Identity V x Danganronpa

Chapter 35 -Motives + Bonus song: "Princess"

     Robbie's P.O.V: "Axe Boy"

    
    "W-wait up, Galatea!" I cried as I ran over to her, blocking her way before she could reach towards the door to her room. "You have some explanation to do!"

    "Don't I?" Galatea countered, her eyes darkened, "If you're here to give me problems, I highly advised you to step away," she warned me. 

    But I wasn't going to let her! ....Not that I could help it. 

    "Hold on," I tried my best to recall, "Does that mean... Monokuma's right? Does that mean you are actually the--"

    "I said, 'that's enough!'" The sculptor's expression darkened as she fiercely snapped, "Don't tell me you believed Monokuma over me?!"

    There was a moment of silence between us as I did my best to reason to her...

    "A friend of mine won't lie to me," I softly said, finally getting her attention back as her gaze landed on her chisel. "If it's really true, let me trust you. Actually no, let me believe in you!"

    My friend, or I'm assuming who used to be my friend, chuckled and I've never seen that side of her. "Ah, so you want to believe in me?" It was more of a question rather than an answer. "Well then, what if I am the traitor, Robbie? What will you do?"

    Even though I have no eyes, I could visualize everything without needing a sight....

    "You.... killed Bonbon..." 

    "Malfunction," Galatea corrected me with a smirk, "Malfunction is the right way to put it."

    "How is malfunction the right word?" I could feel boiling anger rising beneath my throat. 

    "Bonbon's system was nonfunctional, was it not?" She tilted her head to acknowledge her point of view. "It's related to what I've been trying to tell you in the very beginning."

  

    I couldn't believe what I was hearing: 

    Was she... 

    Could she.... 

    Would she....

    Did she.....







    "If you were wondering whether or not I malfunctioned that poor penguin," Galatea began coldly, "Perhaps you should think of a better reason for why I did that... If you can't......"



    "Can't what?" I dared myself to ask. 














   

    "Then you should by now, already know my true intentions."

     Vera's P.O.V: "Perfumer"


     I couldn't describe the right feelings and the wrong feelings. The 4th round was like, the easiest win ever compared to Round 1. No kidding that smiley face really has a grudge against Mike over there, I thought to myself as I stole a quick glance over at Mike... until I accidentally stared at him too long and we locked eyes at each other. Immediately, I darted my eyes away in embarrassment as I leaned on the wall. 

     "I'm back!" Monokuma piped up as he suddenly appeared on his little throne, up on the stage. "Did I miss something?"

    "No," Mike shook his head as he crossed his arms, "But you've got some explaining to do with that connection of yours."

    "Connections?" The headmaster repeated that word, "What Connections?"

    "You know what I'm talking about!" Acrobat insisted angrily, "Don't tell me this 4th round was fishy enough to depict a problem here... Ask everyone, they've seen a few blackouts during the game."

    "He's not wrong," Naib backed him up, "We all saw it while you left us staring at the screen."

    "I agree with Naib and Mike," I heard Martha added from the front of the room, "It only happen when you left us alone to check on the other side."

    "That wasn't my problem!" Monokuma cried in alarm, "I-It must be the work of a traitor! Not even the headmaster can do that!"

    Wait, wait, wait, wait. . . He called himself the headmaster of this manor and he can't even control what's going on? Not even the traitors? What a bum robot. . . 


    "Sheesh, what kind of a headmaster are you?" Tracy sighed in frustration, "So ridiculous you are!"

     .....

    "You know~ If you're going to keep on talking trash like that, maybe I should provide a motive to exploit you, mechanic," Monokuma warned her, "And if you don't want that... then keep your mouth shut."

    Listening to that gave me sudden chills. . .  

    "Or better yet~" Monokuma chirped, "Maybe a hint about your past may help you. Otherwise, you wouldn't know what you all did before you even got here!"

    A motive? 


    Oh no. . . 











    Anything but that!

     "Wait, seriously?" Norton gasped, "Right now?"

     "Just only a small hint, the rest will only damage your brain cells," Monokuma replied back. "Basically, it's more like a cheat sheet on a test, so use this information wisely~ Puhuhu, it's up to you guys if you want or don't want to share it!" And he instantly threw everyone the small piece of papers but as soon as he did that, he was gone in a flash. 



     As I stared at the fallen paper in front of me, I couldn't help refusing to look at it. What if there's something dangerous written in that note for me? 

    Hesitantly, I reached down and picked up the note, but before I could read it... I saw everyone's expression as they read their own...

    Three words to describe their expressions: 

  
    Fear. 

    Sadness. 

    And worst of all, Despair. 

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    Thanks for reading this chapter! As for a bonus, you can check this out--

     If you guys have time (depending if you can or cannot), I know it's a bit off topic here in this series, but this is just a recommendation if you wanted to listen to this original song that I created- not related to this story, sorry. (Maybe in the future I can make an instrumental song for this story, but that's a low chance, lol)

     Warning that this song is kind of sad, so watch at your own risk or don't-- if you don't care or just can't stand listening to my voice, I understand. (Better to listen in headphones, but don't have to because of bad audio).

     And..... Yeah, that's my voice and the piano I use... Kind of sounds like rap for a moment.... Ahem, I'll only do this once just because I wanted to listen to this song whenever I'm thinking about my dog. Sorry if this is really unnecessary. Take care!

     Fun fact: Took me 2 days to write this song. 

     -Taina Zakura