Calvin tipped his head to Cyrus's question. "I mean, maybe?"

	"Maybe!?" Aleecia was starting to get worked up. "You responded to Lucas when he said you were there for it!"

	"Well..." Calvin scratched the back of his head. "I mean, I just heard him say my name and figured he was trying to accuse me. I don't remember hearing Mondatta's voice now that I think about it. I was just defending myself from Lucas's accusations."

	"Gosh Calvin." Alexandria popped up beside the blacksmith. "I didn't think you were so pants-on-head-silly about all this, tee-hee!"

	"Shit yea he's got silly pants!" Geina popped up over his other shoulder. "But we're here because you're totally going to show us your six pack. Ain't that right, bitch?"

	Calvin folded his arms. "Well, I don't see the need to."

	"By the queen herself doth she command this heathen to rid himself of his uniform and give unto her an offering of flesh!" Willow fret her brow. "Less she carve it from his bones!"

	"Look, there's no reason for me to..." Calvin trailed off when he noticed Aleecia had shrugged off her green hoodie and was starting to remove her tank top. "A-Aleecia!?"

	"He's just going to keep lying in circles until we do it anyway." 

	Before Calvin could respond, Alice was attempting to undress him herself. "Hey! I can take my own shirt off!" But the other carnage sisters seemed to think it was a good idea and helped Alice out as best they could. That was to say Calvin stood virtually no chance at preserving his dignity. Despite Alice's attempts to leave his shirt unharmed, the carnage sisters tore it to pieces in seconds. They swooned at the sight of his exposed skin. Calvin was unhappy, but refused to speak.

	"Your queen has examined your flesh with utmost scrutiny, and has found no blemishes to speak of." 

	"Hey!" Geina was the one to speak up next. "The fuck is Nariko doing?"

	Nariko was looking at Aleecia, who had finished removing her tank top. She was just wearing a bra and jeans now. "Oh dear...."

	Geina raised an eyebrow. "What is it sis?"

	"I'm..." She stepped backwards. "I'm..." Nariko hugged herself. "I'M FEELING POSITIVE EMOTIONS!"

	The other carnage sister shrieked in unison. "Oh dear!" Willow looked away from Nariko. "Well, pray tell, do you see any bruising?"

	Nariko slowly looked away from Aleecia. "There are no bruises... on the fruit."

	Bliss exhaled. "So it was Lucas after all."

	"Well." Davis scratched the back of his head. “The four people that were present for the discussion in question were Krista, Lucas, Calvin... And you.”

	“Hold it buster!” Bliss stayed quiet for a moment. “Just because I watch over Krista doesn't mean I go eavesdropping on all of her conversations. And it's really hard to focus when Shaun and Caora were together. They're s-so cute!”

	“Why is everyone stripping? Why is everyone stripping each other?” Monokuma Looked around at everyone. “You're... raising all kinds of things right now... But mostly my desire to punish someone!” He pointed at his "daughters" with a quivering paw. "And the lot of you are the first to be punished! Is this how I raised you?"

	"We're sorry father!" They sobbed in unison. Except for Nariko, who was creeping towards Bliss.

	"Heh." perfection folded his arms. "I might as well recap what happened... While the murder itself happened just today, the killer had prepared several days in advance. He was filing down the stalagmite and working on earning his mark's trust. When the day of the murderer rolled around, the killer needed a way to isolate Krista from her body guards. He did this by arranging for Krista to appear in the caves for the shift change. If I had to guess, the original intention was to make a killing that looked like a freak accident. So when Krista showed up, he knocked her out and prepared to drop the stalagmite on her. Something must have been off with the killers timing, because Mondatta arrived early.”

	Bliss hugged herself in an attempt to prevent Nariko from removing her blouse. “Mondatta knew I had difficulty adjusting to the new schedule, and said it would be okay if I woke him up early. Krista told me to have Mondatta meet her in the caves.” The nanny looked away. “That must have been why the killer wasn't ready.”  

	Davis continued. “And when Mondatta showed up, he was able to thwart the killer's initial murder attempt. After a quick beat down, Mondatta must have broken the file. That, or the killer broke it while beating on Mondatta's armor. Either way, Mondatta was willing to spare the killer... only to have him thrust Mondatt's head into a stalagmite and kill him.”

	Calvin shook his head. “Damn...”

	“The killer was unable to go through with their initial murder attempt, so they decided to pin it all on Krista instead. He used her handbook to plant a knife wrapper in her room and a knife at the scene of the crime, and then He used her shoes to plant fake footprints after wiping up the old ones. The killer's intentions with this ruse was to create a could of chaos that we couldn't look though. However, their own lies and Mondatta's final gift to the killer makes it pretty clear who it is. even without all of this evidence... disappearing footprints? Falling stalagmites? A victim with no visible wounds? could a crime like this be dreamed up by anyone but the infinite paranormal investigator?" Once Bliss was stripped down to her underwear, (it was nothing fancy, for those wondering.) Nariko gave Davis a thumbs up. Perfection responded by unbolting the scabbard and sword from his hip and lifting it over his shoulder. Then he took a swing that would have made Leon Kuwata proud. It struck the paranormal investigator square in his bruise, causing him to double over in pain. “Lucas Carsen, you cunt! You killed my friend!” 

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	Davis turned away from Lucas's podium. “Say Killgood, can you unlock the levers now? I think everyone's ready to vote.”

	"Sure, just... Cover up your bear spots." Monokuma groaned. "You guys are worse than those hope's peak teenagers! I'm going to have a slew of new regulations ready for you next time! Moving away from the podiums, stripping, making physical attacks on people... Nurses! Step away from Calvin!"

	With everyone clothed, the infinites started to vote for who they thought the killer was. Even though they all believed in the evidence presented, it was a little unnerving to see their choices play out on a slots machine. But sure enough, the machine hit a "jackpot" for Lucas and dumped faux coins all over the floor.

	"Well well well." Davis said with a chuckle. "Seems I was right after all."

	Monokuma looked a little miffed by Davis's smug attitude, but he instantly sprung into high spirits. "As you likely already know, Lucas was one hundred percent guilty for the murderer of the infinite monk." The bear giggled. "Not that you're going to have a second chance or anything, but loose lips sink ships."

	"That includes the one that was riding on all that hot air between you and Krista." Perfection scoffed. "You fake." 

	Bliss, now dressed, was giving Nariko a stare of disapproval. "I just want you to know that was VERY unlady like, buster!"

	"I=I'm sorry." the samurai quivered in place. "I'll never be happy again, would that make you feel better?" Bliss only groaned in response.

	"So Lucas, it seems like you're on borrowed time now." Davis wasn't wearing the same smug grin he had worn through most of the trial. He looked quite irritated. "Do you have anything you want to say in defense of what a huge piece of shit you are? What made that phone call so tempting that you were willing to sacrifice all of us for it?"