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Chapter 5: Questing? Oh Boy!

(Dimension: Ultradimension)


(Nation: Planeptune)

(Location: Northern District)

(Time: 12:30 PM)


(Point of View: Tamazaki)

Welcome to the nation of Planeptune, where sheer laziness is the answer to this nation's economic troubles…I'm not even joking about that part by the way. I'm pretty sure Histoire said that there were two reasons to why the nation's share percentage was so low, and I'm absolutely sure that she said that the economy was one of the reasons why.

The nation looked different than it usually did however, this most likely has to do with me being in a alternate dimension. The buildings in this nation were a brighter shade of purple than the Planeptune buildings back in my dimension. The citizens here wore "semi-modern" clothing (I have SOME sense of fashion…blame my sister for that). I'm mostly trying to say that the nation sort of has a retro theme going on, as I'm seeing a crap ton of things that would definitely be considered "old".

"The people of the nation are busy as ever, which probably means that the population is going to decrease significantly in the next few years." Terra practically had killed the mood (then again, was there one to begin with?). I'm not sure if I agree with him or not, just cause you work hard or your busy, doesn't necessarily means that your going to be on the verge of leaving your community…I mean, I guess that's kind of true now that I'm thinking about it… "You better stop taking hourly naps and do some work for your own nation Tizius, otherwise it's going to come back and bite you in the ass."

"I'm doing work Terra! I really am!" Tizius was making one of those pouty faces that little kids make when they don't get something they want and try to make their parents feel bad, and usually, these faces are followed by a temper tantrum (although Tizius doesn't really have a reason to throw one). "If you ask Natty, he'll tell you EVERRRYYYYTHING I did!"

"I'm pretty sure asking that midget about your work habits will result in something that me, him, and the guy behind us wouldn't want to experience." Terra sweatdropped as he looked back at me, and for some reason, I could see…fear in his eyes. Those were the type of eyes that would tell you, "It's better if you keep your mouth shut and don't ask any questions, for your own sake." Since I don't know much about these two, I think it's better for me to follow directions and don't take any risk until I'm confident in what I'm doing.

"Terra, where exactly are we going? I'm used to getting some sort of hint before I go anywhere with anyone." I finally decided to say something after being silent this whole time. I'm seriously hoping that Terra doesn't lead me and Tizius into a dark alleyway and try to hold Tizius for ransom…Why would Terra do something like that, you ask? Well… I don't know where I was going with this, to be completely honest. "I don't know about you, but-"

I immediately cut myself off when I noticed that everyone, and when I say everyone I mean EVERYONE, in the nation had suddenly vanished. The whole nation had gone completely silent, and there were no signs of life anywhere, I was just standing in a completely empty nation. "...Where in Arfoire's name did everyone go?!" I shouted before suddenly realizing something. "And who in Arfoire's name is Arfoire?!"

I ended up exploring the whole nation while trying to find where somebody, preferably that somebody could be one of the three people I've met in this dimension so far. Speaking of dimensions, I find it weird that I was pulled into another one because someone was making love to a rock…I think this shows that Acallaris is running out of ideas.


Acallaris: Ahahaha! Fuck you too!


"Whelp… I'm completely lost, as well as stumped." What are you supposed to do when you suddenly realize that you're the last person on the face of the planet? You can't repopulate, cause you're the last person on the planet. You can't fall asleep at night peacefully, cause you're the last person on the planet. You can't even commit any crimes, because you're the last person on the planet…as well as a scumbag.

It didn't take too long for me to realize that I currently was staring at a sign, and next to the sign was an entrance to a building. I read what was on the sign, and the word ,"Guild", was written in giant bold letters. I stood up straight and looked at the building once more. "This does look like it can be a Guild, now that I'm looking at it more closely." I said to myself.

In the corner of my eye, I saw something moving. I quickly turned my head to see what it was, and to my surprise, it didn't actually disappear. There was a nearly transparent person walking in my direction, at the time, I wasn't really able to make out their appearance since they were so far away, but as they were two feet away from me, I finally was able to see who it was. "Is…that… Bryce?" I asked.

The person who looked like Bryce looked as if they didn't see me and walked into the Guild, they seemed as if they were troubled about something. This person was transparent…does that mean that…God damn it Bryce! How many times are you going to die?! For fucksake man! We really need a counter, cause I'm pretty sure we've all lost track at this point!


