Author's Note: Eyo everybody! It's-a me, Joker! Coming back at'cha with another episode of MoniTale! Today will mark the day we really get into the Ruins, meaning that this is where the fun begins. Oh yeah, special announcement in the bottom Author's Note Ready? Let's go
Disclaimer: I don't own Doki Doki Literature Club or Undertale, However I don own the plot of this story and our Player
Entering the next room with Toriel and Monika, Player was a little concerned. "That fight with Flowey... it shouldn't have been possible." He thought, staring down only at the Menu box that should have held the files.
Instead, there was nothing. No code, no .Chr files, nothing but an empty screen with the potential for something to be written. "This shouldn't be like this, I should be able to see..something!" He thought, irritated and worried at the same time. "Well, maybe I can try coding something..." He said to himself as Toriel and Monika chatted...
Monika
Toriel seemed to be overjoyed at the prospect of having someone else to spend her time down her with, well, someone who wasn't a murderous Flower anyway. Walking with her upstairs, Monika quickly glanced back to make sure that her Love was still following them. Only to find that he seemed to have attached himself to her, a small bit of his wispy, smokey body was seemingly attached to her back, meaning that he couldn't leave her even if he wanted to.
"Aha~ we've already seen were that path would lead.." She thought, hiding a saddened smile. "I don't recall him being literally attached to me when I was dealing with that weed earlier though. So maybe this is something he initiated.."
Her thoughts were interrupted by Toriel as she entered the next room. "Welcome to your new home, young one. Allow me to educate you on how things operate in the Ruins."
Toriel turns and walks across several stone buttons in a specific order before reaching out and grabbing a lever and pulling it down.
It was at this point that Monika was given the chance to listen to the music around them, it was a soft, gorgeous sounding song with melodies not unlike something a piano would make. This was the kind of music that she wouldn't mind trying to play.
"...And that is how Puzzles work in the Ruins!" Toriel finished.
Monika blanched, she had completely zoned out into the music while Toriel was talking.
"Please." Toriel gestured happily. "Adjust yourself to the sight of them."
Monika suddenly felt quite out of place, this wasn't like her-to ignore someone when they were teaching something. The overload of information must have been getting to her. She considered asking Toriel to repeat, but Monika didn't become a straight-A student through asking for help every time she missed something. Putting together the context clues of the room, she gave a wide smile and spoke in a confident voice, a fake one sure, but it seemed to do the trick. "If I'm getting this right, all I need to do is walk across the buttons and pull the lever and something will happen, right?"
"Why, yes!" Toriel replied, happy that someone was seemingly listening to her talk. "Of course there are certain puzzles that do not function in that way, such as the buttons, but I am sure that you can figure them out." She laughed a bit. "If not, you can always ask me for help, I'll always be there to give you a tip or two."
"Heh, Toriel's Puzzle Tips of the Day would be a good way to shorten that." She thought, smiling at her own in-joke and wishing that she had a moment alone with her Player so she could tell him it.
"Now then, let's continue through the Ruins." Toriel said leading them into the next room.
Monika and Player were led into a long hallway with a color of mainly magenta, with long vines stretching from the top of the hall down to the floor. The floor appeared to be made of mostly purple-colored stone, with a lighter pathway in the middle. There were also two sets of bridges, which separated two small miniature lakes of what seemed to be water, though having water at this low? It seemed unlikely.
"Aha, then again.." She thought, looking at the Goat woman, who had turned around to face her. "I have seen stranger things since I've been down here.."
"Now then, My Child, in order to progress past this room, you will need to trigger several switches." Toriel said, before adding. "Do not worry, I have marked them for you."
Monika looked around, and spotted one of the switches, clearly labelled with several arrows pointing at it. Walking over to the first and pulling it down, she heard a click; implying that something had happened.
She then turned to face Toriel, and spotted another pair of switches, one labelled the other not. Walking over (making sure to cross the bridge), Monika reached out and pulled the labelled Lever.
"Well that was unexpected." Player stated, surprising Monika.
"What was?" She asked, tilting her head slightly.
"Normally people pull the wrong lever on purpose, just to see how Toriel would react. But you didn't." He said, floating past her while typing the menu box.
