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#OH AND - AFTERWORD: 'i think these days a person does not have to bear it alone'!!!!!!!!
defeateddetectives · 8 months
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IN THIS ESSAY I WILL
[follow-up to this two-image post that's worth more than twenty thousand words and altered the course of my life]
#apparently the last time i read this arc straight through was FIVE YEARS AGO and at the time i was so awestruck over it's existence alone#(also: bratty clan head being locked in the cursed room with the cursed love of his cursed life!!!)#that the extent of the textual parallels didn't even register aside from maybe that iconic bench of sadness and general ~themes#but no it's? RIGHT? THERE?#'HE COULDN'T MAKE HER SHARE THE BURDEN HE BORE'#'I WON'T PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF THE LEGACY YOU'VE HAD TO SHOULDER'#(the way i SAT UPRIGHT)#i cannot attest to the quality of these translations or comment on the original text#but would be so intrigued if someone could compare how similar/different the wording is for the panels in the middle row#because the choice of language the way it comes across in translation is just.#yeah.#i'm incoherent#(tumblr's suggested tag: i'm inconsolable#which yeah. THAT TOO!!!)#your honour i rest my case???#natsume yuujinchou#horrible exorcists#specifically#horrible exorcist number one#OH AND - AFTERWORD: 'i think these days a person does not have to bear it alone'!!!!!!!!#and it coming from natori of all people#(i am not asking you to abandon your family or who you are and i'm here and i'm not leaving and i'll meet you where you're at)#and though this isn't the first time he's said it the YEARS it's taken him (taken them both) in getting here specifically#and the temptation and hope and promise in it!!! which lets one wonder if maybe just maybe they'll break the cycle or at least make a dent#(doubtful....but i can dream!)#pls send thoughts and prayers as i'm about to undertake homura arc properly for the first time (yes finally) and may not make it out alive#(one day i may or may not also become emotionally equipped to make the unhinged post about the two separate times he's asked and reacts to#have you ever considered quitting exorcism?#alas that day is not today...but maybe in another five years!!!!!)#dont forget we're here forever etc etc etc ETC :)))))
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ts-akhmim · 4 years
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Episode 6 | “His best Amanda Kimmel "Go girl, give us nothing!" impersonation” - Liam
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ryrU-tXQbMyAa2Sl_GFiJb61i6qUNY-x/view?usp=sharing
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aj went home??!?!?! hello!? JAKE SURVIVED SO THERE IS A GOD
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Who feels like shit? Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. And now I remember why I feuded with Jakey... he literally did what ever he wanted. Which is very inconvenient for the rest of us. I know he put my name down. Granted 3 minutes ago I was sure it was Dan but after briefly snapping at him I put it together. Dan, 7:21 PM Seriously I’m not mad about it ahha I can see how my words were taken. And then I definitely said this afternoon we hadn’t talked and that was why I thought you would be the vote on my end Yeah you were a target before AJ started throwing my name out. I own up to that 100% So now it's time to play voting detective... yaayyyyyyyyyyyy (em llik) This entire vote started off with Jakey and Dan. Dan claims that he didn't bring my name up, but it would be an ass pull for Jakey to come to me with Dan wanting me dead immediately after the immunity challenge and then suddenly manifest it. Jakey immediately comes to me and I immediately come to the Dumb Betches (tm). I want Dan out but it's just not realistic as the other side isn't as comfortable playing with a pure beauty team. Next day we form the Thots R Us alliance and Jakey and Scott plead their case for AJ to leave and we, like idiots, go for it. Dan continues to campaign for me. Devon gets into the mix at some point and tells Dan that AJ is voting for him. Dan changes his vote. Now according to Augusto around this point, Jakey mentioned the possibility of having an extra vote before completely shutting it down. Claiming it to be "unnecessary". I think this sparked the idea to tell AJ about the vote under the guise of "golly gee I don't wanna vote for Dan because honor and stuff so I'm voting for you". I assume it's around then he wrote my name down. Like a bitch. Sorry I'm trying to be less hateful and aggressive but man it's harrdddddddd. My guess is that he wanted a beauty out no matter what and figured he'd have better luck convincing the others to vote for me in a situation where an idol is played. He probably also wanted me and Dan to turn further against each other. Unfortunately for him, I spent all of my impulse control that day on not chewing Dan's head off and I snapped immediately afterwords and so some things were cleared up. It has to be Jakey not just because of all the things lining up and not just because it is in his character but I genuinely can't imagine anyone else doing so. - AJ and Amir are loyal hoes. Plus if one of them did something that absurd, it wouldn't exactly benefit them. It puts strain between our relationships with the other players and honestly I don't know why they'd waste a vote on me when if an idol is played they risk losing a beauty majority. - Devon doesn't seem like he would make any waves and seems to have taken a liking to me. Granted I'm less sure about him then the others but he did put most of the work in convincing Dan not to put my name down. Plus he doesn't seem to have anticipated AJ having an idol. - Scott, to do something like this would have been risky. I'm his primary connection to the beauty alliance, if AJ were to play an idol he would have risked losing an asset. - I truly think Dan isn't lying to me because he genuinely believed if he didn't vote for AJ he'd be fucked. He wasn't comfortable with where the votes lied, to throw a vote towards me would have been pretty dumb and insanely reckless. Jakey is the only person I can think of who would go out so out of his way for something like this. Chaos is more or less his calling card. Plus it would be in his best interest to keep around someone in his majority alliance and get rid of a beauty. And he probably thought that I was a better option considering past history or whatever. :/ So now we have to sacrifice Jakey to the survivor gods not because he wrote my name down but because I can't trust him to keep his shit together and vote with us. We were going to target Dan next and he probably won't be chill with that. He probably would prefer to aim for Devon or One of the beauties. And that well, wouldn't be in my best interest either. In the mean time, I'm just going to sit still and look pretty. 
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Ok, I need to make a quick apology. Talking to Autumn and Duncan has been the highlight of my game thus far. Autumn went to the same undergrad as me and Duncan is one of the most genuine guys I've ever met. I feel terrible for ever being doubtful of being on the same tribe as them. Because now I really think I have two more people that I feel I can trust and move with further, which (in the words of the perfect Mrs. Kim Spradlin) means I have options, and I think this can guarantee a spot for me at merge and a really good group to make some moves with that isn't as obvious to people. If we were to go to tribal, I think my target would be Connor which should be an easy vote given his general lack of activity on the tribe thus far, but I'm also not against the prospect of blindsiding Ali as I think there's a chance he has that Apis idol and I'm certain he has a few tricks up his sleeves.
