Hello guys! Eraviel here!
First of all, I want to apologize for not continuing Change. I really wanted to, honestly, but it would turn out to be a murder-suicide thing if I continued it. (Though yes, I want to do it, but man, I also have a heart, you know)
Anyways, this is a new fic. I don't know if I should add Tragedy genre here. I can't be sure yet about how the story will go, so I'll just keep it the way it is for now.
Will have Romance in the future chappies. (Probably)
Please don't get confused about the genre and the chapter content :)
I do not own anything from the Nep series.
The Seven Sages will be included, but they will not be the main highlight of the story.
Onto the fic now, enjoy~
"It's time for you to die!"
In a place where lands were floating, the rainbows were bridges, and full of green grasses, there were four people, no, goddesses to be exact, clashing their weapons against each other. Scratch it, it looked like the battle was three versus one. The goddess of green, wielding a long spear, the goddess of white, wielding a giant axe, and the goddess of black, wielding a large sword, teaming up against one, the goddess of purple, who only had the option of defending herself.
"Ngh!" The goddess of purple inevitably let go of her weapon as she blocked the incoming attack.
She moved back to retrieve her weapon, but only to be hindered by the goddess of green as she threw her spear, intercepting the goddess of purple's weapon, to prevent her from getting her sword back.
At the same time, the goddess of black was charging towards her, ready to destroy her.
"Now it's time for you to disappear!"
She was wide open. She wouldn't be able to block the goddess of black's attack.
"Kyaaaaahhh!"
After receiving a direct strike to her body, she was blown away from the battlefield, fell down to the skies, and lost consciousness.
~o~O~o~
"Mmhhmm…"
A certain purple-haired girl slowly opened her eyes as she regained her consciousness. She could feel intense pain in her head, and made her cringe a little.
She observed her surroundings, and could not see anything aside from blue; sky blue, to be exact. Yep, nothing, just pure sky blue around her.
"Hmm, where am I?"
Well, of course, nobody answered. She inspected her surroundings once more, and realized that there was something odd going on.
"Wait, don't tell me I'm…"
She looked above her. Oh wait…
"…I'm falling. Totally falling."
Nah, she looked BELOW her.
"Meh, this always happens, so I'm kind of used to it… It would take more than this to make me panic."
She laughed at herself.
"Still, this is a pretty long fall. We're reaching an undiscovered place with this flight."
She retracted what she just said earlier.
"And this speed… it's no joke." She swung her head left to right.
"Doesn't this situation look bad…? Yeah, I'm in trouble, right, RIGHT?!"
She flapped her hands, hoping that it would lower her rate of descent, but her attempts were futile. Well, of course, if anyone could've done that, most people would be flying in the skies already.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH, what do I do?!"
And that was when she panicked.
~o~O~o~
"Heeeey, waaait. You're walking too fast…" A short, purple-haired girl was running in the woods as she called out to someone.
"You walk too slowly." A girl with raven hair tied in a twin-tail style, said as she let her companion catch up to her. "That's why I said that you should've stayed home and watch the freaking game instead of coming with me."
"Aww, but I really wanted to go with you…"
~o~O~o~
"Hmm? Are those people? Girls? A pair of grilly girls?!" The falling purple-haired girl said as she spotted people from below. "Wow, those previous experiences paid off. I could see them from up here."
Wasn't she just panicking earlier? Now, where did she get those experiences, by the way?
"Or my eyes were just this awesome? Kyaahh! I'm getting hyped…"
That doesn't really matter, really.
"…NOT! I'm falling too fast, and my landing trajectory is…!"
Took her long to notice that. In any way, she doesn't have the power to control her landing, less likely to change the direction of her fall.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYY! MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE!"
~o~O~o~
"…Huh?" A certain short, purple-haired girl wondered for a bit. She could've sworn that she heard a voice from somewhere, but she couldn't pinpoint it out directly.
"What're you spacing out for? I'll leave you behind if you don't hurry up." Her black-haired companion asked her as she stopped on her tracks.
The purple-haired girl then looked above. "Yeaaah, I know, but…"
"But what?"
