ask-ingame-v3

[ask-ingame-v3]

"Ah...!" a feminine voice gasped. Before she could say much else, the owner of the voice came tumbling out of the locker she'd been previously inside. "Ow..." she moaned, rubbing the spot on her head that she'd fallen on. She looked around, awed. "What the...?" She stood and began looking around for anyone else or any clue as to why she'd be here, when suddenly, she heard another sound from inside a nearby locker. Without a second thought, she threw open the locker, and a boy came tumbling out, just like she did.

"Gah! Ow, my head..." he looked up at the girl, who silently offered a hand to him. He took her hand, and she pulled him and helped him stand up. "Who are you? Where are we?"

"I'm... Kaede Akamatsu. And as for where we are... I have no clue. But maybe we can find a way out together," she suggested, and the two began searching until she found a door. "Could this be it?" she asked the boy, who shrugged. "It's worth a shot," she decided, opening the door. And behind the door, there was a school cafeteria where there were several other kids in differing school uniforms. Actually, six didn't even appear to be wearing anything resembling school uniforms, but the others did. One boy sat back in a chair, painting a girl with red hair and a witch hat's nails. Another girl swayed about happily and danced in a manner Kaede found unfamiliar, teaching an extremely tall boy and a masked boy who appeared to be quietly observing. One boy who seemed to be wearing a straitjacket could be seen chasing a metallic-looking male, exclaiming things along the lines of "come on! Just let me touch you!". A shorter person stood in the corner of the room, smoking a cigarette. One girl was visibly tinkering with some machinery at one of the tables, while a girl with oddly-shaped pigtails stood in between a woman dressed as a maid and a guy with a starry-patterned coat. A woman with red eyes stood off to the side, watching the ensuing chaos with less than amusement.

"Oh," the brunette sighed upon noticing the pair watching them. "Looks like our final two have arrived. The class of sixteen is here, then."

"It's nice to see them, though," another girl with blue hair said softly, trying not to anger the one who already seemed displeased to have new additions. "And who are you guys, if you don't mind someone as plain as me asking?"

"I'm Kaede Akamatsu. The Ultimate Pianist," she introduced, doing a motion with her fingers as if she were mimicking playing piano for them.

"Shuichi Saihara, Ultimate Detective..." the boy said warily, eyes darting around. Something wasn't right, and this analytical mind knew that.

"Did you two wake up in lockers, too...?" the girl with the witch hat asked with boredom lacing her voice. Kaede nodded softly, becoming suspicious, herself. "Nyeh... So just like the rest of us, then..."

"Of course, that begs the question of why we woke up this way to begin with..." the maid-like woman commented ominously. What is going on...?