Your POV:

Everything was about to start. Everyone was in the dining hall aside from two other people. Kokichi and Kiyo were the only ones not there. Kiyo was in Ryoma's lab, handcuffed to ensure that he wouldn't be able to cause harm to anyone. Kokichi was no where to be found, stealing the motive before we could even get a chance to see what it was.
Kaito seemed thrilled to get everything started, however I was nervous about what was going to happen. I was also nervous about the fact that Kokichi wasn't here yet. Sure he was mischievous, but that wasn't a reason fo leave him out. If he found of what the card key unlocked, he could tell us what he saw, but that was only if he would tell us.
Rantaro seemed to notice that everyone was gathered, so he set me down. I looked down nervously as I waited for the conversation to start. There was no telling what we would remember from this.
"If you don't mind me asking, what about Kokichi?" Kaede asked.
"Forget about him!" Kaito exclaimed in response to that, "it's his fault for messing around like that!"
"I guess...he must be a real pro at hide-and-seek," Himiko replied.
"I have to agree with Himiko on her account!" Tenko exclaimed, "Himiko what spell did you use to know that!?"
"Nyeh... I'm too tired to explain it..." Himiko replied.
I was slightly confused on what Himiko was saying. Kokichi was a master at hide and seek, but I was able to find him while playing with him. It took a lot of time for me to find him, but I did nonetheless. I could say that I was a bit better at the game than he was. I managed to hide, and he wasn't able to find me until it was really late.
"Kokichi is good at hide-and-seek, but I was able to find him," I explained, "he did have a hard time finding me though..."
"Nyahahaha, that's amazing! Maybe we should have (y/n) find Kokichi!" Angie exclaimed.
"It still doesn't dismiss the fact that I don't know where he could be," I explained, "I mean if he's trying to hide from everyone, then he will move to change his hiding spot constantly."
"So that means no one can find him, huh?" Shuichi asked in response.
"He might've used the motive's card key to enter a place we're unaware of..." Maki replied, biting her nail in frustration.
My eyes widened in response to what she said. The thought crossed my mind that he probably was trying to find the place where the key card was, but it never crossed my mind that there could be a new place that the card key could unlock. I felt stupid for not realizing that sooner. Using the items we got as a reward for surviving unlocked new areas of the school in seemingly magical ways. I didn't understand that the same case could be for the motive.
    "I feel very stupid for not thinking about that possibility..." I muttered with a sigh, "it should've been obvious to me since that could very well be the case, but honestly I'm none the wiser."
    "(y/n), it's alright," Kaede replied, "you have a lot on your plate right now, so it's understandable."
    "Kaede is right about that," Kirumi explained, "we all know that you are under some mental strain since yesterday. After all, Kiyo did try and kill you because you confronted him."
    "I can't even imagine what that must've been like," Keebo muttered, "in any case, it is worrisome that Kokichi might be at the area where the real motive is."
    "Heh, next time I see him, I just gotta catch him and ask," Kaito replied.
    "That's only if you catch him," Tenko told him, "and I highly doubt a degenerate male can even manage as much."
    "Hey! Shaddup!" Kaito shouted, "If (y/n) can find him, then so could I!"
    'That will be a lot harder than you think it is...' I thought in response to that.
    It was true. With my account on how long it took to even find Kokichi, it would take Kaito longer. Even though he was motivational, he wasn't the brightest bulb in the bunch. Before I could even say anything in response to that, Kaito was quick to change the subject back to the reason on why we all met up in the dining hall.
    "Anyway, let's try out this Flashback Light!" Kaito exclaimed.
    "But...I'm still uneasy about these Flashback Lights... Are they really okay to use?" Tsumugi asked.
    I knew how Tsumugi felt when she expressed her concern. Her concern was on par with mine. I knew that remembering these events were important, but why were all of those memories ones filled with tragedy? Why weren't we getting any memories of any happy things that were in our lives. It seemed that the only thing those machines held was tragic events that would lower the mentality of everyone here.
    "Well, if we don't use them, then our memories will never come back, y'know?" Himiko asked in response, "so we've got no choice but to use it! The memory we'll get from this is our only clue!"
    "Well said Himiko!" Tenko exclaimed, "I'm glad to see that you're putting what I taught you into practice. Expressing yourself is an amazing thing to do!"
    Himiko seemed to blush lightly in response to this. I did notice something. After what happened with Angie, she seemed to listen to what people were saying to her. It was honestly nice that she was starting to express herself more. Himiko seemed to not show much emotion before, but now, she was trying to express herself. I could feel myself smile at that fact, but that didn't change how I felt about these Flashback Lights.
