#dr:os chapter 2

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Chapter Two: End

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Terror | Vergo | Trial End | Re: Execution

They were a coward, weren't they?

Vergo knows this. They know it as Jun and Kaguya say it, as the votes roll in, as the culprit is sent to her doom. Eyes locked on the screens, that's all they know. As Kaguya is thrown into a pit of razor sharp 'stars', they feel no victory.

They're a coward. There is no honor in this death. There will be none in any further deaths. At the end of all this, there will just be a mound of corpses hoping to be martyrs. At the end of all this, they'll still be a coward wishing the votes hadn't turned out this way.

Kaguya is dead. Takumi's death was in vain. There is no vengeance here. A demon with a familiar face awaits them in some second life.

Vergo turns and shambles out without another word.

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Hollow Justice | Jun | Trial End | Re: Execution

As the tally flashes before their eyes, a conflicted mixture of relief and disappointment churns in Jun's gut. Only Kaguya's marred soul will die. Justice is being served. But with her dies some slim chance at improving their odds, the purpose of Mars' forgiveness, the potential for (in some horrible way) Takumi's death meaning something good for them. 

If only Kaguya would make this easier by doubling down on how horrible she must be. She tries, she certainly tries, but those last words betray her heart in this penultimate moment. At the end of the day, Minase Kaguya could not convincingly play something rotted to its very core.

Accepting the burden of the living, Jun stares at Kaguya as she's slowly pulled behind that door, stares at the screens broadcasting her death. There is honor in a woman accepting her fate. Jun's wrapped hand slowly comes to rest over her heart in a fist at the sight, the same gesture she'd given Yoshiko. She does not blink. She does not flinch. That brutal death may not go fully understood by her, but it will not go unwitnessed.

Once it ends (and it must, her life ended, the creaking dying out, Yagi-chan's words hollow and meaningless in her ears) she squares her shoulders and walks straight for Mars' podium, extending her hand for him to take.

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As the Stars Fortold | Chapter Two

The low creaking of those hanging barbed wires continue to fill the trial room, until eventually the screen flickered away from Kaguya Minase's corpse and back to Yagi-chan.

"How fitting. A girl who pretended to speak for the stars- strung up and carved apart beneath them. ...One could say that she died as she lived- making others fear the future."

Twelve students remained in the courtroom now that Kaguya and Takumi's lives had been extinguished. Four people had died since they arrived in this facility, and the burning question was, how many more would join their ranks.

"She was cruel, manipulative, and arrogant. The world is a better place without her. Nevertheless, even I cannot deny her effort in playing the game exactly as it was designed. She understood something most of you still refuse to admit: survival here is not about virtue- it is about leverage. Even despite her confession, she still nearly won.... an interesting development with its own implications."

"Alas, her blood is still on your hands- and you remain no closer to escape. With every lost life, you prove the necessity of this game. You demonstrate your inability to think beyond your own selfish desires. You reinforce the need for me to guide you."

"Deeper and deeper we voyage. Further and further we dissolve. Closer to death- and yet..."

"Well, no. I am certain you already have much to think about. Some mysteries must remain, after all."

"Until next time, Student Council. We enjoyed this."

With that, Yagi-chan vanished from the screen, leaving a simple message behind.

Second Class Trial Complete. Please Depart the Trial Grounds.

The elevator door that you came from, the one directly across from Yagi-chan’s screen, opens up. Whenever they were ready, the Student Council could leave their podiums and return to the bunker above.

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EXECUTION | Kaguya | Chapter Two | Trial 2

(CW: Hanging imagery, blood, sharp cuts)

EXECUTION BEGIN: HANGING OF THE RAZOR-TONGUED WITCH

The screen that shows Yagi-chan, just like with Yoshiko, changes to give you all the show that is the hanging of the Witch of Unluck. The Human Incarnation of the Goddess of the Moon. Lady Tsukuyomi.

[♫♫♫]

Kaguya’s wrists are bound and feet secured tightly to a conveyer belt underneath her that keeps her moving despite any protests that she might have. She tugs at the bindings with a look of utter distaste on her face. Rolling her eyes she seems to have to just accept it. There is no use fighting back. 

