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Apocalyptic Chapter 2: Initiation

(Dimension: Unknown)

(Nation: Unknown)

(Location: Moonshine Crusader)

(Time: Unknown)

(Point of View: Laxtria)

"Before I can send you on any sort of mission, I need to know if you're prepared to face anything that comes your way." Oh no, I know where this is going. "Which why I want to give you an Initiation. Think of it as a test of some sort."

Aww, I knew that Pilot was going to say something like this! In the books, I read, whenever the main character is joining some sort of group, they always make them do some sort of really dangerous thing that usually ends with them being really hurt.

I hope Pilot remembers that we're just two girls, a Fenrir, and a disembodied voice! So he better not make us do something like finding 20 rare items in an hour or escort him across a bridge full of brain-eating zombies!

"This better not be some impossible test…" Nokia gets it! She doesn't want this to be something we can't do either! "What do have in store for us, Mr. Pilot?"

Pilot was doing that really cool thing again where he swiped at nothing, but things still did stuff. That 3d picture thing from earlier changed into a map… I think that's a map? I don't know, it's all blurry and it's hard to really see any-

"Enhance image." Pilot said.

Woah! Everything just became really clear as soon as Pilot said that! That map that was just really unclear is now really clear! This ship is really amazing! I'm definitely going to ask Aungear and Unlex for one when we get back home!

"I don't really want you to do much, all I want is for you to fetch something in Planeptune." ...Nokia is looking at me funny. It's like she wanted to say something, but I don't know what. "In this little storefront right here-"

"I'm not good at reading maps…" I forgot what they were called, but I like those maps that know where you are and gives you directions to the place where you want to go. It's bothering me that I don't know what it is!

"That won't necessarily be a problem. We'll deal with that later." Pilot said. "As I was saying, in this storefront right here, medicines that treat many unknown diseases are stored here. Despite the fact that there is no living human in this nation, every so often, the medicine seems to restock."

"W-Wait, they're being restocked by themselves? But that would m-mean…" Aww, Nokia's fear of ghost is coming back to her. Whenever we have sleepovers, we always have to keep a lamp on because Nokia starts to get nervous. I think that also means Nokia is afraid of the dark, which is one more thing I can tease her about!

"Don't worry, Nokia. I'm sure there aren't any ghost roaming around this place filled with broken glass, empty buildings, or eccentricART OCs!" I used to believe in that stuff when I was really little, but Rom and Ram proved to me that they don't exist with really really good proof!

"Laxtria, that's not helping me at all…" Aww, I thought that would have really worked too…

"Aaawwoooooo…" Rult's howling sounded really creepy and eerie. That definitely gave Nokia goosebumps, and it looked like it made Pilot jump a bit too!

"Rult, you're just making things 10 times worse!" Nokia was definitely getting scared!

"While I can't confirm or deny if it's paranormal activity, I will say that it's quite strange." Pilot was pretty much helping us terrorize Nokia, and he didn't even know it! "But the reason why I'm sending you down there is to get more of this medication."

Pilot reached into his pocket and pulled out one of those pill bottles. He gave it to Nokia, and Rult and I went over to her to see what it was. I'm not sure how to pronounce it, but the words on the bottle said something like, "Viro-something" treatment medication.

"I would like for you to find at least two bottles of this medication. If my memory serves me correct, then it should be somewhat close to the back of the store." Pilot said. "Now, allow me to give you something else as well."

Pilot went over to the place where that jerkface, R31, was. I think he might've said something to him, cause that meanie was back from his, "Sleep mode" and was staring the three of us down!

Pilot then tapped on the little keyboard that was right under R31, and then looked back at me, Nokia, and Rult. "Look down at your wrists." Our wrists? What's on our-... Hey, was I always wearing a watch? Now that I'm thinking about it, I don't even think I own a watch!

"Woah, these watches look so cool!" They look even more sci-fi like then that hallway I was just in! It's a little tight, but I'm sure I'll get used to it no time, even if I can't feel my hand!

Nokia also had a watch like me, but Rult had a really cool looking collar. I guess it was too good to be true that there would be a watch that could fit a Fenrir's palm… Oh well! The collar looks cute, so I won't complain.

