Chapter Six- Third Time's the Charm
The memories came to me. A game I used to play with Corey and the others. Dead by Daylight. A game about a serial killer killing people. Of course Monokuma would want to show me that memory, to make me think that I was good at killing. I wasn't going to fall for it. I wasn't going to kill. Speaking of Monokuma, I still had to get some paper and pencils.
"Oi! Monokuma?" I called later that day.
It felt weird actually calling that monochrome sociopath, but I really needed to sketch something.
"Whaddayawant Four eyes?" Monokuma asked, scaring me out of my wits.
"Jeezus! Don't scare me like that!" I yelped.
"What do you want?" The bear asked again.
"Uh, I was wondering if I could have paper and pencils to sketch?" I asked.
"That's it? Haven't you explored the new floor yet?" Monokuma asked.
"Er....no..?" I asked.
"Well go check it out!" Monokuma said.
Then he disappeared without another word.
"Stupid bear..." I muttered.
I went up to the second floor, then the third. On the newest floor was a Chem lab, a workshop, and... an Art room! When I entered I found all sorts of art stuff. Paper, pencils, pens, paints... Wow, that's a lot of words that start with P. Anyway, I grabbed what I could and took it back to my room. I sat at the desk, and started to draw. Unfortunately, the only things I could think of drawing was... the people we had lost. I sketched for about an hour and a half, then decided to visit the art room to see what else I could find. Unfortunately it turned out to be a little more than I bargained for. As I opened the door, what looked like pink paint had been spilled behind a shelf of paints. I had a sinking feeling as I went to check it out. I was met by what was probably the worst sight yet. Ashlee was lying spread eagle on the ground. That wasn't the most horrible. Her face was contorted in pain, and... her limbs and head had been severed from her torso. She had been disemboweled. And it looked like she'd been knocked over the head, judging from the blood on her head.
"Oh gosh..Oh no.." I said, backing away.
I ran out of the art room. I had to find the others and tell them. I ran into Pat on the second floor.
"Uni! Something's wrong with Jen!" He said frantically, "We were having the lunch we made earlier, and, she started choking..."
"Did you try the Heimlich, or CPR?" I asked
"Yeah, but she wasn't choking on anything! There wasn't anything in her throat!" Pat replied.
"Where is she?" I asked, temporarily forgetting Ashlee.
Pat and I ran to the dining hall, where Jen was sitting in a chair, slumped on the table. Her skin was tinged green. It looked like...
"She's been poisoned..." I said, "at least, that's what it looks like."
"No..." Pat said, "Nononono...not Jen. Jen can't be dead. She can't!"
"I'm sorry Pat..." I said.
Then I remembered.
"Omigosh! Ashlee's is in the art room!" I cried, "She's dead"
Pat and I turned as Jay walked in.
"Uh hi?" He said,"Is she taking a nap?"
He gestured to Jen.
"No, she's dead." I said, with a sympathetic look at Pat, "she was poisoned"
"Oh man..." Jay muttered.
"DINGDINGDING! A body has been found on Estate property! One hour then Trial!" Monokuma cried.
"We have to go back to Ashlee's body!" I said.
"Say what now?" Jay asked.
"Come on!" I said.
Judging from the scream from the art room, I guessed someone else had found the corpse. When we ran into the room, Morgan and Moon were there already.
"Would you believe it? Another body has been discovered! You still have a hour to investigate! Have fun~!" Monokuma called.
"Another...body?" Moon asked tentatively.
"Jen is also... among the deceased."
"Oh...." Morgan said.
"I'll go get the others again." Moon said, "and, um, I'm really sorry Pat."
Then she ran off to get the others. When they arrived, they reacted relatively well.
"Well, we're kinda used to... bodies by now." Sly said.
"Ok, let's investigate." Lizzie said.
So it began. I started with Ashlee's body. It didn't give me much insight on who the killer could be. However, while I was looking at one of the severed arms, I found a couple strands of long hair in her fist. They were a purple-pink color. I assumed because of the pink blood. Looking at the disemboweled body again, it made me wonder where the murder weapon was. It had to be something sharp, but I didn't think anything from the relics room would have done anything similar to the cuts made on Ashlee's body. They were made by a saw of some kind.
Then it clicked. The Workshop! I ran to the workshop, and looked around. After looking around for a while, I realized that there was a circular handsaw missing from a shelf. The murder weapon no doubt.
"Hey Uni, any luck?" Tiff asked, walking into the workshop.
"Sort of." I said, thinking, "I have clues that don't really fit together yet, but I'm working on it."
"I feel bad for Ashlee. She must have been in so much pain before she died..." Tiff said, "Jen too, cyanide is a pretty nasty way to go..."
"Yeah..." I said.
Then I went to investigate Jens body, only to find Lizzie and Sly outside the dining hall, with Pat guarding the entrance.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"Pat's not letting anyone near the body." Sly said.
"He's being very unreasonable " Lizzie said, glaring at Pat.
Pat had taken to not wearing his helmet everywhere, and his dark brown eyes were filled with anger.
"No one's going to touch her!" Pat snarled.
I took a step forward.
"Pat, I know that you're upset, but keeping people from investigating isn't going to help avenge her." I explained, "you want to find her killer right?"
Pat nodded.
"Then you need to let us through." I said.
"...fine" Pat muttered.
Then we entered the dining room. Unfortunately, the evidence there was underwhelming. There was blood from where she'd coughed it up, but nothing to hint at who had poisoned her. As we looked around, Lizzie found something in the trash can.
"Look at this!" She cried.
She pulled out two things from the trash can. A small vile labeled Cyanide, and an empty blood bag.
That's when Monokuma came over the PA system.
"Alrighty folks! It's time for the long-awaited Estate Trial! Get your butts down there!" He cried.
Time to solve this double murder.
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