I opened another box. This one was purple, and it was a small one. I found a small package on it. Nepgear sighed. "That's a heat sensor. It will allow you to detect and see electric and heat traces automatically." I opened the package, and it looked like a pair of glasses. I put them on, and I saw a lot of electronics in the room. "It'll help you on the field. Also, it reads tons more, like race, nationality, and more." I looked at Nepgear. A small box appeared under her, stating her race and nationality. I took them off, moving to another box. This one was covered in gold wrapping paper. I pulled a wrist band from the depths of the box. "That's a treasure detector. It'll allow you to detect artefacts and take stuff from your enemies." Nepgear explained. "So, I'll use this knife as an example. If you take it from me, it's yours. Try not to steal any of the pebbles in my pocket. Just reach towards me, shout Steal, and let the fates decide." I follow her instructions, and there is a bright flash of light. When the light fades, the knife falls out of her hands. She is fifty shades of red. I unfold my hand. Within my grasp is a piece of pink-striped fabric.
I shriek, throwing the fabric back to Nepgear. She catches it, and I slip the wristband into my pocket. That item did not leave a good first impression. I soon get through all of my presents. Some of them were from people who couldn't decide what to give me, so they just sent me bags of credits. The best one came from Neptune. It was a really big box, and I opened it in three seconds. First I came across a big pillow. It had Neptune's goddess form on one side, and her human form on the other side. Neptune giggled. "Now you never have to be lonely again! Now I will always be with you!" I sigh, walking over to her. She backed away, and soon she was against a wall, with my hands on the wall, on each side of her. "I am always with you already, silly." I tease. Neptune blushed. "N-Nepu! Are you going to lewd me like in the hentai?" she stammered. I sighed, backing off. "Of course not." Whatever she meant, it sounded horrible. I pulled out two items from the box- a gaming chair, and a gaming laptop. I looked at Nepgear, who was grinning from ear to ear. 'It was our idea. We knew you wanted to be a professional gamer in your childhood. There is also a pair of gaming headphones in there, along with a sweet mousepad." said Nepgear. I got to the gaming mousepad, and it had a nice wrist rest. "Only complete pervs would use that!" retorted Noire.
"Look, just because my knockers are the wrist rest, doesn't mean that the people who bought it for him are degenerates!" snapped Neptune, already reaching behind her to summon her weapon. "Knockers?" I asked. Neptune walked behind Nepgear, and palmed her sister's breasts. "These." I looked away, already regretting asking the question. I turned to the laptop and chair. I would set these up later. I moved them to the corner. I then moved to the next item- a bag of credits, white with a blue ribbon, courtesy of the twins. I pushed that to the open presents pile, After this there is. birthday cake.
I decided to do a solid for the others real quick- to clean the hot spring. I motion for Compa to follow. The hot spring is usable by both male and female patrons, for 15 credits per patron, unless you owned the building or was allowed to enter, which me and the latter were. We went in, and I made quick work of the grime that had been accumulating.
I replaced the filters and air fresheners. As I finished up, I heard Neptune. "I've been looking forward to the hot spring all day! I'm going skinny-dipping!" Oh. Shit.
Compa looked terrified. "I forgot to put up the sign!" she whispered. She shoved me into a nearby closet with the cleaning supplies.
"If they find you, they are gonna kick your butt. Stay here, and keep quiet." I sat in the total darkness. I heard giggles. "Wow. You really have a nice sauna. God, let me just get these off..." Noire began. I heard clothes rustling, and then a sigh. "Better." I heard Blanc say aloud, "Compa, you seem a little shaky. What's wrong?" Compa sighed.
"I'm a little cold, that's all." I heard a very audible splash as someone climbed into the large artificial hot spring. More splashes followed, until I could only hear two people outside the closet.
The chatter that was going on in the spring was audible enough for me to get little snippets. How long would the CPU's take? I was terrified. If they find me, I'm done for. There's no way that someone like Histy would put up with a "pervert" in her house. Please, PLEASE don't open the door.
It feels like an eternity before I begin to hear the water begin to splash again. I heard rushed footsteps as the girls made a b-line for the towels. I was actually gonna get out of this alive! "There's not enough towels for us all? Shoot, um, hey, Noire? Do you mind checking the closet?" asked Nepgear. My life flashed before my very eyes. I'm so dead. I heard a voice. "Actually, there are no towels in the closet. I checked earlier. I'll go get some more from laundry." said Compa. Oh, thank the maker. Nepgear sighed. "Do hurry. I hate being cold and wet." Compa ran off. She came right back a few minutes later. I heard Noire. "Compa, who is it?" I heard a confused reply. "Who's who?"
"The mouth-breather hiding in the closet."
There is a silence. Then the door is yanked wide open, and Noire sees me. Checkmate. She drew in a sharp breath. I put up my hands, looking into her eyes. "Look. I know what you're about to say, but, hear me out." Noire sighed. "I'm listening." I prepare my explanation.
"I came in here to clean the place up to be nice, and I forgot to put up the sign, okay?" I explained. Then I sighed. "Do you hate me?" Noire sighed again. "Of course not, stupid. You just made a tiny mistake." Whenever she moves, I flinch.
At this point, I'm just waiting for it. "So... you're not going to slap me?" She chuckled. "Why would I? It's just something we can forget ever happened. Surely you don't want to get slapped?" I replied, "Of course not." Noire crossed her arms.. "I thought so. Some of us aren't decent yet, like me, so... wait, that reminds me- why haven't you made an attempt to get a good look at, at least, my breasts?" The response is swift. "I don't see any reason to."
She sighed. "You are very proper, but... Ugh, forget it! Just, shut yourself in the closet, and don't you dare come out until I tell you to." She shut the door in my face.
Soon after, I was led out of the sauna. I was alive! Nothing really happened after that until later in the evening. My hero birthday party stretched out until midnight, because we can. We cut the cake, and then the party really hit off. Red and Broccoli, cured of their bodyswap, hosted a Fortnite tournament. The idols held an hour-long concert in my honor. Big Nep was nowhere to be seen during this time.
I was playing Magic: The Gathering against a couple of Youtubers when Big Nep finally showed up. When that happened, Plutia vanished. The arrival had shown up in a dress that seemed to shimmer in the sunlight-
"Hey, dude! Your. Turn." snapped an impatient MiniLadd. We were basically gambling, throwing gift cards onto the table. One of the people watching threw a bag of credits into the middle of the table.
"I will use the Aeon's Torn to kill you." I say firmly. MiniLadd sighed as I shoveled in the credits. "Good game. I'm out." He got up and left the table. Big Nep walked over to me, smiling. "This is one heckuva birthday bash." she giggled. I nodded. "Yep."
She sighed, pulling up a chair to sit next to me. We hung out a little, and we enjoyed the birthday party to end all birthday parties without incident.
