Just Girls Playing Visual Novels
An oppressive air hung heavily over the seven girls gathered in Fluttershy's living room.
Rainbow Dash was perched on the back of the sofa, eyes wide, mouth open. Twilight Sparkle had her knees drawn up to her chest on the floor next to the sofa and was rocking back and forth, shaking. Rarity and Applejack were clutching each other in wide-eyed terror, eyes glued to the TV screen to which Fluttershy's laptop was connected. Sunset Shimmer sat silently on the sofa, blinking slowly, her face pale. Pinkie Pie's hair had deflated, and her blue eyes were dull and listless.
Fluttershy sat back from her computer, her mouth pressed in a grim line. "W-well," she stammered, swallowing heavily. "I...I guess, umm...I guess that...that happened..."
Rainbow Dash suddenly exploded. "Jesus CHRIST, Fluttershy, where'd you even get that sick game?!"
"Umm...I already told you," Fluttershy said. "It's a free game on Steam. Everyone's been telling me 'Fluttershy, you've gotta play this game', and...well..." She played with loose strands of her hair. "It just, umm...l-looked so happy and cute, and I..." In a soft whisper, she added, "I like anime, so..."
"So the whole content warning thing at the beginning didn't tip you off something was wrong?" Sunset asked.
Fluttershy blushed. "O-oh...umm...I just...kind of assumed it was one of those sex games. You know, where you get a naughty scene at the end of each girl's route?" The others stared at her incredulously, and she ducked her head. "Wh-what? I like...stuff..."
Pinkie began rocking back and forth. "Sayori," she mumbled. "Sayori, wake up..."
"Yer uhh...yer gonna delete that game now, right sugarcube?" Applejack asked.
Fluttershy frowned at her computer. "I'm...I'm almost afraid to," she said. "I mean, who knows what Monika might do if..."
"That doesn't make any sense though!" Twilight ranted. "I mean, everything in the game is just...script! Even the parts where Monika is self-aware, it's all script! Even the stuff with the files being deleted and added, that's just code running inside the program! It's all just a bunch of instructions the computer is executing, dressed up to be, well...super-scary!"
Everyone looked at her. "Obviously, darling," Rarity said, "but it's the principle of the thing. This...this abhorrent nightmare of a game is so deeply disturbing that, well...you can't really be certain it's over and done just because you reached the end, right? I mean, what if it deposits some sort of malware on your system? You delete the game and forget about it, and then months later, Monika has taken over everything on your computer!"
Fluttershy shuddered. "Oh...oh my...don't say things like that," she whispered.
Twilight blinked. "Oh my god," she said quietly. "It...that actually could happen..." She took off her glasses and absently wiped them on her skirt, blinking. "Uhhh...Fluttershy? You might wanna do a backup and reformat your hard drive later. Just, umm...just to be safe..."
Sunset rolled her eyes. "I think if there was a worm or a virus buried in the game, people wouldn't be daring other people to play it." She paused, pursed her lips, then amended, "Actually...yes. Yes they would."
"Oh dear," Fluttershy said quietly.
"But I doubt Steam would still have the game up for download if that was happening!" Sunset said hastily. "I mean, it'd be bad for them too, right?"
"O-oh...right...I guess so..."
"But man," Rainbow said, sliding down onto the couch cushions, "that whole thing was so fucked up. Especially when Yuri goes all crazy."
"Oh god," Rarity said, shooting to her feet, her face green. She ran to the bathroom; the others heard her throwing up a moment later.
"Wow, she did not take that scene well," Sunset said, blinking.
"Ah don't think there's any way to take that scene well," Applejack said acidly. "Ah mean, that was jes' plumb sick."
"Fair point," Sunset admitted with a shrug.
"And all the creepy poems and glitches," Twilight said, shuddering. "The guy who made this game is really, really sick in the head."
"Or a master troll," Pinkie said. "Or both."
"Yeah, I'm voting for both," Rainbow said.
Rarity returned, wiping her mouth with a wet handkerchief. "I believe...I've had rather enough for one day, darlings."
"I'm sorry, girls," Fluttershy said sincerely. "I didn't know. I really didn't!"
"We know, Fluttershy," Sunset said. "We don't blame you. Really, I'm glad we were here with you for this."
"You are?" the other girls chorused.
Sunset looked around the room. "Would anyone here have gotten through that whole mess without having some kind of psychotic break? Especially Fluttershy?"
The girls looked away and mumbled general agreement.
"I'll, umm...try to find something a little happier and more fun for us all to play together another time," Fluttershy said as the other girls started gathering their stuff.
