Tucker Rally (Deceased)

Aki turns and responds to Ashley. "No... I don't think so. If someone was then it'd be meaningless. According to the rules the murderer has to kill without being discovered. So, things should be alright..." Despite her words, she still seems rather concerned.

"Daniel? Who's- whatever. I'm sure they're fine. C'mon, Claus, let's grab those morons." Sam pushes the door open without stepping in. "Hey, jerks! Knock it off, you're scaring the ladies!"

Claus sighs and steps through.

You ask Vicky what to do. You're shaking like a leaf...

"Let's assume she saw a spider okay? I'm finding the cafeteria." Vicky heads out the left gym doors and you quickly follow.

You find yourselves in a simple school hallway. It looks like you're able to go left or right and the hall seems to wrap around the gym in a square shape. Interesting. It seems if you head left or right, you'll probably go on the other side of the gym and find the right door entrance. You head straight down the hallway instead, finding two doors worthy of note. One is a set of large double doors with a sign hanging over it. A fork and knife are displayed on the sign and it says "Dining Hall". The other room appears to be a classroom of some sort. But it's...strange. It has a classy look to it. You wonder why such a room exists...

As you enter the dining hall, you notice that it's a fairly open space. Actually...this looks almost like an indoor courtyard. You appear to be inside of a large, glass dome. There's a few trees in here that go up to the top of the dome. You notice there are steel beams up there. Must be for some structural purpose. You can see the school from the outside. It's actually...rather large. But...something's off about it. You can't quite place what. Anyway, you continue to look around the dining hall. There are large picnic tables in here and beautiful flowers arranged along the walkway through the courtyard. There's a fountain at the center as well. It seems rather basic, but it's nice to know it's there. Somehow it relaxes you. You notice there's an entrance to a kitchen near here as well. It's a part of the wall you just walked in from. Not only is there a window from the kitchen to this room, but there's also the doorway. It's open as if someone had been in there. You look up the wall and see a clock. 8:00 PM. Whoa, it's way later than you thought! Aside from that, the only thing that stands out is the glass doorway that leads outside. You try opening it, but it seems to be locked.

Sato and James are in here too. Sato sits at one of the picnic tables, stuffing his face full of food. James scolds him from behind. "Sato, you shouldn't eat so much so fast. It is detrimental to your health."

"Nom nom...What do you know, nom? In forest...nom nom...Eat everything you can and survive...nom...!"

Sato continues to stuff his face while James watches on in concern.

"Damn... Some people showed up already..." Vicky mumbles this to herself as she heads into the kitchen without you.

You stop and speak with Sato and James, asking them where they found the food.

Sato responds between gulps of mouthfuls of food. "Nom nom...Kitchen...Nom...Lots of food. Nom nom nom!"

James decides to give you a better response. "The kitchen is fully stocked with practically any food you can think of. Various meats, vegetables, fish. It's not all raw ingredients either. They have some packaged foods as well such as candies, chips, and even different soda drinks. Of course, there are plenty of water bottles as well. I doubt we're going to be running out of food anytime soon." He then looks to Sato. "Well...Maybe with Sato eating like this..."

"NOM!"

You go into the kitchen while Vicky passes by you on her way back into the dining hall.

Inside, you find it seems rather standard. There's a large closet containing various canned and boxed foods and a large refrigerator that has various meats, vegetables, and fish inside. There's also a huge supply of drinks here. This place seems fully stocked. You look around the kitchen, taking note of all the cooking equipment on the counters. There's a sink, an oven with a stove top, cabinets stocked with glasses, plates, and bowls, and drawers filled with various silverware from forks and spoon to spatulas and whisks. More notably...there are a few empty knife racks on the walls. That makes you...uncomfortable for some reason. You check the drawer by the stove top, finding a bunch of pots and pans. You look out the serving hatch into the courtyard. It's pretty large. You could probably slip right through it. I mean...as long as the stove isn't on. Then you might get burned.

You grab a couple cans and shove them into your pockets. As you're about to leave the kitchen...

BING BONG DING DONG

What an obnoxious sound.

Nekoshi's voice then begins to sound throughout the area. "Ahem...Attention, please! This is Headmaster Nekoshi! I have an important announcement to make! Everyone should head to the dining hall immediately! I've got a very special surprise for you all! And don't even think about skipping out..."

Great...That can't be good. But...you don't want to see what happens when you defy Nekoshi.

You head into the dining hall. As the others start to filter in, Nekoshi jumps up from seemingly nowhere and stands on top of one of the picnic tables nearby.



"Hello everyone~! I'm sure you're all very excited to see what I have for y-"

"Just tell us what you want, you stupid furball." Ashley glares at Nekoshi.

Nekoshi appears to be angry. Can he even feel feelings? "HEY! That's no way to treat your wonderful headmaster! Especially not when I'm about to give you such a wonderful gift!"

"I don't want anything that comes from your grungy paws. I think it would be far better if we just beat the shit out of you here." She takes out a folding fan and opens it in front of her face, looking to the side. Huh. Is she nervous? "...I just was waiting to let the others start first."

"HA! Yeah, right! You're probably just too scared to fight me!"

"...No..." Her face certainly betrays her lies.

"Hmm...You know, since I'm such a merciful and wonderful headmaster, I think I'll give you my gift anyway. You can all bow down and thank me now!"

"Oh. Thanks!"

Amelia sighs. "Do not actually zank 'im, Axel..."

"Now then...without further ado...!" Nekoshi pulls out a small remote with a button on it. He smacks the button with his other paw and you feel the school rumble a bit.

And then...the unthinkable happened.

The doors outside just opened right up. The courtyard's glass doors outside are just...open. Not even locked anymore. Does this mean...?

"Yep! You're all free to go now! You can thank me later! Anyway, have fun explorinnnnggggg!" With that, Nekoshi disappeared again.

