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Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

Aleecia and Ellie had been exploring around the hospital wing of the second floor when the intercom announcement had gone off. Memories flashed forward to the front of the Dice Master's mind of the first night of carnage that chilled the poor girl down to her bones. Without saying a word to Ellie next to her, Aleecia hurried in the direction she remembered the Diner to be, having formed a map of steps in her mind.

She may have run her cane into a few walls, but she hadn't hit her head, barely slowing her down as she raced for the dining hall. When she arrived, it didn't seem as though many people were there. Ice had come up to her immediately to try and calm her down, Aleecia was shaking uncontrollably. Once he had gotten her into a seat. He had asked her to stay put while he went to the door to wait and she had agreed after some argument. The girl fiddled with her jeans, pulling at frays in the hem, her nerves a jumbled mess.

Cyrus finally arrived, making Aleecia freeze. The entrance was loud, making the blind girl want to cover her ears, and they came up to her shoulders instinctually. Cyrus's stomps could be heard quite clearly as he moved towards the middle of the room, not too far from where Aleecia was sitting. As he began his announcement, alarm bells continued to ring off in her head.

Krista was in trouble, Nariko had her. But why? Why would she try to cure her now?

Nariko had explained what 'curing' someone meant and spoke to the blind girl about her anxieties after her past failures. Aleecia had always tried to stop Nariko from thinking that way, but to no avail. The Dice Master knew it was an essential part of her programming and all she could really do was convince Nariko to prolong implementing it.

His next sentence brought Aleecia's thoughts to a standstill, Nariko wanted her? But Monokuma and the carnage sisters already had them all captive, why did she have to go to such lengths?! Why would... Something must have happened to Nariko after she had left this morning, why else would she do something like this? The fact she was going so far for her and Krista left her flabbergasted. Why was she doing this to Krista of all people? Aleecia stood up, and starting walking towards Cyrus, forgetting her cane on the table.

"I need to talk some sense into Nariko. I can reason with her enough to let Krista go. I know Nariko, she would never do something to cause trouble for me. You don't need take another action because if I can't reason with her enough to let both Krista and me go..." Aleecia squeezed her eyes tightly.

"She can just take me."

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Ice had stayed as far away as Faith as possible after walking into the room. Not too many people had arrived yet, and Ice was worried to see that Aleecia wasn't among them. Where could that clumsy girl be?! Ice grabbed a pancake kitchen and started aggressively tearing it into tiny bits as he waited for Cyrus or Allie to arrive.

Finally she did, followed in by Mumsy. Ice gave a curt nod to the blue-haired woman before hurdling Aleecia towards a chair. The poor girl was shaking from head to toe and Ice was slightly worried he would be stabbed in the foot by her broken cane. Ice muttered reassurances into Aleecia's ear while taking hold of her cane, gently setting it on top of the cane behind her.

When she had finally calmed down, Ice told her he was going to stand by the door to wait for Cyrus and come back as soon as he could. Allie was doubtful and stubborn at first, but after some argument, Ice went to stand by the door.

Which might've been the worst spot for him to be, because he was almost smashed into a pancake like the one he had decimated earlier.

Cyrus came in with a bang and started stomping towards the center of the room. He didn't have the irritated mood that he usually wore like a sleeve during trials, but his face was more set in determination. As soon as he started explaining the situation, Ice's mind went to their interaction this morning. Krista had seemed genuinely worried about his wellbeing and his heart started to beat two times too fast.

It was that blasted blood bag robot that Aleecia was always so fascinated by! Ice cursed at himself for not having disposed of it earlier before such a dangerous situation had occurred. If only he had- Regret enveloped his shaking body.

Now she wanted both of them. Not only poor Allie, but the Violinist as well. Not only was it greedy, it was despicable, abhorrent, disgusting, Ice couldn't think of enough negative adjectives. The thought of another death of someone he cared about made him grab for his collar, wishing to anyone listening for sugar to calm him down enough to take action.

Cyrus asked anyone who could to help, which Ice was about to volunteer when Aleecia stood up and started talking about reasoning with the mechanic monster. Ice moved towards her, fear and protectiveness coursing through his veins. Aleecia was only able to get her last line out before Ice put his able arm around her and pulled her back.

"You. Will. Not. Go to her. That sick devil's spawn needs to go back to the hell dimension she came from. I'm in if it means rescuing Krista and dismantling her. Anything to piss of that hairball whore Davis."

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

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A small pile of candy wrappers had formed next to Ice as he had chatted with Alice. The two of them talked the time away about their siblings, Ice becoming much more animate once he spoke of Jeremy, Abby, and the twins. Stories of Abby's dance recitals or Mary's laughter. It didn't seem like Calvin would be coming out anytime soon, but since Alexandria couldn't come into his room, Ice was fine with that. With Alice keeping him company, Ice was much less bored and his mood was improving exponentially when talking about the "good old days."

"How often do you get in fights with Henry? I was never able to properly quarrel with my little rascals," this was probably the most Ice had smiled for almost a decade.

"Well sometimes we get into these ridiculous debates that usually end in us roughhousing, but one time we accidentally broke our mother's antiquity cabinet, and I had to pick glass shards out of his hair afterwards. Then we tried to put the blame on the dog, saying it ran into it during a game of fetch. It's all in good fun though, hahaha!" Alice told Ice, trying to hold back her laughter.

"I feel like Abby and William did that once, but by the time I got back, Jeremy took the blame. Really, my little brother was always better at taking care of the little ones then I was. It's funny..." He sighed, "Jeremy always said he wanted to be like me when he grew up when he was younger, when I actually wanted to be more like him." A sad smile slipped over his face for a moment, the end of his sentence a little choked up. After a moment, he pinched himself before giving a half-forced chuckle, "Then the squirt had the audacity to say he'd get a job and take care of me!"

"Hahah, he really cared about you, huh?" Alice asked, before the grin on her face faded. She could tell that Ice missed his siblings, so the recon tried her best to reasure the blood donor. "Hey, I'm sorry about what happened to your siblings. If something like that happened to Henry, hell, I'd genocide my way through those that would dare harm him so he could be safe..." she said, before lowering her head and pulling her knees close to her. "I was so worried something worse had happened to him after he broke his leg, must've been my paranoia..."

Ice's forced laugh faded out as he remarked on Alice's apology. The Blood Donor had had plenty of time to dwell on his siblings dire circumstances, but he hadn't gotten many chances to remember the good times. The times when he had provided everything he could for his blood, the small souls that couldn't fend for themselves. Without thinking too much about it, almost by instinct, Ice shifted closer to the smaller girl and slipped an arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer so that she was leaning on him. He didn't look at her, choosing rather to stare straight ahead. "It's better to think about how to get out of here to see him, rather than worry and stew in your own melting cauldron."

He fell silent for a couple moments before saying, with a slight blush splashed on his cheeks, "And once if we get out... no, never mind." It had been a nice thought at least. He had thought about coming with her to check on Henry, but... There was no way he could impose like that. Plus, the boy would obviously be suspicious of him, Ice's appearance fitted him to a T after all.

While her head was still resting in her arms, blood seemed to rush back to Alice's cheeks, yet she still kept calm. "Yeah, let's survive this hell together." The recon replied, raising her head up to look at Ice, with a grin returning to her face.

As she moved, he glanced down at her and his face went redder than a fire hydrant. Ice quickly moved his hand away, patting her hand as he did, a bit too embarrassed to do anything but inch away... When the intercom came on.

Ice's face drained of color and he bolted up. Gears shifted in his head and while Ice should've taken his own advice, he came up with several horrifying scenarios. He pulled at his tie as he calculated, "There was no body announcement, so do you think this has to do with one of that two-toned scoundrel's 'gifts?'" Ice paced back and forth for a second while waiting for Alice.