The environment around her was dark and drab like a decaying old temple. The only illumination being from the candles lining the walls and the ones lying along the ground that lit the path of the belt as she slowly was pulled closer and closer to its final destination. 

At the end of this path was a wooden structure. A platform with an arch that had a single rope hanging from it. How very creative she thought, she’s going to live out the dreams of a witch of the olden days. Her mouth twitches in the slightest bit of fear at seeing what will be her demise…But she will not crack. Don’t give the goat what he wants. Die with your dignity still intact.

“Hello, Kaguya,” The metallic voice of Yagi echoes out.

“You built your fortune from the misfortune of others. You sold fear as prophecy and masked cruelty as truth.”

As the belt reaches the stairs of the platform her feet are released…She knows that she can’t run away…she knows that if she tried she was sure to meet a worse fate. This is what it wants. To make Kaguya Minase walk to her own demise as she so proudly claimed that she would. Acceptance was the game that the goat was playing. Unfortunately, acceptance is the role she will play.

“They called you a gift from the heavens. A ‘Star Child.”

She lifts her legs and ascends the short staircase to the top of the gallows. Staring at the noose in front of her…she pauses. This was the end? This was the brutal execution? What did it expect her to do? Behind the platform something catches her eye. A glint that lit up the shadows. She approaches the back of the platform to be met with a giant pit behind it.

The pit was as dark as night but glistened with stars filling the interior of it. To fall through it would be like falling through the starry night sky. Taken by the darkness and left to sleep peacefully in the cosmos. That sounded…like it would be nice. Much better than Hell. If only that was the truth.

Her keen eye picks that these aren’t stars though. Those shiny silver lights from within the pit were razor blades. Sharp weapons that wanted to slice her to ribbons. She attempts to take a step back but that isn’t allowed…

“But I ask you: why does the ‘voice of the cosmos’ spend her time pushing down every star that dares to rise?”

The platform shakes violently…

“Now it’s your turn to fall.”

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Kaguya Minase’s face turns to one of fear as the girl loses her footing on the platform and her body tumbles forward into the pit of razors. Her eyes open wide as she knows that a brutal end was waiting for her. She is quick to shut them as the first razor slices through her sweater and skin. It’s so quick, her entire body being shredded from all angles by the wires. Tearing the and ripping open the flesh of her arms, legs, and even that beautiful face. Every inch of her body becomes saturated in crimson right before your eyes.

The razor wires snap and wrap around her body. Tightly around her throat where any movement makes it tear deeper and deeper into her skin. Around her body that tied her arms to her chest and tore into them. Her foot snags on one wire and her descent into the pit is stopped.

Everything stops as her body becomes completely still, ensnared too tightly by the razor wire for any movement to be possible. Her body is stained red…no laughter to ever leave her shredded face again…

KAGUYA MINASE HAS BEEN EXECUTED

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Dreamend Discharger | Kaguya | Trial 2 | RE: All

The results are close…she was so close if only they just believed. But they chose not to and so they have penned their own fates. Kaguya Minase was going to die either today or the day she saved them. Ever since she killed Takumi Nishikawa she knew that her fate was sealed and this is just the way that it has to be. She will not cry. She will not beg. She will not go out as a shameful display. If Kaguya is going to die then it will be on her own terms.

“Hmmm…how unfortunate for you all. Isn’t it sad that some of your friends here had such petty grudges against me that they decided their feelings or worthless personal philosophies are far more important than your lives? You could’ve had someone on the outside but some of you decided not to do that. You’ve decided to let Yagi-chan bend you over like the worthless little bitches that you are. I had it in me to try and make the hard choices that needed to be made to save lives and I did. So I can die proud of that. You think that you all are so good because you got to play little detectives and solve the mystery? This is real life. It’s not a mystery novel. There is no satisfying end where you are all rewarded for your hard work.”

And she grins. That malicious ear to ear grin as the podium clamps down on her all around. Holding her in place. She shows no signs of fear…no signs of terror. Only that cocky smile that she wants to go out with.

