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[Miserable Alchemist]

Mono
Reception area
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"I have never had one of these devices of my own, but perhaps if you don't want this thing to make noise anymore, I could attempt to hack into it. No guarantees on the success rate of that, sadly." A friendly sounding voice came towards the group in the reception area. Mono walked over to them, holding up her own tablet. "I haven't tried such a procedure even on my own device, as I highly doubt such an obvious flaw would be left in this system and I wouldn't want to expose myself to any self-defense mechanisms, but perhaps I'm simply being overly cautious. After all, this is sort of a nice place to be forced into. Even if we are, after all, here by force."

Putting her own device away, the robotic girl smiled at the group at large. "Hello everyone, you can call me Mono. I acknowledge you may already know me from browsing your devices, but I don't see the harm in having physical introductions. Pleased to meet you all. Those matters aside however, it would appear it is also the privilege of a beautiful girl to mess around with a man. I'm sure mister Cater here will receive a device of his own, regardless of his acting skills. So there's little need to worry about that."

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[themagnoliaofutah]

Icee Zenterfold
Louise finally sat down, setting down her device as she relaxed slightly into one of the office chairs. It was so nice here - no yelling or anger or silly games with pointless decisions. As far as kidnappings went, it felt more like a vacation - and freedom - than anything else. Although it'd be nice to rule out Mark's involvement. Glancing over at Claude, she figured she might as well ask.
"..hey, before coming here - did you meet anyone weird?"

 

[Icee]

Claude Von Riegan​

Ultimate Stratigist​

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Claude glanced at his device for a moment before sighing. He somewhat figured that Sophie wasn't going to be bothered to reply to his texts. For whatever reasons, she was set on not going to the meeting even if it meant they may gain intel onto what's going on. He figured that she probably won't be the only one of the group who won't be coming as well due to suspicions. Maybe if they tell them in person, they'l be more inclined to listen. So much for things being easy. However there was nothing even remotely easy about this whole situation. That much he did know.

He put the device into his pocket for thw time being before glancing at Louise when she spoke. He remained standing as he didn't plan to be hanging here for long since they werw going to have to manually talk to people to get them all to come.
"Huh? I've met a lot of weird people, to be honest." the archer admitted as he put a hand on his hip. The students at Garrech Moch were quite the bunch but he always was friendly and easygoing. He got along with most. He just had that welcoming vibe he supposed. "But what sort of person exactly do you mean?" he continued, curious.
He then glanced toward the door.
"In any case, I don't think we're going to get much done sitting in here. Some people refused to even be bothered with the meeting." he told Louise, referring to the response he had gotten from Sophie.

 

[lunar_moth]

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Usagi silently breathes a sigh of relief when Pinkie returns to her usual, delightfully delightful self. At least a mild stalemate had been reached, time being. As much as she was loathe to admit it, the possibility of people turning on each other in their desperation for answers had been niggling in the back of her mind since someone first broached the topic. She winces a bit when Wanda-san snatches Mr. Giraffe from the priest’s reach; well, it was probably about as close to a truce as it could get, at least. Wanda-san’s looming scowl in his direction is lessened in its effect due to the two stuffed animals she holds in her arms, however, and Usagi hides a smile behind her shirtsleeve.



Atsushi is, evidently, the name of the other boy investigating the daycare. She mentally files this away for future reference; it didn’t do to go about forgetting someone’s name if you were trying to make a good impression!



“I agree with Atsushi-kun! Working together is the best way to get answers right now.” It’s probably safer, too… “That’s why I think Wanda-san is right, and you should come with us, Sophie-chan! Maybe the others have found something good to share with the class! And either way, if the baddies come back or something like that, it’s safer if nobody’s left alone!” She punctuates the end of her little speech with a grin and a thumbs-up. Projecting an endless stream of good-attitude; it’s what she does.



(…belatedly, perhaps, Usagi realizes that, well, a lot of these other people don’t look or sound like they come from Japan. Well, Atsushi, maybe, but otherwise? Nobody’s expressed any sort of difficulty in understanding each other so far, though. And Usagi knows for a fact her English skills leave much to be desired — which leaves the question: ….has whatever magic’s brought people across the multiverse to each other also apparently given them all the ability to magically understand all their languages?? Or is it like a straight-to-brain telepathic communication kind of thing? Frankly, not the first time something like that’s happened to her. She’ll roll with it.)

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[Severia]

As Cater introduced himself, Nana shot a broad approving smile at him. "Nice to meet you, Ca... Cay-cay!" While using the nickname he told them himself was a good idea in building trust and relationship, the girl couldn't help but felt like something was slightly off. Perhaps it's just from awkwardness saying it out loud? Nevertheless, she said it and then composed herself in no time before continuing "I'm Nana. Nana Hiiragi. Please take care of me!"

After that, the boy mentioned a phone. Nana didn't miss his short glance at Marie behind her and decided to accept his help "Ah, about that—"

"Don't you know, Cater-san? This is the privilege of being a beautiful girl."

The hell it is! Nana mentally retorted. That said, she did nothing as Shinoa introduced herself and advised... no, pulled yet another prank on Cater. He would still get his device regardless of falling for it or not. What's more, seeing the problem of others and how they deal with it was always a big help in understanding them. So this time she didn't intervene with her roommate's antic. Instead, she turned to Marie, who seemed to be misunderstanding something.

"That's not it, Marie-chan." For the first time using this name she learned from the device, Nana unintentionally added a suffix. While it enhanced a sense of familiarity and she would eventually use it with everyone close enough to her and is a girl, outright adding it the first time could paint herself as annoying rather than friendly. The reason she caused a mistake like this was perhaps the blonde girl's similarity with "her" then? Recently that girl appeared in Nana's mind way too often, and she would need to do something about it soon. As she reviewed her own mistake, the pink girl also thought about how she would correct Marie.

"We only share the same family name by pure chance. Although it won't hurt having a little sister like that."

It was Nana's turn to brandish a teasing smile at the girl who used to tease others. She then talked to Marie again, this time in a perfectly adjusted level of voice that to Cater it didn't sound like a whisper that intended to hide something from him, but at the same time the content was hard to listen to at his distance.

"I don't think that's the case. But you see, we just received these devices and there are still a lot of things we don't know about them, so Shinoa might be right about this."

The moment Nana finished saying that, another girl entered the area. What's with that poetic manner of speech? Was her initial thought, even before the usual "No.10, Mono, unknown age, ultimate spark, talkative, long-winded, caring" appeared in her mind. However, that's not an end of her surprise.

As a matter of fact, a human body subconsciously produced various hints regarding their current emotion, status or even personality in general. No matter how well a person think they can hide it, without training there are bound to be something left to be observed. In fact, Nana was specially trained intense enough to discern even what's hidden by a trained individual. Yet, the teal eyes visibly widened as she couldn't get any reading from this girl at all, as if her body was operated by something that were not nervous system and blood circulation.

Mono huh... she is definitely not human. Nana silently concluded. That metallic arm... something of a robot or an android? There might be no body language to read, but she seemed to act human enough for her behavior to be analyzed. For example, her poetic words just now had a tone that indicated the caring nature of its owner as well as how she was used to it. Perhaps this girl had a little sister or brother that she used to take care of. Having thought that, the pink girl picked up her smartphone and approached the robot girl.

"Hello, uh... Mono-san right?" Nana kept looking at her own chest as she called that name. Her eyes then landed at the wall behind the Ultimate Spark, and then the smartphone in her own hand, seemingly to avoid making a direct eye contact.

"Is it true that you can hack this thing? A.. Actually, there seems to be locked communication apps here. Uh... If you can hack and unlock them then perhaps we can contact someone outside and call for help?"

Aside from the hint of insecurity she performed earlier, that voice was also rather soft-spoken and shaky. The girl thought back at Mono's words that piqued her interest. If she could really hack this thing then it's worth all this acts.

Incidentally, while Nana herself didn't know to this extent and only aimed to trigger Mono's sense of older sister in general, her action and speech would resemble how a certain Amethyst robot girl used to act...

