Serenade was taken aback when he saw, standing upright, was Hammer. Impaled through his back by a knife, though that wasn't the end, there was a bloody globe at his side, his hands had been restrained with a rope above his head and there was a bloody hammer on his other side.
"W-what the...?" Serenade barely made out.
*Ding dong, bing bong!*
"Ahem! This is a school Announcement! A body has been discovered, after a certain time of investigation, we will hold a class trial!"
Serenade looked to his side to see B and a severely traumatized Samurai.
"He...he...he...he..." Samurai kept repeating it over and over again.
"We found him like this..." B explained.
"Samurai...are you-"
"It...he just..." Samurai was visibly trembling.
"Serenade, I'll go tell the others, can you start the investigation?"
"Sure, but be quick...this seems really complicated..."
"Buuuut! Before you do!" Monokuma says, appearing from thin air again. "Don't forget your friendly neighbourhood Monokuma File!"
"Right..." Serenade says as his ElectroID beeps to alert him.
New Ammo: Monokuma File 5 was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
Death occurred between 5:25am and 5:35am. He has two similar bruises and a single stab wound. "Wait...that's it?"
"Yeah, what of it?" Monokuma says. "I can't let you know everything, that would just be to easy! But I'll let you poke around now, no need to keep you from this!" He vanishes.
"Alright, I'll head out now" B says.
"Okay, I'll stay here and see what I can find" B nods and runs off. "Now..." Serenade turns to the scene. "Let's see we've got this time...." Serenade walked up and examined the knife that was wedged in his back. Hmm...the Monokuma File didn't state the cause of death so any one of these weapons would have done it...hey, wait a second...wasn't a knife to the back the way Gold was killed?
New Ammo: Knife was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
"This globe...it's covered in blood...but..." This is kind of like Moonlight's death but...she wasn't killed with the globe...is it the same here? Huh? it looks like there's some rope tied to this....
New Ammo: Globe was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
Just like Lock, Hammer's arms are bound above his head to keep him upright...what was the point though...?
New Ammo: Rope was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
"And finally...the hammer...just like with the DigiBot...."
New Ammo: Hammer was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
"Hey...Samurai...are you alright?" Serenade got up and walked over to the pale brown colt.
"He...he..."
"Samurai....try to take some deep breaths..." Samurai glanced at Serenade and then did as asked. "Okay...now what are you trying to say...?"
"He...he died right in front of me..."
"W-what?" Serenade said.
"Well...I walked into the room and heard a clinking noise and found Hammer like that...."
"Oh wow..."
"B was with me when it happened....that's how she knew to get you..."
"Why me?"
"Well...after all the class trials it was only natural to call you first, you're like a natural born investigator, Serenade! I know you can catch the culprit!"
"Thanks Samurai...."
"And you'll have me by your side when we get out of here! That's a deal, alright?"
"You bet" Serenade gave a weak smile.
New Ammo: Samurai's Testimony was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
The doors opened and Beau, Grimdark and Olive emerged.
"H-Hammer..." Olive said instantly
"What the...?" Grimdark eyes widened.
"Hmm...I thought he'd be next..." Beau said.
"Huh?" Serenade raised an eyebrow.
"Just an instinct..."
"Someone really had it out for him...looks at this..." Grimdark motions to the various weapons.
"Right....someone clearly thought he was the Mastermind..." Olive says.
"Even though I told you all that the Mastermind is a GIRL!!!" Beau yells.
"We can't say your theory is true though..." Olive retorts rather timidly for her.
"Ugh! I swear to-"
"Beau" Serenade cuts her off. "Just let them think what they want to..." Beau paused.
"Fine...whatever..."
"I wonder how the culprit managed to put all of this together..." Olive says, walking to Serenade's side. "It must have taken a while..."
"Put it all together?" Serenade asked.
"Look at this, this needed to premeditated, right? And let's face it...walking around with so many weapons would be to apparent, right? So I think, by using some logic, I believe that this was set up beforehand!" Serenade looked at her, genuinely stunned by her deduction. "Lock...Lock was really smart" Her mood drops. "He's actually really good with deductions so when I started to think like him, I came to that conclusion...what do you think...?"
"I think it's brilliant" Serenade smiles. "Nice one, Olive"
New Ammo: Olive's Theory was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
Olive started to walk around the room, looking under the tables for evidence, presumably.
"Hey, guys" Grimdark says suddenly. "Look at that up there" He points to the spot directly above the knife, a small hook was there. "Something tells me that, that placement isn't a coincidence...."
"Yeah, it must have some relevancy" Beau says.
"I would say that it was for holding the knife but....it doesn't have any rope attached to it, or string...." Grimdark points out.
New Ammo: Overhead Hook was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
"Not just that either...there's some sort of pulley system" Beau points to another spot on the ceiling. "Now, that must be connected in some way"
"Agreed" Grimdark nods.
New Ammo: Pulley System was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
Serenade goes back to the body to take a closer look, whilst examining his head, he finds some bruises on the back of his neck. Bruises....I wonder is he got them during this murder...?
New Ammo: Hammer's Bruises were loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
"Remember to check his pockets" Beau says. "You never know, there could be something..."
