Stage Eighteen: Start!
Blanc knew she shouldn't be doing this. She had no right to do this. It was a terrible idea to do this.
Still, it was told to her by everybody, including herself, that it was high time for her to take a break for the sake of her sanity. The continued stress of running the Smash tournament was enough to put her continually on edge to the point that the 50% of her personality that was calm and very kuudere esc was utterly ignored in place of her violent and angered personality 24/7. It was somewhat understandable, hence why the one thing Blanc did not do was get into regular fights with the other CPUs, Makers, or just about everyone.
Recognizing the amount of stress she was under, it was suggested by just about everyone that Blanc take some time off to relax and enjoy herself. Told to her by her sisters, C-Sha, the other CPUs, and even Mr. Sakurai himself.
However, Blanc was naturally uneasy about the idea of leaving like this. She felt it was her personal responsibility to oversee the Super Smash Bros. Tournament as the CPU of Lowee. She thought that if she left, things would come apart. But she was repeatedly reasurred that everyone would keep things in order while Blanc took a week off.
"And you're sure you don't need any more advice?" Blanc asked C-Sha, talking to her over the phone as the CPU of Lowee was sitting on a beach chair on the sand next to the ocean, in one of Nook Inc.'s private islands. Blanc had gone to a real island getaway along with Rom and Ram, whom she naturally took with her to enjoy themselves as well.
"Don't you worry now," C-Sha said. "You enjoy yourself. You deserve it. I'll handle everything on Lowee itself, and the rest of Gold Third and I are working with the other CPUs and all the Makers to help ensure that the Tournament continues without a hitch."
"I know," Blanc said. "I am just worried if the others will be able to handle the Tournament without my input."
"We can handle it," C-Sha said. "I promise. Just enjoy yourself."
"Okay," Blanc said. "I just can't help but be worried. Not so much by their supervision, but in the event another unforeseen arrival happens."
"It'll be alright," C-Sha said. "Whoever is coming from ARMS won't be here for quite some time, giving you ample time if you want to extend your vacation, and there hasn't been another incident like what happened when Terry and Ken broke the Boxing Ring, so we'll keep an eye on everything from here."
Blanc took a breath. It was hard for her to merely just rest easy. It was in her nature to worry if things were out of hand. But at the same time, she knew that C-Sha, Mario, and even Sonic were more than capable of handling things, even with Neptune, Vert, or Noire going awhol. So perhaps she was just overreacting.
"If you say so," Blanc said.
"Relax," C-Sha said. "Have some fun with the twins. We'll keep everything fine here."
"Alright," Blanc said. "Good luck."
"Thanks," C-Sha said. "Have a good time."
With those words C-Sha hung up and returned to her assignments on the computer. It was a hard fought battle to convince most of the Makers into complying with their work, but eventually, things seemed to be rather relaxed. All the Makers were trusted to be in charge of Lowee, monitoring the NPCs and taking care of any tasks or quests, whilst C-Sha went to work in Blanc's place over the Tournament so to speak.
C-Sha was a rather lax individual, but unlike someone such as Vert, she was far more observant and aware of things than the CPU of Leanbox. She was much more observant and responsible, it was just she did things with an easy-going personality. Unlike Blanc, C-Sha was able to keep herself far more calm and level-headed. Henceforth why she was not stressing to the levels that Blanc normally would, and was able to ease herself into working in Blanc's stead.
In her sense, it was only natural to not overreact. Not only were the other CPUs still there, but Mario and Sonic also promised to help, plus there was the rest of Gold Third and the Makers and CPU-Candidates to assist them. There wasn't much to worry about. Plus there had not been another incident like with Banjo and Kazooie's welcoming party, so they had nothing to worry about... Right?
"Okay you two..." Hatsumi Sega said to her companions, Blossom Aisen and Ryuka. "We need to alert the people of Gamindustri well ahead of time about what is coming. If we don't, it could very well cause an multiversal incident. Whilst I warn the heads of the nation, I expect you two to watch my back and keep what's coming at bay long enough for us to prepare. Any questions?"
