When Elliot entered the gym, she immediately noticed the game console.

Oh, and everyone was already there.

"Ellinya!" Ayameko said, more or less excited. "I mean... Elliot."

"Ellinya?" Kaoru retorted, "What, is that a portmanteau of Elliot and nya?"

Ayameko blushed. "Yes."

"That's cute!" Kaoru states, putting an arm around Ayameko. "Ellinya-tan! C'mon, come over here!"

Monokuma grumbled. "My cubs! Don't treat this like a sporting event!!"

"You treat this like a game, yet you hate it when we do as well..." Kosabachi grumbles.

"Pl-Please... ju-just te-te-te-tell us th-the motive!" Hijime - Cortese, really - mumbled out.

Monokuma smiled, and made a tv appear behind the game console.

On the screen was Midday 🌟 Highschool Panic! with a low poly view of a highschool.

"Midday 🌟 Highschool Panic?" Ellinya asked.

"It's a point and click adventure created solely by Monukuma!"

"Oh, gross!" Kosabachi groaned. "Ugh, these point and click games are lame - I'd rather play ego wielding teens solving a murder mystery or powerful animal collectathons!"

"Ego Wielding Teens...? Ar-are you talking about--!" Cortese said gleefully, blushing hard.

Kosabachi looked at Cortese. "Hijime! You're technically the Ultimate Fanboy who's also really good at fortune telling, you can do this, right?"

Cortese squirmed, "Pl-Please n-n-no... I-I-I ca-ca-can't..."

"Nuh-uh! You can't do any of that hakuna matata shit like you kids did last time!" Monokuma bared his claws, "Or I swear to Cthulhu*, King Kai*, and Ishval* I'm executing all of y'all!"

Elliot gasped.

"However, you can stay in your little groups..." Monokuma states politely.

Ayameko eyed the game console. "What even is that game about? Midday 🌟 Highschool Panic...?"

"High school, of course!" Monokuma laughed jovially. "Oh... and the most important person in your life."

Silence.

"Your parents," He gave a glance to Elliot - which made her skin crawl- "An ex- lover," He gave a cold look to Leon, which made him break into a cold sweat. "Or your siblings!"

"So it's different every time?" Yosuke asked, unsure.

"Yepporoni!!"

Elliot felt uncomfortable. "Then... then we can't just play it all at once."

"OF COURSE!" Monokuma yelled. "If just follow one kids family... oh, that'd just be lame. Of course - Midday 🌟 Highschool Panic is based on Twilight Syndrome Murder Mystery! This is one of them spiritual successors..."

Will I cry like a NEET on prom night...?

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Elliot starred at the console, awkwardly, and picked up the controller.

It was shaped rectangularly, like an SNES controller.

She breathed in.

Please... I don't want my family to be hurt... especially not lil' sis.

MIDDAY 🌟 HIGHSCHOOL PANIC!
Press any button.

Of course, Elliot did exactly.

Please enter your name.

_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Elliot breathed in again.

Elliot
Komaeda.

The game went to a loading screen, witch was a rotating Monokuma.

Not his head - no, that'd be to creative.

It was his full body.

Day 2 - XXX

E-Ko was doing her business when her [name expunged] elder sister told her something degrading.

"Oh, E-Ko... I'm doing to be doing something horrible!"

"What, [name expunged]?"

"I can't tell you - or you'll tell our dads."

>Ask [name expunged] for the truth
>Tell [name expunged] your secret
>kįłł{nameexpungggedfœrßtęæłįńgdædįß
>Nod your head, not knowing what she was talking about.

Elliot looked at the screen, more importantly the distorted text.

She could only make out name expunged - which she assumed was her name.

She clicked the final option.

E-Ko nodded her head,

Day 10 - XXX

E-Ko smelled ash in the air, and glanced around the school building.

And you smiled.

She saw a boy doused in red.

And smiled even more.

"E-ko!"

"Yes, [name expunged]?"

"I killed S-ko!"

"S-Ko...?"

Who was S-Ko...? Dammit! This didn't make any sense at all...!

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Elliot went to her room after she stopped playing. Or more rather... she got too confused and gave up.

After a good while, the games text glitches up and became distorted.

It became unplayable.

Elliot laid down in her bed. Please, I wish I had a legit talent...!

Elliot placed her head in her hands. "I wish my talent was real..."

She laid down on her bed. There was a moment where she wished she asked her fathers for advise.

Maybe they could've helped her get a real talent... maybe...

I have to figure out that game.

I have to figure it out before anyone dies- I gotta finish it!

She had to.

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Elliot woke with a pain in her back.

She awkwardly rubbed her eyes and yawned.

Elliot sat up, and her stretched her body.

Maybe I can ask Taichi. He's the Ultimate Let's Player, right? He has to know something...

Elliot looked around her, and saw herself in the mirror.

Her blonde bob was more or else unkempt, her green and red vest looked wrinkled.

Her eyes had bags under them, and her eyes looked gray instead of green.

She awkwardly pulled the black headband (which had bobby pins in it) out of her hair, which made in softly flop down.

Looking into the mirror, her blonde hair softly hung around her shoulders.

When she thought about it, she looked like one of her 'aunts'. Maybe like Owari-san*....

She glanced at the mirror - she kinda looked nice.

Elliot threw her headband to her bed, and ran her hand through her hair.

I really need to brush this blonde mop.

Walking out of her room, she breathed in.

There was a noticeable smell of moss.

Which kinda made sense, cause y'know - underground.

Elliot glanced around and breathed in.

First it was Pianzi, second was Kohaku, third was Zinnia, fourth was Nichibotsu and fifth was Eda...

