Isaiah had more or less stopped appearing at the morning meetings. Ice was not the social sort, especially since a death had happened. He wasn't really surprised who it happened to, and honestly, he always suspected Davis had a screw or two loose. But he sympathized with the younger infinites. He would have felt awful if something happened to Caora or Shaun. Part of him was still broken up over Kara leaving. Would they ever see her again?

	Ice was able to hear Cyrus's order. He rolled his eyes. The traitor was working with the mastermind. It made far more sense that any equipment they had would be stored in some safe place. Quite frankly, Ice wouldn't have been surprised if Calvin was the traitor all along. But maybe it was good fortune he was able to hear the request. Everyone would have suspected Aleecia and him if no one checked their rooms. “Alright, I'll check Aleecia's room. She trusts me.” After getting her a sandwich, he left for her room. He hadn't seen her since last night.

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	Ice knocked on her door, and was a little surprised when Nariko answered instead of Aleecia. She was dressed like an actual nurse, white attire head to toe.

	“What happened?” Isaiah's voice cracked.

	The robot whimpered. “A-after the roller coaster ride yesterday, Aleecia's um, w-well. She had me watch over her all night a-and her headaches are getting worse.” She lowered her head in shame. “Her brain aneurysm may have been weakened further. She was in so much pain she couldn't talk.” 

	Ice pushed his way past the robot. He was a man of few words, but he had spent more time with Aleecia out of anyone. Once he pushed past Nariko, his eyes fell on Aleecia. She was laying on her bed with a damp washcloth on her head.

	“Is she on anything?”

	Nariko shivered. “There's nothing I can do. Morphine and other powerful pain killers thin your blood, which is dangerous with her condition. If her brain has started bleeding, she could bleed out and die.” Nariko's eyes shut with a click. “I-I'm so sorry.”

	“Hey!” He grabbed the robot by the shoulders and shook her. “This is your fault! If it wasn't for that stupid rollercoaster-”

	But Nariko only made sniffling sounds in response. Some mock tear ducts opened around her eyelids and started to trickle out water. It didn't look like real tears. There was a bit too much water, and it ran off her face too quickly. “I'm sorry!” She whined over and over again.

	Monokuma popped out of the floor with a giggle. “You really shouldn't be so hard on Nariko-”

	“Why are you pieces of shit in here anyway!? According to the rules-”

	“WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED ENTRY IF WE ARE INVITED, WHICH WE WERE!” The bear shouted back. “See? I can cut you off mid sentence too. Now as I was saying...” Monokuma folded his arms. “This is all your people's fault. If there wasn't a trial, there wouldn't have been a need to ride into the court of carnage. So this is on you guys for not being able to love and tolerate each other. In this paradise no less. Seriously! We take care of your every need, and you're killing each other to escape.”

	Ice growled. “You know damn well you instigated that last murderer!”

	“I was getting bored though! I could bear-ly contain myself!” Monokuma looked between the blood donor and the dice master. “But Aleecia's suffering, I wonder if it will be a [u]motive[/u] for murderer, or an [u]incentive[/u] for conquest.”

	“What are you implying?”

	The bear tipped its head. “Oh, well.” He looked to Aleecia. “There are two ways you can end her suffering. One is through killing her. Out of the question for you, I know. Or! You could defeat Alexandria's Carnage Chassis and unlock the facilities on the second floor. There's some stuff in there that can be used to stabilize her.”

	“Are you serious?”

	“Does a chicken have lips?” Killgood turned his back on the blood donor. “Of course you need to remember my daughter killed Shona single handed. You will definitely be putting your life at risk, as well as anyone who helps you.” Monokuma looked over his shoulder with a chuckle. “If you knew how many people she's killed, you probably wouldn't even attempt it.” Ice only groaned in response. “Anyway, kill each other, or get killed by my daughters. Doesn't matter to me. So long as I cure you of your hope, I'm doing my job!” With a cute giggle, the bear disappeared into the floor again. It was up to Ice to tell everyone what was going on.

[hr]

	“...So if we want to save Aleecia, we need to do that!”

	Isaiah had just gotten done explaining the situation to anyone who was willing to listen. Most of the infinites had gathered outside her room to hear Isaia's proposal.

	“Um.” Bliss looked away from Isaiah. “I'm all for helping, but the carnage sisters seem dangerous. One of then has chain guns for arms, and another has a cannon. What do we have to fight back with?”

	“Like.” Jezebel folded her arms. “This kinda smells like a trap. I'm all for helping a girl out but trying to kill one of those things without a weapon? So uncool!”

	Not much time had passed before Calvin made an appearance. “Sounds like you're thinking about taking on Alexandria.” Calvin was holding a bow in one of his hands. “It's been a while since I made a bow, but this one is pretty decent. Not my best craftsmanship, but it won't fail it's wielder.”

	Ice looked at the bow. “You made that?”

	“And many more weapons.” Calvin spun the bow in his hand. “I'm not sure why, but Alexandria trusts me. During the night of carnage, she entered the crematorium with her carnage class chassis. I thought she was going to kill me, but she discussed her interest in having me make her some horse shoes.”  He looked at the rest of the infinites. His eyes were bloodshot, a byproduct of working through the night without rest. “What I propose is that we ambush her when she comes to me tonight. We could split up into two teams. One team could help me slay her, and the other could locate the phone for Krista's phone call. With us fighting Alexandria, that's one less very dangerous carnage sister for the rest of you to deal with. It's a win/win.”

	Bliss groaned. “Won't you guys be in a bad spot if the other carnage sisters show up at the crematorium?”

	“Not at all.” Calvin swung his head over to Bliss. “Monokuma couldn't enter her room. As long as we stay in Alexandria's room, she's the only one who can harm us.”

	“And what about the traitor?”

	Calvin sighed. “That's why I was hoping Zachary could come with me. I'm not expecting the arrows to kill the traitor, but if they do show...” He looked at everyone else. “Well, it will certainly narrow down who they were. That fucker would be wise to sit this one out, if they won't help us.”

	Ice placed a hand on his chest. “If you could make me a short chain, or find me a cable, I would definitely help slay Alexandria.”

	Calvin smirked. “So it seems like we're going to have to put our differences aside for a while huh?” Ice didn't respond. “Look.” Calvin looked back at the group again. “You don't have to help fight.  But you can help those that are.”