Another place.

Where I was? That thought came to me vaguely in the darkness.

It was totally uncomfortable, to be squeezed on all sides like it was in a metal box. I was not claustrophobic, but I was still agonizing.

I push myself against the metal walls wanting to get out, struggling to find an opening.

And when I finally hit the side of the door, I get out ...

And I fall on my face in the floor, almost breaking my nose.

It hurts a lot ... I hope it doesn't leave any marks.

I lift my head and lightly touch my nose making sure it doesn't break. There was nothing very abnormal, just a little swollen.

I get up and watch the scenery. I was in a kind of classroom, only completely empty and with barbed wires in the windows.

It didn't seem to be from a Brazilian school, but from those you see in anime. Not because it's Japanese, but because it looks like a 2D animation.

That was too familiar ...

VERY FAMILIAR.

I expected to be wrong ... But the two cabinets, one being open, and the giant monitor seemed to confirm my suspicion.

My terrible suspicion.

To be sure, I put my hand in my pants pocket and feel a checkered object, which as I imagined, was a MonoPad.

That's right ... the item that all Danganronpa students have. And not just any Danganronpa, but the V3 version.

Danganronpa's only game that I hadn't seen the end of and didn't even know who the 'mentor' was. I'm probably just as lost as everyone else in that regard. I only have detailed information about the characters and events in general.

'Now I must ...' I look suspiciously at the door, trying to choose which way to go.

Maybe make friends? But being Danganronpa they will probably perform at the gym, so it can be left for later.

Search for Waifus? Unfortunately, I am in the version with the least waifus of all Danganronpa games. Seriously, the only ones that are really worth anything would be 'Kaedead', Miu and maybe Tsumugi. But none of them are Kurogiri level or the beautiful Chiaki.

Aiai ... What I would not do to make Danganronpa 2 instead of V3.

Leaving dreams aside, I kind of can't think of anything useful to do except the basics, survive.

Even so, this place seemed as unrealistic as some kind of dream, there was no way to accept it normally. It's like my head thinks it's going to wake up sometime.

I sigh releasing my frustrations, it is better to get some information about what is going on.

I look at my MonoPad profile data and am greeted with a yellow backdrop, the name 'Rick Amami' and my ultimate described as a bunch of question marks.

Isn't Amami Rantaro's last name? Does that mean I took his place?

The place of the first guy to die ...

Die because of a damn misunderstanding ...

This is not good at all.

I only say that if I die to a misunderstanding, I will curse Kokichi for all the tenderness. Why he killed Gonta and that is unacceptable.

* BAM *

A loud noise echoed through the closed room announcing another person who had come out of the closet and dropped to the floor.

And she was one of the most problematic girls in the game.

"Nyahaha! that was weird, but a lot of fun! "

The voice came from a brunette girl with platinum blonde hair and a surfer's outfit who for some reason had May as her main outfit.

Ah yes, the agitated Angie Yonaga unfortunately ended up in the same room as me.

"Hello! I really hadn't seen you there. " Her

voice was loud and cheerful even in a clearly bad situation in an unknown location.

I really didn't want to have anything to do with this crazy person. Maybe if I ignored her, she'll stop talking to me?

"You don't have to look sulky. It is much better to put a smile on your face and live happy and joyful! That's what Atua says! " She approached me while her blue eyes like an ocean analyzed me as a potential devotee.

...

"Ya-haha, what a shyness! Come on tell us your name, Atua loves having new believers! " Yonaga said as he got closer and closer. She would undoubtedly do the thing I hate most that others do; Enter my personal space.

Damn it. It seems that I will have to use prohibited techniques to escape, the one also known as NIGERUNDAYO.

I turn 180 degrees hoping to run for the semi-open door. But instead of seeing the door, I find a familiar smiling face.

"My name is Angie Yonaga. I'm the Super High School Artist! " How was she so quick? Have she become Pinkie Pie now?

I can't do anything else, I'll have to surrender for now.

"My name is Rick S -... Amami." I almost missed the last name, I kind of have to get used to my new one now. As if dealing with a cute, outgoing teenager with manipulative tendencies was no longer enough.

"I see, I see. A really unusual, interesting name ..." I'll take that as a compliment.

The girl then takes out a brush from the beyond, also known as the inside of her clothes, and begins to think deeply while supporting it on her face.

It looks like she finally got the hang of being in a strange place.

And I am still discredited to be in a murder game and with class trials.

