Danganronpa: String Theory (DrV3)

1.4 - Third Time's a Charm

Just when I think it can't possibly get any worse than two bears, although I'd speculated at least four already, two more pop up, one a half green bear that looks visibly more robotic than plush like the other three. The bear that appears alongside him is one that is half blue with a literal tuft of chest hair and a guitar- looking so ridiculous I almost have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

"Guess who's fault it's gotta be! I'll give ya one hint- he's ugly, he's green, and he's the biggest fuckin' eyesore I've ever seen!" The blue one shouts, much to the green bear's obvious discomfort.

"...Luigi?" the red bear, Monotaro, answers with a paw to his chin as he looks up in thought.

"WRONG FRANCHISE! I'm talkin' about-!" The blue bear starts shouting, before a fifth bear appears, fixing a set of round black glasses over his half yellow toned face and playing with an abacus.

"Oh, Please. Forget Monodam, the only one whose fault it is happens to be lil' Miss Prepubescent!" The yellow bear snaps, silencing the blue bear into messing with his guitar heatedly. "Now back to the issue, how are we gonna fix this one? The memory erasing obviously doesn't work on her anymore, these last two resets prove it. Should we proceed with just killing her now?"

Killing me?! Th-They're really gonna do it?! I think, shrinking back. I feel Rantaro tug me behind his body, glaring at the bears as they bicker among each other.

"Heehee, oh, don't be like that, lover boy! We'll just kill her sooner if you interfere, and it'll be all your fault!" The pink bear chirps brightly, looking towards the yellow bear. "Monosuke, chase the other stragglers here, will you? You too, Monokid, I wanna get it over with quickly! Oh, you know I hate gore, but when it's excessive, unnecessary, blood-squirting gore, I'm all good!"

"Sure, we're off!" Monosuke agrees, before quickly bounding away somewhere, followed by the blue bear who lets out a "whoop" of excitement and strums his guitar excessively on the way out.

Gore...?! I think, just as Monotaro jumps up and down, glaring my way.

"You talk too much! I tell you to shuddup and you fold the second pretty boy flutters his eyelashes at you! Now you get to face the consequences!" Monotaro snaps, growing more and more visibly agitated. "I won't let you spoil any more than you already have!"

"Hey, how dare you speak to an adorable sweet angel like her in such a nasty way!" Tenko snaps, suddenly appearing beside Rantaro with her fists up. "I've been in my fair share of fights, I can promise you that!"

"Gonta too! Gonta will be meat shield for Small Prairie!" Gonta pops up on Rantaro's other side, just before four other people burst into the gym lead by that magenta haired guy from last time. Some of them are screaming and obviously confused, but there's hardly time to catch them up on anything at the moment since the bears have the spotlight.

"That's everyone! Which means...!" Monophanie pauses, just as two of the mechas drop in beside Rantaro, Gonta, Tenko and I, landing with loud crashes that startle everyone in the gym. "It's punishment time! Let's give it everything we've got!"

I only blink for a moment, but as soon as I do, Gonta and Tenko are snatched up and removed from their places beside Rantaro, the two audibly complaining and struggling in objection while Rantaro and I back up into the corner- with Rantaro keeping himself rooted in front of me.

"We suggest ya move, or we'll just kill you bastards now!" I hear Monokid howl from within the blue accented mecha that's holding Tenko in a vice grip, the girl kicking her legs and trying to get a footing that will push her out of it's hold.