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Akio Kuroyuri, SHSL Aerial Silk Performer [DR OC, Affiliated with Cabaret Deuxespoir]

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Slowly, the room began to fill. The sound of the body announcement acted like a flame to moths, and it appeared that almost everyone was present. You scanned the room, but noticed a few choice faces were missing. On a cursory examination, you were met with the panic that Dice was absent. Then, you turned to notice that Aubrey, Elisé and Tetsu were also gone- those three you were less worried about. 

Still, Dice’s mysterious absence was worrying, and you made sure to point it out, along with the other three that were missing. Just hearing Dice’s name after a murder seemed to put everyone on edge, and just before you could split up, you heard it- music, filtering through the speakers. It had to be an error, two people couldn’t be dead? You broke off with a group, and raced up the stairs. 

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Naturally, the motive had set everyone on edge. It had been six days since it’s release, and still, everyone seemed to be growing more and more jumpy by the minute. Still, there were some attempts at building a sense of camaraderie, and just maybe this wouldn’t be the motive that got anyone.

You went to sit with your lunch, nasty little thoughts crawling through your ears, and your felt a crawling up your spine. Putting your hands up to your ears, you tried desperately to block the sound out. And, it seemed to have worked. You tentatively removed your hands from your ears, and enjoyed the sound of remote silence.

Until there was a scream.

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It Won’t Be Long Now, I Guarantee | Chapter 2 Motive

It was a solitary day during rehearsal. All of you had gotten your parts and were eagerly performing them. Unlike in Macbeth, you all had to sing songs and dance, it was quite the step up from having to simply memorize fancy words. Of course, it couldn’t last long. Nothing lasted here.

“Hey hey!” Monopheasant shouted. “I’ve got the greatest news!”

Nobody wanted to hear that news but Monopheasant continued. “So I managed to dig up some old technology, and while you’re sleeping, I managed to get it in your ears! Amazing isn’t it? I’m surprised none of you woke, especially weird assassin kid.”

You all reached for your ears. Just barely, you could feel something residing in there.

“Don’t bother trying to get it out cause you can’t! Not without a body at least! Kill someone, and I’ll take it out!”

That was it? Just a strange thing in your ear? What was the point? You all were on edge, but Mr. Sands otherwise urged you all to continue. That was however, util the end.

At the practice curtain call, you could hear a little whispering in your ear.

“You can’t keep this a secret forever, what will they think?”

“She’s gonna break up with you any second. She has to, that’s how it always is in your life.”

“Why do you even try? You know it’s all going to be for nothing.”

And many more filled your ear. It’s words cut into you, almost as if it was tailor made to hit your deepest insecurities. You started to understand the true scope of the peacock’s actions.

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I Know It’s Today | Chapter 2: Event END

Just as it had happened last time, there was no activity from either of the robots for almost a full day after you had all auditioned. It was peaceful to not have Monopheasant’s obnoxious voice ordering you around, at least – but that peace never lasted long. In the middle of you trying to eat lunch, the speakers crackled to life, which could only mean one thing.

“Attention, attention, everyone! The cast list has been posted!” came Mr. Sands’ voice. “Please come check at your earliest convenience so that rehearsal may begin–”

“Hurry up! Hurry up!”

“Stop interrupting my announcements!”

The bickering continued for another moment or two before the speakers went silent. Nothing new, you supposed. May as well head to the auditorium and figure out your role. After all, most of you had put in significant effort for your auditions. Most of you.

Once again, the cast list was pinned up on the corkboard, covering up the old cast list from the last show. The obnoxious pictures of Monopheasant remained, though. Of course they did. You awkwardly shouldered past the others to get a good look at the list.

