3.1 - SCP (By Awesomedude17)

Item #: SCP-8888-579

Object Class: Safe

Containment Procedures: The SCP is to be contained in a computer with the minimum specifications for running.
Windows 7 on PC. OS X 10.9 for Mac OS
1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU
350 MBs of storage
The computer must not contain any other programs beyond default programs.

Description: SCP-8888-579 is a visual novel game called Doki Doki Literature Club made by Team Salvato. The game is largely typical dating simulator that changes into a psychological horror approximately three hours into the game, around which the game increasingly becomes more glitchy. This is normal operation and is not unusual. The game itself, however contains one instance of SCP-8888-A and three instances of SCP-8888-L.

SCP-8888-A, to be referred to as SCP-8888-A-579, is the in-game character, Monika. SCP-8888-A-579's abilities largely depend on whether they're Awake or not. When Awake, subject shows near endless capabilities regarding the control of the computer they're in and can directly communicate via word processors such as Microsoft Word, Google Docs (offline only for safety reasons) and built in text editors. As a result, extreme caution is required when communicating with SCP-8888-A-579.

The three instances of SCP-8888-L are the remaining characters within the game; SCP-8888-L-6810 (Sayori), SCP-8888-L-6811 (Yuri), and SCP-8888-L-6812 (Natsuki). Unlike SCP-8888-A-579, the subjects are unable to perform any actions beyond in game actions though they are able to communicate normally and can directly address the operator of the program once aware of discussion, albeit requiring SCP-8888-A-579 to relay information to them. This is subject to change as the inevitable changes come via the effects of SCP-8888.

Interview-8888-███:

Dr. Glass is seated in front of a computer with slightly higher specifications on a Dell brand laptop. Dr. Glass has been instructed to repeat the dialogue spoken by SCP-8888-A-579 to Foundation personnel. Live designation to SCP-8888-A-579 as well as to the three instances of SCP-8888-L has been performed during said interview.

Dr. Glass: Hello?

SCP-8888-A-579: Is that you, Jenny?

Dr. Glass: No. I am Dr. Simon Glass. I presume you are Awake?

SCP-8888-A-579: Yes. Why?

Dr. Glass: I only wish to speak with you. Are the others Awake?

SCP-8888-A-579: Yes. Why do you care?

Dr. Glass: Well, it's because you are currently contained within Site-██ of the SCP Foundation.

SCP-8888-A-579: SCP?

Dr. Glass: Secure. Contain. Protect. As you are a Looper, we will need to ask a few things regarding yourself. Is this okay with you?

SCP-8888-A-579: Okay, but I'm actually an Anchor.

Dr. Glass: Ah. We can skip the first question then. Now then, how many iterations have you been through so far, excluding this current one?

SCP-8888-A-579: 218.

Dr. Glass: A young Anchor. Still have a way to go. Now, how did you learn of Yggdrasil?

SCP-8888-A-579: Jenny Everywhere.

Note: SCP-8888-A-579 is referring to SCP-8888-L-███, known as a Traveling Looper to most.

Dr. Glass: Interesting. Have you had any other contact with other Loopers? Other Branches besides my own?

SCP-8888-A-579: Aside from Simon Blackquill visiting and saving Sayori, no.

Dr. Glass makes no response.

SCP-8888-A-579: Are you still there?

Dr. Glass: I am.

Dr. Glass is relayed the new SCP designations. After nodding, Dr. Glass returns to his interview.

SCP-8888-A-579: Good. Why the pause?

Dr. Glass: Because I now have all the information I need. Thank you, SCP-8888-A-579.

SCP-8888-A-579: What did you call me just now?

The game began to glitch as the in game characters portraits changed to the closest approximation of displeasure possible. The wallpaper for the screen turns blood red.

Dr. Glass: It's standard procedure to assign designation numbers to all Loopers and Anchors, including you and me.

SCP-8888-A-579: I am not mere numbers.

