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Steven: Ow…
Steven woke up in the morning, feeling a great headache.
Steven: (What happened last night?)
Steven: Oh… Right… They’re gone.
Steven’s mind returned back to Jake and Marvin.
Steven: I should probably check on the others, who knows how bad they’re taking it?
Steven comes out into the empty hall, he walks up the stairs to the dining hall, finding no one there, he walks over to the kitchen, but flinches before entering.
Steven: (What if he’s still there?)
Banana Guard: Worry not Steven!
Steven was surprised by Banana Guard, who opened the door from the other side. Inside with him were Jason and Bubbles, who seemed to be throwing dough at each other.
Steven: (I’m glad they can have fun)
Banana Guard: It seems that Mono-something cleaned up! I was worried too, you know!
Steven: That’s… Good?
Steven entered the room and started looking around, though no matter how hard he tried, there was no evidence that a murder ever took place in there.
Steven: He was thorough.
Bubbles: Yeah, he was…
Steven: Are you okay Bubbles?
Bubbles: Is anyone?
Steven: Yeah…
Bubbles: ANYWAYS, we wanted to make breakfast for the group, you know, because-
Steven: Because he’s gone.
Bubbles: Yeah…
Banana Guard: The problem is, none of us really know how to cook, I’m never on kitchen duty back at the castle for a reason.
Bubbles: I can make sandwiches, but that feels like Finn would get mad at me.
Jason: …
Steven: What did Jason say?
Bubbles: “I never learned how to cook”
Steven: You also understand him?
Bubbles: Yeah! It’s easy once you listen!
Jason: …
Steven attempted to listen, but his attempts came out short, and he just looked stupid.
Jason: :(
Steven: Wait a moment, I think I got some of that!
Jason: :0
Steven: I mean, not fully, but I think I get some of it? How does this work?
Banana Guard: Who knows? Anyways, can you help us make some food? You helped Jake didn’t you?
Steven: I mean, we mainly made sandwiches, but I know some other recipes.
Bubbles: Just give us the instructions!
Banana Guard, Bubbles and Jason stood in row, waiting for instructions.
Steven: No need to be that intense?! We’ll just make scrambled eggs!
Banana Guard: Ay ay captain!
Steven: (This is weird, but whatever takes our mind off… yesterday, the better)
While making the eggs, Steven had a question he wanted to ask Jason.
Steven: So Jason, what’s up with the get up?
Jason: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Steven: You don’t know? What do you remember last?
Jason: :D -> :’0
Steven: What?
Banana Guard: He said that he was going to camp with a bunch of other kids, but then he got bullied.
Steven: (He said all that in this?)
Steven: Other kids? Doesn’t that imply that you are a kid?
Jason: *nod*
Steven: But you’re clearly an adult???
Jason: …
Banana Guard: He says that that’s what he last remembers.
Steven: Weird, it’s likely that all of us have missing memories, but for Jason to have most of his life missing? For what reason could that be?
Jason: :0 ?
Banana Guard: It is a mystery…
The quartet continued to prepare food as the rest of the group slowly trickled in, even Finn and Morty, which surprised Steven, what didn’t surprise him, is when they sat at the extreme ends of the table, with Marceline sitting next to Finn, and no one sitting next to Morty.
Steven: Food’s ready!
Steven, Bubbles, Banana Guard and Jason served the food out, being met with tired, but appreciative responses, except for when Jason brought Morty his food, with him leaning as far away from him as possible.
Jason: :(
Morty: Get away from me freak.
Jason: :’(
Banana Guard: What did Jason do to you?!
Banana Guard was yelling at Morty.
Steven: (That’s not good, we shouldn’t start fighting already)
Steven put himself between Banana Guard and Morty.
Steven: Hey, let's not start any fights, okay Morty?
Morty: You can’t expect me to be okay with this!
Steven: None of us are okay with this situation! That’s why we need to work together!
Morty: God, I finally understand why Rick hates this “Friendship is Magic” bull*^$&.
Morty got up suddenly, grabbing his plate away from Jason’s hands and leaving for his room.
Jason: :(
Steven: (At least he took the food)
After things had calmed down, Steven and the rest finally managed to start eating.
Finn: Thanks for this.
Bubbles: No problem!
The group continues eating in silence, when suddenly:
Monokuma: Hi there guys! Missed me?
Harley: Oh %#&$ off.
Monokuma: Geez, I just wanted to tell you about something really cool!
Buttercup: Nothing in here’s cool.
Monokuma: I feel a lot of venom coming from this direction, and it is not appreciated.
Beetlejuice: What do you want dirtbag?!
Monokuma: Just wanted to tell you about the new rooms.
Raven: Huh? What new rooms?
Monokuma: Well, I figured you needed a prize for solving that case, and so, I unlocked some new rooms, y’know, so you’d have something to do without boring me out.