The purple-haired girl spaced out again for a bit. "Hmmm, uhmmm, well, I wonder… how I should break it to you…"
The black-haired girl sighed.
"Geez, you're not making any sense. Just speak what you have in mind."
"Uhm, well… up in the sky… there's a person…"
The black-haired girl raised an eyebrow. "A person in the sky? I don't get you sometimes." She couldn't get the logic on her companions answer. Any normal person would think that her companion's a little weird if they heard the same thing.
The purple-haired girl continued to stare at the said person in the sky. "Weeell, I think… it's more like… the person is… falling…?"
The black-haired girl narrowed her eyes in disbelief as she stared at her companion. Seriously, anyone would feel that way if someone just told them something about a person falling from the sky. It's something that doesn't happen every day… or even years.
And what's more…
"Uh, what? We're in the middle of nowhere, so how and why someone would be falling from the sky?"
The purple-haired girl didn't say anything for a bit, and then turned to her companion after a short while.
"The thing is… Noire… Well, at this rate… you're, uh…"
Noire raised an eyebrow once again. "I'm…?"
Suddenly…
"MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE!"
"Huh? BLLLARMFFGGHH!"
*LOUD CRASH*
"Oh, wow… what a loud crash…"
Did she just read the bolded text?
"Ouchie… That was one hell of a fall. It could've taken off a few years of my life."
The purple-haired girl, with a long, braided hair, approached the girl who just fell from the sky, in the middle of nowhere.
"Ohh, you're still alive…! Are you okay…?"
"What's up? Oh, and nay, a fall like this is nothing! I've experience worse than this one." The newcomer said as she chuckled. Wow, that fall should've hurt her lots.
The braided purple-haired girl was astonished. "Ohh, a seasoned sky-faller, I see…!" She said in amazement. "But… um, Noire is…"
"Oops! My bad, sorry for freaking you out. I'm Neptune. Nice to meet you~!" Neptune introduced.
The other girl tilted her head in confusion, but realized what she hadn't done yet. "Huh? Oh, yes…! I want to introduce myself too…"
She took a deep breath before speaking.
"I'm Plutia, nice to meet you too…"
"Ohhh, what a nice name! Sounds like a magical girl who loves to eat festival foods, like a takoyaki." Neptune said.
Plutia was confused. "What's a takoyaki…?" She asked. It was an alien word for her.
Neptune's face turned into a horror one, but immediately reverted back to normal. "Uhm, nevermind."
"Plutia, huh? Can I just call you Plutie? Your name has a few more syllables than I could say, hehe."
Doesn't look like there's any difference when writing it in English, though.
"Oh…! Okay…! In that case… can I call you… Neppy…?"
Neptune's eyes sparkled. "Nice one, Plutie! By the way, where are we? I don't remember being in here before."
She just realized that after the fall.
"Here…? This is Planeptune. It was founded just a liiiiiitle while ago…" Plutia said.
Neptune tried to think something about Planeptune.
"Hmmm, that name sounds familiar, but I couldn't remember…" Neptune said as she tried to think more. "Aside from having my name in it… heh."
But, we all know Neptune's not a good thinker. I'm going to hell if she read this.
"Weeeell, it's a new country… and not really popular…"
Neptune gave up on thinking about it. There's no use if she doesn't know a thing.
"Whatever! I'm sure that I'll remember it someday~ Hehe."
They were having fun talking to each other when suddenly, a voice from somewhere spoke, which sounded very, very pissed off. Scratch it, not just pissed off, the voice sounded like it was angry big time.
"How long are you going to chat there while sitting on me?!"
Neptune freaked out and stood up immediately. She just realized that there's a person under her, and she just used her as a cushion. Unintentionally, though. "Holy mother of goddess, someone just sprouted out of the earth! Are the mole people attempting an invasion?!"
Plutia was shocked to hear that comment. "Uh-oh, Noire, you never told me anything about you being a mole person…"
"Because obviously, I'm not one! Did you just forget that I was here?!" Noire said as she stood up and cleaned the dusts off her clothes. She's seriously mad at Neptune and her airhead friend as well.
Plutia laughed nervously. "Oopsies, I'm sorry… I was having fun talking to Neppy…"
She's brutally honest, if I were to say.