"Honestly? I hope not!" Alice answered, springing up from the floor. "Come on, let's go see what's up!" She exclaimed, sprinting ahead to the dining hall.

Ice was right on her heels, spinning faces in his mind. Allie, Buck Wild, Mumsy, doc, even the witch, none of them were dead yet, but there were fates worse than death.

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~ Incendiary ~

Mere moments. It had been mere moments since Faith had spoken wily vixen known as Noel Hawthorne. Despite hardly knowing her personally, she could already feel something of a kinship form between them; especially since both had equal reasons for prying into the personal lives of their fellow competitors. She skipped along, thinking about the encounter as she encroached upon the door to the Diner, anticipating the new and exciting Infinites she would get to meet inside.

But instead, as she made her way to the door, the crackle of the intercom broke her step and caused her to turn.
"A wide range broadcast spell..? Whoever made the catalyst for this is truly skilled, I'll have to find them~" she mused to herself aloud, breaking away from the door for a second to listen to the message. An emergency, the Diner- the Diner? A smile lit her face, and Faith twirled on the spot, pleased with the fanciful fortune that had brought her to the location ahead of time. Had Davis set up some kind of Causal Relay Determination Spell, or was this her Mother's way of helping her out? It it was the former... Things may have been a lot worse than she had originally ascertained. But that was a mystery for another time; for now, she had to meet the new people, as she had originally intended~

Yet right on cue, two of the new people were running to the dining hall as the matchmaker spoke. Heinous thoughts seemed to plague Alice's mind, as the recon wasn't watching where she was going, and accidentally bumped into Faith with an "Oof!!"

Another twitch, that was her indication. Some divine intervention, a blessing, perhaps, the gift of future premonition bestowed upon her by the Gods. Faith had felt it when Noel had bounded from the stairs to interrogate her - just one of the unfortunate events that had befallen her within Davis's machinations, but neither would it be the last, as evidenced by the footfalls she heard, reverberating from the hospital walls, a messenger for the events to come.

Power, too. Faith felt power, and a lot of it, resonating from the newcomer- or newcomers, as the case was. She had only a second to turn her head, and body, to take in the people barrelling towards her - no, towards the Diner - at break neck pace. In the next second, the two collided, sending Faith backwards into the door, which echoed dully its protests to the abuse. She barely had any time to recuperate herself before her body automatically lowered itself to get a better look at her attacker, looking deep into her face and eyes.

"Y-you...I-I can't believe you exist..." she exclaimed abruptly, without any indication of whatever she was talking about.

Honestly supprised that Faith hadn't yelled at her yet for knocking her down, but still confused as to what the matchmaker was talking about, Alice quickly moved to the side and stood her and Faith up again. "Dunno if I should ask this, but who are you refering to?" The recon asked.

Faith barely moved, intently fixed on the face of Alice, almost creepily, though the softness of her face betrayed no malicious intent. Instead, her eyes gleamed something fierce, a curious hunger, not unlike one Noel may have worn in pursuit of the perfect page one scoop. It dripped a wanton desire for knowledge, to test and experiment and understand the deepest and most intrinsic nuances of her chosen subject. Something had taken her interest, but what it could have been she kept obscure.

"Were you born with it or were you cursed?!" she exclaimed, oddly forcefully for her, "I read in the research papers that it's possible to curse - well, I say curse, I'd more so call it an enchantment - but I know there is a way to curse somebody with the Exodus of Time." everything she said was complete nonsense, "Though... I can't sense any artificial alterations in your soul... could it be you were born with it!?" she exclaimed, darting forward to clasp both sides of Alice's face, grasping her cheeks in her hands. inching dangerously close to her face until they could feel each others breathe.

"Um...yeah." the recon was able to answer through the honest discomfort Faith holding her face, shrugging.

Ice had only been a couple of paces behind Alice when she ran into a girl he had never seen before. Her hair was some outrageously white that it made him feel sorry for the hair itself. As Alice plowed into her, Ice was intent on helping her up, but the girl got up easily by herself. It was only after when Faith grabbed her face that Ice went from annoyed to flabbergasted.

The Blood Donor slipped his hands over both of Alice's shoulders and pulled her away from Faith's intruding hands, "Are you always like this when first meeting someone Fairy dust? You should really keep your distance if you know what's good for you."

While Ice had always been at least a little suspicious of other Infinites, he was especially wary of the newcomers. The less intimate interaction with them and the people he cared about, the better.

"Heeeeeeeeeeey!" Faith exclaimed, pouting as her prize was dragged out from beneath her grasp. She couldn't believe what was happening; to have such prime opportunities laid out in front of her, the Exodus of Time stood mere feet away from her, and a random Infinite was stealing her away like some kind of obsessive boyfriend lacking in the self esteem department.

How Faith wished she could express her distaste aloud. But alas, that was improper; she couldn't go about directly and openly insulting the people she met. If she did, she might lose out on valuable relationship material. Where would she be then!? From her pocket she retrieved her book for the Gods knew how many times that day already. She flipped open the pages to find something, then looked up and smiled.
"Listen here mister, my name is Faith Lambert - not Fairy Dust - and the Infinite Matchmaker, and the heiress to the Throne of Love!" she half quipped and half exclaimed her typical introduction, "And that girl right there is a wielder of The Exodus of Time!" as she spoke, she seemed almost ecstatic, "A powerless human li-"

She paused herself, and looked down at her Tome, seemingly caught in thought for a second. With dexterity unbefitting of her, she darted forward, so she and Ice were eye level.
"Hey, hey, lets make a deal, 'kay? I get to talk wiiiiith..." she stopped to think, glancing at her book, "Oh, Alice here, about her Eye, and maybe I can help set you up with the boy of your dreams~! Sound good~?"

The girl definitely had a few screws loose, she yammering about Love and the 'exodus of time'? All Ice could think about was getting this bad influence away from him... and Alice. While she didn't seem to be as much of a threat as Alexandria was to Calvin, she certainly seemed as obsessed as the ruella robot. Her name mostly blew over Ice's head as he took her appearance all in... and the strange glint in her eyes. The book looked suspicious as hell and so did she. Ice's distrustful glare was supposed to burn through her skull, but to no avail.

Faith was suddenly in front of him and Ice moved to pull Alice so that she was behind him. "Matchmaker... You set up Neets with mail order brides or something? Wait- boy?!"

While the recon appreciated the blood donor trying to protect her from Faith, Alice couldn't help but feel more unamused than confused. Yes, the girl was a bit eccentric, but she seemed nice despite. But on the otherhand, Alice didn't want the matchmaker to forcefully pair her up with someone, being one to wait when it comes to romance. "Hold on, why would you think he's gay?" The recon asked Faith, peering out from behind Ice.

Now that was something Faith nearly couldn't forgive. The impotence the boy had expressed at her art left her dumbfounded, almost, and she couldn't help but stare off for a moment.
"I'll have you know, Isaiah - yes, I know your name!" she exclaimed abruptly, her pout becoming more and more pronounced as the situation unfolded, "That I am not some petty and cheap service! Ichor flows through my veins, the veins of a Demigod, and bless me with the ability to match anyone I so wish! I even have my own TV show~!" though her demeanour seemed to switch to being more cheery at the last comment.

"Huh? Whatd'ya mean?" she tilted her head, confused, placing a finger to her lip, "What, you mean he hasn't said that he's gay? But I can feel it; I can read aura's and energy signatures, y'know. From the stars I have divined-" dramatically, she raised her hands, gesturing to the sky, "-and I'm sorry to bring the bad news, Alice - but Isaiah here doesn't exactly pine over the fairer sex~"

Ice stiffened as her heard his name from Faith's mouth, especially since he had never introduced himself. It wasn't like his reputation was widespread enough to reach celebrity ears, only people of the underworld. All this talk of demigods made Ice want to slap her across the face so she could come back to her senses... If she had any senses to begin with.