“The reward is that now you’re all going to die with no hope of rescue. Under the whims of Yagi-chan you’re all going to get right back to killing each other like clockwork I’m sure. I hope it hurts when your greatest friend feeds you a poison that melts your guts. When you have a knife driven deep into your chest and through your cowardly hearts. When your head is smashed in so brutally that the only thing left of your face is brain mush and fragments of bone. Or…when you get to have the joys of being executed as brutally as Yoshiko-san and as brutally as I’m sure I’m about to be. And then when we meet in Hell I can laugh at you as I and the legion of demons I joined flay your skin and pull your guts from your body. But until then I hope Yagi-chan makes your lives as miserable as possible, kihihihi~”

She lets out a happy sigh. Her podium moves, taking her back to the door with her name on it. Kaguya was ready. She was ready to accept her punishment. Though her heart beats so strongly with fear in her chest. She doesn’t want to die…of course she doesn’t. 

The podium is so close to reaching the door…it’s all almost over. She isn’t done speaking though…

“This doesn’t apply to those that tried to save me though. Tanaka-san, if you escape please find my friend Mugen Kizaki. He loves sweets and the most you could do for me is let him try one of your cakes. He would love it more than anything else. And also tell him I’m sorry for leaving him behind. I wish for you all another chance to escape and have a life where you can prosper. That’s my final prophecy. You all will. Thank you. I’ll tell Takumi-san you all said hello. Good luck…and fuck you, Yagi-chan.”

Her smile…was serene…gentle…and sweet.

The door closes forever and Kaguya Minase is gone.

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A Crime of Chance | Chapter Two

With that, the trial came to a natural close. As with last time, the large LED screen above and behind Akira’s podium glitched, resulting in Yagi-chan counting the votes that were cast. Once again they were faced with a difficult decision, and time would only tell if they selected the right person to be doomed to execution.

“...It appears that the time is up. Congratulations, Student Council. Another trial, come and gone. Time certainly flies when you are having fun.”

Silence fell upon the courtroom, and everyone’s darkened expression fell upon two places among the thirteen survivors. First, the portrait of Takumi Nishikawa - a man who by all accounts only wanted to help prevent another murder, becoming a victim in turn. Second, to Kaguya Minase, whose account left many in the room feeling conflicted about what they should do or how they should vote.

“All of your votes have been accounted for. Due to our recording of the entire killing, we are fully aware of who the killer is and thus are able to make a sound and fair decision. Without further ado, allow us to present the results.”

As Yagi-chan spoke, everyone’s attention fixated on the giant screen. Each of the sixteen Student Council’s portraits could be seen in a row, and slowly but surely, tally marks appeared beside them. One by one, until all thirteen votes were recorded.

CLASS TRIAL RESULTS: THE CASE OF TAKUMI NISHIKAWA Kaguya Minase: 8 Yvon Bruckhard: 1 Jun Ichii: 1 Vergo Vendetto: 1 M4RS: 1 Haruko Tanaka: 1

The tally marks sat on the screen for a second, almost mockingly, before Yagi-chan appeared once more.

“You have reached a majority in identifying the culprit. Kaguya Minase, the Ultimate Astrologist, is indeed the one responsible for claiming the life of Takumi Nishikawa, the Ultimate Boxer. As is fair and customary, I will now illuminate the details of how the murder took place. I request your full attention for this endeavor.”

As each Student Council Member gazed toward the screen, they could only anticipate what they were about to see. A video file started to play - edited in a way that only showed the important camera footage as Yagi-chan narrated the events.

The screen immediately opened up on camera footage of Kaguya Minase sat in the smoking room across from Kio Kodama. The camera shows a feed from behind her, showing the Astrologist reading ‘Slaughter in Shibuya’. Her hands open the page to discover a hollowed out space with a tanto blade hidden inside. She quickly takes it, hiding it under her sweater before she closes the book, speaking to Kio as she leaves.

“Our case begins with Kaguya Minase, who had been reading one of our murder mystery novels in the smoking room. With the reality of our motive on her mind, this book and its secret was enough to spur her on to murder. All of the necessary pieces were available to her- she even still retained her boon from the previous motive - a Skeleton Key. All she had to do was set them in place."

The screen cuts briefly to show Kaguya Minase having a brief, but terse conversation with Stella Ethereal before heading into the storage room. Once there, she gathers a trash bag and waits around until around midnight. During this time, she watches Mafuyu Sento enter to grab a drink before leaving. It shows her checking outside the door to make sure the coast is clear, before she takes off toward the dorms.