"Those watches and collar have many capabilities, such as scanning an area, disguising yourself, and much more." Pilot said to us. "As of right now, the only features that are available are the GPS, scan tool, and the R31 application. Use the first two tools to find the item, and then use the final app to come back to the ship."

"Sounds simple enough." Nokia was already messing around with the watch. "I'm sure we're also going to get into a few fights while we're there, and as far as I'm able to tell, these watches don't have anything that can help us with combat."

Ugh, I don't wanna think about running into those furry things. They creep me out, even though I was just joking about them earlier! Their bodies are really weird and they sounded like they were really hungry too. I'm really glad that Nokia and Rult came when they did otherwise I would've been in really big trouble…

"Oh, there are a few utilities that should make fighting easier for you. However, I'll only unlock them for you when I believe you are capable of using them, as well as any other apps those devices have." He's putting training wheels on us! That's really unfair! What if we're in a really dangerous situation and we need something from the watch? We won't be able to use it since we have freaking training wheels on them!

"Not that it would matter anyway, the moment you beam down to the surface, you'll just be eaten by the creatures there!" Now this jerkface of a robot is hoping we get eaten?! "That would be a wonderful sight to see!"

"Mr. Pilot, make him go back to sleep! He's being a-...a doucheface right now!" What? I'm only 9 and I only give nicknames to my friends! Meanies like him don't deserve any cool nicknames at all!

"Doucheface… What are you, 9?" Yes, yes I am. What's wrong with being 9? At least I'm really young and- "Oh, right. Your brain hasn't matured yet, so you still resort to playground insults."

"Oh yeah? Well, at least I'm young and-"

"-Stupid? Yes, yes you are." Grrrr! I really want to throw something at his stupid face right now! I don't care if he's just a face on a really big screen, I just wanna throw something at him and I want it to hurt really bad! … Wait, I'm holding Rult right now, so maybe I can-

"Would the both of you shut up?!" Eep! Never mind! I won't throw anything at anyone anymore… at least not now. From the sound of Pilot's voice, he sounded really angry, just like Histoire whenever she gets mad at-... Wait, who does Histoire get mad at again? Aungear doesn't do anything wrong, and Unlex hasn't been here for a long time… "R31, go and prepare the teleporter, and not another word from you until these three are gone!"

"..." Now he's gone… finally! If he was here for any longer, then I would've actually forgot what I said earlier and threw something at him!

"Why is he so mean, Mr. Pilot?" I looked at Rult, who was starting to lick my face.

"It's only been R31 and I for the longest of time, we've never had anyone else come in this ship until today." Pilot sounded a little frustrated. "I believe he's just having a hard time getting used to you, I know he'll open up to you as time passes on. For now, I ask that you try your best to adapt to his behavior."

"That's going to be EXTREMELY hard to do, especially since he spits out an insult whenever he gets the chance to do so." Nokia is right, he does say a lot of mean things whenever he's able to. I'm just kinda afraid of what he'll do to us when Pilot isn't with us. "But… we'll try."

"Thank you."

"The coordinates for Planeptune have been set." And he's back… yay, I'm so happy that he's here to make me angry again. Hey, I was wondering, what would you do to deal with someone as mean and annoying as this robot jerkface?

Really? I never thought that you would be the type of person to do that sort of thing! I think I would still throw something at him and hope that it actually hurts him a lot.

"Let me check the coordinates." Pilot went over to where the jerk was and did that thing where he was swiping at nothing. "... Okay, it should be safe. Would the three of you step on that pad over there?"

Pad? Oh, yeah! There was a circle looking thing that was behind us that just started blinking really pretty blue lights. Nokia, Rult, and I all went and stood on the "Pad" thingie that Pilot was just talking about.

"We will be beaming you down to an area in Planeptune that is a few miles away from your destination." Couldn't he just zeam us or whatever he said to our destination? Why is everyone making everything so difficult for us? "Now just so we're on the same page, what is your objective?"

… Wait, what were we supposed to do? I've been talking about a lot of other things and getting angry at that dumb robot that I forgot what our mission was! I remember there was something that to do with a lot of medicine.

"Um… Yeah, what were we supposed to do, Nomia?" I'm definitely not asking her because I forgot or anything, I'm just asking her in case she forgot!

"You forgot, didn't you?"