Again, someone else was using his full first name, it always creeped him out. "If you think you know anything about my love life or which gender I'd rather be boffing, then you have another thing coming. I've never said I was gay because I ain't, end of discussion!" The hairs on the back of his neck stood up on end. This entire talk was giving him the heebie jeebies.

Faith giggled at Ice's mock display of intimidation, and danced around the two, almost gliding across the hospital floor as she went, attempting to position herself closer to Alice.
"That's nice, Isaiah, buuuuuuuut the stars don't lie~" she chirruped, clasping Alice by the hand and pulling her ever so gently a short distance away from Ice, if she let her, "But that's neither here nor there, we can discuss your preferences when you come asking for dating tips! I'm only really interested in one thing~"

With that, she drew herself to eye level with Alice, and gazed closely into her one red eye.
"You... don't know what the Exodus of Time is, do you, little miss Recon~? I can't believe you don't know - you really must have been born with it~!" she then glanced towards Ice, and flipped several dozen pages into the seemingly endless notebook, "Hey, do you want me to tell you what it is? It might be worthwhile, especially in here~!"

"Sure, I guess?" At this rate Alice was getting annoyed at Faith, her eye twitching slightly, but tried to stay calm and not wring her throat from the madness she spout.

Ice let out a long sigh, it didn't seem like he was going to be able to reason with her. The blood donor cross his arms and watched as the Faith tried to coerce Alice into joining her on her maniacal imaginary hayride. He didn't move to block Alice again, but saw that she was getting annoyed as well, so she could defend herself. Ice reached into his pocket for another candy, only to come up with nothing.

He had eaten them all. Oh goody goody gumdrops, how was he going to last without sugar?

Seeing that she had the go ahead, Faith stood up tall and strong, trying her best to show off that she was telling a story.
"The Exodus of Time is truly a miracle of the Gods. It takes the form of an eye, typically a different colour to its pair, and has an incredibly powerful ability; it shows the user visions of the future~!" she paused for a second, letting the two take in the information, before starting up again, "It shows the future like a hologram, overlaid onto the present~!"

As quickly as she had backed off, though, she darted back in to get a better look at the eye, once again awfully close to Alice's face.
"I can feel its power from here..." and then pondered for a second, before, "Hey, in Monokuma's little video, it showed you with an eyepatch! Could it be you wore it to block out the visions of the future~? Were the things you saw too horrible, that you forced yourself to never see them again? And could it be you removed it in order to view the future again and prevent another murder?!" with every question, she inched ever so slightly closer forward, seemingly engrossed within her own world.

Alice's only answer was an uppercut to Faith's face. "Du gehörst in eine Irrenanstalt, du blöder Mistkerl!" She yelled, having picked up a bit of German from Mercy.

For the third time, Faith felt that twitch. But this time, it was less of a twitch and more of instinct; this girl, Alice, had probably lived all her life, plagued by visions of the future, betraying her endlessly. Faith knew she wouldn't take kindly to such direct and probing questioning, but she had to try, such as the nature of experiments. The twitch more prominent, more violent, more aggressive than the others, reflecting her own thoughts. She could see Alice tense up.

But unlike the other times, she was prepared.

As she tightened her fist, Faith braced. And as said fist swung, she darted forward, taking the girl in an embrace. If anyone had been watching her since arrival, they might have thought she had some kind of fascination with hugging every girl that crossed her path, but she would disagree.
"It's okay, Alice." she whispered, wrapping her arms around her, if briefly, before spinning around her to face Ice, "Now you, Isaiah, lemme know when you wanna tell me about the boy you like~! And you Alice, come to me if you wanna train your eye; if we have to fight a Carnage Sister every time we want a new floor, it could be useful~"

At that point, Alice gave up once again, but this time with Faith. So she walked away from the other two, but instead went back to her room.

Ice stared at this interaction, now more worried that Alice would blow her top before he could. The girl kept talking even more about outlandish things and Ice was hurriedly grabbing for the weapon slipped into his waistband as Faith grew closer to his friend. Before he could do anything though, Alice tried to uppercut the fairy... and missed? Faith had moved to hug the girl which overall would have freaked Ice out. Alice had started walking away and Ice was going to call after her, but was interrupted by the fairy ruella again.

The Blood Donor took a second to process what she said, focusing more on Alice instead. Once she turned the corner, Ice pointed at Faith, "You stay away from me- And Alice! Or I'll come after you." He gave her a glare that made the devil shiver before shivering himself and stomping into the Diner.

Faith stood, letting him go ahead towards the diner, pausing for a moment to take in his comment.
"That wont do, y'know. It's not nice to threaten people, especially not when the person is more powerful than you." she took a step behind him, following him to the door, before placing a hand gently onto his shoulder, one that could easily be shrugged off, "Maaaaayyyyyyybe you didn't notice, but I am trying to help~! Davis is more powerful than all of us, y'know... The Exodus of Time would be a great asset in beating that Warlock when the time comes~" she chirruped, slightly distantly, before following him into the Diner.

"HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO everyone~!" she exclaimed, rather loudly, into the room, clearly announcing her presence to everyone.

Ice did in fact shrug her hand off, looking over his shoulder to meet her eyes, "He may be strong, but if he can die, then I'll kill him." With that, he quickened his pace so he wouldn't be associated with her, the bloody nymph.

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

Aleecia was feeling a little sheepish after her display of despair. With a huff, she had managed to dry all her tears and ask Ellie if she would kindly help her get some food. Felix was happy to oblige, piling her plate high with eggs and pancakes galore. After finishing what she could, suddenly a thought came to her

“Oh! Since I haven’t been around the second floor, do either of you want to come explore with me? I might want my cane though...” She pondered, her head leaning on her fist.

Ellie jumped up to give Aleecia a hand.”Oh I can help guide you around.” She offered a hand to the Blind girl.” I’ll make sure to walk slowly so you don’t bump into anything or knock anything over.” Ellie put a hand onto Aleecia’s wrist making sure to move slowly and not startle her.

“I’d really rather just use my cane...”

With a mouth full of pancakes that mysteriously disappeared from Aleecia’s plate, Felix looked up to the two in front of them with satisfied eyes, barely able to talk through the pancake. “Gesh wew’ll haf to go and ket it then (Guess we’ll have to go and get it then).”

“Oh you have a cane?” Ellie asked, she then agreed with Felix understanding his full mouth.” Well we should go and get it, if it can help you get around better. Also Felix don’t speak with your mouth full, you can choke that way.”

“You’ll come then?” Aleecia smiled widely, before standing up and humming a little, “What are we waiting for then?”

Felix looked at Ellie with a bit of a blank look before swallowing, and giving her a smile. “Ladies first.” He signaled his arm towards the exit, and smoothly slipped it behind his back to snag another pancake.

Ellie decided to lead the way, hoping that Aleecia wouldn’t get lost or wander off and go the wrong way, she didn’t know if the girl knew of her surroundings and had them perfectly memorized or if anything changed for her during her time away, as she wondered about Aleecia’s experience with the hospital, she didn’t really think about where she was walking.

She should’ve though, as it could have prevented a very uncomfortable situation for the Infinite Biomechanic.

“Wha-” His voice was muffled briefly by Ellie’s collision, and Thomas fell to the ground. Someone of Ellie’s size walking into someone as small as Thomas, he never stood a chance. “Jesus” Thomas stopped and looked up at his assailant, seeing it was Ellie. He stopped himself and took a breath before continuing. “Oh. It’s you.”
Seeing that she knocked down Thomas, Ellie quickly kneeled down to his level trying to give the boy a hand.” Thomas, I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to knock you over, it was my fault, I apologize.” She pressed her lips against his forehead.” I’m sorry again, I was was just distracted and I should have been paying attention to where I was walking.” She patted him on the head and tussled his blue hair.

