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Last time on Memerdimension Neptunia Checkmate:
Our favourite guardian CPUs were faced up against a nordic beast of legend. They were forced to fight it if they wished to proceed with the B-plot.
Lady Neptune of Planeptune, being the chaotic good that she was, had tried befriending the creature. With the aid of her ally Noirethe of Lastation.
Unfortunately, the Hel hound wasn't having any of that friendshit. It was assigned a job and it was going to do what it was paid to do by any means necessary™.
Will our brave heroes defeat their newest foe and conquer the dungeon? Or will the disappointment of failure stain their pride?
Find out right now!
"Now let the battle begin!" Menacingly howled the massive Hellspawn in a declaration of their fight starting.
The beast's tone of voice had shifted drastically in its telepathed message. After taking a low fighting stance reminiscent of any canine readying to engage in combat.
"Ready, go!" Neptune quickly chirped with a makeshift battle cry.
Fast as lightning, she would make the first move. It being a straight forward dash that made her distance go from gun to melee.
*Paw Slam!*
Rumble!
Without any hesitation, the beast began to attack as well. Starting with a powerful slam of its front paw into the ground causing it to shake violently instead of giving a rebuttal. Something the main Heroine didn't expect as she was almost pancaked alongside now flattened leaf litter.
*Backstep!*
"Wh-"
"Hey!"
Light thud.
The CPU was thinking of a quip but ended up tripping on her retreat thanks to the paw strike that supposedly missed.
The attack didn't do much in terms of damage, it did none at all thanks to Neptune's quick feet. But it did set off the goddesses' balance for a bit. Not by a lot, yet enough for it to lunge atthe purple-haired one. Who had ended up landing ass first on the forest floor mid-backdash.
Lunge!*
"Rrahh!" While Neptune was busy recovering from the floor hazard her opponent had caused, Noire had begun to counter-attack.
She'd get up before even falling by bracing herself with her blade, something Neptune couldn't do at the time. After which Lastation's Goddess would challenge the Garmr's strike.
Ping! (no not the M1 Garand)
The beast had swung first and fast. And those massive claws were not so for style. Vertically it tried to bisect the fallen goddess. But Noire wasn't going to let her only friend die so easily.
Shhhhhh
Rattle,
Rattle
She'd match its striking strength with her own upward slash of retaliation. Putting the limb on arrest with one of her own extending a sharpened tip of a rapier.
"So much strength from such a fragile-looking girl?" The Garmr asked, sounding as monotonous as a text to speech software as it kept its paw pressuring the CPU.
"Well, sometimes big things come in small packages!" Noire bit back with a battle-hungry grin. THen she overcame the beast's attack, pushing its claws up and knocking off its balance.
Ping!
The thing was huge, but it was swift. Swift enough to recover from Noire's pushback and even begin another attack. This time being a mix between a hind kick and a swipe with its hind leg. A weird manoeuvre Noire chose to block as well. Allowing her weapon to intercept the sharpened toenails sent her way and let them glide harmlessly.
Shing!
After which she decided to retreat a few steps of her own.
Creating a gap Neptune, who was doing... I don't know... something? up until now. She came up to start comboing the flaming not-Fenrir.
With an Elegante swish of her sword, she slashed forward, cleaving at the Garmr with as much ferocity as a moe animu whamen such as herself could muster.
Tink!
To which the beast just perfect blocked. Reversing the direction of Neptune's blade and dazing her stance yet again.
"Wha-" A pang of annoyance was beginning to develop on the Goddess's features. Symbolized by the tick mark trying to hide on her forehead.
Neptune may have been perfect blocked, but Noire wasn't. And reappeared before their temporary adversary could try and capitalize on Neptune's now open flank. Already swinging at it.
Gash!
This time the beast was ironically on guard as always. But couldn't do much as it was stuck in its block animation when the Lastationite reared her impressive bust-(ly red eyes! Impressively red eyes!) on the offensive. Disallowing it from resisting the upward diagonal dice made on its skin.
Ting!
It did have the time to deflect the second hit, however, thanks to its massive poise bar that refused to go down. Alongside a sudden subtle spike in its power out of nowhere.
Using this seemingly endless bar it super armoured through Noire's secondary hit and even recovered in time for the third. Then it retaliated with its own attack, which she blocked. This would reignite another intense deadlock between the Garmr and the diety before it.
Rattle,
Rattle!
"Grr.." Noire grunted, starting to exert herself to match the spike she felt in the doggo's power with her own.
The two were locked in a duel. With neither side blatantly overpowering the other despite one's major size advantage over the other. Even if she didn't look like much to the boss mob, Noire was no pushover. Proven by their brief but deadly dance so far.
"You're wide open!"
