Archive of Our Own ^beta

Chapter Text

???: Hey dude, wake up, I’m freaking out here.

Steven opened his eyes, finding himself sitting on a chair next to a big dining table, he found himself being shaken by a man in a green shirt, who seemed freaked out.

???: Like, man, where are we?

The man’s voice was shaking.

Steven: Huh?

Steven looked around, around the dining room table there were 15 other people other than him, looking outside the table, Steven noticed they were inside a large room, with two metal doors blocking any possible exits.

The room was very well decorated, with paintings on the walls depicting a child with his parents, and candles on the wall lighting up the room well.

Steven: I don’t know… Who are you?

???: Oh right, I didn’t introduce myself, sorry if I like, freaked you out dude.

Shaggy: I’m Shaggy, the Ultimate Jack of all Trades.

Steven: Ultimate Jack of all Trades?

Shaggy: That’s what was written in my note.

Shaggy unfolds a piece of paper he had in his hand, revealing text on it that says “Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, The Ultimate Jack of all Trades”.

Shaggy: I found it in my pocket when I woke up here.

Steven reached into his jacket pocket, finding a piece of paper, unfolding it and putting it in front of his face, he read what was on the paper out loud.

Steven: It says “Steven Quartz Universe, Ultimate Crystal Gem”.

Steven: (In order to find out where we are, I should get to know who is here with me)

Shaggy: Like, I can tell you’re thinking what I’m thinking Steve!

Steven: Yes, we should get to know the other people we’re stuck with here.

Shaggy: Oh, like, I thought about eating some of the snacks at the centre of the table.

Steven looked at the table again, finding that the table had a bowl of fruits in the middle of it, filled to the brim with various fruits, including some that Steven didn’t recognize.

Steven: Probably not a good idea for now, we still don’t know why we’re here.

???: Jake, You heard what bubble head said, we shouldn’t eat anything here yet.

Steven: (Bubble Head?)

Jake?: Oh cmon! Just a little nibble wouldn’t hurt.

???: It’s probably not a good idea Jake, it might be poisoned.

Steven looked at the voice, who was sitting next to him, he found it belonged to a kid wearing a white hat and a light blue shirt.

Then he looked at who he assumed was Jake, finding that he was some sort of yellow dog. It confused Steven for a moment, but now wasn’t the time to be confused.

Lastly, he looked at the first voice, finding a pale woman with sharp teeth, she was-

???: HEY BUBBLE HEAD, Stop staring at me!

The lady yelled at Steven, startling him, as he didn’t notice he was staring.

Steven: Sorry! I just wanted to know your names!

???: Here, stick it in your stupid brain, my name’s Marceline, and according to this paper I have in front of me, I’m the Ultimate Guitarist! Got it?!

Steven: Got it! Sorry again…

???: Don’t worry about that, she’s nicer than she seems.

The kid in the white hat told Steven.

???: My name is Finn, and I’m the Ultimate Swordsman!

Finn: Gotta say, not a fan of their approach, but this kidnapper got me right!

Steven: (Kidnapper, right, we were all transported here because of someone, gotta say, that is not promising for our survival rate)

Finn: Hey Jake! Come introduce yourself to Steven!

The yellow dog’s head stretched all the way across the table.

Steven: (Huh?!)

Steven went back a bit in reflex.

Jake?: Hi there Steven, name’s Jake the Dog, and I’m the Ultimate Shape-Shifter!

Steven: Oh! Hello there Jake.

Jake: Hell yeah!

Jake stretched his hand to give Steven a high five, with Steven hesitantly returning it.

Finn: Mathematical!

Steven: (What?)

Jake returned back to his seat, which calmed Steven down.

At least until he heard another yell coming from the end of the table.

???: Not you! I’ve had enough of you stupid bunny!

???: What you mean by that, Doc?

Steven looked towards the voices, seeing an angry… person? He couldn’t tell what he was, being angry at a really tall rabbit?

Steven: (am i hallucinating???)

???: Oh hey there kid, would you pass me that carrot?

The rabbit pointed at the fruit bowl, which Steven just noticed, contained a carrot.

Being in shock, Steven didn’t even realize he was being addressed, then snapped back into reality and passed him the carrot.

Finn: Yo Steve! What happened to not eating until we know it’s safe?

Jake: Does that mean I can eat now?

Marceline: No!

Jake: Awe…

???: It’s for the better that this stupid rabbit be poisoned anyway!

The weird figure said.

Steven: Hey you can’t say that!

???: Who’s stopping me?

While they were arguing about this, the rabbit chomped on the carrot.

Steven: NO!

Steven watched in horror as the rabbit continued eating the carrot, but nothing happened to him.

Jake: Can I eat it now?

Marceline: Ugh fine.

Jake took some grapes from the bowl, while Marceline took an apple and began drinking it.

Shaggy: Sweet!

Shaggy brought the bowl over to him, and took multiple fruits out of it.

Finn: Dude, leave some for others!

Steven was still fixated at the rabbit and the weird figure, and so decided to get up from the table and just approach them normally.

Marceline: We could’ve done that this whole time?!

Jake: I don't mind, these seats are really comfy.

Steven approached the rabbit.

???: Suppose you want an introduction.

???: Name’s Bugs Bunny, and according to this handy dandy note, I’m the Ultimate Comedian, ain’t that fun?

Bugs: This over here is my buddy Marvin.

Marvin: We are not friends, rabbit!

Bugs: I know, just wanted to mess with ya.

Marvin: Ugh, I can’t stand you Rabbit!

Steven: Hello there Marvin.

Marvin: What do you want from me, Earthling?!

Steven: Just thought you might want to introduce yourself, seeing as we all found ourselves here.

Marvin: Ugh, fine.

Marvin: I’m Marvin the Martian, Mars’ NUMBER ONE Soldier!

Bugs: Aren’t you forgetting something Doc?

Marvin: I guess I’m also the Ultimate Space Warrior, but I think you could’ve guessed that.

Steven: (Could’ve fooled me, the way he lets Bugs get under his skin doesn’t seem very… Warrior-like)

Leaving these two characters alone, Steven noticed someone sitting next to them who was covering his ears.

???: Aw jeez, these guys just don’t stop talking.

This kid looked pretty normal in comparison to all the other characters, he was wearing a yellow shirt and a pair of jeans.

???: Do you know where we are?

The kid asked Steven.

Steven: No, sorry. I was thinking we can maybe figure it out if we work together though!

???: Oh okay… I’m used to helping others.

Steven: Oh nice! Are you the Ultimate Helper or something?

???: test dummy.

Steven: What?

???: My name is Morty Smith, and I’m the Ultimate Test Dummy.

Steven: I see that whoever kidnapped us didn’t like you much.

Morty: My guess is that Rick made another death trap in his sleep.

Steven: (Death Trap?! No, it can’t be!!)

Steven: Rick?

Morty: That’s my grandfather, he does this a lot.

Steven: (He must be a supergenius to make this kind of thing in his sleep!!)

Morty: Anyway, you should probably go and talk to the others, if it is Rick, I got it, I always have to neutralize the bombs he makes.

Steven: (Bombs?!)

Steven walked away from Morty, and right into a giant man with a huge jacket and a hockey mask.

Steven: Ahh!

Steven was terrified of this man.

???: Don’t worry, he’s completely harmless! Right Jason?

Jason?: …

Steven got back on his feet, still kinda scared of Jason.

???: Oh yeah! Introductions! Well I already introduced Jason, but I’m Banana Guard, the Ultimate Guardian!

Steven: N-nice… well I’ll just go say hello to the others.

Banana Guard: Okay! Talk to you later Steven!

Jason: ...

Steven hurriedly continued down the chairs, passing Marceline taunted him as he passed, he did his best to ignore her, but she seemed satisfied with the reaction he didn’t notice he gave.

He arrived at the next group who huddled together, containing what seemed like… a clown, a gross man and two elementary schoolers.

???: -and this is how you make a bomb.

???: Interesting, please tell me more.

???: Buttercup, the professor won’t be happy about you blowing things up.

Buttercup?: The professor isn’t happy with a lot of stuff I do, but jokes on him, I am the Ultimate Hero according to this shady note.

???: Normally I’ll just make a bomb out of chalk, but mayhem has so many ways to happen, it’s amazing!

The gross man said.

Steven: Hey, maybe we don’t tell kids how to make bombs?

???: Buzzkill over here.

Steven: Okay, sir, I’m just trying to find out what's happening here, and to do that, I should probably know who everyone I’m stuck here with is.

???: Pfh. Okay buzzkill, but if you want to know my name, then we do have a problem here.

Steven: What now?

???: I kinda… can’t say my own name.

Steven: Can you maybe describe it?

The Gross Man and Steven proceeded to play charades, with the man somehow changing into various animals and objects to demonstrate it.

Steven: So your name is Beetlejuice?

Beetlejuice: That’s my name! Don’t wear it out, unless you want someone dead, but I'm afraid you’re too much of a goody two shoes for that. (No teaching children how to make bombs, eh, you’re stupid).

Steven: What about your Ultimate? I feel like they’re important to figuring out what’s happening.

Beetlejuice: I’m the Ghost with the Most, or according to this boring paper, the “Ultimate Ghost”.

Steven: (I don't think he should be talking to kids)

Steven: What about you?

Steven looked at the clown teaching the children how to make bombs.

???: Name’s Harley Quinn, and let me tell ya, every person who needs to defend themselves needs to know how to make bombs, I’m just protecting these girls!

???: We don’t need bombs! We’re super powerful!

The two girls floated upwards, surprising the group.

Harley: That just means it’s easier for you to bomb your enemies!

Buttercup?: Yeah Bubbles! Bombs are cool.

Bubbles?: (Ignoring the other girl) Anyway, you’re looking for introductions, right?

Bubbles?: My name is Bubbles Utonium! I’m the Ultimate Empathy!

Bubbles: And this is my sister, Buttercup, the Ultimate Hero!

Buttercup: Hell yeah I am!

Bubbles: Buttercup! The professor wouldn’t like you saying foul things like that!

Buttercup: What, hell?

Bubbles: AHHH!

Bubbles flew behind Steven.

Bubbles: You said a bad word.

Beetlejuice: That ain’t a bad word, that’s basic vocabulary.

Beetlejuice pulled out a Dictionary from nowhere.

Beetlejuice: See?

The Dictionary contained the word Hell, alongside many other, way worse words, that should not be written here.

Bubbles: AHH!

Buttercup: Okay, now that’s a bit much for me.

Harley: Loser.

Buttercup: What’d you call me?!

Harley: A loser who can’t say #$@!

Beetlejuice: Yeah! You’re too young and squishy to say mature words like #$@!

Buttercup: Why you-!

Buttercup lunged at them to attack them, but was grabbed from behind by Steven and Bubbles.

Bubbles: Let’s wait a bit okay.

Buttercup: Fine.

Steven noticed the two last people he didn’t meet yet were talking in the corner of the room, but he didn’t want to leave Buttercup and Bubbles with Harley and Beetlejuice.

Bubbles: Can we go with you Steven?

Steven: Yeah sure! (Probably for the best to leave Beetlejuice and Harley alone for now)

Steven, Bubbles and Buttercup went to talk to the two women in the corner, one was wearing a purple hood, while the other donned an orange sweater.

???: Oh! I did wonder when you’ll get to us!

The lady in the orange sweater remarked.

???: Let’s make this quick so we can solve this mystery, okay? I’m Velma, the Ultimate Detective!

Bubbles: You’re a detective? That’s so cool!

Bubbles said with open wide eyes.

???: And I’m Raven, the Ultimate Occultist, though I won’t say that describes what I do very well.

Raven: If I had to choose, I would say that I’m more of an Ultimate Magic User, though I guess it is more occult in nature.

Buttercup: You’re a wizard?

Raven: Occult Magic User, but I guess that means the same to you.

Bubbles: Can you help us with something then?

Raven: Uh, with what?

