Danganronpa: Day of Disaster (IC)

[Main Nation Ministry]

OOC

An Excerpt from a brochure for Hikami Academy
"Students who attend here in Hikami Academy can expect the finest education be taught here for all who are declared Ultimate. Be noted that Hikami Academy is not recognize for any harm that appears for any accepted students who are officially registered. Please know that Hikami Academy shall file any lawsuit in response to any libel, slander or downright lies talked about the academy."

...
You wake up with your body propped against the wall, as your leg is chained and shackled to a hook right next to you, sticking out of the wall. The walls, floor and ceiling are made out of concrete. The only light source in the room is a neon fluorescent light directly above a wooden door with a brass door handle. On the left side of the room is an intercom speaker near the ceiling, while there is nothing of importance on the other side. In front of you is a video camera on top of a tripod, aimed directly at you. Then, the intercom comes on with a bit of static, before a male voice starts to speak directly at you.

"Beginning interrogation. Subject is currently showing signs of confusion. Please note subject has been difficult to handle and to have them follow directions." The voice seems to be doing something on the other end of the intercom, as he seemed to be recording his speech directly towards you. "If you are listening to this, you have been selected for questioning and to test your recent learned abilities that you had been given. Your qualifications have been reached to continue onward for the next stages in this program. Please note, that this room will be sealed where you will be forced to wait for a certain amount of time until you have completed the next step. Additionally, you will be listening from several people that have examined your results and have favorably came to talk to you. Now, starting question #1 in 3.."
"2."
"1."

Danganronpa

Day of Disaster

You stand at the gates of Hikami Academy, as it was an early morning where the sun had just rose to the sky. The sky now turning blue, without a cloud to look at, you let the gates in front of you open up, as you enter. Hikami Academy wasn't just any academy for a student. Hikami Academy was the school for those who were declared Ultimate. This is said to be the only school that invites the best of the world to become students for the greater good. You just happened to be one of these students who is deemed ultimate enough to attend. As students started to walk inside the entrance hall of the school, you proceed to follow suit to be ready for a new experience.

However, the moment you step into the hall, your vision starts to turn into a whirlpool. What was once the colors of a room in front of you is now fading. As you are confused at what is happening, the room has now become a tie-dye spiral, as your body feels like it's going to melt or turn into ash. You don't know what to do, until everything has become black.

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"The override has just started. All of our students should be thawing completely out of their pods right now.", you hear a male robotic voice say, as your vision returns to see yourself inside a glass coffin-shaped tank. In front of you, a panel opens up, where after trying to move your body, you fall face-first on the polished floor. The floor was clean, as your vision continues to register your surroundings. The room seems to be....a school gym? The walls were painted white, where you can see a stage in front of you and two sets of double doors to leave the room. The windows on top of the bleachers have been covered with some sort of metal plating and large nuts and bolts. You look over to the tanks behind you to see them literally protruding straight outta the floor. Several unconscious students were still asleep or were about to wake up. The gym floor shows the Hikami Academy emblem in the middle of the room, as you figure out where you are. Hikami Academy.

"Mazo, I think it's important to introduce our students here to the HIKAMI ACADEMY, don't you agree?", the male robotic voice went deep when it mentioned Hikami Academy, where another robotic voice was heard, where it sounded female. "I think both of us should appear. Together as two. Isn't that right, Itami?"
"Of course, Mazo. Of course."
The two voices seem to be coming from the stage ahead of you. As of right now, the only way to figure out where the hell you are is to find the source of the two.

Prologue: Separated Souls of Metal

[Amuaplye]

He woke up in a tank of sorts. Soon afterwards, the door to said tank opened, and he went out, only to trip over his shoelaces, and fall to the floor.

He got up, muttering some swear words to himself, before fishing through his pockets, and when he found the mask, he put it on.

It appeared to be a gym. As he registered his surroundings, he saw 9 other people, 4 men and 5 women. He also saw 6 other students off in the distance, but he couldn't see them that well. They were all sleeping. He appeared to be the first to wake up.

He knew that he was still in Hikami, the sign said so.

"Mazo, I think it's important to introduce our students here to the Hikami Academy, don't you agree?" A male voice said, apparently behind the curtain of the stage.

"I think both of us should appear. Together as two. Isn't that right, Itami?" He heard a female voice say.

"Of course, Mazo. Of course." The male voice replied.

Itami and Mazo. Itami and Mazo. He repeated to himself, so he could remember it.

"Итами и Мазо, а? Покажите себя." He yelled at the stage.

He walked around, waiting for the others. He didn't know them, they didn't know him, it was simple.

In his mind, a small clip repeated. It was the final words of the pilots aboard 2640.

"Боже мой, что ты сделал?"

"Я пытаюсь решить это. Мы должны просто сосредоточиться на возвращении в Шереметьево."

"Поднимитесь сейчас! Мы собираемся ударить по деревьям!"

"Я пытаюсь, я пытаюсь!"

(A scream is heard, followed by a loud bang.)

He had researched almost everything that the average civilian could research about the crash. He could tell you who was all on board, who lived, and how old they all were.

He could tell you their jobs, what the names of their family members were, anything.

He took off one of his gloves, and stared at the scars covering them, from the burns he got escaping the flaming wreckage.

He quickly put it back on, and looked around, before sitting down.

Welcome to Hell, Vadim. Welcome to Hell.

