A/N: Alright, skipping the formalities due to the massive blue balling last chapter. MAILBAG! GO!
Destroyer Harekazi Kai: Extremely. Koei is socially inept and cannot show affection properly under preassure, apparently. Totally not me being a hack and trying to write something to show that Koei would miss IF. N o p e.
Also there's not an IF plush… yet. Still, hope you enjoy this next mess.
Ryan4ever2016: HONOR! JUSTICE! REINHARDT REINHARDT REINHARDT!
Blaze2121: Am I that transparent? Sweats nervously
Well, don't need these anymore. Burns plans to the ground screw you guys, I'm gonna go write Azur Lane fanfiction! (I may or may not have watched the first episode of the anime before this.)
That and Koei's theme has been predecided. It's No Pain No Game, the Btooom! OP. Preferably one of the English covers, but definitely that OP. It may or may not be relevant later.
Blackswordgames: Oh god, imagine him dual-weilding Kirito style.
Saur12667: My shilling paid off! YES! Enjoy the carnage!
Speaking of carnage, let's do this!
(Current Music: Tomboyish Girl in Love - S.S.H. & Aether)
A tense silence fell between us as we awaited the first strike. White Heart was tapping her foot impatiently, a maniac grin on her face. She seemed to want this fight to happen.
Turning to Black Heart, she scanned her rival CPU for any weakness. I simply put my bag down and drew Peace… Or was it Tranquility? Either way, I drew one of the pistols before moving my backpack somewhere safe. My beer's important, dammit.
Still, with everything grabbed, I shot at White Heart, aiming for the face in particular. To nobody's shock, I missed, not that aiming well would have made a difference, as White Heart slickly dodged out of the way before throwing her axe in retaliation. I barely dodged as I fired another two shots, both missing as well.
"Your aim sucks!" White Heart taunted as she rushed past me to retrieve her weapon. I didn't need to know your opinion on my aiming skills, but you know. Whatever.
"She has a point…" Black Heart agreed, also rushing past me to get the first strike on her rival. Thanks. I rolled my eyes and prepared to fire a Frostblast at either one of them to shut them up, but before I could I felt a pain in my chest.
"Ugh!" The hell? Trying to cast hurts? Right, Mana Burnout is a thing… Looks like I'm just a swordsman with a pistol for now.
The clashing of blades tipped me off that the real fight had only just begun, as I charged towards the fighting duo. Unfortunately, it looked like I couldn't make heads or tails of what the hell was going on. It semed that CPU duels were pretty hardcore affairs, judging by the fact that both White and Black Heart were more like blurs. I stepped back and turned to the children, who were still enraptured, but standing a reasonably safe distance away, thankfully.
This distraction led to something hitting me as I fell back, letting go of Serenity in the process. It was Black Heart, judging by the toned ass that was not on top of me and silvery hair flowing.
Not being into tsunderes, I threw her off of me before dusting myself off and getting back up, grabbing Serenity in the process. Black Heart looked pretty hurt, but still fine for now. Still, this left me with just White Heart.
"One powerless CPU down, now for you." She stated simply before leaping into the air, the light glinting off of her axe from the destroyed ceiling. It was quite the sight, once again I wish I had a camera on me.
Oh, then I got smacked by her axe because I was too busy gazing at the beautiful imagery. Ow. That was an instant knockdown for me, as face met ground.
Slamming my fist onto the ground, I got back up, Peace (Oh hey, there's the P engraved on the pistol!) And carefully aimed a shot as she swaggered towards me.
Pew!
Bang. The bullet hit her right in the chest… Before bouncing off entirely. To the shot's credit, it caused her wings to phase out for a moment, causing her to fall to the ground, but they came back very quickly. The stun seemed to only last a moment however, so it wasn't much of an effect.
"Ugh!" White Heart moaned as she got back on her feet, Not much time to think, gotta fight on my feet and go with the flow. "Bastard…" White Heart muttered as her axe raised again. "Your ass is grass, shitheel!"
I panicked and fired a few shots from Peace, my less dominant hand feeling the recoil from the shots. They all missed as White Heart continued advancing, shit shit shit.
Fuck it. I gripped Serenity in one hand, preparing to strike with it. Playing defensive wasn't my forte, but White Heart was a tough cookie it seemed. A very prideful one at that.
White Heart lazily swung her axe as I dodged in the appropriate direction and struck her middle with Serenity. Surprisingly, despite the strong hit it didn't seem to damage her clothing.
