//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Dangan Rompa. Despair is magic // by Axle the Cobalt Exorcist //------------------------------// Chapter 2 A dance with death. part 2 Day time gym The students all assembled in the gym. All of them were upset with the situation except for Twilight who was quite level headed about seeing one of her new friends dead. they all continued to exchanged looks at each other before they were interrupted with a formula puff of pink smoke. "Wow I didn't expect for someone to die so soon." Discord said as the smoke cleared. He was wearing a blue kimono with a pink cloud design and held a bamboo fan." I thought it would take at least a few more days before till we see some action. One of you must really want to get out of hear." He said fanning himself. "Cut the crap Discord we all know it was you! You sick twisted....whatever you are" Applejack yelled. "Hay! Hay! Hay!" Discord said holding up two empty hands. "I will not stand here and be insulted. I'm innocent hear and I know for a fact that it was one of you who ended poor little Rarity's life." He then appeared leaning up agnes Applejack in what looked to be Rarity's clothing. "And do how we know you're not lying?" Rainbow Dash yelled "what's the point of the seventh rule if I'm just going to kill you off myself." Discord replied as he changed back into his kimono. As soon as said that everyone started to remember the rules that he listed off yesterday. Rule 7: the criminal who kills a fellow student can leave as long as they can hide the guilt from the others "Trixie has been meaning to ask this but what do you mean by 'hide the guilt?" Trixie said in confusion. "Well I guess I should have explained this earlier" the principal said as he returned to the stage and held the fan in both hands." In fact that's the whole reason I called you all hear in the first place. You see it one thing to kill a pony. It's another to kill a pony and get away with it. So to see if this menderer did cumin the perfect crime we'll hold a class trial." "ooh a class trial, that sounds like fun" Pinkie said "Oh and it will be my friend" Discord said patting her on the head. He then turned around to everybody else in the room." You all have one hour to find clues to try and find the real culprit. To help you out I put an autopsy report in all of your IDs." A beeping sound came from everyone's IDs. They all took them out to find that the screen said " autopsy report: case 1 has been added." Autopsy report :case 1 Victim: Rarity Cause of death: saver blood lost. Time of death: 3:32am Location of death: dorm room No.8 "After we figure out who did it they will be punished just like the society of order you all ones live in” “And what if refuse to participate?” Trixie asked "Then I’ll see to it you end up just like you're little gambler friend.” After he said that there was a brief silence. “Any who see you all at the trial" discord said as he disappear. "what does he mean by 'punished?" Seabreeze asked looking at everyone else. "I don't know and I don't care. There's a mender among us and I'm going to find them." Blue Blood said as he made his way to the exit. "Not so fast pretty boy!" Applejack yelled stopping the Prince in his tracks. "How do we know you a't the culprit and you're off to cover yer tracks." "she's right, any one of us could be the killer." Flash agreed with the southern mare. "We need to assign a pair of volunteers to keep guard . It's The only way to make sure we're not doing anything that can tamper with the crime seen" Shining Armor said. "YEAH!” Bulk yelled. "Good idea. Me and Big Mac heart will guard the crime scene. How bout it bro!" "Eeyup" Blue Blood had a pissed off look on his face. "All right then. Come with me um Trixie was it" He said as he looked at Trixie. "Ah yes The Grate Trixie will accompany you your majesty." Trixie said as she waked up to the prince with a smile on her face. "Your majesty" Blue Blood said as a smile slowly appeared on his face." My you are quite a well raised mare" "Well it's not everyday a prince asks Trixie to help him" The blue unicorn replied with a sly look on her face. The two unicorns continued to take and laughed as they left the gym. Flash turned and saw that Spike was still crying and waked up to him "Hey Spike are ok." The Pegasus asked with concern for the young dragon. Spike's claws were balled up into a fist as tears ran down his face. "Who?!" He yelled as the turned his head. "Who could have killed someone so beautiful?" He then wrapped his arms around Flash's neck. "It's alright Spike" Flash said as he tried to confer the young comic fan. “We're going find out “You don’t get it Flash.” Spike said still sobbing. “ you see she was the one i was talking about last night.” “I sorta figured that out already.” Flash said as he rubbed the back of his head. “Is it really that obvious” “Don’t worry Spike.” Derpy came up with a small smile on her face. “Why don’t we go to the cafeteria and get something to eat". The young dragon said nothing as he followed the gray mare. One by one the students exited the gym and headed to the dorm room where Rarity's dead body laid. Day time Dorm room No.8 (Rarity’s room) The room already had several students investigating. Seabreeze, BlueBlood, Trixie, and Twilight. Flash waked into the doorway that had Bulk and Big Mac gardening the door on both sides and began to look around. The first thing he noticed was the purple unicorn examining the dead body. However Flash stopped in the doorway and looked over it. “Wow the killer really did a number on the door” “Actually the door was locked when I found the body” Twilight said . “I had to break it down when Spike tried to wake Rarity up.” Flash then walked over to the body. “So did you find anything?” Twilight was silent for a moment