Author's Note: NYEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE It's time once again for MoniTale, more specifically the first MoniTale of 2019! MoniTale is only a few weeks short of it's one year anniversary! Thusly, I now bring you the next installment! Also, I'll likely split this chapter and the chapter with the Papyrus date apart, separated by one episode of FFLC.
Disclaimer: I don't own Undertale or Doki Doki Literature Club, however I do own the plot of this story and our Player.
Before they got far, Monika and Player found themselves entrapped by two dogs wearing black executioner-looking robes.
"Uh-Oh." Monika whispered.
"What's that smell?" A male voice asked.
Followed by another "Where's that smell?" A female voice asked
Do I smell? How long have I been down here? Wait, CAN PLAYER SMELL ME IF I SMELL? Monika asked herself, before making a mental note to go bathe in the river she'd seen earlier. She didn't notice the sniffing dance the two Dogs did.
"If you are a weird smell, Identify yoursmelf!" The male dog said, causing a bit of laughter from Player and Monika.
Obviously the pun wasn't high-quality like one of Sans', but it was cute and that was what got Monika to laugh.
"Hmm.. Here's the weird smell!" The male voice said, before adding. "It makes me want to eliminate!"
"...Eliminate YOU!" The female voice growled, and Monika felt her SOUL rise out of her chest. Looks like this was a fight she wasn't going to escape by running away. Not that running helped last time.
The dogs pulled off their hoods and stood in front of Monika, specifically to block her path it seemed. They drew their twin axes and started-
"Aww, they're in love!" Monika said as the two dogs began to give little puppy kisses to each other.
"Yep." Player said, giving Monika a small smile. "They're pretty cute, huh?"
Monika chuckled and nodded at the two, who turned to face her directly now. "Also they're assaulting you."
"Oh yeah, fight. What are my options?" Monika asked Player.
"Dogamy and Dogaressa, they both have the same options: Check, Re-Sniff, Pet, and Roll Around." Player said, laying back.
"Uh, check? Both if possible?" Monika asked.
Player shrugged. "Don't see why not. They both have 6 ATK and 4 DEF. Plus, they're husband and wife." Player said.
Monika nodded and waited for their attack.
Both Dogs, or Dogi, lifted their Axes upwards and brought them down.
On... Air?
Suddenly, Monika noticed the air above her shift downwards, and moved just in time to avoid being split in half by two Axes coming down on her head. Thankfully, by moving under the Axes, she managed to dodge them.
"Don't touch my hot-dog!" Dogamy, she assumed (it sounded like the more Masculine of the two names), said, causing Dogaressa to say:
"He means me."
Monika couldn't help but to laugh slightly at that, it was a slightly clever joke.
Let's see, they seem to be all about smells... Oh why do I get the feeling that I need to get dirty? Monika thought her choices through for a moment, before remembering something: Her jacket! It has to have-yes! She grabbed a bit of Dog hair off her Jacket, slightly annoyed that it would need washing now too, and rubbed it on her hands and neck, glad that she wasn't allergic to dogs.
Then, using what she new about dogs, she said. "Hey, you guys should sniff me again!" She said, holding her hands out to their noses.
The Dogi sniffed her hands and exposed neck, before looking at each other confused.
"That smells like.." Dogamy said, quite confused.
"Lesser Dog AND Doggo?" Dogaressa asked.
Monika glanced around, and put on her best Lesser Dog impression. "Uh... bork?"
Player facepalmed. "Yes my dear, you truly are the greatest Impressionist." At seeing her give him a look, he added. "Uhm, well, your Papyrus wasn't that bad earlier actually, so you, uh, aren't that bad... Aha..."
She stopped glaring, and the two Dogs glanced at each other a few more times, and before they could react, Monika added. "Yes! I didn't see you two before, but it is indeed I, Lesser D.." She stopped herself. "Er, Doggo! And Lesser Dog!"
The two Dogs put their weapons away, and Monika's SOUL Disappeared back into her body. "Oh ok!" Dogamy and Dogaressa said at once. "We will smell you later!" Dogamy added, and they took their leave. But not without leaving some gold in her Possession.
"Ok, my love, this is going to sound really terrible."
"Considering the last few times you've said something terrible I guarantee that I won't be upset." Player told her
"Okay great. Because I'm glad that every dog we've encountered has been almost blind." She said. "Because I was NOT going to dirty my new Jacket." She said as they walked on.
