I make my way onto the Supermarket next. Demos, who looks a lot like he just teleported from the Ancient Greeks to here and the girl with the green/blue colored hair are there. It has pretty much everything a normal supermarket would have, and also has a fun gacha-like machine. I feel like if this was a game there would definitely be an achievement about collecting all different things in it.

Demos: Hello there.

Melissa: Hey Demos and, I'm sorry, I don't know your name yet.

Demos: She still hasn't introduced herself, but neither have you. I suppose I'll go first tho. My name is Demos Callidis, and I am the Ultimate Philosopher.

Melissa: Nice to meet you, Demos. I'm Melissa Moore.

???: Um, hi Melissa and Demos.

Demos: You really should tell us your name sometime, mysterious individual. Or are you perhaps the Ultimate Enigma? Here to confuse us utterly...

???: N-no, I guess I can introduce myself. Sorry for being so awkward. Well, I'm Aozora. Oh you prob wanna know my last name too.

Melissa: If you don't want to say your last name, that's fine Aozora. Do you have an Ultimate?

Aozora: Nah I guess I can say it, it's not like this is online and you will find my house or something.

Silence.

Demos: Well what is it then...?

Aozora: Tsuda.

Demos: And your Ultimate?

Aozora: Um you might judge me for it tho but it's not like I'm dumb or anything, being interested in fashion can mean I'm smart. I'm the Ultimate Dressmaker.

Melissa: Well, that sounds like a cool Ultimate tho! What have you accomplished to get it?

Aozora: I make dresses.

Is any conversation with her this exhausting?

Demos: Well Melissa, what do you think of this Killing Game?

Melissa: I think it's horrible! Who would do this to us!

Demos: A good question, indeed. I have been wondering that myself too. Perhaps the culprit even is among our midst.

Aozora: Maybe we did something bad to whoever did it? That makes sense, right?

Melissa: Maybe, I hope not, I don't like hurting people or doing bad things.

Demos: Even if it somehow is 'our fault', that doesn't make this ethical!

Aozora: Getting rid of 15 awful people is actually good for utility.

Demos: No, you see it wrong! I follow Kant, he would never allow this!

Demos and Aozora are probably smarter than I gave them credit for before this conversation.

Melissa: Anyway, it was nice talking to you both, I should probably start exploring other places.

Demos: Nice talking to you, I should get going too.

I leave the supermarket to head towards the restaurant, and bump into Dale.

Dale: Hey Melissa!

Melissa: Hey there, Dale.

Dale: So I was thinking, ya know, and I feel like we should meet in the restaurant in like 20 mins.

Is he asking me out on a date?

Melissa: Why..?

Dale: Well, everyone's runnin' around exploring and stuff, and then we can discuss our findings. I'm telling this to everyone!

Melissa: Ohhh okay, yea I will see you there! I will probably explore the restaurant right now too but I'll also be there in 20 mins.

Dale: Gotcha! Cya then!

Well that's a good idea of him. Inside the restaurant are Eugene and Joseph, I probably should talk with them although I'm not that up to talk with either.

Melissa: Hello.

Eugene: I was just telling Joseph about how I find this Killing Game so intriguing, but he disagrees, saying it's too 'murderous', what is your take on this?

Joseph: Ofcourse I view it as murderous! It's a KILLING GAME!

Melissa: I'm with Joseph on this one, sorry Eugene.

Joseph: Someone else with a normal opinion! Your bad opinion has no power here Eugene, pacifism defeats the intrigue of murder.

Eugene: So naive. Should I write that at your tombstone once you, among most others here, are inevitably murdered or 'punished'?

Melissa: What about you, are you gonna murder someone then, Eugene?

Eugene: As a storyteller I'd love to take this to the outside world but, no, I'll patiently wait till my lifespan is forcibly ended.

Joseph: Well, once a murder happens, you will be my first suspect!

Eugene: Stop there, aren't you supposed to be all 'peace' and stuff? Accusing someone isn't very pacifist-like.

Joseph: I hate you!!!

For my own sanity I decide to abandon those two and explore the kitchen. Martin and Harper are there. Martin looks like he trains a lot but his clothes oddly enough seem to be a bit too big for him. Harper is wearing a tie dye shirt and her gold colored hair is braided. The kitchen has exactly what you'd expect; several knives usable for cooking, plates, a stove, an oven, you name it.

