Chapter 4! Sorry to put you through a long wait, had no access to my computer this weekend before now and had no desire to write a chapter on my phone. So, since I got my first guest reviews, I guess I'll respond to them here!
DragonSayianBlue: Nep is the naughtiest Nep, and her HDD form is certanly very naughty, though she didn't get much screen time last chapter to showcase said "Naughtiness", though she will certainly have an increase in "Instincts" to keep Jacob nearby due to unlocking her CPU form. I'm planning a whole slew of new abilities for Jacob to have, of course they aren't going to be mega nukes, but they well aid in not only defending himself, but defending others.
Duckboi: Erm, I don't know how to respond to "Mazin"
"This" = Talking
"Is" = Thinking/Emphasizing Words
"His" = Attacks/Moves
"Story" = Scene Shift
ON WITH DA CHAPTER!
Last time, on "The Support Mage"
"Very well Neptune, I will force Hard Drive Divinity on you. Are you prepared?"
"Even in this form you're still so adorable. I just want to take you to a hotel room and Censored."
The group, after resting enough, left the cave out of a convenient passage way behind them that led right beside Planeptune, and approaching Compa's pink house yet again.
This time
"Ahh, it feels nice to rest my little Nep bottom on a soft bed after all that fighting!" Neptune sighed out, but then thought 'And it's nice to be able to look at Jakey without crazyness going on... I can just soak in his cuteness, take it all in Hehehehe"
Suddenly, Jacob shivered not dissimilarly to back in the cave, though the cause of said shivers was still unknown. Histoire suddenly spoke up, putting everyone on edge, mostly due to the fact that it was a voice the trio was not comfortable around just yet. "I'm impressed that you were able to defeat that Crab-Spider so efficiently, although Jacob is the reason that you dealt with the beast so swiftly, I have no doubts that you couldn't do it without him"
Neptune, upon hearing this remembered the near orgasmic feeling of Jacob giving her more power, and started to look over to him dreamily, droll starting to form with Neptune creating a creepy giggle.
"Oh yes, um, Histore was it?" Jacob asked, being sure to have the voices name right, and also starting to get fidgety due to Neptune's looks
"Yes, that's right Jacob"
Jacob pulls out the key from earlier that he picked up from the remains of the monster "So, um, do you know what this is?"
"That is a Key Fragment. It's a piece needed to release me from my seal"
Compa suddenly spoke up from the bed which she was sitting on beside Neptune "You're sealed, Histy?"
"Yes, I am sealed, however unfortunate it is. Could you possibly release me by finding all of the Key Fragments? There is one in each land, or more accurately, one on each landmass, so four in total"
"Tot's Histy, with me and Jacob together, nobody can stop the Protagonist of Protagonists from moving forward!"
"..." Jacob deadpanned.
"..." Compa gave a pout...
"..." Histoire... gave a glare from wherever she was.
Jacob finally broke the silence. "Don't you think that would be dangerous Neptune?"
"Awww you care for me I knew you did! NepKiss time!" Neptune then proceeded to kiss Jacob on the cheek, though only because he turned his head "Aww no fair, I want the lips! The Lips!"
"And you won't get them. Now, back to the topic at hand, going on an adventure to save Histoire. Why should we do it?"
"Yes, as Jacob said, this adventure will be dangerous, but of course I will aid you in return. When my seal is lifted, I can restore your lost memories as a sort of payment for the danger"
"Really?!"
"Yes Neptune, really really."
"Then what are we waiting for? The plot won't move along until we move! Let's go!"
Jacob first gave a confused look, then a confident one. "First, what did you mean by "plot" and second, I won't just let you leave by yourself, especially with your memory loss and all that."
Neptune blushed at the confused look, seeing how it made his appeal, his innocence, shine even more. If anything, Neptune would break the fourth wall for all eternity to continue seeing that confused look forever and ever.
Compa jumped into the conversation "Me too! After all, I can't leave Neptune alone with her brain loss."
"Memory loss, not brain loss" Neptune corrected, not wishing to have Compa say she has no brain. "And are you okay with leaving nursing school?"
"No problem! It's closed because of the monsters!"
"And plot convenience!"
