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Suko Nobu

Suko smiled broadly. "Good thing too!" they exclaimed cheerfully. "Because how else would you defend yourself?" Without another word, they slipped by him and started for the whip.

They took it in their hands and examined it. It was startlingly sharp, even for a weapon meant to leave welts- the handle was finely carved in intricate shapes and layered with velvet. It widened and then flattened sharply at the end to give the holder a strong grip.

Hm. Interesting weapon.

They let it drop from their hands, then turned promptly to Femi. "I'll be sharing your dorm," they declared out loud. "Together, we're going to be besties and take over this school!"

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Hisoka Yamanaku

Hm. Either this girl was a lot smarter than he'd given her credit for, or she was the slowest person he'd ever met. Both seemed to fit her- she was as unpredictable as water and twice as slippery.

"By telling you, I would undermine the purpose," was his curt reply. "Figure it out on your own time. We've already made the deal." He started past her, confident she would follow. She didn't have a choice, after all.

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Amano Tetsuo

"I'll come," he piped up, stepping forward before Niwa could volunteer. He didn't want her to be alone- certainly not without someone he hadn't a proper reading on.

Niwa gave him an odd look and nodded, turning to Koda and... a now gone Nakata. "We should... probably go after Nakata-san. And work on finding a way out of here." Amano's unease only swirled in his chest now- almost a nauseous feeling. Niwa was hiding something. He just knew it. Something about how his speech was held back... cut off, even...

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Koda nodded. "Alright then."

Femi Davis's POV

Femi nearly jumped, startled at Suko immediately making for the whip. "H-H-Hey! Don't touch it! It could be- dangerous." And anyone being anywhere near a weapon... that makes me nervous. "And, um... s-sure, I guess?" Sharing a dorm?! What are they planning to do? Kill me in my sleep? "What's the point of... taking over the school?" he asked, unsure if he wanted to know the answer...

Kowai Kurai's POV

Kowai Kurai scowled. "You're soooo mean, Hisoka!" But she started after him... she had to keep an eye on him, after all. I wonder if he was planning on setting it up that way to frame me for something... One thing was for sure, she didn't know if she could keep him around. She didn't trust him. But it wouldn't mean she'd kill him. No, she'd figure out something else...

Suzume Fujimori's POV

Suzume made a face. She was finding a lot of poisonous plants, even some she didn't recognize at first. Surely, there had to be something non-poisonous here... or, perhaps she could extract the poison. Something she did tell herself, though, was it might be useful to keep some poisonous plants for herself, or maybe even find some weapons. Just in case, well, things got ugly with someone. She wasn't exactly the kind of person people held grudges against. Well, okay, she was, but never enough for someone to kill her, right?... That just didn't seem rational. Maybe it didn't seem rational to her, but perhaps to someone else...

Nagisa Aoki's POV

"You're right... we probably should. It's dangerous Nakata went off alone! I'm not implying, someone might kill them, but- there are a lot of other potential dangers at this school." Nagisa paused. "I'd be more than willing to go with both of you to find them!" Something put Nagisa on edge, and she wasn't sure what it was... but everything would be fine. He was sure of it! Right?...

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Kōun no Megami
With that, we dispersed. I went down one hall, searching for plants. I could turn up some decent plants, but most of them were poisonous berries that I had learned about after the Pokeweed incident. God knows how many safe plant's i'd turn up.

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Buraddo Jemu
I decided to go scouring for supplies and weapons. Never know what might happen, so it'd be best to stay prepared.

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Majikaruman Dōseiai-shadearimasu
In a puff of smoke, I disappeared and started sneaking around the school, keeping hidden whenever a student was to walk by. I'd done this a million times.

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Suko Nobu

What's the point of taking over the school?! What's the point?! Suko couldn't believe that such a cute face could mask such dimness! World domination was always on the priority list, even if they had been just thrust inside of a killing game. Upon which Suko was pretty sure they'd all die.