"Yeah, I have one," Aisen said. "Why are you even bothering? I mean, you are not exactly the biggest fan of the CPUs."
"It's not so much them I'm worried about," Segami replied. "More like I'm worried about what's gonna happen if I don't, with the number of different realities interacting with this Bash Sisters Tournament, or whatever it is. And considering what is coming, I am immensely worried about what they'll do."
Leaving the others behind, Segami hurried her way over to Planeptune, where the CPUs would be more than likely found. It was no secret that Segami preferred a different a different group of characters that were similar though vastly different to the CPUs, but she was smart enough to know that if she didn't give them a head's up, it'd be doomsday for everybody.
As luck would have it, one CPU of the Hyperdimension's Planeptune sensed a great disturbance coming their way. The only relieving thing would be it would get her out of this meeting with the other CPUs, including Uzume and Plutia, and C-Sha. "I feel a disturbance in the code," she said.
"Please don't tell me you have another series reboot coming," Noire said. "It's bad enough I lost that bet with Vert about the Sakura Wars reboot."
"Oh yeah," Vert cooed fondly. "When are you going to hold up your end of the bargain?"
"You cannot pay me enough for me to streak through Leanbox!" Noire shrieked.
"No, nothing like that!" Neptune said. "Although I will admit I still want to see that. But I sense something monumentally annoying coming! Like a fetch quest at the tail-end of a video game. We're talking Great Maze levels of tedium heading over here!"
"Well that's... bad," C-Sha said.
"I'm sure Nepsy's exaggerating," Uzume said. "But she does now have my attention."
At that moment, Segami entered the office. "Alright, listen up," she said. "This is a matter of great importance."
"Oh look who it is," Neptune said in a snarky manner. "The Queen Bitch herself. How's it going ya bootleg Hatsune Miku looker?"
Segami grit her teeth in front of Neptune. "You know," she said, "you're lucky I'm here for the sake of all worlds you dead excuse for a console, or else I'd gladly let you and your backwater country go up in flames."
"At least I have a country," Neptune said. "What are you the god of, exactly? Jack and shit?"
Everyone's jaws dropped at the sight of these two! Neptune was swearing as much as Blanc! For those unfamiliar with this relationship it was enough to stun everyone! And even those who were familiar were impressed by the levels of animosity coming off of them, even with that taken into consideration.
"Okay... what did I miss?" Noire asked.
"I am Hatsumi Sega," Segami replied. "But you can call me Segami. I take it the purple headed commercial failure didn't tell any of you about me?"
"Oh wait," Vert said. "Is she from that crossover you had that we weren't invited to?"
"Yeah," Neptune said. "I kept it professional, but I can't deny it was some of the most rage inducing moments of my life. Honestly, I cannot stand how I was portrayed in that game!"
"Really?" Segami asked. "I thought it was some of your best work. We weren't forced to look at your face, you got to glorify IF and myself, and to top it off you technically died at one point! What's there to hate?"
"I reiterate," Noire said, "what did I miss between you two?"
"Oh not much," Neptune said. "You know those really awful shoehorned in characters in a crossover where you just want to see the characters you paid for but instead you're stuck with this backwards mascot in the spotlight? Like a really bad self-insert OC? Yeah, she's like the gunk scraped off of the absolute bottom of the barrel version of that trope. Because she's a bitch!"
Segami and Neptune got face to face with one another, growling at one another, appearing ready to lash out at any second!
"Okay! Stop!" C-Sha said. "I promised Blanc there would not be any damage in her absence! Now, Segami was it, you said you came here for a reason. What is it?"
"I'm here," Segami replied, choosing to ignore Neptune, "because a threat is coming to Gamindustri. A power unlike anything you have ever seen before."
"What would that be?" Vert asked.
