"Mic test. Mic Test. It's alright, I'm sure you all can hear me. Hello all you Freshman. Let us begin our opening ceremony." All eyes face the podium as a stuffed bear rises to the podium. "A stuffed toy?" A voice among the Freshman reaches out from the silence and perplexed looks. The toy bear jolts up quickly. "I am not a toy! I am Monokuma, the principal of this school! Nice to meet ya." The students flinch. Completely caught off guard by the talking stuffed animal before them. "Well now that introductions are out of the way, let's continue. You are the promising, young high school students who carry the hopes of the world on your shoulders. In order to protect and care for you wonderful symbols of hope, I have decided to let you all live together within the confines of this school. You will stay here for the rest of your lives." The students begin to murmur and quietly protest against the toy bear. "Like, you've got to be kidding me!" A voice from the crowd raises in protest. "Don't worry, we have a substantial budget so you all will not be inconveniencing me in any way." "That's not the issue here!" "So wait. All those steel plates and metal blocks were to keep us in here?" "That is correct. You can scream all you want, but nobody is coming here to save you. So whoever wants to leave this academy, will have to play by a certain rule." "Rule?" Another students speaks up. "I don't care how you do it, but only students who have killed someone will be allowed to leave this place. That's all there is to it. Pretty simple, no?" Monokuma continues. "A situation full of despair where the hopes of this world attempt to kill each other...Man, it gets me so hot." Monkuma twitches with ecstasy as many thoughts of murder cross his cotton stuffed mind. The students shout in protest as one against the crazy proclamation made by this demented toy bear. "What is this bullcrap!?" "What do you mean bullcrap? Listen up. From here on this academy is your home. It's your society. Your world. You can do absolutely anything you want, so feel free to go wild I say!" "Kill each other?! This is madness! I don't care if you are a stuffed toy or remote controlled!" The student picks up Monokuma in an aggressive manner and threatens his life. "Acts of violence against the principal are against school regulations!" The bear starts beeping while in the student's arms. "Quick throw it away!" "What?! Why should I?!" "Just do it! Quickly!" The student throws the bear into the air as it combusts, incinerating the area around it. "Did the stuffed toy die?" One scared student curiously asks. "I am not a toy. I am Monokuma." The bear springs forth from the podium yet again. "I'll let you off with a warning this time. But the next time I find someone breaking the rules, I'll activate my superb corporal punishment function like I did just now. Now then, this completes the entrance ceremony. I hope you all enjoy this affluent and gloomy high school life." The stuffed bear recedes below the podium, leaving the students to their own intentions. Thus, their new high school lives began.