"I don't want to kill anything!" Jamie exclaimed, holding up her hands slightly as if to surrender, "What's wrong with you, you psychotic build-a-bear reject!?"

"Can we even kill a toy?" Andrea asked in response to Percy, "I mean, technically speaking, we can't kill something that's not alive."

"Hell yeah we can kill that thing!" Sydney exclaimed, slamming her fist into her open palm.

"It looks weak enough, it probably couldn't put up a fight if we attacked it, but..." Sasha started to say, but was interrupted by Monobear.

"No no no!" Monobear whined as it stomped its foot, "Some of you have the general right idea. Killing is good! I already like some of you much better than the wimps who are so against it. But you're not supposed to kill me! You're supposed to kill each other! In fact, it's one of my rules! Attacking the Headmaster warrants a punishment!"

"Rules?" Steven asked, "You set up rules for this nut house?"

"Of course!" Monobear explained, "What kind of game would this be if there weren't any rules?"

"G-Game?" Ray whimpered, "K-Killing isn't a game..."

"It is here, small fry!" Monobear said with a giggle, "This game is called The High School Life of Mutual Killing, and there are plenty of rules to make sure it goes as smoothly and bloodily as possible."

Throughout all this, Marcus had gone over to Elliot's unconscious body and began to check him for any injuries.

"Oh, do we already have a dead body?" Monobear asked sinisterly. Marcus just gave the bear a side glance before continuing to tend to the Fashion Designer.

When the other students began to look worried, he decided to tell them, "He's fainted. But he'll be fine."

"Aww. How disappointing." Monobear looked down to the floor as he said that, looking completely dejected.

"It doesn't matter, no one's killing anybody anyway!" Bryan told the bear forcefully.

"Y-Yeah!" Jamie agreed, "Andrew, Claude, Angela, and Bryan; they're all right, we won't do what you say just because you're telling us to do it!"

"Ew, gross, you all sound like the cast of a shonen anime," Monobear said in disgust. "Next I bet you'll all start to say you'll use the power of friendship to defeat me."

"I...d-don't think that's how real life w-works..." Ray commented.

"Shut it, you pointless side character!" Monobear demanded, instantly causing Ray to clam up. "Hmm...Now, what can I do to make you all want to participate in this Killing Game...Ooh! Maybe if I let you see for yourselves how hopeless your situation is, then you'll realize you have no choice but to live by the rules of this Killing Game! Upupupu! How excellent!"

"How exactly are you going to do that?" Steven asked.

"I'm just going to let you see for yourselves how trapped you truly are!" Monobear explained with a seemingly wider grin, "Upupupu...but first, let me give you...these! Ta-dah!" The bear tossed out cards onto the floor, which everyone picked up once they found the one with their name on it. "These are you Electronic IDs! Everyone gets one, as they're very useful. They contain a map to the school, everyone's personal information, and the Rules of this fine establishment? Any questions? I suggest you all read the Rules Section before continuing in your pointless struggle against me. Once you're done, you're all free to explore the school to your heart's content, and learn first-hand that you will never see the outside world again unless you commit a murder! Gwahaha!"

Steven instantly went to the Rules section once he picked up and started up his ID. He quickly read through it, not looking to see if the others were doing the same.

1. The students will live a communal lifestyle with no time limit inside the school walls.

2. The time between 10pm and 7am is called “Night Time”. During Night Time there are places that are forbidden to enter, so please take care.

3. Sleeping is only permitted in the personal rooms prepared for you in the dormitory area. Anyone intentionally falling asleep elsewhere will be punished.

4. You may investigate the school as you please. There are no special restrictions on your actions.

5. No violence is permitted against the school’s Headmaster, Monobear. Breaking this rule will result in punishment.

6. Destruction of the surveillance cameras and school property is forbidden. Punishment will follow if this rule is not heeded.

7. A “culprit” who kills a fellow student will Graduate the school. However, they must not let any other student know they are the culprit.

8. Additional rules may be added by the Headmaster at any time.

Cecelia and the other students all picked up their Electronic IDs. Angela found Elliot's ID and placed it near him, before she found hers. Cecelia herself looked through her Electronic ID and looked at the rules. Considering the bear's behavior thus far, she guessed that the bear's idea of a punishment may be outright killing anyone who broke these rules. She looked up when she heard footsteps to see Percy heading for the doors in a casual stroll.

Percy turned to the other students after he stopped at the doors, "How long are all of you going to just stand there and gawk?"

Rose asked in confusion "Huh?"

"That psychotic thing said we can look around the school once we were done looking through the IDs. So, let's go," Percy sneered with a roll of his eyes. Cecelia immediately caught on to what he was trying to say. He was going to look for a way out, and this was an endeavor that needed everyone's help.

Angela pointed out "What about Elliot?" Percy retorted with a careless shrug "Not my problem,"

Before Angela could shout angrily at Percy, Cecelia stepped forward and she answered "Um...Maybe two people can take him to the dorms and look around there?"
Angela blinked, and she thought about Cecelia's suggestion before she replied with a nod "Sounds like a good idea. I'll help take Elliot there," Angela then looked to Marcus and asked "Can you help me carry him there?"