1. Itami and Mazo, eh? Show yourselves.
2. Oh my God, what have you done?
3. I'm trying to solve it. We should just focus on getting back to Sheremetyevo.
4. Pull up now! We're going to hit the trees!
5. I'm trying, I'm trying!

[ThePhantomThieves]

Avery Lee, Ultimate Lucky Student

After the tie-dye hallucination ended came another terror. Something from the past. Something that was reemerging to haunt her. A truck flying towards her at full-speed. This was one of the flashbacks where, rather than sitting in her father's red truck, she was standing still and upright, held in place by seatbelts connected to a seemingly invisible source. There was nothing she could do to stop it from ramming into her body. It was almost as if her bones actually crunched, her knees losing all sense as she flew downwards. These flashbacks never lasted very long, and this one was the same.

Avery's eyes shot open, revealing a plain, concrete room. The only other things she could see were a wooden door, an intercom and the most glaringly obvious, a video camera, staring directly into her 'soul'. In an attempt to break free, Avery pushed her body forwards, doing nothing. It seems that her legs were shackled to a hook attached to the wall. What is this...some kind of dungeon? But why am I here, is it the academy's doing, an individual, a grou- Static silenced her thoughts, and then came a voice...seemingly male and coming from the intercom.

What does this all mean? 'Special abilities'...I don't have any exceptional or unique skills, though he did say abilities..was I somehow tested on, the way this is set up does make it sound like I'm apart of some kind of research experiment. Maybe I didn't win based on luck, or I'm just the unluckiest person on the planet...not that it's possible to be as such. I guess I'll just have to do what they say, or else things could get, much, much worse...

She doesn't get to answer. Or at least her memory of doing such had been erased, because the next thing Avery sees is the glass of a coffin-shaped tank which her body has been imprisoned within. It's panel opens up. One sharp movement and her body collapses, falling onto the floor, face-first. Wha?
Looking up, she observes her surroundings. The environment seems to be that of a school gym, seemingly Hikami's as evidenced by it's emblem placed at the center of the room, and basic deduction. The metal plating only made this scene every bit stranger, imbuing a feeling of imprisonment. There were others like her, unconscious on the ground near other pods, and one boy who'd already woken, and somehow didn't notice her.

Getting up proved to be a bit more difficult then it had to be, but only because of the damage done to Avery's legs following the crash. Stumbling back and forwards with a terrible headache, she called out "Hey, you..." and limped her way over to her fellow...student? He could initiate the conversation himself.

I'm back.

[Amuaplye]

Avery Lee, Ultimate Lucky Student

After the tie-dye hallucination ended came another terror. Something from the past. Something that was reemerging to haunt her. A truck flying towards her at full-speed. This was one of the flashbacks where, rather than sitting in her father's red truck, she was standing still and upright, held in place by seatbelts connected to a seemingly invisible source. There was nothing she could do to stop it from ramming into her body. It was almost as if her bones actually crunched, her knees losing all sense as she flew downwards. These flashbacks never lasted very long, and this one was the same.

Avery's eyes shot open, revealing a plain, concrete room. The only other things she could see were a wooden door, an intercom and the most glaringly obvious, a video camera, staring directly into her 'soul'. In an attempt to break free, Avery pushed her body forwards, doing nothing. It seems that her legs were shackled to a hook attached to the wall. What is this...some kind of dungeon? But why am I here, is it the academy's doing, an individual, a grou- Static silenced her thoughts, and then came a voice...seemingly male and coming from the intercom.

What does this all mean? 'Special abilities'...I don't have any exceptional or unique skills, though he did say abilities..was I somehow tested on, the way this is set up does make it sound like I'm apart of some kind of research experiment. Maybe I didn't win based on luck, or I'm just the unluckiest person on the planet...not that it's possible to be as such. I guess I'll just have to do what they say, or else things could get, much, much worse...

She doesn't get to answer. Or at least her memory of doing such had been erased, because the next thing Avery sees is the glass of a coffin-shaped tank which her body has been imprisoned within. It's panel opens up. One sharp movement and her body collapses, falling onto the floor, face-first. Wha?
Looking up, she observes her surroundings. The environment seems to be that of a school gym, seemingly Hikami's as evidenced by it's emblem placed at the center of the room, and basic deduction. The metal plating only made this scene every bit stranger, imbuing a feeling of imprisonment. There were others like her, unconscious on the ground near other pods, and one boy who'd already woken, and somehow didn't notice her.

Getting up proved to be a bit more difficult then it had to be, but only because of the damage done to Avery's legs following the crash. Stumbling back and forwards with a terrible headache, she called out "Hey, you..." and limped her way over to her fellow...student? He could initiate the conversation himself.

I'll busy, so I can't respond right away. If anybody plans to post before I get back and edit this, just say Avery sat back down, appearing asleep or something.

"Какие? Что ты сказал? Я думаю, вы, возможно, пытаетесь говорить по-английски, но я говорю только по-русски. Меня зовут Вадим Ухтомский. Я - Абсолютное Проклятие."

1. What? What did you say? I think you might be trying to speak English, but I only speak Russian. My name is Vadim Ukhtomsky. I am the Ultimate Curse.

[ThePhantomThieves]

Avery Lee, Ultimate Lucky Student

After the tie-dye hallucination ended came another terror. Something from the past. Something that was reemerging to haunt her. A truck flying towards her at full-speed. This was one of the flashbacks where, rather than sitting in her father's red truck, she was standing still and upright, held in place by seatbelts connected to a seemingly invisible source. There was nothing she could do to stop it from ramming into her body. It was almost as if her bones actually crunched, her knees losing all sense as she flew downwards. These flashbacks never lasted very long, and this one was the same.