Location: Reception area

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[Capri]

SOPHIE WALTEN
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Sophie sighed and rubbed her forehead, wanting so desperately to get out of this situation. She agreed with Claude's message, she wanted to go home. She wanted to see Jenny again.

Oh god, Jenny. She must be so worried…

Sophie looked at Wanda and Usagi, pondering their statements. Wanda's warmth was welcoming.

"-chan?" Sophie muttered under her breath, finding the Japanese honorific weird. Yet, Usagi wouldn’t be able to hear it

A resigned sigh came out of Sophie’s mouth.

"Alright… fine…" Sophie said, "Just… understand that if there’s lots of cannons, or loud noises, or way too much… uh… 'socializing', then I’m leaving…"​

 

[Xeppy]

Pinkie Pie
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Daycare First Section

Pinkie's face brightened when she saw Wanda take Mrs. Ellie and say how she almost never said never, but fell slightly again when she walked over to the priest-man and took Mr. Giraffe from him. That was meant to be symbolism for them getting along! For some reason, Pinkie had hope that after her super-inspiring speech, they would get along, but it didn't seem to work. Wanda still refused to get along with him. Pinkie's hope for the two was draining by the minute, but it refilled again when she heard that Wanda agreed to work with the man. That was progress! Maybe if Pinkie and the others worked together, they could get the two to get along throughout their little investigation! Confident that she could get this friendship together, she nodded at Wanda. Wanda said that she didn't have to like him, so that means Pinkie could wedge in there and have her like him!

Pinkie slightly frowned at Sophie when she still didn't budge to go with them, saying how she didn't like loud things in general. If Pinkie was right about her totally biased guess about what was in the conference room, how was she supposed to bring Sophie along now? Pinkie didn't know any surprise parties that were quiet. But, to be honest, a quiet surprise party would be surprising. Maybe the party would be quiet! Most importantly, though, if Pinkie were to throw a party later, how would she bring Sophie along if she didn't like loud noises or people? Pinkie wasn't certainly the one to throw quiet parties, even if they were surprise ones. She would normally have a lot of people in a closed space with loud music, punch, and party games that they would play until sunrise. If she were to invite Sophie to that, how would she be able to make that all quiet?

Sophie also said how she didn't like loud people. Sophie wasn't referring to her... right? No, of course not! They were friends, even if Sophie didn't consider them so! If Sophie didn't like her, she wouldn't have cared about her feelings and said "I don't want to be rude"! That must have been the right path to becoming besties with the girl! Pinkie, immediately jumping to optimistic conclusions, beamed Sophie. This most likely wasn't the right reaction to give after she said she didn't like loud stuff, but Pinkie was still pleased with the thoughts jumping around in her head.

When the girl said she needed space, Pinkie's pleased expression turned into one with surprise, as she scrambled over to the desk area with the white-haired boy. What did she need to calm down about? Sure, Pinkie had seen her crumpling up in a ball before... but she surely became better from that moment, right? Had she not already calmed down? Pinkie looked at the others, seeing if they were going to move away as well, but most of them just stayed where they were. Was Pinkie not supposed to move away, as she was ordered to do? Oh, wait! Did the girl simply want a piece of space? That was hard to get, but maybe Sophie just calmed down from getting the Milky Way? Pinkie didn't notice Atsushi's confused reactions and comments next to her, as she was assessing how in the world she was going to get something that wasn't available from Earth.
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"Maybe whatever we find out you can relay it to her through your tablet?" He suggested, motioning to the pink phone-like device Pinkie held in her hand upon noticing that Sophie didn't seem comfortable.

Pinkie did hear this suggestion, however, and her eyes drifted over to where he was motioning: her pink tablet. Now raising the glittery device, she looked at it for a second before having her face fill with exaggerated understanding, beaming at Atsushi. "That was the best idea I have ever heard in my entire life!! Except for chimicherrychangas. And pink frosted cupcakes. And these tablets we got. But that was the best idea I have ever heard!" She turned to Sophie, about to express the idea, but shrunk from disappointment. "Oh. Wait. The text I got from the mysterious L. Worth person said we needed to meet in the conference room. If she sent that to everyone, that means we allll need to be there!"

As to prove her point, her tablet started brightening up again, showing more text messages that were coming in. Tapping the screen, having the tablet scan her face, and navigating to the messages app again, she saw the message from C. von Riegan saying how they all needed to be there to start the meeting. Frowning like a child, Pinkie showed her tablet to Atsushi to give proof of her statement.

"See? See? If Sophie's not there, we won't all be there! Maybe only 97%! No, 96%! 94%?" She started reciting any number percentage now, looking at the white-haired boy for affirmation to see if one was correct. "Oh! Oh! I know, now! 97.387193%! Right? Right?" There was no explanation for how Pinkie came to a number like this, for she didn't even know how many people were there and how many would skip out on this meeting.

While Pinkie was saying random numbers, though, Sophie seemed to finally resign to their good cause. Pinkie now took a break from bombarding Atsushi with percentages, putting both of her arms up in achievement. "Woo-hoo! This is going to be the best surprise party EVE- wait a second. No cannons? No loud NOISES? NO SOCIALIZING!?" Her arms raised again, although this was for dramatic effect. These three things were basically Pinkie's entire life, and the girl was now degrading them!? "Those are the three best things ever!! Besides chimicherrychangas. And pink frosted cupcakes. And these tablets we got. And Atsushi's idea. But those are the the three best things ever!!"

She shook her head in disbelief of how Sophie didn't like Pinkie's most favorite things, but forgot about her disappointment when she looked up at Sophie again in joyfulness. "Ooh, ooh! I know, I know! If this was a surprise party, there wouldn't be a lot of cannons and... loud noises and... socializing..." Pinkie seemed to be physically deflating with her body posture from the idea of this, but rose again in a sense of happiness. "...but if this was a surprise party, it would be super surprising by not having these things! That's the whole point of a surprise party! So, don't you worry Sophie! Your auntie- uh, friend Pinkie Pie will be there by your side!"

Now confident that people would come to this, she marched over to the door and stood by it, flashing her arms up as if she were presenting the doorcase to everyone in the room. "C'mon, everyone! We can't go to a silent, quiet surprise party in here!! Or could we?" ​

 

[Crunch]

Tobi snickerd at the ultimate outlaw and her very sarcastic tone in her voice, it was amusing for him, for her to be fooled so easy was very entertaining to him in fact, he laughed as he pointed at her.

“AHAHAH, the ultimate outlaw?!?! Thats so lame! Lameeeeeeeeeee!~”

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He said laughing hysterically at her name as he ran in place from how funny he thought she was, he’s never seen someone so proud of being called an outlaw she was incredibly fun to laugh at her. Though his laugh only got louder as she volunteered to search the gym for both him and Faust.

"Oh my!~Look at the big sting outlaw coming to save the day, hehe.~"

He said snickering at her mischievously, though as she returned with a box, he immediately walked up behind her and placed a hand in her shoulder so he could see the box better, he ledt no trace or even noise of him coming up behind her, which would most likely startle the ultimate outlaw.

"You should open itttttttttt, pleaseeee! Do it do it do do it do it do it do it!~"

Crunch Gummi Bunnies

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Considering her tendency to be startled (given the things she weren't too used to), Aru let out a startled yelp but this time quickly composing herself. It wasn't like someone else new showed up, it was just that Ultimate Ninja guy again. He really liked doing that for some reason, so she figured that she should get more used to his attempts over time or something.

❝ As I choose to ignore your comments about my standing as an outlaw, I'm afraid I can't do much with this box other than take it along for future use. ❞ Aru spoke in a dismissive manner, her attention moving from him and towards that box from the storage. ❝ It's been nailed shut, most definitely to ensure we don't try opening right this moment. This wouldn't be a problem for me, but I've had my belongings taken away. So unless we can remove the nails and avoid damaging the goods inside, I don't see this being opened anytime soon. ❞

R U S T Crunch @[Gym Storage]​

Almost as soon as Aru turned away from Tobi to explain the issue of the box, standing immediately next to her on her opposite flank was Faust. The doctor bent over the Ultimate Outlaw's shoulder with an audible wooden creaking sound, humming intensely and rubbing his chin through the bag. It seemed that he wasn't registering Tobi just yet, far more intent on giving the box a thorough look-over, before standing closer to his full height again and tilting his head to one side.