It was obvious that the colossus currently had its focus on only one of its enemies. This would give our main star a decent opening for an SP skill from its side.
(At least that sounds like it should make sense...)
"Who did this!? Nova!"
Battleship Summon!
(Bruh... How the actual FUCK am I supposed to describe that move?)
I... Don't know.
(Well we've gotta try...)
Ahem
Neptune called the name of her spell, summoning a legendary battleship to come forth from a portal conjured behind her. This ship would rival the Garmr in size and sail forward with its massive frontal cannon charging three giant lasers. Firing said lasers a second later with pinpoint accuracy directly on the side of the guard dog's face.
Pew!
Skid!
"Yip!" The World boss couldn't stop a yip of pain from escaping its maw from the conclusive force of the attack that even loosened its footing. Not to mention the fact that the move also lowered its defences, albeit temporarily.
In her first attack and she already dealt five percent of the enemy's hp, as well as lowered its defence. As expected of the main character.
As for her ally, she wasn't sitting around twiddling her thumbs after seeing the massive ability.
Noire was busy charging up her special move. Or rather, awaiting the beams of her comrade's previous skill to activate hers.
*Jump!*
*Kick!*
With a powerful lunge, she'd get up close and more personal, since the beast was sent back a bit. Leading a two-step combo attack with a devastating bicycle kick.
Slash!
The Lastation CPU would rise to the occasion and end up meeting the Garmr face to face. After meeting it foot to face.
"Drop slash!" She called, drawing a line in the air with her sword across her foe's face. A move that ended up dragging back the flames of the boss's now stun-locked face back. And launching the fire off of its tail a tad.
Evicting another three percent of the boss's health. If the one percent from the kick wasn't counted.
The incursion had such a fearsome force behind it that a couple of trees behind the beast had to suffer 5th-degree burns. As well as getting
"It's not over yet!" Declared a cheeky Neptune while Noire was still in the air. "Critical edge!"
Another SP skill used, Neptune would make a consecutive triple slash. Using the first two as a wind-up into a powerful dash forward for the last slice. All of which were aimed at the beast's forelegs.
P-shing!
Slide!
There went another two percent on the first two hits. With an added five percent from the final slash.
Even with its size and stature, Neptune's last hit was enough to not only keep her enemy's poise bar on the decline but push it back again as well.
*Downward kick!*
"Drop crush!" Right where Noire was going to land yet another devastating smash in the form of a kick to the thing's face.
Crush!
Her momentum carried her at breakneck speeds descending to her target. Landing true and bringing its health bar down to around 80% or so.
At this rate, they were effectively speedrunning. Using their great teamwork to keep their opponent on their heels.
Too bad they were facing a boss with a hp bar. Because no amount of lily rank was saving them from the Hel Hound's burst in defence. Some move it triggered manually after its health went below a certain percent no doubt.
Right after receiving that last kick from Lastation's CPU, the thing would quickly recover. It went from looking kinda groggy and just getting out of bed to already up and perky from a litre of coffee.
It seemed this boss was an early bird of sort. One that was going to bring down a heavy claw on Noire.
"That can't be good, " Noted Neptune after seeing the Garmr before her snap its head down towards her ally after she'd just landed.
Immediately, she'd spring to action. Dashing in an attempt to intercept any possible attack that may occur. She can't let her ally get point blank blitzed after all.
Clang!
"Hmph, " As for the Lastationite herself, she was somewhat already ready.
She had instinctively spun around with a defensive stance upon landing. Which made her interception of the offending limb that much easier. As well as made Neptune continue on the offensive in confidence.
Like if she wasn't already.
"You two seem like quite the competent fighters..." Observed the leviathan as it retracted its clawed limb from Noire.
"Of course we are!" Exclaimed Neptune with a smile and a swing, a move that gave away any element of surprise that could have been, "Because we're aweso-"
Ching!
Because that very paw is what it would use to deflect the other fighter. Using an almost seating motion at that.
"Such diligent teamwork, I must commend you two and your wordless communication," It went on, using its tail to fling back Noire before she finished whatever skill she was about to conjure, "Although, individual strength must also be measured."
"What?" The main character tried asking, only to have to stop herself and block another claw swipe.
"As such, I shall begin the second phase, " The beast monotonously droned.
"Ayo?" Asked Noire before something extraordinary took place.
Back at the somewhat still standing bar
We meet a new face. Or rather, a new hair colour.
Sitting next to Gynesis, was a man who looked eerily like him. With vibrant blonde hair instead of the lgtv keyboard-warrior palet the other guy was born with. And a deep blue set of eyes to match.
He had nearly the same hair texture and style. Although his hair had been grown long enough to drag on the ground. He also wore a red tracksuit.
