Takuya could sense apprehension wash over him like a wave, his
trust within Monokuma fading as seconds ticked by. The way he moved
and talked was anything but natural. Monokuma’s mere
existence was offputting. He thought deeply about how to
take this. Living with others was considered to Takuya as something
that would only drag him down in his constant running, but that was
his old life. Things were different now.
Takuya finally found it in him to speak, putting away his jokes and
absurd assumptions to replace them with genuine concern, and
managed to say... “How long will we be here?”
"Wait, Motives?" He pondered for a moment. "Motives... is thar why
Rory's acting this way? Is he just one big motive?" Makoto asked,
trying to be sarcastic. "Or is he just naturally that way?"
~~
Rory's grin faltered, and he practically growled, holding Carlita a
little closer. "Why you little..."
Takuya stiffened, his heart began to race as he took turns to
imagine everyone he had barely acquainted himself with plotting his
death. “Are you giving him ideas to tempt us, Junko?! I just can’t
fathom any of you— any of you doing something like that!” Laughter
born from genuine anxiety and helplessness escaped Takuya’s mouth.
“You’re joking, right? This is a silly prank, right?”
The longer Takuya kept trying to convince himself, the shallower
his faith within the others became. His hands were stuck at his
sides as he felt all his limbs seemingly go numb. Sheer terror was
a feeling Takuya had never felt before, and it was hitting him full
force.
"Oh, that reminds me! Each one of you has an e-handbook. They
contain the camp rules and other important information, so make
sure to check them!" Monokuma said.
"Oh!" Hoshi realized that thing in her pocket must have been the
e-handbook. She carefully pulled it out and turned it on.
(I'll post the camp rules later once I talk to Betty about them XD)
Yumi checked her e-handbook. She booted it up and saw the rules and
the like, skimming through them. Looking at the map, she tilted her
head. "This is a crude drawing? With words. Wh at."
"(insert sorta insane Nagito laugh here), this is either real or a
very elaborate prank involving the entire camp, and seeing everyone
else just as confused im willing to bet it's the first option"
Nagito said, pulling out the e-handbook
”Mysterious… surprising… and law-defying… Isn’t that
right?”
"Gosh, I hope it's a prank-" Makoto said aloud, hope filling his
words as he pulled out the e-handbook. "I mean..." He stopped,
unable to think of a reason why.
~~
Rory scoffed- actually scoffed. "Hope, schmope! We're stuck here
and that's that!" He practically growled again. "If anybody touches
Carlita, I Swear, I'll-" he cut himself off, suddenly
coughing.
He skimmed over the e-text, and upon hearing Rory’s words his eyes
turned into cookies and cream ice cream (insane eyes, it’s a joke
to what koki and I were randomly chatting about). “The only thing
we can do now is hope, Rory-kun, (semi insane laugh here)! He said
”Mysterious… surprising… and law-defying… Isn’t that
right?”
Takuya wordlessly snatched the e-handbook out of his pocket when he
heard Yumi mention a map. Normally, he wouldn’t be able to contain
his excitement, but the realization had been hammered into him like
nails. He stared at it, inspecting it. Like Yumi had said, it was a
very crude and seemingly rushed drawing. They didn’t even fit the
entirety of the word ‘Pavilion’ on the map. Takuya did have to give
whoever illustrated it credit, though. They simplified the other
locations better than he ever could.
Takuya could do nothing but put his analysis of the map aside to
ask, “Court... place?” He thought briefly, before speaking up
again. “If— that is a very big if— someone does get murdered, will
we go there to figure out who it is?”