Kill each other in search of an unreachable hope of going home. Even for someone insensitive like me, that was a lot to deal with.

And I'm not saying that like any EDGY who thinks he's out of empathy and stuff. No, I have real problems about it, like certain parts of my brain work differently than normal because of the severe trauma I had to deal with.

I was not diagnosed as a sociopath because it was not so serious, but it had certain consequences. One is a slight difficulty in feeling empathy and guilt.

Well, I have already given my personal information.

At least my monologue must have been enough for Angie to stop paying attention to me.

I turn my face and look at the girl. No, she is still watching me like a hawk and her brush is gone.

Does she want me to talk about my Ultimate or something? I don't even know if I have something like this. Or maybe the questions are the talent? Something like Ultimate Riddle ...

...

Nah, I'm traveling. This is not Gotham.

Maybe if I just take Rantaro's or something like that it's easier? He's not here to complain anyway.

 ~ "RISE AND SHINE - URSINE!" ~.

 Five little bears come out of holes in the ceiling, each with a white half and a different color.

"Rise and Shine - Ursine !." Monotaro repeats his previous speech. As if I wasn't sick enough already.

These annoying and annoying teddy bears that only served to make boring, unnecessary, disgusting jokes and etc ...

In short, I didn't like them.

The only one I could identify with a little was Monosuke and that's it. The rest could explode which made no difference.

"Oh, how are you?" Said the pirated Monomi.

"Ehh ?! I am not a Monomi, I am Monophanie! " Damn, I said it out loud.

"What is a Monomi anyway?" Asked the half-red teddy, tilting his head.

Shouldn't they know about Monomi? Maybe they know and are just playing dumb, or they're just really dumb. All options are valid.

"You are so cute! Would you like to be followers of Atua? " Not even our hijackers can escape Yonaga's radar. I am impressed and not in a good way.

"Who in hell is Atua?" Asks the bear half yellow with dark stripes. I laugh mentally at the irony of his sentence.

Seizing the moment, I slowly leave and leave the idiots behind. I need to stay as far away from these problems as possible to survive, with an emphasis on Angie. Monokubs are weak threats close to this manipulator.

-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-

- POV MONOKUBS

 "We already understand! We already understand that you like this God Acts. We don't need you to say more, okay ?! Enough! " Monosuke looked annoyed at the bubbly girl who delayed her task.

"Yes, we came to talk about ... about what?"

"To answer their questions! Stupid monotaro! " Monosuke replied, frowning robotically.

"Ah relax, we've answered enough, haven't we?"

"WHERE - IS THE - ANOTHER BOY?" Monodam speaks as expressionless as ever.

"Huh ?!" Monosuke finally realizes that the male student was gone without him even realizing it. "Stupid Monodam! Why didn't you tell me earlier !? "

Monokid then takes his small guitar and breaks it on Monodam's head. "HAHA HA! Finally, I can tease Monodam with a justification. "

"Well, it's not our fault that he left. Let's count it as if he had no doubts then. " Monosuke said, rubbing his tired face.

~ SO LONG! BEAR - WELL! " ~

 After the characteristic sound, the bears disappeared through a passage that opened on the floor beneath each one.

Leaving the girl alone in the room.

"That was really fun! Maybe there are more people to believe in Atua at that school? ... Ya-haha, I can't wait! " Said the artist leaving the room bouncy and cheerful.

-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-

POV RICK

This school is huge. I knew it was great, but that is another level.

It didn't take 10 minutes and I was already lost like a maze. A giant maze.

So I decided to just look at my reflection in a mirror that I found in the hall. My frighteningly expressionless face looked back at me; it was kind of hideous to see yourself in an anime format.

As I am in Danganronpa, it seems that I can change my facial expressions drastically in an anatomically impossible way. I can make scary looks, put shadows in front of my eyes, make them black and big in a threatening way and even make huge smiles that look like they came from a creppypasta.

It seems to depend entirely on my emotional state and my will. If I want to make a scary face I need to think about it and then my face will voluntarily go to the desired expression.

It's incredible. My fanboy side is delighted with such possibilities, but for now I will have my mysterious expressionless face. The protagonists appear out of nowhere, or worse, Angie again.

Speaking of important characters, I met the cosplayer girl near the statue of a dragon. I could talk, but I preferred not to, she seemed to be extremely interested in the stone dragon so why mess up.

