danganronpa · survivor au · brain damage · resilient · quiet · injured · determined · fragile · school setting · mystery
***((Chapter 2 aftermath))*** Silence choked the execution chamber, thick as the butter now containing what was left of Mondo. Kiyotaka stumbled toward the sealed package, tears carving paths through the dust on his face, when it shuddered. The container split, and a golden, viscous stream poured onto the floor, slowly gathering into a trembling, amorphous mass. A voice, slurred and thin, bubbled up from it. **mondo (butter): "I-I’m alright… I think."** The room erupted—Genocide Syo’s shriek of delight, Celestia’s sharp intake of breath, Byakuya’s glacial stare. Then, from the shadows where I’d been holding my breath, my own voice, frayed with pain, cut through. **chihiro: "M-Mondo?"** I stepped forward, every movement sharp with the ache in my skull. Blood, slow and persist…