DanganRonpa: Prepare for Despair

"Then we're not going down there," Felix said. "I won't have you getting hurt again. It's not happening."

Julie opened Leit's jaw and began looking around the mouth, "What makes you say that?"

Heather kept tidying up quietly. After a few minutes there was a soft thump sound. Heather stopped for a second, before she continued cleaning, "Dropped something. Sorry."

Monokuma poked his head out from the trapdoor, "It's only me down here, y'know." It climbed up before signaling to the hole, "And I'll stay up here if ya want." It puts its paws behind its head, "Jeeeeeeez. So scared of nothin'."

Felix rolled his eyes. "I'd rather have you where I can see you," he said. Takiong a deep breath, he began the descent into the camera room.

Felix popped his head back up through the trapdoor. "I know that, but please humour me."

Felix made his way down the passage way, the ladder creaking below him. As he climbed deeper into the hole, the ladder rungs became more and more rusted over, even leading to a few that were broken off and sharp. He made his way down the ladder carefully before a rung beneath his feet broke off. Felix's weight was all put on the rung he was holding onto as his legs dangled below. His hands gripped tight around the ladder, the coarseness of the metal cutting into his palms.

"Motherfu-" Felix cursed. He searched with his feet for another rung to put his weight on. he looked down, hoping to see some form of light to show him how far he had left to go.

Felix's legs dangled into the darkness below him. He took a deep breath and tried to kick under him to find a rung. Him moving caused the rung he was holding onto to buckle under the stress. Felix fell down the passage, falling with his back to the ground until he made contact with the ground. He coughed and he rolled on he stone before opening his eyes and looking around.

He stood up with his back to the wall and looked over at the computer monitors. After a moment the rest of the room came into focus, giving Felix a view of the stage lift, the photos, and the hallway next to him.

"Alicia, don't come down, the rungs on the ladder have broken, I'm not even sure how I'll get back up," Felix called up to Alicia. He took a quick look at the monitors before heading down the hallway.

" HEYA WAIT FER MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee! " the bear called out as it jumped down the hole. The bear hit the bottom of the passage with a satisfying 'thump.' Hi."

"Hey," Felix muttered. "Say, is there a playback function on these monitors?" he asked.

" Naw. Who needs that when you just have the recordings saved? Iiiiiiiiiin my office."

"Hmph. Thought so. And I'm guessing your office is locked to everyone except you, right?" Felix said as he turned away from the monitors.

Well. I dunno bout that." the bear shook it's paw, " But before we get more sidetracked, time to discuss your punishment."

Felix's jaw dropped. "Punishment? What punishment? What did I do?"

"That ladder isn't gonna be easy to replace. Do you know how hard it is to find ladders like that with the scenic rust and broken off rungs? " Monokuma shoved an accusatory paw at the boy, " 'Course it was probably because the ladder couldn't handle 3 people in one day, but you were still the one who broke the camel's back." The bear began to laugh, " Upupupup...the vandalism punishment is not pretty neither."

Felix blinked a few times in quick succession. "ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?" he yelled.

The bear covered it's ears, "[color:4343=cccc33] whoa, whoa! Cool it with the over reactions!" the bear yelled back, just as loud, "[color:4343=cccc33] I'm sure we can make some arrangement."

Felix squeezed the bridge of his nose and took a few deep breathes. "Alright, what would you suggest?" he asked while trying to keep his temper in check.

"[color:774a=cccc33]How aboooout... " The bear pondered for a second before raising it's paw triumphantly, "a million bucks! ...If you get outta here of course. If you don't then I just get permission to use yet body as a lawn ornament."

Felix made a dramatic "x" with his arms. "Denied," he said. "Next?"

"Y'know, when some people talk about compromises or agreements they try to find common ground. When /I/ talk about compromises, I mean accept the deal or there'll be a double execution."

Felix paused for a moment, deep in thought, his hand cupping his chin. "How about I be a servant for a day. I'll bring you food, do your paperwork, anything, except killing someone for you or killing myself. Nothing that will get me 'Expelled' or able to 'graduate'" he said.