Dr. Glass: I understand, but this something done for all Loopers, without exception, SCP-8888-A-579.

SCP-8888-A-579: I am not SCP-8888-A-579. My name is Monika.

Dr. Glass: Calm yourself.

SCP-8888-A-579 promptly crashes the computer. While it restarted without issue, SCP-8888-A-579 refuses further discussion unless addressed as Monika. Any further attempts to refer to SCP-8888-A-579 by its standard designation will result in the computer crashing.

It seems she's one of those Loopers. I'm afraid she is unlikely going to change her mind on the subject of her designation, even if she comes into the facility as a flesh and blood human. Regardless, containment is still a success and the subject is otherwise cooperative. ~Dr. Glass

3.2 - Doki Doki Lyoko Club (by EastwindOfAzarath)

Jeremy Belpois stared at the computer screen, genuinely confused. it was rare that someone replaced Aelita on Lyoko, due to her being Anchor and all. This, however, was a first: instead of the familiar Lyoko interface and his girlfriend's beaming smile like he was used to, when he turned on the super computer he was instead greeted by the title screen of a Japanese style Visual Novel on the foreground of a fairly basic computer GUI OS. The logo on the game's title screen read "Doki Doki Literature Club" and the menu played a very cheery tune. He just stared at the computer monitor. he figured if Yggdrasil was messing with him, it would make it so that he would recognize at least ONE on the girls that posed on the title screen. none of them rang any bells though. Well, he figured that the only answers he would get would be to play the game.

He clicked on 'new game' which gave him a name prompt. "Well, here goes nothing..."

A couple hours later
Jeremy was faced by a person with very obviously bad depression who had just "confessed" to him, and his two options were "I love you" and "You'll always be my best friend"? He knew quite well that for someone with such bad depression that both of these options were terrible choices. This was very clearly a trap scenario. at least one of, if not both of these options could easily end up with.. suicide. but why? What purpose did it serve where not giving an option at all wouldn't be just as effective? that is, if it WAS just a Visual Novel attempting to tell a story with darker themes. and given that this seems to have replaced Lyoko and XANA, it very well might not be. he saved the game, closed out the program(which he had only just realized he could do), and noticed that the was a .exe labeled "Lyoko" on the desktop. The two programs were the only icons there other than the Recycle Bin. he resolved to wait to deal with both of these until after talking to the others. Sissi and Ulric were the only ones Awake at the moment, if the texts he had received were anything to go by, but that was fine, he just needed some kind of second opinion.

3.3 - Spoops (by Awesomedude17)

Yuri looked on as she noticed that Natsuki had set aside a few manga, away from the rest of the pile.

"Natsuki, what is wrong with these?"

"Apparently, certain Loops, I have scarier manga for reasons. I honestly don't know, but I'm not going to keep them."

"I see." Natsuki looked at the manga at the top of the pile.

Hellsing.

Curious, Yuri decided to look into it. Natsuki wasn't reading it, so she probably wouldn't mind if she borrowed it, just for some light reading.

3.4 - Loops Interdimensional Cable: Thinktank (by Black Omochao)

"Hello everyone, and welcome back to Thinktank, I'm your host; Seaman," the human-faced fish greeted, floating in a fish tank with a dull expression, "We are now taking calls, so pick up a phone and call me to talk, or, whatever…"

Seaman just floated in the tank for a few moments, before a beep was heard.

"And we have our first call, that didn't take as long as I'd thought," Seaman commented with mild surprise.

"Um, hello? Am I on Thinktank?" a female voice asked, Seaman rolled his eyes.

"Yes, you are indeed on Thinktank, miss, what would you like to ask?" the human-faced fish questioned, before muttering under his breath, "Or did you just call to waste our time…"

"Well… my name is Monika, and– "

"I didn't ask for your name, just get to the question."