She looked at her MonoPad, and glanced at some of dead students files.

{DECEASED STUDENTS}

Name: Zinnia Nagisa {DEAD}
>Name: Pianzi Yige {DEAD}
Name: Nichibotsu Ikari {DEAD}
Name: Eda Sakura {DEAD}

For a second, Elliot wished this was all a bizarre fever dream.

She wanted to wake up in her real bed, and wake either of her fathers face looking at her.

"Elliot-!!"

Elliot turned around, to see Cortese panting and embarrassed. "Good morning, Columbo."

Cortese nodded politely. "If you can... please call me 'Cortese'... Columbo sounds dorky."

"Will do." Elliot chirps. "Hey by the way... did you play that game Monokuma gave us? Because I have... it was confusing."

Cortese shook his head. "N-N-No. I don't want to bother with it."

Elliot nodded her head, and walked with Cortese.

She had to be honest, Cortese was one of the few people here she knew wouldn't kill someone. Yes - Cortese hid his true name and true talent but he was so damn innocent about it.

Cortese fumbled with his white t-shirt, which moved his maroon tie.

On his shirt, which she could barely make out was a distorted red cross.

"Oh, your shirt is..." Elliot paused, because she's definitely scene that design before. "...cute."

Cortese blushed. "Tha-than-thank you!"

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Entering the mess hall, Elliot sat down near Leon.

"Oh, Ellie - good morning." Leon said to the blonde. "Oh, Ellie - you let your hair down. Then again I never knew you had your hair up anyways..."

Elliot blushed lightly. "Thanks?" Elliot ran her fingers through her blonde hair. "My aunts used to braid my hair... anyways."

"Okay!" Kosabachi said intimidatingly. "This motive is different then last time. It's different for all us so like... lets not play it."

"Oh!" Kaoru pipped. "How about we go back to those group things?"

"Yeah!" Yosuke said, standing up. "And at night - thee stay in the same rooms."

Yui placed his head on the table. "Is that really necessary for some of us...?"

Albert glanced at Yui, which wasn't hard being he was next to him. "Is that a comment about yourself, Yui-san?"

Yui raised his head. "Gee, I don't know."

"Anyways," Kosabachi interrupted. "I seriously don't want anyone playing that game..." She shakes her head. "Plus... that game seems sketchy. I've actually done research on that game he mention - and it only led to chaos."

Elliot gulped. She had played the game... but it made no sense. E-ko, S-ko, and [name expunged]... non of the that made sense.

Elliot sighed.

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Elliot looked at Yoshiki, since Elliot was in the artists room.

Yoshiki's walls had paintings - ranging from Dali to Picasso. His bed was neat, however it had multiple paint splotches on it - which were a myriad of white, black, blue, red, pink, and orange.

Does he occasionally use his blanket as a canvass?

"I'm sorry if my room is messy - despite the situation we're in, I'm trying to still paint." He smiled. "I know my talent is considerably weaker than others... but, I just want others to be happy. And I know my paintings can spur hope too."

Elliot smiled. "That's nice." She sighed. "I hate to ask... but the scar-"

Yoshiki's face turned to a grimace. "I'd rather not say... but," He flipped his bang up, revealing the burned up half of his face. "My mother." He said curtly, and let the bang fall against his face.

Elliot thought about it for a second. His mom did that? That's horrible! Elliot shook her head.

Yoshiki huffed. "I'd rather not talk about her..." He hung his head. "I bet Monokuma used her as a character in that game."

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Elliot woke up in a chair she snagged from the lunch, which was killing her back.

Damn, I now know why Hijime was so finicky in the morning...

"Good morning, Elliot-tan!" Yoshiki greeted warmly. "We should really get going to the mess hall, you know."

Elliot nodded her head, and stood up. "Damn, these chairs are killer on the back..."

Yoshiki placed his hand on his chair. "Maybe you should've slept on the bed." He glanced at his bed. "Although, the dried paint and ink would feel uncomfortable as well..." He shook his head.

"I suppose we should get going, Furamenko."

Yoshiki gave a laugh. "Please, it's just Yoshiki."

Elliot smiled awkwardly.

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When Elliot entered the mess hall, she immediately noticed how shaken Kosabachi was. And so was Albert.

Basically everyone was shaken.

"Oi, Leader-sama - what's wrong?"

"I-" The redheaded girl suttered, "We found another person dead."

Elliot's blood ran cold. "Who was it!?"

Kosabachi placed her hand on her forehead. "K-Kaoru... he's-"

Cortese - who was already there with Yosuke - spoke up, near tears. "K-Kaoru- he-he-he's dead!"

"What...! That can't be I-!"

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S U R V I V O R S -- 9 (Elliot K., Hijime N., Ayameko Y., Albert T., Yui E., Kosabachi K., Yoshiki F., Yosuke K., Leon L.))
V I C T I M S -- 05 ((Yige P., Kohaku H., Nichibotsu Ikari., Kaoru T.))
B L A C K E N E D -- 02 ((Zinnia N., Eda S.))
OVERALL -- 06 ((Yige P., Kohaku H., Zinnia N., Nichibotsu I., Eda S., Kaoru T.))

  ❄❄❄❄CULTURAL/RESEARCH NOTES❄❄❄❄

Cthulhu - A fictional character written by author HP Lovecraft. Cthulhu is an ancient chaos god of the ancient world.
King Kai - A fictional character from popular manga and anime Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama.
Ishval - The fictional god of the Ishvalans from Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa.
Owari - A big eater and the ultimate gymnast from the Class 77.

Thank you so many reads!! I'm going on light hiatus once Highschool starts (the 10th)!!