White Heart groaned in pain as her axe swung again. I was unable to dodge this time and ate protons as the axe caught me in the face. Once again, ow.
My face met ground as White Heart once again swaggered over to me, shit-eating grin in tow. Pain coursed through my veins as she stepped on my back. Ooh, that felt goo- oh, oh, oh. Owwwwwwww.
"Ngh." I groan as her foot dug into my back. From what little I could see, she was raising her axe, probably going for an executioner style decapitation.
Jesus fuck I'm gonna die to the flat cuss fairy. Again. This is bullshit, I befriended the other Blanc, why the hell is there another version of her?
Speaking of other versions, Black Heart swooped in to save me with a dropkick. I forgot she existed for a moment, heh.
Getting up from my relaxing massage, I nodded at the CPU to acknowledge her presence and thank her for saving me. After a nod in return, I twirled Serenity in preparation to resume the fight.
White Heart had recovered from the surprise attack and was starting to spin up to prepare for her next strike. Knowing that it would be coming in advance, I took evasive maneuvers as Black Heart looked at me. I gestured for her to fall back as well, which she did gladly, leaping back before hovering a good few centimeters off the ground as we kept an eye on the spinning CPU.
A good couple of seconds later, White Heart slammed her axe down… In entirely the wrong direction. She leant on her axe, clutching her head as she groaned.
"Little trick I learned. Close your eyes when you spin." I stated, walking up to the dizzy CPU, smacking her on the back of the head with the blunt end of Serenity, making her fall over. She groaned again as I kicked her while she was down. Pretty dirty, but she was going to fucking decapitate me, some payback was required.
Stepping back after a few well earned kicks, I waited for her to get back up. And waited.
A few moments pass as White Heart slammed her fist into the ground, causing it to crack as she got back up. "I'm not outta the fight yet, shitheels."
She turned to us, her calm demeanour contrasting with the absolute death in her eyes. Clearly kicking her while she was down was a bad idea as the tranquil fury of Lowee's CPU shined through.
Black Heart prepared her blade, turning to me as I prepared Serenity accordingly. Suddenly White Heart charged us with a blood curdling battle cry as she violently struck Black Heart with a surprisingly fast swing. Not a second later I was forced to dodge several shockingly speedy swings from the berserk goddess. Eventually I was able to sneak in a swing of Serenity followed by firing a few point blank shots of Peace into her face, stunning her temporarily as I took the adrenaline from my counterattack and grabbed White Heart's face with both hands before slamming her into my knee. OW. FUCK. BAD IDEA.
Impressive amount of damage caused to my knee aside, I fell to the ground, clutching my knee in pain as Black Heart walked over to me and sighed. "Koei, you aren't the brightest, are you?"
"Shaddup and get me a fucking healing potion." I winced through the pain as she complied, heading towards my bag and rooting through it. White Heart seemed to be out of it at least and she'd better be, I almost broke my knee with that stunt. After a few moments of regretting my last few actions, Black Heart returned to my vision, passing me a Nep Bull. Nodding gratefully, I took a moment to take in the taste of this awfully useful beverage before getting back up. My knee still hurts like hell, but I wasn't out of the fight yet.
Looking around, it seems the kids had lost their mettle for the fight and were cowering behind some bricks. I did feel bad for bringing them now, but it wasn't exactly my fault that things turned out this way. Speaking of faults, I turned to White Heart, who was getting up yet again, albeit much more slowly. She was getting worn down by this so this might be a last ditch effort. Sighing in resignation, I limped to a position where I could anticipate attacks while dodging anything she could throw at me. Was getting real tired of this shit. Struggling to get onto her feet, White Heart had to use her axe as a crutch to even stand, let alone attack. She coughed as she revealed her face, blood splattered on it as fresh blood poured out of her newly broken nose. Jesus.
"I… I won't quit." words came out slowly as her axe was hefted onto her shoulder. "Y-your cheap bullshit tactics can only get ya so far against me." She seemed to be recovering fast, so I chugged down the rest of my Nep Bull before she could try anything.
Determination crossed the injured flatty's face as she uncracked her nose with one hand before slamming her axe down on the ground next to her. "It's no use begging for mercy, HARD BREAK!"