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okay soooo i have two LONG video confessionals uploading from the last two days but wow stuff is happening... so first off, the nuThoth tribe voted off... AJ?! which is so unexpected, that shakes up the game completely, like now it means the game is changed... it means the brawn four on this tribe sticking together is a really bad idea, and it just... everything has changed. i'm so so glad jake has survived, which keeps one good ally in on nuThoth. I'm still scared of Augusto/Amir/Kendall/Scott, but hopefully one will go if they go to tribal again? idek but yeah a lot of this will be repeated in my video, but god is a woman. and her name is autumn, i called with autumn for TWO HOURS yesterday and it was a transcendent experience, i literally love her so much. and it was such a good conversation, like i 100% overshared but it was great to kinda link up... i talked to her about adam (more on him later), she filled me in on the brain hot goss and she is of course someone i want to stick with. on this tribe, the two i feel best about are tj and autumn - tj i was SO mean to at the start but i actually get really good energy from him now? i really want to solidify something with him, i definitely want to stick wit him. jordan i think trusts me a lot but for some reason i continue to have anxiety about him (but he is a good shield in a merge situation). i for some reason get really good vibes from connor? i think i would love to talk to him more (will pm him today) - i think connor gives off good vibes and particularly since adam's conspiracy of a beauty illuminati is over i think i could trust him a lot? we haven't spoken much but he has really good ally potential imo. adam is a tricky one. for some reason i do NOT trust him. he is in EVERYONES pms peddling this same narrative and is just doing a lot? i think he is a real slippery player, and i feel like he is a fish who if we release into the ocean of a merge tribe we will never get back? i have such anxiety about him making it far so i'd love for him to go as soon as possible. its tough tho because now that a beauty majority voted off a beauty, i feel like the brawn four on this tribe need to do similar? so maybe i need to vote off liam? its just annoying because i trust liam, and i'd LOVE to get adam out but i dont see the numbers to pull that off. so i feel like we have to vote liam to give ourselves wiggle room as brawn players, but from there idk... because i want adam GONE grrrrrrrrrr its frustrating. hopefully we win this challenge, and the other tribe has another chance to get rid of someone... like the less decisions i have to make the better at this point i take it back jordan is so sweet, he is like a teddy bear... its just whether he is a care bear or lotso from toy story
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i cant remember what my last confessional said so im just gonna start with last tribal: aj got voted out ........ of all the false beautys it had to be him the ONE who actually was nice to me and was the whistleblower on that main alliance? when i said it'd ironically beautiful to me to see one of the beautys voted out he was NOT any of the ones i was talking about then we get our next immunity and oh would you look at that... THREE people have to sit out meaning there's gonna surely be another chat with 5 people in it to say lets vote adam out AGAIN.......as soon as i saw this challenge my ptsd immediately was triggered and i was trying SO hard to sound like i wanted to be in one of the things even if i wouldnt have been good at it just so i could rest easy but it didnt really work out, in fact the highlight of the challenge was actually me and duncan and our contribution of sitting on the sidelines looking pretty while they all flopped but bless their hearts at least they tried, so now we're going back to tribal, and again i didnt compete in immunity which apparenly is cause for a target now so ... im HOPING that doesnt happen again, and if it does then i probably deserve to go home! i was kinda just.... not in the mood to talk to anyone much of yesterday or even today just because um.... i didnt want to dfakdfs mostly due to that dumb bitch DeDe Pressión just making me wanna do nothing but lay in bed and torture myself by watching more real survivor but i woke up today in a better mood, the moods they come and they go, much like me i love being elusive so hopefully people just dont think im like such dumb bitch who doesnt wanna talk or whatever, because believe it or not the gorls can be so hateful over you not being able to recite their whole life story back to them at the final triabl! they ripped me to shred my first season because i couldnt tell them so and so had a purple sheep back on the farm in late october 2007 like gorl plea .... so yeah ive been trying to talk to more people today to compensate, not sure where it will go, it did reassure me a bit that liam messaged me like RIGHT after the challenge and began already saying stuff about connor like ooh gorl michael_jackson_i_love_this_song.gif, but i just need to be careful because i dont want to seem like im the one controlling the vote, because odds are im gonna get made to look a fool and ill go home, or be left in the dark, but im gonna try to have slightly more faith in these people and hope they're buying what im selling, because it's pretty good stuff, i just want to feel like im the most expensive iphone in the store you know, like i want to be able to say im building relationships nonetheless and will make people come running to ME with information but who knows. I'm either playing decently and in a good spot right now, or im a fucking delusional schizophrenic so im hoping tribal reveals something like that one way or another. at least if i get voted off i can stop letting this game stress me the HELL out in the middle of a fucking pandemic
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When AJ leaves and you can trust your new alliance with the beauties and Jakey https://media.tenor.com/images/b4c2f5c658c1d3ade7e506ee7ffe3c5e/tenor.gif When you win your first tribal immunity challenge of the season https://i.imgur.com/8xzlbRW.gif When you don’t have to see Alyssa and Jess at tribal https://media.giphy.com/media/6nuiJjOOQBBn2/giphy.gif My tribe when I get to go to bed early because I don’t have to stay up stressing about tribal https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/58c16a15208b4945c3920cf0/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/nicole-kidman-seal-clap.gif
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Second tribal of the game for me and I am feeling good once again. i see myself in a position where I dont think i am being targeted and I really just have room to grow and form my social relationships. I feel bad for connor cause I think he will be going home barring anything crazy happening. He was someone I wanted to work with going into this game, but ill be honest his social game is just abysmal he needs to talk to people more. I originally thought he was just not talking to me cause he assumed we were good but apparently everone feels like they cant have a convo with him. Its way too early for me to do something crazy and deviate so I think hes gonna be blindsided tonight. Maybe I want to lock down a final 2 with TJ soon im starting to trust him more and more and hopefully he feels the same way. Im pretty confident that were gonna merge at 12 because thats the first time my legacy advantage is coming into play but im not sharing that information, that power is as locked to the chest as can be I will not tell a soul all game about it, thats how you become a fan favourite game changer sierra dawn thomas and I will not be her, married to joe anglim what a thought. Im off focus, either way Ive talked a lot about feeling very rocky in this game so far and feeling like I havent found my footing, but Im getting a foundation built now and once I get going, theirs no stopping me.
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Is it seriously only Day 14..? Ugh, this game drags on for so, so long. Tonight is gonna be deja vu of Kvaloya in which I once again send home Connor, hopefully unanimously again. I respond to his fucking messages, and he's doing his best Amanda Kimmel "go girl, give us nothing!" impersonation right now. It's ANNOYING. I can't work with someone who does this!
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oh duncan. oh duncan duncan duncan. every single time we play together you underestimate me as a player and it is infuriating? so this time you don't want an alliance with me? that's fine... but don't think i wont find out. i'm literally my blood is boiling that he thinks he can get away with this... grr. but also i love autumn for telling me, it shows me i can trust her and we are gonna go the distance. anyway so i do think connor is going to leave tonight and me freaking out will only make it me instead... so i will go with it. but now im waiting to see what jordan and tj say... and to see if they tell me. i dont think tj will tell me, but i do think jordan BETTER. i'm defending him to autumn, so he owes me plus he says we are a duo so he better JKASLDFAF. so now? i feel like i need to trust adam and stop being so nervous to trust him... he is on the bottom with me and we need to flip this upside DOWN. if me/adam link up, that will be good... because im not down to be stuck on the bottom for more than a vote... being on the bottom is how to go home and that's not my thing
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So now that the vote is looming, I think that we have it fully on Connor now. Duncan and I came up with the fake vote of Adam which Connor seemed to take? Although he's asking questions that seem fishy, so let's just hope he buys it. And Duncan and I made an alliance of me, him, Jordan, and Autumn which is perfect to have going into merge. I still need to figure out how best to integrate the two so that they can know Jakey is going to work with us but not enough so that they don't know that me/Jakey/Jordan also have an alliance together. But this is awesome going into the next round, and I'm just praying that we don't see an idol played, because that would be DISASTER!
