Monica Santos

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*"When you ask me where I went to school or what I studied, I can tell you clearly. You can ask me about my childhood and about my mother and father, and I would tell you. But when you ask me about my adult life, about how I got here, about whether I’m married or if I have kids or what precisely I did before all this…I just can’t remember."*

## Physical description

### First Mentioned

Chapter 51: Closer

Monica Santos is one of the Doctors who works at the facility.

## Appearance

Monica has beige skin, brown eyes, and brown hair. She dresses her face with some make up, mainly black eyeliner and maroon lipstick. She wears a skin-tight maroon shirt, a pair of blue jeans, white shoes, and pearl earrings. Monica isn't seen wearing a white coat as often as the other doctors.

## Story

### Before the Facility

Monica can only recall certain details of her past like her parents and her previous career as a pediatric doctor, but she doesn't have any recollection of any specific memories of her adult life and how she ended up working at the facility.
All she can recall is waking up one day at home and being told by The Overseer and Lucius that she was recovering from an "accident", but was in line for an interview. She does not much recall anything that led up to this, however. While Monica went along with all this, she couldn't help but question how she ended up applying for a job like this, but still did whatever The Overseer told her to do as she found herself afraid of him or the idea of attempting to run away.
Monica has gone over aspects of her life prior to the facility several times, detailing restrictive and expectant parents, her mother teaching her how to behave and look presentable with makeup, and her father's disapproval of same-sex relationships yet constant overlooking of the fact that his daughter was in some because he assumed she was with friends. She also notes she'd gotten a lot of attention from young men when she was younger because of her body and her upbeat personality.
Reportedly, Monica was a fairly obedient child at first, until she learned to disobey her parents with the help of friends guiding her to live life as she wanted. She since became fairly tricky and deceptive, even though she leveled out again once she became an adult and chose a career path. She mentions it's not clear to her when this "switch" happened, however. Bafflingly, her personality now reflects the same sort of docility she exhibited as a child, with some exceptions.
### In the Facility

Monica first made an appearance after Ten's first injection, while helping Mom in the records room. However, their meeting was cut short due to Mom's annoyance toward having to train Monica. Over time, Ten runs into Monica in the hall, and Monica asks about Ten in attempt to be caring towards her.
Monica is one of the two doctors other than Gale that tended to Ten during her confinement in The Overseer's room. Monica examined Ten when she was menstruating in Chapter 61 and broke the news that she was still able to get pregnant. In Chapter 63, Monica examines Ten again after Lucius' abuse with her and the worker, and remained utterly sympathetic of her. Faced with her conflicting want to do the "right" thing, her fear of acting out, and her unusual attachments to the facility, she has a tense conversation with Ten.
Monica finally "visits" Ten in Chapter 77, where at its tail end, she reveals she has no clear recollection of the moments leading up to her interview prior to joining the facility, but can still remember bits and pieces of herself and her life far before ever associating with the place. Not wanting to be alone, she forms a friendly alliance with Ten (who is still reluctant to trust her until Gale later affirms Monica's words are true) while still acting as a doctor outside of visits.
## Personality

When Monica was first introduced to Ten, she was seen as someone who flusters easily and is somewhat ditzy, but with an overall gentle disposition. She is sociable and can strike conversations casually to her colleagues, though her friendliness threw a lot of Numbers off since Monica's compliance to working at the facility and willingness to be nice to the prisoners contrasted each other greatly. Because of this, ever since their first meeting, Ten always suspected something was off.

Monica is a people-pleaser to a fault, wanting to cooperate and inconvenience herself in order to make others happy around her. She doesn't like seeing people fight, and by extension, doesn't do well when she is verbally badgered. This was seen especially in the case of her developing relationship with Mom, which was initially rocky. In the beginning, she would allow a lot of Mom's angry retorts towards her slide and would try anything to appease her mood. Eventually the two of them bonded over their want to be mothers, with Monica willing to play into Mom's need to be the "boss."

Monica frustrates as easily as she flusters. During her time with Ten in the examination room in Chapter 63, she grew upset that Ten wasn't willing to trust her despite Monica showing her as much care and kindness as possible. While Ten pushes her buttons, Monica snaps, but does not reveal much to Ten despite wanting to be open with her. In Chapter 77, Monica eventually cracks down and tells Ten of her troublesome lack of memory of her past once Ten drills her again.

Despite her other traits, Monica also has a stern side to her. During the aftermath of Lilah's and Mom's argument over Milos in Chapter 81, Milos tries to brush off the fight and focus on ogling her, but Monica sternly tells him she wasn't willing to put up with is "doggishness." She sympathized with Lilah and Mom over being hurt by Milos, but refused to let him play her the way he played them. She explicitly tells Ten she knows very well how men like him are, but does not elaborate.