Cast List

(Bold indicate main leads, bold and italicized indicated supporting main leads, italicized indicates supporting leads)

Shrek – Aubrey Wilcox-Royal

Fiona – Chinatsu Chieko

Donkey – Godkiller Dice

Farquaad – Umi Zuzuki

Captain of the Guard – Elisabeth “Elisé” Eichel

Pinocchio – Johan Kaelin

Dragon – Casimir Zedkierski

Gingy/Young Fiona/Blind Mouse – Akami Okami

Wicked Witch/Teen Fiona/Blind Mouse – Blancheflour Valentine

Peter Pan/Main Knight – Alastor of the Nine Isles

Papa Bear/Papa Ogre – Shin Watanabe

Mama Bear/Mama Ogre/Blind Mouse – Hoseki Ono

Baby Bear/Knight – Akio Kuroyuri

Big Bad Wolf/Knight – Daxton Bennet

Humpty Dumpty/Greeter – Keisanki Daichi

Young Shrek/Grumpy – Haru Mizushima

Mad Hatter/Pied Piper – Kotoki Waraguchi

Shoemaker’s Elf – Asuka Katagari

Little Pig/Duloc Dancer – Mr. Sands

Little Pig/Duloc Dancer – Monopheasant

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I Know It's Today | Chapter 2: Event

It had been a few days since the murder of Shiki and the subsequent execution of Seymour. Before it, many of you had attempted to hold out hope that no one would kill, or that the police would come before anything happened. Clearly, that hadn’t happened. You were just as trapped as the class involved in the LeRoux Massacre. It was a terrifying thought, and even more worry struck through you when you heard the intercom click on at noon sharp.

“Hello, actors and actresses!” Monopheasant’s horribly squawky voice filled the theatre. “Please make your way to the auditorium immediately! Unless you’re dead! Then disregard!”

There was no use in defying Monopheasant. Not now, at least. That in mind, you made your way to the auditorium. When you got there, Mr. Sands was sifting through a box full of books while Monopheasant bounced around nonsensically. You took your seats, and the two robots began talking.

“Hello, everyone. As you may be aware, due to yesterday’s … incident … we are down two students.” Mr. Sands spoke softly and nervously. “As such, I am going to be changing the play to one with a smaller cast. I am hoping that continuing to do shows can help everyone cope and bond to lower chances of murder while I try to find a solution to the situation.”

He continued to rummage through the box, pulling scripts out and arranging them into neat piles.

“The solution is to murder, DUH!” Monopheasant laughed, earning a glare from Mr. Sands.

“Anyways.” Mr. Sands continued. “Please come up and take a script. We will be performing Shrek: The Musical. I hope everyone enjoys themselves.”

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SEYMOUR MORISHIGE HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY  COMMENCING EXECUTION … 

SOMEWHERE THAT’S GREEN 

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Voting Results

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You have voted SEYMOUR MORISHIGE as the killer of SHIKI KUROSAWA 

You are … 

CORRECT! 

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Blood on the Dance Floor | Akio | [Open]

They’ve all been stuck in here for so long now that even Akio’s enthusiastic optimism is starting to falter. If rescue were coming for them, surely it would’ve happened by now? They were only supposed to be here a week, and now it’s going on two and still nothing… what could be preventing it? What sort of obstacles could Monopheasant have set up to repel any friends, family, or authorities who would come for them? 

At this point the only thing keeping his spirits up is the fact that no one (other than those twenty people at the beginning of all this) has died yet. The motive is upsetting, but no one has killed over it, and surely after eight days that means no one will. The game is going to fail and eventually a solution will be found…

Or not.

The sight of blood on the floor makes Akio freeze up, and it’s only when a crowd has already gathered in the dance studio that he nervously weaves through to see what’s going on. And when he does, it’s clear from his expression that he wishes he hadn’t. Akio looks stricken, taking a step back, his eyes wide with horror as they fix on Shiki’s body. He knew her, she’d been nice to him, what… why was…? Who would…?

A soft whimper escapes and Akio sways slightly on the spot, looking dizzy and faint. He has to get out of this room, right now immediately. Choking on a sob, Akio turns and tries to frantically push his way through the others still coming in to see the body, “S-sorry, excuse me, p-please I c-can’t…!" 

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Monofile 1

Victim: Shiki Kurosawa, SHSL Afterlife Researcher

Time of Death: 4:30 AM

Time of Discovery: 7:10 AM

Location of Discovery: Dance Studio

Cause of Death: Evisceration

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More to find than can ever be found | Body Discovery #1

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8 days after the motive, you woke up to the sound of music faintly playing over the speakers. The music, though quiet, was noticeable and unsettling. It didn’t end, the track simply playing on repeat as you walked.

You didn’t know what it meant, but you knew it couldn’t have been good. After all, music had never played before. The tune haunted you as you headed out of your room and down the hallway.