”It’s fine.” Thomas replied, his voice assuming a hint of annoyance. But he wasn’t entirely annoyed. It was comforting to see Ellie, something that was familiar in this new killing game. In fact, Thomas would be far less annoyed and a little more comforted if Ellie could learn to keep her hands to herself.

Thomas scowled, his neutral expression melting away. The way he acted around Ellie was noticeably different than with the other Infinites, especially his countenance. He seemed less like the Infinite Biomechanic and more like a sixteen year old boy. Perhaps it was the charm of Ellie—she was the infinite caretaker—or maybe she reminded Thomas of a parental figure. Whatever it was, it seemed to have been able to calm Thomas down after his outburst with Max.

Thomas raised his right hand to Ellie’s forehead and prevented her from kissing him with a light shove “I said it was fine.” he exclaimed, lowering his right hand and bringing up his left to counteract Ellie’s advances. His face returned to a more characteristic mien, or more accurately lack thereof.

When he rejected her forehead kiss, or tried to, Ellie looked at the young boy and = asked.” What’s wrong Thomas?” She kept her distance from him to give him the space he needed.”Did someone say something to you and upset you?” She questioned him.” Do I need to have a stern talking to with somebody?” She sounded more serious than she usually did and felt a little more defensive of the boy, she could explain why she did, but she wanted to make sure he was okay.

While this ordeal happened, Aleecia bent over since she heard voices on the floor and tilted her head, “Ellie? Did you run into someone?” As always, her need to peek open her eyes slipped over her involuntarily and she took a peek. But the hospital walls were really too bright for the Dice Master’s poor eyes. The boy sounded younger than she was, which automatically made her think of Shaun and she shuddered.

But it would be awfully rude to judge a person because of something like that! With a voice much more peppy than she actually was, Aleecia smiled and put out a hand, “Hi there! I don’t believe we’ve met, at least it doesn’t sound like we have. I’m Aleecia Mavric! A pleasure!” Her hand was turned towards Thomas’s voice, but it was more around the top of his head then near his own hand.

Thomas stopped for a moment to ponder Ellie’s question. Everything was fine, it wasn’t exactly like Max had wronged him in any real way… but his thoughts kept running back to Max’s scolding. His eyes narrowed as he thought, betraying his displeasure, and he settled on the words he would use. “I am fine… ” the pause here was drawn out “but I need you to do me a favour.”

Thomas leaned in next to Ellie’s ear “You know the Infinite Police Officer? Keep an eye on him.” he whispered, crudely enough so that the infinites around him could just barely make out what he was saying.

Thomas turned away from Ellie and towards Aleecia, who he had completely ignored at the point. While she was speaking, he himself was speaking to Ellie about Max, and thus had completely missed what she said. He looked up at her hand and once again paused for a moment, staring up at her hand, before her greeting dawned on him. Although Thomas had seen Aleecia’s cane already, he didn’t quite recognize that she was blind yet. He didn’t even show any outward signs of unamusement, but it didn’t take a genius to figure out that he was just that: unamused.

“You must be the Infinite Dice Master, nice to meet you. I’m Thomas” he said, as courteously as he could be. He reached out to shake her hand, but he had to angle his arm awkwardly so that it was bent in an L shape in order for him to achieve said hand shaking — due to her hands location. While doing this, his eyes resolved her physical features… which were entirely unremarkable to Thomas.

Ellie listened to Thomas’ words closely and didn’t think Max would be rude to Thomas, as he and Aleecia shook hands, Ellie waited for the handshake to be done before picking the boy up off the floor and to his feet, she then brushed off his back for him.

Her eyebrows furrowed a little bit, she really didn’t like anyone bringing up her talent. “Well then, hello Thomas!” Her extra pep continued as she smiled. When hearing the sound of moving, Aleecia took a step back to get out of the way, only for her legs to feel too weak to support her weight coming back up. With a gasp she slipped and fell unceremoniously on her tush. A blush rose to her cheeks as she fumbled with her cane.

Once Thomas was taken care of, Ellie looked over her shoulder and noticed Aleecia fall over, Ellie decided to give Aleecia a hand and pick up the blind girl in her arms and was surprised by how light she was before putting her onto her own two feet.

Aleecia muttered an excuse me and thanked Ellie, her head drooped down to hide her red cheeks. “I’m a bit clumsy, if you can’t tell...” She murmured, giving indication to Thomas that this might happen a lot in the future.

Oh. The girl was blind, at least to some extent. In hindsight, Thomas should have figured it out earlier, but he had other issues on his mind. The makeshift cane should have been a giveaway instantly. Thomas couldn’t keep making misjudgements like this, he couldn’t get tied up on these little things. Perhaps it didn’t matter that it took a minute for him to notice a disability, but in a life or death situation his ignorance could’ve killed him. It already caused a conflict once today.

Her blindness would explain a little bit at least, like her hands awkward positioning, but it actually opened up more questions regarding Aleecia Marvic. For example, how could someone who couldn’t even see be regarded as an infinite talent in a field that was so attuned to visual cues. Well, Thomas has never actually met someone who was blind before. He didn’t really know much about their coping mechanisms or how they handled the complexions of their disabilities. In fact, now that he thought about it, knowing how a blind person handled movement without seeing could be both fascinating and useful.

Thomas took a breath and looked at Aleecia. He looked like he was going to say something, but then didn’t. Although he had believed Aleecia was blind, he was certain she was, there was still the small chance he was wrong about his assumption. So just to be sure, decided to preface one question with another:

“So… your eyes. They don’t work?” Whether it was better than just assuming she was blind, that’s up to interpretation.

“Thomas!” Ellie called his name.” Be a little more sensitive and think before you speak. But yes she is visually impaired.”

Aleecia gave a nervous smile, “Um yeah, I haven’t been able to see since I was 12... So at least I can sort of guess what you look like? I imagine that Ellie here is very attractive at least.” It seemed as though her cheeks would be permanently pink by the way they glowed.

A sense of discovery washed over Thomas, and his eyes lit up like lightbulbs. Although he was very good at learning, his curriculum was a little rushed. Even before he was an infinite his learning was largely streamlined; nor did he come into contact with many different types of people. There must be so many fascinating things about the sightless, and a sightless infinite no less.

“How does it work? Can you tell what’s going on around you at all? Do you always need something or someone around you?” he queried, reaching into his pocket for his notebook while he asked.

Luckily, these were much easier questions to answer then what she had imagined, “I can tell how bright it is in the room, which can sting, but that’s as far as my sight goes. I’d rather have the lights off if anything. For talking to people, I can generally tell the direction they are standing and guess their height based on their voice.” She put switched the cane into her other hand, “The cane helps me figure out what’s in front of me, but usually I like to keep closer to the walls when walking around.” A slightly annoyed expression slipped over her face at the last question, “I don’t need much help, the only real problems I have is when having to use my E-Handbook or something happens with Monokuma and the Carnage Sisters, though Nariko helps with that.” Aleecia’s face brightened a little as she spoke of the robot. “Anything else?”

Thomas flipped his book to the seventy sixth page and began writing. His hand dashed across the page like a sprinter running back and forth on a track while Aleecia spoke. Thomas had expected something a little more.... explanatory , but what Aleecia had told him was still very interesting. He would have loved to stay and ask more questions too, but her last answer reminded him of one of the things he had wanted to finish today.

“Carnage- I just remembered, I have to go meet one of the infinites.” Thomas claimed, clasping his hands together quickly. “Listen, it was a pleasure Dice Master. Let’s continue this another time.” he said, somewhat apologetically. He began to walk away, and as he took the first steps he put the notebook back in his pocket hastily, without closing it. Visible to anyone with sight, just at the top, was four words and two numbers.

