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[ 1 MONTH AGO ...]
Ugh , who the hell sent us this text message , telling us to meet in the old school building at this time of night ?
I complain inside my head as I walk towards the school building from my dorm , dressed in my standard Hope's Peak attire ...
May as well just get this over with .. I guess ...
As soon as I approach the entrance , I spot two figures standing by the front door ...
???: Hey Hino ! Over here !
One of the figures called out to me as soon as she saw me and I recognized her voice immediately ...
Hino : For the love of god , quiet down or you'll wake up the whole neighborhood ...
I tell them as I approach the pair ...
???: { Giggling } Sorry ! I couldn't help myself ! I'm always happy to see a friend !
Aiko Umesawa , Ultimate Blogger , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
???: Cut her some slack Hino , you should be happy as well to see fellow friends ...
Tomohiko Goryoku , Ultimate Bodybuilder , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
Hino : { Hand to chin } So do you know anything about this meeting ? I just got a message on my phone telling me to come to the old school building ..
Tomohiko : { Arms crossed } No , we don't know anything , you got any ideas ?
Hino :{Smug } If I knew then I wouldn't be asking you , now would I ...?
Aiko : {Thoughtful } It's pretty mysterious though , don't you guys think ? Meeting in the middle of the night , at the old school building ? Do you think the others got the message too ?
Tomohiko :{Thoughtful } Maybe ...
Hino : It's definitely a possibility the others got the message , and it's definitely suspicious that whoever sent these messages wanted us to meet at this time of night
Aiko : Well done , what should we do then ?
Tomohiko : Well the message said we also had to meet at our old classroom ...
Hino :{Thoughtful } It's probably best to do as message says for now , hopefully some of the others are already there ...
Tomohiko :{Arms Crossed } Are you certain that's wise Hino ? All this seems awfully suspicious ...
Hino : Yeah , well none of our questions will answered by merely standing out here , let's get inside and meet up with the others ...
I said to them walking to the front entrance and entering ...
Tomohiko : I hope you're right about this Hino ...
Aiko :{Worried } So am I ...
They both say to me from behind me as they follow me into the building ...
Hino :{Smug } Of course I'm right ... I'm the Ultimate Intellectual after all ...
And just like that all three of us enter the school at night , as we headed straight to the classroom .
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[ PRESENT DAY ]
Jin : So ... you and the other Student Council Members received a message telling you to meet at the old school building at night ... is that correct ...?
Hino : Yeah , that's right ... Hmph . It's kinda odd thinking back to it all ...
Jin :{Confused } Why do you say that ?
Hino : { Sombre } Because some of us , didn't even know , we were quite literally walking to our own deaths that night ...
Jin grimaced a little ... he could see how badly this had affected the boy , still ... he had a job to do and he still needed answers ...
Jin : And then what happened ...
Hino : Well after I met up with Tomohiko and Aiko , we proceeded to the classroom ... and that's where things really started to take off ...
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[ 1 MONTH AGO ]
When we entered our old classroom , we were greeted by a few familiar faces ...
???:{ Happy } Guys , you're here ...
Soshun Murasume , Ultimate Student Council President , Hope's Peak Student Council President
???: { Impatient } We were wondering when you guys were going to get here ! We were waiting here forever !
Kotomi Ikuta , Ultimate Journalist , Hope's Peak Student Council Vice President
???: {Checking watch } Um ... we've actually only been here for about 20 minutes ...
Karen Kisaragi , Ultimate Secretary , Hope's Peak Student Council Secretary
Kotomi :{ Bored } Well it sure felt like forever ...
Hino :{ Arms crossed } Impatient as always Kotomi { Turns to Soshun } Soshun , you know anything about this meeting ?
Soshun : Strangely enough no , I just got a text on my phone telling me to come to the old school building , said it was an emergency or something ...
Karen : I got the same message as well ...
Kotomi : You can count me in too ...
Aiko :{ Surprised } Really ? I thought it was Soshun-kun who set up this meeting ...
Soshun :{ Shaking head } No , it definitely wasn't me ...
Kotomi :{ Confused } Well , if it wasn't Soshun who set up this meeting , then who was it ?
Hino :{ Cleans glasses } Perhaps we need to wait for the others to arrive first before we can get any answers ...
Soshun : { Thoughtful } Yeah , I suppose ...
Kotomi : {Annoyed , Bored } Uggghhhh , this is going to be a long night , isn't it ...?
...
We waited half an hour for the others to arrive , yet still no one came ...
Kotomi : { Annoyed } Ugh ! What taking them so long ! They should have been here by now !
And of course Kotomi was complaining how late they were , all the way ...
Kotomi : { Annoyed } Like seriously ! You think they would at least take a meeting seriously-
Her question was answered , when the door to the classroom slid open and 4 more familiar faces entered ...
???: { Nervous Smile } Hey guys ...
Taro Kurosaki , Ultimate Actor , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
???: {Scratches head } S-sorry , we're late ...
Tsubasa Kamii , Ultimate Beautician , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
I saw Kotomi glare at the people who had just walked in, before she got up from her seat and stomped up to the couple angrily ...
Kotomi : {Angry } Tsubasa ! Taro ! Where have you two been !?
As soon as she asked that question , both Taro and Tsubasa blushed , the former trying his best to beat it down , but it was no use ...
Taro :{Nervous , Sweatdrop , Blushing} W-well ... you see Kotomi ... Me and Tsubasa got a little ... sidetracked on the way here ...
Tsubasa tried her best to back up , Taro's weak lie ... 'Tried ' being the key word here ...
Tsubasa : {Nervous , Blushing } Y-yeah ! We uuhh... got lost on the way here ...
Hino : {Smug } And by lost , do you mean , you both were getting down and dirty in the bushes ?