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the way i've called adam shady for days and days and now i trust him one of the most? wow a growth arc. i'm still heated about duncan. he is SOO likable and charismatic, and is someone who is genuinely always just fun to play with? so him being in this gamebot really dry state is so frustrating because ik if he just relaxed and let his natural personality out he would snap?! he is just so fixated on doing well this season that he is getting in his own way (at least imo, but this is coming from mr im not in an alliance so im bitter KJSAFD). so anyway now that duncan is not a viable ally anymore, i need to solidify the other connections... and i think adam and autumn are the move. adam is clearly just desperate for allies and while he is over-eager, i think he is earnest so ill stop being paranoid about him. autumn is just a queen and a goddess so im gonna stick with her too... liam is lovely too... i just want duncan OUTTTTTTTTTTT he will not get away with this, i am the meddling kid(s) who will ruin his plans... will duncan go to the end as the gamebot leader... well... https://gph.is/2dmg9hV
also can i just say i love tj?! like i sent duncan very similar messages about feeling like i've been out of it, and the difference in their responses is remarkable: tj: I think everyone understands that you haven't been 100% the last few days, so I doubt anyone is going to fault you for that. And everyone knows that it's a game, real life does come first. like... sweet, supportive without being patronising? validating duncan: and i don't think things have really kicked off over here yet, i think its going to be an "easy vote" but we'll see what happens duncan.... immediately to game, almost his own conversation... i'm... over it?
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well we have tribal in just a few hours, and tonight it's gonna be pretty clear cut in the sense that, ill finally have answers because um it's either gonna be me or connor ive been doing my best to lead this smear campaign against him, only because he made the wrong move by coming for me first and continuing to lie to my face about it so at this point i wish i felt bad but i dont. I could be completely delusional but I do think it's working because people have come to ME first and said they want to vote connor, because of both what i was saying and because he just hasnt been talking to many people besides right after the challenge so like... people can see how transparent that is pls also because MULTIPLE people have approached me first today telling me he plans on voting me out so unless they're specializing in some hardcore reverse psychology...i think i have a shot at it being 7-1 connor but once again i literally could be being made out to be a whole ass goof and not even know. or even worst have got all the numbers on my side but then get idol'ed out fdhaskj both very likely scenarios because things never seem this easy in this game ive been trying my best to get to know people and i feel like im slowly connecting more with some of them, so i guess tonight at tribal will be a test on those relationships because all the people ive been talking to will either, believe me, trust me, and wanna play with me, or theyre gonna listen to connor and vote me out, and honestly if they vote me out over him then i completely deserve to go home because clearly im doing something wrong my biggest fear is im hoping i havent come off too strong trying to play by painting this narrative of the old hathor's and connor being so against me, because while yes obviously i want connor gone for my own reasons, the trick is i dont want people to think im leading a charge against him (even tho i absolutely am) because i dont want that kinda target on me but truly who the fuck knows, i could very well go home but idk. this game is like walking into a serial killer convention and trying to stay alive, that's how i feel like im putting my faith in the hands of killers, it's making a bitch shook so i guess we'll see but in a perfect world..... connor will leave....which may look bad because of old tribe lines, but im really trying to wor any magic i have to where me being the only beauty on this tribe would be beneficial for me to hopefully be sought after by any brawns or brains, but if you ask me old tribe lines are about to be nonexistent. even though there will be 4 brawns next round, ive been trying to connect to some of them in the hopes that theyll ditch any old alliance they have to work with me but only time will tell so um yeah keep me in your thoughts and prayers pls
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Not gonna lie, I haven't done much of anything this round but I don't mind it! Sometimes I just wanna be a lazy bitch yknow? But yeah, Thoth FINALLY beat its 0 challenge wins curse and we won immunity which I am thankful for given tribal would've been extremely messy? With the Kendall vote last round (which I think was Jakey or Jakey telling Dan to do so), who knows what would've been the outcome! Yay for safety <3
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hiiiii no video because i no longer want to do them. let the record show that i was the 1st to say adam's name, if he goes, i did that. if i go, i did that.  
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i didn't make a confessional this round and tribal is about to start! im going to expect connor to go but this would be a shitty last confessional if i go home tonight. I'm hoping to establish trust within this new tribe. Wish me luck! XOXO Gossip Girl. also my dog just ate the cake i left on the counter >.> thats why im late.
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I can't give y'all a real confessional right now cause Cagayan has me screaming but I believe Connor is going home 7-1 and I gave the green light to an alliance I plan on turning on whew so see y'all soon
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So basically, tribal happened, beauties lost a number unanimously, theres pros and cons to this. Pros: ppl think the idol left, beauty is less threatening, we show loyalty to more people and build relationships. Bad: someone lied. that kendall throw away vote was to ensure a beauty went home in case aj played an idol, and everyone claims it wasnt them, so someone on this tribe has a case of the LIE-ABETES. * anyway, here is Shit I learned today aka dirt on ppl: 🎃Devon - told me that dan was afraid of an all beauties thing 🎃Jakey - told me dan Ali him and Jordan were a majority - told me Ali has the idol - told me Ali is a rat who warned lovelis - called Adam annoying and ugly - said he wants Devon out next - thinks Devon voted kendall 🎃 scott - told me Devon screwed him over and got himself voted out on brains - told me autumn and Duncan are a duo 🎃 Dan - told jakey that he thinks the brains tribe voted kendall to divide beauty and brawn 🎃 kendall - hidden secret alliance with Jakey - hates dan 🎃 augusto - super close with Devon - wants to blindside Jakey - thinks Jakey is the kendall vote 
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vgckwb · 4 years
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Danganronpa: Away Chapter 3: Only Human (Part 7)
Everyone stood around. This was our third time here, and yet it didn’t feel easier. It felt horrible. A new trial, a new person to die at the end of it all. Monokuma didn’t seem to mind. He sat in his chair and said, “Well, here we are for the third time. I hope you’re all prepared, because it isn’t going to be easy. Now then, let’s go over the rules for the Class Trial. Students will take turns discussing who they think is the killer. This will continue until an agreement has been reached. Afterwords, a vote will take place to determine who the blackened is. If you guess right, then only the blackened will be punished. However, if you guess wrong… then everyone BESIDES the blackened will be punished. Now let the Class Trial BEGIN!”
Duke: So, should we start?
Jay: Well, the bear told us to.
Jay: So I think we must.
Cassy: Well put.
Cassy: Unfortunately, he’s right.
Cassy: This isn’t going to be easy.
Andy: So, how do we begin?
Pierce: Justin, do you have any ideas?
Justin: …
Justin: Alright! I have an idea!
Justin: Duke, Tammy, Andy, Sophie. Can you recount the events that lead you to finding the body?
Duke: Oh, uh sure.
NON-STOP DEBATE!
BEGIN!
Duke: Well, I was in the lab for most of the morning.
Duke: I was working on making those fake bodies.
Duke: Then those three came to get me.
Tammy: We wanted to take him to the gym right away
Tammy: But he said he didn’t want to be disturbed during his work.
Andy: He was very adamant about that.
Sophie: So, we politely agreed to wait
Duke: And it was WORTH IT!
CCOA:
Tammy: But he said he didn’t want to be disturbed during his work.
Truth Bullet: Machine Noise
Justin: You’ve got that wrong!
Justin: I know I asked you this during the investigation as well,
Justin: But how could you not hear the noise of the trap activating and killing Buck?
Duke: Pardon?
Duke: I was in the science lab!
Duke: I couldn’t have heard it from there.
Justin: That’s not true.
Justin: When we were out in the hall, we could hear it.
Justin: It was still pretty loud, so I believe that it could be heard from the science lab!
Justin: Especially if you were trying to remain focused.
Duke: …
Justin: It is odd though.
Justin: Because I believe you didn’t actually hear it.
Elliot: What’s this?
Justin: Think about it.
Justin: A mysterious noise shattering the focus of a scientist in the zone.
Justin: I bet he would investigate whatever that noise is.
Justin: And he would have found Buck right away instead of half an hour later.
Pierce: Good point.
Andy: Well, what if he did hear it?
Pierce: What do you mean?
Andy: Well…
Andy: What if he’s lying about not hearing it?
Tammy: Why would he do that?
Andy: Well, and I’m sorry, but…
Andy: What if he KNEW what the noise was?
