//------------------------------// // Day 6: Chapter 2 // Story: Dangan RomPonya // by Serenade-Stereo //------------------------------// There was rope dangling from the top of the shed coming down slightly before being knotted around two hands. Hands belonging to Lock Heart. He stood, legs apart, eyes closed and looking down in the middle of the shed. "Lock...." Serenade said "Why him...?" He was a good person, he protected Tickery, he was best friends with Olive, as far as Serenade knew. Everyone liked him, why was he dead? He had a good personality aside from the attitude sparks he had...did someone want to protect their secret so much? "G-get..." Zoom stuttered "Get the others..." "Right!" Serenade sped out of the room and down the stairs to the second floor. He searched but found no trace of Olive or Tickery. "Guys! Where are you?!" He called out for them but had no response. "Dammit, I don't have time for this!" He rushed off to the cafeteria. Bursting through everyone looked to him. "It...it's Lock...come quickly, to the garden!" They all followed behind him. As they got to the second floor, Olive and Tickery came into sight. "What's going on?" Olive asked "No time to explain! We need to get to the garden, quickly!" Serenade said to them as they joined the group. They reached the entrance of the garden. Barging in Serenade went over to the shed door and opened it. Then time stopped for the second time today. Lock's body was unchanged, but on the ground, arms around his left leg, was Zoom, she was bleeding from her skull. "Z-Zoom...?" Serenade stuttered "Both of them are dead?!" Nimbus said stunned "No...before it was just Lock...and now Zoom is dead...?" Serenade said confused. "L..L..LOCKYYYYYYY!!!" Tickery cried out. "N...no..." Olive could hardly speak. *Ding dong, Bing bong!* "A body has been discovered! I will allow a certain time for investigation and then we shall hold a class trial!" Then straight after *Ding dong, Bing bong!* "A body has been discovered! I will allow a certain time for investigation and then we shall hold a class trial!" "Why....why were there two?" Punch asked "Probably because it was both Lock and Zoom that were killed and we discovered both at the same time" Beau explained. "Coooooorectamondo!" Monokuma said, popping out of nowhere once more. "Since both of them are dead and were discovered at the same time then I had to make two Corpse Discover Announcements! But that isn't why I'm here, you guys need your Monokuma Files to help your investigation!" The ElectroIDs flashed. New Ammo: Monokuma File 3 was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID Lock died...at 3:45am? He died of strangulation. Zoom died at 7:40am and died of blunt force trauma "We should spread out...there may be evidence elsewhere" Orion suggests "R-right..." Olive says quietly. A few leave the room leaving Beau, Serenade, Olive and Hammer in the garden. "Serenade...you discovered Lock's body right?" Beau asked "Um...yeah" "And did you touch the body at all?" "Nope" "Then...this doesn't make sense" She kneels down at Lock's shoes "Lock doesn't wear black boots like these" "He doesn't?" "Nope...he wears white sneakers" "How do you remember that?" "I'm a stickler for details" She simply states New Ammo: Lock's boots were loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "Hmm..." She stood up "I wonder where the culprit got this rope..." "The storage closet? That has rope, I think" "I'll check later..." New Ammo: Rope was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "This rope couldn't be the weapon...if so, then there should be marks on his neck indicating that it was used" "You mean rope burn?" Serenade asks "Yes...so this must have been with two bare hands" Someone strangled him...with their hands? New Ammo: Neck marks were loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "Also, look here" She indicates his hair "What about it?" "...it's damp" "...and Lock wasn't in the pool at all today as far as I know" "Hmm..." New Ammo: Lock's hair was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID Beau turned to Zoom's body. "You left Zoom here to guard the body, right?" "Yes" "So someone had to sneak in here and kill her" "I guess so..." "There isn't much to her body really...nothing of interest" "Really?" "Yes...I guess I'll have to look for evidence elsewhere..." Beau passed by Serenade and left the garden. "Yo' 'Nade, I need to tell you something pretty interesting" Hammer said to him "Really? What's that?" "The equipment in the shed...one of the shovels are missing" "Shovels?" "Right, there are supposed to be three, but now there're two. One must have been taken away" New Ammo: Missing Shovel was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID Serenade's attention fell onto Olive who had her head low. "Olive..." Serenade walked up her "He was my friend...you know?" She said "And now he's dead..." "Don't worry, we'll find the culprit. No doubt!" "I hope so..." "Well anything of interest to say?" "Not really...the