"As for YOU!" Noire pointed her finger to Neptune. "Falling out from the sky like that! And what's more, LANDING ON ME! It's ridiculous!"
Neptune freaked out at Noire's sudden call. "Well, yeah. I'm sorry, but it's not like I wanted to fall down on you."
"Yeah? Tell me about it." Noire crossed her arms. She could slit Neptune's throat at any time.
Please don't do that, Noire.
"Well, it's because…"
It was that moment when she just realized something vital.
"Uh, I don't remember…" Neptune said.
Noire almost lost her balance after hearing that answer. "You DON'T remember?! How am I supposed to believe that?"
Neptune laughed nervously. She gotta be honest with herself, it's no laughing matter.
"Uhm, I'm not really referring to my fall…" Neptune said as she scratched her cheek. "I don't remember anything."
Plutia was surprised and worried at the same time. "Eehhh, you lost your memories, Neppy…?"
"Well, something like that. I can't even remember how and why I was falling in the first place." Neptune said.
Noire sighed in disbelief. "Geez, for crying out loud." Noire said. "So, what are we going to do with this amnesiac sky-faller?"
"Hmm…" Plutia closed her eyes for a bit. "Maybe… Histoire can do something about her memory loss…?"
"I agree, that's the best we can do for now." Noire said and sighed once more. "I guess my schedule for today will be called off."
~o~O~o~
After almost an hour of walking, they arrived at Planeptune's Basilicom. There weren't too many staff stationed inside, and the security looks a bit light. Maybe because they rarely have internal issues, who knows.
"Hey, Plutie… What is this place?" Neptune said as she looked around the place. She could see a lot of stuff that most houses or buildings don't have. "This place looks grand."
"Ah… this place…? I live here, Neppy…" Plutia said like it's a matter of fact.
It took ten seconds before Neptune processed what Plutia just said. Well, anyone would definitely have a lag if they experienced something like this as well.
"EHH?! You…?! This is your house?!" Neptune backed away as she couldn't believe what she just heard.
Plutia just nodded innocently.
"You didn't introduce yourself properly, huh, Plutia?" Noire said as she sighed.
Neptune raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean by that, Noire?"
"This place is called a Basilicom. The CPU of the country resides here." Noire explained. "And you might've guessed it already, but I might as well say it."
Noire walked beside Plutia and patted her head. "This is Plutia, the CPU of Planeptune."
"Why don't I feel surprised anymore?" Neptune asked with an awkward face. "I might've seen that coming."
"I'm Planeptune's CPU, Plutia… Nice to meet you…!" Plutia said as she waved her hands up.
"L-Likewise…!" Neptune replied nervously. "So, how about you, Noire? Are you a CPU too?"
Noire shivered from Neptune's question. It's the question that she was hoping not to be asked to her, because it's a secret between her and Plutia only.
Either way, she just looked away from Neptune.
"Heey, Noire… I think… it's okay for Neppy to know it… since we're… friends…" Plutia said with a beaming smile. "Plus… if Neppy gets one too… we can be together forever…!"
Noire's wall crumbled; she got shot right through the heart. She couldn't refuse if Plutia says it like that.
"AAAAAAAAHHHH! Alright! I'll tell you. But first, we have to go see Histoire!" Noire said as she walked to the stairs. "What are you two standing there? Let's go!"
"Yeeeesss…!"
"Aye, Aye, sir!"
Neptune and Plutia followed Noire. They didn't talk about anything, as Noire's really in a bad mood right now, and neither of them want to get her pissed off more than she already do.
After a short while, they stopped in front of a certain room.
"Histoire…?"
Noire opened the door of a certain room, and checked if the person they were looking for is present. Sadly, she got no replies.
"Ah… Histoire is still not here… I wonder where she went off…" Plutia said as she peeped in the room. She then went inside, and sat down on a cushion. "I'm… beat…"
This is Plutia's room, by the way.
"I'm tired!" Neptune said as she sat down beside Plutia. "That fall is seriously painful."
Noire popped a nerve. "That's rich, coming from someone who just used me as a landing pad." She said in an irritated tone. "I should be the one saying that."