"There you are!" I heard a someone call out to me. One minute, the whole nation is empty. The next minute, I hear voices erupt out of nowhere and I'm watching a crowd of people pass by me. I stared blankly at the people who were passing by. I turned my head to find Tizius staring at me, and Terra bending over with his hands on his knees while breathing heavily. "Where the Hell did you go?!" Terra shouted at me.

"…Huh?" I responded. In Terra's eyes, he must think I'm playing dumb with him, but I can assure you that I wouldn't play dumb in a situation like this, this nation is too big. "I…don't know where I went. Everyone sort of just vanished on me, and I was in this nation all by myself."

"Tamazaki…you must seriously be on something right now, huh?" Terra asked me. Now that I think about it, I do sound like some guy who has escaped from an Insane Asylum. I really doubt that any sane, or matter of fact, sane or INSANE person will believe the words that just left my mouth…unless your extremely gullible…like Tizius. "People vanishing, You being alone in this nation all by yourself…what the fuck is wrong with you?"

"Terra, don't pick on Tammy like that!" Tizius seemed to be defending me for some reason… I guess that's because his trust in me is really high, despite us meeting less than two hours ago. "Maybe Tammy got lost and wandered to an empty part of the city…I think." Now that…sounds believable, especially with it coming from a airhead like Tizius…or at least he seems like an airhead.

I'm guessing that since Terra still doesn't trust me, he's getting all up in my face for me disappearing. Apparently, he thinks I'm going to do something like blow up the nation or ride on the shoulder of a mech….last time I checked, I don't have any types of explosives…also I don't own a mech, who do you think I am? Nepgear? Uhrevia? "…Whatever, as long as you're here now, I guess there aren't any problems." Terra sighed loudly before looking up. "Huh…I see that you found your way to our destination."

"Destination?" I repeated as I looked up. The three of us were looking up at the Guild building…I instantly slapped myself. Why did I slap myself, you ask? Well, in every Neptunia Fanfiction, the number three rule is that you have to include a visit to the Guild at least twice. I slapped myself because I didn't realize that we were coming here, I mean really! It was either here at the Guild, or a dark alleyway where Terra would be begging for me to stop kicking his face into the wall. "Oh, the Guild!"

"This place has just recently opened, so we've got some time to pick some good quest before they all suddenly disappear." Terra crossed his arms and looked over to me. "When we go in there, try not to act like a total ass and show some respect for those brave souls in there. They've most likely achieved more stuff and seen more things then you will in 50 years."

"…If only you knew." I said to Terra. So let me see here, I came from a alternate world, I was given the opportunity to protect a Goddess, I found out I was a God, I was sent on a rescue mission, I was kidnapped and mind controlled, I found out my mother was my actual enemy, I found out that I'm half demon, I watched my own sister die right in front of me, I fought against a Succubus Goddess (with the help of friends) and won, I'm great friends with someone from the military, someone who's too overpowered for their own good, someone who's technically a pyromaniac, someone who's practically M**sa from Attack on *****, I have a daughter from a alternate dimension...What I'm trying to say is, I've been through MUCH MUCH MUCH MORE SHIT than all those guys combined…not trying to say I won't respect them for who they are.


(Dimension: Hyperdimension)


(Nation: Planeptune)

(Location: Basilicom (Sharicite Room)

(Time: 2:30 PM)


(Point of View: Nepgear)

"Oh God let me out, can you let me out? Can you set me free from this dark inner world? Save me now, last beat in the soul!" Laxtria cheerfully sang as we walked out of the portal that lead to the alternate Hyperdimension. Neptune didn't seem to be responding to her calls, meaning she couldn't really come and pick Laxtria up…oh Neptune… "I'm home Histoire!"

"Welcome home Laxtria, I imagined that you had a great time sleeping over with your friends?" Histoire greeted Laxtria with a smile. Histoire is usually stressed out most of the time, yet she seems to always put on a smile whenever Laxtria is around. I remember addressing her about it one day, and all she told me was that children need to be in a positive environment.

"Mhm! I had lots of fun over there!" Laxtria smiled. "We told each other secrets, and ate a lot of sweets when Blanc and Mina weren't looking! Disk told some really bad jokes, Yu was being responsible again, and Nokia was getting really excited whenever she was hurt." Laxtria has been friends with those girls for so long, that I actually forgot how long it's been…I don't think that's a good sign, now that I think about it. "AunGear? Is Mama around? I wanna tell her about my time with my friends!"