"Of course, that book did more than just inspire Kaguya Minase to murder. It also gave her an idea of how she could do it. Whilst in the storage room, our culprit decided to grab a trash bag to carry out a silent and clean kill akin to the method described in her murder mystery novel. In her mind, it was all going to be perfect."

The screen then shows two camera feeds. One shows Kaguya Minase approaching Stella Ethereal's door, scanning her skeleton key and pushing the door open. As that camera shows her entering and discovering an empty room, the other displays the victim of this case, Takumi Nishikawa, catching a glimpse of Kaguya entering the dorm. Takumi sprints to intercept, slipping inside the room as the door closed behind them both.

"But perfect was a far cry from what happened. You see, Kaguya Minase had thought Stella Ethereal to be an easy target, slipping into her room using the skeleton key. She failed to anticipate that Stella Ethereal might be elsewhere in the facility. It was then that Takumi Nishikawa spotted Kaguya's suspicious behavior on his nightly patrol, and thus entered to question our culprit."

The screen then focuses on Takumi Nishikawa standing by Stella's door as a frustrated Kaguya Minase confronts him. The two look like they are arguing and Kaguya steps forward trying to give the knife to Takumi, showing him the skeleton key in the process. He refuses, and gestures to the door. As he does, you get a little snippet of dialogue: Takumi: "Come on... we can... talk this out. Think about... Mugen... He wants you to get out... yeah?"

As soon as he says those words, Kaguya lunges at him, plunging the Tanto blade into his gut. The first blow.

"Takumi Nishikawa confronted Kaguya Minase, and tried his best to talk her out of her plan. However, our culprit lost her patience after trying to convince Takumi Nishikawa to kill her instead. Kaguya Minase lunged at the Ultimate Boxer, plunging the knife into his gut. A long fight ensued."

The camera is now erratic. You see Takumi holding his stomach after realising he had been stabbed. Instead of falling, he adopted his boxing stance and tried to punch Kaguya, however his fist flew into the wall. You see him wince in pain as he stumbles further into the room. From here, it is a bloodbath. Kaguya continues to strike at him like a viper, cutting and stabbing, but he refuses to fall. The entire time, Takumi tried to keep Kaguya off him. After a long fight and losing blood rapidly, Takumi falls to the ground. Kaguya leaps on top of him and goes to town, stabbing him countless times in his torso, arms and neck. He continues to fight, seemingly clinging to life.

"However, Takumi Nishikawa refused to die... at least, not immediately. He tried to defend himself from Kaguya Minase's attack. However, each time that our culprit thought that she had won, Takumi Nishikawa stood back up. Eventually, however, the blood loss caught up to him. The Ultimate Boxer was finally subdued, and Kaguya Minase would try to finish him off. But he still wouldn't die."

The camera finally cuts to the bleeding Takumi on the floor. The room is a mess, coated in crimson. You see him mouth the words 'Monster' before Kaguya reaches for a dumbbell that Stella Ethereal had kept in her room for self defence. She seems to say something in reply, before clobbering him over the head twice. He stops moving.

"At long last, Takumi Nishikawa breathed his final breath, but not before parting some last words to our culprit. Kaguya Minase finally finished him off... or so it seemed."

The Camera then shows Kaguya Minase standing over Takumi Nishikawa's unmoving body. She then walks over to the bed and stabs it repeatedly, before throwing a number of Stella Ethereal's things across the room. Once complete, she steals some of Stella's clothes, covers herself in the black bag she intended to use in the kill, and left the room.

"To make the best out of a bad situation, Kaguya Minase decided to set up the crime scene to make it look as if Takumi Nishikawa had attacked Stella Ethereal and was killed in self defense. She stabbed the bed, threw things around, and decided that she needed to get rid of her damning evidence. She donned the trash bag she brought initially to help her have a clean kill in an effort to disguise her frame as she made her way to the Waste Disposal Room."

The Camera cuts to Kaguya, wearing the bag, leaving the dorms and heading off down the corridor. It shows Kihaku Horikawa spotting this, and immediately going to alert Iori Shiotani and Vergo Vendetto.

