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Willow Fraulein pov :)

Fingers, fumbling, Willow reached for her card. Exhausted and even more so nervous, she swiped it.

Willow Fraulein. Ultimate Furry. #026

Willow flushed slightly. How would her classmates think of her? Being a furry... wasn't... particularly favored by anyone she'd met before. As she stepped in the gate, and began to feel lightheaded. Aw gosh. Not again.

Opening her eyes, she saw... A furry, and a hell-of-a-lot of students. "I did NOT AGREE TO JOIN ANY FURRY CULTS." Aurora said, noisy and indignant.

KODA WOW EVERYONES FAVOURITe

Koda looked significantly tired. Swiping her card, she sighed. School. She really didn't like the feeling Bella and Tyler and... - someone? Belgh, she didn't remember - were giving about "school" they pretended to be excited ALL THE TIME and then whined about school. Like, yikes.

Koda Starikuma. Ultimate Athlete. #027

And then? Well, she fainted, ofcourse. Plot.

Kowai Kurai's POV

"I-I know, right?? Like... W-why would this even happen? Why us...? Why do we have to see people k-kill each other again?!"

Again?...

Oh, Mei. Oh, Mei, Mei, Mei.

Of course.

Something had shifted in Kowai's face a moment, but only a moment...

"Y-Yeah... I mean... Honestly!! How could anyone do this? To anybody?!" Her entire body shook violently, and she was shaking her head. She had plastered upon her face a look of disgust.

"S-same here, Kowai..."

Huh. For some reason, Kowai doubted that. But she smiled back at her.

"Aww, I'm flattered! I've been touchin' up on it lately, it makes me soooo happy that my hard work hasn't gone unnoticed! Guess I could say the same to you, eh? Funny little masquerade you had going on there!"

"Awwwwww, I'm glad to hear it! So have I. Thank you very much, how kind of you to have noticed!" She giggled quietly.

Of course, they never see it coming from such a childlike girl. Looking so small and innocent. But you have to know exactly how to shape yourself into what they might want to see.

If they looked underneath though, all they'd see is an empty husk. One hopelessly full of boredom. One without a single spark of life in her eyes or a single leap in her step. Except for one thing. Except for one person.

"Oh hoho, so you already knew? Aww, what a shame! I wanted to be as odd and mysterious as a certain student with an unknown talent, someone who went by the name... Kowai Kurai? Sound familiar? I wanna know more about you too, y'know!"

Kowai raised her eyebrows. She almost flinched at the mention of her unknown talent, but stopped herself. "Oh, trust me. You do seem odd and mysterious enough. You want to know more about me, hmm? Aww! That's touching! We're going to be great friends!" She clapped her hand together with a smile.

Right. Like I could trust her not to tell the whole school.

And if anyone knew of Kowai's talent, they'd know to avoid her like the plague. They'd know she was dangerous. They'd know that the moment someone turned their back, her fangs would sink into their neck, and they'd fall to the floor, writhing in pain, before they finally dropped dead. As she laughed quietly and maniacally behind them.

She was the girl who was born without a heart. Or, rather, she had a heart. But it was carved of ash and stone and broken glass. Broken promises, broken heart lockets. Two souls, torn at the half.

She'd tried to reach for him and beg him to stay, the only one who understood-

Who even knew where he was now?

"And... Let's just say... You've piqued my interest as well, now how funny is that! Guess we both caught each other's eye~"

"Ohhh, I have? How very interesting! I suppose we did!"

Kowai saw the way Mei stared at her, and returned her a sweet and innocent smile with unblinking eyes.

"Hmmm... Now how could you guess? I'm not a damn fool like all these people here, and you don't seem to be in the same boat as them... Interesting! Oh, and funny that you'd mention that..."

Ah, now THIS was a kindred spirit! Probably a bit of the impulsive type, to assume that everyone here were fools. Or perhaps she was just joking.

"Don't seem to be in the same boat as them… huh?" Kowai murmured, seemingly partially to herself.

"Ah, well, just a feeling, I suppose!" was all she told her.

But Mei Akamatsu…

Kowai recalled researching her before coming here. Such…

Suspicious, lacking files.

