Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks


Excel's POV

It didn't take us long to formulate a plan and prepare to assault Eden and recover Peashy. We knew a general location in Eden to go to make a big dent in them thanks to Abnes and the rat, so we moved out in no time. Getting in was easy enough and the monsters near the entrance were easily dispatched.

"How much farther?" Neptune complained.

"Don't get tired yet." Plutia mumbled "It's all for P-ko."

"We should have brought one of them along to show us the way." Noire sighed.

"They would have just been a hindrance." Vert said "Abnes can't fight and the rodent is too injured to participate."

"And we can't bring the Robot his yelling would give us away before we even got into the cave system." I said.

"As if those two aren't loud enough as is." Noire mumbled looking at Neptune and Plutia.

"But he's so strong and cool cause he's a robot." Nepgear said "Battles would be easier with him around."

"Doubt it." Blanc told her "His outer hull is really just papier-mâché that we used for a quick fix."

"R-Really." Nepgear frowned.

"Aren't you supposed to be the mechanically smart one?" I asked "I figured you'd have jumped to that conclusion long ago."

"When we get back I'll fix him up real good!" Nepgear cheered.

"Did you come here for a picnic." A voice said.

"Who's there?!" Neptune spun around "I mean I already know but the script said to ask anyway!"

"It's gonna be that annoying old man." I said making my trident appear.

"Oh right…this guy." Blanc said "I had forgotten about him."

"How cruel." The old man sniffled "I'm a memorable character."

"You're kinda the forgettable one of the Sages." Linda hummed "Sorry to break it to you."

"If he brings those monsters out we won't be able to fight." Vert frowned.

"Not so fast." I smirked "I have a special plan just for this."

"Oh really!" Neptune and Plutia cheered "Let us see."

"It's not a good guy thing to do to beat up little kids that are now weird bug monsters but…" I smiled and pointed "Linda's a former bad guy which means she has the total OK to do that!"

"HEY!" she yelled "I turned my life around I'm not bad anymore."

"Actually the little daughters went home." The old man said "I'm enough for this."

"Oh…so my great plan was a total waste." I frowned.

"It wasn't a great plan!" Linda snapped.

"I'm pretty sure we've beaten you the most." Neptune said "Are you sure fighting us alone is a smarty pants move?"

"Is it a trick." Nepgear wondered.

"Well the best way to find out is to beat him before he has the chance for tricks." Vert smiled.

A panel on the ceiling opened up and dropped that strange Mech suit into the room, the old guy wasted no time jumping into it and starting it up.

"RAHH!" Linda ran passed and whacked one of the legs with her bat, knocking the Mech off footing before it could make one attack.

"AH!" the old man kinda just flailed around on the stomach "Help! I've fallen and I can't seem to get up."

"I noticed the last time we fought him that it's got a body like a T-rex." Linda said "The arms are too stubby to right itself if it tips over, a quick kneecapping and BAM instant win!"

"Wow…that was really smart." We all said "How did none of us notice that!"

"But now I can't beat the snot out of him!" Blanc snapped.

"I think your priorities are off base." Nepgear sighed.

I looked back and saw some of those little bug things trying to right the suit, for some reason they were talking and I felt bad so…

"HNGH!" I flipped the suit over for them and pryed the door open "Alright old man you should be fine now."


Ultra-Excel's POV

"He-He's helping them!" Rei yelled.

"Don't look at me." I shrugged lifting my goggles up "That's just what the camera showed and the mic picked up."

"How much longer will that take?" Uni asked.

"We don't have much time!" Ram yelled.

"Yeah the CPU's will be hear soon." Rom added.

"It be easier to fix the Anonydeath suit if you all didn't keep interrupting my work!" I growled.

"Still to think you were in that suit." Ram said "Weird."

"That would explain why you dropped off the face of Gamindustri when you quit the team." Rom continued.

"Taking up a new identity." Uni deadpanned "How unnecessary."

"Tsk, fooled you three for a few dozen years." I said typing something into a command prompt "Nepgear was the only one to figure it out."

"That's cause you and I go way back." The mentioned girl laughed.

"I-I think you're all losing sight of the predicament." Rei mumbled.

"Speak up when you want people to listen!" Nepgear snapped "Take charge dammit!"

"What should we do?" Rei asked.

"Well thanks to that stupidly long conversation Badd had with the CPUs I finished my repairs." I said closing the laptop "I'm ready to go again, and Yellow Heart should be ready to wake up soon."

"You re doubled the memory firewall right?" Nepgear asked.

"Tripled it." I said "She should be locked up tighter than my priceless photos of Noire. Wake her up and send her out there to fight those guys."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Rei asked.

"Of course I'm sure." I said bushing my bangs out of my eyes and looking at her.

"What are you staring at?" she blushed.

"Nothing." I laughed.

No matter what happens, I know I'll get to see something interesting.


AN

Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.

Just picked up Hyperdevotion Noire of Steam, I like it. I like Fire Emblem and X-Com so a Neptunia game like it is up my alley for sure. Some of the early missions are tough, I'm only on chapter 2 right now but I'm enjoying it.

The Self-Insert Character is a little strange and I feel like the game could go without it but I don't think it's so intrusive it hurts, at least it doesn't seem that way so far.

Till Next Time!