"Curious, curious, curious! Another indication of intelligent design in this entire set-up. Are we peering behind the curtain, or is this just another piece of the puzzle that'll come into play later, I wonder?"

It was a legitimate question, indeed! But one that he might already have the answer for. It is often hard to find patterns in the natural world if you haven't had ample experience creating those patterns from scratch. There were memories of trying to peel away the mask somewhere in his head. Games being played. Puzzles are being solved—a maddening symphony for lost patients that only ends in one way. The doctor's humming ceased, and he turned away, beginning to move towards the gym entrance. He seemed to have acknowledged the muffled pinging from the pad under his coat without needing to pull it out.

"Perhaps... it would be best to leave it here for now. You don't want to be lugging around a heavy box everywhere, do you? You're just asking for chronic back pains, sis!" Faust proclaimed loudly, bobbing his head and snapping his fingers. A moment passes, and his eyehole blinks - somehow. "... Ehem, sorry. But it would seem this gym is medically-certified! Or, well - not really. But, there is nothing here of note! So, if you'll excuse me, I have a patient calling~!"

He moved past Tobi. "Pardon me, Pyramid Hea-- er, sorry. Tobi the Ultimate Ninja now, is it?"

The doctor stopped and turned to face the ninja, the eyehole on his bag twisting into an upturned crescent - a smile lacking any good intentions - as he raised a warning finger. "Never lie to your doctor, Tobi. You'll never get the right treatment if you go that way... though, for what it was worth, a good joke is a good joke~! You're a ninja after my own heart, truly."

"Now, then! I've work to do! Busy, busy, busy!"

Faust threw his hand into a crooked salute, spinning on his heel and hunching under the doorway, scrambling off like a cryptid. Any attempt to follow Faust out of the gym would find that the doctor seemed to have vanished from thin air as soon as he passed through the doorway.
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Claude Von Riegan​

Ultimate Stratigist​

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Claude glanced at his device for a moment before sighing. He somewhat figured that Sophie wasn't going to be bothered to reply to his texts. For whatever reasons, she was set on not going to the meeting even if it meant they may gain intel onto what's going on. He figured that she probably won't be the only one of the group who won't be coming as well due to suspicions. Maybe if they tell them in person, they'l be more inclined to listen. So much for things being easy. However there was nothing even remotely easy about this whole situation. That much he did know.

He put the device into his pocket for thw time being before glancing at Louise when she spoke. He remained standing as he didn't plan to be hanging here for long since they werw going to have to manually talk to people to get them all to come.
"Huh? I've met a lot of weird people, to be honest." the archer admitted as he put a hand on his hip. The students at Garrech Moch were quite the bunch but he always was friendly and easygoing. He got along with most. He just had that welcoming vibe he supposed. "But what sort of person exactly do you mean?" he continued, curious.
He then glanced toward the door.
"In any case, I don't think we're going to get much done sitting in here. Some people refused to even be bothered with the meeting." he told Louise, referring to the response he had gotten from Sophie.

A few seconds later, those in the office could hear an intense rattling from one of the cubicles closest to the conference room. A filing cabinet flings open with a rattling bang before a familiarly spindly, clothed limb snakes from the inside of the cabinet, gripping the side of it and pulling the rest of a fully-formed Faust free from the confines of his metal prison, a wonderful chorus of uncomfortable bone-cracking sounds heralding his arrival.

The doctor flopped onto the ground like a used towel and kicked the cabinet close with his foot, only to then dextrously fold himself up into a standing position, his clothes and brown paper bag remaining fully intact as he dusted himself off and looked to Claude and the rest of waiting for office dwellers, throwing up a peace sign.

"You called~?! I was expecting a full audience! That maneuver is excruciatingly painful, haha!"

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[Crow]

"Ugh... what is it, Trixie? I can name a lot of things wrong with..."

Sunset Shimmer's eyes were a light fade as she held her hand to her head, before she opened her eyes wide.

"Wait, this isn't my room! If it isn't my room, and it isn't yours either, then, whose is it?"

Sunset looks towards the door out with a frown, then turns to Trixie.

"Trixie, deep breaths, deep breaths," Sunset places her hand on Trixie, quickly composing herself, "we've been taken somewhere, but we're not tied up, and from the looks of things, the doors aren't all locked."

Sunset wrangles the door handles to figure that out.

Phantom Thief of Hearts​

 

[HanikamuKitten]

Cater Diamond​

Reception
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“Nice to meet you, Ca... Cay-cay! I'm Nana. Nana Hiiragi. Please take care of me!" He quite liked the idea of looking after someone, being the younger sibling in his family for so long. He was already warming up to this girl so easily, it was like she knew just what to say to him. She even used his nickname! Nobody did that.

"Nice to meet you. I'm a roommate of Nana over there, Shinoa Hiiragi."


The moment the name left her lips, he was already thinking up a nickname. He studied the new purple haired girl. Before she even spoke he could tell, she was a mischievous one. But that was something he could work with. He was determined to use this weird situation they were in to make new friends and ultimately, more people he could consider family. For a brief moment he contemplated if maybe he came on strong, but decided that if they were going to be his new friends, they would have to want to be friends with him for who he is.

"If you want one then why don't you try acting like a girl in front of that monitor. Who knows, your phone might magically appear!" He doubted that was true, but if need be he did have two older, doting, sisters. Safe to say he had already grown comfortable with his more feminine side from a young age.

“I’m not opposed if you insist, Shiny. I can be pretty adorbs, for real” he gave a ‘subtle’ wink to the purple haired girl.

Then yet another girl appeared, who introduced herself as Mono. Cater wracked his brain for a nickname but a short name like that didn’t leave much room for ideas. The girl didn’t seem to be entirely human, if human at all. However, he knew the housewarden of Ignihyde had created a robot brother for himself so more robots wasn’t too much of a shock. She seemed calm and collected despite the circumstances. Cater was happy to see more faces he could befriend.

“I'm sure mister Cater here will receive a device of his own, regardless of his acting skills. So there's little need to worry about that."

He hadn’t been too worried in the first place. “Aww so I won’t be able to show off my feminine charm? Bummer. Sad trumpet… womp womp womp.” His over dramatic frown melted away swiftly as he strutted over to the monitor.

Identify verified



The device he was given looked just like his phone, his special phone case and all. However he knew from the moment he opened it, it wasn’t really his.

“Aww bro, no Magicam? I did not like and subscribe to this. What will my followers say?”
He was still happy to have some semblance of a phone back nonetheless. Now that he had it, he definitely would not hear a word anyone said.

He began though profiles, making mental notes of each. He noted his roommate, Yumeko as well as all the new faces. First, the peppy pink haired girl, Nana. ‘Manipulative’, huh? He didn’t really take her that but- oh wait maybe that’s the idea. But ultimate class leader seemed like a good thing. He supposed there are two sides to every coin.

The quiet blond girl was named Marie. Innocent, naive and impressionable. That didn’t bode well for her. Made sense why the ultimate class leader would keep her so close. Someone with the title of ultimate decapitator however didn’t seem like the same girl. Although maybe that goes back to the coin thing. Either way, he was used to talk of decapitation. He lived in a dorm based on the Queen of Hearts after all.

And of course, he had already met Shinoa. Sure enough, ‘mischievous’ was one of her words.

A lot of the girls here seemed to be younger than him. He was always used to having his older sisters around, but when he got to Night Raven College he finally was able to take some of the freshies under his wing. Maybe this was his chance once again to feel like an older brother, rather than the young one always doted on.
He moved on to the messaging app where there seemed to already be a conversation going on. “Ladies, don’t @ me but I think we should get moving on to this office area. And did someone say something about hacking?”

