"Nepu!" Whatever was going on was certainly beyond Neptune's comprehension. One minute she was fighting a gothic granny witch, the next she finds herself bouncing around a bunch of squishy thing, and liquids and not to mention the funny smell. Just where in the name of pudding was she anyway? For what seemed like hours equated to minutes of falling rapidly down bouncing back and forth only to faceplant into a liquid even thicker and slimier than what had already covered her body and soaked her clothes inside-out. "Nepu…"
Just how does a day at the park turn into random fanservice? Well the only possible answer to that is Neptune magic… It's the best kind of magic, now if only it wasn't so darn unpredictable. "Wait, where's Jr?" Instantly her thoughts shifted to her little sister, who had disappeared off somewhere. "Hm…" Looking to a small passageway ahead, Neptune slightly tilted her head, what was the pungent smell? She quickly pulled her undershirt up, covering her nose with it. "It stinks…"
"HEY LEMME GO!" However, Neptune's attention was caught by the sound of a damsel(?) in distress. It was kind of hard to tell, whatever was shouting sounded kind of muffled, almost like it was caught in something. "NOW! RELEASE ME!"
Springing into action, the CPU made her way down the passageway, leaping over conveniently placed platforms that lead to both a floating block (though it wasn't hidden which took the fun out of finding them) and a ledge leading to another room of some sort.
"RRGH! NOT how you treat a lady!" The voice was coming from a small yellow-ish round floating… Just what was this thing? It didn't look like a monster, but then again, Neptune had fought with monsters that looked like stick figures riding paper airplanes so she couldn't be too sure. "YAH! QUIT IT! That… tickles!"
Well whatever the heck that yellow floating… Ball thingie was, Neptune couldn't ignore someone in trouble, so she took a few steps back to get a running start. "Alright legs, don't fail me now." And so, the CPU went into a mad dash and leapt, dynamically of course, and landed on the platform right beneath the yellow ball lady thing. She launched herself up again, hoping to touch the ball thingie. Upon failing, she let off a soft sigh, looking around the area. "What the heck are those?"
The CPU's eyes trailed downwards to find some sort of pipe(?) which protruded from the ground. Knowing video game logic, the protagonist would have to jump down those. "Like a Kangaroo… JUMP!" Neptune soon found herself falling into the odd pipe and subsequently fired upwards into one of the weird floating blocks. Needless to say, Neptune was glad she had a thick skull, (or so she's been told), as she was able to get off without a scratch… Just how thick was her head… Oh well.
As soon as her head made contact with the block, another pipe popped up from the opposite side of the room. Going with video game logic again, tedious repetition was always meant for progression… Right? Repeating the same process allowed a third pipe to pop up from the center of the room, aimed directly underneath the ball thingie being held captive, (such convenience, much wow). "Third time's the charm! Wheeeeeee!" Popping the bubble-like substance around the creature allowed Neptune to pocket it shortly as she fell down, (not without some more liquid soaking her clothes even further).
"Um… Who are you? You don't look like someone from the Mushroom Kingdom…" It spoke, and wait… Did it just say Mushroom Kingdom?
"NEPU?!" The Mushroom Kingdom, as in THE Mushroom Kingdom was where she landed? As in where Mario and Lui-uh whatever his name was, (that one guy with the green, yeah, that one!), were? "Um… Did I hear you right, as in the Mushroom Kingdom?"
"Yes, you heard me correctly, so who are you? And where is Mario?"
"..." Looking up to the ceiling of the room, Neptune's eyes glittered with a certain shine. "Have I died and gone to heaven? Because this wouldn't be too far from it. But I'm sad… I left such a cute little sister back home..."
"WHAT THE GOODNESS!?" As if on cue, a familiar voice reverberated from a little ways ahead. It took Neptune no time at all to leap into action.
"JR!" In a single instant, using her amazing protagonist powers, Neptune was off, disappearing down the oddly shaped corridor.
"Hey, wait!" The creature could only fly after, (closer to a slow float than anything), Neptune, finding her and another girl who looked nearly exactly the same to her surrounded by a bunch of pink… Blobs with feet.
"Jr, you ready?" A soft shine came from the sword in Neptune's hand, not the regular katana she once wielded.
"Right, Sis." Nepgear's famous hand-crafted Laser Blade was equipped, held high and ready for action.
"YAH!"
Now the duo of Nep sisters founds themselves… Equally distanced from the enemy waiting for them to attack… WHAT?
"Uh, Jr., you got any idea what just happened?" Neptune was absolutely flummoxed at whatever was happening right now. Had they somehow landed in a weirdo RPG version of the Mushroom Kingdom or something?
"I… I don't know." Nepgear was equally as confused, being left to stare dumbfounded at the enemies patiently awaiting them to attack… At least they were polite.
"Oh, I get it! This is the tutorial battle!" Of course! There was no other possible explanation! "This is just as a way to introduce the battle mechanics in the story."
"... What are you two talking about?" Battle mechanics? The yellow thingie-mabober was left to stare in confusion at the two purple siblings. What the heck were they even talking about? "Seriously, where are Mario and Luigi? And the Princess for that matter!"
"We'll worry about those later, but first, tutorial time!"
Teach me, Histy!
Lesson 1; Battle Basics
In this story there are two phases, player phases and enemy phases. First, the faster Sister will take their turn in attacking, whether it be a normal swing or a Sister Attack. What is a Sister Attack? You'll find out. During enemy phase, the enemy will attack where the Sisters will then tr-
"Ne-boo… This is boring. Can we get onto the battle already?" Neptune was sitting on the ground, her finger moving along the ridges of her new sword.