"Awww, you're kidding, right?" They flashed a grin at his dumbfound expression. "Obviously, we need to take over the school. World domination's impossible now that we're locked in here, so we gotta take what we can get!"

Suko would call that a quality explanation.

"Now, let's start locking up our evil lair! You had the right idea in blocking off the door, cutie, but we gotta take over some more rooms!"

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Third Person POV

Hisoka and Kowai continued down the hall, their footsteps echoing in the narrow enclosed space. Click. Clack. Click. Clack. Hisoka's hand found one of his pigtails and unconsciously tugged on it.

The place was definitely creepy. And not just because of all the borded up windows- no, there was far more. Everything seemed to give to the aura of ominousness.

The rattling vent overhead.

The shadows creeping in in the dimly lit halls.

And most unfortunately, the blood dripping down at the end...

Hisoka stopped.

"What...?" he hissed. He started forward, nose crinkling at the smell of-

Water. There was a large water stain on the end wall. Only the shadows had given it the crimson light it had possessed. A low growl started in his throat. What the hell...?

An entire wall was blown up. Behind it was a clearly flooded bathroom.

Hisoka's heart stopped working.

"Is that MY room?!"

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Amano Tetsuo

"Then I'll go with you all as well. It's not safe for any one of us to be alone."

Amano gave a nod to Nagisa.

"Let's go, before anything bad happens."

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Femi Davis's POV

"...I never wanted to take over the world," he muttered. It seemed that Suko was merely talking about what they wanted. "But, um- I think I'll... stay in here." He didn't want to go out there. Going out there would mean talking to people. Going out there might mean getting himself killed... He wanted to board himself up in here, where it'd be safe...

Kowai Kurai's POV

Kowai's eyes widened. "It seems like... someone broke in here. It looks like there was an explosion!" she yelped. She glanced up and down at the cracks. "Maybe you could bunk up with someone else?" she queried. But knowing him... he's probably going to want to investigate who did this. How did she know that? She had no idea.

Suzume Fujimori's POV

"Megami, I think I might've found something edible!" she called. "I think it's a raspberry plant. But... it might be poison ivy. I'll have to get a closer look. There aren't any berries on it, so... that's a bad sign..." She just had to analyze the patterns... but this made her nervous, and excited at the same time. This could possibly be edible! Or, it might not be. She had to brace herself for a disappointing find.

Nagisa Aoki's POV

Nagisa smiled, cupping his hand together to her torso. “I like you, Amano. You’re always trying to help everyone else and keep everything under control. It’s nice to see someone doing that.” She glanced away. “I mean- not everyone goes out of their way to do that. And you don’t even know me, or anyone here, really…”

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Kōun no Megami
"Alright! I'll keep searching in case there's anythig else!

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Buraddo Jemu

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Majikaruman Dōseiai-shadearimasu

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Suko Nobu

Suko fell backward, their head whipping around to face Femi. They stared at him for a solid minute. Then they gave a scoff. "Who doesn't wanna take over the world?" Uneasiness crawled in their stomach, but they cut it off with a giggle that sounded more like a dying rooster. "You get to make the rules! Everyone's gotta listen to you!"


Too stilted. He'd catch on if Suko didn't create a distraction.

"Non-world-domination aside, I can totally get with the 'locking our stupid asses into a small secluded room thing'." They smiled mischievously. "You're super cute. I'm so glad you're flirting with me." DISTRACTION INITIATED, BLUSH MY ADORABLE NEW BEST FRIEND!

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Third Person POV

Hisoka didn't seem to hear her. He fell to his knees, staring into the room. His hand ran idly through the water. Then a loud splash echoed through the corridor. His hand was clenched in a fist.

He leapt to his feet, eyes blazing.

"WHO'S THERE!" he screamed.

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Amano Tetsuo

Oh- His eyes widened slightly. O-kay.. That's a little worrisome. He laughed nervously. "Yeah, uh... Thanks. I appreciate your admiration, Nagisa-san!" He thrust out his arm and chopped the air. "You are a worthy friend as well! I am glad that you are trying to keep us together and safe in this troubling situation!"

