* I headed up the stairs with Rich to check out the second floor *

"I say, that's odd... Why would the second floor of a hotel be this... ingrown with plants?" Rich commented.
I was behind him, so once I got up the stairs, I noticed that he was right. The window to the left of us was shattered, but no use trying to go through it, it had been boarded up and covered in vines.

"Trixie agrees that is rather... strange."
The layout seemed to be similar to the downstairs, a square floor, with at the tip of the right hallway was a blocked-off set of stairs. We looked to our first room on the right to see a library. Quibble Pants was in there.

"Hey, Quibble," I say as we enter the room, "What're you up to?"

"I was looking for any Daring Do books, but these seem to be all old history and anatomy books..."

"I say, that's a rather odd combo..."

"I've only looked at the non-fiction section..."
Trixie and Rich just stared at each other.

"Yeah, yeah. I get that look all the time. But I've met Daring Do."

"You've met a fictional character?"

"I thought Trixie was the Ultimate Illusionist." Rich joked which got a small giggle from me.
Quibble stormed out throwing and accidentally leaving an anatomy book open on one page.

Vital Organ Locations; Zebras vs Ponies
Rich and I turned pale.

"Why would Quibble be looking at this?!"

"I say, I'm not sure, but we should ask if we can dispose of this book."
Monoluna appeared behind us.

"You can check out a book by scanning it, but who scans it will be public knowledge, all from this machine right here, the library itself... also has a scanner that can record people coming in."

"I say if it's public knowledge... and we leave it here, it may be easier to catch a culprit..." Rich said, clearly hinting at Quibble.

"Trixie agrees, thanks for the help, I guess."

"..." Monoluna remained silent then replied with a downright terrifying smirk followed by a laugh.

"I get no pleasure from seeing you all die, I'd much rather have each of you sink into despair, one by one as you crumple away into piles of nothing."
Rich and I both shuddered as we left the book alone and left the library and went across the hall to find... a swimming pool with Applejack and Dusty swimming in the pool with Spike and Splash lounging.
We walk up to Spike and Splash who were lounging on some lounge chairs.

"Y'all ain't going to join your marefriends? Rich nudged.
Splash and Spike both chuckled,

"I didn't know Dusty before... this game, and Dusty mentioned having a marefriend back home."

"I could, but they're doing some racing laps right now, and I'd much rather admire the view... AJ looks great with her mane down."

"Adorable, so this room is just a swimming pool?"

"Yeah, there's a storage closet where you can see pool cleaning supplies and some balls to throw around in the pool, and a net, which I assume is for volleyball." Spike nodded over at a door.

"Thank you, sirs." Rich nodded at them.
As we left the pool Applejack had just barely beaten Dusty and gave us a wave, I smiled back at her. It was a little spooky how the vines kind of entangled the walls of the hallway. The oddest thing was that all the plants were just like Monoluna, cold coal black with thorns of white glow.

I noticed Zecora at the next door, which appeared to be shut, it seemed to be blocked off by vines on the wall, unlike other doors.

"Greetings Rich and Trixie Lulamoon, the rest of the doors still seem to be blocked, but hopefully they will be unlocked soon."

"The last floor wasn't blocked off by these black vines, I say, I wonder where they came from?"

"Trixie wonders the same..."

"We have plenty of time before m- the motive does strike, we should have time later to check them all alike."

"Mhm." Rich nodded "Are you sure all of the other doors are blocked by the vines?
Zecora shook her head.

"There's one empty room in the back, but there's nothing in there, it's also painted all white, which is the opposite of black."

"Well, we should be heading down for dinner soon, time really passed by didn't it?"
We turned to the voice and Splash and Dusty were following close behind AJ, Splash holding Applejack's maneties as she was passed out on Spike's back.

"Applejack's a great swimmer, but she can tire herself easily because she uses up a lot of stamina quickly." Dusty said, putting her own maneties back in.

Spike nodded at Rich and Applejack, "I'm going to settle in bed with her, I can survive a night without food."
We nodded at Spike and the five of us headed to the cafeteria and informed Gilda and Corriander.

"So, up on that new floor was just a pool, a library, and an empty room?"

Dusty nodded and Zecora responded.

"Library could hold some information for heart, also Gilda, this was a delicious pumpkin tart."

Gilda nodded at her from behind and just said a simple "Thanks."
Eventually, we all headed back to our rooms, and... That was it for the night...
I enjoyed exploring with Rich, he's a very kind stallion, and clearly a great parent and philanthropist.

Bing Bong Bong Bing

I heard it as I settled into bed.

Monodence here, sorry I was busy opening up the second floor and that takes a lot of energy so yawn I needed the day off. See you tomorrow~ Happy murder~
The Great and Powerful Trixie.... slowly fell asleep.

CRASH
I sort of woke up to that noise... but who knows what the Monos do at night...
So, The Tired and Tired Trixie... went back to sleep

Bing Bong Bong Bing
I woke up to that dreaded alarm.
Good morning~ Monodence here, have a fantaaabulous day~!

I got out of my room and was greeted with a lovely smell of scones and eggs and cheese.
* I decided to sit next to Dusty today *

"Mornin' Trixie."

"yawn Morning Dusty..."

"So, what do you want to talk about?"

"Trixie is curious about your talent, what is a "Moasaicist" "

Dusty grinned and nodded her head.

"Well, you see, it's totally badass!"

"Ok... but what is it."

"Pfft, let me finish, basically I get to smash a bunch of colored glass with a hammer and make art with said glass, it would hurt your hooves so badly, but luckily I got my horn... which doesn't work currently."

"About your horn, how did it get to be so colorful?"

"No clue, doctors were mystified, and it was born with me, It's unique though so I'm not complaining."

Snap sat down with us and we all finished our food.

"Hey, I didn't explore much of that library yesterday, wanna come explore it with me?" Snap asked.

"Trixie is up for that."

"I got nothing better to do."
We take care of our dishes and head upstairs only to notice the pool door open and water on the floor that leads to that far, pure white, empty room.
"Uh oh... ya don't think?" Snap asked, hesitantly.

"I swear to Celestia, if somebody killed again..."

No... Not after seeing what happened to Octavia... somepony couldn't have... It hadn't even been a full day... Trixie refuses to believe somecreature killed!
Once again...
Trixie was wrong.

((WARNING: BODY DISCOVERY; BLOOD))

https://www.deviantart.com/pandaisqued/art/Ponganronpa-Body-discovery-Chapter-2-916571558

There... we saw the body. Zecora Sahara, the Ultimate Herbalist, was dead.
Bing Bong Bong Bing
"YayyyyY," Monodence started, "A body has been discovered, please report to The White Room and you may begin investigating."
Dusty sighed.

"Aw shit, here we go again."

Author's Note

Please don't hate me :c