“The Infinite Dice Master - 7 - 6”

Ellie thought it was nice of Aleecia to say that she was attractive, she knew that the dice master couldn’t see her, but she thought it was a sweet thing of her to say, after Aleecia told Thomas of her situation and how she became blind, or rather when. Thomas soon started to ask her some questions and Aleecia answered them as he scribbled into his notebook, but almost as quickly as he began, he stopped, he then mentioned he needed to meet one of the others and before he left.

Ellie gave him a hug from behind and whispered to him.” I’ll talk to Max.” Then let go of him. She then turned back to Aleecia.” Now Aleecia what were doing again?” She asked her, she put a finger on her chin trying to remember.” I’m struggling to remember.”

“Going to check out the second floor. I was hoping you could describe the rooms for me and I could get a feel for them.” Aleecia could tell Thomas was doing something with his hands before he left, but she decided not try and reason out what he was doing. She already had a bit of a headache. Aleecia had given a little wave as a goodbye and had turned to where she remembered Ellie’s voice being. “Do you still want to come?”

“ Sure Aleecia.” She smiled.” It’s my job to give people aid, why wouldn’t I Allie?”

“Oh um... Sorry. Let’s go then!” The girl smiled and held out a hand. Taking Ellie’s hand in hers, she started going towards the way they came.

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

Ice had never gotten around to checking out the different facilities in the Hospital Wing, so he took his time to look through the different rooms on the first floor. Partly because he wanted to double check if there was anything of use to him, but mostly because his earlier resolve was slightly fading. The post had stationary, which would be good maybe good in the future, but even better was the intercom. Ice had completely forgotten about how Caora had used it before and would take it into consideration. It was certainly a great instrument to create the perfect alibi.

The Physiology Ward looked like it would interest anyone that did anything athletic like maybe Felix, but Ice couldn’t find anything he could use it for. There were weights, that could be used as weapon, but some had too much rubber to be used in Calvin’s forge. Besides the crematorium, the offices were probably the most snoop worthy, but Ice would have to get back to that room at a later date, his brain was already exhausted and he didn’t need to stare at small text for a long period of time. Plus, in reality, Ice was terrible with computers.

There wasn’t anything else to peruse, so Ice heading over to the crematorium. A sign was placed on the front labeled “KEEP OUT SICKIES” in a cutsie font that was far too out of place here, so much so that Ice shivered. The complete white of the room was getting to him, spilled blood here would be an ugly mess.

Hardening his resolve, the Blood Donor came up to the door and tried the handle. It was locked, obviously. This was of course why Calvin had needed her E-Handbook, in order to get inside. Ice knew that he was going to lose any element of surprise and sighed, before his earlier mood struck him. How about having a little heart-to-heart with a robot’s metallic pithy core?

Ice gave a sturdy knock with the back of his hand, leaning against the doorway.

Ice's rhythmic knocking filled the quiet air with an echo, if only briefly. Ice hadn't noticed it until now, but it was deathly quiet. He could actually hear the sound of blood running through the vessels around his ears. It was a high pitched buzzing sound, and it made him uneasy. Most people would have stopped to wonder what they were doing off on their own. Lonely people made ideal victims after all. But Ice caught something in the corner of his eye. When the blood donor turned around, he could see Alexandria standing there with her spear, unmoving. If it weren't for her glowing blue eyes, he might of thought she was powered off.

“So... Uh, Salutations.” Had Ice thought this through? No way. Was he going to keep going? Oak postal. He brought his right hand up to scratch at his suddenly, oh so itchy neck. “I was wondering if you’d be willing to open up the crematorium for me? Oh wait, scratch that. Can I see your room? I just wanted to check something, and um...” Again, the silence screamed out in between them, “Calvin says you really spruced up the place with your decorations.”

The robot giggled and placed a hand on it's stomach. Alexandria was moving again. Perhaps not as smooth as a human, but more than she previously was. “You're so adorable when you try to fib! I can see and hear and smell you from the hidden cameras.” The sister stopped herself. “Waaah, Okay, maybe not smell. That's a blessing though. I don't think I'd enjoy booping people if I could smell them. Ugh!” she giggled again. “But the point still stands, Ice cream. You either lied or my memory got wiped out, and we're too far along for an amnesia sub plot!”

A chill ran through him. His flattery had gotten him nowhere except even more at the mercy of the robotic girl. Ice had thought that if he could sweet talk her with Calvin, maybe he could push past, and yet... It was all for not. “I see.” He wiped the worried look off his face while brushing his bangs out of his eyes. “I guess I’d better stop my tongue from spinning lies then, you’re too smart for them to work anyway.” He stepped off of the wall so that he wasn’t leaning anymore, “But my request still stands, I’d like to check out the room.” Ice would have rather crossed his arms, but he couldn’t really do that as he was now. “I’d love to take a snippet of your time to ask a few questions as well.” A bead of sweat slipped down the back of his neck.

“I'm sorry ice cream, but I'm not the kind of robot that's willing to let any girl into her room. I have standards! Besides, I know you can't make-” Her eyes started to cross. “M-m-m-make-” Her eyes were rolling around so fast and in so many different directions, no human could possibly do it. “M-m-mm-m-u-u-u-u-UPGRADES!” Her hand flew over her mouth. “I'm sorry ice cream, that was a very indecent thing for your nurse say. But you were fooling around with Rika earlier, so I guess it's okay.” She twirled her spear before resting it on her shoulders. “But I would be happy to answer any questions you might have.”

Ice was going to have to ignore the name calling if he wanted to stay calm and collected. It seemed as though the robot gave everyone a nickname, and he was no different. When she started getting out of control, it was a good thing that Ice had his feet planted. Alexandria was far too unpredictable and that terrified him. It was funny, the way that she made his veins run ice cold but not in the same way he came upon his standard nickname.

All of a sudden, the Blood Donor remembered what had happened earlier and his face turned a deep maroon, “T-That- That was... I didn’t me-” He couldn’t help flashing back to that moment and his face went an even darker red. He tried to cover it, so that his enemy couldn’t see his overwhelming embarrassment. It was too bad he wouldn’t be able to peer inside the crematorium, maybe he would really have to ask Calvin, if he could do so without them getting into a shouting match.

With a sigh, the man walked over to one of the seats in the waiting area and put held his head up with his arm against the headrest. “Well, not to put you in the hot seat or anything but... Both Monokuma and you sisters can see everything through hidden cameras at all times? Or rather, do you have to check in someplace?”

“Unless the night of carnage is going, we can more or less see everything.” She shrugged. “Though we aren't supposed to interfere too much. We could have saved Mondatta, but then there wouldn't have been a case. Which goes against our rules. ” Alexandria pointed at Ice's hand. “By the way, do you need help with that? It looks like a pretty big ouchy, and I am a nurse.”

So they could see everything that happened, and they could probably see everything too. That meant no surprise attacks, which Ice pretty much knew already. And they couldn’t intervene during a murder, that was a strong point to remember too. When the robot motioned to his hand, he stiffened. That was quite the question. Should Ice go ahead and let them look at his hand, when they were the reason all of this had happened? Would it look weak to accept her help? But he didn’t want to offend her by not letting her do her job either...

“Could you? I wouldn’t think you sisters would help unless it was life-threatening.” Obviously Ice wasn’t the type to ask for help directly, but he sure as hell needed it. Plus, if he could be in the fight against the next chassis, he was all for it.

