Maria was startled when Briggs suddenly grabbed her and shoot her back and forth. Had Briggs gone crazy? Had he fallen into despair, could a 'sorry' nowadays solve everything. Especially seeing as she did not have done anything wrong. Maria couldn't possibly get out of the tight grip of the huge man. His muscles were almost as big as her waist, nothing could get her out of this. He eventually would let her go and tell her that it all was just a joke. What a crazy joke, it wasn't one she could laugh about.

"If you will excuse me. I will be going now." Maria said and turned around. She walked a bit to the middle of the room, and would just stand there. What could Monokuma possibly have in store of them? Would he give a reason to kill? She hoped not, they were living in harmony, there were tensions, but she didn't like to ruin that harmony.