Chapter 5-Killer Revealed
As we entered the trial room, everything was the same, except now Stacey's spot had an X'd out picture of her too.
"ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE JUDGE MONOKUMA!!" Monokuma cried from his chair, "This trial is now IN SESSION!"
"Ok, so let's start with what we know." Sly said.
"Well, Stacey got killed when she went to feed the fish in the aquarium." Moon said.
"Right. It wasn't clean, because her head was smashed into one of the shelves, probably an attempt to knock her unconscious so the killer could kill her quickly." I said, thinking.
"But why was she in the fish tank?" Pat asked.
"Maybe so the killer could hide the body somewhat, long enough to get away from the scene before someone saw them." Sly suggested.
"Right..." I murmured,"that's one part of the reason."
"What could the other part of the reason be?" Jerome asked.
"To clean the weapon quickly without being spotted dragging it to a bathroom sink or something similar." I said,"In the Relics room, there was an axe that looked like it had just been washed. The water that had been used to wash it was salt water...like the tank where Stacey's body was found."
"That's definitely possible." Ashlee said.
"Yeah, not only that, but there was something under Stacey's nails, something the culprit thought would wash away after the body was dumped in the tank. Short brown hair." Lizzie said.
"So you noticed it too?" I asked.
She nodded.
"Yup!" Lizzie said.
At that moment, a thought came to me.
"Hold on a second," I said, "The murder didn't happen to long ago. The culprits hands would be slightly damp from the aquarium! And they might smell like salt water."
"Everyone hold out your hands." Morgan suggested. We all did. Everyone's hand seemed dry, except...
"Jerome, what's the hold up man?" Jay asked.
"My hands are cold" was Jerome's reply, hands still in the pockets of his pants.
"You're completely covered in fur, and your hands are cold?" Pat asked.
"Something smells fishy..." Jen said.
She sniffed the air again, then said, "Literally! Something smells like fish."
She looked at Jerome, who's podium was next to hers.
"I think it's coming from you, no offense." She said.
"Jerome, I just noticed, your fur matches the hair we found under Stacey's nails." I said.
"W-what?" What's that supposed to mean? I smell fish because I eat fish! They're food!" He cried.
"Then where'd you get the band-aid from? Trying to hide a scratch?" Moon asked.
"N-no! I just scratched it on a corner!" Jerome cried.
"That's not very believable..." Sly said.
"I saw you on the first floor on my way up to the second." I said,"you were coming down from there. That was after you killed Stacey, wasn't it?"
"I didn't kill anyone!!" Jerome yelled.
"Yeah, your yelling is very convincing." Lizzie said.
"Jerome, after the bear gave us our motive, you followed Stacey to the second floor. You took an axe from the room, and snuck up on her. You took her by surprise, and tried to knock her out by banging her head against the shelf. She tried fighting back and scratched you, leaving a noticeable scratch. You banged her head against the shelf harder than you meant to, and actually made her bleed. She was unconscious like you wanted though. Then you killed her with a blow to the chest with the axe. After that, you pulled her body up the ladder, threw her in, then quickly cleaned the axe off in the tank and returned it to the relics room. After that you went the infirmary for a band-aid, then you went your room like nothing happened." I said, "Am I wrong?" .
Jerome was silent, looking down, not making eye contact with any of us.
"I-I did it." He said, "I killed her. I just wanted to see my best friend again..."
"You did the same thing to Stacey that Jordan did to Mitch." Morgan said, "was it worth it?"
"I don't know.." Jerome said.
"Got it! Worlds tiniest violin is playing for you right now ASF. Peeps, you still have to vote!" Monokuma interrupted, "write down who you think the killer is, yada yada yada"
So we did. I wrote down Jerome's name, and placed it in the ballet box. After it went around to everyone but Jerome, Monokuma milked the time it took to count them. To make it more dramatic or something. I dunno.
"And the killer is..." Monokuma took a dramatic pause, "JeromeASF! The bacca committed this murder!"
"I'm sorry." Jerome said, "I'm so so sorry..."
"And now, EXECUTION TIME!!" Monokuma practically sang.
We were back in the stadium like place, but instead of Zombies, Jerome was in a giant box that was filling with water. He started standing, then he had to swim. When the box was full, a swarm of small, brightly colored fish entered the cube. How? I have no idea. They appeared harmless, swimming around Jerome. Then, they opened their mouths, letting little razor sharp teeth show. They attacked Jerome, who forgot he was underwater and let out a gurgled scream. When the piranha-like fish were done, the only thing left of Jerome was a skeleton.
"Holy F***..." Jay muttered, forgetting he couldn't cuss.
"That's two more murders..." Moon murmured.
I felt bad for her and Sly. They were the youngest of all of us. We were back in the trial room, and were heading to the elevator, when Monokuma stopped us.
"Well, where do ya think you scrub muffins think your going?" Monokuma cried.
"Scrub muffins?" Pat asked, half confused half laughing
"You all need to get your memory!" Monokuma said, ignoring Pat,"As another incentive for the innocents to win, I'll give you back another memory or two when you win. If the guilty party wins, they get all their memories back. See ya!"
Then he disappeared.
"Stupid bear" Morgan muttered.
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