"Because I got the same feeling about you too~"

"Oh, is that so? Hehe! How comeee?"

"Betcha got a lifetime's worth of blood on those cold fingers of yours, -please take them off of me i don't appreciate being touched >:(- guess we're not so different after all~"

Kowai looked at her very strangely. "Ohhh. What makes you think that?" A certain dryness entered her voice, and a stone-cold look upon her face. Yeah, no. She didn't need her blathering about that either. "Ohhh, alright! Sorry! Didn't mean to upset you!" She took her hands off Mei's shoulders.

That, was of course, a lie. Kowai very often touched people just to freak them out. "So… who'd you kill?" she asked with a certain curiosity on her face, and a strange feel to her voice.

"I like your funny words, magic man. Count. Me. IN!"

Kowai looked as though she seemed to remember something. "Magic Man…" Why did she feel like she knew someone by that name? Someone… forgettable?

Kowai grinned and rapidly fist-bumped Mei's hand. "Great! …absolutely great."

Kowai gazed thoughtfully around the room. Full of toys, full of untrained animals ready to be used for a circus. All a bunch of pitiful fools.

This world would belong to her. It was game on.

She really didn't think she trusted Mei. At all. They were both too much alike.

Especially since Mei seemed like someone… impulsive? That could make her more dangerous. And also, possibly, foolish as well… but she seemed to have something of a calculating mind.

She mused thoughtfully to herself, about whether she should reveal her true talent to Mei. Perhaps she could just keep it secret. Or tell a lie. A lie that seemed dark enough to be the truth. Without being the truth.

…never the truth. Never again.

Gold was fake but gold was her own, gold was cold but it made a good throne.

A good, lonely throne.

Kowai stared down at the locket around her neck.

…she recalled how its match had been thrown and smashed into pieces.

It was funny how so-called heroes… left you when you needed them most.

But I still miss him.

I hate him. I hope he's dead.

Dorky Monroe's POV

Oh wow! The person responded!!

"Uh... Hey... There, I guess..."

"Heyyy!" Dorky exclaimed, smiling eagerly at them.

"I'm... Daiko, Daiko... Ukatara. And uh... I guess people call me the "Ultimate Archer" or some s**t, I dunno..."

Dorky Monroe reached out his hand. "Wowww! Nice to meet you! I love your rings, they're super cool- ah, um, Archer. Wowow. Funny word! You shoot arrows? I always wanted to learn to do that! And Daiko Ukatara. Such. A cool. Name!"

Dorky cleared his throat, putting his other hand over his mouth. "Sorry, sorry. Getting a little too excited. Am I… bothering you?"

"...I mean he looks cool and all, but... I dunno, I... I didn't really get to see him much..."

Dorky scraped his foot back and forth against the floor. Wow. The floor was real! "Yeah, I- guess I get that! What with being on the floor dimension and all. Do you… wanna talk about leafy deer aliens?"

Way to go, Dorky, totally nailing the human socialization thingy.

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Willow groaned. "I didn't know I was to be drugged on entry, anyway." She shook her head tiredly. "Ugh, can we get the feds on this place?" Willow sighed.

Koda lay sprawled on the floor. She was seemingly awake, but lacked the common interest to explore her surroundings. She was just gonna... just gonna lay there. Actually, her body really hurt, folded over herself like a lawn chair. Sitting up, she looked around. People. SO MANY. UGH. EW. Koda immediately resumed her "sleeping" position, although less crumple-y and more... cat-ish.

Willow eyed the snoozy-seeming girl. Did she have two different colored eyes? Her hair was a mess. Black, blue, and a hint of a slick purple stripe. Eyes of green and blue. She was pretty! Willow decided, yet still didn't approach. She looked thoroughly sick of this place ALREADY, suspicious of everyone and just.. grumpy. Although, that may be because Willow wasn't wearing her glasses! She slipped them on. Nope. She still saw a pretty girl, who looked pissed at everyone and everything. She watched her blink slowly, calmly, and then suddenly turned to eye Willow. She hissed slightly, and turned her back to Willow.

Oops.

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low effort reply bc i'm lazy as hell.

Mei said nothing as Kowai spoke, her smile still remaining the same and her eyes gleaming with excitement. She didn't like this chick, she was a bit too sweet. A little goody-two-shoes.

