Danganronpa Haven™

"The time to advance is now."

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Party Animals || Chapter 4

Oh, man. It’s been about four days after you watched the dangling figure of your charismatic theistic friend for the last time, and while you think it’s already about time for that visage to escape your mind -- it’s still quite fresh, and tending to stick around for as long as it possibly can; It’s been a quiet couple of days in the halls of Haven Hotel, and while you often see your hosts wondering throughout the halls, no one was kind enough to strike conversation, neither did they seem too interested in engaging in one either. It’s a daunting and quite scary to try and picture what they’re brewing for the next motive, and even if a good chunk of the familiar faces around you seem as stoic as usual, the sheer tiredness and fatigue generated by the events of these last weeks have drawn the last droplet of spirit out of anyone still battling their way through the challenges laid in front. The ones in front row have fallen, you can only wonder when your time will come.

With that deviation fresh in mind, you hear a sound echo the halls of Haven Hotel once again, a “ding” -- a familiar “ding” -- breaking the façade of stillness you were just beginning to idealize. Following the noise, as protocol, is a robotic voice, now o’ so dearly familiar to all of you.

“Dearies~~ I’m glad you’re all still hanging around, your preacher friend still is, so-- it’s only appropriate, right?! Anyway, me and Eddy got news for all of you: You’re free to go!” Right as that chill of disbelief finishes running down your spine, she adds. “Just kidding! My, I’ve been storing that one for a while… No, really, though, we want to give you all a break -- challenge after challenge after challenge, it’s been tough, it’s been tough… So, with that in mind, we prepared a party for all of you! It’ll take place in our beloved club, of course, starting tonight, 9 PM, and -- y’know, we put a lot of work into this, so, we’d love if everyone participated. Okay? That’s all for now, my little bastards...”

The tension in her voice rises as she finishes that sentence, and with a adorable high-pitched yet still robotic “Until then...~~”, the transmission stops, leaving you to your thoughts;

And as the night dawned upon the few available windows on the Hotel, and few chats were exchanged about the current circumstance, eventually another small transmission aired, calling fourth the “guests”, as for the party was about to start. With that menace haunting the minds of all, in a matter of minutes, one by one everyone started showing up, some more well-dressed than others, and some clearly more well-slept than others, but ultimately, the huge majority there seemed extremely displeased with the situation at hand; The club itself was as usual, blasting party music to party music, illuminated with various colors and artful light shows, the dance-floor, embedded into the ground near the DJ booth, flashing with equally colorful lights and shades. It’d be fun, if it wasn’t for the events that had just transpired;

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Uriel > TECH WORKSHOP MOM HOLY FUCK > Go there and be happy

> Just then Uriel notices the room which hadn't be explored: the Flufuns Tech Workshop. During your forced stay in Haven Hotel many technological advances in my different areas, so the mere thought of getting a place like that to explore is thrilling. And the room isn't a deception in any sense: pods of creating and crafting just like the ones a person could see in sci-fi movies and games were available. They seemed to be operational. Other than those, complicated machinery were being shown in pedestals, almost like this was some kind of show room those appliances. In the far end of the room, however, there was a single covered pod, lonely and with no means of discovering what's inside.

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Sen attempts to visit the Thoth Control Room.

> Sen tries and fail when doing so. The reason why he couldn’t get in was in the key card reader just by the side of that dooe, closed with an Apollo Seal. 

> But wait… aren’t the ones who had those seals dead already?

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[Rally 4: START!] It's hard when things get messy [OPEN]

She was tired. 

Of this hotel, of the others, and especially of the little hoops that robot and her lackey made them go through that ensured that at least two people wouldn’t see the end of. How long had they even been in this hotel? A month? Two months? Time seemed to have no concept here, given that they weren’t allowed outside. Not that it mattered, since all the events that had occurred had ruined any concept of time that she had previously had-which hadn’t been much to begin with. 

All the murders, trials and executions had taken most of her energy from her; it was getting harder to hold onto the belief that any day now, they would be freed from this place. Even if they came now, six people were dead. That was already a loss in of itself, since those people had family that would surely miss them. She thought to her own family; her dear sisters. Were they alright? They must surely have noticed that her absence was unusual. Maybe they were getting people together to look for them? Who knows. 

In the meantime, she had to deal with the remainder of her class-and if she wanted to be realistic for one in her life, she wasn’t sure she could make sure they got out of here safely. Half of them she barely knew or had never talked to before. The other half, well… probably hated her guts. And really, she absolutely deserved it. What kind of idiot just takes the object they were told not to take and takes off? Her, apparently. Her attempt had all been for naught anyway-the neck wound was healing but it still kind of hurt, dammit-and because she hadn’t tried hard enough,two people had died. 

She’d retreated to her room for the remainder of the day, not even making it to the bed and simply laying on the floor, willing in vain for this to all go away. Of course it hadn’t and she woke up just as miserable as before. But now wasn’t the time to wallow. New areas were open and she may as well go through the motions of looking around. Besides, even if she felt like shit, she hated to sit still.

And so this is how Yui found herself in the infirmary, tending to the cut she’d received from trying to cut that stupid apple. She hadn’t meant to come here, of course, but after taking a short swim in the new pool, the stinging that had come from it had been a swift reminder. Thankfully, it hadn’t gotten infected or anything, it just stung from the saltwater. She quickly got to it, getting bandages to wrap the wound in and disinfectant-just in case, you know. Unfortunately, she’d forgotten how much it stung and upon pouring some of it on her wound to clean it, a small bout of pain shot up her arm. Reflexively, she lashed out, sending the contents on the counter to the floor. Beakers smashed, tins full of bandages clattered, and papers floated to the ground and above it all, she let out a frustrated yell.

“Oh-shit! For fuck’s sake-”

She hissed, letting the disinfectant do its job before finally wrapping her finger up and crouching down to try and clean up the mess she’d made. Jesus, there was so much shit. She really fucked up again, huh? Picking up the pieces of a beaker, she heard the door open-probably someone who had heard the crash and came rushing in, thinking someone was being murdered. Well, whatever. She went back to trying to pick up all the pieces of glass off the floor, barely acknowledging the newcomer.

“Don’t come in yet-there’s still a lot of glass on the floor.” 

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Oooh, a ride! And she's a whole 4% drier than before, nice! Anyway, let's go look around at what other videogames are on this floor before bothering the poor soul at the samurai game

> The games there were quite something: titles you have never seen before, with characters you had never expected seen. Some were just remakes of older games, which is quite a trend in the the industry, however the great majority were of games seemingly from an age far away from this here. They were even made to consoles that supports Virtual Reality and holographic projection. That seemed to be the case of the one called Samurai Clash there. In a closer inspection, you can tell the one inside is no one other than Arlechenno Di Mercurio.

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Oh boy, these were all so cool! She reached out to touch one but upon getting a good amount of water on the joystick, decided that maybe that was not a good idea yet. At least, not until she was drier. Dang. She'll be back, Puzzle Bobble. Anyway, she goes over to the carts and gets in one. Maybe the ride will dry her off a bit.

> Loki seems to approve your decision, even though you can’t really see him from where you are. Getting on Clyde, the orange ghost from Pac-Man, suddenly the carts starts moving up in a hapy joy ride, leading you to the upper level, where the futuristic, bizarre looking games were located. One there, Samurai Clash, seems to be on use by someone.

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Oh man, it's Loki! She doesn't remember where he's from but that sure Is Loki. Anyway, he looks angry so she'd better get in there. Time to check out the videogames!

> You deicde to leave the Nordic god that gives name to this very room to check the arcade machines in the room. They seem to range from modern ones to some far from a distant past when games were much simpler. You can play them by paying [1] Eden Coin!

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YAAAHHHOOOO! There she goes. Alright, enough of that. Bye, pool! See you next water time! Time to go where the cool things are-like the Arcade! Where the electronics are. While she's dripping wet. Good plan, Yui.

> If there was any way to tell that it was almost like the wax statue of Tom Hiddleston here portraying Loki wasn’t much happy to receive a human here in the Arcade in such conditions, however, since it couldn’t do anything with his staff due to being, well, a statue, you’re good. Loki is a merciful god, after all.

> Where does Yui wishes to check?

     > Videogame Machines     > Statue of Loki     > Pac Rail Carts

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Home Away From Home-Cooking♠Arlechenno♣Chapter 4♦Open♥

Arlechenno set off to the kitchens, a determined look in his eyes and a pad of paper and pen in his hands. The food had been returned to the hotel and he was going to make the most of it. The prior motive had made eating basically impossible, but even before that he couldn’t remember seeing anyone actually stop to eat a proper meal. He was going to remedy that as soon as possible. He took stock of the ingredients at his disposal, cross referencing them with a handwritten list in his hand. Everything seemed to be in order. Archie nodded, pleased, before sitting down in the cafeteria to write out invitations. He slips one under each of the student’s doors before heading down to the kitchens to start prep work. He has a long day ahead of him.

“It has occurred to me that few and far between of us are eating proper meals. I will be preparing a few dishes tonight and would enjoy everyone’s company. There will be more than enough to share; dishes of both meat and non-meat variety for those inclined.

Dinner will be served at 7pm in the Haven Restaurant, followed by coffee and desserts.

If any have concerns about ingredients or any other hazards, I will be cooking for several hours before hand if you wish to observe or ask questions.

I hope to see you there.

~Arlechenno Di Mercurio “

Arlechenno has completely taken over the ground floor kitchen, most of the counter space covered with ingredients to be prepared. He quietly hums a quick and melodic song as he rolls out dough on a cutting board. His white suit jacket sits folded on the counter, tucked back into a corner, his gloves resting on top. Instead, he is wearing an apron and his hair is tied into a high ponytail. There are already a pair of pots occupying burners on the stove, one of them steaming and emitting a pleasant odor of tomatoes and spices. Eventually Archie looks up, spotting movement in the doorway. He smiles before giving a brief wave and resuming work on the pastry dough.

“Ah! Buongiorno(good morning)…I assume you received my invitation? What can I do for you?”

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Oh boy! Coins and a pointy thing! Well, Mermaidcchan might need that, so she puts it back. Then goes on the slider at the ceiling and slides down. Time to Le, folks.

> Mermaidcchan is happy to be reunited with her potentially lethal weapon. Abandoning the statue, Yui climbs the higheat slider and goes through it. It wasn’t very advisable to wear clothes while doing so, but there goes the volleyball player all the way down. After thrilling loops and turns, she arrives to the waters of the Varuna Pool once again.

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Hey-ho, mermaid-san! Let's try and take that jar and trident! Show me your secrets....

> Yui decides to greet the mermaid right there! She seemed to be some kind of the representation for the goddess that names this pool: Varuna. The volleyball player can attest that the trident easily removable and was sharp enough to kill someone. Meanwhile, inside the jar she seems to find more things!

> Yui Narita acquired 2x Eden Coins.

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[suck my ass,mobile] Go big or go home, my dudes! Yui ascends/to the higher levels.

> Yui chooses o go upstairs to reach the higher sliders, machines dispensing bubbles while you go up step by step, making the ambience seem much more cuter than it was meant to be.

> Reaching the top level, Yui could see in a immediate inspection the second slider and almost next to the ceiling of the castle the third one, available through a slider. There was also a huge statue of a mermaid made out of gold, wearing a red trident and some kind of jar.

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Archie looks at the life bar nervously for a moment. He hasn't played a TON of video games before, but he still understands what that bar means. He goes to grab one of the swords, preparing to fight should an 'enemy' arrive!

> As soon as Arlechenno grabs a sword, options float before his face, appearing as if there was an option to be taken here: SLASH TO CHOOSE THE GAME MODE!

> P1 vs. COM

> P1 vs. P2

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Samurai Clash, huh? Archie takes a closer look.

> God bless video games these days. As soon as Archie enters the room, the stage magician could feel the fresh smell of cherry blossom coming into his nostrils. He was inside a dojo, a virtually created by the insane technology of that place. The bamboo swords he had seen in the outside had turned into katanas, sharp and dangerous. Worse than that… There was a lifebar above his own head.

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Sen visits the Morpheus Holographic Room.

> The sci-fi seems to have gone a way up higher here in this room. The place was simply gorgeous, even though creepy, certainly creepy. There were dozens of projected figures floating all over the place, produced by some kind of complex machinery hiding in this room. There was also, naturally, some kind of control touchscreen panel for the place where the settings could be messed with. While you observe the place, a little holographic dove lands on Sen’s head.

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HOLLA HOLLA GET DO-well. Not really dollars, but coins. Anyway, let's poke our nose in the castle thing. It's cute, okay?

> Fans of mermaids and mermen would certainly love that underwater-like castle, music playing in the inside of it, cheery and childish in some way, probably to make people be more pumped in this sense. At any rate, as Yui enters the castle she is given the choice to go up for the higher sliders or get in the nearby one.

> What would Yui like to do?

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Whoa cool! Archie mingled with the machines on that first floor, looking around before riding the ghost train to the next floor. Choo Choo!

> It was just magical that little mingle you have gone through this floor. So maby interesting games were displayed around: Space Invaders, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Medieval Madness Pinball Game, Sonic games, Megaman, Super Smash Bros! There were a great mixture just so many different things there, so very interesting stuff! Archie, however, decided not to pay much attention to those and go upstairs to see what was available there. Getting right on the Blinky cart (the red one), you start a run ride through the Loki Arcade, getting to the Second Level of the Loki Arcade.

> The amount of futuristic games found there in the second floor was almost ridiculous. There were games there you had never seen before, all of them seemingly rather complicated to play. One of them calls your attention, apparently called Samurai Clash, some kind of booth were some bamboo swords could be seen inside. That seemed odd, somehow.