Natsuki: "Eh, I hate horror…"

"And after tackling three different horror games for this channel, I can safely say that hasn't change." Natsuki said.

Yuri: "Oh? Why's that?"

"Because my whole life is a horror story." Natsuki answered.

"Oh, yours too?" Sayori joked.

Natsuki: "Well, I just…"
Natsuki's eye dart over to me for a split second.
Natsuki: "Never mind."
Monika: "That's right, you usually like to write about cute things, don't you, Natsuki?"
Natsuki: "W-What?"
Natsuki: "What gives you that idea?"

"Hey, don't blame me." Monika said. "You saw those cupcakes."

Monika: "You left a piece of scrap paper behind last club meeting."

"Huh, that's weird." Natsuki began. "I thought you were a vegan, not a freegan."

"Well I'm neither." Monika scowled. "I'm a vegetarian. There's a difference."

Monika: "It looked like you were working on a poem called-"
Natsuki: "Don't say it out loud!"
Natsuki: "And give that back!"

"It was in the trash for a reason!" Natsuki yelled.

Monika: "Fine, fine~"
Sayori: "Ehehe, your cupcakes, your poems…"
Sayori: "Everything you do is just as cute as you are~"
Sayori sidles up behind Natsuki and puts her hands on her shoulders.

"'She needs to lean down really far because Natsuki's that short.'" Monika joked.

"Wait, 'she sidles?'" Natsuki read out. "What kind of word is that?"

"It means to move sideways without drawing attention to yourself." Yuri answered.

"I google it on my phone and it thinks I misspelled 'slides.'" Sayori said.

Natsuki: "I'm not cute!"

"'I'm sexy!'" Natsuki yelled.

"You wish." Monika said with a smug smirk.

MoNatSaYuri: "Natsuki, you write your own poems?"
Natsuki: "Eh? Well, I guess sometimes."

"She also writes fanfictions where she makes her favorite characters gay for her." Monika joked, and Natsuki fidgeted in her chair as she began blushing.

Natsuki: "Why do you care?"

"Wait, do you actually do that?" Monika asked. "Do you actually write fanfictions where you make your favorite characters gay for you?"

"Ehehe, well, you see…" Natsuki continued to blush.

"I was making a joke." Monika gasped.

MoNatSaYuri: "I think that's impressive."
MoNatSaYuri: "Why don't you share them sometime?"

"Hold on, we don't appear in any of those fanfictions, do we?" Yuri asked, and Natsuki didn't say a word as all eyes landed on her. "Natsuki?"

"W-well…" Natsuki stuttered. "There were a few… Characters based on you-"

"Oh god, no!" Yuri cried as the group fell back into their chairs.

"Why can't we have a club with normal people?" Sayori asked.

"Don't worry, I burned every last one of them." Natsuki sputtered out, attempting to wave the topic out of the room.

Natsuki: "N-no!"
Natsuki averts her eyes.
Natsuki: "You wouldn't… Like them…"

"Yeah, you can say that again." Yuri stated.

MoNatSaYuri: "Ah… Not a very confident writer yet?"

"'No, I was actually starting to tell you one.'" Sayori said in her best impression of her pink-haired friend.

Yuri: "I understand how Natsuki feels."

"'For the first and last time.'" Yuri said.

Yuri: "Sharing that level of writing takes more than just confidence."

"'It requires you be anonymous.'" Natsuki said, impersonating Yuri. "'Hence why people used pen names and posted stories online behind stupid usernames.'"

Yuri: "The truest form of writing is writing to oneself."
Yuri: "You must be willing to open up to your readers, exposing your vulnerabilities and showing even the deepest reaches of your heart."

"'For example,'" Sayori continued. "'On the inside, you might be a giant dog.'"

"I thought you were going to say, 'giant dick,'" Natsuki chuckled. "And it would fit so well with this guy."

Monika: "Do you have writing experience too, Yuri?"

"None that counts," Natsuki jokes. "She just writes Twilight and Fifty Shades of Gray smut fics."

Yuri's purple eyes widened, and she went as still as a statue as her face lit up red. Everyone looked towards here, and after a moment, Natsuki started giggling before leaning towards the purple haired girl. "Oh, sweet Yuri?" Natsuki asked. "Is there anything you would like to say?"

"Yeah, I was a stupid teenager." Yuri said quietly.

Monika: "Maybe if you share some of your work, you can set an example and help Natsuki feel comfortable enough to share hers."
Yuri: "…"

"Wait a minute," Yuri began. "Shouldn't you be the one to set an example, pres?"

