DISCLAIMER: I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia.
Warning: Random pairings.
Enjoy!
Pocky RNG Game: Neptunia Edition
A group of players get together with a random way to pick two contestants who will be forced to munch on a single piece of Pocky (chocolate-covered biscuit stick). Whether the Pocky breaks or they kiss, both players gain a point in either 'Attempted Kiss' or 'Kiss'! Both categories are equally bad, and contestants must rely on their luck to win! If one player reaches 3 points in either category, they're out of the game! If one player forfeits the munching, they're out of the game no matter their points.
Good luck!
Sponsored by: Nepnation
Current Contestants: 10
Chance to kiss
10-7: 1-in-4
6-4: 1-in-3
3-1: 1-in-2
"Today we will be playing the Pocky Game!" Neptune announced, throwing several boxes of pocky on the table in the midst of the 10 girls present. "The rules are as follows: kiss 3 times, and you're out; fail to kiss 3 times, and you're out!" She smiled, crossing her arms. "The game will be decided by RNG, and the winner will receive 1 million credits!" If she won, she could buy all the pudding she could eat!
Nepgear was sitting nearby, sparkles in her eyes. She was fantasizing about more parts and machines for her to mess around with and make who knows what. Like, seriously, half of the time she just puts random things together when she's bored.
Compa was thinking about replacing several old appliances in her apartment, especially that toaster of hers. Whenever she put bread in there, it always came out as French toast!
IF had in mind getting the latest high-tec cellphone, because you can never have enough cellphones, even if you already carry nine on your person at all times. With that said, she could also use the money for her cellphone bills...
Noire was thinking about adding several new 'wardrobe' additions, and buying more materials to make those additions. She was totally not thinking about cosplay. Not one bit, so don't even think she was, because she wasn't.
Uni, meanwhile, was already working out in her mind of what she would invest that 1 million in to make it into 10 million.
Vert, being Vert, was trying to choose between getting a whole ton of new game releases or spending it all on gacha rolls. Eventually, she would decide to split it between the two. Eventually.
Blanc was thinking about investing it in her city, more specifically the city's amusement park. Part of that money could also be used to pay for the windows, lamps, ceilings, chairs, vases, glasses, dishes, tables, lights, doors, and walls that Ram and Rom have broken when they mess around with something they shouldn't mess around with... or messing around with something you wouldn't think would end up causing as much damage as it does but still does when its in their hands.
As for Ram and Rom, they both had decided to spend it on new game consoles and new games for the both of them, no matter who wins. Of course, who won got the better choice of what games they'd buy.
Most of the girls were hoping that they wouldn't have to end up actually kissing someone, but it all depended on if RNG was on their side... or against them.
"Now, let's begin!" Neptune called out, rolling the wheel she was standing next to, a wheel that had an image of each of the girls present on it. The spinning wheel started to slow down, and it stopped right on Compa. "Compa is the chosen one!" She called out, smiling.
"Aw..." Compa voiced, a cute little pout on her face.
"Compa's dashing knight is..." Neptune was saying as she spun the wheel again, and it landed right on... "Rom!"
"Eh? Me?" Rom asked, blinking. Why did she get picked so early into the game!? She wasn't even sure about this whole kissing thing!
"Go get her, Rom!" Ram 'encouraged' her, grabbing a stick of pocky and giving it to Rom.
"Why me..." Rom whined, walking up to Compa with a blush across her cheeks.
"I'll be in your care..." Compa 'reassured' her, a warm smile on her face.
She shyly nodded, placing the chocolate end of the pocky in her mouth.
Rom leaned forward, closing her eyes as Compa took the other end into her mouth. As soon as she bit down, the pocky broke immediately! "Awwww." Neptune and Ram pouted, IF and Blanc sighing in relief.
"Well, that's RNG for you." Neptune muttered, turning around to put a mark under the 'attempts' portion of Compa's and Rom's status. The board held a graph with all 10 girls on it, their names to the right side going down while the number of kisses and attempts formed two columns going down with 'kisses' and 'attempts' written above the graph above their respective columns. That was probably a totally unnecessary description of a graph right there.
"Now, time for our next contestant!" Neptune moved back to the wheel, giving an energetic spin. "Next up... is Noire!"
