Who Are You Again?

The bodies of Del'Arte and Ichiro Ono hadn't really fazed Papillon as much as they should have. It was concerning; she was worried that she had become desensitized to murder. That was a thing she never wanted to become; however, it was necessary to carry on. Life continued, time went by, the murderer had to be caught.

Then, came Roman. She had been curious where he was, realizing the boy was not there for her to poke fun at and insult. What was the fun of anything if you couldn't make someone cry? But, Roman wasn't there. How absolutely inconsiderate of him, to not show up.

Yet, there he was, sitting in his bathtub, dead as a door nail. His mask was off leaving them all to see his face. Papillon looked at his face, and her own went ghost white. He looked serenely powerless, yet she felt fear rise up in her. Almost frozen at the sight, she felt her eyes well up.

That's when she collapsed to her knees and started crying. "God fucking dammit, Pointdexter... you didn't fucking do anything to me, alright? I was trying... I was trying to keep him safe, I thought. If I hurt people or they hurt me, they stay safe, I thought..."

She started to pick at her arms again frantically, not knowing how to feel. He looked so much more like him without the mask. God, she hated him, yet the girl was so upset over his death. It was odd, she hated him yet tortured him in order to save his life. Well, that failed. She had extended him a kind gesture not too long ago... She looked at the body again, her face immediately falling, as if she had seen something different entirely.

Victim Name: Daichi Nomoto, SHSL Librarian

Time of Death: 7:43 AM

Location of Body: Roman’s Bathroom

Discovered By: Baron, Maru, Maltet, Papillon, Oculus

It had been an hour, one whole hour since the bodies of Ichiro and Hiyouri. You and all the others had once more investigated the area, hoping once more to solve these murders. And once again as the time was up, you all headed to the trial elevator in the center of the grounds. It was chilling sight, knowing that right over the elevator was a corpse.....

It was as you were about to enter the lift that you noticed something was off...and so did the others it seemed. You all looked around, but you couldn’t see hide nor hair of him...Roman.

There was a sense of unease upon realizing he wasn’t among you and quickly you and the rest of the group took off towards the hotel. You charged into the building, rushed towards the room of the missing boy. The door opened easily, and inside the room was neat, tidy and silent.

Then there was a scream and you slowly turned your head. You knew why this scream happened right then as you faced into the bathroom and saw it.

It wasn't like he wasn't expecting death to happen. Del'Arte was walking around without her privileges and everyone was pissed at The Rook, including, naturally, himself. After all, he had betrayed all of them. Baron wished he could actually get some answer from Del'Arte, but, unfortunately, it seems the mastermind had other plans.

"I knew it..."

Baron was expecting that to happen after he had seen so much. What he wasn't expecting, however, was what Papillon showed them, after seeming greatly shocked. His eyes widened under his mask, his mouth opening and his heart skipping a bit. Usually when someone hurts you a lot, you would stop caring about them, as shown when you start punching them until their teeth breaks and jaw hurt as much as possible.... But... It hurts.

"Ichiro... You.... You..."

The man had no words to describe how very much he is disgusted of Ichiro. He had betrayed his trust, looked down on his feelings for him and didn't really seem to understand how much Baron liked him... The Rook was probably the worst boyfriend one could have. He was disgusted of that dirty killer, but... but...

"I loved you... I promised you... I'd let you out... Never to look at my face again..."

Was it possible that Baron still liked him? Even after everything he had done? Even after the betrayal The Rook had done not only to the other partygoers, but to himself? Ichiro Ono was a hypocrite, a coward, a little shit... But... The man wearing those red glasses owed him a lot.

"Asshole! Will you ever let me live my life?! UGH! YOU CAN'T FOLLOW A SINGLE ORDER! WHY DID YOU WANT ME TO BE A LEADER?! WHY?!"

Victim Name: Ichiro Ono, SHSL Tutor

Time of Death: 6:27 AM

Location of Body: Lake Cave

Discovered By: Baron, Maru, Papillon, Oculus, Maltet

After the discovery of Del’Arte...or well as you now knew her, Hiyouri, you and the others had all split up to do what you always did at this point, investigate and try to find the murderer. It felt weird this time honestly, trying to find evidence for the death of this girl, who had been tormenting you and the others for weeks.

Still it had to be done...but...as you investigated, somethign came up to you..it was Papillon a look of shock on their face. They quickly told you they had found a second body. and then told you to head to the cave....the...cave?

That could only mean.....

Quickly you ran as fast as your legs could to the cave that sat on the other side of the lake in the golf course. At the entrance too it you could see most of the others. You quickly pushed past them enough and inside the save you saw it.

Victim Name: Hiyouri Higendou

Time of Death: 5:14 AM

Location of Body: Gazebo

Discovered By: Baron, Maru, Papillon, Oculus, Maltet

There was so few of you left at this point, this is something you and all the others had come to realize after the last trial and after you dealt with a certain dangerous person. There was now only  of you left..well you guess 7 if Del’Arte could be counted..but she was rarely seen since the trial. You and the others had now taken to mostly sticking in a group, with one or two of you heading off every so often.

Most of you were together at the moment, just wandering around really...waiting for something to happen. Honestly though it didn’t take long for something to indeed...happen.

You had just reached the center of the club, where the gazebo stood..and as you walked near it the bitter, metallic smell of blood hit you all. It was a smell you had unfortunately gotten used to...but still it only meant one thing.

You and the others quickly rushed up to the gazebo, the only logical place you could think to look and there it was.

After you and the others finished dealing with a certain problem, you had all decided to leave the place of this, but as you did you noticed something odd and new. At the gate that sat on the other side of the lake was something that did not sit there before. Embedded into the wall right next to the gate was a monitor.

The monitor had 15 boxes in it, with the word “Password” hovering over them. Under the monitor was a keyboard.

Papillon was fucking pissed. The world had collapsed around them all. Of course, this was all her fault. She had allowed herself to genuinely care about people, which was her first mistake. Whenever she allowed herself to love someone, they always winded up dead or worse. Now, everything was awful and those she cared for were in a state of complete despair.

Papillon was in her room, staring at her reflection in her shattered mirror. She let out a weak smile and spit on the shards of glass that displayed her distorted visage. How utterly stupid was she to not learn from her mistakes? Her father was always right about her; she was a curse that brought misfortune to those around her. The only way to stay safe was to hurt her.

Well, looks like they were okay now? Oculus entered the art room on their own even without needing to cover their neck anymore. They were eerily quiet as they paced around the room and just sat down in the middle of the art room.

For a while, everything seemed to be fine. They were just sitting there until....they started to tremble again and then.

"...aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH "