Shuichi slips out and finds the Mono-Max Security Prison

Shuichi didn't need to engineer any kind of distraction to slip out without being stopped or questioned about the events that had led to him being tied up with his dick hanging out of his trousers. Angie had taken it upon herself to practice her stage moves-- which, Shuichi noticed, seemed significantly more practiced at this point than you'd attribute to a woman who considers herself a holy disciple. The spectacle, as Angie twerked her "ATUA" printed pants, seemed to be unusual enough that Maki wasn't watching the entrance at all. Kirumi stood in the audience alongside Maki, dressed in her usual attire now that her impetus to don fetish maid gear was gone. "If she's here, it might mean she's decided to become one of Angie's close inner circle... I have a feeling that circle's going to look completely different from how it did in the original game," Shuichi mused to himself.

Feeling a bit guilty for ducking Maki and Himiko, Shuichi nonetheless decided to leave them to check outside. He could catch up with them later and, for now, gathering information on the new facility was critical. He wondered if the location of the new building would be just as obvious and if the function just as scandalous...

It wasn't hard for Shuichi to spot what had changed in the landscape as soon as he stood outside and his Monopad began buzzing. Where Shuichi expected to see the in-progress shell of the Luminareese Mk. I, the robot had been completely replaced by a huge, heavily fortified building surrounded by a giant, high-tech security fence. Spotlights-- unnecessary during the day-time-- sat mounted atop the extremely tall, concrete-reinforced structure. It occurred to Shuichi that the large number of new buildings was beginning to completely change the light in the courtyard. Whereas the last place had looked pretty sexy and festive, colored in bright neon, the logo for this one had Monokuma wearing a warden's cap with the text "Mono-Max Security Prison" written next to it, all in black and white, engraved onto a thick iron slab.

Shuichi was just about to pull out his pad and read Monokuma's pitch and explanation for this new facility when he was interrupted by Kaito, who ran up and grabbed his shoulders to begin shaking him back and forth desperately. "Shuichiiii!" his old friend bellowed, as he face burned red with rage. "Look! All of my hard work.... all gone, overnight! Somebody dropped that huge jailhouse right on top of it!" The world's most skilled astronaut stomped his feet angrily, pointing one shaking finger at the place where his robot was being constructed the previous day. "When I find the one who did this, forget prison-- they're getting a **** sentence!"

The Ultimate Detective gulped, realizing that, save the mastermind, he was probably the one most directly responsible for causing the building to appear atop Kaito's construction project. "I can't imagine how this happened," he answered dumbly, trying to smother his natural instinct to point out many details that would help Kaito understand the mystery. For starters, there was no debris left behind by the robot. Whoever had put the new building there hadn't dropped a new building on top of the robot to destroy it; just like the strip club, the prison had simply appeared there over night and any signs of construction-- such as leftover pieces of the robot-- had completely vanished. Earlier, with the strip club, he'd theorized there must be some mechanism raising the building up from the ground, to accomplish placing the building in such a short period of time... but in this case, that would be impossible to conceive.

"I'll bet it's Kokichi... That guy's been suspicious from the outset," Kaito grumbled, crossing his arms tightly at his chest as he shook his head back and forth. "Gonta ought to be pissed too, after all the work he put in, but the guy's too nice. Me, though? I'm clobbering whoever I found out is behind this!"

Shuichi fought off a growing sense of impatience with the dialogue, even as he wrestled with the meaning of that impatience. Was it because he knew Kaito was barking up the wrong tree? Could it be because he knew that the robot had been a useless idea from the start? Or, worst of all, could it be that he simply had no interest in anything unrelated to his instructions, which so often tied into sexual exploits? He shook that idea out of his head, but placed one hand on Kaito's shoulder all the same. "I'm going to investigate the Mono-Max. For now, try to get a hold of yourself. I'm sure Kokichi will let us all know soon enough if he's taking credit for this one." He patted his hand a few times upon the jacket's shoulder, then walked past towards his destination.

With Kaito calmed-- for some extent of calm-- Shuichi managed to break off on his own and open the Monopad.

Notifications

The Mono-Max Security Prison is now open! This oppressive prison setting is great for some kinky play. Won't it be fun to punish people just like your personal hero, Monokuma? Below is a list of features you can look forward to utilizing during your time here:

The Mono-Max is much smaller inside than it looks. At the front entrance, you'll find a metal detector, as well as a warden's hat that you may equip or leave. In here, you'll find an interrogation room, including a table with two seats and various interrogation devices. Once you walk through there, you'll reach a grouping of eight jail cells; four of them have two cots while the other four have just single cots. In the back are all kinds of punishment devices, great for rehabilitation! Are you the kind of nice guy who gives second chances? Mr. Monokuma doesn't bother with rehabilitation, you know!

Any jail cell with a cot is a designated Safe Room! You can spend the night there without penalties.

