Gerald: ...

Peppa: Gerald. There's nowhere for you to run...     Did you kill her?

Gerald: ...Just vote first. Then we can discuss this.

Kylie: Vote?

Monopotato: Indeed! Please may all participants vote for who they think is the killer on their handbooks! Will they make the right decision? Or the deadly wrong one...? Let's find out!

Peppa: I flipped my handbook out of my dress pocket to see it had a new screen arrangement. Everyone's names were on it, with a thick line crossing out Delphine's and Wendy's. 

Peppa: Slowly...     I pressed Gerald's name.

Monopotato: All votes have been cast! Time to see if the killer has been found!

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) CORRECT VOTE - GUILTY (

Monopotato: Well, you got it right on the button! The one who killed our dear little French teacher Delphine, is none other than the Ultimate Caretaker Gerald Giraffe!

Gerald: ...

Rebecca: Gerald...    Why?

Gerald: What do you mean why? I didn't have a choice.

Edmond: Well...    You did have the option of wether or not to throw the book at Delphine.

Monopotato: Probably because he was worried of being ridiculed by you guys! Waking you up would put a target on him! His backstory is more than enough proof of it!

Emily: Backstory...?

George: Gerald, what happened in your past?

Gerald: ...You mean after we had graduated playgroup, right?

Candy: Well...    Yeah.

Gerald: ...Uhm...

Monopotato: Ok, Mr. Sensitive Hooves is taking too long to reveal what happened after playgroup had ended for you. I'll just reveal it myself!

Gerald: Wha...?

Monopotato: Simply put it, our little Gerald Giraffe here is quite the reactive type. But he was also rather good at understanding emotion and organisation. So, a couple years after your silly playgroup had concluded, his parents decided to try getting him a job! At the local charity shop, where his grandfather worked. However, that grandfather was quite pushy. Always trying to get Gerald to work more than can benefit him, sometimes forcing him to work overtime...      Such beauty in my eyes! But anyways, his parents never knew. So, Gerald ended up with more bad side effects than good from a good intention from his parents! Kehehe...     Such a shame to know your child ended up feeling worse after offering him something that should've made him feel better~...

Gerald: ...Wh- What...

Monopotato: And with that, Gerald became a sensitive freak. Panicking at the simplest insults from classmates...       But hey! He also became the Ultimate Caretaker...     Ew. ANYWAYS. He had the option to finish off Delphine...    Why didn't he wake you guys up? Because he was worried that you'd ridicule him for being a killer! Too bad, he became the one thing he tried so hard not to become~...

Gerald: ...It's not just that.

Monopoato: Oh quiet. How not?

Gerald: Because...      I also threw the book at Delphine to help her.

Zoe: ...Are you delusional?

Gerald: No. I'm just different. When I had knocked out Wendy...    I noticed that Delphine was suffering. She was in pain. In her own guilt of trying to kill me...     She must've changed her attitude by then. But it was too late...     She wouldn't have healed, even with all of Suzy's might combined. So...    I knew that the only option she had was to pass. To let go of her life. I couldn't let her suffer, so...      I helped her to pass on. I helped her to pass to the afterlife...

Edmond: Did you take religious education in high school, by any chance...?

Gerald: Only a little. But even though Delphine tried to kill me...    I forgive her. If you ask me...   I should be saying...     Sorry...

Monopotato: Wake up, you silly Giraffe! I have some things to explain!

Gerald: ...Huh?

Monopotato: Normally, I wouldn't allow the ability to give the phone to a culprit who has been found, but you've impressed me! With stumping the other participants and with your speeches...     And so, I have an offer for you!

Gerald: Really...?

Monopotato: Yep! You can still make the phone call. It can be to whoever you know, and it must be in front of the other participants. However, you CANNOT mention anything about the situation that you are in, or anything that has happened so far.

Gerald: ...And if I do...?

Monopotato: I'll kill everyone else on the spot.

Richard: Wh-What?!

Kylie: That ain't fair...!

Monopotato: Do you accept?

Gerald: ...I do.

Monopotato: BRILLIANT! 

Gerald: This last phone call...      It's for my parents.

Monopotato: Very well then! Here you go!

Peppa: The figure flipped out the old cellphone that he had shown to us yesterday morning, and started flipping through it, soon handing it to Gerald.

Monopotato: One phone call to Mr. Giraffe, my friend.

Gerald: Thanks...

Peppa: The giraffe slowly took the cellphone from the vegetable's hands, before letting out a swift sigh and pressing a button on it. He then held it up to the side of his head.

Phone: Hello?

Gerald: Hello? Dad?

Phone: Uhm...      Who is this?

Gerald: It's me, Gerald...     You don't remember?

Phone: Well, of course I do, it's just...     This isn't Mr. Giraffe.

Gerald: What...?

Phone: This is Mr. Pig here. I'm in a supermarket right now. And you...?

Gerald: ...Mr. Pig?

Peppa: ...Dad?

(Mr. Pig): Gerald, this isn't a joke. Where are you?

Gerald: Uhm...      I'm at a school of some kind. What's going on?

(Mr. Pig): It's complicated. Do you have time?

Gerald: What...?

Phone: *CRASH*

(Mr. Pig): Dammit...      Looks like I don't have time.

Gerald: W-Wait! Mr. Pig!

(Mr. Pig): What is it?

Gerald: I-If you happen to find my parents...     Just tell them that...      The charity shop was the worst decision of my life.

(Mr. Pig): ...Ok. I'll see what I can do-

Phone: *BANG* *CRASH*

Gerald: Wh...     Wha...?

Phone: Mr. Pig! Th-They're breaking in!

(Mr. Pig): Darn...   I-I have to go Gerald...

Gerald: W-Wait! M-Mr. Pig! Wh-What's going on?!

(Mr. Pig): I can't explain Gerald. J-Just get to safety...! Make sure that you find your parents! 

Phone: *CRACK*

(Mr. Pig): Keep hope with you Gerald! It's a nightmare out here, but it will get better!

Gerald: W-Wait!

Phone: ...

Peppa: Right at the last moment...        The phone call ended with a short, soft beep.

Gerald: Wh...

Peppa: Gerald's face had gone near blank of emotion, as the cellphone slowly fell out of his hands, crashing on the floor sturdily.

Monopotato: Kehehehe~! Are you satisfied?

Gerald: What...     The hell was that.

Monopotato: Anyways. Time to get to the real star of the show! The punishment!

Gerald: You mean...         What happened...     To Wendy?

Monopotato: YEP! Just...    In a personalised way.

Gerald: ...Very well then. I'm sorry everyone.

Gerald: I-i'm sorry...      M-Mr. Pig-

Peppa: At that moment...       The giraffe started to cry. Tears drooped out from his eyes as his hands shot up to catch them, wiping them into his skin and fur. Loud sobs sounded out as Monopotato kept on giggling.

Gerald: I-I'm sorry W-Wendy...!

Monopotato: Now then. I have prepared a very special punishment for our friend Gerald Giraffe, the Ultimate Caretaker!

Gerald: I-I'M S-SORRY! I-I-I'M SORRY- *hic* M-MUM! I-I'M S-SORRY D-DAD! *hic*

Monopotato: Let's give it everything we've got! IT'S PUNISHMENT TIMEEEEEEEE!!!

Gerald: *h-hic* I-I'm s-s-orry...     D-Delphine...

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