Testing Celeste

The next day, everything seemed alright with both Kyoko and Celeste. If any of them did remember what happened yesterday, they didn't bring it up or show any hints of annoyance on their faces.

But before he ate, he checked Celeste's new action.

• Drink tea she already sipped from (Red)

"That's... not that bad. Actually, it's probably the mellowest one here. Nice."

Overnight, he realized why the activation for the trigger was so delayed. Apparently it only is considered "unlocked" whenever the girl in question notices your action. Maybe he should've read the rules better.

Right now, though, he wanted to get a trigger out of the way so he didn't have to stress about it later this night. So, he found his easy target. Sakura.

He just ran up to Sakura and mashed his lips against hers.

"Mmm!" she shouted, pushing him off her. "I have a boyf- Action Complete. Active Trigger Unlocked: Messenger. Clean up Time: 2 Minutes"

Huh? Did she say she had a boyfriend? Oh. Well, it didn't matter. It's not like this was meant out of passion, it was just a necessity.

He checked his handbook to see what he had unlocked.

Sakura Ogami's Triggers:

• Messenger: If you ask her to send a message for you, she will find that person and relay the message, thinking it is something that she herself wanted to say.

"Boring," he muttered. "Well, Monokuma did say not all of them would be sexual... Oh, well. It's not like I have any romantic attraction to Sakura. Not that she's a bad person, she's just not for me."

All of a sudden, his mind wandered. Why had he decided to do that trigger now when previously he was trying his hardest to extend the time? Why had he brought up romantic attraction at all? Why'd he care if it was boring?

He repeated multiple times in his head, "This is for delaying motives. This is for delaying motives. This isn't for me to have fun, it's for me to delay the killings."

Time resumed like absolutely nothing happened. Everyone went along their daily activities. What he did say was true, he didn't really have that much of a romantic attraction to Sakura. She had a boyfriend apparently, but it's not like that was important.

He'd like to say that he had no romantic attraction to any of these girls, but that was untrue. Kind of... very untrue.

On the bright side, he could at least use Sakura's trigger as a tool to unlock others' triggers later down the line. That was a plus at least.

Right now, he wanted to test Celeste's trigger. Not to take advantage of her, but just to see how it works. The description gave some explanation, but he needed to learn the fine details. Especially if it was passive.

• Laser Focus (Passive): Whenever playing a game, gambling or not, she will fail to notice or care about anything going on around her. Does not include the Killing Game.

Well, getting Celeste to play a game would be both easy and hard. The easy part: getting her to play a game. She's a gambler, there's no way she'd back off from a game. But the hard part: finding a game to play. Celeste might've brought some cards to the academy, but he wasn't absolutely sure. Might as well ask.

Makoto knocked on Celeste's door. "Eh? Makoto? Can I help you?"

"I was just wondering if you wanted to play a game with me."

"Game? What kind of game?"

"Well, do you have any cards? Board games? It doesn't matter, really."

"Why?"

"I just wanted to test my luck. My luck against your skill."

She snickered. "Hah. Fine then. Come inside."

Celeste invited Makoto in the room as she dragged the table to the center of the room and dragged two chairs to each end. "Sit down." she said.

Makoto did so as Celeste pulled out a deck of cards from a drawer and she shuffled it. "Are you familiar with poker?"

"No."

"Tch. Typical."

"Eh?"

"T'is nothing. Hmm... how about blackjack? That one's simple enough for you to understand."

Rude. "Um, that's the one with one face up card, one face down card, and trying to get close to 21 without going over, right?"

"Do you really need me to clarify that for you?"

"Alright, alright, fine, let's play."

Celeste sighed and gave him two cards. The cards that he did get were a 7 and an ace. The face-up card that Celeste had seemed to be a 9.

But the game really wasn't that important. He wanted to test the trigger. Celeste seemed mostly normal now, so he was hesitant to do this, but he stood up and looked around the room.

Celeste didn't really have much of a reaction. It was his turn to do something, but she didn't seem to really care that he wasn't.

"Celeste?" He asked. No response. It was like he didn't exist. He began poking her in the shoulders, then in the face, but she didn't yell at him or anything.

He waved his hand in front of her, to which she grabbed his hand and moved it away emotionlessly.

"You're blocking the cards," she muttered. Oh... So as long as it doesn't impact the game, she won't notice it. Even if he stood up and walked away, she didn't seem to notice or care about how long she had to wait.

He poked her more as she had zero reaction. Absolutely zero.

Makoto began walking around the room, looking around at it. He peeked into the closet and dressers, looking at all of her clothes.

"Why's there a tracksuit here?" he asked. "It's hard to see Celeste in anything other than that gothic outfit."

No snarky reply, no shout of embarrassment, nothing.

He wanted to do something drastic, though, drastic enough there would be no way she wouldn't notice, even if she was acting. But what should he do?

He thought about it for a bit until a very bad thought came to mind. Wait, no, he shouldn't do that... then again... she wouldn't notice...

He debated against himself for a few minutes before his lower head overpowered his upper one.

He walked up to her, standing right in front of her. She still seemed concentrated on the cards on the table, despite nothing happening for the last fifteen minutes.

"Celeste, final warning before I do something drastic," he said. It didn't seem like she heard him, so he did it.

He walked behind her and began taking off her top.

He was absolutely certain that if Celeste noticed him doing this, regardless of the situation, she'd get pissed. So pissed that he wouldn't put it past her to kill him in this game. But nothing was happening.

Soon enough, he was down to her bra. She was still so invested in the cards... what was even going on in her brain right now?

He sighed and unclasped her bra from the back, letting her breasts flop out in front of him.

