The Last Contestant — Episode 14: “Kawaii.exe”
[STIX’S ROOM – NIGHT]
(Stix is digging through junk. Empty snack bags. Manga. VHS tapes with hand-drawn titles.)
STIX
(holding up a dusty VHS)
“‘Magical Love Crisis: Happy Kawaii Girl Mode’… the hell is this?”
(Skully blinks at the tape from the couch.)
SKULLY
“If she asks for your soul, just say no.”
STIX
“Noted. Also I don’t have my soul back still...”
(He slams the tape into a plugged-in CRT TV. A bright pink flash fills the room. Everything glitches. He sees tons of light particles moving fast, he closes his eyes. He opens them)
[INT. 2D ANIME WORLD – ???]
(He’s now in a vibrant pastel world, surrounded by sakura petals. A massive title card reads: “SEMI KAWAII AND FRIENDS~!” Complete with jingle.)
STIX
(panicked)
“Oh no. I got isekai’d.”
(Semi Kawaii appears, with intangible people surrounding her for just a split second before disappearing, she wasn’t there before, maybe she teleported? Most likely yes—wait-who’s making me say this?. A typical magical anime girl—oversized eyes, flowing dress, sparkly everything. She speaks fluent Japanese—but we see subtitles.)
SEMI KAWAII
「あなただけが必要なの…永遠に…」
[“You’re the only one I need… forever…”]
STIX
“Oh. Great. She’s clingy and omnipotent.”
(She warps the environment into a classroom. Then a beach. Then outer space. Then the moon. Then the inside of Stix’s colon.)
STIX
“NOPE. CHANGE IT BACK—NOT THE COLON!!”
SEMI KAWAII
“OOPS.. heh.”
[INT. GLITCHED GAME MENU – FLOATING SCREEN]
(Stix stands in front of a floating UI. Everything’s glitching.)
“LOAD REALITY”
“DELETE FREE WILL”
“FUSE WITH HOST ??”
STIX
Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.
“…‘Fuse with Host?’ Nah, I’ve seen Digital Circus. I’m not becoming the jester’s stepbrother.”
(She realizes her plan could be exposed. Semi giggles, blinking unnaturally. Her head rotates 180 degrees. Then the world glitches again, she’s in front of him now, pulling his arm to head to a town)
SEMI KAWAII
”Come on, my love..”
[INT. VHS STUDIO – DAY ??? NIGHT ???]
(Stix meets her “friends”—a butchered Sonic clone, a meowing clown toaster, a sentient riceball named Jerry.)
RICEBALL JERRY
“I haven’t felt pain since Episode 4.”
STIX
“Oh my god this is Doki Doki Literature Club if it had a seizure inside I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Boy, I’m stacked with references today!”
(The world rewinds. Fast-forwards. Every door leads back to her.)
SEMI KAWAII
“MY LOVE! Let’s delete your memories! Start fresh! You’ll smile more without them.”
BRICK WALL
“Eh, just do it.. shes deleted mine before..”
STIX
”W-What—“
[INT. TV STUDIO – NIGHTMARE MODE]
(Stix finds a control panel. Dozens of recordings of “other” contestants who entered the tape and never left. One looks like Quibble… he’s just smiling… forever.)
STIX
“Okay that’s terrifying. Good callback to The Matrix. I’m officially done.”
(Semi appears, flickering, speaking in glitched text.)
SEMI KAWAII
“Why do you want to leave me? I’m perfect! Uh. The others—Rudy, Princess—they’ll just forget you. But I won’t. Not even if I DELETE reality itself.. hehe.. I’m totally crazy..!”
STIX
“Lady. You are Monika’s final form.”
SEMI KAWAII
“SHUT UP.”
(The world glitches, houses start to phase through the floor. Stix’s arm mimics a snake now)
STIX
“Oh awesome..”
[FINAL SHOWDOWN – DIMENSION COLLAPSE]
(Semi grows massive, stretching past the fourth wall. She starts pulling Happy Town through the TV screen. Then tv show glitches like crazy, the Sun melts)
SEMI KAWAII
“Let’s see what happens when you hurt my FEELINGS you little rat..”
STIX
(yelling)
“You wanted a host—but I’m a guest at best!”
DOODLE
“Yippety doo! Semi wants to hug and do some funny thing to you! Like.. fu-“
STIX
“Hey! I got an idea..!”
(He pulls out a harmonica he found earlier, tch, average Stix, always adapting in dangerous situations. He plays a familiar lullaby—something deeply nostalgic. She pauses. Tears glitch down her face.)
SEMI KAWAII
“…That song… I remember… I… I used to be…”
(She screams. The world distorts. A black hole of static opens, the environment gets sucked in)
STIX
“Here’s the real kicker: this ain’t your show.”
(He dives into the portal as everything turns white.)
[INT. STIX’S ROOM – NIGHT]
(He wakes up. Covered in sweat. The TV is off. The tape is halfway melted.)
SEMI KAWAII
“NO!!!! I’m gonna RUIN your universe—! COME BA—“
(Semi’s scream echoes for a second… then distortion. Silence.)
(Stix picks up the tape, rips it to pieces.)
STIX
“Never buying anime tapes again.”
(He throws it in the trash. Skully sips soup on the couch and turns on “FOXHOLE”, an animated series frfr, you should watch it!)
SKULLY
“Told you.”
(A knock on the door is heard. Rudy and Quibble are in their pajamas)
RUDY
“Hey.”
QUIBBLE
“EEEEE.. hehe..”
STIX
“Oh great, come in..”
[END – CUE TITLE CARD]
NARRATOR
“GAH! I’m back! Time to— hey! Where did the lights go? Oh well..”
THE LAST CONTESTANT: CHAPTER 14
“Kawaii.exe (Stix’s Descent into Tooncore Madness)”
1960s.. she was a relic of a bygone era, a soul stitched from cel animation and quiet dreams of connection. Had she ever seen the world beyond her static frames, she might have fallen in love with its chaos, its beauty, its unpredictability. But in the end, like so many others drawn and discarded, she was left to fade into obscurity—a casualty of time, nostalgia, and a culture that forgets its creations once they stop performing. Because she is truly made from not only static or codes, but evil energy itself.. but wait—she can also become a ghost!
Fun Fact:
After learning to “meditate” with Cassie, Zora can subconsciously astral project into nearby dreams while asleep, often appearing as a passive observer—or occasionally a chaotic variable if the dreamer is scared of her.
Fun Fact:
Rudy, without even knowing it, is what the show’s universe refers to as a “Fate Magnet”—a person subconsciously linked to major currents of probability. Big, story-defining events naturally gravitate towards her, often bending the rules of cause and effect just to keep her alive or make sure she stays involved!
Fun Fact:
Back when Quibble worked as a pizza delivery guy, he once got an order that had to be delivered across the entire galaxy. Knowing he’d lose his job if he didn’t make it in 20 seconds, he pushed himself to build up enough kinetic energy to reach the destination in time.
Fun Fact:
Zora is bisexual
