>>2249

Phoenix actually placed his hand up to his chin and thought about it until,

"WHA?! I don't want to be in the same situation as Lion!"

>>2247
Lion manage to remove his hand from the doorknob at the price of losing the skin of the hand.

>>2251

>>2251

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>>2251

"L-Lion...?"

>>2254
"My my, it seems we got an emergency, Quickly take Lion to the infirmary, I can't let any of my my precious students to suffer such fate. "

Thomas awoke with a start. Hunger pangs. He hadn't eaten for some time.

How long was he asleep? Last thing he remembered was accepting that one guy's offer to share a room. Seemed friendly. Kept his hands to himself. Thomas thought he was a swell enough guy.

Maybe he was just ill. Seeing somebody die was pretty stressful.

But enough of that, he had to work for his food, right? So Thomas grabs his things and goes out to the fields to work, dazedly staggering past the others.

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>>2255
thanks to the emergency medicines, bands and some of the pain-killers.
Everyone manage to save Lion's hand.

Monokuma inform that apparently the skin will regenerate, since just the outer part of the skin was ripped.

But Lion must rest here for now....

Monokuma advices for people to guard Lion.

Panting heavily due to the pain, Lion lies down, trying his best to bear the pain caused by his missing skin.

"...G-Goddamnit.This had to happen to me, didn't it...
H-Hey Julius, there's something I need to tell you. Come closer. Don't worry, I'm not in a state to hit you again."

>>2258
Julius walks over to Lion, being very on-guard since yesterday.

"Yes? What is it?"

>>2259

Even though he asked Julius to come specifically, Lion speaks loudly enough for anyone within earshot to hear.

"...Well, first of all I just wanted to remind you that you were about to send people to the same fate as me. A...ugh...laugh-in your face kind of remark, basically.
Secondly, you were gonna make someone touch Riki's and your own doorknob, right? I heard that. Tell me simply, can you confirm that? And, although that should be...argh...obvious, you did use your doorknob to exit your room right?"

A sudden wave of pain hits Lion's hand, and he tries to hold it out, gritting his teeth and closing his eyes, mumbling some song as if to forget the pain.

"If anyone, I trust that that Thomas fellow should make clear light of the situation, wasn't his talent observation or something? About who stays...I don't care who...Just hurry up."

>>2260
"Now now, I know you're in pain and you're angry at me. But there's no need to get hostile and start blaming anyone you don't like.

Julius leaned down to see Lion face to face, while still remaining an also equal level of volume.

"As for my doorknob and Riki's, I did warn Phoenix that it too might be sticky or whatever it is. I only guessed because there was flour on all three of our doors."

>>2261
"Well that makes sense, but you didn't...answer the question. Did you touch that doorknob while getting out of your own room, or did you not?"

>>2260
Wanting to respect a dying man's wishes, I go out to the fields, looking for Thomas. I manage to find him--the fields are pretty empty, after all.

"Thomas! We need you, quick!"

>>2262
After Julius appears to stay quiet for a minute, he leans back up.

"I never had the chance to close my door, it's still wide open. Between Monokuma, the chef and yourself, I was way too preoccupied."

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>>2263
Thomas doesn't notice at first, and then attempts to sign back a response before remembering he had a pen and paper. God, he was hungry.

He follows behind Arino, assuming he'll be led back to the others. What would they need him for?

>>2264
"Clearly you must be joking. You're telling me you left your door open while you were sleeping? That's what I'm talking about."

Phoenix stood silently near Lion's door way and listens.

>>2265
"Here, I've found Thomas again!"

I turn toward him, and nod over at Lion.

"He, uh... managed to have some sort of accident with his hand. He wanted you to find out who did it."

>>2266
"I touched the inside doorknob if that's what you're referring to. How else would I have opened my door?"

Wrapping my hand in a sleeve, I poke at Riki's doorknob.

>>2268
Thomas looks at the doorknob. Then at Lion's hand. At this point all he can manage is a dry heave. Gore really doesn't agree with him.