Avery's eyes shot open, revealing a plain, concrete room. The only other things she could see were a wooden door, an intercom and the most glaringly obvious, a video camera, staring directly into her 'soul'. In an attempt to break free, Avery pushed her body forwards, doing nothing. It seems that her legs were shackled to a hook attached to the wall. What is this...some kind of dungeon? But why am I here, is it the academy's doing, an individual, a grou- Static silenced her thoughts, and then came a voice...seemingly male and coming from the intercom.

What does this all mean? 'Special abilities'...I don't have any exceptional or unique skills, though he did say abilities..was I somehow tested on, the way this is set up does make it sound like I'm apart of some kind of research experiment. Maybe I didn't win based on luck, or I'm just the unluckiest person on the planet...not that it's possible to be as such. I guess I'll just have to do what they say, or else things could get, much, much worse...

She doesn't get to answer. Or at least her memory of doing such had been erased, because the next thing Avery sees is the glass of a coffin-shaped tank which her body has been imprisoned within. It's panel opens up. One sharp movement and her body collapses, falling onto the floor, face-first. Wha?
Looking up, she observes her surroundings. The environment seems to be that of a school gym, seemingly Hikami's as evidenced by it's emblem placed at the center of the room, and basic deduction. The metal plating only made this scene every bit stranger, imbuing a feeling of imprisonment. There were others like her, unconscious on the ground near other pods, and one boy who'd already woken, and somehow didn't notice her.

Getting up proved to be a bit more difficult then it had to be, but only because of the damage done to Avery's legs following the crash. Stumbling back and forwards with a terrible headache, she called out "Hey, you..." and limped her way over to her fellow...student? He could initiate the conversation himself.

I'll busy, so I can't respond right away. If anybody plans to post before I get back and edit this, just say Avery sat back down, appearing asleep or something.

"Какие? Что ты сказал? Я думаю, вы, возможно, пытаетесь говорить по-английски, но я говорю только по-русски. Меня зовут Вадим Ухтомский. Я - Абсолютное Проклятие."

1. What? What did you say? I think you might be trying to speak English, but I only speak Russian. My name is Vadim Ukhtomsky. I am the Ultimate Curse.

Avery didn't understand a word Vadim said, after all she only understood English and a very small amount of French. Communicating with him was hard, after all he was practically mute to her. Shaking her head and placing her pointer finger on her chest, Avery proceeded to point at the stage, suggesting both that she was unable to talk to him, and two that she was going to investigate the talking which was coming from the stage. And then she turned away, 'trudging' across the room over to the stage. Well, this is going to be inconvenient, but it shouldn't be...too difficult.

[Amuaplye]

He went and sat down next to his coffin of sorts, waiting for another person to wake up, and try to talk to.

He sighed, disappointed with himself at the fact that he can't talk to the others.

Surely there must be a way to talk with them, other than just gestures.

He leaned back against it, looking for his suitcase, only for it to not be found.

Where is it? I could've sworn I had it when I entered...

He decided to look for it later.

[The Moscow Metro Red Line]

Vera Ostapova Bender

Confusion and Claustrophobia. These were the two things Vera experienced once she regained conscious. The first thought was confusion. Where am I? Wasn't I just at the Academy? What am I in? The second which overrode the first was the realization that she was trapped in some sort of glass coffin. The tightness and the closeness of the space began to cause her to panic. Her struggling was in vain though as the panel in front of her opened towards the ground. Head first into the ground, Vera took a few seconds before getting up but while rubbing her head. Wasn't I just at the academy? No, there was that room. And that voice. But, but, but, where am I now?

As the pain became less and less, Vera began to check out the place around her. I'm wearing my usual clothes. I'm even wearing my red pioneer's scarf. Vera took a good awhile to get acquainted with her surroundings. This is a gym. No, not just any gym but a school gym. Why are these bolts and... wait that emblem on the floor. It's Hikami Academy. This can't be Hikami. Right, just because it has the school's emblem on it does not mean that it is. The voices which began to speak about some sort of introduction. As she began to process this she began to hear something familiar and dear to her - the Russian language. She glanced around and saw a boy and a girl speaking. However the girl clearly didn't understand what the boy was saying. But Vera knew what he was saying. She began to walk up to the boy who was sitting near one of the coffins like hers.

"Тоже ты не знаешь, где мы? Если ты знаешь, может быть ты меня рассказываешь? Меня зовут Вера Остапова Бендерова[1]. А у тебя?"[2]

1. Ostap Bender is a character from the soviet satirical novel, Twelve Chairs. In the novel, Ostap Bender was a great conartist and schemer. His cleverness, wit, charisma, and tricks enabled the other protagonist, Ippolit Matveevich, find the missing diamonds.
2. "Do you also no know where we are? If you know, maybe you can tell me? My name is Vera Ostapova Benderova. And yours?"

[Amuaplye]

Vera Ostapova Bender

Confusion and Claustrophobia. These were the two things Vera experienced once she regained conscious. The first thought was confusion. Where am I? Wasn't I just at the Academy? What am I in? The second which overrode the first was the realization that she was trapped in some sort of glass coffin. The tightness and the closeness of the space began to cause her to panic. Her struggling was in vain though as the panel in front of her opened towards the ground. Head first into the ground, Vera took a few seconds before getting up but while rubbing her head. Wasn't I just at the academy? No, there was that room. And that voice. But, but, but, where am I now?

As the pain became less and less, Vera began to check out the place around her. I'm wearing my usual clothes. I'm even wearing my red pioneer's scarf. Vera took a good awhile to get acquainted with her surroundings. This is a gym. No, not just any gym but a school gym. Why are these bolts and... wait that emblem on the floor. It's Hikami Academy. This can't be Hikami. Right, just because it has the school's emblem on it does not mean that it is. The voices which began to speak about some sort of introduction. As she began to process this she began to hear something familiar and dear to her - the Russian language. She glanced around and saw a boy and a girl speaking. However the girl clearly didn't understand what the boy was saying. But Vera knew what he was saying. She began to walk up to the boy who was sitting near one of the coffins like hers.

"Тоже ты не знаешь, где мы? Если ты знаешь, может быть ты меня рассказываешь? Меня зовут Вера Остапова Бендерова[1]. А у тебя?"[2]

1. Ostap Bender is a character from the soviet satirical novel, Twelve Chairs. In the novel, Ostap Bender was a great conartist and schemer. His cleverness, wit, charisma, and tricks enabled the other protagonist, Ippolit Matveevich, find the missing diamonds.
2. "Do you also no know where we are? If you know, maybe you can tell me? My name is Vera Ostapova Benderova. And yours?"

"Привет, Вера. Меня зовут Вадим. Вадим Ухтомский. Я - Абсолютное Проклятие. Я рад, что здесь есть кто-то, кто говорит по-русски, кроме меня. Как дела?"

He got up. He adjusted his mask a little, allowing Vera to see some of his scars for a split second.

"Ты говоришь по-английски? Мне нужна помощь в переводе, поскольку я знаю только русский."

1. Hello, Vera. My name is Vadim. Vadim Ukhtomsky. I'm the Ultimate Curse. I'm glad there's someone here that speaks Russian other than me. How are you?
2. Do you speak English? I need help translating, as I only know Russian.

[Main Nation Ministry]

Osamu Hamada

A puddle of drool was oozing out of the mouth of Hamada, as he opened his grey eyes. His right side of his face was already soaked in drool. Hamada sat up to rub his head, until he realized that he happened to have a strange watch on his left wrist. He examined the numbers on the watch, as they were counting up. It was some kind of reverse countdown that Hamada didn't understand. Hamada stood up, where he seemed to be the tallest person in the gym. Several others were already awake and wondering what exactly has happened. He looked down to see the emblem on the floor in front of him. He was here, but something was not right. "Where's all the teachers?" he moaned out loud, as he started to scratch his grey hair.

[Amuaplye]

Osamu Hamada

A puddle of drool was oozing out of the mouth of Hamada, as he opened his grey eyes. His right side of his face was already soaked in drool. Hamada sat up to rub his head, until he realized that he happened to have a strange watch on his left wrist. He examined the numbers on the watch, as they were counting up. It was some kind of reverse countdown that Hamada didn't understand. Hamada stood up, where he seemed to be the tallest person in the gym. Several others were already awake and wondering what exactly has happened. He looked down to see the emblem on the floor in front of him. He was here, but something was not right. "Where's all the teachers?" he moaned out loud, as he started to scratch his grey hair.

He turned to Osamu, and walked up to him.

"Мы не думаем, что их нет. Мы все еще в Хиками, это все, что я знаю. Вадим Ухтомский, Окончательное проклятие."

He assumed he didn't understand him. The girl didn't, so he probably didn't either.


1. There are none, we think. We're still in Hikami, that's all I know. I'm Vadim Ukhtomsky, the Ultimate Curse.

[The Moscow Metro Red Line]

Vera Ostapova Bender

Vera breathed a sigh of relief. Though the situation was unnerving at least she could speak the language which she was the most comfortable with. She thought that she could have seen scars on boy's face. "Русский язык очень трудно. Но Я очень нервничаю. Умею говорить по-английскии. Но говорю по-английскии как по-американски. Всего могу в переводе. Не трудно для меня."[1] The thought though of this boy being the ultimate curse was something that would occupy her mind. As she was speaking another boy woke up and then Vadim began speaking to him.

She followed Vadim and grinned nervously when he spoke to the boy. "We're not too sure where the teachers are either? If anything this is a very strange situation." She offered her hand towards him to help him get up. "I am Vera Ostapova Benderova, Ultimate Russophile. This is my friend, Vadim Ukhtomsky, he is umm... well he has very bad luck that is all. What's your name?"

1. "Russian is very hard. But I am nervous. I can speak english. But I speak english like an American. In all I can translate. Not hard for me."

[Amuaplye]

Vera Ostapova Bender

Vera breathed a sigh of relief. Though the situation was unnerving at least she could speak the language which she was the most comfortable with. She thought that she could have seen scars on boy's face. "Русский язык очень трудно. Но Я очень нервничаю. Умею говорить по-английскии. Но говорю по-английскии как по-американски. Всего могу в переводе. Не трудно для меня."[1] The thought though of this boy being the ultimate curse was something that would occupy her mind. As she was speaking another boy woke up and then Vadim began speaking to him.

She followed Vadim and grinned nervously when he spoke to the boy. "We're not too sure where the teachers are either? If anything this is a very strange situation." She offered her hand towards him to help him get up. "I am Vera Ostapova Benderova, Ultimate Russophile. This is my friend, Vadim Ukhtomsky, he is umm... well he has very bad luck that is all. What's your name?"

1. "Russian is very hard. But I am nervous. I can speak english. But I speak english like an American. In all I can translate. Not hard for me."

Good, she speaks English. She is now the key to any sort of communication here. And did she see the scars? It doesn't matter. I can explain. She'll understand.

Unless she thinks I'm ugly. An unsightly beast, and she leaves me without a voice. But she wouldn't, wouldn't she?

Memories of Flight 2640 was in his mind. The entire incident.

He remembered sitting, his father, Aleksandr, and his brother, Viktor, sitting in the back of the plane. Then, when at one second, there was the loud hum of the A321's engines, there was then silence, and then a boom. It was extremely loud, and there was a fire in one of the engines.

The plane banked right, and then on the PA, they said:

"Привет, пассажиры, это Аэрофлот 2640. Мы ударили некоторых птиц, и мы возвращаемся в Москву. Все будет хорошо."

The plane was about ready to turn back to the airport, but the plane suddenly descended.

Then, over the PA, the panicked pilot yelled, "Распорка для воздействия!"

Then, the plane made this loud bang, as the wings hit the trees, he stared out the window, the trees taking out both wings, then the landing gear snagged the top of a hill, and the plane split into several pieces, and went up in flames. Vadim's seat went up in flames before it broke off, and he went sliding down the hill.

The chair then hit a rock, and his seatbelt failed, flinging him out of the seat. This is probably what saved his life.

He rolled down the hill, extinguishing the flames for the cost of a few more broken bones. He finally landed at the bottom, his eyes fixed on the flaming wreckage at the top.

It looked like it was about ready to slide down, and if it did, it would have killed him.

He clearly remembered yelling, "Боже, что случилось!?"

He decided to not get up, and to wait for an ambulance.

Fortunately, about 30 minutes later, one did came, and he was airlifted to a hospital, where he was treated for 3rd degree burns, several fractures, bruises, and cuts. (And also a few bug bites, but that was the least of his worries.)

After daydreaming about the accident, he finally stared back at Vera.

I'll ask later.

1. Hello, passengers, this is Aeroflot 2640. We've hit some birds, and we're coming back to Moscow. It will be OK.
2. Brace for impact!
3. Oh God, what has happened!?

[Main Nation Ministry]

Osamu Hamada

It was clear that Hamada didn't understand a word of what Vadim had said, by the confused expression on his pale white face. Nevertheless, Osamu did grab Vera's hand to help himself up. "My name? You see, my name is Gēmu Ijō. I came to Hikami Academy for mostly the same reasons you came here."

"CORRECTION: Gēmu Ijō is actually OSAMU HAMADA."
"Shush, Itami. They can hear us!"
The same voices were coming from the stage, however there was a red curtain concealing their appearances. "Is that the Headmaster? If so, they sound a bit abnormal. Especially in a place like this." Hamada said to the two, as he seemed to be unconcerned of the situation he has found himself in.

[Amuaplye]

Osamu Hamada

It was clear that Hamada didn't understand a word of what Vadim had said, by the confused expression on his pale white face. Nevertheless, Osamu did grab Vera's hand to help himself up. "My name? You see, my name is Gēmu Ijō. I came to Hikami Academy for mostly the same reasons you came here."

"CORRECTION: Gēmu Ijō is actually OSAMU HAMADA."
"Shush, Itami. They can hear us!"
The same voices were coming from the stage, however there was a red curtain concealing their appearances. "Is that the Headmaster? If so, they sound a bit abnormal. Especially in a place like this." Hamada said to the two, as he seemed to be unconcerned of the situation he has found himself in.

"Что они говорят?" He asked Vera. "Вы можете мне помочь?"


1. What are you saying? Can you help me?

[Main Nation Ministry]

When Avery Lee arrives at the stage, it was deserted. Two podiums have been set up where the school emblem is visible on the front of each one. Several balloons were lining the stage and some celebratory "Welcome" banners hung from the doors near the stage. Behind the curtain, there seemed to be enough space to hide behind, as there wasn't any outlines of people behind it. However, there was some sort of faint glow from behind the curtain. Upon closer inspection, there were actually two sources of light from behind the curtain in the colors of blue and pink. "Mazo. There already seems to be a curious one near us. Should we let her open the curtain?", the male voice asked the female one, as they seemed to be aware of Lee's presence.

[ThePhantomThieves]

When Avery Lee arrives at the stage, it was deserted. Two podiums have been set up where the school emblem is visible on the front of each one. Several balloons were lining the stage and some celebratory "Welcome" banners hung from the doors near the stage. Behind the curtain, there seemed to be enough space to hide behind, as there wasn't any outlines of people behind it. However, there was some sort of faint glow from behind the curtain. Upon closer inspection, there were actually two sources of light from behind the curtain in the colors of blue and pink. "Mazo. There already seems to be a curious one near us. Should we let her open the curtain?", the male voice asked the female one, as they seemed to be aware of Lee's presence.

"Huh? Who, no, what are you?" Avery blurted out, uncharacteristically. Her voice was firm, yet relaxed, and seemed logical, devoid of much emotion. Usually she kept every single one of her thoughts to herself, observing rather than interacting with her environment, but then again she'd never experienced something as...mysterious, and...strange as this. Rather than taking a few bold step forwards, she stayed back, her head poking through the curtain. Unfortunately, there was little to analyze. The only thing she could do was wait for the feminine voice to respond.

Looking back, it appeared that two more students had awoken. One of which looked unnaturally pale, like a ghost, and most certainly not like a human being. This was probably being discussed right now, she thought, and decided it would be best to question him later, or not, since skin color isn't really the big issue at hand.

[Saldinado]

Sebastian Hasanov-The Ultimate Butler

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Wha...What's going on? What is happening?

There was an abnormal silence that filled the air around him. Exactly where is this place? Everything happened so fast:

It felt like it was only seconds before he was staring at the bright blue and sunny sky above him. And right below it stood the mighty and intimidated gates of the world-renowned Hikami Academy. With proud hopes and dreams ahead of him, he walked forward to create something of himself. Just like all of the other students who come here. Seeing the gates open in front of him towards the rather enticing and wanting arms of the school, he walked through them only to suddenly feel as though something was wrong.
All around him, a myriad of colors and shapes all seemed to swirl and disfigure around him. Before he could even call out for help or catch himself or keep himself balance and collect his mind, everything went blank in a second.

Now he was here, his eyes still closed. He felt like he was in a state of sleep paralysis. He wanted to wake up, open his eyes, speak. But nothing happened. Yet he was fully able to think and hear everything around him. He heard muffled voices around him, almost as if he was shielded from the outside world. However, his mind starting going to another place. Somewhere that he didn't want to go. The sudden feeling of cold water came washing over his mind. The sounds of muffled screams and the feeling of disorientation blanketed over him. He wanted to escape. But something kept grabbing onto his feet and pulling him under some more. It was then when his instincts kicked in.

Why the hell are you still sleeping? Wake up...Wake up...Wake up damnit!

Suddenly, everything came rushing towards him. His senses, his thinking, his body. All overwhelmed him at once, until suddenly, he shot straight up, letting out a rather loud and violent gasp in the air. His soft cerulean eyes wide open as if he saw something that he shouldn't have seen, something that no one should have seen. A series of violent coughs erupted from his mouth as he felt his body start to shake and tremble. He slowly looked around at his surroundings to get a sense of where he was. Yet, he knew nothing of it. All he could see was blurriness. Struggling to move, he attempted to move and stand up in what looked to be a glass coffin; distracted by the design of the container, he lost his balance and fell out of his box, landing face first onto the cold floor below him. A round of soft coughs exited his body as he laid on his stomach on the cold hard floor below him. As his vision started to clear up, he slowly began to make out the room where he was in.

Huh? This looks like a gym...I guess...But yet, it doesn't feel like a gym.
Turning his head to survey the rest of the room his eyes came across what looked like windows.
What? What are those? Is this real? They look like some kinda bolts and metal...Ugh.

"Jesus...Where am I?" He weakly spoke to himself as he struggled to raise his body off of the ground. Using the rest of his strength, he rose his body up and sat down against the glass coffin which he was once in and closed his eyes as he caught his breath. His sudden episode made his waste whatever remaining energy he had left within him. His legs crossed in front of him and his hands in his lap.

[Main Nation Ministry]

"What are I? We are just the leaders of this school, of course! You can open the curtains now, Itami!", the curtains automatically opened where Osuma Hamada looked at where the stage was to see who was truly behind the curtain. The result was not what he expected. When the curtains opened up by itself, behind were two....robots? They weren't humanoid, instead they were simply two floating computer monitors with computer screens as faces, as they seemed to be able to hover and float above the ground with some sort of futuristic technology.

"A bit shocked. Well, you shouldn't be. This is HIKAMI ACADEMY, anything can happen here. I got to admit, humans are very interesting up close. Students are the most fascinating outta them all.", the robot with the blue-colored monitor said, as the straight line on his monitor turned wavy, as he spoke. "Well, these kids are really cute and adorable! The one with the long white hair is already wanting me to hug it! We really hope our stasis helped your state of mind.", the pink-colored monitor said in a female voice. "Hold on, Mazo. We forgot to introduce ourselves in this wonderful academy. Ahem. I am Itami, Headmaster of HIKAMI ACADEMY!" "And I'm Mazo, Deputy Headmistress of HIKAMI ACADEMY!"

"Together! We are the leaders of HIKAMI ACADEMY!", the two of them said in unison. Osamu Hamada looked dumbfounded at the two robots, who were now hovering near the two podiums. He wanted to demand how this was possible, but he decided to stay silent.

[Amuaplye]

"What are I? We are just the leaders of this school, of course! You can open the curtains now, Itami!", the curtains automatically opened where Osuma Hamada looked at where the stage was to see who was truly behind the curtain. The result was not what he expected. When the curtains opened up by itself, behind were two....robots? They weren't humanoid, instead they were simply two floating computer monitors with computer screens as faces, as they seemed to be able to hover and float above the ground with some sort of futuristic technology.

"A bit shocked. Well, you shouldn't be. This is HIKAMI ACADEMY, anything can happen here. I got to admit, humans are very interesting up close. Students are the most fascinating outta them all.", the robot with the blue-colored monitor said, as the straight line on his monitor turned wavy, as he spoke. "Well, these kids are really cute and adorable! The one with the long white hair is already wanting me to hug it! We really hope our stasis helped your state of mind.", the pink-colored monitor said in a female voice. "Hold on, Mazo. We forgot to introduce ourselves in this wonderful academy. Ahem. I am Itami, Headmaster of HIKAMI ACADEMY!" "And I'm Mazo, Deputy Headmistress of HIKAMI ACADEMY!"