"Wait, Sis, when did you pick up that sword? It looks exactly like the M**ter Sword from Z*lda."
"Oh, this thing?" The CPU held up the sword gallantly, mimicking a green-clad hero of time, minish, or whatever else there was. "It was lying right by you when I got here so I picked it up. It looks real so why not use it?"
"W-well I guess, but doesn't it seem weird to find a sword like that out of nowhere. Why was it even here anyway?" BECAUSE WE SAID SO, THAT'S WHY! "What the goodness?!"
"Oh, I get it. This sword must be some sort of gimicky thing the authors are using to add something unique to the story." Neptune gained the Psychic affinity. "Wait, isn't that Jr's whole shtick? Ah, who cares, I get me an awesome new sword."
"Oh, okay then… Hm?" It took a while, but Nepgear finally realized that the enemies in front of them were still doing their idle animations, waiting patiently for the character with the highest speed stat to attack. "It looks like the enemies are waiting for us, sis."
"Then as the protagonist, here I go!" Four large blocks appeared overhead, Neptune, baffled, stared at them for a few moments. "Oh, I get it!" She jumped, hitting the first block already above her head. A small menu appeared from there. "Um… Ok?" She jumped again, before and arrow prompted her forward. She stepped forward up to the dancing blob, swinging her sword once before being pushed back to her original position, a large number 3 above the blob's head. "Jr, your turn!"
"G-Goodness!" Nepgear meekly looked above her head, the blocks slightly frightening just floating there when they weren't before. "Uh-um…" She looked at one of the other blocks, only for it to move above her head without her needing to do anything. "Here we go!" She jumped, banging her head on a block that did nothing.
You have no items.
"Ow…" Great, now her head hurt.
"Excuse me." Oh yeah, the floating ball thing was still following them. "Why don't you just tap it with your fist?"
Insult to injury, what's next? Pouring salt in her cuts? Nepgear stood up again, her eyes gravitating back to the original block that was above her head. She jumped, punching it as if venting some anger. She punched it again, an arrow prompting her forward. "Ei!" A large 1 appeared over the blob's head as the CPU Candidate was returned to her original position.
Of course, normally it would be the enemy's turn at this point, but uh…
"Grrrrr!" The look on Nepgear's face was quite frankly one of the most terrifying things the weird blob monsters had ever seen. The word "Enraged" appeared over her head, a small red glow surrounding her body.
So what happened next? Why, the enemies did what most enemies do in this situation. They ran away.
"Oh, you scared them off. Way to go Jr, that's my little sis." Neptune didn't even pay attention to the victory screen as she walked over to her sister and gave her a good pat on the head, diffusing her anger entirely.
"H-huh… Well, thanks sis." Nepgear gained the Siscon affinity. "Oh not again!"
"Are you two done yet?" To say that the floating ball thingie was confused would be the understatement of the century.
"Yeppers!"
"Oh, yes miss…" What was her name?
"Starlow." Oh. "And you?"
"I'm Neptune, the main character of all main characters." Proclaimed the proud-looking shorter purple-haired girl with her chest pumped out.
"And I'm her sister, Nepgear." Proclaimed the taller purple-haired girl.
"I see." To which Starlow floated over to Neptune and… "You must be the older sister." Blew her freaking mind!
"Nepu!"
"What the goodness?!" Both sisters were left to stare with wide eyes at the somehow sage-like presence of Starlow. "Everyone alway mistakes me for the older sister."
"Really? Isn't the older sibling supposed to be shorter? Like how Mario's shorter than Luigi?" Well that certainly explains a few things.
"Mario? Luigi?" Granted, Nepgear still had no idea what was going on, but Neptune did.
"Oh yeah! Jr, you're not gonna believe this!" Seeing her sister's excited bounding certainly served to peak Nepgear's interest. "We just landed ourselves in the Mushroom Kingdom!"
"The Mushroom Kingdom?!" Holy cannoli that was certainly something to be excited about. "Oh my goodness!" This was huge news!
"Actually, I think we're inside of Bowser." This was terrible news!
"Bowser? You mean the Bowser?" Asked the shorter purplette. "As in the big baddie who always drowns in lava only to be resurrected through the Parallel Worlds Theorem and then tries to kidnap Peach again to only die in Lava by Mario and the whole thing repeats again Bowser?!" But that's just a theory… A Nep Theory, thanks for reading!
"Wait, that's where we're ending this chapter? Oh come o-"
A/N(?)
Chisaku: Huh, never thought we'd get this over with.
Draco: I never thought Neptune was psychic, but you learn something new every day.
Chisaku: Funny, my internet crashed multiple times.
Guess it had a… Cuteness Overload.
Draco: One of these days your puns are gonna kill me… Good luck finishing this story without me when that happens.
Chisaku: Don't worry, I'm a manager.
Draco: Screw the management, I have Sexy Hair!
Chisaku: If this turns into "Choose the rich friend and sacrifice the family or Choose the childhood friend and sacrifice the good life" type of situation, well, I'm fucked.
Draco: Don't worry, I'm pretty sure they're all dead anyway.
Chisaku: Well, we'd make quite the badass zombie apocalypse survival team. If that ever happens, I know who to call.
Zombie Busters!
Draco: Huzzah… Aren't we supposed to be ending the chapter now?
Chisaku: Oh, right, we are, aren't w-