 

[Charles Babel]

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"I appreciate that, Usagi dear." A tight squeeze around the girl's shoulder as the witch brought her to embrace. This Usagi girl was you, younger than when Wanda got into the "adventuring" lifestyle. Yes, Usagi had a lot of growing to do, but she had a spark. It was clear to the older woman. Usagi was special. Giving the young girl a reassuring smile, Wanda's attention was then diverted to the other girl, Pinkie pie. Holding Mrs. Ellie, wand caressed the toy gentle as she sighed as her eyes went to Mr. Giraffe. Listing to Pinkie's surprisingly good speech, the former Avenger chairwomen frowned. "Pinkie, I'd never say never to almost anything....."


Wanda eye's narrowed, turning towards the priest. Letting go of Usagi, the witch's cape bellow as she walked towards the man of god. Glaring at him, she snatched the Giraffe from him.
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"But say never." Wanda scowled as she turned. "I agree with Atkashi, however. I'll work with him, with you all, but I don't have to like him."



Standing across from Sophie, Wanda could relate. Wanda, even before "M-day." had suffered depression. Somedays, Wanda couldn't get out of bed, others she'd cry all day long. "Sophie, it's safer if you stay with us, dear. I know some breathing exercises I use when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Do you want me to show you? Maybe we could try mindfulness and positive-self talk?"

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"Gooooods!" Sera groaned at Wanda trying to be a self help coach. "This is how I know you're full of shite. No one genuine acts like this. What are you going to do? Lure these girls into your hut so you can gobble them up? Use them in a magical ritual to summon demons?" Sera eyed Wanda quizzically. Mages like her always had an angle.

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[themagnoliaofutah]

Icee Crunch

"I mean, like - maybe a monster, or a ghost, or a guy from California that wears a lot of red and likes talking about how great he is a lot-" She coughed lightly into her elbow. "Y'know, weird people." At Claude's suggestion, she nodded, standing up. "...it does seem like we'll have to go around and ask people ourselves... if we take the note, it'll add more credibility."

At the sudden sound of horrific crunching behind her, she froze, the color draining from her already-pale face. Louise squeezed her eyes shut for a second, took a deep breath - man, she had really missed breathing - and turned around, expression making a 180 from fear to concern for Faust in half a second. "How the-" This was probably more WIlford-like behavior than Wilford himself. "Are - are you okay? That looked - not comfortable."

 

[Takumi98]

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"I appreciate that, Usagi dear." A tight squeeze around the girl's shoulder as the witch brought her to embrace. This Usagi girl was you, younger than when Wanda got into the "adventuring" lifestyle. Yes, Usagi had a lot of growing to do, but she had a spark. It was clear to the older woman. Usagi was special. Giving the young girl a reassuring smile, Wanda's attention was then diverted to the other girl, Pinkie pie. Holding Mrs. Ellie, wand caressed the toy gentle as she sighed as her eyes went to Mr. Giraffe. Listing to Pinkie's surprisingly good speech, the former Avenger chairwomen frowned. "Pinkie, I'd never say never to almost anything....."


Wanda eye's narrowed, turning towards the priest. Letting go of Usagi, the witch's cape bellow as she walked towards the man of god. Glaring at him, she snatched the Giraffe from him.
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"But say never." Wanda scowled as she turned. "I agree with Atkashi, however. I'll work with him, with you all, but I don't have to like him."



Standing across from Sophie, Wanda could relate. Wanda, even before "M-day." had suffered depression. Somedays, Wanda couldn't get out of bed, others she'd cry all day long. "Sophie, it's safer if you stay with us, dear. I know some breathing exercises I use when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Do you want me to show you? Maybe we could try mindfulness and positive-self talk?"

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Well, it was more than he hoped for.

"Of course, you don't have to like him to work with him. Just tolerating each otheruntil we get answers is more than enough. " The white-haired boy reassured. He could slightly relate, as he practically hated Akutagawa and he worked with him if only briefly. The circumstances were different, and them 'working together' was more Atsushi having no choice but to help him.

Oh, right...

Then they had argued, leading to Atsushi being attacked and hit, but Gin showed up to save him before he got orders from Dazai and ended up here...

He wondered if Akutagawa was still chasing after her now, trying to apologize for not keeping her safe in the past? Or did he go on a rampage? Was he looking for Dazai?

He was pulled out of his thoughts then, by Usagi.

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Usagi silently breathes a sigh of relief when Pinkie returns to her usual, delightfully delightful self. At least a mild stalemate had been reached, time being. As much as she was loathe to admit it, the possibility of people turning on each other in their desperation for answers had been niggling in the back of her mind since someone first broached the topic. She winces a bit when Wanda-san snatches Mr. Giraffe from the priest’s reach; well, it was probably about as close to a truce as it could get, at least. Wanda-san’s looming scowl in his direction is lessened in its effect due to the two stuffed animals she holds in her arms, however, and Usagi hides a smile behind her shirtsleeve.



Atsushi is, evidently, the name of the other boy investigating the daycare. She mentally files this away for future reference; it didn’t do to go about forgetting someone’s name if you were trying to make a good impression!



“I agree with Atsushi-kun! Working together is the best way to get answers right now.” It’s probably safer, too… “That’s why I think Wanda-san is right, and you should come with us, Sophie-chan! Maybe the others have found something good to share with the class! And either way, if the baddies come back or something like that, it’s safer if nobody’s left alone!” She punctuates the end of her little speech with a grin and a thumbs-up. Projecting an endless stream of good-attitude; it’s what she does.



(…belatedly, perhaps, Usagi realizes that, well, a lot of these other people don’t look or sound like they come from Japan. Well, Atsushi, maybe, but otherwise? Nobody’s expressed any sort of difficulty in understanding each other so far, though. And Usagi knows for a fact her English skills leave much to be desired — which leaves the question: ….has whatever magic’s brought people across the multiverse to each other also apparently given them all the ability to magically understand all their languages?? Or is it like a straight-to-brain telepathic communication kind of thing? Frankly, not the first time something like that’s happened to her. She’ll roll with it.)

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He nodded to Usagi as his eyes refocused on his surroundings.

"There are sometimes safety in numbers, too." He added. Whoever took them likely had quite the resources, and he wanted answers as soon as possible. Whether Sophie actually came along or not only really mattered in regards to that admittedly.

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Pinkie's face brightened when she saw Wanda take Mrs. Ellie and say how she almost never said never, but fell slightly again when she walked over to the priest-man and took Mr. Giraffe from him. That was meant to be symbolism for them getting along! For some reason, Pinkie had hope that after her super-inspiring speech, they would get along, but it didn't seem to work. Wanda still refused to get along with him. Pinkie's hope for the two was draining by the minute, but it refilled again when she heard that Wanda agreed to work with the man. That was progress! Maybe if Pinkie and the others worked together, they could get the two to get along throughout their little investigation! Confident that she could get this friendship together, she nodded at Wanda. Wanda said that she didn't have to like him, so that means Pinkie could wedge in there and have her like him!

Pinkie slightly frowned at Sophie when she still didn't budge to go with them, saying how she didn't like loud things in general. If Pinkie was right about her totally biased guess about what was in the conference room, how was she supposed to bring Sophie along now? Pinkie didn't know any surprise parties that were quiet. But, to be honest, a quiet surprise party would be surprising. Maybe the party would be quiet! Most importantly, though, if Pinkie were to throw a party later, how would she bring Sophie along if she didn't like loud noises or people? Pinkie wasn't certainly the one to throw quiet parties, even if they were surprise ones. She would normally have a lot of people in a closed space with loud music, punch, and party games that they would play until sunrise. If she were to invite Sophie to that, how would she be able to make that all quiet?

Sophie also said how she didn't like loud people. Sophie wasn't referring to her... right? No, of course not! They were friends, even if Sophie didn't consider them so! If Sophie didn't like her, she wouldn't have cared about her feelings and said "I don't want to be rude"! That must have been the right path to becoming besties with the girl! Pinkie, immediately jumping to optimistic conclusions, beamed Sophie. This most likely wasn't the right reaction to give after she said she didn't like loud stuff, but Pinkie was still pleased with the thoughts jumping around in her head.