## Job at the Facility

Monica works as a female gynecologist, but was reportedly previously working as a pediatric long before her time at the facility. Despite her expertise, she primarily works in the records office area with Mom throughout the story, only occasionally dabbling in her normal work when The Overseer requires her to.

Before Ten learns about Monica's memory lapse, she finds it odd to see that Monica gets the attention of the nurses when she sees her during her confinement. The nurses who assist Monica seem much too understanding of what she needs, and tend to Monica before she really says she needs assistance. Furthermore, she seems to know some of the nurse's titles without really having familiarized herself with them beforehand.

## Kinks and Sexuality

* Breast Play/Fetishism
* Breastfeeding
* Milking
* Nipple Play
* Erotic Electrostimulation
* Vanilla

Monica is known to be bisexual, as she had visited most of the numbers regardless of sex and has shown slight attraction towards Mom. In Chapter 88, Monica expresses her fascination with breasts began fairly early on, and came as a result of experimenting with her own body and various then-partners.

## Relationships

### **Ten**

Since their first meeting, Ten was always suspicious of Monica's sudden appearance at the facility and noticed something about her personality and background being "off." Taking advantage of Monica's easily flustered persona, her chattiness, and her naivete as a new doctor, Ten tries to draw information out of Monica by asking insistent questions, however her efforts don't get her very far.
Over time, Ten runs into Monica in the hall by the rec rooms. While they have neutral conversations, Ten remains wary of Monica despite her kindness, if mainly due to her position as a doctor.
Monica was one of the two doctors during Ten's confinement that knew she was still alive. In Chapter 61, when Monica is asked to examine Ten after she starts her period, she is the one to break the news that Ten can still get pregnant. During the conversation, Monica tries to be understanding, but Ten is still very cautious of trusting her and makes Monica vow not to tell Yosuke of her status. When they meet again in Chapter 63 so that Monica could inspect Ten's injuries after her brush with C1, Ten manages to push Monica while questioning her morals of working at the facility. While the conversation was tense, Ten is at the least grateful of Monica's kindness despite the possibility of seeing her for a visit in the future.
When Ten returns to the Numbers, Monica acts as if she didn't see Ten during her confinement. She eventually visits Ten in Chapter 77. Though the encounter was awkward, Monica reveals after the visit once Ten starts to push her again that she had no clear recollection of any memory prior to working at the facility, beyond early memories of her life. This confirms to Ten that something was indeed off with Monica, but the incident left her with much more questions.
Monica admits that she felt alone in her predicament and wanted to form a friendly alliance with Ten. However, she expressed fear of acting out and instead intended to keep acting as the doctor she was and arranging visits regardless of the circumstances because she "likes the way it feels" and can't stop herself from indulging. Regardless, both she and Ten become a bit closer after the incident, and Ten agrees to keep visiting Monica if it means she can get information from her.

### **Pickle**

Not much is known about Monica's and Pickle's relationship due to his awkwardness on the topic and him hesitating to explain more than the fact that she's weird and lusty. However, it can be said that she tries to be gentle and caring to the point of babying him. She seems to speak positively of him the few times he is referenced, giving him a Spanish pet name.
In general, Monica is quite attentive to and observant of her Number, and will point out things she notices or speculations she has about him if ever they come up. She at some point admits she thinks he isn't interested in women because of his aversion to her actions (without considering that he may just have an aversion to her), not because she is malicious or mean, but rather because she is misguided and gossipy, and is judging him based on past experiences with men she's slept with who have turned out not to like women.
### **Mom**

When Monica was first introduced, Mom harbored hatred toward her and considering her a nuisance. She often threw insults at Monica and took frustrations out on her. It was speculated by Yosuke that because Monica is seen as kind, Mom was projecting her own insecurity and lack of such positive personality traits onto her. He also speculated that she'd grown jealous of Monica, or perhaps felt threatened by having to share a space with her.
After Ten's confinement, Mom's attitude toward Monica shifted. The two women had found and bonded over a common desire: to be mothers. While Mom is still a tinge parasitic in taking advantage of Monica's willingness to bow her head to the woman and let her be the "superior", she does at least get along well with Monica over this common fascination. And, with time, it seems both women came to be a tiny bit more open with one another over their pasts.
Ever since, both women have been rather friendly to each other, but due to Monica's want to please others, she often let's a lot of Mom's behaviors slide. She does get taken aback when Mom later admits that she considers Monica a friend, but does not refuse the idea either.
### **Yosuke Chisaka**

