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Chapter 73

"So this is the Great Flonzor Z?" Nepgear asked as she, Laharl, Flonne, the bigger Neptune, Uzume and Uni all looked at the large robot. "Hmm, about thirty meters tall? I assume that the armor is made up of some hyper dynamic metal that resists heat, electrical and radioactive energies, right?"

"Well..." Flonne's eyes were white and blank. "I'm not sure, really. It might have that, I typically don't take it out, it always uses so much energy up and... Ack!" Flonne yelped as Nepgear jumped from the ground and up the legs in a triangle pattern until she got to where the opening for the cockpit was.

"Why can't she show that level of agility normally?" Uni muttered as Nepgear got inside the cockpit. Sighing, she reached into her pockets and pulled something out before putting them into her ears. "There. Three... Two... One..."

"WHAT THE GOODNESS IS THIS MESS?!" Nepgear's voice screeched so loudly that everyone but Uni grimaced and had to cover their ears.

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Dropping into the power core, Nepgear stared in horror as she looked at how the power supply of the robot was being distributed. "This... No wonder it costs so much to get!" She pulled out her tool set and rolled up her sleeves. "Time to get to work, this is going to need... Yes." She nodded as she started to undo screws and pull stuff out of it.

"More of this... Stuff like that..." Nepgear muttered as she continued to take stuff out and stare in horror at the mess of more stuff that she found.

Sometime later, the door to the power core opened up. "Hey, Gearsy..." Uzume said as she popped her head into the power supply while hanging upside down. "You've been at it for more than an hour, you okay?" She was a bit surprised to see how dirty Nepgear was, but ignored it.

"BUBBLEGUM AND PAPER CLIPS!" Nepgear yelled, causing Uzume's eyes to go white and blank. "HOW CAN THIS THING WORK WHEN IT'S BASICALLY HELD TOGETHER BY BUBBLEGUM AND PAPER CLIPS!?"

Uzume stared with her eyes still white and blank. "Uh... Gearsy..."

Nepgear held up a burned up relay. "This thing alone! Even if it was in proper condition would barely get forty percent of the power that it needs to run the robot! And that's if we over-clocked it while removing the safety protocols and super charged it!"

"Wouldn't that make the whole thing explode?" Uzume asked.

"IT SHOULD HAVE EXPLODED YEARS AGO!" Nepgear yelled in frustration as she ripped another panel out of the wall. "What the goodness?! These... Are FUSES?!"

Uzume sweat-dropped and pulled herself up and out of the power core before turning to Flonne and Laharl. "I think Gearsy's offended by your robot."

Flonne just laughed and rubbed the back of her head. "Well, I was never much of a builder, I just put in what I thought was cool and..."

"WHY IS THERE A POPCORN MACHINE IN HERE?! WHY IS THERE A PIE IN THE FLUX CAPACITOR?!"

Uzume and Laharl both looked at Flonne, who poked her fingers together. "Like I said, I just put stuff in that I thought was cool."

"Well," Uzume rubbed the back of her head, "I think that Giant Robots are pretty cool," she yelped as Flonne was suddenly right in front of her, her eyes sparkling. "Um... Miss Flonsy?" Uzume asked, unsure as she lowered her arm.

"You think giant robots are cool too!?" Flonne asked and when Uzume nodded, Flonne jumped up and down, much to Uzume's visible confusion. "YEEE! You and Nepgear need to be my new friends! Also, did you call me Flonsy?" Flonne asked in confusion. Uzume nodded, still looking confused. "WOW! I've never had a nickname before!"

"We usually call her a love freak." Laharl explained to Uzume. "So she does have a nickname."

"Sir Laharl," Flonne pouted as she let go of Uzume's hands, "giving me that nickname isn't the same as a cute and cool nickname."

"You think it's cool?" Uzume asked, her eyes glittering with sparkles. "And, yeah, Harlsy, it's totes not the same! Getting a meanie nickname that people mock you with is so totally not the same as getting a super dee duper cutsey nickname from Uzume," Uzume's voice pitched up as Laharl and Flonne stared at her in shock while she continued on, "but even Gearsy didn't like Uzume's first nickname for her because she thought it wasn't nice to Nepsy and Uzume understands why and..."

"What the hell?!" Laharl yelped as Uzume stared at him in shock while covering her mouth with her fist and clearing her throat.

"Y-yeah, it's not the same to get a nickname like love freak and compare it to Flonsy, Harlsy." Uzume said, her cheeks slightly red as she tried to get away from her cutesy and air-headed personality.

Though, the memories she got from Kurome were telling her that Kurome had thought that her Orange Heart personality was pretty cute.

Uzume's cheeks went redder as she realized that there were several memories of Kurome spying on her when she was taking a bath, shower or was otherwise naked. '...Am I a pervert or something?'