Niwa looked very nervous now. "Uh... are we going or not?"

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Femi Davis's POV

"Wh-what are you- talking about?" Femi's head spun with how fast this strange person talked. He needed a moment to process the words. "Why should you care about controlling anything?... It's all going to fall down around you anyway," he blurted before he could stop himself, quickly clapping his hand over his mouth, eyes widening.

"I-I mean..." He decided to ignore the other part of what they said. "Why, yes, thank you," he grunted sarcastically in response about the whole "secluded in a room" thing. "It's called "Don't Get Brutally Murdered By A Bunch Of Strangers". Pretty good plan." Suddenly, he realized he wasn't talking all that nervously to this... this stranger that was claiming to be his best friend.

What was he saying?! He couldn't trust this weirdo! He stiffened immediately. "I mean- and you're included in that list!! I don't even- know you!" Ugh... gosh, he was such a mess. The first time someone was actually maybe being nice to him, and trying to be a friend to him... he'd never... even known something like this.

Kowai Kurai's POV

How truly curious. She'd never seen this side of Hisoka before. Not that she had known him long, but... She tilted her head to one side, curious to see how this would go down, and if the culprit would reveal themselves. This was rather peculiar, a scene like this... there hadn't even been any murders yet! Wait... did that typically occur after students had died?

Suzume Fujimori's POV

Suzume nodded her head vigorously in reply, and sighed. She'd gotten through with the tests, and... false alarm. It was poison ivy, not a raspberry plant. Of course... none of the good signs had been there, and the two plants did look rather similar. She located some berries and decided they were most likely poisonous, but she had to test them, surely. Something occurred to her whilst they were doing this. If people were busy like this... it might be a good time for someone to commit a murder...

Nagisa Aoki's POV

Nagisa's face flushed, flattered at his friend's remark. "Aww, th-thank you so much, Amano!" She glanced over at Niwa, a curious look on his face. "Erm- oh! Yes! Let's go!" He started making her way to... "Which way did Nakata go?" she asked awkwardly.

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Third Person POV

Suddenly, every speaker in the building rang out.

"ALL STUDENTS ARE TO REPORT TO THEIR DORMS! BEDTIME WILL BECOME ACTIVE IN 15 MINUTES AND ANY STUDENTS FOUND LOITERING WILL BE LOCKED OUTSIDE THEIR ROOMS!"

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Femi Davis’s POV

Femi coughed. “I’m already in here, you know.” Not like the announcer could hear him. He sighed. “W-Well… anyway- I- are you going to- leave my room, or?”

He didn’t feel comfortable with the idea of sleeping in this room with his probably insane roommate. Roomm- How could he think that?! He didn’t even- augh. Forget it. He collapsed onto the bed facefirst and tried not to burst into tears again. This whole situation was so stupid, and awful, and hopeless…

Kowai Kurai’s POV

Kowai glanced over at Hisoka, a concerned look upon her face. “Oh, no! Dorms are closing up soon. Sooo… should we get to the bottom of this mystery, or just leave it for tomorrow?” she drawled, tracing the walls with her fingertips.

Admittedly, she was curious about who had done this. But it wouldn’t be safe to be wandering the halls at night…

Suzume Fujimori’s POV

Suzume snapped alert to the sound of the announcement and uttered curses under her breath. “Ah, Megami. I apologize for my language. I just realized… the announcement stated we have to be heading off to our dorms.”

She paused. “I don’t really know you all that well, but it’s most likely unsafe to bunk alone. And you don’t seem like the type of person to kill me for no reason, so- would you be willing to bunk with me?” She had a very intent look upon her features as she asked.

Rather awkwardly, she shuffled her hands into her pockets. This was honestly a most awkward question… she and Megami were not even acquaintances, much less friends, they were little more than strangers. Better little more than strangers than total strangers, she mused.