"Why would I torture this poor video game character?" She asked, surprising the Player. This caused a smile to form on her face. "You seem to forget my love, I was once like her, and I'm certain that if she had sentiance that she'd be quite annoyed that I did that. If I had."
Player looked away uncomfortably. "Yeah..a video game character.." He said, before shaking his head. "Well, I'm glad I won't have to worry about you torturing more video game characters, My swee..e..e..." Player caught himself. "Monika.."
This got a laugh from her. Monika could tell he still loved her, but he was trying to give off the impression that he was cross with her. Perhaps as a way to incentivise her to do this the way he intended.
"What's so funny?" Two voices asked one Her Player, the other Toriel.
"Oh I just thought of something funny." She said, turning to face the Goat-woman and walking over to her.
"Really?" Toriel asked, suddenly very excited. "I quite enjoy humor, why don't you tell me what was funny?" She asks as they turn and walk toward the door.
Monika shook her head. "Don't worry about, it's more of an inside joke between me and..someone I care very much about." She said, and Toriel nodded, choosing to leave it alone.
Player quickly followed behind, not bothering to wonder what she was laughing about. He was far too distracted by the menu box.
The next room was colored just like the first, but it was rounder, and much smaller. In the corner to the left was a small brownish colored Dummy.
"I apologise if I am treating you too much like a child, the Humans who normally fall down here are usually much younger than yourself. Which, of course, is the reason behind the excessive labelling of the levers in the previous room..and the training Dummy in this room." Toriel said suddenly, surprising Monika. "However, the Training Dummy can still be used to show you how to correctly interact with Monsters you may meet in the Underground." Toriel said, gesturing to the Dummy. "Please, approach the Dummy and have a pleasant conversation, it is the best way to demonstrate how to end conflicts peacefully." She commanded in a nice way.
Monika took a step forward, and looked at Toriel weirdly. "I know how to talk to people." She said.
"As true as that may be, I would like to help you improve." Toriel said, but she was overshadowed by Player's violent burst of laughter.
"Oh yes my dear, you totally know how to talk to people! That's why you decided to hack the girls' codes instead of just talking to them or me about getting together!" He said, before laughing harder.
Monika shot him a glare, and walked toward the Dummy dragging him with her. "I can talk to people." She said in a hushed whisper once he got close enough to the Dummy.
"Maybe you should have tried talking to Yuri since your so good at it." Player replied snidely.
Monika's eyes widened out of shock-how could her love be so cruel? Especially to her?
Seeing her look, Player's eyes softened. "Don't worry though, I'm not still hung up about her death, or any of the others, in fact I'm pretty sure I brought them back." He said, quickly, trying to elicit a laugh from her.
Monika's eyes softened, and the emerald orbs turned to face the Dummy. "So what do I do Toriel? Just talk to it?" She called behind her.
"Yes, My Child, after you have talked to it about something it wants enough it will begin to glow a bright yellow, at which point saying the word 'spare' will stop the FIGHT." She explained.
"Why spare?" Monika asked.
"Spare is the universal Monster word to end a conflict, however you'll have to have the other person's agreement in order to 'spare them' so to speak." She said, and Monika returned her attention to the Dummy.
"Hmm..what would one say to a Dummy to get them to stop fighting.." She questioned herself, before realizing what she just asked. "What am I saying? It's a Dummy."
"Hey, want to hear a joke?" She asked the Dummy. "What, you don't want to hear it?" She continued. "Aw c'mon, don't be such a dummy!" She said, snapping her fingers into finger guns and giving an open mouthed smile.
It got a laugh out of Toriel, who seemed to find it hilarious.
Player rolled his eyes. "Hun, your usually funny but that was terrible." He said, typing a few more letters before suddenly his menu lit up. "Oh so now you want to show me something.
"I know that my joke was terrible, it was supposed to be!" She said, rolling her eyes. "Anyway what's going on with the menu?" She asked, pointing at the menu.
"It says that the Dummy looks like it's going to fall over. I guess someone else found your joke funny."