"No! You were talking like some sort of bimbo succubus." Laharl pointed out. "And what's with the name Harlsy?!"

Uzume blinked a few times in confusion. "Well, if you don't like it, I can call you Lahasy, Laharlsy, Lasy or..."

"Just call me Laharl, damn it!" Laharl grumbled as he crossed his arms. "You remind me of Jennifer when she'd call me Harley and smash my face against her boobs!"

"You mean like this, Harlsy?" Uzume asked as she got next to Laharl and hugged his face against her chest, causing him to scream while thrashing his arms and legs up and down rapidly. "Heh heh heh, feel the power of marshmallow hell!"

"But Miss Jennifer had much bigger boobs than you do." Flonne pointed out. "They were about the same size as Iris Heart's boobs."

"Aw, nerts." Uzume had blank, white eyes as she let go of the hug. "Uzume can't compete with Plutsy's, Peasy or Vertsy's boobies when we're all in HDD either!

"BAH!" Laharl jumped back and pointed a shaky finger at Uzume. "Don't you ever do that again!" He panted as he looked at her with blank, angry red eyes while his hair antennae stood straight up. "I hated it when Jennifer did it and I sure as hell am not putting up with it from you!"

"Plus Lady Neptune would do that to you whenever she got upset with you." Flonne giggled causing Laharl to scream in frustration.

Uzume just blinked in confusion. "Huh... Okay. So..." She looked around. "Where did Unisy go anyway?"

"She said something about going to the hardware store or something." Flonne said, wondering what Uni was going to do.

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Meanwhile...

Sitting on a love seat in the corner of the room, Stadia looked at Neptune as she and Noire were in the kitchen making some dinner. "Hey, mom..." Neptune looked at her and nodded while going back to dinner. "I... I'm just surprised that you and that guy were still seeing each other."

"Why is that surprising?" Vert asked as she, Blanc, Rom, Ram and Ouya all played some sort of party game involving a plumber and his friends.

"Well, I always thought mom was a lesbian." Stadia pointed out. She jumped as she heard a loud crash in the kitchen. "MOM!?"

Neptune sat on the ground covered in some food that she had been making and gave Stadia a confused look. "What in the name of Gamindustri made you think I was a lesbian?"

"I once caught you and aunt Vert lewding each other in bed." Stadia said while Rom and Ram listened intently. "Um... It was kind of intense."

"Oh my." Vert's cheeks were red while she giggled. "You should have come in, you could have joined in."

"VERT?!" Both Stadia and Neptune yelped at the same time.

"Well, I always thought that you were pretty cute." Vert said as she stood up and walked over to Stadia, giving her a flirty smile while Stadia was blushing hard. "It could have been..." She reached in and cupped Stadia's face, "a lot of fun."

Stadia's eyes were white and blank and she reacted in the only way she knew how to. "AHHH!"

"Oh, that's just like Miss Nepgear." Rom pointed out helpfully while giggling.

"Sheesh, Vert, knock it off." Blanc huffed as she rolled her eyes as Vert pouted and stepped back. "One, Vert loves you like you're one of her daughters, she's not going to do that stuff to you." Vert nodded, though she did look disappointed. "...Vert..?"

"You ruined my fun, Blanc." Vert pouted and Blanc rolled her eyes again.

"Two," Blanc held up two fingers and blushed herself, "all of us have been in that kind of relationship with each other from time to time, okay?"

"So you're the real switch hitters!" Ram pointed to Blanc, then Neptune, then Noire and then Vert. All four of them nodded. "Wait, what about Peashy and Plutia?"

"I never dated them." Neptune pointed out. "Peashy's my daughter and Plutia's like a sis...ter..." She sighed and hoped that Plutia could forgive her in the future sometime.

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Meanwhile...

"Thanks for taking me to this store." Uni said to Peashy as the two of them and Plutia walked out of the store with parts for a giant robot. "How did you know that they sold parts for a giant robot here?"

"Because some of the aliens have giant robots!" Peashy cheered happily as she threw her arms into the air, which caused the over-filled bags in her hands to fly up and lift her off the ground from the momentum and weight. Before Uni could even react, Peashy flipped in the air and landed on the ground. "Tada!"

"It's fiiiine." Plutia smiled at Uni. "I wanted to get out of the Basilicom anyway."

"Well..." Uni looked at everything they had. "Let's hope that this is enough for most of what Nepgear needs. Unless she has to remodel the power generator."

Both Peashy and Plutia sweat-dropped at the thought of having to remodel a power generator.

"Well, let's get back." Uni said and the two nodded and went back to the Basilicom.

I thought that was longer. Oh well. Getting closer to the end now.