Tammy: That doesn’t make sense!
Tammy: Who would know that?!
Andy: ...The killer…
Tammy: ...Oh…
Duke: Straight outta the gate, eh?
Duke: I’ll have you know I didn’t do it!
NON-STOP DEBATE
BEGIN!
Duke: I didn’t do it!
Duke: Look at the file.
Duke: He died at 12:01.
Duke: How could I cover up in the four minutes it took for Andy, Tammy, and Sophie to get to the lab?
Sophie: I guess that’s right…
Tammy: Hold on! The machine did the killing.
Tammy: He didn’t need to cover anything up.
Tammy: He just had to wait it out!
Sophie: Oh yeah. That’s also true.
Tammy: The only ones there were Buck and Justin!
Annabelle: And the nature of the killing means anyone could have done it.
Duke: WAIT! I didn’t do it!
CCOA:
Tammy: The only ones there were Buck and Justin!
Truth Bullet: Second Blood Pattern
Justin: You’ve got that wrong!
Justin: Someone else WAS there.
Justin: This blood splatter proves it.
Tammy: Huh?
Tammy: Isn’t that yours?
Cassy: Well, his is in there, there appears to be a second bit of blood splatter.
Cassy: As indicated by this line of blood that pools downward above Justin’s.
Tammy: I see.
Jay: So,what does that prove?
Jay: That could have gotten there before the murder.
Justin: (He’s right. In order to figure this out, we need to know when that blood came onto the scene.)
Justin: Alright. Let’s go over what we know about the crime scene.
Justin: Maybe that’ll help us think of something.
NON-STOP DEBATE!
BEGIN! May: Well, there seems to be a surplus of supplies in the hall.
May: I guess that’s how the culprit hid the machine.
Cassy: It is a very narrow hallway because of it.
Cassy: The placement there makes sense.
Cassy: If someone were to trip it, they would most likely be hit.
Jay: Plus, it’s close to the weapon storage and range.
Jay: They wouldn’t need to transport everything too far.
CCOA:
Cassy: If someone were to trip it, they would most likely be hit.
Truth Bullet: Rachel’s half of the necklace.
Justin: You’ve got that wrong!
Justin: While it is true that it’s a good place to be because it’s almost impossible to miss,
Justin: Nothing is impossible!
Cassy: Of course some things are impossible.
Cassy: Ghosts. Aliens. Elves.
May: So, are you blaming an elf for Buck’s murder?
Justin: That’s not quite what I had in mind.
Justin: But someone did miss it.
Justin: Namely, Sophie!
Sophie: Oh yeah, that's right.
Sophie: I tripped there yesterday,
Sophie: And I almost lost my necklace.
May: Oh yeah, that’s right.
May: So, you think she tripped on the tripwire?
Justin: It’s the only explanation.
Cassy: Sophie, why don’t you tell us about this trip.
Cassy: Maybe we can derive some new information about it.
Sophie: Oh. OK.
NON-STOP DEBATE!
BEGIN!
Sophie: Well, I had spent some time in the pool area.
Sophie: I left and walked down the hallway.
Sophie: I then found myself tripping over while holding the necklace.
Sophie: I was so worried I had lost it.
Sophie: But then Justin and May came to my rescue!
Cassy: Is this true?
May: Yeah! I remember I only found one piece though.
May: It was on the other end of the hall.
Cassy: How did it get there?
May: It must have slid over.
Cassy: I see…
CCOA:
May: It must have slid over.
Truth Bullet: Buck’s Monopad
Justin: I Agree!
Justin: Thank you May.
Justin: Because of this, we have definitive proof that the trap was set up since yesterday.
May: Awesome!
May: Uh, but how?
Justin: Simple.
Justin: Buck’s monopad was in the same spot as Rachel’s half of the necklace.
Justin: Which means it is possible for someone falling to the ground to drop something and have it slide over there.
Duke: OF COURSE! Repeating an action is the only way to confirm a hypothesis!
Cassy: Didn’t we know this?
Justin: It as more of a guess.
Justin: I had no proof.
Justin: Until now.
Cassy: ...I see.
May: So, what does this mean?
Justin: Simple.
Justin: It means that between when Sophie fell and when Buck died, someone had to reset the trap!
May: Ohhhhhhh!
Elliot: So, who do you think did it?
Duke: Well, OBVIOUSLY the killer.
Elliot” Right, I know that.
Elliot: But do you know who the killer is?
Justin: Unfortunately, no.
Justin: That’s still a rather big time frame in which to reset it.
Justin: Unless anyone went to the pool area last night.
Cassy: Well, SOMEONE had to have.
Cassy: What about the blood splatter?
Pierce: What ABOUT the blood splatter?
Pierce: We don’t have any proof it’s at all related to the crime.
Cassy: Grrrrrr
Justin: Unfortunately, he’s right about that as well.
Justin: At least for now.
Cassy: But then, where do we go from here?
Monobird: If I may.
Monobird: Now might be a good opportunity to talk about the motive.
Justin: !!
Justin: (The motive…)
Justin: Very well.
Justin: Let’s talk about the motive.
NON-STOP DEBATE
BEGIN!
Cassy: Both Justin and I had our secrets revealed.
Pierce: Plus Buck’s secret had just been revealed.
Tammy: No offence, but that doesn’t narrow the options down by a lot.
Andy: Well, I did tell you my secret.
Annabelle: A lot of people did.
Monobird: Yes, but how do you know what people were saying were true?
Andy: Are you saying I’m a liar?!
Monobird: I’m saying there’s no way to verify it without checking your monopads.
Annabelle: Hold up!
Annabelle: Couldn’t have been one of the two whose secrets HAVE been revealed?
Annabelle: The motive has gone on for days,
Annabelle: but the trap only successfully worked now!
CCOA:
Annabelle: Couldn’t have been one of the two whose secrets HAVE been revealed?
Truth Bullet: Tripwire
Justin: You’ve got that wrong!
Justin: While your idea has merit, I feel like I need to point out one thing.
Justin: I was the one who tripped the line.
Justin: If I had set up the trap, I would have known it was there.
Annabelle: Oh, I guess you have a point.
Monobird: Call to order!
Justin: Monobird?!
Monobird: What if you did though?
Justin: Huh?!
Monobird: What if you set the trap off on purpose?
Justin: Monobird, this is crazy!
Monobird: Is it?
Monobird: Or does it make complete sense?
REBUTTAL SHOWDOWN
BEGIN!
Monobird: Let’s look at the facts.
Monobird: You were there with Buck before he died.
Monobird: You set off the trap.
Monobird: However, Buck was the one who ended up dying.
Monobird: What if that was your plan all along?
Monobird: To get Buck killed.
ADVANCE!
Justin: Even if that was my plan,
Justin: how could I have made sure it was successful?
Justin: Buck could have gotten out of the way, leaving me to die.
Monobird: But you know Buck.
Monobird: You knew he would have protected you.
Monobird: You were the one who went to look for him.
Monobird: You did so by yourself, as well.
Monobird: Please explain why this isn’t rational.
CCOA:
Monobird: You did so by yourself, as well.
Truth Blade: Secrets Motive
Justin: I’ll cut through your lies!
Justin: I hate to admit this, but there was a reason I went by myself.
Justin: I was worried that if I had caught Buck in a bad mood,
Justin: then I would have ended up being just a portrait here.
Monobird: …
Justin: It would be easy to determine who did it.
Justin: Because I was alone.
May: Justin…
Justin: I know that doesn’t totally exonerate me,
Justin: but I think it’s worth mentioning.
Justin: Everyone was on edge.
Justin: Including Buck.
Monobird: …
Monobird: Very well.