"Eh, not nearly as bad as 'leaving her hanging', but it also isn't as funny when you think about it.." Player replied, and they found themselves in front of another Puzzle before any more could be said.
Monika walked over and read the sign. "Turn the X's into 0's, huh?" Monika asked, peering over the rocks. "How am I going to do that?" She walked around and over to the X and bent her knees to be right near it. She reached her hand out to touch it, and fell over.
Player, being a bit gentlemanly, floated up to her face. "Maybe I should make you a pair of pants next..." He said.
Monika's face flushed red, and she promptly stood up brushing snow off of her. "Y-You!" She growled. Then she took a breath and slowly started to calm down. "Let's just agree to pretend that didn't happen..." And then she added. "Did you see anything?"
Player chuckled. "I'm a gentleman." He bowed and Monika sighed and smiled, at least her modesty was still intact partially. She began to walk over to the next X, and just as she finished swapping an X to an O Player continued. "But I didn't take you as one for black, I guess the internet was right, eh dear~?"
Her entire face flushed with red. "Playerrrrr!" She said, feeling a combination of embarrassment and anger. "I thought you said you DIDN'T look that kind of stuff up!?" And then she added. "And what happened to 'being a Gentleman'?"
"Oh dearest, I said I didn't use my computer. And, well, I am a ghost. If I wasn't so gentlemanly.." He floated next to her and let his words hang.
"Point taken. But I'm still mad at you for... doing that." She crossed her arms and left, but not before moving toward the button and stomping on it for effect.
"So..." Player whispered to himself. He didn't get to continue his thought, because he chose to bury his face in his hands, which, if he had any color to his body that wasn't shadowy black, would have hidden his blush. "I can't fucking believe that I just told her that." And then. "I CAN'T believe what just happened to me. Thank you God!"
Then, having finished his breakdown, Player moved on.
Monika, who was already far ahead of the object of her affection, came to see Papyrus had somehow beat her here. Deciding to test her Player's theory that it was all real, Monika approached the skeleton and tried asking a question. "Papyrus how did you get over here?" She asked.
"OH! IT IS YOU, HUMAN! I'M RATHER ANNOYED THAT YOU IGNORED MY PREVIOUS FEW PUZZLES, BUT I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION! MY BROTHER, SANS, DECIDED TO ASSIST ME IN HAVING A DRAMATIC FLAIR AND HE SHOWED ME HOW TO GET OVER HERE WITHOUT DOING ONE OF THE PUZZLES THAT YOU'RE MEANT TO DO!" The skeleton explained.
Monika blinked. He actually has an explanation for how he got here? Maybe Player's theory has some merit after all...
Nope still mad at him. She thought in response to her own thoughts.
"ANYWAY HUMAN! YOUR NEXT PUZZLE IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS! YOU MUST ATTEMPT TO CHANGE EVERY X TO AN O. IF I HAD MORE TIME, I WOULD HAVE MADE THE SOLUTION LOOK LIKE MY FACE! UNFORTUNATELY YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH MY OTHER PUZZLES!" His tone sounded somewhere between accusing and forgiving.
Monika was a generally nice person, and even she couldn't understand how someone could do both tones!
She took a look at the puzzle for a moment, and found there were only two entrances, and that neither would give the answer easily. But, with enough Determination- or perhaps Passion- she knew she could do it!
Going from the top and moving down, she touched the X's with her feet, and had to turn right when reaching the bottom as turning another direction would mean she'd have to go over her old work. She finished the bottom line and reached over a snowbank to touch one of the X's.
"A BIT UNORTHODOX!" Papyrus called to her, having seen her move. "BUT I'LL ALLOW IT!"
Pushing herself back up so she didn't have to repeat a few moments ago, Monika then walked to the top and touched the one that was farther removed than the rest. Then she made the move back outside the puzzle by crawling over the snowbank, and moved to the bottom entrance, wherein she could finish the right half of the Puzzle. "Hey Papyrus! Would you mind pushing the button for me?!" She called over.
"CERTAINLY! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, CAN DO ANYTHING!" He called over, before stepping on the button.
With the O's green, not her favorite shade but one she appreciated, Monika could move out of the Puzzle safely.
