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Hearing everyone's names was somehow comforting. If nothing else, Aimi now knew the people she would be living with a bit better.
She noticed a particularly voluptuous girl near Ikeda, Futami, Shimizu, and Susugihara who hadn't yet introduced herself. Susugihara smiled reassuringly at Ikeda before turning to this girl and muttering something to her. She nodded.
"I'm Tanaka Tomomi," she announced. "The Ultimate Swimsuit Model."
Someone was trying to whisper something again. Aimi glanced around the room, her eyes landing on the strange ghost following Kagakagari around. Kagakagari didn't seem to have noticed her--briefly, Aimi wondered if she was the only one.
She pointed the girl out. The girl straightened, brightening tremendously.
"Kagakagari, you seem to have brought in a ghostly companion," Aimi said. Kagakagari turned around, noticing the strange ghost girl for the first time. He jumped.
"Huh. I guess I did."
The girl wilted.
Kagakagari tilted his head at her. "So we can both see her? Must be a pretty cool ghost."
"I bet she's the Ultimate Ghost!" Himura exclaimed.
Somehow it didn't seem farfetched, considering Aimi vaguely remembered Hope's Peak accepting some talents that just flat-out made no sense before. Kisaragi was one of them.
"Ultimate Ghost," she decided.
The Ultimate Ghost made a series of rapid hand gestures and continued making her strange whispering noise.
"Just what this Shimizu movie needed," Aimi muttered. "A ghost. As if things weren't spooky enough already."
The Ultimate Ghost continued making incredibly rapid hand gestures.
"Alright." Susugihara gave a firm nod. "Now that we all know each other, we should start working on a way out of here. I'll sit down and draw up some plans...I hope they have blueprint paper in here. I can let you guys know what we need to get out of here and then we'll pool our talents to make a plane and get out of here. This place is big enough to make a runway...Futami, you said you're a runner?"
"Guilty as charged!"
"Excellent. You can help us run around and gather things we might need." Susugihara smiled, patting Ikeda's back. "We're going to get out of here, everyone. We just have to stick together and stay calm. Now, Monokuma mentioned the rules. Does anyone want to go over those with everyone?"
Somehow, having someone around who seemed perfectly keen to take complete charge of the situation was refreshing. Aimi could stay in charge and on top of things herself perfectly well, but even directors had assistants--she decided she liked Susugihara's air of professionalism and drive.