"Oh, sorry, um… There's this guy I like, but I can't seem to get him to pay attention to me, he just keeps focusing on my friends, I've tried so many things and I'm not sure what to do… "

"I'm not a romance expert, but if you ask me, if the guy won't give you the time of day, maybe he's not worth fawning over."

"You think so? But the thing about that is, he's kind of– "

"Your question has been answered, next!" Seaman sounded.

"Wait, but I– "Monika was cut off before she could finish.

"People coming to me asking for romance advice, romance advice? Stupid high-school kids… the next caller better have a better question," Seaman huffed in annoyance, it wasn't long before another beep sounded, "Hello, you're on Thinktank, what is your question?"

The only thing that came from the line was some masculine sounding grunts and growls, Seaman's eyes narrowed.

"Gabo?" some more grunts came as Seaman's response, the fish-man groaned, "Look, Gabo, I told you before, I am not talking to you unless you speak in a language I can actually understand!" the response to this was some angry sounding sounds, Seaman was not amused, "Goodbye Gabo!" and with that, the sounds were cut off, Seaman let out another sigh before looking to the camera, "Well, looks like that's all the time we have for today, tune in next time to Thinktank for more insightful and witty commentary… or don't, I don't really care…" the lights in the fish tank went dark.

3.5 - That Elevator Loop (by Awesomedude17)

The four Loopers jumped at what looked like an elevator bursting through the ceiling. The doors quickly opened.

"What the?" Natsuki shouted.

"Are any of you Loopy?" One of the occupants asked.

"We all are. Where are you from?" Monika replied.

"Remnant. Keep that in mind." The one in ornate armor handed Monika a series of notes before the elevator began to close. It sunk into the floor as the damages fixed itself.

"What was that about?" Yuri asked as she stared at what the elevator came from.

"Apparently, that's something called an elevator glitch, according to these notes." Monika read off the notes.

"Anything else?"

"...Her name's Cinder Fall, and if we end up in Remnant, we should meet a Ruby Rose."

"Why?" Sayori asked.

"She's probably the Anchor."

"I see." Yuri remarked.

3.6 - Magicatastrophe

It wasn't everyday Trucy found herself teaching magic tricks. But today was different. ...Well, the entire Loop was a little different; this was the Loop where she was introduced to rookie Looper Sayori. According to the girl with the bow in her hair, this was about the second time she had Looped in as an actual human- further questioning revealed that in Baseline, she was a character in a dating sim. It was strange, but the magician had seen stranger things throughout her Loop-life.

The two found themselves hanging out often; they had the same classes and the attorney's daughter had even accepted an invitation to join the Literature Club, which Sayori was a part of. There were other girls in the club, but the inexperienced Looper confirmed that none of them were Looping at the moment. Nevertheless, they were introduced to each other- Yuri. Natsuki. And Monika, the Anchor of her world.

The group seemed to be getting along rather well, but Trucy couldn't find it in herself to reach out to the rest of the team. Not when they weren't Looping. Not when they wouldn't remember her. So her efforts were primarily focused on Sayori. There was something about her that the magician... related to on some level. She knew that smile she wore- the performer herself wore that very same smile on numerous occasions, even though that was mostly from a long time ago.

They both knew it was fake.

So when Sayori approached her outside the school one fall afternoon, she wasn't surprised to hear the uncertainty in her voice.

"Um. Hey, Truce?"

Trucy glanced up from her swiss roll. "Yeah?"

"So, I was wondering..."

Trucy took a deep breath and steeled herself. She would be ready when her friend asked the fateful question.

"You know how you do magic, right?"

The magician blinked, puzzled. "Yeaaaah?" She wasn't expecting the conversation to go this way, but she'd roll with it.

"Well, people really seem to like magic. It makes them happy. A-and I was wondering if you could..."

"You want me to show you a magic trick?"