"WOWIE, YOU SOLVED IT! AND YOU DID ALL WITHOUT MY HELP! I'M IMPRESSED, HUMAN! YOU MUST REALLY CARE ABOUT PUZZLES LIKE ME! YOU'LL LOVE THE NEXT ONE THEN! IN FACT, IT MIGHT EVEN BE TOO EASY!" He then sped off while laughing in his usual Papyrus way. "NYEH. NYEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!"
Monika and Player moved on, but Monika stopped to chat with Sans. "Hey Sans!" Monika said, giving a wave.
"hey kiddo. good job on the puzzle there. because it means that i don't gotta get involved. which is great. 'cause i'm really lazy." His smile never waivered.
"Did you just call me a kid? I'm, like, eighteen!" Monika laughed as though she was explaining something to one of her Club Members.
"eh, i'm a skeleton, i'm pretty sure i'm older than you." Sans said to her. "or maybe you'd prefer har-monika?" He chuckled at her angered glare.
Player echoed him.
"That's not funny!" She protested. "Seriously!"
"so kiddo it is then?" Sans chuckled.
"If it'll end the Har-Monika joke, I'll accept it." Monika replied.
"I'm never going to give it up." Player said.
She rounded on him. "You, my little Player, are on thin ice! When we get home I am going through your phone already, do you want a harsher punishment added to that?!" She said angrily to him.
He booped her on her nose, or tried to anyway and said. "You're so cute when you're angry. But calm down dear, I'll drop it."
"uhh, you alright there kiddo?" Sans asked, and Monika quickly realized that she was the only one who could see Player, so she looked... pretty crazy right now.
"Uh, yeah! I'm fine, just, um, tired! Yeah, tired.." Monika said half-heartedly. "Anyway, we should move on! I think I see Papyrus up ahead!" She pointed forward.
Sans took up the lead, and once they got to the point where they were across from Papyrus Sans sped up, and Papyrus placed his hand forward. "ALRIGHT HUMAN! THIS PUZZLE IS ONE I THINK YOU'LL FIND QUITE DIFFICULT!" Papyrus said, with his usual amount of glee.
"i'd say it's more shocking." Sans interrupted.
"SANS! YOU'RE GIVING PART OF THE PUZZLE AWAY!" Papyrus shouted with irritation. "ANYWAY HUMAN! THIS DEVICE WAS BUILT BY THE GREAT DOCTOR ALPHYS! DO YOU SEE THESE TILES!?" Papyrus gestured to the slightly differently shaded tiles. "ONCE I THROW THIS SWITCH.." He placed his hands on a switch that was on a box that looked like a vending machine...
Odd, but okay. Monika thought.
"THEY WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE COLOR! EACH COLOR HAS A DIFFERENT FUNCTION..." Papyrus went on to explain how red tiles were impassible, yellow ones were electric, green tiles are alarms that will bring her into a fight, orange tiles are orange-scented and how that relates to piranhas in the blue tiles, and how those correlate to yellow tiles, and how purple tiles were slippery,and smelled like lemons, meaning that purple and blue were OK, and pink tiles did NOTHING.
Then he flipped the switch. And Monika was floored by the amount of variations. I have to remember all this? She thought. Well, it can't be harder than.. math or piano lessons! With that pep talk given to herself, Monika set her eyes and got ready for the challenge.
Then, all at once, it stopped, and she was left with the easiest thing she'd probably ever been faced with doing. It was a pink path with red sides.
Papyrus kept on smiling, but quietly spun around, passed his brother while still spinning, and spun away from them all.
"...(snort)" Monika struggled to contain her laughter at the poor guy's failed antics.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Player however, did not.
"Heh haha. (snort). Hah!" Monika tried very hard not to be mean as she walked through the 'Puzzle'.
Trying to put those events out of her mind, Monika turned to face Sans, who seemed to already have something to say. "y'know kiddo, it really would have been nice if you hadn't skipped all the other puzzles back there, my brother made a pretty good plate of spaghetti that he was real excited to show off."
Monika vaguely remembered seeing a plate of spaghetti as she ran from the dogs, but wasn't it- "Hey wasn't that stuff frozen though? It didn't look like it was made much at all."
"heh, i know, right? for papyrus, that's actually pretty great! i bet if he keeps this up he'll actually make something edible next year." Sans replied.
Monika smiled and shook her head. Such a silly guy, I think I like him though. She thought before walking away.
