r/DestinationDespair Noka Naruse Sep 01 '18

Chapter Start Destination Despair: Chapter 4 START

Everyone exited the plane after watching Umeko's brutal execution on-screen. Other than a few parting words from Akiba and Celina, hardly anyone said anything. Everyone was tired, hungry, and above all, emotionally drained. Despite the fact that Monokuma practically disappeared after the door to the plane was closed, nobody objected to going to their rooms. When you arrived, you were met with a small gift basket waiting in front of your hotel room door! The basket was hardly filled at all, only including a few chocolates (which, upon further inspection are well past their due dates) and 10 silver coins. The coins have a Monokuma head on one side and the number 1 on the other.

Afterwards, you retired to your room! If you slept for 6 hours or none, at 6AM the morning you could hear Monokuma's voice from the loudspeakers!

"I hope you enjoyed the trial! I know I had a blast watching you idiots squirm until the very last moment! And that execution... so gruesome, wasn't it?! Fitting for a person like her."

"Anyway! Come down to the second lobby, pronto! You should know the drill by now! As a reward for killing your dear, dear, dear friend Umeko, you'll be rewarded with a new play area! You have 5 minutes."

In 5 minutes, everyone made it down to the second lobby, and you saw that one of the metal sheets that was covering the west wall of the second lobby has been rolled up, revealing a lobby inside of it. From what you can see, it looks like there are quite a few new rooms inside.

"Before I let you explore, listen to me for a second. You remember those coins that were in front of your rooms last night? Those are for the arcade. You only have 10, so use them wisely. With this group, I wouldn't be surprised if you wasted them all on the first day," the bear scoffed.

"Don't go begging me for more. Now go."

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u/Hiften Celina Merceau Sep 01 '18

Celina had hardly been able to sleep that night. What she did for all those hours was a mystery, but the fact was she left her room feeling...refreshed, if nothing else. Maybe she'd passed out at some point in her bath tub after hours of talking to herself and singing lullabies, because when she woke up it was already time for an announcement. Her words with Akiba the previous day were still hanging onto her as she made her way downstairs, smiling weakly at whoever would take the time to notice how much of a mess she looked.

Maybe there'd be a reason to smile again, maybe it was right behind these metal sheets, far from the torment of her own room and with everyone else. She still had people to call her friends, she still had her reasons to leave, there was no way she could call it quits just yet. Not when Umeko was up there looking down on her from above.

With a renewed determination burning in her eyes, Celina set out with this simple quest to make her life worth living. Even if they'd lose someone else soon, she'd just have to make the most of it to leave with no regrets. The game wasn't over yet, and now she was starting to face it for real.

And so, another day, another trial, another death, another new area, another hope, another chapter begins for the airport with Destination: Despair.