No one POV
IF was laying on her bed with her hands in her face, she had a bandage on her head and another one on her shoulder, recovering the injuries that she suffered from previous attacks, she wasn't laying on her own bed, or even was in her own house... She was in prison, captured by Tuvan security forces and put under custody for being a spy for the Imperialists enemy, the old CPUs. She endured four months in prison, not knowing what was happening outsider until...
Cell guard: "Hey you, wake up! We are letting you go girl."
IF: "Huh? I-I'm getting out of here?"
Cell guard: "What I just said, I open the door, we send you back to Planeptune, and you are free."
IF: "That... That is so great, I-I finally get out of here!"
Cell guard: "Follow me to the exit, there is a truck waiting."
The guard opened the door of the cell and let IF out, the girl followed the guard until the exit of the prison complex, outside, there was the truck stationed and ready to go.
Cell guard: "Well, there is your transport, now just get in."
IF got in the truck, soon it started up and started moving to Planeptune.
IF: "I can't believe I finally got out of there, I will be back home soon..."
IF was just excited about going back her own nation again, she looked through the window, she wondered in what part of Gamindustri she was right now, she doesn't know that some changes have been made...
IF POV
The truck was finally stopping to move, when it stopped it's movement completely, I get out as soon as I can of it, I'm finally in Planeptune again!
Driver: "So you are from Planeptune, right?"
Why would the driver ask me that? Whatever, he maybe is only curious.
"Yes I am" I reply "Why do you want to know?"
Driver: "Huh, for nothing in special... Well, actually, Planeptune and the rest of nations have changed a bit, you should find out by yourself."
Wait, changed? In what meaning of the word? I try to ask but he leaves inmediatly after, strange, what did he wanted to say? Well, I guess I have to find out myself like he said previously...
I walk to the city, damn, my head still hurts and I can't remember why, I notice things out of place, why were there soldiers patrolling? What does mean that arm-band with red, white and blue stripes that they have on? Why there are flags with the same color scheme raised up in balconies? There is something clearly out of place here, and I'm not liking it, I should ask to someone...
While I was walking, I decided to ask to one of Planeptune citizens I'm sure I can get to know something.
"Good day" I greet "It's not to bother you or anything, but what all those flags with red, white and blue mean?"
Citizen: "Ah, that is Luxembourg flag, it's going to be around for quite a while now."
Luxembourg... I remember! That country was our enemy along with other four nations, how is the situation of that going on now?
"And you know why are there soldier making patrols?"
Citizen: "I don't know why, but they are going to stay for a time, that is what I know."
"Hmmm, all right, thank you for taking your time."
In these four months that I have been captive, did everyone agreed to a peace deal? Otherwise those soldiers would be attacking now...
I decide to walk to the guild, I think I'm still in shape to do some quests.
Time Skip
I finally reach to the guild of the city, I open the door and get inside... Wait, this is not the guild that I always used to visit, where is the board of tasks? Instead, there is just a board with newspapers and some magazines of tourism. The guards here also have the Luxembourg flag arm-band, what is going on? I better ask again, this is getting worrying...
I should ask to one of these guards, maybe I get to know more asking to them.
"Good day" I greet both guards "Do you know what happened to the guild?"
Guard: "Ech verstinn net wat dat Meedchen seet, kéint Dir et fir mech iwwersetzen?"
What kind of strange language is he talking? Hmm, I don't know if I can talk to them...
Other guard: "Loos mech mat hatt schwätzen, ech kann englesch."
"I don't understand a word of what are you saying..."
Other guard: "We know, we know, I just appear to know english, can you repeat the question again?"
"Right, what did happen to the guild and the quests?"
Other guard: "Simple, we got rid of the guild and all those quests because Austria-Hungary took control of all the islands with hostile monsters, leaving the guild pointless."
"So nobody can do any quest now because of that?"
Other Guard: "Exactly that, yes, you seem to be out of loop with everything that happened, you should get those newspapers in the board and read them to get to fully know everything."
"I will see that now, thank you sir."
Other Guard: "No problem lady, ons heemecht!"
Well, it seems like I have to read those newspapers to know what happened in all this time. I approach to the board and grab the newspapers to put them inside my jacket, I will walk to the basilicom and see how Neptune is, I bet she could say why the Luxembourg flag is almost everywhere, I think they already forgot the conflict...
Time Skip
I'm close to the basilicom, but it's main door is guarded by a more heavily armed soldier with the same Luxembourg arm-band put on, I don't think that I can enter, and the door guard seems scary, I don't want to know what would happen to me if he has a explosive character... I look at the top of the basilicom and there are five giant flags raised on the roof, I only recognize the Luxembourg one, there is other one with a white stripe and a red stripe, other one is fully red with what seems like a yellow flower shaped figure with blue inside, a man riding a horse and a sun behind him, the other one has green, yellow and red stripes with a blue circle in the middle having inside a weird kind of yellow star, the last one has a red stripe on top, a white stripe on the middle, below a red stripe in half and the other half is a green stripe, in the middle has two shields and a yellow crown in top of them...