"Now, now, don't sweat the small details!" Neptune said.
"You call that a small detail?!" Noire said as she hit Neptune on the head.
"Owieee! You didn't have to hit me!"
"Of course I would, you just-"
In an instant, the room was filled with dread, which made Noire and Neptune frozen on spot.
"H-Hey, what is this c-cold feeling…?" Neptune asked.
Noire couldn't say a single word. Her voice was completely disabled as the shivers in her spine were far stronger than making actions.
"Neppy… Noire…"
Slowly, Noire and Neptune turned to their friend, Plutia, who's already standing, with her head lowered down a bit. She's emitting a seriously dark malice, disconnecting their mind from their body.
"Are you two… having a fight…?"
Plutia then raised her head and stared at them dreadfully.
"Eek…!"
"I… I don't want… my friends… to fight…" Plutia then curled her fists. "If you don't stop fighting now…"
"Eeeek…!" Neptune and Noire's fear grew.
"I might reaaaally get angryyy…"
So, in order to save their lives, Noire braved it up and spoke. "W-W-Wait, t-time out! We're not fighting anymore, right?!" She then turned to Neptune and grabbed her by the shoulders. "See, we're good now!"
"Y-Yeah…! We're bestest of friends! R-Right, Noire?!" Neptune said awkwardly while trying to fight her fear.
"Y-Yeah!"
Afterwards, Plutia beamed a smile. "Oh, okay…! Hehehe…! I like it better…!"
Neptune and Noire sighed in relief. They just dodged one lethal bullet earlier.
"W-What was that cold feeling…? It felt like… a very cold murderous intent…" Neptune whispered to herself.
Noire heard what Neptune just said and brought herself closer to her ear. "I don't care about who you are, but if you value your life, never upset Plutia." She whispered.
"Uh, I have no idea about what you're saying, but that seems to be a good advice." Neptune said nervously.
"I'm happy that you two made up…!" Plutia said as she hugged the two of them. They felt a slight shiver, but they didn't retaliate as they knew that it'll be a bad idea.
A seriously bad idea.
"Oh, and Neppy… you don't remember anything, right…?"
Neptune could only agree. "Uh, at the very least, yeah…" She said dejectedly.
"Well, until you recover your memories, you can stay here…! I'll take gooood care of you…" Plutia said.
"A-Ah, no… I mean, thanks. I appreciate it." Neptune replied. She doesn't have a place to stay anyway. Add that she lost her memories, leaving her outdoors is like throwing a cat in a dog's nest. And, she gotta be careful with her actions as she didn't want to experience that fear again.
Noire didn't seem to agree with Plutia's decision, though.
"Wait, you can't be serious, Plutia. You're letting some weird girl stay here?" Noire objected.
"I'm aaaaalways serious, Noire. Besides, a CPU helps those in need, riiiight…?" Plutia said like it's a basic knowledge.
Well, it is.
"True, but what if she's an underling for the Seven Sages? Doesn't that look like trouble?" Noire said.
Neptune had question marks above her head after hearing their conversation.
"Seven Sages? What are those? Are they chocolates?" Neptune asked.
Plutia swung her head. "Don't worry! Neppy is a good girl." Plutia said.
Noire narrowed her eyes as she stared at Neptune. She didn't seem to be convinced but the answers were already in front of her.
"I guess. For them to hire someone as brain-dead like her, the odds are really low." Noire said.
Neptune ignored Noire's insults.
"Hey, hey, what are those Chocolate Sages? Tell me, tell me!"
"Shut it. I don't feel any obligation to tell you anything." Noire said.
Neptune pouted. "Boo! Why are you so mean, Noire?!"
"I'm not being mean, I'm just being real here." Noire then crossed her arms.
Plutia didn't seem to be pleased with their ramblings. "…Are you two going to fight after allll…?" She asked the two as she frowned.
"Eeek!" They panicked. Of course, they would. Experiencing something deadly just a few minutes ago, nobody would want to feel that the second time for the rest of their lives.
Strange, Neptune could've sworn that she didn't want to experience that thing again.
"N-No! We have no intentions to fight, right?" Noire said and turned to Neptune.
