Author's Note: Sorry for not updating for so long. I was caught off guard by the Release of Deltarune and was wondering how/if I would incorporate it into MoniTale in the future.. I'm still unsure how I'll handle it when it comes time for Project: UNDERGROUND (Since you guys seemed to react to that idea positively) but I decided that I still have a LONG while until it's sequal time so I should focus on the original for now. Plus, I should probably see where Deltarune's story goes. Anyhow, LET'S GO!
Disclaimer: I don't own Doki Doki Literature Club or UnderTale, however I do own the plot of this story and our Player
Monika glanced around. Sans was..gone?
"Player..?" She asked. "Where did he go?" She questioned.
"Ah, he, uh, knows a few shortcuts." Player replied in a very inside-joke kind of way.
"That's not very helpful." Monika replied, crossing her arms. Immediately the young woman was flushed with warmth. The Jacket, Player's Jacket... Her cheeks heated as she realized that this was Her Jacket now... Had indeed kept her as warm as she needed to be, it made her incredibly happy to remember that this was his gift. A true labor of love in fact. Her slightly sour demeanor melted away with her chills.
Of course, that was just her torso. Her legs however. Well, let's just say that thin Stockings don't keep one as warm as a pair of winter pants would.
Nonetheless, Monika moved forwards and found herself at a crossroads. Trees surrounded all sides except for three: the one leading back the way she came, the one going forward, and one that went north. Or West/East perhaps? It wasn't like she had a compass after all.
There was also a box and sign next to one of the trees. Monika and Player approached the two things, and Monika read the sign.
"This is a box." It read. "You can put an item inside or take an item out. The same box will appear later, so don't worry about coming back." It ended with. "Sincerely, a Box-lover."
"Hmm. I wonder what's in here.." Monika asked, opening the wooden chest and glancing inside. There wasn't much other than an old, worn pink-leather glove. She picked it up. "What do you think, hun? Better or worse than the knife?" She asked Player.
He examined the item. "Eh. It will do more damage, so if you're looking for that you can definitely take it over the knife. But I think the knife looks cooler." He said, giving a shrug.
Monika lifted an eyebrow. "Really? The child's knife looks cooler than the glove?" She asked, looking at him.
"Aw, c'mon hun! You know me, I'm always open to a knife time!" Player winked.
Monika giggled at her love's silly, somewhat inside, joke. "Stop it or I'll have to give you some-" She brandished the glove on her fist. "-tough glove."
Player laughed loudly before saying. "Heh! Moni, you even guessed it's name!" They each shared a chuckle at this coincidence, and as they were about to move on, Snowdrake appeared in front of them.
"You like jokes, huh? I bet you'll love mine!" He said, and Monika's SOUL suddenly appeared in front of her chest.
"Hey, wait friend, no reason to get violent!" Monika said, lifting her hands. "I'll listen to your jokes!"
Snowdrake stopped and squinted at her. "Really? I don't have to make you a captive! You won't flake out on me?!" He asked, and both-
Actually Just Monika laughed at that, when she gave him a look Player shrugged and said. "I've heard Snowdrake's jokes a million times. He's not too good on the delivery like you or Sans."
Thankfully, Snowdrake couldn't hear his words, because if he had, he likely would have attacked. Instead, the Teen Comedian smiled and left, but not before leaving genuine gold coins in Monika's hands.
"Wait wait wait! Their money system is literal Gold?" Monika asked, surprised.
"Hm? Oh yeah, you didn't notice that?" Player replied
"No actually, though now that you mention it I probably should have, Aha~"
Monika and Player then went forward, and spotted Sans and Papyrus.
"SO, AS I WAS SAYING ABOUT UNDYNE-!" Papyrus suddenly noticed her, and he and Sans began turning their whole bodies to face each other... This eventually devolved into spinning, along with laughter from Player and Monika.
When they were done, the two skeletons were turned completely around. "SANS! OH MY GOD! IS THAT... A HUMAN!?" The two skele-bros turned back around to look at her.
"uhhh... actually, i think that's a rock." Sans replied
Monika giggled.
"BUT SANS! THAT ROCK JUST GIGGLED!" Papyrus replied, pointing at Monika.
She attempted to hold in her laughter at his antics. How can someone this silly exist? She thought. He's reminding me of a zanier Sayori!
"actually, i was just gonna tell you that, that isn't a rock." Sans replied.
"OH MY GOD!" Papyrus yelled, before leaning down to his brother, unsure. "(IS...IS THAT A HUMAN?)" He asked, trying to be as quiet as he could.