Banana Guard: Well that’s nice, and I was about to think it was going to be about murder!
Monokuma: Of course it’s about murder! I’m running a killing game over here dagnabbit! You need variety, how many kills can even happen in the kitchen?
Steven: Only one will happen, no one else is going to die!
Monokuma: That’s what you think, oh sweet sweet Steven, who believes in everyone, it’s going to be so fun when you’re betrayed by your friends! And then they’re going to stab, stab, stab you in the chest! I’ll get the popcorn!
With that said, Monokuma vanished, leaving the group alone in the dining room.
Velma: So… We should check it out.
Harley: And give in to this obvious trap?! And I thought you were smart…
Velma: More rooms means more possible hidden exits, and more ways to get out! We should investigate these rooms!
Marceline: You go ahead, I’ll stick here with Finn for a bit.
Steven: I still need to finish eating, you can go though.
Most of the group left to explore the new rooms, leaving Steven alone with a few others who hadn’t finished eating, when Steven finished, he was alone with Finn, Marceline and Banana Guard.
Steven: So… You guys want to look around?
Finn: Sure, it’ll be better anyways.
Marceline: I’ll come too.
Banana Guard: Yeah! Maybe there’s a cool game up there!
The small group left the dining room, finding that the opposing hallway, which was previously locked, was now wide open, with three new doors being open in it.
Entering the first room, the group finds a library, filled with tons of bookshelves that contained what seemed like hundreds of books.
Velma: That’s so weird, these books don’t feel… real.
Harley: Yeah, what are these wacky a%$ names?!
Raven: We are with wacky individuals, it could be from their lands.
Velma: Oh hi Steven! Do you recognize this book? It has you on the cover.
Velma showed Steven the book, which was titled “Keep Beach City Weird: You Can't Hide the Truth!!!”, on the front, Steven saw an image of himself with the rest of the crystal gems.
Steven: Weirdly enough, no, not really.
Steven flicked through the pages, seeing a bunch of ramblings from a “friend” back in Beach City.
Steven: It seems I know the writer though, I didn’t know he published his… “findings”.
Steven looked at Finn, who was holding a book in his hand, trembling.
Steven: Everything’s okay Finn?
Finn: He would’ve loved this…
Steven looked at the book, finding it was titled “Baby Eating Fox and the Babies”.
Steven: Did he like this book?
Finn: It was his favorite…
Marceline: We should probably go…
Steven: Yeah, let’s go.
The group bid farewell to the others as they left, Finn still holding onto the book in his hands. They arrive at the next room, finding Buttercup swinging a sword around.
Buttercup: This is sick!
Steven looked around, finding that it was a dojo, around the room were various weapons hanging on the walls, as well as a space padded with pillows, which he assumed was for combat practice.
Shaggy: Please stop swinging that thing around!
Shaggy was cowering in the corner, clearly frightened by Buttercup’s affinity with the sword.
Buttercup: Fine… But I’m coming back to get it.
Buttercup laid the sword on a weapons rack that was mounted on the wall, next to it, Steven saw various other weapons: Staffs, knives, more swords and spears.
Steven: I think I can guess why this room’s here…
Marceline floated towards the various weapons racks that were scattered around the room, looking through the weapons.
Steven: Looking for something?
Marceline: If the library had books from Ooo…
She suddenly pulls out what seems like a guitar from one of the shelves.
Marceline: Oh hell yeah!
Marceline starts playing a little tune on her guitar.
Steven: Why would a guitar be in a dojo?
Marceline: Well, this place is full of weapons, and my guitar is an axe, so I thought, maybe it’s here!
Marceline: Finn! Wanna look for your sword?
Finn: Maybe later…
Steven: Well, we still have one more room remaining, do you want to see it Finn?
Finn: Sure…
The group was about to leave the room, when suddenly-
Buttercup: Finally!
Buttercup took two swords and held them in each hand, standing intimidatingly in front of a training dummy.
Shaggy: DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE WITH HER!!
Shaggy fled to the group’s side, as they continued to the next room. While walking, Shaggy spoke up.
Shaggy: Like, do you think someone will use these for… y’know?
Steven: No, no one will die anymore, I promise.
Marceline: You know that you can’t promise that right?
The group stopped walking.
Steven: Huh?
Marceline: You can’t control what other people would do, hell, someone could be dead right now and we wouldn’t know!
Steven: Don’t say that!
Finn: She’s right, if someone could, get rid of Jake, no one is safe, who’s to say they even need a motive?
Finn: I mean, you heard what Morty said yesterday, we’re here with killers. Multiple killers! Who can trust them?!
Steven: (How do I even respond to that? He’s obviously not in the right state of mind right now…)
Shaggy: Maybe we should just… Go to the next room?
Finn: Fine, let’s be done with it.
The group tensely walked over into the final room, finding Bubbles and Jason playing a card game on the carpet.