Monika and Player passed by a group of snowman-dogs that were somewhere between disturbing and cute, and a guard post that had a box of pomeraisins in it, something Monika found hilarious.
Then there was a sign warning of a dog... and asking for pets for said dog.
Finally there was the cow man, who told her the story of the inspired dog, who desperately tried to build something that matched his inspiration.
"Aww! Well, it's not that bad! Maybe if he had gone straight up he'd have created the perfect head!" Monika replied upon hearing the story. "I guess you could call that Monika's snow-art sculpture tip of the day!"
"Has it been a day?" Player asked. "It's hard to tell if I'm honest."
As they walked on Monika responded. "I mean, I assume it's been at least one day, I mean I went to sleep earlier right?" She asked him.
"Well, when did you fall?" He asked.
"I fell down here in this game's lore?" She stopped walking and turned to him. "How short was that fall? Because I should be dead based on how high it looked to me."
Player shrugged. "Well, it is a whole Mountain."
She squinted at him. "You expect me to believe that I fell down a hole into a mountain and survived? More importantly why don't I remember that?" She asked, crossing her arms.
"Well hun, I'd like to remind you that you were lit on fire earlier, both with pink and red flames. Also, my current working theory is that you were inserted into Fr!$k's place right as they fell into the Underground." For some reason, neither Monika or Player were one-hundred percent sure what name Player had said, and though he tried repeating himself several times he simply could not say it.
"Ugh, let's just continue, Moni." Player said, deciding that it wasn't worth trying anymore.
Monika found that odd, but chose not to press it. Whoever the main character of this game was isn't important right now anyway. She thought.
They moved on to an ice puzzle version of the X and O puzzle.
"Don't slip this time, Moni." Player wiggled his finger mockingly.
Monika glowered at him. "I'm still upset at you about that." She said, before stepping onto the Ice with as much calm as possible. To her surprise and despite her best efforts, Monika still slipped on the ice, but did not fall over. It was like ice-skating.
...Not that she's ever gone ice-skating. "Aaah! Why am I still moving?!" She asked, trying to stop her movement, she only succeeded in slowing herself however.
"Moni, just calm down and let it happen." Player said, lazily floating next to her. "Oh, and the answer is probably-" Monika carefully landed on the non-ice part. "-Magic."
Monika, now understanding the way the ice worked, quickly completed the puzzle and moved on once the bridge formed.
As she and Player passed through the trees Monika made sure to keep some snow off her head.
Then they came to two roads, one going down and the other going forward. Monika considered for a moment, but chose to keep going forward. While there she found several snow poffs and a doghouse. Oh! And she found thirty gold coins in one of the snow poffs.
And then...
"Aww! What a cute puppy!" She said, getting low to one dog that appeared out of a snow poff. Before she could give the dog a pet however... it stood.
And he was nowhere near as small as she thought.
"Ah! Greater Dog!" Player, who had been busy with one of the snow poffs, came up behind her. "I was going to warn you, but I get the feeling you're still mad at me."
"I'd be less mad if you had warned me!" She said as her SOUL appeared out of her chest.
"Eh, I'm sure you can handle him."
"Ok.." She said as the music began. "Check."
"Greater Dog. 6 ATK 4 DEF, so excited that it thinks fighting is just play."
For the Dog's first attack, it laid down, almost like it was expecting a belly rub, and began barking. The words themselves rushed at Monika, who was far to slow to dodge them and took the first and second hit right to her SOUL. "Ah!" She sucked in a breath. She hadn't been genuinely hit in the SOUL once since she got here. "Okay, let's never let that happen again." She said, clutching the small burningly pink heart as Greater Dog stared at her intently.
"Player, what are my options?" She asked.
"You've got, pet, beckon, ignore, play, and check." He replied, looking at the Menu.
"He's to far away to pet, and I don't have anything to play with him with so..." She patted her knees, trying to beckon the dog closer to her. "C'mere boy!" She smiled, and the Dog bounded up to her with his tongue out. "Wait wait wait!" She held her hands out, but it was futile. Even though Greater Dog did stop short of licking her, his drool dripped down onto her shoulder.
Onto her jacket.
The Dog released a few barks, but-
"*You are filled with PASSION." Player said as Monika felt her SOUL light up with flames. The 'barks' from Greater Dog went alite and turned to ash once they touched her Soul, and she tackled him with tickles.
