late teto day except teto quite literally has nothing to do with this insanely weird and all over the place excuse of a chapter what *writerbrownie trips and falls and dies EPIC SEQUEL*
Es, the gray haired prison guard, walked through the quiet hallways in Milgram, stopping in her tracks for a quick rundown of every prisoner.
However, when she arrived at the room all (supposedly) 11 cells were located in, she found each and every prisoner had woken up already.
"There goes the rundown, I guess." She happened to notice something strange as she waited for the prisoners to calm down and be quiet.
There were 12 cells. The eleventh one was the old, unused cell, she knew that already from her quick chat with Jackalope. So that should've left her with 10 prisoners, but this was not the case.
Well, it was complicated. She looked at the third and fourth cells, seeing both labeled as 003. Not only that, they were also particularly closer together than the others.
Finally, she decided to get the prisoners' attention.
"Ena! Pass me the knife, quick!" Akito yelled, a panicked tone filling his voice. He ran as close as possible to his sister as he possibly could, and Ena did her best to toss the kitchen knife they'd brought with them.
They were both hurt, covered in cuts and small wounds, she'd fought back and their mission turned out to be harder than they could ever imagine. They'd been wondering for a while now if, maybe, all of this wasn't worth it after all. They wanted out, it didn't matter if those months were for nothing, they'd find another way to get him back into their lives. Just not this way.
But they were too far gone. They'd done way too much and were in too deep. This was no longer just a mission to get their brother back, no longer just an ambush on somebody.
Shinonome Akito and Shinonome Ena had killed. They'd taken somebody else's life to get his.
And now they found themselves waking up in a plain white cell, inside of who-knows-where with who-knows-who-else.
Ena stepped out of her cell as soon as she saw the door to it open automatically, she touched the metal bars the door was made of. They were cold to the touch, they felt real. She blinked, and she didn't wake up from any dream. She softly slapped herself and felt it.
And finally, blinking a couple of times and taking a deep breath, she gathered her courage and looked around outside the cell, immediately noticing the same orange haired nuisance she was so used to seeing everyday, in prison attire similar to hers.
"Akito!" She held out a hand and helped him up. Their scratches and slowly healing wounds were strangely gone.
"What is this—" Akito then looked to his right. There stood Toya and Tsukasa, talking to each other. To Ena's right, Hoshino, Kamishiro, Mochizuki, Mizuki and Mafuyu.
The same order of prisoners as the school play.
"—Ena." Akito breathed in. "—You don't think we've ended up in..."
Their situation and clothing looked eerily similar to how they were in that godforsaken play. No, scratch that. Aside from the absence of Hanasato, Hinomori and An and the fact that Ena was there with them, everything was the same.
"We're definitely in Milgram." As soon as those words came out of Ena's mouth, Mizuki launched herself to hug both the siblings.
"Ena! Akito!" She exclaimed as the other four people caught up to her. "This is the prison from the play, right? I remember we made the costumes look a lot like this."
"A lot is different though." Mafuyu added, and Kamishiro nodded.
"She's right. For starters, we're nine people in total, when it should be ten."
"And Ena was part of the Search Party, right?" Mochizuki tried her best to recall the plot of the play. "Aoyagi too."
That's when Akito felt a hand on his shoulder, he knew who it belonged to immediately, and while he would've been so incredibly glad to see him in a place like this, things had changed for the worst.
"Akito!?" Toya looked so incredibly relieved to see him. It had been a while after all. He could see his former partner tearing up when he turned around to face him. He hugged Akito. "Oh my god, I'm so glad you two are okay..."
"Toya." Akito glared at him, and soon his former partner let go of him. "Why are you here? How'd that happen?"
Akito was a bit curious, even if he wouldn't admit it. He'd confess to murder to whoever ended up as Es in this prison (he guessed it was probably Hinomori.) in a heartbeat, he knew he'd done it and lying wouldn't do anything. He was sure Ena would do the same.
"I murdered somebody to find you." He said in a serious tone as always. This— wasn't a joke or anything, was it? "Why are you all here?"
"Well, we—" Tsukasa started to explain right when Rui walked up next to him.
They heard somebody clear their throat and turned around to see somebody they all at least knew; Hinomori Shiho.
"I see you all have woken up already. Alright..." Shiho — Es, if the play's script was accurate on that aspect — took a step forward in their direction. Her attire was pretty much the same as the one created by the costume team, aside from some small details and the keys around her collar.
"My name is Es. I'm MILGRAM's prison guard, and I'll be judging you for your sins. I hope you enjoy life in prison, as you'll be here for a while— hm?" She noticed two different things happening: Rui and Tsukasa whispering amongst themselves about something, and Ichika and Honami's disturbed expressions.
She seemingly tried to brush it off, sighing as she changed the subject. "Introductions. Now. 001?"
This successfully caught Tsukasa's attention, and he proceeded to strike a pose. Akito visibly cringed. "My name is Tenma Tsukasa! I am a World Future Star! ...and prisoner 001 again, I suppose!"
"Again? Wait, nevermind, I'll get to that later." She looked at Toya, who met her eyes.
"I am Aoyagi Toya." He looked at the little tag that hung from one of the straps he was wearing for some reason. "I'm prisoner 002. Nice to meet you, Es."
She nodded in acknowledgement and skipped Akito and Ena completely, staring into Ichika's perplexed eyes instead.