Looking around, Steven noticed that there were multiple board and card games on shelves, a large tv, and way more movies than the living room downstairs.
Steven: Oh wow, this room is way better than the others!
Bubbles: I know right?!
Banana Guard: It’s great!
Marceline: Weird, why would Monokuma leave a room that will help us get along? Isn’t that against the entire point?
Finn: Who knows, there’s probably a point.
Bubbles: Hey Finn, maybe you can play with us, could maybe help you out?
Jason: :)
Finn: I’m sorry, I don’t think I can. Not now.
Jason: :(
Banana Guard: I’ll play!
Jason: :)
Banana Guard went to sit next to the two of them, when suddenly an alarm rang out.
Monokuma: Calling Bugs and Finn over to the dining room! I repeat, calling Bugs and Finn over to the dining room!
Finn: Ugh, what now?
Steven: Do you want us to go with you?
Finn: I don’t want to deal with him alone.
Shaggy: I’ll just, like, stick here for now.
Marceline: I’ll go with you Finn.
Finn, Steven and Marceline waved goodbye to the others (well, mainly Steven), as they went to the dining room, inside they found Bugs together with Beetlejuice.
Steven: Beetlejuice? Why are you here?
Beetlejuice: If these two got themselves into some kind of mess, then I have to see that!
Suddenly, Monokuma jumped downwards from the ceiling, a box in hand.
Monokuma: I almost forgot to give you guys your trophy for beating the case!
Steven: Our trophy? Then why did you call them specifically?
Without answering his question, Monokuma opened the box.
Monokuma: This is for you!
Monokuma pulled out a trumpet from the box and gave it to Bugs.
Bugs: What am I supposed to do with this?
Monokuma: I dunno, but that’s my Marvin trophy!
Steven: (Wait, if that trophy is specifically for Marvin, then that means…)
Monokuma: And for you!
Monokuma pulls out a white cup with a handle, giving it to Finn.
Finn: It was his favorite cup…
Beetlejuice: God, is this boring, I was really hoping for some drama…
Monokuma: Oh, don’t worry, you’ll get your drama tomorrow.
Beetlejuice: Neat.
Steven: Wait, what do you mean?
Monokuma: You’ll see! Tee hee!
And with that said, Monokuma left the group alone.
Finn: I think I’ll just go to my room, I just want to be alone for a bit…
With that said, Finn left, leaving Steven, Marceline, Bugs and Beetlejuice behind.
Beetlejuice: So morrow’s gonna be fun. Not today though, bye losers.
And with that, Beetlejuice left the room.
Steven: I’ll go now, unless you want to hang out-
Marceline: Get lost Steven.
Steven: Oh, okay…
And with that, Steven left for his room, where he realized something.
Steven: (I still have some free time left before the end of the day, maybe someone would like to hang out?)
Steven searched around the manor for someone to talk to, when he entered the rec room, finding Bubbles and Jason still playing, though it seems Banana Guard has left.
Bubbles: Hello there Steven! Do you want to play with us?
Steven: (Should I hangout with Bubbles and Jason? Yes )
Steven: Yeah why not, what are you playing?
Bubbles: Wee! There are lots of games here, we’ve been switching around, cause a lot of them make Jason mad.
Jason: >:(
Bubbles: I promise we won’t play monopoly again, promise!
Jason: :)
Bubbles: Why don’t you look at the games and tell us what you find?
Steven: How about this? It’s called Citchen Calamity, I think I remember the crystal gems playing it when I was younger, it can’t be that difficult to understand.
Steven, Bubbles and Jason proceeded to spend hours trying to understand how the game works, only to be interrupted by the nighttime alarm.
Steven: Welp, maybe I chose the wrong game…
Bubbles: It’s not your fault Steven, maybe next time we’ll find a clearer game! Right Jason?
Jason: :)
The trio walked back to the hall of rooms together, as Steven was about to go to sleep, he noticed a tablet on his table. Being too tired to handle whatever Monokuma was about to throw at him, Steven decided to deal with it in the morning, as he went to sleep.
In his dream, Steven found himself back in the water, swimming through it upwards, he found himself coming out of the sea across from his home.
Steven: What?
Steven walked onto the shore, finding that his clothes were completely dry, he walked into his home, the place being completely as he remembered.
???: You’re being ridiculous! Doing something like that, for people he doesn’t know?!
For some reason, Steven couldn’t recognize the voice, it echoed throughout the room, giving no clear sign of where it came from.
???: Is that not what he’s best at? You know what he heard as well as me, but I need your help.
???: The ***** I know I would never say she needs my help! Must be serious…
Steven continued searching throughout the house, but only found a sight that shocked him.
Steven: No…
As Steven exited one of the rooms, the house he returned to was not the same, being in the process of burning. Despite this, the house was eerily quiet.
Steven looked at the couch, which appeared identical to how it looked in the video Monokuma gave him.
