Stevie looked around as each student made their way to their podiums, ready for the trial to start... This time, two more portraits had been crossed out.

Crystal. Her face crossed out by many pink stars and... Dimitri. His eyes cartoonishly x'd out and with a line across his neck.

"You're sick, you know.." Kirari looked up at Monoyagi on her throne.

"Aw, well isn't that nice." Monoyagi chuckled before banging her gavel on the podium in front of her,"Welcome to the second class trial!"

"This will be another easy trial." Ray yawned as he slowly made his way to his podium.

"I'm sure it will. Now, hurry up." Monoyagi hurried him along.

Ray stepped up to his podium, fixing his necktie and collar.

"Right, let's start with the basics. The stuff we know." Stevie began, looking around,"The cause of death was blood loss after he was slashed repeatedly with a knife."

"The body was found in the library on the second floor by me, Stevie and Akira. The murderer clearly had enough time to make a clean get away." Ray continued.

"And his room was very clean." Daiko added,"Akira and I checked it and it smelled so bad."

"It smelled like bleach, if I remember correctly." Akira recalled.

"So something probably went down there, like a struggle, and then they cleaned it up." Ash nodded slowly.

Jay blinked, a stray white feather falling from their messy hair,"Do I have to participate in this or can I just be here?"

"Ugh, I suppose you could just stand there but if you aren't helpful, your classmates won't appreciate it." Monoyagi stated.

"Just pretend to care and listen, you don't have to do anything, Jay." Ray nodded,"And yes, Ash. He was knocked out there, there was a blood splatter on his bedside table, after all."

"Maybe next time." Jay rested their chin on the podium and closed their eyes, trying to get some aspect of rest.

"Dimitri probably tried fighting back, given he had multiple wounds on his arms, most likely from self-defense." Stevie sighed.

"Is there any more evidence needed or may we start our one-sided debate?" Ray asked.

"I'm tired." Jay stated, unhelpfully.

"Hi tired, I'm Ray." He rolled his eyes.

Jay put up a middle finger at Ray before closing their eyes again.

"I'd say debate time." Daiko nodded.

"Alright, we already know who it is. Any objections other than Scorpius and Scott?" Ray asked.

"None from me." Terishi raised both hands.

"Good, good. Scorpius, I would like to hear your rebuttal before I send you to hell." Ray turned to her.

"I wasn't anywhere near the library today, I've been with people." Scorpius pointed.

"This happened a while ago. Even when we found the body, the blood was dry." Ray shot back.

"Akira, I've been with people all day. You know that!" Scorpius glared at her.

"Uh.. Yeah. I guess you were." Akira nodded slowly.

"But then who did it? The boogie man from under your bed?" Ray growled.

"Scott did it." She shrugged.

"W-what-"

"He wants to die but he's too much of a coward to kill you, Ray. Besides, it would've been too obvious if he went for you." Scorpius explained.

"Scott's a pussy. He can't do shit and everyone here knows that. You, on the other hand, have kept a low profile and are known to be trusted by Dimitri. Wouldn't it be obvious if you killed him? Yes, it would. You're using reverse psychology." Ray hissed.

"Exactly!" Jeff pointed,"She's also blackmailing-"

"Do I give a shit? No. As long as this girl's sent to hell, I'm good. Akira's being blackmailed, someone else being blackmailed? It doesn't matter. The death of the wicked matters." Ray snapped at Jeff,"Any other objections?"

Jeff shut their mouth and Akira turned away.

"Good. Monoyagi, we've analysed the situation and I'm pretty sure everyone's on the same page." Ray sighed.

"Alrighty! Everyone place your votes for who you think the blackened is. Will you make the right choice or the dreadfully wrong one?" Monoyagi asked as the voting screens popped up.

Stevie looked around before she cast her vote for Scorpius. After everyone had placed their votes, they looked at the screen and... Correct!

Ray gave his totally not evil grin,"I think... You discovered his secret and told him yours. He threatened to tell people so you attacked him and then disposed of him in the murder weapon in the library."

"He was found to tell everyone.. But that doesn't matter because I know all of your secrets." Scorpius looked around at the room.

"What..?" Stevie blinked, how could she know..

"Stevie, you worked at bard underage. Jay is fucking possessed, Teri slept with her boss for a role, Daiko has tried committing twice, Akira killed her family in a house fire, Scott is homeless, Kira has borderline OCD with her perfectionism, Ash attacked and nearly killed her brother, Crystal used to lip sync, Sancia nearly killed Stevie, Yūrei grew up in an orphanage, Jeff used to have an alcohol problem, Dawn made bites on how she could kill everyone and you, Ray Luciano are the Ultimate Crime Boss, the Head of the French Mafia!" Scorpius pointed at Ray, out of breath,"I'm sorry.. I don't want to die.."