"Together! We are the leaders of HIKAMI ACADEMY!", the two of them said in unison. Osamu Hamada looked dumbfounded at the two robots, who were now hovering near the two podiums. He wanted to demand how this was possible, but he decided to stay silent.

Vadim looked confused. He didn't know what they were saying. He ignored them, except for the occasional glance or two.

I have no idea what anyone here is saying. I feel like a fool.

[ThePhantomThieves]

"What are I? We are just the leaders of this school, of course! You can open the curtains now, Itami!", the curtains automatically opened where Osuma Hamada looked at where the stage was to see who was truly behind the curtain. The result was not what he expected. When the curtains opened up by itself, behind were two....robots? They weren't humanoid, instead they were simply two floating computer monitors with computer screens as faces, as they seemed to be able to hover and float above the ground with some sort of futuristic technology.

"A bit shocked. Well, you shouldn't be. This is HIKAMI ACADEMY, anything can happen here. I got to admit, humans are very interesting up close. Students are the most fascinating outta them all.", the robot with the blue-colored monitor said, as the straight line on his monitor turned wavy, as he spoke. "Well, these kids are really cute and adorable! The one with the long white hair is already wanting me to hug it! We really hope our stasis helped your state of mind.", the pink-colored monitor said in a female voice. "Hold on, Mazo. We forgot to introduce ourselves in this wonderful academy. Ahem. I am Itami, Headmaster of HIKAMI ACADEMY!" "And I'm Mazo, Deputy Headmistress of HIKAMI ACADEMY!"

"Together! We are the leaders of HIKAMI ACADEMY!", the two of them said in unison. Osamu Hamada looked dumbfounded at the two robots, who were now hovering near the two podiums. He wanted to demand how this was possible, but he decided to stay silent.

In response to the curtains flying open, Avery fell backwards, and tried to stay balanced, but failed to do so and landed on her behind.
What is going on? Why are they...ergh, that's not important. The 'why' can wait, this situation is weird enough, and it's best I stay focused. It' seems that we've been kidnapped, that's for sure. But, they can't be apart of the school's real administration, unless the Academy was some kind of secret society, unethical research group or, something along that line. I'm not buying they're friendly attitude, though I doubt it is an attempt to establish trust.

Getting up, Avery began to move backwards, nearly stumbling over once again because of her legs. It would be better to get a more clear scope of the transpiring events, so she decided that the gym's center would be suitable. Socialization was going to have to wait. Though talking things over with others would likely be more efficient, she just didn't want to.

[Amuaplye]

"What are I? We are just the leaders of this school, of course! You can open the curtains now, Itami!", the curtains automatically opened where Osuma Hamada looked at where the stage was to see who was truly behind the curtain. The result was not what he expected. When the curtains opened up by itself, behind were two....robots? They weren't humanoid, instead they were simply two floating computer monitors with computer screens as faces, as they seemed to be able to hover and float above the ground with some sort of futuristic technology.

"A bit shocked. Well, you shouldn't be. This is HIKAMI ACADEMY, anything can happen here. I got to admit, humans are very interesting up close. Students are the most fascinating outta them all.", the robot with the blue-colored monitor said, as the straight line on his monitor turned wavy, as he spoke. "Well, these kids are really cute and adorable! The one with the long white hair is already wanting me to hug it! We really hope our stasis helped your state of mind.", the pink-colored monitor said in a female voice. "Hold on, Mazo. We forgot to introduce ourselves in this wonderful academy. Ahem. I am Itami, Headmaster of HIKAMI ACADEMY!" "And I'm Mazo, Deputy Headmistress of HIKAMI ACADEMY!"

"Together! We are the leaders of HIKAMI ACADEMY!", the two of them said in unison. Osamu Hamada looked dumbfounded at the two robots, who were now hovering near the two podiums. He wanted to demand how this was possible, but he decided to stay silent.

In response to the curtains flying open, Avery fell backwards, and tried to stay balanced, but failed to do so and landed on her behind.
What is going on? Why are they...ergh, that's not important. The 'why' can wait, this situation is weird enough, and it's best I stay focused. It' seems that we've been kidnapped, that's for sure. But, they can't be apart of the school's real administration, unless the Academy was some kind of secret society, unethical research group or, something along that line. I'm not buying they're friendly attitude, though I doubt it is an attempt to establish trust.

Getting up, Avery began to move backwards, nearly stumbling over once again because of her legs. It would be better to get a more clear scope of the transpiring events, so she decided that the gym's center would be suitable. Socialization was going to have to wait. Though talking things over with others would likely be more efficient, she just didn't want to.

He was still confused at the situation at hand, especially since he didn't know English. He muttered, "Это похоже на то, что я не могу говорить, они меня не понимают, кроме одного. Зачем? Почему я не мог просто изучать английский?"

He leaned further back, staring at the monitors. "Мы учимся роботами? Странный. И как мы проснулись? Также странно. Это как они идут в школу в других странах? Они входят в главный зал, галлюцинируют, а затем просыпаются в тренажерном зале?" He said.

1. It's like if I can't talk, they can't understand me, but one. Why? Why couldn't I just learn English?
2. We're being taught by robots? Strange. And how we woke up? Also strange. Is this how they go to school in other nations? They go into the main hall, hallucinate, then wake up in the gym?