Rose then suggested "Maybe we should split into teams of four before we look around?"

Claude eagerly agreed "The lovely mademoiselle is right! I agree we should have teams! The more the merrier after all!"

Andrew immediately spoke up "Wherever Cece goes, I'm going with her," Cecelia couldn't help but blush a little in embarrassment at the comment.

"Percy has the right idea," Bryan said enthusiastically, suddenly much more calm than he had been just moments before, "Let's all follow his lead, ok everyone? I believe in you guys, I'm sure we'll find a way out of here!"

"You're handling the situation much better now," Andrea point out, cocking an eye brow, "That's quite a recovery." Once again, Bryan simply brushed her off like he had before.

When Angela asked Marcus if he could help her carry Elliot to the dorms, he nodded, saying, "Sure." He had intended to carry Elliot on his own, but he wasn't going to reject any help. Strong or not, people were still heavy. He knelt down by Elliot's head, and picked him up from underneath his arms, letting Angela pick the unconcious boy up by his legs.

"Teaming up sounds like a great idea," Jamie agreed with Rose and Claude, and then asked them, "Can I be on your team? Ray could join us too!"

"H-Huh?" Ray gasped, "I-I'll just slow you g-guys down...a-and I think Claude would want a-another on his team girl i-instead."

"Don't be so hard on yourself," Jamie said with a grin, "You're the Ultimate Skateboarder, there's no way you'd slow us down." She didn't address the part about Claude likely preferring an all-girls team, instead just trying to make Ray feel a little better.

"Uh...o-ok then..." Ray mumbled, looking down at the ground. Jamie could see that he was trying to hide the slight flush in his cheeks.

"Can I join your team, Cecelia?" Steven asked, "You and Andrew are both smart people, and I'd like to continue cooperating with you."

"Can I join you guys too?" Sasha asked, "I mean, I can understand if you guys would rather have someone else..."

"Looks like you're about to be stuck with us, Bryan," Sydney stated plainly as she motioned to Kadian, Andrea, and herself. Bryan looked slightly uncomfortable about having to be on their team, and looked over towards Percy.

"Er, Percy! Can I couple up with you?" He asked somewhat desperately.

"Oh my God. Did you seriously just say that?" Andrea asked in amusement. Bryan didn't seem to catch the accidental double entendre.

During all of this, Monobear stood silently at his podium, watching them. It was a bit unnerving, to say the least.

Cecelia noticed his quick recovery and made a mental note of that little fact.

Angela didn't hesitate to help out, and pick Elliot up by his legs at the same time that Marcus picked him up by the arms.

Rose nodded at Jamie's request and suggestion that Ray should join them, and she answered smiling "Of course! We'd be happy to have you two with us," Claude, despite that he wanted to be an all girls team, said to Ray "Oui! You are welcome to join our little group,"

Cecelia smiled at Steven and answered "Sure! I'd like to continue working with you as well," Andrew merely gave a nod, along with the classic gesture of pointing at his eyes with two of his fingers, and then pointing them at Steven with those same two fingers, as though to say "I've got my eyes on you,", when Cecelia wasn't looking. When Sasha asked if she could join, Cecelia answered "Yeah! You can join our group," Andrew nodded to Sasha.

Kadian crossed her arms at Bryan, and she couldn't help but smirk out of amusement when he asked Percy his question.

Percy glared at Bryan and immediately shot him down, "No," Apparently Percy wasn't too keen on the teaming up plan.

Kadian spoke up to Bryan "You know, if you don't want to join our little group. You could help out Angela and Marcus. They made need someone to help them get to the dorms," She then glared to Percy and she said "And the three of us may have to follow you, Percy," Percy merely answered coldly "Whatever,"

Kadian then addressed everyone, "Also, We should cover who's going to look where before we head off! We need to set up a strategy,"

Cecelia looked to Monobear and saw that it was staring at them. She said to Kadian, and everyone who was listening "Maybe we should discuss this elsewhere,"

Kadian looked to where Cecelia was looking and she agreed "Yeah, let's get out of here first,"

Everyone was thankful and relieved to be accepted into their groups, save of course for Bryan. Steven was also a little intimidated by Andrew, and gulped in response to his gesture, but he didn't let it show when Cecelia was looking.

"Fine, I'll help them find the dorms," Bryan sighed at Kadian, irritated from being shot down by Percy but quickly trying to cover it up, "I'll lead the way, since I'll be the only one free to look at the map on our IDs."

Andrea nodded when Kadian suggested for them to come up with a strategy, "Yeah, we definitely should do that. There's no point in everyone randomly wandering around."

"Eh?" Monobear spoke up when Cecelia and Kadian said that they should discuss it somewhere else, "Don't mind me, I'm not eavesdropping. If I wanted to easedrop, I'd listen to you through the cameras." He pointed to one of the cameras in the Gym. "They're all built in with highly-advanced microphones, so whenever I do feel like eavesdropping, I'll be able to hear absolutely everything!"