"Aw, you forgot Dimitri... Or should I say, the Ultimate Disguise Artist!" Monoyagi laughed,"That's right, Dimitri was never part of this killing game. He was an alias made up by... Well, I don't know his name and I guess we never will."

"Scott-" Scorpius reached out to Scott, but she paused.

Scott looked on at her with a blank stare. Stevie felt horrible for him, he'd been betrayed twice.. But Daiko ran to Scott and hugged him, hiding his face as he began to cry. Poor thing.. Scott held Daiko close, glaring at Scorpius.

"Stevie?" Scorpius turned to her quickly,"I'm sorry for what I said earlier-"

"What is wrong with you..?" Stevie asked quietly, holding back tears.

Ray... Stevie shook the thought of his true talent from her mind as she hugged Akira... Akira was inconsolable, sobbing into her shoulder.

"I am not possessed!" Jay piped up from their podium, pointing a dagger at Scorpius from across the hall.

Stevie looked around the quiet hall. Ray was looking down, his face obscured by his hat. Ash was glaring at Scorpius as she held Kirari close, rubbing her back. Jeff quietly walked over to Terishi, placing a hand on her shoulder. Terishi looked down before hugging Jeff who surprisingly allowed it. Sancia cowered behind her sleeves and Yūrei, well, Yūrei shrugged. Their secret wasn't nearly as terrible as some others so they weren't too bothered by the while ordeal.

Scorpius looked around the room of her former friends, all of which she'd betrayed by murdering a fellow classmate and exposing their secrets. With that, Scorpius was dragged up by a chain as her execution began playing on the large screen. She was chained to a desk, a drawing tablet in front of her.

"OoO~" Ray commented.

A pen was dropped in front of her and an image appeared above, a very detailed image of a dragon as well as the words 'Draw me'. Scorpius began to draw the dragon but messed up slightly. Before she could react, a light on the pen flashed and an electric shock ran through her body. She continued on, the fear of being shocked causing her to make more mistakes until... She was shocked to death.

"Aw... And to think, her secret was that she traced some drawings." Monoyagi sighed,"I mean, was it really worth murdering over?"

The silence in that room... It was telling. All this murder.. Execution.. Nobody wanted this to continue but nobody was able to stop it.

"Just get to bed if you're so tired." Monoyagi crossed her arms,"You're not the ones who need to keep cleaning up bodies."

Ray made a run for the elevator door. Everyone else following after with Stevie who looked, well, not pleased. Ray cursed under his breath and he ran off as soon as the doors opened again, arriving at his dorm and locking the door.

"Ray!" Stevie knocked on his door.

"Ray isn't here." He replied.

"Can you not trust me? Is that it?" Stevie asked.

Ray opened the door and sighed,"I trust you way too much and way too little at the same time."

"Talk to me, Ray." Stevie reached out to him.

"What can I say? I'm a crime boss and I'm not proud of it. My dad handed me the role at age ten and ever since, I've had to kill innocent people, even fucking children. But I'm good at it, I'm the Ultimate Crime Boss after all, so I never gave up. I never told my sister that so as soon as I die, the crime world will fall apart into anarchy."

Stevie sighed,"I wasn't going to judge you for this, Ray. I know that deep down, you're a good person."

"Do you think a good fucking person kills kids and ruins the economy? I have thousands.. THOUSANDS of kills on my shoulders. You're a good person, Stevie and I don't deserve someone as kind as you. I'll never change and I'll have to die knowing who I was." Ray clutched his head.

"Ray, look at me." Stevie grabbed his hands.

Ray turned to Stevie,"..What?"

"It doesn't matter what you've done, you've proven to me that you're capable of caring." She shook her hand,"We've all done bad things, maybe not as bad as you, but nobody's completely good."

Ray sighed,"Maybe you're right."

"I'm always right." Stevie shrugged.

"That's debatable." Ray gave her a tired smile.

Stevie rolled her eyes before giving Ray a hug, she felt like he needed one. Ray reluctantly returned the hug, a light blush covering his face.

"All better?" She asked.

"Yeah.." Ray sighed.

"You sure?" Stevie raised a brow.

"Nope. Never have been, never will be." Ray chuckled.

"That's fair." She nodded.

"Man... I need to get some rest." Ray yawned,"Staying up this much can't be okay, even for me."

"Of course it isn't." Stevie pointed,"Now you get some rest, okay?"

"Alright. Goodnight, ma chére." Ray smiled before closing the door.

"Goodnight." Stevie hummed, skipping back to her own dorm.

Everything was going to be okay... She knew it would be! It just.. It just had to be.