"Eeeeh!?" Noire cried out, distraught. Neptune just winked at her before giving it another spin. It landed on Noire, again. "Uh... Now what?" Noire asked, feeling a slight tint of relief and apprehension at what was coming next.
"Well..." Neptune muttered, thinking. Yes, thinking. Yes, she does think. Like, seriously, you still don't believe me? "I've got it! If it lands on you twice, you've got to transform! Compa and IF not included..."
The twintailed-girl sighed, before transforming into the white-haired Black Heart. "Right, right. Move on." She said, motioning for Neptune to spin again.
The purple-haired girl happily complied, eager to see an embarrassed and blushing Noire/Black Heart as her lips moved ever closer to- It landed on Noire again!?
Everyone stared at the wheel, Neptune looking at Black Heart like she was cheating somehow. Finally, after a few moments, she just sighed. "Fine! If it lands on you three times in a row, you get to pass!"
Black Heart smiled, transforming back into Noire. As she sat back down, she shared a smile with Uni.
"Moving on," Neptune spun the wheel again, and this time it landed on Blanc, "Yay! Someone other than Noire!" She beamed, Blanc staying quiet as she gave it another spin. Just as it slowed down and stopped on a certain somebody, a giant axe went flying over Neptune's head. "I didn't do it on purpose! Now get over there and ki- er, play the game!"
"Here you go, Nee-san~" Ram teased, handing Blanc a pocky.
"D-do your best!" Rom quietly cheered.
Blanc, hair over her eyes, took the pocky and walked over to Vert, the well-endowed woman smiling at her. "There was a chance of this happening, but to think so early..." Vert mouthed, looking slightly displeased.
"Shut it, cow." Blanc told her, her one visible eye glowing red. "Only doing this cause I have to." She huffed, taking the biscuit end of the pocky into her mouth.
"Remember, don't break it on purpose! That's cheating!" Neptune told them, instantly earning two glares.
Vert leaned forward, her eyes locked on Blanc's own as she took the pocky into her mouth. Don't be nervous, there's only a 25% chance that we're going to end up kissing. She told herself, munching away.
Break. Break. BREAK. Was Blanc's current thought process as the pocky got shorter and shorter.
This is looking bad. Like, really bad. Vert was sweating as their lips were only three inches away.
BREAK ALREADY! Blanc cried out in her mind, right before their lips made contact.
The two girls froze on the spot, their wide eyes staring into each other's as giggles and gasps filled the room. Finally, after a few seconds of stunned shock where they still had their lips locked together, both of the girls flew back. "Arararara!" Vert was crying out, her eyes spinning around in circles as she freaked out.
"Gyaaaaaaah!" Blanc was furiously wiping her lips, looking like she was going to be sick.
"That's one-pfffthahaha-kiss for Vert and B-B-Blanc-hahaha!" Neptune had tears running down her face, right before she had to duck a spear flying over the top of her head. "Not you too, Vert!" She cried before getting back to business, making two new marks on the board.
After about ten minutes of trying to calm Vert down and Blanc having to recover from the trauma, the game was able to continue. "Next up we've got..." Neptune was saying, watching as the wheel came to a stop. "Ram!"
"Absent!" Ram immediately said.
"Oh, then Blanc will just have t-"
"R-Ram's present...!" The girl whined as Blanc was grinding her fists into the girl's head.
This is so much fun! Neptune thought, giving the wheel another spin. "And Ram's partner is... Uni!"
"W-Why me!?" Uni cried, taking a look over at Ram.
"Go get her, Ram!" Rom softly exclaimed as she shoved a pocky into Ram's mouth.
"Mnnphh nnph!" Ram whined, only to earn a stare/glare from both of her sisters. Giving up, she walked over to Uni, both girls looking like they didn't want to do this.
Uni sighed, meeting Ram's eyes as she took the other end of the pocky into her mouth. The two of them started munching, everyone leaning in close as they passed the quarter-mark, the half-mark, and...
Chuu.
Uni flew back, a wild blush across her cheeks as she averted her eyes, covering her mouth. Noire laid a hand on her shoulder, being there for her as Uni held her face in her hands. Ram, in the meantime, was just sitting there, looking straight ahead. "That..." she began, touching her lips, "actually felt kind of nice."
"Ram!?" Everyone shouted except for Uni who only got more embarrassed.