"Yeah let's just go anyway," Sydney groaned, "That bear is starting to annoy me."

Before Monobear could interject, everyone quickly filed out of the Gymnasium and into the hallway.

"So, who's searching where?" Sasha asked.

"Well, my groups heading to the Dorms," Bryan stated, "If my memory's correct, it's in the Student Zone half of the first floor. The Trash Room is near the Dorms, so if we've got extra time we can also look around there."

"Hmm...my group can explore the rest of the School Zone," Jamie suggested, "There's a bunch of classrooms, and the map says there's a Storage Room and an Infirmary too."

"That's a lot for just one group," Sydney told her, "Leave the classrooms to our group. Your group should just explore the Storage Room and Infirmary."

"That leaves our group then," Sasha said, as she examined her ID's map, "There's apparently a sauna room in the Student Zone, but there's there's a big red X on it so that might mean it's blocked off."

"We can look around the Cafeteria and Kitchen then," Steven suggested, "Does that all sound good, everyone?"

Cecelia looked to the cameras when Monobear mentioned that he could eavesdrop on them through the microphones within the cameras. The thought unsettled her, and she made sure to keep an eye out for any places that don't have cameras in case they don't find an exit. What was a bit frustrating for her was that there was no way she could tell if Monobear was lying or not, at least not right now.

She filed out of the gym with the other students, and she listened as the other students talked about where to look. When Steven asked if it sounded good, Cecelia, Andrew, Rose, Claude, and Angela nodded yes, and voiced their agreements. Kadian spoke up, "OK! Now that we've cleared that up, let's meet up in the cafeteria after everyone's looked around, or after an amount of time passed, say an hour, and discuss what we found. Any questions?"

Claude answered "What if one of us finds a way out?"

Kadian seemed to think about it for a minute before she answered, leaning in to Claude's ear, from Cecelia could tell she seemed to remember what Monobear said about the cameras, and she whispered in his ear. Claude nodded in understanding and he whispered it to the others.

Kadian said to the others "Alright, let's go!" She then led her group away, while dragging a reluctant and irritable Percy by the arm. Angela followed after Bryan, still holding onto Elliot's legs. Claude took off his top hat and graciously bowed with a gesture and said "After you, mademoiselles," Rose nodded and walked ahead.

After that, Cecelia sighed and she walked towards the cafeteria and kitchen, using the map in the Electronic ID to help her out. As she walked, Andrew asked "So...did get anything from that psychotic stuffed animal?" Cecelia knitted her brows in thought and she muttered "I am not sure. I think it may take more time for me to be certain about anything,"

"Oho, what a gentleman," Jamie said with a grin in response to Claude's chivalry, "I think I made the right choice picking this group." Ray shuffled behind the group as they made their way to the Storage Room first. It was close to the Gymnasium, so they found it pretty quickly. Ray quickly walked in front of the group so that he could open the door for everyone, nearly tripping over his feet in doing so. Jamie flashed him a grateful smile, and then everyone entered inside.

It was a large room, but due to everything in it, it seemed small. A seemingly endless amount of items and supplies sat stocked on the shelves. From snacks and candy, to cleaning supplies and toiletry, to cloths and linens, to old magazines and journals, there seemed to be everything anyone could ever need stored here.

"W-Wow..." Ray whispered in awe.

"Wow is right," Jamie agreed, "There's so much stuff in here! It's overwhelming, to be honest."
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Kadian, Percy, Sydney, and Andrea all headed over to the classrooms they'd all woken up in. After a bit of walking, they soon found themselves in the hallway that held all of the classrooms.

"There's 16 classrooms here..." Andrea noted, "Is that supposed to be the normal amount?"

"I dunno," Sydney shrugged, "There's no way they built 16 classrooms just for us though. Maybe Monobear kidnapped 16 students since there's 16 classrooms."

"I doubt that's the only reason he did that," Andrea shook her head, "Well anyway. We've got a bunch of classrooms to search. We probably won't find anything new that we wouldn't have seen when we first woke up. But, 'leave no stone unturned', right?"
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Bryan lead Marcus and Angela out of the School Zone and over to the Student Zone. After that, it was a short walk over to the Dorms. It could be seen that each door had a student's name and a pixelized sprite with a likeness to the student.

"Huh. That's new." Bryan commented, "The Dorms didn't have little sprites like that on them when I took my tour." He kind of wondered if that meant Monobear had put them there, for whatever reason.

"Please find Elliot's room," Marcus requested. If he was starting to struggle to hold Elliot's weight, Bryan couldn't tell. Still, the guy was much bigger than him, so he complied immediately. After a bit of looking around, he eventually found Elliot's door.

"Over here." Bryan motioned to Marcus and Angela. He tried to open the door, but it was locked. "Hold on, how're we supposed to even get in our rooms?"

"Just use your Electronic IDs!" Monobear answered. Wait what? Somehow, Monobear had appeared in the hallway with them.

"Oh crap! How'd you get here?" Bryan exclaimed, having flinched when Monobear suddenly appeared.