Unlike his friend/brother/whatever opposite to him. Who was dawning a buttoned down ruby red trenchcoat with matching pants.
They were in the middle of a conversation at the bar table, and Gynesis had some weird-looking shit in a pitcher. Whatever that [purple elixer was, it wasn't alcohol with how viscous it was.
Despite the last chapter ending with skittles gang member being a good distance away.
"quid pro deum fidem?"
Vineboom #3. MP3
What kind of possessed bullshi-
"It's Latin, you heathen," Oh okay then, "And yes, I did."
You did what exactly?
"ego curo ut eos ad sinus cum expeditius," Well that's not trippy at all to hear, I diceret non esse bonum. certe non est bonum sicut glacies guido."
Ah beg your pardon?
"Fair, they do seem pretty weak in comparison, " Gynesis nodded, taking a sip out of a cup that was there I guess, "Only time will tell though, I sense some potential after all."
"Optime nunc evanescet, mox redibit," I'm gonna lose it...
"Alright then, I guess playtime's over."
As Gynesis states those words, the blond guy gets up and begins to walk away to the bar's exit. Disappearing into the offscreen abyss while his perceived friend continued sitting with his mystery drink.
Looney Tunes falling slide 3. MP3
Out with one patron and in with another, a comedic slide whistle suddenly played itself. It sounded like it was coming from directly above the bar, or at least heading towards it.
'3, 2, 1,' The sole inhabitant of that area of the bar counted down in his head upon hearing the whistle. Marking how long it was taking for the new face to show himself.
CRASH!*
The fallen was none other than Xiang Ye. Who would end up slamming through the front doors of the bar and landing face first. Sliding a few meters forward with his left foot kicking him up the ass.
Sreeech!
This was how he'd come to a swift stop before getting back up with a groan.
"You look like you just got your ass handed to you, " Gynesis pointed out with a smirk. Not even giving the man time to regain his bearings before cooking him on the spot.
"And you look like you just robbed a thrift store," The ice user instantly snapped back, snapping his collar bone back in place while he was at it.
Vineboom #3. MP3
"At least I don't look like my mom dressed me for my first day of middle school, " Gynesis clapped with a nonchalant hop off of his chair.
Vineboom #3. MP3 x2
"An insect such as you can only afford to shop at Khol's, " The redhead hissed, "Of course, you won't know of the upper echelons of fashion such as myself, "
Vineboom #3. MP3 x3
"Pfft, " After hearing his adversary Gynesis barely held back a laugh, "I look like Archer from Fate, you look like someone hit random in the character creation screen."
"You have the creativity of a mobile game developer."
Vineboom number three. MP3 4
"That's why ur mom candy crushes on my balls at night."
Vineboom number three. MP3 but it's deep fry bass boosted
"Tch!"
" wow, nothing?" After going blow for blow verbally, the only evidence of Xiang Ye's tenacity was the tick that formed on his forehead, "How disappoin-"
Smash bat. MP3
"GAME!"
Gynesis tried to continue his smack talk, taking a victory lap if you will. Only to get socked in the face.
And since he was almost completely off guard and not expecting the absolute speed blitz, it hit with a crit. Evidenced by the black particles that spawned on his face upon contact with the ice user's hardened knuckles.
He hit with such force the man's soul was literally divorced itself from his body. No, seriously, Gynesis was ejected and launched from his body. His soul had left the man's body.
It happened so fast the bastard didn't even see it coming. One second he was cocky and standing firm, twirling an ice-made sword in hand. The next he was face flat on the ground and covered in a kind of mist.
(Flashback time!)
Not only that, but he was no longer in the bar. Instead, he had awakened in some kind of cave. A dark, desolate cave with little if any light besides the person before him.
Before him stood a tall and looming man with red hair and murder in his eyes. A different male from the cultivator who sent him there.
Although he had red hair, he was completely different in looks. The man was massively muscular and not lean. He also had a full beard connected by bushy sideburns and a bun tied at the top of his head.
'Why am I here?' Gynesis thought, seemingly knowing where exactly he was without needing to look around.
"If only you could've Assassin's Fist-ed some bitches..." The man spoke, sounding like he strangles kittens or something. "Especially if this is the way yppu're going out."
'What the fu...' At this point, Gynesis was at a loss for words. Internally and externally. 'Is this some kind of flashback or?' He tried oh so hard to piece together the scene nonetheless.
"Aku-" Gynesis tried to verbalize a response. Only to get cut off yet again, a reoccurring pain in his neck in recent chapters. This time by being yoinked back to the present.
(Flashback end!)
Alright! I'm done.
*Author's excuse for being this fucking late placeholder*
Expect the next update some time in mid September cuz I'm making a thousand reads special. And that shit is gonna take a WHILE.
Anyways.
Ciao~
