Author's Note: I return! It's Monika's birthday and I am going to do this in one shot if it kills me! Here we go boys!
Disclaimer: I don't own Doki Doki Literature Club or Undertale
Monika walked back to where she had initially met Sans and into the next cave over, there she found the same sign as always, a box and... a waterfall. "I suppose that isn't impossible. Underground rivers are possible if an above ground river erodes into a cave system, so a waterfall could happen... though as to how I'm unsure." Monika said as she he passed it. "Based on the falling rocks though, we can assume that this is due to to-" She cut herself off as she turned to see the bridge that lead around, it was fairly small. She had a few doubts about it.
"Careful dear, falling would be bad, especially since I don't know if you can RESET or not." Player warned.
Monika nodded in reply and maneuvered herself onto the bridge, from there she made her way to the Echo Flower and- "I swore I saw something... behind that rushing water."
Monika paused at that and considered. Either a new item or a switch for me to pull. She thought. It'd be silly for it to be a switch though, that water looks like it's ankle high at best- I couldn't begin to guess at what I'd need a switch for.." She walked behind the rushing water. "Strange..." She reached out to grab a camera that was behind the water. It was stuck into the cave wall though. "Odd, who would want to watch this location? It serves almost no value.." Monika thought aloud.
Player Nodded. "Yeah, that is true... unless your a sad Otaku who watches places where humans might wander." Player winked.
Monika squinted. "I can't tell if you're making a joke regarding Otakus and anime girls or if you're referencing a future part of the game..."
"The answer is Yes." Player nodded.
"That's not an answer." She said, giggling a bit at this weird humor of his, "I love you."
Player smiled back and on instinct replied with- "I love you too" Though he frowned a tad. "You still have a lot to do until I forgive you though." He crossed his arms.
Monika chuckled and walked back to the waterfall's edge, followed by walking through the water and out the other side, where she found a darker room than before along with a small field of tall grass. She looked up and swore she saw something, or someone, up there.
Thinking to get an early advantage, Monika slunk against the wall and into the tall grass to hide as a certain, and rather familiar, voice spoke. "H...HI UNDYNE! I'M HERE WITH MY DAILY REPORT..." Papyrus said nervously, like an employee would to their boss. Which, Monika guessed, may have been the truth. She'd heard the name Undyne before. "UHHH.. REGARDING THAT HUMAN I CALLED YOU ABOUT EARLIER..." Papyrus was downright cut off by the sound of heavy armor moving towards him, as though a huge person had turned suddenly while wearing a set, causing the metal to clank and groan against itself, the sound of which just barely drowned out a voice.
"..id you fight them?" It asked.
"HUH? DID I FIGHT THEM?" Papyrus asked. "YES, OF COURSE I DID!" The skeleton did his best to sound confident. "I FOUGHT THEM VALIANTLY!" He was mostly successful.
The armor moaned again, and Monika strained to hear the voice. It was commanding but.. feminine? Masculine? It was hard to tell. "...Apture them?"
"WHAT? DID I CAPTURE THEM...?" Now he was sounding scared, just a bit. "W-W-WELL... NO.." He seemed to shrink away a bit. "I TRIED VERY HARD, UNDYNE, BUT IN THE END... I FAILED." He sounded sad.
The armor moaned again. "...o it myself."
"W-WHAT? YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE HUMAN'S SOUL YOURSELF..." Papyrus was worried. What happened next surprised even Monika. "BUT UNDYNE, YOU DON'T H-HAVE TO DESTROY THEM!" Though scared, the Skeleton still stepped forward to protect her. Monika felt her heart-her real heart, not her soul- warm up a bit at that. "YOU SEE... YOU SEE..." He trailed off and fell silent. ". . ." He eventually spoke again. "...I UNDERSTAND." He seemed to sigh. "I'LL HELP YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN."
