Ayameko had led Yui, Leon, Albert, Kosabachi, and of course Elliot to the art room, with was... strangely messy.

"Yayashi, man, what happened here?" Elliot blurted, asking the silent architect.

Ayameko turned her head. "Check the closet." The orange haired girl said, pointing at the closet.

Elliot slowly crept towards the closet, smelling a rich scent of iron. Oh god, oh god what happened here...?

And that's when she saw it.

Kohaku. Hanging from his knees, which were tided tightly against the closet. Upside down, revealing his legs and red undergarments. His skirt was heavily stained by blood, implying he was pierced by a sharp object. His feminine face was frozen in fear, blood staining his rosy lips. The smell of iron was extremely strong, and that made Elliot wanna vomit. She shook.

"Th-this isn't..." Elliot stuttered. "This isn't real!" She shrieked.

His blond-red hair was tipped with scarlet blood, his body... looked barely contorted. He still looked recognizable, his blue sailor fuku was -- aside from the splatters on the front -- were relatively clean looking. 

Ayameko gracefully walked over to Elliot, with Leon and Kosabachi. "It's reality." She said blankly, a slight twinge of sadness her voice.

Leon does a slight shriek, his hands cover his mouth. "Sohn einer Hündin*!" He swears in german.

Kosabachi goes deathly silent.

Elliot shivers, and goes into a cold sweat. He was so nice! Who would of killed...!

A loud ping goes through the intercom. Ding-dong-ding-dong!

"Upupup! A body has been discovered! You'll have twenty minuets to investigate, then a trial shall ensue." Monokuma's voice rang, slightly grainy sounding.

Bzzzzz! Elliot's monopad buzzed, almost like she was being texted. She pulled it out of her skirt pocket (yes, her skirt had pockets -- bought at her dads request), and turned it on.

Monokuma sent "Monokuma File #1".

Monokuma File #1...? Weird...

Victim: KOHAKU HOSHI
The time of death was around 2:30 pm.
The body was found in the Art room.
The victim was killed in that room's closet.
Victim has multiply stab wounds to the back with a sharp object .
However, cause of death was massive blood loss.

"What does this mean...? .....Does he really expect us too...." Yui mumbled, looking at his own Monopad.

Elliot swallowed a lump down her throat. "I guess. We should like... investigate."

>>INVESTIGATION MODE<<

Elliot walked over to Kohaku's limp corpse. By now, she was with accompanied only by Yui.

Yui rolled over, stopping by Elliot, who was by Kohaku. "Kohaku... who could've.... done such a thing....?"

Elliot can't answer that. She doesn't really know anyone, really. Well, maybe except Hijime -- who was so quiet he couldn't hurt a fly (unless writing m-preg could hurt a fly).

Elliot knelt down, and gently touched Kohaku face. Holy crap, he's still warm... 

Kohaku's face was surprisingly peaceful, aside from the faint stream of blood dripping from his lip. Elliot noticed a small, broken hair clip a few inches from his head. It was pink and segmented, and of course it was broken slightly. 

"Usui, do you know where this hairclip came from?" Elliot asked, quickly grabbing the hairclip.

Yui sinked into his chair. "No."

Damn.

Elliot got up, her hand slightly speckled in Kohaku's blood. "Honestly, I think this seems important..."

>>Intriguing Hairclip 

Elliot looked around, and well, she didn't noticed off color. Well, she didn't notice anything at all that was strange.

"Usui, could I please get the time?"

Yui was tilted his head for a second, thinking. "Uh... I think about 2 o' clock...?" Yui mumbled, bringing a thin finger to his mouth.

Huh... so I left around 1:30 and Kohaku's body was found around 2:00. So that gives the killer about 30 minuets to kill Kohaku...

>>The Time "Limit"

"Hmmmm... Imma look around. Usui, please stay here." Elliot said aloud, walking towards the door of the art room.

Yui knows, moving his wheelchair towards the closet where Kohaku was. "... I'll look... at Kohaku a little bit more."

Elliot left the room, almost immediately noticed Ayameko -- who was looking at her Monpad.

"Hello, Elliot."

"Hey, Yayashi, when did you find the body? And how?"

Ayameko placed a hand on her chin. "Well, I found his body when I passed the Artroom when I left the school store. I smelled a peculiar strong iron-y scent coming from the room. I went inside, the closet door was being held shut by a chair. I removed the chair, opened the door and hanging their was Kohaku."

>>Ayameko's Account

Elliot thought for a moment. "Was...Furamenko in the school store as well?"

Ayameko thought for a moment. "Yes. He was there."

"Okay, thank you Yayashi."

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When Elliot entered the art room, she noticed Yoshiki was there still. He looked uncomfortable, figiting with his Monopad.

"Furamenko..."

"Elliot-tan, tell it to me. Kohaku-pyon really isn't dead, is he? This is some horrible, demented joke made by Monokuma? To give us fear?" Yoshiki said, his voice barely trickling out. His generally tanned face was pale, like he had seen a ghost. "I read the Monopad message and... 'Victim: KOHAKU HOSHI' and... 'Victim has multiply stab wounds to the back with a sharp object'."His said aloud, looking at his Monopad. "This has to be some morbid joke, right?"

"No."

Yoshiki went even paler. "That's horrible..."

"Furamenko, I have to ask you something." Elliot said, looking at the artist. "You where were you this entire time?"

Yoshiki looked at her angrily. "I was here the entire time. Looking for art supplize. After awhile, I gave up hope in finding some, so I started looking for an alternative." He said, almost holding back... tears, maybe? "That's what I was doing. I really wanted to help Kohaku with that Magical Girl Wand, and I can never do that now."

>>Yoshiki's Alibi

"Shit, Furamenko, I'm sorry."

"You didn't do this right?"

"I didn't. I could never hurt someone like that, and bringing others hope down. I'm sorry that your luck is down, Furamenko."

Yoshiki didn't respond, just looked off.

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Elliot decided to investigate one more person, just to get one more alibi.

Of course, Zinnia was the perfect choice. Zinnia was in the kitchen, with a large yellow bag with her.

"Nagisa, you could please humor me with your thoughts on the... incident?" Elliot asked, looking at the tiny teen girl.

"I'm so mad! Who could do such animal cruelty to Little Brother Kohaku!? Anyway, do you want my cuuuuuute alibi, Big Sis?"

Animal Cruelty...? "Um, sure, Nagisa. Go ahead." Elliot responded confused. 

"Weeeeeellllll.... I was in the gym the entire time! Tending to my for my cute flowers that I wub wub WUB! Especially my Great Bladderwort, ufufufufu... do you believe me, big sis?"

"I'm pretty sure someone of your stature can't kill someone, Nagisa." Elliot responded, glaring at the flower lover.

>>Zinnia's Alibi

"Okay, fuckers!" Monokuma said, voice ringing over the intercom. "Please come to the main hall for a special reveal... upupupupup! Can't wait to see you all there!"

'Fuckers'....? Not a kind thing to call your captives- wait, am I implying Monokuma has Lima Syndrome*!?

Elliot and little ol' Zinnia went over to the main hall, trying to figure out who killed Kohaku, and who didn't.

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S U R V I V O R S -- 13
V I C T I M S -- 02
B L A C K E N E D -- 00
OVERALL -- 02 

❄❄❄❄CULTURAL/RESEARCH NOTES❄❄❄❄

*Lima Syndrome -- A similar form of Stockholm syndrome, in which abductors develop sympathy for their hostages. . There are many reasons why Lima syndrome can develop in abductors. Sometimes when there are multiple abductors, one or more of them will start to disagree with what they are doing and influence one another.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome#Lima_syndrome)