"O-oh…well um…Neptune sort of…left early in the morning to go and do some things." I told Laxtria while trying to hide the guilt that was on my face. I didn't want to tell Laxtria that I was the reason for her mother not being here with us at the moment, if I told her that I yelled at Neptune, she'd do something like run away again… "Hopefully, she'll be home later, so you'll be able to tell her everything then! Okay?"

"Hmm…Okay!" Laxtria said.

Nepgear has earned the "Lying Witch of the West" ability!

"What the goodness?! Why is…oh, I just remembered that we're in Victory…" I realized. I'm not exactly sure why, but I feel like in another life or so, these "abilities" sort of…haunted me. The author told me back in the last story, that this would be a thing in "Victory". I don't know what they mean, or how long they're going to appear for, but I feel like this might only bug me.

As Laxtria was skipping towards the door, Alex and Hinato had opened the door and realized that Laxtria was heading in their direction. Laxtria took notice of the both of them and stopped in her tracks. Judging by her face, she didn't seem to care much about Hinato, and was looking directly at Alex. "…Unlex!" Laxtria dropped all her things and ran up to hug Alex. "You came home! You actually did come home!"

Alex looked down at Laxtria with a "•_•" type of face (I wonder where that face even came from, it seems a bit…weird), he slowly raised his head and looked at both Histoire and so with a the same expression, he seemed to be really surprised. "Laxtria has grown to be more affectionate to others since you last saw her." Histoire said. "If she's like this with you, just wait until she sees Tamazaki again!"

"Huh? Tamazaki?" Laxtria said as she looked back at Histoire. Laxtria seemed to being giving Histoire a head tilt. Now that I think about it, does Laxtria even know that her father goes by the name Tamazaki?...No, of course she does! Before the APLs left, she'd hear someone call him by Tamazaki all the time! "Who's that?"

"Laxtria, have you forgotten that Tamazaki is what your father goes by?" Hinato asked her, causing Laxtria to look over at Hinato and tilt her head at him. Laxtria doesn't seem to remember who Tamazaki is. I know for sure that she wouldn't mess around when it came to her father or Neptune, but…something just seems off for some reason…

"I…think Mama said something about…I think she said something about me not having a father."

The words that came out of Laxtria's mouth surprised all of us. Neptune wouldn't say anything like that to Laxtria! Even if she did, there's are things that just don't are up at all! How could Laxtria just forget Tamazaki like that in the blink of an eye? It doesn't make sense for Neptune to say something like that, especially after what she told me yesterday.

Alex nudged Laxtria, indicating for her to get off of him. Laxtria unwrapped her arms from Alex and looked at him with a confused expression. Alex then suddenly ran out of the room, my guess was that he was going to go and wake Tamazaki up and bring him in here. "What's wrong with Unlex AunGear?" Laxtria asked me. "Something about him seems really different."

"Well, um…Alex kind of lost his-" Before I could finish my sentence, Alex rushed back into the Sharicite room. Alex looked to be out of breath, which shows how fast he must've ran (Although, Tamazaki's room isn't really that far from this room). After catching his breath, Alex started to speak with his hands, he seemed like he was panicking. "A-Alex, what's wrong? Hinato, could translate?"

"It seems that he is saying…w-what?!" Hinato shouted. "Tamazaki isn't in his room?!"


(Dimension: Ultradimension)


(Nation: Planeptune)

(Location: Guild)

(Time: 1:45 PM)


(Point of View: Tamazaki)

"Ooh! Tammy? Terra? Can we choose this one?" Tizius pointed to ANOTHER quest that seemed practically impossible to do. The quest was labeled, "FETCH QUEST: SKULLS OF THE FALLEN" and was practically asking for someone to go and rob some graves and takes the skills from the body…which is just seriously fucked up if you ask me…Why the Hell did Tizius choose this quest out of all things? "We'll get a lot of shares and-"

"No." Terra and I answered in unison…again. It seems like now that we're a party of three, Tizius expects us to take on any quest that is meant for three or more people. The kid most likely expects me to do most of the work since I'm more experienced, but since I have this toothpick of a dagger as a weapon instead of my metal arm, I'm going to be doing less work than anyone.

"Come on! Why can't we go on any of the quest that I choose?!"

"Tizius…do you even realize that the quests that you're choosing, are either insanely stupid or insanely deadly?" I asked him, in which he replied by shaking his head nonchalantly. Does this kid know what it's like to stare death in the eyes?! He has no sense of danger whatsoever! He'll jump head first off a cliff and into a pool of chemical waste for crying out loud! "Look, when it comes to choosing a quest, you have to think about the other members of your party more than yourself."

