DanganRonpa: Prepare for Despair

"Now there's a thought." She stayed quiet for a moment before responding, "Haven't really thought of it that way. It's a possibility." She walked up to the next door. A large assortment of paintings and drawing were hung on the wall next to the doorframe, "It's something to think about at least."

Julie opened the door to a large room, easels lining the wall directly to her right. On her left were several different materials lying on a table: different metals, stones and woods were molded into different shapes. In the center of the table was a tall wooden figure of Monokuma, complete with a red gemstone eye where its would be. Julie frowned at the sculpture and began looking around. She sighed, "It's gonna be a lot more complicated when you don't know what you're looking for. Keep your eyes peeled."

Felix's knocks resounded throughout the empty hallway, echoing for what felt like eternity. There was no answer.

Felix fumbled with the key for a moment before putting it in the lock and turning it.

Alicia held her breath as Felix opened the door. She peered inside. "Alex?" She called.

They opened the door to find a tidy room. There was no one in the room.

Felix looked around and sighed softly with relief, he wasn't sure what he had been expecting but he was kind of glad there was no one in. He walked over to the bathroom door to check if Alex was in there.

"Alright then... Maybe we should take a look at the tech booth." He didn't sound hopeful, but it was the closest room.

Eyes had never been Devin's strong point. Before looking around, he stepped back into the hallway and gave a long listen.

Felix opened the door to find the bathroom much like his own. Nothing was out of place.

Felix sighed once again. "Guess he's not here," He said to Alicia.

Heather nodded and walked out of the room. She walked over to the tech booth and began looking around. "Nothing seems different from this morning. No one's been in here besides me since Lys." She folded her hands in front of her and frowned, looking out at the stage. "The room you found...do you think it has anything to do with this?"

"Well yeah! I coulda toldja that!" The bear laughed from behind him, "My cameras /were/ working for his room after all. Jeez you kids make everything so difficult."

Devin stood in the hallway for a minute, at first hearing only a slow, "tick tick tick." It sounded a bit familiar to him, so he turned towards the sound and saw that a door was open down the hall.

"I already said that I don't know." The bear looked downcast. "I was preoccupied whenever the brat went missing. But I know where he's not!" The bear tapped on its chest, quickly regaining its confidence.

Julie looked around the art room, trying to piece together if anything in the room was amiss. She walked over to the table and began digging through the supplies for the various sculptures. She brought out several different mediums out of one box and growled, frustrated. There was no way for her to know if any of these things were missing or out of place. She brought her palm to her forehead, "Dammit...What am I supposed to do." She muttered to herself. She skimmed through the rest of the room, not finding anything any more helpful than the last. She cursed under her breath and walked out into the hallway.

"The first or second floor."

"How did he get on to the third floor?" Felix asked, slightly confused. "I thought the gate was down."

"I remember opening it yesterday. I dunno what happened after that."

"Cameras stop working sometimes! We can't all be technologically perfect like me y'know!" The bear yelled, stomping about.

"Julie," Devin called. "Over here." He started towards the open door.

"With the lockdown? I would think so, the bear had cameras on every room in there. It would come as no surprise if the doors' controls were there too."

"Alicia...Felix..." Heather brought her hands up to her neck. "...Why do you think the gates closed?"

Julie walked out into the hallway, "Where the hell do you think you're going?" She jogged over to him as he looked in the room.

Inside the room sat a variety of musical instruments, each organized into their categories. A large piano sat in one corner with a cello sitting next to it. Hung on the wall were several different types of stringed instruments, ranging from the newest models released to a few that looked old and obsolete. There was a file cabinet next to the door, and next to that was a box filled with tuners for each instrument. Brass and wood wind instruments were kept in their cases and labeled next to the rightmost wall. On top of the piano sat a metronome, clicking away, and in front of it, a key.

"Holy hell." Julie walked in the room and looked around, "This is a bit overkill, dontcha think?"

Felix looked at the bear and frowned. "So why are the gates locked now then?" he asked.