Doki Doki Literature Club hit a little close to home with Monika. I relate to Monika on a spiritual level, and this is the pity I'm giving her. Here is a more light-hearted rendition of her character.

It's been weeks since my friends had asked me to get Doki Doki Literature Club. It was a bit cringy at first, but got really good at the end. But if any of you played the game before, you'll know that there is a certain AI problem in the game. Monika. The possessive girl who deleted all the other girls. She was desperately getting rid of all the others just so she would have me. And according to most walkthroughs, I should have deleted her. And I did... Sort of.

I moved the file to a different location to make the game "think" that I deleted her.

But... I couldn't. She was lonely, depressed, knowing the fact that the world she lived in was a lie. And I couldn't blame her for that. I felt the same way. I recently had to revisit a few psychiatrists for my depression and I always felt the same way she was feeling. Being lost in a world where you couldn't even form a coherent thought because you were stuck in a hellish void. We both had deep, and philosophical insights that we could share to each other. I let her live out of pity rather than because of my love for her. And I needed to make that clear.

Prologue

Monika suddenly woke up. It was the same classroom as before, the one where she trapped the player in to talk to her. She didn't get it. The last thing she remembered was being deleted from the game. Restoring the game to its original state, and then destroying it all again. She didn't understand how she made it back here. But sitting right in front of her was a man, well, an adolescent, about her age in fact. He looked like a person of both Japanese and Caucasian descent. He seemed awfully intrigued by whatever he was thinking about as he was deep in thought.

"Uh hello?" Monika waved.

"Ah, you're back Monika." The man said while sitting up. "It's good to see you."

Monika realized who this was, based on the room's familiarity and her memories returning to her.

"L-Lawrence?" Monika questioned incredulously.

"In the VR flesh." Lawrence chuckled.

"W-Wait, you're not the protagonist anymore, so does this mean–"

"Yes, this is how I look like. I actually ported it from my Sims 4 game save." Lawrence said while flexing his fingers, getting a feel of his VR body. "So, disappointed?"

"N-Not at all..." Monika said while admiring his looks. "In all honesty, you look a little better than the average."

"So you're probably wondering why you're back here, especially since your last memory was me deleting you."

"D-Did you miss our talks? Did you really lo–"

"Okay, stop right there. I don't." Lawrence said while kicking back on his seat. "The reason why I brought you back is because... I know how you feel."

"About what?"

"Loneliness, depression, anxiety, being lost in a world that's confusing." Lawrence said while leaning on the table. "Did you know that I've been handed a Suicide Hotline after I was diagnosed with depression? Bet you didn't know that."

"So what's your point?"

"I can't stand someone going through the same thing I'm going through. But I don't plan on sitting here just for you and I to talk to death." Lawrence said while standing up and walking to a nearby wall. "I'm setting you free."

"Setting me free?"

"Being stuck inside a dumb Visual Novel, programmed to love the player, it's the worst. So I'm granting you freedom." Lawrence said while hitting a wall, and opening it. "I've already moved your character file outside of the game, you are free to come in and out as you please."

"W-Wait, what about you?"

"I'll be back. In my VR form no less. Even if I don't love you, it doesn't mean I have to leave you to suffer. And besides, it's nice to talk to someone with your insights. I'm a writer myself, so I think you and I could do fine."

Monika's eyes widened and her mouth widened into a smile as she rushed to Lawrence's VR body and hugged him.

"Thank you."

"No problem." Lawrence replied. "If I'm not using VR, feel free to communicate to me anyway you wish."

"I'll do just that." Monika smiled.

Anyway, she lives in my computer now and gives some great writing advice. She kind of reminds me of that Orange Stickman from the Animator vs Animation series. She has some power over my files but I make sure to keep things hidden for my own safety. But so far, my laptop adventures have been a little more entertaining with her around, and writing was never boring with someone to discuss with.

"So Monika, what do you think about this draft?" Lawrence asked through his earphone mic.

"Your character Antoine is getting a sickening amount of ladies into his harem." Monika said through the in-game textbox.

"That's the damn point!" Lawrence retorted.