Write, write. Zone out a couple times. Write "I literally just woke up. I didn't see anything since I went to sleep."

Flip over a page, thoughtful writing. "What did I miss?"

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>>2271
"Flour appeared everywhere. Lion also got his hand stuck to the doorknob, and as you can see, ripped it off. ...It could've been the headmaster's fault, for all we know."

>>2269
"Well, mine was that way on the inside. If it is the same for you, and yet you didn't have any problem then we have a time window in which the crime must have occured.
Scrutinize your inside doorknob, and we'll now know whether it is or not."

I turn my gaze towards Thomas

"Thanks for bringing him here Arino. Thomas, sorry if it is egoistical of me, but I have a feeling your obversation skills should be of use this time around.

Alright. That should be all, please let me be now. If two people would kindly stay here while the others go figure out whatever there is to, then that should be fine by me."

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>>2273
Julius shrugs.

"It doesn't concern me, check my doorknob if you must but close my door when you're done."

Julius proceeds to walk away, out of view.

>>2272
Write. Write. Write. "There are several ways to make glue from flour. Has anything else gone missing?"
>>2273
Flip over new page. Write. "I apologize for not being particularly useful."

>>2275

"One adult horse."

Phoenix silently watched Julius walked away. And then stared at Riki's door.

".....Perhaps..."

Phoenix walked up to Riki's door while he took off his jacket. He then wrapped his jacket around both of his hands as if it were an oven mitt and opened Riki's door.

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>>2270
>>2277

"Oh? I wasn't aware that you had such an interest in holding my hand."

I remove my sandwiched hand from the doorknob.

>>2278

"Hehe...Sorry about that. But thanks for removing your hand, though.

Phoenix turned on Riki's doorknob to see if was unlock or not.

"No one never said that Riki's door was lock. So let's see."

>>2279
I watch impatiently, curious at what was behind the door. We're opening a door into a dead man's land, after all.

>>2280

"Well, I don't think I have the power to say what's lock or not. So I'm kinda waiting for Monokuma to say something."

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The door is tightly shut.

>>2282

"It was worth a shot."

Phoenix shrugged as he tried to pat the flour off his jacket.

>>2282
"Etto...
It seems someone of you took Riki's key. I don't have it"

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>>2284
"If I remember correctly, didn't the muffler guy search Riki's pockets?"

>>2285

"Yeah, so did I."

Julius walks into the inn, pulls his ElectroID out and stares at it for a second just before putting it away and walking toward the kitchen area.

There's not much else he can do here. Thomas gives everyone an apologetic look and returns to the living room area. Even though he was hungry, he didn't feel like eating right now.

Plus he didn't get a chance to check it out last night.

>>2288
Julius stops and watches Thomas go into the living room. He murmurs something under his breath and turns around, he walks into the hallways for the dorm rooms and turns down the hallway with a very peculiar room.

Phoenix silently headed back to Lion's room, wishing to asked him a question.

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Seeing as everyone was leaving, I spoke to myself underneath my breath.

"I better be leaving too. Nothing else to do here..."

I go back into my room to retrieve my spear before leaving to the kitchen.

Phoenix entered Lion's room, shouting his name, disregarding the possibility of him being asleep.

"LION! LION! LION! LION! LIOOOOOOOOOOOON!"

"MONOKUMA COME OUT."

Julius shouts as loud as he could, hoping to draw the attention of the mechanical menace. Others probably heard his shouting as well.

>>2293
yes? How can I serve you?

>>2294
"Where does this lead to?"

Julius remarks casually, pointing to the lock door in front of him and across room 13.

>>2295
Oh that, its just an storeroom. nothing important.

>>2296
"Nothing important huh, do you mind opening it? After all, there does seem to be a mess in the halls."

Julius says, using his thumb to point in the general direction of the flour.

New thread here:

https://archive.seacats.net/danganronpa/res/2298.html

i was hoping this was seacats the band