Melissa: You two I didn't really talk with yet!

Martin: Yea, sorry about that, I would've loved to chat earlier but with that announcement and everything, we didn't get to do so yet.

Melissa: Yea I get it.

Harper: I really like your aura tho! I'm Harper Fox, by the way.

Melissa: Nice to meet you Harper, I'm Melissa Moore.

Harper: Nice to meet you too!

Martin: By the way, what is the Ultimate of you two? I'm the Ultimate Cyclist!

Melissa: I don't have one, sadly.

Martin: Oh really?

Harper: Aw, that's a shame! I'm sure you're talented anyway. I'm the Ultimate Xylophonist.

Melissa: I hope so, and you two have cool ultimates.

Harper: Thanks! I feel like it's an instrument everyone always forgets about, but I just love everything different. Together with my band, we always make a psychedelic sound.

Martin: That's so cool! I'd love to hear one of your songs sometime.

Harper: I will, if we somehow are able to get out of here.

Melissa: By the way, why are we not trying to just go in a certain direction?

Martin: I already tried that, even tho it seems like you can go as far as you want into any direction, there is an invisible wall in the north, west and east. There also is one in the south but, quite far away.

Melissa: I wonder why that is.

Harper: This situation is all so surreal huh. Also by the way, here is a picture of my band.

She pulls a picture out of her pocket that seems to be of an album cover. She and three others are on it.

Harper: I play the xylophone, then she sings, he plays the guitar and he drums.

She points at several of the people in the picture.

Martin: Now I definitely wanna listen sometime, that album cover looks cool!

Harper: Thank you!

Melissa: I agree!

If this was a story, finding out something about Harper's backstory would probably be a red flag. I head back to the restaurant and see on the clock that there's still some time before Dale's meeting, so I head outside.

Alice: Hey.

Melissa: Oh hey Alice. How are you?

Alice: Sigh, are you gonna do smalltalk too? Consider this conversation over.

Melissa: We can skip the 'how are you's' then, what do you wanna talk about?

Alice: The fact there are only a few sane people in this group, it's really annoying.

Melissa: I'm sure everyone is doing their best.

Alice: Are they? I feel like only the two of us and maybe Martin are exploring.

She might have a point there.

Melissa: Well that's true but, talking with others is important too to make our stay here more bearable.

Alice: Really? I'd say it is better to not get attached to others. Would you be able to do a proper investigation if it's your friend that is dead?

Melissa: Um...

Alice: No? Didn't think so. That's why I don't really wanna befriend anyone, I don't wanna be biased during an investigation, because trust me, they will happen for sure.

Melissa: I hope not.

Alice: Don't be naive.

Melissa: Why are you so rude? Even if you don't befriend others, you can still be nice.

Alice: Can I?

She seems to be done with the conversation and starts to walk away, but I do kinda wanna ask her this.

Melissa: Alice, wait up!

Alice: What.

Melissa: What is your Ultimate? And I wanted to mention that Dale is having a meeting with everyone soon.

Alice: I'm the Ultimate Origami Artist and no I'm not interested in a meeting with these idiots.

She walks away. I don't think I like her. With only little time left, I decide to explore the final location I haven't been to: the cemetery. Minori and the girl in ballerina clothing are there. I do kinda wish I had ran into Fernando or Cece during my exploration, but oh well.

Melissa: Hey.

Minori: Shush, it's not polite to interrupt the death.

???: You really should whisper here...

Melissa: Oh sorry.

Minori: It's all good. You two should introduce yourself to each other while I will continue praying for the people buried here and for a safe escape from this place.

Who would even be buried here anyway? Most graves seem to have nonsensical names, and then there's one with the name scratched off. Kinda creepy.

???: Well, I'm Arianna Case, the Ultimate Ballerina.

Melissa: Nice to meet you Arianna, I'm Melissa Moore.

Arianna: What is your Ultimate?

Melissa: I have none.

Arianna: Ridiculous. First I'm in a killing game and now it turns out someone without an Ultimate would have been in our class?

Ouch.

Melissa: Well I got picked by random draw.

Arianna: Is that worth ruining the perfection of having a class full of Ultimates? I don't think so.

Melissa: I guess, and at a time like this I do wish I wasn't here.

Arianna: If someone here should be safe, it should be me.

Melissa: What makes you so important?