Segami took a breath, as she got ready to explain.
Meanwhile, Pit was minding his own business in the city. His hope was to get his hands on a new weapon for him and Nepgear to look at. However, they were unfortunately not making any headway with the process.
"Did you get it?" Nepgear asked eagerly.
"No," Pit replied. "That Reyn guy is a hard sell!"
"Aw, poo," Nepgear said sadly. "I was really hoping to study how their weapons can affect Mechon. Well, what should we do now?"
"Not sure," Pit said, rubbing his chin. "Honestly this whole 'hanging out' thing, I'm still getting the hang of it."
"Oh, you do fine!" Nepgear said.
Not far away, Uni had been standing off to the side, casually curious about what Pit was talking about. And all the while she couldn't help but feel flustered while watching Nepgear and Pit interacting with one another. Because the more she looked at them, the more they started to blend together!
"Seriously," she said to herself, "just what in the world is with these two? Okay you both," she said, catching their attention, "don't you think it's high time we go meet some of those Fodlan students?"
"Oh gosh! You're right!" Nepgear said. "They must be here by now!"
"The students from Three Houses?" Pit asked. "Oh, right! Thanks a lot Uni! It's great to have you around!"
"Y-yeah, yeah!" Uni said, still flustered. "Don't go overboard!"
As they discussed, Ryuka walked near them, catching their attention.
"Oh, hello there," Nepgear greeted. "Aren't you another character from Noire's game?"
"Oh, yes," Ryuka replied. "I am Ryuka. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Aside from Lid," Pit said, "I don't think we've seen many people from... Gamarket, isn't it called?"
"Yeah," Uni replied. "And the latter is only because she's nowhere near as stealthy as Snake. I'm still confused as to how she thought nobody would notice a barrel with legs."
"She was probably more concerned with not making herself vomit... like she already did," Pit replied.
"Anyway," Ryuka said, "as entertaining as you three are, I have to go. I'm currently stuck with ensuring that your entire dimension doesn't get obliterated."
"Oh okay - wait! What!?" Nepgear said.
"What do you mean by, 'dimension gets obliterated'!?" Uni said.
"Oh... right," Ryuka said. "You didn't hear about that, did you?"
"Hear about what!?" the three kids asked.
"So what is this about-a?" Mario asked. He had been spending some time talking with Mr. Game & Watch, Banjo, and Kazooie, before he noticed the Candidates and angel begin to panic.
"Ryuka said that our dimension is at risk!" Pit said.
"Oh no," Mario said, adjusting his hat. "Please-a tell me we're-a not-a dealing with another Subspace or-a Galeem and Dharkon incident?"
"No," Ryuka replied. "Worse."
"Worse!?" Pit shrieked.
"How are," Uni said, "dimensional parasites, and 'divine' personifications of light and darkness not as bad as what we're talking about!?"
Ryuka sent a determined look to the Candidate in question. "Think about every ounce of logic and understanding over the laws of nature that you know of," she said, "and throw them all completely out the window. We are dealing with a force that is not restricted by any type of reality that you can even comprehend. That, is what we're dealing with."
Everyone was now even more panicked by that description. Just what could possibly be coming that could be foretold in such a dangerous manner?
They got a reply as Ryuka got a call from Blossom. "Yeah?" Ryuka asked.
"He's here," Blossom replied.
A relative army of Fighters, Makers, and NPCs were assembled by the central Terraportation Terminal for Planeptune, all waiting for the arrival of the force that Ryuka, Blossom Aisen, and Segami had warned the people about. All of them were well aware of the dangers that the likes of Subspace or the Lords of Light or Darkness offered, and if what was coming was truly worse, that meant that everyone that was physically able would need to fight. And unfortunately, some of them were not as brave as the others.
"W-w-w-w-w-w-why are we h-h-here?!" Bernadetta stammered. "W-w-we barely got here and w-w-w-we're not even Fighters!"