Monobird: Perhaps it would be better to put the idea to public discussion.
Justin: I agree,
NON-STOP DEBATE
BEGIN!
Monobird: Could Justin have done it?
May: It...seems unlikely to me.
Jay: I mean, yeah.
Jay: It IS hard to believe.
Tammy: He was the first one to tell everyone his secret.
Andy: But that could be a ruse.
Pierce: Even so. Something doesn’t make sense about Justin being the killer.
Cassy: …
Piece: What’s with that look?
Pierce: You KNOW I’m right.
CCOA:
Pierce: Even so. Something doesn’t make sense about Justin being the killer.
Truth Bullet: Blackout
Justin: I agree!
Justin: Pierce, are you referring to my blackout?
Justin: When Buck pushed me out of the way into the wall?
Pierce: Correctomundo!
Monobird: What’s so weird about that?
Monobird: Wasn’t the Justin’s plan all along?
Pierce: Not quite.
Pierce: Think of the circumstances.
Pierce: The hallway is fairly narrow.
Pierce: Any sudden push to one side or the other would lead to the wall.
Pierce: So, I was thinking-
Cassy: You were thinking that it would be stupid to trigger it on your own and expect someone to push you out of the way
Cassy: because at best you would get hurt slightly, and at worst, what happened with Justin would happen.
Pierce: Exactly!
Monobird: …
Monobird: I’m failing to see the point.
Pierce: It’s simple.
Pierce: If you think about this like you would any other murder,
Pierce: then logically, the criminal would want to distance themselves from the scene of the crime.
Pierce: But in that narrow hallway, when you KNOW you’d be pushed against the wall
Pierce: you’d leave evidence that you were there from the start.
Cassy: So, it doesn’t make sense to activate it yourself if you were the killer
Cassy: Because it would leave evidence of you being there behind.
Pierce: Correct again!
Monobird: Oh…
Pierce: That said, this could be a very elaborate double bluff.
Pierce: But I doubt it.
Pierce: Especially since Justin was knocked out for a long time.
Justin: Yeah, that bump did a good number on me.
Pierce: I suggest we take a look at the biggest piece of evidence left behind by the killer.
Cassy: ...You mean the trap itself.
Pierce: Precisely.
Pierce: Let’s see what looking at this can tell us about our killer.
NON-STOP DEBATE
BEGIN!
Duke: Well, the killer had to be crafty.
Duke: They needed to know how to make such a machine.
Elliot: They also knew just where to put it too.
Elliot: You know, in order to kill someone.
Jay: The parts themselves were easy to find.
Jay: So that doesn’t lead us anywhere.
Tammy: It was rather loud when we tested it.
Tammy: How did the killer test it without making a noise?
Annabelle : Maybe they waited for no one to be near.
Annabelle: We didn’t have the time to test the range of the sound.
CCOA: Elliot: You know, in order to kill someone.
Truth Bullet: Monokuma File #3
Justin: You’ve got that Wrong!
Justin: Elliot. You theorize that the killer knew where to put it so that it would kill someone.
Elliot: That’s right.
Justin: But something doesn’t make sense.
Justin: Look at the Monokuma File.
Elliot: What about it?
Justin: Buck was 6’2”
Justin: The contraption hit him on the back of the head.
Elliot: So?
Andy: AH!
Andy: I get it!
Andy: I’m 4’9”!
Andy: If I had tripped it, then I wouldn’t have even been hit, let alone killed!
Justin: Exactly!
Justin: The killer made a trap that not everyone could be killed by.
May: So, what does that tell us?
Annabelle: Was the trap set to kill Buck?
Justin: But that makes no sense either.
Justin: After all, I was the one who tripped it.
Sophie: And I had tripped it previously.
Justin: So, what gives?
Tammy: Well, obviously the killer won’t answer.
Justin: …!
Justin: Pierce!
Pierce: Yes?
Justin: You’ve tested the machine!
Justin: Plus, you’re a weapons expert.
Justin: Why don’t you tell us how it works?!
Pierce: …
Pierce: This is why you're an Ultimate.
NON-STOP DEBATE
BEGIN!
Pierce: When Monobird and I tested the contraption,
Pierce: We did have to hold the… bodies up to them.
Monobird: I did the holding.
Pierce: Yes. Once the trap was set, and everything was in place,
Pierce: I sprung the trap.
Monobird: It was very stunning.
Monobird” It knocked the bodies right out of my wings.
Pierce: And it left a huge gash in the back of their heads as well.
Monobird: Thus concludes our report.
CCOA: Pierce: And it left a huge gash in the back of their heads as well.
Truth Bullet: Head Wound 
Justin: You’ve got that wrong!
Justin: This came up during the investigation too.
Justin: But there is a big difference between the head wounds on the bodies, and on Buck.
Pierce: Yeah, I’ve noticed that too.
Pierce: But what could be causing it?
Justin: I don’t know.
Justin: But I think that this, along with the fact that the height of the contraption is odd,
Justin: makes me think the contraption we tampered with somehow!
Pierce: Are you trying to test me?!
Justin: Pierce?!
Pierce: Because if you think I messed with this, then you’ve got another thing coming!
Justin: Pierce, wait!
Pierce: I will NOT wait!
Pierce: I have to defend my honor.
REBUTTAL SHOWDOWN
BEGIN!
Pierce: So, the machine was tampered with, huh?
Pierce: Just because some things don’t line up!
Pierce: Well, I’m not going to just sit here and let you blame me!
Pierce: I’ll do what I need to defend myself!
ADVANCE!
Justin: Pierce, I didn’t accuse you of anything!
Justin: For all we know, the killer made the adjustments!
Pierce: Oh? And how could they adjust it?
Pierce: It’s true that the height could be adjusted.
Pierce: But the impact?
Pierce: There’s no adjusting for that.
Pierce: After all, the trap killed Buck, didn’t it?
CCOA:
Pierce: After all, the trap killed Buck, didn’t it?
Truth Blade: Monokuma File #3
Justin: I’ll cut through your lies!
Justin: Pierce, you magnificent bastard!
Justin: Of course!
Justin: It all makes sense now!
Pierce: ...heh
Pierce: Glad to be of help.
Pierce: But, what did I do?
Justin: We were looking at this all wrong!
Sophie: What do you mean?
Annabelle: Yeah, spill it out!
Justin: OK. Settle in, because this is gonna blow your minds.
Justin: So, our theory of what happened is as follows.
Justin: Buck and I walk down the hall.
Justin: I trip the wire, and Buck pushes me out of the way.
Justin: I hit the wall, but the ax hits Buck, killing him.
Cassy: That is what happened, yes.
Cassy: So, what are we getting wrong?
Justin: Take a look at the Monokuma File.
Justin: It says “The ax used to murder the victim was attached to the machine.”
Justin: But nowhere does it say that the machine itself was used to kill Buck!
Cassy: ...So you’re saying?
Justin: Yes.
Justin: The trap wasn’t what killed Buck.
Justin: Buck died by someone's own two hands!
Duke: ...Woah!
Justin: That clears up a lot of the confusion we’ve been having with this murder.
Annabelle: Hold on a second.
Annabelle: How do we know this?
Justin: What do you mean?
Annabelle: Well, the trap still went off.
Annabelle: How did Buck avoid it?
Justin: (That’s true…)
Justin: (But I know I’m right!)
Justin: (So, I just need to answer this question!)
NON-STOP DEBATE
BEGIN!
Annabelle: How did Buck avoid the ax?
Sophie: Maybe he went under it, like I did?
Andy: Maybe he’s got a long reach, so he didn’t need to get in the way of the trap to save Justin!