Arianna: I am just a form of art, everyone loves the way I dance. On top of that all my siblings are missing me too, and with me probably being one of the richest students here I also could help the poor with my money.

Melissa: Is that a speech on why we should let you murder someone...?

Arianna: Of course not. I wouldn't do something as low as that.

Minori: I hope nobody will, I really do.

Melissa: I hope so too. By the way, I think it's about time for Dale's meeting.

Arianna: Atleast you're not useless. I wonder what the Ultimates have found.

Minori: I won't come, sorry.

Melissa: That's okay, anyway, time to go.

Me and Arianna walk to the restaurant. At least I now know the name of everyone.

Fernando: There you are Melissa! And Arianna too!

Dale: That's like everyone, right?

Martin: Other than Alice and Minori, yes.

Arianna: Minori isn't coming.

Cece: And I assume Alice also definitely isn't.

Won: What did everyone discover by the way???

Fernando: I found out that there were various weapons here! Very scary, considering the current situation.

Harper: Weapons in a killing game are less than ideal.

Cece: We should hide all weapons, maybe?

Eugene: All that will do is cause people to be more creative with their ways, although I'm probably only happy with that.

Joseph: How can you say that in a time like this?!

Melissa: Yea Eugene, very insensitive of you.

Eugene: I'm just merely realistic! Can you not handle that, ultimateless?

Arianna: I'm with Eugene on this one.

Eugene: Also if someone would commit murder, it's her!

He points at Aozora.

Fernando: Leave Aozora alone!

Cece: Yea, how could you accuse her?

Netta: She does seem sketchy...

Cody: But she's so hot.

Netta: Hey!

Aozora: If I'll kill someone, I'll make sure to slir your throat Eugene, okay?

She is nothing like the timid girl I saw earlier, she scares me.

Martin: Stop there!

Dale: This is not how I wanted this exploration discussion to go!

Cece: Aozora, take a breath, let's talk somewhere else okay?

Aozora: Tsk okay. I wouldn't murder anyone anyway, a fear of blood would kind of stay in the way of that, would it not?

Harper: Don't worry Aozora, I don't think you will murder anyone!

Cece and Aozora wander off.

Arianna: Where were we?

Demos: We were discussing the endless possibilities of this place!

Won: There's so much equipment to vlog with!

Cody: And expensive cars!

Netta: But is there also anything to get us out of here?

Fernando: I'm afraid not...

Martin: Yea, I tried going in all directions. There is some kind of wall in all directions except for the south.

Dale: So we go south then right?!

Harper: There is nothing there...

Melissa: That's a shame.

Fernando: So we found nothing useful?

Won: We found things for me to vlog with! #Cool

Demos: Useful, Fernando said.

Won: It's super useful!!!

Netta: I agree! Being in one of Won's vlogs would make me super popular!

Martin: You are aware we are in a Killing Game?

Dale: Everyone ignoring the seriousness of the situation is pissin' me off.

Eugene: I wonder if the sick mastermind behind this is amused!

Arianna: I bet they are.

Demos: If there is nothing more to discuss, I will take my leave.

After Demos stated that, pretty much everyone left. I guess I should go to bed too, but Martin stopped me.

Martin: By the way before you and Arianna joined, I suggested that we share breakfast in the restaurant every morning!

Melissa: Sure, sounds good to me.

Martin: Also would function as a way to check whether everyone is still alive.

Melissa: Please don't remind me of that.

Martin: Alright. Well, good night Melissa.

He left and I leave for my apartment. The bed is lovely and I really, really hope that this is all just a bad dream.

Prologue End

Melissa Moore - N/A

Fernando Limon - Ultimate Salesman

Alice Volt - Ultimate Origami Artist

Cece South - Ultimate Cowgirl

Dale Grant - Ultimate Lumberjack

Won Jong-Soo - Ultimate Vlogger

Minori Sonoda - Ultimate Priestess

Eugene Pears - Ultimate Playwright

Martin Thompson - Ultimate Cyclist

Harper Fox - Ultimate Xylophonist

Netta Lowe - Ultimate Child Star

Arianna Case - Ultimate Ballerina

Joseph Heath - Ultimate Pacifist

Demos Callidis - Ultimate Philosopher

Aozora Tsuda - Ultimate Dressmaker

Cody Foster - Ultimate Stunt Double

16 students remain.