Shortly after the execution finished, the speakers came back on. For the first few seconds, nothing but muffled crying could be heard.
“Welp….f-fuck I guess. She never said that was gonna ‘appen... Now seems like a good time to yeet ourselves the fuck out ‘a here, don't ‘ya think?”
The raspy voice from earlier stuttered out. The elevator doors soon opened, signalling for you to go,
“Boat's outside. Grab whatever then we gotta blast”
There’s a slight hesitation between everyone, but soon, everyone gathers their belongings, everyone pitches in to help Kokoro gather her stuff, too. There was no stated time limit, but with this boat being the only way out, there was some hurrying to be done.
As soon as everyone's on the boat, a speaker near a locked off door crackles to life,
“‘Ere’s the deal chucklefucks; Sansy got your families together and yall’re gonna go see ‘em now. No, you don't get ‘ta see my gorgeous mug; no one's gettin’ arrested here. Usually I'd make an exception fer the cute chicks, but I gotta go through the grieving process or just die real quick. I wouldn't suggest hoppin’ off; if the boat doesn't get ‘ya Nessie or some shit will. Bon voyage”
While on the boat, some... items were handed to you. Odd given the situation, but sure enough, there were 2 boxes addressed to Atsuko and Yume, and envelopes addressed to Lilith, Clemens and Kai.
In Yume’s box were a variety of different beauty supplies, a note on top that read
Not sure if you have anything good going on on the inside, but here's some external stuff.
Atsuko’s box, for some reason, had air holes in it. Upon opening, she'd be greeted to a sleeping husky puppy with a note next to it. The dog couldn't have been more than a couple months old given its size, and its note read,
You deserve a friend. I don't think this one's had enough time to dislike you, but I can't be certain. Please take care of her
Kai’s envelope held two rings and much like the others, a note
I was gonna give you cash but you'd waste it. These are in case a few months passed and you still haven't fucked everything up with her
In Clemens’ was...cash? Hey, there's a note too though
Honestly I don't know shit about you. Buy some therapy with it or something
Last but not least was Lilith’s envelope, which unlike the others, contained just a note. On one half of it was...a tiktok channel link. Huh.
I'm not sure if she has any social media other than that, but this is just in case you still want to talk to Kokoro after this. She needs an older figure by her side, and she's not gonna touch Titter for a while
After what felt like hours, but in reality had been an hour at most, the boat stopped in front of a small shipping deck. As promised, everyone's loved ones were there, as well as some law enforcement and ambulances. The survivors didn't have much time to reunite with everyone before they were all carried off by ambulances. Weeks later, after everyone was observed and treated for any possible injuries, they were free to go, protected from the stress that came from countless journalists by the ever generous Hope’s Peak.
Despite the lack of statements from the survivors, there seemed to be coverage of the Twin Hearts tragedy everywhere they looked:
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Twin Hearts resort closed until further notice to recover from the recent tragedy
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It was months until media coverage finally began to die down. By then, nearly everyone had gotten their story out, and a large reward had been put out for any info on the other person responsible for the Twin Hearts Tragedy. What followed soon after, at first glance, had no correlation to the recent kidnapping, but those who lived through the events and knew Chinatsu’s motivations knew the truth.
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It was almost painful to see that everything she had fought for amounted to nothing at the end of the day, and that the 12 lives lost there at the resort went towards a lost cause, but at the end of the day, those who lived through it all knew a much more dangerous threat had been taken down there. At least now things could return back to normal
And sure enough, they did. The events that occurred there would be engraved in their minds forever, but the rest of their time at HPA proved to be much less eventful. The school year that kicked off with a bang passed quickly, and soon it was already time to go back again, a new crop of fresh faces waiting to join the ranks of the ultimates, spared of the hardships last year's group endured.
...
Or were they? The first day of the new year seemed normal initially, but the large BANG that went off an hour into classes soon proved that to be false. Anyone unfortunate enough to investigate the front of the campus, the source of the noise, would be greeted to utter chaos. Windows everywhere had been busted open; once clean walls were tainted with spray paint and...blood? Amongst all of it was a note written front and center in pink liquid
GOOD CHOICE TWIN HEARTS
What accompanied the message was an all too familiar logo...