She charged towards me in particular and with a mighty swing, caught both me and Black Heat with a single hit, launching us across the temple floor. Black Heart was able to keep on her feet barely while I was not, being catapulted to the ground. This was before the earthquake caused by her slamming into the ancient ruins with her axe, so she soon joined me on the floor. A moment or two later I was forced to eat a flying axe as White Heart charged past us to grab her weapon. "EAT SHIT AND DIE!" She screamed as she brought her axe down for a final blow. With that earlier hit, I wouldn't have been able to move out of the way in time, and it looked like Black Heart was out of it too. If I weren't in this situation several times before, I'd probably sigh in resignation of my incoming demise, rather than…
"GET AWAY FROM AUNTIE NOWA!" There it is, as something crashed into the oncoming truck that was White Heart, knocking her into the ground, hard.
Still though, that voice, it was childish, yet had an aggressive overtone to it. As she three point landed, I took a look at my saviour.
She wore the usual CPU attire it seemed. White armor accented with black highlights, and she was one of the more generic looking CPUs, aside from the obvious assets that I refuse to point out. Well, that and the motherfucking laser claws. Well, gauntlets with laser claws at the end, she still had hands. Guess she was a bit more unique than at first glance, then. I don't know, okay? I'm just trying not to focus on her assets. That shit's weird.
So let's look up a bit at the determined grin of hers, along with neon yellow eyes and the most blonde blonde that you could blonde. She's very yellow.
"Fuck it, you're Yellow Heart now." I state simply, placing my hand on the CPU's shoulder. She seemed confused but nodded at her new name. Well, Big Tiddy Onee-San isn't really a good goddess name, might as well keep with "Color" Heart for these.
"I don't know how you're being so casual about this." Black Heart had stolen two potions from my backpack and started necking one herself after handing me one.
"This isn't the first time I've been saved by a CPU. Nor the first one that I've only just met." I took a swig before pointing to the altar where the CPU Memory… used to reside. "However, being saved by a CPU who had just been created…"
Black Heart twigged on to my very subtle prodding and her eyes widened. "Plutia is going to fucking end us, you do realize that?"
"N-not if I end you f-first!" White Heart got up once again, nothing if not determined to have her face pounded into the ground once again as Yellow Heart giggled in excitement.
Yeah, only Peashy would be this excited about imminent violence, from my brief time with her this much was obvious. And now she was a physical goddess. "For the record, you did this to yourself Peashy. Thanks for the save, though."
Yellow Heart rubbed her head sheepishly. "S-sorry. I knew that Ploot would be real sad if Nowa got hurt, so I had to take the shiny stone to become a… CPU? I wasn't listening too much when you were talking earlier."
D'aww. "S'all good. Now we have a problem to solve."
Koei, Yellow Heart and Black Heart
Vs.
White Heart
Ready?
FIG-
"Ngh." White Heart collapsed onto one knee, breathing heavily. "N-no… My strength… Not… Like… This."
(Music End)
With those final words, White Heart fell to the ground before any of us could react, disappearing into a flash of light to reveal her human form. Unsurprisingly, it was Blanc. Blanc in a more Japanese inspired outfit, however. I believe it's called a shrine maiden outfit? Well, red and white made for a nice pair of colours and the outfit was cute.
"It seems that we wore her down… Somehow." Noire sighed in relief, before turning to me and the still transformed Yellow Heart. "You uh… Gonna go back to your other form, Peashy?"
She tilted her head, before scratching her chin with her claw in introspection. Honestly, if I had those claws I'd probably have tried to use my hand to poor results. "You mean like, just think about becoming sma-"
A flash of light indicated that yes, it was that simple. An interesting insight into the workings of CPUs aside, a quick glance to me with a look of "I don't feel comfortable talking to her in that form" tipped me off as to her ulterior motive.
Poor Peashy, she's so naive to her body's… issues. Pretty sure a cup size that big only exists in hentai, so seeing it in person was surreal.
Well, the entirety of today has been surreal. It's been a long fucking day. With a sigh, I put my equipment back in my bag before hefting it onto my back. "Well, we're burning daylight and I don't want any more surprise visitors, so if you don't mind…"
"B-But…" Compa's fearful voiced piped up. "What about her?" She pointed to Blanc's unconscious body. Right, her.
I turned to Noire, who didn't really seem to care. "She just tried to murder us. Leave her to the Dogoos." she coldly stated before heading towards the exit.
"B-But... " Compa sniffled, clearly upset at the lack of fucks Noire gave towards her fellow CPU.
