"Hmm...,"
A figure was sitting in front of a large control panel, staring at the many holographic screens. The dark room only illuminated by the screens.
The control panel had an arch form to it, the screens floated a few inches above the desktop.
Each screen showed a different view,
The outer screens showed various stats and points with information.
But the more interesting ones where collected in the middle, each of them showed a different person, to be more specific, the figureheads of each landmass and a few other important persons.
Neptune, Nepgear, Histoire, Noire, Uni, Blanc, Rom, Ram, Vert, IF, Compa and Plutia.
The figure smiled, "They are perfect, I just need them in one place...,"
Just then, the mechanical doors opened, a single person walked in.
"Sir, we have located the targets, the units are in place. We await your next command."
The figure in the chair turned around, facing his subordinate, "Alright then, subdue the targets and bring them over here."
"Yes, Sir!" The soldier saluted, turning around he stepped through the door.
The figure in the chair turned around again, watching the people on the screen.
"Soon..., soon all of you are within my grasp...,"
It was just another night, the streets were quite, and shops were closed.
The lights in the park around Neptower illuminated the building.
The residents below would never know of the events that were about to happening inside the tower...
Planeptune's appearance is that of a futuristic nation filled with towering skyscrapers and futuristic like building structures. It looks like the nation with the most advanced technology in all of Gamindustri. A noticeable structure on Planeptune is the Neptower, the largest tower in the capital, which is clearly visible from anywhere in the city.
In here resides the CPU of the nation, Purple Heart together with her little sister, conveniently named, Purple Sister and of course their Oracle, Histoire.
/Planeptune's Basilicom - Residential floor\
There was a small group of people dressed in black, their leader spoke up.
"Alright men, the objective is to find the targets, subdue them and bring the back to base."
"Suppress any interference, make sure to leave no trace of our presence and stay with the group."
"Yes, Sir." The group quietly voiced their affirmation, as they began moving towards the bedrooms.
A stray staff member of the Basilicom "Urm, who are you people! indentifi-!" A muffled gunshot cut him of in the middle of his sentence.
The staff member slumped to the ground, hitting the floor with a thud. "Should we leave him here?" The gunner questioned.
"We have no time to worry about casualties, he needed to be taken down," the squad leader replied.
"Let's move on for now, we have more important matters to handle."
Approaching the rooms the Leaders of the Landmass resided, the small group stopped,
"Alright, we approached the rooms, we split up, 2 members per target, I'll handle the Oracle."
The group split up like the leader commanded, the hall way was lined with 4 doors in each wall, the first two on the left hand side, were of the CPU and the Candidate, while the room opposite of the Candidate was of the Oracle.
With the members in position, they entered the rooms.
/Neptune's room\
The goddess of Planeptune lay in her bed, snoring while mumbling about pudding.
The intruders walked to the sides of her bed.
"Do we need to use the sleeping gas?"
"Don't think so..., it doesn't look like she will be waking up soon." They grabbed her, putting special bracelets and anklets on her.
"That was easy." The left soldier spoke. "Now we just need to carry her out of here." The right one replied, grabbing Neptune by her legs.
/Nepgear's room\
Getting Nepgear however wasn't as easy.
"WHAT THE GOODNESS ARE YOU PEOP-MHHMHH?!" The soldiers were trying to tie up Nepgear, she was struggling.
"Hold still! You're coming with us." The other soldier forcefully put a mask on Nepgear, opening the gas faucet.
"MHMHMHMHMhm…hm…" With the gas taking effect, Nepgear's struggling slowed to a stop.
"Alright, we have the Candidate, now we have to wait for the others to finish up." They grabbed Nepgear equipping her with the same bracelets and anklets as they used on Neptune and carried her out of the room.
Back in the hallway the members met each other again, the group of intruders met up.
"Command, we confirm the successful capture of the CPU, the Candidate and their Oracle," The squad leader spoke, raising the cage Histoire was locked up in.
"To think that I would get captured inside a bird cage..., I have never been disgraced in such a degrading manor…"
Inside the black room with the screens, the mysterious figure spoke.
"Good work..., I'm very pleased with the results…"
"Thank you Sir."
"Now, the other squads need to report their progress..., speaking of the devil…"
Just then two other screens opened, showing the leaders of team Green and Black.
"Green squad reporting Sir, we have captured our target, she fell asleep while she was gaming,"
"What about the Oracle?"
"She was sprawled on the floor outside the targets room."
"Black squad?"
"Our targets were too stubborn to escape, the sleeping gas made them easy targets."
"Heh, that is what I like to hear..., Purple, Green and Black, return to base immediately."
"Yes, Sir!"
Then the three screens shut of, the last on was supposed to be for the leader of the White squad…
"I guess I have to call them myself…"
The figure pointed at the screen, initiating the call.
The screen lid up as the leader of the White squad picked up.
"Apologies for my rudeness Sir, but your timing couldn't be worse…"
The figure frowned at the words of the Squad leader, both offended and unpleasantly surprised.
"What is happening over there...?"
"We managed to capture the Candidates, but while trying to capture the CPU, we found out she is a surprisingly light sleeper…hmmm?!