Monika refocused her eyes, and noticed that the Dummy had a slight yellow glow. "Uhh..Spare." She said, and the Dummy stopped glowing.
"You win, you got zero exp and zero gold." Player said, reading from the menu.
"Wonderful job My Child." Toriel said, wiping a tear from her eye. "Now, allow us to continue to the next room..."
Author's note: Sorry, this was going to be longer, but I needed to get this out to you guys ASAP. You see, I know have my own DeviantArt page. And on it we have a ton of MoniTale art, drawn by me of course. It's actual garbage, but I decided to really get invested in this story. So if anyone wants to draw my art but better, just do me a favor and ask first...also let me see the finished product before doing anything with it. It would be nice to see someone with actual talent redraw these. Anyway here's a link, and I'll also have one posted in my bio if you can't reach this one: .com
Anyway now for reviews.
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1eragon33: If Chara is in the place I think they are and Frisk has done geno like it is implied, well Frisk is not going to have a good time. Crazy!Chara is the punishment for Frisk/Players actions in geno after all. If you stick with just pacifist/neutral they happy stay your overly punny Narrator, but if you finish a geno run well... Do You Think your above the consequences? and if their in the position I think their in Chara can can do a LOT more than just corrupt your 'happy ending' (it's more of a bittersweet ending really) and far more directly to... though maybe they realize the true person at fault for the geno route(I think they might get Monika's self awareness) in which I have no idea what would happen.
Me: Whatever position you think Chara is in...you may wish to forget it. I don't know-you could be right. She could do something...I don't know... Anyway, Frisk hasn't actually completed a Geno full route, they've only made it to..well, you'll see. As for Chara seeing the true monster of the route..who's to say? (I'm clearly shrouding as much mystery over this as I can.)
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Remnant7: Hey nice to see frisk in Monikas' place. That's a really cool add-in. See u next chapter.
Me: Glad to see your liking it.
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Jack54311: If I recall correctly Monika was still new to coding and said she wasn't very good yet. So perhaps she didn't know how to add her own route? Recall that as she made changes she caused the game to slowly fall apart. That's my theory, anyway.
So Frisk has red eyes, and is surrounded by red energy when filled with determination? I wonder if others can see it? I wonder if anyone will be aware of the switch, or if Frisk is the club president? If not, who, and are they sentient? There is so much I need answered. Will MC be there, is the script in effect, etc.
Me: Still, she couldn't have tried to talk directly to us, the Player, about romancing her? I'm one of the people who would have gone with Monika from the get-go if I could have, no Yanderishness needed. My theory about why the game came apart as she messed with things is more that by deleting the girls she was removing core features the game needed in order to work. Starting with Sayori-which is what causes the game's first major downfall as she is literally required in order to get the plot rolling.
Frisk's red eyes won't be any more out of place than Natsuki or Yuri's pink and purple eyes, and she's only surrounded by red energy when performing a REBOOT. No, no-one else can see it, and the switch will be just like it is for Monika and Player-meaning only fourth wall breakers will notice it. Yes, not exactly, don't know what etc means in this scenario.
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WolfGirl01: I wonder what Sans would think of Monika, and could anyone besides Monika see the Player? I know a lot about Undertale, and I have a faint understanding of Doki Doki Literature Club, but it appears that Natsuki us the Literature Club president now. Though that poem seems to have some importance to the story. Can't wait to read more of this!
Me: You'll find out what he thinks of her, and no-only..powerful people can see Player..hehe. As long as you at least know the main plot of the game you should be fine, and NO ABSOLUTELY NOT! If anything Sayori would be president in this situation, but that's not the case either. You'll find out who's president soon enough. Can't wait to hear more of your reaction.
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biolaj1998: oh i am looking forwards to next chapter. i can already imagine the frisk sections are gonna be my favorites
Me: Hope you like everything else that goes along with this, because the Frisk sections will only happen once or twice in every area. Eg Waterfall=1 Frisk section, CORE/Resort=2 Frisk sections, etc.
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Ren is Random: *facepalms* I can't believe that I misspelled Waifu...
What kind of otaku am I?
Me: A bad one! Omae wa mou shindeiru!
Well that's everything so
Until Next Time True Readers!