"Noire… I agree with you to an extent, but I don't want to leave someone who needs help to their fate. I believe in second chances, as I'm only here because of a second chance, so if I can bring that to someone else, that'd make me happy." My tone became surprisingly somber as I realize that I'm bargaining with Noire for someone's life. In front of children.
Noire seemed to sag under the emotional weight a little. "Come on Koei, You can't possibly act like you weren't about to get murdered by her. She wouldn't give us the same mercy, why should we?"
Jeez, the CPUs back home were never this "Kill or be killed" before. Hell, they seemed to oppose needless violence, not commit to it. "Well, there's Compa over here, who probably doesn't want to see people be harmed unnecessarily." I point to the sniffling child, who nodded in agreement, though I don't she understood what I was saying. "The other two kids, who rely on you and Plutia for moral guidance, more than likely." My hand went towards IF and Peashy who were… Less traumatized, though I swore I could see a glint of fear in IF's eyes as she looked at me before turning away suddenly. "And of course… Plutia."
Noire started to sweat. "Y-you're really pulling the Plutia card? You spineless little-!"
I walked away from the ebony haired CPU towards the unconscious girl. As she was face down, I took the time to flip her over. Unfortunately, the damage from our battle had carried over to her human form, so her nose was fucking busted.
"Compa honey, pass me a healing potion, won't you?" I ask the nurse-in-training, turning her as she approached the body.
She umm'd and ahh'd as she examined the body, not flinching an inch at all the blood pouring down her face. "You don't need a healing potion for that." She pulled out some bandages from a purse I didn't know she had, before wrapping lifting Blanc's head and slowly wrapping bandages around her face, starting with her nose. I'm pretty sure that's not how that worked, but it was better than nothing. Fastening the bandages and stepping away from the body, Compa seemed satisfied with her "work", returning to the cautious IF and excited Peashy.
Guess I'll do the heavy lifting, then. Grabbing Blanc and hoisting her over my shou-
"Agh!" My knee, fuck. Nearly dropping Blanc, Noire rushed over to grab her for me as I rested my knee. Noire gave me a look of concern as she shifted the unconscious CPU into a more comfortable position on her shoulder.
She sighed for a moment. "Alright, alright. You're already carrying that bag of yours, I suppose I'll help you out this once."
"Yeah. Thanks." I got back up eventually. My knee still hurts like hell, but it didn't feel like it would snap in half with the weight. "Alright, let's back before more sh-" I realized there were still kids around. "Things happen."
And thus off we fucked back to the Basilicom, a new unwilling party member in tow and a brand new CPU to boot. Progress, hi-ho!
Ah, the Planeptunean sunset is lovely. The less developed Nation certainly had a better natural light to it, without the imposing towers flanking everywhere, you got to see a lot more of the orange sky. It seemed that this place was a lot more peaceful than back in the other Planeptune at least.
Still, we carried our quarry in silence. Not really much to talk about and I'd rather just focus on the walk itself. Still wish I had a camera, though. Maybe I'll buy one when we get back.
Eventually we reached the Basilicom, with the kids all safely relaxing on some bean bag chairs, Noire and I shuffled off to a guest bedroom in order to help our newest recruit get some rest. After removing the bandage, (Rather predictably, the bleeding had stopped a while ago, so we ended up washing the dried parts off with a sponge we found) we considered our options.
"We can't just leave her like this." I mutter. "When she wakes up you know she'll freak out and that'd just make things worse for everyone."
Noire shrugged "You'd think saving her life would be enough to not do that? God, what a baby."
I rolled my eyes. "She just fell unconscious due to something in front of two CPUs and some random dude, and is going to wake up, probably in pain in a completely unfamiliar place. My emotional state wouldn't be all there either." I argue back, probably a bit indignant. "I've been in that situation before."
Noire put a hand to her face, before muttering something along the lines of "why am I not surprised" before turning back to me. "Fine, so you're keeping watch on her? Someone needs to look after the kids." Clattering could be heard from outside, as Noire sighed. "Someone has to."
With that, she left the room. I elected to leave with her momentarily to go grab a beer. The more things change, after all.
Opening it up, I looked at Planeptune's landscape, painted in orange as the sun went to rest. It's been a hell of a long day, so I want to rest myself. Turning around, the compact version of Histoire didn't look done with her… Dimensional poking, whatever. I headed back to Blanc's temporary residence and pulled up a chair, ensuring the girl would be alright during her rest as I decided to unsober up.
