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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 20:06:27 GMT
"But Hawk didn't do anything either, Faye! I'm not letting him get away, I just can't do that!" Caitlin replied. "There's just... there's gotta be a way out of this. I refuse to let some rotten criminal get away with this! He doesn't deserve to leave, and neither Hawk nor Yves deserve to die."
She looked to Darren. "Hey, jackass. Does it have to be Hawk that we vote for?"
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Apr 15, 2023 20:10:47 GMT
"If you'd like, Caitlin, go ahead and vote for poor ol' Hawk." Darren chuckled as he smiles at her. "Or anyone except me. You do not want me to slain Yves if you tried to vote for me, do you?"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 20:15:18 GMT
"Monokuma, if I got everyone to vote for me, would I be taken out of the game, or would it be completely random?" She seemed very serious about the question.
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 15, 2023 20:16:44 GMT
It’s frankly amazing that the tweaked out ball of nerves with a goddamn knife to her throat hasn’t twitched and prematurely ended this hostage situation, which she was very caught off-guard by, might I add. She stares bug-eyed at the The Outlaw Formerly Known As Calvin’s hand brandishing the blade, and at her friends, with her eyes finally landing on Faye.
She swallows hard, wincing and shivering violently at her blood being drawn, and shakily finds her voice, “D- Darren Alder killed Xhuljeta Cooley.
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Post by Panda on Apr 15, 2023 20:19:00 GMT
"Monokuma, if I got everyone to vote for me, would I be taken out of the game, or would it be completely random?" She seemed very serious about the question. "Compleeeeeeeeetely random. In theory. Upupupupupu! I have my preferences," Monokuma replied, holding his paws up to his mouth as he giggled. "Felix is a pretty high-spec option, with his assassin training. Or maybe I'd go with the jazz man, to be my personal musician!"
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Post by Collin1002 on Apr 15, 2023 20:19:53 GMT
Darren looks to Felix and laughs. "Ah, the son of the notorious Maxwell Auguste... Think about where you would have been if you didn't run away in the first place. You'd be one of the deadly assassins the world have ever known. Instead, you chose to run away..." The outlaw chuckled. "You're nothing but a coward, someone who couldn't meet up to his father's expectations." "You're right. I am a coward, but not because of your reasoning. I should've owned up to my past sooner. But you..." Felix snarled. "My father is a coward, and so are you. You and your entire gang. Preying on the innocent, those unable to defend themselves properly... if that's not cowardice, I don't know what is." He clenched his fists. "You wanna see how deadly I could've been? Then let Yves go and face me like a fucking man!" As Felix made his loud outburst, hopefully drawing Darren's attention, his fox familiar, Takeo, slowly stalked around the podiums, eventually finding himself behind Darren. Once Yves cast her vote, Takeo leapt up with stunning grace onto the outlaw's head and began to claw and bite at him, hoping he would drop the knife in the chaos. Felix likewise immediately yelled out "Gwlad Hud!" to shrink the knife. With all that, he immediately ran over to assist.
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 20:24:18 GMT
With Caitlin's plan thrown out the window, her eyes widened after hearing Yves' vote followed up by Felix's attack. She punched her forehead a handful of times.
"...what a fucking nightmare..."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Apr 15, 2023 20:25:12 GMT
"Tsk!" Darren snorts at Yves. "Don't make it any worse! Know where you're at right now!"
Just as the outlaw was about to press the blade into Yves' neck some more, he felt something jump onto his head. And then the clawing and biting started happening.
"YEEEEEEEOW! GET THAT FUCKING THING OFF OF ME!" Darren screams as he drops the knife and lets go of Yves as he started swatting at the fox familiar in an attempt to get it off his head.
Success! Yves is rescued and Darren is distracted.
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Post by dootdoot on Apr 15, 2023 20:26:58 GMT
It’s frankly amazing that the tweaked out ball of nerves with a goddamn knife to her throat hasn’t twitched and prematurely ended this hostage situation, which she was very caught off-guard by, might I add. She stares bug-eyed at the The Outlaw Formerly Known As Calvin’s hand brandishing the blade, and at her friends, with her eyes finally landing on Faye. She swallows hard, wincing and shivering violently at her blood being drawn, and shakily finds her voice, “D- Darren Alder killed Xhuljeta Cooley. "Don't provoke him!" Faye yelled, before trying to calm herself down again. "... Just change your vote. We don't need a lot for a majority, and then you'll be fine. Just change your vote." And then Felix rushed forward, and her composure broke for good. "What are you doing?!" she shrieked.
