Lisa Frank 420, Modern Computer
Chapter 2 : 'cuz you don't say yes...
The Planeptune sisters had no slightest idea what kind of place would await, upon leaping towards the portal. What came before their eyes were something unbeknownst.
A vast expanse of beachy region laid underneath pink-simmered skies, blanketed by sweet-looking cotton candy clouds. The skies formed a gradient; a darker shade of pink the further up you stared. It reflected a tinge of darkened pink upon the light-bluish ocean.
The ground they stood were the usual pale yellow sandy beach, with a solitary palm tree growing diagonally against a rock. Before it, vast expanse of ocean with no ends beside a shade of what sky laid.
Ocean waves gently rolled towards the beach from afar, as if welcoming the visitors. Yet, there were no signs of monsters in sight; the subtle swaying of the palm tree as breeze flew past sent shivers toward the sisters.
When the sisters observed a part of the obscured cloud, the sunlight hit them straight in the face; both girls shut their eyes in reflex. Yet, the moment their eyes re-opened, clouds obscured it once more.
As the sisters' move, they saw their own opaque reflection for a moment, instead of a simple blur. Neptune had a bit of fun walking around and turning back to see the mirage for split second before it dissipated.
'I wonder if I should brought my own swimsuit.' thought Neptune
"Sis, we're not here for a vacation." Nepgear frowned, she were out lugging the N-labeled cute toolbox, heaving and panting a bit and her cheeks glint a rosy red.
Glancing at her baby sister, Neptune felt the urge to let out a nosebleed.
This place were quite similar to the R-18 Isle beach, if not for the surreal sky.
Thinking 'bout it again, this place were so empty; a bit too boring to even try incestuous stuff.
To the front, the horizons expand without end; to the sides, there were unending sight of beaches. The only vegetation present were this conspicuous palm tree.
Was there anything special about it?
Neptune braced herself forward, still wearing his usual hoodie shirt. It might got her in the mood to pose around if she were in that cute sunflowery swimsuit.
Nepgear felt a tinge of jealousy as her beloved sister began to lust over some tree which couldn't even stood erect.
"Sis wait a minute...err...wouldn't it be advisable to look at our back?"
"Already did. There was nothing beside the portal." Neptune quickly replied, still running happily towards the tree.
"Ah..."
Nepgear felt she was getting slapped in the face for looking down on her sis a bit there. For a moment she totally thought this damned cinnamon roll were just playing around.
"Was there anything you notice about this...tree, sis?"
Neptune went all silent and ran all the way, which urged the lilac sister to pick up the pace until both of them rested atop the outlying rock, beneath the tree.
"It's just a palm tree, what do you expect?"
"Er, sis. What I was implying there-"
"Yep, this tree were exactly a trigger. Now get ready."
Nepgear felt like checking her IQ, had it been going down lately? Or was her ditz sister actually very clever? She thought again, all of it had nothing to do with IQ after all.
'Similar to sis, I probably didn't have that much of common sense.'
Right before the said enemies appear, Neptune brandished the wooden desk table and transformed into Purple Heart, wearing the same usual latex bodysuit which showed her cleavage, making Nepgear let out apparent blush. Those elegant, long twin braids which flutter around the wind and most importantly, there was the same purple greatsword with Planeptune's crest in it.
Nepgear got the gist of what's happening; Neptune went into HDD to offset her weapon's reach disadvantage.
As the HDD form activate, no matter the weapon, they would be replaced with the HDD's default.
Nepgear's HDD Gunblade also had quite the long reach plus a projectile mode and it had the ability to punish enemy through infinite air combos, while Purple Heart could stunlock the enemy as long she could keep hitting her slashes.
The thing Nepgear were concerned about was:
"Sis, how come you're able to transform? I couldn't feel even a bit of Share Energy in here."
"Didn't I tell you before? Shares were basically the power of belief. Most important of all, was to believe in yourself; that was exactly why I could become strong even though our shares were low."
The lilac sister thought, that was so like her big sis to be so self-confident; it was even more apparent while she's Purple Heart.
'Our low shares weren't exactly one we should be proud about though...' Nepgear felt like crying at such thought.
"...what if I didn't have much faith in myself?" the lilac sister knew she could be strong, sometimes, but her strength weren't something she held confidence in.
Whether it was the power of love, friendship or Yuri, she always thought her power-ups were due to external factor.
There were always a time she wanted to rely on Neptune, but the lilac girl always seem to fool around, leaving her to hold the fort alone. She didn't have much confidence on solving things on her own.
"Just believe in me who believes in you. Waste no time since the baddies are coming."
It's due to Neptune's approval, she could finally let loose of her limits.
She thought in her mind, even if I screw up, my big sis would always cover for me.
"I will do my best."
As Purple Heart smiled, Nepgear felt the surge of overwhelming power coarsing through her body. It enveloped her entire being in a comfortable light-before she knew it, the same sensation of donning a different set of skin—her transformation mode-were now up.
At the same moment, like they were waiting for the sisters to finish their transformation, the enemies came swarming in.
The floating VHS tapes, Vinyls, Tape Recorders, CRT TV's, Golden Age Computers, Arcade Machines—all stuff that went all retro basically, came cruising in. There were also some stray checkered pillar and Roman statues mixed in.
...yet, in the onslaught of the sisters, they end up being the same mobs as usual.
"Nep Jr, cover my back!"
"Yes!"
As expected, since they were just using mere wooden desk tables and the modified version of it as a Base Weapon, their attack value were extremely low. Even if Nepgear lugged the toolbox, since her default weapon were the wooden lightsaber, only the makeshift weapon's value were accounted.
Some of the enemies didn't even receive any damage but under the force of the sisters' attacks, they couldn't even move at all.