    "I agree with fish dicks over here!" Miu exclaimed in response to Himiko.
    "Who are you calling a chunk of breaded fish!?" Himiko exclaimed angrily.
    "Miu! You have no right to call my sweet Himiko terminology used by degenerate males!" Tenko shouted.
    "Ah-haha, for someone who looks like canned tuna, you make some pretty good comebacks," I heard an all too familiar voice say in a mocking tone.
    I looked towards the entrance of the dining hall, seeing the person who stole the motive from Kaito. Kokichi Oma, the only one aside from Kiyo who wasn't in the dining hall was standing at the door with a seemingly carefree smile on his face. I was honestly shocked that he even heard about where we were meeting. He was obviously somewhere where everyone else wasn't looking, so I didn't know how he could've known.
    "You degenerate male!" Tenko shouted, "how dare you call my sweet Himiko something that comes out of a can!"
    "Yeah! How dare someone call me a wad of shredded fish!" Himiko exclaimed in protest, "wait...Kokichi!?"
    "I knew you'd find us here..." Maki muttered, anger lacing her voice, "but only because it's you."
    Kokichi seemed to just smile as he walked over to the table where the rest of the group was standing. He obviously wasn't phased by the glares given to him by Kaito, Maki, Tenko, and Himiko. The rest of us seemed to be in shock about seeing him. I looked at Rantaro with a nervous look on my face. For some reason, Kokichi appearing like this was very unsettling to me.
    "Thanks for the compliment!" Kokichi exclaimed, "so, why are all my merry friends gathered here? Especially my beloved (y/n). She is obviously here as well, so explain it to me."
    "First things first..." Rantaro muttered, "I want you to tell us what you did with that card key."
    "Ooh, so you're worried about that, aren't you, play boy," Kokichi replied, "well, you can relax, for you see, I couldn't use the card key."
"You couldn't use it?" Shuichi asked in response.
"Yeah, I had no idea where to use it, so I just gave up instead," Kokichi replied with a seemingly innocent smile.
Something was very odd to me about Kokichi's behavior. He didn't seem too upset that he couldn't use the card key, and that kind of confused me. I couldn't tell if Kokichi was lying about this or not. I didn't think that he would lie about something like this. He wouldn't... would he...?
I was deep in thought about this. Of all of the people here, Kokichi was defiantly one of the hardest to read. With his mischievous personality, no one really knew if he was lying or telling the truth most of the time. The only time he would actually admit to telling the truth was when he was in a bind. I had no idea what to think at this point.
"You don't seem too disappointed about not being able to use it," Keebo told him.
"I *am* disappointed, damnit!" Kokichi shouted in response to that, "I wanted to use the card key!"
I flinched slightly when he suddenly shouted like that. It completely caught me off guard at that point in time. He was acting carefree, and mischievous like always, and right when Keebo told him that he didn't seem too upset about not being able to use the card key, Kokichi out bursted. It amazed me how Kokichi could act one way, but then pull a complete one-eighty. It always seemed like what we were thinking about him wasn't the case at all.
"Jeez, cool your jets, Kokichi," Ryoma muttered.
"I can actually agree with beanie over there..." Miu scoffed, "but if ya ask me, I smell another fuckin' lie!"
"Whatever..." Kaito muttered, "talking to him's just a waste of time."
"Kaito, please don't say that..." I muttered, "how would you feel if someone called talking to you a waste of their time?"
"Awwwww~!" Kokichi exclaimed, "my beloved (y/n) actually cares about me!"
Kokichi seemed to have crocodile tears coming from his eyes as he said this. It was as if he were personally touched by the fact that I stood up for him.
"We are back tracking again!" Kaito exclaimed, "we have more important things to do right now, and he isn't helping."
Kaito held the Flashback Light in his hands as he jabbed an accusing finger to Kokichi. It seemed like he didn't mind that fact as his eyes grew sparkles in them just be seeing the Flashback Light held in Kaito's hand.
"Oh hey, the Flashback Light," Kokichi said, lemme see that. Kaito doesn't have the balls to turn on the switch—"
"Of course I do!!!" Kaito exclaimed, interrupting Kokichi.
Kaito being egged on by Kokichi thumbed the switch hard. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest as the Flashback Light turned on. Once again, the world warped around me. The familiar feeling of light started to dance around me. It was like being shown the light in a mocking, yet cruel way.
    I could feel information being pushed into my head, like always, it was overbearing. It was like my head was about to explode, but it never happened. All of the information being pushed into my head started to form a scene. Soon enough, it became clear. The scenes flew by inside my consciousness... everything was starting to become more clear.

