Danganronpa: Sub.Mel

Documentation: Driven Exploration (Prologue, Part 9)

"Alright then! No way to go but forward," Yamato beamed and headed toward the door, Amari following closely behind.

"Will you not join us, Yukari?" Yudai questioned as he noticed Yukari remaining in her sitting position.

"I have, ah, stuff to think about. Yes, you could say that," She smoothed her skirt and smirked, "Besides, I already know what's through that door anyway. All in due time."

"Hm. Quite suspicious, but if you insist," Yudai shook his head and followed the other two.

Through the door was a hallway. Peering down, one could see three more doors, two on the opposite wall of the one they had come. Lining the near wall was what looked to be lockers of some sort. Kanna was already there, inspecting each locker in what was likely excruciating detail. Certainly, some of the students had already moved into the other room, whether it be out of curiosity or out of a sense of duty.

In the hallway were several students. Kanna, of course, as well as Nori, who was hovering around the former. Oddly enough, so were Shigeru and Rikuto, despite having been in the other group. Having seen this, Amari quickly strode down the hall to one of the doors. Placing her hand on the doorknob, she eyed Shigeru, "You came from here, didn't you?"

"Yes, yes. That would seem to be a canteen or something similar," Shigeru nodded, "It would seem these rooms form a circle. Alas, Kanna already informed us that you guys investigated a meeting room with no sign of an exit."

"That would be true. What of those doors?" Amari motioned toward the two doors. They were identical in all accounts except the doorframes. One was red, the other was blue. "I assume the other students are either there or in the cafeteria?"

"I guess neither 'cafeteria' nor 'canteen' describes it very well... It looked like it was more dressed up than that. But anyway, yes. Some people moved on, some stayed... Hmhm..." Shigeru hummed to himself for a moment, "Those doors... I only got a glance, but they seemed to lead to more hallway to me."

"A dead end and many doors," Rikuto walked over, his thick arms folded. He'd been watching people go in and out and he knew a little of what to expect should he go that way. What he'd been doing, before overhearing the conversation between Shigeru and Amari, was testing the walls for any weak points in the infrastructure. It was for naught, of course, and Rikuto had expected little else.

"Perhaps it would benefit us to figure out just what's in there," Amari murmured and narrowed her eyes, "No one's come out yet?"

"Not yet, not yet," Shigeru answered, running his fingers through his hair, "But they haven't been there for the longest of times yet. Perhaps it's a good thing, you think, hm? After all, if they don't return soon, they likely found something."

"Yes, my thoughts exactly," Amari nodded and began to head for the red door. Just what could be beyond? Monokuma's thoughts ringing in her mind, she had a strong feeling that it wasn't an exit of any sort. At worst, it would be a trap, but the way the bear spoke... No, he wanted them to harm each other. If not, they wouldn't be here, alive, to continue spinning their tale.

Of course, I feel I am obligated to pause here in case I have raised your hopes. There is certainly death in this documentation. When I say 'alive', I mean at this point in the documentation. I knew as I uncovered this that only a fool could be so optimistic and so I implore you to also not be so misguided.

Amari slowly turned the knob, aware of Shigeru behind her, and opened the door with a sense of purpose. As it opened to a hallway, Amari realised that she didn't have any real expectations. Lined on either side of the walls were eight doors and staring at one of them, the one closest to Amari no less, was Keroko.