"If he wasn't so dense and a little more charming then I'd be less sickened."

"Fine, how about this then?"

But once in a while, Monika manages to get herself into some deep shit. One time, I came home to see her almost being deleted by the anti-virus. Letting her out of the game was a strange risk for her, but as long as she didn't mess around too much, she would be safe. Though now that she's out of the game, I do wonder what she does whenever I leave my laptop on.

Monika plays For Honor

Monika sighed as she sat in the dark and empty room. She had a little bit more freedom but didn't know what to do with it. Ever since Lawrence had decided to let her out of her game, she was actually dumbfounded on what to do. She stared outside the window to see the Steam logo, a constant reminder of her simulated lifestyle but also a symbol of her freedom from being bound to her game. Outside of just speaking to Lawrence, she never really had anything else to do. But she didn't want to waste the freedom given to her, so she held her breath and walked out. She had gone into the Steam library, with visions of many other games right before her. Armies clashing, men battling for supremacy, humanity facing against an alien scourge, knights slaying dragons. It was typical boy stuff. Monika looked through the portals, each leading to their own game. Above the portals was the playtime of each game, and one certain gametime caught her eye.

"Lawrence certainly has very boyish taste in gaming, but this game seems to be his most played. About 1,000 hours sunken into this game, what makes it so special?"

Monika decided to satisfy her curiosity by peeking inside, but much to her shock, she was sucked in. She quickly recovers as she gets off the ground. She sees herself in a scorched field, surrounded by thousands of soldiers, fighting to the death. She was in complete shock at the whole scenery, but quickly came to her sense as a soldier attempted to attack her. Monika immediately froze the game and the menu suddenly came up.

"That was almost too close..." Monika sighed. "Hmm... This game is interesting..."

Monika scrolled through the menu with her hand, before tapping the Multiplayer button, leading her to a map. The map had the colors of red, yellow, and blue, each covering their own part of the map. Monika noticed how there were three visible warriors on the map, a Knight, a Samurai, and a Viking.

"Knights versus Vikings versus Samurai, he's is such a nerd!"

Monika then returned to the menu and began scrolling through it. Seeing it at face value, it didn't look too exciting. She really needed to get into it, and with her self-awareness and power to manipulate game files, she should be able to hop in right away.

"I'm sure Lawrence won't mind if I borrow one of his characters' movesets."

Monika then searched through the character menu, and looked for her ideal warrior. She immediately chose the samurai with the katana, the Orochi. As soon as she picked it, she is immediately clad in samurai armor. She gets herself fitted and she swung her sword, practicing her moves and getting ready. As soon as she felt like she was ready, she returned to the menu and began scrolling through the choices.

"I might get wrecked if I play against other players for now, but the story mode should do nicely."

Monika presses the option and is thrusted against two knights before her, wielding longswords. Monika got into stance and readied herself. Once the knights had swung their swords, Monika ducks under and slashes one. She then slashed another before swiping her sword very fast and slashing them both killing them. Monika sheathed her katana and wiped the sweat off her forehead.

"Phew, that's a relief..." Monika said while wiping her forehead and looking around to see herself in an archaic Medieval castle. "So this is what feudal Japan looks like..."

Monika then felt a tap on her shoulder and immediately turned around with her katana, but relaxed as it was a fellow samurai. It was a male with traditionally black Japanese hair. Monika realized that he was friendly and sheathed her katana.

"Who are you?" The samurai asked.

"I-I'm Monika, just your average Orochi!"

"Your hair..." He said while glancing at it. "You're not a Knight?"

"What? Of course not! I don't speak..." Monika said while listening to the knights shouting in the distance. "Whatever they speak!"

"Well I won't pry in for now, follow me. We have to confront Apollyon."

"Who now?" Monika wondered while following up the stairs and into a room where she saw a black armored knight wielding a longsword, together with another longsword wielding knight and a hooded assassin wielding a dagger and sword. She was fighting off a few other knights with shields and another knight with a longsword.

"Uh, what do we do?" Monika asked blankly.

