DanganRonpa: Prepare for Despair

"I say we check out the principal's office to see if Heather was telling the truth," Felix said gripping Alicia's hand tightly. "There may be something there that tells us why we're here."

Julie gripped the controller in her hands, " I...I don't think that's a good idea."

"Why not?"

"I'll be right back," Devin said, heading toward the auditorium.

"It could be a trap...set by Heather, y'know?" she tugged at the bracelet on her wrist.

"Do you know something we don't?" Felix asked

Julie hesitated a second, " It's...not like that." she looked back up to the group, "I just don't trust Heather. She didn't strike me as someone who didn't have a backup plan."

"Well whatever it is, she knew something we don't. She knew about my incentive and I'm sure she knew about yours too. We need to find out what else she knew and how she found out." This was one issue Felix wasn't willing to budge on. In his head he heard Heather's screams as she was dropped into the bleach. Flashes of the other executions and murder scenes ran through his mind. "She may have known a way out. We have to look because of that possibility alone," he said in a voice that was barely more than a whisper.

"I'll go with you Felix, but can you let go of my hand and let me go brush my teeth first?" Alicia tugged her hand away. "I don't want to investigate while tasting vomit on my teeth."

" We should at least look around the rest of the school first. No reason to take any risks."

Felix looked at his hand then looked at Alicia. He hadn't realised he was still holding her hand. "Sorry," he mumbled to her. He shook his head a little. "We need a plan," he said as he turned back to Julie. "Looking randomly gets us nowhere. While I''m on the subject what exactly are we looking for? We've already checked most of the school for ways out and what not. All that's left is to check the third floor since I'm assuming you were more focused on the investigation that seeking a way out earlier."

We...we can start there then. "

Felix looked at Julie intently, searching her expression for a nugget of the truth. He didn't believe she didn't know something about what was in the Principal's office but he would leave it rest for now. He'd find out soon enough.

"I think it's best if we all stay as one big group for now. Devin's alright, because if we're all here, we can't kill em." She looked at Alicia, "We can all go to the dorm area for now. And people can go in and out one person at a time."

Fine, let's go," Felix sighed.

Devin returned with a guitar on his back then.

Liam folded his arms, not convinced. "What about the surveillance room? Have we exhausted whatever we could search there?"

Felix sighed. "It may hold the reason we're here. Don't you want to know?"

"There was a crawl space that led to the trapdoor, yeah? Sure you didn't miss anything there?" she gave a small nod to Alex, in appreciation. "Does the why matter so much to you? We should focus our efforts on leaving."

Felix's expression darkened slightly. "Think about everything you've seen since you';ve been here, Julie, think about murder and every execution. Now imagine that any time you do think about them it's like you're watching the whole thing over again, every detail is perfect, it's like you're there. Your memories are different from mine, yours will eventually fade until it's not quite as gruesome as it was to experience. Mine is like I'm experiencing it all over again. It'll be like that for the rest of my life. Don't tell me you wouldn't want to know why you have to live through that."

"I can't sympathize with Felix," Liam said, "But I agree we should go to the office."

"Could we at least eat first?" Devin cut in. "Seriously."

Julie's expression lightened up, "I understand. But we should worry about the whys after we leave this place. We can get a group or police force or something, and come explore with more safety." She nodded at Devin, "We should at least sit and calm down."

"Agreed."His expression lightened.

"You know something." Felix stared between Alex and Julie. Suddenly he didn't trust any of them. "You both know something and you're not telling us what it is."

He turned turned toward Felix and turned ore expressionless again,"Isn't everybody hiding something?"