Hello guys! These next chapters will be pretty long since the Goddesses and their friends will be helping Garland get more adept to Gamindustri and its ways of life. So please bear with me.
Hyperdimension Neptunia belongs to
Idea Factory and Compile Heart
Chapter 7: A Week in Planetune! Let's Nep Nep!
"Come on Garly, hurry up! Times a wasting!" Neptune calls out, running out of the room.
I look at the door, letting out a huge sigh "Alright, let me get ready" I walked over to the door and closed it. I look around the room to find my duffle bag in the corner "I'm glad that made it through" I walk over to it and opened it up to see a clean pair of ACUs and a shirt on top "Perfect, no need to look through it" I take the clothes out of the bag and place them on the bed. I then proceeded to change.
"Hey Garland! Histoire wanted me to fetch for you real. . ." Nepgear says, opening the door "Quick. . ." I turn around, only having my ACU trousers on, looking at her with wide eyes. "Oh. . .Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry!" She says, running out of the room. Her face was a red as a cola can.
"I think I just felt my heart stop there for a second. . ." I said, putting a hand on my chest. I go my shirt and ACU top on real quick and exited my temporary room. I walked through the connecting hallway and made it to the living area, where Neptune, Histoire and a still flustered Nepgear are waiting patiently.
"Hey Garly, glad to see you up and about!" Neptune says, giving a two-finger salute "So, lets get going!"
"Huh? Going where?" I ask her.
"I'm. . . Very sorry Garland. I should've knocked first" Nepgear apologizes, looking away "I've only been use to walking in on Neptune for so long that. . ."
"You're forgiven Nepgear, you didn't know" I said to her, trying to clear up the situation "So Histoire, what did you need me for?" I ask the Oracle.
"Well, I was going to talk to you about something. But it seems Neptune wants to show you around first" Histoire says.
"So, are you ready to go soldier?" Neptune asks me.
"I'm good, lead the way" I told her.
We're both currently walking through the streets of Planetune. I never expected to see this place from this perspective, I'm dumbfound.
"So, what do you think of Planetune? Pretty awesome like me, huh?" Neptune asks me.
"I'm pretty speechless. I never thought I would be in a place like this in my whole life" I said, still looking around the place.
"As I thought" Neptune says, sunding thrilled at my reaction.
"Iffy look, it's Nep Nep!" I heard a voice say "Nep Nep!" No way, it can't be. . .
"Oh, it is. Hey Neptune, over here!" I look over to see the two humans that were considered her best friends IF and Compa.
"Hey you guys! How've you been?" Neptune runs up to them, looking happy, I walked over to them when Compa notices me approaching.
"Hey Nep Nep, who is that? He looks different" Compa asks Neptune.
"Oh yeah, I was wanting introduce my new friend to you" the purplette clears her throat "I present to you PV2 Garland, a young youth from another dimension!" she stikes a pose that read 'ta-da'.
IF walks up to me, then does a circle around me a few seconds later "What kind of outfit is this? It's nothing like I've seen in Leanbox" she asks me.
"Well, I'm. . ." I started to say.
"He's apart of an called the Army. His uniform shows that he's the one percent of all of his nation who are the strongest fighters! He dodged and almost back lashed against one of Blanc's attacks! His moves were like, uber cool!" Neptune explains in my place.
"Umm, kinda exaggerated. But close" I said, blushing at the explanation "But, I am the one percent of my country who's ready to fight"
"Wow, are you like a super human if you were able to move that quick?" Compa asks me, looking astonished.
"I wanna know that too. How were you able to do that, if what Neptune said was true?" IF adds in.
"This might take a bit, but I'll shorten it for you all" I said "During your time in the Army, they teach you basic combat. From hand to hand combat to combat with a firearm" I explained "With the weapon, it can be used in two ways. The first one, for shooting. And the second, as a melee weapon"
"A melee weapon? How so?" IF asks again.
"Think of it as handling a spear" I said, then taking a position that looked like I was wielding a spear "It's the same battle style. You can jab, uppercut, slash, and do combinations with it" I finished explaining.
"Wow, I didn't know about that. What about you Iffy?" Compa asks IF.
"Your world does things far differently then ours. But, it's unique" IF says, nodding.
"Well that's good to hear. Anyway. . ." Neptune looks at me again "Let's go! We still got a lot of Planetune to cover"
I nodded at Neptune then looked back at the duo "It was great finally meeting you two. I hope we tackle some quests together sometime" I said walking off.