"I know what you're saying!" 5pb said. "It's hard enough for me just to interact with people, let alone fight alongside them against something that would make the Deity of Sin look tame by comparison!"
"Well it's not-a like being a Fighter makes it any easier!" Luigi said, with Lucas shaking like a leaf beside him!
"Ready up you sissies!" IF said. "It's here."
Everyone stood at attention as the surprisingly small form of their enemy finally came through the terminal. They were stunned as they saw a man wearing a white gi, not unlike Ryu, but differed from him with his curly black hair and more "realistic" asian appearance. But what baffled everyone even more was the fact that he ran in with a giant game console on his back. On the surface, there wasn't anything that made the army assembled outside see him as a threat on par with Tabuu or Galeem, let alone be more dangerous than them, save for the determined expression on his face that looked like he had truly come there asking for a fight.
"Ryuka, Blossom," Purple Sister asked, having transformed to be ready ahead of time, "just what exactly is this guy?"
The two women stared straight ahead, not breaking eye-contact with the approaching warrior. "...Segata... Sanshiro..."
"Balls! Balls! Balls! Balls!"
Everyone in the Planeptower was stunned, even Segami, as they saw Neptune beginning to panic as she dashed and ran around in a panic upon hearing from Segami that it was Segata Sanshiro that was coming to face them! It was no secret that Neptune was not the most responsible individual, often shirking responsibilities every time she had the opportunity presented itself. However, seeing her panic like this was severely out of character.
"I take it..." C-Sha said, still staring at the panicking Neptune, "we're missing something here. Again."
"Yes," Vert said, "I don't know of this 'Segata Sanshiro' myself. So I have no idea what the cause for panic is here. Is he really that bad?"
"Worse," Uzume said. Much like their Hyper Dimension counterpart, Uzume and even Plutia were both put on edge when they heard that Segata was coming. "Nothing can stop him. If he's coming here, our only hopes of putting him on hold is with a Sega Saturn or club zombies."
Everyone looked at the Zero Dimension CPU with baffled expressions. "What the fu-?" Noire began, before Neptune scampered over and grabbed Segami by the shoulders and started shaking her!
"You said that you came here with others," Neptune said. "Who are they!? Please tell me you brought Sakura! She might be able to reason with her boyfriend!"
"I missed her!" Segami said. "She's working on her remake! I brought Blossom Aisen hoping she'd be enough!"
Neptune proceeded to shock everyone once again by smacking Segami across the face... Multiple times. "That! Won't! Work! You! Stupid! Bimbo!" she yelled, smacking Segami with each word!
"Will you stop hitting me you crap bike!?" Segami yelled, smacking Neptune in return!
"I'm not a bike anymore you poor excuse for a god!" Neptune yelled, before getting hit again!
"Well you're no less junk as a brainless genki girl!" Segami cursed!
"Will you two just whip em' out and measure em' already?!" Noire yelled.
"Whip what out?" both Sega goddesses asked.
"Now that I have your attention," Noire said, "what can we expect from this Segata Sanshiro that makes you so nervous?"
"Everything," Uzume replied. This confused Noire, as it wasn't really a proper response. "That doesn't-" Noire began, before Uzume cut her off by grabbing her and shouting "EVERYTHING!"
"I'm excited~!" Plutia said. This took everyone by surprise and they had to do a double take before looking to her and saying "WHAT!?"
"Segata is my friend," Plutia replied. "He always does great things~"
"Well of course," Uzume said, "we won't be killed by him since we're Planeptune CPUs but think of everyone else here."
"Exactly!" Neptune yelled. "Why do you think I'm panicking!? If Blanny hears that Segata blew up Gamindustri while she's gone, who do you think is gonna be the one who kills us?!"
"Oh crap, you're right," Uzume said.
"Exactly!" Neptune said again.
"Okay, okay," Vert said. "So... what's the plan?"