My little comment , made them both blush an ever brighter shade of red ...
I could feel Tomohiko give me a disapproving look , while the girls looked like they were trying to block the mental image of Taro doing Tsubasa in the bushes ...
And I could swear to god , I saw Soshun smile at Taro while nodding his head back and forth ...
Kotomi : {Disappointed } How could you two be doing something like that on school ground ! It's just ... dirty ! On so many different levels !
At that point Soshun decided to step in ...
Soshun : Come on Kotomi , they've had enough ...
Kotomi looked at Soshun for a moment before turning back to the couple , giving the two a dissaproving look before turning to the two others who arrived late with the couple . Taro and Tsubasa gave Soshun a thankful smile ...
Kotomi : {Arms crossed } And what's you guys excuses for being late ...
???: {Nervous } W-well , I kinda slept through the message ...
Suzuko Kashiki , Ultimate Sprinter , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
???: { Scratching head } And I was working in the workshop and I may or may not have fell asleep ...
Ryota Someya , Ultimate Toymaker , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
Kotomi : {Sigh } You guys could at least try to make the effort of sleeping a little bit early ! { Excited } Besides , we're the Student Council of Hope's Peak Academy ! We need to set an example for other students !
And ... it seems Kotomi's going off on another one of her speeches again ... I swear to god , that girl has a need to give a speech every chance she gets ...
Thankfully ... or perhaps mercifully , a voice cuts off Kotomi before she can begin her grand speech ...
???: Um .... is this a bad time ? Or should we definitely come back later ?
Sosuke Ichino , Ultimate Rock Star , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
Sosuke said with a smile on his face as he entered the classroom , with the others ...
???: Yeah , u-um , sorry we're late ...
Kiriko Nishizawa , Ultimate Confidant , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
Kotomi turned to look at the pair ...
Kotomi :{Hands on hips } And what your excuse for being late Sosuke ?
Sosuke : {Scratches head } Hey , cut us some slack Kotomi ! It's not everyday , you get a strange as hell message telling you to come to a dimly lit building at 12 am ...
Kotomi : And Kiriko ? I expect this kind of behavior from Sosuke but not from you ...
Sosuke :{Offended } Hey !
Kiriko : Well ... I um ...
At that moment one of the people who entered with Kiriko and Sosuke spoke up in their defense ...
???: She was scared of going out alone at night so she called Sosuke to pick her up from her dorm room ...
Daiki Kubo , Ultimate Food Connoisseur , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
???: We can back that up , we ran into them on the way here from the dorms ...
Shoji Yoko , Ultimate Architect , Hope's Peak Student Council Member
Kotomi eyed the two for a moment before turning back to the pink haired girl and her red headed friend ...
Kotomi : {Sigh } Well , I guess since you both have legitimate reasons ... I guess I'll let you both off this time ... But make sure it does not happen again !
Kiriko : {Nervous } T-Thank you ... Kotomi ...
Thank god ... I'm pretty sure nobody wanted to hear another one of Kotomi's disciplinary speeches ...
Sosuke : So ... anybody want to fill us late people , on anything we missed ...
We gave them a rundown of everything ...
Taro :{Confused } Wait a second so ... Soshun didn't organize this meeting ?
Kotomi : { Arms crossed } It definitely wasn't Soshun that's for sure ...
Daiki :{ Confused } Well then who was it then ?
Shoji : {Thoughtful }Could it be one of the teachers or something ? Maybe they're planning some sort of event and want us to be involved ...
Aiko : Well now that we're all here ... what do we do now ?
Kotomi :{Annoyed } Guess we'll just have to sit here and wait some more ...
Suzuko :{ Thoughtful } Hang on , one second , one of us is still -
BANG !!!
And with the shot of a gun , we all jumped to our senses ... Some of us , literally jumping from our seats ...
All of our eyes turn to the direction of the shot , we see a figure standing by the door to the classroom , he or she was wearing a mask of some sort , his or her entire body was covered by a white sheet or clock of some sort ...
Tsubasa grabbed onto Taro in fear , as Aiko hid behind Tomohiko ,afraid of the stranger
Masked man : Sorry about that , I just needed to get your attention ...
I noticed he had merely shot a hole in the ceiling ...
They're voice sounded very strange ... it was very deep ... most likely disguised ...
Kotomi was the first to speak up ...
Kotomi : {Shocked } W-What the ! ... Who the hell are you !
The masked man put the gun back into his cloak ... and the way he spoke while answering Kotomi was ... strange ...
Masked man : Just some poor bastard who got roped into all this ...
As he stepped inside the classroom , I saw he held what looked to be a large duffel bag containing ... something...
Suzuko : {Scared } W-W-Who are y-you ? Why do you have a gun ...?
Masked man : Listen I don't have time to answer all your questions but in short ... I'm just a messenger ...
Aiko :{ Scared } M-Messenger ?
Masked man : Yeah ... sorry about all this ... I wouldn't do this if I didn't have any other choice honestly...
Soshun : { Confused } What do you mean by no other choice ? Who sent you ? And why are you wearing that mask ?
Masked man : Like I said before time is short , so I'll have to be blunt with you all ...
Masked man : My bitch who sent says that you'll all have to kill each other now ...
Hino : {Shocked } W-What ?
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[PRESENT DAY ]
Jin : So after everyone arrived in the classroom , a stranger wearing a mask walked in and said you all had to kill each other , is that correct ?
Hino : Yeah ... that's what happened ...
Jin : And I'm assuming that's when things got out off hand ...
I couldn't help but let out a sorrowful half chuckle at that ...
Hino : {Sombre } Got out of hand ? Headmaster ... It was a goddamn bloodbath ...