Chapter Two: The mind of three voices.
(Words in parentheses are Liam's thoughts.)
After probably surviving the fall Liam wakes to a black void. There was nothing but darkness in all directions but he can see himself clear as day. He rubbed his side, sore from the beating previous.
"Well, that went well." He mumbled into the black.
(Well if you stop asking stupid questions you wouldn't be in this situation.) [Personally, I think that went well.] His own voice rumbled in his head, but deeper and gravelly.
{Could be worse, could be dead.} A more elegant voice rings out with a matter of fact tone.
(I'm sorry, but do I have voices in my head now.)
[{Why, yes you do.}]
(D-Did you both just talk?)
{At the same time, yeah. Ain't that cool or what.} (Why do I have voices in my head!)
{Hold on let me explain.} [No no, let me explain!] The two vied for attention as Liam mentality shouts over them.
(One at a time, please! First, you need names.)
...
{[Names?]}
(So I can tell you two apart, you sound damn near the same.)
{But the readers can already tell us apart.}
[Readers?]
{Oh yeah, that's only a me and Liam thing, right.}
(Ok. First, the rough one.) [Me?] (Yeah you, your name is now. William.) The newly named William repeated his name and grunted in approval. [William. I like it.]
{Ok, what's my name?} (Well, let me think.) ...
[Leo! Let's name him Leo.] Leo was silent as he tried to think of other names, but came up short.
{I like it. Not bad.} (Sweet. Now that's out of the way let's get to business. First, who or what exactly are you two?)
[I'm the voice in your head that developed after you arrived in this place. Not the place we are now mind, the place with the floating islands.] (Gamindustri?) [Sure, that.] Leo interrupts them by clearing his throat.
{Allow me to introduce myself. I am the voice of author.} (Author? Of what story?) {Why your biography/fanfiction of course!} Leo states proudly. {If not me, then who else will keep track of all of the flirting and innuendos you miss.} (Hey!)
[May I ask a fucking question?! Where are we?]
{I don't know the name but we are about to meet an important character in the story so pay attention.}
([Great!])
"Ok, alright, ohhhhh-kay then." With great effort and pain he pushed himself up and looked around. Still nothing but void.
(Not the most interesting thing in the world is it.) [Hold it! I think I hear something.]
They strained to hear a faint voice in the dark.
(Can anyone make that out?) [{Nope}] (Damn) [I say take a look.] {I agree.} (What is this democracy shit, I do what I want.)
Liam stumbled towards the source of the voice and soon found a little girl, couldn't be more than sixteen, distinct lilac colored hair with two white d-pad accessories struck out alongside her white and purple hoodie. She either had a distinct lack of pants or just very short ones. She seems to be talking to herself.
[I think you would get along with her if she's talking to herself.] (Shut up Will.) Liam snapped. [I mean, am I wrong?]
He didn't have anything to counter that.
"Excuse me! Hi! Do you know where I am?" As he approached, the significant size difference between the two of them was staggering. He had to squat down onto his feet in order to be at her eye level. Yet, despite this, the girl smiled brightly at her new companion. "Nope, I was going to ask you that."
"Well then," he recoiled, "that's a shame. The name's Liam Enderson, what's yours." He looked about briefly to see if she knew something he didn't, then looked back at her. "The name's Neptune. The heroine of… Hey, you look familiar, have we met before?" She looked him up and down, something at the tip of her tongue.
"No, I would remember someone with hair as distinct as yours. Not in a bad way mind. I just don't know anyone else with that hair color." He reflected, knowing full well who she was but for the sake of storyline, he kept silent.
(I like it.) [You just meet her and you already have a crush on her, really?] (N-No, I think it works well with her clothes.) [Buuuullllllllllshit.] William teased. {Come now girls, it's rude to talk about someone in front of them.}
"Are you having a conversation with voices in your head right now?" She interrupts their train of thought. "No why would you think that?" [I think she can hear us.] {No she can simply break the fourth wall along with me and you.} (Well shut up then.)
"Riiiight…"Neptune looks at him in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, have you been waiting long." A female voice asks from out of literally nowhere. "Hey, a voice! Who are you? Wait! Did our souls go to heaven?!" Neptune in a rapid flurry of questions, disregarding the statements before.
"I doubt I would be here if this was heaven, it's far too dark looking to be heaven, and I haven't…" Liam recalls the events that happened on the island.
"Actually, I think we are dead. Me at the very least." Liam rubs his chin, he's growing some stubble. "What?!" Neptune begins to panic.
"Please calm down, you two are merely unconscious. Which is surprising considering you both fell when Celestia was at its farthest from Planeptune." The voice calmly responds, the last part striking Liam's memory a bit. He remembers that Celestia was the birthplace of the CPUs and that he was interrupting their 'console wars'.
"I am Histoire, a tome." The voice dubbed Histoire continues, "I record the history of Gamindustri with the goddesses and now I seek a favor from you, Neptune." Liam tried to listen, but it was beginning to be difficult to hear her due to some sort of radio static from Neptune. "Sorry, what did you say there's a lot of noise from my side!" Neptune shouted as she started to glow. "Please, Neptune lend me your powers. Please st £…" The noise was deafening, Liam can no longer hear Histoire over it. Then Neptune simply vanished along with the noise, but now it was coming from him, luckily much quieter than it was with before.
"So I guess it's my turn now?" He turned around uselessly. "It seems so, now to answer your question."
([{Thank god}])
Histoire explained the four nations of Gamindustri and their respective goddesses to Liam. While most of it was already know to him, it was a good refresher.
"Okay, this sounds like nothing from where I come from, but I understand." He nodded. "Well, I know now that you're not from Gamindustri or Celestia, but the only problem with that is where are you actually from?" Histoire retorted.
[Finally, The tables have turned. Go Liam and press our advantage!]
(What's up with you?) {Probably bored from all of the talking and the significant lack of combat considering we're in a game where combat plays a large part of said game.}
(That make sense, but an even bigger part of it is the story, right?)
{...} [I don't know, but if it's more fan service and combat then it's alright with me! All the things we like.]
(He's not completely wrong.) {Story, remember.} (Right.)
"I may consider it, but first, what was that whole thing with Neptune?"
"I do not understand."
"The 'Lend me your powers' thing."
"Ah that, I am currently imprisoned here and in order to free me you will need to gather four key fragments from the four nations, but the one who trapped me here will try to stop you and steal the goddesses powers for herself." Histoire explains
"So who is this woman, why is she trying to steal the goddess's power, and why are you locked up in the first place?" "The woman's name is Arfoire, she locked me up so I couldn't warn the goddesses of her plans."
"Let me guess, she's trying to take over the world." Liam sighed.
"Well I don't know the specifics, but most likely, yes."
(What else do you need a goddesses power for, making friends?)
"Alright well, how the hell do I get out If this place?" Liam ask concerned, was he trapped here too?
"Wake up."
"Pardon?"
Before he could process what she said, his body collapsed and awakens from his slumber.
Thank you for reading my second chapter