Meanwhile the camera returns to Stella's dorm room. Takumi begins to stir. He drags himself to the bathroom door, props himself up, and then with his last bit of strength, he scribbles the word "Boon" next to him in blood. After a few more minutes, Takumi seemingly passes away from blood loss.

"As she made her way to dispose of her evidence, Kaguya Minase had no idea that her victim was still breathing. Takumi Nishikawa used the last of his strength to prop himself up against the bathroom wall - and in a move we can only presume as a way to help you discover the identity of the killer, left a short but messy dying message in his wake. At long last, Takumi Nishikawa finally passed away."

The camera sharp cut to Kaguya Minase in the trash room. She strips down to her underwear, burning her bloody clothes. During this time, she uses four water bottles that she grabbed from the Storage Room and doused the remaining blood from her. You then see her hastily pull on Stella Ethereal's clothes, accidentally snapping one of her hair ties as she emulates the Seer's hairstyle.

"And so, Kaguya Minase did her best to ensure that all of her old clothes were burned, and after dousing herself in water in an impromptu shower, our culprit carried out the last stage of her plan. She must have wanted to ensure that Stella Ethereal looked as suspicious as possible, if anyone were to see her out in the halls at night. Kaguya Minase dons her disguise, and leaves the Waste Disposal Room."

The camera then shows Kaguya Minase, disguised as Stella Ethereal, walking out of the Waste Disposal Room and toward the dorms. On the way, she seems to stop, as it is clear to spot Kihaku Horikawa, Vergo Vendetto and Iori Shiotani behind her, with Kihaku calling out to 'Stella'. Kaguya Minase says nothing and hurries down the hall, shutting herself in her dorm.

"As she predicted, Kaguya Minase was spotted as she left the Waste Disposal Room. She was fortunate enough that her disguise was sufficient in deceiving the other Council Members... for the time being. Our culprit scurried back to her dorm, where she would wait until the opportune moment to get rid of the last piece of evidence."

Finally, the camera shows Kaguya Minase leaving her dorm so late at night, that nobody would be wandering around. She carries a black bag and is wearing her own clothes. She takes the bag to the Laundry Room, where it shows the Astrologist tossing Stella Ethereal's stolen clothes into the washing machine, and neatly leaving the bloodied bag at the side. With her crime complete, the camera shows Kaguya's determined face as she returned to her dorm.

"At last, the crime finally came to a close. Kaguya Minase waited until it was so late that she could sneak about undetected, entered the laundry room, and left Stella's slightly bloodied clothes for the others to find. Certain she could get away with her deed, she returned to her dorm to prepare herself for what the morning would bring."

Eventually, the camera feed shuts off. Once again, they were forced to watch the murder of one of their classmates in real time. Takumi Nishikawa had died in such a painful manner, and clung to life to the very end. It was a horrifying watch. However, one thing was for certain: the culprit was, without a doubt, Kaguya Minase.

After a moment, Yagi-chan reappeared to speak.

“It is my duty to remain ever impartial in my role as your conductor. It is my responsibility to treat you all with an equal amount of... accountability. Alas, I would be remiss if I did not say that Kaguya Minase was greatly entertaining. I had speculated from the start of this game that whatever murder she would inevitably orchestrate would be one worth observing. I take pleasure in knowing that I was correct.”

"As is customary by the rules of this trial, I yield the floor for Kaguya Minase to say her last words."

"...I advise that you not take this opportunity to attempt to escape."

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Flourless Chocolate Torte | Haruko | Trial 2.5 | Re: Kaguya

"Goodbye Kaguya. I'm sorry that it had to happen this way, but it was never going to have another outcome. I do not respect your actions, but I understand what led you to them. If you have any final requests... Well it'd be the least I could do per our alliance."

While her words speak one simple truth, Haruko Tanaka keeps one secret to herself now. It is not Kaguya Minase.

She does not take pleasure in this action. Instead she takes it knowing it will fail, but allowing that failure to ease the guilt that had been gnawing at her. To flame the hope that maybe, just maybe, Kaguya could actually save them.

This secret will die with her some day. Perhaps some day soon. But someday it will. Much like how her own secret now dies with Kaguya.