Bubbles: You see, me and Buttercup have a third sister, we’re almost always together, but she isn’t here… I wanted to know if you may be able to find her…

Raven: I regret to inform you that this may be impossible, something in this place is blocking some of my magic, however, it may be for the best that she isn’t here.

Steven: She’s right Bubbles, we don’t know where we are, if we’re in trouble, she’ll probably search for you right?

Bubbles: Yeah, she probably will, I’m just worried…

Raven: You should be.

Steven: (Huh?!)

Raven: Not about your sister, but about us, this group is full of powerful individuals, if someone managed to capture us all…

Velma: It might be that we’re dealing with an incredibly powerful person.

While she says that, a tv at the end of the dining room suddenly sounds up, telling the group to sit down at their spots.

While everyone goes to sit at their spot, Steven wonders how he didn’t see the giant tv until now.

Velma: It’s because it wasn’t there.

Steven: Huh?

Velma: This tv appeared while we were talking, previously that wall had a painting on it, I assume that it was a fake painting, and actually a tv that showcased a painting.

Steven: That makes sense.

Everyone sat down at their spots as the tv started to glitch out, suddenly a voice echoed throughout the room, though it didn't seem to come from the tv.

???: Testing, testing! Can you hear me over there?

The voice said, Steven couldn’t help but be disturbed at its sound, it was squeaky, and childish, but at the same time, it felt out of place.

???: Great! I’ll be right over!

Without even a second passing, a weird Black and White bear suddenly jumped up at the end of the dining table.

Bubbles: Sorry, who are you mister?

???: I was getting to that!

Bubbles: Oh… Sorry…

???: Anyways, my name is Monokuma, and I’m-

Finn: HOLD IT!

Monokuma: Eh?!

Harley: We’re not gonna listen to a #$@!#$ teddybear.

Monokuma: That's… so rude…

The bear pretended to cry.

Bubbles: I’m sorry Mr. Monokuma!

Buttercup: Bubbles don’t apologize to him! He kidnapped us.

Monokuma: I guess you probably want a reason then right?

Monokuma: It’s pretty simple… You’re all here… For your brand new permanent home.

The bear showed a wicked smile, as differing reactions came from the group.

Steven: (What?!)

Bubbles: It can’t be…

Harley: Good chance with that loser.

Harley got a bomb out of her pocket.

Beetlejuice: Nice.

Banana Guard: Whoa?! Let down the bomb!!

Harley: Who’d make me?

Steven: Me. Now put down the bomb.

Steven stood up onto the table.

Harley: I’m not afraid of a little kid.

Steven: I’m 16.

Harley: Close enough.

Harley threw the bomb towards Monokuma.

Steven: No!

As the bomb hurled towards Monokuma, everyone looked mortified, however, Monokuma simply opened his mouth and chomped down on the bomb.

Harley: Heh?!

Monokuma swallowed the bomb, which exploded in his belly in a cartoony manner.

Monokuma: Can I continue now?

Harley: I’m not do-

Harley was grabbed by a giant energy hand, coming from Raven.

Raven: Let him continue. We need to know what’s happening.

Beetlejuice: Buzzkill.

Monokuma: Anyways, you should probably get comfy here, because you’re never getting out.

The group remained quiet.

Shaggy: Like, there has to be a way to get out?

Monokuma: Well, there is one way…

Steven: (I have a bad feeling about this)

Monokuma: The only way to get out… Is to disturb the peace.

Finn: You can’t mean?!

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.

Monokuma: Whoa hold your horses Quinzel!

Harley was stunned, her hand still in her pocket.

Monokuma: As I was saying, to get out is to kill someone, but you can’t just pull out a bomb, you need to kill someone and get away with it!

Monokuma: If the group can find out you did it in the trial that follows, you’ll be punished, that being said, if the innocents aren’t smarty-pants, they’ll be punished instead, leaving the killer to be free as a bird!

Monokuma: And for you at home wondering, oh, how can someone as weak as Shaggy-

Shaggy: Hey!

Monokuma: -kill someone as strong as Jason?

Jason: …

Monokuma: Well lets just say I’ve done some balance changes, to make it fair ya know.

Beetlejuice: Sorry to ruin your fun Bearboy, but as you might’ve figured out, I am a ghost, these #$@! can’t kill me.

Monokuma: Look at your hand Juicey!

Beetlejuice looked at his hand, revealing… A wedding ring.

Monokuma: We had such a beautiful wedding, all of your family were there, too bad you weren’t awake to see it!

Beetlejuice: I can’t believe this! 36 years trying to convince that goth girl to marry me, and that #$@!#$@ bear marries me when I’m asleep.

Steven: Can we get an explanation?

Monokuma: no

With that said, Monokuma jumps into a hole that appeared behind him, the tv now showing a tropical view in it, as the doors that locked them in the dining room suddenly lifted, revealing a way out of the room.

Steven: Seems we are supposed to get out of this room now.

Beetlejuice: I’ll catch up.

He was staring at the wedding ring on his finger, still in shock.

Steven: O-ok.

Steven stuttered as he and the others exited the room, he could’ve sworn that Harley looked back, but she came with them all the same.

They exited into a gigantic hall, ending with a giant metal door.

Buttercup: Break!

Buttercup rammed into the metal door, not leaving even a small dent.

Harley: Let me.

Harley set down a bomb at the base of the door, the group went away from it as they waited for it to explode.

*BOOM*

The bomb exploded, leaving a cloud of smoke, Steven could feel a smile come across his face, thinking they may have beaten this sick game, however, it was quickly replaced with disappointment, as the door didn’t even seem marked by the explosion, with the same being seen for the floor that the explosive was placed on.

Harley: #$@!

Velma: So we can’t force our way out of here…

Harley: Don’t say that! We just need to combine our forces!

Velma: Harley listen to me! Neither Buttercup or the bomb did any damage to the door, we’ll just exhaust ourselves if we do that.

Steven: She’s right, we won’t get anywhere by throwing ourselves at that door.

Velma: We should search around this place instead, maybe there’s a hidden way out…

Velma: Steven!

Steven: Huh?!

Velma: You seem capable, you should go to the right, while the rest of us search the rest of this… Mansion? If I had to guess.

Looking to the right, there was a hallway with a ton of rooms in it. As he was looking inside, Bubbles and Buttercup joined up with him, as they found that there were 16 rooms in total, each one had a pixel looking sprite of one of the group members printed on it.

Steven searched for his room, finding he was placed between Harley Quinn and Buttercup.

Steven: (No quiet nights for me I guess)

Monokuma: I wouldn’t worry about that!

Monokuma springed up from nowhere, startling Steven.

Steven: Eh?!

Monokuma: These rooms are completely soundproof, to help you murder till your heart’s content!

Steven: (That wasn’t what I was worried about… But best to keep this in mind)

Steven entered his room as Monokuma slinked away, inside was a pretty basic room, with a bed, a bathroom and a table with drawers. He opened the drawers looking for anything he could find, and within one of them he found… A phone?

The back of the phone was decorated with a Monokuma theme. Steven opened the phone, finding that it had a few apps installed on it.

The first app was a map of the location, which called it the “Monokuma Mansion”, the second app was just a sudoku app, when he opened it, a message appeared on his phone: “So you won’t get bored ;)”.

The final app was the most interesting, with it being simply titled “Game Rules”, he opened it to find a list of rules.

Steven: Hey, check this out.

Steven told Bubbles and Buttercup, and the three of them began reading the rules one by one.

Steven: 1. Players may reside only within the mansion.

Buttercup: 2. "Nighttime" is from 10 pm to 7 am. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution.

Steven: 3. Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be punished.

Bubbles: 4. With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Monokuma Mansion at your discretion.

Buttercup: 5. Violence against Monokuma is strictly prohibited, doing so will get you punished.

Steven: (This is the one I was worried about) 5. Anyone who kills a fellow player and becomes "blackened" can go free, unless they are discovered.

Bubbles: 6. Additional school regulations may be added if necessary.

Buttercup: So he can just add rules whenever he wants to?! That’s unfair…

Steven: 7. Once a murder takes place, a trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving players.

Buttercup: 8. If the guilty party is exposed during the trial, they alone will be punished.

Steven: 9. If the guilty party is not exposed, they alone will graduate, and all remaining players will be punished.

Steven: And lastly, 10. The Body Discovery Announcement will play as soon as three or more people discover a body for the first time.

Bubbles: Body Discovery Announcement?!

Buttercup: I’m beginning to think the murder part is more important to… HIM, then being stuck here forever.

Bubbles: We should go tell the others what we found.

Steven: Yeah, you’re right.

Steven closed his monophone, and went out with Bubbles and Buttercup, stopping on their way for them to take their own monophones, which included the same three apps, they went to the grand hall, seeing that all of the doors there were completely locked, with one glaring obvious one, though they couldn’t open it, and so went to the only place left: The dining room.

In the dining room, they heard commotion from a room nearby, finding that attached to the dining room was a kitchen, where all the others were.

Shaggy: Like, there’s enough ingredients here to last a thousand meals!

Velma: Believe me, when it comes to him, it means a LOT.

Shaggy ignored this comment, making a large sandwich with about 10 layers to it.

Steven: Whoa.

Velma: I saw bigger.

Shaggy then took the entire sandwich and gulped it down in one bite, impressing Steven.

Velma: So what did you find?

Steven: Oh yeah, we probably should tell the entire group about it right? Where are they?

Velma: There’s a small lounge connected to this kitchen, they’re chilling there with some snacks.

Jake: Yeah! Luckily I found them in the cupboard!

The yellow dog arrived from where Steven assumed was the lounge.

Jake: I can make so much stuff with the stuff there! Hey Shaggy, would you like to try out my patented Bacon Pancakes?

Shaggy: Like, is there a vegan option?

Jake: I’m pretty sure I can make one!

The two continued chatting about the food, when Velma suddenly cut them off.

Velma: HEY! You two can talk about food later, let's let Steven and the Powerpuffs explain what they found to everybody.

The group walked into the lounge, where the rest of them were waiting.

Finn: Hey Steve’! You have any good news for us?

Steven: (I guess that’s my nickname now)

Steven: Not really, but we do have news.

Steven, Bubbles and Buttercup explained to the group about the rooming situation, about the monophones and about the rules of this game.

Morty: Aw jeez...

Marceline: That’s not a good sign for their plans.

Suddenly, an alarm blared throughout the mansion, the TV revealed Monokuma sitting at a desk.

Monokuma: Checking, Checking! It is now 10 p.m. As such, it is officially nighttime. Sweet dreams, everyone! Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite…

Velma: Is he serious?

Monokuma: Of course I am!

The bear popped up from nowhere.

Monokuma: Now go to your room and get a healthy 8 hours of sleep!

Finn: Dude, we’ve been awake for like an hour!

Monokuma: Your sleep schedule doesn’t exclude you from my schedule.

Beetlejuice: You’re the one who took us.

Monokuma: “You’re the one who took us” Blah blah blah, go to sleep already.

After some more arguing, the entire group left each to go to their room.

Bubbles: I don’t want to sleep alone…

Buttercup: You can be in my room, sis!

Steven: Is it allowed?

Buttercup: The rules never said it was your room you had to sleep in, did they?

Steven: (I guess not)

The sisters went into Buttercup’s room, and Steven entered his own room.

Weirdly enough, it wasn’t hard at all for him to sleep, he assumed it was just the amount of stuff happening in the hour he was awake as he fell asleep.

As he slept, Steven saw fellow Crystal Gems members Pearl and Peridot talking to him, though he couldn’t quite figure out what they were saying, it seemed important.

He felt like he was submerged in water, and tried to swim towards them, to hear their voices.

Pearl and Peridot: …- good luck Steven.

Then he woke up.

Chapter Text

Steven woke up abruptly, gasping for air, before he realized where he was.

Steven: It… Wasn’t a dream?

Steven: IT WASN’T A DREAM?!

Steven punched the wall out of rage, creating a small dent in it, he could see in the mirror that he turned a bit pink.

Monokuma: You know it’s rude to destroy what another person created.

Steven: You know it’s rude to put people in a killing game.