before she placed a hoof over the white unicorn’s neck. “After examining the body i found a deep cut on her neck.” “So was that what killed her?” Flash asked “Most likely” New Ammo Cut on victim’s neck: Most likely what caused Rarity to die. “I also found that her left fore leg is broken” Twilight added as she put her hoof onto her chin. “Which makes me think that Rarity tried to fight back” New Ammo Broken fore leg: The killer must have broke it when Rarity fought back. “Wow your really good at this” Flash said as he looked over the body. “You must have been like a detective of something” The mysterious mare’s cheeks began to turn red as she looked away from the orange colt. “I don’t know about that but I do remember reading a lot of mystery novels.” The two laughed for a moment before they continued the investigation. “Hey check this out.” The colt said as he pulled out a length of rope from under the body. New Ammo Rope: It was found under the body and is about 6 feet “The killer must have taken this from the utility closet.” Twilight said “HAY! Look what I found” Seabreeze yelled. Both Twilight and Flash turned to the fairy like pony. he held up a ripped piece of paper with writing on it. The paper said Rarity We need to talk face to face. You're the only one I feel I can trust. Leave your door unlock and I will be there by 3:30. Tell no one. The rest of the note seems to have been ripped off. The only thing left on the paper was two triangles where the rip was. New Ammo Note: The senders name seems to be ripped off “Looks like the killer was smart enough to tear their name off the note before leaving” Blueblood said Rarity was a smart mare. She wouldn't have left her door open unless it was a pony who she trusted very well. Flash thought. “Where did you find this” “Over there by the sewing kit.” Seabreeze said as he pointed to the small plastic box on the floor. The box was full of needles but only had three spools of thread. Red, dark green, and light pink. There was also a diagram of a pony body with pressure points on the back of the lid. New Ammo Sewing kit: The same sewing kit that's in every girl’s room The next thing the Pegasus investigated was the large object on the floor. The object was a gilded sword. It was unsheathed and had blood on the blade. The sheath was on the floor next to it. New Ammo Gilded sword: If this isn't the murder weapon I don’t know what is. “Blek” Blueblood yelled in disgust as he came up to flash. “That sword is so cheap. just look at it there's gold flakes everywhere.” “Theirs even some leading out the door.” Trixie said as everyone turned their heads to the small trail of gold flakes that went out the room. ]New Ammo Gold flakes: The sword is so cheap that the gold comes off just by touching it “Lets find out where this trail leads” Twilight said as she began to wake out the doorway. “Watt I’m coming too.” Flash said as he followed the unicorn out the door. The two walked down the hallway till the trail ended at the incinerator room. When they got there Shining Armor and Pinkie Pie were already there. “What are you two doing here?” Shining turned to the orange pony. “ Oh! Hi Sentry.Me and Pinkie Pie were just investigating. The incinerator was left on overnight. You know we really should assign a janitor. What are you two doing here” “We followed a trail from the crime scene here.” Flash responded. “The killer must have came here to get rid of evidence.” “That is the most likely conclusion ” Shining Armor said. “Look, look I found a thing.” Pinkie Pie said excitedly. The object she held in her hooves was charred black and was shaped like a diamond. “ It was the only thing left in the incinerator when I turned it off” “How do you know that's important?” Twilight asked. “I just have a sixth sense for these type of things.” Pinkie responded New Ammo Strange object: Pinkie found it in the incinerator “Did you find anything else?” Flash asked. “No .Sorry” Shining answered. The group continued to search the room but didn’t find any new clues. “You know its getting close to the trial. Why don’t we take a brake.” “That sounds like a good idea. "Flash said as he wiped the sweat off his brow After his search, Flash went to the vending machines in the hallway. He put the bits into the machine and pressed the button. A secant later a can of orange juice fell from the bottom. the young Pegasus took the can and sat down on the floor next to the machines. As he opened the can he was interrupted by a voice. “Hey there Flash. What's up” The colt looked up to find that it was Rainbow Dash. “Oh hi Rainbow Dash” Flash responded as the mare put her bits into the machine and picked out her drink. “I'm just thinking.” “Let me guess. it about the trial” Dash said as she opened her can of fizzy apple cider. “I'm just worried about what will happen if we get it wrong. What if we don’t have enough evidence.” “Calm down.” the flyer said as she sat next to Flash. “ I get that you're nothing special but you gotta have some confidence in yourself. Trust me a little confidence can go a long way.” “You’re really shoe we're going to find the killer?” “Nope.” the blue mare said as she stood up.“ But if I didn’t have confidence in myself I wouldn't be called the Superpony-level all star.” She then chugged down her drink. “Well guess that makes sense.” Flash said after taking a sip of his. drink “Of course it makes sense. that the same thing my dad told me before my first race.” “was that the same race you did the Sonic rainboom?’ “Eeyup.” she said before she let out a large burp. “And that was when I found my love for racing.” "Thanks Rainbow Dash." all of a sudden the announcements came on again Attention students. The class trial will be starting in 5 minutes. Please make your way over to the elevator. To be continued survival count: 14