"You big dumb dog drooled on my jacket! You're lucky the only way to spare you is petting otherwise I'd get a spray bottle!" She said as she scratched under Greater Dog's ears and pacified the Dog.
She didn't let up until he glowed yellow, and when he did the word 'spare' tumbled out of her mouth with a bit of annoyance.
When the Dog was spared it tried to get out and lick her face, but Monika was having none of it. "Bad dog!" She told it. "This was a gift from My Player and you drooled on it!" She said angrily, and Greater Dog left sadly.
She then moved on to a bridge where Sans and Papyrus stood on the opposite side of, she made it about halfway to the bridge when Papyrus began to speak. "HUMAN! THIS WILL BE YOUR FINAL AND MOST DANGEROUS CHALLENGE! THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF YOU HAD DONE THE EARLIER PUZZLES, I THINK YOU ARE READY! BEHOLD-" Papyrus gestured wildly- "THE GAUNTLET OF DEADLY TERROR!" And then a mace, a flam-canon, two spears, a normal canon, and a Dog tied to a rope appeared from above and below her.
Now, had Monika not already seen a few of his traps fail, she might have been slightly bothered by the apparent deadliness of the traps... But she had seen a few of his traps fail, and she was just waiting to see how this would play out.
"WHEN I SAY THE WORD IT WILL FULLY ACTIVATE!" He shouted with glee. "CANONS WILL FIRE! SPIKES WILL SWING! BLADES WILL SLICE!" With each sentence he posed with even more grandeur. "EACH PART WILL WILL SWING VIOLENTLY UP AND DOWN! ONLY THE TINIEST CHANCE OF VICTORY WILL REMAIN!" He shouted. "ARE YOU READY!?
BECAUSE!"
Wait, is this actually going to work? She thought
"I!"
Seriously? The one time his trap actually looks deadly?! She continued her frightened thought
"AM!
ABOUT!
TO DO IT!"
Uh-oh! She got ready for the attack.
...
Nothing happened. Monika opened one eye and glanced around. The dog on a rope kept swinging, the spears were at the ready, the flames clawed at the air anxiously, and the canon... Well it was a canon.
"well?" Sans asked. "what's the holdup?"
"HOLDUP? WHAT HOLDUP?! I'M ABOUT TO ACTIVATE IT NOW!" Papyrus said, turning serious.
Monika calmed down, like normal there was nothing to fear. She kinda felt bad for feeling good about his failures. He's definitely got the drive to seek out his dreams of catching me, but his plans so far have kinda...been bad. Maybe if he didn't rely on such...convoluted traps he'd succeed.. Until then though..
"I'M- I'M ABOUT TO ACTIVATE IT NOW!" Papyrus continued.
After a moment nothing happening Sans said. "that, uh, doesn't look very activated."
Papyrus quickly covered his bases. "WELL! THIS CHALLENGE! IT SEEMS... MAYBE... TOO EASY TO DEFEAT THE HUMAN WITH... YEAH! WE CAN'T USE THIS ONE! I'M A SKELETON WITH STANDARDS! MY PUZZLES ARE FAIR! AND MY TRAPS, NOT THAT THE HUMAN WOULD KNOW, ARE EXPERTLY COOKED! AND THIS METHOD IS TOO DIRECT! NO CLASS AT ALL! AWAY IT GOES!" He turned away. "PHEW." He said before turning back to her. "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?!" He demanded.
"Nothing?" Monika tried.
"EXACTLY THIS WAS ANOTHER DECISIVE VICTORY FOR THE GREAT PAPYRUS!" He shouted. "NYEH! HEH! HEH?" And with that he ran away.
Monika and Player finished crossing the bridge and turned to talk to Sans. "Well that was... fun." She said to him.
"heh, yeah..." Sans glanced away. "i don't know what my brother is going to do now. so i should probably explain blue attacks to you." Sans said.
Monika cocked her head slightly and furrowed her brow, she hadn't seen a blue attack yet. "What are those?" She asked.
"alright kiddo, a blue attack is a pretty easy attack to understand." Sans said, shoving his hands into the pockets of his hoodie. "blue attacks are just like normal ones, they come at'cha and try to get at yer soul-yawn" He kept his easy going grin going even as he yawned. "but these ones are uhh...-yawn- special, they only hurt'cha if you move. got it, kiddo?" He asked.