When Yosuke initially met Monica, he saw her as a fresh individual and an easily flustered person, but found her to be fairly nice. He witnessed Mom's initial nastiness toward her new coworker when she started to be passive aggressive and ignorant of the woman when present. While a tinge sympathetic of this, as with most of his relationships with his colleagues, Yosuke didn't go out of his way to be social or develop any personal relationship with Monica outside of the professional.
His attitude toward Monica starts to change the more involved with Ten she becomes. Upon going to collect Ten from her first visit with Monica, he overhears the tail end of their conversation wherein they talk about dying in the facility and running away. Ever since, Yosuke has grown distrustful towards Monica, in part due to his possessiveness of her, and in part due to his fear of losing Ten too soon.
### **Jonathan Giordano**

Jonathan and Monica seem to have an acquaintance level relationship with each other, as they were seen gossiping in the hall (about which of their coworkers they would sleep with) in Chapter 74.
### **The Overseer + Lucius Marcellus**

The Overseer tends to have a low opinion of his female employees (particularly the more reckless ones) from the onset and had already dismissed having much faith in Monica's ability to survive at the facility as a long-term employee. Though, conflictingly, Lucius has mentioned to Ten that he sees Monica as an important part of their team.
While her place is not necessarily known, Ten soon finds out Monica no longer has any memory beyond a certain point in her life, only remembering waking up with no memory of her past, then suddenly being called in for an interview to work at the facility. It's not known if she had a prior relationship to her superior beforehand or if she was being used as an extension of the experiment The Overseer is running.
Monica seems hesitant to go against The Overseer, often quieting herself around him, looking at him nervously, or feeling a sense of dread in his presence. When asked by Ten why she doesn't just try to run, Monica says she has a strange fear of doing so.
### **Two**

There hasn't been a direct interaction between Two and Monica in the story yet, but it's been said by the Two that he has a feeling of familiarity with Monica for reasons still unknown.
### **Parents**

Monica’s parents were a bit pushy with her, primarily her mother. She expected her daughter to live up to high social expectations, was highly opinionated, and often ushered her daughter in a specific direction while expecting her not to ask questions. Monica didn’t like her mother’s tendency to hover, make constant suggestions, and sometimes make decisions for her without consulting her daughter. She had a strong dislike for her mother because of these tendencies, but refused to outright say she hated her. She found dealing with and talking to her mother like a person very difficult since her mother tended to shut her opinions down.
When Monica was young, she did as told and hardly questioned this, but she became a bit more rebellious and mouthy when in her teens. Only after fighting against her mother for years did she eventually even out and become much more docile. She feared being left in the dark if she didn’t act a certain way for certain kinds of people, and figured that social expectations could not be countered with rebellion forever. Monica’s mother became much more agreeable and loving of Monica when she behaved.
## Visit Chapters

* Chapter 77: Visit Thirty One - Nurture
* Chapter 88: Visit Thirty Six - Doubles

## Trivia

*Most of these are pulled from asks featured on the author’s tumblr*

* Monica's **Meyer Briggs type** is ENFP
* Monica's **intelligence type** (per original theory) is Interpersonal
* Monica's **love language** is Words of Affirmation
* Monica might have siblings she no longer has contact with (due to the nature of her job)
* **Monica's parent's opinion of her:** *Monica’s father likely spoiled his daughter to a degree when she was little, and while her mother was a little caring, she did try to prepare Monica for her future and for the expectations she’d eventually face as a woman. She made sure Monica knew how to be presentable and behave like a woman “should”. She tended to push Monica a lot, and even if she never really expressed it, she did have some pride in how her daughter was shaped.*
* **Monica's controversial opinion:** *It’s okay to be a little selfish sometimes, even if that means doing bad things to others*
* While Monica was usually more of an upbeat party girl, she probably once had friends outside of her usual clique, perhaps a few who were alternative. Since she mingled with so many kinds of people, she’s more lenient about different social expressions even if she doesn’t fully understand them
* Monica probably used to drink a lot of vodka, gin, and tequila
* Monica has an accent
* **How would Monica flirt:** *fluttery, enthusiastic and chatty. Would be pretty eager and clingy with the other person.*
* **Monica as a parent:** *Sweet and loving, maybe a little clingy and the kind of mom to gush about everything her kid does. She has lots of energy and will spend a lot of it on a child. Knows how to keep them from crying, where others might not.*
* Monica probably knows how to cook, so maybe on her off time, she likes to be in the kitchen with the radio/TV on and her hair in curlers. She might also know how to sew and stitches up her own clothes now and then if they show any wear and tear!
* Monica probably likes romantic soap operas/telenovelas
* **Monica's triggers:** *Being overlooked/undermined/ignored*
* Monica can speak Spanish
* Monica used to party a lot when she was younger. She seems more the docile motherly type now, but she has been in fights and gotten wasted at parties at some point in her much younger days.
* Monica may not play an instrument, but she probably likes to sing and hum to herself.