"Oh uhm. I'm Hoshino Ichika. Prisoner... 005?" She saw Es' confused stare and looked down at the tag on her clothes like Toya did. "Oh, I'm still 004, actually, nevermind."
Es turned her sight to Rui, who signalled her to turn to Honami instead.
"Ah... I'm Mochizuki Honami. I guess I'm 006 this time..." She looked saddened, understandably enough for everybody but Es herself.
Mizuki placed a hand on her shoulder, softly smiling at her before facing Es. "I'm Akiyama Mizuki! I'm prisoner 007 now, I guess!"
Es glanced at Mafuyu, who was close to Mizuki's side and stared back with her cold indigo eyes.
"Asahina Mafuyu, 008."
"Okay, good." Es turned to Rui. "It's your turn now."
"My name is Kamishiro Rui. Originally meant to be prisoner 006, now 005. It is a pleasure to meet you, Es."
Rui bowed and gave Es a polite smile. Es was noticeably confused but moved on nonetheless.
"You two." She pointed at Akito and Ena, the two who shared the 003 number.
"I'm Shinonome Ena, and this is Shinonome Akito, my brother." Ena said before Akito could even say anything. "We're just as confused about the number thing, don't worry."
"With that out of the way..." Es would ask Jackalope about the double number later. "What's this you all keep saying about still being your prisoner numbers or having them changed?"
"Ah! Allow me to explain!" Exclaimed Tsukasa. "This may come off as shocking, but we're all already sort of familiar with this place! We participated in a school play themed around it."
"What?!" Es yelled in surprise. "Just how the hell did you make a play on this place?!"
"It was an elaborate plan to get our brother to tell us he'd been here." Akito finally said. "Some people here were in on it." He turned to glare at Toya, Tsukasa and Rui before Ena hit his arm lightly for him to stop.
"And it was also very different from how it is now."
Mizuki added.
Es stood in silence for a second.
"What the FUCK"
"Fuuta." Miku wandered through the Sekai. "Your friend is back. You should go say hi."
"Fuuta! Hey!" Mikoto ran towards the two. "Hi Miku, by the way. Anyways! I have news."
Fuuta pointed towards his phone and then at Mikoto. "And messaging is not an option right?"
"Fuuta never answers his texts." Muu appeared from right behind Miku, scaring the everliving hell out of everyone. "Your siblings are missing."
"WHAT."
"Muu thinks they're in MILGRAM." Muu added to the bombshell she'd just dropped on him on a random Tuesday.
Fuuta grabbed the two and, after saying goodbye to Miku, left the SEKAI faster than he'd ever left any place.
Fuuta sat the two down after Muu prepared snacks.
"Tell me absolutely everything."
[TRIAL 1 INTERROGATION QUESTIONS]
[CONDUCTED BY ######## ##### (Es)]
01: “If one wish could come true, what would it be?”
Tenma Tsukasa: I'd like for them all to become uninvolved with my mess.
02: “Who was your first love?”
Aoyagi Toya: [answer was scratched beyond readability.]
I should've told him.
03: “Which prisoner do you get along with the most?”
Shinonome Ena: Mizuki and Mafuyu, of course.
Shinonome Akito: Ena. We've been through a lot these past few months.
04: “Do you have apologetic feelings for the person you killed?”
Hoshino Ichika: Of course. I regret it everyday.
05: “What is your favorite food?”
Kamishiro Rui: Soda candy.
[Prisoner 005 proceeded to then talk about his dislike for vegetables for 5 minutes.]
06: “What do you wish from your lover?”
Mochizuki Honami: For her to remember me.
07: “Do you think your family is proud of you?”
Akiyama Mizuki: Yes.
08: “What is the meaning of life?”
Asahina Mafuyu: N/A
"Psst..... Tsukasa."
"Hm?"
"I have a plan."
Nene: Yo guys
Nene: Anybody up for minecraft rn?
K: in a bit
K: I'm working on a song but I'm almost done
Nene: bet
Nene: I want to get to the end today so I might log on now
An: kohanes helping me study but we'll hop on in a bit.
Nene: so like
Nene: are we not gonna talk about half of the gc being missing?
Haruka: this kinda resembles the play right?
K: I thought so too. I asked my friend who organized it and they think it might be something related to it.
K: hopping on the server
[Nene sent an attachment]
Nene: RUI OMFG
Nene: HE NEVER LOGGED OFF AND HIS ACC IS SENDING COORDS EVERY MINUTE OR SO WHAT THEBFJFK
Airi: WAIT REALLY??
Airi: hold on I'm adding Ena's brother
Airi: someone add Yoisaki's friend
KABOOM!
"Ah there it is! My dragon robot prototype for this situation!" Rui yelled when the prison's ceiling was blown to bits. The sun shined on their faces, blinding them with its light.
"WHAT IS THAT KAMISHIRO" Akito and Ena were both freaking out at the sight of that huge robotic dragon.
The other prisoners and Es stared at it in disbelief.
"I made this little fellow a bit after Tsukasa and I's crime took place!
" He pointed at the 20 meter tall ender dragon looking "little fellow". "And it seems my computer survived the 2 weeks of nonstop Minecraft and sharing my exact coordinates!"
"WAIT SO WE'RE BEING BROKEN OUT WITH MINECRAFT?!"