Monokuma: Tomato, Tomato.

Steven did not have the power to deal with him at that moment, but luckily there was no need for that, as Monokuma disappeared as fast as he appeared, leaving Steven alone in his room.

Before exiting his room, Steven took a look at the dent he made to the wall.

Steven: (Even though the door was invulnerable, the walls still seem to be breakable, I should probably keep that in my mind for later)

Steven exited his room, and went into the dining room, where he finds Jake and Bugs talking to each other.

Jake: Dude, I’m begging you, please let me make you something other than a SINGULAR carrot, I promise you it’ll be better.

Jake was begging for Bugs to listen to him, but Bugs simply chomped on his carrot.

Bugs: No deal, Doc.

Bugs chomped on his carrot once again, the carrot didn’t seem to actually be eaten though, as though it regenerated just for Bugs to keep eating it.

Jake: Dude, PLEASE

Bugs: Nah.

Without Jake even continuing to talk, Bugs just left, seeing himself as the victor.

Jake: Oh…

Steven: Hi Jake.

Jake: Hi there Steve’! I was just going to prepare breakfast for everyone!

Steven: (I guess we’re ignoring that)

Steven: Do you need help?

Steven knew that Jake didn’t need help, but Steven felt like it could help get his mind off... things.

Jake: Sure! The more hands on deck the better!

Steven: So what are we making?

Jake: Sandwiches.

Steven: Sandwiches?

Jake: Perfect sandwiches.

Jake instructed Steven around the kitchen as he gathered ingredients, with them talking while preparing the sandwiches.

Steven: So what do you cook back at home?

Jake: Well I have tons of recipes, but by far my favorite is my Perfect Sandwich!

Steven: Like the ones we’re making?

Jake: Well, a bit better, there are some missing ingredients.

Steven: Like what?

Jake: Bird.

Steven: Huh?!

Steven: Like… Cooked chicken?

Jake: No, just a bird from the window.

Jake: Oh, and you can’t forget the Lobster’s soul!

Steven: How do you even get that?!

Jake: I have my ways.

Jake: What about you? Any cool meals you cooked up?

Steven: Not a lot of them, but I guess I once made fries with ketchup already inside them, if that counts?

Jake: Of course that counts bro! Cooking is cooking, it’s a way to express love and creativity, no matter if it’s bad or good, making the food is the best part!

Steven: That's a good way of thinking about it.

Steven and Jake continued talking as the rest of the group arrived at the lounge, with them serving the sandwiches to everyone.

Jake: Morning' everyone!

No one replied, they were all looking tired, which Steven understood all too well.

Raven: Thank you Jake.

Raven looked especially weak.

Steven: Are you okay Raven?

Raven: No… Something in this place hinders my powers, it’s… Wrong.

Raven attempted to manifest an energy hand like she did yesterday, but after a few moments, it dissipates, turning into nothing.

Buttercup: You’re not the only one.

Buttercup focuses on a piece of bread she’s holding, with her eyes briefly turning red, and lasers attempting to go out of her eyes, heating up the bread just a bit, before her eyes return to normal.

Velma: Could this be part of Monokuma’s balancing?

Steven: (Huh… What did he say again?)

(FLASHBACK)

Monokuma: And for you at home wondering, oh, how can someone as weak as Shaggy kill someone as strong as Jason?

Monokuma: Well lets just say I’ve done some balance changes, to make it fair ya know.

(FLASHBACK END)

Steven: I think you’re right, he did say he did some “balance changes”, maybe they only took effect right now?

Raven: Well whatever he did, it drained me of my energy.

The group continued to sit mostly in silence, eating alongside each other, with no one daring to utter a word, until they all left to do their own stuff. Steven went to the lounge and sat there for a bit.

Steven: (Well I have some free time, maybe I should get to know someone?)

Steven looked around the lounge, finding that alongside him, Bugs was still there.

Bugs: Hi there, Doc.

Steven: (Should I hangout with Bugs Bunny? Sure)

Steven: Hey Bugs, do you want to hangout?

Bugs: Sure.

Steven and Bugs started talking about their homes.

Steven: So… Where are you from?

Bugs: It depends.

Steven: Hmm?

Bugs: Well most of the time I live in my hole in the ground.

Steven: Yeah sure. (Nothing’s weird for me at this point…)

Bugs: But lately I’ve really been getting into houses.

Steven: Getting into houses?

Bugs: Like, living in them.

Steven: Oh, that makes more sense.

Bugs: Did you think I was getting into architecture or something?

Steven: (Would that really be that strange at this point?)

Bugs: Well, what about you? Where you from?

Steven: Oh! I-I’m from Beach City.

Bugs: Lemme guess, next to the beach?

Steven: Yeah?

Bugs: Knew it.

Steven: (I wasn’t trying to hide it…)

Before they could continue talking, suddenly a loud voice echoed throughout the room.

Monokuma: TESTING, TESTING, DO YOU HEAR ME OVER THERE?!

Steven: Huh?

Monokuma: EVERYONE GATHER IN THE GREAT HALL FOR A COOL SURPRISE, ARRIVING IS MANDATORY.

The voice ceased.

Bugs: We should probably go, huh Steve’?

Steven: Let’s go.

Steven and Bugs walked into the great hall, meeting the rest of the group there.

Harley: Anyone know what’s happening? Anybody piss the little $#*@ up?

Monokuma: Yes.

Monokuma jumped in front of her out of nowhere.

Harley: Ahhh!

Monokuma: You know it’s really insulting, you put all this effort into making a killing game, and no one even thinks about killing someone!

Shaggy: Like, how could you possibly know that?!

Monokuma: I can kidnap powerful beings and make them be able to be killed by a little child, is mind reading that out of the picture?

Shaggy: I guess not…

Monokuma: Good! Because it is!

Harley: So you’re just #@*$@# with us.

Monokuma: Exactly, see, she gets it!

Marceline: Can you just tell us why you called us here?!

Monokuma: Fine fine, here it is!

Monokuma pressed a button on a remote, opening a door Steven saw was locked yesterday.

Monokuma: I want to introduce you to the Dying Room!

Steven looked in, seeing a bunch of cds, a sofa and a large TV. The room looks pretty unorganized, with snacks strewn about the room as if someone has been living in it.

Steven: (Has Monokuma just been eating snacks here?)

Steven: Is this just a living room?

Monokuma: Shhhh.

Monokuma: It’s not just a living room, it’s also your MOTIVE!

Morty: M-motive?

Monokuma: For murder, y'know?

Monokuma: I’ve done hundreds of these killing games, and in all of them, the murders didn’t start until I gave them a reason to.

Velma: Hundreds?!

Monokuma: So I thought, to make it more exciting, I’ll provide your motive a day early! Aren’t you lucky?

Steven: (There were hundreds of these killing games?! What chance do we have?!)

Monokuma: So here’s the deal, I’m going to call you in one by one to see a special video! Starting with you!

Monokuma pointed at Beetlejuice.

Beetlejuice: Ugh fine, let’s get this over with.

Beetlejuice went into the room with Monokuma, leaving the group behind, the group suddenly noticed that all of the other doors were locked.

Steven: (So we have to see that video, what could it possibly show?)

Steven went near the door to the living room and put his ear to the wall separating the two rooms.

Velma: Good idea Steven! Do you hear anything?

Steven listened closely, but didn’t manage to hear anything special.

Steven: I couldn’t hear anything, I think this room is soundproof.

Bubbles: Just like our rooms!

Velma: Hmm… I think we all know the reason for that.

Marvin: Huh?

Marceline: To help us kill each other.

Suddenly Beetlejuice exited the room, looking blankly ahead.

Monokuma: Who’s next?

One by one people entered, most of them exited with a blank stare, some were near crying, while some didn't seem affected. Steven ended up being the last to enter.

Monokuma: Come on in, Steven! Grab a seat, it’s time for a movie!

Steven waddled through the mess, it was even worse up close, with soda being spilled everywhere and empty wraps strewn about everywhere. He sat down on the sofa as Monokuma entered a CD into a CD player connected to the television, Steven managed to glimpse the name of the CD, with his name being written on it.

Monokuma: Now watch tight Steven!

The video played on the TV, in it, Steven saw the rest of his Crystal Gem team, including Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl.

Garnet: Steven, we are looking for you.

Amethyst: Where did you go, little man?

Pearl: …

Pearl: I trust you Steven, I know you’re where you’re supposed to be.

Amethyst: What’s that supposed to me-

Amethyst was suddenly cut off, as the filming location turned to ruin.

“Want to know what happened? Kill someone for the truth!” Was written on the screen.

Steven: What happened to them?!

Steven was in shock, seeing what seemed like his house, with blood puddles on the floor, and glass stabbing into the sofa.

Monokuma: You saw what the screen said, you want to know? Commit manslaughter!

Steven: That's not what manslaughter means.

Monokuma: Tomato, tomato.

Steven: (Not this again...)

The bear laughed as Steven stormed out of the room, he looked at the people around him.

Steven: (So if they saw the same thing…)

Steven: No one is safe…

Velma: Well said.

Steven didn’t realize he said that out loud, though it didn’t matter, as he knew everyone else thought the same thing, they almost all were in shock, Steven assumed they each saw their families.

Then, he thought up an idea, he debated a bit in his head of if he should even say it outloud, but he felt it could help bring the group closer together.

Steven: What if… We organized a movie night?

Morty: I don’t know Steven, it feels… wrong.

Marvin: This is a stupid idea earthling, we’re all grieving right now, you really want to make us watch silly cartoons?!

Steven: I just thought it could maybe cheer us up?

Marvin: Well you’re wrong, and you’re STUPID!!

Raven: I think it’s a good idea Steven.

Marvin: Huh?!

Raven: We need a distraction, and what better distraction is there than one that helps us get along?

Bubbles: Y-Yeah! And then we won’t want to kill each other!

Shaggy: Like, I can help set it up if you need help.

Bubbles: Yeah! Me too!

At this point, Steven barely noticed, but most of the group left the room already, it seemed the doors opened when he exited.

Steven: Thanks guys…

Bubbles: Don’t worry Steven, we’ll just tell those who left tomorrow morning at breakfast!

Raven: We probably should give them some time to process.

Monokuma suddenly exited the living room.

Monokuma: Well I cleaned it up of all the blackmail, happy killing!

He said as he jumped into the floor, disappearing.

Shaggy: Like, I think I’ll help tomorrow if that’s okay?

Raven: Of course, I’ll search for movies in the room for now, Steven, will you help me?

Steven: Of course!

Bubbles: I’ll help too!

As the trio entered the room, they found that the blackmail was the only thing the room has been cleaned of.

Bubbles: I guess we have a lot of cleaning to do.

The group cleaned around a bit, finding a shelf hidden behind a bunch of wraps, inside there were mostly b-movies and collections of episodes from small tv shows.

Steven: Honestly that’s more than I expected.

Raven was looking deeply at one of the movies.

Bubbles: What is it Raven?

Raven was surprised, hiding the movie. Steven ignored this, as he had a more pressing question on his mind.

Steven: Hey Raven, can I ask you something?

Raven: U-uh yeah?

Steven: How come you were so unaffected by your video?

Raven: Hey, you’re the one who suggested a movie night.

Steven: But you’re the one who was eager for it.

Steven: Are you not worried for your friends?

Steven: (Oh god I just heard myself, that was incredibly rude)

Steven: I’m sorry, I don’t know what I was thinki-

Raven: I am, but also, I trust them, I trust that they’ll be able to handle it, no matter how bleak it seemed.

Steven: (That's a good way of thinking about it, after all, I didn't see them shattered, they may have not even been at home when it happened)

Bubbles: Whoa, I wasn’t expecting that from you!

Raven: Neither did I, but they rubbed off on me I guess.

Bubbles: Can you tell us about the movie now?

Raven seemed conflicted, but she couldn’t refuse Bubbles’ request.

Raven: As long as you don’t tell anyone.

Bubbles: We promise! Right Steven?