Again, everyone looked at Neptune confused
Histoire spoke up again, although her voice started to sound more like a radio then a clear voice. "Thank you... ve...ry...mu...ch"
"Histy? We're having trouble hearing you, are you losing service?" Neptune asked in concern
"I...using...Fragment...out...of...time..."
"Pl...eas...lo...ok...for...Key... Fragm..."
All of a sudden, Histoire cut off, not making any more noise whatsoever, no matter how hard Neptune strained her ears.
"I think we lost contact. I hope Histy is alright... after all she has to restore my memory. Nepu!" Neptune then let out a winky face, before reverting back to normal Nep, which is the Nep that yells everywhere and runs around.
"Well Neptune, it seems we have an end goal to head towards, rather than moving aimlessly around, although she didn't tell us where exactly to bring the keys"
Neptune shrugged off his concerns "Don't be such a party pooper, we'll worry about that when we get to it"
Jacob gave up trying to convince Neptune, knowing that she was as stubborn as a mule "Fine, that's just how you are I guess"
"Yeppers, and no one can change that!"
"That isn't something to be proud of NepNep" Compa added, strangely quiet until now. "Anyways NepNep, I was thinking about going shopping, do you want to come? I'm going with Jakey, he's really good at holding everything."
As soon as Neptune heard "going with Jakey" she perked up, realizing that this could be her chance to get Jacob alone for herself. "That sounds fun! I'll follow around like a blue fairy that constantly wants you to listen to her"
As Neptune broke the fourth wall she looked over to Jacob and saw, once again his cute confused face, confirming that breaking the fourth wall constantly was a great idea, if only to see his confused face, although his blushing face is still better.
Scene Change to the City
"Now that I had a good chance to look around, this is a really huge city!" Neptune exclaimed, riding atop Jacob's shoulders for whatever reason, her lightness being the only reason he could lift her up, but since she was only wearing a skirt with panties, Jacob could feel her thighs around his head, covered only by the skirt she always wore, leaving him a permanent tomato and mute (Which is why he won't be talking during this segment 😀)
"Planeptune is the most advanced of the four lands after all, despite our goddess not coming back yet."
"Ah, so that's why Jakey can make the super yummy pudding" Neptune looked down and just noticed Jacobs red face, before poking him in the cheek. "What's wrong Jakey, is my Nep butt making you all hot an bothered?"
Jacob started to feel a wetness coming from the back of the neck, before remembering who exactly was on his shoulders. Jacob chose to not bring it up, as to not give Neptune any way to tease him more, instead just lifting Neptune off of him and dropping her on the floor without a word.
"Awww whats wrong Jakey? Can't handle the Nep charm?" Neptune winked, but since Jacob was still at max blush due to Neptunes... liquid, he didn't answer. Neptune, upon seeing his still blushing face thought 'Drat, if only Compa wasn't here, I would steal him away and make love to him, and make him only look at me with that adorable face!'
Outside, however, Neptune accumulated quite a bit of drool on her mouth, making small perverted laughs that strangely fit her, and a rare blush on her cheeks. Compa, being oblivious as she was, ignored the entire situation and continued to walk forward, her companions keeping pace despite the situation between them.
"You can buy pudding anywhere NepNep, although Jakey's pudding is better than anything you can buy in any of the nations"
Suddenly, a completely unimportant man's voice announced itself, and another man conversed back, whilst the trio listened in to the conversation, if only because it was the first males voice they heard so far, which means it must be important.
Man A: Hey, did you hear about that rumor?
Man B: You mean the one about the newly discovered cave under the forest?
Man A: Well, apparently that's not all. I heard that place is infested with monsters.
At this, Neptune perked up, obviously excited to have a new place to grind
Man B: Everyone's saying that place must be a breeding place for the monsters.
Man A: You've got to be kidding? Monster Breeding... that sounds kind of cool!
Man B: Yeah, and the Guild is looking for people to check that place out now.
At this, Jacob perked up. 'Unexplored dungeons are extremely rare and usually have good loot. We need to explore that cave'
Man A: Seriously? I thought the CPU would do something about it.
At this, the men's voices faded into nothingness, leaving the trio to believe that they heard all that was needed. Neptune was the first to speak up. "We should go there and grind, we can level up so much!"