Nagisa Aoki’s POV

Nagisa almost jumped, startled. “O-Oh no! I hope Nakata heard the announcement… should we head back to the dorms and hope Nakata made it back?” Anxiously, she clutched his vest, pinching and prodding the fabric. “We can’t let Nakata get locked out…” This was an unfortunate situation. Hopefully everyone would be safe…

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Suko Nobu

"Naw." They shot him a smile. "You're too cute to pass up." You do look kinda boring though, they thought, eyeing his inert form on the bed. Boring or depressed. Both of which Suko does not do very well with.

They wrinkled their nose.

Never refer to themself in third person again. Please. That was weird as hell.

Suko walked over to the bed on the opposing side of the room and after regarding it for a few seconds, sat down on it. They pulled the blankets up onto their legs, tearing it loose from the bedframe.

Then their mind blanked.

"Why are we going to sleep at like... 10? Are we children? Or responsible- no-" they correct themself. "Totally irresponsible teenagers with no social lives?"

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Hisoka Yamanaku

Through his fury, he could hear her words. The reasoning. The twinge of mock. He didn't like it. Feeling stupid. Powerless.

He bit his tongue and forced a smile on his face. It felt like he was pushing an anvil, instead of the corners of his lips. "You speak sense. We could very well be killed if we do not stay in locked rooms."

Or the other way around too, his useless brain happily provided. Poisonous gas could easily be unleashed on you in revenge for this morning- and get no one else. Any one of those happy-go-lucky fools could- and would- do it.

"Thank you Miss Kowai, for speaking sense." He pushed himself upward. Tomorrow... tomorrow he could figure this out. "Shall we be going, then?"

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Amano Tetsuo

Amano opened his mouth to reply, but Niwa was already off, running down the halls. Amano stared at him. He quickly snapped to attention. "We should be fine," he assured. "We should take care of ourselves. The speakers are probably put in most of the halls- if that stupid bear was as thorough as he claimed. She'll hear and know we did too."

He smiled confidentally, even though he felt less sure inside. Monokuma might want a few of them to be isolated, outside their room. It would inspire the killing he was so excited about.

Amano shook off his thoughts. Thinking that wouldn't help anybody. They all needed to get out of here and they could and would all trust each other.

Then it hit him. He believed in these people. They would live. They would work together. No matter how eccentric, how volatile, how cruel, he believed they wouldn't hurt each other. They were capable, each and every one of them, and that was something he could take confidence in.

His smile became more genuine.

"Everyone! Please head to your rooms!" He clapped his hands together. "Tomorrow we may gather in the cafeteria. And escape from this school, once and for all!"

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Red
She woke up, after over hours of unconsciousness.
She missed alot, and was fearful it could lead....
Quickly the thought was brushed off, she listened to the teddybear.
When she was grouped, she didnt listen..
But she knew she was in a group, a name was heard.
She walked off to her "group" dorm, unsure if the right one.
She wasn't clear of what to do..
But slumped in bed, and once again...
The lights turned out...
All black...
Suddenly the lights turned on, worlds upon worlds revealed.
She was on a small island, with a farm.
Where she was born....
" It's this dream again " she mumbled.
A farmer walked up to her, " Welcome back " he whipsered.
" Why do I always have to stay here, with you....? " she answered.
" Side effect, the day you were made." he said.
" It didn't just effect from..you know..." he ended.
" Oh, I see... " she said in a whipser...
then it went black again.

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Flow
They stood up, didnt move.
" No. " they said.
And walked away without a sound.

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Title: Koda Starikuma

She folded her hair neatly over herself, yawning. She had slight insomnia from this strange place.

Kanai

Femi Davis’s POV

Femi made a stiff growling noise, turning to look at Suko. “Wh-What’s the deal with you?! Are you- are you trying to be my friend? Or are you messing with me? Planning on manipulating and trying to kill me? Or are you…”

He coughed, considering what the person had said, now, and earlier. “Are you… flirting with me?” He narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms. “Th-that’s… so weird.” He almost laughed, but he stifled it, clapping his hand over his mouth.

