Sayo-Nana

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## Information

### Main Character(s):

* Ice Climbers
* Monika
* Sayori
* Natsuki (minor)
* Yuri (minor)
* Mr. Game & Watch (minor)

### Original game(s):

* *Doki Doki Literature Club*
* *Ice Climber* (NES)

**Sayo-Nana**, originalized as **Sayo-Nara** in *Doki Doki Literature Club!*, is the first of the countless stories in the crossover of *Game & Watch and Doki Doki Literature Club*, being the first of the several stories occuring in said game during the Ice Climbers' route. This is heavily inspired by Sayori's death, where she commits suicide in the original *Doki Doki Literature Club!*.

## Description

"*After Sayori's absence for a few days after Monika convinced her to perform something deemed violent, the Ice Climbers settle on an adventure with concern for the lookout of Sayori.*

*In combination of Yuri telling the Ice Climbers a few days ago that stagnating air is common foreshadowing something terrible is about to happen, the bone-chilling duo set on a journey to make sure that Sayori is stable, but Sayori was missing from her house. However, upon accessing her bedroom... the duo witness a devastating level of horror that will haunt their lives forever, which turned DDLC from a innocent cute dating simulator to a full level of psychological horror that shattered the fourth wall by all inches...*"

## Plot

### Prologue

After Popo and Nana have both joined the Literature Club (requested by Sayori, Nana's best childhood friend) and introducing themselves, alongside the rest of the Indie Cross, to the rest of the other club members: Natsuki, Yuri, and the club president, Monika, the Ice Climbers have participated in the club's activities, such as writing and sharing poetry, and have grown closer to the four main club members, being Sayori, Natsuki (Nana), Yuri and Monika (Popo). Initially, the duo spent a promising timeline throughout the Literature Club, that is until after Sayori's demeanor shifts from being a cheerful and optimistic girl to that of melancholia and bittersweetness, she confesses her depression to the duo, leading the Ice Climbers into a hybrid of surprise and sympathy, with the former being due to Nana especially worried that such tradegy was hidden from her for a long lifetime. Nevertheless, the duo accept her confession, much to Sayori's comfort.

Nana notifies Monika about her depression. While her jealousy allowed her to achieve the opportunities to extend Sayori's depression in secret, Monika went over and interfered with Sayori in calmness. Popo and Nana assumed that Monika was cheering her up, but Monika's true interference with Sayori is a series of vulgar language and amplifications to her depression via tampering with the game's code.

Eventually, Sayori returned home and has been absent until the day before the festival, leaving Popo and Nana in a mix of concern and suspicion against Monika, and assuming that her interference with Sayori was not exacted to be what the duo thought.

### Part 1

> *Original comic: Sayo-Nana (Part 1). For the post-part, go here.*
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The day before the literature club's festival, the Ice Climbers arrive to the Literature Club (this time without Sayori), assuming that Sayori is still sleeping in her home. In there, Nana is preparing for tomorrow's club festival. Popo, on the other hand, has discovered a poem written by Sayori, which Nana notices him reading it, titled "%," with a constant repetition of the following words "get out of my head" and the final sentence reading that "a poem is never finished, it just remains stagnant." This leads Popo and Nana to being confused, worried, then end up panicking, causing them to rush to Sayori's house, despite Monika's sudden, but rather brief notice about their discussion that causes Popo to become surprised and tongue-tied.

However, Popo and Nana did not leave the club before asking Monika about Sayori's whereabouts. Monika responds, telling him that after her interference, Sayori went home and "tried her best to overcome her depression," in which Popo brushes this off in fustration. After that, Monika foreshadows that the duo left Sayori hanging this morning. This lures the Ice Climbers into a sudden shocked surprise, considering that Popo and Nana are the only ones in the literature club to foreshadow how Sayori is faring her wellbeing, not Monika (this means she is not supposed to know what happened to Sayori). Thinking harder to her quote, Popo and Nana become horrified, causing both of them to run out of the school to Sayori's house despite Monika's questionable callouts for their whereabouts.