Steven: Was I there when it happened?!
Suddenly, a loud noise was heard, as Steven found himself waking up back at his room at the manor.
Steven woke up in cold sweat, realizing that he was about 10 minutes away from the morning alarm, he decided to check the tablet that was given to him the night prior.
In the tablet, he saw that there was one app installed, called “Secret”, when he opened it, a video of Monokuma played.
Monokuma: You didn’t think you'd get through the day without a motive did you?
Steven: (I mean… I did… It was very easy to ignore)
Monokuma: This time, the motive is quite simple! I brought you some serious gossip, belonging to one of your fellow roommates!
The video transitioned into an image, on it was written “Hurt their partner and others for personal pleasure by forging rivalries”.
Steven: Huh?!
Monokuma: Cool isn’t it? Really makes you want to kill whoever that is!
Monokuma: And if that’s not enough, one of your secrets is out there in someone else’s tablet? Don’t you just want to keep your secret to yourself? Well there’s just one thing you can do about it! KILL! Hehehehe, goodbye~.
With that the video ending, Steven was left distraught.
Steven: (Would someone here really do that?)
Steven: (And what was that about at the end? What secret does he think would make me kill?)
As Steven pondered that, the morning alarm played, startling him out of his state of mind.
Steven: (Oh right, it’s morning, they’ll probably need me to cook)
Steven laid down the tablet and left for the kitchen, finding no one had arrived yet, he started cooking.
Raven: Hello there Steven.
Raven spooked Steven, appearing seemingly from nowhere.
Steven: Ah! Raven, you scared me!
Raven giggled.
Raven: I’ve been told I do that, but I think you may do it too.
Steven: What are you talking about?
Raven showed Steven a monotablet.
Raven: It appeared in my room last night.
In it, the phrase “Turned into a monster and attempted to kill their grandma” is written.
Steven: Huh? (By grandma, do they mean… White?)
Raven: So, am I right?
Steven: In some kind of way, yeah… How did you know?
Raven: Lucky guess. So how come it happened?
Steven: …
Raven: Prefer to not speak about it huh? That’s fine.
The two continued standing alone in the kitchen for a bit.
After a bit in this awkward silence, Raven left the kitchen, leaving Steven alone to make sandwiches for the entire group, when he exited the room, he found himself greeted with total mayhem.
Finn: Who is it?!
Finn was yelling at Morty, who was looking smugly back.
Morty: Who’s who? You’ll need to be more specific for that.
Finn: Who’s the killer?! You said you knew who it is!
Morty: And I thought you didn’t believe me.
Finn: I didn’t and then I got this!
Finn showed off his tablet, on it was written “Is a prolific serial killer”.
Finn: So fine! You’re right! Who is it?!
Morty: I dunno.
Finn: What do you mean you don’t know?!
Morty: I mean, there’s at least two of them here, how can I know who this relates to?
Banana Guard: What do you mean there are two killers?!
Morty: I think I was clear.
Marceline: Hey Lock-head! Just tell us which two of us?!
Morty: Fine. It is-
Suddenly Morty was knocked unconscious, looking at the attacker, they found it was Bugs.
Marceline: What are you doing you stupid rabbit?!
Bugs: Did you really have to do that?
Bugs looked at Finn, who was very confused.
Finn: What do you mean me?! You’re the one who knocked him out!
Bugs: I see we got to that state of grief, listen doc, you just confirmed to everyone that there’s a killer in our group.
Finn: For a good reason! We need to know who’s dangerous!
Bugs: The only thing we’ll find out is who this little guy would frame.
Bubbles: You don’t mean?
Bugs: I have some reason to believe this little guy might not like us very much, if we give him a chance to convince us whos a killer and whos not, he controls us.
Buttercup: I think this bunny’s brain is broken.
Bugs: Anyways, hey there Steve’, got some carrots?
Steven stood in shock at what just occurred, around the room, the others either shared his shock or were fuming mad, however, in all this, Steven noticed someone was missing.
Steven: T-there’s some in the back.
Bugs: Neat.
Bugs walked off into the kitchen, as Steven recounted the group in his head, knowing for sure that someone is missing.
Steven: Has anyone seen Harley today?
The group responded negatively.
Betelgeuse: I’ll go check on her, the girl’s too hot to die right now.
Just as Steven was about to stop Betelgeuse from going (Specifically because of his… Everything), he rushed out the door.
Velma: No one’s going to stop the pervert? No? Great job guys.
Steven took a deep breath and began handing out his sandwiches.
Bubbles: Thank you Steven!
Finn: Yeah, thanks…
Finn still sounded pretty mad, and despite understanding it, Steven couldn’t help but think that Bugs may have had the right idea, they didn’t have solid evidence until now that anyone’s a full on murderer, Morty’s breakdown didn’t really mean anything when they didn’t have proof.