Monika nodded. "So if I stay still I won't get hurt by the attack, right?" She asked to make sure if she had it.
"yep." Sans said, stretch-shuffling to keep himself awake.
Seeing as Sans wasn't interested in teaching much at that point, Monika and Player moved on. They came to pass a sign welcoming them to Snowdin, a small little town that they found were celebrating something similar to Christmas considering that there was a Pinetree and several presents in the town center.
Monika, noticing that there was a shop, entered with the hope of using some of her money. Upon entering she saw a bunny woman who she assumed to be the shopkeep. "Hi! Um, are you the person I need to talk to to buy things?" She asked, giving the woman her nicest voice and look.
"Yep that's me! I can't remember the last time I saw a new face around here in Snowdin, welcome! So where are you from? You don't look like a Monster." She asked, giving Monika a nice smile.
"Aha, that's actually a matter for debate, but I'm from.. The above world? I don't know what you call it." Monika laughed.
"The Surface?" The shopkeep asked.
"Yes! That.." She said. "You aren't going to try fighting me for my SOUL are you?" She asked.
"No don't worry, I was never much of a fighter. Besides, if you've got gold I'll sell to you."
"Thank you! Please show me what you've got" Monika said.
The woman exposed her selection of things she was selling.
Monika considered for a little bit, and decided to chat a bit more about the town...
Monika already had a Glove, and didn't need a Bandana so she bought the food items. Two of each, one for battling and one for food. It ate a little bit into her Gold amount. Where she once had one-hundred and ninety gold she now had 110, but as she filled her stomach and healed herself she couldn't help but to feel that it was worth it.
"These things are actually pretty good!" Monika exclaimed after finishing a Cinnamon Bun.
"I always thought you were more of a healthy eater." Player said as they explored the town.
"I am, but I'm sure that with all the fighting and walking I'm doing that I'm definitely making up for however many pounds these will give me." She said. "But I'm done for now so.." She held out the other side of the Bicycle, now a Unicycle, to Player. Who took and stored it away along with the other Bicycle and the other Cinnamon Bun.
Then she turned back around and towards where she saw a motel of some kind.
She entered and ordered a room in the Snowed-Inn for 80g. Not exactly ideal, but Monika betted she could earn it back.
Plus, she was a bit tired after walking so long and once she entered the room she was out like a light.
Not too long after that, Monika and Player met the townspeople of Snowdin, including a few odd Bunny-people, the Fire-humanoid owner of a bar and restaurant (who admittedly wasn't very talkative) and...a child.
"Yo! You're hair looks cool! How do you make it so long?" The small, armless, dinosaur-like child asked Monika as she walked by.
"Oh, aha, I've always had really long hair. I just let it grow until I liked how long it was and left it like that!" She told him.
"That's cool! So what's your name?" The child had begun following her.
"I'm Monika, what's yours?" She asked.
"Most people just call me Monster Kid, so why don't you call me that!" He said.
Monika and Player... and Monster Kid.. reached the end of the town and spotted a dense fog that no doubt would mark the ending of this area. Monika turned to Monster Kid. "Monster Kid, I think you should go back home to your parents." She told him. "I'm going to be leaving town soon and you can't follow. I promise I'll visit again." She told him.
"Ok! I'll see you later Moni.. Monik... Uh, lady with the cool hair!" He said, turning and running back to town.
Monika turned back to face the Fog. "Cute kid." She said to Player.
"I'm glad you like him, because he shows up later in the story. And you'll be spending a lot more time with him." He said, giving her a smile.
She returned it and they went forward.
Soon enough the Fog became so dense that neither she nor Player could see a thing. Then a figure became visible in the Fog.
Papyrus.
"HUMAN! ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME COMPLEX FEELINGS." He stated with none of the usual silliness he had. "FEELINGS LIKE... THE JOY OF FINDING ANOTHER PUZZLE-LOVER, AND THE ADMIRATION FOR ANOTHER'S PUZZLE SOLVING SKILLS. AND THE DESIRE TO HAVE A COOL, SMART PERSON, THINK YOU ARE COOL AND SMART."
Monika glanced at her feet. She knew these feelings well... Or the last one at least. And she had a building bad feeling in her chest. Why did this feel like he was about to admit romantic attraction to her?