"(yes)" Sans whispered in much the same way.
And then, breaking their whispering from earlier, Papyrus screamed: "OH MY GOD! SANS! I FINALLY DID IT!" His excitement was visible on his skeletal face. Which Monika found interesting. Despite being a literal Halloween monsters, neither of them are at all threatening. She thought. "SANS! I FINALLY DID IT! UNDYNE WILL.. I'M GONNA.. I'LL BE SO... POPULAR POPULAR POPULAR!" He roared with glee.
Then he turned to Monika with a serious look on his face. "AHEM." He cleared his throat...
How does that eve- Magic, magic is probably the answer. Monika shut down the question before it could really begin to settle in.
"HUMAN! YOU SHALL NOT PASS THIS AREA! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL STOP YOU! I WILL THEN CAPTURE YOU! YOU WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE CAPITAL! THEN! THEN..." He glanced away. "I'M NOT SURE WHAT COMES NEXT..." The confusion in his voice was clear. Nonetheless, he continued. "IN ANY CASE! CONTINUE... ONLY IF YOU DARE!" Then he ran off, laughing his villain laugh. "NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"
Sans watched him run off for a moment, before speaking. "well, that could have gone worse." He glanced at Monika. "ahh don't sweat it, Har-Monika, I'll keep an eye socket out for ya." He gave Monika a moment to laugh, which she did.
"I am laughing under protest!" She said in-between chuckles.
Then, he left too.
"My love?" Monika asked after catching her breath.
"Yes Monika?" Player replied.
"I love these two. They're hilarious!" She smiled as she spoke.
Player laughed. "Yeah, this tends to be everyone's favorite part of the game." He explained. "Sans and Papyrus usually end up being featured a lot throughout the fandom. Mostly thanks to Geno-" He stopped himself mid-sentence... Monika was really getting tired of that. "Errr... Because of the Snowden area."
They walked on, dealing with a few more monsters and spotting another instance of Papyrus' jokey style egotism. A guard-station built, seemingly, by Papyrus.
"WHY IT MUST HAVE BEEN BUILT BY THAT VERY FAMOUS ROYAL GUARDSMAN!" Monika shouted, mimicking Papyrus the best she could.
Player took over for the next line. "(NOTE: NOT YET A VERY FAMOUS ROYAL GUARDSMAN!)" He said in his best Papyrus voice which, Monika thought, was actually pretty spot on.
And they both laughed a tad at that.
Then they both moved ahead, to the next Guard post, and to another sign. "Ooh, I wonder what this one will say." Monika chuckled softy, nudging (or trying to) Player. She started to bend over to read the sign, before recalling that she was wearing a skirt.
So instead, she bent her knees and read the sign. To her surprise, it merely said: "ABSOLUTELY NO MOVING!"
"What does that mean, Player?" Monika asked, glancing back at him.
He shrugged. "I'm going to let you figure it out." He replied, giving her a smirk.
She smiled back at him and stood before continuing forward. "I'm glad that you're finally adhering to what you promised to d-"
She was cut off by a sudden voice to her left, followed by the head of a Dog-Man popping up over the Guard Station. "Did something move...?" He asked, glancing around. "Was it my imagination?" And then, still squinting and glancing around, he added. "I can only see moving things..."
On impulse almost, Monika laughed, only able to question why someone, even in a video game, would say that out loud. During her laugh however, she chose to lift her hand to her mouth, meaning-
"HEY! I saw that, Human! At least... I think you're a human... Where'd you go?!" He said, suddenly locking his eyes on where Monika was..
She stood stock still, perhaps if she was still he'd move on..
"Hmm. Well... if it was a Human... I'll make sure it NEVER moved again!"
She gulped. Suddenly, she felt her SOUL appear out of her chest it seemed that they were about to fight. "Well, I don't really have a choice, I'm going to-" she threw the toy knife to her left. "MOVE!" Doggo followed the Knife with his eyes, and leaped after it, giving Monika a chance to flee.
Unfortunately, Doggo was.. Well he wasn't quite smarter than the average Dog, but he could still see her as she ran away. And decided to chase after her, shouting "HUMAN THERE'S A HUMAN! I SEE A HUMAN!" As he went.
The three runners passed right on by Sans and Papyrus, who weren't prepared for them to completely ignore them. "WHAT?! HUMAN! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO COMPLETE THE PUZZLES!"
"Sorry Papyrus!" She yelled behind her.