MoNatSaYuri: "I guess it's the same for Yuri…"
Sayori: "Aww… I wanted to read everyone's poems…"

"Trust me, you don't." Natsuki and Yuri both said in unison.

We all sit in silence for a moment.
Monika: "Okay!"

"It's wildly uncomfortable," Sayori began. "And then Monika explodes through the screen!"

"Uh, I hope not." Natsuki said. "One of her is bad enough."

"Natsuki, I will smack you so hard…" Monika growled.

Monika: "I have an idea, everyone~"

"'We'll – um, uh…'" Natsuki began, pretending to stammer. "'… I-It's coming, give me a minute…'"

"'Did I hear Monika having an idea in here?'" Yuri asked.

Nat & Yuri: "…?"
Natsuki and Yuri look quizzically at Monika.
Monika: "Let's all go home and write a poem of our own!"
Monika: "Then, next time we meet, we'll all share them with each other."
Monika: "That way, everyone is even!"
Natsuki: "U-Um…"
Yuri: "…"
Sayori: "Yeaah! Let's do it!"

"Are you kidding?" Natsuki asked. "A poem in one night? Every day? Most people could hardly write a good one in a month."

Monika: "Plus, now that we have a new member, I think it will help us all get a little more comfortable with each other, and strengthen the bound of the club."
Monika: "Isn't that right, MoNatSaYuri?"
Monika smiles warmly at me once again.
MoNatSaYuri: "Hold on… There's still one problem."
Monika: "Eh? What's that?"

"'I don't know how to read or write.'" Natsuki joked, causing the rest of the club to start laughing. "'I don't even know what literature is!'"

"Well, I suppose you did get held back." Yuri chuckled.

Now that we're back to the original topic of me joining the club, I bluntly come forth with what's been on my mind the entire time.
MoNatSaYuri: "I never said I would join this club!"

"And thus, MoNatSaYuri left." Yuri narrated. "And we never needed to put up with Monika's evil scheme."

"Yeah, if only." Natsuki sighed.

MoNatSaYuri: "Sayori may have convinced me to stop by, but I never made any decision."
MoNatSaYuri: "I still have other clubs to look at, and… Um…"
I lose my train of thought.

"You had one to begin with?" Natsuki asked.

All four girls stare back at me with dejected eyes.
Monika: "B-But…"
Yuri: "I'm sorry, I thought…"
Natsuki: "Hmph…"

"'We're all sinking!'" Sayori cried out.

Sayori: "MoNatSaYuri…"

"'Help!'" Sayori yelled.

MoNatSaYuri: "Y-you all…"
I… I'm defenseless against these girls.
How am I supposed to make a clear headed decision when it's like this.
That is, if writing poems is the price I need to pay in order to spend every day with these beautiful girls…

"One's a lesbian, one's too good for you, one's gonna kill herself at the end of the week, and one's Monika." Natsuki rattled off quickly. "It wouldn't work out."

MoNatSaYuri: "… Right."
MoNatSaYuri: "Okay, I've decided, then."

"'I'm joining the anime club.'" Natsuki said.

"And we all lived happily ever after." Yuri said.

MoNatSaYuri: "I'll join the Literature Club."

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Natsuki, Yuri, and Sayori all cried out.

"Yeeeeesss." Monika added.

One by one, the girls' eyes light up.
Sayori: "Yesss! I'm so happyyy~"

"Oh, you won't be." Sayori noted.

Sayori wraps her arms around me, jumping up and down.
MoNatSaYuri: "H-Hey-"
Yuri: "You really did scare me for a moment…"

"'And that's Monika's job.'" Yuri quipped.

Natsuki: "If you really just came for the cupcakes, I would be super pissed."

"See, this is what I'm talking about." Natsuki said. "While you guys were all celebrating him joining, I was only thinking of how he wasted my time."

Monika: "Then that makes it official!"

"'Eat my hair, Natsuki.'" Sayori said, impersonating the club's president.

"Oh, by the way, Monika, your hairspray tastes terrible." Natsuki commented.

"Oh, so sorry." Monika responded. "I'll be sure to get hairspray that's bubblegum flavored from now on."

Monika: "Welcome to the Literature Club!"
MoNatSaYuri: "Ah… Thanks, I guess."
Monika: "Okay, everyone!"

"'Vanish!'" Sayori said.

"Huh, that's weird," Natsuki said. "I thought I at least made it to the second act."

Monika: "I think with that, we can officially end today's meeting on a good note."
Monika: "Everyone remember tonight's assignment."
Monika: "Write a poem to bring to the next meeting, so we can all share!"

"Show of hands," Natsuki began. "Who just brought a poem that's been sitting in their collection for god knows how long?" As Natsuki raised her hand, Yuri brought hers up as well.