"Who knows? And more importantly, who cares?" Monobear asked back. "All you need to know is that if you swipe the correct Electronic ID against the scanner on the corresponding door, then it will unlock. Otherwise, all doors will be locked at all times, except in...'special' cases. Upupupu. Oh, but don't worry about that. Your rooms will always be secure. In fact, they're so secure, they're soundproof! You can even test them if you don't believe me!"
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"Monobear's personality seems very...erratic, to say the least," Steven said in response to Cecelia and Andrew's conversation, "I'm sure that makes it more difficult to try to figure him out."

"I couldn't get a read on him either," Sasha sighed, "I couldn't even pick up any vocal cues. I'll definitely need more time as well before I can confirm anything about him."

"Huh? You're analyzing Monobear too?" Steven asked.

"O-Oh, uh, not exactly," Sasha replied, seemingly embarrassed, "I'm not a Psychologist like Cecelia. I just know how to pick up on people's cues and tells. It's a skill you pretty much got to have in the card playing world if you want to be any good. It's nowhere near as complex as creating a psychological profile of someone, though."

"Still, that's pretty impressive," Steven replied with a small smile, "No wonder you're an Ultimate Student." Sasha looked even more embarrassed after hearing that, and looked away.

By that point, they had reached the Cafeteria doors. Steven pulled them open, and the group entered the room. Inside were several small lunch tables with a few seats at each table. However, there was a larger circular lunch table in the middle of the room, with 16 seats settled around it. In the back was another door, that presumably lead to the Kitchen.

"So this is the Cafeteria..." Steven said out loud, "The big table there would be perfect for our meeting later."

Rose smiled kindly at Ray, and she thanked him politely (which was more than just the simple nod she gave to Claude). As soon as they reached the Storage Room, Rose briefly licked the tip of her index finger and held it up in the air and looked around the storage room. She smiled as she commented "It's dark, full of stuff, and the air is just right! Yes, this is the perfect place for some spiders to live in! I'd say the Daddy Long Legs, or maybe even a Black Widow,"

Claude then stepped into the room, and he said to Jamie and Ray, ignoring Rose's comment about spiders and pulling his sleeves up, suggesting, "Well, shall we start looking? Maybe there's something important in this stuff, or a trap door in this room. Let's find it! Allons-y!" He then marched forward started moving boxes and looking through the various objects and looking on the ground for any signs of a trap door.

Rose also started looking around the room and moving boxes as well.

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Percy remained cold and silent as he ended up just walking with the group. Kadian listened to what Sydney and Andrea had to say, and she couldn't come up with the answer herself for the questions that were raised, except for the last one. Kadian answered as she headed for the nearest classroom, "Right, let's start with this one then," Before she opened the door, Percy spoke up "Don't bother with that one. I woke up in that one,"

Kadian looked to Percy and she pointed out with a raised eyebrow, "We still need to check it out," Percy retorted "There's nothing in there. If there was anything else in there other then the camera and steel plates, I'd remember it. But if you want to waste your time, go ahead,"

Kadian huffed at Percy and went inside the classroom anyways.

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Angela silently agreed with Marcus's request to Bryan, her arms somewhat aching in pain. A bow and an arrow was much lighter than a human body after all. She jumped slightly when Monobear appeared in the hall of a sudden and explained that the Electronic IDs were the keys in this case.

Never bothering to answer Monokuma, she remembered where she put his Electronic ID, and she said to Bryan and Marcus, "I put Elliot's Electronic ID in his coat pocket," She knew that she wouldn't be able to retrieve it without dropping his legs at the same time.

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Cecelia smiled at Sasha and Steven when they were talking about her abilities, and she commented "A person's cues and tells do help when it comes to constructing a psychological profile! Not to mention, two heads are always better then one! I bet if we worked together, we'll figure out that Monobear's, and whoever is responsible's, psyche faster then if I were to do it alone," Andrew sighed and he lightly chastised Cecelia "Don't be so humble,"

Cecelia and Andrew looked at the Cafeteria carefully, showing their agreement to Steven's comment about the table. Andrew pointed out, "There doesn't seem to be anything out of place here. I'll go look in the kitchen," He headed into the kitchen and he noticed that everything needed for cooking, as well as food, were in plain sight, including dangerous objects such as knives. He sighed and he answered "It doesn't look like there's anything here either,"

Cecelia suggested "There could be a chance that we missed something though...right?"

Jamie shuddered at the mention of there being Daddy Long Legs and possibly even Black Widow spiders in the Storage Room.

"Y-You're just kidding, right? Haha..." Jamie asked with an awkward laugh, "Sorry, I'm ok with most bugs, but spiders just really freak me out. Especially ones with long legs..." She shuddered again. "Let's just search like Claude suggested." It would definitely help get her mind off the idea of there being spiders in the room.

Ray silently agreed to help as well, and so the four of them went to work. After a good ten minutes went by, Jamie let out a sigh as she stood straight up and cracked her back.

"There's so much stuff, and we've barely made a dent in looking through everything here." She groaned, "I think we'd need to dedicate a whole day to sifting through all this stuff. We promised we'd meet at the Cafeteria in an hour though."