Someone bothering to flirt with him, huh? That was- really odd and unusual to say the least. It could be manipulation. “You’re… funny, Suko.” Great, compliment the weird person. Maybe it’ll get them to not kill you. But he couldn’t suppress a small smile.

Kowai Kurai’s POV

Kowai smiled brightly and nodded. “Yes! We should be going! And, oh, you’re oh so welcome! Do you think we should bunk together to be sure that we’ll both be safe tonight?”

But then she felt a twinge of worry at what she had said. If Hisoka died, she’d be the first suspect. Of course, he had said that earlier. On the other hand, if she died, Hisoka would be the first suspect… curious. She had a feeling, however, that Hisoka wouldn’t kill her.

It didn’t feel like he trusted her, certainly not. But he might not want to kill her, at least not yet. Kowai was uncertain as to how she had reached such a conclusion, but she did feel strangely certain that it was true. All the same, she should probably try to seek out more allies in this place than just Hisoka.

Suzume Fujimori’s POV

Suzume heard Amano’s shout. So he thought the “working together, finding a way out of here, tireless optimism” approach was best? She shrugged. “It might be a good idea for us all to meet in the cafeteria, though,” she mused to herself. So long as no one was left alone…

Nagisa Aoki’s POV

Nagisa nodded and cheerfully raised a fist. “I’m glad you’re feeling more positive about this, Amano! I think you’re right. We should head back to the dorms for now…”

But she felt queasy, hands shaking, trembly… What if not everyone made it back to the dorms? Nononono… That wouldn’t happen. There were worse things to worry about, but it’s not like such worse things would happen…

“I- I think I’m heading to my dorm. You coming, Amano?” he asked, trying not to show her nervousness. Things would be fine. They’d be fine…

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Title: Too lazy to use my form

Megami

"Sure!"


The others just went to their dorms

Suko Nobu

You're very funny, Suko.

They blinked slowly. That... was kind of nice, actually. Was the cutie trying something?

Suko inched their head across the pillow. Shielding their face with a hand, they examined him. No blushing. But he did appear to be smiling. Instantly, their ice-cold heart melted. Oh my god, that is adorable. They passed a hand over their face to hide their own smile.

"You're gonna make me go soft." They laughed. "Good night, Femi." A flirtatious purr edged the words. "I'll see you tomorrow~"

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Hisoka Yamanaku

Hisoka's expression remained calm and still. Elegant and poised, like a Yamanaku's face should always be. Not a hint of weakness allowed past, even and especially for snakes who wanted you in some way. Money... or life-wise in this case.

"I expect you will still try something." A low growl. Even. No wavers. "But be warned that I will always do my best to defend myself. You will not be manipulating me into dying for you. Believe me on this."

His eyes met hers.

Then he straightened up.

"Let's go. We can share your dorm for now, seeing as how mine has been destroyed. I hope your dormmate does not mind."

But as he said this, he felt a prickle of unease.

His dorm...

Something was off. The portrait on the door... the last remaining stand...

It was clean of ash. Of any damage whatsoever. As if someone removed it from the danger zone, wiped it purposefully clean, then left it there.

Someone besides the Ultimate Jeweller might not notice. But Hisoka was an expert at catching forgery. Smarred glass, stained with fingerprints.

He gave a curse, lifting his shoe as if he'd stepped on something sharp. He kneeled down to "examine the damage".

As subtly as he could, he swept up the small portrait, jamming it into his coat's pocket.

He plucked a stray shard of glass from his shoe- luckily he hadn't managed to avoid them all-, enclasping it in his fingers to hide the actual size, before flinging it across the room. A little tinkle sounded... one which the Ultimate Jeweller recognized as natural glass (none of that artificial stuff) against plaster (definitely of the artificial variety). Then he stood up.

"Shall we?"

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Niwa Atsushi

The annoying one blinked, apparently coming back to reality. Then he grinned widely and pumped his arm in the air. "Yes! We will go! Rest is vital to one's health, particularly in teenagedom! Everyone, please do your best to get some sleep tonight! Escape may prove to be difficult, but if we put our working minds together, we can surely do this!"

