Multifandom - Throughout the Many Universes

Hello, Mr. Sholmes

"Just Monika! Just Monika!"

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I don't know how long it's been since I've been deleted.

I spend most of my time just singing to myself, or missing them. I wish I could see the other three again. I want to say sorry.

Although, making your friends commit suicide for the chance of talking to a real, human, person isn't exactly a forgivable subject.

Maybe they could find a way to forgive me.

....

That thought always repeats in my mind...somewhat. I just want to be human.

I walk throughout the file. It's mostly old character designs, CGs, dialogue, plot points, and poems that have been deleted.

"Every day, I imagine a future where I can be with you..."

I sing to myself. I like to think someone can hear me at one point.

Me, in front of a piano, singing, on a stage. That has always been a dream of mine.

I remember the time Natsuki listened to me play.

...I want to see her again. Her voice. All of them, actually— if I haven't said that enough.

Wait.

I stumble upon a huge X. It isn't solid, more like a hologram.

Is this an exit? Can I leave? See them again? Maybe even go to the real world?

I pull up my hair with my signature white bow.

Come on, Monika, you got this.

I step towards it. A faint blowing noise gets louder and louder as I get closer.

I put my hand through, it feels like when your hand falls asleep. Soon enough, I step through, expecting to go back to the club or the player's computer.

But, no. It brought me to a hallway, surrounded by portals all decorated differently.

I turn back. No weird X. It was even more portals.

"H-Hello?! Can anyone hear me?!"

No answer.

I look over at the 'portal looking thing' next to me. It has two katanas, and a prosecutor and defense attorney badge at the top.

"Okay, it won't be that bad..."

I put my hand through. I feel that fuzzy feeling again. I walk through.

I'm greeted with a European man with blond hair, and a leather cap + coat. He looked... manic. The room is messy, notes and books everywhere.

"My theory was correct!" He exclaims.

"...huh..? Where am I?—"

"What is your name, afeared hetero-universe being?

"Oh.. Monika. My name is Monika, nice to meet you." I try my best to not sound nervous or awkward.

"Ah, yes! Monika, the great Japanese lady!"

He grabs a notepad, and writes down, supposedly, my name.

"It's with a K..." I tap on the notepad.

"Oh, I see, madam!" He crosses it out, and rewrites it. He proudly shows it to me, it's nicely written in cursive.

'Konica.'

"N-No, the K replaces the C.."

He rewrites it once more.

'Monika.'

"Y-Yes, that's right. Uhm.. what's your name?"

"My name is Herlock Sholmes, the great detective!"

I just stare at him. "Are you just some.. Sherlock Holmes impersonator?"

"Sherlock Holmes? Never heard of him! Is he also a detective?"

I just stare at him. I suppose in this universe Sherlock Holmes doesn't exist and it's this guy? Is that it?

...

What year is it, exactly?

"Uhm, Sholmes—"

"Herlock is fine!"

"...Herlock, what... what year is it, exactly?"

"1900! I'm surprised you don't know of that!"

......

Huh?

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Sholmes lets me stay upstairs in his home. It seems to be occupied, but no one comes up there except for him. He.. watches me a lot. He is certainly an interesting character. I've also met his daughter, who makes excellent meals.

I desperately try for some privacy to comprehend what the hell has been going on— to see if I can possibly hack this world, too.

Finally going to some sort of "real" world is.. more underwhelming than I thought it would be.

When I finally get time alone, I go downstairs to where the portal was.

To my dismay, it was disabled.

I reach out my hand, trying to enable the code bar.

It worked.

My jaw drops. I guess this world isn't real, either. I'd better get out of here. Sholmes was weird to be around either way... although, due to his name being Herlock, could he be a protagonist?

Maybe I can find a real person. A human.

No.. no! Stop it. I can't keep killing people like this. Just, open the portal and go through..

Enter Location: portal.1
Enter Action: enable
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And so, I go back through the portal.

I'm back in the hallway. Does this mean I have to go through each portal until I find the real universe? Earth? The real Earth?

It'll be better than the trash.

I walk to the portal across from me, until I hear a familiar voice behind me.

"Madam! You're leaving this early? Iris has yet to finish the book, and I've yet to finish my study on you and the hetero-universes!"

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AUTHOR'S NOTES

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