    Flashes of what looked like a meteor shower were shown, seemingly causing destruction though a city. Flashes of what seemed like protests appeared as well. It was all clear, just by those two images that went through my skull.

I remembered everything. The meteorites, the protests. All of it was on the news. Everyone wouldn't stop talking about those events that unfolded. Many places were destroyed and it was only a matter of time before the world would end because of it.
I could feel the feeling of dread in my body as those images became clear to me. It was what I feared with these devices. The memories they gave us were ones filled with tragedy and despair. The important memories we were receiving were always that way. It couldn't be helped, because most memories would be traumatic like these ones.
Looking around the room, I noticed dread on everyone's faces. I wasn't the only one with a sick feeling in my stomach. This seemed like a pattern to me. Someone tried to kill someone... I would bring them back, and then we unlocked new areas of the school as well as new memories from these Flashback Lights. It was a nausea inducing pattern, basically diminishing any type of hope that we could have on getting out of here.
"T-The meteorites..." I stuttered, "I-I remember the meteorites..."
    "I remember...TV news and the Internet talkin' non-stop about those meteorites!" Keebo exclaimed.
    "There was a bunch of damage where I lived..." Tsumugi explained, "people said it was only a matter of time..."
    "So what happened to everyone!?" Tenko asked with a horrified look on her face.
    "Perhaps Atua has taken all of them into his living care," Angie replied with a praying position.
    "For the love of god, Angie, shut the fuck up about that Atua guy!" Miu shouted, "that doesn't give us any fuckin' answers to the situation right now!"
"Can you all just calm down for a minute?" Kaede asked, "we aren't going to get anywhere when we all are fighting like this!"
I knew Kaede was right. With Miu arguing with Angie, we wouldn't get anywhere. It was that line that would start a huge fight. It was obvious to me that Kaede didn't want this to escalate into something worse. That's why I agreed with her. We couldn't let everyone submit into paranoia. I couldn't let myself submit to it either.
Like Tenko, I was wondering what happened to everyone. These asteroids were talked about by many news stations and the internet as well. Chances were these meteors would've caused the end of the world. That thought caused my heart to start thumping in my chest, picking up speed like the change of tempo in a song. What if the world did end because of this... chances are, it did, and we could be the only ones left.
"We need to get back on topic," Maki stated, "I do agree with what Tsumugi said. A researcher said that too. Similar meteorite impacts happened millions of years ago... all living organisms on Earth were annihilated..."
"There were also a bunch of weird groups that started to show up in the streets," Kaito explained.
That was in fact true. I saw a flash of the groups that were protesting in the streets. It was all about the meteorites. The memory of the impacts started playing through my head as if it were on loop. It wasn't a nice thing to see, and I wanted the image out of my head.
"As the meteorites got worse, more people started saying it was the end of the world..." Kaito explained.
"Gonta hear that, too!" Gonta exclaimed, "unless someone does something, world will end!"
What Gonta said reminded me of something. While walking around in the area I lived in, it seemed like at every corner, someone tried to hand me some sort of flyer. It always happened. No matter where I went or what I did, there was always someone who was trying to get me to take a flyer.
"Those people have a track record of trying to get people to accept flyers..." Tenko muttered, "and it was always a degenerate male trying to force me to take one!"
"I-I know..." Himiko stuttered, "th-those people were...always handing out flyers on street corners..."
The flyers the people were trying to force upon me were ones that said "Mankind deserves damnation". It was a shock to me when I first saw them. People thought that way about each other, and it startled me every time I saw one of those flyers.
"I saw flyers all over the city, too," Keebo explained, "they said, 'Mankind deserves damnation',"
It seemed like no matter where I went, or what I did, I would see those posters all over the walls of the area in which I lived. People who hated me also tried making me take the posters. They all had the same reason for doing it. The people that blamed me and wanted me dead for what happened to the friend who liked my sister... they all thought it was my fault that this was happening. They all called me a cursed child... one that was born as a curse to all mankind.
All of it was clear to me... I could feel my breathing start to become labored. Everything that I remembered from that was crystal clear to me. I clutched the fabric that was on my chest as I felt the pain of something that I haven't felt in a little while. I was hyperventilating, trying to get air into my lungs, but it seemed the my breathing was too fast to successfully get any air into my lungs.
I was panicking too much to notice everyone around me, seeming to notice what state I was in. I could feel the warm tears exit my eyes as I continued to hyperventilate, trying to successfully breath.