"I-I found some cool stuff though..." Ray spoke quietly, "A-A box full of w-wood polish...a-another had w-wheel grease...i-if I can find my skateboard later, m-maybe I can use some..."

"You lost your skateboard?" Jamie asked.

"Y-Yeah..." Ray said dejectedly, "I-I always have it with me, e-even when I came to the school, but..."

"I'm sure you'll find it," Jamie reassured him, "It's got to be in the school somewhere." Ray looked a little less like a sad puppy after that, so Jamie continued, "Well guys, we did find some cool stuff, but we barely made any progress looking through everything, and we couldn't find any secret trap doors or anything like that. We should probably take another crack at this room when we have more time, but maybe we should go check the Infirmary next before we're late."
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"We were all distressed when we woke up," Andrea told Percy, "It's very much possible we all could have missed something. Even someone as infallible as you."

Andrea and Sydney followed Kadian into the classroom after that. Like Percy had insisted, there didn't seem to be anything of particular notice in there. After a short bout of investigation, they found absolutely nothing, and exited the classroom.

"Ok so you were right," Andrea admitted to Percy, "It's better to be thorough than be careless, though."

"Let's look through this one next," Sydney suggested, pointing to the door right across from Percy's. They went inside, but once again, found nothing. It was just the same as the first classroom. The pattern followed suit with the third classroom, and then fourth. "Is it just me, or is every single classroom full of nothing?" Sydney sighed by the time they were exploring the fifth classroom.

Andrea didn't respond. She was too busy staring at the whiteboard at the front of the classroom, her arms crossed in front of her chest.

"Find something interesting?" Sydney asked.

"...No, and yes." Was Andrea's response, "This board is just the same as the others."

"Well that sucks," Sydney replied simply.

Andrea furrowed her eye brows, her stare intensifying. Something was not right here.

"No," Andrea said slowly, "I mean, it's exactly the same as the others. Same scuff marks, same exact placement of board markers, even the little notes in the upper-right corner about proper marker usage is identical, right down to the penmanship and placement." She was quiet for a moment, before adding, "Maybe it doesn't mean anything, but I'm fairly sure the classrooms themselves are all exactly the same as well. It's meticulous as hell, I'll give Monobear that."
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"Oh, good, I thought I'd have to go all the way back to the Gym," Bryan let out a sigh of relief. He dug into Elliot's coat pocket, and then used it to unlock the door.

"Welp, looks like my work is done," Monobear said, giving himself a congratulatory pat on the back, "Have fun exploring!" He disappeared after that, leaving the group free to enter the room.

Inside the room were all the basics. A bed, a dresser with a mirror, a nightstand, and a door that presumably lead to a private bathroom. As Marcus and Angela quickly brought Elliot over to the bed to lay him down, Bryan surveyed the room more carefully. The way it was set up, it actually looked like Elliot had been living there for awhile already. There were a few of what looked to be personal items and decorations in the room, much to Bryan's surprise.

"Did Monobear set all this up?" Bryan asked, motioning to it all.

"Dunno." Marcus grunted as he helped straighten out Elliot's unconscious body, to help make him more comfortable.

"Wow. You're not a talkative guy at all, aren't you?" Bryan asked him dryly. Marcus didn't respond. Instead, the Rugby Player looked at Angela.

"Thank you for your help." He told her, his words simple but grateful.
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"Really?" Sasha gasped in surprise to Cecelia's suggestion to work together, "I don't really think I can compare to a Psychologist...but if it means I can help, then I'll do my best!" She smiled brightly at Cecelia, now feeling a little more at ease.

Soon after, Andrew went to examine the Kitchen. Steven followed after him when Cecelia suggested that they might had missed something, but when he entered, he could see Monobear standing behind Andrew. Steven couldn't help but yell out in surprise at seeing that.

"Why are you yelling?" Monobear asked in an irritated voice, "Am I really that cute that you can't help but yell out in joy everytime you see me?"

"What do you want? What're you even doing in here?" Steven demanded.

"Oh, I just wanted to pop in to tell you guys how amazing this kitchen is," Monobear replied, "It's all state of the art, as I only accept the best for my students. Also, you'll never have to worry about running out of food! I bring in fresh new shipments of food daily, so hunger will never be a problem during your indefinite stay at Sky's Peak Academy."

Rose blinked at Jamie's reaction to spiders, and she answered dejectedly "O-Oh, you don't have to apologize. I should apologize for scaring you like that,"

After they worked on trying to move everything around, they found that they didn't make a dent. Claude agreed with Jamie when she said that they needed to dedicate an entire day to look through it. After the talk about Ray's missing skateboard, he added, trying to help encourage Ray, "I bet the skateboard is in this very room, mon ami. Especially since you found wood polish and wheel grease here,"

Rose nodded and said "Claude may be right, but for now, let's head to the infirmary, shall we?" With Claude's chivalry once again, Rose led the way out of the storage room and led them to the infirmary.