### Part 2

> *Original comic: Sayo-Nana (Part 2). For the post-part, go here.*
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Panicked, Popo and Nana both hastily rush down to Sayori's house, despite the former having his mobility being worn down by the weight and heat of his own parka, while the latter dashed as quick as possible while continually repeating her assumptions, being that "nothing bad happened to Sayori, something's wrong with her at home," "Sayori could've never followed whatever Monika's interference was" and "Sayori has to be fine," despite Popo's pleads for her to halt in order for him to stick together. The duo dash past Yuri and Natsuki, the former of which questioning them about their whereabouts, which Popo immediately shrugs this off for the sake of Sayori's wellbeing and sticking together with Nana, with the latter calling out for Popo to be at his fastest movement for Sayori's rescue. Natsuki, on the other hand, mentions both their care about Sayori and the latter's absence.

Despite the vast difference between their mobility, both Popo and Nana have still managed to successfully arrive at Sayori's house at the same pace. Through unknown means, the Ice Climbers have managed to somehow break into her house (assuming that Sayori's front door is unlocked out of impulsiveness from her depression) and have searched high-and-low throughout the house for Sayori's presence; unfourtunately, despite their efforts, Sayori is still nowhere to be found, excluding the remaining unchecked room (her bedroom), where Popo gently knocks on the door twice, and both respectively assume that she is having "beauty rests" and "she might be goofing around." Popo and Nana ask her to come out of her bedroom and prepare for school. Silence remains, the duo eventually become agitated, stating that she should not follow Monika's presumed interference and that the duo are concerned with the Literature Club. Silence still remains, the Ice Climbers finally run out of choices and perform none other than accessing her bedroom, which eventually leads to their biggest surprise.

### Part 3

> *Original comic: Sayo-Nana (Part 3). For the more accurate version, go here.*
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After Popo and Nana's constant supplications to Sayori to leave her bedroom and prepare for school, the duo (out of choices) access the inside of her bedroom. Upon entry, Popo and Nana ask if Sayori is fine, only for their questions to be abruptly interrupted by witnessing Sayori: dead; barefoot; black shadows under her eyes; a sick-pale skin tone; with a motionless expression; wearing her pajamas in a tattered-looking, half-unbuttoned state; and her hands being covered in stained blood, hanging onto a noose, much to the Ice Climbers' full horror. The game begins to glitch out, playing a heavily distorted version of the game's main menu (titled Sayo-Nara), shifting the background to a corrupted version of DDLC's opening intro to the main menu, then back to her bedroom full of visible static, while the game's script is broken and her "chr." file is corrupted, as if Sayori never ceased to exist. Such horror leaves the Ice Climbers in silent hyperventilation and stammering, then bursting into tears.

In the early version of Part 3, Nana perceives Sayori's bedroom as a "trainwreck" and questions for her whereabouts and her front door being left unlocked, before being abruptly interrupted by Popo screaming in fear after witnessing Sayori hanging, dead, in which Popo's screams immediately attract Nana's attention to Sayori's dead body. Popo manages to find a special poem lying on her bedset, which is Sayori's final poem, titled "Rainclouds Seal my Fate," and the final part includes not only bloodstains, but also something special, titled "hxppy thxughts.png," which shows a disoriented child-like drawing covered in blood (which is seemingly a corrupted incarnation of a similar image of Sayori hanging herself).

After finishing the poem, Popo and Nana have temporaily foreshadowed Monika's true demeanor, realizing that Monika is after the protagonist and will "strike down anyone who receives his love interest." Both enraged, the duo intend to avenge Sayori by confronting and retaliating against Monika.

### Part 4

> *Original comic: Sayo-Nana (Part 4). For the pre-part version, go here.*
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After witnessing Sayori's death, Popo and Nana hyperventilate in horror, then burst into tears. In addition to this, the duo have finally realized that Monika's interference with Sayori, which was presumed to be alleviating her depression, is revealed to be Monika amplifying her depression by using vulgar language and tampering with the game's code. This particular tradegy has especially devastated Nana, since Sayori was Nana's best childhood friend alongside Natsuki, and she stated that she was too cute and young to decease.

Popo, preventing Sayori's death to be left in vain, resurrects Sayori in succession by jumping up, and smashing the noose hanging Sayori with excessive power to tear it apart. Revived, Sayori desperately catches breath and asks what happened, and about Popo and Nana's presence in her bedroom. As an attempt to amend her feelings, Nana requests her to change to her school uniform and discuss what is happening.