Does this mean...is it really safe to go outside now? You can just leave? Even after a display like that?

"...Something doesn't add up." Claus crosses his arms and looks at the exit. "..." He stares at it with intensity.

...It seems you're free to go wherever you like now. The others all start to make their way toward the exit.

You head back into the kitchen unnoticed and grab some more stuff to cram into your pockets. You currently look ridiculous and feel a bit weighed down.

Sam appears to be frustrated. And by that, I mean he's yelling at Nekoshi. "Wait just one damn second! Get back here, you mechafurball! Was there an official change to the rules, or is this some kind of trick? How stupid do you think we are?" He reaches over to a nearby table, grabbing an apple that had been left there from someone's feast, and chucks it at the doorway.

You notice...nothing happens to the apple. It's completely fine.

"I see." Claus says this as if he's figured something out.

Everyone is silent for a moment before Dennis speaks up. "So it was just orientation after all. I'm almost disappointed." He hefts up a shovel he got from...somewhere over his shoulder and heads out the door without pause or hesitation.

Everyone waits and watches for a moment, but nothing seems to happen to him.

"Okay then...it must be safe, right? Let's go!" Axel charges out the door.

"..." Claus is silent, closing his eyes to think a moment before walking out.

One by one, everyone begins to follow, seeing as nothing seems to happen to the others.

Outside...You see something you never expected.

Clear, blue skies. Clean air. Growing plants. Running water.

...And a cage.

Everyone stares in shock as they take in their surroundings. This entire school is built...on top of a floating island. And that floating island...is inside of a massive cage.

"...What?" Ashley looks surprised. "...That cat lied to us. We aren't free at all!" She crushes her hand around her folding fan so much it snaps in half.

"Of course not!" Popping up nearby, Nekoshi seems far too entertained by your reactions. "What kind of killing game ends that easily? A booooooring oneeeeeee!"

"You said you would let us go!"

"Ah, no. I said I would let you outside the school. I never said anything about leaving the giant cage outside the school. Or the floating island the school is on! Nyahahaha!"

Ashley looks like she's about to punt Nekoshi. Vivian heads over to her and places her hands on Ashley's shoulders. "Hey. Calm down. We don't know what might happen if you attack Nekoshi. I promise we'll make it out together if you can calm down and think this through, okay?" She gives her a bright smile.

Ashley's rage subsides a bit as Nekoshi continues. "As long as you're trapped inside this cage, you'll never be able to leave! Even if you did miraculously survive the dive off the floating island into the water below, you'd have to climb all the way up that wall over there. So you might as well give up now!"

"Give up?" Vivian turns to face Nekoshi. "We'll never give up! We're gonna get out of here together! After all, we've got Ultimates here! What can't we do?"

Nekoshi laughs at her. "Oh, I see, I see! So by using this as your cover, you plan on escaping after you kill one of your friends and pin the blame on someone else!"

"That's not true!"

"Or isssss iiiiiiittt? Oooooooo~?"

"Gr...There's no point in talking to you." Vivian glares at Nekoshi.

"How cruel! Glaring at me for providing you all with such a wonderful warning? You must all remember...You can't trust anyone! You're all your worst enemy! Nyahahaha!" With that, Nekoshi makes his exit.

There's a short moment of silence as all your hope of escape is shattered.

"...So that's how it is, is it?" Claus stands there, looking toward where Nekoshi disappeared. "He seems intent on having us all participate in this killing game of his."

"...Well we won't." Vivian looks at Claus with determination in her eyes. "I say for now, we should search every inch of this new area for clues or a way out. Then we can all meet back up at the Dining Hall and share what we found! We'll find a way out of here if we work together!"

Amelia nods. "It is far too early to give up now, is it not? Zen I shall give zis search my all!"

Claus still seems to be looking where Nekoshi was. "Hm...I'll help, if that is the command you give me. But this does not mean I trust any of you."

Feeling somewhat renewed with a united sense of hope, the group starts to split up and search around. You notice that Dennis immediately starts to dig for some...unknown reason.

You take a look around outside. The path from the dining hall seems to be a side path that leads back over toward the front of the school. In front of the school, the path heads down a bit more and splits off to the left at what appears to be a dormitory. You can tell because of the giant sign on the front of the round building that says "DORMITORY". Splitting off to the left of the same path appears to be a large garden of some kind. Finally, at the end of the path, leading right to the edge of the island, is some kind of dock. There's a severe lack of water and boats. Well...it seems exploration is in your hands.

You head over to the dormitory building, noticing that it's actually just a big circular building. The main hall has large glass windows in the back and the front with glass doors. There's four doors on each side of the first floor and then four doors on each side at the top floor. Everyone's room has a little pixel art picture of themselves on it. An odd choice. There's a small intercom next to every door as well. You likely push the button to ring the bell if you want to get inside. Aside from all that, there's a large clock built into the floor of the main hall. 7:00 PM. There's still time to look around.

You notice that Dennis walks in and carries a shovel into his room. James heads off into his room as well. Spy seems to be inspecting the door to his room. You decide to head into your room immediately.

Heading inside, you notice it's fairly basic. There's a bed in here with a nightstand. There's a carpet on the floor. There's a work desk sitting off to the side, by the window. There's also a small, potted plant in here. You notice there's also a closet in here. You decide to open it up and find...there's a whole bunch of clothes that match what you're wearing right now inside. How strange. You also have your own personal bathroom in here. There's a toilet, a sink, and a shower. Oh, and a mirror. Finally, you notice what looks like a key sitting on top of the work desk. You head over and pick it up. This must be your room key. You'll need this to get in and out of your room, so it's probably best you don't lose it.

After taking your room key, you place the cans of food you smuggled in here under your bed.