"Uh… Aaah….. Mmm….. Gah...HMMM!"
"Bryce, can you please stop making those noises?" Asked Histoire as I layed on my back, sprawled out on the couch.
"But I'm bored…!" I said, my words trailed on, as if to prove my point.
"Then go get a job at the Guild." Said Histoire.
"Yeah, I'll get right on that all by my lonesome, oh wait…! I can't!" I said, deadpanning at Histoire. "Neptune and Gears are in Lastation for some kind of get together, and IF and Compa are out doing who knows what."
"Then why didn't you go with Neptune and Nepgear?" Asked Histoire with an eye twitch.
"Do you honestly expect me to have not asked?" I questioned Histoire, keeping my deadpanned expression. "Turns out Noire doesn't exactly feel 'comfortable' with me in Lastation's Basillicom just yet. Imagine that…!"
"...Can you at least be bored somewhere else?" Asked Histoire. "I have a lot of paperwork that needs to be filled out before the end of the day, and you aren't helping me finish this any quicker."
"Ugh, fine…!" I said, flopping to the floor as I slid on my back over to Neptune's room, only getting back onto my feet to open the door, in which, I then flopped back down and kept sliding into her room.
As I closed the door to Neptune's room, I took a moment to look around.
"...Nope, nothing. God dammit, why can't I think of anything to quell my boredom!?"
I sighed, before grabbing my phone.
"Might as well check what videos I still have on here…" I said to myself. "...Oh? Oh…! YES!"
I felt the smile on my face grew as I realized what I had in my hands. After doing a quick internep check, I quickly got to work on the nearby computer.
"I am so glad Gears made this thing like she did… my old laptop has honestly nothing on this thing. Then again, I doubt any computer from my world could stack up to this thing easily." I said to myself, opening up a video editing software program called A-Nep-e Premier Elements, a play on Adobe Premier Elements.
"Note to self: Ask why everything is named after Neptune." I said to myself, making a note as I pulled up the video file off my phone and onto the program.
"Now… to find a way to actually have people look at this." I said to myself, before I turned to the one place I could think of.
"...Let's see… Why not check… Vert's blog?" I asked myself, opening up the blog before looking for the hidden link embeded inside said blog.
"Shall we play a game?" I asked, as I entered the secret blog. "Ah… I forget what movie that's from… being born during the year of 2000 was a fun experience…"
"Let's see… Oh? New information about a major expansion for four goddesses online to be showed off the weekend huh?" I asked myself, before looking at the timer. It was Monday, a full 5 days before said show and tell. "...I think I found what I'll be doing."
Location Update: Lastation
POV CHANGE: 3rd
"...Does anyone else feel a chill just go down their spine?" Asked Neptune, as she sat down with Noire, Blanc and Vert in front of a TV screen.
"I didn't feel anything." Said Vert.
"You sure it's not just your imagination?" Asked Blanc.
"I dunno… I have a feeling someone is planning something." Said Neptune, looking off into the distance, and by distance, I mean one of the walls of the room.
"Would you calm down? Who are you worried about, Bryce? He's in Planeptune's basilicom, he can't do anything to ruin this for us." Said Noire.
"I dunno… he has his ways…" Said Neptune.
"Enlighten us." Said Vert.
"Well… I would like to, but let's just say that you don't ever want to be on Bryce's bad side in an Omake chapter. Reality isn't shattered right here." Said Neptune.
"Wait, what was tha-" Noire began to ask, before she was interrupted by Vert.
"It's been leaked!?"
"What's the problem Vert?" Asked Neptune.
"The debut trailer for the next expansion to Four Goddesses Online has just been leaked!" Said Vert.
"So…?" Noire asked.
"This is HUGE! Leaks haven't happened like this in… years!" Said Vert.
"...We checking it out?" Asked Neptune.
"Yes." Said Vert.
Everything started out well enough, the logos for the companies faded into existence on the screen, before fading back into nothingness. Eventually, after showing the logo for the game, everything faded to black. It's dead quiet…
And suddenly, I don't know if you know this, but the video begins, very subtly…
*quick drum beat*
Duh duh, duh, duh duh, da da da da, dah dah, duh…
A man in a brown suit appears onscreen, a mike in front of him, he's taping to this fresh beat like, this is the best idea for a song I've ever had.
And then the lyrics start to play, and everything gets so much worse.
'We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand'
It was at this moment that the CPUs had realized they'd been had, but they just… couldn't look away. It was if there was something hypnotizing about the video.
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you'
Location Updated: Planeptune
POV CHANGE: Bryce
"We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it"
To those asking, that was me singing only slightly off pitch. Well, just, not with the whole weird tone voice edit, but you get the idea.
"And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see"
"Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you"
It was at this point that Histoire had entered the room, and I immediately turned to face her with my left hand extended at her.
"Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you"
She immediately left the room soon after.
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh, give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Location Updated: Lastation
POV CHANGE: 3rd
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
As the song ended, the screen turned to black, before a single line scrolled from the bottom to the top.
YOU JUST GOT RICK ROLL'D!
"...What just happened?" Asked Noire as the CPUs in the room contemplated their existence for a few moments.
Location Updated: Planeptune
POV CHANGE: 1st
I sat down at the foot of the computer as I looked at the comments on the video I had just released.
In a matter of mere minutes, the video had gone viral, and everyone only had one question.
What the hell did it mean to be 'Rick Roll'd'?
"Welp, there's that done with for now." I said, leaning back into the chair.
"...Ugh… I'M BORED!"
Only for the bedroom door to open to show Neptune and Nepgear walk into the room.
"Hey guys, enjoy your trip?" I asked from my position.
"Up until we were Rick Roll'd." Said Neptune.
"...What?" I asked.
"Someone faked that they leaked the trailer and EVERYONE bought it!" Said Neptune.
"That sounds pretty bad." I said, a slight smile on my face as I tried to contain myself.
"...You don't think you'd know anything about that, would you?" Asked Gears as I sat up.
"What? No…" I said, the edges of my mouth lifting up a bit.
"...Bryce… what's that on the PC?" Asked Neptune.
"See, that's a funny story… uh…" I paused, as I turned to see that it showed my account and the video view count and much more info.
I slowly turned back to Neptune and Gears with a 'I'm f*cked' smile on my face.
"...Well, about that…" I began, before running out the bedroom door.
"Bryce get back here!" Shouted Neptune behind me.
"NEVAH!" Was my response.
And kids, this is why you never want to deal with a very bored Bryce. He's no fun when that's in play.