Waiting For Ribbons In The Void

Promotion

“Yuri, Natsuki. I’m gonna ask the two of you for a really big favor, okay? ”

“ I’ll do exactly what I told Elias. I’ll write an ending for this story - and I’ll save Monika too. ”

“ So, I want you two to look after the Literature Club for me. ”

“This is my last assignment for you guys as club president. ”

Those were the last words that Sayori told Yuri and Natsuki as the howling winds of the Void blew through the fractures in the glitched classroom. Sayori was preparing herself to leap into the Void to go after Monika and to leave Yuri and Natsuki behind.

Neither of the two girls wanted to let Sayori go, but they also knew that they couldn’t stop her.

After all, whenever Sayori said something with a bright smile, it meant that she was serious. Wisps of hope were glimmering in the oceans of her blue eyes as well. It was Sayori’s gentle way of saying that she had already made up her mind.

Sayori wasn’t sure if she was going to succeed. She didn’t know what waited for her once she dove into the Void. She didn’t even know if she would make it through at all.

But that didn’t stop Sayori.

She wanted to see Monika again, no matter what.

When Sayori showed her conviction, Yuri and Natsuki had no choice but to step aside and let Sayori go.

Yuri and Natsuki walked out of the glitched classroom with heavy hearts, but they did so in a hurry. With every passing moment, the Void swallowed up more and more of the fractured, glitched classroom. The corruption chipped away at the room and threatened to spread to the rest of the game files.

Once Natsuki crossed the threshold, she hesitated to close the door behind them. She stole one last glance of Sayori inside the glitched classroom, hoping for even the slightest hint of hesitation.

However, Sayori fearlessly faced the Void before her.

So, the pink-haired girl steadied her breath and firmly closed the door to the glitched classroom. She then brought out the administrative notebook that Sayori left with her.

Natsuki opened it to the last page and she found a list of instructions written in Monika’s handwriting. It was Monika’s plan to stop the Void from eating up the rest of their world, summarized in three points:

First, seal the classroom door.
Then, quarantine the glitched classroom from the rest of the files.
Finally, delete the room and everything inside of it.
Natsuki skimmed through the instructions and her already heavy heart grew even heavier.

She knew that it was the point of no return.

Yuri watched Natsuki’s horrified reaction from a few paces away. That reaction told her everything that she needed to know about the instructions on the notebook. She understood what they were asking Natsuki to do.

The purple-haired girl was holding her copy of The Portrait of Markov in her arms as she faced Natsuki with a conflicted expression. Yuri knew what had to be done, but her second thoughts stubbornly gripped her heart.

Natsuki felt Yuri’s eyes on her, so she held the notebook tightly. She read the instructions again and followed Monika’s instructions by the letter.

She untied the knot and set the strings of pre-written code into motion.

The moment that Natsuki did this, the door to the glitched classroom flickered and warped with unstable code. The hiss and crackle of static from the door intensified and frightened Natsuki’s weary heart, but she kept on going.