"Thomas huh? That's an interesting name you have there." Blanc, the CPU of Lowee, commented on my name as she circled around me a few times, taking notice of my current attire. I was wearing my leather jacket, jeans, shoes and some gloves.
"Neptune! Oh dear… I'm going to go rescue her!" With that. Nepgear activates her HDD form and flies toward where Neptune had drifted away to, leaving me, Rom, Ram and Blanc behind. "I am a bit annoyed at all this noise… just what the hell happened?!"
"Well… Ram goaded Neptune into sticking her tongue on a metal pole and ended up drifting away. Sorry…" I explain and apologize, a hint of anger not being seen on Blanc's face, only that of annoyance. I was under the impression she was more prone to anger. She has to be! After all, that's what defines her character.
"I see… idiot. She should have known her tongue would stick! Anyways, why don't you two come inside? Rom's already inside." Blanc gestures me and Ram to enter the building which we do. Ram goes to do her own thing with Rom while I still follow after Blanc who leads me to a room. "Please, have a seat. Do you drink tea?"
"No, thank you. I'm Mormon so I can't drink tea, same with coffee." I explain to Blanc who immediately pours some water in a mug and hands the said mug to me. Strange, this mug seems very familiar to me... It's a Star Wars mug. On one side, it has a picture of Yoda while the other side is that of Darth Vader with numerous words forming they're heads.
"This mug… it looks exactly as the mug I owned back at home. Same...everything…." I say, eying the small, white mug all over while Blanc watched from a distance. Yes, this is it! This is the mug I own back home! But how did it end up in a different dimension? Is that even possible? "So it is yours? Sorry, I didn't know."
"It's all good! I just find it strange that my mug is in this dimension…" I say with a confused look, having gouged down the water just before I examined the mug itself. Yup, this is most definitely mine. I don't normally use this mug since I prefer to keep it clean but I guess it's fine now. "So what Histoire is true. You are from a different dimension. In that case, you are free to stay here."
"Stay here? I assume your referring to this dimension, correct?" I decided to ask after Blanc poured some more water for me, chugging the water down in one sitting since there wasn't much water in my mug. "Correct. Although. I'd rather if you not hang around my home. I'm currently working on some stories of mine."
"I understand. I should be leaving but before I do that… where did you find my mug?" I decidedly ask Blanc who finishes reading a book she was reading when we were talking, putting the book down and turned her gaze toward me. "Hmm… I'm not sure. I just happened to find it over there."
"Thanks." I say, heading to a bookcase where Blanc say she found my mug at. Strange… why would it appear in here of all places?! And who would be doing this sort of thing? I should probably tell Histoire about this but before I can do that, I must travel to Leanbox. "By the way, Histoire warned me that you would be heading to Leanbox. That's why I'm having Rom and Ram here escort you to Leanbox."
"Ah… they are inseparable…" I say the last bit to myself and bid farewell to Blanc as me, Rom and Ram make our way to the last nation of Leanbox where I will finally meet Vert. I wonder what her first impression of me will be. Oh and I'd better hold onto my mug, don't want it getting damaged or downright destroyed.
"Let's go! Come on!" Ram grabs my jacket, hustling me outside while Rom joins us, leaving Blanc alone in the room and building, her room being filled with various books and clothing. Blanc walks to the window and watches us depart, quickly turning her attention away.
"Hmm… will they be ok? Normally, I would escort them places but ever since they unlocked they're HDD forms, they've been able to go as they please without any problems. That's good and all but I'm still concerned about them. Ever since, hmm…? What's this?" Blanc concludes, noticing a newspaper on the desk she uses for writing her stories or for working. When she goes to pick it up and skims through the various articles, she notices something particularly… disturbing.
"Oh no! I have to warn them! But they've already left. I should go tell Histoire." Blanc says, quickly activating her HDD form and dashes out the building, making her way toward Planeptune.
Meanwhile, me, Rom and Ram are making our way toward Leanbox, a nation I have yet to uncover.
We are currently heading towards Leanbox but Rom and Ram are flying whilst grabbing hold of me since I can't fly. And apparently, this is the only method to travel to Leanbox. Ah, now I'm starting to remember… it's surrounded by an ocean, is it not? That would explain it. Anyways, this isn't so bad… its nice weather, cool, not a lot of wind.
"We're… almost there, Thomas. Just hang in there…" Rom interrupts the silence, I look forward while holding onto my glasses so they won't fall off and I notice an island in the distance. This has to be Leanbox… I'm glad I was given the chance to enter the Hyperdimension since it is my 2nd favorite anime I've seen. And I'm just referring to the anime adaptation.
"Wow… amazing. So this is Leanbox up close... " I say as the twin candidates of Lowee set down onto the small island, being careful not to drop me. When the two deactivated they're HDD forms, they led me into the area where we would find the CPU, Vert at. Probably playing video games.
We traverse the area on foot, running around while I followed the two who seem to be… cheerful and happy. Wow… I don't think I've ever met anyone as cheerful as these two, guiding me to the building where Vert resides in. Hmm… now that I think about it, I think there is someone who might fit this description but I can't think of a name.
"Is something… wrong, Thomas…?" Rom slowly but shyly asks me, staying behind while Ram was way ahead of us, taking the lead. Seeing as though I'm the follower, it's what I'm used to. Is something wrong? Not that I'm aware of, no. "I'm fine, Rom."
Within a short amount of time, we came upon the Basilicom of Leanbox, a bit smaller than expected but it's still amazing to be in. When the three of us enter, we are immediately stopped by a girl with long green hair and wore… armor? Is that armor? I honestly can't tell. "Ah, it's you. My darling Vert has been expecting you, Thomas. Right this way please."
