monocroak, as he grabbed his stomach. "I'm ready to get some dinner."

"Well, uh, we should probably wait for a backstory or like some kind of story from Ocean before I start his brutal execution." The frog answered, getting a little nervous. "You want to know why he committed murder don't you?"

"Not really," Hana said in a harsh tone. "Just make him suffer, already."

"Geez, don't you think that's a bit harsh?" Prisha questioned Hana, in attempt to tease her. "I mean, if you can be mean to him, than I can be mean to you. That's the Golden Rule, right? Treat others how you want to be treated."

"I see you want to be treated like shit, Prisha," Leo commented.

"Haha, you're funny Leo." The cyannette laughed a little. "But right now it's time for you to shut your fucking mouth. I'll bully you once Ocean-Kun is dead." She mocked the storyteller.

"Why did you do it, Ocean?" I asked, curious as to what his motive was.

"...do you really want to know, Saoirse?" He questioned me, with melancholy in his voice.

I noticed he stopped taking in third person. I'm guessing that was because he wanted to seem more serious in his last moments.

"Yeah," I answered, bracing myself for the story the short boy would tell us. "I wanna know."

"Well..." Ocean squeezed the ends of his cape out of habit preparing to tell us his story. "I killed because of the motive."

"What was the temptation that caused you to fall from grace?" Eden questioned, wanting more details from him.

"I'm not sure of they were all like this, but my motive video basically said that my dad was going to take his own life if I didn't get back to him soon..." Ocean looked down as he gave his explanation. "I got worried because my dad doesn't exactly have the best state of mind right now. He's been through a lot in the past few years."

Ocean stopped for a second to wipe the tears that were forming in his eyes.

"It wouldn't surprise me if he feels there's nothing left for him, since the motive made it seem like I was dead or something." The more the storyteller talked, the more tighten he squeezed his cape. "I... I didn't want him to be alone for a long time in his current state. He's always been there for me when I needed him," The boy had to wipe his eyes again. "I wanted to be there for him when he needs me!..."

I heard some sniffles that weren't Ocean's from behind me. I was actually started to get what Ocean must have felt seeing the motive. I want to say something comforting, but I don't know what to say.