HIT THE DECK!"
Just after that sentence, a loud explosion interrupted the radio signal.
"Leader White? Leader White?! Report the situation?!"
No use, the line was nothing but static now…
/Lowee's Basillicom – Northwestern area\
The castle had suffered severe damage, holes in the wall, cracked floors, and support pillars chopped in half.
Interestingly, the White Goddess herself did most of the damage…
Hiding behind the corners at a "T" splitting, the squad members carefully peered in to the long hallway; a huge dust cloud obscured their sight…
"We need to get out of here, fast." One of the members said.
"Don't you think we know that?!" Another one loudly whispered.
"But we still have to capture the CPU."
"And how are we going to do that? She'll kill us on sight!"
Suddenly a high whistle-like sound reverberated through the hallway.
"SHIT! MOVE!"
Out of the dust cloud flew a giant white axe, barely missing the soldier on the left, embedding itself in the wall.
"Aaaand we are screwed..."
A figure stepped out of the disappearing cloud, her face shrouded in shadow.
Almost like flipping a light switch, her left eye lit up red.
"Which one of you assholes wants to die next...?"
The axe in the wall dematerialized and rematerialized in her hand.
"This isn't good…"
/Dark room - Location unknown\
The figure watched the captive girls struggle in their seats; black ropes that glowed with a faint red aura bound them.
"I swear I will kill the person responsible for all of this." Said a certain raven haired Tsundere.
"I'll help you with that, I'll make sure that bastard meets the flames of hell." Responded the brunette guild agent.
"Maybe if you girls stopped struggling and making a ruckus I could explain what is going on here."
They turned towards the source of the voice, several lights behind the figure lit up, leaving the girls with only a silhouette.
"Before you all start yelling, insulting and stuff, I want to say that I mean no harm."
"YOU FRICKING BOUND US, YOU DIPSHIT!" I'm pretty sure you can guess who said this.
"True, I did this to prevent you girls from killing me on first sight."
"And what made you think we won't kill you for doing this to us!?" Noire yelled than started struggling again.
"Damnit, what is this stuff made of anyway!?"
"Oh, that's simple," The figure held up a small red cross.
"Anti-Crystal!?" The group yelled.
"I knew that the rope itself would be strong enough to bind the Makers, but for the CPU's, it needed something extra."
"Are you CRAZY? Do you know how dangerous that stuff is!?"
"Yeah, that's why I only used a little of that stuff, but that is enough banter, it's time I tell you girls why I have you brought her."
The lights behind the figure turned off, then the general light of the room lit up.
The room looked like a huge talk show studio, with rows of seats, an elevated stage and a wall with a large window looking over the skyline of Planeptune. A figure walked onto the stage and stopped in front of the girls.
"But before all of that, I reveal who I truly am…" The figure grabbed his cloak and threw it away with a swift swing.
It revealed a tall dark skinned guy. He had short black hair, black eyes and transparent framed glasses.
His attire consists of a white shirt covered over by a black jacket with white lining and red stripes going on both sleeves.
He wears slightly baggy red pants with several pockets on both pant legs along with matching sneakers with the base color of black but are red on the bottom.
A collective gasp followed by silence and then black stares.
"Hey Iffy, do we know this guy?" The purple protagonist questioned the brunette guild agent.
The purple protag turned towards the others, only to meet with confused glazes.
Chuckling came from the only guy in the room.
"Of course nobody knows me, I haven't revealed myself to anyone until now, anyway my name is Acell Neo Star but just call me Acell."
"Uh, Mister Acell, would you mind telling us we are here, please."
"Oh, yeah, almost forgot that, thanks Compa." She smiled at the little thanks.
"The reason you all are here is that the TV stations of Gamindustri suck." Acell deadpanned, If the girls weren't bound there would be a lot of palms meeting faces in the previous few seconds.
"That is the reason you have abducted us!?" The guild agent yelled.
"Indeed," Acell nodded.
The more irate girls in the group shot him a nasty glare.
"But I did it for a good reason, the residents of Gamindustri deserve a good from of entertainment and this show is going to be what they need!"
"Show? What show?" The Tome Fairy finally spoke up.
"Excellent question Histoire, what is a better form of entertainment then watching the Goddesses the citizens endear so much? Interlacement with them of course!" Acell sharply pointed at Histoire.
"To simplify it, people who watch the show send their questions and you guys answer them."
"You can't force us to do that!" The Mini-Tsundere of the group yelled.
"I never said I was going to force anyone, the only reason you guys are here is because it would be easier to talk to you all at once." Acell replied.
"So could you please let us go then?" The purple candidate asked.
"Not yet, I want to make a bet, your freedom to go versus participation in my show."
"A bet?"
Acell pointed to the wall on his left.
"Simply smash trough that wall and I let you all go but the catch is that only one of you can do that and it's need to be in one hit."
The girls looked at each other and then focused on Blanc,
"Wha? Why is everyone looking at me for?"
"Well, when it comes down to physical strength you are the strongest." Noire spoke in a deadpan tone, she regretted saying that but getting out of here was top priority.