Compa agreed as well, being spurred on by the last line the two men said. "I want to help the Goddess as much as I can. If clearing this dungeon helps her, then let's do it!"
Jacob reluctantly agreed outwardly, the reasoning he gave being "Well, you two want to go, so you have majority" but his inward reasoning much more similar to what Neptune sounded like 'So much good loot! There might even be a stronger staff for me to find down there, maybe even undiscovered spells or tomes'
"Welp, now that we're in agreement, lets head over to the guild! Those faceless plot convenient voices said they were looking for people to apply, so let's do that!" Neptune shouted out, scaring both Compa and Jacob, but also confusing them both, leaving them both with confused faces at the "plot convenient" part. Neptune, being Pervy Neptune stared solely at Jacob's confused face, drooling once again at the expression.
Scene Change to the Guild Building
As the trio approached the Guild Building, with Neptune commenting that it looked very futuristic, with both Jacob and Compa agreeing.
"So this is the Guild?" Neptune inquired
"Yes. You can get all sorts of work and missions here. We just have to search for what we want at the computer" Jacob replied, having long since wiped Neptune's female liquid off his neck, allowing him to once again be unembarrassed. Neptune and Compa were at first both curious as to why Jacob asked for a wipe from a stranger, soon changed to only Neptune being curious, Compa dropping the matter. Neptune soon realized what exactly Jacob was wiping off before giggling lewdly, making Jacob slightly shift away from her while Compa stood confused, wondering why exactly Neptune was laughing when no one made a joke.
Neptune hopped over to the computer, leaving many curious onlookers to believe she was part kangaroo. Neptune navigated the layout of the computer, muttering quietly to herself "Let's see... cave...cave... Ah, this must be it!"
Jacob leaned over Neptune's shoulders, putting his hand over hers and selecting the mission, before choosing to accept it. Neptune, upon feeling Jacobs soft hand on top of hers and his chest on her shoulder, blushed... strong... The same liquid from seeing Jacob's red face before reappeared, stronger than before, while Neptune rubbed her legs together, imagining the many things she would do to Jacob to repay him for making her feel this way. 'If Compa leaves us together in a room for more than 5 minutes, I'll jump Jacob for sure at this rate'
Meanwhile, while Neptune was thinking all this, Jacob sighed in relief "And done... Neptune? What's wrong? We gotta go." but upon seeing the wetness appear on the chair jumped back, just realizing what he may have awoken in Neptune with his unintentional actions. Compa thought to question Jacob's actions in jumping back, but decided to ignore it, assuming something must have startled him, like static electricity.
Neptune, upon feeling Jacob's presence leave, snapped out of her daze with a "Nepu?", before turning around and smiling lewdly at Jacob, her CPU possessiveness creeping to the surface, despite Neptune being in her human form. Jacob shivered at Neptune's leer, before noting that he couldn't be alone with Neptune for too long because, despite the size difference, Neptune was much stronger then Jacob, leaving Jacob to know that if Neptune wanted something, either pudding or something much lewder, she would get it, especially if she transformed for the occasion.
"You're used to this, aren't you Jaaaakey? Do you come her often?" Neptune, still in her lewd, seductive state extended Jacob's nickname, as a sign of affection and a promise of things to come in the future.
Jacob, ignoring the elongation of his name replied back "I'm often asked to support others as they try to tackle on dungeons, I've gained a reputation for that, embarrassingly enough. Although strangely, most of my clients are females, though I guess that's by chance." Neptune, upon hearing this let out a bit more possessiveness, clenching her hand in jealousy and gritting her teeth, no one noticed however and Neptune reverted back to normal.
"Well then, onwards! To grining monsters!" Neptune said, once again attracting the attention of the others at the Guild building.
"Yeah!" Compa and, surprisingly Jacob replied back, the loudness uncommon of his usual tone of voice.
As the trio walked towards what was only known as "Monster Cave", the screen faded to bla...
"Nope! No way buster! You missed so many days of chapters, the readers deserve a longer chapter this time!
"I uh, guess you're right. Fine, lets continue on to the cave of monsters!"
"So, uh, what exactly are we supposed to be doing in here?" Neptune asked, having not read the description for the job despite having looked for it."