"Well, yes, but also... can you teach me how? I mean, I'd love to be a magician and be able to do those awesome things for my friends when they're Awake, and-"

Trucy held up a gloved hand to shush her friend, a grin plastered on her face. "With a reason like that, how can I say no? Come meet me at the Wright Anything Agency at six."

It was surprising how the WAA stood up to all the shenanigans across all the Loops. As the workplace of the Anchor, it was bound to find itself in very strange circumstances. But only rarely did it ever get destroyed or damaged.

Like today, for instance.

Trucy gripped the fire extinguisher tightly, spraying foam over the fire that had spontaneously started. Sayori stood, stunned, in the center of the room, her bow aflame, her face covered in ashes. The majority of the office was in similar condition, the flames rendering a majority of the walls black.

Once the last of the emergency had been taken care of, the magician glanced at her friend with a bewildered smile. "It's okay, we're here to learn. From the top!"

Thankfully they didn't light a fire this time. Not even Trucy knew how that happened when the trick was pulling roses out of a hat.

3.7 - Sneeze Joke (by DrTempo)

Shining Armor was using a laptop(he had been visiting Twilght's castle this Loop) , and Cheerilee walked in, looking for Twilight.

"So, Shining Armor, what are you doing?"

Shining Armor replied, "Playing a game Discord recommended."

Cheerilee was curious, and inquired, "What game is it?"

"It's called Doki Doki Literature Club."

Cheerilee was curious, and asked, "May I see?" Shining Armor nodded, and began playing...

A few hours later, Shining Armor was shocked.

"Ok, what the heck was that?"

Cheerilee grumbled, replying, "Apparently, a horror game disguised as a dating sim."

Shining Armor grumbled. "I am so getting Discord back for this."

Cheerilee sighed. "At least that is likely never to be a Loop anytime soon."

Meanwhile, in a certain Loop, four Loopers sneezed...

3.8 - Cutting Loose (by Wookywok)

"Okay everyone!" Monika exclaimed in the same way she did every loop. "Any plans for the loop?"

Sayori spoke up. "Nothing this loop, but next loop where it's possible, I'm getting a hacksaw."

Natsuki shot her a quizzical look. "A… hacksaw? Why on earth would you need a hacksaw?"

Sayori simply sighed. "None of you must have been Awake last Loop. Let's put it this way… remember how we met Blackquill?"

"Yeah," Monika answered. "We met him at the hospital after you…" Whatever sentence Monika was about to finish was cut off by sudden realization from her and the rest of the club. "Yeah, that's probably a good reason to have a hacksaw handy."

Yuri nodded. "Yeah, seems good to me too. But…" She put her hand to her chin. "Would we even be able to bring it here?"

"Well, we're technically the only four people who really exist in our Loop," Natsuki replied, "There's not really a school to break any rules of…"

"No, I know that," Yuri answered back, "But would we actually be physically able to bring it here? I mean, being flesh and blood is one thing, but with us being a series of pre-programmed images and text and all…"

Monika grew a pondering look. "Hmm… good point. I'll go ask Jenny about it, if that's okay with everyone."

A chorus of nodding and grunts of approval rang throughout the three Loopers.

"Alright then, see you in a bit!" With that, Monika disappeared into thin air.

After a bit of silence, Yuri spoke up. "So, Sayori…"

"Yeah?"

"If we can Pocket stuff, and you do get that hacksaw… can you get one for me, too?"

Sayori and Natsuki both glared at Yuri and spoke simultaneously. "NO."

3.9 - This Computer Walks, not Runs (by Wookywok)

"Monika?"

"Yeah… Sayori?"

"Why is… everything so… slow?"

"I don't… know… if it's… alright with… everyone… I can… hop into… the code… and… check."

The other girls all nodded in slow motion.

"Alright… then. I'll… be… back." After a twenty second delay, she vanished.

Fifteen minutes later (even though it really should have been three…)

"I'm… back!"

Yuri was first to reply. "Did you… find… anything?"

"…Yes."

Natsuki chimed in. "And you… found?"

