And now, a short episode to wrap up a hanging plot thread...
The Misadventures of Hyperdimension Peashy
Episode 84
by Derald Snyder
*Planeptune Basilicom, Nepgear's Workshop*
"Hey, Nepgear!" Peach said as she walked into the room with the adult Neptune. "You said you had something new to show me?"
"Hello, Mi- *ahem* I mean, Peashy," the CPU Candidate caught herself. "...Is it all right if I call you Peashy?"
"I don't mind," the blonde shrugged.
"Yeah, so hurry up and show her, before I blurt out spoilers," Neptune said facetiously.
"All right," Nepgear nodded, walking over to a nearby door and opening it, revealing an all-too-familiar doppelgänger.
"Nepgya," Peach realized. "So you fixed her, huh?"
"That's right!" the goddess nodded with a big smile. "Actually, the fact that you beheaded her made it easier for me to rebuild her AI, without having to worry about her just getting up and walking out like she did last time..."
"Actually, it was Nisa that did that," Peashy corrected. "But, uh, what do you mean by 'rebuilding AI'?
"Basically, she fixed her brain," Big Neptune jumped in. "So she's not evil or a troll anymore..."
"Oh really? Prove it then," the bodyguard challenged.
"OK!" Nepgear nodded, turning to the robot. "Rise and shine, Nepgya!"
The robot's eyes blinked a few times... "Sleep mode deactivated. Oh, hello there!" She spoke in a voice that sounded like Nepgear's at a slightly higher pitch. "Iiiiiii'm Nepgya~! I'm a robot designed with Nepgear's funny-face components! It's very nice to meet you!" she bowed politely.
"Uh... wow," Peach grunted, her brain having trouble processing Nepgya's vastly different personality. "You really did rebuild her brain from the ground up, huh?"
"I kinda had to, her previous AI was too corrupted to really try and fix without starting over," Nepgear explained. "As a side effect, this Nepgya 2.0 doesn't remember anything from before... she's more like a reincarnation, so to speak."
"Is that so..." Peashy said as she walked in front of the robot. "So, you're not gonna pull any pranks or trolling?"
"Pranks? Trolling?! You mean, like, denigrate someone?! I couldn't!" Nepgya gasped in shock. "If you must denigrate someone, then please, denigrate me!"
"Talk about an extreme doormat," Neptune snarked. "Can she even fight if monsters attack or something?"
"Of course! I based her combat algorithms on my own fighting style, after all," the CPU Candidate asserted. "If you want a demonstration, we can go outside..."
"No thanks," Peach declined. "It'll just bring back bad memories..."
"I don't know anything from before, but I'm sorry for whatever my previous self did to you," Nepgya apologized. "If there's anything I can do to make up for it..."
"...Well, I'll think about it," the blonde deferred. "How about we wait a couple of weeks, just to make sure you don't 'glitch out' or something? Last thing I want is this robot suddenly turning on me..."
"Running self-diagnostic... complete. No anomalies detected," the robot copy spoke. "See? No problems."
"Peashy has a point, though," Nepgear said. "I'll be sure to keep a close eye on Nepgya for a while, just in case..."
"Yeah, we don't need another catastrophe like your cleaning robot incident," Big Neptune deadpanned.
"B-but that was ages ago!" Nepgear protested. "And I completely repurposed it, anyway! All it can do now is tickle people to death..." Just then, intense laughter from the CPU Neptune was heard from a distance away...
"AH-HAHAHAHA! Nep Jr! Your hahaha robot's hahaha g-gone hahaha-haywireeeee!"
"W-what the goodness?!" the CPU Candidate's face suddenly matched her robot counterpart. "You're kidding me...!"
"I think we should go help your sister, Master," Nepgya suggested.
"I'll help pry it's arms off," Peach offered. "I'm not that ticklish anymore, so..."
"Well, let's go, before Tiny Me dies laughing!" Big Neptune insisted, the group quickly exiting the room to help the main character...
*Episode 84- End*
So, from now on, Nepgya's personality will match how she acts in Megadimension Neptunia VII. Will she make any future appearances? Well, we'll see what happens! ;)