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 20:28:39 GMT
Caitlin ran after Felix and up to Darren, her sleeves rolled up and her fists ready to break a jaw. "I WASTED MY FUCKING TIME TRYING TO FIND YOU OUT, YER NOT GETTING OUT THAT EASILY!"
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Post by Collin1002 on Apr 15, 2023 20:29:06 GMT
After a few more moments of attempting to maul him, Takeo leapt down from Darren's head right in time for Felix to arrive. He sped up as he neared the outlaw, and once close enough, extended his leg to aim a kick square at his jaw.
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Apr 15, 2023 20:34:50 GMT
As the fox familiar jumped off Darren's head, the outlaw lives out a sign of relief. His face have some scratches and some of them were bleeding.
"Now, where were w- ACK!" He was distracted to not see Felix's leg come swinging into his face. One leg to the jaw was enough to send the outlaw to slumberland.
As Darren fell to the floor from the blow, his cowboy hat flew off and landed near Nico's podium. It looks damaged, due to the biting and clawing inflicted onto it.
The outlaw didn't move from where he was. Seems like he was knocked out cold.
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Post by Joker on Apr 15, 2023 20:36:03 GMT
Nico was overwhelmed by all of the recent events but managed to snap himself out of his trance once Felix sprung into action.
"Kick his butt, Felix!" He shouted, cheering him on.
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Post by Kachu on Apr 15, 2023 20:36:39 GMT
"...Well, I suppose that is over." Mikoto says, calmly approaching Yves (and helping her stand up if she needs it.)
"Not much else to do now..."
"Xhuli has slain Ige. And Darren has done the same to Xhuli." They say, and then take a deep breath.
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Post by Collin1002 on Apr 15, 2023 20:37:10 GMT
Once Darren was knocked out cold, Felix let out a sigh of relief, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow. He smiled a bit at Nico's encouragement.
"C-Crap, that was too close... Yves, are you okay?" he asked the far taller girl.
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 20:38:29 GMT
"Finally," Caitlin sighed. "Xhuli murdered Ige, and in turn Darren murdered Xhuli. Now get him the fuck out of here, holy shit."
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Post by dootdoot on Apr 15, 2023 20:40:21 GMT
After a moment of being frozen in shock, Faye ran towards the scene in order to check on Yves. Once Darren was knocked out cold, Felix let out a sigh of relief, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow. He smiled a bit at Nico's encouragement. "C-Crap, that was too close... Yves, are you okay?" he asked the far taller girl. "Shut up! Get away from her!" she snapped at Felix, red faced and breathing shallow. "You almost got her killed!"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 20:47:04 GMT
Caitlin sneezed and accidentally summoned her familiar, which appeared on top of Darren's discarded hat. It screamed in horrible agony before turning into a goopy, green puddle of sludge, potentially ruining the hat forever.
"Seasonal allergies..." she muttered.
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 15, 2023 20:47:55 GMT
After a moment of being frozen in shock, Faye ran towards the scene in order to check on Yves. "Shut up! Get away from her!" she snapped at Felix, red faced and breathing shallow. "You almost got her killed!" During the chaos of Darren getting game-ended by Felix’s fox thing, Yves scrambles away from the outlaw and quickly takes a tumble and ends up in a heap on the floor, clutching at her neck. “I-I’m fine, Faye!” She looks up at the other girl, forcing a smile that says she’s really not as she tries to steady her shallow breathing, “I- I couldn’t stand the idea of any of you being punished, if we let him go… I was fine if it was my life over yours…”
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Post by Joker on Apr 15, 2023 20:48:51 GMT
As Darren fell to the floor from the blow, his cowboy hat flew off and landed near Nico's podium. It looks damaged, due to the biting and clawing inflicted onto it. The outlaw didn't move from where he was. Seems like he was knocked out cold. Nico picks up the hat and places it on his podium before someone summons their weird zombie cow on it. "We can deal with this later. For now..." " Xhuli killed Ige..." He grimaced. " And Darren killed Xhuli."
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 20:51:21 GMT
(Nico we are no longer friends. Death.)