What nations are those flags from? Why would they put them in the top of the basilicom and make them so big? Well, if I want to know, then I have to read these newspapers, let's see what I missed...
'The current members of The Imperial Alliance' The Imperial Alliance, I remember that name, it was the faction that Luxembourg was part from, I don't remeber the other members more than Austria-Hungary, well, I should keep reading...
'To this day, there are currently five members on The Imperial Alliance:
Luxembourg: Leader and main foundator of the faction' The red, white, blue flag was on the side of the text, obviously meaning that was the nation flag, let's keep reading.
'Poland: Second member of the faction, joined shortly after the dawn of the faction' On the side there was the white and red flag, that is the scheme of Poland.
'Tannu Tuva: Third member of the faction, joined after denying annexonation from USSR' There was the flag with the yellow flower like figure, that is the actual flag of Tannu Tuva... They could have chosen a stranger name for it? And what is the 'USSR'? I'll research it later.
'Ethiopia: Fourth member of the faction, joined while it was at war with the Kingdom of Italy' Kingdom of Italy? There are lot of things out there that we don't know, their flag is the green, yellow and red one.
'Austria-Hungary: Fifth and newest member of the faction, joined shortly after the Luxembourgish-Gamindustrian war started' So they are the newest ones getting in, I'm still very curious about how our conflict is going, I hope that is it going well for us... Their flag is the one with the red stripe and green stripe divided in half.
'Brief summary of the history: After that Luxembourg annexed Germany in a military conflict, it created 'The Imperial Alliance' which Poland shortly joined in, Tannu Tuva declined being annexed by the USSR, leading to a war that made Tannu Tuva join The Imperial Alliance, both Poland and Tannu Tuva annexed land from USSR. Ethiopia joined the faction when it was at war with the Kingdom of Italy, Ethiopia annexed the colonies of Italy, and a half of the main land, the other half was annexed by Luxembourg. Austria and Hungary come into a agreement to fuse eachother once again, creating again Austria-Hungary, they formally annexed Czechoslovakia without war. They joined the faction shortly after the war between Gamindustri and Luxembourg broke out.'
Huh, they have quite a story, Czechoslovakia, Germany, I'm actually learning from this more than I expected. There is still things to read. They put in the different peace treaties that they had, let's see...
'Treaty of Berlin: Luxembourg annexes Germany and gets access to all the equipment that previously Germany had' Berlin... They are powerful aren't they?
'Treaty of Moscow: Poland annexes half of the USSR and gets access to all the equipment that previously USSR had. Tannu Tuva annexes the other half, also getting access to all the equipment that was produced before' Hey, they are really strong, I hope that no one losed anything in our war...
'Treaty of Rome: Ethiopia annexes all the Italian colonies in Africa while also annexing half of the main land of Italy and gets access to all the equipment that previously Italy had. Luxembourg only annexes the other half of the main land.' They never get tired of expanding, don't they? It's incredible actually...
'Treaty of Planeptune' We could actually have peace with them, I don't think this one should be long.
'Luxembourg annexes Planpetune entirely, having all it's equipment' Wait, what?! They annexed Planeptune?! That explains the flags everywhere! What did Neptune had in her mind?!
'Tannu Tuva annexes Lastation entirely, having all it's equipment' Noire too? Did we just surrender to them?
'Ethiopia annexes Lowee entirely, having all it's equipment. Poland annexes Leanbox entirely, having all it's equipment' No, no, no, this is not real, it can't be real, it must be only a lie, please tell me it's not real at all...
'Status of the old CPUs and candidates:' Tell me that they are fine please...
'Purple Heart or 'Neptune' Status: Dead, executed.' Neptune... no, why would they do that? Just to show off force and inspire fear? I-I won't keep reading any of this, it's too much for me...
I throw the newspapers into the nearest trash can that I found, I only come back at Planeptune, to find out that it doesn't exist anymore? If we couldn't do anything against them, then the only thing that we have left is to obey, they destroyed any faith and hope remaining and taken total control over Gamindustri, we are defeated...
I walk to my old house so I can have some rest on a actually comfortable bed, and try to make this headache pass while I'm resting, oh, I remember that I need my key to get in, I check my pockets, and to my surprise, I still have it and in a perfect condition, the guards and other prisoners are so kind to not take my stuff without my permission? That is convenient, I use the key to enter my house, surprisingly, it's in a very good state even after four months without anybody taking care of it, no dust, nothing broken, all perfect... Eh, I will not think hard of it, my head is what needs the most rest now, I go up to my room and I throw myself into the bed, so relaxing and comfy, is what I just needed... I didn't even notice, it's nighttime already, I cover myself with my bed sheets, so warm... I see a frame with a picture of me, Neptune and Compa hanging out together, those were some good times that we spent together, but now those times are in the past and we can't bring them back... And Compa, what was of her? I hope she is actually safe and sound, I should search for her when I have the chance to. I'm going to sleep now, overthinking things is going to make it worse for my head pain, it's time to rest...