Danganronpa: String Theory (DrV3)

EXECUTION #1

A/N: Chappy is a little short since it's an execution segment!
Credit to PorfontoPorifin (Aka. Poffin) for Tsumugi's punishment animation above AND for the Execution Card further below!
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⚠️ tw/ descriptive gore, death, & violence ⚠️

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The chain dragging Tsumugi around jingles wildly with a sound that disturbingly resembles laughter to her ears for some reason. Great, even the inanimate objects are laughing at her miserable situation.

On a certain level, Tsumugi can't help but wonder things though. Prior to entering the killing game, she hardly cared for that stupid livelihood warranty agreement she was forced to sign before they started to arrange the fifty-third season production. She wasn't concerned about whether someone killed her since she'd be an everlasting figure in Danganronpa history either way.

When did that change?

After she became fixated on Prairie's removal? Or before?

As she drew nearer to her execution, somehow that walking orange fruit stain still seemed to torment her by robbing what little peace she had left in this life. If it wasn't for her, everything would have gone according to plan. She wasn't certain, but she was never wrong with her tactics in manipulation before. It's why Danganronpa hired her and agreed to give her creative freedom with the fifty-third season in the first place.

On the other side of things, why did Monokuma fixate on Prairie? How? He wasn't supposed to have "favorites". For an individual will to form in a robot comprised of just code...he shouldn't be able to divert from his original nature like this. Could someone have intentionally tampered with him? Somebody against Danganronpa's practices? That wouldn't actually be anything new, the franchise is controversial with plenty of haters...but how would someone be able to sneak their way into the company in the first place? All workers go through vigorous screening processes and background checks due to its controversial status in an effort to avoid such mishaps from happening, and yet here stands a Monokuma that wants and demands authority.

It has to be faulty coding, there's no other explanation. An AI like Monokuma's can't become like a human.

Someone must have altered his coding and made him smarter...maybe that engineer that created Kiibo? Not that Tsumugi could even recall the old bat's name.

On top of all that, why would Danganronpa just let it happen either? Perhaps this is what they actually want in the end? They must not be intervening because they like where this is headed- even if it is a drastic step away from the usual Danganronpa formula.

She pauses to wonder why she's concerned with the mystery in the first place and reluctantly resigns to pulling herself out of her head to see what's going to happen next in her execution. What does it matter in the end anyways? Her precious plans are ruined.

Maybe it'll be painful, but she supposed death is better than being shunned by the Danganronpa staff for her failures here.

How embarrassing.

And totally unfair.

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❀ EXECUTION #1