"Eh? What makes you think I-"

"Whenever you're trying to cover up something from someone, you always use that person's name instead of their nickname." Wait, I do?! I never even knew that I did something like that! Is that why I always lose at 2 truths, 1 lie? "But on to more important matters, how did you forget? He told us 30 minutes ago and we kept on saying it multiple times!"

"That's a tad bit disappointing, Laxtria…" It's not my fault! That dumb robot thing made me forget, it's all his fault!

"Hrm!" Even you too Rult? Why am I getting shunned by everyone? I said it wasn't my fault! Hey, you don't think I did anything wrong, do you?

Why aren't you saying anything? Oh, come on! I said it wasn't my fault, and you know the reason why!

"A tad disappointing? More like-" Hah! R31 was about to say something really mean again, but Pilot just stopped him!

"You're objective is to head to the storefront that is marked on your GPS and collect two pill bottles that share the same name as the empty bottle I gave you earlier." Okay, I think I'm starting to remember now… "When you're done, use the R31 app to come back to the ship."

"Did you get that, Laxtria?" Oh come on, Nokia, he just told us! How can I forget something that quickly and that easily? "We definitely wouldn't want you forgetting when we're there."

"I'm not that forgetful!"

"Now that you have your mission, are all of you ready?" Are we ready? I have a feeling as soon as we get down there, things aren't going to go so well… But we have to prove ourselves! If we really want to be helpful to Pilot, then we have to do this.

"Yup!"

"Whenever you are," Nokia said.

"Bork!" Rult...wait, what did he say? That didn't sound like anything Fenrirs say at all!

"Well then, I wish you the best of luck. We'll be watching you to see how well you'll do." Pilot looked at R31 and shook his head.

Why are these lights getting more and more flashy? And why are we suddenly being surrounded by glass? Now we're spinning, and spinning, and spinning. We've been spinning for awhile, I wonder when we'll stop-

NEPSTATION

Neptune: Heya everyone! Welcome back to another exciting episode offf- *clears throat* NEPSTATION!

Dante: F***ing Hell! Why are you screaming?!

Neptune: It's just in my nature, Chocolate man!

Dante: Please stop calling me that, you don't know how offensive that is to some people.

Neptune: Oh, don't worry bout that. Acky's got a permanent license to say stuff like this, so by default, I should be allowed to say that too!

Dante: Was that scripted?

Neptune: I dunno, maybe it was? Maybe it wasn't, you'll never know.

Dante: … God? What did I do to get paired with this idiot?

Neptune: Well, ya see, what happened was-

Dante: Not you, you damn buffoon!

REVIEW TIME

StarWolf300's Review

StarWolf3000: The confusion is on my side, Acky, you managed to use 3 different chapter numberings just for this one... Chapter 22 ( ), Chapter 17 (Title) and Chapter 14 (insert headline)...

Yeah, my eyes are definitely _ and I'm getting a headache. Our purple haired ditz knows what it feels and how it looks like, when she gets bonked from Noire for her tactless commentary and 4th wall breaking. Except that her head seems to get used to it, but no, I'm not going to be a skyfaller like her and do crashlanding with the head ahead.

(Response)

Yeah, sorry about that. With how I wanted to start labeling these chapters, I almost immediately realized that it would end up leading to some sort of organization problem.

Aca: Really? I never thought that Neptune would have that hard of a head.

Neptune: Well then Acky, looks like you've forgotten about the Battering Nep!

Aca: … Oh, right. People have used you as a Battering Ram a couple of times.

Neptune: Yep, if Noire's direct attacks weren't enough proof of my durable head, then that she be sufficient enough evidence!

Aca: You know, now I'm curious… We'll have to try something out later.

PersonManZX's Review (Thank you for gathering reviews)

Can you also be my mommy, Ryuka?

(Response)

Acallaris: … *looks up from laptop* Could someone bring Ryuka in here for a second?

Nepgear: *from the other room* Ryuka is working, she's not available right now!

Acallaris: … *looks back at laptop and shrugs* Oh well.

Derpenkampfwagen's Review

OK, that ending got me.
Good job, i'll be waiting for more

(Response)

Tamazaki: Tizius, why did you even say that?

Terra: Out of everything you could've said, why did you decide to tell her that her panties were white?

