AN: As you may or may not know, last year one of the biggest internet games was DDLC. Now having a copy of the game but yet to play it, I went through the fan base and after moving past all the craziness that was on the internet, I saw the chance for a story.
Prologue Chapter 1
If there was one word that could be used to summarize the character of Michael Fairbrook it would be 'disappointing'.
Mind you this was not disappointing like what many parents use to label their children for not meeting their ever rising expectations, Michael was a gifted child from day one. He was much smarter than anyone in his class and finished his schooling at the age of ten. Rather than go into college, he was quickly scouted by companies and government sectors for his skills and was offered lucrative deals in the public and private sector, finally settling on a job in a private software company.
The trouble however came during his teenage years when his rebellious attitude led to a very public meltdown at a company meeting. Trouble was with everyone having access to smartphones and the internet being accessible to just about everyone in the world, this incident went viral and in only two hours, he became a laughing stock across the world.
Memes were made about him, articles written about him and youtubers parodied his meltdown in many ways. Thanks to this, his parents could not handle the stress anymore and committed suicide. Michael would fade into the blackness after that and would stay that way for years.
Luckily for him, time marched on and the world was interested in new fads and points of interest so Michael thought now was the time to stick his head out of the ground. Getting a simple job as a transcriber, he was able to get by.
Then on April 24th 2017, he was strolling through the internet and found that the latest trend across the digital landscape revolved around a visual novel. Now he was not surprised when one game in particular is suddenly become the only thing the internet could talk about. He saw it happen with that silent kid in the mountain and the robot animals in the pizza house. He never paid any attention to those two but this one for some reason called to him.
Michael played the game like everyone else and was of course shocked at the twists that came all of a sudden just like everyone else. However, when he finished the game and was about ready to turn in he received a message, unlike anyone else.
"Hello", was all it said.
Curious enough, the young man typed on the reply box, not really wondering where the conversation was going. The person on the other side spoke normally and formally to him with a somewhat friendly tone in their messages. There was no actual way to gauge a conversation based on texts but that was the general impression he had when speaking to the person. Then finally he could not hold back his growing doubts and simply asked "What's your name?"
There was a pause for a while as if the person on the other side was contemplating whether or not to answer. Finally the reply came,
"I thought you knew…"
Michael tilted his head in confusion.
"I'm Monkia", she said and all of a sudden his screen background shattered and he saw the red haired, green eyed girl resting her head on the table. All forms or reason and logic was not brought forth at all. Michael blinked a couple of times, understanding that the impossible had happened.
"Hello Monika", he said his expression softening.
And from then on, the world was never the same again.
