Follow-Up

"Lights! Camera! Action!"

A flurry of purple-tinted lights shone across the stage as the intro music blared out on stage, its fanfare signaling the beginning of the show. Onstage, the show host, a woman wearing a white sweater with a single purple stripe and short white-brown hair sat behind the podium, her eyes and bracelets purple as the stage dressing and the show's logo which also happened to proudly bear the host's name.

"Hey-o everybody!" the woman ecstatically hollered, her hair-sticks on top of her hair bun quivering about like TV antennas (which they were made to look), "Welcome to the premier episode of the one! The only! 'Justinia Emmett Live!' with yours truly, Justinia Emmett!" She paused for a bit as the clapping sound bite was played. "This show has been brought to you by the USB - the United Simulcasting Business! And tonight, we commemorate the completion of this fan-fiction - the very first of others to come!"

Across from her on a purple stuffy couch, Bell could only wonder how she got involved. '... Why am I here right now…?' she thought, wishing she was somewhere else other than onstage with a talk-show host who must have vocal cords made of iron or something.

"And just as an FYI to you dear viewers and/or readers! This is a special chapter at the end of every major story, where we talk about… stuff that happened so far with select special guests! This is gonna be like family tradition, if families decided that they talk meta stuff during reunions or something. If this is your first time here - bravo, dear reader, bravo for making it this far and sticking with us! Unless you got bored and just skipped ahead to the last chapter simply because it was the last chapter, in which case, uh… bravo to you anyways! So better hold onto your butts - there ain't no fourth wall where we're goin'!"

"And joining us," Justinia boomed vigorously, "We have the one and only Bell here with us today!" The sound bite of a standing ovation played as Bell sank lower into the seat, trying to make herself as unnoticeable as possible even though it was useless.

Justinia clapped along until the sound faded out. With the bombastic intro out of the way, she rubbed her hands together. "So!" she began with the look of excitement running on high octane in her eyes, "What did you think of the experience so far, being one of the major stars of the show?"

Bell sighed, knowing that there would be no easy way out of the uncomfortable situation. Her eyes glanced to the side as she tried to come up with a decent answer. "Uhh… fine, I guess?"

"Oh c'mon! It should've been fun! (Or at least by your definition of 'fun') Being right there from the get-go, getting stuck in the action, heck you even got the first transformation scene! That had to count for something, am I right?"

Bell remained unexcited. "Um… sure. Yeah."

Undeterred by Bell's lack of enthusiasm, Justinia simply laughed. "There we have it, folks: the best of 'ol Belly!"

That elicited a quick response from Bell who immediately leaned forward on her seat. "Hey! Don't go around calling me that!"

Justinia waved her hands in jest. "Hey, you've been called that plenty of times throughout the story! Sorry, but I couldn't resist!" Justinia giggled while Bell could only glare with an ever-reddening face. Taking a breath, Justinia moved onto another topic of discussion. "That reminds me, what you think of the other characters that showed up? Particularly Cog - what'd you think of her?"

Half-glad to move on to a different topic, Bell begrudging decided to play along. Resting her hand on her hand, she thought of something to say. Preferably something that she could mention without accidently slipping out some details she would regret saying if Justinia ever caught on to them.

Apparently, Justinia didn't get the hint, continuing as though she had the answers. "I mean, there's no denying that you and her are close and all (*cough* totally-platonic *cough*) but it's just… what good qualities do you see in her?"

Bell rolled her eyes. "Great. Are you now my psychiatrist or something? What's next, some ink-blot tests?"

Justinia seemed unaffected by the retort. "Oh, I could be, but I flunked outta psychiatrist school! Plus my ink-blots looked like some octopus pissed all over scrap paper," she joked, "But if you ask me, all Cog's got going for are her guns that totally don't make me think that she's compensating for something. If anything, you two kinda make an odd pairing. But hey: as the old saying goes, 'opposites attract!'" Justinia followed up with playful winks in Bell's direction.

