"Before we continue your story, I feel as we should do something special, for Valentine's day."
"Were not having sex, if that's what you're thinking."
"What? No! I meant watch a memory you shit!"
"Oh. Uh, okay, which memory?"
"Well, I did some peeking around, and I found a particularly interesting memory, from about 6 years ago."
"Okay, no. That Valentine's day was fucking horrible, and I don't want to relive it."
"Well, I've got some bad news for you. You don't quite have a choice in the matter!"
"Just play the damm memory already."
"Alright, here goes!"
(Player)'s POV
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
I slowly opened my eyes as my brain began to register the beeping that my alarm clock was giving off. I quickly shut off the alarm, not wanting to hear that loud beeping anymore than I had to.
I more or less rolled out of bed, and looked in the mirror.
Man, I really need to shave.
I took a quick piss, and brushed my teeth. Leaving the mess, I call my living quarters, I move to go find the Café, where I normally order my cup of coffee. The Café, unlike most other place's where one can find something to eat and drink, is actually a civilized place.
I didn't even get a sip of coffee in before I heard the loud "Heeeey!" come from behind me.
Goddammit, it was too early for this.
Sayori pulled up a chair and sat next to me.
"Hi (Player)!"
I shrugged. "Hello Sayori. I'm surprised you're even out of bed this early, normally I have to come and drag you out of bed."
"That's mean, (Player)!" Sayori said, with her usual pouty face.
"Anyways, I got up extra early so I wouldn't miss out on Valentine's day!"
Oh god. Valentine's day is TODAY?
She must have noticed the worried look I put on for a second.
"You did remember, right?"
"Uh…"
"I can't believe you forgot!"
"Give me a break, I haven't had my coffee yet. I would have figured it out. Eventually."
Sayori being Sayori, she always wanted other to be happy, even if she seems a little pushy about it sometimes. Can't really blame her.
"Anyways, do you have any plans?"
I honestly didn't have an answer to that. I wanted to just goof off and do whatever Monika ordered me to do, however that's a very bare-bones plan.
"Eh, not really."
"If you want, you can spend your Valentine's day with me~"
"You're about the closest thing I'll ever get to a date. Sure, why not? We can go grab some lunch later."
"Yay! I'll see you than!"
Sayori skipped off, satisfied with the results of the conversation. Honestly, I don't know why I allow myself to submit to her. Maybe its her personality, or maybe its because I can't bring myself to say no to her.
Regardless, I'd drink the cup of coffee I got, ate some breakfast, and set off to do whatever.
My normal to do list normally started off with going back and at least making my quarters look like a half decent place. Next, I hit the gym. The Gym is basically an area where you get buff and pick fights. One could normally find either my protégé Mc or Natsuki hanging around in that area.
The memory stopped.
"Mc? Who's that?
"Mc is the person that I chose to take over my role once I either kicked the bucket or retired. He won't be important for a while in the actual story, so I wouldn't worry about him too much right now."
? nodded. The Memory continued.
Today, Mc seemed to be absent from the Gym.
Most likely doing something for Monika.
Over by the punching bag, Natsuki was doing her normal training routine. I figured that I would talk to her later, as once she starts training, she doesn't take kindly to interruptions.
My training routine normally focused on the core muscles, as they're, well, the core muscles. I don't know how long I had been working out, however what probably was an hour later, I stopped for a drink. Natsuki also seemed to decide this was a good time to have our daily "chat". It's more of an insult fight.
"Hey, dumbass. How's the gym treating you today?"
"About as fine as a workout can get. Gotta maintain this temple."
"More of an abandoned temple than anything else."
"You wound me. Anyways short stuff, I got some business to get back to. I'll see you later, when Monika is sure to drag us all out on a new mission."
"Hold on. I think its about time we stepped back into the ring." Natsuki said, trying to act as tough as possible.
The last time Natsuki and I stepped into the ring, it was a pretty good fight. Of course, I won, as I'm more experienced on the field, as Natsuki trains in more conventional ways. For her to want to take another shot at it, she's got to think she's ready.
"While I would love to kick your ass back to the stone age again, I do have to accompany Yuri to check up on Doc's progress with the Serum."
Natsuki pouted. "Humph! Fine, just try not to get yourself killed in Doc's lab. Heard some shit went down yesterday."
"Just great."
I walked back to my quarters, and turned on the shower. If I was going to go to Doc's lab, I have to be as clean as possible. Doc was always a germaphobe, and demanded that if anyone wanted to enter his lab, they have to be clean.
I got out of the shower, and dried myself off. I got dressed once again, and started to walk to Doc's Lab. On the way however, Monika intercepted me.
"Hey, (Player)."
"Monika. What can I do for you?"
"Yuri is tied up today, with strategic matters. I'll be accompanying you today."
"Alright, cool. Let's go."
Yuri normally doesn't miss out on her duties, so it had to be extremely important. As we arrived at Doc's lab, we had to go through the sterilization process that is also required.