When the girl said she needed space, Pinkie's pleased expression turned into one with surprise, as she scrambled over to the desk area with the white-haired boy. What did she need to calm down about? Sure, Pinkie had seen her crumpling up in a ball before... but she surely became better from that moment, right? Had she not already calmed down? Pinkie looked at the others, seeing if they were going to move away as well, but most of them just stayed where they were. Was Pinkie not supposed to move away, as she was ordered to do? Oh, wait! Did the girl simply want a piece of space? That was hard to get, but maybe Sophie just calmed down from getting the Milky Way? Pinkie didn't notice Atsushi's confused reactions and comments next to her, as she was assessing how in the world she was going to get something that wasn't available from Earth.



Pinkie did hear this suggestion, however, and her eyes drifted over to where he was motioning: her pink tablet. Now raising the glittery device, she looked at it for a second before having her face fill with exaggerated understanding, beaming at Atsushi. "That was the best idea I have ever heard in my entire life!! Except for chimicherrychangas. And pink frosted cupcakes. And these tablets we got. But that was the best idea I have ever heard!" She turned to Sophie, about to express the idea, but shrunk from disappointment. "Oh. Wait. The text I got from the mysterious L. Worth person said we needed to meet in the conference room. If she sent that to everyone, that means we allll need to be there!"

As to prove her point, her tablet started brightening up again, showing more text messages that were coming in. Tapping the screen, having the tablet scan her face, and navigating to the messages app again, she saw the message from C. von Riegan saying how they all needed to be there to start the meeting. Frowning like a child, Pinkie showed her tablet to Atsushi to give proof of her statement.

"See? See? If Sophie's not there, we won't all be there! Maybe only 97%! No, 96%! 94%?" She started reciting any number percentage now, looking at the white-haired boy for affirmation to see if one was correct. "Oh! Oh! I know, now! 97.387193%! Right? Right?" There was no explanation for how Pinkie came to a number like this, for she didn't even know how many people were there and how many would skip out on this meeting.

While Pinkie was saying random numbers, though, Sophie seemed to finally resign to their good cause. Pinkie now took a break from bombarding Atsushi with percentages, putting both of her arms up in achievement. "Woo-hoo! This is going to be the best surprise party EVE- wait a second. No cannons? No loud NOISES? NO SOCIALIZING!?" Her arms raised again, although this was for dramatic effect. These three things were basically Pinkie's entire life, and the girl was now degrading them!? "Those are the three best things ever!! Besides chimicherrychangas. And pink frosted cupcakes. And these tablets we got. And Atsushi's idea. But those are the the three best things ever!!"

She shook her head in disbelief of how Sophie didn't like Pinkie's most favorite things, but forgot about her disappointment when she looked up at Sophie again in joyfulness. "Ooh, ooh! I know, I know! If this was a surprise party, there wouldn't be a lot of cannons and... loud noises and... socializing..." Pinkie seemed to be physically deflating with her body posture from the idea of this, but rose again in a sense of happiness. "...but if this was a surprise party, it would be super surprising by not having these things! That's the whole point of a surprise party! So, don't you worry Sophie! Your auntie- uh, friend Pinkie Pie will be there by your side!"

Now confident that people would come to this, she marched over to the door and stood by it, flashing her arms up as if she were presenting the doorcase to everyone in the room. "C'mon, everyone! We can't go to a silent, quiet surprise party in here!! Or could we?" ​

Having put the microphone away on his person as Wanda snatched up the stuffed giraffe (he wasn't sure if what he'd found would have some use later or not, but maybe it originally was placed elsewhere before being used to entertain children?) He simply blinked as Pinkie scrambled in his direction once Sophie said she needed space.

"Um..." Atsushi started, dumbfounded as he was suddenly bombarded by Pinkie Pie shortly after, taking a moment to try and register her words as Sera tried to dig at Wanda. He decided that, for now, he wouldn't bother with that as he contemplated whether or not to humor Pinkie.

"The idea is only an alternative, but out of 32 people total it'd make sense that a few might not want to go. If it's important, however, then it might just be best to see what it is." He replied with a slight shrug. Though it seemed that Sophie had changed her mind. Maybe they'd have time to search the building for answers or a way out after?

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[Zenterfold]

After some thorough searching by those labelled as "Participants," it became clear that despite the size of the building they found themselves in it contained very few clues that gave any indication toward what was going on. After finding the photographs and microphone in the Day-Care Centre, it was clear nothing else of note remained. In addition, despite the myriad of potential weapons and food in the Restaurant, there was nothing beyond there either. The other locations were similar, with the Café only containing drinks and a myriad of espresso machines, while the Sporting Goods Store was just filled with, you guessed it, sporting goods. The bathrooms contained nothing special and neither did the Laundry Room, which just allowed everyone to wash their clothes.

As for the peculiar box found in the Gym Storage... it was unclear what was inside just from shaking it. Aru and those who had the box happened to find a strange metal rod inside. It seemed to have no particular use, though it had a design of flowers engraved on it. No one could tell them if it had any function for the gym equipment, so its use remained a mystery.

With the note in the Office indicating everyone should head to the conference room, it wasn't long before Claude and the others had everyone heading that way. Their efforts had been mostly successful, though it seemed someone wanted this to happen, so Trixie and Sunset found that the floor lit up underneath them, directing them to pick up their tablets and toward the Office. Even the tablets began to remind everyone to the head to the office. Whoever those messages were being sent from was entirely unknown. Thanks to making use of the tablet features, the three applications everyone now had access to were the player profiles, a map, and a messenger function that did not save their message history.

It took a while, but finally everyone was seated. There were exactly thirty-two chairs for thirty-two people. They surrounded a long oval table.

No one could possibly know what to expect what would happen next.

As soon as they all sat down, a projector descended from the ceiling, along with a medium-sized stuffed animal clinging to it. Frank would recognize it immediately as matching the bear he found in the snow globe. The stuffed animal, strangely enough, began to move, unclasping the projector and standing up straight on the table. It was in the shape of a bear, though colored black and white in halves. His mouth seemed wider and toothier in the black half, while his eye was misshapen and red.



"What?" uttered the bear, tilting its head to the side. Was it a robot? Was it a living being? It spoke in a high-pitched masculine voice. "Have you guys never seen a bear before? Is that it? The most adorable bear you've ever seen?"

What?

"Is this a joke?" Clementine offered.

"A joke?" the bear repeated. "Huh, I don't hear anyone laughing, do you? Well, maybe a little chuckling is in order. I am quite the comedian, after all. But I hate to tell you that I'm here for a very serious reason!" The bear raised one arm into the air excitedly. "Here's the thing, my name is Monokuma! Bear extraordinaire! And I'm in charge of this here shindig! You got it? Every game has a gamemaster and that. Is. Me!"

The projector turned on, showing an image of Monokuma. "See? Look at that bear. So exquisite." On screen, an animated cage drops down around Monokuma, trapping him. "And that's the situation you're all in! You are trapped in this building with no way out. If you think that's a lie, well, the ninja who decided to play a prank tried to get out and we totally burned up his costume for it." On-screen Monokuma attacked his cage and erupted into flames.

"Not that we need flamethrowers to keep you inside. It's one of the most secure places in existence! So much so, that you'll probably be desperate to get outside... Thankfully, I do have a solution for you all!" The cage lifted from around projector Monokuma and he suddenly had his claws out. "Murder! This is a death game, people! We'll let you out if you kill each other. And I do mean kill. Any way you want, even. Bludgeon... Poison... Stabbing... Choking... There's so many options!"

While Monokuma went on and on, Menma had been staying in the sidelines, keeping her mouth shut and observing her situation. As much as she was hot-headed, she wasn't sure how to swallow her current reality. She had kept quiet and away from the others up to this point, but now she was reaching her limit.

This was all bullshit.

She sat in the conference room, among the other varied faces staring blankly accepting their fate-- but she wouldn't.

Menma couldn't hold back any longer, didn't help that the creature was smug. She didn't like that. She stood to her feet so quickly the chair she was previously sitting on flew back and slammed into the floor. She quietly approached the mouthy thing before drawing her fist back, attempting to punch him.

