{A/N: Leaves as many comments as you like, I'm desperate.}

Daily Life Key:

-Protagonist (Sapphire) thoughts will be italics.

-Simple descriptions and actions not connected to speech will be in ( ).

-Actions connected to speech will be in * *.

-Announcements will be in bolded * *.

-Options that represent the game with be bolded, and [ ] will appear around selected options.

-Author Notes will be in bolded { }.

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Audria: Can we promise to never have to sit in these seats again?

Takako: I don't think I can stomach another one of those execution things...

Mao: I won't be killing anyone anytime soon, that's for sure.

Alina: I don't think anyone will after that.

(Everyone stayed pretty silent as we left the auditorium. A few people wondered off to the do their own thing. I tried to leave unnoticed, however it didn't go as planned when Sunni followed me.)

Sunni: Sapphire.

Sapphire: Yeah?

Sunni: Would you like to explore the new area with me? I don't really want to be alone after everything that's happened...

As sick as I feel after the trial, I'd feel bad if leaving Sunni alone. Plus, exploring is the most optimal thing I can do with the rest of my day.

Sapphire: Yeah, of course. Where is the new area?

Sunni: Apparently there's a staircase across the first floor—this floor's—bathrooms.

(Sunni held up their F-Phone to show me a map.)

Sapphire: The bathroom...

That's where...

(A horrifying reminder of Circe's corpse stained my mind. The acid burns that covered her skin sent chills done my spine. Her face—her lifeless face made my stomach twist, my legs turning into noodles as I struggled to stand up. I leaned on the wall for support, quickly trying to regain my composure.)

Sunni: On second thought, maybe you need to lie down and rest? We've had a lot of excitement for one day.

Sapphire: N-No. We need to explore. There could be another weapon and I want to know about everything that we have access to in the building for when— if someone else kills.

Sunni: No one else would do anything like that. Not after what happened.

Sapphire: There's no way to be sure. Anyways, we should get going to.

Sunni: Right.

(Sunni and I made our way down the hall where a staircase was. There had previously been a wall there, though there was no reason to dwell on how the staircase came to be. What mattered was what it contained.)

Sapphire: Not many rooms on this floor, huh.

Sunni: Actually, I think there are more beyond that barrier.

(Sunni pointed to a barrier that ended the hallway. It was iron and looked like it was bolted in place.)

Sapphire: So many we'll get access to those rooms at a later date?

Sunni: I hope so.

(We started with the first real room, since there was no need to check out the second floor bathrooms.)

Sunni: This library is... magnificent!

???: Yes.

Circe...?

(Sunni and I hastily turned around to find Anahita hold a book with various sea life on the cover.)

Anahita: Sorry to scare you two.

(Anahita seemed to be talking slower than when she previously had spoken. Maybe she was less nervous with only Sunni and I around?)

Sapphire: It's alright. Are you exploring too?

Anahita: I guess. But I stopped as soon I saw the library.

So you haven't done any exploring?

Sapphire: Is there anything of note in here?

Anahita: The book selection is really good.

Sapphire: Anything nonfiction?

Maybe there's a book in here that documents 16 Ultimates going missing? That could give a clue as to what's going on and who's behind this.

Anahita: No. Mostly mystery and horror in the selection and then a few of the various fiction genre mash ups.

Sunni: Historical fiction isn't so bad... *quietly* Except when it's painfully inaccurate.

I guess there's nothing that could bring us closer to some answers in the library.

Sapphire: I suppose that's all that there is–

(A loud bam sound echoed though out the library. Everyone inside rushed over, once they heard a loud scream.)

Takako: Is everyone alright? I heard a scream.

(Before us was the sight of a fallen bookcase with various books sprawled on the floor. A shaken of Daphne cling to her older sister, who also seemed pretty scared. Takako, Anahita, Sunni, and I all had rushed to their aid from within the library.)

Wilma: We're alright. Barely.

Daphne: Bad books... Don't fall on me like that...

Sunni: Did that bookcase fall?

Takako: No, I think it's usually like this.

Sunni: ...

Takako: Yeah, I think it fell.

