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[OST: Despair Syndrome]

Mei: [Gripping Pencil, Nervous] W-What was that?

Shuga: [Frowning] It seems our captor is finally going to reveal themselves.

Mei: [Gripping Pencil] But is it safe to go confront them?

Shuga: [Frowning] Only one way to find out.

So basically go to confront a guy who is possibly crazy and can harm us? Good plan.

[Move to Flagpole Area]

[Screen opens up to show the flagpole but with a podium now in front of it. Everyone else has gathered here.]

Nanako: [Hand on hip, holding clipboard] Well we’re here, now what?

Lucca: [Nervous, Pulling hoodie strings] I-I guess we just wait for whoever made that announcement to show up.

Taro: [Adjusting Glasses] If they even decide to show up at all. If they were smart they would stay hidden.

[OST: None]

???: Who the hell are you to say who’s smart or not!?

Elissa: [Scared] What was that?

Ise: [Hand over mouth, Shocked] Who said that!?

Yumiko: [Holding plastic shuriken] Show yourself, villain!

???: Oh, big words for such a small group of children!

W-What the hell is going on!?

Nami: Please, come out!

???: Fine, it’s your funeral! Upupupupu!

[OST: Momomomonokuma

[Out of nowhere, a black and white bear pops up from behind the podium in front of the flagpole.]

[OST: Mr. Monokuma's lesson]

???: And here I am! I bet you weren’t expecting that now where ya! But I assure you that I am more terrifying than any kind of creepy old many you were expecting me to be!

Kagaku: [Shocked] The bear! It moves!

Saori: [Shocked, Arms outstretched] How can that be!?

Nami: What the hell is that thing!?

???: [Hand behind head] Upupu! I am the bear of your dreams, the most adorable thing in this camp, the bringer of despair and crusher of hope, th-

Kameko: [Angry, Making fist] Just get on with it already!

???: [Laughing] I’m monokuma!

Saori: [Confused] Mono-whata?

Monokuma: [Neutral] Monokuma! I await your applause.

Shuga: [Smug, Arms crossed] I don’t know who you expect to fucking clap for you.

Lucca: [Pulling hoodie strings] Y-Yeah! You’re just some sort of animatronic of something, you have no authority over us!

Monokuma: [Neutral] Oh really? That’s now how I would expect you to talk to the headmaster of your school.

Rin: [Cowering] W-W-What?

Mei: [Shocked, Dropping Pencil] That can’t be!

Monokuma: [Hand behind head] Well it be! So you better believe it! I am the headmaster at Hope’s Peak Academy, and starting today your Head Camp Councilor! So technically I am your superior and have complete authority over you all!

Kagaku: [Pointing, Yelling] That’s absurd! No one can tell the great Kagaku Rabo what to do!

Apollo: [Pulling both sides of coronet] Correct! If anyone here is going to be leader, it will be the one here with actual experience, me!

Monokuma: [Angry, Claws Showing] Oh really?

[Screen shows close-up of Monokuma’s face]

Monukuma: You little shits better follow my orders, because if you don’t there will be some…deadly consequences.

[Screen returns to normal]

Shuga: [Arms Crossed, Laughing] Pfft! As if something as small as you can cause any harm to us.

Nami: Hey Shuga, maybe it’s not the best idea to antagonize it.

Shuga: [Angry] Why not!? He’s just making some baseless threats, he’s probably controlled by the person who took us here!

Monokuma: [Angry] I’ll have you know, I am controlled by the despair of others, and not by some fleshy pig you call a human.

Shuga: [Angry] Just shut up! Show us your true face!

[OST: Tropical Despair]

[Screen shows an angry Shuga, making a fist standing over Monokuma. Shuga looks like he’s ready to swing.]

Shuga: Show us who you really are or I’ll break this stupid toy! Either way you’re going to come out!

Monokuma: Fine if it’s gonna be that way…

[All of a sudden, Monokuma’s claws come out, but they are a lot larger and sharper than before]

Monokuma: …Then he will be your example. It’s time to take an eternal slumber you little bastard!

Nami: SHUGA! WATCH OUT!

Apollo: I WONT LET THIS HAPPEN!

All of a sudden, Apollo ran up and tackled Shuga, saving him from the stab Monokuma was about to unleash on Shuga.

[Screen returns to normal]

Shuga: [Shocked] A-Apollo, thank you…

Apollo: [Smirking] It’s an emperor’s job to keep his subjects safe.

[Mr. Monokuma's Tutoring]

Monokuma: [Angry] Grrrrr, why’d you have to do that!? It was gonna be a bloody festival of fun! [Neutral] Fine then, I’ll let you off with a warning this time, but next time you won’t be so lucky.

Lucas: [Mouth ajar] This is insane…

Taro: [Surprised, Glasses slipping off] What the hell is wrong with that thing…?

Rin: [Eyes closed, Hands on forehead] I-I just wanna go home! Please l-let me go home!

Monokuma: [Laughing] Well kid, this place is your home for the time being! And while you’re all living here there are some rules you have to live by.

Then Monokuma pulled out a box filled with some electronic devices and started handing them out to everyone one by one. And everyone, understandably, was hesitant to take them.