Neptune could only agree. "Y-Yeah! We're friends forever! Lookit how we hug and no cringe!"
Plutia smiled again. Yep, believes too easy.
"Ooh! That's sweet… Hehehe… I misunderstood."
Noire whispered again to Neptune. "I'll say it again. If you were to stay here, never, ever make Plutia angry, you got that?"
"Y-Yeah…" Neptune nodded nervously.
~o~O~o~
"Whoa, blow me a cartridge and be called a 64-pin connector! You call this a game?! It's insanely retro, you guys!" Neptune said as she held on a game cartridge. "Hey, mind if I give this thing a shot? Yeah, of course I can!"
"Power on!" Neptune then pressed the power button. "Whoaaa, blurry and pixelated art! Hahaha, lookit this! Did they create this game in less than five minutes?!"
"This is an embodiment of shovelware!" Neptune said as she laughed.
"Bad Neppy! This game is best played with a friend…" Plutia said as she sat down beside Neptune. "Let's play it together!"
Neptune then grabbed a controller. "Oh my sweet Gamindustri, let's get playing!"
Noire didn't seem to be pleased with their laziness. Another lazybone in Planeptune gives her another headache. "Hey, don't goof off with her now!"
Plutia frowned. "Aww, can't I? Just a liiitle bit…?"
"Yeah, come on, Noire! Just for a little bit! Don't be a spoilsport!" Neptune took Plutia's side.
Well, they're on the same side, to begin with.
"Don't spoilsport me! Do you even understand the situation you're in right now?!"
"Hmm, situation…" Neptune wondered. "I'm in Plutie's Basilicom, with tons of crazy old games, mangas, and…"
"Whatever, given the situation I'm in, I just gotta try 'em out all, right? RIGHT?!" Neptune said without a care.
Noire smiled. "Yeah, you just have to try 'em…"
In an instant, her smile disappeared. "…NOT! Of course, that's not what I'm talking about! You might've families and friends looking out there for you and worried, so do you think you have the luxury to laze around here?"
Neptune's cheerful persona died down. "Yeah… but it's not like I remember them, if I have any…"
Noire felt guilty all of a sudden. "Well, yeah, that's true, but…"
She just touched a very sensitive topic. A topic that Neptune didn't want to talk about.
"Noire… Neppy doesn't recognize anyone aside from us… She can't just trust anyone she doesn't know…" Plutia said. "Eiiiither way, you should be nice to her…"
Noire sighed. "I know, but your intentions of just wanting to hang out with her is far more obvious than you think it wasn't."
"Ehehehe…"
Neptune reverted back to her old self. "Either way, it's pointless to think about things that I don't know, so let's get back to playing!"
"Ah… I want to play as that character, Neppy…!"
And, Noire's tolerance is out.
"Ugh, will you two knock it off already?!" Noire said as she slammed the table.
"Nepu?!"
"Puru?!"
"Plutia, you should be working! What kind of a CPU just lazing here doing games and unproductive things?!"
Plutia's excitement got killed. "Aww, I'm soooooorry…"
Noire then turned to Neptune. "And you! Even if you don't give a crap about getting your memories back, at least, carry your own weight!" Noire said as she pointed her finger to Neptune. "No work, no food. You got that?!"
"Look at this Noire, acting all bossy and getting hot after telling me not to upset Plutia…" Neptune murmured to herself.
Noire leered at Neptune. "Did you say something?"
"Nope! Not a single word." Neptune answered.
~o~O~o~
"Okay, that settles our work for today. Good job, you two." Noire said as they arrived back at the guild, the place where adventurers accept and submit quests.
"Hooray for working hard…!" Plutia said as she waved her arms cheerfully.
Neptune wondered about something for a bit. "Why do I get the feeling that this shouldn't be the work of CPU's?"
"True, quests are normally done by normal citizens to rake up money, for the most part." Noire explained. "Plus, Plutia doesn't know how to do other works except for this, but it's kind of understandable since she's still new to this whole CPU stuff."
"Noire's so niiiiiiice…" Plutia said as she smiled.
Noire narrowed her eyes as she stared at Plutia. She knew that she'd get carried away if she spoiled her too much. Though I don't think it's a bad thing for her, really. Only for Planeptune itself.