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Percy leaned against the wall as the other three went into the classroom, and he crossed his arms. He was sure that they were going to come out of the classroom and say they found nothing. Sure enough, that was what happened. He seemed to have a smug look on his face at Andrea's answer, and he ignored the glare from Kadian.

Of course the glare didn't last for very long, and Kadian went into the next few classrooms. This time, Percy followed after them and looked around the room, taking in every detail of each room. Kadian answered "Nah, it's not just you. I don't see much either. At this rate, our chances of finding anything in the classrooms is decreasing,"

Both Percy and Kadian perked at Andrea's mention of the boards being the same. Kadian asked "Woah?! Really? That's weird...!" Percy walked up to the board and looked at it as well, and he commented "She's right. It's exactly the same," He then crossed his arms, and commented "However, this small detail is meaningless at this point,"

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Angela couldn't help but feel relieved when the stuffed bear had left them after they opened Elliot's door. She thanked Bryan for opening the door for them, and after they set Elliot down on the bed, Angela commented after Marcus and Bryan briefly discussed the room, "Maybe Elliot would know? He's a fashion designer, so maybe he has some knowledge of interior decorating as well?"

When Marcus thanked her for her help, she nodded and answered with a smile directed at him, "No problem! Happy to help out," Soon groaning could be heard, and Angela looked to see that Elliot was waking up. Angela joked "About time you woke up, sleepy head!" Elliot groaned "Where am I...?" He then seemed to look as though he recalled what happened and he asked "Please tell me that was a nightmare..." Angela sighed and answered "I wish I could, but...unfortunately that actually happened," Elliot covered his face and groaned.

Angela continued, explaining the situation to Elliot, "Anyways, we're in the dorm area. All of us are looking for a way out," Elliot then apologized "O-Oh! Well, I-I'm sorry for being such a burden,"

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Cecelia also smiled happily when Sasha and she said to her "I look forward to working with you as well!" She then followed Andrew and Steven into the kitchen as soon as she heard a shout from there. When she got there, she gasped when she saw that the stuffed bear was there as well. Andrew had turned to face Steven and the stuffed bear as well and he backed away from the stuffed animal.

Both Andrew and Cecelia listened to what Monobear said about the kitchen and food. Andrew growled at the stuffed black and white bear, "How do we know that you didn't poison or put drugs in the food?" Cecelia didn't speak up, but she knew what Andrew was most likely worried about. As Andrew and Steven spoke to the bear, she tried to study the thing for anything that would help with the psychological profile.

"Th-Thank you, I-I hope I can find it, e-eventually..." Ray replied to Claude, his mood a little better due to their optimism.

After that, it was decided for the group to next head over to the Infirmary. They left the Storage Room, and as they walked, Jamie began to strike up a conversation with Rose.

"You know, I've got a lot of respect for you, Rose," she told her, "It's really nice to see someone so excited about something they love. The way your eyes brighten up when you talk about bugs and insects is quite a sight. I might be a bit uncomfortable about that kind of stuff, but seeing your love for it is really impressive."

As they talked, the group made it to the Infirmary pretty quickly. Ray opened the door for everyone again, and they entered the room. It looked like a typical school Nurse room. There were several beds, a medicine cabinet, a set of drawers with medical supplies, a medical refrigerator, a couple spare wheelchairs, and a bathroom.

"W-Wow..." Ray mumbled, "E-Everything here looks f-fully stocked..."
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"Yeah, that's really weird," Sydney agreed with Kadian, "And you're right, we're probably not going to find anything at this rate."

"Well, technically we did find something," Andrea told Sydney, "Regardless of whether or not it's a meaningless small detail, it's still a piece of information we've learned that we didn't know of before."

After that, the four of them went back to exploring the rest of the classrooms. As predicted, there was nothing new in any of them, but it was noticeable that all of them seemed to be exactly the same. Was it all just an incredible amount of attention to detail, courtesy of Monobear? Or was it because of something else, something that they couldn't think of that was realistically possible?

Either way, once they finished with the last classroom, they all exited and stood in the hallway together.

"Well, that's all of them," Sydney said, stretching a bit, "I guess we should head to the Cafeteria now, right?"
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Bryan raised an eye brow when Angela suggested that Elliot had decorated his room. "That would mean he'd been here ahead of time," he told her, "That'd be pretty suspicious."

Marcus had the slightest looks of a smile when Angela told him it wasn't a problem to help. Elliot woke up soon after, to which Marcus was glad to see. He personally was hoping this was all just a nightmare as well, though he knew that he wasn't dreaming and that this was all real.

"Don't worry, you aren't a burden," Marcus told him, "It's understandable, what happened back there."

"Besides, anyone can be helpful. You can help us now, actually," Bryan spoke up, "Did you set up all these personal effects? Your room looks very personalized, even though none of us should've been here before now, outside of taking a school tour of course."

Marcus wondered if the other rooms were personalized to each student as well. It was possible that Monobear had done it, but then the major question would be: how did Monobear get their things?
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"Whaaaaaaaat?" Monobear dramatically said in shock, in response to Andrew's question, "How dare you accuse me of attempting to poison and drug my students! I would never lay a single paw on any of you or hurt any of you in any way! Well, except for cases where I have to hand out a punishment. Upupupu..."

"W-Why should we trust what you say?" Sasha asked cautiously, having came into the kitchen as well, "You want to kill us!"

"Nuh uh uh," Monobear denied, wagging a claw at Sasha, "I don't want to kill any of you. I just want you bastards to murder each other."

"Is there really a difference there?" Steven asked, eyes wide, "Either way, you want us dead."

"It's the method that matters," Monobear replied, its grin somehow growing wider, "What kind of despair is there in just mindlessly killing helpless kids? You know what's really despair-inducing? Watching the symbols of a country's hope murder each other for their own selfish gain! Ooh, it's getting me in a tizzy just thinking about it!"

Rose looked to Jaime when she struck up a conversation, and Rose couldn't help but beam happily at Jaime's words, and she said "Thank you so much. I'm really flattered!" She wanted to talk more about bugs, but she kept in mind that Jaime was uncomfortable about the subject, and she didn't seem too happy about talking about her profession. She asked instead "I hope you don't mind me asking, but what do you like to do?"

As they spoke, they soon reached the infirmary, and Claude looked around the room along with Ray. He stalked up to the medicine cabinet and drawers, and he looked at the bottles inside, while Rose looked around the room for any bugs and any other sign of a way out of the school.

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Kadian and Percy both looked around the rest of the classrooms. Percy carefully took in the small details, while Kadian looked in every possible place, including areas that the others may not have thought to look. However, she didn't find anything. When they were in the hallway, Kadian nodded in response to Sydney's question, "Yeah, let's head back,"

Percy rolled his eyes and stated "You can go to the Cafeteria. I, on the other hand, am going to check the Entrance," Kadian raised an eyebrow asking Percy, "Why? I mean, it's not like the Entrance is going to be left wide open for us to just waltz out! A mastermind wouldn't be so stupid to do that!"

Percy walked away, ignoring Kadian, and she called "Hey! Come back!" She groaned as Percy had gone out of sight and left the three alone.

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Elliot smiled at Marcus and Angela, but it went away when Bryan asked his question. He looked around the room he was in, and he noted the design was definitely something he would come up with, but he knew that he had never been in this room before (as far as he knew anyways). He answered them honestly "I've never been in this room before! So, I can't say that I'm the one who designed it,"

Angela was somewhat relieved to hear that he had never been in this room before, but she also couldn't help but wonder how Monobear got their things here. She decided to see for herself, and she turned and walked out of the room, telling the other three, "I'll be right back. I'll check my room," She walked to the room and unlocked the door with her Electronic ID. When she walked in, she found that the room also had personal effects to it, as though she had personally decorated the room herself.

She walked back to the other three and told them, "My room's the same. It looked as though I decorated it!"

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Cecelia widened her eyes at the stuffed animal's words. There was a difference, but it wasn't just in method. She didn't get to speak up though, as her brother asked angrily "What...the Hell?! Are you sick in the head or something?!" Andrew moved, ready to kick the stuffed animal, but he stopped as Cecelia pulled him back by the arm, with both of her hands, and she reasoned with him, "Andrew, calm down! This is what he wants! He wants us to get angry!" As soon as Andrew heard her words, he relaxed and stepped back, giving Monobear a cold stare.

Andrew instead glared at the bear and growled "Leave,"

Jamie may not have been the biggest fan of bugs, but it made her glad to see Rose smile. The Entomologist obviously loved bugs, but there likely weren't too many others at this school that shared her interests, and that fact seemed to make her sad. But Jamie wasn't going to let her, or anyone else, feel sad or upset if she could help it.

"I don't mind at all," Jamie smiled back, "Well, I love my career, but I also like to sketch and paint. I'm not very good at it, I'm definitely not in the running for Ultimate Artist, but it's fun."

During this, the group had begun exploring the Infirmary. Jamie looked inside the fridge, and found blood bags inside of it.

"I guess it's not a normal fridge," Jamie noted, "The fridge isn't freezing cold, so it's probably just being used as an insulator or something, to keep it at just the right temperature."

Ray meanwhile took a peek inside the bathroom, and confirmed that it was indeed just a regular bathroom.

"I-I think that's everything..." Ray said to the others after closing the bathroom door once more, "D-Did anyone find a-anything interesting...o-or even a secret?"
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"Yeah seriously, you're wasting your time Percy," Sydney agreed with Kadian, "There isn't gonna be anything over there. Unless you like looking at locked up entrances or something." It didn't seem to matter though, as Percy still decided to walk off to the entrance anyway. Sydney sighed. It wasn't like she wasn't expecting that.

"...You two can head to the Cafeteria while I follow him," Andrea suggested, "Just to keep an eye on him. Or the three of us can follow him. Or the three of us can just ditch him and head to the Cafeteria. I'm good with any of those three options."