"Blanc it's going to be." The rope around Blanc loosened up, allowing her to move her arms. Looked at the wall,
"One hit huh," She started glowing. Blanc's hair turned light blue colored and remained the same shape but has become messier with very long strands on the sides of her head, almost reaching her stomach. Also, gaining a cowlick. Her eyes turned pink-red in color, while her outfit resembles a white bathing suit with unattached sleeves. In her hands materialized a white axe twice her body length
"Alright Blanc show me what you can do."
"Oh, I'll show you, THAT YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG GODDESS!" She flew at Acell.
"Wait! That wasn't a part of the-!"
Blanc literally cut him of by slashing him trough the stomach.
Another collective gasp.
Mid his backwards tumble, Acell bursted into blue transparent hexagons.
White Heart hoisted the Axe on her shoulder "Hmpf, that was unexpected but at least he won't bother us anymore."
"You barbarically cleaved the man in two, you realized that you just killed an innocent man don't you?" Vert spoke getting up from her seat.
"Yeaaah, that was veeeeery rude of you Blanny…" The alternate CPU of Planeptune said.
White Heart turned around to face the group. "Pff, I don't care, he shouldn't have kidnapped us in the first place. He had that coming."
Truth, they were free now, but did it have to go like this?
"… I'm afraid that you girls won't be going anywhere anytime soon…" Everyone froze after hearing that voice.
White Heart turned around again; standing in front of her was the man that just exploded into a thousand pieces.
"The…hell...? Didn't you just explode into pieces?"
"Not only did you break the bet, you also tried to kill me…" Acell completely ignored the question "There has to be some retribution for that…"
"Like hell I'll pay you anything! I'll cut you down until you finally die for good!"
"How sad, I didn't want to do this but if you want to use force then I going to have do the same…"
This was the signal for the rest of the girls to raise their weapons.
Acell raised his arm. Panels in the stage open, black ropes shot out.
"AAH NOO, We aren't even one episode in and there is going to be fanservice!"
A silence fell, the thick tension was gone by now, no one either had or wanted to make a comment.
"Aaaanyway…, ignoring that little comment, you girls have fun now." He turned around again.
The ropes shot out towards the girls. Aiming to bind them around their arms and legs.
They started attacking back, defending themselves, which was futile they had to fight in such close vicinity.
"Get away!" "NOOO, DON'T GO THERE!" "AAGH, YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!"
They were back in their seats, their arms bound next to their bodies.
"Finally, I can make the announcement Gamindustri has been waiting for."
"You'll never get away with this! We will escape! Gamindustri will be free again before you know it!" The Purple Goddess was dramatically rambling.
"Shut up! Enough of the banter, I just want to announce this and prepare for the next episode!" The Host(?) yelled. "Are we ready yet!?"
The camera rose up from an open panel. "Lights!" The studio went dark again.
"Action…" The host whispered.
All over Gamindustri television signals were interrupted, huge screens on big squares. Every form of wireless video streaming was interrupted, showing nothing but black screens.
"Dear citizens of Gamindustri…., I have successfully captured some of the most important and most recognized characters of your world." The lights when on again showing the girls sitting on stage.
People watched with horror, was this the beginning of a new crisis for Gamindustri?! With their Goddesses captured, who was going to save them now?!
"Please citizens of Gamindustri, there is no need for fear, I do not plan on harming them. I'm just here to bring everyone closer to their goddesses. How? Its quite simple actually, every felt like you worshipers of the Goddesses weren't close enough to them? Ever had questions for them that couldn't be answered? Or simply wanted to see more of your Goddesses because of their rare public appearances? This program will change that."
"What is he planning…?" The Black Goddess thought. "What is that dummy thinking he is doing?" Were the thoughts of the louder side of the Lowee twins. "Darn, I would really like some pudding right now..." ... Would I kill you not to think about pudding every 5 minutes!?
"Send in anything you want! Requests, questions, presents, anything is allowed." Acell smiled into the camera.
"So before you send in anything, there are a few things that have to be said;
No M-Rated content, I want to keep this open to as much as audience as possible.
If you send something from the Internep, please make sure that it's easily findable.
I can't guaranty that what every send will be used in the next episode, but I'll make sure that it will be in the next one.
Now, that should be everything I wanted to say" Acell took a moment to breath,
"Do you girls want to say to the people home?" The camera turned, focusing on the girls behind him.
The girls were holding little signs that wrote various things like; "Help." "Save us." And "Send pudding!" Wait, what did that last one say?
A hand covered the lens, forcefully turning the camera back to Acell. He wore a pretty fake smile by now.
"Anyway, this program, The Neptunia Talkshow, will be send out on 5 channels, yes 5! Nepstation, Lowee TV, Lastation Network, Leanbox Live and the Ultradimensions own version of Nepstation, we are leaving no dimension without the chance to watch this insightful program!"
One could only imagine what will happen next…
"So if you are watching this, start sending in, fill up that inbox and let's have a long and enjoyable 1st episode, goodbye!"
The camera zoomed out, slowly turning into a black screen.