Monokuma: [Neutral] These are your electro IDs. They hold all the rules you need to follow while staying here at Camp Despair! Just start them up and read away!

[OST: None]

I turned on the electro ID and when it finally started up it displayed my name and all the rules for the camp. I read through all the rules.

CAMP RULES

Violence against Councilor Monokuma is not allowed as is destruction of camp property. Any time between 10:00pm and 7:00am is considered “night time” keep in mind that some facilities are unavailable during “night time.” You are free to explore, but keep in mind the rules. Once a murder has taken place a class trial to find the “blackened” will begin shortly after a brief investigation period. If the blackened is exposed during a trial they alone will be executed. If the blackened is not exposed the other campers will be executed. If the blackened survives the class trial they can leave the camp and return to their old lives. A body discovery announcement will play when 3 or more campers discover a corpse for the first time. Councilor Monokuma can add new rules at any time.

[OST: Weekly Despair Magazine]

Joka: [Nervous] Wait, what…

Elissa: [About to cry] This has to be some kind of prank or something, right?

This is, far worse than I could have predicted.

Lucca: [Hoodie on, sad] There’s no way this can be real.

Saori: [Fanning Eyes] Please let this all be a bad dream.

Nami: We…have to kill each other…

[OST: Distrust]

Monokuma: [Hand behind head] Upupu! Yes you do! The only way out of here is to murder one of your peers!

Rin: [Gripping Marionette, crying] N-No! Please…

Mei: [Nervous, Scribbling on hand] This isn’t probable at all!

Lucas: [Holding one arm] N-Now way dude! No freaking way!

Monokuma: [Laughing] Yes way! This is not a prank, drill, dream, illusion, etc. This is all real life, and you all have to accept it. But without further ado, it’s time to start the Summer Camp Life of Mutual Killing! Think of it as a…competition of sorts. And the only way to win is to murder!

Saori: [Confused] Camp Life of Mutual…What!?

Kameko: [Mumbling] That’s the worst name I’ve ever heard

Monokuma: [Angry] I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that. [Neutral] Well if there are no objections I will be taking my leave.

Nami: Wait, before you leave, what’s this about a “Class Trial?”

Monokuma: [Neutral] Oh that’s right I almost forgot, thank you for reminding me!

[Screen changes to show Monokuma sitting at a throne with three male students standing at podiums and three female students standing at podiums standing opposite of each other.]

Monokuma: After a murder there will be a period of investigation and then a class trial. During a class trial you will present your arguments as to who you think the real killer is. At the end you will all vote for who you think the killer is and pray to any god you believe in that you are right.

[Screen goes back to normal]

Monokuma: [Neutral] And that about sums it up! Now I shall be taking my leave. Have fun and don’t forget to murder!

[Monokuma disappears]

[OST: None]

When the bear left there was an eerie silence, like everyone was afraid to talk. We all just kind of…stood there, scanning each other’s faces, trying to get a read on what everyone else was thinking. Like we could predict what everyone else was going to do.

Someone was going to have to break the silence.

[OST: A Dead End to the Ocean's Aroma]

Nami: W-Well now what? We can’t just stand here forever.

Apollo: [Frowning] Well what can we do? We’re in the hands of whatever that thing is.

Lucca: [Hood on] It doesn’t look like we can fight it.

Yumiko: [Pulling mask] It would probably kill us before we even got the chance.

Ise: [Holding back tears] Then what can we do?

Kagaku: [Hiding behind coat] That fiend has us under his thumb.

Joka: [Grinning] I don’t really think bears have thumbs. [Mimicking Kagaku] That fiend has us under his paw!

Shuga: [Arms Crossed, Thinking] I think that bear is the least of our worries right now. More importantly we should be worried about…

[OST: Despair Syndrome]

[Screen changes to show the 16 students standing scattered around, nervously looking at each other]

Shuga: …Everyone else. We’re stuck on a remote location with 15 other strangers, and told the only way to leave is to kill. Who knows what everyone here is thinking, someone may already be plotting your demise.

Nanako: Trust will only get you killed.

Lucca: But who can live with nothing but doubt?

Rin: It’s like we’re all being pulled by strings…

Ise: I can’t doubt people I barely even know!

Yumiko: The path of doubt leads only to a land of grief and pain.

Apollo: A good ruler never turns his back on his subjects…

Saori: I feel like I’m gonna be sick, this is all just too much.

Joka: You’ve gotta be kidding me. I could never turn away from such a great audience.

Elissa: I can’t believe this, I really can’t believe this!

Lucas: There’s no way this can be real.

Mei: There must be some kind of variable missing, it just doesn’t add up!

Kagaku: Thing are starting to look grim…

Taro: The chances of escape are looking quite slim.

Kameko: A competition…where the price of winning is ending another’s life…

Nami: This…is our new reality…

We stood there, unsure of what outcome fate had in store for us. Would someone find us and get us all out of here, or would someone give in a kill someone else? Would we be able to stay here in peace, or would it all be taken away from us?

[OST: None]

Would we live in a world of hope…

…Or would we all fall into the hands of despair?

PROLOGUE COMPLETE

SURVIVING STUDENTS: 16

TO BE CONTINUED