"But still, you need to be more competent, otherwise, your people will start doubting your ability." Noire said.
"I retract what I said earlier… you're being strict again…"
After hearing that conversation, Neptune seemed to have a confusion about something related to CPUs. Though she had no memories about them, it was still bugging her mind.
"Excuse me, gals?"
Noire shifted her attention to Neptune. "What's wrong?"
"Is a CPU… something you become? You're not just born one?" Neptune asked.
Noire froze for a bit.
"Ugh, yeah. I was about to talk about it later when Histoire comes, but I guess it's fine." Noire said. "You'll see, I'll become a CPU someday, and make my own nation."
Plutia cheered for her. "Hooraaay, do your best, Noire!"
"Hey, don't be so happy just because you beat me to it first!" Noire said. "You should at least say that you won't lose to me, or else there won't be a competition."
Before Plutia could say anything back, Neptune butted between their conversation, panicking.
"Wait, wait, wait, this is too much!" Neptune cried. "So, you become a CPU? Doesn't it look bad that anyone can just become one?!"
"Of course not, it's not going to be that easy. If it is, then this world would be a warzone." Noire said. "Seriously, what the heck is wrong with you? It's basic knowledge, you know."
Neptune popped a nerve. "You're telling that to someone who just lost her memories."
"Oops, my bad." Noire said sarcastically.
"You did that on purpose, didn't you?! Bully Noire!" Neptune threw a tantrum.
Noire just ignored her.
"Still, I'm curious. How do you become a CPU?" Neptune asked out of curiosity as her tantrum didn't affect anyone. "Does something good come out of it?"
Noire sighed.
"It's a pain, but I'm gonna explain it to you anyway." Noire said with less motivation. "First of all, you need a CPU Memory, which could be found in a Memory Core."
"Ooohh, like a change class items in RPGs! A lame name though." Neptune said. "Are they rare drops?"
"It's beyond rare. Something like Legendary." Noire said. "Only a few Memory Cores exist, and they only produce one CPU memory every couple of centuries."
Neptune was surprised to hear that. Well, no one would find themselves not surprised after learning that interval.
"Centuries? What a crazy lag for a respawn time! Only MMO shut-ins who camp 25/7 a week can get it!" Neptune said.
"How many hours do you have in a day?!" Noire said with irritation, but she composed herself back with a sigh. She couldn't let herself be distressed with Neptune's actions all the time. "The interval is still randomized, so it's not like you can predict the arrival of the next memory."
"Aaaand, there's a Memory Core near this place…!" Plutia reported.
"Man, I bet that there's gotta be an insane fight night before someone could claim it!" Neptune said.
Noire swung her head and sighed in disappointment. "Nobody battles over it. There aren't a lot of people looking for it."
"I stumbled upon mine when I went on a looooovely picnic…" Plutia said.
Neptune sweat dropped. "Eh, it was that easy? Can you please explain it a bit further…?"
Plutia then cleared her throat before telling a story from long time ago. This isn't a fairy tale, okay?
"Weeeell, the weather's really nice that day, so I decided to open my basket by the river…"
Before she could continue her looong story, Noire intervened, with her terribly panicking. It's pretty obvious that things didn't go well that day. At least, for her.
"Hey, wait, don't go that way! Please don't remind me of that day." She said. "The terror that I've felt the first time I saw Plutia activated HDD..."
"Terror, huh?" Neptune smirked.
"Nothing! Forget about it! Let's not stray away from the topic, shall we?" Noire said as she changed the subject back to its original one. "You need the CPU Memory to become a CPU, but that doesn't mean anyone can just become one."
"Only the people born with certain qualities were eligible, so if anyone lacking those qualities tried to use one…"
Neptune paid close attention to Noire. She was about to drop the bomb.
"It's a cliché, old fairy tale, but I've heard that they would become a hideous monster." Noire said.
Didn't I just say that it wasn't a fairy tale?
"Sounds terrifying." Neptune's eyes turned white. "So, in a nutshell, the item is hard to find, and if you get one, there's a chance that you'll get monsterfied?"