Sapphire: Wilma, Daphne. How did it fall?

Wilma: I went up the stairs to try and get a book from the top shelf. I didn't realized it wasn't bolted to wall and it fell nearly falling on Daphne...

(My eyes followed Wilma's as she glanced towards the library's small staircase that lead to a short upper area that circled around the entire library.)

Takako: Should we go get Maxine or Alina to pick the shelf back up?

Scottie: That won't be necessary!

(We all turned to the direction of the voice seeing our host, panting from running through the doors.)

Scottie: During nighttime we're having a special guest come in and put the bookshelf back up. And to take some extra precautions, the library will be closed off from 10 pm until 7 am so our special guest can work without disturbance.

Anahita: What if it falls over again?

Scottie: ...we're woking on fixing it. -_-

Daphne: It's going to be fixed soon, right? I don't want to get squished like a pancake!

Scottie: Yeah. It should be fixed within a few days... Hopefully. •,•

Sunni: Why wasn't the bookshelf bolted to the wall in the first place?

Scottie: Well, I gotta prepare the motive. Bye! >_<

(Mascotie quickly ran out, lacking her unusual pink fog that she used everytime she appeared in and disappeared.)

Wilma: ...

Sunni: If she's preparing a motive, wouldn't that mean she's giving us one tonight?

Anahita: That's what it sounds like. But this bookshelf thing is weird.

Takako: Not really. This entire "game" is poorly planned. It's not surprise that the building is falling apart.

The rest of the building is fully intact, so why isn't this one bookcase. Is there something special about it?

Sapphire: I guess that's all we can find in here.

(Sunni and I left the other four to do their own thing in the library. But the twins quickly left after we did, since Daphne was probably scared to be in there after nearly being crushed by knowledge.)

Sunni: An inside greenhouse?

(Exactly as they had said. The next room was an inside greenhouse, with various foods and herbs growing in flower pots.)

Sunni: Maybe this where the food is grown? In case we don't get restocks in the kitchen or something.

Sapphire: I don't understand why this room exists. There's no weapons here.

Speaking of weapons, there haven't been a whole lot of weapons within the building. The kitchen was practically ransacked of its knives, there was only a small bottle of acid in the science room, and the science lab was locked.

It's almost like someone is trying prevent a murder by confiscating all the weapons. Wouldn't whoever is running the killing game have checked to make sure we had weapons before putting us here?

Tala: For food, silly.

Mao: Fresh ingredients, the best kind of ingredients.

(Mao and Tala stepped out from behind a growing rack. Tala had a basket of ripe fruit, which they held with excitement.)

Sunni: Don't we have plenty of food in the kitchen?

Mao: We do, but with a group of 16 people we go through what's in the frigid pretty fast.

16 of us... Not anymore.

Tala: It restocks, but not as fast as we need it too!

Mao: Plus, there's a lot of different food in the kitchen, but a little amount of each. When I saw there was a greenhouse, I figured I could collect extras instead of waiting until every other day to cook what I want to cook.

Tala: And the food is fresh so that makes it a gazillion times better when Mao-Mao cooks with it!

Sapphire: I guess you two are gonna be spending a lot of time here then?

Mao: Most likely. The other new rooms aren't very useful.

Sunni: Actually—

Tala: If only there was gymnasium here! Then we could play tag or Red Rover or freeze tag.

Sunni: ...

Sapphire: I guess we'll be off then. Bye.

Tala: Bye Saph! Bye Sunshine!

(Sunni and I left the indoor greenhouse, going across the hall to what was labeled as the 'Video Room'.)

Sapphire: Are those... VHS tapes?

(There was a large TV with a dusty VHS player connected to it, with a controller resting on top of it. There were shelves of movies, along with with couches, pillows, blankets, and various other things. Even a mircowave and boxes of popcorn bags.)

Sunni: I believe so. Quite a collect, at that.

Sapphire: They've got everything any movie marathoner could even want...

Sunni: We could organize a movie night!

Sapphire: I don't know. Our last gathering didn't go so well.

Circe...

Sunni: Y-You're right. N-Now's probably not the time.