Jacob sighed, before replying back "Really Neptune? You didn't read the fine print?"
"Nope, never have and never will. Fine prints are for people who have nothing to do!" (True story, I read manuals and fine prints when I'm bored without internet)
Jacob just looked at Neptune before sighing again. "That isn't something to be proud of Neptune. Thankfully, I got the gist of what we have to do. We have to check on the monsters and see what they're doing, though of course, that doesn't mean we can't slaughter them, since it accomplishes the same purpose of keeping Planeptune safe" Jacob, contrary to his normal face, had a greedy grin on his face, eager for the possibility of getting a stronger staff or new ability from a tome, although no one noticed his face.
(Since the Crab-Spider got slaughtered last chapter, the conversation about it still being alive and wandering never happens)
Neptune and the gang encountered a monster, a monster that Neptune said looked like ghosts from Pa**an, although Jacob and Compa couldn't hear the name, they still understood the gist of what Neptune was saying.
Jacob, as always started the fight by strengthening Neptune, doing minimal damage by himself. Neptune lined herself up and hit both ghost-like monsters, them being close enough to hit at the same time with normal attacks. Due to the strength from Jacob's powerup, the monsters were disposed of in one turn by Neptune, just like many fights before with the strength gain from Jacob. As the monsters fizzed into dust, they left behind a blue ribbon and a messy cloth. Jacob picked up both and put it into his inventory, space having been cleared up by selling the Doggo Jelly for some profits.
As the trio were traveling through the cave, Jacob stayed to the back to avoid any monsters getting on the jump on him due to his relatively lower defense and health then the rest of his party. "Jeez, it's getting darker and darker the deeper we go..." Neptune muttered out, the party members having to stick close together to not lose contact of each other, although Neptune was secretly okay with this because she could look over at Jacob's nervous look whenever she wanted and simply say she was making sure he was still with them.
"Girls, be careful, it could be dangerous if you're not watching where you're going" Jacob called out, both Compa and Neptune nodding seriously, despite the fact that Neptune would usually go all gushy about Jacob being her white knight. Suddenly Jacob felt an impact to the side and fell over, the mysterious attacker pinning him to the ground, 'A little heavier then Neptune' Jacob noted, before taking in the features of the person pinning him.
The person was a girl, the girlish face and... breasts giving that away. Semi-long brown hair cascaded down her head, with a bang of her hair landing on Jacob's forehead, further accentuating the closeness between them.
As the girl came to, she said "Oww, watch it!", her voice mature and spoke of experience. As the burnette opened her eyes and saw Jacobs face her own face lit up, her scrambled mind making comments like 'He's so hot!' and 'Why have I never met him before?', before she suddenly realized the position they were in and hopped off, almost as fast as a certain hedgehog could run. "Oh my Goddess I'm so sorry for pushing you to the ground"
"It's fine, it's fairly dark in here after all, we could hardly see each other, so I don't blame you" Jacob said, his words further pushing IF's imagination forward. 'He doesn't mind me pushing him down? Oh, I'll push him down all right if he's alone with me and a bed' "My name is Jacob, what about yourself?"
"Oh, heh heh, I'm IF, Wind Walker of GameIndustry"
Neptune, tired of being ignored raises her voice "And I'm Neptune! Protagonist of Protagonists!"
If, having not noticed Neptune and Compa before immediately spoke out the first thing that came to her mind. "What are kids like you doing here?"
"We are not kids you... you... you kid! And uh, we're here for the guild too. She's Compa by the way"
"Nice to meet you, I'm Compa."
"You've got to be kidding me. You girls are working for the Guild, too? The only person here I would take on a mission with me is Jacob because he looks dependable" IF then thought, 'and he's pretty hot too, would make missions a lot less stressful.'
"Um, I feel as if that was an insult but I'll ignore it for now. Nice to meet you! And we can handle ourselves just fine, although Jacob is our party member, not yours!"
"Really, even with all the monsters roaming around?"
"Uh, Yeah. I turned those monsters into dust super quick!"
Jacob spoke up, corroborating Neptune's words. "It's true, she's quite strong, much stronger than me, in any case."
"Well, you're still an immature little kid in my eyes, no matter what you say or do" IF retorted, jealous that Jacob defended Neptune, who in her eyes was a brat, instead of her, a celebrity that people all over GameIndustry knew.
