Something we learned after that trial was a new floor was open to us. The stairway that had been blocked was now open , and what was up there was relieving and worrying. There was an aquarium room, which was cute, I guess. A relics room, which had old-
timey weaponry and armor. This worried me because those weapons looked pretty deadly. Finally, there was an infirmary, stocked with every necessity. I had a feeling that we'd be needing that sooner than I liked to think.

Despite the situation, relationships began to grow between some people. Pat and Jen acted like a married couple. Moon and Sly were like best friends. Stacey, Tiff, and Ashlee were a tight knit group, and Lizzie and I were friends too. Monokuma must have sensed our hope, because he came to us a couple days after the first trial.

"Alright idiots! The first time was good, but you can be better!" Monokuma said,"I'm calling for another murder! The more creative, the better!"

"No way in heck are we going through that again!" Jay yelled.

I was actually surprised he hadn't tried to cuss again, but I agreed with him.

"Yeah, no way!" I cried.

Monokuma chuckled.

"Upupupu~! Of course not! You haven't been properly motivated yet!" He said, "I'll tell you what. Get away with murder, and I'll show you your friends and family"

"What if they're dead?" Jerome asked.

"I can still play show and tell! There's no limit!" Monokuma replied," Happy killing!"

Then he disappeared.

"Great..." Pat said,"just what we need. Another motive to make one of us a murderer."

"The bear's just messing with us. Nothing can bring back the dead!" Stacey said, looking at Jerome she said,"Sorry Jerome."

The bacca slumped.

"Yeah, I know." He said.

I felt bad for him. Now that I knew about my friends, I would be devastated if they died.

"Let's go explore the new areas a little further." Lizzie suggested.

"Yeah" I agreed.

"I'm up for that" Pat said, though he didn't let go of Jen's hand.

So we explored. In the Aquarium, there were several small fish tanks with brightly colored fish lining three of four walls. The fourth wall held cabinets of fish food. The center fish tank was about eight feet tall, and had larger fish. No sharks, thank goodness. The relics room had axes, swords, and javelins, as well as armor from Greek, Roman, and Viking times. The Infirmary had blood bags for transfusions, band-aids, alcohol wipes, not to mention medicine. We seemed all set.

When we went to the dining hall for lunch, Stacey said "Hey guys, since the fish in the aquarium need to be fed, maybe we all should take a day to feed them?"

"Great idea. You should go first" Jay said,"since it's your idea."

"Yeah! I was gonna suggest that!" Stacey said," I'll go feed them after lunch. You guys relax."

So we did. When Stacey went to feed the fish, most of us went to our rooms. I wondered if Monokuma would let me have paper and pencils so I could sketch for a little, but I doubted it. Still, I exited my room and went to search for the monochrome bear. The problem was, the bear didn't seem to anywhere. I checked the entire first floor with no sign of Monokuma, or The Creature (Thank goodness on the last one). I did run into Jerome, who had a small band-aid on his cheek.

"Hey man" he said to me.

"Hey" I replied, then kept walking.

Then I went to the second floor. There was no one in the infirmary, or the Relics room. When I got to the aquarium, I thought no one was there either. Until I notice something floating in the large center tank, with pink blood surrounding it in the water. I looked for the ladder that was used for feeding the fish. Finding it, I grabbed it and scrambled up it to the body. It was Stacey.

"Gaah!" I yelled, falling off the ladder and hitting the ground with a THUMP!

"Ow..." I muttered.

I heard footsteps running to the aquarium. Moon and Lizzie ran in.

"Uni, are you alright?" Lizzie asked.

"We heard the sound of a body hitting the ground, and we thought the worst." Moon explained.

"Well, you wouldn't be totally wrong. Except it's not me." I said, pointing to Stacey's body.

"Oh no..." Moon gasped.

"Attention! A body has been discovered on Estate property!" Monokuma cried over a seemingly invisible PA system,"You know the drill! One hour, then Trial! Get cracking!"

"Moon, could you go get the others?" Lizzie asked.

The younger girl nodded, and ran off to the others. I climbed the ladder, and carefully pulled Stacey's body out of the tank and carefully propped it against the shelves of fish food. When I did I noticed the wounds on her clearly for the first time. The back of her head was sticky with blood. There was blood on a nearby shelf... Someone had banged her head against it hard. There was a vertical cut from her neck to her sternum. I looked from the cut to her hands. Her nails were similar to claws, but well kept claws. That doesn't sound weird right? Anyhow, she'd scratched someone with short brown hair, because there was some under her nails. I shuddered and backed away as the others came in. I couldn't believe that someone else had killed again. The only thing we could do is bring the person to justice.
I started in the relics room. Everything seemed normal, then I noticed a war axe that looked ...wet. I touched it, and I was right. I brought the drop of water to my mouth and tasted it. Salt water. This will be important to the trial.. I thought. I left to explore more, though I didn't find much. Soon, it was time for the second Estate Trial.