Steven: Of course. (I still feel kinda bad about my question earlier)

Raven: Well…

Raven pulled out the movie, it had colorful ponies on its cover.

Bubbles: Aww! What’s this?

Bubbles squeaked in happiness.

Raven: It’s called Pretty Pretty Pegasus, it's a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine.

Bubbles: Can we watch it?

Bubbles looked at Raven with cute eyes. Raven looked around checking that no one was there.

Steven: I doubt anyone wants to return to this room right now, don’t worry.

Raven: Sure, let’s watch.

Jake: Mind if I join you guys?

Raven was startled by the sudden arrival of Jake, hiding the movie yet again.

Jake: Don’t worry, I won’t tell.

She pulled out the movie yet again.

Jake: I heard from Marvin that you’re organizing a movie night, and I wanted to help! It seems like you’re doing fine though.

The group sat down together on the sofa, with them watching Pretty Pretty Pegasus together, Jake even gave Bubbles horseback rides in the middle, though they had to stop for disrupting Raven’s show.

Then, the nighttime alarm sounded, with the group going away one by one, Bubbles this time going to Jake’s room to sleep, as Steven went to his own bed and slept away the night.

This time, Steven slept a bit through the morning alarm, before finally going out of his room, where he finds Marvin, Morty and Harley talking.

Morty: D-do you really think someone is going to kill anybody?

Harley: Probably.

Morty: W-what?!

Marvin: It is an enticing offer, and I wouldn’t have a problem with sacrificing any of you earthlings.

Steven: Hey guys, what are you talking about?

Harley: None of your business Steven!

Steven has heard what they were talking about.

Steven: Don’t worry Morty, I promise you that no one will murder here.

Harley: Heh.

Steven: What are you saying?

Harley: I’ve done worse.

Marvin: So did I!

Morty: Yeah…

Steven: You also did something worse?!

Morty: Not on purpose!

Marvin: Still counts!

Steven: We should probably go to the dining room, the others are probably worried.

Harley: I’ll stay here, rather be the killer than a victim.

Steven: (Wouldn't it make more sense to stay with the group then?)

Marvin: For once, I’ll agree with an earthling, I’m going to my room!

Marvin said enthusiastically, before marching over to his room.

Harley: I’ll just… Go.

Harley simply walked over to her room, closing her door after her.

Morty: So… To the dining room?

Steven: Yeah, to the dining room.

Steven and Morty walked into the dining room, where a strange scene was occurring.

Velma: SO CAN ANYBODY EXPLAIN THIS?!

Velma was screaming at the group as she held up a page in her hand.

Steven: Whoa Velma, what’s happening?

Velma: I’ll tell you what’s happening, one of these maniacs is trying to kill me!

Velma showed Steven the page, on which was written:

“I need to talk to you, come into the kitchen after the nighttime alarm tomorrow”

Velma: And apparently, they think I’m stupid! Who would fall for such an obvious trap?

Steven: But is it really one of us? What if Monokuma sent it to you to make you not trust anybody?

Monokuma: NOPE!

Monokuma jumped onto a nearby table.

Monokuma: One of you dumb-dumbs wrote it, I wouldn’t dare to interfere with this perfect game!

Bugs: Didn’t you already interfere by giving us a motive?

Monokuma: That is a motive dumb-dumb! It’s part of the game! But I would never stew conflict within you otherwise, that’s your job!

Monokuma left as quickly as he appeared.

Bugs: There’s no real reason to believe him, Doc.

Velma: I think I do.

Finn: WHAT? WHY?!

Velma: We all saw those videos yesterday, and we all saw who we’re stuck with, is it really such a stretch to believe one of them already snapped?

Shaggy: Like, it doesn’t hurt to believe in them.

Velma: It very well may!

Velma: There’s only one way to prove it’s no one here!

Velma goes over to the lounge, returning with paper and a pen.

Velma: Everyone! Just show off your handwriting, and we’ll be fine!

Everyone takes turns writing on the piece of paper, no one’s writing fits the handwriting of the note, though Velma still seems skeptical.

Shaggy: Now that that’s done-

Velma looked angrily at Shaggy, who didn’t seem to notice.

Shaggy: We’d like to invite you all to a movie night!

Buttercup: You’re still doing this?

Steven: Yes! We need to work together if we want to leave, so what’s better than-

Bubbles: Watching some cool movies together!

Velma: Well… I guess it’s not an awful idea…

Steven: That’s the spirit Velma!

Velma: Plus! All of us will be together, so no one can murder when nobody’s looking!

Steven: (That’s the spirit Velma?)

Velma: That’s it! Everyone, we’re all going to the movie night tonight!

Beetlejuice: And if I don’t?

Velma: Then you’ll probably die, want to die again “Ultimate Ghost”?

Beetlejuice: I wouldn’t mind it, I know what comes after already, I’m not a scared little #@^$#.

Velma: Look, just go or I will kill you myself.

Beetlejuice: Sure. I’ll believe that.

The group all go to do their own things, leaving Steven somewhat alone.

Steven: (I still have some free time before we organize the living room, maybe I should hang out with someone?)

Steven noticed that Velma was still in the dining room with him.

Velma: Oh hey Steven! You’re still here too?

Steven: (Should I hang out with Velma? Yes)

Steven and Velma talked about adventures they went on, as well as opponents they faced.

Velma: Hey Steven, do you… Remember where you were before here?

Steven: Huh, I guess I didn’t think about that.

Steven tried to remember where he was right before he woke up, but had trouble doing so.

Steven: The last thing I remember was going back home after a trip, I was… Going to see my family.

Velma: Were they the people in your video?

Steven: Yes… I miss them… I haven’t seen them in a long time, not since I’ve left home.

Velma: I get that, I travel a lot, didn’t get to be home much lately.

Steven: Yeah, you were solving mysteries didn’t you?

Velma: The world needs a detective, and I’m good enough for them.

Steven: You know Shaggy right? Does he come with you?

Velma: Yeah, it’s me, him, his stupid dog, Daphne and Fred, they're all a bunch of idiots. I miss them…

Steven: Were you with them, y’know, before… Here?

Velma: We were in the middle of solving a mystery, and Fred was just about to unmask the killer (Who was obviously Mr. Alfred), when suddenly… I blacked out. Next thing I know, I find myself waking up next to Raven, on that dining table.

Velma: I’m just hoping to keep the mysteries for when we’re out of here. I don’t want to believe one of them is planning to kill, but that note? Not only has someone planned to kill, but it was me?! I’m just worried…

Steven: I get it, not everyone here seems that… Trustworthy, but trust me, okay? I faced a lot of people like them, they all changed their minds.

Velma: I’ll trust you, don’t you dare break my trust.

Steven: I won’t.

The two finished talking, with them both leaving their separate ways, Steven was just glad for no interruption from Monokuma this time.

Steven: (I should probably go organize our movie night)

Steven walked over to the living room, finding that Shaggy was already there.

Shaggy: Oh, hi there Steve’! I just wanted to make up for not helping yesterday.

Steven: Oh you didn’t have to do that!

Shaggy: But, like, I wanted to!

Steven: Great!

Steven and Shaggy proceeded to clean up, mostly the mess Steven and the rest made yesterday, and they got to talking throughout it.

Shaggy: So, like, what’s your favorite food Steve’?

Steven: I’m not sure, what about you?

Shaggy: I like myself a good sandwich and a good scooby snack!

Steven: You should probably talk to Jake, y’know, since both of you like sandwiches that much?

Shaggy: I did! He’s a pretty swag… Dude? Dog? Dudog!

Steven: Sure.

Steven continued to organize the room until movie night was just about to start, as Shaggy left to tell the others to come.

Bubbles: I’m so excited! So what are we watching?

Buttercup: Ooh! What about this?

She lifted a copy of a movie called “Attack of the giant Caterpillar! Revenge of Godzollo!”

Bubbles: I’m not sure about that…

Banana Guard: What about this classic? It’s about a Banana Guard who goes through a tragic yet inspiring journey to the nearby market!

Harley: Not sure how nice it would be Mush-Brain.

Steven: You came?

Harley: Shaggy told me, and I would like to have some fun before the killings start!

Marvin: I’m here too earthling!

Marvin yelled, turning attention towards him.

Marvin: And may I suggest we watch this movie?

He pulled up a movie called “Destroy All Humans”

Marvin: I find it to be hugely inspiring!

Steven: (Maybe not that one…)

The rest of the group arrived in the meanwhile, with surprisingly, no missing people.

Velma: I guess I convinced everyone to come at breakfast!

Bugs: If that makes you feel better.

After arguing about the movie being watched for a while, the group somehow ended up voting for a movie called “Familiar Fellow: The Frickin Sweetest Movie Ever Told”, Steven was confused, but it did get the group together, so he agreed.

Only a few minutes into the movie, Bubbles and Buttercup had to go.

Bubbles: I don’t think the professor’s will be fine with us watching it.

Buttercup: Not like it’s interesting anyway.

They left, but the rest of the group continued watching anyway, after a bit, others began leaving one by one.

Marvin: This humor is beneath me, I’m gone!

Marceline: This has been fun, but bye.

Finn: I like these jokes, but this is kinda too much.

Jake: I think I’ll go now, I enjoyed last night’s movie more.

Bugs: Can we change the movie? No? Bye then doc.

Shaggy: Like, I’m tired. I’m going to sleep.

Steven: Yeah same, I’ll go with you.

Steven and Shaggy left the movie night together, talking a bit before they both went to sleep.

Steven: So many people left early… Was the movie night a good idea?

Steven wondered out loud before falling asleep.

As he woke up, Steven went to the dining room, finding that no one was there yet, he then went to the living room, to check that no one fell asleep there, there he found Banana Guard and Raven, cleaning up.

Banana Guard: Hi Steven! We’re just cleaning up the mess from yesterday!

Steven: Don’t you want to eat first?

Raven: Yes, but-

Banana Guard: Jake hasn’t woken up yet, so we’re waiting for him to make us his delicious sandwiches!

Steven: You can't cook?

Raven: It's less that we can't cook, more like-

Banana Guard: We promised him!

Steven: What did you promise?

Raven: Jake made us promise that we won't eat anything but his sandwiches for breakfast, I'm assuming he just wants to cook to forget this situation.

Raven: That being said, I am hungry, and my powers are still weak.

Steven: I can make his sandwiches, he showed me how to when I helped him two days ago.

Raven: Lead the way then.

Steven, Banana Guard and Raven walked over to the dining room, where Bugs was already sitting.

Banana Guard: Are you here waiting for food too?

Bugs: Nah, I’m already eating this carrot, someone was kind enough to leave this bag of carrots outside the room, didn't even have to enter the kitchen.

Steven: Huh, why would it be out here?

Bugs: I dunno, but I got no problem with it.

Raven: We’ll be waiting here Steven.

Raven and Banana Guard sat down on seats in the dining room, as Steven went over to the kitchen, he suddenly felt dread.

Steven: (Something’s wrong… Why am I scared to enter the kitchen?)

Steven braved through his fear, opening the kitchen door, only to be greeted with… DESPAIR

Steven: N-no… It can’t be…

Raven: Is something wrong Steven?

Steven barely heard her over his heart beatings, he looked inside the room in horror, not noticing that Raven and Banana Guard came to be next to him from behind him.

Banana Guard: Why? Why him…

Raven: Someone caved, I can’t believe it…

Steven looked at the slumped body, leaning next to the fridge.

Steven looked at the dead face adorning the body.

Steven was looking at the body of Jake the Dog, the Ultimate Shapeshifter in horror, as an alarm rang throughout the entire building.

*Ding dong ding dong*

Monokuma: A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED!

Chapter Text

Monokuma: A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED!

Steven: (I still can’t believe it… Why did someone kill? Why Jake? He was so nice and friendly, who would want to kill someone like that?)

Steven: (How can I possibly explain this to Finn and Marceline? They seemed to be close friends with him…)

As Steven thought that, as if on cue, Finn rushed into the kitchen.