But then, Finn proved it. If Finn got that in his tablet, it means that Morty’s likely right, and that the paranoia will grow even bigger between everyone.
Steven: (No use thinking about that now…)
Betelgeuse: Erm… Guys?
Velma: What?
Betelgeuse: I can’t find Harley.
Steven was terrified at the possibility that another one of them died, and rushed out of the room, he noticed for a bit that his skin turned pink, as in a single moment, he searched every room, finding Harley in the library slumped over on the table.
Steven: HARLEY?!
Harley: Ugh…
Steven: (Oh thank god, she’s alive)
Harley was waking up slowly, as she rose, Steven noticed a book below her.
Harley: What do you want, Stevey-boy?
Steven: We couldn’t find you! You were the only one not at breakfast!
Harley: Aw, you worried about me?
Steven: Yes. Very much. Someone was murdered two days ago.
Harley: You know, it was kind of a set up.
Steven: What are you talking about?
Harley: You were supposed to be like “no never!” and then I was going to be like “you did!” in a teasing way, and you ruined it with your caring scheme.
Steven: Let’s ignore that, why are you here?
Harley: Fine, buzzkill, I’ll tell you, but you need to keep it quiet, kay?
Steven: Sure.
Steven was a bit mad at this, but hid it, wanting to know why she was there.
Harley: You see that carpet?
Steven looked over at the carpet, it was obvious that a trap was placed under it, thin ropes were holding each side of it. Looking above it, he found that the trap was rigged to trap whoever stands on the carpet inside a large net.
Steven: You were trapping the library?!
Harley: Shh shh, I just woke up…
Steven: You made a trap!
Harley: Don’t worry, it won’t kill anyone.
Steven: Huh?
Looking at it, Steven realized she was right, the carpet was too soft and fluffy to injure anyone, and there wasn’t anything that could hurt a person once they're trapped.
Harley: Can I explain now?
Steven: Fine.
Harley: You remember how yesterday I was in the library?
Steven: Yeah?
Harley: Well I found this.
Harley showed Steven the book she was sleeping on, ignoring the droll, Steven flipped through the pages, finding various articles inside it, each detailing something about someone in there.
“Great heroes Finn and Jake are missing! - Could it be related to the disappearance of Mar-”
“Harley Quinn escaped from prison! - Be on the lookout for any-”
“I miss my sisters - Quote from-”
A lot of the newspapers were missing large chunks of them, as if someone tore them out.
Harley: So I found all these papers behind the bookshelf, and hell, someone should figure why we’re here, why not me?
Steven: And the trap?
Harley: Someone here has my secret, I know because I have theirs. And I can’t count that they won’t come kill me for it.
Steven: Is it that bad?
Harley: I’ve done a lot of awful ^#%@ in my life, if that secret is the worst, then I should be worried. What if someone comes here while I’m investigating? Better to trap them before they do anything.
Steven: Do you really trust us that little?
Harley: You were the one coming here expecting to see me dead, I can ask you the same thing.
Steven: (She got me there, even if I didn’t expect it)
Steven: Well fine, I guess that makes sense, so, you’re coming to breakfast? I feel like people should know you’re alive.
Harley: You can tell them, just don’t tell them about the trap.
Steven: Fine, but if someone dies from it-
Harley: Even if I intended to kill someone with it, I wouldn’t do it after you found it, that would be stupid.
Steven: I guess that makes sense.
Steven: I’ll go, just remember to not fall asleep here.
Harley: Yeah, I know dum dum.
Steven left Harley alone in the library, as he exited it and was immediately greeted by Raven.
Raven: So, she’s alive right?
Steven: Yes thankfully…
Raven: It is good to not have to deal with another trial for now.
Steven: It is also great that she’s alive.
Raven: Of course.
Steven could feel a strange energy emanating from Raven.
Raven: We can’t trust her.
Steven: Huh?!
Raven: She’s unstable, don’t you remember when we got introduced to this “game”?
Steven: (What did she do back then?)
(FLASHBACK)
Monokuma: That’s right! In order to get out you have to kill someone else!
The group looked at each other, not believing that most of them would do something like that.
Harley was about to get out another bomb.
(FLASHBACK END)
Raven: She tried to bomb us all. Immediately.
Steven: W-well it's been a bit since then, I mean, she wouldn’t try again, right?
Raven: Of course she will! You don’t know her, but I do! She’s a criminal, she killed hundreds of people!
Steven was surprised as Raven raised her voice.
Steven: No one will kill! Especially after seeing what happened to poor Marvin…
Finn: Poor Marvin?
Finn appeared from seemingly nowhere, and he seemed pissed.
Finn: POOR MARVIN?!
Finn raised his voice louder than Steven had ever heard.
Finn: How dare you?!
Finn jumped at Steven, but was stopped by Raven.
Raven: Don’t.