"ah? HUMAN! COME BACK HERE AND DO MY PUZZLES!" Papyrus roared, chasing after her.
Sans considered chasing them..but then again, did he really want too?
"Hun, I think you're making things WORSE!" Player shouted, taking a glance behind them as they ran (or in his case glided) away.
She looked at him with stars in her eyes. "You called me, hun! Also, what do you mean by worse?" After saying this, she glanced behind her, and her eyes turned into saucers. There were a few dozen Monsters chasing them. Two Dogs, one Skeleton, and several other monsters she wasn't sure how to place. "Well, as long as we don't run into anything, I think I can outrun-" She suddenly came to a halt. "Oh no." She whined, spotting several spikes that were definitely blocking her path.
"HUMAN!" Several voices shouted, finally having caught up with her. Oh, and one of the dogs borked. Not barked, borked.
"HUMAN I HAD SO MANY PUZZLES PLANNED! GO BACK!" Papyrus demanded.
"Human! I can still see you!" The talking dog said, drawing his weapons; two swords.
"bork!" The non-talking Dog warned, holding it's weapons out threateningly.
Player read his menu box out loud as Monika's SOUL appeared in front of her chest. "The Royal Guards Appear!" He then looked at Monika. "This is bad."
She nodded. "I have an idea." She said, before Pointing at Papyrus and shouting: "BONE!" Both Dogs look behind them, and their eyes latched on Papyrus, who was glaring at Monika. "HUMA-" He looked down at the dogs. "DOGGO, LESSER DOG! D-DO NOT BE DISTRACTED AGAIN!" He began to back away.
Player leaned down next to her and whispered. "Do me a favor and pet both the dogs." He told her. "I'm giving you another freebee mostly to save poor Papyrus from loosing a few leg bones." She glanced at Player, and nodded.
She then slowly approached both dogs, pulling off the Tough Glove as she did... And pounced on them with pets!
Doggo reacted like a zany little dog might, and freaked out but seemed to enjoy himself. Lesser Dog however, had a way crazier reaction. "His head is growing! Player are you sure this is-"
"Yes, just don't overdue it."
Eventually, both Dog's glew a bright yellow and were sparable.
After sparing both (and seeming to get some more money from them too), she looked at Papyrus, who seemed very very pleased that she hadn't chose to leave him to the wolves... or Dogs in this case. "HUMAN... THANK YOU FOR NOT JUST SICKING THESE TWO ON ME!" Papyrus said with as much gratefulness as he could muster.
"Have they gone after you're bones before?" She asked, crossing her arms. What? She was tired!
"HMM? OH MOST DEFINITELY! SEVERAL TIMES IN FACT! IT GET'S RATHER ANNOYING!" He replied. "HMM.." Papyrus squinted at Monika. "ALRIGHT HUMAN! I SHALL FORGIVE YOU FOR NOT DOING MY PREVIOUS PUZZLES!" Papyrus thrust a finger into the air. "HOWEVER, YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE NEXT FEW! NYEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!" Papyrus then ran off.
Monika thought for a second, before leaning over Doggo and rubbing his belly. "Hey little guy.. how do I get passed the gates..?"
Doggo rolled around simultaneously comfortable and uncomfortable for a moment for saying: "Ok OK! I'll tell you!" He said after a moment. "You pet so much so well, Human!" Doggo said, getting up. "So I'll tell you." He pointed across a cliffside. "Over there is a hidden switch, press it and the spikes will go Human! Now, I am going back to my post! And I will bring Lesser Dog!" He added, grabbing and dragging the small dog with him.
Monika walked over and pressed the switch, but just before they walked through, Monika smiled at Player. "You broke your promise." She singsonged.
"I WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR COAT!" Player yelled, trying to grab the jacket.
"You can't touch me your a ghost!" She mocked him from earlier.
Player crossed his arms and glared at her. "That's not funny."
"Neither is HarMonika, but you laugh at that." She replied.
Author's note: Eh, smaller chapter this time around, but I can't just do ALL of Snowden in one go. Next chapter we'll wrap up Sans and Papyrus! (I did say that it would be two chapters in Snowden plus a FFLC chapter)
Now, REVIEWS HUMAN!
pokemansuperallstar: Ah these puns are killing me! I love puns. Also now i get the feeling sans will be keeping a closer eye socket on monika than he would frisk. Wonder how monika is gonna deal with skeletor- i mean papyrus.. yea next chapter. I mean unless we get a sudden swap towards Frisky Frisky literature club. Either way, cant wait to see more of monika and Player or Frisk and the literature club. See ya then
Me: I love puns too! I don't think that Sans would really watch Monika more than he would Frisk, after all, even after a failed Genocide route he only kinda tells you not to fight his brother. Best Girl has this down, she's a lot more intelligent than Frisk and could use her ingenuity to skip certain fights (such as in this chapter). I'll see you next chapter!