(There was silence that feel over us. I checked the time on my F-Phone. 11 am.)

Sapphire: I think that's all we have here. I'm going to my room to get some rest.

Sunni: Sleep well, Saph.

(I left the Video Room and journeyed downstairs to my room.)

{A/N: I was considering stealing what Cartoons in Danganronpa did to replace the Monokuma Theater, but it seems weird to incorporate it now. So you just get these Author Note's telling you grab snacks and tissues or something.}

(A banging on my door woke me from my nap. I checked the time once again, before getting up. 7 pm.)

8 hours. I'd say that's pretty good. Though, it'll throw off my sleep schedule.

(The banging got louder, to the point where I threw open the door out of annoyance for the noise.)

Maxine: Crikey! What happened you, Saph?

Sapphire: You did kinda interrupt my sleep.

Maxine: Sorry about that. I was told to come get you for dinner.

Sapphire: Dinner?

Maxine: Mao cooked for everyone again.

Sapphire: Ah, right.

(I followed Maxine to the cafeteria, where everyone else was already gathered. The plates were filled with mochi, covered in icing that represented the face of whoever sat before the plate. Once I sat down, Mao personally gave me my plate. The icing came to resemble my face—in a nearly disturbing way.)

Mao: I hope all of you enjoy. I spent all day working on this delicious treat to show you all how much I care, so dig in!

(Everyone clapped, yet no one dug in into the food. We all glanced around at each other, not wanting to bit into our own faces. Until Tala took the first bite.)

Tala: This is so good! You've outdone yourself this time, Chef Mao-Mao!

(As Tala bite in, a red paste became visible to everyone. The way it came out of her icing head made my stomach curl.)

Anahita: I have a bathroom emergency.

(Anahita quickly rushed out of the cafeteria.)

Takako: I just remembered, Sunni promised to teach me the entire history of... *glances around table* Silverware.

Sunni: I don't recall—

Wilma: Us too. Sunni agreed to teach Daphne and I about the history of silverware as well.

Daphne: I've always wanted to know where forks grow!

(Takako, Wilma, and Daphne practically pulled Sunni out with them. The historian was too nice to refuse anything the opportunity to learn about anything.)

Maxine: Alina and I agreed to work out together around this time.

Alina: Right...! I'll see all your lovely faces later!

(Maxine and Alina quickly rushed out as well.)

Audria: Junie and I, all have business to attend to.

Yi: And what might that be?

Junie: It's a private matter that does not concern you.

(Junie and Audria made their exit, as Mao slumped in her seat and let out a long, defeated sigh.)

Mao: *sniff* Nobody likes my mochi.

Sapphire: It's not that, I...

Think! What's a excuse— err, reason I can't eat this?

Sapphire: I'm allergic to rice.

That's a lie. I just don't want to eat my icing face and watch red paste squirt out of it.

Mao: Oh, whoops. Did I not ask for everyone's allergies earlier?

I already feel bad about lying, I really don't want to have to lie myself into a deeper hole.

Malon: *snores*

(Malon seemed to have crashed from coffee into her mochi, crushing her icing face and all its glory.)

Yi: My buns are little small, don't you think Mao?

Mao: Your buns are small though.

Yi: No, they're not. I didn't become an ultimate, by having the worlds smallest hair buns!

Mao: I just modeled it off real life.

(Yi held up her mochi icing face and then squeezed one of her hair buns with her other hand.)

Yi: This mochi is not made to scale!

Tala: Yes it is! Mao-Moa's cooking is perfect!

Yi: Then how come nobody ate it?

Mao: ...

Tala: Because... B-Because...

Mao: Because nobody likes it.

Yi: See?

Tala: That's not true, Mao-Mao! I love your mochi.

(Tala proceed to eat all the remaining mochi as fast as possible in hopes of pleasing Mao. The dog walker left Malon's destroyed mochi alone and didn't go near Yi, as she waved her plate around in the air.)

Sapphire: Sorry, Mao.

Mao: It's alright. It's not your fault your allergic to rice, Saph.

I can't help but feel this little white lie will come back to bite me harder than Tala biting into the mochi.