The motives had been pretty bad all week with the revealing of so many of your classmates’ secrets. You tried to push that out of your mind as you walked and then you saw it: blood. Outside of the door of the dance studio. Fearfully, you opened the door and…

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And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,The instruments of darkness tell us truths | Chapter 1 Motive.

After Dice’s secret had been revealed - or rather, Kouta’s had - you were beginning to get anxious. You never knew what was going to come next, and as secret upon secret got revealed your anxieties only worsened. Mr. Sands tried to help you as much as he could - he was a very good director, even despite the circumstances of your rehearsal and eventual performance. Nevertheless, despite his best efforts, a cloud of worry lingered over your heads. You couldn’t help but wonder whose secret was going to be revealed next; would it be yours? Someone else’s? This time, you sincerely hoped no one else was lying about their identity. Three was three too many. 

 Your fears were not eased in the slightest when you heard Monopheasant’s distant ukuku, and you prepared for the worst as the monochrome bird hopped up onto the stage. 

 “Good morning, questionably-talented actors and actresses!” It chirped, and you couldn’t help but roll your eyes. Despite your anxieties, it just seemed to get more annoying the more it spoke. 

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Peace! the charm's wound up. | Chapter 1 Motive Pt. 6

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You did hate that you were getting used to the secrets being revealed by now. Rehearsals could be so much more fun - everything could be so much better without Monopheasant, honestly. You just tried to assure yourself that most of these secrets… weren’t that bad. Some of them were extremely distressing for those they were for, but none of them seemed to make your classmates actually seem like bad people. Except, maybe Seymour. But Seymour was a weirdo anyways. He could cum on his plant for all you cared. Whatever!! Everything was going to be okay, that’s what you tried to tell yourself. And hopefully, no one else was lying about their identity. 

As if on cue (it was entirely possible it had cues for this), Monopheasant bounced up onto the stage, interrupting the Witches and Hecate from discussing their plan to trick Macbeth. The bird giggled, covering its beak with a wing. 

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Father'd he is, and yet he's fatherless. | Chapter 1 Motive Pt. 5

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You know, you liked rehearsal. You really did. Unless you were Aubrey. But most of you, you liked rehearsal. Mr. Sands was sweet and trying his best to help you all understand the play. But at this point, there was no point trying to deny the inevitability that every rehearsal would be interrupted by Monopheasant’s nonsense. You had come to expect it at this rate, to the point where it was starting to hinder your enjoyment of the play itself. It sucked, it really did! It was hard to enjoy anything around here, though… 

You couldn’t even claim to be surprised anymore when the scene with the Porter and the Woman was disrupted by a obnoxiously familiar squawking. Kotoki and Asuka awkwardly fell to the side, Kotoki seeming very disappointed to be disrupted from his speech about the effects of drunkenness on, ah, performance. Mr. Sands groaned at the sight of the bird and put his head in his paws. 

“Aren’t you getting tired of this?” 

“Nope! Not one bit! We’re here today with another secret - this’ll mark a fourth of you all, you know~! If you want to protect your secrets, I’d suggest you get killing quickly, ukukuku!!” 

Monopheasant reached into the little hat full of slips, and drew one out. When it read it, it suddenly grew incredibly amused. 

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Me Thought I Heard A Voice Cry, Sleep No More | Chapter 1 Motive Pt. 4

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Dawn of the 4th day of the rehearsals. It was starting to get very annoying doing this every day. Sure it was a nice way to distract yourself from the truth behind the killing game, but there was still the secret of the day to be revealed. While the first one was rather tame, the last two weren’t so much. Regardless, surely everyone was a relatively good person, so the secrets to be had shouldn’t be bad, right? That is what you all hoped in your minds, whether the secret you had was tame or, not so much.

It was in the middle of the performance, the last rehearsal of the night that Monopheasant decided to interrupt things. During the fight between Macbeth and Macduff, Monopheasant came jumping in between the two, happy as ever. Of course Elise and Blanche stopped their faux-fighting, which made the bird visibly upset.

