[homophonic] catchall for monika

[dendroculi]

MONIKA

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week 0, saturday ... 1!

[dendroculi]

[here they are at the bowling alley!

nahida is ... well ... trying to find a bowling ball that isn't too heavy for her to lift. one of the lanes is set up for a game, so apparently she is trying to play.

unfortunately, she is tiny, so this is a little easier said than done. help, monika.]

[rewriter]

Oh, gosh... Are you okay, Nahida?

[NAHIDA... YOUR BABY HANDS... She's going to start looking through the bowling balls, too, before Nahida gets crushed by one and the mods have to rewrite the whole tutorial trial.]

week zero, saturday......2!

[rewriter]

[Welcome to (throws dart) the park. Monika is sitting on one of the swings and staring blankly at her phone, occasionally starting to type something — before she clicks her tongue and leaves her finger pressed against the edge of her screen, where the backspace button would be.

This is probably fine.]

[dendroculi]

[probably fine indeed.


anyway, nahida often comes to the park and sit on the swings to think, so ... she's on her way here when she spots her. she pauses, and then approaches carefully, her voice soft when she speaks up.]

Monika?

week 1, wednesday

[dendroculi]

[sports are a lot when you're the god of nerds. nahida is looking for somewhere peaceful and quiet to sit for a bit after the olympics are finished, which will be when she finds monika.]

Hello, Monika.

[rewriter]

[Sports are a lot when sports are trying to murder you... Monika only partially healed herself, so she still looks a little fucked up from the tear gas.]

Hey, Nahida. [tiredly.] Are you okay?

week one, thursday.

[rewriter]

[HELP... Monika will go looking for Nahida a little while before curfew comes for their butts. Where is she?]

[dendroculi]

[honestly she is probably sitting on a basic chair she's dragged outside of her warehouse to get some fresh air.]

...Monika. [she smiles faintly.] I'm sorry for worrying you earlier...

week 2, thursday

[dendroculi]

[WHY WERE YOU IN AN EGG!!!!!


anyway, once monika's had some time to rest up and get tended to be her teammates and whoever is hopefully doing more than a 1/4 healing on her, nahida comes to look for her. girl help what was going on. why were you in an egg in sears.

her vibes are extremely concerned, because yikes.]

Monika...?

[rewriter]

[help i grabbed all my plurk links but not my discord links

monika, too, would like to know why she was in an egg at sears. she's just vibing, too exhausted to feel anything but emotionally numb, drinking a coffee and watching what she could salvage from her outfit spin in the washing machine. the cuts on her arms, legs and face look several days old now, at least. though the bruising around her neck is still pretty bad.

she smiles at her, anyway.]

Hi, Nahida.

week 3, monday

[dendroculi]

[rng gave me the penitentiary and i just ended up losing my shit at the idea of monika and nahida in jail so. i guess. here they are outside of it? nahida stares up at the entrance, her brow furrowing.]

...mm... I don't think I like this. But...

[rewriter]

[helpppppp

monika frowns profusely, looking very much like she would rather spend a 12 hour shift with the mimes, actually.]

Regular jail is already, like, totally sketchy...

week 4, monday

[dendroculi]

[wow can't believe a pig noise is immediately bumrushing them and yeeting them into a memshare

until 48:35!]

[rewriter]

[somehow i completely erased the stats chart from my mind and forgot how cute nahida's voice is... i'm love her...

monika blinks, slightly disorientated after getting bumrushed by a pig.]

... If it's not a time loop, then what was it?

week four, friday.

[rewriter]

[in the void...]

... I knew people would feel emboldened by what happened last week, but this is overkill.

[dendroculi]

[nahida seems very unhappy.]

Yes. It's at least contained to fewer locations than last time, from the sound of things, but I don't know if that's better or worse.

[less ground to cover, but... more potential for overlap.]

week 5, tuesday

[dendroculi]

[hello, monika! nahida is ... in the library back in dysturbia today. she's got a bunch of books in piles at a table and is reading one, seemingly engrossed in it, but when she hears footsteps she looks up with a smile.]

Hello, Monika!

[rewriter]

Hi, Nahida!

[she glances over at the book piles, curious.]

Are you researching something today?

week 5, friday

[dendroculi]

[monika... your teammate...

anyway, out in the void, nahida is walking around because sitting still just doesn't sit right with her. she keeps telling herself, at least it's not four bodies again - but, she can't shake the feeling that it should have been less.

they really just can't seem to break this cycle of violence.]

...Monika.

[rewriter]

[her teammate... monika is, of course, visibly upset when they run into each other.]

... Hi, Nahida. Did you find anything?

week five, saturday.

[rewriter]

[RAT SHAKES YOU!!! monika will look for her a few hours after the trial. hi.]

... Nahida.

Re: week five, saturday.

[dendroculi]

Monika...

[she nods once to greet her from where she's sitting on the japanifornia swingset]

...thank you for finding the truth. And, I'm sorry - for putting your team through that.

week 7, monday

[dendroculi]

[when monika focuses and opens up her senses again, nahida flickers into view in front of her.]

Hello, Monika.

[rewriter]

Ah—

[she blinks, a little surprised.]

This is going to take some getting used to. Hi, Nahida.

week 7, wednesday ... 2! (after timetravel)

[dendroculi]

[at some point after monika focuses on her pin and opens up her senses, she'll see nahida a few feet ahead of her.]

Monika! You're okay!

[rewriter]

Nahida!

[she looks so relieved to see her, almost reaching over to touch her before she remembers she can't.]

Oh, my gosh. I'm so happy we can communicate with each other again. Are you guys okay?