POV - Nikei
Chapter 2: Hope That's Crushed by Despair
Deadly Life
DING-DONG, BING-BONG!
"A body has been discovered! We will now commence a brief investigation period following the class trial. Please refer to the Monocrow files for more information. Love, Monocrow."
It was only maybe ten minutes until I heard the worried shouting of the others, but those ten minutes felt like an eternity. I felt as though I was frozen in time, my movements glacial. I wanted to go over to Mikado, pacing and trembling and staring dead-eyed at the ground, to comfort him however I could... but what could I do? How could I comfort him, especially after seeing... that?!
Even as the image forced its way into my mind, my brain fought hard to render the whole image. But it was still enough to make me dry heave.
"Over there!" I heard Teruya shout. I took a few moments to breathe deeply and quell my nausea the best I could. Yoruko's sudden retching, however, quickly brought it all back.
"Is that...?!" Kanade moaned weakly.
"OH MY FUCKING GOD!" Hibiki screamed.
"E-Emma?!" Sora shouted, her usual stony demeanor replaced by utter shock.
"That's... t-that's not really Emma, is it?" Iroha shivered. "I-It's just a... life-sized doll that l-looks just like her... r-right?"
"No, that's not a doll, Iroha." Teruya said. "That really is Emma."
Iroha reacted so horribly to hearing that Emma's death was real that she joined Yoruko in her uncontrollable gagging. Many of the others followed suit.
"Ready for my show?" Setsuka asked, arriving, carrying an elegant red costume with lacey gold details.
She then noticed the expressions of horror on everyone's faces. "What's wrong?" She asked, dropping the costume.
"Whoa," Syobai breathed, stepping closer to the body than anyone else dared. "Now this... is new for me."
"HOW DOES THIS NOT BOTHER YOU AT ALL?!" Shinji shrieked. "EMMA IS DEAD!"
"If I freaked out at every corpse I came across, I wouldn't be a good Ultimate Detective, now would I?" Syobai casually turned to him. "That said... gods above, ain't this a mess. This body would go straight into the 'Cruel and Unusual Death' bag."
Suddenly, Monocrow appeared.
"Hey, guys!" The bird grinned devilishly. "How does it feel now that you've got a second murder victim on your hands?"
"Someone... o-one of us did this to her...?!" Teruya shivered.
"And now we have to investigate it... and find the killer, or else we're all dead," gulped Sora.
"Well... let's get this over with, I guess," Kanade glowered slowly, scowling furiously at us all, making sure she made eye contact with every single one of us. I swallowed nervously... I had really hoped I wouldn't have to do this again.
"Welp, you'll be needing this!" Monocrow's red eye glowed, and I heard the E-Handbook in my pocket beep in reply.
Then he left.
There was an uncomfortable silence for a few moments. Shock and worry gnawed at me... this was a murder? One of us actually went through with another murder?
Would we be able to find them this time...?
"...I told you we should've never gone to the Funhouse." Teruya seethed, poking his finger into Mikado's chest angrily. "Now look what's happened!"
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SDRA2 Redux: Trouble on Jabberwock Island
Fanfiction(Originally on A03) My name is Nikei Yomiuri. I'm known as the Ultimate Journalist. When I received my acceptance letter to Hope's Peak Academy, I didn't expect to meet thirteen other students, much less get told by an insane bird about how we are t...