Rantaro's POV:

I was honestly in shock when the memories came back about the meteorites and the weird groups that started appearing in the streets. The things that were going through my mind as everyone talked was the fact on my life mission. My sisters. I had no idea what happened with the meteorites, but if they ended the world, any chance that they would be alive would be zero.
I was dragged out of my shocked state when I suddenly heard the sound of someone's quickened breaths. It was (y/n). Looking to the side, I saw her, hyperventilating as tears streamed out of her eyes. She was my girlfriend. I had to do something about this. I haven't seen her panic like this in awhile.
I instantly placed my hands on her shoulders, leaning (down/up) to her height. I started shaking her lightly, in hopes to get her to snap out of it.
"(y/n), talk to me! What's wrong!?" I exclaimed.
She seemed to not respond as I asked her that. It was like she was trapped in her head. The others seemed to notice what was going on, and they too were starting to freak out slightly.
    "(y/n), are you okay!?" I heard Kaede ask.
    "Does she look okay to you!?" Kokichi asked in response, "my beloved (y/n) is having a panic attack!"
"Kokichi, if you keep screaming you're going to make her freak out even more!" Tenko exclaimed.
I continued to look into (y/n)'s eyes, noticing that she wasn't calming down. I was getting really concerned about her. I could feel my heart pound in my chest. I needed to do something that would help her.
"(y/n), please say something," I said with a desperate tone of voice.
There was only one thing I could do for her. I wrapped my arms around her shaking form. It seemed almost instantly after I did that, her breathing seemed to slow down. I sighed lightly in relief after that point.

Your POV:

It was like I was trapped inside of my own head. I wasn't like this for a while. The last time I recalled having a panic attack was at the very beginning of being trapped her. Now, the sad truth was the voices being played in my head because of the memories I had just remembered.

"Why don't you take a flyer, (y/n)? It's obviously your fault that this world is going to end,"
"You are a plague to this world. All you bring is disaster!"
"You're going to be the one who causes humanity's damnation!"