Finn: What happened?! Who died-

Finn cut himself off, as he saw the body of Jake, falling to his knees and beginning to sob.

As everyone arrives at the scene, most are shocked, however, some are not as fazed.

Harley: Knew it.

Marceline: Did you do this?

Harley: Huh?

Marceline: Did you kill Jake?!

Harley: Nope, if I were to kill someone, it would probably be like, I dunno, Velma?

Velma: Did you send the notes?!

Steven: That shouldn’t be the focus right now.

Steven was staring at Finn, who was crying over Jake’s body.

Steven: Let me try something.

Finn moved aside in silence, as Steven stood over Jake, he made himself cry, as his tear fell on his body, Steven was filled with hope.

Steven: Come on! Work!

The tear simply dissipated, with no effect being made on Jake’s body.

Monokuma: You really think I didn’t take care of that power of yours? Resurrection is not allowed in my killing game.

Marceline: What do you want, you mother-fudger?!

Harley: Careful, you’ll get into PG-13 territory with that language.

Monokuma: Oh sweet, sweet Marceline, did you forget about the investigation?

Steven: Investigation?

Monokuma: Of course! How else would you gather evidence for the trial, you don’t want to be punished do you?

Velma: That’s right, it’s just like the rules said, we need to investigate, if we find who did it in the trial, they get punished but if we fail, we get punished.

Monokuma: She gets it!

Shaggy: But like, what is the punishment?

Monokuma: Isn’t it obvious? It is a killing game…

Steven: You can’t mean…

Monokuma: EXECUTION! It will be so cool, I’ll go and prepare it right now! But just so that you can start the investigation, here’s this!

Monokuma dropped a file, on the front, in a cartoony font, was written Monokuma File #1.

Monokuma: I’ll leave you to the investigation now, happy investigating!

As he said that, Monokuma slinked back into the floor.

Marceline: That little blip!

Marceline looks over towards Finn, who is still slumped next to Jake’s body.

Marceline: Finn-

Finn: who did this?

Marceline: We’re going to find out.

Finn: When we do, I’ll get them myself.

Velma stood in the middle of the room, raising her voice.

Velma: Everyone!

She yelled.

Velma: If we want to know who killed Jake, whether it be for revenge-

Velma looked at Finn and Marceline.

Velma: -or to survive.

Velma looked over at Harley.

Velma: So I’m taking charge! Finn, Marceline and Buttercup! You will guard the body so that the killer doesn’t sabotage it.

Finn and Marceline nodded, as Buttercup rolled her eyes, but then also nodded, and went over to the body.

Velma: Steven! You and I are the main investigators, I trust that you’re competent enough to help me.

Shaggy: Hey Velma! Like, what about me? We always solve mysteries together.

Shaggy sounded kinda heartbroken at the idea that he won’t help her this time.

Velma: Shaggy, this is serious, if we fail, we die.

Steven: We can’t keep everyone else on the side Velma.

Velma: That’s right… Everyone else, look around for anything that may seem like a clue, and tell us if you find anything.

Shaggy: Sure Velma…

Steven: (He sounds kinda sad… I wish I could suggest he’d join us, but I know we need full focus)

Velma walks over to Steven, pulling out a notebook on the way.

Velma: I’ll use this to keep track of all the evidence.

Steven: I think we should start by investigating the body.

Velma: Ugh…

Steven: What’s wrong?

Velma: Just, the idea of investigating a dead body… It’s so… Gross.

Steven and Velma walked over to the body, finding the Monokuma File #1 next to it.

Steven read what was written in it.

“The victim is Jake the Dog. The estimated Time of Death is 10pm. The body was found in the kitchen at 7:33am. The victim has been struck in the head by a blunt object.”

Steven: He has been dead since last night… And we didn’t even know…

Finn: …

Velma: There’s something I find more interesting about this file.

Steven: Huh?

Velma: Didn’t you notice? The file doesn’t contain a cause of death.

Steven: What about the head injury?

Velma: It just says that he was hit on the head, not that that's what killed him.

Buttercup: I mean, I think we can assume.

Velma: No!

Velma suddenly yelled, startling the group.

Velma: If we start assuming, then we fail the case, then we’re dead! We can’t take anything for granted.

Marceline: As much as she’s annoying, she’s right. Plus, Jake wouldn’t be killed by a small head injury!

*Monokuma File #1 added to Truth Bullets*

*Head Injury added to Truth Bullets*

Steven: Huh, it seems like Jake left a note behind.

Steven read the note.

“I’m sorry”

Steven: Did Jake… Kill himself?

Finn: NO!

Steven was shocked by Finn’s sudden scream.

Finn: He wouldn’t do that!

Velma: Well, we can’t be sure about that, but it does seem unlikely.

*Suicide? Note added to Truth Bullets*

Steven and Velma got up and started looking around the room, looking for more evidence.

Steven: Hey Velma look!

Steven pointed at a blood puddle next to a counter.

Velma: Huh, that’s weird, Jake isn’t bleeding, how did this puddle get here?

Steven: That’s not the only thing, not only did Jake not bleed, the blood puddle is not near his body at all!

*Blood Puddle added to Truth Bullets*

Velma: There’s also something here.

Velma stood up from looking at the blood puddle, pointing out that it’s beneath a knife rack.

Steven: How does it matter? We know he wasn’t stabbed.

Velma: He wasn’t, but look.

Velma: There’s a bit of water damage on this knife rack, I think it was washed.

Steven: But it’s a wooden knife rack, who would wash it?

Velma: I don’t know, but we should document it, perhaps it will be useful.

*Water Damaged Knife Rack added to Truth Bullets*

Shaggy: Ahh!!

Velma: Shaggy?!

Velma and Steven run towards Shaggy’s voice, only to find out he was screaming over a… empty chocolate bar.

Velma: Shaggy! You can’t do that when there’s a murderer on the loose!

Shaggy: Like, sorry Velma, but look!

Shaggy showed them the chocolate bar, or at least what was left of it.

Shaggy: I saved it for later, I even hid it so no one could find it, but I guess someone took it for a midnight snack…

Steven: (It doesn’t seem important, but I guess there’s no harm done by putting this on the evidence list)

*Eaten Chocolate Bar added to Truth Bullets*

Velma: Steven, I think there’s something I need to get for this, continue to look around okay?

Steven nodded, before going to look in other rooms to see what everyone else found, in the dining room, he found Bugs, Bubbles and Raven.

Steven: Hey guys, what did you find?

Raven: Well first off, there’s the bag of carrots.

Steven: What about the bag?

Raven: Remember what Bugs said when we walked into here earlier?

Steven: (What did he say?)

(FLASHBACK)

Bugs: someone was kind enough to leave this bag of carrots outside the room, didn't even have to enter the kitchen.

(FLASHBACK END)

Steven: That’s right! Bugs said that the bag was here when he arrived, does it have something to do with the murder?

*Bag of Carrots added to Truth Bullets*

Steven: Anything else?

Bubbles: There’s some crumbs on the table?

Steven: So nothing then?

Bugs: Wouldn’t say that.

Steven: Huh?

Bugs: I’ve noticed that Monokuma always cleans up the table after we eat, but he didn’t this time.

Steven: So that means…

Bugs: Either the crumbs are recent, or that he didn’t touch them for a reason.

Steven: I’ll keep them in mind.

*Crumbs on Dining Room Table added to Truth Bullets*

Bugs: Also, I think you’ll want to hear what I saw last night.

Steven: Please do.

Bugs: After I left Movie Night, I decided to go into the kitchen to grab a bite. When I went there, Jake was making a sandwich for himself, while I grabbed myself a carrot.

I ate it for a bit in the grand hall, you might’ve seen me when you and Shaggy went to sleep, a bit after that, I heard a faint yell in pain from above, though it didn’t sound like Jake.

I assumed that someone just stubbed their toe or something.

Steven: Interesting, anything else?

Bugs: Yeah, before the yell, I saw Jason exit the movie night and go straight to his room.

Steven: Thanks, I have a feeling this will be very useful.

*Bugs’ Account added to Truth Bullets*

Steven: Oh and that reminds me, Raven, how long did you stay in the movie night?

Raven: Up until we were done.

Steven: And when was that?

Raven: Around 10pm.

Steven: Good to know.

*Movie Night added to Truth Bullets*

Steven was just about to go find other evidence, when suddenly, an alarm sounded.

Monokuma: It’s time! Oh, I’m so excited! Everyone come to the grand hall for the trial to begin! Appearance is mandatory.

Steven: (Already?! We barely had time to investigate… Oh well, let’s hope it’s enough…)

Steven went down together with Bugs, Bubbles and Raven, finding everyone else but Velma was already there.

Velma: Sorry for being late!

Velma brought three pages with her, one was the Suicide? Note, the other was the note from her attempted murderer and the final one was everyone’s handwriting.

Velma: I feel like this will be useful!

Monokuma: Everyone here? Thank Monogod, time for the best part to begin, the Trial!

Marvin: Are we supposed to do it just standing around?

Monokuma: Of course not, I’m just waiting for our ride!

Steven: Our ride?

Before Monokuma could answer, the group was suddenly teleported, they found themselves in a large room, with a seat tailor made for everyone, Raven seemed to recognize the place.

Raven: It can’t be… This is-

Monokuma: Welcome to the Hall of Justice!

Raven: How could you possibly do this?!

Monokuma: Well little Raven, let’s just say that the Justice League ain’t no match for these biceps!

Monokuma flexed his non-existent muscles, Raven was in shock, but she wasn’t the only one.

Harley: This can’t be… After all these years… The $#&^@$ bear?!

Finn: What is that?!

Finn was pointing at one of the seats, on top of it was a portrait of Jake with an X painted on top of him.

Monokuma: I felt a little bad that your little doggy friend can't join us just because he died, soooo, I put up a picture of him, so he could still participate!

Marceline: You are sick.

Monokuma: Oh you love it baby.

Marceline: Flip you.

Monokuma: Everyone go to your seats, the class trial is about to begin!

Everyone went to their seats, though hesitant.

Steven: (Jake, he was such a nice person, he was so friendly and he got along with everyone. But one of us killed him, and I’m going to find out who it was, if not for us, then for him.)

Monokuma: Let the trial begin!

Chapter Text

TRUTH BULLETS:

Monokuma File #1

“The victim is Jake the Dog. The estimated Time of Death is 10pm. The body was found in the kitchen at 7:33am. The victim has been struck in the head by a blunt object.”

Head Injury

“Jake was found with his head bashed in, the object used for this has not been observed”

Suicide? Note

“Jake’s body was found holding onto a suicide note”

Blood Puddle

“A blood puddle has been found opposite Jake’s body. Jake has seemingly not bled”

Water Damaged Knife Rack

“The Knife Rack in the kitchen seems to have sustained water damage”

Eaten Chocolate Bar

“Shaggy’s precious chocolate bar has been eaten by someone, Shaggy claims he hid it”

Bag of Carrots

“A bag of carrots has been placed on the dining room table”

Crumbs on Dining Room Table

“Crumbs were left on the Dining Room table despite Monokuma cleaning it often”

Bugs’ Account

“Bugs saw Jake making a sandwich late at night, while in the grand hall, Bugs heard a faint yell that didn’t sound like Jake. He also saw Steven, Shaggy and Jason leaving the movie night”

Movie Night

“Movie Night ended at 10:10pm. Bubbles, Buttercup, Marvin, Marceline, Finn, Jake, Bugs, Shaggy and Steven left early”

ADDITIONAL TRUTH BULLETS:

Body’s Finding

“Steven, Raven and Banana Guard found Jake’s body in the kitchen at 7:33am, Bugs was sitting nearby in the dining room”

Threatening Note

“Velma has been sent a threatening note yesterday from who she assumes is an attempted murderer”

Handwriting List

“Velma made everyone in the dining room show her their handwriting on a piece of paper”

Breakable Walls

“I was able to break a wall earlier in rage, maybe it’s useful?”