culprit killed Lock during Night-Time...we were awake during Night-Time from 5:10 to 7:00, and I was in the dorm hallway for most of that time so the culprit had to sneak into their room before that time" "I guess you're right" New Ammo: Olive's testimony was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "Let's find the culprit together Serenade!" Olive said "Right! I'll continue my investigation" Serenade nodded before leaving the room. Huh...? He saw Punch go into the girls changing room and was able to narrowly see her go into the pool Where is she going? Serenade scanned his ElectroID and went into the pool. Punch and Orion were the only one's there. "Ah...Mr Stereo...so nice to see you" Orion smiles "Oh, hey Serenade" Punch simply greets "Why are you two in here?" Serenade asks "We are here to investigate, like I said before there may be some evidence elsewhere. That was the case with the last class trial, was it not?" "I suppose..." As Serenade said that, Tickery and Olive came into the room. "Hey..." Olive said to them "Hey there..." Punch said back I wonder if there is evidence in here... Serenade looked across the room to the cart that held the swimming and diving equipment inside, it was tipped over. "Oh, I see you have noticed it to" Orion says "It was like this when I arrived...you were in the pool earlier, yes? Was it like this?" "Not that I remember" Serenade says "Hmm...how interesting" New Ammo: Pool Cart was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "I wonder why the cart was pushed over..." Tickery walks over but slips on some water before she does. "OW!" "Tickery! Are you alright?" Olive helps her up "Geez, I guess some water splashed over here" Olive steps out of the puddles of water. "You two need to watch where you're going..." Punch says "You're telling me" Tickery agrees. New Ammo: Puddles of water were loaded into Serenade's ElectroID There's a sudden ruckus from the door on the other side of the room, the sound of something falling over and a loud grunt to be heard. They all go quiet. "What...was that...?" Orion asks "How are we supposed to know?" Punch points out. They wait a few more seconds. "Serenade, go check it out" "What?! Why me?" "Because, I'll beat the shit outta you if you don't!" Punch cracks her knuckles. "I think I'll be going now" Serenade flies over to the door. "Punch...stay nearby..." "Alright..." She nods before Serenade edges into the room. It's pitch black and there is no easily found light switch in the room. "U-umm...anyone in here...?" He slowly moves through the room, blindly into the darkness. He bumped into something and started moving his hands around. This is a weird wall. The lights go on and a towering figure is standing in front of Serenade. "Oh..." He looks up to be met face-to-face with an older looking changeling that looked nothing like the ones he had heard of from the Canterlot attack, he had black hair and as Serenade remembers being told, this one didn't have any visible holes in his arms but it was mostly covered up by a huge trench coat. "...who the fuck are you?" He says, he surprisingly sounds around Serenade's age...which means "Who the fuck are you?!" Serenade could bitch back "I asked you first!" "I asked you second!" The figure paused. "Okay, I have been trapped on this floor for like nearly a week then you all start showing up, who the fuck are you?!" "Serenade Stereo, we're all Super High School Level students...who are you?" the figure paused "...Grimdark Sirens. An SHSL student like you..." Grimdark Sirens Super High School Level Lieutenant "You...you're a Super High School Level student?" "Yep...I may not look like it but I'm only seventeen" Grimdark smirked. What? How is he...? "Now...what the fuck is all the commotion all about?" he asked "Hasn't Monokuma told you? The School Life of Mutual Killings?" "Oh shit! He was serious about that?! I thought it was a joke!" "Nope, don't you have an ElectroID?" "You mean, this thing?" Grimdark pulls out his ElectroID "It flashed a while ago but I don't know why" "That would be the Monokuma File, it's the basic information for the murders that occur." "Oh right...wait, is this how I turn it on?" He pressed a button and the Monokuma File came up on the ElectroID. "Well, you have some explaining to do later, but for now...I have to go investigate..." Serenade left the side-room. "Well? What was it?" Olive asked when Serenade emerged "The seventeenth student, he's called Grimdark Sirens and is the...actually he didn't tell me what his title was..." "Super High School Level Lieutenant" Grimdark brushes by Serenade as he leaves the room. "I used to be part of the army...but not anymore..." "Why not anymore...?" Orion asked intrigued "I cannot say..." Grimdark simply told her. "Well...that might be his dark secret" Punch suggests "Hmm...?" Grimdark looks to her "Right, the motives" Serenade says "Motives...?" "Monokuma has been giving us all motives to kill one another and each time unfortunately, he has succeeded" Orion