Part 2:
The Harbinger
Rin: Thinks: What the hell!?
Neptune: He's a friend that Compa and IF found knocked out in the streets.
Nepgear: A friend? How could I not have heard of him?
Rin: Thinks: Why doesn't she remember?
Neptune: You just haven't okay?
Nepgear: Neptune you're not making any sense.
Neptune: Fine then, you don't have to care who he is.
Histoire: This is the first time Nepgear and Neptune have argued in a while.
Rin: That doesn't fix that she should remember.
Histoire: Look Rin, what happened was, the night Nepgear and Neptune reappeared in Gameindustri, IF had disappeared and they had gone looking for her, a few hours later they all came back and all went to take a nap, when Nepgear woke up, all her memories were gone.
Rin: That doesn't make sense.
Histoire: We think so too, but we cant do anything.
Neptune: Good, meet you upstairs.
Histoire: Good, they're done arguing.
Neptune: Good news, convinced her.
Histoire: But, I must tell you Rin, we cant tell her who you are, so we must call you by a different name, and you absolutely cannot, use your blue flames near her, neither can Neptune.
Rin: Sounds like a drag, but I can live with it.
Neptune: Well lets go upstairs and introduce you.
Rin: Alright.
When they got upstairs they said hello to Nepgear and falsely introduced Rin.
Neptune: Okay Nepgear, this is Len, and he will be staying here for a little while.
(Yes it's a vocaloid pun, get over it.)
Nepgear: Great, its nice to meet you Len.
Rin: Cool.
Neptune: Well now that you are properly introduced lets get back to what we were doing.
Nepgear: Right, but I'm gonna beat you this time.
Neptune: Oh bring it!
The day passed rather quickly and then they all went to bed, but in the middle of the night Rin heard a strange noise.
Rin: Whats going on?
Rin ran out of his room and saw something moving and chased it to the balcony.
Rin: Who's there!?
?: Oh yes, I don't believe we've met.
Rin: Who are you?
?: Oh, no one important.
Rin: Just tell me, or I'll split you in two.
?: Uh, uh. You wouldn't want me to do anymore damage, would you?
Rin: What are you talking about
?: Have you not seen my handy-work?
Rin: Wait, do you mean?
?: Yes, the loss of memory, I have put my mark into the one you care about, and taken the memories away.
Rin: Wait what the hell do you mean?
?: Just know this, I wasn't bluffing, I'm coming for the CPUs.
Rin: Who are you?
?: I am Sigil, the memory reaper.
The figure jumped off the balcony and disappeared
Rin: Sigil… The Memory Reaper?
In the morning after breakfast something happened.
Histoire: Everyone, there is trouble at a hospital downtown.
Neptune: At this hour?
Histoire: Yes Neptune.
Nepgear: Well then lets go
Neptune: Good, come on Len.
Rin: Alright.
Neptune whispers to Rin.
Neptune: On the way there I'll give you a sword to use.
Rin: Alright.
When they got to the hospital they went inside and saw something on the wall a large strange mark.
Neptune: What a strange sigil.
Rin: Thinks: What did she just say?
Nepgear: No ones here, lets go search.
Rin: Alright.
They split up and searched the hospital.
Rin: Anyone here?
Doctor: Over here.
Rin: Hey, is something wrong?
Doctor: Yes, some stranger with a cloak came here this morning they took a lot of medical equipment and then said something about Leanbox.
Rin: Right, thanks.
Rin went to look for Neptune and Nepgear and when he found them told them what he had heard.
Neptune: Well then, lets go back to the basilicom and call Vert, she'll know if something has happened yet.
They went back to the basilicom and called Vert.
Neptune: Has something happened over there in Leanbox?
Vert: I don't know how you know, but yes, a pop stars concert was sabotaged earlier.
Nepgear: Why would they got to a concert?
Vert: I don't know, but something strange is happening, I saw images that showed the ground had a large strange sigil on it, and a message that said: "I'll make this whole world feel my sorrow".
Neptune: That's so weird, we're coming to check it out.
Vert: Thank you, the SMD has been slacking lately, so I could use your help.
Neptune: Right, we'll be right there.
They flew there and went into the basilicom Neptune told Nepgear to stay outside for a bit.
Vert: Huh? Why is Rin here.
Neptune: We still don't know, but we have to keep his identity a secret from Nepgear, as far as she knows his name is Len.
Vert: Hmm, Len, got it.
They let Nepgear inside and started talking
Vert: You see, when 5pb. went to Planeptune a new pop star arose, under the name of Ayane, since both 5pb. and Ayane have used weapons before the SMD has wasted their time protecting one from the other.
Neptune: Ooooh. Kay, lets stick to the subject.
Vert: I was getting to that, at Ayanes concert today, a strange figure in a cloak came and caused mass panic, shouting something about the CPUs, and finally did what I told you with the ground..