There was something about his voice that could put a smile on the sullenest teenager's face. Niwa found it creeping up on his own. Some sort of tone that he had- Was this the power of the Ultimate Director? Inspiring people to action?

He couldn't say he disliked it. He bit his tongue. Should he pray for the Director's safety, or an early, quick death without the mental strain the rest of the students would experience during a Killing Game?

You could always kill him yourself. Niwa masked a snort. Yeah right. He intended to get out of this hellhole alive.

"Who wants to bunk with me?" he asked aloud, glancing around at the people in the room. The girl from earlier who'd knocked herself unconscious seemed slightly unstable- he wasn't sure that was a good choice. Megami seemed quite resigned. And the Ultimate Scientist had such a creepy smile...

He sighed. "I'll go with anyone who's willing to go with me." Not like there was any good option among this large assortion of terrors...

As he thought this, Amano broke off from the rest of the group, heading for the hallway.

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Femi Davis's POV

Femi blinked and squirmed away. "Ugh. You." He buried his face in the pillow, staying as far away from Suko as possible. Good grief, why had he said it? Now he regretted saying it... this- this weirdo- was funny. Okay. Not that he really was an expert at... making friends with anybody...

Maybe he should be grateful, at the thought of his first one. He sighed. But he wasn't sure he could trust anyone so easily...

Kowai Kurai's POV

Kowai almost narrowed her eyes but stopped herself. Did he... do something just now? She shook the feeling away and stared at him with wide and innocent eyes.

"Oh, Hisoka! I'd never think of doing anything," she chirped cheerily. "Don't you worry about it! You can trust me!" She knew that was as much of a lie as that you could trust a dog not to eat all your food while you were away, or an untrained cat not to catch a nearby mouse. "We're friends, don't you worry!" But she got the feeling he did worry. Everything about him seemed to worry...

Suzume Fujimori's POV

Suzume looked startled a moment, and then shook the sensation away and smiled slightly. "Of course, Megami! Come along." She grabbed the other student by the hand, jerking her in the direction of the dorms, not realizing how awkward this probably was.

But the whole time, within her mind... she pondered over the situation at hand. How could one cafeteria meeting fix everything, when no one was at ease? She had a strange feeling... a very strange feeling... one of the students would be dead by tomorrow. And she didn't doubt it...

Nagisa Aoki's POV

"A-Amano! Wait!" Nagisa ran after him. "Ar-are you alright? I was just thinking... about what Niwa said, what if all three of us could bunk together?" he asked. "And... if- you don't mind me asking, why did you run off like that? Is everything okay?" She smiled as warmly as he could at Amano, but the worry was still clearly there upon his face. Nagisa couldn't believe this...

It seemed everyone might be falling apart... already...

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Third Person POV

Barricaded inside of that tiny, enclosed room, a person went to sleep with a smile on their face.

But even as they did so, something lurked outside...

Someone, rather.

With the intent to kill.

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Hisoka Yamanaku

Hisoka held back a retort. It wouldn't do to antagonize the girl- no, he needed to earn her loyalty. And her trust. No matter how much his brain hated him for it, he knew he'd need it tonight.

"Let's go," he said coldly. He brushed by her, already storming down the hall, his eyes snapping from each portrait to the next.

The girl from earli-

He stopped.

Squinted.

"What the hell is this?" he demanded.

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Third Person POV (AMANO)

Amano looked away from her at that, biting his lips and flexing the tips of his fingers. He looked uncomfortable for some reason- like he wasn't sure if he could fully trust her. That was strange- certainly he of all people wouldn't change his mind after making a loud exclamation.

"Sure," he said quietly. "That sounds good, if Niwa wants to."

He glanced at Niwa. The boy gave a brisk nod, but he didn't look much happier than Amano.

"Then we'd better get going. We've spent too long here- we'll get locked out of our dorms if we waste time."

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