History Fanfic / WhereTalentGoesOnVacation

''Where Talent Goes on Vacation'' is a ''Danganronpa'' fic by Theralion. The fic is a sequel to ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie'', and stars Class 32 of Talent High School as they embark on a cruise before the school year starts. Monokuma hijacks the cruise ship, takes their teacher hostage, and announces that the only way to leave the trip is to kill someone and get away with it.

** [[spoiler:Kirishima]]'s execution is called "Evolve or Die," recalling [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Celestia Ludenberg's]] {{Catchphrase}} of "Adapt or Perish."

* VirtualReality: It's hinted several times throughout the story that the "cruise" is actually taking place in the [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Neo World Program]], [[spoiler:and officially confirmed during Chapter VI]].

** The record store that the characters visit in Chapter II has music by [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Sayaka Maizono]] and [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Ibuki Mioda]] in it. The "Tragedy Overture" soundtrack is also based off of the events of [[Anime/DanganRonpa3 Side: Despair]].

* UnreliableExpositor: During his lectures on the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hope's Peak]] and [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Talent High]] killing games, Monokuma engages in several BlatantLies- namely [[spoiler:the canon one about [[LightNovel/DanganronpaZero Kumakura being the one who killed the Hope's Peak student council when it was actually Junko]], that Mukuro was executed for attempting to betray Junko when she was actually loyal to Junko the entire time and was the one betrayed by her sister, that Kagami was a member of Ultimate Despair when he was actually just using Junko's philosophies for revenge against the Talent High staff, and that the survivors of both games slaughtered their respective masterminds]].

Like the previous fic, a collection of Side Stories features the cast's Free Time Events and other stories. It can be found on [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13305078/1/Where-Talent-Goes-On-Vacation-Side-Stories Fanfiction.net]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19119955/chapters/45436117 AO3]].

'''Nagato''': As we discussed earlier, on the previous island, we were told the traitor was someone who wasn't supposed to be here, and I only just realized what he meant by that. Monokuma recognized that person the first time he saw them, so identifying them should have been that easy for the rest of us... even me. ''[looks into traitor's eyes]'' In other words, I know who the traitor is. [[spoiler:It's you, Mom]].

-->'''[[spoiler:"Tatsuki"]]''': [[spoiler:Take care of yourself, sis[[note]]What Taiga calls Tatsuki[[/note]], and never forget- I'll always love you.]]\\

-->'''Azuki''': So in other words, your dad helped you get in. But he's...\\

-->'''Azuki''': You said (the pressure plate trap in the room downstairs) fired ''twice''? And a minute after you tested it?\\

-->'''Asakura''': We all know under these rules, Nagato's the only one who qualifies, right?\\

-->'''Monokuma''': And that's that! I feel a little bit better now that I've gotten to watch an execution.\\

-->'''Nagato''': To add to what I said earlier, Monokuma must not have planned to include the traitor. As such, he had to improvise, and so came up with a role for the traitor to play in the killing game. If that's true, then... of course.\\

'''Monkuma''': ''[makes a "tsk-tsk" noise]'' The ''only'' person? There's no less than three such people here, [[spoiler:including you! Oh, and Kojima-san, but he's dead now]]. ''[[[spoiler:Asakura]] and [[spoiler:Kurogane]] turn pale]'' It just so happens that those two are related to members of Talent High School's board of directors. [[spoiler:Asakura's maternal uncle is Jiro Kusakabe, a member of the board, while Kojima-san's mother's cousin is Yukino Ishigami, a fellow member of the board. As for Nagato-san, she isn't just Nagato-sensei's daughter, but Chairman Takehiko Mitamura's granddaughter]].

*** [[spoiler:Azuki's]] FamousLastWords to [[spoiler:her]] friends are "[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} The rest]], [[LampshadeHanging as they say]]... [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} is silence]]."

** Kyoko Kirigiri appears during the Epilogue as [[spoiler:Miura and Edogawa are reporting to her about the successful retrieval of the Killing School Trip survivors from the Neo World Program and the arrest of Yukari Nagato]]. [[spoiler:She and the rest of the Hope's Peak Killing Game survivors minus Toko also appear during the first post-credits scene where they meet with the Talent High survivors while recovering from the events of the [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool Final Killing Game]]]].

** Kyoko Kirigiri appears during the Epilogue as [[spoiler:Miura and Edogawa are reporting to her about the successful retrieval of the Killing School Trip survivors from the Neo World Program and the arrest of Yukari Nagato]]. [[spoiler:She and the rest of the Hope's Peak Killing Game survivors minus Toko also appear during the first post-credits scene where they meet with the Talent High survivors while recovering from the events of the [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool Final Killing Game]]]].

** On the final morning of the cruise, Nagato says "Good morning" to Azuki out of force of habit[[spoiler:... making it all the more surprising when the long-deceased Azuki answers "Morning, Chiyuri" in reply]].