"THESE FEELINGS... THEY MUST BE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW!" He exclaimed, and Monika sighed.
Oh he thinks I have a crush on him...
Wait a minute...
She thought, starting to feel a bit annoyed.
"I CAN HARDLY IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE TO FEEL THAT WAY! AFTER ALL, I AM VERY GREAT! I DON'T EVER WONDER WHAT HAVING LOTS OF FRIENDS IS LIKE!" His voice was somewhere between sincere and hiding something. "I PITY YOU, LONELY HUMAN... WORRY NOT! YOU SHALL NOT BE LONELY ANY LONGER! FOR I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL BE YOUR..." He suddenly turned away. "NO! THIS IS ALL WRONG! I CANNOT BE YOUR FRIEND! YOU ARE A HUMAN! I MUST CAPTURE YOU! THEN, I CAN FULFILL MY LIFELONG DREAM! POWERFUL! POPULAR! PRESTIGIOUS! THAT'S PAPYRUS!"
Monika sighed. It looks like it would be a pattern. She'd enter a new area and would be forced to fight a final boss at the end of it.
"THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE ROYAL GUARD!" He turned to face her, and Monika felt her SOUL pop out of her chest and everything darkened.
"Papyrus blocks the way!" Player said.
Monika heard his music begin, it was much like the music she heard whenever he showed up, except it sounded more like a boss-theme might in a video game.
"Choices Player?" She asked.
"Check, Flirt, Insult." He said, he then added "It's ok if you flirt with him, Moni."
"Out of the question." She told him. "And I'm not going to hurt this poor guy either. I guess I'll have to make my own path." She told him. And then. "Check."
"Papyrus, ATK 8 DEF 2, likes to say Nyeh Heh Heh." Player replied.
"NYEH HEH HEH!" Papyrus said, before giving his attack!
...
Which were bones that, while fairly tall, could be laughably jumped over by Monika using the physics of the battle system.
"Hey Papyrus!" She called to him. "Your really cool! And...you'll always be one of my dearest friends!" She gave him a wide smile.
Player looked at her. "You just couldn't resist the Sayori reference could you?
"AH? FRIENDSHIP? WOWIE! A HUMAN THINKING OF ME AS A DEAR FRIEND! I-I'M SHOCKED! BUT! YOU'LL HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN THAT! I HAVE VERY HIGH STANDARDS!" He said, giving a wide smile.
Monika thought about what would qualify to make her a close friend... "I love your ambition and drive, plus your puzzles are great!" She told him.
"OH NO, YOU'RE MEETING ALL OF MY STANDARDS!" Papyrus yelled. "UH L-LET'S BE FRIENDS LATER!"
Once more he used the same attack.
"Y'know Papyrus, if you want to be my friend you shouldn't attack me.. I forgive you though!" She said, giving him a thumbs up.
"OH! I-I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT THAT WAY! AND I DO WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND..." He said.
"Can I Spare you then?" She asked.
"HMM... ONLY IF YOU SURVIVE MY FABLED BLUE ATTACK! THAT WAY I CAN TELL UNDYNE THAT I FOUGHT YOU WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE!"
A bunch of blue bones zipped at Monika at fast speeds... but she knew exactly what to do. Nothing!
Suddenly though, Monika felt a ton heavier, like the gravity was normal... Looking down at her SOUL she saw that it had turned blue! Sans didn't say this would happen! She thought worriedly.
And then she was struck hard by a bone. On the bright side her jacket absorbed most of the damage.
"YOU'RE BLUE NOW! THAT'S MY ATTACK! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!" Then the music changed. Looks like the fight was only beginning.
The next bones were similar to the first few, however she didn't have an easy time with these like she did with the last few. Mostly because she couldn't essentially Float.
"Papyrus this is a really cool attack! I bet you're so proud!" She told him.
Papyrus smiled massively. "OH THANK YOU HUMAN! ALLOW ME TO SHOW YOU MORE!"
Well, maybe if I last long enough he'll stop! It's worth a try! She thought.
They went like this a few more times until eventually Papyrus said. "ALRIGHT MY FRIEND HUMAN! SINCE WE ARE FRIENDS I DON'T THINK I'LL USE MY SPECIAL ATTACK ON YOU! LET US GO HOME AND HANG OUT! LIKE FRIENDS DO!"
