SHSL Historian

Victim name: Cyrus Fitzpatrick

Time of Death: 11:12 PM

Time of Discovery: 11:30 PM

You all had been enjoying the movie night that the Oni had provided you with. There were plenty of movies and shows to pick from so you weren’t bored.

If you were doing your calculations right, then you think it has only been about four hours since this all started.

…Of course, that joy couldn’t last long.

It has been a few days, you think, since the trial and the execution of Flora. Most of you all seemed to be on your wit’s end, and just felt exhausted.

However, you hear the ever familiar and creepy voice of the Oni reach your ears.

“Everyone… Gather in the film room… For I have news to give…”

Since everyone knows better than to cross the Oni, you all soon enough were standing in the film room, staring at the creature. At first you thought it was terrifying, but now after having seen it every day, you have grown immune to its looks.

“It has been some time since the trial… And no one has died yet… That doesn’t surprise me… Since it took raising your fear to kill someone last time…”

You all look onto the Oni expectantly, waiting for it to one day stop talking in dramatic pauses.

“I have a new motive for you…” 

This already doesn’t sound good. You can feel your anxiety increasing.

“You humans all are the same… You are all driven by something… From what I have learned of your kind… One of those things is greed.”

Wait, greed? You are confused as to what the Oni is saying now.

“So the new motive is… That whoever kills and wins the trial… Will be awarded ¥100,000,000…”

All of your eyes shoot widely as you hear the number.  ¥100,000,000?! That is insane!

“Before you ask… Remember I am a demon… I can conjure anything you need…” 

To show as an example, the Oni stuck out its hand and suddenly 2 stacks of  ¥100 appeared from nowhere.

“Another announcement will be soon… For now though… I must go…”

Ollie took the movie Eri picked and looked it over it was Grease. Not a bad choice.

“I’ve never really had friends before… it was easier to put up walls and let no one get close….so no one could hurt me any further, I had myself to do that” Maybe if you had tried making friends, you wouldn’t have been in so much pain?

Ollie took the movie Eri picked and looked it over it was Grease. Not a bad choice.

He looked down at the plush and remembered something. “You know, that thing about butterflies us something on tell my little brother. And before that, my grandfather told it to me.” His grip on the plush tightened. “When my own wishes didn’t come true, I blamed both them and my grandfather.”

He let out a deep breath and looked back over to Eri. “I don’t think it’s the butterflies you’re angry at. We both know where you’re hatred really lies.”

Tears started streaming down her face. “I-I didn’t ask for this life, I hate it, I want it to end! no more despair, no more pain, Silas was right, I can’t get help if I don’t help myself, I’m never going to feel better so why even bother trying?!” Eri’s emotions got to an unstable point as she began clawing her arms.

“You…no, Nobody deserves to be treated like that by their own family!” It truly broke his heart to see someone so damaged from their parents treatment. To think…he could’ve been like Eri.

“Nobody wants to see you die. I don’t want to see you die. You deserve to lead a happier life, you’ve more than earned it after all the crap you’ve been through. His expression saddened. “Please…don’t give up on life…I know it doesn’t seem all that great now, but things can change. Even when you least suspect it.”

He looked down at the plush and remembered something. “You know, that thing about butterflies us something on tell my little brother. And before that, my grandfather told it to me.” His grip on the plush tightened. “When my own wishes didn’t come true, I blamed both them and my grandfather.”

He let out a deep breath and looked back over to Eri. “I don’t think it’s the butterflies you’re angry at. We both know where you’re hatred really lies.”

Tears started streaming down her face. “I-I didn’t ask for this life, I hate it, I want it to end! no more despair, no more pain, Silas was right, I can’t get help if I don’t help myself, I’m never going to feel better so why even bother trying?!” Eri’s emotions got to an unstable point as she began clawing her arms.

"You...no, Nobody deserves to be treated like that by their own family!" It truly broke his heart to see someone so damaged from their parents treatment. To think...he could've been like Eri.

"Nobody wants to see you die. I don't want to see you die. You deserve to lead a happier life, you've more than earned it after all the crap you've been through. His expression saddened. "Please...don't give up on life...I know it doesn't seem all that great now, but things can change. Even when you least suspect it."