But hey, sometimes the evilest bees made the sweetest honey.

She avoided the damn question... Understandable, really, but still...

Kowai clearly didn't trust her, and Mei returned the favor.

They both had knives hiding behind their backs, each of them having the other's name on them.

The question was... Were they going to use the knives on each other?

On themselves?

On someone else? Maybe even... Together?

...Pffft, who knows? Guess Mei would just have to wait and find out.

. . .

...Didn't mean to "upset" her? Yeah, nice lying skills you got there Kowai. You seem annoying enough to do it for fun.

Oh boy, if Mei had to deal with getting touched by this girl all the time, she might just give up... Screw this anyways, a killing game ain't all that fun unless you are having fun.

"...So, who'd you kill?"

Oh hoho, at least she knew how to get to the point. It wasn't making Mei like her much more, but it certainly did interest her.

She likes to play around questions, twist words like it's a blade in someone's heart... You have a lot to hide, don'tcha? Well, jokes on you, I do too~

Mei tilted her head and her smile faded, only becoming a perplexed frown as she thought about the question. It all seemed... Fake, though.

"Kill? Hehe, I never said anything about killing~ Ooh! Ooh! That begs the question..."

Mei got up in Kowai's face and grinned, her eyes becoming cold and dark to match.

"Who'd you kill?"

She let the silence stand in the air for a bit, enough for the pressure to build up, all while not moving a muscle. Quickly though, she fell back and giggled, then got up from the floor and lowered her head so that none of the other students would see.

"Soooo..... Wanna go explore?" She whispered excitedly, and even though Kowai couldn't see Mei's eyes, they seemed to glare at her.

Or do you already know your way around the school, hmm?


hhhhh i wish i could write more but screw this.

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"God... You're the worst, Rei..." Akari grumbled before turning away, not even bothering to fix his hair or his hat. He instead stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked away, but not before giving a wave and an annoyed glare. Akari didn't even bother to invite Reimi on whatever "adventure" he was going on. Maybe it was to find the One Piece?

Or maybe it was to find a way to preserve whatever nonexistent sanity he had left.

Akari may not look like it, but internally he is breaking the f**k down and has no clue what is going on. I mean, can you blame him? He's acting like he saw a ghost.

Anyways, he made his way out the door and began to wander around the school, looking for something to do and maybe even gathering useful info.

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...So he just left him. Alright, cool, I guess. Reimi didn't even have the chance to say goodbye, just watch in annoyance as the messy mop of green hair just... ditched him. Geez... He knew Akari wasn't the friendliest type, but they've always been on good terms, and he wouldn't usually just... Drop him and leave, right?

All Reimi could do was look at the back of Akari's shirt and sigh, turning his attention to anyone else who happened to be in the room.

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Oh god... They were kinda loud... Well, not like I could do much about it, my arms were too tired to move and I just felt bad about even wanting to cover my ears in order to preserve my sanity. They even talked at a million miles a minute... Well... This Dorky person sure did seem nice, so maybe it wasn't all that bad? Aww man... Now I just felt bad.

"Wowww! Nice to meet you! I love your rings, they're super cool- ah, um, Archer. Wowow. Funny word! You shoot arrows? I always wanted to learn to do that! And Daiko Ukatara. Such. A cool. Name!"

"I.... Uh.... Thanks?" I looked over at my hands, which I didn't even realize I was doing much with, and stared at my rings. Yeah, awkward moment, but whatever. my entire existence was awkward.

"Yeah... Yeah, I guess you could say that... Good with bows, or somethin', I dunno..."

Holy s**t Daiko, keep that up and maybe you'll be the best talker of all time! Such skill, much wow.

...Was Daiko Ukatara really that cool of a name? I mean, I kinda made it up on the spot, my real name is ****** *******, but that's a secret :)

"Sorry, sorry. Getting a little too excited. Am I… bothering you?"

Ok ok, now I felt really bad. Was it my face? My unenthused, unwelcoming, ugly-ass face? Was it the fact that I was just too lazy to get up? Was it because of how I spoke?

