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Chapter 1: The Age of Discovery (III)

  Group: Celeste, Sayaka, Mikan, and Mahiru

  Goal: Explore the Dorm Rooms

  The group made their way over to the dorms and began to explore them.

  "Judging by the map on our e-handbooks, there should be two floors of dorms. I think that we should explore the first floor and then move up." Said Mahiru

  "That will be rather difficult considering the fact that there is a rge gate covering the staircase up to the second floor." said Celeste. "Did you really not notice that upon first waking up? How unobservant..."

  "Come on, Celeste. I'm sure it was just a mistake. There's no need to be so negative." Sayaka said.

  "I-I agree. Why don't we start exploring now. T-To move on from this subject..." suggested Mikan.

  "How about we start by going into each other's rooms and seeing if anything is different?" said Mahiru.

  With that, the four girls began to explore their dorm rooms. All of them appeared to be exactly the same, appearing to resemble a basic hotel room. They consisted of a bed, desk, table, and storage area, with a bathroom to the side. They all also had a monitor and security camera.

  "Hmph. Nothing of note." said Mahiru.

  "I wouldn't say that..." interjected Celeste. "I found this in the top drawer of my desk."

  She then revealed what appeared to be a sewing kit.

  "Oh, yeah. I have one of those too, " added Sayaka. "What is this piece of paper that's in with it?"

  "That... looks like a diagram of the human body." said Mikan. "A-And it also dispys all of the vital organs..."

  "This is probably another trick from that Monokuma." said Mahiru.

  Suddenly, Monokuma popped up from the floor.

  "Trick? Puhuhuhu! There's nothing tricky about it! I provided you with a diagram to assist you in murdering your cssmates!" he said.

  "And what makes you so sure we would ever do that?" questioned Sayaka.

  "Oh? Did you want to stay here forever instead? Then, by all means, I just assumed some of you might have things to do... Concerts to attend... Gambles to win... Photos to capture... People to heal... but if you want to throw all of that away and live here forever... Well, that'd be just fine! Kehehehe!" he ughed.

  "If you know so much about us, then perhaps you wouldn't mind answering some questions for us?" said Celeste. "Why is the staircase to the second floor blocked? And why are there only 15 dorms for the 16 of us?"

  Monokuma seemed briefly surprised by these questions.

  "Well, see the dorms... well... I'll just throw someone in the undry room until one of you gets murdered! Problem solved! As for the staircase being closed... Kehehe! I have a little surprise in store for you guys real soon!"

  With that, Monokuma was gone just as quickly as he appeared.

  "Wh-What does he mean by a 'surprise'?" Said Mikan

  "Don't listen to him, Mikan," Mahiru said. "He just wants to scare us so that we'll follow his pn. But that's not going to happen! I'm never going to fall to his despair! And I'm sure none of you will, too, right?"

  "Oh, please." said Celeste, sounding bored. "I bet every single one of you would kill if you had the chance to get away with it. It is simply illogical to believe that everyone would be happy with living here forever."

  "A-All of us? No... I'd never kill someone!" cried Mikan. "I'd have to be completely sick to even think of that!"

  "Yeah, Celeste. Not all of us are that crazy." said Sayaka.

  "Call it what you want. I only speak the truth. If you cannot realize that, then perhaps you all will end up as victims instead, " Celeste responded.

  "How about we talk about something else." said Mahiru, trying to hold back from snapping. "We all had dreams before we woke up here, right? What were all of yours about?"

  The group appeared to calm down slightly at the introduction of a new subject.

  "I actually dreamt that I was in one of these dorms!" said Sayaka. "It looked exactly the same, too. I had a really bad pain in my stomach. But when I tried to leave, I ended up falling into this expansive dark area. That's when I woke up back in this school."

  "Um... I-In my dream, I was in a hospital room." began Mikan. "I felt like I had just gotten some kind of shot and was really sick. The same thing with the darkness happened when I tried to leave..."

  "I guess I should go now." said Mahiru."I had a dream that I was in some kind of beach house and had a massive headache. the same thing happened when I tried to leave."

  The group turned to Celeste, awaiting her expnation.

  "Fine. In my dream, I was tied to a wooden stake. I felt a painful burning sensation but had no marks on my body. After I freed myself and tried to leave, I also fell into the bottomless abyss. That is all." she said.

  "Well, I think that does it for our exploration of the dorms." said Mahiru."I think we should head back now and meet up with the others."

  The group agreed and exited the dorms to meet with everyone else.

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