Danganronpa: Despair's Philosophy

**Danganronpa: Despair's Philosophy** is a 2nd person perspective, in-progress fanfic created by ETNMystic in collaboration with AI Dungeon.

## Plot

"Lydia Binx is invited to join Hope's Peak Academy. The problem is that....she can hardly remember anything about herself or her life before this. As usual the killing game begins to take students one by one, but alongside that, Lydia begins to have strange dreams. Slowly she begins to recover memories of who she is, and begins to find herself involved in something much more extreme....."

The reader views the events from the perspective of Lydia Binx, a kidnapped teenager held hostage at Hope's Peak who has extreme memory loss, knowing very little about herself. Many of these events include strange and cryptic dreams that slowly seem to seep into the real world; many of these dreams involve a strange man named Mr. Demar who seems to be on an ambiguous moral compass.

## Summary

### Chapter 1: Prodigy

#### Daily Life

Lydia is given the news about the killing game prior to the events of the story. She begins to meet the other Ultimate, such as Ken, Sayaka, Frank, and Meredith. Immediately she is shown to have an affinity for Mona. Following a hypnosis session, Monokuma appears and tells everyone to meet in the AV Room. There each of them are given a video that is supposed to show their most beloved person in danger. However Lydia instead sees a strange man talking to someone about making his daughter into a universal prodigy. The video is abruptly cut-off when a girl rushes in, seemingly to stop the man. After going into the dining hall and grabbing a bite to eat, she returns to her room and falls into a deep sleep. This is where her first dreams emerge.

##### The Warehouse

Lydia finds herself in a room with long tables. In front of her is a chalkboard with the word "KIDNAPPED" written on it. She sees the man from her video and confronts him, only to receive no reply. He gestures to a door behind her and she goes through to find two doors; door 3 and door 5. She enters door 3 to find herself in a warehouse. There she finds herself confronted by a feral woman wearing a horse head who asks the girl seemingly random questions before she disappears and Lydia wakes up.

##### The Classroom, Part 1

After falling back asleep, she finds herself inside of a classroom with the man from the motive video. She confronts him again, only to receive seemingly nonsense statements as he seems to be slowly consumed by madness. He claims that people will be afraid of Lydia's power despite her protests that she doesn't have power. Eventually she wakes back up, but soon falls back asleep.

##### The Former Mansion

She finds herself in a dark room with the man from the motive video. She asks him for his name and after bartering with him, he reveals himself to be a man named Mr. Demar. She questions him about the motive video and his mention of a universal prodigy. It is here she also finds out the extent of her sleep. He introduces her to the idea that she is a candidate to become the universal prodigy and as a candidate for ascension. However before she can question him further, he reveals that it's time for her to wake up.

### Deadly Life and Trial

After arriving at the dining hall, Lydia notices that one of the Ultimates is missing. She goes to check only to find Envy dead in the bathroom. During the investigation, Lydia discovers what seems to be some sort of secret message hidden inside of the closet. This clue is what leads her to unveil that Frank is the culprit, forcing him to confess and suffer through his execution.

### Aftermath

Lydia immediately feels herself pulled into a slumber, entering into another strange dream.

##### Demar's Dollhouse

Lydia finds herself inside of a dollhouse where Mr. Demar is waiting. He takes note of her exhaustion and she reveal what happened. Mr. Demar tells her that she's much more intelligent than she gives herself credit for.