I finally somehow got up and made the bold mood to stare at Dorky, an apologetic look smothering my face. "No, no you're fine... I... Don't really care."

Ah great. Could've worded that differently.

"Yeah, I- guess I get that! What with being on the floor dimension and all. Do you… wanna talk about leafy deer aliens?"

The mention of the "floor dimension" was enough to get a small chuckle out of me for god knows what reason, and even a small smile too. "I uh... Leafy... Deer Aliens?" Me, being the awkward idiot I am, asked in a quite confused tome while rubbing my hand behind my neck out of sheer nervousness.

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Kowai Kurai's POV

Such an interesting girl. Her movements, the way her expressions shifted about…

Kowai could never quite comprehend why some people seemed so obsessed with being "genuine". Lies… lies made things more fun. And Mei Akamatsu seemed like the type of person who comprehended that.

Lies kept people from seeing the parts of yourself you didn't want them to see. Before it was too late.

But, oh, Mei might be a little too much like me. I'll certainly have to be careful around her.

"Kill? Hehe, I never said anything about killing~ Ooh! Ooh! That begs the question..."

Kowai raised her eyebrows in curiosity, had she been a cat her ears would have pricked, but of course, she wasn't one. She saw Mei's face grow closer to hers quite suddenly.

How fascinating, how her expressions shifted like the colors of a chameleon. How much like herself.

"Who'd you kill?"

Kowai tilted her head to the side and a slight frown crept upon her face. Still, though… it wouldn't hurt to tell her. It wasn't like she could prove anything.

She wouldn't mention her methods though.

"Oh, I don't think I recall. It's all blurred together at this point." Kowai swayed from side to side, humming quietly. "Not too many people though… and I can assure you, those were all accidents!" She giggled to herself. But then her voice lowered to a whisper, her large, empty cat-like eyes blinking, her mouth only slightly opening and closing as she spoke. "...still, would be a bit of a shame if some… "accidents" happened here, wouldn't it?"

"Soooo..... Wanna go explore?"

"Ah, that's a FUN idea! Wouldn't hurt to get better acquainted with our surroundings! Especially to make sure no one gets killed, honestly!"

This girl is… truly an interesting one. Still though, if push comes to shove, I'll have to make sure she's the one walking in front.

Dorky Monroe's POV

"I.... Uh.... Thanks?"

"Aww, you're welcome!" Gee… they… seemed kinda reluctant to talk to him. Was he making them uncomfortable? Dorky bit his lip and shifted awkwardly. No, that couldn't be, right?...

"Yeah... Yeah, I guess you could say that... Good with bows, or somethin', I dunno..."

"O-Oh, wow! What's that like? The whole bows thing? Using bows? I've never tried them before… I've always wanted to but, heh, I bet I'd be a bad shot…" Dorky awkwardly rubbed his index finger against the side of his face. Oh no. Fingers. Nails for biting. AVAILABILITY!

"No, no you're fine... I... Don't really care."

Dorky winced, the enthusiasm vanishing from his voice. "Right… right. Of… course. That's… good and all. Maybe I'll leave you alone, or something, sorry…"

Oh, they were laughing. Dorky smiled slightly back at them. Maybe he wasn't a complete failure at the social interaction thing after all.

Get real, man, you can't do the humaning thing. You're just the ghost substitute teacher.

Oh, negative thoughts. Smh, turn it off, like a light switch, just go flick!

Had he, Dorky Monroe, the stupidest awkwardest alien of a person alive actually managed to get a small smile and a laugh out of another human being? Whoa.

"I uh... Leafy... Deer Aliens?"

"Ummm, I- I don't know, really! I just kinda… like thinking. 'Bout random stuff. Like if flowers could talk and all that. It makes great inspiration for songs, my brain's just sort of a ringadingding of… cluster scribbles! Y-Y'know?"

Wow. Nailing the speech thing. Way to go.

Suzume Fujimori's POV

"When I think about it," she murmured to Lucian, watching the separate conversations taking place throughout the room, "it really seems likely that the best way to go about this Killing Game business might be to form alliances. It does certainly seems probable someone might die," she said bluntly, shrugging. Lucian half-flinched.