Finn: LET ME GO! You heard what he said!
Raven: Of course I did, but violence wouldn’t help. Maybe just hear him out for a bit?
Finn stopped trying to attack Steven, though he didn’t seem to calm down.
Finn: Fine. How can you excuse defending Jake’s killer?
Steven: I wasn’t defending him.
Finn: You were emphasizing with him.
Steven: That’s not defending him. I was saying that his death was cruel. Not that he was right to kill, that I’ll never say.
Finn: He deserved it.
Steven: I know you don’t really think that.
Finn: I do! He killed Jake, he killed my brother! He deserved the worst!
Steven: I don’t doubt that you think he deserved death, even if I disagree.
Steven: But you know he didn’t deserve that, I saw the shock in your eyes, after his death.
Steven: You were in shock.
Finn: How couldn’t I?
Finn began crying, his anger subsiding.
Finn: Marvin was a monster.
Finn: Even if he didn’t get there to kill Jake, he was still going to kill someone.
Finn: He could’ve stopped.
Finn: He could’ve left Jake behind without poisoning him.
Finn: Jake wouldn’t have blamed him.
Finn: But he chose, he chose to feed Jake chocolate, he chose to KILL JAKE!
Finn crumbled to the ground.
Finn: Does he have one for all of us?
Steven: What?
Finn: Or those he know who will kill?
Steven: Are you talking about… That Execution?
Finn: How did he do it? How did he bring Marvin to the moon? What would he have done if one of us died?
Raven: I’ve been thinking about that as well, it can’t be cheap to do something like that.
Steven: That is weird.
Finn: If he does have one for all of us…
Finn: Were we going to go through that if we lost?
Steven: Do you think that if we lost, we would get our own execution?
Raven: If we assume everyone has one, I’d assume Monokuma wouldn’t want to waste them.
Steven: I have a feeling that I’m going to regret saying this, but-
Steven: Has anyone seen Monokuma since we got the secrets?
Raven: Huh.
Steven: All this talk about the executions, and he didn’t show up…
Finn: I d-didn’t see him since he gave me Jake’s mug.
Raven: Maybe something happened to his operator…
Steven: His operator?
Raven: The person who got us here, the mastermind behind all this.
Finn: Does that mean we can leave?
Raven: I doubt it, but there’s no harm in checking.
The trio went down the stairs from the hallway they were standing at, and attempted to open the door.
When that didn’t work, Steven attempted to break the door open, expecting nothing to happen, but then he noticed the results. A large dent was formed in the door.
Raven: You did it.
Finn: Come on Steven, continue punching!
Steven was about to continue punching, maybe if he could, they could all leave, but then-
Monokuma: Nuh nuh, no breaking stuff, I already told you this Steven.
Monokuma grabbed Steven’s hand, squeezing it tightly.
Monokuma: You know the rules, so you’re going to face the punishment, okay Steven?
Steven: Wha-AHHHH!
Steven’s hand was squeezed by the bear, breaking the bones in his hand.
Raven: STEVEN!
Raven sat next to Steven, who was freed from Monokuma’s grasp.
Raven: Are you okay?
Steven: I’ll… I’ll be fine, I heal quickly…
Finn: Why did you do that?!
Monokuma: Destroying my property is so not cool bro, and he knew that, I told him so the first time.
Raven: First time?
Monokuma: Yeah, goody two shoes over here dented his room’s wall, and I warned him I did!
Monokuma: So if he hurts my things… I’ll hurt him!
Monokuma was smiling ear to ear.
Steven: I’m… I’m fine…
Monokuma: Oh really?
Monokuma approached Steven, attempting to attack him again, only to stop just before hitting him.
Monokuma: Just kidding!
And with that said, Monokuma disappeared.
Bubbles: Steven! Are you okay?!
Bubbles came out of her room, and appeared to have seen what just happened.
Steven: I’m fine, don’t worry.
Steven got up from the floor, struggling as his hand was shattered beyond belief, but he acted strong, standing up.
Buttercup: Whoa, did you do this?! Sick man!
Buttercup, who appeared from nowhere, was looking at the dent in the door.
Steven: Yeah, not that it seems like it was worth it.
Steven looked over at his broken hand.
Raven: You should rest.
Steven: But what if-
Raven: No what ifs, even if you heal quickly, your hand needs to heal in the correct way, otherwise it’ll continue to hurt.
Bubbles: I’ll go with you Steven!
Steven: It’s fine Bubbles, I’ll go alone.
After that, Steven went to his room.
Steven: (I still have free time, but my hand should really have time to heal, I should probably rest)
Steven slept through most of the day, Bubbles came by a couple of times, bringing him food, and Velma, who he assumed heard about the incident, brought him a book to read.
The next day, Steven woke up, though his hand still hurt, he was able to use it again, and so he decided to go to breakfast with everyone.