Tizius: I'm not saying~

Tamazaki and Terra: … *exchanges looks with one another and back away*

0n3dgeGaming's Review

Well... the last few chapters were... unexpected at best. enjoyable, but surprising.
mainly due to character reveals like ANOTHER Bryce. (Not complaining, it's always great to see my sarcasm at work)

but anyways, I'm excited to see what you do with him, and literally everything else, so keep up the good work!

(Response)

Thank you! And I've got a few things planned for Bryce, I want him and every Author's OC to get better treatment here than they did in APLA (Seriously, I feel bad for pretty much giving you and everyone else's character no important role after there arcs had ended in the last story). I can't wait for you to see what I have in store!

Authoria - The Heart's Review

(Welcome to Meme Review by PewDiePie)

*clap *clap* Amazing perspective coming from our Numba Wan King of Puns, Zest!

Unknown Instinct: *bleeeeegh* !

Oi, oi, that's overreacting you know!

Unknown Instinct: For some reason, I can already see the light just after I heard 'that'!

Seriously! What's wrong with you guys?! Only me and Shana (a girl who doesn't understand a thing) can tell that Zest's puns are nice!

Unknown Instinct: You're corrupting the angel's mind! *bleeeegh*

*sigh* You're hopeless! Anyways, it's finally true! Well, at least very close to it! Haruka almost called Zest 'Dad' (the Uncle part seems incredibly tricky, or did Yuri said it?) which is proven that SHE is Zest's daughter! Another hilarious PUNNY person we have-

Unknown Instinct: *bleeeegh* I can... a-almost see the... light...

... You wanted a death wish or something? *dangerous looking eyes even Godzilla would creep out and wet himself*

Unknown Instinct: *standing straight* Hai! *back to energetic self*

Good. Anyways, just like I said before, I had a great feeling that the two girls are perhaps very close to Vert and Zest, probably family or blood relatives (proven by Haruka).

Also to the previous chapter that I forgot to put a review, Akio is the name of Kashi in the Fritzgerald Business? Waw, that's... cute. Hehe. Moving on *ahem*. The Director is really suspicious and, not gonna lie, I'm already angry at that guy. Blanc is right, something is definitely not good at the Fritzgerald family, scheming evil things like a villainous villains they were. Taem, Tamal, Elijah, seriously what's with these names? It's so many and complicated!

Unknown Instinct: Hopefully you learned something: don't do something-

Oh yeah scold me again or I'll rip your clothings later. *threatened very dangerously*

Unknown Instinct: ... *slowly steps back before breaking into full sprint*

Good, anyway, I wanna buy a puns! Zest and Haruka!

(Response)

The puns are BAD! Why else do you think we cringe our eyes out of our sockets? That's the whole purpose of puns, its to make the person who isn't telling one to suffer!

I can't exactly say whether your statement regarding Haruka is correct or not, however, I will say that it is a good theory!

Yeah, I'm going to say this now. The information that you'll be getting about Kashi and Taem's family and their history in later chapters is going to be confusing. By the end, it should all be clear to you… hopefully.

Zest: Ooh! You wanna buy puns from us? How much we talking?

Aca: … Please don't actually pay him money, and don't make him or Haruka tell you any puns...

Haruka: But I like puns…

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What's your favorite video game genre? Mine would definitely have to be Life Simulations as some of my favorite games (Harvest Moon for example) are apart of that genre. I do like myself a few RPGs though.

BLOOPERS

Tizius kicked down the hospital door while I followed behind him, not questioning the fact that he just kicked down the Hospital door.

Tizius then ran up to the receptionist's desk and asked for directions to Terra's room… You know, I'm starting to get an odd sense of deja vu…

Tizius then proceeded to ask some doctor about Terra's condition, even though we haven't seen him yet… Wait just second, I think I might know where this is going.

When we got to Terra's room, Tizius broke down Terra's door and ran to Terra, who was lying on his side and holding his stomac-...

"Terra! This is Loss!" Tizius shouted.

"GOD DAMN IT!"

CUT!

"Well… The nurses are also bathing him. So you can't interrupt! … Unless you wanna bathe him too~"

Wait, what? What did this boy just say?! Did he just… Yeah, he actually did! I looked back at Terra, who was just as surprised as I was!

