The Quartet: Prologue
Some time after Neptune and Arfoire's return from Celestia, Histoire had decided to officially announce the CPU of Planeptune's return with a cherry blossom viewing near the Basillicom. However, this was more of a private invitation between the goddesses and their close friends.
Currently, Noire was fussing over Neptune trying to take a bite of her pudding in front of everyone, quietly attempting to hide her embarrassment as Compa and IF watched from the sidelines, Compa just smiling along with the scuffle and IF just face palming. Blanc was trying to read a book while Vert fawned over the CPU Candidates as they happily ate and chatted together. Broccoli and MAGES. sat beside each other, the former drinking bitter green tea happily whilst the latter complained about her failure to find Doc Tear Popper, or Duck P; Falcom and Cyberconnect2 were sparring nearby with Tekken and MarverousAQL watching. Histoire floated beside the now purified Arfoire, chatting about the time they had lost and Arfoire's plan to redeem herself.
"HEY! Histy~!" "...Miss Histoire…" The twins ran up to the personified tome, pulling her out of her conversation.
"Oh, Rom and Ram. What is it?" The tiny woman smiled at the two. Ram inched closer to Histoire, her smile getting bigger and bigger.
"Histy, you have the history of the whole world right?"
"Ram, I am the history of Gamindustri. But, I do. Why?" Ram looked to her twin, who nodded in approval.
"How were our sisters created. Oh and you too?" Histoire decided to ignore herself as an additive and responded to the girl.
"Well, the goddess before your sisters was defeated by the Quartet in order for her to repent. In order to repent, she created the four goddesses to act as her proxies and I was created to watch over them and record the history of Gamindustri before she disappeared. To where I do not know." Rom tilted her head, placing her hand on her chin in contemplation.
"So, does that mean that Neptune, Noire, Vert and our sister are sisters?" Arfoire stepped in to answer the young girls question.
"If you see it that way, yes. Your sister and the other CPUs are family." However, this answer confused the two even more. As the four conversed, Nepgear and Uni walked up to them. This time Uni asked them the question.
"Wait, if you're saying that my sisters and the other CPUs are related, how come they don't look the same in any shape or form?" Arfoire looked at Histoire, who, with a sad smile, allowed her to continue.
"Let me explain little goddess, and this will take some time. The CPUs are created from the former goddessk, but their bodies are from different people." Arfoire was met with four blank faces. With a sigh, Histoire floated in front of the silver haired woman and took over.
"Allow me to rephrase Arfoire's explanation: Neptune and the others do have the powers of goddesses, but their forms originated from real people." Upon hearing her name, Neptune plopped herself onto Nepgear's back.
"Hey Histy, I heard my name so I came a coming. What's up?" Behind her, the rest of the party came up to the small group of friends.
"Neptune, I was telling the candidates about your body's origins." Upon hearing the tome's answer. Neptune covered herself in fake embarrassment.
"Histy, that's sexual harassment~." Immediately, Neptune was smacked on the head by both Noire and IF, prompting her to quiet down. Laughing, Arfoire tried to hide her smile.
"I wonder what the Quartet would think if they saw this." Histoire sighed.
"Yes, especially that one." Intrigued by her vagueness, IF spoke up.
"Miss Arfoire, I understand where you're coming from with how the CPUs act, but where do the Quartet?" Only Histoire expected the answer that came from Arfoire's mouth.
"Oh, well the CPUs were based on the Quartet themselves." A collective "WHAT!?" came from the group. Soon the party began to make assumptions on what the Quartet looked like, ignoring Histoire as she floated above the group, her body beginning to shine bright.
"Since I see that this will get us nowhere, I might as well show you." The light began to get brighter and brighter, blinding the party and causing the area around them to turn a complete black with Histoire disappearing. Arfoire sighed and crossed her arms.
"Looks like I'll have to see this again." Before anyone could question her words, Histoire's voice boomed around them.
"I will show you… the lives of the Quartet, the battle against the Former Goddess… and the creation of the CPUs of Planeptune, Lowee, Lastation, and Leanbox… as well the liberation of Gamindustri."