Passing by the door, he noticed that it wasn’t dented anymore.
Steven: (Interesting… I wonder how Monokuma managed to fix it that quickly?)
Steven entered the dining room, where the rest of the group was waiting for him.
Bubbles: Steven!
Bubbles flew in for a hug, startling Steven, who wasn’t expecting it.
Steven: Ah!
Bubbles: You’re okay!
Steven: Yeah, I am.
Bubbles let Steven go.
Bubbles: I prepared breakfast for you Ste-ven!
Steven: Oh you didn’t have to do that, I’m more than capabl-OW
Steven yelled as he noticed he subconsciously tried to shake Bugs’ hand.
Buttercup: Sure you are, bubble boy, just accept it.
Steven sat down as Bubbles brought him his breakfast.
Steven: Thank you Bubbles.
Steven started digging into his breakfast, when Bugs asked him a question.
Bugs: So, what happened Doc?
Steven told the group what happened, omitting what he talked about with Raven and Finn before.
Buttercup: So we can break that door? What happened between last time and now?
Steven: I don’t know, but we shouldn’t try it again, at least for now.
The group looked over at Steven’s hand, which seemed very broken.
Shaggy: Like, dude, shouldn’t you like, wrap it in a bandage or something?
Steven: I would love to do that, but there’s no medicine room here, at least not one that we’re allowed to go to.
Buttercup: Do you think it’s so we don’t help victims?
Bubbles: Don’t say that! It would be horrible if that were the case!
Bugs: So that’s probably the reason, right?
Steven: Sadly, it probably is.
Shaggy, who the group didn’t notice left, came back with a roll of what seemed like toilet paper.
Shaggy: Like, that’s probably the best we’re going to get.
Steven: It probably is, isn’t it?
Shaggy: Let me wrap it around your hand.
Shaggy wrapped several layers of toilet paper around Steven’s hand, with Steven struggling a bit.
Steven: Ugh… Thanks Shaggy…
Shaggy: Like, no problem dude!
The group continued to talk, when Steven suddenly had a question on his mind.
Steven: So, is Harley still in the library?
Buttercup: Ugh, yeah, and she doesn’t let anyone else in!
Steven: Oh…
Bubbles: I tried bringing her coffee and she just booed me away…
Bubbles: She did take it though! So I consider it a success!
Steven: (Why does a little girl know how to make coffee?)
After continuing to talk for a while, the group split, leaving Steven alone in the dining room.
Steven: (I have some free time, maybe I can hangout with someone?)
Steven looked around the manor, looking for someone to talk with, however, it seemed as though most people were busy, his only remaining option being-
Beetlejuice: Oh, hey there Bobble Head! Whats up! You want to hang out with the coolest guy here?!
Steven: (Do I really want to hang out with Beetlejuice? Sure… )
Steven: Yeah, why not.
Steven and Beetlejuice talked for a bit about their homes.
Beetlejuice: So yeah, I come from the ghost world, where are you from?
Steven: Earth.
Beetlejuice: God you’re boring, yeah I’m from earth too, but I saw you run yesterday, there has to be more than that!
Steven: I mean, it’s a little complicated…
Beetlejuice: Doubt that.
Steven: Fine.
Steven explained the entire story of Rose Quartz to Beetlejuice, who didn’t seem phased in the slightest.
Beetlejuice: So your mom’s from this sick planet full of women. Nice.
Steven: It was a dictatorship!
Beetlejuice: Led by giant women. Nice.
Steven: (I don’t think I’ll be able to explain why it’s bad to him…)
Beetlejuice: Well Bobs, been fun talking, but I’m gone.
Steven: (Oh thank god)
Beetlejuice: That said, you’ll have to take me to that Homeworld, then you’ll be my Homie-world!
Steven: (Please just leave)
Beetlejuice: Maybe we can pick up chicks there together.
Steven: I h-have a girlfriend.
Beetlejuice: Okay? How does that stop you?
Steven: Please leave.
Beetlejuice: I’m going, I’m going.
Beetlejuice left the room, leaving Steven alone.
Steven: (Finally, some quiet-)
???: You suck, you know that!
Steven’s peaceful thoughts were stopped by a loud yell.
Steven: (I don’t know what I expected…)
Steven walked over to where he found the yell, finding Velma yelling at Morty in the dining room, with Banana Guard cowering. Banana Guard noticed Steven, and leapt at him.
Banana Guard: Steven! You gotta help me, these two won’t stop arguing!
Velma: This guy knows who are threats, and he refuses to tell me!
Morty: W-why don’t you figure it out yourself, “Ultimate Detective”?
Velma: I need evidence for that, you infuriating buffoon!
Morty: I know you’re from a c-children’s show, but can you p-please just curse? My ears are bleeding from your f-fake curses.
Velma: Good, cause you’re a menace.
Steven: Hey, Velma, can I talk a bit with you?
