Chapter 54 -Welcome To The Beginning Of 5th Round-

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     Vera's P.O.V: "Perfumer"


     Appearing right before my eyes, I soon found myself spawned somewhere in the factory grounds. What was that place called again? Oh right, Arms Factory... Wait, where did that name come from anyway? 

     *Sigh* I literally hope we can nail this game down before the hunters decided they needed to step up their game... Not that I wanted the hunters to lose.... but I so badly wanted to escape this wretched place alive!

     . . . 

     Heading over to one of the closest cipher machines, I started the decoding progress...


     About a minute later, I heard something coming over to me...

     "Oh?" I stared down at a familiar-brown dog in front of me. "Victor sent you?"

     "Woof!" Victor's dog responded, wagging its tail before giving me the letter and running off back to his owner. 


     What a sweet little dog he is! Victor is so lucky to have a loyal companion by his side! :3


     I smiled at that thought as I received the letter in my hands and opened it: It's a Tranquility Letter. 


     Tranquility letter? So, um, I'm guessing it gives me a little faster decoding speed, right? Okay then... that'll help for now... or that'll do for now--


     Just then, I heard someone whisper, "The hunter is near me!"


     Demi? 


     Since when was she here? Ah, never-mind that! 


     Demi was already mixing her drinks within a few seconds before dragging me by my hand and ushering me out of the cipher machine. 


     "Hey, what gives?" I silently asked her as we then crouched behind one of the boxes in the middle, but the barmaid wasn't having it as she pressed her finger on my mouth to shush me. 

     "Shh," she mouthed the word and that's when I could feel my heart racing. 



     The hunter's close...



     Seconds passed as we both peeped behind the boxes to find a lovely figure walking gracefully on the grounds. The hunter was extremely beautiful with a pale-ivory skin and greyish-blonde short-cut hair. I couldn't believe how captivated the hunter was. She was wearing a red gown with a buckled-brown sash on her waist and a long, red ribbon tied behind her back. Wait a moment, she... looks familiar? 

     Ah, that's right. I happened to spot her right before when I was in the hunter's main room, spying-- Gosh, I never even told anybody for I feared my life is at a greater risk than anybody else... Besides Lucky Guy, of course... Though, still, what now? 



     Of course, I could tell that this hunter is just as elegant as me from the moment I stared at her in awe.



     
     Mary's P.O.V: "Bloody Queen"


     Hmph! Having to wait so long for those brats to show up drives me insane! Hmm, then again~ I swear I heard someone coming down here... Must've been my imagination, I guess? Wait, no... I can feel their presence is near. I'm sure of it!


     Well~ they can hide, but they can't fool the queen herself! 


     I gracefully walked around the area, behind the walls, near the rocks and pallets, and finally stopped in front of those odd-looking obstacles after a few minutes had passed...


    Realizing that I couldn't find them in a state like this, I was about to give up the search and find the others who were near the other cipher machines until I heard something coming towards my way...


     Aha!


     I whirled around to find--

  
    "A dog?!" I gasped as I watched the dog past right through me and headed straight behind the boxes before running back to where it came from.... 



    . . . (Silence) . . . 

 
    


     Without hesitation, I summoned my aqua mirror in front of the obstacles, and just as I thought... Two of them were there in hiding...


     Oh? So that's how they are going to play, huh? Well then, that's a disrespectful way to waste my beloved time here, you ungrateful survivors! >:(

     
     "Run!" I heard the perfumer cry as she and the barmaid took two different directions to escape... One on the left and one on the right... 


     Although my body wants to go after the perfumer first, however, my instincts told me to go after that barmaid instead. If I can get a barmaid into that chair, would her precocious rival save her, I wonder? Now that's what I called a 'fun game.' 


     Chasing after the barmaid, I managed to use my reflection to hit the barmaid right behind her trail. Now this is where she gets to support herself with those drinks, I assume... 

   
 
     Victor's P.O.V: "Postman"


     "Thank you!" I could sense Demi's sarcasm on my mind. 

     "Sorry!" I apologized immediately as I watched my companion return from his short trip after I gave Demi the letter. 

      I don't need to guess why she replied that... I could already tell I accidentally led the hunter to her. 

     My bad. 


     "Come on, keep it up!" Jose chatted, ignoring what's happening right now. 

     Apparently, he is not helping at all and he must've assumed I did this on purpose for him to win this bet.... In which, I did not mean to....



     
     Lucky Guy's P.O.V: "?"


     Just watching the match makes me feel very uncomfortable... While Demi is doing her best to heal with her 'strong dovlin' drink while kiting the--


     "So who is that opponent, Monokuma?" I asked out of curiosity. 

     "That's Mary," the headmaster replied, "Isn't she awesome?" But before we could answer that question, he continued on, "In other words, her title is the Bloody Queen. And you could find more info later on after I finished making you guys the e-handbook."

     "E-handbook?" Patricia repeated as if the word was very unfamiliar to her. 

     "Correct, I'm talking about the electronic handbook! I'm still working on it, though, so you won't have it until you guys finished level 1," Monokuma explained. And then he went on and on about how great that electronic handbook could really do to benefit us, students, except he added that it won't reveal much of our past life until later on so it's still part of a mystery alright. 


     (Author's note: Note that I forgot to mention this earlier! I'm sorry, I might've mentioned somewhere in round 2 where Joseph was showing off the handbook or something like that to Mary about their difficulty level, when in fact, the hunters have gotten that before the survivors did. I know, it's not fair, but I messed that up in the beginning so I'm trying to fix it here. And... I'm too lazy going back to fix it... so excuse me.. -_- III)


     I turned my gaze back on the screen, Hang in there, Demi. You got this! I told myself as I watched her fully back in health, thanks to her drink, and started doing her best to kite against Mary. 

     For someone who is as beautiful as the queen, I wonder why they, too, get to suffer in this game as I watched Demi stun her with a pallet. Not like I cared about winning, but... I also cared about everyone around here... Whether they are a traitor or not, I'm sure there's a way where I could find a way out of this mess... 

    
 


     


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     (Sorry the chapter is kind of short than expected~!)


     And Yes, I drew that! (Besides the rainbow, heart, and stars that were for clipart anyway). Although, I won't take my whole time doing this since it usually takes me about a few hours to draw half the body and additionally another extra hours for coloring and blending the values in (shading), but I'll do my best at keeping this as creative as possible just to lighten some spirit up.

     I guess you could say my artwork is actually~ PIXELATED. Lol. (And no, I don't use layers or guidelines so it might look weird or out of place, but I don't mind, drawing is not really my thing here, but creativity is). 

     P.S: Don't repost any work that belongs to me, Thank you!

     -Taina Zakura-

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