"Seriously, guys?" Monika asked.

"Monika, as shocking as it sounds, we have lives outside of the literature club." Natsuki stated.

"… Why didn't I think of that?" Sayori muttered.

Monika looks over at me once more.
Monika: "MoNatSaYuri, I look forward to seeing how you express yourself."
Monika: "Ehehe~"
MoNatSaYuri: "Y-Yeah…"
Can I really impress the class star Monika with my mediocre writing skills?

"You kidding?" Natsuki began. "With how head-over-heels she is for you, you could probably just rip words out of the dictionary, put them in a random order, and she'll call you the next Shakespeare or something."

"I wouldn't-!" Monika began before her eyes widened and her cheeks lit up. "Oh, right, never mind."

I already feel the anxiety welling up inside me.
Meanwhile, the girls continue to chit-chat as Yuri and Natsuki clean up their food.
Sayori: "Hey, MoNatSaYuri, since we're already here, do you want to walk home together?"

"'Nah, I'd rather swim home.'" Sayori joked.

That's right – Sayori and I never walk home together anymore because she always stayed after school for clubs.
MoNatSaYuri: "Sure, might as well."

"And thus, Monika found her first victim." Yuri said.

Sayori: "Yaay~"
*Scene changes to residential area.*
With that, the two of us depart the clubroom and make our way home.

"And left us to clean everything up!" Natsuki growled.

"It wasn't that much." Sayori said, twiddling her fingers.

"That cupcake party thing was your idea!" Natsuki yelled. "And you left us to set it up and clean it up!"

"Sorry…"

The whole way, my mind wanders back and forth between the four girls.
Sayori,
Natsuki,
Yuri,
And, of course, Monika.
Will I really be happy spending every day after school in a literature club?

"You, maybe." Natsuki said. "The rest of us, hell fucking no."

Perhaps I'll have the chance to grow closer to one of these girls…
Alright!
I'll just need to make the most of my circumstances, and I'm sure good fortune will find me.

"Oh, you sweet, ignorant soul." Yuri joked.

And I guess that starts with writing a poem tonight…
*Scene fades to black, before fading in on a notebook spread across a table.*
It's time to write a poem!
Pick words you think your favorite club member will like. Something good might happen with whoever likes your poem the most!
[OK]

"Oh, boy!" Sayori cried out as Natsuki finished reading the textbox. "I wonder what that could mean!"

"If it ain't me getting an apartment, I don't care." Natsuki said as she reached under her desk. "Okay, since this involves a bunch of words we all like, we're going to be playing a little game."

"Yes, we're playing a game as we play a game." Yuri said.

"Football is way more fun when they play rock-paper-scissors in the middle of it." Monika added as Natsuki held up what looked like three eraser caps cut in half and glued together to make a cross between a triangle and a hexagon.

"We're going to be rolling this die." Natsuki explained. "If we roll a one, then Sayori chooses a word. If we roll a two, I choose a word; and if we roll a three, Yuri chooses a word."

"When do I get to choose a word?" Monika asked.

"You don't." Natsuki answered before throwing the make-shift die onto her desk, which jumped across the table before falling to the floor.

"Oh, that's a one!" Sayori said as she leaned towards the table, snatching the mouse out of Natsuki's hand. "Let's go with 'flying!'"

As Natsuki picked the die back up, the chibi-Sayori on the screen jumped up in joy upon her word being selected. The die jumped across the table again before Natsuki leaned over it. "That's a two, so…" She quickly scanned her eyes over the word selection before finding one she liked. "'Nibble.'"

The chibi-Natsuki jumped up, giving the players a dull gasp before Yuri and Monika started chuckling. Natsuki once again rolled the die, looking down at the numbers before looking back at Yuri. "Okay, Yuri, you're up."

"Your chibi…" Yuri chuckled. "It just-it just looked like, 'Yeah, sure, you chose a word I liked. That's cool or whatever, I guess.'"

"Yeah yeah, it's hilarious, now pick a word." Natsuki said before pointing at the screen.

"Right, right," Yuri said as she looked over the word selection. "Let's go with… 'Raindrops.'"

The chibi-Yuri brought her hands up to her cheeks as she jumped up in joy before Natsuki threw the die again. "Okay, my turn… 'Chocolate.'" The pink-haired girl quickly threw the die again before looking at Sayori. "You're turn again."

"Oh, 'heart!'" Sayori cried out as she clicked the word. "No, wait! Ocean!"

"Too late." Natsuki said as she threw the die again. "-Or not, it's your turn again."

"'Joy!'" Sayori call out, and Natsuki once again threw the die down.