Neptune: Right so lets go there and find out who they are, but they have always left a large sigil in the area where they struck, that's the only lead.
A buzzer goes off on Verts computer.
Vert: Huh? Why am I getting called by Blanc?
Blanc: Hey you there?
Vert: Yes, and Nepgear and Neptune are here too.
Blanc: Alright, so I heard what happened in your countries, something similar happened here, at an amusement park a stranger showed up—
Neptune: In a cloak, did something bad then left a sigil?
Blanc: Yes, they took all of the monster coins, I don't know why though.
Nepgear: Do you think…
Vert: Perhaps they will strike Lastation next.
Blanc: That is far from far-fetched.
Nepgear: Good.
Vert: I would very much like it if you came too.
Blanc: That's fine, I don't have anything else to do today, I'll meet you there.
So they all got there and saw a large ruckus going on in a factory.
Rin: Lets go!
Neptune: Right.
They went into the factory and saw the strange figure.
Sigil: Well if it isn't the ones I shall get.
Blanc: Who are you, other than crazy.
Sigil: My name is Sigil, The Memory Reaper.
Neptune: Well then Sigil, we want what you took.
Sigil: Question, White heart?
Blanc: What?
Sigil: Do you remember the message I left you?
Blanc: Yes it made no sense it was, flesti worros mrof emoc I swohs nigiro ym.
Sigil: It is coded with mystery, my clue here shows the meaning, besides I have what I want.
The figure disappeared.
Vert: Look!
Vert pointed to the wall where the sigil was once again.
Rin: Huh?
Nepgear: My inside source in Planeptune gives info for what it means, find the dark candidate?
Neptune: What does that mean.
Blanc: I don't know.
Nepgear: Wait a mintue, on the chirper I once saw someone who looked like me, only…
Neptune: Only what?
Nepgear: Dark, and mean looking, they introduced themselves as Nepgeav and were an old member of ASIC.
Vert: That's a serious roadblock, they would never help a CPU.
Rin: But they would probably help me.
Neptune: That does make sense after all, she wouldn't know you were with the goddesses.
Rin: Well, now we can find where they are.
Nepgear: Wait look.
Nepgear pointed at the writing on the wall.
Nepgear: Found usually in Virtua Forest depths.
Rin: Way to read in-between the lines… literally.
Neptune: Lets go then.
Yukio: I cant believe I haven't seen Rin in over a day, something must have happened, so I'll go to the one person who probably knows.
They flew to where they needed to go.
Neptune: Too bad Vert and Blanc couldn't come.
Nepgear: Well they were busy.
Rin: Lets go deeper in.
They walked deeper through the forest and then went underground.
Rin: Wow, its huge under here.
Rin went ahead and in a few minutes saw someone chilling near an edge, as the explanation fit: a dark Nepgear.
?: What do you want.
Rin: Are you the Nepgeav i've heard about?
?: Yeah, that's me.
Rin: Good, I believe you're familiar with Sigil, th—
Nepgeav: The memory Reaper, yeah I know them, what do you want?
Rin: They left a strange message in Lowee.
Nepgeav: flesti worros mrof emoc I swohs nigiro ym.
Rin: How did you know.
Nepgeav turned around to show her face covered with hair and an ASIC hairpin.
Nepgeav: Shes leaving you hints dip-shit.
Rin: What does it mean?
Nepgeav: Its normality with her, its spelled backwards.
Rin: No way.
Nepgeav: The translation is: My origin shows I come from sorrow itself.
Rin: What does that mean?
Nepgeav: How am I supposed to know, shes strange.
Rin: How do you know so much?
Nepgeav: That's a story for another time, because I know, I'll see you again.
Rin: Alright thanks.
Rin walks back to Neptune and Nepgear and tells them what she said.
Neptune: So if her message is incoherent, its backwards, that's helpful.
Nepgear: I guess we have to ask her.
Rin: So, how do we find her?
Nepgear: I don't—
Nepgear heard a call and picked up.
Nepgear: What is it?
After a minute or two of responses…
Nepgear: Histoire called, she said something happened in Plutia's dimension.
Neptune: How could sigil know about that place?
Rin: I don't know what either of you are talking about.
Neptune: I'll explain on the way.
Yukio: Sir felis?
Mephistoe: Yes?
Yukio: My brother has been gone for over a day now, do you know why?
Mephistoe: Why yes, I do, allow me to explain…
Nepgear: I still think it's a bit funny Neptune opened this portal to Plutia's dimension entirely on accident.
Rin: Really?
Neptune: Yup, totally accidental.
The three were walking through a cave that was in Lowee and came to a portal.
Rin: Wow.
Neptune: Yup we just go through activate a teleport and, boom, there we are.
Rin: That's really weird.
