Chapter 4. Arrival at the Nep Tower

After a rather short walk, we were at the entrance to the Nep Tower which looked a lot bigger than even I was expecting.

"My sister, Neptune is at the top of this tower. But I have to ask. Is this your first time in Planeptune?" Nepgear, sister of Neptune, asked me about whether or not this was my first time in Planeptune. I just frowned at her question and gave an annoyed sigh.

"Yes Nepgear, this is indeed my first time in Planeptune. Why would you even ask such a question?" Nepgear simply shrugged at my question, blissfully unaware of what had happened to me. Even if I do tell her, I doubt it would make much difference.

Furthermore, before we could even enter the Nep Tower, my stomach growled loudly which earned a snicker from Nepgear. Annoyed, I turned my gaze away from her and stared out onto the bountiful blue sky.

"Hehe, sorry about that Misery. I didn't mean to offend you. Why don't we go grab a bite to eat?" As if the girl had read my mind, she immediately dragged me by the left shoulder to a nearby restaurant? I don't even know what was in store for me or even what this place was but I am hungry so I might as well.

As soon as me and Nepgear entered the establishment, I noticed numerous characters within eating their meals while also chewing pretty quietly. I elected to ignore what other people were doing as Nepgear guided me to a table for two and watched as she sat across from me, her gaze fixed on one of my muscles.

"Listen, Nepgear. Why do you insist on staring at this here muscles? Does it interest you somehow?" To my annoyance, the question was ignored with Nepgear continually staring at my buff arms which is a little odd but oh well. At least she's not staring at my face… right?

As Nepgear stared at my muscles, I didn't know what to do to get her attention back to my eyes. There wasn't much I could do other than to snap directly in front of her face which I did. This brought Nepgear back down to Earth who was looking all over the place after I did such a thing.

"Hello. What would you like to order?" A waitress disrupted the silence, carrying a menu and handed each of us one and read through it we did. There was a bunch of food we could order but I decided to go with the Chicken Sandwich Deluxe with fries on the side and a large Root Beer. Whatever that is.

"Hmm… I'll go with… the Fried Shrimp with fries on the side and a medium Doc P please." After we requested our orders, the waitress took the mebus from us and went on her way. Silence overtook the table once more as I stared down at the table while Nepgear silently stared at me, probably looking at my muscles… again.

Man, this is beginning to annoy me. Yes, I have these… muscles but it means nothing because this isn't even my real body! Why must she stare at me? Doesn't she know that's considered impolite? Hmm… should I do the same thing as before to get her attention or should I try to hide my muscles? Or I could try kicking her… nah, that wouldn't work. What then…?

"Here are your drinks. Your food will be ready in 5 minutes." The waitress brought us our drinks and went back to her usual routine with Nepgear silently sipping on her drink through use of a straw? I guess that's what you would call it but sipping? Man, that sound is annoying.

I wonder if tipping her drink would work… no, that wouldn't work either. That would be rude of me and, well… when you think about it, I might get kicked out of this establishment. Kicking her won't work, snapping… maybe I should just talk to her? Yeah. That should be more effective. *Ahem*.

"Um… Nepgear?" I guess I got her attention since Nepgear let out a small eep. Man, that was adorable… I wanna hear say that again but I mustn't pressure in such a manner. I need to tell her what's on my mind. "Sorry about that. I wanted to ask you something. Why do you keep staring at my muscles?"

"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend you! I just find your muscles to be… attractive." Nepgear quietly and shyly uttered those words which took me by surprise. Attractive, really? Gosh, I didn't know Acnologia was ever known to be attractive in his human form. This changes things. At least she apologized so that's good.

"And here is your food. Thank you for waiting." The waitress handed us our orders and went back to take orders from the other customers which were… huh. Well that's weird, at least to me. All the customers here appear to be girl's. Why is that? You would think there would be guys in this series but I guess not.

Just when me and Nepgear began eating, the door opened with a bell being heard at the same time as two figures entered the restaurant. As I glanced at the two, I was able to easily recognize who they were. "Iffy! *Sigh*. Don't run so fast, huuh. Oh look, its Ge-Ge! And… a guy?"

"Geez Compa, you need more exercise! And… now that you mention it, there is a guy. I think I've seen him before. Let's go check it out." Compa and Iffy made their way toward where me and Nepgear were, happily eating our food and, well… we stared only at our food and not each other.

Compa and Iffy decided to join in with Iffy sitting on my right and Compa sitting next to Nepgear on her left which didn't really earn much of a reaction from me in terms of outward emotions and all. Iffy noticed me and Nepgear were eating quietly with Compa observing how we ate. IF was curious as to who I was and why I was here with Nepgear so she proceeded to tap me on the right shoulder.