*CLASS TRIAL: The Murder of The Ultimate Shapeshifter Begins!*

Monokuma: Let's begin with a basic explanation of the trial! So, your votes will determine the results. If you can figure out "whodunnit" then only they will receive punishment. But if you pick the wrong one... then I'll punish everyone *besides* the blackened, and the one that deceived everyone else will get to leave!

Finn: So… One of you killed Jake?

Morty: …

Jason: …

Bugs: I think that's the point, doc.

Steven: (Dude.)

Finn: Whoever it is, confess NOW.

Finn was infuriated.

Harley: That’s not going to happen, twerp, the killer wouldn’t be stupid enough to do that after they already killed someone.

Finn: That’s something a murderer would say!

Harley: Yeah, but not this dog’s murderer.

Steven: We’ll unpack that later, let's start discussing this case, it’s the only way to find out who did it.

Velma: Let’s start with how we found it, then we can go forward.

It’s time for a Non-Stop Debate. In this, Steven has to listen carefully to what everyone is saying, and refute what they say using his Truth Bullets!

*Non-Stop Debate*

Velma: So, how was the body found?

Raven: Well, I, Steven and Banana Guard went over to the kitchen this morning.

Banana Guard: Yeah! No one was there yet , so that’s probably why the body wasn’t discovered.

Shaggy: I guess everyone was still asleep…

Steven: (Well that didn’t give us anything… But there is something wrong in that statement)

Banana Guard: Yeah! No one was there yet , so that’s probably why the body wasn’t discovered.

Body’s Finding

Steven: You’re wrong!

Banana Guard: Huh?

Steven: Don’t you remember? Bugs was nearby munching on a carrot in the dining room when we found Jake!

Marvin: So it was him! I know that rabbit rascal was up to no good!

*Non-Stop Debate*

Marvin: It’s obvious that the rabbit killed that stupid dog!

Finn: Don’t call him that!

Marvin: It doesn’t matter!

Marvin: There’s no way Bugs would’ve been able to get a carrot without entering the kitchen.

Velma: He does make a good point.

Bubbles: But what if he entered the kitchen and didn’t see the body?

Banana Guard: That’s impossible, I saw it first hand!

Banana Guard: His body was slumped near the fridge, Bugs would’ve seen it if he went even slightly near the kitchen!

Steven: (One of these statements is wrong… They have to be!)

Marvin: There’s no way Bugs would’ve been able to get a carrot without entering the kitchen.

Bag Of Carrots

Steven: You’re wrong!

Marvin: Excuse me earthling?! Are you saying that I am wrong?!

Steven: Yes! When I saw Bugs earlier this morning, he told me that someone left a bag of carrots on the dining room table overnight, that’s how he was able to get a carrot without entering the kitchen!

Marvin: Aren’t you forgetting something important?

Steven: Huh?

Marvin: The rabbit was the one who told you this! He could’ve easily lied!

Steven: (That’s right… I don’t think he could’ve done it, but I don’t have any evidence to the contrary…)

Velma: For now let's focus on the other facts before blaming each other, let’s start with how Jake died.

Harley: Ain’t that obvious though? He was slammed in the head.

Marceline: Believe me, something like that wouldn’t kill him, I tried worse.

*Non-Stop Debate*

Marceline: Jake wouldn’t die from a simple bump to the head!

Finn: That’s right!

Velma: It wasn’t that simple though…

Velma: His head was completely bashed in…

Beetlejuice: It’s easy to realize what happened.

Beetlejuice: Little doggy was cooking his little sandwich in the kitchen-

Beetlejuice: Then was struck by one of these frying pans!

Velma: But if that was true, we would find dog hairs on them.

Beetlejuice: The killer could just wash it off!

Steven: (Nothing seemed directly wrong here, maybe if I look at it differently?)

Beetlejuice: The killer could just wash it off!

Water Damaged Knife Rack

Steven: That’s right!

Velma: Huh? You’re agreeing with the evil ghost now?!

Steven: Not fully.

Beetlejuice: Heh?!

Steven: I agree that the weapon was washed off Jake's hairs, but I don’t think it was the frying pan.

Beetlejuice: So what else could it be Ding Dong?

Steven: It was the Knife Rack!

Shaggy: Huh?

Steven: Think about it! The knife rack sustained water damage between yesterday and today, that would only happen if someone attempted to wash the wooden knife rack!

Marceline: But Jake still wouldn’t have been killed by a bunch of wood to the head!

Velma: That doesn’t matter in this place!

Velma: Many of you have lost your powers, is it really that weird that he has been weakened to the point where a strike to the head would’ve killed him?

Finn: I guess not…

Velma: So with that out of the way, let’s talk about the suicide note.

Finn: Jake didn’t kill himself! We’ve been over this!

Steven: I know.

Harley: And how do you know that?

Steven: It’s the Handwriting List .

Harley: What list?

Morty: That’s right! She wasn’t there when Velma made the list!

Steven: Velma made everyone in the dining room write in their handwriting on a page after she got that threatening note.

Steven: And if we look at Jake’s handwriting in it, it doesn’t match the one in the Suicide Note!

Marvin: What if he faked his handwriting?

Steven: Why would he fake his handwriting if he wanted us to know he was the one who killed himself?

Velma: There’s another thing that proves he didn’t do it.

Steven: That’s right! If Jake bashed his own head in, then the weapon would be sitting right next to him, and it definitely wouldn’t be washed!

Buttercup: Going back to the Handwriting List, couldn’t we use it to find who did write the fake suicide note?

Velma: Sadly, none of the handwritings fit the one in which the note was written.

Marceline: So we’re back to nothing?

Steven: We still have a lot to go over, let’s continue talking.

*Non-Stop Debate*

Shaggy: So, like, we know how Jake died-

Shaggy: But what about when he died?

Morty: T-that’s right! If we can find out when Jake died…

Morty: Then we can narrow the list down!

Banana Guard: It would only help if it was late though…

Morty: Huh? Why?

Harley: Being asleep ain’t the most sound cover for murder you doink.

Steven: (Wait, I think I know!)

Shaggy: But what about when he died?

Monokuma File #1

Steven: That’s It!

Shaggy: Huh?

Steven: The Monokuma File clearly details that Jake died at 10pm!

Marvin: And how does that help us earthling?!

Steven: We can easily minimize the list of suspects by remembering last night’s movie night!

Marvin: What about it?

Steven: According to Raven, who stayed until the end of the Movie Night , it ended at 10:10pm, and if Jake died at 10pm, it means that everyone who didn’t leave early is clear!

Velma: So who does it leave as suspects?

Steven: Let’s see, if I recall correctly, Bubbles and Buttercup left together first, then Marvin, Marceline, Finn, Jake and Bugs, then I left together with Shaggy.

Velma: That’s still a big list of suspects, but we at least cut it in half!

Steven: Let’s cut it down even more, anyone have any alibis?

Buttercup: Well Bubbles was bummed that we had to leave early, so we had a mini party in her room.

Bubbles: Yep! It was super fun!

Velma: Anyone else?

Steven: (It’s time to present my alibi, what was it again?)

Bugs’ Account

Steven: I can actually cover both me and Shaggy!

Shaggy: Oh?

Steven: Bugs, you told me that you saw us exiting the room before you heard that yell?

Bugs: That’s right, Doc!

Velma: Anyone else hanging to any alibi?

Everyone: …

Velma: So let’s move on to why we think Jake was even in the kitchen to begin with.

*Non-Stop Debate*

Beetlejuice: So why was the dog in the kitchen late at night?

Marceline: Isn’t it obvious? He was hungry!

Velma: Or maybe…

Marceline: Maybe what?

Velma: Maybe Jake got the same note as me?

Harley: Jesus girl, not everything’s about you.

Steven: (Someone here has the right idea…)

Marceline: Isn’t it obvious? He was hungry!

Bugs’ Account

Steven: That’s Right!

Steven: Yeah! Jake was hungry, as Bugs told me, he saw Jake making a sandwich for himself late at night.

Marvin: I seem to have noticed a pattern.

Steven: Huh?

Marvin: That stupid rabbit is the origin of many of your assumptions!

Buttercup: That’s right, a lot of the case that we built up is based on Bugs being truthful, so if he lied…

Velma: All of it crumbles…

Harley: We need proof he’s telling the truth!

Bugs: Dunno what to tell you, I know I’m right, and I bet that Steven knows that too.

Bubbles: Still, it feels like the group is split…

Monokuma: SPLIT?! Did you say split?!

Bubbles: Yesss?

Monokuma: Split, you said the magic word!

Monokuma raised his arms, moving around the court seats to split the group into two halves.

Monokuma: Finally, it’s time for a split debate!

In Split Debate, Steven and the group on his side need to listen and disagree with each point the opposite team does in order to prove their side!

*Bugs Lied*

Marvin

Buttercup

Velma

Harley

Beetlejuice

Marceline

Jason

*Bugs Told the Truth*

Bugs

Bubbles

Shaggy

Raven

Morty

Banana Guard

Finn

Steven

*Split/Debate!*

Marvin: The rabbit is the centre of too much of our conclusion, how can we trust him?

Morty: He’s only in the centre since he’s informing us!

Harley: But how can we know that his tale is right ?

Finn: We don’t know if it’s right , but we have no proof it is false!

Velma: There’s no proof for his tale!

Banana Guard: What about Shaggy and Steven? Them seeing him is enough proof !

Buttercup: We only know that he saw them, we never concluded that they saw him!

Shaggy: I saw him late at night! Just like he said!

Velma: I’m sorry Shaggy, there’s just no proof he’s telling the truth.

Raven: We’ll find the proof if we continue discussing the case!

Marceline: So how come it didn’t come up yet? We don’t have all the time in the world!

Bubbles: But we need to take our time to find the correct conclusion!

Beetlejuice: I’ll be honest, I’m not sure what we’re doing here.

Steven: We’re proving that Bugs is innocent! That’s what we’re doing .

Jason: …

Banana Guard: Why are you even on that side anyway?! you have proof that Bugs is telling the truth.

Buttercup: Wait he does? Why’s he on our side ?

Bugs: Can’t you just trust me doc?

Marvin: Never rabbit!

*Split/Debate failed…*

Monokuma: Oh c’mon!

Monokuma set all of the seats back in their spots.

Monokuma: I’ve been waiting for this all this time and you aren’t even doing it right, what a bummer…

Steven: Well… Let’s follow up on what we learned so far.

Steven: Jake was killed in the kitchen, seemingly by a strike to the head by the knife rack, and it wasn’t anyone who was at the movie night at 10pm.

Steven: Our current options are Marvin, Marceline and Finn, and if Bugs was lying, then he, Shaggy and I are also suspects.

Velma: Hey Banana Guard?

Banana Guard: Yeah Velma?

Velma: During the mess that was that split debate, you mentioned that Jason has a way to prove that Bugs was telling the truth.

Banana Guard: Did you not hear what he said?

Velma: Jason doesn’t talk, he never did?

Jason: …

Banana Guard: Whoa Jason, you can’t say that!

Shaggy: Can you tell what he’s thinking?

Banana Guard: He is very clearly talking out loud, you just need to listen.

Steven: Okay, this is not useful, just tell us what he said!

Banana Guard: Jeez okay, here’s what he said during that weird minigame.

(FLASHBACK?)

Jason: “I saw Bugs eating a carrot outside the room when I left Movie Night”

(FLASHBACK? END)

Beetlejuice: You guys get what he’s doing right?

Velma: Huh?

Beetlejuice: Obviously the big guy killed the dog, just look at him.

Jason raised his hands in defense, frightening Morty, who stood next to him.

Banana Guard: No!

Steven: (If we just keep blaming each other, we’ll never find out what happened to Jake… Is there a way I can prove Bugs was truthful using actual evidence we found?)

Crumbs on Dining Room Table

Steven: That’s it! I know how to prove Bugs was truthful!

Marvin: You do?

Steven: Bugs said that he saw Jake go and make a sandwich late at night while grabbing a carrot, but I have proof that Jake ate said sandwich!

Harley: Like what?