"Like, I know it sounds harsh, but… whoever did this had it all planned out. There's most likely no ways of escape around, and if there are, they won't be easy to access. And there's probably limited food and supplies too. So… forming alliances might be our best bet to at least make sure WE survive. If someone dies, we better just make sure it's not us. Hmmm… maybe we could attempt to grow food, but… what do you think?"

Lucian's eyes shifted away from her, and he pulled his scarf up. "...I know you're probably right. But…" He paused. "If anyone dies… I'd rather it was me."

Suzume raised her eyebrows. "What? Lucian, you'd give up that easily?"

"It's not that, Suzume. But… to be completely honest with you, I don't want anyone to die. Maybe it's… naïve of me… too optimistic. I don't know."

He let out a sharp inhale. "...but I'm a therapist. My top priority is others. My top priority is keeping their futures alive."

A look of startlement came upon Suzume's face.

Here I am… thinking about the most logical way to keep myself alive. He has no reason to care about all these strangers. And yet… his first thought fell upon protecting everyone here, even if he had to give his own life?

Suzume frowned. He's… he doesn't exactly seem foolish. But to be so willing to give up your own life for a bunch of strangers… is this boy really that selfless? Or does he care that little about himself?

Suzume put a hand on Lucian's shoulder. "Hey. Listen. You shouldn't put yourself down like that. Think rationally here, Lucian. Someone is going to die. These people are all strangers anyways. And, although, I don't particularly want to see any of them dead on the ground… you can't think like that. Otherwise you WILL be the first one dead."

Lucian flinched. "...Suzume. I can't. Maybe it's different for you. But… preserving the lives of others… even when I don't know them. That's important to me."

"..."

Suzume Fujimori inhaled sharply. "I'm just saying… don't do anything stupid. We're all Ultimates. We're all important here."

Especially me. I'm not going to die in here. I'm going to change the world.

"And did you ever think about what everyone here will do without the Ultimate Therapist? No? You didn't?"

Lucian stared directly at Suzume. "...I- never mind. Maybe you're right."

Suzume slowly removed her hand from his shoulder with a sigh. "So… you're thinking no one dies? You may not be willing to kill a perfect stranger (excluding yourself apparently), but I'm pretty sure most people here probably are. Human beings will do anything to preserve their own lives."

Lucian started to walk away. He turned his head to look at Suzume one last time before he did.

"...then I guess I'm not human then."

…

Scientists. They're supposed to be logical, rational, reasonable. Emotions, feelings, people. You have to push those all to the side.

Your only excitement should be for the thrill of discovery.

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idk man i'm too lazy to write, have fun with all these s**tty povs

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"Oh, I don't think I recall. It's all blurred together at this point. Not too many people though… and I can assure you, those were all accidents!"

...Huh, interesting... Mei's face changed to be slightly perplexed as she listened, but she didn't do much in reply. If they really were accidents, then...

That didn't make it as interesting, in all honesty. Why have accidents when you can do it intentionally for fun? Well, Mei didn't feel like giving an answer to the question and decided to leave it at that.

"...still, would be a bit of a shame if some… "accidents" happened here, wouldn't it?"

"Hehe, glad to know we're on the same page~" Well, who knows if that was a lie or not. Mei's childish little grin would've covered it up anyways.

"Ah, that's a FUN idea! Wouldn't hurt to get better acquainted with our surroundings! Especially to make sure no one gets killed, honestly!"

"Hehe, yup!" Mei clapped her hands together then began to waltz off, looking back at Kowai to see if she would follow. Her movements eventually relaxed and became more "normal" as to not draw any suspicion, but as she walked to the door, she noticed one of the Ultimates glaring at her, his stone-cold eyes were enough to even make her concerned.

"Geez dude, the hell you lookin' at...?" she muttered angrily under her breath, trying not to make it obvious that she noticed.

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Oh god oh god oh god.

Well, now that he was out of sight from everyone in that room, he was now able to have...

Not a break-down. Nope, he couldn't trust himself to do that here.

...Or anywhere really.

Instead he just walked nervously around the hallways, head pinned to the floor and his breathing becoming more irregular by the second.

Yeah this whole situation was f**ked up, and Akari did not want any part of it. He just wanted away from whatever the hell that was and just... I dunno, sleep? Sit and do nothing?