Ram just touched her head with a 'neko paw' and stuck her tongue out in a cute gesture.
After Ram went back to Rom and Blanc, Neptune continued the game, despite Uni still being a blushing wreck who had yet to look up. "Next up we've got... Rom, once again!"
Rom cried in despair, Ram trying to cheer her up by telling her how nice it was to kiss someone before Blanc pounded her on the head. "Her lovey-dovey partner is... Uni!"
"Whaaaaaaat!?" Both Uni and Noire cried out, Noire quickly trying to cheer her up.
"Going for both of the twins, aren't we, Uni?" Vert said, a sly smile on her face.
"It's not like that!" Uni cried, the woman giggling in response.
"Don't pick on Uni! She needs positive reinforcement!" Compa said, adding her input in.
"Good luck." IF flatly said.
"Do your best!" Neptune called out.
"Y-you can do it, Uni!" Nepgear added, a confident look on her face.
"Yeah! Kiss her!" Ram called out, Rom crying out in fright as Blanc got the evil-eye again.
Noire sighed, grabbing a stick of pocky. "Uni, straighten up." She told her little sister, instantly getting the girl's attention. "Don't let a simple kiss get you down. We're all girls here, and it's just a game." She handed the pocky over. "Stand strong, be confident, and make me proud." She smiled at her, and slowly her sister smiled back.
"Nee-san, I won't let you down!" Uni said, taking the pocky and walking up to a nervous Rom. "Rom." She said, still blushing but now blushing with a determined look on her face.
"U-Uni..." Rom muttered, closing her eyes and parting her mouth, her cheeks pink.
That just made the black-haired girl blush harder, but she toughed it out and placed the pocky in Rom's mouth, kneeling down and taking her end of it. As soon as the two girls applied pressure, the pocky snapped, Uni letting out a huge sigh of relief.
"I-I can't take anymore..." Rom softly said, feeling really tired. Ram just patted her on the back.
"Maybe next time!" Rom just cried.
"And that's the first episode of whatever this story is going to be called!" Neptune announced, taking pleasure in her place at the top of the leaderboard although she was still tied with almost half of the others. "Each episode will consist of five turns, but because Noire got lucky this one technically only had four! Cheater!"
"I didn't cheat!" Noire called her out, Neptune sticking her tongue out at her.
"I'm in last place..." Rom continued to cry as she looked at the board down below.
"Welp, hope to see everyone next time!" Neptune said, waving to the audience.
Leaderboard
1st Place: Neptune
2nd Place: Nepgear
3rd Place: IF
4th Place: Noire
5th Place: Vert
6th Place: Blanc
7th Place: Ram
8th Place: Compa
9th Place: Uni
10th Place: Rom
Status
Neptune: 0 attempts, 0 kisses
Nepgear: 0 attemtps, 0 kisses
Compa: 1 attempt, 0 kisses
IF: 0 attempts, 0 kisses
Noire: 0 attempts, 0 kisses
Uni: 1 attempt, 1 kiss
Vert: 0 attempts, 1 kiss
Blanc: 0 attempts, 1 kiss
Ram: 0 attempts, 1 kiss
Rom: 2 attempts, 0 kiss
A/N: A fun little idea I came up with. Partners and their chance-to-kiss is all decided by Random Number Generator, or RNG. So, even if you ask nicely, I'm not the one who decides who kisses or not. So, yeah, random and strange pairings will be all over the place... Such as Uni X Ram and Rom. Hahaha.
This is fun.
If this story is well-received, and I like it enough, there may be a season two with additional characters after this one is finished with. No P-ko, tho, at least not as a contestant. That'd be too strange. I was debating adding in Plutia, but that'd give me an odd number of characters; then I thought of adding in Purple Heart as another choice, but if I did that I'd also have to add in Iris Heart, and that'd give me an odd number of characters as well...
Histoire is a little too small... and I don't think we would want to see Arfoire in on the game. Hahaha... *shudders*
Anyways, I've played and completed Rebirth 1, only gotten into Rebirth 2 a little tiny bit (up to meeting Uni), and watched the anime. I'm not sure of the interactions between characters such as Uni and the twins, or of how exactly the CPU candidates address each other and their big sisters. With that said, I hope you enjoyed the chapter!