[The Moscow Metro Red Line]

Vera Ostapova Bender

Before Vera could say anything else to Osmau, she was interrupted by some voices. She glanced and looked the stage with the red curtain after helped Osamu to his feet. It would appear that another of the people who had waken up was investigating the curtain. Voices coming from behind a curtain? Normally she would be fine with such an act being a prank but the way the situation has been unfolding suggests everything should be taken with caution. And then the curtains flew up revealing the two robots. Less so of the sci-fi like robots but floating computer monitors. Had the situation been less precarious, it would have fascinated Vera to say the least.

These screens bantered and introduced themselves as Itami and Mazo, the headmaster duo of Hikami Academy. Vera flinched. Either this is an elaborate prank or we have been kidnapped. These computer screens being our headmasters? Wait that's right, Vadim dosen't understand any of this. She swallowed hard before turning to Vadim, "Вы видите эти мониторы? Симним - это Итами, а розовый - Мазо. Они директора Хикамиа Школа. По моему, это беспокоит."[1] She pointed to each of the floating computer monitors as she said their names.

Vera tugged nervously at her red pioneers scarf. This situation was overwhelming. "Is this a charade?" Vera asked aloud, "Because the humor is lost at this point." Though she tried to sound confident and self-assured, her point came out stuttering and nervous. She swallowed again again. "Well?"

1. "Do you see these monitors? The blue one is Itami and the pink one is Mazo. They are the headmasters of Hikami Academy. In my opinion, this is trouble."

[Amuaplye]

Vera Ostapova Bender

Before Vera could say anything else to Osmau, she was interrupted by some voices. She glanced and looked the stage with the red curtain after helped Osamu to his feet. It would appear that another of the people who had waken up was investigating the curtain. Voices coming from behind a curtain? Normally she would be fine with such an act being a prank but the way the situation has been unfolding suggests everything should be taken with caution. And then the curtains flew up revealing the two robots. Less so of the sci-fi like robots but floating computer monitors. Had the situation been less precarious, it would have fascinated Vera to say the least.

These screens bantered and introduced themselves as Itami and Mazo, the headmaster duo of Hikami Academy. Vera flinched. Either this is an elaborate prank or we have been kidnapped. These computer screens being our headmasters? Wait that's right, Vadim dosen't understand any of this. She swallowed hard before turning to Vadim, "Вы видите эти мониторы? Симним - это Итами, а розовый - Мазо. Они директора Хикамиа Школа. По моему, это беспокоит."[1] She pointed to each of the floating computer monitors as she said their names.

Vera tugged nervously at her red pioneers scarf. This situation was overwhelming. "Is this a charade?" Vera asked aloud, "Because the humor is lost at this point." Though she tried to sound confident and self-assured, her point came out stuttering and nervous. She swallowed again again. "Well?"

1. "Do you see these monitors? The blue one is Itami and the pink one is Mazo. They are the headmasters of Hikami Academy. In my opinion, this is trouble."

"Я просто надеюсь, что так они поступают в других странах. Но что-то здесь довольно подозрительно, Вера, я тебе это дам."

Stay positive. Even though your good luck may be running out, just stay calm, and stay positive.

"Спасибо."

1. I just hope this is the way they do this in other countries. But something is quite fishy here, Vera, I'll give you that.
2. Thank you.

[Lunas Legion]

Rimururu Matsusuke, Ultimate Huntress

She was not entirely sure what happened. One moment she was walking into Hikami Academy, her prison that was not a prison, the next, everything was twisting, shifting, her body heating up as if she was on fire. Then nothing but darkness and now this.

She stumbled forwards, out of her pod, quickly registering that she was inside. Nothing else mattered save for that fact. She recovered her footing quickly, a stumble in the wild could be the difference between life and death.

There were other people. Irrelevant. Voices, speaking in... English? Her grasp of English was near non-existent. Her Japanese was barely any better. She couldn't understand what was being said. It likely didn't matter anyways. She had her priorities. Listening to people speak in a language she didn't understand was not one of them. Ignoring everyone else, she turned, walking in a predatory gait away from the stage and towards the double doors at the other end of the room.

Sone Asae, Ultimate Naginatajutsu Master

She awoke in a daze. That was not how you were supposed to welcome someone to an academy. Maybe it was some sort of entrance ritual? Who knew? Not her for sure. She fell out of her pod, flopping onto the floor and groaning in pain before pushing herself up to her feet. Well, from the logo on the floor of this... Gym, she supposed, this was probably Hikami Academy still.

She pressed a hand to her head; for some reason she had an ear-splitting headache. She'd find out whoever did this and kick their faces in. Cheap sneak attacks. Bastards.

"So..." She began walking forwards towards the stage, cracking her knuckles. "I don't really care who you are, glorified TVs, but this is some really dubious stuff. Cut to the chase, would you already? Strange stuff like this is done for a reason so spill before I make you spill." She found herself grinning. God, she wanted to hit something already.

[ThePhantomThieves]

Avery Lee

Huh? She seems...violent. I doubt anything will escalate, but it's best that she doesn't get hurt. It's incredibly likely that they, or whoever is controlling them captured us, so it's so safe to assume that they aren't afraid to hurt anyone, and have the resources to do so. Avery walked up behind Sone. "You should stay calm. They'll tell us everything eventually, I think. In the case of a fight, I can't imagine you coming out victorious. My name is Avery Lee, and I'm the Ultimate Lucky Student."

Based on the girl's appearance, her ultimate talent has something to do with martial arts, but it was impossible to tell which art in specific. Assuming her anger and 'primitive' ways of dealing with things didn't get in the way, she could come in handy in the case of an escape plan being formulated. Maybe?