Ahhh. Tastes like victory. And cheap booze.
An hour or so passed by rather quickly, The sounds of excited children outside aside, it was relaxing just sitting here getting hammered while looking out for the sleeping Blanc. For all the shit she's put us through, she looks totally content in that bed. Dammit, everyone here is too adorable. That's a problem!
The door quietly opened as Noire poked her head in. She motioned for me to follow her and I complied, leaving Blanc to rest. Entering the main living room, everyone was gathered around the smaller Histoire, who was projecting something above her head. That something was the other Histoire I knew and loved, who had Neptune and Nepgear behind her.
"Huh, neat." I note as I walked into view of the projection. "Just like the UI Gloves." I wanted to poke at it, but Histoire seemed to be concentrating hard to keep it up, so I decided to cut to the chase. "So, whaddya want, I was drinking."
The other Histoire sighed in frustration. "Of course you were." Her brow unfurrowed. "I have good news about your… Dimensionally challenged state of affairs."
"Oh?" I prod curiously, not literally due to the other fairy's concentration.
"Well, I've managed to call in some favours and we are currently working on a way to connect this dimension to your current location in order to return Plutia to her home, along with obviously bringing you back."
"I'm curious, but I suppose that can wait until I get back." I mused. "Also this dimensional talk is getting me confused."
Neptune nodded in the background. "I agree! How about we call this place "Awesome Planeptune" and where Koei is "Fuc-""
"Don't." I place a hand on my face. "Let's go with something far more sensible."
Histoire sighed. "I concur. How about we call here Hyperdimension? I believe that flamboyant hacker who is helping us calls his home "Ultradimension"?"
I shoot a thumbs up. "Sounds good. Now onto actual business. How long before your thing's done with?"
"About 10 hours, give or take. However, I sense a chronological disparity in Ultradimension, so for you it'll be around… 3 days. Thankfully once both dimensions are linked, that will disappear."
Son of a bitch. "I… I see." I say despondently. "I suppose I still have business to deal with here."
Histoire tilted her head in confusion. "What do you me-"
"WHERE THE FUCK AM I NOW?" Came the angry yelling of one Blanc.
"That. I'll explain when I get back, but Plutia didn't exactly reach out to unite the CPUs." I rubbed my head sheepishly. "Hell, I'm not even sure if there is a Leanbox here."
Plutia conveniently wandered into frame. "Oh, hey Kopey! I forget if there's a version of Leanbox back hooome, but I'm sure you'll be fiiine even without Vert around!~"
"Yeah, thanks. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go have my face pounded in." I say with some measure of sarcasm in my voice.
"W-well, try not to get any more damaged, heh. Iffy would break up with you if you lost your rugged looks." Neptune piped up again and I wanted to smack her.
"... Fuck off, Nep." I stated simply before leaving. The smaller Compa seemed to be startled by the lovely sound of Blanc's yelling, but IF was comforting her, so I needn't have worried. I had bigger things on my plate.
Heading back to the bedroom, Blanc was most certainly awake and most certainly angry. I leaned on the wall, out of imminent death range from the angry loli.
"Waddup." I state simply, my casual demeanour betraying my sheer panic.
Blanc was not pleased. "You." She got up and walked towards me, ready to swing. I sighed as I anticipated more pain today.
To my surprise, no punch came as she put down her arm, sighing in defeat. Lot of sighing going on today. "God, I'm such a failure."
I tilt my head in confusion. "What do you mean? You did quite a number on me and Noire. Nearly killed me a few times too, you fought well."
She shook her head. "It's not about that. I'm meant to be the strongest CPU. For years, I've been alone, fighting for Lowee. When I heard that a nation called Planeptune was founded… All I felt was sadness. I'm stuck in this body for what seems like forever over a simple mistake. I never should have touched that fucking crystal."
She punched a nearby wall weakly, barely making a sound. "And now it's happened again. Another CPU born, another person forced to see their loved ones grow old and die while they remain forever young." She looked me dead in the eyes. "Yeah, I didn't want the fucking CPU Memory in the first place, but I thought if I could get it while the CPU was away, I could get rid of it. Keep someone from this cursed fate." She slammed her hand onto the bedside cabinet. "All I did was cause it. I… I want to apologise to her. Grant me that and I'll go back to Lowee without a fight. I have my own problems, anyway."
Oh? "Problems?" I prod. I mean, aside from poor Blanc having such a tragic story, I figured I could help her out to make her a potential friend later down the line.