"Just make sure to vet it out first," Twilight said. "Like, make sure the next game somebody urges you to play doesn't turn into all that."
"Got it," Fluttershy said meekly.
Once the rest of the girls were gone, Fluttershy disconnected the HDMI cable from her laptop, then pursed her lips. With a few mouse clicks, a folder sat open before her.
Name Date Modified Type aj 06/15/2013 CHR File fluttershy 06/15/2013 CHR File pinkie 06/15/2013 CHR File rainbow 06/15/2013 CHR File rarity 06/15/2013 CHR File sunset 09/27/2014 CHR File twilight 09/26/2015 CHR File
For a long moment, Fluttershy sat, lost in thought, staring into the middle distance. Her gaze turned upward briefly.
She turned her attention back to her computer and opened a different folder.
Name Date Modified Type mythrilmoth 10/28/1977 PBK File
Fluttershy smiled.
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Noted.
Okay, what did I just read, what was this chapter about, some kind of online sex video game or something?
Now I might not know much about Doki Doki Literature Club beyond the hype, but what exsctly did Fluttershy do to you!?
Moth?
Moth, I that that last cold snap ya'll had loosened a few more screws.
I guess. I mean, I ain't really one to talk, seeing as how the wingnuts come off my bolts a long time ago, but....
Well that just happened.
See this is why I stay away from shit like that....
The second I saw the words Visual Novel, I friggin' knew it'd be Doki Doki.
I really like that game. The warning at the start and the psychological horror tag didn't prepare me for Sayori's suicide for two reasons. One: The "nice" part of the game was long enough to lull me in to a false sense of security. Two: I was still thinking that the game was going to be a dating sim (just one with some dark elements). In other words, I thought the game was going to be FAIR. Heck, I even thought that Sayori was going to attempt suicide, but then you would save her and have a nice emotional conversation and maybe there'd be some tough times but you'd work them out because surely the game wouldn't PUNISH you just for being honest with her, would it?
Seriously great gut punch.
Well now all these girls will be needing some help possibly. I think Fluttershy needs to visit the mod community for this game as they did make it possible to actually help the girls in this game.
Well, I surely do hope you have backups somewhere. You can answer at your own time, when that is sorted out.
Still... Wouldn't the date of the first five character files be 06/16/2013 instead of 06/15/2013?
Wow. I’ve seen a few visual novels but nothing that bad. I’ve only really seen Ace Attorney and the Zero Escape series, which have both been classified as visual novels, but I didn’t realize the genre could get so messed up.
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Doki Doki Literature Club. As mentioned, it's a free visual novel on Steam that turns...self-aware, I suppose. Never played or seen it myself, but I know at some point one of the characters corrupts the game or something, which forces the player to go into the game's files to delete her.
Well, I suddenly have a reminder of why I don't download games off of Steam.
Lookup Game theorists channel on YouTube for explanations, theories and playthroughs (GTLive) on the substance of this game. I haven't played it (because I hate deliberately putting myself through horror without good reason to expect payoff, which sort of disqualifies it as horror) but their videos helped me understand this game at least at a surface level.
Now I want the girls' reaction to the Cloverfield films...
Yeah, play a more family friendly game, like say, Saya no Uta.😇
I just bing read this entire story, and good lord above did it give me a conflict of emotions. It was hilarious, cringy, and just all around "WTF JUST HAPPENED?" This is one of the better stories
Ah, Doki Doki Literature Club. While I'd been warned about how it was much darker than it looked, I expected something more like... Like if Monika hadn't messed with the files. A normal Dating Sim that deals with the darker subjects that are mentioned in the girl's routes. Like if you go on Sayori's route you learn about and help her deal with her depressive thoughts, or on Yuri's route you have to convince her to go to a therapist for her self-harm, and Natsuk's route would involve helping her get away from her abusive father. I expected that kind of dark subjects, not a somehow self-aware yandere AI causing the characters to go nuts and kill themselves before deleting them entirely.
I have to confess, I actually ruined DDLC for myself out of curiosity. I have a bad habit of doing that sort of thing, whether it's peeking at the backs of books or highlighting TV Tropes spoilers. Mind you, the game's still on my desktop. Probably because I just never got around to deleting it, but Monika might not—
Yeah, nipping that line of thought in the bud right now.
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Deleted the file that comprised his existence. Of course, one could ask how she'd have access to that sort of file from a more fictional level of reality... though if we go by the Fluttershy of Persona EG... There's also the question of why it's a Photoshop file of all things, but that's a whole other kettle of pixels.
