//------------------------------// // Class Trial 2: Chapter 1 // Story: Dangan RomPonya // by Serenade-Stereo //------------------------------// Once again the elevator grinded to a halt and the doors slid open. There they were, the wooden stands, now with two more portraits added to the circle. Moonlight's and Digital's. Moonlight's was the same as Gold's, a simple red cross of blood. Digital's was different though. It was two one's...was it to represent binary codes? I guess culprits get special crosses on their portraits... Images of the execution was still fresh in Serenade's mind. Digital just gave in, he seemed....hopeless...hopeless. That's what Monokuma liked to see from them all, no hope. "Alright, bastards! You know the drill! Take your places and start debatin'!" Monokuma commands. They all slowly remake the circle o podiums. This was a horrid feeling, knowing one of the others killed Moonlight..."Alright here's a brief re-cap of the rules: you guys will debate on various topics to find the culprit in the murder. Then you'll vote when you believe you have found the culprit. If you guess right, the culprit receives punishment...if you're wrong however. Everybody ASIDE from the culprit will be punished. Good luck!" "Now, before anything else...I'd like to discuss the result of my investigation" Orion spoke "You were in the geography classroom, right?" Nimbus asked "Yes, and whilst looking around. I found this" She pulled out a metal rod "It was under the desks, the edges are completely flat..." "So why are you bringing it up?" Olive said to her "Well, there would be no reason for this metal rod to just be lying around, now would there?" She explained "I believe this rod might have something to do with the murder..." New Ammo: Metal Rod was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "Now...I think we need to discuss the murder weapon first..." Beau suggests "That doesn't seem like the right place to start" Wild agrees Non-Stop Debate Evidence Bullets: -Globe -Metal Rod -Centre Tank -B's Examination Result Zoom- The murder weapon...I wonder what it was... Punch- Maybe it was That globe? Hammer- Or it could be the metal rod 'Rion found Nimbus- Maybe it was something else... Beau- ...or...there could be two Agreed! "I think Beau is right, after all...Moonlight had been struck twice..." Serenade explained "Twice? Why does that say she got hit with different weapons?" Samurai asks "Well, I read B's examination...and she found out the two wounds were shaped differently! One was round, and the other was flat" "Flat and round...maybe both the globe and metal rod were used?" Hammer suggests "But the metal rod was in the geography room, and not just that, it's clean. I don't think that the rod was used to kill Moonlight..." Beau says back. "It just isn't possible..." Isn't possible...then what did kill her? "U-umm...I-if I may?" B speaks up "T-the m-metal rod is to thin to be the m-murder weapon...t-the flat one..." "How big was it?" Serenade asks her "E-enough to flatten some of her skull..." she said "I don't think there was anything like that at the crime scene..." Orion says "Well...maybe it isn't in crime scene..." Beau suggest "Dont'cha think we should figure which blow killed her?" Hammer says "Right..." Nimbus agrees Non-stop Debate Evidence bullets -Blood wall -Metal rod -Globe -B's examination results -Monokuma File 2 Nimbus- What attack killed...that is our mystery! Zoom- what it the round...or flat weapon? Samurai- I don't think there's a way to tell You got that wrong! "Well...it could be a long shot, but there is one person that could tell us what weapon killed Moonlight" "Really? Who would that be?" Nimbus says intrigued "The very same person that created the Monokuma File. Monokuma himself!" "Eh? And just why would I tell you that?" Monokuma asks "Well...er..." "Upupupu! You think that I'd make it that easy?" he paused "Well sure! I can make one little exception! If you want to know what blow killed Moonlight, it was the curved weapon" he explained "W-why the heck are you telling us?!" Samurai asked stunned "It could make this trial a little more...interesting..." "So...the weapon was rounded" Orion repeats "Does this fact really change anything?" Actually...it could change the meaning of one piece of evidence... Of course! "Orion, this metal rod you found...this might actually change from the fact that it was the round object that killed Moonlight...this could have been the weapon that didn't kill her!" D-don't hate me for interfering! They all turned to B "I'm s-sorry Serenade, but l-like I said in my examination, h-her flat wound