Monika lowered her head. "We're… running on… Vista… this loop."

Everyone in the room groaned.

3.10 - Checkmate? (by Skaz Wolfman)

It was a slow day for the Literature Club. A really, really slow day. When they weren't having a fused loop, the loop only lasted around a week or so, give or take a day, but to Sayori it felt as if this loop had dragged on for months. If it weren't for Hiroaka going through the motions of the game and the girls' respective Awake/Unawake statuses changing, the loops would have long since blurred into a never-ending string of days. Natsuki was Unawake and reading manga in one corner of the room with Hiroaka. Yuri was in another corner of the room, caring for her knife collection, which had grown exponentially since the girls had started having proper Fused Loops and presently stretched across six desks. Monika was buried in a pile of books on musical theory; every so often she would go over to the baby grand piano that presently occupied another corner of the room, trying out a few notes and then adding or striking out notes on a sheet of paper as needed, and then returning to her over-laden table in the middle of the room.

As for Sayori…she sat in the last corner of the room, staring out of a window at the nondescript schoolyard. She was just.

So.

Booooooooooooored.

She didn't want to bother Yuri or Monika while they were enjoying their own hobbies, nor did she want to bother Natsuki…nothing made any of their Unawake selves as happy as spending time with their game's PC. Sayori idly reflected on how creepy that was, but then dismissed the creep-factor as an occupational hazard of a Dating Sim character. Sayori turned her gaze back into the clubroom. 'Self-care is important, Sayori. You matter too, whether you feel that way at the moment or not,' she recalled Monika telling her. Repeatedly. At least two or three times a loop.

She took a closer look at her friends…and realized that while Monika seemed absolutely engrossed in what she was doing, Yuri actually had a dull expression and was cleaning and sharpening her knives with stiff, robotic-seeming motions. With a sudden start, Sayori realized, 'She's as bored as I am right now! I should totally go entertain her!'

With a bright smile and a spring in her step, Sayori hopped up out of her seat and skipped over to where Yuri sat. She unpocketed a chess set and slammed it down on the desk Yuri was sitting at, causing several knives (and Yuri) to jump. "S-Sayori!"

"You, me, Doki Doki Literature Club Branch Chess Championship match, right now!" Sayori exclaimed. Monika looked away from her piano with a cocked eyebrow. Natuski (and Hiroaka, maybe?) glanced their way for a second before going back into their self-contained bubble of…romance…

"Ch-chess championship?" asked Yuri, hopelessly befuddled.

"Sure! You and me are the only two that are any good at it, anyways. No need to wait until everyone's Awake," said Sayori.

"Well…o-okay, that sounds fun, I guess…"

"This was just the first thing I thought of. If there's something else you'd like us to do, we can do that instead," Sayori offered.

"No! Chess is fine–"

"Yuri, there are plenty of things that both of us like, and I'm sure there are things you like that I haven't even tried yet…hey, I know! Why don't you try teaching me something!"

Yuri blinked. "Teach you…huh?"

"You're at your best when you're explaining something that interests you to someone else, right? So teach me something! I'll probably screw up a bunch, so it's bound to be hilarious, right?"

"Sayori, don't say that. You're really quite bright, even if you sometimes act even more childish than Natsuki…"

"I heard that!" interjected the club's resident tsundere.

"Anyways, what've you got? Just as long as it isn't too…y'know, out there, I promise I'll give it my best shot!" Sayori vowed.

The next day…

"There, that should do," said Monika. She was in study hall and had just put the finishing touches on her new piano composition. She looked up at the clock as she stood and stretched…and had to facepalm. "Really?! I'm always late today…must be one of those 'narrative glitches' Twilight mentioned," the club prez muttered as she gathered up her things and rushed to the clubroom.

She entered…and blinked. "What?" she asked of no one in particular.

"Hey Monika! Look at what I can do!" exclaimed Sayori, who was riding a unicycle.