As I am in a world of Danganronpa it is necessary to have a strategy, but I am not sure which one will be mine.

There are so many options ...

The friend who talks and likes everyone. The advantage is that having their feelings they will defend me until irrationally, but that would be destroyed in a trial anyway so it would just be bullshit. Basically, my complete opposite.

The Neutral. He doesn't care much about the game and stays in it, in the trial he doesn't participate much and when he participates it is to give an important tip that everyone didn't notice. Somehow it seems to suit me.

The Chaotic. Do what you want when you want, make fun and deceive in judgments just for fun and only get serious when necessary. Basically Kokichi.

Hmm ... Everyone looks good in some way, but the neutral is by far the best. With him I will not be on the negative side of people as in the chaotic and maybe I can have some allies too, preferably not the protagonists or people like natural manipulators and murderers. I'm talking about yourself Korekiyo and Maki. Even though Maki is cute as hell.

In fact, the girls in this place are all too cute. Not being cattle or anything, it's just that seeing 'anime' characters in real life is inexplicably incredible. The beauty seems to go beyond the limits of the human being, or something.

Maybe I'm a little bit like 2D girls anyway. Like the great Hifumi Yamada, a man of culture.

My random walk leaves me in a corridor just like the others; full of weeds, flowers and even trees. How exactly did a school look like this? I don't remember what the rationale was in the game.

"Well, going back a little bit is the dragon statue." I look at the statue and the Tsumugi being poked by a blond-haired girl next to a guy with a cap.

I turn around quickly, not wanting to find the protagonists yet. Including the girl who could be the first killer. And worse, in that analogy I would be the victim.

I find the stairs and go down taking care of my feet, it is very narrow.

Exploring the floor I find another corridor and several doors. One of them had a sign with the name 'School Store' and the other with the name 'Warehouse'.

Recalling my memories, I go to the big door that had no sign and seemed to be made of wood. Inside were a large number of chairs around a large table. The cafeteria.

I look at the people inside the room: A girl with short red hair and a wizard's hat next to a girl with dark brown hair with a pinwheel bow, one relatively close to the other.

If I remember correctly; their names are Himiko for the 'mage' and Tenko for the man hater.

And what a hater of men ... she is already giving me a hostile look, I who will not get in her way.

She must have fallen in love with Himiko now ... I think ... That was very strange and unexplained in the game. Maybe it's some kind of cute child fetish, like, love shouldn't be. They barely know each other.

Do not give me love at first sight that it does not exist. Romancism ended centuries ago.

Nah, who am I to judge after all.

I go out and explore another room, this time the warehouse. And I find someone interesting.

"There's nothing here, damn it!" A girl with long strawberry blond hair and two ahoges, wearing an eccentric outfit and having a big cleavage.

But what is the need for these belts by the body? It looks like something a chuuni would use to get attention.

Super Collegial Inventora was by far one of the most useful people in the game. She managed to make tools that could destroy Monokuma's defenses and even control the Exisals.

And yet she didn't have a single friend here. It makes sense considering her aggressive personality and that she is now looking for something to get high on.

"Hey, Virjão! Are you going to stay there staring at my ass? You can have a good look if you want, but how about helping me a little too !? "

So characters can start a conversation after all, I thought she was going to be waiting for me to get to her like in the game. I'll have to get used to it.

"Okay, okay. What are you looking for exactly? " I mean, giving my usual expressionless look, it was pretty easy to master him in that place.

"Medicines. I need something chemical to calm down in this shit situation! " She continued to open boxes as she spoke. She looked inside the box and tossed it aside, heaping a pile on the floor. You could hear their growls of anger with each failed attempt.

I take one of the boxes too and look to see if I can find something interesting, but there are only cans of sausage

"Just to know, why do you want medicine?" I try to continue a conversation.

"You are an idiot?! I need medicine to get high, you imbecile! "

"I see ..." I hold back a lot so I don't call it too many bad words.

Be friendly ... Don't touch her face ... It's not worth it ...

I continued to help her in her search. And after several boxes we didn't find any medicine, but I found a box of grape lollipops.

I put about 5 in my pocket for later.

"What the hell ... Where the hell is that?" She kept cursing loudly to get rid of her frustrations of not finding anything on the shelves. And it ended up drawing the attention of certain people.

"Hey, what are you looking for?" The smiling Kaede appears again with her adorable puppy, Shuichi. Seriously the guy follows her like an abandoned animal, it's kind of sad.