"W-W-What?!" Noire was red as a- "... W-Well, now that you mention it… Allowing all those nurses to touch him without my consent would make things difficult in the future."

*Record Scratch*

"Hold… The f*** up!" Terra had practically revealed himself and turned to face Noire. "There are several things wrong with that sentence!"

"I don't see anything wrong with what I said if the purpose was to lure you out." Noire seemed oddly calm. "But looks like my job here is done, come buster, I'm taking you to the slammer."

"Wait, what?!" Two policemen came and grabbed Terra and proceeded to drag him out of the hospital with Noire following behind. "How could this have happened?! How did all of this come to be?"

"Oh, Tamazaki sold you out," Noire said bluntly.

"I'M SORRY, SHE HAD TOMATOES ON HER!" I shouted from around the corner. "I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DO WHAT SHE SAID!"

"TRAITOR!"

CUT!

Oh, I'm in no way doubting your abilities. The three of you look like very strong boys, so I'm sure you'll be fine. I'd just thought I'd give you a heads up, that's all." The woman smiled.

"Oh.. well, Thank you, Miss."

"Oh, please don't call me, "Miss" or "Ma'am" Well, what do you want us to call you then, Mommy or something? "My name is-"

"YOU WHORE!"

The same guy that woman had thrown out earlier had suddenly come charging in and lunged at her. As Terra and I were about to act we witnessed something that was absolute… stunning.

"Who do you think you are?!" Holy f***, this chick just backhanded that dude! I was expecting something a little more climactic, but this works too! "That is not how you speak to those who are superior to you in every way possible!"

"I-I-I-" This guy was lost for words… I think that slap might've made him completely sober! "I'm sorry Ma'am, I won't-"

Where did she get that tea kettle from? What's she going to possibly- "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" That kettle has boiling water in it?!

"That's not what you should call me by! Try again!" Ryuuka continued to pour the boiling water all over this guy's face. Although he's the one in the wrong here, I actually feel bad for the guy!

"I-I'm sorry, Mommy Ryuuka! I'll behave, I promise!" M-Mommy Ryuuka…?

"... Good." Ryuuka emptied the rest of the water onto the poor guy and threw kettle at him. "Now… Where were we?"

"... You were in the middle of signing my adoption papers." Tizius took out a pen and paper.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Starting next chapter, I will be adding a new segment to chapters. What is this segment called? Well, they'll be known as, "Chirper Events".

Now to most of you, this may sound familiar. However, for those who don't know what this is, allow me to give a small explanation.

Chirper Events: Just like in the Neptunia games, Chirper Events are cutscenes that can be viewed at the Basilicom in the nations. Some events are mandatory to get a certain ending, while others are purely for entertainment (in this case, it's the latter).

Chirper events will only appear whenever I feel like I don't have anything important to say at the end of a chapter, or it might just appear in the middle of the chapter when nothing important is going on. Most importantly, they'll only appear if I feel up for writing one.

(Note: Some of these chirper events may have a bit of an impact on the main story, while others won't. Also, keep in mind that characters may appear in locations that they aren't in the actual story)

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Also, I've been slacking with these chapters, huh?

CHOOSE THEIR FATE

Everyone's safe… for now.

Neptune: And so, we bring this episode of Nepstation to a close. *sniffles* Brings a tear to my eye, knowing that its ending soon.

Dante: What are you talking about? You're acting like this segment is ending forever.

Neptune: Well, ya never know, Donny boy-

Dante: Don't ever call me that ever again.

Neptune: -For all we know, this could be the very last chapter Acky writes! Anything could happen you know.

Dante: I highly doubt it. Pretty sure that author guy said that he was going to try to finish this story by the end of this year.

Neptune: It's the beginning of July, my dude! There's like-

Dante: I just died a little on the inside...

Neptune: -5 months left in the year! You don't know if the guy is gonna one day just snap and say, "F this! I'm done!"

Dante: I wouldn't really be surprised if that happened. Pretty sure that asshat did that to the story me and Sierra came from.

Neptune: Now you're getting the picture, my home sli-

Dante: F*** this, I'm out of here. *gets up and leaves*

Neptune: Aww, come on man! I was just playing around! *gets up and goes after Dante*