explains "Dang...so there already more than those two that are dead?" "There are six in total now..." Olive tells him "God, those killers are such stupid bitches!" Grimdark folds his arms "Who the hell kills for their own personal gain?" "They wanted out of here...you can't say you don't want to" Serenade says "I suppose not...but I'm not gonna kill someone, that's just stupid...anyway, investigation, right?" "Yeah, we should get back to that" Olive says "Hey, Serenade?" Punch says to him "I was wondering something" "What is it?" "The time of death for Lock was 3:45, right?" "Yes, that's what it says in the Monokuma File" "And...he was in the garden after being killed?" "Yes...you saw that yourself" "Right, but...the thing is, I had to go return something to the shed, I went at 4:00 and Lock's body wasn't there...I stayed there for about half an hour as well..." What the heck...? New Ammo: Punch's Testimony was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "Hmm...Mr Stereo?" Orion walks over to Serenade "Could you come with me for a minute?" "Sure" The two leave the pool and head to the first floor. "Where are we going...?" Orion didn't give him an answer instead she just led on to the laundry room. "Why are we here?" "I thought that if the pool was worth investigating then the laundry room could be worth investigating also..." she explained. "Well there isn't much, just these lockers and these washing machines..." "These lockers...they have replacements for every article of clothing...aside from shoes..." "Shoes?" "Yes...it is rather strange, wouldn't you agree?" "I...I suppose" Is that why she dragged me down here? New Ammo: Laundry Room Lockers were loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "Well...it seems that what I came down here for is not here...apologies for using up our time, Mr Stereo" Orion bowed and left the room. She's so elegant, but so creepy. Serenade was about the leave the room when he noticed something on the ground. A note. He picked it up and started to read what was on it. I need to talk to you about something really important, come to the pool at 3:30 during Night-Time, please don't be late. What the hell is this? This handwriting seems familiar though... New Ammo: Mysterious Note was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID. After reading the note and shoving it into his pocket, Serenade left the room and headed back to the garden. Hammer hadn't moved but now Tickery was in the room. "Oh, Serenade!" Hammer called him "What is it?" "B told me to give you her examination results of the bodies" "Oh, well go ahead" "Let's see...Lock's body had nothing out of the ordinary to it but Zoom's skull wound was only a few millimetres wide but a few centimetres long" "Okay, thanks Hammer" "No problem!" New Ammo: B's Examination Results was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "Hi Tickery..." Serenade walked up to the white earth pony. "Hey..." This was the first time Tickery didn't seem her happy, carefree self. It didn't feel right "I can't believe Locky...Locky was..." "It's alright...we'll find the culprit soon..." he assured her "T-Tickery...knows...but that won't be enough" "Huh?" "Executing the culprit won't bring Locky and Zoom back...just like executing Wild and Digital didn't bring Gold and Moonlight back..." Serenade didn't like it when Tickery was depressed. "Can you tell me what happened when we were searching for Lock on the second floor?" "Well...when we split up to look for him, Olive and I did a thorough search of the second floor but we didn't find anything useful...we even checked separate rooms and then we switched sides of the floor and checked those rooms once more..." New Ammo: Tickery's Testimony was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID *Ding dong, Bing bong!* "Alright you bastards! You've had enough time to investigate, make your way to the usual place and get ready!" And now...here we go... the now ten students made their way to the red door near the cafeteria. ----------- When Serenade arrived only one student was missing. Beau. But everyone's attention was fixed on Grimdark, where had he been this whole time? "Sorry I'm late, I had to..." Beau walked in and stopped after seeing Grimdark, they looked at each other for a few seconds "Who the fuck are you?" Grimdark said "Who the fuck are you?" Beau said back "Oh no. NO! I am not doing this again!" "That's Beau...all you really need to know" Serenade says. He elevator doors open but before anyone can step in. "Whoa! Hold on a sec!" Monokuma stopped them "What the hell do you want?" Punch asked "I just got a new carpet for this, it's really nice and all of you have been going around the garden and pool. SHOES OFF!" "You cannot be serious" Beau sighs. "Do it or I'll count this as a lost class trial!" They all took their shoes off and left them in the small section before stepping onto the elevator. "See you all down there!" Monokuma disappeared and the elevator started moving. Round 3 was about to begin.