"Bye bye, Ga Ga! See you later!" Compa calls back.
"Later" IF said. The rest of today was spent with Neptune showing me the different game shops and eating establishments around Planetune.
The next day, Histoire asked me to meet her in the living area in the Basilicom. Once I got there, she lead me to the Sharicite Room.
"Wow, so this is the Sharicite's holding place. I didn't think it was this big" I said, looking around.
"Yes, it is" Histoire says, clearing her throat "But, I called you here for a different matter"
I look at Histoire and nod "Alright, what is it?"
"As you know, that with the success of cross-dimension connection with your world we can communicate with it" Histoire looks at me, which I give a nod "So, I decided to do more research into the matter to come across something interesting"
I raise an eyebrow at her explanation "Go on. . ."
"I found that there are multiple 'Hyperdimensions' alongside ours. Each one has something different going on or beings present"
Now this caught my attention, there are multiple Hyperdimensions. Well from the wiki back home it said there were multiple worlds in the series. But to this magnitude. . . "R-Really? Do you mind telling me some of these?"
"It is no trouble to me" she said, shaking her head "Please wait a bit while I gather the information" Histoire falls silent for a bit before saying "I have it"
"Alright, let's hear about them" I said, sounding enthralled.
"Here we go" the Oracle clears her throat again "One of these 'Hyperdimensions' has beings present that are known as GPUs, or 'Goddess Patron Unit'. They help aid the CPUs by lending them power. That's one of them"
"Wow, a GPU huh? I want to meet this GPU person" I remarked.
"I'm sorry to say, but we can't make any contact with them" Histoire tells me "Anyway, there's another one that has happened to have a young swordsman accompanying the Goddesses so far. Any other information about him is unknown"
"I see, that sucks" I said "Well, I think it'll be safer this way. But just think, a soldier, a GPU, and a swordsman so far. Sounds like an awesome team"
"Who knows" Histoire says "Anyway, that's all I wanted from you Garland. Thank you for your time" she bows.
"No problem" I told her. I walked out of the room to see Nepgear walking my way.
"Hello Garland, I hope you're doing well today" she said.
I let out a sigh "I'm doing fine. I just got done with Histoire. What do you need?" I ask her.
"Well the reason why I'm here right now is to ask. . ." She hesitates.
"Go on, I'm listening" I said.
"Umm, would you mind accompanying me on a quest tomorrow? There's some items I need that only monsters drop, so I was hoping you could come along to help me" she asks.
"Oh. Well, I don't seem to have anything going on tomorrow. So I don't mind dungeon crawling a bit" I told her.
Nepgear smiles "Thank you, I can't wait to see what you're capable of" she says before running off.
Well, looks like I got my first quest. I'm kinda excited.
Today, I'm in a party with Nepgear working on a quest in a place called "Evil Cave". Sadly, we couldn't find a weapon for me to use. So I'm just going to have to use my fists for now, which I don't really like.
"So, what's the quest?" I ask Nepgear.
Nepgear reaches into a pocket to bring out the paper with the info "There appears to be rare sightings of a Metal Dogoo here. That's kinda odd since they normally hard to come-by and they're only native to LAN-Depths" she tells me, looking at the quest "But this is good since I'm looking for some Metal Jelly"
"A Metal Dogoo, huh. . ." I look at my hands, grimacing "This is going to suck. . ." I wince at just the thought.
"Don't worry about it Garland. It may sound painful, but they feel just like jello" Nepgear says, trying to get my mind off the nonexistent pain.
I look at her with a raised eyebrow "And how do you know this?"
"Well. . ." her face flushes a little "I wanted to know how it felt, so while Neptune wasn't looking I petted one. . ."
"And it didn't attack you?"
"It did, but Neptune and I finished before anything could happen. . . Oh! There's one now!" Nepgear yells, pointing behind me. Sure enough, a metallic-looking Dogoo is bouncing up to us. We both readied ourselves.
"You know, the more I look at it. . ." I started to say.
"Huh, what is it?"
"The more it looks adorable. . ." I said, sighing at my integrity break.
"Well, it shouldn't be too much for us. You seem a decent level too" Nepgear tells me before running at the mob.