The robot folded her spear in half and tucked it inside her nurse's outfit. “Alright, Let's take a look at that boo-boo.” Alexandria approached Ice and took his hand in her own. She felt pretty cold, but it wasn't any more unpleasant than leaving his hand like that. “Yea, that's a pretty bad ouchie, I'll take care of it. ” Alexandria pulled out some sturdy tongue depressors and placed them along the back of Ice's fingers. She then started to wrap each finger individually in bandages. “So why did you really want to go into my room huh?”

Sharp pangs and tremors of pain ran through Ice’s hand as she did so. Not because she wasn’t gentle, only because of how damaged the hand had gotten. Ice watched her wordlessly, handing over the sling he had found as well so she could tie it. The Blood Donor didn’t have the three hands needed to fix it, let alone two working ones.

Ice tried his best not to look shaken by the robot’s question. “I wanted to know the inner workings of the crematorium and how Calvin is able to use it as a forge. Plus...” It seemed he couldn’t hold himself back, “What does monokuma do with the cadavers after the trial and execution?” He sounded both desperate and calm, angry and pitiful, a weird range of emotion all bundled up into one glance.

While Alexandria was always smiling, Ice could feel like his question really made her day. “Oh, you don't need to know that. It's all kinds of yucky!” The nurse had finished wrapping his fingers, and was now wrapping his entire hand. It was starting to look like a giant snowball. “But I definitely wouldn't want any sickies in my room, save Calvy poo. But you don't have to worry about that. It's probably best if you don't think about it. Corpses are actually kinda gross.” Alexandria cut the bandage at his hand and started to wrap it around his arm and torso. She seemed to be making a cloth sling.

Ice stared at the space in between him and the robot, trying to come to terms with this. He wanted- he needed closure. So how the hell was he going to get it with that? All this made him want to curse at Monokuma or, better yet, Davis. That Quack needed to pay for not letting him kill the snake before he could give himself such a quick ending. “What... Do you like about him so much? His face?” Ice was being a little blunter, then he probably should’ve been, but he was trying to tear his mind away from last night.

“He's a metalworker! Who else would be friends with a bunch of robots?” she giggled.

Ice couldn’t help but remember this morning when he had witnessed Aleecia in Nariko’s lap. “You mean you like his upgrades, right?” It didn’t seem like Calvin and Alexandria had anything like what Nariko and Aleecia had. Well, there was also the relationship only being one-sided at best.

“I like h-h-his?” Steam shot out of the robot's ears. “H-he has okay looking upgrades, sure.” Alexandria stepped away from ice. “For you to come out and say it like that though, I didn't know you were that, um, direct?” Alexandria turned around. “A-anyway, I suppose he's a nice boy too. He doesn't look under a woman's clothes or ask them who's upgrades they like best. Hmph!” Alexandria started to quickly tiptoe away. Her outfit clung too tightly to her legs for her to walk normally. “So indecent, so indecent!” she repeated like a mantra as she walked away from ice.

That wasn’t exactly the reaction Ice was expecting to get. There had been something weird when she had brought it up in the first place, but was ‘upgrades’ some kind of euphemism or something? Whatever it was, Ice had lost his chance to ask more questions and he couldn’t help cursing under his breath. Operation honeypot hadn’t worked at all, and not even because he was awkward and not good at socializing.
It was that walkman Ruella’s fault, all of it! He could have explained away the euphemism, but after the stunt Rika pulled... Ice sat there with his face in his hand for a while. How was he supposed to get information and pray tell how was he supposed to keep everyone safe?! This screw loose, metal pinata was head over popsicles for Calvin, and that could not end well. Her happy-go-lucky personality made him feel like he was trying to maneuver a maze of spikes.

The best thing to do would be to keep an eye on the metalworker. Nariko would hopefully do something to protect Allie and that Ruella would surely help. His headache blurred his vision for a second and he punched the armrest. Blimey, he needed to get one of those candies he’d gotten from Calvin. Grab a sweet and then go find the boy, that was the Blood Donor’s plan.

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

While it would have been much more preferable to head out in front leading the group, Aleecia ended up walking along in between Rika and Calvin a step or two behind, not knowing exactly where to go. Nariko had disappeared at one point, and while that made Aleecia feel sad, it probably would just make everyone else feel uncomfortable to have her around for now. The robot didn't seem to want to cause harm, but she didn't really have a choice, so there wasn't much of a chance of anyone else trusting her besides the Infinite Dice Master.

As they walked, Calvin was nice enough to explain what was in hospital wing on the second floor, but didn't get as far as to say the resort half before they came upon the Diner. His voice trailed off and Aleecia could hear voices coming from inside. Stepping forward, Aleecia felt for the door and pushed it open. There seemed to be a group of Infinites talking in one direction, but she could tell there were other people eating quietly in the room.

With the thought of this, Aleecia remembered her complete lack of socializing over her time stuck in this game. After what had happened with Shona, the blind girl had become completely dejected. What had really happened? There had been so many sounds and cries, and while Aleecia had gone out to save Calvin, that night had come with the realization that she couldn't do anything. She had only been able to stand there, not even able to watch in horror. Her insides had chilled and her heart hurt. Instead of mourning with the others, she mourned in her room.

If there was any silver lining to staying away from everyone, it was that her relationship with Ice grew. He'd come to check on her every once in a while, admitting that he wasn't exactly ready to face the others either. Ice had shared companionable silence with her and they had helped each other out if one of them felt nauseous or sick. So Aleecia's friend count had gone up a notch, which kept her loneliness from resurfacing.

The trial had taken everything out of her. She did her best to follow along with what everyone was saying, and had even added in important theories every now and again, but she was strained and in pain. Something was hurting in her head much worse than any pain she had felt in years. She had barely kept herself from trembling and grabbing at her head, but after the trial, she just couldn't take it anymore. Everything else had been a blur. The sound of Ice's worried exclamations, suddenly waking up in a pod to hear Krista and some other girl she didn't know. The two had frightened her, but luckily Ice had been there to calm her down. It was nice to know that the people she had met before still wanted anything to do with her... But what about the supposed new people?

Sure, Aleecia had taken glances at them during at the Court of Carnage, and they must have taken notice of her, but she had interacted with them. And after finding out that one of the newer Infinites had been the first blackened.

Aleecia broke out into a cold sweat, but slowly put one foot in front of the other. The voices of the group sounded familiar, was that Mary? But she was also... She sounded like she was crying. Would it be okay to intervene? Aleecia held her hand out until she felt a chair and took a seat. Just take a second, a minute, an hour. Get your head around your problems and push them away.

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Ice had never been the social chardonai. He was always working or... pretty much anything and everything except making friends and having a social life. His time at the hospital was normally spent reading books he had checked out from the nearby public library, but only now did Ice wish he had bought a few so that they would have arrived in this game along with his other belongings. His time spent with others had gone up exponentially and... Now they all knew more about him then anyone bloody should. Honestly, all this yammering and trying had left the poor Blood Donor exhausted.

Which was why he was grateful to be by himself as he arrived at the ER. No one really went to the hospital wing on the first floor except for Calvin to go to the crematorium. With the knowledge that he wouldn't be running into anyone, Ice went searching for some kind of sling. After a bit of time, the Blood Donor found what he was looking for, but there wasn't much that could be done about a cast. Ice would have to venture around the hospital facilities later on, maybe even have to wait for a new floor to open before he could get proper medical treatment.

But to open a new floor... Was Ice even in any condition to try and fight another Carnage Sister Chassis? With this busted hand of his, he'd be much slower in a fight, when he was already so much slower than the sisters normally. How could he help, how could he not be some bloodied burden?

Ice walked out into the hospital hallway and tried to stop the tremors flowing through his body, the back of his skull hurt from resisting his memories. Now was not the time to go off the deep end, and he sure as hell wasn't going to. Ice breathed heavily as he leaned against the ER's wall for what felt like hours. Think of Aleecia, Krista, god even Rika, anyone to keep him from thinking of his siblings or that retched snake.