"Hey. I saw you walking with Nepgear earlier. Do you know her? More importantly, who are you?" IF got right to the point, just as I was chewing on more of the meal Nepgear kindly ordered for the two of us. I hesitated for a moment and wiped the crumbs off my face.

"To answer your first question, I do not know who Nepgear is. She admired my muscles earlier and took me to meet Neptune when I mentioned that name. As for me, well… I call myself Misery. That's all I can tell you, sorry." I answered and resumed with my eating while Nepgear did the same but I knew she was still staring at my muscles.

Quietly eating once more, me and Nepgear ignored the constant nudges from Compa and IF who were apparently not satisfied with the answers I just gave. After a few minutes, the two decided to give up and left the restaurant with me and Nepgear finishing our meals and left the establishment as well.

"I'm stuffed! That was some good food though. Alright then, onto the Nep Tower!" Said a joyful Nepgear who seemed awfully happy after having such a simple meal but I neglected to say anything and followed behind her.

After a short while, we came across the Nep Tower once more and we entered, not before Compa and IF joined us. "Sorry about that. We had to run a few errands for Histoire. We'll be joining you if that's ok."

"Of course! The more the merrier!" Nepgear happily agreed and the four of us took an elevator which led us towards the top which might take a while. Wait a monna… Histoire? Who or what is Histoire? Bah, I guess there's no point in asking now. Some readers would if they were in my position but not me. I'd rather if I find out for myself.

"This won't take long. It's only been hours since me, Compa and Nepgear visited Neptune but it feels like days. That Nep…" IF talked to herself but since I'm the author, I knew exactly what she was saying but I won't tell. Within a few minutes, we finally reached the top which was, well… strange, to say the least. Both Compa and Nepgear were staring at my muscles the entire time we were in the elevator while IF simply sighed at all this.

"Ugh! Finally! We have reached the top." I gladly announced as I dashed out of the elevator and into the living room. However, just as he arrived a small unusual being (at least to me) approached IF and the others who were slowly exiting the elevator.

Arrival at the Nep Tower.

"Ah! Compa and IF. Good to see you. And you as well Nepgear. I trust your journey went well?" The floating being said who looked like a tome. No clue why though, oh well. I'm just glad to have finally arrived in such a place. Now then… where is this…

"Nepgear! Welcome back! How's my lil sis doing?" My thoughts were interrupted by a figure dashing past me and immediately hugging Nepgear very tightly. Ah, this person must be Neptune. Although… I'm a bit, disappointed. She looks a lot… younger than I envisioned. I know I saw an image of her but only briefly.

The two siblings were happily embracing one another while Compa and IF spoke to this Histoire person. Oh well, I guess I should check this place out. Hmm… what's all this? I'm not all familiar with these… things! Small disks? A mini machine?! What the hell is this?! Son of a!

"Language! So, your the newbie? Nice to meet ya!" Neptune apparently broke the 4th wall, something I'm a bit familiar with but not too much. She approached me with her hand drawn outwards so I shook her hand, as an act of kindness? I don't know, hehe. Anyways… why is Neptune wearing such strange…? Nah, I'm not one to talk about clothing.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Misery. And you must be Neptune." I politely introduced myself with Nepgear immediately staring at my muscles… again. Honestly, does Nepgear have some… Nah, that can't be the case. But it is a distinct possibility.

"Yup, that's me! And what are you talking about? I've never known Nepgear to be interested in that!" By that, I'm guessing Neptune is referring to Nepgear constantly staring at my muscles. Oh well, I guess its fine. Anyways, I should probably ask who Histoire is.

"Are you, by chance, talking about me? I can't break the 4th wall like Neptune but she did tell me what you said." Huh… so this Histoire can't break the 4th wall? Its all good! Although, I'm still new to what all this 4th wall breaking is. Besides that, I need to properly introduce myself before things get out of hand.

"Why yes, I am. My name is Misery. Apparently, I hail from a different dimension." I introduce myself to Histoire who didn't seem to be fazed in the slightest. Is it, perchance, common here? Oh well. While I'm here, I should probably explain myself to Histoire. "Histoire, will you please hear my tale? Just of who I am and where I came from."

"That is fine. Before you start, I am Histoire, a tome. I record all history that occurs here in the Hyperdimension which I will explain. But I'll let you go first." After this, I began to explain myself to those gathered here while the camera switched to a different area which showed some girl in a rat costume? I don't know. There was a smaller rat with the girl who were hiding in a back alleyway. Funny thing is, they had no…

"Hey hey hey! Don't go writing us off like that! Of course we have some lines! Chirp." And that concludes the chapter. Until next time.

Author's Note: After some time, the hiatus is over! The current college semester I'm enrolled in is roughly half-way through. *Phew*. This semester is very stressful on me but that should end soon. I think. We'll see. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

As always, feel free to review or don't. It's your choice. Before I end, I created a poll regarding this story which is linked to my profile. That is all. Signing off.