He looked down at the plush and remembered something. "You know, that thing about butterflies us something on tell my little brother. And before that, my grandfather told it to me." His grip on the plush tightened. "When my own wishes didn't come true, I blamed both them and my grandfather."

He let out a deep breath and looked back over to Eri. "I don't think it's the butterflies you're angry at. We both know where you're hatred really lies."

After cooping himself up in his room for the past few days, Ollie decided that his mourning had gone on long enough. He need to get out and do something.

After cooping himself up in his room for the past few days, Ollie decided that his mourning had gone on long enough. He need to get out and do something.

1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?

2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?

3. The person you would never want to meet?

4. What is your favorite word?

5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?

6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?

7. What shirt are you wearing?

8. What do you label yourself as?

9. Bright room or dark room?

10. What were you doing at midnight last night?

11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?

12. Who told you they loved you last?

13. Your worst enemy?

14. What is your current desktop picture?

15. Do you like someone?

16. The last song you listened to?

17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?

20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)

21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?

22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?

23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?

24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.

25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?

26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?

27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?

28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? 

29. What is your favorite expletive?

30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?

31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!

33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

34. What was your last dream about?

35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?

36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?

37. Have you ever built a snowman?

38. What is the color of your socks?

39. What type of music do you like?

40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?

41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?

42. What football team do you support?

43. Do you have any scars?

44. What do you want to be when you graduate?

45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

46. Are you reliable?

47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?

48. Do you hold grudges?

49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?

50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?

51. Are you a good liar?

52. How long could you go without talking?

53. What has been you worst haircut/style?

54. Have you ever baked your own cake?

55. Can you do any accents other than your own?

56. What do you like on your toast?

57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?

58. What would be you dream car?

59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.

60. Do you believe in aliens?

61. Do you often read your horoscope?

62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?

63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?

64. What do you think about babies?

A large golden slot machine appeared in front of the Oni after it checked all of the answers. It started to spin, each panel displaying another person’s face.

When the spinning was over however, you weren’t surprised by the face it landed on.

He tried to step forward, but ended up stumbling and falling onto his hands and knees. His breathing became erratic and before he even knew it, tears began falling. He had failed her.

“I- i I’m so s-sorry!” He gasped out in between sobs. “I couldn’t…protect you!” His dream of finally having a happy family was broken…. All the plans he had…the garden, the tree house…all gone to hell.

What kind of person was he? He let his own child due right before his very eyes…he did nothing to stop it. He was pathetic…he was just on the ground crying…how pathetic. Would he be able to recover from this…?

As he lied there, his sobbing began to die down. He couldn’t stay ike this forever and he knew it. He still had a family…an incomplete one, but a family nonetheless. He still had Charlie and he still had Silas. Ollie needed to be there for them. He had to move forward…

Discovering Mashiro in such a state had been quite shocking, but at least he had turned out to just be unconscious in the end. You felt like you could relax knowing he wasn’t truly dead. But then a thought nagged at you. If he was alive, then why had the Oni’s motive ceased? Shaking away the thought, you stepped out into the living room, feeling just a tad better that no one had perished during the night. Then something in the room caught your eye.

What was that over there?

You approached, curiosity growing when your blood ran cold. Was this… was this somebody’s arm?!

Oh no. You knew for a fact that neither of Mashiro’s arms had been removed, so… whose arm was this? Around that moment in time, you heard a scream from the right hallway. A feeling of dread lurking in the back of your mind, you raced over to figure out what was going on in time to see a terrified Hitori run out of the piano room.

“I- IN THERE!”

That’s all she managed to get out before she ran off. With a heavy feeling in your heart, you entered the piano room. Right away, you knew something was wrong. Nothing about what you were seeing was okay.

You didn’t want to confirm your suspicions, no way did you want to. But you weren’t going to get anywhere from just standing around and blatantly ignoring what you saw in front of you. You could tell there was something– no, someone in the piano and you needed to confirm this.

You slowly approached the piano, ignoring the tense atmosphere as you looked inside.