May: Maybe the trap didn’t actually go off…
Duke: I’ve got it! The trap just stopped before it got in his way, due to poor planning!
Tammy: Well, who’s right?!
CCOA:
Sophie: Maybe he went under it, like I did?
Truth Bullet: Buck’s Monopad
Justin: I agree!
Justin: You’re correct Sophie.
Sophie: I am?
Justin: Yes. He went under it, just like you said.
Cassy: How do you know?
Justin: Well, I mean, I don’t know for sure.
Justin: But I know he avoided it somehow.
Justin: Using his talent.
Cassy: His talent?
Justin: Yes.
Justin: Buck is the Ultimate Basketball Player.
Justin: As such, he has good reflexes and can avoid certain obstacles.
Justin: I was reminded of this earlier today when his monopad fell out of the locker and he caught it before it hit the ground.
Annabelle: So, what you’re saying is, Buck’s reflexes saved him?
Justin: Yes!
Justin: Well, from the trap anyway.
Annabelle: I see.
Elliot: Hold on. I don’t think it makes sense.
Annabelle: What are you talking about?
Elliot: I still think the trap killed him.
Elliot: He dodged it? That doesn’t make sense.
Duke: Hmmmm
Duke: It does seem far-fetched
Tammy: Come on, it makes perfect sense!
May: Well, there’s no proof for it.
Cassy: What are you saying?! It makes total sense!
Monokuma: HOLD ON EVERYONE!
Monokuma: I sense another debate coming on.
Monokuma: A new addition to this old school’s courtroom: DEBATE ARENA!
Monokuma flipped over an ignition and put a key in. Suddenly, the places everyone was standing had guardrails pop up. Everyone was given two buttons to push; one for if you think Buck was killed by the machine, and one for if you think he wasn’t. Once all the buttons were pushed, everyone started to move. It ended up that everyone who said that he was on one side, and everyone who said he wasn’t was on the other. The portraits were divided among the two sides.
Side Buck was Killed by the Contraption:
Maria’s Portrait
Roman’s Portrait
Buck’s Portrait
Andy
May
Jay
Duke
Elliot
Side Buck Wasn’t Killed by the Contraption:
Troy’s Portrait
Rachel’s Portrait
Sophie
Tammy
Annabelle
Pierce
Cassy
Justin
Elliot: It just seems impossible for someone to dodge it.
Justin: PIERCE!
Pierce: And yet, Sophie managed to dodge it. Not to mention, Justin was the one who tripped it, not Buck.
Jay: There’s not enough room to move around in the hallway.
Justin: SOPHIE!
Sophie: There’s vertical room in the hallway. He could have went under like I did.
Duke: But that would require excellent reflexes and a lot of precise control.
Justin: ANNABELLE!
Annabelle: We’ve seen Buck in action. If excellent reflexes doesn’t describe him, I don’t know what does.
May: There’s still no definitive proof that this occurred.
Justin: CASSY!
Cassy: The proof is in the discrepancy between Buck’s wound and the would of the test dummies. Not to mention the height discrepancy.
Andy: OK but the trap could have been set-up that way.
Justin: TAMMY!
Tammy: If it were set-up like that, then it wouldn’t be a very good trap now, would it?
Duke: Perhaps something was wrong with my creations then.
Justin: CASSY!
Cassy: You said it yourself, your creations are as close to human as possible.
May: Did Buck even have enough time between saving Justin to dodge?
Justin: SOPHIE!
Sophie: I managed to fall faster than the trap, so for someone like Buck, finding the time should be no problem.
Elliot: It’s still possible that Buck was killed by the trap
Justin: I GOT THIS!
Justin: There is no possible way that Buck was killed by the trap.
FULL COUNTER
Justin, Cassy, Pierce, Annabelle, Tammy, Sophie: THIS IS OUR ANSWER!
Justin: There. We’ve proved our point.
Justin: So, now that we agree that Buck wasn’t killed by the machine, this blows the case wide open.
Cassy: Instead of everyone being a suspect…
Pierce: ...we’ve narrowed it down to a select few.
Justin: No.
Cassy: ?!
Pierce: ?!
Justin: I know EXACTLY who did it!
Cassy: …?
Pierce: …?
PICK SOMEONE
Question: Who Killed Buck Raptor?
Answer: Elliot Fairville
Justin: It could only be you!
Elliot: Me?!
Justin: Yes.
Justin: Out of everyone who doesn’t have an alibi, you are the ONLY person who could have done it!
Elliot: But how?
Elliot: How could you know this?
Cassy: Well, you were the one who instigated the debate we just had.
Pierce: Yeah, that is awfully suspicious.
Elliot: Puh-lease.
Elliot: That’s just circumstantial at best.
Justin: How about some actual proof?
Elliot: I think that’s only fair.
NON-STOP DEBATE
BEGIN!
Elliot: There’s no way I killed Buck.
Elliot: And even if I did, you can’t prove anything.
Elliot: Because the killer didn’t leave anything at the scene of the crime.
Pierce: You are behaving awfully suspicious for someone who claims to be innocent.
Cassy: Yeah. If you didn’t do it, then who did?
Elliot: Well, that’s what we’re trying to figure out, isn’t it?
Elliot: It’s be a shame if you voted me up.
Elliot: Since I’m not guilty.
CCOA:
Elliot: Because the killer didn’t leave anything at the scene of the crime.
Truth Bullet: Second Blood Pattern
Justin: You’ve got that wrong!
Justin: The killer did leave something behind.
Justin: A bloodstain!
Elliot: The bloodstain?
Justin: Yes. And I know something interesting about this bloodstain.
Justin: It shares a blood type with me.
Justin: Out of everyone who has that same blood type,
Justin: Rachel is dead,
Justin: and Annabelle has an alibi for the time of the murder,
Justin: leaving only you. Someone who had no alibi until 10 minutes after the murder.
Elliot: …
Elliot: …!
Elliot: Wait…
Elliot: Who told you this?
Justin: Duke.
Elliot: I see.
Elliot: hehehe
Elliot: HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Pierce: What’s so funny?
Elliot: It’s all becoming clear to me now!
Elliot: Yes, I KNOW who killed Buck, and it was none other than DUKE!
Duke: WHAT?!
Elliot: Here. I’ll prove it to you!
FALSE CLOSER
BEGIN!
Act 1: Once the motive got announced, Duke sprung into action. He created the contraption in order to kill someone! He didn’t care who. He went to the weapons supply room and shooting range to get all of his materials.
Act 2: He didn’t arouse suspicion because he was going to the science lab anyway to conduct his experiments. But that’s where the second part of his plan came to fruition. He created intentionally flimsy bodies in order to throw off any investigation that attempted to use them. Which he guaranteed would be this one.
Act 3: With the trap set, everything seemed to be in place. Now all he had to do was wait. He continued to huddle around the science room, so that he could observe his trap and take action quickly.
Act 4: His trap went off once, and when he heard it, he went to check it out, only to find Sophie narrowly avoided his trap. He bided his time, and re-set the trap.
Act 5: The next day, his trap sprang again. However, it was another mis-step Buck pushed Justin out of the way, and dodged.
Act 6: With his creation failing a second time, he got furious and admitted what was going on. Buck wanted to tell everyone, but Duke took the ax off of the machine and silenced Buck for good.
Act 8: He reattached his ax, and adjusted it a bit to align with the head Then he rushed back to the science lab, where he was found not 5 minutes later. He lied all during the investigation to throw everyone off their tracks
Elliot: Yes, it is all clear as day now! The killer is none other than: Duke Hunter, the Ultimate Chemist!
Justin: That was a pretty convincing story you just told.
Justin: But that’s all it was
Elliot: If it were a story, then your enjoyment came from me getting 5 first prizes in storytelling contests.
Elliot: But I assure you, this is real.
Justin: We’ll see about that.
CCOA:
Act 2:  He created intentionally flimsy bodies in order to throw off any investigation that attempted to use them.
Truth Panel: Duke’s Bodies
Question: Who wanted them made?
Justin: You can’t rewrite the truth!
Justin: Elliot, I bet you didn’t know this,
Justin: but Duke didn’t decide to make the bodies.
Elliot: What?
Cassy: I did.
Elliot: Really?
Justin: Yes.
Justin: They were her idea.
Justin: Now, this is an assumption on my part,
Justin: but as a detective, she’s seen her fair share of these body doubles before.
Justin: So, I’m willing to bet she could tell a good one from a flimsy one.
Cassy: Indeed I could.
Cassy: By the way Duke, your specimens were excellent.
Duke: !!
Duke: Th-thanks…
Cassy: Duke? Are you alright?
Duke: ….no.
Elliot: Oh well.
Elliot: It’s not like that matters too much.
Elliot: Since Buck didn’t end up getting hit anyway.
Pierce: A fact you tried to steer us away from.
Elliot: I had legitimate concerns, OK.
Elliot: The rest of my story is flawless.
Justin: Don’t count on it.
Act 4: His trap went off once, and when he heard it, he went to check it out,
Truth Panel: Machine Noise
Question: Does the machine sound off when it misses?
Justin: You can’t rewrite the truth!
Justin: I’ll admit, that is a very crafty plan.
Elliot: And Duke is a very crafty murderer.
Justin: However, there is something you haven’t taken into account.
Justin: Namely, WHY the machine makes a loud noise.
Elliot: Huh?
Justin: Duke, you told me you didn’t hear anything at the time of the murder, correct?
Duke: OF COURSE I DIDN’T!
Cassy: Wow. He seems so nervous.
Duke: BECAUSE I JUST GOT ACCUSED OF MURDER!
Duke: HER STORY WAS SO WELL-TOLD THAT EVEN I BELIEVE IT!
Elliot: See? He confessed! Can we vote now?
Justin: Wait just a minute! Duke didn’t hear the noise!
Elliot: Oh, that’s just another lie.
Justin: Is it?
Justin: Because there’s an easier solution to this.
Cassy: And what might that be?
Justin: The machine only makes a sound when it hits something.
Justin: Since we all agree, it didn’t hit Buck, there was no sound to alert Duke.
Justin: However, if someone were there, they would know that the trap failed a second time.
Justin: Someone who shares a blood type with me, perhaps?
Elliot: I won’t lose!
Elliot: I REFUSE to lose!
Elliot: Losing is not in my nature!
Elliot: You want a real competition? Fine!
Justin: (There’s that look again.)
Justin: (The look in her eyes when she gets ultra competitive.)
Justin: Just so you know, the truth isn’t a competition.
Elliot: YES IT IS, AND I’M WINNING!
REBUTTAL SHOWDOWN
BEGIN!
Elliot: You keep going on and on about the blood type thing.
Elliot: But how can you verify that?
Elliot: There’s no blood testing kits.
Elliot: For all we know, Duke could be lying to us.
Elliot: Trying to make us all look like fools!
Elliot: And get away with murder.
ADVANCE
Justin: Why would he lie about that?
Justin: We’ve seen him in action during Troy’s murder.
Justin: We know he can see blood on another level.
Elliot: Maybe that’s his secret.
Elliot: You know, what this whole motive has been about.
Elliot: Maybe he can’t actually see blood better than others.
Elliot: And he’s just been coasting on him saying he could.
CCOA:
Elliot: Maybe that’s his secret.
Truth Blade: Duke’s Bodies
Justin: I’ll cut through your lies!
Justin: Sorry Elliot, but that’s not his secret.
Justin: And I can prove it.
Duke: HOW?!
Elliot: The killer took the words right out of my mouth.
Cassy: You mean your own mouth.
Elliot: Quiet hussy!
Cassy: You’re one to talk.
Justin: Duke, you’ve said that these bodies are as close to human as possible.
Duke: ...Yes. What about it?
Justin: Simple.
Justin: There’s one thing missing from them though.
Justin: One thing Duke would have added.
Elliot: And what might that be?!
Justin: Hm.
Justin: Sexual characteristics.
Pierce: HA!
Pierce: He would too.
Cassy: I don’t understand.
Cassy: Those are usually not present on regulation bodies.
Duke: Yeah, well, they’re fools to not allow it!
Duke: The slightest differences between a male and female body can make all the difference!
Duke: Ooops.
Justin: Just as I thought.
Justin: Your sciencey nature deceives you!
Duke: Curses!
Elliot: So? What does that prove?
Justin: It’s simple really.
Justin: Duke doesn’t know what testosterone and estrogen look like with his special eyes!
Justin: So he couldn’t ad those into the bodies he made!
Duke: *Sigh I might as well say it.
Duke: I actually CAN tell the difference…
Duke: ...but I can’t tell remember which one is the male hormone, and which one is the female hormone.
Duke: And I can’t assist in experiments with them because of it.
Duke: There. That’s my dirty little secret.
Cassy: ...Should we help him out?
Justin: Sure.
Justin: Hey Duke?
Duke: Huh?
Justin: Testosterone is male.
Cassy: And estrogen is female.
Duke: I see.
Justin: If it helps further, just remember testosterone comes from your testicles.
Duke: …
Jay: That’s your balls, dude.
Duke: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Duke: OK!
Duke: Hey, is that also where the word ‘testify’ comes from?
Andy: Actually, yes.
Duke: Fascinating.
Annabelle: HELLO! Can’t we please get back to the trial?
Tammy: Yeah, this was informative and all, but we need to focus on how Elliot killed Buck.
Elliot: So, you think I did it?
May: Well, everything seems to make sense.
Elliot: I did NOTHING!
Elliot: NOTHING I SAY!
Elliot: AND YOU CAN’T PROVE IT!
Pierce: ...She’s delirious.
Justin: And I have absolute proof she did it too.
Justin: I just need to get through to her!
PERSONA PUMMELING
Elliot Fairville-Persona Forming:
Elliot is on a first place podium, holding flowers, wearing a crown, an elegant dress, and running shoes, having just won a race.
Justin Arbil-Persona Forming:
Justin’s armband forms into a trench coat this is white on the left side and black on the right side, combs his messy hair back in one motion, reaches into his trench coat and pulls out two guns, his left hand holding a black one, his right hand holding a white one.
Elliot keeps mouthing off, trying to defend herself as loudly as possible, but Justin uses his guns to shoot the words away. The words get sent back over time. First, the podium leaves, then the crown, then the running shoes, then the dress. Backed into a corner, Elliot swings wildly with her next choice of words.
Elliot: You can’t prove anything! How do you know I was even there?!
Bits of truth bullet: Cloth The White Ripped
Correct Formation: The Ripped White Cloth
Justin: You’ve got that wrong!
The flowers from Elliot’s bouquet fly off the stems and the petals fall around a distraught Elliot.
Justin: This is it. The final piece of the puzzle!
Justin: When I was pushed aside, I heard something rip.
Justin: And when I awoke, I had this white cloth in my hand.
Justin: Funny how it seems to match the uniform you’re wearing.
Elliot: !!!
Justin: So, what do you have to say now?
Elliot: …
Justin: (Gottem!)
Justin: Very well.
Justin: I will summarize what happened, if it pleases the court.
CLOSING STATEMENT
BEGIN!
