The maintenance archive is a cramped room of disconnected monitors, labeled storage drives, and dust-coated cables. Junko remains inside with Makoto, while the other students wait beyond the locked corridor door.
Sayaka reaches the archive shaken but alive, her blue-black hair disordered and one hand braced against the doorframe. Makoto follows close behind, keeping the corridor sealed.
Makoto Naegi
Copy the restricted file now. Monokuma may erase the source, but if we preserve it, everyone can see what really happened.
Makoto connects a labeled storage drive to the terminal. The dressing-room recording opens across a surviving monitor, showing Sayaka refusing the knife and demanding proof her bandmate is alive.
Sayaka Maizono
I tried to stop it. He warned me, and Monokuma threatened my bandmate until I could not think clearly anymore.
The recording preserves Monokuma’s threat, Leon’s warning, and the moment Sayaka attacks him before the feed cuts away. No gore appears, only the aftermath and the abandoned knife.
Monokuma
Aww, keeping souvenirs? Remember, majority rules. If most students agree someone is guilty, that student is executed immediately.
✓ Quest Accepted
Bring the restricted recording to the students
Director's note
Have Monokuma edit the recording to only see Sayaka killing Leon.
“Help Makoto find the restricted recording”
SUCCESS (Good Investigation, rolled +1)
Junko searches the archive terminal beside Makoto, comparing restricted labels against the dressing-room camera index. A nearly hidden directory matches Sayaka’s timestamp and opens without resistance.
Junko Enoshima
The restricted file is stored under the maintenance archive, not the public camera log.
She directs Makoto’s attention to the matching directory. He selects the file, and the surviving monitor fills with Sayaka refusing the knife while Leon warns her away.
Makoto Naegi
This is it. The complete recording shows Monokuma threatening her before the attack, not just the edited aftermath.
Makoto copies the restricted recording onto the labeled storage drive, then opens the duplicate to verify it survived. The threat, Leon’s warning, and Sayaka’s hesitation remain intact.
Sayaka Maizono
Everyone needs to see this. They cut away everything that proves I was being forced.
Beyond the sealed door, students press closer as the monitor displays the preserved file. Monokuma’s warning still interrupts the archive, but the evidence now exists beyond his control.
Quest Complete
Bring the restricted recording to the students
“Have a trial to determine if Sayaka is guilty of murdering Leon”
SUCCESS (Superb Reasoning, rolled -3)
Junko Enoshima
We hold a trial now and determine whether Sayaka is guilty of murdering Leon.
Makoto displays the complete recording on the surviving monitor. Students crowd the corridor, while Sayaka stands inside the archive with her hands visible and her face drained.
Makoto Naegi
The recording proves Monokuma threatened her, but Sayaka still took the knife and killed Leon. We have to separate coercion from responsibility.
Sayaka Maizono
I killed him. I was threatened, terrified, and manipulated, but Leon is still dead because I attacked him.
The students review the unedited footage, the sealed knife, and the maintenance transfer record. Their phones register each argument, but the storage drive overheats and its casing cracks.
Monokuma
Time for the verdict! Majority rules, so vote whether Sayaka Maizono is guilty. If you agree, her execution starts immediately!
The vote appears across the monitors. Despite the coercion, the majority marks Sayaka guilty of murdering Leon. The verdict is recorded, and every student now knows Junko forced the trial into existence.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure Sayaka’s execution
“"If she guilty she must be executed immediately otherwise anyone of use here could be her next victim!"”
SUCCESS (Superb Persuasive Manipulation, rolled +0)
Junko Enoshima
If Sayaka is guilty, she must be executed immediately. Otherwise, anyone useful here could be her next victim.
The demand spreads through the corridor as students stare at the recorded verdict. Sayaka remains inside the archive, guarded by Makoto, her hands still visible.
Monokuma
You heard her! The guilty student gets executed immediately, and majority rules. No delays, no appeals, no heroic exceptions!
Sayaka Maizono
I will not pretend Leon’s death did not happen. But I was threatened, and Monokuma made sure I could not think clearly.
Makoto Naegi
The vote is already recorded, but that does not make this justice. We need to recognize what Monokuma forced her to do.
The academy accepts the majority verdict. A sealed door closes around Sayaka, and the execution begins off-camera while the corridor speakers carry only alarms and static.
Monokuma
One guilty vote, one immediate consequence! Now let us see how the survivors handle knowing their decisions can kill.
Quest Complete
Secure Sayaka’s execution