I walked over to the board and examined all the possible quest, and by the looks of it, we didn't have many options. In the corner of my eye, I spotted something that might be doable. "Here, take a look at this one." I placed my finger on the paper. It read, "FETCH QUEST: GRASS WITH AMAZING HEALING PROPERTIES". The quest wanted us to find 15 of an item known as Healing Grass. "This doesn't seem to be a tough quest, don't you think so Terra?"

"I gotta agree with you on that one." Terra walked over to the board and looked at the quest from a closer perspective. "Looks like it's most common in Tari Forest, a place that's pretty close by and has easy mobs to deal with." Looks like Terra and I were agreeing on something for once, I'm guessing that this is mostly because we both don't want to die early.

"But…look at the reward…" Tizius said. Terra and I both looked at the reward and sweatdropped. The reward for our efforts were only a few random healing items, and one mystery cosmetic. I was immediately about drop the idea of doing this request , until I saw two things. "They aren't really that good…I think."

"At first glance the rewards may look like they suck, but take a closer look and you'll see something that is truly amazing." I told Tizius. "The amount of shares Planeptune will get for doing this quest is two percent, correct? Well, if you look closely at the bottom right corner, you can see something written in blue ink."

"…Redoable?"

"Yup! This is a redoable quest Tizius! This means we can do this quest as many times we want, and get the same rewards! If we were to do this multiple times, Planeptune could have 16 percent more shares tomorrow than it did today!"

"Whoa! That's so cool! We gotta do this quest!" Tizius was getting really excited about this. You know, I'm glad that my knowledge of RPGs and the Hyperdimension is still fresh, otherwise we'd be in a tight spot right now. "Terra, can we do this quest?! Can we?!"

I looked over at Terra, and for a second, I though I could see him smiling...Yeah, he most likely was smiling, but went back to that stern expression of his when Tizius and I looked back at him. "You know what? Why not?" Terra shrugged before taking the paper from the board. "If Tamazaki's strategy works, Hinato can finally stop being so slow and actually work faster."

"Heheh, I feel like "exploit" would be a better word for this." I chuckled as I rubbed the back of my head.

"Hooray for Tammy and his exploits!" Tizius jumped in the air, practically ignoring the laws of physics and everyone who was staring at him.


Acallaris: What's going on everybody? My name is Acallaris, and I hope you all enjoyed this new chapter! Sorry for the wait, as I had midterms to deal with…as well as Valentine's Day [which was absolutely insane!]

*DOOR BELL RINGS*

Acallaris:…I have a doorbell? *goes up to the door and opens it* Hello?

Ram: Huh? Stupidaris?

Acallaris: Ram? Why and how are you here?

Ram: I don't know! Some random stranger told me I was supposed to be your…"Clo-Most"

Acallaris:…Do…you mean "Co-Host?"

Ram: Hmm…yeah, something like that!

Acallaris: I was told I was getting someone from the cast to be my co-host…why did it have to be you out of all people?

Ram: Hey! You shouldn't be the one to complain stupid! I'm pretty much stuck with you till this is all over!

Acallaris: *sighs* Unfortunately, that's true…well, guess we're going to have to get along until then… *holds out hand*

Ram: *sighs* Yeah, I guess… *takes his hand*

Acallaris and Ram: *shakes hands* (This is going to suck…)


Acallaris: Whelp, hope you all enjoyed that little announcement in skit form. Yes, I'm actually going to have Ram be my co-host. Why Ram outbid all people?...I don't know really, I just feel like I have some sort of connection with her.

Ram: *from another room* Eww! I'll call Blanc on you if you keep acting weird like that!

Acallaris: Shut up! Just go and unpack your things! *Sighs* Anyways, I have a little surprise for you all that should be coming really soon. I've been planning this for a while, and I finally think it's time I put it into action. What could it be? Well, you'll just have to wait and see….Hey, that rhymed!

Ram: *from another room* Why are you acting so proud of yourself?! That was stupid!

Acallaris: SHUT! UP!

Ram: *pokes head into the same room and blows a raspberry*

Acallaris:… *takes in a few deep breaths* Anyways, next time on Ultradimension Nepzaki, Tamazaki, Tizius, and Terra will be heading off to Tari Forest to complete the quest they took on! Meanwhile in the Hyperdimension, everyone will be searching for both Tamazaki and Neptune, who have both mysteriously disappeared. What will happen to our heroes during this time? You'll just have to wait and see! I will see you guys later!

Ram: Later!