"Well like I said," Segami said, "reasoning with him is our best option. He's just too powerful for anyone to stop him."
"Trouble is Segata doesn't typically have any logical reasoning lest he be beating the crap out of people for not playing Sega Saturn," Neptune added.
"Well that doesn't particularly help us," Noire said, "since nobody in their right mind would be playing a Sega Saturn within the past decade."
"Well we have to do something," C-Sha said. "We all promised Blanc we would look after everything in her absence. If something like the devastation you claim this Segata Sanshiro can wrought is allowed to occur, we're all in danger from more than just him."
"You three," Vert said, looking to Neptune, Plutia, and Uzume, "you all claimed that this Segata has no reason to destroy you since you're all Sega goddesses. Do you think you can communicate with him?"
"Maybe..." the three replied, in a tone that made it clear they weren't promising anything.
"Well it's better than nothing," Noire said. "Segami, when did you say he-?" She cut herself off as her phone rang, picking it up to see Uni calling her. "Yes sweetie?" she asked, her pigtails blowing out from the force of the scream that came back!
"NOIRE YOU HAVE TO HELP US!"
Captain Falcon could merely watch in horror, as Segata Sanshiro threw the Blue Falcon high into the sky where it proceeded to drop down like a nuke, blowing Donkey Kong, Luminary, Mewtwo, and Villager into the distance from the force of the explosion! Little Mac attempted to rush by with a punch, but Segata sidestepped around it, grabbing him by the back of the neck and tossing him into a line-up of Mega Man X, Chun-Li, Impa, and Tekken! Sensing another opponent approaching, Segata spun around quickly and kicked Cloud solidly in the jaw, creating a shockwave that blew Meta Knight, Ness's party, Knuckles, and Tifa away!
"Segata!" Sonic yelled, attempting to hold him off for the sake of his companions! "You have to stop this now! Whatever is going on, this isn't necessary!"
"I'm afraid," MAGES said, "it might be that there is no reasoning with him!"
"She's right!" IF said. "We gotta get a new plan of attack!"
"How can we," Terry asked, "when nobody can get near him!?"
Segata saw a group of villains approaching, grabbing onto King Dedede, before tossing him into Bowser, Ridley, and Ganondorf! They all slammed into a nearby building, causing an explosion that blew everyone away! And as if that weren't bad enough, a second explosion sounded off that further blew everyone into the dirt!
IF pushed herself up, ears ringing in pain as she struggled to regain her bearings. Segata was the only one standing, looming over the fallen army that had opposed him before. Purple Sister and Black Sister got back up, weapons in hand as they tried to do their part to keep the fight rolling.
"This guy is insane!" Black Sister said. "How is he so strong!?"
"I don't know!" Purple Sister said. "He's not channeling energy from another source like Shares. He's just doing things!"
"We can't even tell what he wants!" Black Sister added. "He just showed up and started fighting people!"
He caught eye-contact with them, causing the Candidates to freeze in fear! They raised their weapons, ready to fight! Or at least do what they could against him.
"Segata!" a voice from above roared.
Looking skyward, the CPUs were visible as they descended from above, Green Heart and Black Heart carrying C-Sha and Segami respectively as they moved to the side to help the recovering individuals, leaving the Sega CPUs to confront the man. "That's quite enough!" Purple Heart said. "Whatever you're here for, there is no reason for violence!"
Segata remained firm as he stared up at the CPUs. Finally, he fell to one knee in respect as he bowed before Purple Heart, Iris Heart, and Orange Heart. "My goddesses," he said. "I come for a moment of great importance. Honor was at risk, and nobody could get in my way, thus keeping me from my goal."
"Whatever do you mean?" Orange Heart asked.
"A promise must be fulfilled," Segata said. "I was told that the Sega Saturn's legacy would remain intact, by having its games come to the Nintendo Switch. When the allotted time of arrival passed, I thought I was lied to. So I came to show the power of the console, thus demanding its respect."