"That's a two, so… 'Lollipop.'" Natsuki said.

"~Lollipop~" Monika sang.

"~Lollipop~" Sayori continued.

"~Oh lolli-lolli-lolli. Lollipop~" The two sang as Natsuki threw the die again.

"Wow, me again…" Natsuki said before she began reading over the list of words. She hovered the mouse over the word 'papa,' narrowing her eyes at the word before she said, "No." She quickly darted the mouse over to the word 'pink' and selected that.

"You pick that word, and Natsuki's chibi just starts screaming or something." Yuri joked as Natsuki rolled the die.

"Wow, me again!" Natsuki gasped as she looked over the list.

"That's illegal!" Sayori yelled.

"Go directly to jail!" Monika joked.

"Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars." Yuri continued as Natsuki clicked on 'cheeks.' Picking up the die, Natsuki cupped her hands together and began enthusiastically shaking her hands around before opening them, letting the die roll out onto the table.

"Hey, Yuri, you can choose a word again." Natsuki said as Yuri reached for the mouse.

"'Wrath.'" Yuri read out as she selected her word.

"Hey, can we say that every ten words, I get to choose one?" Monika asked as Natsuki got ready to roll the die.

"No." Natsuki answered as she dropped the die onto the table. "Me again…" Natsuki muttered before clicking her word. "Milk."

"Now I'm thirsty." Sayori said as Natsuki rolled the die.

"Yeah, well get a drink later, it's your turn." Natsuki said.

"'Wonderful!'" Sayori said as she clicked the word.

Natsuki once again rolled the die, before looking up at the screen as she grabbed the mouse. "'Socks.'" She read out as she clicked the word.

"Oh boy, Natsuki has a bit of a lead!" Sayori pretended to gasp as Natsuki rolled the die again.

"And I'm in dead last." Yuri said.

"Well, here's your chance for a comeback." Natsuki said as she leaned away from the keyboard.

"Yeah, cause one word is gonna make all the difference." Yuri said, before clicking on the word 'journey,' and Natsuki once again rolled the die.

"Okay, Sayori, you're up." Natsuki said.

"Oh, 'extraordinary!'" Sayori said as she clicked the word.

Natsuki once again dropped the die on the table, before turning her attention to Yuri. "Hey, Yuri, the random number god has taken pity on you."

"That thing must be weighted or something." Yuri muttered as she looked through the list. "… 'Starscape.'"

Natsuki lifted the die off the table and dropped it back down, before turning her attention back to Yuri. "Hey, guess what? It's taking even more pity on you."

"Oh, cool." Yuri said before looking through the words again. "'Fickle.'"

Natsuki shook the die around before throwing it to the table, and watched as it bounced off before falling behind the desk. "Oh, come on…" Natsuki muttered before crawling under the table.

"This is what people clicked this video to see, isn't it?" Monika asked as she looked towards the camera.

"Should we edit this out, you think?" Sayori asked as Natsuki came back up.

"Eh, I'm sure it will be fine." Natsuki said as she shook her hands again. "Re-roll!" She dropped the die to the table, and immediately pointed an accusatory finger at Yuri. "Go directly to jail!"

"Oh cool, my turn again?" Yuri asked as she looked over the words. "Oh, 'Universe.'"

"And out of nowhere, Yuri makes an unexpected recovery!" Sayori announced as Natsuki tossed the die to the table again.

"Your turn, Sayori." Natsuki said.

"Oh, 'fireflies!'" Sayori called out upon clicking the word.

"Hey, can I at least do the last roll?" Monika asked. Reaching for the die before Natsuki snatched it away.

"No." Natsuki said before throwing down the die. "Sayori again."

"'Together!'" Sayori said as she clicked the word.

The list disappeared from the notebook, and Sayori's chibi jumped up in joy as the screen faded to black.

"So it's a tie between Sayori and Natsuki?" Monika asked.

"Guess so." Natsuki said. "You know, when I suggested the whole die thing, I thought we'd walk out of it knowing whose route we were on."

"What happens when there's a tie?" Yuri asked, to which Monika shrugged.

"Guess we're about to find out." Natsuki said as the screen faded back in.

"Could you explain why you think Monika's worst girl?"

We'll get to that, reviewer. We'll get to that.

In case anyone is wondering: Yes, I was using random chance to decide on whose word I would use. I also used a random number generator to decide on which word to use from the DDLC wiki. The die-eraser thing is also a reference to something I did to make a three-sided die. It's pretty effective honestly.

By the way, quick question: What happens if there is a tie in the poem minigame? Does the game decide which route you go on by random chance now? Or does it default to a particular character or something?