"What the FUCK is all of this shit? These people might be lambs to the slaughter but not me you motherfuck--"



Without missing a beat, Monokuma reached out with one arm and grabbed Menma by the throat. He had a lot of power for such a small bear. "Oh, and I forgot to mention we have some rules you have to follow," Monokuma said. "One of them being: Don't lay a hand on the gamemaster!"

Monokuma's red eye began to beep rhythmically, growing in speed as if he was a bomb. Was he a bomb?

"H-Hold on!" Clementine yelled, jumping out of her chair and using her crutches to climb on to the table. She tried bringing them up with her to smack the bear off of Menma. In just a few short moments, it seemed the bear was about to explode for real!​

 

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Sophie couldn't believe what she was hearing. Seeing, even. She covered her mouth, sweat beginning to bead on her forehead. She felt like she was going to vomit.

She crouched under the table, resigning Menma and maybe Clementine to their fates. She didn’t want to die. Oh god… oh god…

She needs Jenny now more than ever.

She began to breathe, in and out. Wanda never taught her those exercises, but focusing on her breathing would do wonders in calming her down. Yet each shaky breath only reminded her of how easy of a target she was.

But if she truly were the Ultimate Survivor like her placard said she was, then she might have survived something much worse than this.

And yet… she doesn’t remember.​

 

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Ack! Wait, what? Usagi shakes her head frantically, as if it would clear her eyes and the situation before her would suddenly make sense. No dice. There’s still a stuffed bear onstage, who is, apparently, their kidnapper (where would she even be able to get a World’s Worst Kidnapper shirt that small? Wait, that’s not important right now), and also who seems to expect them all to….



to…



………to kill each other to get out?……



……..That’s ridiculous! Nobody’s going to actually kill someone, just because this- ugly stuffie demands it! She glances nervously between her confidantes, gaze flicking from Wanda-san to Pinkie to the other faces she recognized partially. Did- did anybody here really even have the capacity to kill someone in cold blood like that?



Clearly the sentiment is mutual. A girl, previously lurking on the sidelines, launches herself fist-first at the bear onstage all while yelling obscenities. Understandable, really, but the moment of vindication doesn’t last long because the bear locks its, um, paws around her throat and starts beeping exponentially, like a bomb ready to blow.



Usagi yelps and pushes back her seat, trying to climb onto the table. Her hand has already flown to her brooch; clearly, the instinctual response to danger of hers has not yet worn off, even without magic.



“Moon Prism Po— ugh, wait, no, stop! What are you doing?? Stop! Don’t hurt her! We’ll listen!” Usagi tries her absolute hardest to hook her hand around the bear’s foot and yank, hoping to send him off-balance and end up dropping the girl he’s got seized by the throat.

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[Verite]

Kirei Kotomine

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Kotomine had little more to say to Wanda after their little session of verbal sparring, content to let her have her win, if that was how she wished to view it. He even opted to ignore Sera who almost seemed intent on goading both of them into escalating it further, but he wouldn't spend his energy on such frivolities. As he looked to the tablet to see Louise and Claude calling for some sort of immediate meeting in the center, Kotomine narrowed his eyes as he attempted to read the exchanges with them and Sophie. He wasn't quite used to reading from a screen like this, or even a flip phone, but it seemed he would have to make do if his captors were intent on keeping him here for an extended period of time.

Still, before he left, the man looked back toward Wanda with a wry smile. "Oh, I assure you, Ms. Maximoff. You've never met someone quite like me before. But I know the fate that awaits all who call themselves heroes of justice," Kotomine mused, his attempt at having the last word. He would not initiate another long-winded dialogue with her this time, but indeed, Kotomine knew the inevitable endgame for those who called themselves heroes. Left with nothing to show for their deeds, betrayed or left behind by everyone they had ever cared for. And he could only find humor in a thought like that.

It reminded him of a man he had once known, but that was in the far past now.

With that, he eventually returned to the conference room where he took his seat at the long, oval table, wondering what such urgency would demand his attention, but decided to hold off on questioning until everyone had arrived, as it appeared the others would not remain occupied for too long. And then, once everyone was seated... the atmosphere changed almost immediately, as the projector happened over them, and with it, a strange bear, comically small like a toy, yet expressive and tangible like a living being.

"What is the meaning of this...?" Kotomine inquired, his expression darkening yet remaining calm despite the growing tension by the self-proclaimed gamemaster's mere appearance, offset by the bear's diminutive stature. He maintained a hard scowl as Monokuma spoke, perhaps the most perturbed he had ever been seen yet, explaining the situation to them with grating glee.

However, it seemed he wasn't granted too much time to mull over his situation before one of the other unwilling participants of this death game, Menma, made a rush forward and attempted to attack the bear creature, only for it to surprisingly turn the tables on her. As Monokuma's red eye began to flash back and forth, it took the man a moment to realize it, but he had just enough experience with bombs being thrown at him to know just what he was dealing with here, and with a room this relatively small, he couldn't afford to risk being caught in the radius himself.

Though his connection to his Magic Circuits had been tampered with, putting him at a bit of a disadvantage, Kotomine was still able to channel his Reinforcement magecraft just enough to strengthen his arms, his fists. With a nimble agility that one might not have expected from an otherwise tall man, Kotomine too leapt atop the table and -- with Clementine and Usagi beside him -- threw a powerful punch, strengthened by magecraft, toward Monokuma's center, hoping to send him flying back, fast enough for his grasp to slip off of Menma, and far enough that the coming explosion would not afflict them as well.

Only one way to find out.

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[Funnier President]

Frank Zhang

Frank had ditched most of the sports equipment in his arms, although he was still decked out in with a football helmet and gear, along with the soccer cleats, swimming trucks, and hockey stick. Maybe this was an explanation for how to get out?

Somehow, all thirty-two of them were there. He should have felt happy, but there was a feeling in the air, a tension.

And as the stuffed bear dropped out of the projecter, Frank couldn’t help but gasp and say aloud, “It’s the snow-globe bear!” What those near to him would make of that, he wouldn’t know. And then the bear started to talk. Frank had seen weirder than a stuffed bear coming to life, but when the bear started to explain how to get out…..​

The projector turned on, showing an image of Monokuma. "See? Look at that bear. So exquisite." On screen, an animated cage drops down around Monokuma, trapping him. "And that's the situation you're all in! You are trapped in this building with no way out. If you think that's a lie, well, the ninja who decided to play a prank tried to get out and we totally burned up his costume for it." On-screen Monokuma attacked his cage and erupted into flames.

"Not that we need flamethrowers to keep you inside. It's one of the most secure places in existence! So much so, that you'll probably be desperate to get outside... Thankfully, I do have a solution for you all!" The cage lifted from around projector Monokuma and he suddenly had his claws out. "Murder! This is a death game, people! We'll let you out if you kill each other. And I do mean kill. Any way you want, even. Bludgeon... Poison... Stabbing... Choking... There's so many options!"

Without even thinking about it, Franks hand automatically flew to the left pocket, where his firewoods laid. Kill…. Each other? Frank had killed monsters before, but this was different. It was cold-blooded murder they were being asked to do. And he would be one of the easiest targets, if someone were to find out about his firewood….. Taking a deep breath, Frank tried to think. Even though the Fates, from his knowledge decreased that the stock was destined to burn up (And it was in a fire-proof pouch) Frank was still worried. Just because it was suppose to happen in his world, didn’t mean it had to happen here. A stick could be broken by other means, and a fireproof pouch wouldn’t protect his firewood from being crushed…..

Frank was derailed from his brooding however, when one of the people he didn’t know suddenly attacked the bear, Eyes wide, Frank watched as the bear started to beep rapidly. Holding his hockey stick like a sword, Frank charged towards the bear along with a couple others, and attempted to whack the arm that was holding Memna. They had to stop the bear from exploding, or else…..

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[Icee]

Claude Von Riegan​

Ultimate Stratigist​

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Claude was pleased that through locating everyone else, they managed to get everyone to agree to come to the office be it through convincing or through the devices giving them a glowing alert to come to the office. Once all were gathered, he took a seat, glancing around. He wondered what the purpose of this meeting was. Would they finally meet the one behind their imprisonment? Find a way to get home?