Sapphire: Hehe, yeah.

Yi: I'm keeping this. Nothing as beautiful as me deserves to get eaten.)

(Yi held her plate close, before walking away with it.)

Sapphire: Should we wake Malon up?

Mao: Yeah... I need to wash that plate.

(Tala did the honors of rapidly poking Malon for her to wake up. Mao quickly joined her, after a minute or so, Malon opened her eyes.)

Malon: *groans* Mochi...?

Sapphire: You fell asleep at the table.

Malon: Oh.

(She started to lend her head down to fall back asleep, but Mao snatched her plate.)

Sapphire: Maybe you should sleep in your room if your tired, Malon?

Malon: No, I'm fine. I just need some coffee.

I'm starting to get concerned with the amount of coffee she drinks. She seems to always have some with her and I never saw her asleep once at the sleepover.

Intercom: Attention! Can everyone please gather in the auditorium for a very special mandatory announcement?

Sapphire: I guess your coffee with have to wait.

Malon: Fuck.

(The four of us made our way to the auditorium. Once all 14 of us where there, the traditional pink fog filled our sights while Mascotie made her entrance.)

Junie: What did you call us here for this time?

Scottie: No need be so demanding. It's not like anyone died. -,-

How can she just stand there and have no regard for the fact that two people died this morning? Especially since she killed one of them!

Maxine: What did you gather us here for?

Scottie: To give out another motive! Obviously. UvU

Alina: Another one?!

Scottie: Yep! And it comes with a neat power point! ^v^

They all come with power points...

(Scottie pulled a remote from her coat pocket and pulled up yet another horribly made slideshow. This one was labeled "Motive 4".)

Daphne: Why is there a number 4? I thought we've only had one motive before this one.

Scottie: Oh, you know. Change of plans, nothing major. *mutters* Kinda wish it was still the other onewhile we have so many still alive, but whatever.

(Mascotie clicked and a stock picture of a bed with a person in it came on the auditorium screen.)

Scottie: I present to you, your motive!

Malon: Sleep...?

Scottie: N-No! Why would sleeping be a motive to kill someone?! >_<

Malon: ...

Scottie: The motive is your dreams.

Takako: What...?

Scottie: Or rather, your nightmares. :)

(She clicked again, black scribbles over the head of the sleeping stock image person in the bed. I assumed the scribbles represented nightmares.)

Sunni: How would that work?

Scottie: Only the best of the best technology reality shattering for this ex— killing game.

Junie: So what if we have nightmares? Why would anyone kill over that?

Scottie: These nightmares are your worst fears. You'll have then everytime you sleep, and the only way to make them go away is for someone to kill. •o•

Yi: Having nightmares about our worst fears everytime we sleep? That sounds like some impossible made up bullshit to me.

Sapphire: Yeah. Your motive is ridiculous, Mascotie.

Scottie: You won't be saying that at the class trial. Just give it time.

Maxine: We won't give anything you say the time of day!

Scottie: Hmm, how annoying. -_-

(The fog returned and our host made her exit. Mascotie had left the slide of the stock image person having nightmares on, in attempt to intimidate us.)

Sapphire: What a waste of time.

Yi: No kidding. I could have been getting us out of here with my amazing sense of smell, instead I'm being told that I'm going to have nightmares about my worst fear.

Daphne: ...I don't want to have nightmares about my worst fear.

Takako: I don't think anyone does.

Junie: And we won't! Controlling what someone dreams about is impossible.

Wilma: Considering what we've already seen here, I wouldn't doubt their technological capabilities.

*ding dong, bing bong*

Intercom: It is now 10 pm! Nighty, night!

(Everyone spilt off to their respective rooms, taking the motive with a grain of salt.)

{A/N: Consider this the kinda halfway-ish point. If you're binge reading or you have something you need to do, take a break. ...or you can ignore me and continue on live commenting your predictions.}

???: [REDACTED]! [REDACTED]!

Sapphire: M-Mom?! How did you find me?

Mom: I traced your last known whereabouts, and then had the place searched for fingerprints. We then found a suspect who the authorities interrogated until we found out about this "killing game" business.

