Atropos: “ATTENTION! It is now 10:00PM! Please return to your bedroom before 12:00AM as you are now under a two hour countdown before we enter the midnight phase!”

  Our watches would ding and present to us five new rules:

  …

  6: We shall make any new rules deemed necessary as the game continues.

  7: 7:00AM marks the beginning of the morning phase, 12:00PM marks the beginning of the noon phase, 5:00PM marks the beginning of the afternoon phase, 10:00PM marks the beginning of the evening phase, and 12:00AM marks the beginning of the midnight phase.

  8: If you are caught being outside your bedroom after 12:00AM, individual justice will be in order!

  9: 100+ mysterious perks have been hidden! Once one is discovered it can never be used against

  10: You must address Atropos as Miss from now on!(This rule is optional, sorry for the inconvenience - Clotho)

  …

  Well I’ll be damned, I hurried to my room after we heard the nighttime announcement, I didn’t exactly know what to expect from the others but I for sure wasn’t gonna stick around! I returned to my room and decided to actively investigate it now. There was a bathroom to the right, ordinarily plain with floor and wall tiles and a couple of towels, they seem to even know that I prefer foam soap and loofahs, I tested the shower out and found that they worked! So I took a nice, brisk, and hot shower! Oh boy if I could describe how good that was I would compare it to heaven! Now with a towel wrapped around my waist I searched for some clothes to sleep in… but that’s when I found it.

  Jac: “The hell are these?”

  I took out a dog and cat mask from my closet, they were hung up on hooks. These masks weren’t the usual comedy-like masks, they were completely 3D! You could open them up like face huggers or simply lift it over your head and put it on that way, but what made these masks bizarre is that they were made from these tiny plastic rods, kinda looked like fishing nets, and they were completely see through! The eyes were even tinted a certain color, despite the little tennis racket like holes, you could definitely see something through them. Alright enough of this, I hung the masks back up in my closet and got dressed as I approached the mattress… only to discover there was a painting above the entrance door I never saw before.

  Jac: “Mitra… and… Pushan.”

  Is what the painting was called, there was a man wearing gold like pants and necklaces, a hat that also seemingly looked like it was made of gold! And white horses underneath him, all the while he carried lotus flowers… Now what I found strange was that this painting listed two names, but I only saw one person… oh well, I’ll sleep on it and figure out what this all means in the morning.

  As I laid down on my mattress I started to think about each individual student:

  Jeremy Bcchus, the winemaker who can’t handle alcohol, he seemed laid back albeit a bit informal yet trying his best to prove that he belongs here.

  Makoto Izanagi, the ultimate butler who’s been masking his true feelings towards everyone, I doubt he’s as perfect as people think he is.

  Valentinia Yusuke, the ultimate fortune teller who’s intuition seems to actually be correct every now and then, I wonder why she’s so optimistic all the time, that self esteem is huge!

  Nina Hailstorm, the ultimate archer that acts like a little girl… actually I wouldn’t doubt she is and is simply hiding that fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that she hit me head on with a carrot I wouldn’t feel the need to be scared of her.

  Noir Badger, the ultimate lead miner that looks timid and shy, but you would be surprised about how outspoken she can be, and it’s really scary how we barely know how far she’ll take it.

  Kanji Hansteinson, the ultimate clown who’s always so angry and hostile towards us! A bit of an ass but he’s proven to be smart when he wants to help us.

  Penelope Von Yoshinaga, the ultimate entrepreneur that acts like a monarch that’s too good to be associated with peasants, hate that I have to work with her… but she’s proven to be a great ally and a horrible enemy.

  Shichiro Usui, the ultimate flutist who lost her flute, I wonder what she keeps in that notebook of hers? I actually wonder a lot about her, out of everyone I’ve gotten to know her the least… well besides the fact her and Avrom are apparently step siblings.

  Speaking of Avrom Priddy, the ultimate whistler who seems to still be child minded, he worries me… if he’s still trying to figure out how to live his life then that’s a liability I have to correct.

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  Cain Dawood, the ultimate influencer with cotton candy hair… he scares me.

  Oscar Murphy, the ultimate illusionist that I keep forgetting about, I don’t know how he does it but he always finds a way to get out of any situation he doesn’t want to engage in, maybe it’s an Irish thing? Nah that can’t be it.

  Abel Dawood, the ultimate economist who’s actually reclusive and introverted to an extent, but if you listen close enough… you can hear that hidden snark he’s building up behind the back of his tongue, wonder if his sunset dyed hair has anything to do with that?

  Juno Fischer, the ultimate boilermaker who no one dares to question, would it be wrong to claim she’s the mom of this class? She’s always strict, hard ass, and yelling at everyone, and for a boilermaker you’d expect her to be buff… you’d expect most of the students here to be buff, but nope! Their muscles are simply slightly toned and shaped around the edges.

  Lapti?a Virgo, the ultimate forensic scientist who’s quiet behind his surgical mask, can’t tell if his stutters are natural or if he’s just really nervous all the time, but I like Lappy, he’s cool, he’s nice, he’s not so bad to be around.

  Haru Kurokawa, the ultimate perjurer… why is that a talent? Why is she here? I have no idea! And she’s crazy! I don’t want her around me!

  Hikari Teruya, the ultimate pachinko player who’s oaths mean everything to him, I can tell his type though, he’s the kind of guy to say he’ll buy the toy his brother wants and will travel to the manufacturing company if there all sold out, he’s a good dude.