Both of the girls in HDD form had high attack speed and their range were quite wide, able to disable the entirety of enemies coming their way. During the entire duration, the whole swarm enemies got locked down from the sisters' crowd control.
By continuously smacking, they could keep their HDD form forever and occasionally use their special skills. It was also great the enemies didn't keep appearing.
As the time went by, the damage numbers kept piling up. As the notification of [Parts Break] kept popping and those which originally receive zero damage start getting the part of the punishment. Some of the more brittle baddies succumbed and turned into particles of light.
"Neptune Break!"
"Celestial Severance!"
In the time the sisters manage to unleash their ultimate moves, the ones left, as expected, were the Roman statues.
Only after getting hit by two more of these ultimate moves earlier, these impretinent mob finally succumbed, joining their buddies in the realm of particles.
As the statues died, the same singing voice the sisters heard from the Mac Plus came out.
"I don't understand..."
"...cuz you don't say yes."
Nepgear thought, hey the order of lyrics were quite different—was there some meaning on beating up all the Roman statues? Though right now her body were too damn tired to think clearly.
Both Neptune and Nepgear felt terribly exhausted; their hands felt like giving up the energy and nearly dropped the trusty blade they're using. Their breaths heavy; Nepgear herself inhaled and exhaled in long durations and her sight went full disarray.
It might be thousands of times they were slashing the enemies, with no signs of going down anytime soon.
"Hufff...sis...they're very tough..."
"Haaaa...haa...they put up a good fight."
Note that both of them in HDD form hadn't even received a single bit of damage, otherwise their clothes would tear apart and it'd be very distracting if that happened. Especially since both had 'special' feelings for each other, despite being sisters.
They had to make sure no enemies slip past their range of slash to avoid this happen. The girls were fortunate none of the enemies were air-based and use projectiles; they all stupidly clumped nearby, making them easy targets of continuous beating.
Going back under the Palm Tree, they deactivated their HDD form and went for a bit of rest.
"I should've brought a pudding at least. I'm so hungry, I wanna eat something sweet."
"Maybe we should forget 'bout it and focus on quickly clearing this place out, sis."
"Yep, the faster I eat pudding, the better."
As the sisters relax about, their eyes took notice of all the earlier scenery. There's still the same ol' beach with waves coming towards them; the pink skies with endless horizons; the boundless beach of pale yellow sands.
Earlier, observing a peculiar side with the portal, there's only the fake reflection of endless beach, but it's actually an invisible wall, which the sisters figure out as they fought. The monsters also didn't enter the portal at all.
Now, there weren't just a portal present. A gap opened behind it, revealing a pink-colored movie theater with a retro design.
"I didn't feel good about this. Should we go back, sis?"
"Nah, I don't want to risk triggering the monsters again if we went back and forth. I was afraid, even if it's just one of us who went back, the gap would close and we had to painstakingly fight once more."
"I didn't expect you to worry so much."
"It'd be more of a wonder if I were so carefree. Besides, weren't you the one who knew best how I hate doing unnecessary work?"
"Ah right." Nepgear realized something as she collected the monster drops, "Speaking of doing more efficient work, we need to upgrade our gears right away."
"Can you do that?"
Taking out her toolbox and pulling out the materials, the lilac sister went to work right away.
Meanwhile, Neptune also felt elated when the monsters also dropped food items. She snacked for a bit until she were just decently full and gave the remainder to Nepgear, but the girl didn't even seem to notice her.
As the result, the lilac girl went full boredom, she slept beneath the same palm tree.
She once had qualms about the monsters attacking, but she trusted her battle instincts. The moment those buggers were out to bother her baby sister, she'd be the one to deliver the worst punishment they would ever experience.
Hours passed just like that, and their new gears were done.
[1x 80's Funky Sword acquired!]
[1x Retro Lightsaber acquired!]
[2x Pink Flamingo Bracelet acquired!]
Looking at the attributes, the Lilac Sister were very satisfied. With troubles also came its spoils.
It was still very inferior to their ultimate weapon and armor, but the stats itself were godlike compared to the makeshift one the sisters wield earlier.
The lilac sister lamented the fact, when she was out forging, all the materials were left in her workshop and none of the reserves in her bedroom, else the enemies wouldn't be as tough.
..but she also realize, it's not good to rely on your gears too much. When there's a moment you got screwed up, if you couldn't even improvise, it'd be all over.
The sunlight sky turned darker and seeing her big sister's sleeping face made her feel at ease.
'Maybe I should also rest for a bit.'
Hours passed once more and there were no signs of monsters regenerating at all.
"Nep Jr...hey, Nep Jr..."
There were the sounds of crackling fire, accompanied by a delicious scent.
Unbeknownst to the lilac sisterr, Neptune had used her tools to make a portable stove.
Seeing what was being cooked, however, made Nepgear lost all appetite.
"I'm not eating a Cassette Tape spaghetti..."
"This isn't like you to complain 'bout food."
In the end, the sisters ate merrily, since they were preparing for a potential big fight. Nepgear lost all restraint because the cassette tape actually taste like spaghetti. She just had to close her eyes while imagining something else.
Like Mom's Spaghetti.
Cleaning up their tools, the sisters continued their journey.
Even if it's just for a bit, Nepgear felt well-rested already while Neptune seem to be in a case of severe boredom, the lilac girl end up sprinting all the way towards the pink movie theater.
...along the way, her stomach went all funny—she vomited.
"Please don't run right after you ate sis..."
The sisters took their pace and it didn't take that long for them to arrive.
Inside this theater, they would try uncovering whatever secrets this place held.
Changelog:
Edited the story a bit (just sentence structures, no plot changes), sorry for the writing once more.