Wow... I know she's my mom, but I can't believe she went through that much trouble to find me when I went missing.

Sapphire: Thanks for putting an end to that game, mom. I witnessed some things I don't think I'll ever be able to unsee...

Mom: Of course. It's only natural for you, dear.

Sapphire: What?

Mom: It's no surprise you're so weak to the point of where can't stomach a few dead bodies.

Sapphire: Th-They were people I knew...!

Mom: It's all excuses with you, isn't it, [REACTED]?

Sapphire: No it's—

Mom: There you go again, trying to make another excuse to make yourself look good, like a hero. But deep down, you're really just a criminal.

Sapphire: *chokes* M-Mom...

Mom: What a disappointing daughter I have. Couldn't save her friends, her community, not even her own mother.

Sapphire: ...!

(At that point, I forced myself awake because I couldn't take anymore of that bad dream. No, that's wasn't a dream. It was a nightmare. Just like Mascotie had promised in the motive.)

I see why this would motivate someone to kill...

(I felt a few tears running down my face, as I was still in shock from the nightmare. I had gotten enough sleep earlier today so I decided to wonder around the building instead of going back to sleep to face another nightmare like that.)

Maybe some of the others can't sleep and we can keep each other company?

Malon: Sapphire?

Sapphire: Malon?

Malon: What are you doing up at this hour?

Sapphire: I could ask you the same thing. Though, if I had to guess, was it the nightmares?

Malon: Actually, no. They weren't so bad for me, since I've already experienced whatever my worst fear is supposed to be.

Sapphire: Then why are you awake?

Malon: I didn't feel like sleeping. It's not really my thing.

Sapphire: Yeah. Clearly, you're thing is passing out in creepy mochi.

Malon: *giggles* So, how bad was your nightmare?

Sapphire: ...

Malon: That bad, huh?

(I felt Malon put her hand on my shoulder, before giving me a smile.)

Malon: What do you say we get some coffee together?

Sapphire: Yeah. Th-That'll be nice.

(Malon and I went to the kitchen. Malon began to make coffee, though she dropped the cup due to her lack of sleep recently. I then took over and made us both some coffee.)

Sapphire: Thank you.

Malon: Hm? What for?

Sapphire: Talking to me after my nightmare.

Malon: That would be pretty shitty if I didn't comfort you after something like that.

Sapphire: I can think of a few people here who wouldn't do that same...

(Malon didn't reply. She seemed to have fallen asleep upright in her chair, despite having just had coffee.)

I guess coffee can only keep you awake for so long.

(I didn't want to wake her since I figured she needed every ounce of sleep she could get. I stayed at the table and finished my coffee.)

{A/N: Last chance for victim predictions.}

*ding dong, bing bong*

Intercom: It is now 7 am! Rise and shine to plan your next murder!

Sapphire: Ugh...

(Malon was still asleep on the table. Before I could wake her, a loud bam came from the kitchen and I went to investigate.)

Mao: Eggs go in the pan...

(Various kitchen tools were scattered around the kitchen and the Ultimate Baker was struggling to cook. I watched Mao threw eggs onto a frying pan, not bothering to crack them first.)

Sapphire: Mao?

Mao: Hey, Sapphire. What are you doing up this early?

Sapphire: I couldn't sleep because of the nightmare motive so I was with Malon in the cafeteria.

Mao: Well I slept great!

I think that's a lie.

Sapphire: Maybe you should take it easy this morning and we can eat leftovers from yesterday?

Mao: L-Leftovers?

Sapphire: You seem too tired to cook anything at the moment.

Mao: Alright... We'll eat leftover. Can you take plates to the table?

Sapphire: Yeah, of course.

(Breakfast was mostly silent. Most of the group carried either a drowsy or horrified expression. However, when we reached the end of the meal, someone spoke up.)

Junie: I think we completely underestimated this motive.

Yi: That's an understatement.

Junie: Clearly, this is something that we need to take seriously, otherwise we're all going to suffer from sleep deprivation.

Takako: What can we do? Even if we slept during the day, we'd still have nightmares.

