❛ Why is it the most beautiful
things are entwined more deeply
with death then life? ❜

We walked down ahead and saw another person stand at the end of the hallway. I squinted my eyes and spotted wherever it had long blue hair. Tsumugi..

     "Ummm..." She quietly mumbles.

     "Hey, you're an ultimate student, right? Can we talk--"

     "Hmmm"

     "Hey! Hellooo?!"

     "K-Kaede! I don't think she's ready to talk to us yet.." I gripped softly onto the ultimate pianist shoulders.

    "What? Maybe she just can't hear us? Maybe she'd a really detailed mannequin?" Kaede asked.

      "No, i don't think that's the case.." Shuichi debunked her.

     "You never know. We already saw a moving teddy bear." She started to slowly poke the side of her face.

     "Kaede...you shouldn't poke people you don't know"

     "Poking her doesn't work either? Then....maybe she's just a doll. But she looks so real! Y/N, Shuichi! Try it, poke poke poke!" Kaede ignored me.

     "Ah..no thanks"

    "I'm with Shuichi on this one...." meh

     She grabbed our hands and simultaneously she made us poke her cheeks. I really didn't like Tsumugi at all, I really didn't want to touch her skin.... But I didn't object and I left my fingers softly touching her skin.

     "Woah, her skin is so clean."

     "Of course!" She finally came to life and acknowledged my compliment. Shuichi screamed "Us cosplayers must be top notch in the skin compartment!"

    Kaede grinned. So she wasn't a mannequin. Well, i knew that"

     'Sure.....'

     "If you knew that then why did you make us poke her?!" Shuichi exhaled.

      "Because she wasn't responding"

     "That doesn't mean you poke them.." I mumbled.

      "Oh, i didn't mean any harm... I was just in deep thought. So if i thought that if i ignored you, you'd go somewhere else."

      "You were ignoring us? Rude"

     "Ummm, isn't it rude to force someone to talk when they don't want to?"

    We budged in. "She does have a point...I'm sorry about that"

     "It's fine, i want to talk now! Now, let's talk. What do you want to start with?"

    'Many... Why are you the mastermind behind this. Why are you so crazy? How did you get in contact with the heads of Danganronpa? Why are you kinda cute but super crazy?'

     "Well, I do like some anime. Ever heard of Doremon?" Might as well try and get on her good side too, you'll never know if she knows where the mastermind is.

     "Kyaa! You like Doremon too?! My favorite episode is number fifty-three! The one with security cameras and target practice. What about you?" She bubbled.

      "Ah, there's too many episodes to just pick one favorite, amiright?" 'Shit, I didn't expect her to ask me more intense questions.'

      "Wow, Y/N. Never expected you to be an Anime fan" Kaede giggled.

"Haha..it's something I keep more or less to myself. It's nice having someone else to talk with about it, though." -me

"Um, before we fall down the loophole of anime... Can you tell us your name?"- K

"Oh, my name is Tsumugi Shirogane. I'm the ultimate Cosplayer."

"So you're a cosplayer?"  He asked

"Are you...surprised? I get that a lot, since i'm so plain." It actually makes you blend in so well that you were the mastermind...' Kaede complimented her body and aura. They continued on with their conversation before I suggested we move on ahead. I didn't want to accidentally slip up and ruin the game.

I knew that Rantaro was somewhere nearby as well...maybe i just wanted to talk to him really badly and see if he was actually that tall in real life.

"Oh hey there. You guys get kidnapped too?" Rantaro called out to us "Well, you both look alright. That's good. Situation could be better, though."

"Yeah totally" Kaede agreed with him before the gitty man continued.

"Hey, let me ask you something.. Do you guys remember how you got here?"

"If you're asking us, then...you don't remember either, do you"

"Ha, you're the same way too, huh? You don't remember anything do you?" He sighed at my response. "I guess that means everyone here is the same"

"Huh, everyone?"

"I asked the otters too, they all said they don't remember"

"So the others don't remember either" I hummed.

"It's like we all have amnesia or something"

Shuichi cried out, "Ah, but that's not normal! If everyone here has am--"

"Welp, I guess we're all in a pretty abnormal situation then." Rantaro glared down Shuichi. The room went weirdly cold, I forgot how serious this guy got....

'Did you say welp..?'

"What?"

"Wait..amnesias a stretch." Kaede stuck up for the shy detective. We're probably just confused....I'm sure we'll remember eventually"

"Or it could be group hypnosis, maybe brainwashing....in any case.., I hope we remember soon. Otherwise...i'll end up the outcast"

"The outcast....? What do you mean?"

"To tell you the truth, how i got here is not the only thing i remember. I also forgot my own talent." He sighed looking to the side. "phew, i'm in trouble. I must have been some kind of ultimate, I just don't remember."

"Sounds alright to me, tell me Mr. Avocado, what's your name?"

He snickered a little at the nickname. With his soft green eyes he looked down at me...wow..he actually is tall. "Mr. Avocado? That the first... My name is Rantaro Amami...I can't remember my ultimate talent at the moment...but i promise, i'm not a bad guy. Nice to meet ya."

"...is that weird? That i'm not really bothered by the fact that i don't remember my ultimate talent?" he asked us.

"It shouldn't really matter, i'm sure you'll remember it soon Amamai.." Or never..

"Ah, just call me Rantaro." He grinned and lifted up his hand. "Anyway, it'd be nice if we could get along. We aren't going anywhere in a while."

"Don't say that! We'll escape soon." Ah, youve pissed off the current protagonist Rantaro, be careful..

"...You really think that it's going to be that easy?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Suichi paused..

"nothin'. Just a feeling. Haha, hey, don't worry about it alright?"

The room slowed down and soon text popped up on the screen once again.

Obtained Friendship Fragment!