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ZombieSlayers: Keep on rolling those great chapters out.
Me: You got it!
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RandomPlayz: YES YOU UPDATED! THANK THE HEAVENS ~CHU
Me: I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO UPDATE!
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AliceCullen3: LOVE IT!
Me: LOVE YOU!
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StoopKid241: Great job on the chapter, and the story as a whole!
I think you're doing a good job with Monika personally. And her interaction with Sans was also nicely done. I think it makes sense for him to be pretty relaxed around her, but just slightly suspicious, since he has an easier time noticing subtle changes in the game loop.
And I think you did as good of a job as you could with text formatting. It wasn't distracting at least, and it did make them feel more like Papyrus and Sans by following their text styles.
Keep up the good work!
Me:Thank you! I'm glad you're liking it!
I'm glad you think that I'm doing well on Monika's personality, I wasn't too sure myself. Sans isn't exactly suspicious, he's just a little out of it thanks to him being used to Frisk and not, well, Monika, and you know Sans; he'd prefer to just go with the flow of things, and usually sticks to the script so to speak.
Oh thank God, the whole L-O-O-K I-M S-U-P-E-R S-P-O-O-K-Y style of writing that I used was worrying to me, glad to know I can use it later in the story. Plus, I just wanted to see if i could write like sans oR PAPYRUS!
I will continue to keep it up.
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Jack54311: Of course! How could I forget about him? I find it interesting that the Player is affected by him. It makes me wonder if this is foreshadowing him appearing later. Asgore may not break the fourth wall, but it is shown that he may remember the resets. When you talk to him after he kills you you tell him how many times he killed you, to which he just nods sadly. The more you die to him, the more saddened he is when you tell him. The way he responds hints that he might remember. Anyway, I found it interesting.
I'm actually not reading DDLC stories anymore, due to not really wanting anything to do with the genres of the game anymore. I've lost interest in horror, dating sims, and psycho obsessive yandere girls in general. Most stories either whitewash Monika or villainize her, with very little in between. I've lost interest in the fandom as a whole. But I'm still liking the Undertale aspect of this, as well as seeing Frisk try to keep up with her new life. So I'll stick with this for awhile longer. I'm enjoying it.
Me: Oh, he might appear in the future, I find it interesting that no one noticed the other reference to him in FFLC 01 however... Yes, I recall now, Asgore's memory of Resets is an interesting point that no-one ever seems to talk about, I've always wondered why he could do that. Interestingly Undyne the Undying also seems to be able to remember as, if you die to her, she doesn't do her speech again she just goes right back into Undying mode. The only other person to do that is Sans.
The gasp! You aren't reading DDLC stories?! I AM-
Completely fine with that. I haven't read many stories that whitewash or villainize her, all I've seen are the weird stories. Like, there's six that are basically "What if Monika was in A WAR?" I seriously can't understand those, which is why I don't bother looking in the Doki Doki fanfiction archives.
Now what I am a tad upset about is your loss of interest in the Fandom. I'm not going to scream and kick and shout like a cancerous fan would, but I am going to voice that I am sad that you aren't interested in Doki Doki anymore. But, I am glad that you'll still read this! I love to read your reviews!
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Ponymonfan1: PUNS! I LOVE THIS! HAVE A BILLION BUTTERSCOTCH-CINNAMON PIES! *tosses several pies plus one Annoying Dog in the air* ...AND A RANDOM DOGGO
Me: *Dog and Pies fall on me* *Dog starts eating the pie, getting pie all over me*
AAAHH WHY DID YOU DO THIS
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Guest: Pleas make more chapters, This is one of the few good Doki Doki Literature Club fanfictions out there. I love this fic, can't wait to see more of Fri- Monika and Moni- Frisk
Me: Done deal! I love making this story and giving you Friskika and Monisk! (It'll be your job to say who's who in this situation.)
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Mopish: Overall, I think this chapter was great. I just feel like the nature of the puns was a bit... MONI-tone.
Thank you, I'm glad that you think this chapter is good! Unfortunately, I don't know how to make my puns more Sansational and less MON-dane!
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Well that's it so
Until Next Time True Readers!