Author's note: Six thousand words later and that (technically) is the end of Snowdin! Reviews NOW!
1eragon33: I can't wait to see who chara is in Frisky Frisky Literature club... But I literally LOVE (not Level Of ValencE) the regular Monika storyline.
Me: Chara will be very interesting indeed... Glad you love my story!
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Ashton Giertz: he should have said "pretty humerus"
Me: Damn! I should have done that!
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WeirdLiesMatter: I think it's cool how you made Monika like puns, especially after this line she made:
"I can't believe you left Sayor like that!"
Me: I always thought she was a Pun-lover! It just kinda made sense, especially after that line!
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AliceCullen3: LOVE IT!
Me: LOVE YOU!
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Jack54311: Ah, I do love good puns. I'll be a bit sad to see them go, unless you somehow manage to get them to naturally continue after leaving Snowdin. SNOW doubt you'll find a way to work one or two in, though.
Perhaps someday I'll go back and read a couple of DDLC stories written by one of the better authors here (DaMastah comes to mind), but I got to reevaluating some of the stuff I like due to circumstances I won't go into right now, and I realized that, while the way the game was done was good, I just don't want to fill my time focusing on psycho yandere girls who murder and cut themselves, or suicidal cinnamon rolls. It's kinda depressing, and to top it off it's harder to find a well written story in this fandom than some of the others. But thanks for understanding. I'll still stick with this for now. I like where it's going.
I do wonder what's happening in the real world, though. Is his body still there? Is he dead, or sleeping, or in a coma? Is time still going? Is he even thinking about this stuff? By that I mean other than first discovering his ghostlike state. Also, will we see Chara in this, and if so, is it Geno Chara or regular Neutral/Pacifist Chara?
Me: Oh don't worry, Sans'll show up some more and he'll always have fun Puns to give. Plus, Player and Monika are Punmasters in training...
*Sucks in breath through teeth* You might want to not read the final parts of FFLC then, everything turns out fine, but those get INCREDIBLY dark...
As for IRL, Player has straight-up disappeared. He's become the Ultimate missing persons case, one night he was an ordinary sad teenager, the next both he and his Waifu disappear (Monika's room is straight-up empty on his computer, but the game isn't acting like she's been deleted). Player wasn't much happy with his life as it was, so he's loving his current adventure especially since he has Monika with him! Or rather Monika has him with her. Either way, he's pretty happy. As for The Demon that comes when you call her- ahem, It's name, I'll warn you right now She's in full Genocide mode. And It's PISSED.\
Have fu~un
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eminutemen18: How Monika is still acting like she's in act 3 and not bringing everyone back?
Me: Because it is act 3?
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JustKatsuu: I love the story! It's so unique and original. I love Monika as well, even though I like Sayori better, Monika is a close second (tied with Natsuki). Can't see what's happening with Frisk and the literature club!
Me: I'm glad you like it! It's perfectly Ok to like Sayori more, and I plan on giving her (as well as everyone else) a happy ending as well using Frisk and the LC.
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Wolffang1795: I absolutely adore this story~ I can't wait to see what else you have in store for us~ Especially if you still decide to keep the date Papyrus thing in your story~ w
And as thanks for making such a wonderful story here is a plushie of Sans, Papyrus, and Monika~ *gifts you the plushies*
Me: I'm glad you like it! I can't wait to share the rest of my story! It's plainly amazing what I have planned. Unfortunately there won't be a date, but there will be a hang-out session!
Oh and thanks for the Plushies! I'll put them right on my work desk!
*places them*
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Mopish: Oh thank GOD you updated this. I was beginning to think you'd abandoned the project. Nice chapter, love the creative spin you took on the Doggo/Lesser Dog fight. Puns are getting better, but I'm with Monika on the har-Monika joke
Me: Oh please! This is a story I don't plan on abandoning unless I die! I'm glad you like my choice to have Monika do something different! It's just my way of showing you how she can influence the world! I guess you and Player aren't in har-MONy about it? Ahahahahaha!
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Lunar Moon Butterfly: I am falling in love with Monika. I NEED MORE NOW
Me: Here you are my fellow Monika-lover~
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kawingng99: Will you post your fanfiction frequently?
If yes, how frequent will you post the chapter?
Me: I try to be monthly! One chapter of a few of the things every month!
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Well that's them all so
Until Next Time True Readers!