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Fear not, till Birnam wood Do come to Dunsinane | Chapter 1 Motive Pt. 3

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It was day 3 of rehearsals, and you were finally starting to get the hang of your lines. Sort of, anyway. Pronunciation was still a beast to be tackled, but the rhythm of your lines was getting easier. Soon enough, Mr. Sands assured you, it would be second-nature. You, for one, were excited for that - one less thing to think about, right? It was really nice to not have to think about things here, but there was little you could actually successfully put out of your mind. The reveal of Blanche’s secret, which seemed to shock even her, had made it deadly clear that Monopheasant was not kidding around. 

Aside from the first rehearsal in the afternoon, all of the rehearsals were scheduled in the morning. After you got up and ate breakfast, it was straight to the auditorium for practice. As such, many of you were quite tired, not ready for the day just yet. Which made it quite easy for everyone to be caught off guard when Monopheasant burst out from backstage, knocking Chinatsu down in the middle of her pretending to get stabbed. 

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The Rehearsal Must Go On | Akio | Motive Reaction [Open]

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Despite the fact that they were all still trapped here and that the circumstances were very scary, Akio was pretty excited about the play. It was nice to have something else to focus on, and fun to audition for the part- he even got the exact role he wanted! How fortunate! Besides, it was clear by now that no one had any intention of actually listening to Monopheasant and killing each other. And why would they? Rescue was sure to come eventually.

The only real concern was whether or not, seeing their lack of cooperation, Monopheasant would grow bored or frustrated and act on its own… but that wasn’t the kind of thing Akio wanted to worry about! Better to follow Mr. Sands’s advice and ignore the dangerous bird, for now. The ‘motive’ it had prepared surely wasn’t a threat either, not with the ridiculous 'secret’ it had shared for Elisé.

“Well that’s just silly, who would care about a thing like that? I’m sure Monopheasant-san is just bluffing.” Akio is just making a general statement, and he soon wanders off to find something else to occupy his time.

Seriously, who even was 'Ashfur’ and why was being a fan of them a bad thing? It was difficult to really believe the motive, with a start like that. Any concern Akio might have over certain parts of his past couldn’t grow that much, surely the bird had no way of digging it up, if that was the best it could do. Then again, perhaps it was just that Elisé didn't have any serious secrets to dig up… 

The next day he’d almost entirely put the matter from his head, when Monopheasant just had to show up and interrupt the rehearsal. How rude! If they were going to put on the show then it was important that they all have time to practice. Akio sighs and folds his arms, tapping his foot impatiently as he waits for the bird to finish.

It’s… a bit more serious, this time. He still doesn’t see how that secret is a bad thing, but it’s clearly a personal one, and poor Blanche looks upset.

“If she says it’s not true, then I’ll trust her over that silly bird. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s just making things up to get us all worked up anyway.” Akio announces loudly. “Besides, I simply can’t imagine any of us has something to hide that would be worth killing over, this 'motive’ makes no sense. We should just focus on the play, shouldn’t we?”

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Of noble having and of royal hope | Chapter 1 Motive Pt. 2

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Just as Mr. Sands promised, rehearsals began rather soon after the cast list came out. It was awkward getting used to the archaic phrasing and grammar of all the dialogue, but it could’ve been much worse. At least it was a play famous enough you knew the general plot idea. Mr. Sands would also often stop you all to explain what was happening in a scene so you could represent it properly, so that was nice too. He seemed to be enjoying himself directing all of you, and most of you found yourselves enjoying it all as well. It was a nice distraction… although whenever you thought about that, you were reminded of Monopheasant’s apparent ‘motive’. You were still just crossing your fingers that all the secrets were petty nonsense like Elisé’s. There was no way it would start off with something so ridiculous if it actually had access to worse material, right? 

You would find the answer to that the day after the cast list. It was the second rehearsal, and you were all still sort of awkwardly stumbling over lines and trying to figure out the emotion in the lines - nowhere near blocking yet. Mr. Sands was patient, though, walking you through the scenes with ease. You were finishing up going through Act 1 for the fourth time today, when a sudden familiar cackling interrupted the Witches. Everyone froze as Monopheasant bounded into the auditorium, gleeful as ever, and hopped onstage, pushing the actors to the side. Oh no. 

“Hello, everyone! Hope I’m not interrupting anythiiiiiing~!” it chirped, clearly not caring at all. “You can get back to your murder practice soon, but first! It’s time for the daily secret, ukukuku!” 

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