That was all I could hear. The voices of the people who hated me... the people who hated me for no reason, as well as the ones who hated me for what happened to my former friend... they all blamed me for what was happening, and I was panicking. I couldn't stop hyperventilating. It was like I was trapped in some sort of mind game, the voices constantly breaking me down until there would be nothing left in my mind.
    It seemed like I couldn't see the others who were in the room with me, panicking about what was happening. It was like my mind was a white noise machine, blocking out everyone's concerned voices, leaving me with the negative voices in return. I couldn't escape my own mind. It felt like I was falling deeper and deeper inside of my own anxiety... my own depression... what everyone told me so much that I soon started to believe it myself.
    That's when I suddenly felt someone's arms wrap around me. It seemed at that point, I was pulled from the dark abyss of my mind. My vision soon registered as well, seeing that Rantaro was in front of me, hugging me to try and calm me down. As soon as I saw him, my breathing slowed. I felt the cool oxygen enter my lungs. My breaths were exaggerated, trying to get my oxygen fix that I wasn't getting while I was panicking.
    "(y/n), talk to me, what happened...?" Rantaro asked me, still holding onto me.
    My body was trembling as I thought of what to say. I had to tell him the truth. I had to tell everyone what was going on. It seemed like I was the only one who was panicking about what I saw. I had no idea if anyone else was blamed for the meteorites...
    "T-The people who hated me... every one of them blamed me for the meteorites..." I stuttered as tears fell out of my eyes, "they called me a curse... a plague for this planet... they told me that I was the reason that humankind was going to go extinct..."
    "Oh my god..." Rantaro muttered as he held me tighter, "they had no right to blame you... it wasn't your fault..."
    "I don't know that for sure..." I muttered in response, "what if humankind is dead...? What if it's actually my fault... what if they were right!?"
    "(y/n), listen to me!" Rantaro exclaimed, "you are backtracking now! What happened to all of your confidence. You've helped all of us stay together! You've been doing all you can to protect us! How could this be your fault!?"
    I looked down as Rantaro continued to hold me. That was an answer I didn't know. My mentality was back tracking because of this. I couldn't even talk any more. All I could do was listen.
    "You and I are having a talk later..." Rantaro told me, "you aren't getting out of it..."
    I knew by his tone that Rantaro was serious. I knew he wasn't going to let me get out of talking with him. We were dating after all. He wanted to look out for me. I had to meet him half way though.
    As soon as I calmed down, everyone started bringing up the conversation at hand. A project called "the Gofer Project". The plan that all countries came up with to save humanity. I remembered it. I thought that it failed, but I didn't know why. I was keeping myself silent after what had happened. I needed to calm down.
    The one person this seemed to get to more was Miu. She kept repeating what the protesters were saying in the past, proceeding to say "fuck that" afterwards. What she said about all of us being damned here. She was right about that. She wanted to be freed like the rest of us did. I was upset, and so was everyone else.
    Like the rest of the Flashback Lights, this didn't connect with any of our past memories that we unlocked through the other machines. How did all of these memories connect...? How did it connect to us being here? That was the one thing that was screaming through my mind. Chances are, we probably would never know that answer.
    "It'll be okay, my beloved (y/n). Just a little more..." I heard Kokichi say, "we probably need one more... everything will start to connect after we receive one more memory..."
    My eyes widened when I heard Kokichi say that. It felt like he was giving me some sort of hint. It was terrifying that he seemed to know so much about what was going on. Bringing up that we needed one more memory. It was like a game to him...
    "But, I don't think I'd be surprised by the outcome of this situation," Kokichi added with a joking, yet sinister tone, "like...if we were already dead, and this was the afterlife."
    I was horrified in response to that. Kokichi was seemingly very malice right now. I felt like I could feel it from his words, and I didn't know why. There was a horrified expression on my face as he proceeded to explain that the meteorites could've killed us all... a substance  that could bend time and space. My mind seemed to zone out from all of this. It was too much for me to handle.
    We needed to find a way out of here. I needed to leave without anyone dying. After our conversation, we all went back to our dorms. There was one thought going through my mind, and the fact is... a suspect for the mastermind was in fruition. Was it... Kokichi...? Or was I over thinking it...?

Hey, all! Guess who has another chapter for you all! I've been quite busy this week, having a multitude of assignments due, but I still made time to work on this for you all! The flashback light has now been used, and by popular demand, a scene with Kiyo acting like the Nagito for v3 will be sometime within the next two chapters. Oh lord, not the red rope.
Anyway, whoever wants to make predictions for chapter four still has until December 17th! I look forward to the art you guys create! With that, I'll see you all next week!- yuki_no_fuyu