With a strained sigh, Ice brushed the bangs out of his eyes and started moving to exit the resort, when he spied another door. One that he had never wanted to venture into. There hadn't been much time to fully examine it before, but what about now? It would surely distract him and if she came... Then he wouldn't have to play nicecites like he had to with everyone else. His face quirked in a small sarcastic grin. So what would she do?

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

Calvin stepped out of the crematorium, his face pale as ash. As he moved through Axis Mundi, he tried to still his mind, though little came of it. It wasn’t until he found himself in front of the POD room that his feet - and thoughts - came to a halt. He gingerly pushed the door open, taking a deep breath as he did so.

Even though he knew Aleecia would be in the room, there was still something surprising about seeing her there, surrounded by Nariko and Rika. For half a moment, he felt as he had when the game had started. Back then, he had had no idea what was to come. He felt his shoulder clench up as he looked at the two infinites. “I’m... glad you guys are alright.” He took a step towards them, before stopping himself. “I mean, are you alright? What’s it been like?” He turned to Rika, but his eyes passed over Aleecia with more than a glimmer of concern.

Aleecia had been rather enjoying herself after waking up. She hadn’t left the room and re-entered the killing game yet, or at least, that’s the way she thought of it. Her time with the robot and Firebug had been quite enjoyable, even if Ice had apparently had a bad time. As the door opened, Aleecia brought her head up, her eyes still closed and listened to try to figure out who the new arrival was. She hadn’t been able to properly categorize the different footsteps of the Infinites here, so her eyebrows furrowed in concentration as she tried to place them.

When she heard the voice, she smiled, “Oh! Hi Calvin, how are you? It’s been awhile, I do hope that you are doing better after... That night. Oh, me? I’m well!” Her smile grew brighter, “Better than ever before, actually.” She walked closer to where Calvin was standing, she reached out a hand to grasp his.

Calvin breathed a sigh of relief at Aleecia’s smile and reassuring words. He nodded, then realized the futility of the gesture. “I wish I could say the same. I’m. I’m getting there.” Something about seeing these two infinites again made Calvin wilt a little. He had though, hoped that something might change. But here they were. In the same building with the same infinites, and they seemed to have learned nothing. He was glad Aleecia couldn’t see his face, though he was intensely aware of Rika and Nariko’s presence. As she approached, she offered a hand. Calvin removed a gauntlet and took it, squeezing slightly. “You were supposed to get out of here.”

“That may be true, but now that I am here, I’ll be able to support you all, right? So I’ll just leave it up to fate, because I don’t want to believe that anyone here has it in them to kill.” She brought her head down, mulling over different experiences and scenarios in her head, “And... A-And if I do die... I’ll know that I’ve at least touched someone’s life, right?” A small tear slipped down her cheek as she thought of the people who had died for them, and the people who had felt the desperation to escape. Mondatta had been kind and caring, and Shona had been an entire world above her. If she could just make a difference, that was what she wanted. Something better than standing at the sidelines, something better than just doing what she’s told and awarding people with ulterior motives.

After Aleecia spoke about how if she were to die she’d still touch someone here and her memory would live on with them, Rika let out a soft bletch away from her blind friend. The smell of Bliss’ bacon emerged from her mouth and filled the air near her, once she wiped her mouth with her hand she pressed the play button on her recorder.”Excuse me!” The very moment that Aleecia had a tear slide down her face, Rika went to hug her in a tight hug wiping away her tear as she squeezed her tight.

Nariko, dressed again, also wandered up to Aleecia and hugged her for no particular reason. ”Without love, dying is the only thing that can give souls like ours meaning.”

“Robot!” Rika’s tape played.” Machine, cold uncaring.” It continued. As the robot joined the hug, Rika turned to the machine disliking how she joined the hug and speaking about love, she stared at the machine with her good eye glaring at her, she felt the robot woman’s cold steel press against her skin, the new hug felt uncomfortable with the third wheel added into it and if Nariko didn’t have one of her arms around Rika too, she’d let go.

Calvin stayed a few steps away. He wanted to join them, hold them close and assure them things would be alright. But he couldn’t. Something about the way Aleecia spoke put him on edge. “But they can. And they have, Aleecia.” He looked at the group intently. “Living through this is the only thing that matters here. We can take care of each other, but nothing is worth your life. Or any of ours.” He was sick of martyrs. If he was responsible for any more, he wasn’t sure what he would do.

“ Take care of.” Rika’s recorder spoke up.” Rika will.” She played it again.” Rika will take care of, Friend.”

As the two girls surrounded her, Aleecia’s eyes peeked open, before she smiled again. She nudged her head against Nariko’s and patted Rika’s arm with her other hand. As Calvin spoke up, her eyebrows furrowed again. Really, Aleecia had never done much in her life meaningful, which is the reason she was so ready to be a martyr. The girl bit her lip, trying to keep more tears from falling, trying to focus on both the reality of this killing game and the girls’ embrace at the same time. “Okay,” She smiled at the sound of Rika’s recorder, “And I’ll take care of you, Friend.”

”If your heart is filled with love, it will yearn for nothing..” Nariko’s eyes closed with a click. ”But my body will always be cold and hollow.”

With the robot’s words, Aleecia let go of Calvin’s hand to wrap her arm around the robot’s waist and give it a squeeze. But before the girl could say anything else, a loud howl of outrage echoed throughout the room, seemingly coming from the poor Dice Master’s stomach. “So... Anyone hungry?”

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

After having enjoyed his breakfast and having had that rather long conversation with Noel, Ice washed off his dishes and thanked Bliss for her amazing cooking with a nod. He left the dining hall before he could be caught by another Infinite, thinking that cooling his head off might be a good idea. His face still heated up every now and again over his new found trauma, and he tried to think of anything else... Well, almost anything else. While Ice started down the hall, he felt something graze his neck and he jumped, reaching to touch the weapon hidden in his waistband. After a moment of silence, he reached up and felt that it was another loosened bandage that had fallen onto his shoulder again. Sighing, Ice thought over his options. He could go back up to the POD room and go ask that witch for forgiveness and plead for help, or he could find wherever Mercy had run off too. With the latter option seeming much more approachable, Ice set out in search of Mercy.

The problem was, of course, Ice had no clue where she was. The one time he had asked her for a favor, he had found the Plague Doctor in her room. Now he was having a much harder time with her door being completely unresponsive. As he continued searching around the second floor, he passed by the dining hall again and peeked in, just to make sure he hadn't missed her going in. At a loss, he continued traveling the halls, hoping that at some point today he might get an afternoon nap for his headache... but more preferably a morning one.

After her situation with Max, Ellie placed her journal in a different place than her back pocket feeling as if it was in an exposed place, she held the small leather bound tome in her hands as she walked wondering where she could place it, various thoughts of where she could put it filled her head but none of them seemed like good ideas to her, most of them felt like they would be more suspicious than anything, the mature woman sighed before hugging the book close to her chest and getting an idea, she knew the perfect place to put it, but she couldn't do it right in the middle of the hallway, she looked down to her feet before bumping her breast into someone.

Ice exhaled a curse as something came in contact with the makeshift sling Ice had made from his hospital gown. When his eyes met a woman with blue hair that he had never seen before. He knew that there were new Infinites coming in, but this one seemed to have... more assets then he had ever seen before. His gaze couldn't help but glance down at what had bumped into his poor hand. "Knockers... Uh- Hi?" While the Donor may have been a thug at one point, he did not engage with the red light district part of that world. The most he had ever thought about his kind of thing resolved around having a wife at some point, so he felt like a deer in headlights. He glanced back up at her face, "I'm Isaiah, but everyone calls me Ice." He tried to keep his face neutral, but it was super red and he couldn't help but glance down again.

