The sound of Monocrow's voice was no longer as irritating and worrying as it had been before.
Every time I heard it, I was reminded that we had no escape, and it was possible that we would be here for the rest of our lives. However, it was no longer what I woke up to in the morning, and the aroma of tea was a welcome change to what my time here had been.
Looking to Nikei, Kokoro, Teruya, and Syobai, who had woken me up earlier for a chat in the lobby, we all had the same look of confidence on our faces.
We were getting ready to go to Starbucks!
Iroha was nowhere to be seen.
We talked about stuff for a few minutes.
Soon, questions were asked about Iroha's absence.
Suddenly, Teruya noticed a note slipped underneath the door.
"Hey, guys, look!" He said. "It's a letter from Nikei! It seems to have been written last night!"
I read it:
"Dear students of Class 80, Iroha is now a permanent guest at the warehouse. I dare you to find her if you can!"
"We gotta find Iroha!" I spoke.
"It said that she's in the Warehouse," Teruya said. "Everyone, to the Warehouse!"
We all ran into the Warehouse, Nikei walking behind us.
Almost everyone went into a room.
"Over there!" I heard Teruya shout.
Maybe we had found Iroha.
No such luck.
Suddenly, I heard Teruya scream.
"I think I'm going to be sick..." Kokoro wheezed.
"O-Oh..." Syobai muttered.
"I need to—need to use the bathroom!" Nikei's gagging brought the feeling of despair all back.
I decided to check out the room and decide what the confusion was all about.
I was met with pure, unadulterated horror.
In the room, blood was everywhere. It was all over the nearby woodchipper. It had splattered on the walls. It was on the floor. It covered the walls.
A notepad was lying in the bloody mess, and shredded pieces of clothing and hair were there.
More things littered the room. Bones, organs, muscles, even more blood... The list went on.
As I took in this horrific sight, I barely noticed I had my hand clamped over my mouth, the urge to throw up bubbling in my stomach.
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"
I suddenly noticed a bloodied clover hairclip lying nearby which had been unable to be shredded.
I picked it up.
That hairclip was all I needed to know that I was staring at what used to be Iroha.
My friend.
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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...
