#dv 3

@akuma-bass

Things were... upsetting, to say the least. Matthew definitely wasn’t having it, that was for sure. He just didn’t feel up to doing much of anything, really, other than wandering around the castle, periodically knocking on walls and avoiding monsters. Hey, mindlessly walking around is one thing; getting into fights was another.

Checking his phone, he decided to make for the save room. He didn’t have any hearts, not anymore, but... It’d probably be just as nice as the other save rooms, right? Just to hang out in.

A whole week had passed since the beginning of the game, and no participants had killed yet. That’s not to say the week was deathless, though; one Sherlock Holmes had helped his associate Asougi Kazuma breach the game. While Sherlock was killed by the gamerunners as punishment, Kazuma was forced to stay and participate, keeping the number of players unchanged.

After a week of no player kills, the host Persephone messaged everyone, summoning them to her quarters. However, they all notice that Persephone was nowhere to be seen, and the door to her quarters is closed for the first time since they’ve arrived. However, the door next to it -- one that was previously locked, is wide open. The next best option is to take a peek in there, right?

The Negaiboshi awards ceremony was supposed to be a day of celebrating the school’s academics and attendees. But with thirty-three people disappearing the day before, a threatening cloud hung over it. How do you celebrate a school when its people vanish without a trace?

Some time later (hours? days? weeks?) those thirty-three people awoke in a mysterious temple. A single woman stood at the end of the room, as if she had been waiting for them to regain consciousness.

"It's good to see that you've all awoken safely." Her voice was soft and flat, piercing red eyes focused on the strangers before her. "I'm sure that you all have questions, and I'm happy to answer them for you."

Negaiboshi is a school unlike any other. Not only is it the pride of the Dice family, with incredible security and even more fantastic faculty, but it’s beloved by all who attend it, serving as an important part of their community.

And that love for Negaiboshi and its community is clearly displayed at the Sakura Ball, a fantastic night of games, music, and merriment arranged by a Negaiboshi student and her adoptive family.

With such a large event going off without a hitch, it seems that those threats from two weeks ago are indeed nothing but a bluff. And so, with no danger in sight, Negaiboshi prepares to hold its prestigious awards ceremony. The ceremony is a celebration of Negaiboshi’s academics, where the Dice kids themselves name specific people who best represented specific points of the school’s academics.

The day before, though, many people who intended to participate suddenly...disappeared. As if plucked up by ghosts, thirty-three people disappeared from Negaiboshi’s community, with no memory of how they were taken away.

Where are those people now?

Let’s find out.

PROLOGUE: END

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> Welcome to the end of the prologue! Now that all participating characters have been removed from Negaiboshi, the start of Chapter 1 will be posted later today.

> Spectators and players will still share the main server for OOC interactions, but all IC interactions for spectator characters must now take place in the dedicated spectator server. Don’t worry, we’ll have plenty to keep you entertained there!

The Dice siblings - Ace, Jack, and Queenie did everything that they could to ensure Negaiboshi’s safety. This was their biggest priority when first opening the school, besides keeping their late mother’s dreams alive and finally allowing them to happen. The school has been open for just a few months, now - and is almost finished with its first semester. It’s clear that even if you aren’t part of the faculty, or part of the student body, that Negaiboshi’s had a lot of thought and love put into it.

It’s  clear that the headmasters all care for this school greatly.

When the vague threats of something happening happened just a few weeks ago - everyone received a warning that something terrible would happen, in just about two weeks.

It’s been just a little over two weeks since those initial messages were first made… yet, nothing’s happened.

Could those threats have just been that? A threat, with nobody to follow up on it?

It’s hard to tell, really. But since there hasn’t been a follow up to the threats, the school’s campus is now open to the public again - even with heavy security to ensure that those who absolutely aren’t allowed on campus don’t come in.  Tensions are high, and people are still scared.

But Negaiboshi is safe, is it not? Ace Dice promised that everyone would be kept safe, and he doesn’t intend on breaking that promise anytime soon, if he can help it. This school means everything to him - it means everything to Queenie, and to Jack - and to everyone staffed at the school.

Hope’s Peak may no longer be a thing, and there may no longer be a thing such as “Ultimate” students anymore. Yet, Negaiboshi promises success for its students, and for it’s staff members, and the Dice kids don’t intend on letting that drop anytime soon.

Things are safe here… aren’t they?

Those threats made a couple weeks ago… they were just that, right? To scare students? To get under the Dice kid’s skins?

Who knows?

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PROLOGUE: START!!

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Hello, everybody! Welcome to the prologue of DV3. With this intro being posted - it’s time to officially state that DV3 is now officially starting.

The prologue will last from March 24 until April 4th. The end of the prologue will be posted the following day, April 5th.

Spectators and main players will be sharing the same server for IC interactions until chapter one. Once chapter one is posted, spectators - and those who have spectator characters, will be linked to a separate spectators server, where all interactions between spectator characters will take place.

NPCs will be available for threading, and will count towards the activity check.

Speaking of activity check - due to this being the prologue and to allow people to get a chance to get used to the group, we will be more lax with this activity check. You will not be receiving any warnings about your activity if you may not be as active if you’re a main player.

We will be hosting a member run event during the second half of the prologue, starting on March 29th. More information about the event will be available as the event draws closer!

Be sure to check #channels on the  main discord, as they have been updated to include the prologue channels!

FOR MAIN PLAYERS: Although we can not force you to focus a good chunk of your time on playing your main character choice for the killing game, we would prefer if for the prologue, major character interactions you have are with your main character rather than your spectator character, if you are playing a spectator character.