When Ellie's eyes met with the person she so rudely bumped into, she noticed that he was focused directly on her chest and instead of overreacting, she blushed and held her diary behind her back, she looked at the boy as he struggled with his words, calling her some slang word before shaping up and greeting her. Ellie waved to him repeating."Hi" to him, she put her diary her back pocket before realizing the boy was just staring at her not saying a word, she coughed right before he told her his name and nickname."Oh, I'm Emily, but most people call me Ellie for short." She got a bit closer to Ice."I'm sorry for bumping into you, you aren't hurt are you?" She asked pointing out his bandages."I take care of the disabled and the people who recovering from bad injuries."

Ice rubbed his head, upsetting and loosening his bandages even more, this was no way for a man to act. Gathering strength, he met her eyes and did his best not to let them wonder, "I'm fine-" the bandages finally gave up their last effort to stay on and fell around his shoulders. "I was uh, just going to see a quack about these, I can't do much with this blasted hand of mine." Ice wasn't the kind of person to ask for help even if he needed it, that had been true for most of his life. What with his siblings always relying on him, he had to be steadfast and strong, even if his body itself wasn't. "I know someone who could use your services though, she's a blind Infinite here called Aleecia Marvic."

Ellie shot Ice a look when he said he was fine then spoke about his hand and calling someone a name."Now Isaiah!" She glared at him."There is no need for name calling, especially when the person you're insulting isn't even here to defend themselves, what would your mother think of you doing such a thing?" She asked crossing her arms then sighing." I'll look over the rude insult to who ever you are insulting, but you should think before you go off spouting insults."

She then took a closer look at Ice leaning forwards looking at his bandages." Now I won't say my first aid skills are as good as the Infinite Doctor, but I can help you, now stay still." Ellie unwrapped some of the bandages slowly, then she began slowly wrapping Ice up the best she could. The moment she finished he was better off, but she did make a couple mistakes when she re-wrapped him up." Now Isaiah when you have something like this happen you should speak up about it instead of holding back and not telling anyone about it, what would you have done if this person you were going to go see was too busy for you or something happened to them?" She asked." You should be more vocal and not be afraid to ask for help."

At the sound of his birth name, Ice stiffened. It was true that he usually spoke his mind without a filter, but it was to keep people at a distance and he was all for that. When she spoke of his supposed 'mother' a humorless small smile slipped over his face, if only for a half second. He felt a wave of embarrassment come over him when the woman started fixing his bandages. He didn't think much when Mercy fixed them considering she was always wearing that almost creepy mask of hers. And the nurses at Axis Mundi... weren't so... voluptuous. Either way, Ice stayed silent through the entire ordeal. It kinda weirded him out that she kept calling him by his birth name, but nonetheless, he wasn't going to correct her on it. "Things usually resolve themselves either way." He reached to scratch the back of his neck again, but decided against it after Ellie had just fixed his bandages. He reached for a candy out of his pocket and plopped it into his mouth. Boy, was he getting a lot of sugar today.

When Ice put on a smile she gave him a warm smile back, when he told her that things usually fix themselves, Ellie's face twisted into a pout." Now Isaiah! Don't you go acting like some kind of tough guy, when you need help you will go and ask for it from whoever you can ask it from, we don't need someone dying because they thought their physical injury would just go away over night now." She told him in a stern voice." You boys nowadays all think you're invincible. Listen Ice, I don't want anyone to die here, or any more people dying here, Mason and Quill were enough for me, please just think about asking for help from anyone when you need it most." She softened her voice.

Ice slouched a little, barely noticeable to the untrained eye. Getting scolded like this was not normal for the Blood Donor, "Look Mumsy, I know you may think this is helping me, but I really can take care of myself..." As she brought up Mason and Quill, Ice stiffened again, his expression hard set. He had heard about their deaths even if he may have been catatonic during the video, "There's no way I'll let anyone else die." He straightened up and his fists clenched, "Now is there something-"

"Right, sorry to bother you, cya later!"

Before Ice could excuse himself, Mercy appeared from the zen garden, supprisingly by herself. "Oh, hello Ms. Emily! Ice!" The plague doctor spotted and walked up to the blood donor and caretaker, paying mind to move her mask aside.

"Miss Mercy, if you could..." Ice moved his left arm up, which was in a make shift sling and felt pain shoot up his nerves, it wasn't smart to move even the arm at the moment. "Could you give me a hand? I'm not sure if it's healing correctly..." The man felt flustered to say the least. Not only did he just get scolded by some voluptuous ruella, now he had to do the one thing he hated the most... ask for help. Being helpless was godawful, to say the least.

"Oh dear, why didn't I see that before?!" The plague doctor cupped a hand to her mouth, seeing the blood donor's arm in it's condition. Mercy gently grabed Ice's hand to check if it can still move. "Can you make a fist? Can you feel anything?" She asked, aware the second question was a bit stupid.

Ice sighed, "I've splinted some of the fingers that can't move well, though I think some of the swelling may come from being around the severely injured ones. I think there may be a few fractures but definitely one of the fingers is broken." He reached to unwrap the hand and it was not a pretty sight. Everything around his knuckles was swelling or bruised, lines of imprints that looked like a wrapped around chain were pushed into his skin. "I had the chain wrapped around my knuckles, and then fell on it..." He flinched a little as a bandage snagged on something. "Is there anything that can be done?" The makeshift sling fell to the ground, having nothing to stay attached to.

"You should keep your arm stablized, above your heart. For the swelling, ironically, you should put it on ice. Lastly, take it easy, I dont want you to get hurt any worse than this, alright?" Mercy explained, a look of concern on her face.

As the infinite doctor began looking at Ice's injuries, Ellie stared at the injury as well trying to see if she could pick up on something while she worked on Ice's hand, she wondered if it was worse than it looked and felt bad for the boy." Now Ice how come you didn't go to the doctor sooner?" She asked him.

Ice looked sheepish again, "I was busy..." He flinched again before trying to reach for the sling on the ground. "So... Do we have any actual medical equipment I could use? Like a sling or some kind of cast?" He really just wanted to take some pain killers and be done with it all. While he did want his injuries to heal, it was all such an annoying time consumer.

"I think we can get a sling from the ER." Mercy answered, grabbing the makeshift sling, and gave it to Ice. "Here you go, like I said, take it easy."

"That sounds like a good idea doctor. Ice, your physical health should come first, and Doctor how come you didn't come to his help sooner? Your group should be looking out for each other a little closer, especially when you have someone like Ice who's constantly hurt." She went off on the both of them.

"I'm not-" Ice was about to make another outburst when before stopping himself and sighing. There was no use, she was going to scold the two of them no matter what. It wasn't like Ice was looking to get himself injured it just... happened. With another annoyed sigh Ice straightened up.

"Thanks doc. And... have a good day Miss Ellie. I'll go check the ER out." Really Ice couldn't take much more of this woman, he really had never had someone try and tell him what to do like this, and he wasn't going to let anyone now, especially since he was already 29 years old. With another nod to the two women, he headed off to the first floor.

"Remember! Take it easy!" Mercy told Ice, before turning to Ellie. "By the way...." She held her chin, before pointing to the caretaker's "mountains".

"Plastic or natural?"

When the doctor just pointed to her and asked about plastic or natural, it didn't hit Ellie on what she was talking about." Um, excuse me?" one her brows cocked up." I don't understand."Then she understood what she was asking and she looked at Mercy a little more seriously."They have been natural since I was a teenager." she crossed her arms.

"Eh, never mind. Cya!" Before she could make Ellie mad, Mercy quickly left, acting like she didnt hear.

As Mercy ran off, Ellie called out to her."Wait! There's breakfast in the dining hall!" She called out to the doctor hoping she heard.