"Time out," Purple Heart said. "Blanny never said anything like this. Did you hear about this?" she asked the other CPUs.
"Of course we didn't," Black Heart replied.
"Yes," Green Heart added. "We heard of no such thing."
"Where did you hear that the Saturn would be coming to the Switch?" Iris Heart asked Segata.
"Saturn herself," Segata replied. "The SeHa Girl."
Purple Heart raised a brow, looking down toward where Segami had been dropped. "Pray tell," Purple Heart said, "did miss Hatsumi Sega have anything to do with that?"
"Yes," Segata said. "She had promised Saturn that we would have our time."
Purple, Iris, and even Orange Heart all looked down at Segami, who was looking very small by comparison. "I didn't know she would tell him!" she said in defense.
"Why would you even say that Switch would have Saturn games!?" Purple Heart said in anger.
"I talked with Blanc and she said she would think about it!" Segami said. "I owed the SeHa Girls a favor!"
"Saying 'Think about it'," Iris said, "does not mean it's gonna happen!"
"Segata," Orange Heart said, "I'm afraid that you've been deceived."
"I had that feeling," Segata said, "which is why I came to this Smash Bros. Tournament to exhibit the power of the Saturn. To show directly why it deserves its place on the Switch, and be remembered."
"Well," Black Heart said, looking at the fallen Fighters, Makers, and NPCs. "I think it's safe to say you've exhibited quite enough."
"Segata," Purple Heart said, "please head to the Neptower. We'll talk later. Compa, are you okay?"
"Yeah~" Compa's weak voice emerged from the wreckage.
"Good," Purple Heart said. "Please pair up with Dr. Mario and help everyone recover."
As everyone else began filing away, Segami attempted to sneak off. That is, until a hard chain wrapped around her leg! "Not so fast!" Iris Heart said.
With her blood sufficiently turned to ice, Segami looked behind her and saw the CPUs all standing behind her with murder in their eyes! "You're not going anywhere," Purple Heart said.
"H-hey now!" Segami said. "It was just a misunderstanding!"
"That may be so," Iris Heart said, "but you've still been a bad girl~"
"Now you have incurred the wrath of something equally as tyrannical as Segata Sanshiro," Purple Heart said. "Plutie, she's all yours."
"Oh I know she is~" Iris Heart said, grabbing Segami by the back of the head and dragging her away!
"W-w-w-wait a moment!" Segami said. "T-this isn't necessary! Come on, Nep, I'm sorry already!"
A few hours passed by, as everyone was nursed back to health. As much as Neptune or Uzume would have preferred not to, they did end up calling Blanc merely to put Segata's mind at ease. As well as to report the situation, given the insistence by C-Sha and the other CPUs.
"Well now," Blanc said, "while I can't say I'm surprised that disaster hit in my absence, I'm at least happy to hear that it was not necessarily brought by anything that was directly by you."
"Happy to hear that you're happy Blanc," C-Sha said. "We wouldn't want this bout of annoyance to get in the way of your vacation."
"So what's the situation with Segami?" Blanc asked.
"Well currently she's still in Sadie's possession," Neptune replied. "But when she's out, I'm giving her the boot outta here."
"Good to hear," Blanc said. "Nothing personal, but from what I've heard she's a lot of trouble. And the Fighters and NPCs?"
"Everyone is alright," Neptune said. "They're all recovering, but it might take a bit of time before the next match of the Tournament after the thrashing that Segata gave them."
"And speaking of which," Blanc said, looking at Segata. "I'm terribly sorry about the misunderstanding Mr. Sanshiro. I will... take up the matter with the Nintendo heads to see if they can provide you with your desire. But just be aware I make no promises."
"That is all that I ask for, honored CPU," Segata said. With that, he threw his giant Sega Saturn over his shoulders, and gave a salute to the CPUs. "The fight for the honor of Sega never ends. With that, I'm off! Until another day!"