"Oh yeah! I'm not a little kid! Watch this!"
As Neptune said this Jacob realized what she was doing, before facepalming at her immaturity. Neptune started to glow, and her body started to grow in the same ways as before, getting taller and her... assets getting bigger. Her clothes changed back into the body tight black and purple skin suit, while her hair elongated and braided itself, seemingly defying the very nature of how hair is supposed to grow. As the transformation finished, IF was left stammering at the size change the seemingly small brat from before underwent.
"Wha-?! What just happened?! Wait, you're huge! Like, all over!"
Compa jumped in, shaking her hands like Jazz hands. "Surprise! NepNep can change forms! She's also super-duper strong in this form."
"Well then, who's the little kid now hmm? And Jakey, it's so nice to see your adorable face again" Neptune then went to grab Jacob's shoulders and pulled him towards her before stealing his first kiss, rather strongly, I might add. When Jacob tried to pull away, Neptune simply pushed his head back towards her. Neptune was even using tongue when taking his first kiss, leaving him an experience he would never forget.
As Neptune let go of his head it slumped backwards, swirls in his eyes. Neptune, on the other hand had a very pleased look, clearly proud of the fact that she stole Jacob's first kiss.
Compa, despite her general obliviousness to the situation was left gaping, despite how strange it looked on her face and IF? IF was stammering gibberish over and over, her face still red. "Wha-wha-what are you doing! He's mine!" IF suddenly got out, leaving Neptune to simply glance over IF before looking back to the dazed Jacob, his eyes still swirls from Neptune's kiss. Neptune touched her lips and blushed again, completely ignoring IF in favor of looking at Jacob's flushed face.
"Don't ignore me! He's mine! I'm going to take him away from you so he can live happily with me!" At the "Take him away" part, Neptune gained a dark look, turning over to IF and speaking in a serious voice. "If you take him away from me I will end you to take him back. He's not allowed to leave me, ever!"
IF, terrified at this point held her ground somewhat, but still relented greatly. "Fine then! I'll just travel with you to make sure you don't do anything to him!" 'and to make him leave with me willingly'
"Well, you see now that I am not a kid, correct? So there should be no problem towards our further cooperation"
"Ye-ye-yeah, no problems heh heh heh"
Compa, meanwhile was still hung up on the kiss, looking at Jacob worriedly. She didn't like Jacob like that at all, it was more a brother sister relationship, but the aggressiveness of the kiss still bothered her.
Neptune let Jacob down on the floor and then un-transformed herself, the point being made while the untransformed Nep puffed up her chest and looked at IF. "So Iffy, whatcha think?"
"Iffy? Me? Iffy?"
"Yup. IF = Iffy! Sounds a lot cuter too, don'tcha think?"
"Iffy..."
"Wait, you don't like it? Oh, I get it, you were teased by kids with that name."
"No, I was not teased with my name before, I was just testing it on my lips. Call me whatever you want, that's how un-kidlike I am!"
Compa, just then snapping out of the daze said "Okay, then I'll call you Iffy as well!"
Jacob just then broke out of his daze, sitting up and looking around, before his eyes lay on Neptune. His face suddenly erupted, stammering in the only available moment he had since Neptune kissing him. Both Neptune and IF thought 'Cute' in sync, while Compa just went over to Jacob to help him up. Jacob took Compa''s hand and pulled himself up, Compa not falling over due to her surprisingly high attack stat.
After a moment to allow Jacob to gather his senses, the party moved forward, although Jacob noticeably stayed closer to IF and further from Neptune for obvious reasons. The Chapter ends with our hero's venturing into the deep unknown...
Sorry for the long wait, all my part. As apology, I made this chapter about 3 times as long as usual, took me a bit. Starting tommorow you guys should get used to the longer wait between chapters due to school starting up, meaning I have no time in the middle of the night to write, which is usually when I write best for some reason. And now, for the character card you guys overwhelmingly voted for 3-1, Neptune! The new poll is up by the way, so vote!
Neptune/Purple Heart
Skills
Cross Combo: Step into a foe's vicinity and slice it up swiftly
Power: 214
7 Hit Combo