 "Don't get in here, bitch!" It is the perfect time to go out in the dark.

I walk around the protagonists quietly and leave the room, using Hikigaya Hachiman's famous 'Hikki Stealth' ability.

Well, that was close.

-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-

 -POV KAEDE

It seems that Shuichi is very calm after she talked about his cap. Is it something special for him?

The Ultimate Detective starts looking around a little surprised. "Miu, didn't you have a boy with you a few moments ago?"

Now that I think about it, there were two people in this room when we entered; a short boy who looked to be about 15 years old with dark hair and an expressionless look.

But, he was nowhere in the room.

"It was just another big guy! That idiot was so useless that he couldn't even help me until the end! "

Which means he was here and left as soon as we arrived, maybe he is afraid of any of us?

This is weird. Shuichi doesn't even look scary and I'm just a normal girl, there's nothing to be afraid of. It is not?

"Very strange." Said Shuichi putting his hand on his cap. "He was also close to Tsugumi and ran away when he saw us."

"What?! So is he really running away from us? "

"Do not know. But if we find it, we can find out. "

"Okay, so let's talk to him then!"

When we find it, I'll show you how cool we are. Get ready boy, you too will be one of my friends.

-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-

-POV RICK

The gate finally opened, I had to wait a few minutes until they cleared the way to the entrance.

Which means that the protagonists have already discovered the Super High School labs. Do I have too? A Rantaro lab has never been shown, so it is likely not.

The wait was strange because Korekiyo watched me waiting for me to go and talk to him.

I didn't do that of course. The guy is a serial killer psychopath, not even fucking fucking close to this shit.

I open the entrance gate, ignoring the Super High School Anthropologist who was clearly preparing to come and talk to me.

The wind and the fake blue sky illuminate my vision as a chill passes through my body.

The giant cage was really a scary thing, it gave a feeling of insecurity and fear. No matter where I looked, the bars surrounded the entire school.

~ "RISE AND SHINE - URSINE!" ~.

Monokubs come out of holes in the ground in front of me. Perhaps because I was the first to go outdoors.

Monotaro is the first to speak. "Surprised by the cage, huh? I totally understand how you feel. "

I knew about the cage, but I'm going to pretend ignorance so I don't have any problems. "Yes. She is ... quite big. "

What else could characterize her, anyway?

"Yes, it is quite big." Don't repeat what I said, it makes me look stupid.

"Ohh! But it is enormously big! I understand now why they call it the end wall, "says Monokid, who for some reason is very sounded. How can animatronicks sound in the first place?

"I don't think that's why." I reply without expression.

"Exact." Agree with me Monosuke. "It is called the 'Wall of the End' not because of its size, but because it represents the end of this world"

It makes a little bit of sense. We watched each other waiting for someone to say something.

...

But none of us opened our mouths.

...

...

"Aren't you going to scream for help or ask something about the wall and other stuff?" Monotaro asks nervous.

"No."

...

...

~ SO LONG! BEAR - WELL! " ~

Holes open in the ground under the colored bears that quickly disappear; at least it is not teleportation as in the game.

I think I must have scared them a little.

Oops, that's the dorm. Finally, I will be able to lock myself in my room again.

I rush to the building and find no one along the way, my reward for being the first to leave after all.

-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-

-POV RICK

I enter the cylindrical construction, looking for my room among those 16.

Mine was under Kaito's room, and luckily it has my photo instead of Rantaro's. It would be hell to explain if it was a different one.

I go into my room ... Only not.

"It's locked, damn it!" and I don't even have the key.

I so wanted to get some rest; I walked a lot and my legs are tired.

I sit and lean my back against the door of my room, I deserve some rest.

Even if it's only a few minutes ...

I close my eyes and curl up in the quiet darkness.

...

-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-

-POV KAEDE

"This is a very difficult question, what should we do? ..." I'm not sure about anything today, this situation is so stressful and confusing.

"What do you prefer to do, Kirumi?"

"I cannot give opinions or say my wishes. As a maid, I must only satisfy everyone else's wishes. " The elegant and sophisticated aura around her increased dramatically with her lines.

So this is a real maid ... Incredible.

"So please, think about what you want and tell me. Because no matter what, I'm here to serve everyone. " Kirumi had a smile on her face when she spoke.

Even in this situation, she prefers to help others than herself ... Well, she is the Super High School Employee, after all.

I look at Shuichi who was quietly awkward now.