He jumped out the window, falling to the cityscape below as everyone watched him.
"Well... that was rather haphazard," Neptune said.
The next moment, Plutia came in, looking rather pleased with herself.
"Oh, hey Plutie," Neptune said. "So, how's Segami."
"She learned her lesson~" Plutia said.
"MY EVERYTHING HURTS...!"
"You know," Nepgear said, "there is just one thing I'm left wondering."
"What's that, Lil' Gear," Sonic said.
"Why was Segata going to attack me if he respects all the Sega goddesses, no matter the console they represent?" Nepgear asked.
"Well... was he?" Sonic asked. "I mean, during that whole exchange he never touched you."
"Huh... go figure," Nepgear said.
A/N: Howdy! It's... been awhile, huh? Yeah, for those of you not following Cross Tag Character Collision, my other ongoing story, I was kinda left distracted recently with finishing up classes online due to this whole pandemic. It was a really rough time of operation that left me very distracted and unable to do the things I enjoyed, helped in part with me going back to work at the same time, having to juggle both my job and school. But now that Summer has more or less begun, I have more time to get to work!
With that said, we now have the long awaited arrival of Segata Sanshiro! I... really don't have much else to say. This chapter more or less in terms of its contents just kinda happened. I merely just took the idea and rolled with it, more or less making it up as we went. Hence why it's a bit shorter and there wasn't really a big action scene, instead left to exposition about how dangerous Segata was. Either way, I'm happy with it and think it came out fun enough.
Also, if those of you think I had Neptune kinda out of character when it comes to her interactions with Segami, I was more or less playing off of Segami's "bitchy" attitude in order to give Neptune the one thing she scarcely ever has, which is a foil who gets under her skin. And considering the massive hate-boner that Segami had for... almost anyone who wasn't a SeHa Girl in Superdimension, I figured she'd be a perfect fit. Think of it like the group were actors playing their roles in the game, but off-stage, Neptune secretly finds Segami to be monumentally annoying.
I hope that nobody thinks ilk of this, especially since I can see one of Neptune's greatest appeals being the fact that practically nobody on the protagonist side ever really bothers her.
One last thing as of note, going back to the precious chapter, a little known fact might be that I had Byleth referred to as "they' throughout the chapter, cause' I didn't actually know whether to have them as male or female Byleth. I have it set for Robin and Corrin, with Robin being their male variant and Corrin being their female variant, but I didn't have it set for Byleth as of yet. So, if you guys have your feel just let me know, as I'm fine with either of them!
Review Time!
To Neptunia56: Yeah, Byleth feels Blanc's pain, as intended. Also, those characters can totally appear soon! I have plans!
To ptl: In a Neptunia setting, meta is always a must no matter what setting it's in!
To Barrubo: I have heard of Reimu quite extensively, and I'm impressed by the dedicated following she has! I really admire it, and hope to learn more about Touhou in the future, even getting close to seeing the fan-anime made for it.
To 3 Question Marks: I am quite hyped for Definitive Edition myself! I would get the Collector's Edition but... y'know, expensive. I'll think about it when the time comes, but for now it's a no. Though that's not to say I'm not getting the game itself cause' you can bet I'm getting it!
To Jacob9594: Yeah. Byleth feels the pain.
To Lix231: I get what you're saying about Sonic and Plutia having a connection, and while I plan to have them together at some point, I haven't had the chance as of yet. Main reason I focused mainly on Neptune for the time being is the fact that she's the "default" Sega goddess, whilst Uzume and Plutia are limited to their respective realities. Once again, I get Plutia having a bond considering she's the "OG" goddess when compared to the others, but since Neptune's more of the mascot she got more focus as of now. But just take it that Sonic has a bond with all the Sega goddesses.
And with that all being said, I hope to get another chapter released as soon as I can! With that said, thank you for reading, and take care! Be safe and healthy, and have a good night!