Doki Doki Literature Club. Yeah that game's mess up, but not in the way you think it would.
.______. .....F....Flutters...? *gulps*
Monika no.5
Well that was certainly an interesting what the fuck read.
I'm looking forward to future chapters though. I'd like to see what these sort of discussions would involve if the topic pertained to guns and how such compare to the more destructive spells that unicorns could learn, nudity, and pornography.
Now go play Getting Over It With Bennet Foddy!
https://youtu.be/GOHlYVQl9cY
MM, is that date at the end your bday?
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Dammit, Fluttershy. You better have backed up the author file or I'm getting peeved...
This is the part where Fluttershy goes to watch a "Happy and Cute" anime, and picks Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
....Don't do that.
I hate game ideas like that. Dead Space was bad enough for scaring me, but at least I could shot back.
Well. Sayo-nara Mythrilmoth.
Monika best girl.
Yeah, I'm just gonna stick to Ace Attorney, thank you.
Da heck did I just read?
Also, this smells like future spin-off... Nah!
Just Monika.
I feel like I should warn people about the basis behind this game.
Just Monika.
Doki Doki Literature Club is not for anybody who cannot handle a couple jump scares or meta-horror.
Just Monika.
There is also explicit gore at points.
Just Monika.
But if you can handle it, it is a very deep game, and it’s free, so you can download it, and finish and delete it.
Just Monika.
Just remember, the game is almost as meta as Undertale, so just because someone looks like the villain doesn’t mean she is the villain.
Just Monika.
Also, that’s what you get for making the girls play that.
It would have been creepier if you changed your name and profile picture, but now you need to reinstall yourself.
Speaking of Visual Novels, what does Moth think of Type-Moon's Fate series?
Uuuhhhh...me no get last part?
Interesting... so, quick question: I get that the dates on the first five girls' files reference the Equestria Girls release date (even if they're a day off). I've also figured out that Sunset's date is the Rainbow Rocks release date. What I'm not sure about is what thing Twilight's date is supposed to match up with. I mean, my first assumption was Friendship Games, but that was released on the 17th, not the 27th... or is that a typo?
I think she'd love a lot of the games translated by vgperson.
If you (general) does go seeking them out --they're not on Steam, but on their own site -- do pay attention to content warnings; they are not kidding. (On a more technical side, playing a lot of her catalog will have you downloading multiple versions of RPG Maker. Keep track of which ones you've got, and check against the version the game you want to play asks for.)
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okay A FEW of the games he (VGPerson) has translated are on Steam, but only a few and he does have a good assortment of Horror and Regular RPG games that are AMAZING
AND the games that are on steam you can get for free, but they are just slightly different from the ones you pay money for
Coooooode?
Perhaps a message? I know some of those colors are the Mane Six... hohoho
Interesting... hmm.
And here I thought this chapter would be about Hatoful Boyfriend
Meta games, gotta love them. I'll admit, I haven't played that game, and I'm not planning to either. Horror... isn't my kind of thing for a long time now.
But damn, that was creepy!
Okay NOW I'm more afraid of YOUR version of EQG Fluttershy then ever before. There is a dark side to her.
And I hope you write a story based around that idea, like the girls come across a site with pictures or fan comics depicting Fluttershy as some psycho killer or as a dominatrix and end up having horrible nightmares or really weird and kinky sex dreams that make things weird between them all.
Also how about a chapter or chapters in which they come across this site and read the mature stories featuring themselves?
I now want to know the girls reaction to happy tree friends
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Oh. See, I don't have a Steam account, so... perhaps it would have been more correct "The games translated by her* that I've played were not downloaded from Steam, but from her site, and yes, she has both free and paid games there." Possibly even the same games you saw on Steam.
I know I've enjoyed Hero & Daughter, which sounds like it might have aspects that are more Fluttershy's speed, though I'm not sure how she'd take the mass slaying of monsters and humans at the player's hands...
*I don't know if she links to her translation notes on Steam, but she does on her site. She puts them on her blog, and the first sentence on the sidebar after "Hi!" says "I'm Kate, but call me vg, vgperson, or vghime." So that's what I'm going by.
Ok, I got BUCKETS of holy water...where do I spray?
Moth did Fluttershy get a hold of your laptop?
Alright that's laying it on a little thick. The game had some spooky moments, and it might cause someone with mental health issues some stress, but it's not that scary of a game.
Also based on the way they were talking about Monika they either completely misunderstood the ending, or they never even got to the ending.
If anyone wants a good pallet cleanser after...that, then I’d suggest Nekopara. It’s 100% Fluttershy Approved fluff of adorabetes.