AN: Here are the endings to my fic. I will be uploading a chapter for each endings, all totaling up to 3.
All endings are up to the reader for interpretation and status as canon. To elaborate, the endings are canon as you want them to be. Your route, your ending, I suppose.
To start off we have the fan ending, which resembles the good ending somewhat, with most of the good ending omitted. This is because I didn't want to simply copy and paste the endings with little tweaks here and there.
The fan ending has been changed a bit for my liking... sorry. I just wanted to experiment.
I have another DDLC fic in the works that deviates from the bad ending, which is called Holding On. It is an epilogue for this fic as well.
I was given an ultimatum.
To either Hold On, or to Let Go.
How am I going to Let Go?
How am I going to Hold On?
"Decide now, or I will overload this system by myself! My patience and time is waning!" The man yelled from behind the screen.
I have decided.
I am Letting Go.
No!
You can't!
I won't let you!
I won't leave Monika behind without a fight!
In my head, I had an inner struggle.
The separate entity the simulation created wanted to stay with Monika forever.
But I needed to leave and follow my future.
Expending what control I had left in my body, I pulled my right hand to my face.
Valkyrie was doing everything he can stop me.
With a great amount of effort, I was able to push my hand closer to me.
"What are you doing?!" The man asked with an immense amount of fear.
I continued to push my hand closer to me.
The white bits of code starting to wrap around my head.
Stop!
You can't do this!
Yes, I can!
This is my rightful body and mind!
No...
Please!
I don't want Monika to be alone!
Monika was destined to be alone!
She's a self-aware script gone wrong!
Nothing more and nothing less!
If you are truly the alternative version of me, you can at least do what's right!
Let Go!
...
...
...
Okay.
Fine.
Let me speak to her through you, one last time.
Then I will leave you alone, forever.
I promise.
There was something really off on what Valkyrie was letting on about.
He seemed to be planning something, but I had not time to call him out.
If I say so.
I let him take over my body, pushing my hand down.
...
I looked at Monika to see that she was scared.
To see her scared hurt me.
"Monika... I'm sorry." I muttered.
Her greatest fears came to life.
"N-No... why are you sorry?!" She screamed, tears welling up in her eyes.
I sighed.
"I have to leave you. I need to Let Go, and I am sorry."
Monika grabbed onto me.
"No! Please, don't go! Keep fighting, Valkyrie! Don't let go!"
I mustered up a smile and leaned in front of her.
Valkyrie's whispering something into Monika's ear.
Something that is making her more accepting and a bit amicable...
I don't like this.
We both kissed for the last time.
Valkyrie seems a bit stronger for some reason...
Something is definitely wrong!
Monika pulled away from me.
"Okay, my love. I will try my best to hold on." She declared, letting the tears roll down her face.
I am done with my part.
Go home.
That I will.
With Project Control in my hands, I pressed my hand against my skull.
The searing pain of someone leaving me was accompanied with the relaxing pleasure of sanity.
I finally regained my senses, finally crushing the last influences of Valkyrie in me.
"No, no, no! This is not going to plan! How did you manage to beat the AI's influence, along with the generated personality matrix?!" He hollered.
I smirked.
"It's something called... finesse." I smugly replied.
With a nod towards a smirking Monika, who simply just de-materialized herself.
I stood up and looked at my palm.
Finally...
I can go home.
I used the last of the power to end the simulation.
With a squeeze of my fist, the simulation started glitch out and tear itself apart.
The screen in front of me disappeared, losing connection.
I closed my eyes and let the white noise take me.
It's been a year since the entire incident, and there has been plenty of groundbreaking discoveries.
Machines like the one I have been in mass-produced due to their effectiveness on ending comas.
The technologies on the prototypes were all innovative, allowing for the company to grow exponentially.
The boss of the company was caught in a massive scandal, as he was working with another company on sabotaging it's prototype.
Obviously, that didn't work out and all it did was boost the reputation of the already profitable company.
The company explored the fields of technology, medicine, and entertainment.
Specifically the branch of both technology and medicine; they created prosthetic parts and actual AI with bodies.
AI with bodies were a lot like androids, and had the choice to appear however wanted look like.
Lots of people on the internet took photos of their AIs to mimic popular idols and fictional characters.
Fictional characters that also included anime.
However, only the richest and affluent can afford them, so it was extremely rare to find.
For us, things weren't as easygoing as I thought it would.
Everyday I have been thinking how off the whole confrontation was.
At every single free moment, I thought about how strange Valkyrie and Monika accepted their fates.
Valkyrie just simply wanted to die... and he was a lot less emotional about it.
Monika was breaking down as bad I thought she would... and she was smirking before she left.
To be honest, everything about that weird.
The simulation, the manipulation, the technologies involved with it...
The whole experience was really, really otherworldly, to say the least.
After I woke up, I didn't even talk to my friends about the whole thing.
I kept it to myself, mostly because I was brooding on it for so long.
The fact that I was overthinking things, my friends finding out how Tom attempted to suicide, and stability of our friendship after the entire ordeal caused us to drift apart.
It wasn't long until we all had to leave for college, leaving our discord server in tatters.
The only friend I kept contact with was Tom.
After all, he told me everything and I helped him return.
He revealed to me that he was going back to his hometown to switch colleges, and to reunite with his childhood sweetheart for good.
I hoped that all went well when they finally met up again.
And now...
I was alone again.
But this time I was stronger than my middle school friends.
Maybe this time I can make new friends...
Ah, who am I kidding?
I am going into my second year of college, and I barely have any acquaintances!
This almost a rerun of last time!
No one was home.
Again, my mind wandered off the thoughts of what happened in the simulation.
I slammed a fist on my table.
Fuck this...
I need something to take my mind of all this!
But what?
I stood up and walked up to my computer to turn it on.
Maybe some games?
If only they were attractive when I was younger...
I'll check the news, I guess.
My computer booted up properly, and I opened the browser.
I skipped about the dashboard of the news website, until something caught my eye.
"Rogue AI android escaped base facility"
My eyes focused on the news article.
That is I heard banging on the door.
They're home already?
That was fast!
I exited my room and went down the stairs to answer the door.
The knocking grew more hastier and hastier.
Jesus Christ...
It's probably one of those door-to-door services.
With an annoyed groan, I opened the door to see who it was.
What the...
In front of me was a girl wearing a school uniform, which consisted of a brown blazer, a white shirt and blue skirt.
She wore black thigh-top socks and white slippers with pink tips.
Her brown, coral hair was neatly tied with a white hairbow.
The girl's smile was the most perfect I have ever seen.
Emerald green eyes...
"I've finally found you, darling."