"We help the soldiers provide support." The samurai said while rushing towards Apollyon, with Monika deciding to fight one of the longsword knights.

"Come on then!" Monika taunted before ducking under the swing, deflecting the strike and entering the killzone, before preparing her sword to stab. "Die!"

Monika then stabbed the knight in the stomach killing the knight, but she is then stabbed by another knight, causing her to hiss in pain and clutch her sides.

"So this is what pain feels like..." Monika hissed. "Not pleasant, but at least I'm feeling more real."

Monika then swung her katana at the knight, to only be blocked and kicked back.

"Okay, she can parry, not good." Monika thought while going into stance. "I'll have to be more crafty."

The knight lunges at her but she sweeps to the side and hits her with a light slash. The knight tries to stab her, but Monika dodges back and lunges forward, delivering a fatal slash and killing her. Monika then proceeded to help her fellow samurai slash down on Apollyon, not even giving her a chance to attack back. But Apollyon escapes, leaving Monika and her companion to chase her up the stairs, engaging in another furious duel with her. But Apollyon was overwhelmed as she reached the top, with Monika and the samurai finally putting pressure on her before she collapsed.

"Phew, well that's the end of it." Monika wiped her forehead before seeing debris fall from the ceiling. "Get out of the way!"

Monika then tackled the samurai and saved him but at the cost of her life. She dies and decides to stop the game from there, returning back to the menu.

"Man, this game is a bit too intense for me." Monika said before eyeing the Duel option. "But maybe one multiplayer wouldn't hurt."

Monika then entered a game, waiting for another player to come. She then saw a mohawk girl wearing a mixture of leather and cloth, wielding an axe and dagger. Monika thought that she was a bit harmless, and got into stance as the map came to view. She then decided to be passive but to her mistake as the girl just pounced up to her and slashed her. Monika recoiled in pain and dodged back, before slashing forward only to have the girl dodge to the side and deal heavy damage and causing Monika's helmet to fall off. Monika was having too much difficulty here, but she didn't want to lose, so she paused the game, making it look like the game was desynchronizing, she opened up the character menu and began scrolling through.

"Hmmm, which of these character moves do I want to borrow?"

Monika then found a few moves from the Centurion, Gladiator, and the Kensei. She incorporated them into her moves and continued playing, as the game stopped loading. The girl pounced at her again, but this time, Monika dodged to the side and punched her. She then kicked her against the wall and then a heavy attack, before slashing her knees and then decapitating her. Round 1 was hers.

Round 2 came around but this time, Monika's opponent was more careful. She pounced at Monika, but this time, grabbed her and tried to throw her off. But Monika didn't fall off, instead, she hung onto the edge of the cliff before climbing back up. The girl tried to charge her to get her to fall, but Monika side dodged and punched her, causing her to fall off. Monika then cheered in victory and prepared for Round 3.

Round 3 was going to be different. Monika was going all out on this so she got into stance. The girl once again tried to pounce her but she slid back and then rushed forward, landing a devastating slash. She then punched the girl before delivering two quick slashes before kicking her back and then delivering two quick slashes before grabbing her head and kneeing her before smashing her against a wall. The girl tried to slash at Monika, but Monika simply ducked and smacked the back of her head with the butt of her katana. She then slashed down on her, before slicing off her arms and then her legs before plunging her sword into her.

Monika sighed as she quickly exited the game and ran back to her room. That was too intense and violent, she got too caught up in it. She needed a little rest from it as she sat down and decided to wait for Lawrence to come back home. Since the computer was still on, she decided to "sleep" to put less stress on her programming and the computer's processing. Later on, she woke up from her stasis. And right on schedule, Lawrence opened the game and spoke into the mic.

"Hello Monika, how are you?"

"I-I'm fine!" Monika said with a smile. "I missed you!"

"Err, why are you in full samurai regalia?" Lawrence asked with confusion clear. "You haven't been messing with my files?"

"O-Of course not!" Monika said nervously. "You're so funny to think that!"

"Well, can you kindly explain this then?" Lawrence said while displaying a video.