I look at her confused. I guess I'll ask her about the whole level thing later. "Alright, let's see what you can do, Dogoo! Oh, that rhymed!" I said to myslef before running up on it. Nepgear got a couple slashes in, but it looked like it barely felt it "I guess its defenses are no joke!" I remarked, going in with a couple jabs. But, the little sucker was quick and dodged each of my attacks before jumping towards. . . "W-Whoa!" . . . Me.
"Oh my goodness! Are you alright, Garland!?" Nepgear looks at me in shock.
"Y-You weren't lying about it being jello-y. . . But god that hurts!" I yell, throwing it off with little effort "At least it doesn't stick"
"Here, drink this" Nepgear tosses me a bottle of. . .
"Nep Bull? Well, better than nothing" I said, gulping down the content "Ugh, wasn't expecting. . . Get back!" I was saying before I kicked the Metal Dogoo.
"Let me finish it off!" Nepgear calls out, her blade glowing "Mirage Dance!" I watched as she became a blur rushing towards it. She does all the slashes and spins around the Metal Dogoo before doing her last slash. The Dogoo was defeated.
"That was awesome!" I said, clapping for no reason. This made Nepgear get all flustered.
"Oh goodness, it wasn't that amazing" she said, giggling. She turned around to find the item she was looking for "Perfect"
"Well, we got the item. Shall we be off?" I ask her.
"Yes, let's get back to the Guild" Nepgear says, running out. I followed behind her. When we left, a miniature Metal Dogoo jumps out from behind a rock looking at the two leaving.
The next two days were spent. . . Well, hanging out with Neptune playing games and walking around Planetune some more. I ran into Compa and IF during that time and decided to get more acquainted with them. After that, my time to move was upon me. I made sure I had all my stuff ready and moved my duffle bag to the balcony.
"Ah man, you have to go already? But we were just having fun. . ." Neptune said, looking all. . . Well, whatever a Neptune looks like when bored.
"It was fun having you here Garland. I hope we do another quest together sometime" Nepgear says. I nod.
"I hope so too" I said, then turned to Histoire "And thanks for sharing more 'other dimensional' stuff with me Histoire"
"It was no trouble. It actually felt good having someone to talk to than to yell at a certain slacker. . ." the Oracle remarks, looking at Neptune "Oh, looks like Noire has arrived" we all look up at Histoire's words to find. . .
"Lady Black Heart!?" I looked surprised. Well, I should know about this. But still, trying to get the hang of things here still. So. . .yeah.
"Hello everyone. I hope I didn't keep you waiting long" Black Heart says, landing.
"Not at all Noire, you arrived just in time" Histoire told her "Now Garland, you made sure you had everything?"
"Yes yes, I did" I said, tossing my duffle bag over my shoulders. I walked up to Noire, sorry. . . Black Heart and looked dumbfound. She noticed it.
"Something the matter Garland? Haven't seen my HDD form?" she asks me.
"Oh. . . No. I'm just speechless that's all" I said, stumbling over my words.
"Ooh, does Garly like what he sees~?" I heard a certain CPU say, snickering. I lost my integrity again.
"Wh-What do you mean by that!? I'm. . . Still trying to get use to things here, you know!" I yell at Neptune, my face burning red.
"Bwahahahaha! Oh your reaction was priceless! Reminds me of when I tease Noire" Neptune cackles, holding her sides.
"Jeez Neptune, you should know better then to tease someone about things like that" I heard Black Heart say. I turned around to thank her to see her face was a slight tint of red.
"My apologies. . . Can we go now Lady Black Heart?" I asked her, regaining my lost integrity.
"Yes, of course" she says "And you can call me Noire, okay? We're not complete strangers like NPCs" she tells me, holding out a hand.
"O-Oh, okay. Well, I'll see you all later then" I wave to the Planetune crew before taking Noire's hand.
"Better hold on Garland. We're going to get to Lastation in no time flat" she tells me. I tighten my grip on her hands.
"I'm ready. . ." I said, bracing myself.
"Alright, here we go!" she says before blasting off at. . . Holy crap this is fast!
"HOLY. . ." I yell.
Author's Notes
Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving if you celebrate it.
So now, Planetune is out of the way! Onwards to Lastation! I wonder what things await Garland there. We'll find out next care everyone!
Also, shoutouts to Remited and arceus8888 for some awesome stories I enjoy reading. Please keep them coming if you read this.