Only Shuichi may willingly enter or leave the prison. Once a day, at any time during the day, Shuichi can use his Monopad to have a single target stealthily **** into the prison. The target will see themselves as a captive and will not attempt escape. Shuichi will not be recognized as himself as long as he wears the warden's cap. Mr. Monokuma's hint: try using this facility to get some alone time with someone who doesn't want to be alone with you! Does that sound too creepy? You can also use it to isolate somebody who's being a huge pain in the butt. Either way, the prisoner will be released as soon as you fall asleep, at which point, they will return to their room. They will awaken the next morning with only a hazy memory of their time there.

Each facility comes with a built in Passive Trigger that applies to all students while they're inside. Wearing the warden's hat will promote sadistic behavior while being assigned as a prisoner will promote masochistic behavior. While those changes are temporary, you may still find a way to enact lingering changes using the prison. Use that feature however you like!

Enjoy!

If there was one piece of good news about the overly kinky new addition to the school campus, it was that Shuichi didn't have to worry about anyone staking this one out as their new base of operations. Besides that, he could, at the very least, use this to isolate anyone who might think of starting a killing game. In many ways, the prison actually seemed like a very convenient tool. Thinking about it that way made it much easier for him to compartmentalize the part of himself that might want to use the prison for its other, more devious purposes. Still, he had to admit to himself, the idea of taking a would-be mastermind intent on torturing him or his friends with a killing game and using such a place to either rehabilitate or simply punish them had a seductive allure. He briefly imagined Tsumugi, hooded and tied to a chair like she'd captured him earlier, and what he might do if he had her trapped in such a situation...

For now, he shook that idea out forcefully, then refocused his attention on the Monopad. Figuring out where the others were would be a good first step in deciding how to earn the rest of the points for the day. Once he brought it out and began to examine it, he tensed his eyebrows slightly in suspicion; nobody's placement particularly stood out, except for K1-B0's. Once again, the robot was united with Miu in her laboratory together. In the past game, the shy, goal-focused robot was the type who'd avoid a weirdo like the eccentric Ultimate Inventor whenever possible. They hadn't gotten along very well back then, even though Miu had been interested in examining him and modifying his body.

"Dammit! I'm so stupid... That's probably what she's doing right now!" Shuichi finally put together, clenching his teeth together as he rounded the corner of the jail to start running towards the high school from behind it. No sooner had he reached behind the building than he bumped groin-first into the half-green Monokub, standing still with an unreadable expression. "M-Monodam!" he squeaked, while holding both hands between his shaking legs.

"... MOBILE-SUIT-MONODAM-HAS-BEEN-DESTROYED. MY-COUP-HAS-FAILED." The robot's droning voice held no emotion and its face stayed completely frozen.

Shuichi had already put together that Monodam had placed the blueprints in hopes of having the students construct his robot. No part of him had been optimistic enough to dare hope Monodam would put a stop to the game using such a half-assed plan; there was really no counting on the Monokubs, even when they got the rare idea to be helpful instead of kowtowing to their father. "It's okay... I wasn't counting on those 20 points anyway--"

"I-WILL-EXECUTE-A-REVISED-STRATEGY. THE-GIRL-YOU-ARE-GOING-TO-MEET-KNOWS-MORE-ABOUT-THE-PLOT-HERE-THAN-THE-OTHERS."

At this, the Ultimate Detective felt his eyes widen and his pulse quicken. That didn't make sense... Last time, Miu wasn't in-the-know, as far as the mastermind's schemes or the existence of the Danganronpa game. "Do you mean she's the mastermind?" he questioned, raising his eyebrows and moving his hands to the nubs that were the closest thing the bear had to shoulders.

"NO. BUT-I-KNOW-SHE-KNOWS-THINGS. YOU-SHOULD-QUESTION-HER. I-CANNOT-BUT-YOU-CAN. TRY-TO-END-THE-GAME-TODAY." With that, the bear vanished in a poof of green smoke, causing Shuichi to stumble forward and catch himself upon the ground on his hands and knees. Monodam certainly had a stake in ending the game before midnight came, but the information he'd passed on seemed useful, whether self-concerned or otherwise. With no further time to waste, Shuichi ran for the school building, to find Miu and learn what she was doing with K1-B0 and, just as importantly, what she knew that could help him get to the bottom of the new game.

As Shuichi ran for the laboratory that Miu had barely had a chance to use in their previous game, he used his Monopad to strategically avoid the other students he might encounter. He noticed Kaede in the lunchroom by herself and fought off the urge to go join her, not just to clear the air of the rumors that must be circulating about him, but also, to enjoy a meal before the hard work that lay before him. Unfortunately, rescuing K1-B0 was probably time sensitive.

By the time he reached the laboratory, he was sweating and breathing hard, having motored as quickly as he could through the massive, fully unlocked school. He clasped one hand to the side of the door-frame and pushed the door open.

All of the strangeness he'd encountered so far couldn't prepare him for what was waiting for him inside that familiar place...