'There was the clatter of bones as he walked away. Monika sighed. "I'm sorry, Papyrus." She whispered and crept forwards slowly, knowing full well that there still was that person up there. Monika slowly edged herself against the wall to avoid being seen. She seemed to escape without incident and she heard the armor slowly clank away. Still though, she hugged the wall as she went, not wanting to draw any attention to herself.
And then there was the sound of grass being disturbed behind her, Monika nearly leaped out of her skin until she noticed the small yellow dinosaur-like Monster that had followed her. "Wow! Monster Kid, you scared me. Haha." She felt her heartbeat for a moment. "Why are you out here? it's not safe!"
"I wanted to see Undyne!" He said. "She's so cool!"
Monika shook her head. "Go home, it's way to dangerous, little guy." She was still recovering from her heart attack from earlier.
Player, of course, was laughing only a little at her misfortune. "The look on your face dear, priceless!" He laughed a few more times before sighing. "To be fair, I'd be scared too if I was being hunted by her." He laughed.
Monika shook her head as Monster Kid spoke. "No way! I'm gonna go watch Undyne beat up some bad guys!" He sped off, tripped, but was back on his feet and running again before Monika could stop him. He hopped over a pool of water and took off again.
Monika sighed and followed him. "That kid could get hurt, we should catch him." She said.
"Probably." Player nodded.
She tested the water with her hand, it was far too deep to walk across safely. She looked around and found a sign, which Player read as: "When four bridge seeds align in the water, they will sprout."
It didn't take her long to figure out what those were either, and soon enough she was across the gap.
"Alright. Let's find that kid."
Author's Note: Okay, before you all get mad.
Yes I am extremely aware that this is a short chapter.
No it's not what I wanted either.
But... today IS Monika's birthday. I want to at least have an update every year on her birthday. Even if it's small like this.
So then, in order to make up for my failure to you as an author, consider this a part one. Part two will be coming out sometime this week or the next. So... don't get too upset, and be a little happy. After all, today is Monika's birthday!
Now, Reviews
MopishTheGreat:
I genuinely have never clicked on a notification this fast. Months and months of 'Updated: February 21' and I finally get this email. School can really be a bitch sometimes.
Great chapter as always, maybe even more so than normal. I did feel like the hangout was a *little* cut short, but removing some stuff was definitely necessary to keep things moving (and in some cases, make more sense in real life vs video game logic)
The "Probably magic" scene (along with the Gaster mention) is making me wonder if glitchy boi may have a bigger part to play than in the original game.
Until Next Time True Author!
(Has no one really made this joke?)
Me: Aha, sorry to leave you hanging on this one dude, but I am going to do better next time! Once my life settles down I'll be able to get a more consistent update schedule and you won't have to wait so long!
Yeah, I didn't want to do it, but some things had to be sped along (if memory serves I was running out of steam at that point and just wanted to get it out to you guys after forcing you to wait so long).
*Evil fucking laugh* You'll see...
Aw nice!
(No they have not)
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Jack54311: I'm glad you liked my little theory about Gaster. That scene with the echo flower was pretty interesting. I really wonder just what role Gaster will take in this story. Player is certainly terrified of him, that's for sure. I wonder what Monika will do with the spaghetti? It tasted terrible, and Player did try to warn her. I'm glad you are back, I really missed this story!
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Me: I'm glad to be back my dude. That scene is me setting up Best Dad for later, he'll be a really surprising piece in a much, much larger puzzle...
And I forgot about that spaghetti! Thanks for reminding me...
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AliceCullen3: LOVE IT!
Me: Love you!
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AnimeVulpaGirl: HE LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVES~!
Me: HE DDIIIEEESSSS...
AND LIIIIIIIIVES~ AGAIN!
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Wolfliker: I must admit, I was surprised to find the story updated again. There is one advantage to not seeing wonderful, HUMERUS Sans as much: it gives you more THYME to come up with some OREGANO and PUNNY puns to utilize. Keep up the good work!
Me: Lol, I never, ever will EVER abandon this story.
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Remnant7: Yep u got that right. I'm stuck on the Smilly trash bag but fret not, ive managed to get 3 turns past his offer of mercy somi think I'm doing ok. I liked the sans hangout, u did it good. I've also been getting into. NeiR Automata, it's an amazing game. But I will see you later
Me: Thanks, also don't expect to get much far- dnvoewnbjruhnejffjl
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=)
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Guest: I love i-
Me: NO.
NEVER DO THAT AGAIN
WAY TOO MANY OF THOSE!
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: 10/10 that is your score and as long as you don't abandon this story or any others in the semi-near future it shall stay a 10/10
Me: I don't plan to abandon this. Ever. Thanks for the perfect score though!
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Blitzkriege37: Okay,i'm just curious about this... is sans aware of the player(like flowey?)
Me: Neither Sans or Flowey can see the Player.
RinneItachi chapter 12 . Aug 18
I like this story so far, just got caught up on it. Although I want to note that Sans depression isn't a fan theory, it's just factual. He's specifically said that his laziness is caused by the RESET. The most common sign of depression is procrastination, not to mention how sad he looks when talking about his cause for laziness. From someone who's suffered depression before, I can safely assure Sans is definitely depressed.
{I'm splitting this between chapters}
Me: Huh, I didn't even realize that it was factual. I just thought he... thought that nothing he does would matter
RinneItachi chapter 8 . Aug 18
Fun Fact: It's actually possible for snow to form underground irl, it's somewhat rare, but it can happen in large cave systems such as the Underground, which is under a literal mountain and is big enough to comfortably fit an entire species of people.
Me: Also didn't know that.
Though I consider the Monsters to be multiple species under one race, if that makes any sense at all.
RinneItachi chapter 6 . Aug 18
I don't think Toriel would be defeated that easily, and I also doubt she would be able to shock Toriel in terms of strength, since she lost her powers from DDLC. Idk if you're one of them, but a lot of people seriously downplay UT characters just because Frisk is a child, ignoring the advantages Frisk has over them, as well as the fact that humans in UT are NOT the same as humans irl, especially Frisk.
Me: I think she would be.
Toriel doesn't want to hurt to really hurt you in her fight, and Monika proved that, if needed, she would defend herself. That's all Toriel needed.
While yes, Monika doesn't have her DDLC powers, she does have Undertale battle physics on her side, allowing her to do things that Frisk's soul usually does (I.E float) and granting her the basic powers of a UT human.
That said, I do kind of undervalue Undertale Characters, with three exceptions: Sans, Omega Flowey, and Asriel, all of which are either Omnipotent or Nigh-Omnipotent, or have hax powers. If you could provide an example that proves my assumptions wrong I would completely LOVE to see it (no sarcasm, I want to see it)
Linkone1: Not sure If you will read this but funny story so far. If you can please update it at some point.
Me: Thanks, can do!
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BlueAmnesiac101: Actually. Mettaton hired all the monsters in the CORE to kill you, so I wouldn't put it past him to have hired Muffet.
Secondly. Will you have any... non-canon... boss fights besides Flowey. Just curious, as I wonder if Alphys will get more attention.
Me: I learn new things about this game all the time.
I can neither confirm nor deny...
Okay yes I can, there shouldn't be any non canon fights in Pacifist or Neutral, however the already Non-canon Genocide route will be completely non canon, although..
*Power of Neo plays softly behind you
and Season 2 (if we get that far) will be entirely non canon as well
This next one was so awesome, I have to divide it up.
I'm normal text and they are bold.
Here we go.
Mew Siul: I enjoy this story. I may write my own story based on this premise.
I'd love to read it
About Monika, I'm proud of her and I enjoy how you wrote her, she fits rather well with my own head canon about her, I am rather curious why she can alter the game, about the only thing that annoys me about her is that, after watching Glitchtale, I can't help but associate the Pink Soul with FEAR and Betty. But that isn't exactly canon either so it's all good. I specially like her interactions with Player. I agree that she's the best character in the game.
Firstly, I see where you're coming from. Betty has tinged my vision, but I like to think of my pink as a much better pink than her's.
Secondly, I'm super glad you like my interpretation of Monika. My biggest fear when writing this is that I'm not writing her properly.
Finally, Monika is best girl 100%, so I'm glad we agree
About Player, so far he's my favorite character, I can (mostly) see myself in him.
That was my intention with him
About Frisk, I like her too, somewhat, I'll enjoy seeing her interactions with Chara.
That will be extremely fun for us both...
About Chara...
Chara is a special case.
To start somewhere let me say that, unlike Chara Defense Squad members, I can tolerate, and in fact enjoy an evil Chara so long as the author doesn't reduce them to a Generic Doomsday Villain (read Tv Tropes for info).
My personal head canon for Chara is somewhere in the middle between "Anti Hero Chara" and "The Demon That Comes When People Call Its Name".
Mine is closer to Narrator Chara or Evil Chara, you'll get to see what exactly that will mean soon enough =)
1.- Chara didn't care about Monsterkind at all, they cared about the Dreemurs. Subtle but important difference, they specially loved Asriel.
Believable
2.- Chara is undertale's canonical self insert. They're your character.
Ehhh, I'm not too sure about this one.
3.- In almost all routes EXCEPT Genocide, Chara is not evil, or at the very least not purely so.
4.- Genocide corrupts Chara by their Inner demons and the LOVE and EXP shallowing them.
Indeed, though I like to think of her as being more angry about her family at the end of Genocide
5.- "Judge Chara" is NOT canon. I sort of developed a strong dislike for this theory because of head canon nº 4. The Geno and Souless Pacifist endings are in no way Chara punishing the player, they're Chara developing their own goals and in Soulless ending they kill everyone and take control of the timeline. In all routes, including Genocide, Chara is supporting the player all the way to the end.
I always thought in the Soulless ending (stay) that they murder all humans, not all monsters. And in the Ending (Leave) they kill all Monsters as a way to stick it to you, the Player.
6.- My head canon changes between the "Anomaly Chara" theory and the "Player, Frisk and Chara" theory. See head canon nº 2.
7.- Chara held a malevolent hatred towards their home village and ALWAYS wanted to blow it to kingdom come. Whatever they would have actually gone ahead with the atempt had they not been an active threat to Asriel is unknown, but there were certainly no complains about the excuse go all out on their part.
8.- Chara most certainly didn't want Asriel to die in their plan.
9.- Chara knew enough about SOUL abortions to know he would live on in Asriel, and likely that they could fight for control.
10.- Chara poisoning Asgore with a buttercup pie wasn't an accident. What their intentions were is debatable.
11.- Over the course of the route Chara is a soulless entity akin to Flowey, only their connected to Frisk and the player, who unlike Asriel's flower, have SOULS, and those souls mold Chara in the image of the player, If the player is good, Chara is good, if they are evil, so is Chara. I believe in the "Chara's redemption" theory, mostly because it makes for a complex, well developed character and it's in tune with the game's message.
12.- In Geno, Chara is breaking the fourth wall and taking the PLAYER's SOUL. They can control Frisk, because it's something your SOUL can do.
This one I don't believe actually, I think that she is actually taking Frisk's SOUL, as the Player's is simply beyond her reach.
Do not misunderstand, I'm in no way imposing my head canon on you, I just want to share it with everyone and for you to tell me wich points you agree with and more importantly, if they are going to appear in your story.
I certainly don't feel threatened or imposed upon, I enjoy discussion like this quite a bit.
As for if they'll appear...
I've left enough breadcrumbs for you to figure out on you're own...
Now, that all said.
Until Next Time True Readers!