His eyes were on someone else.

It was the same boy who ran away before, and he seemed to be asleep sitting in front of his bedroom door.

We approached him carefully, without making a noise. How could he sleep in such a situation? Doesn't he realize that he may be in danger? Like, the giant cage kinda signals that.

"Should we wake him up?" I ask.

"I'm already awake." A calm voice from the sitting boy responds; his eyes open to reveal irises as black as night. I could see a little annoyance in his eyes.

"Ah, hi, sorry I didn't want to wake you up." He just looked at my body from top to bottom, it was like he was evaluating me or something.

I hope he's not a pervert ...

His eyes then fixed on mine but he had not stood up. "You don't have to worry. I was already awake when you arrived. "

He looked like Maki, the kind of silent person who doesn't talk much ... No. He just said what he needed and nothing more.

So he would be more like ... Shuichi ... It looks kind of wrong.

"Okay, okay. My name is Kaede Akamatsu, I am the Super High School Pianist. "

"And I'm Shuichi Saihara, I suppose to be Super High School Detective."

"Do you still say you suppose? Stop it Shuichi, you are the Super High School Detective! "

We waited for him to perform, but he just looked at us, staring at me, then Shuichi, then me. Maybe he doesn't know what to say?

"So ... You should be presenting now, you know."

He looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "Introduce yourself? For what?"

"Yeah ... To get to know each other better and become friends?" Why did that sound like a question?

"Friends is ..." His gaze grew distant, he must have been thinking deeply about it. But it was so obvious, why would it be necessary to think so much?

Maybe he's the type of person who doesn't want to have friends? I have already met some individuals with this thought, usually they are too focused on work and goal and believe that friendship would only hinder their effort.

Such a lonely and bitter logic.

I never liked that kind of thinking.

"My name is Rick Amami, and my talent is unknown." The boy speaks with his natural monotonous look.

"D-Unknown !? As well?" Doesn't he remember your talent? This is really bad right !? " Maybe that's why he is so quiet and alone.

"My Monopad has not described my talent and I don't remember him, that's all."

"I-Is that true ?!"

"Yes."

Perhaps our hijackers are also responsible for your memory loss? It seems likely, since he is the only one without the proper Monopad descriptions. If the hijackers created these tablets, then hiding their talent was clearly on purpose.

His face was still expressionless, but I felt a bad vibe from him.

Something so sad and lost. I couldn't stand to leave him in that state.

"Do not worry! As soon as we leave this place, you will be able to discover your talent quickly. " I smiled as I looked into his eyes, at least hoped to cheer him up a little.

However, his face became darker and shadows covered his eyes. "Do you really think this will be that easy?"

Shuichi was quicker than me to ask. "What do you mean by that?"

"Just a simple question. Do you believe it will be easy to get out of this place? " Even though his eyes were shadowed, his voice remained the same tone as before.

"Yes. I mean, it can be a little difficult but we have sixteen Super High School Students here, I believe we can find a way out of this situation. If we work together, of course. "

...

He showed no reaction for a while. Until his eyes went back to normal.

"You are interesting." Said Rick with a thin smile. He then gets up and starts to leave, ignoring us completely.

He was very strange and mysterious, but something told me that he was not dangerous. I will call this feminine instinct.

* DING DONG BING BONG *

"What bell was that !?" A noise that seemed to come from several places at the same time; what did he signal anyway?

"Kaede, look! The monitor screen! "

The monitor above the dormitory door called and showed five familiar colored bears.

 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 ��  Monophanie - "Olaaa! Thank you for your patience! "

          Monokid - "You bastards were waiting, huh !?"

        Monotaro - "Everyone, please go to the gym, please!"

         Monokid - "The opening ceremony can finally begin!"

       Monotaro - "Phew. We finally finished the preparations! "

     Monosuke - "You realized that you read your statements backwards, right?"

                        ~ SO LONG! BEAR - WELL! ~

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

The screen turned off again.

"Gymnasium? Opening ceremony?" Shuichi was nervous and sweating.

I was very worried too.

"Kaede ... What should we do?"

"We must go, of course. After all, everyone must be going too. "

"It's true but ... I'm a little worried about that."

Well, I'm not a little worried ... I'm really worried.

Rick was also gone, probably going to the gym too.

I hope that answers some questions at the end.

But I didn't want to go. I do not know why. I just had a bad feeling.

A great bad feeling.