Sawamura Household

Everyone is having a study session for the upcoming exam in Daichi's place. They have their game faces on as they reviewed their lessons. That's when a long-awaited knock resonated in the room.

Anji: Heya!

Hinata: Our saviour is here! All hail master Anji!

Tsuki: No. One last question before break time.

Hinata: Awww

Anji: Everyone's focused. That's good. I brought some snacks and a friend. *pulls a brunette from outside* This is Suika Aris, my roommate. She's a wing spiker from our volleyball team.

Aris: Yo! *spots Kageyama* Oh! It's the king!

Kageyama: Hi Arissan. *answers the last question*

Karasuno: 'She's allowed to call him that?'

Anji: She's Kageyama's classmate in junior high, so I thought it'll be alright to bring her here.

Aris: *already eating everything*

Anji: Or not. *pulls Aris away from the snacks* Anyway, aren't you guys getting bored? You're studying all day. Let's do something fun.

Daichi: Now that you mentioned it, let's finish this up and do some leisure stuffs. I can sense everyone's brains short circuiting.

Noya & Tanaka: Yayyyy!!! Freedommm!!!

Aris: *insert lightbulb here* Let's play Mafia!

Hinata: Mafia?

Aris: Yep! It's that really cool detective game that we love to play.

Hinata: Woah! Teach us how to play it!

Aris: Yosh! The mechanics are simple. There are three key roles in this game: mafia, who has the ability to kill someone, detective, who has the ability to check if someone is a mafia, and doctor, who has the ability to heal. The rest of the players are civilians. On the night phase, the narrator will ask everyone to close their eyes. They will ask the mafia who to kill, the detective who they think the mafia is, and the doctor who to heal. After that, there will be some discussion on who to eliminate in the game. The game ends when the mafia is captured or the mafia killed everyone except one.

Hinata: I don't get it, but it sounds cool!

Anji: *facepalm* Let's have a demonstration game for Hinata's sake.

Kageyama: *smirk* Watch how it's done, dumbass.

Anji: Let's have Aris, Enno, Kinoshita, Narita, Tsuki, Kageyama, Shimizu, and me on this round.

Aris: I'll be the storyteller. I'll send you your roles via text. *types on her phone* There!

Storyteller: Aris
Mafia: Shimizu
Detective: Tsuki
Doctor: Enno
Civilians: Anji, Kinoshita, Narita, Kageyama

Aris: Our setting is training camp! Everybody, close your eyes. Mafia?

Shimizu: *points Anji*

Aris: Detective?

Tsuki: *points Enno*

Aris: *thumbs down* Doctor?

Enno: *points hinself*

Aris: A gentle reminder: you cannot heal the person twice in a row. Now, everybody wake up! Everyone was in the dining area eating breakfast when they noticed that someone is missing. Daichi-san asked Noya and Tanaka to check on their missing acquaintance. The duo found Anji already pale and cold on her sleeping bag.

Anji: Damn. I'm out this early in the game? *leaves the couch*

Aris: Now, discuss!

Enno: Well, Shimizu-san is the only female here. She's the only one close to Anji at the time of the murder.

Shimizu: I went home after dinner since my house is nearby. I'm not there at the time of the murder.

Tsuki: Fair enough. One of the boys could've sneaked out and killed Anji.

Narita: Can the doctor or detective come out? What do you guys know?

Enno: I'm the doctor. I saved myself.

Kinoshita: Selfish.

Enno: Hey!

Kageyama: I vote for Narita-san. He wants the doctor and detective to come out so he can kill them.

Enno: Nice point.

Aris: What's your defense, Narita-san?

Narita: Uh... I was just asking?

Aris: Okay then. Raise your hands if you are in favour of eliminating our sole suspect.

Everyone raised their hands.

Aris: Narita-san is an innocent being. Farewell, my friend.

Kageyama: Damn.

Aris: Night time again! Mafia?

Shimizu: *points Enno*

Aris: Detective?

Tsuki: *points Kinoshita*

Aris: *thumbs down* Doctor?

Enno: *points Kageyama*

Aris: Morning time! That day, when the first years are up for bath, Hinata noticed blood seeping out of one of the shower stalls. Curious, he opened it and saw Ennoshita with stab wounds on his chest. Enno, out!

Kageyama: We hit the shower area by year level. Does that mean a fellow second year did it?

Shimizu: Then that leaves Kinoshita as the primary suspect.

Kinoshita: Wait. What? You cannot just accuse anyone.

Tsuki: Wait. The killer could've went during the interval.

Kinoshita: *looks at Tsuki* 'I get it.' It could be a first year who went to shower with a head start. *looks at Kageyama*

Tsuki: No offense Shimizu-san, but I'm not buying your excuse of going home. It could be just a cover-up so you won't get caught.

Shimizu: It's understandable.

Tsuki: Now, who among these two is the mafia?

Anji: *from the background* Those nerds are teaming up. Pfttt

Shimizu: Kageyama always leads the 'investigation'. Maybe he's trying to put our attention away from him.

Kageyama: I'm not the mafia! It's Shimizu-san! She's playing safe!

Kinoshita: If we choose the wrong person, then we lose. We won't be surviving the next night phase because the doctor is out. What now, Tsukishima-kun?

Kageyama: Wait. Why is Kinoshita-san not on the suspect list?

Tsuki: Because I checked him. I'm the detective, you moron.

Hinata: *from the background* Ooohh! Bakageyama!

Kageyama: Shut up, Hinata boke!

Aris: Tick tock tick tock. I'll give you ten seconds to decide. If you can't give me a name, we'll proceed to the night phase.

Tsuki: 'Damn it. It was obvious that I'm the detective so the mafia will surely kill me. If that happens, Kinoshita will be up against those two alone. We'll have to risk it.'

Aris: Two.

Kinoshita: Shimizu-san.

Tsuki: *sighs* Shimizu-san it is.

Kageyama: Phew.

Aris: Congrats! Shimizu-san is the mafia! Team civilian wins!

Noya: Wow!! That's awsome!!

Tanaka: I know, right!?

Anji: Who's up for another round?

Hinata, Noya, Tanaka: Meeee!!!

Anji: Okay then. Brace yourselves.

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Aris Suika
> 1st year high school (Shiratorizawa Academy
> Girls Volleyball Team Wing Spiker
> Birthday: December 25 (15 yrs old)
> Height: 158 cm or 5'2
> Likes: Watermelon, Arts
> Dislikes: Math

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