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As he was glancing around the room, he noticed a pair of purple-haired(?) people talking about... something, he didn't know he couldn't hear jack s**t and he couldn't see their faces. All he knew is that they gave off some really odd vibes and Reimi did not like it. He tried to ignore them for now, but one of them seemed to be walking out of the gym and she passed right by him. He couldn't help but to glare her way, his distaste was apparently that obvious. His stare was as cold as ice and his already menacing face twisted to become quite intimidating.

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"O-Oh, wow! What's that like? The whole bows thing? Using bows? I've never tried them before… I've always wanted to but, heh, I bet I'd be a bad shot…"

Honestly I was just having a hard time keeping up, all these questions being thrown at me were not good for my snail-paced brain.

"I... Uh... It's just fun, I guess... I can't really explain, s-sorry..." At this point my mutterings were so quiet you could barely hear them, and certainly the look on my face wasn't the most pleasant. It was a mix between confusion, embarrassment, unease, and probably a bunch of other things.

"I uh... I could probably teach you, if you... wanted..."

You're in Danganronpa, Daiko, you won't be able to do jack s**t lol

"Right… right. Of… course. That's… good and all. Maybe I'll leave you alone, or something, sorry…"

Upon hearing that, my face paled and my eyes widened. Oh no, my worst fear, misinterpretation and making people feel bad. Whatever am I to do.

"No no no I didn't-"

Daiko you're panicking, skill issue.

"I-I'm sorry I... I didn't mean it like that... Pls don't leave..."

"Ummm, I- I don't know, really! I just kinda… like thinking. 'Bout random stuff. Like if flowers could talk and all that. It makes great inspiration for songs, my brain's just sort of a ringadingding of… cluster scribbles! Y-Y'know?"

Yeah, relatable I guess. I just didn't do it openly lol

"...If flowers could talk, they'd probably be telling me to play this damn killing game..." I muttered, still looking away from Dorky. Nope, this wasn't a reference, carry on :)

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Kowai Kurai's POV

"Hehe, glad to know we're on the same page~"

"Indeed it is! Glad to meet a like-minded person here!" Kowai grinned.

Had Mei picked up on the fact she had lied? Of course they weren't accidents. Of course she'd killed... Well, frankly, she'd lost count at this point. You couldn't even see the faces or hear the screams or the pleas for mercy as you slept, after a certain point. Not that they really made you feel much...

...

"Hehe, yup!"

Kowai noticed Mei attempting to move away. She tilted her head, and headed after her, hands behind her back.

"Soooo, wanna check the rest of the school out together?" she asked.

Dorky Monroe's POV

"I... Uh... It's just fun, I guess... I can't really explain, s-sorry..."

"N-No! Um, I completely get it. It's totally okay! It's like when you're feeling... Trumpet or chicken or temperature or.... Sticker sheet or shblam or something else you can't sum up in the normal words? I totally get it! Glad it's fun though..."

Oh for. WHY WERE THE FINGERNAILS THERE. BEING SO TEMPTING. God, he needed gloves badly.

...Mika wore gloves. Maybe he could ask him if he'd let him borrow them?

Dorky's face flushed. Why did the thought make him feel awkward?

"I uh... I could probably teach you, if you... wanted..."

Dorky Monroe's eyes brightened. "OH MY GOSHES GALOSHES! you could?! I- I mean-- of course you could! I'd love that! A lot!" He laughed awkwardly to himself. "That's... Really sweet. Honestly. Thank you. Wowsers."

"No no no I didn't-"

Dorky had a startled, perplexed look on his face.

"I-I'm sorry I... I didn't mean it like that... Pls don't leave..."

He waved his hands around. "O-Oh! Um, it's okay. Really. I um... Guess I misunderstood. You just had a speech typo, right? It happens!"

He almost reached to pat Daiko reassuringly, but he recoiled his hands, unsure if they were comfortable with that. Dear bath froth, his nails were distracting. He wanted to eat them till they BLED!! No, no, Dorky, don't do that. Just think about the newest TOH episode and whistle the intro.

Man, I don't want the series to end. God, Luz is relatable.