Moments later, Sayori bursts into tears, rendering Monika "devilish" for telling her to commit suicide and wondering for the reason she told her to do so. Nana shares similar wonders for Monika's polarizing personality, while Popo, on the other hand, thirsting for vengance, orders the girls to prepare themselves in returning to the Literature Club, threatening that he has got "a bone to pick with Monika's ponytail" with his hammer. After so, the trio eventually return to the Literature Club.

### Epilogue

> *Original comic: Confronting the club president.*
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Partaking after the Ice Climbers resurrect Sayori before tomorrow of the festival, Popo, Nana and Sayori return to the Literature Club, much to Monika's surprise.

Popo and Nana both confront Monika, asking for a "little talk" with her. Monika, concerned by their angered expressions, accepts their interference nonetheless. Popo and Nana angrily ask about Monika's interference with Sayori two days yesterday, which confuses Monika and causes her to be selfless, only to be abruptly interrupted by Popo and Nana, who threaten her that they will wobble her to death if she continues being a "liar," and reveal that Monika's true interference with Sayori was her actually telling her to commit suicide, which she proceeds to follow her deadly command the day before the festival, frightening Monika. The other club members, being Sayori, Natsuki, Yuri and Mr. Game & Watch, overhear such event, devastating all of them in horror.

### Interlude

> *Original comic: A "s-p-e-c-i-a-l" poem.*
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A few days have passed since Popo and Nana's confrontation against Monika for her deadly interference with Sayori, which amplified her depression and suicidal tendencies. After that, the literature club returns back to its traditional kind, and Popo and Nana have forgiven Monika's retaliation to Sayori, despite luring in a lot of following dark events within the club. On a traditional day in the club, all of the club members make a complete absence from the classroom, excluding Monika and the Ice Climbers. Monika called the Ice Climbers over her attention near the closet, requesting them to read a "special" poem created by Sayori, while no one else is around the class. Popo and Nana immediately agree to read it, with the former responding that "poems is a core contributor of literature." However, Monika warns them that it is a little too gruesome, and she comedies that Sayori has not arrived to school with it (which is due to Monika amplifying Sayori's depression with her inteference a few days ago, in which Popo and Nana came for her rescue). Monika publishes the poem to the duo, covered in bloodstains, showing a disoriented child-like doodling, three lines of sentences reading "happy thoughts," which is a similar image of Sayori hanging herself, which is one of the special poems the player can receive during Act 2, titled "**hxppy thxughts.png**." Popo and Nana's excited expressions turn into explicit and revolted feelings, with the former regaining vitamin flashbacks of Sayori's death and namecalling Monika as "Mon-eka," and the latter stating that she is going to vomit and referring Monika as numbskulled if not considering to wipe the blood from the paper, in which Monika is oblivious of.