Mao: If someone died the nightmares would stop.

Daphne: But nobody else is going to die! W-We promised!

Maxine: Surely there's a way we can get through this without anyone dying.

Sunni: There is! We can have a movie marathon in the video room.

Last time the group didn't something together, Circe died.

But... We've learned our lesson. It should be safe this time, right?

Tala: That sounds fun! What time?

Sunni: How about 1 pm? We can start right after we eat lunch.

Alina: What do we do until then?

Audria: I suggest we all try get some sleep. That will make staying up easier.

I'm not going back to sleep. Especially not after that nightmare with my mom.

(The group parted ways after breakfast, leaving me with some time to spare until the movie marathon in the Video Room.)

Maybe I should hang out with someone?

(I came across Alina and Maxine both jogging around the cafeteria.)

Sapphire: Are you two running laps?

Maxine: Yeah. Not only is exercise a good way to pass time, but it keeps you awake.

Alina: Plus, Maxie has to stay in killer shape somehow.

Maxine: *blushes* Oh, your the bodybuilder. I'm just a boxer.

Maxine and Alina seem to be getting along really well.

Alina: Would you like to join us?

Sapphire: Yeah, sure. I've been skipping my workouts since we got here.

(I joined Maxine and Alina, us jogging 20 laps around the cafeteria before I spilt off to do our my own thing.)

There's still some time before 1 pm. Maybe I should go find someone else to hang out with?

(Before I could wonder around, yet another noise came from the kitchen. This time a scream.)

Mao: Holy shi—

Tala: Fire!

Who started a fire in the kitchen?!

Sapphire: Is there a fire extinguisher somewhere?!

Wilma: I'll go get it.

(Wilma quickly ran out of the cafeteria to retrieve a fire extinguisher from by the auditorium.)

Mao: NO NO NO! We have to save the kitchen!

(Mao reached for the oven, the cause of the fire, but Tala held her back. There was no use in turning off the over at this point.)

Tala: Mao-Mao, stay back!

(I joined Tala to keep Mao and away from the flames, the three of us awaiting a fire extinguisher from Wilma.)

Audria: What's going on is here?!

Sunni: A f-fire?!!

Sapphire: Could you two go get a fire extinguisher?

Sunni: Of course!

(Sunni left as Audria stayed with us. They were able to help us pull Mao out of the kitchen entirely, the four of us watching it burn from the cafeteria.)

Audria: Oh... Where's the fire extinguisher?

Wilma: Here.

(Wilma came in and extinguished the kitchen's fire, completely using up the extinguisher.)

Mao: The kitchen...

Wilma: Sorry for being late. The one by the auditorium was missing, so I had to get the one by the library.

Audria: It's al-alright. You showed up, didn't you?

Sapphire: My question is, how did the fire start in the first place? Was Mao cooking again?

Tala: No. Mao-Mao wasn't cooking at all. We came in to get snacks, and there a pan on the oven while it was one and no one was there.

Wilma: Why would someone leave the oven unattended?

Audria: I'm not sure.

(Sunni quickly ran through the cafeteria doors, panicking.)

Sunni: The fire extinguisher is gone...!

Tala: That's alright! Wilma got the one by the library!

Sunni: ...

Sapphire: Don't worry, everyone is okay here.

Mao: I'm not.

Audria: Speaking of, have of you seen Junie? We were both asleep in my room, but when I woke up she was gone. I figured she came to the kitchen, but no luck.

Sapphire: I can help you look, if you'd like. I have nothing better to do.

Sunni: I'll help as well.

(The three of us scrambled the first floor, but everyone we came across had not seen Junie. We then went up to the second floor. We checked the greenhouse and video room, yet it was all in vain.)

The library!

(The three of pushed the library doors open, unprepared for what we would see.)

H-How... How could...

(Before us was the gruesome sight of Junie Sledge, crushed under a bookcase.)

*ding dong, bing bong*

Intercom: A body has been discovered! Please report the library for investigation.

Audria: JUNIE!

Why would someone do this?

Again...

{A/N: Oops. I forgot this Author Note. Predictions?}