"Ok…" I awkwardly say as the oracle of Leanbox, Chika, leads me, Rom and Ram to the room where Vert is in. Time to meet the last CPU, Vert. This should be interesting but the same as before, I'm not as excited as I should be.
"My darling Vert is just in this room. If you'll excuse me, I'll be taking my leave." With that, Chika went on her way back to her station. It's a good thing I played through Rebirth: 2 a few times, just so I could witness awesome characters and to be in a happy mood? I forget the other reasons for playing these games. Welp, no time for dawdling, time to… hmm?
"I'll be right there! Urrrgh! There are more monsters?! Oh no! We may not make it!" Opening the door, I see an amazing PC coupled with roughly 6 monitors? And a pretty large desk. Ah, this… I recognize this particular scene from episode 3 of the Animation when the other CPUs, candidates and humans came to visit Vert, something about a party.
She must be Vert…. I say to myself, watching the game she's playing with a gaming controller in hand and wearing headphones with a mic attached. She's really into it; maybe it isn't a good idea to disrupt her gaming. I should just, leave… "Vert! We brought Thomas here with us!"
"Hmm? Oh, hi Rom, Ram and… you must be Thomas. Pardon me. Sorry, I have guests. Be right back in a few.." Vert says to the people she's playing with and takes her headphones off, taking a few steps towards me. She begins eyeing me all over… am I really that interesting? I'm just a man… oh right, there aren't any men in this series. I get it.
"You look a lot less… muscular than what I imagined. I guess that's fine, you still look amazing! Sorry, I've never met a man up close before. Please, right this way. You must be hungry from such a treacherous journey." Vert says, grabbing my hand and taking me throughout the building until we come across a living room of sorts. She instructs me, Rom and Ram to take our seats, preferably together and leaves the room. "Does she always act this way?"
"No really, no. I'm not sure what she sees in a scrubby man like you…." Ram whispers to me but I ignore her comment, seeing as though it takes a lot to really… insult me. A few times online, some people have told me to kill myself just because of the tastes in anime I have, particularly regarding Fairy Tail, Sword Art Online and other anime. So what? I gave those anime a 10/10 because I absolutely love them!
But I guess it doesn't really matter since those people were blocked on MyAnimeList for trying to put me down with they failed at. Miserably. I won't say I'm immune to insults since it's not possible but I can downright ignore them, acting as though nothing had ever happened. For some strange reason, these insults… don't really bother me all that much. "Sorry for the wait, the food is here."
"Yay, awesome! Thank's Vert!" Ram thanks Vert and starts digging in while I eat my food slowly. Of course, I thanked Vert before I began eating. Strange… I'm getting the strangest urge that someone's watching me. Oh… Vert is the one watching me. I wonder what's so interesting about my eating…. Oh well, I'll ignore it.
"Thomas… can I have some… steak, please?" Rom decided to ask me moment's after she began eating… or has minutes passed already? That it has, according to the clock on the wall. She's asking for more huh? But of course, I'll get her more. "Sure. Let me pass some over. Could you bring your plate closer please?"
"Ok…" Slowly, Rom moved her plate toward where the steak was and placed one on her plate using my fork I did. She returned her place and resumed her eating while I did the same. Why does Vert… oh, she stopped. That's a relief. I should probably finish up and tell her about what's going on here. But I'm not one to rush things either.
After a few more minutes of eating, I finished my meal and saw a woman come in to collect the plates. Is there no sink to rinse it in or does Vert have people to do it for her? Interesting… that's certainly something you don't see everyday. "Now that everyone's finished.. Thomas, would you come here please?"
"Um, sure." I follow after Vert who directs me to her room, closing the door behind us. When she turns the light on, I am surprised to see Christmas presents. Where did these come from? No way… all these tags attached to the presents have my names on them. Not only that, these presents are from my dad. But how?! "These presents were kindly delivered here by Noire and Uni from Lastation, something about finding these presents in Noir's room."
"That's… the same as my mug. Strange." I say, going over to open a present and found a brand new hoodie with a small logo on the front and a big logo on the back, both colored teal. But on the back, below the logo was the word "Fairy Tail" in English and Japanese. When I open the rest of the presents, I find exactly what I wanted for Christmas.
"Oh my, you're an anime fan as well? Hehe. I'm going to start taking photos now." Vert says, grabbing a camera and starts taking many photos of me holding what I got for Christmas. New black earbuds for my PC, Fairy Tail volume 62, Masamune-kun's Revenge volume 1, a new Fairy Tail hoodie, a large Steins;Gate t-shirt with "Future Gadget Labs" printed on the front, School Live dvd, The Future Diary complete series + the OVA and the Star Wars: The Old Republic Revan book. Am I missing something here?
"How did it end up here…? In a completely different dimension…?" I question what had just happened as Vert finishes taking pictures and hands me a trash bag. I proceed to throw the paper away while keeping a box since I could use more to stash some of my stuff in. This is really weird.. Beyond weird. Why did this happen? "Thomas? I know you want to enjoy your presents but there's something I need to show you.
"Ok… lead on." Vert takes my hand and leads me down the hallway, noticing numerous rooms along the way. We then come across a particular room which seems… off. The door looks different than all the other doors in that it doesn't appear to have a lock on it. Wait, could this be…?
I reach over to touch the doorknob and turned it, opening the door. What I saw was even more surprising than anything else I've witnessed…
Elsewhere, Blanc is flying toward Planeptune, carrying the newspaper she read earlier, declaring this to be of utmost importance.
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