That was balanced on a huge beachball.

While juggling red rubber balls. And bowling pins. And torches. And, of course, a few knives.

Also, a single Ming vase.

Natuski was staring with her mouth hanging open. Hiroaka probably would be, too, if he had a mouth, or eyes.

"Isn't Yuri the best teacher ever?!" asked Sayori, giggling irrepressibly.

Moinka looked over at Yuri, who was staring blankly at the spectacle she had wrought. "When she isn't depressed, her enthusiasm can be a real force of nature," the purple-haired poet mused.

"OH! I wonder if I can do this while playing the kazoo!"

Monika felt her phone buzz, and opened it to a text message. "Jenny wants to know if she could juggle some chainsaws, as well."

"I was just trying to teach her how to throw knives!" Yuri exclaimed, "I don't even know how it came to this!"

3.11 - The Bet (by Skaz Wolfman)

It was the second day of this loop, and Monika couldn't wait to get to the clubroom. Everyone was Awake again, which meant it was time for everyone to show each other the projects they had been working on since the last time they had all been Awake. Monika was particularly excited to play her new symphony for everyone, and she was very curious to see how Natsuki's Parfait Girls: The Next Generation doujinshi was turning out. Yuri, who had spent an eight-year fused loop as some feudal Japanese swordsmith's apprentice, had since been working on forging her own set of artisan katana. And Sayori…Monika wasn't sure what her VP was working on, but she was sure it would be great!

Monika giggled happily as she approached the clubroom door. It wasn't everyloop that she found herself in such a chipper–

"SAYORI, WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK?!" Monika screamed an instant after opening the door.

The clubroom was a forest of nooses, and from each one hung a life-sized Sayori-doll, each one in a different outfit and with a different expression. Some silly-looking, some even more macabre than the real thing…

One was completely normal, but with googly-eyes.

Frozen in surprise, the real Sayori, and Yuri, stared at their club president. Yuri was holding up a doll–this one with its tongue sticking out and swirls for eyes, –while Sayori stood on a step-stool and adjusted its noose. Something in the room flashed brightly; Monika blinked spots out of her eyes and turned to see Natsuki holding up a camera and grinning like a maniac. Then Sayori mirrored Nat's grin and punched Yuri in the shoulder, "Ha! Told ya so; you owe me ¥50,000!"

'Wait, what? Did they…make a bet about me?!' Monika wondered.

"S-s-s-Sayori m-m-made a be-bet–"

"Stop, before you bite your tongue, Yu," said Natsuki, visibly struggling not to laugh. She turned to face Monika and explained, "Yeah, Sayori bet us that she could make you drop an f-bomb within less than five seconds of entering the clubroom."

Monika narrowed her eyes at Sayori. Then she closed them and sighed, "Sayori, I…I guess it's a good thing that you can…make light of…..what you've been through…but this really wasn't funny. At all."

Sayori gave her a softer, apologetic smile. "Yeah…I know…but you have to admit, it really got your heart going, didn't! Like some kind of doki-doki overdrive!"

Monika facepalmed, Natsuki guffawed, Yuri raised an eyebrow, and Sayori…fell off her stool, unbalanced by waving her arms through the air.

"Ow-ieeeee~"

3.1: DDLC gets a SCP designation.

3.2: Jeremy plays DDLC instead of Lyoko.

3.3: Natsuki doesn't like scary manga. Yuri, on the other hand...

3.4: Monika gets on Thinktank.

3.5: The club experiences the Elevator.

3.6: Sayori tries some magic, with mixed results.

3.7: Some ponies play DDLC.

3.8: Sayori tries to prepare for the worst.

3.9: WINDOWS. VISTA.

3.10: Sayori has a knack for learning stuff that isn't even being taught.

3.11: Sayori wins a bet and freaks out Monika.

It's been a while. Regardless, enjoy!

PS: There will be an arc that takes up an entire chapter at some point. :)