Act 1: Once the motive was announced, several people were freaked out by their secret, including the killer. The killer was desperate for people to not find out their secret, so they hatched a plan.
Act 2: With some supplies provided by the shooting range, the killer began making a contraption to kill someone. They didn’t care who, so long as they could get away with it. They set up the trap in the nearby hallway, and decided to let nature take its course.
Act 3: However, when someone trapped the wire the first time, it just so happened that they avoided it. Sophie tripped on the wire, but fell down before the ax could hit her.
Act 4: The killer noticed this, and fixed it up as fast as possible. They were coming to the area anyway to check up on the trap, and luckily for them, no one noticed it had gone off. They even had time to stop by and say hi to me.
Act 5: With the trap now set up once again, the killer couldn’t afford another mistake. So they dedicated whatever time they had to monitoring their trap hidden amongst the clutter in the hall.
Act 6: Their plan came to fruition once more with Buck and I traveling down the hall. Neither of us had hit it on our way it, but I had hit in on our way back. Lucky for me, I was pushed out of the way by Buck. Buck then used his reflexes to dodge it.
Act 7: As I was falling over, I collided with the killer. I ripped off part of their clothes, and I managed to smash them into the wall , along with myself, causing a dual bloodstain.
Act 8: Upon seeing the killer, Buck questioned what was happening. Buck noticed the trap, and decided something had to be done. The killer, knowing that Buck knows, also decides it’s time to take action. They take the ax, and kill Buck. To protect their secret.
Act 9: Once Buck was dead, the killer put the ax back on the machine. They adjusted it as well to match the head wound. They then left, making sure that no one spotted her.
Act 10: They went back to their room and fixed themselves up. They changed out of their ripped clothes, and stopped their bleeding. They regrouped with Cassy, Pierce, and Annabelle and hung out with them until the body was discovered.
Justin: A well thought out plan, but the truth always comes up. Right Elliot Fairville, the Ultimate Contestant?!
Elliot: …
Elliot: …
Elliot: ...you win.
Elliot: Just vote!
Justin: Well Monokuma, you heard her.
Monokuma: Well, it looks like it’s time for a vote.
Monokuma: Remember, if you guess right, only the killer is punished.
Monokuma: But if you guess wrong, then everyone besides the killer is punished.
Monokuma: So, who do you think did it?
VOTE
Question: Who killed Buck Raptor?
Answer: Elliot Fairville
Monokuma: Alright, let’s check the result.
Results: 11 votes for Elliot Fairville
Monokuma: Well, let’s see if you’re right.
The slot machine with the images of us came down and started spinning. Finally it landed on three pictures of Elliot and the machine congratulated us with flowers and Monocoins again.
TRAIL COMPLETE!
“YOU DID IT! THE HAT TRICK! THREE IN A ROW!” Monokuma said. “How do you want to celebrate?”
Pierce answered “Freedom would be cool.”
Monokuma looked at him and said “I’ll get you something nice.
“How could you Elliot?” May demanded. Elliot stared at the floor. “WHY?!” May continued. No answer from Elliot. “All just because you LOST once?!
“I didn’t lose!” Elliot said, angrily. She went back to her sad state. “That was a lie.” We all looked at her. We were afraid, but we could also feel her pain. “I guess now it doesn’t matter” she said, crying. “The truth is, I’ve killed before.”
“WHAT?!” Andy said.
“How?” Pierce asked.
“*sniff Well…” Elliot began, “it was during a singing contest. I was doing well as usual. But I noticed that the person who was coming in second getting really upset. I over heard her.”
“This was my one big chance” said the girl in Elliot’s flashback “And now, I can’t even win a stupid singing contest, let alone spread love and joy across the world with my voice.”
Back in the present, Elliot continued her story. “I felt so bad for her. So, I failed on purpose to give her the win.”
“Elliot…” May said.
“What happened next?” Cassy asked.
“Well, when they were awarding her,” Elliot said, “a strange noise was heard. The next thing I recall, there was an explosion. Once I had gained consciousness, she was found dead.”
“Elliot….” May said.
“You didn’t kill her,” Annabelle said.
“Yeah. It was some jerk with a bomb” Jay said.
“But that should have been me!” Elliot shouted. “I should have exploded that day! Not her! I made the choice, and she paid the ultimate price for it! I’m just as bad as whoever it was.”
“Speaking” said Monokuma.
We all turned to the little monster. “No” said Duke.
“Yes, it is TRUE!” Monokuma said. “The Ultimate Killer is to blame for this! I didn’t know I had help. Because of you, I got rid of the would-be Ultimate Singer!”
“You MONSTER! You FIEND! You FECKLESS CRETIN!” Andy shouted.
“Wait” Elliot said. “If that was you, then something is off.”
“What is?” Monokuma said.
Elliot thought about it for a minute. “I don’t know. But if you’re killing us here, and you killed her there, then there’s a strange discrepancy.”
“Well, no matter” Monokuma said. “If you can’t think of it in the next few seconds, that information is lost forever. Because now, for you, Elliot Fairville, the Ultimate Contestant, IT’S PUNISHMENT TIME!
A screen came up and it read “Game Over. Elliot Fairville  has been found Guilty. Time for the PUNISHMENT!” A pixel Monokuma came after a pixel Elliotl. Elliot stood still and got carried off. On the punishment grounds, Elliot was strapped to a chair at a table. Monokuma came up to the table, and delivered a plate of a lot of hot dogs, along with some bottles of ketchup and mustard. He then left. Two mechanical arms sprouted from the table, and a counter appeared above them.
A title card popped up. It read “Elliot Fairville’s Execution: 1000 Hot Dogs!” The mechanical arms began force-feeding Elliot the hot dogs. As she ate more and more, the counter began going up. At first, it went slowly, but it kept getting faster and faster.
Elliot then had a spark in her eyes, She broke one of her arm restraints, grabbed the mustard, and sprayed on the wall a peace sign.
She kept getting fed, and the counter kept going up . “996….997...998...999…” as the last hot dog was jammed in Elliot’s, mouth, there was something different about it. The lighting of a match revealed that the last hot dog was a stick of dynamite, which exploded Elliot. What remained of her fell onto the table.
Everyone was pale. “Disgusting” May said.
“I couldn’t agree more!” Jay said.
Cassy stared curiously at the peace sign that Elliot had painted. “Hmmmm.” She took a picture of it.
“Well, it’s late” Monokuma said. “That’s what we get for not doing this first thing in the morning. Come on. Up the elevator with you lot.”
Monokuma shooed us to the elevator. It’s not like we would do anything else. Two of our friends died today, and again, it was all thanks to him.
On the elevator, we could all feel it. Failure. We had failed again. No matter how hard we tried, and no matter how much we thought we were gaining on Monokuma, he knows how to push our buttons and make us nothing more than puppets in his sick and twisted game. The silence was broken by Jay punching the wall. Somehow, that said it all.
When we got back up, we all headed to our rooms. It was late, and we didn’t have the energy to do anything else. Even if we did, who would want to? Once I was in my room, I had thought about Elliot’s secret. Would I do the same in her shoes? Normally, that kind of thinking was just completely rhetorical. But in this situation, it’s a possibility.
It also made me wonder. Everyone has skeletons in their closets. Everyone has made mistakes. I then smiled. For there was the silver lining. The Ultimate Killer also makes mistakes. It’s just a matter of finding them.
Meanwhile, in Pierces room, Pierce was looking at his monopad. “Well, I guess I should tell them eventually” he said to himself. “But when? And how? And if they know, what will happen?” We turn to see his monopad. He is on his secret, which reads “No secret at all, regarding his Ultimate Talent.”
Chapter 3: Only Human: END
Students Remaining: 10
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