He found the bear very disturbing to look at. His black half made him think of a monster and instinct was to try and respond, though he remembered he had no ude of his weapons so it was pointless to try and act. This point was further ironed into his skull when he saw what the bear was doing to this other being as well.
"I figured this was all just somebody's sick game. There was no way that anyone took us away feom our worlds for anything good." he stated as he tried his best to remain calm. He had to, lest the situation escalate even further. But he too was not about to not vocalize his frustrations on the matter. "So you just want us to kill each other? Kill innocents for our own gain? I've met enough tyrants like that. I'm not one of them. We'll just have to find another way."
Find another way. Yes. Like he did before. Though it still required him to participate in war and bloodshed it was a much more peaceful solution to the problems in Fodlan than what Edelgard was planning on. Sometimes there were times for bloodshed. But now was not. Killing innocent people was not the only way through this. There were 32 people here. If they all just worked together, maybe they could find a non violent way. That's what he beleived. It wasn't nessacary to kill any of these innocents. Everyone here was lost and confused. Killing them, even if it meant going home made him no better than this psychotic bear in front of them!!

He yelped in surprise when the bear suddenly picked up Menma. He had expirience with bombs and knew based on that ticking eye that this bear planned to blow them up. Or possibly some of thwm. It was truly hard to tell how powerful a blast would be left behind. He tried to think clearly, tried to think of an alternate weapon to use. But there was nothing special here. Nothing that might stop the bomb. "Guys...I don't think fighting a bomb is going to do anyone a bit of good!! We need to get out of this office before we all end up blown to death!! We can contemplate what he said to us later!!" he urged the others.

 

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Cater Diamond​

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A murderous bear? A death game? His mind was racing. What would happen to the new friends he just swore to protect? But yet he also couldn’t help but think of his friends back home. Would he really be able to kill someone to go back home? Even after he returned home, would he ever really be able to see himself the same after such a horrendous act?

He glanced back and forth between the women. Yumeko, Mono, the Hiiragi’s, Marie… what was he to do? Without his magestone he had no way to safely do magic. But maybe if he concentrated enough he could still use his signature spell…

He was too lost in thought to notice what was happening. When he came back to the real world however, he saw a terrifying sight. One of the participants, Menma, had attacked the bear. And in turn, the bear started beeping. Clementine, Usagi and Kotomime had all rushed in as well.
“Guys...I don't think fighting a bomb is going to do anyone a bit of good!! We need to get out of this office before we all end up blown to death!! We can contemplate what he said to us later!!"
The voice of the speaker belonged to a man he recognized as Claude, ultimate strategist. He figured listening to a guy with a title like that made most sense, so Cater followed his lead, trying to remain as calm as possible.

“Alright kings and queens, mans is right, so let’s all get out in a calm and orderly fashion.” He tried to start escorting as many people as he could, prioritizing his new friends and specifically making sure Nana had a grip on Marie. The beep of the bear bomb grew louder in his head. Looking around the room he realized there wouldn’t be enough time to usher everyone out, unless he had some help. Cater our all his energy into blocking out the noise and focusing until…



Poof



A single clone appeared beside him. “Alright me, get everyone out as fast as possible!”

“Cay cay!”

Even with his immense focus, a single clone was all he could muster. Something must have been blocking use of magic, like some form of Housewarden Riddle’s signature spell. Or maybe the world he had been thrust into had no magic at all?

 

[Zenterfold]

Frank's, Usagi's and Clementine's efforts alone weren't enough to get Monokuma off of Menma. It took Kotomine's mildly more powerful efforts to actually shove the bear away, though his grip on Menma meant she was pulled with him slightly. Despite Claude's pleas to flee, there was not enough time to get out of the room now before Monokuma's stuffed animal form exploded as expected. It was not a very large explosion, but the debris that shot out from the bear threatened everyone. Clementine and Usagi were thrown right off the table, Usagi even slamming right against the wall as a result. Clementine tumbled to the ground in a heap, her crutches destroyed. Debris lodged itself into the shoulder of Frank and the leg of Kotomine. Menma herself had been the closest, so as she was thrown from the table, a trail of blood followed her. Once she had landed, it was clear she was still alive... though her face was a mess. A horrible gash went right across her face.

Whether the others used the chairs as defense, ducked under the table, or was just lucky enough to be far enough away from the blast, they all escaped unscathed. There was a chilling silence that followed. The bear had blown up, so did that mean it was over?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, another bear dropped down from the ceiling in its place, looking exactly the same. "I'm not flesh and blood like all of you chumps!" Monokuma cried. "My consciousness is spread across an unlimited amount of bodies! Threaten me all you want, you simply will face punishment as a result!"

Monokuma looked down at Menma, who was bleeding profusely. "You see that? The blood? Smell the smoke in the air? The pain you feel? It's real. This is all real." He then fixed his gaze on Claude. "Do you really think I've never heard that before? Everyone's capable of murder. Everyone! Pushing someone to their limits is my specialty! Really, that's pretty rich coming from you! You've seen more bloodshed than most of the people here!"

Monokuma looked angry as he brandished a claw. "Now, you all gonna sit down and let me finish explaining, or do you want to needlessly go through another explosion! Don't even try leaving at this point-- I've locked the room until I'm done!"

@Thepotatogod themagnoliaofutah Josh Capri @darkred lunar_moth @LuckycoolHawk9 Funnier President Xeppy Gummi Bunnies Takumi98 Verite @Ari Number Two Severia Icee Ghost_Candy Crunch Miserable Alchemist @Mirai-chan HanikamuKitten @SilverDingo Charles Babel @York @OneBigParadox @0ttonomous Phantom Thief of Hearts Crow Crimson Baron GamblingGoblins @Kiyoko Tomoe R U S T​

 

[R U S T]

Toni placed his two fingers under his spiral orange and very unique mask, he made a thinking posture with a hum as he got away from the ultimate outlaw.

“A box…….HMMMMM……a box……“

Though before he could say anything he felt Faust look down at him, he looked up at him and a slight yelp as he he was startled. But that was apart of the whole act he put up here.

“AH! Of course doctor, no lies hehe!“

He said totally and obviously lying to the doctor as he waved to the doctor as he left the gym.

Though as a bear suddenly appeared he noticed that everyone else was in the gym with the ultimate ninja and the ultimate outlaw.

​

“W-WHAAAAAAAA I DONT BELIVE IT!”

Though as he listened he heard a few words. A killing game. That was surely exciting! He saw that some peoples reactions were appropriate, after all the only way they could leave is killing each other.

“Are you and Faust friends? Me and him are currently in an alliance if so, I believe that the three of us should engage in an alliance, I wouldn’t trust anyone here so far, if I was you I would be joining an alliance preferably with me and Faust.“

He said as he tilted his head at her scratching the back of his head before listening to what else the strange bear had to say.

“And what happens if someone kills somebody and gets away with it?“


Gummi Bunnies Crunch Zenterfold

 

[Xeppy]

Pinkie Pie
Takumi98 Josh Capri lunar_moth Verite Charles Babel Zenterfold + everyone else

Daycare First Section --> Conference Room

"H-hut!? Gobble!? DEMONS!?" Pinkie screamed, looking at Wanda surprisingly. Of course, Pinkie jumped to the conclusion that the woman next to them was correct. Was Wanda like Zecora, the brewer of potions and ailments? Was she going to eat Pinkie Pie? Even though Pinkie was pink and had "Pie" as her last name, that didn't mean she was tasty! Maybe Usagi tasted good, but certainly not Pinkie! "I don't want to get eaten!"

As if to make a point that she didn't want to get gobbled up, Pinkie quickly cleared her throat and sang out in the loudest and highest pitched voice possible:

"She's an evil enchantress
She does evil dances
And if you look deep in her eyes
She'll put you in trances
Then what will she do?
She'll mix up an evil brew
Then she'll gobble you up
In a big tasty stew
Soooo... Watch out!"