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Post by Collin1002 on Apr 15, 2023 20:53:18 GMT
Felix flinched as Faye yelled at him, the adrenaline wearing off into that old, familiar feeling of self-loathing.
"I-I'm sorry, I was just..."
He paused and shook his head. It was still risky, no matter what he did... He sighed and, seeing that Yves was okay, stepped away from her to give her and Faye some space.
"I'm sorry..." he softly whimpered under his breath.
"I-I guess... Xhuljeta killed Ige Tsutomu, and Darren Alder killed Xhuljeta."
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Post by dootdoot on Apr 15, 2023 20:57:19 GMT
During the chaos of Darren getting game-ended by Felix’s fox thing, Yves scrambles away from the outlaw and quickly takes a tumble and ends up in a heap on the floor, clutching at her neck. “I-I’m fine, Faye!” She looks up at the other girl, forcing a smile that says she’s really not as she tries to steady her shallow breathing, “I- I couldn’t stand the idea of any of you being punished, if we let him go… I was fine if it was my life over yours…” "That's not fine! It's not!" Faye continued to yell, even as she tried to gently help Yves to her feet. She looked like she was about to cry. "You scared me... You told me you were going to be selfish...!" Felix flinched as Faye yelled at him, the adrenaline wearing off into that old, familiar feeling of self-loathing. "I-I'm sorry, I was just..." He paused and shook his head. It was still risky, no matter what he did... He sighed and, seeing that Yves was okay, stepped away from her to give her and Faye some space. "I'm sorry..." he softly whimpered under his breath. "I-I guess... Xhuljeta killed Ige Tsutomu, and Darren Alder killed Xhuljeta.""Sorry doesn't cut it! You almost got her killed, and for what?!"
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 15, 2023 21:25:21 GMT
Yves clutches Faye’s hand tightly as she gets up, immediately pulling the smaller girl into an awkward hug, attempting to not get blood in Faye’s hair because she’s considerate like that.
“I… I’d rather be selfless, if it means keeping you safe. Even if it’s only a chance.” She tenderly smoothes her hand between the Irate Investigator’s shoulder blades, glancing over her at Felix.
“It’s alright, Faye, Felix was just trying to help. And I’m okay, now… please, calm down? F-for me?”
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Post by dootdoot on Apr 15, 2023 21:44:47 GMT
Yves clutches Faye’s hand tightly as she gets up, immediately pulling the smaller girl into an awkward hug, attempting to not get blood in Faye’s hair because she’s considerate like that. “I… I’d rather be selfless, if it means keeping you safe. Even if it’s only a chance.” She tenderly smoothes her hand between the Irate Investigator’s shoulder blades, glancing over her at Felix. “It’s alright, Faye, Felix was just trying to help. And I’m okay, now… please, calm down? F-for me?” Faye didn't resist being pulled into the hug, and she visibly relaxed as Yves pressed a hand to her back. By that point, the exhaustion was catching up to her, and her breathing slowed down as she closed her eyes in Yves' arms. "... Fine. Xhuli killed Ige, Darren killed Xhuli. There we go..."