"Woah," he said. They weren't the biggest in the world, miles away from Hina's, but bigger than he expected. That bra probably squashed it a considerable amount.

He felt a raging tightness in his pants. Now, he got another idea. He lowered his pants and poked Celeste in the back with it.

She didn't even show any signs of... well... anything besides **** concentration. After doing it a few more times, he decided to try something dangerous. But first, he went to the door to check if it was locked.

It wasn't.

"Damn," he said. "I really need to learn how to check that sooner. That could've been bad."

Then, he walked up to the side of Celeste and stared at her for a second before gripping his hard member. And began pumping back and forth.

"Nnghh.." he moaned. He wasn't a stranger to masturbating, but doing it in front of another person, a girl no less, was definitely a new experience. Especially since she didn't notice any of this was happening, despite being right in front of her.

"Celeste, I'm gonna... I'm gonna..." he said. Just a moment after that, his thick seed splattered all over. The left side of her face was almost completely covered, a significant amount of drops landed in her hair, and a few landed on her breasts.

Yet, Celeste just wiped her face and continued staring at the cards.

"That was awesome," he said. But as he stood up, he realized what he just did. "No, no no no no!" he said. "Shit, it's getting worse and worse! Why do I keep losing myself like this?"

"Maybe you should just let it take control," a familiar voice said. Makoto jumped and looked around, finally spotting Monokuma on Celeste's bed.

"W-What?" he asked.

"Just let it take control. Morals have no place here, anyways," he said. "Maybe if you let yourself indulge in these fantasies of yours, you'll enjoy this game more than you despise it! Do you really want this entire game to be filled with regret? You have an awesome power now! Use it!"

"No, that's wrong!" Makoto shouted. "it's not a power, it's a curse!"

"This curse seems like it tends to excite you a lot, though," he said. Just then, he noticed that he still had a raging boner and tucked himself back into his pants, though that didn't hide much. "Well, whatever. I know for an absolute fact that you'll completely lose yourself and use these powers to your fullest advantage in just a few days."

Makoto looked back at Celeste, who was still staring at the cards and didn't seem to notice Monokuma either.

"J-Just tell me how this trigger works. All the details." Makoto said.

"What, no please or thank you?"

"Please."

"Puhuhu! Because you're so respectful, I'll tell you exactly. Once you initiate a game of any kind with Celeste, she'll go into a state of intense concentration. If you want to play with her, don't worry about it. She just won't notice anything besides your plays in the game. But if you wanted to do other things, you should know the following. Number one: She will wait as long as it takes before you make a new move. This can be minutes, hours, or even days. But I would advise against doing that too long as she'd probably notice her hunger, thirst, bladder, and lack of sleep immediately after it ends. Number two: there are two ways to take her out of the concentration: Finish the game, or declare your intention to quit. Number three: she will always put herself in a position to where she will be able to see and interact with the cards, or board, or whatever game you're playing"

"Hmm," Makoto said. "What will happen if I put the cards away? Or if I spill ink on them so we can't read them?"

"In that case she'd probably be stuck in that state until you deal out the cards again or replace them. But I wouldn't advise that, as you'd have to put them in the exact same position, and that's just going to be a pain."

"So you're saying that if I screw up and destroy all the cards in this academy, then there's a chance Celeste could be stuck like that forever?"

"Well, I'd interfere," Monokuma said. "I don't like interfering, but if a scenario like that presented itself, I'd have ****."

"Okay, okay," Makoto replied. "That's fine. Good."

"By the way, you should remember that this is a passive trigger. It's not only when you initiate a game, it happens whenever anyone starts a game with Celeste. I suppose in that case, they'd not know about it and think Celeste gets this way with any game, as they'd more than likely finish it, but just keep that in mind."

Wait, he was right. Shit. So he needed to be cautious of Celeste playing a game with anyone, not just him. Well, they could do that and there's no sign that it would be traced back to him... but he still needed to be cautious.

"Anyways, you've made a huge mess in here. You should probably clean that up before you finish the game with Celeste.

Monokuma jumped down a trapdoor, leaving Makoto alone with Celeste again.

"Shit, I didn't consider that," he said. "I have to clean it up."

Makoto borrowed a washcloth from her bathroom and began cleaning Celeste's face and chest. Those spots were the easiest because of her exposed skin, so they only needed a few quick wipes. He found himself wiping her breasts more often than he needed to, but ended up cleaning her up enough. Next was the table, which was also extremely easy. Just a quick wipe and a splash of water. But he realized that he got some in her hair.

"Ooh, that's gonna be a pain," he said. He washed the towel in the sink before coming back and trying to wipe her hair down as best as he could.

"alright, that's good enough... hopefully she doesn't notice any residue..." he said. After that, he grabbed her bra and tried to put it back on her, though that required some pulling in order to do so. Then, he put her clothes back on and looked around for any last drops.

"Alright, alright," he said, getting back into his seat. "Let's finish this game."

Celeste was the dealer, so he decided to just bust and get this over with.

"Hit me."

Celeste game him a card, which scared him because of how long she wasn't moving. It was an ace.

"Hit me."

Ten. Bust.

"Dammit," he said. "I lost."

"Seriously?" Celeste asked, awake from her concentration. "That's the best you can do?"

"Uhh... yeah," he replied. Celeste went up to adjust her hair, until she noticed the spot that some of his seed landed on. He wiped it up, but still it was her hair and there was no doubt some still in there. She looked confused for a second, but didn't say anything about it.

"Can I ask you to leave? I have something to take care of," she said. Thank god.

He stood up and began walking out before sighing in relief.