wasn't the rod..." "B, this is the only thing that makes sense" "P-please at least h-hear me out!" Cross-Swords Evidence blades -Blood wall -Metal Rod -Globe B- The m-metal rod is too thin to be the weapon. S-Serenade, you should know this better than a-anyone here. I-it just w-wouldn't make sense! W-why won't you listen? T-the rod I-isn't the weapon! Serenade- But you don't have any clear basis to say that the rod isn't involved! B- B-but even so! T-there's no r-reason for the metal rod to be considered to be involved! I'll cut that claim into pieces! "What about the blood wall? Even if she was dead for fifty minutes, one wound alone would be enough to make that blood wall! She needed something really damaging to her skull to help create the blood and that wound from the globe wouldn't produce enough blood. The rod...it's made of metal, one good swing and she's a goner!" "I-I'm sorry!" B apologised "Wait a second!" Punch interrupted "That first hit didn't kill her though! Why the heck are you saying that was needed to form that blood?!" "W-well..." If I'm wrong I'll meet the wrong end of Punch's fist "Well...it might not be the metal rod that was needed...more likely it was..." Of course! "The globe was the round weapon that killed Moonlight, right?" Serenade asked the rest of them. They responded with nods "Then...that must what helped created the blood wall! Then later it was used to write that message on the centre tank" "Wait..." Orion says confused "How would that happen? After all...she was dead at that point, correct...?" "Well...yeah, but-" "She's right, how does that work?" Wild asks Oh great...always a problem...someone had to write that message...the question is, who? Non-Stop Debate Evidence bullets -Smudged writing -Centre tank -Paint Tin Hammer- That writing...who the heck wrote it? Nimbus- It clearly wasn't Moonlight Zoom- Maybe the killer wrote it...? Tickery- The fish! The fish! Lock- Tickery, please. Nimbus- Maybe there was a third person? Agreed! "A third person...would only make sense" "Of course it does!" Nimbus says smugly "A third person, why the heck wouldn't they speak up then?" Hammer asks "I know it sounds unlikely but it is the only explanation, after all, Moonlight couldn't since she was dead, the culprit wouldn't write their own name on the tank to then rub it out-" "Why would the killer write their own name?" Olive asks "Well...the killer would have wrote somebody else's name and then that would be that, no reason for it to be rubbed out" Beau answers. "Exactly..." Serenade says "Wait, wouldn't that mean this girl is a witness to the murder?" Wild asks "Yes...so the question is, why isn't the person saying anything?" Beau says "Maybe they want us to figure it out ourselves" Zoom suggests "That...is strange to say the least..." Hammer comments "Dude, they should just speak up now if they know who the killer is..." "My point exactly" Beau speaks back. "And I have a sneaking suspicion on who that might be..." "Really? Who?" Olive asks her "...I'm not saying...figure it out yourself..." She says back. "But-" "Do not bother, she shan't be speaking the name" Orion cut Olive off. "What we should focus on is why was Moonlight in the vent? That we need to answer..." She was killed whilst inside the vent...but why was she in there? Non-Stop Debate Evidence Bullets -Moonlight's Arm -Vent -Globe -Paint tin -Smudged writing Olive- She was in the vent for a reason, right? Hammer- Obviously, we want to know why! Zoom- .....I wonder where she came from, Those vents connect the rooms after all Samurai- That isn't important right now Olive- Maybe she was spying on somebody! You got that wrong! "Moonlight couldn't have been spying on somebody, her arm that was hanging out tells us that much" "Her arm?" Samurai repeats "Yes, since it was outside the vent it shows she tried to exit the vent." "Oh I see...why would she want to do that if she was spying on somebody?" Beau finishes "Exactly, she couldn't have been spying on somebody, there's no reason for her to be doing that in the first place!" Now hold on just a second! They all turn to who had objected. Zoom Lens. Face with an annoyed expression, focused on Serenade "Excuse me, Serenade...but are you freaking serious?!" She said to him "W-what?" Serenade says confused by her anger "Hello? We were doing a newspaper and that's the whole reason we split up during our investigation!" "Y-you mean you spilt up to spy on the rest of us?!" Wild says "That is quite...elaborate for you and her" Orion comments. "Now Serenade, if you want to actually say that Moonlight wasn't spying on anyone, then prove it!"