"That's some insane risks! Plutie, you do have some guts in you!" Neptune said as she grabbed on Plutia and hugged her tightly.
Plutia smiled awkwardly. "Uh, I didn't intentionally want to… I just thought that it was my rice ball and I aaaate it…"
Neptune back away. "Whoa, that's some crazy clumsiness, I say."
Noire's fear crawled back to her. "What did I say about not reminding me?!"
She then tried to compose herself back. She's kind of losing it when it comes to Plutia's HDD and that day. Well, basically, it's the same thing.
"It is indeed risky, but there's a merit in becoming one." Noire said. "First, you can go and found your own nation."
"Eh, it's not the other way around?" Neptune asked in confusion.
Plutia seemed to have a good idea in her mind. "Oh…! It's like, which came first, the chicken or the egg, riiiiight…?"
"Y-Yeah… something like that." Neptune said awkwardly. "But… it boils down to the same thing, huh?"
"Not to interrupt your philosophical conversation and bad cooking joke, but I'm gonna continue talking." Noire said as she kept herself from being bothered by the two. "Second, you acquire divine powers, which you could use to guide and protect humanity."
"If you do a great job, the people will love you more and have more faith in you, and that will increase your powers drastically."
Neptune nodded. Plutia could just smile at Noire's lecture.
"Well, for the longest time, there was only a single CPU in existence and ruled the only nation around." Noire continued. "It's still okay for those who believes in her, but many disagrees with, and have no faith in this CPU."
"Life outside her territory is pretty hard and nerve-wracking, that's why I want to become a CPU and give those people a new nation to believe in!" Noire said as she puffed her chest out.
"Whoaaa, that's cool, Noire!" Neptune and Plutia synchronically said and clapped together.
"But then, Plutia beat me to it! And she wasn't even trying!" Noire said as she felt disappointed in herself.
"Aww… I already apologized to you a million times…" Plutia frowned.
"Now, now, no reason to cry over a spilled milk." Neptune said. "I think I get the most of it, thanks, Noire~!"
"I don't think I can bother myself with that thing. Hehe…" Neptune said.
Noire sighed again. She sighed a lot, didn't she?
"I must hurry and become a CPU. I wouldn't be able to stand it if I turn into an old hag while Plutia stays young…" Noire said.
Silence.
"…?"
Silence again.
"Wait, wait, wait! Hold your horses!" Neptune said. "Does that mean, Plutia will stay like this, while we grow old?!"
"Of course, that's how the concept of time works." Noire said.
Neptune swung her head crazily. "No, no, no, that won't stand with me! Though I'd pay a million, no, a billion credits to see an old bag Noire, but still, I don't want to find myself in her case!"
"Hey, you're going too far already!" Noire said angrily.
Neptune ignored her.
"That decides it! I'm going to be a CPU as well!" Neptune declared. "I don't want to find myself getting old while Plutia my friend stays young!"
"She ignored me?!" Noire bursts. 'And she didn't include me as a friend…'
Plutia cheered for the two. "Yaaay! I hope the three of us get to become CPUs…!"
"So, if we find a CPU Memory, I call dibs first!" Neptune said as she pointed her finger to Noire, almost like declaring a war against her.
"Hey, who died and decided that you get to get it first?!" Noire objected.
Neptune pouted. "Of course, the Protagonist always gets prioritized! The author agrees as well!"
She doesn't stop, does she?
"You're not making any sense." Noire face palmed. "Whatever, I'm not giving my item to you!"
"Hehehe… I can't wait for the three of us to become CPUs together…!"
So, yeah. There's chappie one. Honestly, I wanted to continue it up to **************** (No spoilers, hehehe), but I'm not a fan of writing 10k+ words (I rarely do it, and if I do, it's gotta be the epilogue or before that).
I'll try to lessen the jokes in the future. I know that my jokes are bad, kek.
And, some people might've guessed it already, but I'm gonna say it anyway. I somewhat set the setting of the first game/Rebirth 1 in Ultradimension, with upcoming plot twists, of course! Stay tuned~
Leave your reviews/comments/suggestions/violent reactions! It helps a lot on improving my writing :)
Alright guys, that's it for me for now. See ya~!