[Fin] Murder U Too - Endgame

[Subparman]

Off to the side in the cafeteria stands an aloof-looking man in an apron, peering suspiciously at the vending machines.

”To think that these abductors would supply us not eggs benedict, but nothing except carbonated soft drinks... It's rather troubling.”

[wahoothis]

Once he got in the café and saw best househusband, he'd too join in viewing the vending machine like it came from Satan's keep itself, contorting his face with slight disgust. "Is there even water in there? I'd prefer anything besides those soft-drinked poisons. My body's a temple, and I'd prefer it to stay that way." Ranma puffed out his chest with this proud proclamation. Not like he'd drink water in front of everyone here, since he'd prefer not to have his cursed trigger right about now.

[Florien]

Nothing yet. Nothing's come up. Cafeteria. There's a button. Move there.

Kellensea heads to the Cafeteria, hoping to find answers to her questions. Her armor clanks loudly as she sits down on one of the benches near the button, and presses it. Worst case scenario She thinks, is this button blows up the entire building and kills everyone.

An acceptable risk.

[Dookie]

A friendly, blue, furry monster appears in the cafeteria.

“Hello!!! Me name is Cookie Monster! Who are you?”

[Huney]

"Ah well, more for me!" Komaru immediately goes to find the soda...

Before turning to Cookie Monster, this unthreatening blue bag of felt.

"WH-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" She shouts in surprise anyway! "What is that?!"

[Florien]

Kellensea's expression is concealed behind her goggles and other face-covering gear as she turns to look at the Cookie Monster.

I'm Kellensea. I'm here to figure out what could be going on, and I assure you, you lesser beast of unending hunger, if you should devour that which I do not want you to, I will throw you into the nearest set of whirling blades. But yes, for those of you who have not yet met me, I'm Kellensea, I'm qualified to solve your problems with extreme violence, and that's all you need to know, I think.

[artsyGeek]

Haruka simply follows the others to the cafeteria, humming along while doing so. These people are not familiar to her, not at all. She hopes she can trust them well.

"Uhm, heya," she says, "have we met each other before, by any chance?"

[wahoothis]

And there goes Ranma's ability to hear. Seesh Komaru. "I already asked that. . ." He sighs in regard to CM, before looking at the psychologist. "No, not that I know of. Ranma Saotome, Ultimate Martial Artist."

[Subparman]

”Hello, little Cookie Monster,”—of all things, the man still looks worried about the nutritive value of soda, and isn't at all bothered by a sentient puppet. ”I'm afraid you've stumbled upon some concerning times. It appears that, on top of our spiriting away to this place, we've been expected to rely on cola for sustenance.”

”You are not familiar to me, personally.” He pauses briefly in response to Haruka, bringing a hand to his chin; was he forgetting something? ”Ah. My name is Kai Satou. A mere househusband, but to get to the bottom of this situation, I will be contributing to the best of my ability.”

[Kennifer]

Alexis shrugs, introduces herself to the people she hasn't met yet, and goes to get herself a soda. She seems rather unfazed by Cookie Monster. Probably thinks it's some guy in a costume or something; you get used to weird costumes when you do theater, after all.

...I almost made you roll for getting a soda, lol. Roll it if you want though.

[Dookie]

“Oh...Are there any cookies here?”

>Look for cookies

[wahoothis]

Gonna slightly give you a grimace. "I doubt now is a good time to get cookies." Though he guess he can't blame the monster thing. After all, his name is COOKIE Monster. So it's exactly what it says on the tin. "Has anyone find anything useful?"

[artsyGeek]

"Unfortunately, I haven't found anything useful so far."

After a while, Haruka realised that she hadn't introduced herself. "D'oh. My bad, I should introduce myself. I'm Haruka Ito, the Ultimate Psychologist. It's a pleasure to meet you all."

[insert the intro card SFX here]

[wingedcatgirl]

>Search the landing platform. [Kellensea, 5]
It's mostly crates of space gear.

>get something to eat [Monika, Alexis, Ranma, Cookie Monster]
The cafeteria conveniently turns out to have a functional kitchen hidden just out of sight from the vantage point depicted on the map, but plainly visible to a real person actually inside the building. Nobody has any trouble finding a food they find palatable.

>PUSH THE BIG RED SHINY CANDY-LIKE BUTTON [Kellensea]
A klaxon sounds.

Suddenly, everyone is in the cafeteria.

With a crackle of energy, a humanoid figure seemingly made of white light coalesces into existence.

Well, hello there everyone.

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Monika greets the mysterious figure.

Oh... Hello there. Did you invite us here?

[Billy5545]

Apparently, Rosa saw no one when introducing herself, when she gets summoned to the cafeteria. Immediately, she heads there.

[Florien]

Figure. White light. Energy. Hm. What purpose do you have bringing us here, what do you want from us, and am I permitted to start taking everything not nailed down, the nails nailing things down, and the things that were nailed down until I took the nails? And, more importantly, can you stop me from taking everything even if you don't want me to?

Kellensea sounds expectant, even excited by what could be happening.

[wahoothis]

"Gah-" Ranma lets out a startled shout at the alarm along with people suddenly showing up out of the blue. "Who's there? Explain yourself!"

[wingedcatgirl]

I bow politely to Monika. I did indeed bring you all here, mademoiselle.

(Those with very sharp hearing might think they heard someone muttering Where the fuck did this guy learn French?)

I turn to Kellensea. I brought you all here to play a game. Everything in this building, nailed down or not, is part of the game, and may be exploited as you see fit.

[Caret]

Bow sprints right into the cafeteria from wherever she just was, having also been summoned here.

So... white person... what is this "game" you have in mind in us? And what if we want to leave? I can't just be here forever, you know!

[Florien]

Excellent. All will soon be mine.

Kellensea relaxes, in her element. Everything is still able to be taken by her at will, and no one intends to stop her. Nothing could ruin this day.

[Huney]

Komaruuuuu doesn't seem to need much of an explanation, judging by how pale her face becomes, looking around the room at everyone.

"N... no..." She whimpers.

"N... Not anymore, please..."

[artsyGeek]

Haruka tries to calm Komaru down. "U..uh, ma'am? Are you alright?"

[Huney]

"... Huh?"

She looks to Haruka, and just for a second, Haruka can see death in her eyes. Komaru carries the look of someone completely convinced that they're about to die, before she tries to calm herself down with a deep breath.

"Me? Uhm... w-well, if this is Hope's Peak, then... Komaru takes a step back. She reaaaally can't handle much right now. "I-It wasn't me! It was my brother. But... when he came here, he had to participate in a... what... what was it?

"A mutual killing game?

[wingedcatgirl]

Ah, so you're familiar with the concept? I say to Komaru.

For those of you who are not... I summon a stack of pamphlets and, with a single sweep of my arm, toss one to everyone gathered around. That's the long explanation. The short one is: you can leave this place if and only if you've gotten away with murder.

I smirk. Any questions?