All the students stare at each other, not trusting each other, some planning on killing others, and others scared for their lives.
"You must kill someone if you want to leave." My mind froze and my breath caught in my throat as I thought about that... I could feel a paralyzing fear slowly making its way through my body, dominating every last nerve. The air hung heavy on me, pressing down like a weight around my neck. It took everything I had just to endure that weight...
But for as heavy as the air felt... all it took to pierce it was her sharp words.
"So? What are you going to do now? Just stand around glaring at each other?" Kyoko asks.
Her pointed comment was directed at everyone in the room. It helped pull us back to reality.
"R-Right... She's right!" Kiyotaka exclaims.
"Sometimes, even if you're nervous or afraid, you just have to step forward!"
"To forget such a simple fact... I can't forgive myself. I'm so ashamed! Please, someone hit me! I can't forgive myself! Somebody hit me! Punish me!"
"If you have time to yell about it, you have time to DO something about it" Mondo says.
"Perhaps, but...what is the mission, exactly?" Hifumi asks.
"Idiot! To look for a way out, duh!" Leon exclaims.
"And we totally need to find out whoever was controlling that stupid bear and beat the heck out of 'em" Junko says.
"...B-But before we do all that, maybe we should take a look at the handbook... It's probably best to check out the school regulations Monokuma mentioned before doing anything else" Chihiro says.
"True. If we stumble around with no clue what the rules are, something like that might happen again..." Celestia says.
"Dang..." Mondo says.
"Fine. Then let's hurry up and check out the stupid rules already" Junko says.
After turning on my e-Handbook, the first thing that appeared was my name. So just like Monokuma said, the owner's name showed up front and center. Then, from the Main Menu that popped up, I selected the School Regulations icon.
An itemized list appears on-screen. It was the school regulations. In other words, the rules being imposed on us all.
1. Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time.
2. "Nighttime" is from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution.
3. Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly.
4. With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Hope's Peak Academy at your discretion.
5. Violence against Headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is destruction of surveillance cameras.
6. Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.
7. Additional school regulations may be added as necessary.
Feeling a slight dizziness, I raised my face up from the screen. As I looked around, I saw the same stormy expression on everyone's faces.
"This is terrible! What the heck kinda rules are these!? I ain't gonna let them control me!" Mondo exclaims.
"Well then, why don't you wander around the school without a care in the world and see what happens? Personally, I would love to see what happens when someone breaks one of the rules" Celestia says.
"But if he got punished like what we saw before, I don't think there'd be a respawn waiting for him..." Hifumi says.
Mondo then froze.
YOU ARE READING
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Mystery / ThrillerAkira Inoue and 15 other students, who are ultimate students, go to a school known as Hope's Peak Academy. But, they don't know it is going to be a killing game, filled with hope and despair. I don't own the Danganronpa characters besides my OC.