Neptune activated the teleport and they were in planeptune.
Neptune: Insta-travel, you two stay out here for a minute okay?
Rin: Cool.
Neptune walked inside.
Neptune: Hey!? Plutie, you home?
Histoire V: No, shes out in Lastation right now, and that's where I have to ask you to go.
Neptune: Alright, gladly.
Neptune walked outside.
Neptune: Alright guys lets get to Lastation.
Rin: Alright, lets go.
When they got there.
Neptune: We should probably get to the basilicom.
Nepgear: Yeah, that's probably where they are.
They flew to the basilicom and went inside.
Neptune: Again, you two wait here.
Neptune walked farther in and up an elevator.
Neptune: I know you're here!
Noire V: Ugh, Neptune again.
Noire: Get over it.
Plutia: I for one am glad shes here.
Neptune: Hi guys.
Noire: Hello Neptune.
Neptune: I have to tell you guys something.
Noire V: Yeah, what is it?
Neptune: Nepgears memory, as you know, is gone and Rin ended up in Gameindustri.
Noire: You mean the guy who had a crush on Nepgear, well with recent developments that's a road block.
Neptune: Anyway, just refer to him as Len, and we'll be fine.
Noire: Right, and I'm guessing he doesn't know?
Neptune: Yup, clueless.
Noire: That's a problem, shes here.
Neptune: Oh no.
Plutia: What do we do?
Noire V: Well, we could try to get her to leave, or we could do nothing.
Neptune: Why?
Noire V: Think, hes gonna figure it out eventually.
Neptune: Yeah good point, I guess it is time for him to know.
Neptune went back and got Rin and Nepgear and went back up.
Nepgear: I wonder when we'll figure out what Sigil is doing?
Rin: Who knows, shes clearly a quack.
Nepgear: Yeah.
Noire: Hello.
Nepgear: Hey, s—
Neptune: Anyway, what are we dealing with?
Noire V: North side of Lastation, some crazy person has been painting marks and vandalizing, even murdering some.
Nepgear: Sounds bad.
Noire: It is.
Neptune: Well we can go now I guess.
Noire: No, we wait.
Neptune: Huh, oh yeah.
Rin: What are we waiting for.
Noire: The second half.
Rin: What?
Neptune: Don't worry about it.
Nepgear: Why am I not even getting this… hmmm…
Neptune: She'll get it a sec.
Noire: Watch this, 3… 2… 1.
Nepgear: Wait, you mean—
Uni: Hey guys, I'm back!
Noire V: There she is! We have a winner.
Plutia: Ding ding.
Nepgear: Uni!
Uni: Nepgear! Its good to see you.
Rin: I'm still kinda confused.
Neptune: Trust me you'll get it in a minute.
Noire: Well now that everyone is here, lets go!
Neptune: Alright then.
Noire from Plutias dimension walked from behind Rin whispering in his ear.
Noire V: Watch out for the odd couple.
Rin: Huh?
Noire: Lets go everyone!
When they got there they looked around the area and found Sigil.
Sigil: Hello CPUs.
Noire: Who is this?
Sigil: I am Sigil the Memory Reaper, pleased to meet you lady black heart.
Noire: How does she—?
Neptune: Chill, she knows her stuff.
Rin: So what do we do.
Sigil: I will answer that: Nothing.
Rin: Like we're gonna do that.
Sigil: Yeah, because you stand a chance.
Noire V: Alright then, lets see how strong you are.
Noire walked down to where sigil was.
Noire V: Let me get her.
Rin: Alright, we'll back you up though.
Sigil: Let it begin.
Sigil held the scythe that radiated with dark energy surges.
Noire V: Whoa, just her weapon is extremely strong.
Sigil: Get ready to say goodbye to your CPU lastation..
Noire ran towards Sigil and slashed her but Sigil moved and kicked Noire in the back sending her into a wall.
Sigil: Is that the best you have?
Noire V: Nope.
Noire jumped to the side and rolled around Sigil, again Sigil reacted swinging her scythe where Noire came up and a large red light filled the area when it cleared Sigil was gone and Noire lay on the ground.
Neptune: Noire!
Everyone ran to her and looked at her.
Neptune: What was that?
Noire V: I don't know.
Neptune: Its okay, you're a CPU, you can handle a wound.
Noire V: No, her weapon, its powerful… Even now I feel my strength being absorbed… I'm done for.
Neptune: What!?
Noire V: Its alright… I request that your lastation CPU take over my position… there is a worthy candidate to handle yours.
Neptune: But, you cant die.
Noire V: My last wisdom… Get Histoire to find out what that weapon is… and take Sigil down…
Neptune: No you cant, I just told you!
Noire V: Goodbye.
Noire: I'm sorry Neptune, its over.
The Noire from Plutias dimension faded away into nothing.