"Right..." Serenade stopped. Putting his hands in a dead pony's pocket? That didn't seem to appealing.
"Oh, I'll check then!" Beau shoves out of the way. "I swear, you people just..." She started to grumble words as she searched Hammer's pockets. "...hm?"
"What is it...?"
"...nothing, nothing at all..." She stands up and rubs her hands on her dress. "I am not checking his underwear...and we all know why"
...yeah....poor Hammer...
"That looks like it now though..." Beau announces. "Well, for Hammer's body anyway..."
"Hey, where are B, Nimbus and Orion?" Serenade asks.
"I think they're on the fifth floor..." Grimdark tells him. "Why do you ask?"
"I just expected them to be here already..." Serenade folded his arms. "...I think I'm going to check on them..." Serenade walks up to the door and goes to open it but.
"Hold on" Samurai says suddenly.
"What is it?"
"Look there..." He points to a space in the corner of the room. "Is that...wallpaper...?"
"Huh...?" Serenade looks over. "Hey, you're right..."
"It looks like the same design as the ceiling..." Grimdark observes.
"Weird...why do you think it's there...?" Olive asks.
"I have a few ideas...but...I'm not sure" Beau says.
New Ammo: Wallpaper was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
Serenade now, without anymore interruptions, left the cafeteria and headed up to the fifth floor.
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He found the three unicorns, gathered in the locker room, sitting in a circle with some candles and other various objects, the lights were dimmed and Orion walked into the centre of the circle.
"Efie Ot Stirips....Efie Ot Stirips...spirits of those who have died, here my voice...come to us in our time of need, help us find the truth Mr Head you words may help us even in death!" There was a flash. And Orion fell to the ground.
"Orion...?" Serenade said. Nimbus and B turned to him.
"Serenade, hi" B says. "Orion's just channelled Hammer's spirit. She should regain consciousness any-"
"Whoa..." A voice came from Orion's voice, but it wasn't her sophisticated, posh accent. It was more like
"Hammer...?" Nimbus says. Orion gets up.
"Ugh...my head hurts..." He said, rubbing the back of his head, his eyes flew open as he did. "Wait...purple hair, creepy dress, creepy black boots, silver skin...am I Orion?!"
"Yes, Orion got her spirit channelling equipment from the lockers, after you died she used one of her techniques to channel your spirit" Nimbus explains.
"So...I...I'm really...d-dead...?" His gaze falls.
"Regrettably..." Nimbus nods.
"Hammer, we need to know, what happened to you? Who killed you?" B asks him.
"I....uh....I don't remember...." He says. "I remember going to the cafeteria kitchen, and feeling something hit me...I woke up later but couldn't move anything...I heard a noise and, everything went black...oh! Also, I saw someone go into the kitchen but when I entered, nobody was there...the kitchen is really small and there's only one door and no windows so I don't know where they escaped to..."
"Nothing else?" Serenade asks.
"Sorry...I don't know anything else...but, please!" He looked at them all with pleading eyes. "Find out who did this to me! Who betrayed our trust? Why did they pick me...? Why was it me...." Hammer looked down. "Nr...." He gripped his head...I feel...faint..." he fell to the floor.
"Looks like that didn't work..." B says.
"There's never an easy way out" Serenade says, annoyed. "But poor Hammer...."
New Ammo: Hammer's Testimony was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
*Ding dong, Bing bong!*
"Alright, you bastards, you've had enough time to do your investigation. You know the drill, big red door so we can get this show on the road!"
Orion got up with a groan in her accent. "Was Mr Head able to give us the answer to our current riddle?"
"Unfortunately not, he did not see the culprit" Nimbus says.
"That is...unfortunate to hear..." Orion says.
"We need to go to the red doors now though, the investigation time is finished. We need to go..." B stands up, Nimbus mimicking her action.
"Yes, let's head there as quickly as possible" Nimbus nods before disappearing into the shadows.
"Some people would rather walk normally..." Serenade mumbles before heading off to the usual spot.
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He, Orion and B turned up to the red door with the other five waiting at the elevator for them.
"So...I guess since Monokuma is still functioning, Hammer isn't the Mastermind..." Samurai says.
"That seems logical...." Grimdark nods.
"So we still have that riddle to answer"
"The biggest of all of" Beau adds to Olive's statement. There was a small silence as Olive moved over to Serenade.
"I was looking under the table and found this" She flashes him a look of the evidence, it was Hammer's spanner. "It must be related, right?"
"Probably" Serenade whispers back.
New Ammo: Hammer's Spanner was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID
"Alllllrighty them, bastards, prepare for this amazing trial! Are you guys ready? Probably not but oh well!" Monokuma says as the elevator door open. "See you all down there!" He disappears.
"Let's just get this over with, alright?" Nimbus says instantly as he and the other all quickly walk into the elevator, causing the doors to close behind them and for the creaky cage to start moving downwards.
This is the most brutal one so far...whoever did this really needs to pay for what they did. They betrayed our trust, they betrayed Hammer...but they're just getting our way for who we're really after...the Mastermind...Hammer, if you're watching...this one is for you...