## Trivia

* The blood on Sayori hands has dried a little and turned a rusty brown. This suggests that Sayori hanged herself very early on Day 5, which has been confirmed by Dan Salvato in his Twitter.
* Sayo-Nana has been teased multiple times, with the teaser's name being titled "*Stagnant*," which is also used for Sayori's song in *Doki Doki Takeover: Bad Ending*.
	+ The title of the teaser is a reference to Yuri stating about stagnating air being common "foreshadowing" that something terrible is about to happen, notably a couple days before Sayori's death. This is also applied for when Nana, after reading the poem "%" in Sayo-Nana, quoting out "stagnanting also means that something remains **completely still**, like a poem that's never finished..." in the first page after the prologue.
		- In addition to this, Nana also mentioned that Yuri told her and Popo this, which is the reason Nana already knows the definition of "stagnanting air."
* In Sayo-Nana's official artwork, Popo is depicted wearing a red bowtie resembling Sayori's, likely referencing this artwork.
* According to Monika's conversation with the player in Act 4, the blood on Sayori's hands are because her hanging did not kill her instantly, having stepped from a chair instead of a higher place, the latter which would have made her death quick and painless. Instead, she slowly asphyxiated, and, during this time, tried to scratch at the rope in a vain attempt to free herself, bloodying her hands in the process. Monika believes that this is because of Sayori either changing her mind a few seconds too late, or maybe it was just her survival instincts kicking in.
* At the second half of *Confronting the Club President*, visible segments of Sayori's special poem, "hxppy thxughts.png," and Yuri's "dragon-like" sprite from Act 2 of DDLC, being Yuri with a reddish tint and a pair of Markov-esque eyes, titled "**VQKE 6rchxNrFc1KJLIgZk47evJBZm qefYSAC oE7M.png**," are seen in the background. This might reference the theme of DDLC shifting from a cute dating simulator to psychological horror, as well as foreshadowing the imminent events to the transition of Act 2.
* According to **MickMick247**, the story's title "Sayo-Nana" was fittingly and especially perfect for the Ice Climbers to cross themselves over Sayori's death in the original *Doki Doki Literature Club!*, as the second word of the song's original title within Sayori's death scene in DDLC, "Sayo-Nara," can easily be replaced with Nana's name by shifting the letter "r" in the word "nara" to "n."
	+ In addition, this is also considered the reason Nana by the creator to be Sayori's best friend.
	+ Despite this, Sayori is canonically the protagonist's childhood friend, not Nana. Since Nana and Popo are childhood friends like boy-and-girl pair, Popo is typically considered Nana's best childhood friend by a considerable degree since the duo always stick together in the *Super Smash Bros.* series.
		- However, Nana's article still regards Sayori as her best friend. This is because **MickMick247** relegated the Ice Climbers' relationship between each other as siblings, because if Popo and Nana were best friends to each other, this would likely make Nana's relationship with Sayori being best friends a coincidence.
* This is heavily based on Sayori's death, where she commits suicide in the original DDLC.
* The special poem Popo finds in the early version of Part 3, as well as the poem that Monika shows the Ice Climbers in a "s-p-e-c-i-a-l" poem, is a reference to the special poem the player can acheive during Act 2 of DDLC, titled "hxppy thxughts.png."

### Differences from DDLC

* Although Popo and Nana saved Sayori's life in "Sayo-Nana," salvation for Sayori's life in *Doki Doki Literature Club!* is impossible due to her "chr." file in the game's script being corrupted, as if Sayori never existed.
* The protagonist doesn't run past Natsuki and Yuri in the original DDLC while checking on Sayori near the end of Act 1, although the Ice Climbers did in "Sayo-Nana."
* In-game backgrounds of Sayori's house are not available other than the inside of her bedroom in DDLC, although there was a background depicting the door leading to Sayori's bedroom.
* In the early version of Part 3, Popo found a special poem after witnessing Sayori's dead body in "Sayo-Nana." In *Doki Doki Literature Club!*, however, no poems are found after witnessing Sayori's death at the end of Act 1.
	+ Regarding that poem that Popo reads at early-Part 3, the poem originates from Reddit. While it is considerably identical to poems' designs created in *Doki Doki Literature Club!*, this poem is not official. In addition, the additional bloodstains and segments from the special poem in Act 2 at the bottom of the poem was added by **MickMick247**, but it is otherwise not canonically a part of the poem.
	+ In addition, the aforementioned special poem is not acheived during Act 1 at all.
* Even though the Ice Climbers have confronted Monika during the epilogue, no confrontations were performed against Monika after Sayori's death in DDLC.
* In "a "s-p-e-c-i-a-l" poem," the poem titled "hxppy thxughts.png" is covered in bloodstains. The bloodstains are, however, absent in the original DDLC.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/mickmick247/art/S-T-A-G-N-A-N-T-Teaser-995478031
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://doki-doki-literature-club.fandom.com/wiki/Possible\_Endings#Sayori's%20Ending
3. ↑ "It happened early morning before MC woke up." - Dan Salvato on Twitter.
4. ↑ Artwork created by Cuphead247.
5. ↑ The letter "r" in Sayo-Nara can easily be replaced with an "n," spelling the word as "Sayo-Nana." The second word is Nana's name in *Ice Climber*.
6. ↑ Seen on their relationship section.
7. ↑ https://doki-doki-literature-club.fandom.com/wiki/Easter\_Eggs