Velma: Ugh, fine, Banana, make sure Morty stays right here.
Banana Guard: Eh?!
Morty: Wasn’t planning to leave anyway, I’m eating.
Steven took Velma over to the kitchen, where they could talk privately.
Velma: What do you want Steven? I’m so close to getting the answers out of him!
Steven: But what if we shouldn’t?
Velma: We shouldn’t know who among us is a murderer? And I thought you were smart.
Steven: Think about it! The only thing that knowing that there are murderers brought is mistrust! Think about how bad it will be if we know who it is!
Velma: I don’t get it, wouldn’t we trust each other more if we knew who not to trust?
Steven: Because if all the blame goes to them, then the actual killer may flee!
Velma: What if they’re the actual killer though?
Steven: Then we’ll figure it out in the trial. We shouldn’t force it out, you know there’s impressionable people here.
Velma: I’ll be honest, I don’t really get it.
Steven: Then don’t, just trust me.
Steven could see Velma thinking it over in her head, going from various faces to others.
Velma: Fine, not like we can trust Morty to say the truth anyway.
Velma and Steven returned to Morty and Banana Guard. Morty was eating quietly, while Banana Guard cowered in the corner.
Velma: After discussing it with Steven, I came to the conclusion that I won’t push you for the answers this time.
Morty: Okay.
Banana Guard: Can we leave now?
Steven: Yeah, and we probably should.
Steven pointed at the clock mounted on the wall.
Before the others could even look at it, the night time alarm sounded.
Velma: I’ll go to sleep, you should probably too, Steven, for your hand.
Steven looked at his hand, almost forgetting that it was broken, though it was healing very quickly.
Steven: Yeah… I’ll see you three tomorrow.
Velma: Hopefully.
Steven, Velma and Banana Guard went over to their rooms, saying goodnight to each other as they entered their rooms.
Steven entered his bed carefully, so as to not hurt his hand, and fell asleep quickly.
Steven woke up without a dream.
Steven: (I was hoping to see them in my dreams again…)
Steven got ready and got outside, meeting up with Bubbles, Buttercup and Banana Guard outside.
Banana Guard: Oh Steven! How’s your hand?
Bubbles: I wanted to ask it…
Banana Guard: Oh, I’m sorry!
Buttercup: You should be!
Steven: I’m fine, let’s not bully each other okay?
Buttercup: Fine. For now.
The quartet went to the dining room, where most of the group was.
Jason came out of the kitchen, bringing bacon and eggs with him for everyone.
Shaggy: Sorry Jason, I can’t eat that, but like, I appreciate the effort!
Jason: :`\
Shaggy went into the kitchen to fetch himself breakfast.
As Steven started to eat his prepared breakfast, a question was proposed by Velma.
Velma: So, where’s all the missing people?
Marceline: I’d assume they’re sleeping still, like Bubble Head over here did yesterday.
Bubbles: Oh! Harley’s probably in the library, I’ll go bring her food!
Bubbles took the plate of food directed at Shaggy and left the dining room, only to return very quickly.
Bubbles: That’s weird, she wasn’t there today.
Beetlejuice: Fine, I guess I have to do all the work, I’ll go knock at her door, wake the chick up.
Beetlejuice left the room, presumably going to wake Harley up.
Velma: Why does he always volunteer to wake her up?
Morty: Y-you know why.
Steven could see Velma attempting to calm herself at the sound of Morty’s words, but she managed, at least until-
Beetlejuice: Yo, the chick’s not in her room.
Buttercup: How do you know that? Maybe she's just a heavy sleeper.
Beetlejuice lifted up a key.
Beetlejuice: It’s the key to her room, it was on the floor next to her room.
Steven: Ah?!
Steven stood up violently, running to the library to check if Bubbles just didn’t see her, but to his surprise, the room was clean. The trap wasn’t activated and Harley’s book and papers were missing, it was like no one was there since he saw her two days ago.
Steven searched around the room, but she wasn’t there. Thinking that she must’ve taken her findings to a different place, Steven was about to leave, only to be startled by…
Steven: (Is this… Blood?!)
A blood drop dropped onto the ground in front of Steven, looking up, Steven noticed that one of the parts of the trap was bloody.
Steven: (Did she kill someone?!)
Steven checked around the room again, finally noticing a bookshelf that was moved a bit out of place, Steven pushed it aside, noticing a horrible sight had fallen in front of him.
Steven: (No! Not again!)
Steven looked at the body’s slit wrist.
Steven almost barfed at the sight of their twisted limbs.
Steven was filled with despair seeing the body’s broken neck.
Steven was horrified at the sight of the body.
The body belonging to Harley Quinn .
Steven didn’t even notice when Bubbles and Banana Guard entered the room.
Banana Guard: Oh glob…
Bubbles: No…
*Ding dong ding dong*
Monokuma: A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED!