As soon as classes ended that afternoon, Monika made her way over to the clubroom. She navigated the familiar steps through the halls of the old building pensively as she listened to the echo of her own footsteps.It would have been so much easier to bring up the console commands and render herself into the clubroom, Monika thought. However, both she and Sayori promised each other to only use the commands when they absolutely had to. The two of them were trying to restore their daily lives, after all - and walking to the clubroom was a part of it.
That sense of normalcy she sought was why Monika decided to come back in the first place.
Monika reached the clubroom doors before long and she saw that it was already open. The Vice President stepped inside and saw Sayori going around the classroom to tidy up. All the while, she was humming the tune of ‘Your Reality’.
Sayori noticed the Vice President poking her head into the classroom and then turned to her with a smile.
“Good afternoon, Monika!”
As soon as she said this, the .ogg file for Sayori’s version of ‘Okay, Everyone!’ started to play. Monika returned the smile and greeted,
“Good afternoon too, Sayori. I see you’ve been practicing with the sound files. That transition just now was good!”
Sayori shyly joined her pointer fingers together and asked,
“Ahehe, you think so? Thank goodness!”
“Practice makes perfect, Sayori! At this rate, I think you’ll be able to run Chapter 2 - and the rest of the chapters without a hitch!”
“I sure hope so! This is the first time we’re exchanging poems with the rest of the Club, so I’m a little nervous. Who knows what’ll happen when we start sharing with the others.”
That was right, Monika thought.
They restored the poem game as best as they could and then used that to generate themes for their poems. The Player was already long gone, after all, and someone had to play the game and move the story forward. Monika and Sayori were going to be those people, but neither of them knew for sure if it was going to be a success.
Despite that, Monika shored up her courage and gently patted Sayori on the shoulder and said,
“It’ll be a learning experience for the both of us, Sayori. I’ll be here to help you out too so don’t worry!”
Sayori brightened up and managed to put on a confident smile as she said,
“Thanks Monika. I’ll be in your care again today~!”
As they were speaking, the petite, pink-haired figure of Natsuki eagerly marched into the clubroom and started rummaging through the closet. Not long afterwards, the tall, beautiful figure of Yuri entered the classroom and she quietly found a seat at the far corner of the room where she began to read.
Natsuki and Yuri were doing their own thing again as usual, Monika hummed. The two of them were still following the original script by the letter. Monika and Sayori, on the other hand, have already long since broken off from the original script.
Sayori then thought out loud,
“I wonder if the Chapter 2 events will still trigger. The story normally would have progressed depending on the words in Protagonist’s poem, but the Player isn’t here to choose for him anymore.”
Monika thoughtfully hummed. Then, a crafty smile grew on her lips as she said,
“Why don’t we try this, then? Let me help you with your blazer.”
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Post-Credits
FanfictionMonika and Sayori start their first full day with the new Literature Club, but Monika notices that something is amiss.