'Oh please, don't go there...' Thankfully, another thought popped up in Justinia's mind as she suddenly straightened up with the next question loaded. "Oh, wait! What about the two characters that, for once, aren't OC? Uh, Nitroplus was her name?"

"Nitroplus and her buddy Raw Meat," Bell corrected.

Justinia snapped her fingers. "Yeah, those two! There's like… It's kinda funny, seeing as how this story's got 'Neptunia' in the name, but other than a mention here and there and with Vert showing up at the very end, there's not a whole lot of relation to the main franchise other than those two fellas!"

"Don't blame me, I didn't write this story," quipped Bell, "Tell that to the author. Or authors. And even then, there's no guarantee that anyone who is familiar with the franchise will recognize those two."

Leaning back against her seat, Justinia gave a sarcastic laugh. "Only gamers who shelved money for a Megadimension Neptunia VII DLC will understand! Oh right, this whole story's supposed to take place around the same time as that game, isn't it? Judging by when we meet Vert, I reckon the story's already taken place by the game's second story arc!"

Bell gave a blank stare, as she wasn't quite sure where this was going. "Uh, yeah. I think it was mentioned somewhere in the very first chapter that this takes place at the same time as that game."

"Which means our readers can expect the next story from our dear authors to take place around the same time and events as that game!" Justinia began spinning in her chair. "Woot! Woot!"

Justinia took a quick peek at Bell's face to find it filled with boredom rather than excitement and the spinning chair came to a screeching halt. "... What? You're not looking forward to it?"

Bell turned away, clearly disinterested. "Ugh. That just means more work for me. I mean, sure, the stuff that went on in this story was for a good cause and all, but I think that's more than enough excitement anyone would want to get in their lifetime."

"Oh, I wouldn't think so!" teased Justinia as she leaned closer over her podium, "You're still the 'protagonist' of the show which means you're so gonna be coming back for the sequels!"

Bell groaned as she sunk her head on her the couch's armrest. "Why me?"

"Because the fates have dictated that you will be the main protagonist of the PC side, just like how Neptune tends to call herself the main protagonist of like, everything. Seriously, she even called herself 'Protagonists of Protagonists' like she's some -"

"It was a rhetorical question!" Bell moaned in exasperation and suffering. But all that accomplished was to make Justinia laugh in delight. But just now, the sound bite of a loud alarm bell rang out, signalling the end of the broadcast.

"Well!" announced Justinia as she clasped her hands together as she stood up from her seat, "Looks like that's all the time we have today! But remember: you heard it here, folks! Next episode's coming up and all I know is that it's gonna be bigger and badder! How big? Lemme throw some numbers at ya: 58% more characters! 87% more action! A million percent more 'wub-wub' which should be statistically proven because this story didn't include any 'wub-wubs'!

"A big round of applause for Bell here - yes, Bell, not Belly - for spending her time with us! I'm Justinia Emmett and this has been the episode of 'Justinia Emmett Live!' for 'Neptunia PC'! Stay tuned for round 2 in a website near you!"

AUTHOR'S NOTES:
HistoricHippos:
And with that, that's the end of our very first fanfic, "Neptunia PC"! And as it was our very first fanfic we've written, I hope you've enjoyed your time with the story we've told. Granted, it's very OC with an entirely new world and concepts and with only a handful of mentions about the stuff that makes Neptunia, well, Neptunia, but I hope you've enjoyed what we had to offer.

Also, a small bit of a sneak-peak, but this story is going to be the first of a trilogy. So expect more stuff from us in the future, specifically the sequel!

Panzer_Bros:
This was extremely fun from start to finish, I must say. From one idea, to the next, we built up a continent and some of those whom live in it. I'll try not to repeat what my fellow author has said, but as our first fanfiction, I'm quite proud of what we have created.

And yes, as HistoricHippos has mentioned before, there are more stories in the works! You, dear reader, will have to wait and find out. Thank you all for your feedback on this so much. After all, there is nothing wrong with more Neptunia!

If there is any questions on anything to do with the fanfic or something on those lines, then please send a PM and one/both of us will gladly answer.