Her resolve steeled. "You've heard enough. Show me Yellow Heart." She demanded, no room for negotiation. Guess I'd have to comply.
"Alright, come on. Try not to be too loud, we got kids here." I said, before motioning her to follow me.
Reentering the room, I pointed to the bee shaped menace. "There. Go on, go apologise."
She blinked at me in surprise, then turned to Peashy, then back to me. "You're fu- fricking joking, right?" She held her tongue once she saw the other two kids.
"Nope, that's the aptly named Yellow Heart. Saw her transform back myself after you fell unconscious."
"But… She's short! And doesn't have her thunder ti-"
A flash of light interrupted the ranting Blanc as Yellow Heart appeared. If Blanc's jaw could physically reach the floor it would. "Hell of a change, isn't it?" I walked over to my back and grabbed a pair of beers, before walking back and handing one to Blanc, her jaw still again.
"You said you've been a CPU for a while, right? Have a drink on me." I cracked open mine as I contemplated my life choices in order to process how I got here, drinking beer with a loli while a big tiddy onee san struggled to untransform. Noire had her face in her hands in the corner, muttering in contempt of her current situation.
I'd probably do the same.
Some time and beer later, Blanc had apologised for Peashy's current state, which the child had shrugged off because "Being big is fun!"
I'm shocked that Blanc didn't punch her in the face with that comment. She'll beat the shit out of me, but a child…
"I'll head out tomorrow, then." Blanc's voice knocked me out of my thoughts as she chatted with Histoire. "I appreciate you housing me despite the trouble I've caused today." She bowed in appreciation. Girl can be formal when she wants to, huh.
"It isn't a problem. (^_^;)" Histoire said, those damn emoticons still projecting from her book. It's weird. "In fact, could you help out with looking after the kids as a sort of payment? It's very difficult to keep them in line, as you might imagine.(-_-')" Histoire sighed as the rambunctious rapscallions playfully roughhoused a bit.
Blanc nodded in agreement. "Sounds good. Any way to pay off your kindness after what I pulled." Her change in attitude was rather surprising, but this is Blanc.
I shrugged. "It's alright," I started, catching her attention as she turned to me, sitting in a beanbag. "I've been in worse scrapes. Dunno about Noire and the others, but I have your back. I'll even help you back to Lowee tomorrow if you want." I offered.
Blanc shook her head. "I've caused you enough trouble today, so having a place to sleep for tonight is more than enough." She pondered for a moment. "You had no obligation to bring me here, you know. Could have just left me to die."
I leaned back. "You have a point. I had no obligation to save you, In fact, Norie wanted to leave you "to the dogoos" but I convinced her otherwise and even got her to carry you after I busted my knee."
Blanc giggled. "Seems that wasn't your best tactic. I was kind of shocked when you pulled that. Not many people try to knee a CPU, you know."
I rubbed my head sheepishly. "Yeah, you got a hard head on your shoulders. Seems it's pretty good, too. But as for why I helped you back there… "
I pause to let the anticipation build for no other reason than to be fancy. "I believe in second chances, simply put. A second chance is why I'm here. It's why the Nations of Hyperdimension are now united. It's why I even bothered with you. Second chances are the essence of my being at this point, so if I can give someone the same gift I got through fate… Then the world can be a better place."
Blanc nodded. "Those are some ideals you have. They're very flawed, you know. Anyone could take advantage of your trusting nature. Just watch your back and keep your friends close… And your enemies closer."
Blanc then walked towards the bedroom she had rested in before. Does she not consider me an ally? I mean, I did save her.
Bah, thinking is too difficult. Today's been way too long and I need another beer. Hopefully Histoire and the others won't mind…
A/N: I don't really have any facts about this, aside from forcing myself to extend the fight twice and completely negating Peashy's role in the fight. I was also going to have White Heart go "Aw hell naw" and gtfo after Peashy transformed, buuuuut this is more interesting and having a Lowee native with Koei would be helpful for getting in.
Oh and I am very uncomfortable describing Peashy's bust size. For very obvious reasons.
That and this chapter marks the end of the Eternal Day TM, thank fuck.
Seriously how did I stretch this across 4 chapters?
OH. And this chapter also marks the first use of actual fuckin' Touhou music. Hella lit. (Do people actually listen to the musical accompiments? They're going to become more tonally appropriate later on, but I have trash taste in music.)