Sydney shrugged. "I don't care either way. I just want to hurry this exploration stuff along already." She looked over to Kadian. "It's your call, I guess."
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"You really didn't do this?" Bryan asked Elliot, "How'd this stuff get in here then? Unless, Monobear..." Angela left to check her room to see if it had been set up as well, and when she returned, she confirmed everyone's suspicions.

"Hmm..." Marcus said, a hand on his chin in thought, "Monobear has way more power than we thought."

"Uggghhhh," Bryan groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose "This is seriously pissing me off! How the hell can that little creep even take our stuff like that...Crap! That means he touched my stuff too!" Bryan rushed out of the room and over to his own room after that.

"He...might be awhile," Marcus spoke up, "We've still got time until the meet up. Should we check out the Trash Room?"
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"Me? Sick in the head? Whatever gave you that idea?" Monobear asked innocently in reply to Andrew. It flinched (and so did Steven and Sasha) when it looked like Andrew was going to kick him, but Cecelia stopped him in time.

"Y-You should be more careful!" Sasha exclaimed with worry, "Cecelia's right, he's trying to get us angry! If you'd hit him, he might've punished you!"

"Not might have, I would have! Bwahaha!" Monobear laughed, "I have no choice but to punish rule breakers. I can't harm a single hair on your pretty little heads otherwise!" Sasha took note that Monobear appeared to be a stickler for the rules, but didn't say anything out loud about it.

"Either way, Monobear, you need to get out of here already," Steven affirmed what Andrew had told the bear.

"Awwww, how rude," Monobear pouted, "Whatever. I guess I'll leave you losers alone for now. I was just super bored and wanted to talk to four of my favorite students, but oh well." It disappeared after that, finally leaving them alone.

"God, I hate that thing," Steven sighed.

"Ditto," Sasha nodded.

Claude answered Ray "I didn't find anything except supplies we could use if somebody does get hurt, mon ami!" Rose answered Ray, "I haven't found anything either. Not even an ant!" Claude sighed at the news and he asked "Well, so what should we do now? We could try and make another dent in the storage room earlier," Rose shook her head and she answered "I think it may be best that we head for the cafeteria. Ray, Jaime, what do you two think?"

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Kadian quickly thought about the possible scenarios that went with Andrea's options, and after carefully considering which was the lesser of the three evils in each situation, she answered "All three of us should follow him, just in case. Splitting a small party up like this is never a good idea after all! Let's get going,"
Kadian followed Percy to the entrance that was blocked by a large heavy metal door. Percy carefully looked at the door and he muttered "I think it's backed by a computer...maybe that so-called 'Ultimate Hacker' can do what he's supposedly good at and hack into the program,"

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Elliot answered Bryan's question "Yeah, I really didn't do this," He listened to him talk until he left the room and hurried off. Angela raised an eyebrow at Bryan before turning her attention to Marcus who suggested searching the trash room. She nodded and said "Yeah, it sounds like a good idea. But maybe we should let Bryan know before we leave?" Elliot answered "That may be a good idea. I can go and let him know,"

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Cecelia took her hands off of Andrew's arm once Monobear was gone, and she let go of the breath she apparently had been holding. Andrew didn't say anything, but he nodded in agreement with Steven and Sasha. He looked to Cecelia as she paced around the room a bit, and he asked "Did you learn something?" Cecelia nodded and she answered "Yeah..." She was hesitant to say however, because she didn't want to cause a panic, and there was also the camera, which the person of the Monobear clearly stated that they were used to eavesdrop on them.

"Yeah, we should probably head over to the Cafeteria now," Jamie agreed. Ray nodded in agreement as well. With that, the group decided to leave, and began to go over to the Cafeteria.
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"Agreed," Andrea replied to Kadian's suggestion, "Let's go." The three girls followed Percy to the entrance, only to see that it was blocked by a large metal door.

"That's right, the Hacker..." Andrea began to speak, "Andrew was his name, right? We should definitely tell him about this during the meeting."

"Could it really be that easy?" Sydney asked, "That dumb bear didn't make a rule against it, but that makes escaping way too easy." She looked around the entrance way, and suddenly gasped as her eyes opened wide. She nudged Andrea in the side, and then pointed at an object hanging quite a bit above the metal door.

"Ah..." Andrea stated simply, "That explains it." The object looked like a machine gun turret of some sort, and one that was likely automated at that.

"Jesus..." Sydney muttered under her breath, both because of seeing the machine gun, and also from wondering how Andrea could be so calm.
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"We should definitely let Bryan know. But, are you good to move on your own?" Marcus asked Elliot, "Most people might feel disoriented after passing out like you did. But if you're alright, I have no complaints."
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"You're worried about the cameras, right?" Sasha asked Cecelia quietly, eyeing one of the cameras nervously.

"I heard that!" Monobear's shrill voice exclaimed over the intercom, causing Sasha to jump. "I meant it when I said that these microphones pick up everything you say!"

"Jeez, he wasn't kidding about being able to eavesdrop on us," Steven said, shaking his head, "I wonder if there's any place in this school that doesn't have a camera."

"Maybe the others found a room like that," Sasha suggested, "It's getting close to our meeting time, hopefully they'll have some good news for us."