Internal Corruption

Internal Corruption 'box art' made by Frosty.

*❝ So you went to the location specified in the letter, only to suddenly feel woozy and pass out. Whoops! Seems like this was a very realistic Hope's Peak graduation ceremony. **Welcome to the killing game!**❞*

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**Danganronpa: Internal Corruption**, usually simplified as *Corruption* or *IC*, originated as a roleplaying game on Quotev created by user Eva (@naegiri). She was motivated by possible writing plot-twists not present in previous killing game RPGs, the possibility of more CG art and MP4s, and a bigger cast list, thus creating this one. It is the fourth and, currently, final in the SLverse timeline.

It is made completely of original characters made by admins to the project, being portrayed by them on personal accounts created for the character itself. None of the canon characters from Danganronpa were portrayed directly, but there are mentions of characters (e.g., Junko Enoshima and Class 77-B) due to it being in the game's re-thought canon.

Internal Corruption can be found on Quotev at @chaoshearts.

## Synopsis

Despite the tradition of Ultimates dying out, it's said that Makoto Naegi wanted to recognize those with Ultimate talent. Makes sense, as the Ultimate Hope was always so happy-go-lucky, and stubbornly encouraging.

There was a ceremony to formally recognize a group as Ultimates, they remembered Hope's Peak Academy's gates, but... they were locked.

Twenty would-be ultimate students wake up in the entryway of a mansion with metal collars around their necks and no idea how they got there. After they have woken up, Yagi Shintaro attempts to open the red door at the end of the hall, to no avail. Meguro Takamaru attempts to open the double-doors ahead, and succeeds.

They find themselves in the main hall, where the host, with a collar of their own and introducing themselves only as Kaosu, greets them. Kaosu explains that this is a killing game, to everyone's distress. However, there was a twist; Kaosu adds that there is an additional rule placed! A blackened vote. Whoever is blackened, if caught, may attempt to guess the mastermind. However, if they guess incorrectly, both they and the person for whom they voted will be executed.

Jae Fitzgerald asks Kaosu for their motivation, which they refrain from sharing. Kaosu offers their services to anyone who may want them, and then exits, leaving everyone to wonder what is going on.

## Notes

Danganronpa: Internal Corruption place about a two years and a half, give or take, after the events of Trigger Happy Havoc, Goodbye Despair, and Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. In the timeframe of Despair Overhaul, it is the fourth and (currently) final killing game and Internal Corruption takes place six months after Danganronpa: Despair Annihilation.

Just like the original material of Danganronpa, IC has chapters for its progression of storyline. It replicates the game's continuance, however since this is not a real interactive game, it has a more Dungeons & Dragons-esque way of interaction on Quotev's feed function for character conversations, investigation, and Class Trials are played in Quotev's group function. Each character replies to another based on posts in which you tag another player, talking to them as you would for normal roleplaying scripts. Class Trials and investigations are guided by IC's writer.

As the host, the character Kaosu is used by Eva to guide its storyline.

## Ending

The seven *— Meguro, Fitz, Salia, Sachi, Sachiko, Hanako, and Yagi — leave through a passage way, led by Kyo Haku, and accompanied by Kaosu.*

eva u can write this yeah cool

## Trivia

* Internal Corruption is the shortest Danganronpa killing game-structured RPG to date, lasting only 2 weeks exactly, while others are only around a month or greater.
	+ It is also the one with the largest cast, having 20 participants.
* Eva enlisted the CG help of admins Muffy & Frosty. Aside from minimal images like newspaper reports and stairways, all the CGs are known as "Fruffy Art".
* Internal Corruption is the second RPG to implement a mastermind guessing mechanic. The first being Guessing Game, for whom the namesake comes from.
	+ However, unlike Guessing Game, Internal Corruption had the mastermind guessed correctly *and unveiled* in Chapter Three.

* Chapter 4's title, 'Paris is Burning', is more than likely a reference to St. Vincent's song of the same name.
	+ Coincidentally, there is a 1990s film by Jennie Livingston of the same name. It "chronicles the ball [drag/ballroom] culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it.".[1] It has nothing to do with the RPG I just thought it was interesting.

* The floating red door in the Chapter One CG is a reference to the *Twilight Zone* intro door.
* There are a couple mistakes in a few chapter CGs.
	+ In Chapter One, Meguro's outfit is just the same as her based on character, Kanamori Sayaka, despite having her own design thought of at the time.
	+ In Chapter Five, the word 'the' is capitalized. It's a small thing but god sometimes grammar is a bitch.