Steven: Every time someone eats in the dining room, Monokuma cleans after them, however, crumbs of Jake’s sandwich were found on the table, meaning he ate it before he died, since Monokuma wouldn’t mess with a crime scene.

Marvin: How can you prove Jake was the one to eat it?! What if Bugs ate it after killing Jake?!

Bugs: Oh Marvin, sweet sweet Marvin, you know that can’t be true.

Marvin: Why?!

Steven: (Yeah why?)

• Bugs is allergic to wheat.

• Bugs only eats carrots.

• Bugs eats clean.

Steven: (That’s it!)

Steven: It’s because you only eat carrots, right?

Bugs: That’s it, doc.

Marceline: Wait just a moment!

Steven: Huh?

*Non-Stop Debate*

Marceline: If the crumbs were found in the dining room-

Marceline: It means that Jake exited the kitchen, but that can’t be, since he died there!

Bugs: I saw him there way before he died, maybe he wanted seconds?

Marceline: Could be, but if he was so hungry, wouldn’t he have made multiple sandwiches?

Bubbles: Maybe he was lured there?

Buttercup: Or maybe he was scared into going there!

Steven: (I think someone’s right, but why did Jake go back into the kitchen?)

Bubbles: Maybe he was lured there?

Bugs’ Account

Steven: That’s right!

Steven: Bugs said that he heard a yell late at night while eating in the hall, meaning that if he heard it, then Jake must’ve heard it as well, and come in to help!

Finn: But what would cause the killer to yell?

Blood Puddle

Steven: He was bleeding!

Finn: Huh?

Steven: We found a Blood Puddle in the kitchen away from Jake’s body, while Jake’s death was bloodless!

Steven: So that can only mean that the one who produced said blood was:

• Jake

• The Killer

• Monokuma

Steven: The killer!

Marvin: But how could the killer spill their own blood?

Steven: Easy, we assumed that the Knife Rack was washed because it was full of dog hairs, but if instead, one of the knives cut the killer, they could’ve poured too much water on it to clean it of the blood!

Beetlejuice: But wouldn’t we see if the killer was bleeding?

Steven: Not necessarily, we don’t know where they got sliced, they could easily hide it beneath layers of clothes.

Beetlejuice: Well you heard what Steve’ said, everyone! Clothes off!

Steven: That’s not what I was saying!!

Monokuma: Sorry Beejay, no nudity allowed!

Beetlejuice: Can’t I have at least a little fun?

Velma: So, Steven, you’re saying that the killer accidentally stabbed themselves, yelled out in pain, and called in Jake to kill him?

Steven: That’s exactly what I’m saying!

Velma: But wouldn’t that mean that the killer intended to call Jake in? Why would they need to stab themselves for that?

Steven: Maybe they didn’t intend to?

Velma: Huh?

Steven: We assumed the killer was there to kill Jake, but it could just be that they were in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

Steven: It could be that Jake entered the room, and the killer accidentally hit him on the head.

Bugs: Sorry, Steve’, But I’ll have to disagree with that.

Steven: Huh?

Marvin: For once, keep talking.

Bugs: We are basing all these on me hearing a scream, but if I remember correctly, I heard it around 9:20pm, if Jake died a bit after that, the Monokuma File wouldn’t say he died at 10pm, would it Doc?

Steven: (Though he didn’t tell me this before, if it’s true, it means that my theory cannot be right!?)

Velma: Wait a moment!

Bugs: Huh?

Velma: We have just been assuming that Jake died instantly, but the file only says he got struck in the head, not that that's how he died!

Steven: That’s right! There was another way Jake could’ve died!

Shaggy: Like, what is it?

Velma: You should know Shaggy, after all, you pointed it out.

Shaggy: Huh?

Eaten Chocolate Bar

Steven: It’s your chocolate bar! Jake is a dog, eating that much chocolate without it being taken care of would kill him!

Finn: But Jake would’ve noticed if chocolate slipped into his sandwich!

*Non-Stop Debate*

Velma: Maybe Jake could’ve eaten the chocolate after that?

Finn: Again, Jake wouldn’t just eat it!

Shaggy: So how could the chocolate enter his mouth?

Bubbles: Maybe he was tricked?

Finn: Jake wouldn’t eat chocolate while awake , no way he’d fall for that!

Buttercup: But obviously, he did…

Steven: (The truth is in here!)

Finn: Jake wouldn’t eat chocolate while awake , no way he’d fall for that!

Head Injury

Steven: That’s right!

Steven: That’s right, because he wasn’t awake when he ate it!

Bubbles: Huh?

Steven: We know that Jake was hit in the head by the knife rack, but if it didn’t kill him, then it definitely knocked him out!

Velma: So you’re saying that the killer fed Jake the chocolate while he was knocked out?

Steven: That’s exactly what I’m saying! It would also mean that it took time for Jake to die after the attack, meaning that it could’ve happened a bit after Bugs heard the scream!

Morty: So if we know how Jake died, can we figure out who killed Jake?

Steven: There is one thing we didn’t discuss.

Morty: We do?

Steven: If the killer wasn’t in the kitchen to kill Jake, why were they?

Velma: Right!

*Non-Stop Debate*

Buttercup: So why was the killer there?

Marceline: Likely just to eat, I guess.

Velma: But there were no dirty dishes in the sink.

Bubbles: Monokuma could’ve just cleaned the dishes like he usually does right?

Harley: He didn’t clean yesterday, we went over this.

Banana Guard: Ugh! I just can’t think of a reason they’ll be there !

Shaggy: It feels like we’re at a dead end…

Steven: (That can’t be! There’s one reason I can think of, though it may be a reach…)

Banana Guard: Ugh! I just can’t think of a reason they’ll be there !

Threatening Note

Steven: That’s wrong!

Steven: The reason the killer was there was not to kill Jake-

Steven: It was to kill Velma!

Velma: Huh?!

Steven: Velma, can I have the papers you brought?

Velma: S-sure.

Velma makes the group transfer the papers over to Steven.

Steven: Just like I thought! The Threatening Note and the fake suicide note are written in the same handwriting!

Velma: But why would the killer even go there? I thought I made it pretty clear I won’t come.

Steven: That’s because the killer didn’t hear you!

Velma: What?!

Steven: (I think I figured it out!)

Steven: I know who the killer is!

Finn: Who?!

Steven: The killer is you, isn’t it?

Steven: Marvin the Martian, the Ultimate Space Warrior.

Steven: You were the one to kill Jake!

Marvin: How dare you accuse me, you dirty earthling!

Marvin: Are you really going to let everyone die over this stupid guess?!

Steven: Let me present my evidence-

Marvin: NO! I will not let myself die because of your stupidity!

Steven’s almost got him! Now he just needs to beat Marvin in an Argument Armament! He’ll need to closely listen to whatever he’s saying to deliver a finishing blow!

*ARGUMENT ARMAMENT*

Marvin:

If you vote on me, you’ll all die!

I don’t know if you noticed, but we still can’t verify Bugs!

There’s no proof I was the one who wrote the note!

*ADVANCE*

It is so obviously that rabbit!

Are you that stupid?!

I couldn’t possibly!

*ADVANCE*

Why would I even attempt to kill anyone?!

I’m not stupid!!

Where’s my damn injury then?!

*FINAL BLOW*

Why would I attempt to kill someone I know wouldn’t come?!

YOU

WERE IN

YOUR

ROOM

*BREAK*

Steven: Marvin, don’t play dumb, you and I both know you never heard Velma yell, considering I, Harley and Morty watched you go into your room.

Steven: Which are soundproof by the way.

Harley: That’s right, you did walk over there all goofy like.

Marvin: It was a martian walking technique!

Finn: So…

Finn: You. You killed my brother.

Marvin: Y-you can’t prove that? Where’s my injury then?!

Steven: Check under your glove.

Marvin: N-no! That’s indecent!

Bugs: You and I both know that gloves are fine to remove, see.

Bugs took off his glove.

Bugs: Now you, doc.

Marvin: Why you!?!

Marvin was glared at by everyone, he finally sighed and took off his glove, revealing a bandage wrapped around his hand.

Steven: So it’s settled. Let me lay it down step by step, so we know the whole story.

*CLOSING ARGUMENT*

Act 1

Steven: It all started yesterday, when the killer sent Velma a threatening note, trying to get her into the kitchen late at night.

Unknown to them, Velma confronted everyone about said note, knowing it was a trap, something the killer didn’t hear, since they stayed in their room.

Act 2

Steven: Later that day, we all went to movie night together, then the killer used the fact that everyone was leaving to excuse themselves in order to hide in the kitchen.

We don’t know exactly what happened, but the killer ended up accidentally slashing their own hand, yelling in pain.

Act 3

Steven: Hearing the yell, Jake entered the kitchen to help, only to be greeted by a slam to the head from the killer, using a knife rack to bash his head in.

The killer, not knowing if they killed Jake, deliberately fed him chocolate that they found by luck to be sure, sealing Jake’s fate.

Act 4

Steven: Knowing that they failed in killing Velma, the killer decided to hide Jake’s body how he wanted to hide Velma’s, by setting down the fake suicide note he made for her.

The killer also washes the knife rack in order to remove evidence they were there, while there, they saw a bag of carrots, which they planted outside to frame Bugs.

Then they fled outside and went to sleep in their bed, assuming they succeeded in their task after all.

Steven: I think that’s all, isn’t it Marvin ?

*COMPLETE*

Marvin: You infuriating earthling! I’ll execute you myself before he can do it!

Monokuma: So, are you all ready to vote on the culprit?

Steven looked sadly at Marvin, who was steaming red.

Steven: Yes. We are.

Marvin: This makes me very angry! very an-

Bugs: You can cut it, doc, we know the truth.

Marvin: No you don-

Finn: We do.

Monokuma: And so, we’re at voting time! make sure to vote for the correct killer, or don’t, I can’t control you rascally kids!

Voting stands appeared in front of everyone, with Steven confidently voting for Marvin.

Monokuma: Yup, yup, you got it right! The blackened is none other than Marvin the Martian, the Ultimate Space Warrior !

Finn: Tell us why you did it.

Marvin: Ugh, fine.

Marvin: It all began when we got our videos…

(FLASHBACK)

Monokuma: Your turn little space guy!

Marvin: Don’t call me that, you hideous bear!

Monokuma: Gosh, how could you say something like that?! I thought that we had something special!

Marvin: We have had nothing of that sort!

Marvin sat down on the sofa, as Monokuma showed him the video.

In the video, Marvin saw his Queen Tyr'ahnee, sitting on her throne, then the scene transformed into a ruined image of Mars.

(FLASHBACK END)

Marvin: It had to be done, for mars.

Bubbles: You did it for your friend?

Marvin: I did it for mars.

Velma: But why me?!

Marvin: Isn’t it obvious, Ms. Ultimate Detective?

Marvin: You were the biggest threat to me, and so, you had to be eliminated.

Steven: What about the injury to your hand?

Marvin: When I realized that stupid human bailed on me, I was going to flee, but when I returned the knife to the knife rack, it got loose and accidentally stabbed me.

Steven: (Wow, that's... kind of lame)

Bugs: So, any last words Doc?

Marvin: Huh?

Bugs pointed at Finn, who was being held back by Marceline.

Finn: LET ME GET HIM! HE KILLED JAKE!

Marceline: And if you kill him you’ll die!

Finn: How does that matter when he’s dead?!

Finn had tears streaming down his face.

Marceline: Calm down Finn!

Marceline lost her grip on Finn who ran towards Marvin, punching him directly in the face.

Monokuma: Whoa, chill man! He’s dying soon anyway!

Marvin: What?

Monokuma: Don’t you remember your punishment? A special themed execution!

Marvin: N-no, you won’t let that happen right?

Marvin looked towards the rest of the group, who mostly stood back.

Bubbles: No!

Bubbles floated between Monokuma and Marvin.

Bubbles: We already lost one person today! I won’t let you take another one!

Steven: That’s right!

Steven stood next to Bubbles, guarding Marvin.

Marvin: T-than-

Monokuma: Boo! You guys are boring.