  Yoshiharu Hirotaru, the ultimate ping pong player who can flip between being stern to fun, she’s like my aunt! But why does she have glitter in her hair? … ugh I can’t get her breast out of my head, I usually don’t think like this so why am I now? I haven’t been into strong woman before… or maybe it’s because she’s a mix of comforting and stern… oh no what does this mean about me!

  Atropos: “ATTENTION! IT’S 12:00AM! TIME TO GO TO SLEEP MAGGOTS!”

  And that only leaves… Jak… hey Jak, I’m gonna sleep for a while…

  Jac: “…”

  Jak: “..”

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  ~Beep Beep Beep~

  I slapped my alarm clock off my nightstand as I rolled over on my mattress… it was 7 in the morning and I didn’t feel like getting up to confront the day since I was up all night.

  ~Bang Bang Bang~

  Cain: “Hey Jac! You up? Well if you aren’t then I’m coming in to wake you up anyways!”

  Oh shit! Oh shit! I hurried to the bathroom and turned the shower on.

  Cain: “Jac! Hey Jac! Oh you showering?”

  Jak: “Y-yeah! I am!”

  Cain: “Cool… alright I’ll just wait out here then, Hikari wants all of us at the dining room just so you know.”

  Hikari’s really trying to live up to his oaths huh? Now then how do I switch to Jac, I ain’t the best in group scenarios! Aw crud if only I was still sleepy, but since both Jac and I slept in during our kidnapping we both rejuvenated our energy, and while Jac investigated I got a few more hours till he dozed off during the trial, he took a power nap while I led the trial, then I went to take a power nap, and now we’re here! Welp no fighting it now, I prepared myself mentally and opened the bathroom door with my hair wetted.

  Jak: “Alright! So Hikari wants us in the dining room right?”

  Cain: “Yep! Now hurry up, you're the last one to wake up, come on let’s go!”

  Cain took my hand and quickly ran down the stairs, but was stopped by Lapti?a.

  Lapti?a: “…Weren’t we supposed to wake him up together at 8:30?”

  Cain’s expression went from anxious to now embarrassed.

  Cain: “O-oh did we now? I guess I must’ve forgotten huh?”

  Lapti?a: “We were told this at 7:50… it’s 7:56…”

  Cain: “Look I have the memory of a goldfish okay?”

  Lapti?a: “Where are you even taking him in the first place? Hikari wants us to meet at 9:00.”

  Cain: “Oh you know! … places!”

  Just then Cain would hurry me to his bedroom door, with Lapti?a following after.

  Lapti?a: “Hold on! Why are you running away from me!?”

  Soon I was in Cain’s room. It was pink, had a lot of lights, cameras, makeup, and fashion accessories, but I did a quick turn around to see if he had a painting as well… and behold he did!

  Jak: “Apollo huh?”

  Cain: “Huh? Oh yeah I don’t really know where these paintings come from, my brother has one too if you want to check it out.”

  Jak: “Nah I’m good, say do you also have a mask in your closet?”

  Cain: “A mask? Oh! I know what you mean, stay right here!”

  Cain would walk over to his closet as Lapti?a entered, and Cain presented a peacock mask.

  Cain: “Tada!”

  Lapti?a: “…How come you get a beautiful one and mine turns out to be a bull…”

  Jak: “You have a bull?”

  Lapti?a: “Yeah, and I’m guessing you have paintings too right?”

  Cain: “Yep!”

  Lapti?a: “Mine is of Khonsu…”

  Khonsu huh? Strange… however I didn’t have time to dwell on that for long as we all heard a knock at Cain’s door.

  Cain: “It’s unlocked!”

  Soon after Cain said that Oscar walked in.

  Oscar: “Oy, what the hell are you all doing in here? Yoshiharu wants us outside for some… stretches or whatever, she sent me to fetch you guys.”

  Cain raised his eyebrow.

  Cain: “Did she really send you? Or are you just here because you don’t want to get punished alone when you get caught.”

  Oscar: “I don’t know, but I’d prefer the former.”

  Lapti?a: “W-what do you mean you don’t know-“

  Oh yeah, Oscar really is good at staying silent and slipping away, he’s kinda invisible in any situation he wants to be.

  Cain: “Well then why the hell would we go if you ran away from it to begin with!”

  Oscar: “Because I’m afraid she’s going to find out I ran! I need an excuse!”

  Cain: “Don’t wrap us into this! I’m already on thin ice with Juno! If I get on thin ice with Yoshiharu I’m gonna die from emotional damage instead of physical!”

  Suddenly… we heard someone coming up the six stairs… was this it? Did Yoshiharu find us?

  Haru: “HEYO!! Your favorite sister is here!”

  Oh it’s just her.

  Lapti?a: “For the last time none of us are related to you…”

  Haru: “Um! Nuh uh! Whatever I say is factual! Anyways, are y’all also hiding from Yoshiharu’s morning exercises?”

  Oscar: “N-no! Why would we be doing that?”

  Haru: “Wow you’re a horrible liar Green Day… It’s not like I’m gonna snitch on you! I’m here to actually help you guys out, we can hide in the study room and jam the knobs to lock ourselves in and wait until the exercise hours are over, now come on what do we have to lose?”

  Oscar: “No! No, no, no! If we do that we’ll awaken the wrath of Yoshiharu and Juno! Come on, let's just get back and apologize profusely!”

  What to do? What to do? Hmmmm… what to do… Join Haru, or join Oscar?

  Jak: “…Lead the way Haru.”

  Haru: “YAHOO! Come on boys follow me.”

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