She made wide hand gestures while singing the dramatic song, looking at everyone as if she were sharing a horror story. While Pinkie Pie had originally made this song for an enchantress named Zecora before, she sang this out loud for Wanda now. She now looked at Wanda for affirmation, as if asking if all the things being said were true. She didn't know why Wanda would eat them up, though. Oh! Maybe she was hungry! Pinkie had certainly done completely random things when she was hungry. This hungriness would immediately be cured, though, when eating a batch of delicious, sugary cupcakes. Maybe she just needed to make Wanda a patch of them to make her not gobble them all up!

With Atsushi's comment on how they should see what it is, Pinkie gave this as an affirmation for them to get going. She gave two thumbs up to the boy before opening the daycare door, stepping out into the main area again where she was met with others making their way over to the conference room. Did they all get the text from the unknown L. Worth as well? Maybe Atsushi was wrong! Maybe all of them would get to the conference room, and they could all see the potential party in there! How would Pinkie be able to go to the conference room, though? Where in the world... well, building, would she find this?

...oh, right! Her map app!

Immediately going onto her tablet again, she navigated to the map app. When opening it, she was received with a large image that showed all the things they have discovered thus far: their rooms, the reception, the main area, and all the little stores/offices that were open to them. If Pinkie were to go looking for her party cannon, this app would be incredibly useful to her. What were the locked areas on the map, though? Were those the areas that were not available to them at the moment? If that was the case, how would they be able to get over there? Maybe this was all just one big, innocent puzzle that the group had to solve to get out of here?

Whatever the case, Pinkie quickly found the office on her map and pointed there, as if telling the people who were near her where the conference room was. "Found it!" After announcing to the world that she discovered where the conference room was, she skipped freely to the area excitedly, not knowing what would await her. Everyone was coming! "This is the best surprise party ever!!"

When she opened the conference room door, she shut her eyes in anticipation, expecting confetti to spread around her and a loud party cannon noise to fill the room. A second past. Then two. Five. She opened her eyes at last, looking around confused as if a party was expected by everyone here. She didn't see balloons or cupcakes or any party attire at all, but a huge round table that has thirty-two seats in total. People already seemed to be sitting down or having already been sat down. Confused, Pinkie sat down in one of the seats and said puzzlingly, "This is one surprise of a surprise party! There's no cake or anything!"

After a moment of waiting, a projector then descended from the roof, leaving Pinkie to perk up again in excitement for hope of getting a party. Was it starting? Of course it was starting! A stuffed animal was attached to the projector, and stuffed animals always meant fun and games... right? Right! She began clapping, quite ready for everything to start, but her quick claps slowed down greatly when the stuffed animal started moving. Pinkie Pie's memory immediately went back to the daycare room, where a majority of stuffed animals and toys in general laid unmoving. She was pretty sure stuffed animals didn't move here, so why was this bear an exception?

She looked bewildered for a few seconds, not getting anything the bear Monokuma was saying until he brought up the word game. Pinkie's face filled with relief and happiness, straightening her back in eagerness. She knew this was a party! What sort of event wouldn't be a party if it didn't have games? Monokuma must have been the party planner if he called himself the "gamemaster"! And Pinkie herself was called the Ultimate Party Planner! If Monokuma could pull all of this off, he was the one who deserved that Ultimate title!

When animations started playing on the screen, Pinkie stared at them as if she were sucked into how they were being projected. She was missing the entire dark point of the lesson Monokuma was giving them, clapping after every single little cartoon was played. Wow, the flames that suddenly burst were exciting! She had no idea why they suddenly came up, but maybe it was there to lift their spirits for the party!

Pinkie only started listening to Monokuma when he brought up the most despairing comment of them all:
​

"Murder! This is a death game, people! We'll let you out if you kill each other. And I do mean kill. Any way you want, even. Bludgeon... Poison... Stabbing... Choking... There's so many options!"

While Pinkie had been holding onto hope as much as she could, this was the last straw for her. The talking of death had been in the speeches of everyone else, but when it finally came out of the mouth of this bear, it got to Pinkie. Her normal, pink curly hair seemed to deflate, becoming something like straight hair. It had a similar appearance as if it suddenly became wet. A look of horror and terror dominated her facial expression now, although this was much less animated than when she looked at Atsushi.

"N-no," She blurted out, although she wasn't speaking as loud as she usually would. She seemed to be hopeless now, not being as excited and joyful as before. "Why... no... not... killing! No..."

In a flash, it all seemed to happen. A girl stood up to Monokuma, Monokuma grabbing her, a bomb-like noise coming, and everyone stepping up to stop him. Pinkie just seemed to sit there, though, silently wallowing from what Monokuma just said. Kill. This couldn't have been happening. This can't be happening! Why did the others have to be right? Why couldn't there have been a surprise party here, one Sophie might not have enjoyed? Why couldn't they just keep watching the animations on the projector, seeing the flames over and over again?

Although Pinkie was like this, she had some sense of courage to move under the table. Whether it was the increased beeping that filled the room or how others were evading the scene, Pinkie suddenly got the survival instinct to savor her life and avoid this death-threatening bomb. This movement seemed to save her, as she heard the BOOM that quickly came out from above the oval-shaped table.

Then there was silence. After a moment or two of waiting, Pinkie, shaking with all her might, stood up from under the table, but what she saw was nothing like she saw before. She had never seen something so gory before. Blood, gashes, and injuries were everywhere, while a girl lay damaged somewhere. The smell of blood and smoke filled Pinkie's nostrils, and any hope that she still had in her seemed to be overrun by despair.

When Monokuma kept on repeating how this was all real, Pinkie covered her ears and put her back against a wall. She couldn't survive a bad argument without having her energy drain. How was she supposed to get through this? How was she supposed to be here, trapped in these circumstances? Tears filled her eyes for the first time in a while, as her legs suddenly gave way under the stressful situation.

"Please!!" She sobbed, sinking to the floor. "No, no, no! NO!" While Pinkie knew that she should go over to Usagi and check up on her, she found it impossible to move. Impossible to get in the reality of where they were. Impossible to know that Usagi was hurt, and it was his fault.​

 

[Capri]

SOPHIE WALTEN
Zenterfold Verite Josh Charles Babel Takumi98 Xeppy lunar_moth Crunch HanikamuKitten themagnoliaofutah Icee @EveryoneElse

Sophie arose from her spot, slowly but surely. She was shaking, the explosion rocked everything and she was included.

Hesitantly, she returned back to her seat, staring wide-eyed and unblinking at the robotic bear. Refusing to even look at the mess that was once Menma a glance. The only thing leaving her mouth was shuddering breaths.​

 

[Icee]

Claude Von Riegan​

Ultimate Stratigist​

Office - Zenterfold +Anyone​

"No!!!" Claude yelped, slight panic in his voice at the fact the doors were all sealed tight. He was only able to watch as the bear exploded, making a horrific scene of injuries play out, Menma being the worst off. He was lucky to be far enough away that he was unscathed, though even he couldn't help but be a bit startled. It wasn't like he hadn't seen explosions before. He was involved in a war for god's sake! But something about this bear was different than even the monsters he's dealt with. How this bear just easily changed form and casually spouted out facts about them as if it was of no oddity. Even knowing about all the bloodshed he was involved in and blurting it out to the other 31 as if that was not something that would make them skeptical of him.
"At least the bloodshed I was involved in wasn't meaningless, unlike this!! And you just want us to play along.... We're not just going to do that." he stated, his easygoing sona becoming a bit angered. It wasn't often he got this way. But he knew he was in the middle of yet another war and he was entirely powerless to stop it. He had no strategies to make. They were all entirely at this thing's mercy and already a few of them had gotten hurt. As much as he didn't want to comply with this thing he also knew that resisting further may lead to this thing exploding again and hurting more people. And it definately seemed it could somehow regenerate itself infinately. Part of him wasn't surprised that the one responsible for this had these capabilities. Yet seeing it out in the open still shocked him.
For now and for his and the others's sakes, he returned to his chair after dusting the debris off. He wanted to attend to the hurt but he also knew they were stuck here. There was no help for them. They should get this lecture done as soon as possible.