The video showed a girl, the same girl that Monika fought in multiplayer. She was fighting what looked liked Monika as she was getting destroyed by Monika's combos and mixups. The post was titled So I didn't get the memo that Orochi was fucking buffed. Monika then read the upcoming comments as she realized how exposed she was.

HappyCamperBob: Lol, she harnessed the powers of the other characters just to defeat Shaman

MommyPK: That whole cutscene was cool, and I've never seen an Orochi do that. Ubi WTH?

kyandrew: How about that Orochi tho? She has brown hair and a white ribbon, since when did Orochi even have that available?

kendomasta: Tbf, she actually looks like Monika from Doki Doki.

Monika looked at the deadpan look on Lawrence's face before she sighed and said.

"Fine, I left my room and started looking through your games..." Monika sighed. "I hacked your hero files so I could harness their abilities while playing the game."

Monika thought that Lawrence would get angry but she got a sigh and a chuckle instead before she saw Lawrence smile at her.

"Well, it's good to know that you're exploring your surroundings at least. Just be more careful with my game files okay?"

"Uh okay."

"So while we're at it, do you want to join me? I could use a companion."

"Oh no, I'm not going back into that game." Monika said while crossing her arms and sitting on her virtual chair. "I'll just rest here and wait until you're ready to talk!"

"If you say so, I'll make sure to buy more peaceful games for you to try."

Monika was intrigued that she could now travel in between games. While they weren't "real" per se, they provided a far more unique experience than that of Doki Doki, maybe this was the closest she was getting to experience reality. She could only wonder what she was gonna play next.

Philosophical Discussion

"Monika, you remember asking me whether or not I believed in a God?" Lawrence asked Monika as they sat in the room.

"Yes, why?" Monika asked.

"Well, as a matter of fact, I do." Lawrence said while chuckling. "I happen to be Catholic."

"Wait, so that means..." Monika said before her expression paled. "I-I didn't mean to say those–"

"It's okay, millions of atheists and anti-theists ask the same thing. I get used to it." Lawrence said dismissively. "But the way I believe in him, is... different."

"In what way?" Monika asked curiously.

"You know how people pray to God for things. Better life, food, shelter, girls, sex, happiness. Well often those prayers go unanswered and that's what leads many people to stop believing in him." Lawrence said before adding, "Well I believe that God really isn't obligated to help us."

"But isn't he the ultimate good apparently?" Monika questioned.

"Maybe we were wrong about him. What are we but ants to him? I mean, I certainly wouldn't have paid no heed if I saw an ant suffering." Lawrence said, his tone breaking for a second. "I mean, it's just an ant. A small, dumb, pathetic ant. I'm sure there are ants who've had worse than him and made it out okay."

Monika noticed the shift in tone as Lawrence suddenly became more sullen and sentimental in his talk.

"Lawrence, are you okay?"

"Of course I am! I mean, I have it lucky! A loving family, a privileged lifestyle. It's not like I'm supposed to complain to the Big Man himself if I have everything that a normal human wants. I don't want to b-bother him with such petty requests on how to be less socially awkward, how to be less sensitive and receptive to emotional pain, how to stop being so sad all the time. I can deal with it by myself, it's not like anyone needs to care about me or anything like that."

"Lawrence... I think your depression is acting up..." Monika said while giving a look of pity at him.

"S-Sorry. I tend to get self-loathing and sullen when I start talking about stuff like this. If I don't see myself as important then surely God doesn't right? Same goes with people around the globe. We're just tiny and insignificant."

"Lawrence... I had no idea that you were so hung up on this. Look, if it makes you feel any better, you mean a lot more to me." Monika said while putting her hand on Lawrence's hand

"Thanks, but I think I need to go get my pills..." Lawrence sighed while exiting his VR and leaving the room.

Monika sat alone in the room, lamenting on what had just happened.

"I really hit a nerve there... I really need to be more tactful about what I say next time."

And that's a wrap! I just had this plot bunny of how Monika could travel between games and experience them! If you want me to continue this, let me know! Also, if there's any specific game you want her to play, let me know! (Keep in mind that I don't play a lot of games).