As we entered Doc's lab properly, I noticed that his lab was more of a scientific mess than usual.
"What's up, Doc?" I asked.
"Work." Doc said dismissively.
"Were here to check on the Serum's progress." Monika was straight to the point.
"Fine, follow me."
Doc lead us through his lab to a branching off room, in which a test subject was strapped down with metal clamps on a table. Next to the table was his instruments of torture and science.
"When did you get an entire room for this?" Monika asked.
"Monika, you give me unlimited funding to do whatever the fuck I want as long as I produce results. For results to be produced, I needed to separate the rooms in which I did this project." Doc replied back, annoyed.
"As usual, there seems to be a new side effect to the formula, with very little progress being actually made towards completing this shit."
"Doc, I know you're trying to the best of your ability, but we need more progress on this thing." Monika stated calmly.
"Perhaps I could get results if you actually told me more details about the damm thing!" Doc said, venting his frustration.
"Alright Doc, show us this weeks side effect." I said, attempting to defuse the situation.
"Of course." Doc said as he picked up a syringe.
Doc proceeded to inject the syringe's content into the test subject, and nothing seemed to happen at first. However, as time went by, the subject became extremely aggressive, threatening to kill us in very creative ways. Just as quick as the increased aggressiveness came, it faded. The subject went into a coma.
Nobody really had anything to say, so we all just looked at eachother and silently agreed to walk out of the room.
"Well, that was a failure. Anything else to note?" Monika asked.
"Now that you mention it, I do have one other thing I've been working on." Doc said, somewhat reserved.
Doc proceeded to look around his desk, which had some weird items on it, including a giant syringe. Why he needed one of those, I'll never know.
He seemed to finally find what he was looking for, which was a small bottle and a dropper.
"This, is a LOVE POTION!" Doc shouted, both proud of his work and just to make a point.
A love potion? Why would he need a love potion? Its not like he can even feel compassion, nevermind love, towards another human being.
"Doc, while I normally don't question the marvel's of creation that you brew in here, why a love potion?" Monika asked, clearly confused as to why the fuck he would need a love potion as well.
"Listen, inspiration for anything actually practical has yet to hit. And plus, its Valentine's Day, might as well do something in the spirit of the holiday. Only roles around once, after all."
An idea seemed to hit Monika, as she did the smile that she does whenever she has one. A very, very creepy smile.
"(Player), you can leave now, I would like to talk to Doc alone."
"Sure. But first, I'm going to have one of these mints."
"Hold on, I don't have any mints in here- DON'T PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH YOU IDIOT!" Doc suddenly shouted.
"What? Its only-" I was suddenly cut off by the burning feeling in my mouth.
Jesus Christ, my mouth feels like its on fire!
"FUCK! I NEED SOME MILK!" I said as I sprinted out of the lab.
Doc's POV
(Player) shouted, "FUCK! I NEED SOME MILK!" and ran out of the lab.
Milk aint gonna help that, pal. That's a special firebreather formula I've been working on. He'll be literally breathing fire out of his mouth any minute.
"Hold the fuck up." The memory stopped.
"What?"
"How would I know what Doc was thinking? I wasn't even there."
"I've done some splicing to the memory, to make it more… interesting."
"But how did you-"
"Don't ask."
"Fine, lets continue."
I chuckled to myself a bit, and Monika joined in.
"So, what's so important that you need to speak to me alone, Monika?"
Monika was one of the few individuals, if not the only one, that I actually would watch my tone around. I had a deep respect for her, and even if I didn't, one doesn't want to end up on the recieveing end of her wrath.
"How does one make that love potion… work?" Monika asked, being very reserved about it.
Make it work? Why would Monika need to make a love potion work unless she- Oh.
"Need to convince a Valentine into loving you in a less violent way? Smart. Let me walk you through the methods one could use to make this work."
Once I started explaining science to someone, I wouldn't stop until they were satisfied.
"This potion has about two effects. Love-at-first-sight, and controlled love." I explained.
"To make the potion work at a Controlled Love state, you can either both drink the potion, thus making you both in love with each other, or by a direct kiss with the target."
"Mhmm. Carry on."
"To make the potion work at a Love-At-First-Sight state, one could do a direct injection into the bloodstream, or putting it in any drink or edible item."
Monika smiled. "Perfect. Do you mind if I take that?"
"Of course not. Its not like I'll get any practical use out of it anyways. My one true love is no mortal being, but science."
Monika would take the love concoction and would leave the lab.
Next time, I'll have to ask her about more information about the Serum. For now, I need to see if I can make anymore progress towards finishing this thing. Who buy's an incomplete formula, anyways?
Author's Notes: And, the first flashback is done. What Monika did with that potion, we'll leave that up to interpretation. Next up on the campaign is Sayori, lets see how he deals with that. I did try to establish what a normal day for (Player) looked like back before he left Monika's criminal empire behind without going in to too much detail. That's for the specific character flashbacks. Also, a little hint at the Serum.