Chains appeared from above, wrapping themselves around Marvin’s neck.

Steven: No!

Finn: Just one thing, if I may, Monokuma?

Monokuma: Sure!

Finn walked through Steven and Bubbles, facing Marvin directly.

Finn: Flick you.

Finn kicked Marvin away.

Marceline: Finn…

Finn: He killed Jake, he killed my brother, I have no sympathy.

Marceline: Finn this isn’t you.

Finn: It wasn’t.

Finn: Take him.

Marvin looked terrified at Finn.

Monokuma: Don’t worry Marvin, I’ve prepared a very special punishment for you!

Monokuma: Let’s give it everything we’ve got! It’s PUNISHMENT TIMMEEE!

Marvin: Plea-

Before he could even finish speaking, the chain around his neck dragged him upwards.

Steven: No!!

*WHERE’S THE KABOOM - THE ULTIMATE SPACE WARRIOR’S EXECUTION*

Marvin finds himself on the moon with a martian flag, a large flashing Monokuma sign pointing towards a flag shaped hole in the ground.

Trying to avoid death, Marvin runs away, taking the flag with him, as it becomes heavier and heavier, forcing Marvin to drop it to the ground.

The flag perfectly gets inside another hole, activating a fuse, which reaches a copy of Marvin’s Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, however it doesn’t explode.

Marvin comes close to the explosive, attempting to investigate why it didn’t work, only for it to explode when he’s directly above it, blasting his body parts to different directions, as they float in space.

Steven: (I’m going to be sick)

Monokuma: Whoo! I’ve been waiting for one of these for too long!

Bubbles: What is wrong with you?!

Steven looked at Finn, who seemed… Conflicted.

Finn: …

Velma: Jinkies!

Shaggy: Zoinks!

Harley: What the #&$@?!

Jason: …?!

Banana Guard: I’m going to throw up!

Monokuma: Oh, I just can’t wait for the next murder!

Harley: You are $#^@*$ mad if you think someone’s mad enough to kill someone after this!!

Monokuma: They will, unless of course, they decide that they want to live in distrust with everyone in here forever.

Steven: Don’t listen to him! No one will kill again, I promise!

Morty: How can we trust that?

Everyone turned to Morty.

Morty: After all… You already promised me…

Steven: I know I did, and I will again.

Morty: Why? You know who we’re here with right?

Steven: What do you mean?

Morty: I’ve been around the multiverse before, I know who we’re here with.

Morty: We have some psycho killers.

Morty: We had a world conqueror.

Morty: And even without all that, we have this psycho, who just sent Marvin to his brutal death!

Morty pointed at Finn.

Finn: I-I didn’t k-know-

Morty: You didn’t know? YOU DIDN’T KNOW?! You straight up told Monokuma to take him after beating him up!

Morty: You knew he’d die!

Finn: Not like that…

Morty: It doesn’t matter how he died! You knew you were sending him to his death, and what did you do? You beat him up, you made his last moments PURE MISERY!

Finn: I-I…

Finn fled into the presumed exit of the Hall of Justice, and was immediately teleported out.

Marceline: Not cool dude.

Marceline flew after Finn, teleporting out as well.

Steven: (I didn’t know he had that in him)

People started leaving one by one, all teleporting out.

Steven: I can’t believe that…

Buttercup: What part? Marvin, Finn or Morty’s freakout?

Bubbles: All of it! It’s all bad!

Steven: I promise you two, no one will die again, I’ll make sure of it.

Monokuma: I wouldn’t be so sure of that Stevey Boy!

Steven: I am sure, I believe in everyone, they won’t do it again, especially after that sight.

Monokuma: Everyone can be driven to kill, given the right motive.

Monokuma: And I always find the right motive. Always.

Buttercup: Let’s go.

Without continuing to talk to Monokuma, the three of them walked out, teleporting back into the grand hall.

Steven: What time is it?

Steven looked at the clock, finding that it’s already late.

Steven: I think I’ll just go to sleep.

Raven: I think we all should get some sleep.

Raven crept up from behind, startling the three.

Buttercup: Jeez Raven, can you be less creepy?!

Raven: Oh… Sorry.

Steven: She’s right, let’s go.

Everyone went into their separate rooms, with Steven collapsing onto his bed.

Steven: (Jake was so kind, and even if Marvin killed him, he did it to save his planet, can I really blame him?)

Steven slept for a few hours, only to wake up in the middle of the night.

Steven: (Ugh, it’s so hot, maybe I should grab a glass of water?)

Steven walked out of his room, climbing the stairs into the dining room, but flinching right before he entered.

Steven: (Is he… Still there?)

Despite being worried that he’ll see Jake’s body again, morbid curiosity made him enter, where he saw.

Steven: What are you doing?!

Steven recognized the figure, the figure who was cleaning up the crime scene.

Steven: Are you behind this?!

The figure looked at Steven with no emotion in their eyes.

???: You made a mistake by coming here Steven.

Steven ran out of the kitchen, the figure chasing him.

Steven: (They have to know!)

Steven: Guys, please listen! The person who’s behind all this is-

Steven was knocked out clean, the figure stood above him.

???: Make him forget and get him to his room, we shouldn’t lose a prime candidate just because he went snooping.

The next day, Steven woke up from a deep sleep.

14 Left

Chapter Text

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!

Chapter Text

Monokuma: A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED!

Steven: (She told me… She told me that someone will come after her…)

Steven: (Was her secret that bad? Worth killing her over?)

Monokuma: You’re going to find out soon enough!

Monokuma popped up from a nearby bookshelf, terrifying Bubbles and Banana Guard, who Steven had just realized came into the library.

Monokuma: After all, you do need to solve this mystery!

Steven: …

The rest of the group arrived together.

Velma: We heard the announcement, who died?!

Velma looked onto Harley’s body.

Velma: Jinkies! Who did this?!

Monokuma: That’s what you’re going to find out, you dummy!

Morty: Jeez, can you just give us the file already?

Monokuma: You’re so mean!

Monokuma fake cried at Morty, who didn’t seem phased at the slightest.

Monokuma: But fine! Here you go!

Monokuma tossed Morty the Monokuma file, as he started reading it.

Finn: Let’s just get it over with.

Steven snapped out of his funk, noticing he was still staring at Harley’s body.

Steven: Oh, right…

Steven: Can I have the file?

Morty: Just a m-moment.

Velma: Ugh, can’t you just give it to us?

Morty: I’m reading it! Let me read it!

Shaggy: Like, guys, let’s not fight!

Bubbles: Yes, please! It’s bad enough another one of us is dead, we shouldn’t fight with each other.

Buttercup: Bubbles is right, justice can’t be delivered when we keep fighting each other.

Steven: Yeah, both of you, investigate different places.

Velma: But what if he’s the killer?! He’ll be able to hide evidence!

Steven: He won’t go alone, Morty, Buttercup, and Jason, you investigate the body with me, everyone else, search the other rooms.

Bubbles: Are you okay Steven? You seem… mad.

Steven: I’m fine, let's just figure it out.

The group separated, Steven took the Monokuma File from Morty, who gladly handed it over.

“The victim is Harley Quinn. The time of death is 10:40pm. The body was found in the library at 8:03am. The victim’s limbs are mangled, their neck is slightly twisted, and a cut can be found on the inside of their mouth. The victim also has their wrists slashed”

Steven: Who could’ve done this? She’s been so badly hurt.

Jason: :(

Buttercup: I assume that the killer did it.

Morty: No $#^%

Buttercup: Oh shut up.

*Monokuma File #2 has been added to Truth Bullets*

Steven went in to investigate Harley’s body, finding that the Monokuma File has been fairly accurate.

Steven: Her bones aren’t that broken, they’re in the wrong places, but they’re all just chipped if anything.

Buttercup: How can you tell that?

Steven lifted Harley’s arm, creating a screeching sound, as her bones clashed together, but they seemed well put together.

Morty: Ow…

Buttercup: Seems right.

*Mangled Bones has been added to Truth Bullets*

*Twisted Neck has been added to Truth Bullets*

*Slashed Wrists has been added to Truth Bullets*

*Cut Inside of Mouth has been added to Truth Bullets*

Steven: Jason, Morty, you two guard the body, Buttercup, help me find clues here.

Jason: :|

Steven and Buttercup went over to the trap.

Steven: Just when I was about to leave, blood dropped on me from that trap, can you fly up to see from what?

Buttercup: Sure Steve.

Buttercup flew up, searching the trap for any blood.

Buttercup: There’s a sharp piece of metal here, it’s a bit bloody.

Steven: Weird, when I saw the trap, there were no sharp pieces in it.

Morty: If I may intrude?

Morty walked over to Steven, as he looked up at Buttercup.

Morty: I s-saw a lot of machines, even if there’s no sharp things on the outside, there’s almost always something you can s-stab someone with inside.

Steven: But if the machinery broke, how is the trap still up?

Morty: That’s for the t-trial isn’t it?

Steven: I guess…

*Bloody Metal has been added to Truth Bullets*

*Unsprung Trap has been added to Truth Bullets*

Steven: Let’s look around some more, I probably missed something here.

Steven and Buttercup continued investigating the room while Morty returned to guarding the body.

Buttercup: Ooo! Steven! Steven! I found a little murder weapon!

Steven walked over to Buttercup, finding her holding a knife.

Steven: Where did you find this?

Buttercup: It was underneath this cupboard, I only noticed it using my amazing perception!

Buttercup pointed towards a cupboard, its centre was fairly close to the ground, but there was a small section where the knife could’ve fit.

Steven: (Makes sense I didn’t notice it…)

Steven: But wait, this Knife is completely clean.

Buttercup: I doubt that the library just has a knife under the cupboard at all times.

Steven: Yeah, it’s probably important then.

*Clean Knife has been added to Truth Bullets*

Steven: (I should probably gather some alibis)

Steven: So, what were you doing at the time of the murder?

Buttercup: Are you seriously suspecting me?!

Steven: No! I just think I should gather alibis.

Buttercup: Oh… Well I don’t have anything concrete sadly, was just sleeping in my room.

Steven: Makes sense, what about you?

Steven looked towards Jason and Morty.

Jason: (ᴗ_ᴗ)

Steven: So you were sleeping, what about you Morty?

Morty: I actually have s-something!

Morty: I was pretty thirsty last night, s-so I went to the kitchen to get some water.

Morty: T-then I heard a loud crash from the library and headed over there.

Morty: T-though there wasn’t anybody inside…

Steven: Do you know when you heard that crash?

Morty: N-no, just that it was after the nighttime announcement…

Steven: Thank you Morty, I have a feeling this will be important later.

Morty: Aw jeez, t-thanks…

*Morty’s Account has been added to Truth Bullets*

Steven: I’m going to go see what everyone else got, anyone want to come with?

Buttercup: I’ll go with you, I need to see if Bubbles is doing fine.

Steven and Buttercup left the library, only to be immediately greeted by Beetlejuice.

Buttercup: What do you want, Creep?

Beetlejuice: Chill girl! I just wanted to tell you something!

Steven: Is it about Harley?

Beetlejuice: Of course! I think I heard when the lady got chopped!

Steven: Please tell.

Beetlejuice: Late last night, I was out on my late night run-

Buttercup: What’s the point of running at night? Won’t you be too energetic to sleep?

Beetlejuice: The dead don’t sleep, little girl.

Steven: Please continue.

Beetlejuice: Well, while on that run, I heard a loud noise from above!

Steven: (He may have heard the same noise as Morty! I should keep it in mind for later)

*Beetlejuice’s Account has been added to Truth Bullets*

Steven and Buttercup went over to the dojo, where they were welcomed by Bubbles, Banana Guard, Raven, Velma and Marceline.

Steven: Anything new here?

Velma: Who made you head detective? I feel like I shou-

Marceline: That chance left when you fought with that kid.

Raven walked forward and ignored the detective and vampire.

Raven: We have found something weird here, the staff on the wall.

Steven: What about it?

Buttercup: Yeah! Looks pretty normal to me!