Despair World

A Danganronpa OC group based on Animal Crossing.

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Jash is a fuddy duddy

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She flips through the photos some more. Any more else of interest?

This one, titled 'Despair Meet'. You saw that Bente was there, however the other two people in the photo didn't look familiar at all.

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Etsuko shuffles through the pictures, glancing at a few. She doesn't expect too much since it's false. It has to be.

How can you fake a Polaroid?

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Aiko quietly shuffles through the photos. Maybe something here can help her, yeah?

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Etsuko | The Hierophant | Motive Reaction | Open

Etsuko didn't expect anything pleasant from the appearance of the two animals. If she had a watch, she would glance down and look at it. Then she would look up and say to herself, "Oh, this much be the motive time." Except she didn't have a watch and she didn't really know the time, but she knew that their appearance only meant one thing: something bad was going to happen. 

She listened. Yes, the bird mentioned this before. She trusted her cards before she trusted this feathered asshole. And while her invitation was open, she had purified and set the cards out mostly for herself. She had questions she wanted answers to but she never really got any clear oness from the cards. Even with her spot on intuition, it was still hard to pick up their meanings. She figured the events that passed and her lack of materials left her cards dirty and her mind clouded. She could always rely on them and that's what she struggled with now. She couldn't tell if this feathered jerk and his bear friend were telling the truth.

"No, I won't believe someone that just wants us to kill. For the longest time, the only one I believed was simply my cards and I will stand by my belief. Regardless if things happened in the past, regardless if we are friends, regardless if some of us lied to us, I won't lift a hand to dirty myself with murder. So as much as these memories are nice and happy, this is how we wish to be remembered by now. I certainly not lying to anyone and this is how I will and want to be remembered. Not some school pictures of happy times but by someone that wants to live."

Etsuko didn't budge. She glanced at a few of the pictures but she looked at each with a disapproving face. It was like the look of an art critic, judging the work that was slaved over for hours with an unwavering glare. Etsuko wasn't going to believe this. She couldn't. She was fully confident her cards and memories wouldn't keep this from her. 

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Hitomi looked a bit saddened, but decided on picking up another on of the Polaroids.

There seems to be only two people in this photo you recognize. Unless you listened to lots of music, maybe you'd recognize that guy in the back.

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Akihiro keeps looking through the pictures, still trying to find one of himself, or if he can't, he wants to find something interesting, at the very least.

Oh! You found a photo of yourself and that Issei guy. Huh.

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Thank you intxrrogator for helping color the following images!

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Hitomi hesitates for a moment before picking up a Polaroid

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Akihiro shuffled through the photos, trying to find any that would include him.

Now, there were photos that included you, for sure, however this one photo in particular caught your eye.

Who was the other person in the photo?

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Joseph investigates by picking up one of the Polaroids

You pick up a photo of you and Nobue. This must be from the 'HPA days'.

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Upon entering the building, you see dozens of Polaroid pictures scattered on the floor, you decide you'll investigate that later. But what was this news? The stupid bird was there, of course, and the bear hadn't come in yet.

The group stood in silence as the crane pecked his feathers. After a while he cleared his long throat and spoke up to the survivors so far.

I'm unsure how many of you were able to hear the news at the end of the trial, however I will repeat as this may prove to drive to further despair.

All of you were students at dear, beloved Hope's Peak Academy. Yes, you were. With two years building up the SHSL Despair organization, at the end we've wiped your memory of your years at Hope's Peak. Of course, with the exception of Donghae and Bente, as they were our moles in this operation.

How does it feel to learn that you've known everybody who's died here thus far for two years, the fact that you are not the same age as when you first arrived at Hope's Peak Academy and the fact that some of you have grown close with the moles of this game? Does this upset you? And to further increment the atmosphere, why not take a look around the Photo Parlor? I'm sure you'll find it riveting.

And with that, he left before any questions could be asked.

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As the announcement went off, you dreaded to even stand. God. Damnit. What's this motive going to be this week? Whack each other with a hammer for a hope to escape? You went over to the plaza, along with everybody else.

Helloooo everyone! Hehe, excited for this weeks moooootive!?

He was unusually filled with pep and joy, but with the added twist of creepy. What.. Happened? Was that entire week of him off some sort of spiritual trip to find himself?

Sooo..! As you can see to your left!

With both of his stubby hands, he pulled a pose to showcase the new building.

Well, with the Polaroid photo on the building, you took a guess this shop might've sold cameras or something. Maybe a processing room, even though, let's face it, nobody in the group could possibly know how to do that.

Just step right in for the special announcement!

He stared the entire group down, forcing each and every one of you to enter the building. You had a feeling you knew what this 'announcement' was.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

All villagers are required to gather at the plaza for... An extremely special announcement! Please come 'round!

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Etsuko | Where the heck have i been we just don't know | Open

Somebody seemingly disappeared. It had been some time since the tarot card reader spoke up. She had stepped down from her usual spot light and took a place in the audience for once. It, of course, was always hard to forget someone like her. When she stepped up again, her elegance and grace were just as strong, despite the silence and the corpses laid before her in previous events. 

"I hate to admit it, but this cycle is starting to make me feel numb. Even the initial shock of two murders and my life threatened has greatly decreased."

She let out a soft sigh. She wasn't exactly happy saying this. Something was off about not caring for another corpse, not shedding a tear, not looking away from a gruesome execution. 

"I need some time to purify my cards of all the negative energy but I'm willing to do a reading. It'll give me a sense normality at least, since I rather not start considering murder to be normal."

She stepped back once again, making her exit. The back of her dress appeared dirty. It seemed she was starting to get numb to the condition of her clothes now too. 

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The stars the limit - Chapter 5

The entirety of the trial played through out your head a thousand times if you weren't so busy that night, in fact; it seemed odd. Everything felt out of place, and a few people certainly broke. You tried not to think about it much, but.. Whatever, right? The usual routine is going to start up, you know. The announcement, wait a couple of days and someone's dead; then, there it is! A trial and another person goes down the drain for someone's amusement.

Well, some may have went to bed, some may have stayed up. But, whatever it was, they next day was going to start, and you were just dreading that announcement. Well, at least that dumb bear is back.

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