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Post by Panda on Apr 15, 2023 21:46:00 GMT
While everyone voted for Darren, some of the players took the initiative to tie him up. Once the Outlaw had a majority, Monokuma grinned and waved his magic wand, waking Darren up. He glared at the assembled players, realising it was over. [#spoiler=Case Summary] [Theme: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0dZnWkzv2U]"...Fine. Ya got me," Darren conceded. "Thought I had a perfect plan, but..." He hung his head, before looking back up wearily. "See, it all started when I found that chip of wood, still attached to one of the controllers. I soon figured out what it meant: Xhuli had set that trap for Ige. None of you chumps worked it out, even when she openly admitted she'd used spells earlier! So I found myself an opportunity. "I showed her the chip, told her I knew what she'd done. Told her she had no choice but to work with me. It was mutually beneficial, anyway, or so I let her believe: she kills first, and gets away with it thanks to me interfering in the trial. Then, with my Sin level higher, I kill someone else in the next location. That way I'd get to Sin level 5, and be able to make all the gold I could ever want! "Course, it was all just part of my plan. Murdering someone yourself is a fool's game. I figured, if I could force someone to go bankrupt, that'd count as my kill, without me even lifting a finger! I already knew about the bear's Rat Race in advance, thanks to the instructions he kindly left in that chest. If I could trick someone into willingly walking into the Jail, they'd be stuck there until their timer ran out. None of you'd be able to figure it out. "I reprogrammed the lock. One of my tools of the trade I brought with me, just in case. I made a fake Get Out Of Jail Free card, and set it up to work with the lock. I gave it to Xhuli, suggested she wait until Monokuma started a 'special event', then cut all ties with her. Figured the less involved I was, the less chance anything could be traced back to me. That absurd murder plan she concocted was all her doing. "I was planning on reprogramming the lock again, during the game. Make it so the card didn't work. A bare minimum amount of involvement, enough to claim the kill. Well, you've all seen how that turned out." He spat off to his side. Caitlin nodded, realisation dawning. "Hawk... He insisted he partner up with you. Didn't count on that, didja?" Darren just growled in response. "Maybe you coulda just shut him down, told him to piss off. But you couldn't, couldja? You were still playin the 'Calvin Marston' act. Nice, friendly Calvin wouldn't do something like that. You put on that persona to trick all of us, but in the end it was your own undoing!" "Makes sense," Faye agreed flatly. "So, the game begins, Xhuli makes loads of poison and chucks it over Ige, yada yada. She jumps down the chute, finds she's stuck, and eventually dies. I guess you made a big deal of trying to break her out to avoid suspicion, or to make her think you didn't betray her, or whatever. But, how'd she get stuck, if you couldn't reprogram the lock? I think I've worked it out... "With Hawk hounding you, you had to improvise. You didn't have enough time to use the toolkit, so you reset the lock with a Trydan EMP pulse instead, like Caitlin said. And that's where you slipped up. That EMP didn't just reset the lock: it reset your bracelet too! That's why you were Darren in all those bank account logs, even though Monokuma fixed the problem before the game." Caitlin interjected. "This is all fuckin pointless anyway. You already showed us you're a murderous piece o' shit, ain't ya, Darren Alder?" [/spoiler] [#spoiler=Result] "Upupupupupu... Correct! Xhuli murdered Ige, then Darren murdered her. Poor little Ige... survived one murder attempt only to be killed by another! Xhuli was ready to splash the first person to walk into that room, and he just happened to be that person. Ahahahahahaha!" [/spoiler]
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Post by Kachu on Apr 15, 2023 21:53:08 GMT
"What rotten luck..." Mikoto hangs their head. "Poor Ige..."
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Post by satan on Apr 15, 2023 22:03:44 GMT
He looks to Hawk. "And to think that a puny security officer like you, Hawk, would be the one to take down the notorious leader of the Alder gang." He laughs, mocking Hawk. "But look at you, you're a mess! Have you looked in the mirror lately? Also, I'll ask you a important question, Hawk." " Hawk, where were you when I killed Calvin Marston?" He laughed like a evil man, if that wasn't obvious. Hawk had simply stood there, taking the abuse, eyes closed. With so many moving bodies, it would be a fool's errand to attempt to interfere. He would be far more likely to accidentally kill someone than actually protect any of them. "I was traveling," he said simply. "Roaming from place to place. I cannot be everywhere at once, saving every life I wish. And even if I could, would that be any better than forcing my own ideals on everyone else? "No. That would not be fair. Not to me, and not to you. But I pity you. Much like Xhuli, it appears you were far too short-sighted. After all, you could have just as easily waited for someone else to kill. Instead, here you are, witnessing the end of your rope, forced to six hundred and sixty-six long years of penitentiary slavery." Hawk tilted his head back, looking down his nose at the outlaw. "I hope you learn the value of patience."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Apr 15, 2023 22:08:39 GMT
Darren glares at everyone, sitting up on the floor all while tied up. They were his friends... But now, they considered him their enemy.
"So, what is even left to explain about myself?" The outlaw spat to the side. "I'm now a dead man walking."
He did shot a side glance to Nico and then to Felix. His treachery would certainly haunts them in their sleep. But most of all, it'll haunt Nico the most.
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Post by Joker on Apr 15, 2023 22:25:35 GMT
"I know there's probably a million other things I should be asking instead, but... Why did you want to know about my past?" Nico asked. "You didn't have to ask about it. Were you trying to learn more about me to use to your advantage? Was it just genuine curiosity? Or... Did some part of you actually consider me a friend who you just wanted to help...?"
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