He blinked. "What was that? For some reason, I feel like I heard an Undertale reference! ...wait. Am I supposed to know what that is? What d'ya think, extraterrestrial viewers?"

WHY ARE YOU ACTING SO WEIRD STFU THEY'LL START GIVING YOU WEIRD LOOKS AND THEN LEAVE UGH GOD STOP YOUR STUPID INFO DUMPING YOU STUPID KALE STICK-

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*faint rustling sounds of vegetation in the background*

????

*vroooooooooop*

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Temmus Gaylord

I looked around, trying to figure out what the fuck was going on. Not that I hadn't written enough cringy copypasta to have a general sense of how murder murder stabby stabby stories usually go, but I never—not never, but very rarely expected to be in such a situation myself.

Ugh what the fuck.

As weird of an instinct as it was, I began looking around for a pot of coffee.

I knew for a fact that was the only thing that could possibly override my incompetence enough for me to comprehend this shit.

Suzume Fujimori's POV

Coincidentally, a certain Ultimate Scientist also decided to look around for a pot of coffee. She relied on it quite commonly within her daily life, and having it in a difficult situation like this couldn't hurt. If, of course, this was real life.

This was a perplexing situation indeed. One would think it's an overly elaborate prank, or a test of some kind. Or maybe it was a dream. But somehow, this all felt quite strangely real. Maybe she was on drugs. Suzume shook her head.

...probably not. Probably.

She thought back to what she had said to Lucian. Had she been too harsh on him? No, of course not. He wasn't thinking about this the right way. She had only been trying to push him in the right direction. His first thought had been to put his own life on the line to help others, no matter the cost...

You couldn't afford that way of thinking.

He's going to die, she thought to herself, with a shake of her head and eerie certainty. If, this is indeed real, and any of us wind up killing one another... He's not going to make it with thoughts like that.

It almost slightly saddened her. He seemed like the type of person she would wish to ally herself with.

Suzume was so lost in her own troubled thoughts that she didn't realize she was inches away from another human being, who was also searching for a pot of coffee. She blinked, stepped back, and adjusted her glasses.

"Oh! Hello. I don't believe we've met. Sorry about that, I... Zoned out for a moment. My name is Suzume Fujimori. The Ultimate Scientist. And... You are?"

Dorky Monroe's POV

Dorky began to feel rather tense upon not receiving a response. Had he said something wrong? Why was Daiko so quiet?...

His shoulders hunched up slightly. No, it was alright. It was okay. Everything was okay. Or it would be.

He didn't want to leave the other person alone. I mean, unless they wanted him to leave. Was he... Burdening them? Well, maybe he was.

He kinda wanted to explore this place, find something to do. But he also wanted to talk to the other Ultimates. He was getting a lot of urges right now.

A lot.

Nailbiting urges, songwriting urges, poetry writing urges, story writing urges, writing in general urges, drawing urges, listening to music urges, playing music urges, playing video games urges, hair tugging urges, and also the urge to fiddle with whatever the hell he could get his hands on.

He had started blinking excessively now, and his feet seemed to be anxiously tapping on their own. Oh, drat.

He also kinda wanted to flop down somewhere and daydream about stuff for a while but like

THERE WERE HUMAN BEINGS HERE!!

He should talk to them, right?

Right?!

Then again. Were they humans? Or... Was this whole thing... A scheme devised by the aliens?

Honestly, you never knew if reality was truly real. Those movies dismissed as mere fiction could potentially hold the truth.

Lucian Arbred's POV

...honestly. What was Suzume talking about?

That sort of every man for himself mentality was the sort of thing he wanted to get away from.

Still, he... Knew she had a point. And it wasn't like Lucian was just going to recklessly get himself killed without knowing that it would be the most beneficial course of action.

...

Well. Speaking of the most beneficial course of action...

They couldn't let themselves be divided from each other, could they? Maybe he should head back to the gym, and talk to the other students...

Question was, if that sort of thing would last.

Would it?

Was this even real?

Who would create such a thing?

Mika Uyehara's POV

Mika was off reading books that were totally not about suspicious things. He totally was not going to get anyone killed, or commit any crimes.

...probably.

Mostly, he just wanted to get away from the people.