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…BEEP...
…..BEEP...BEEP...BEEP...
Bethesda slowly open his eyes, he's in a hospital room, he hears the sound of an electrocardiogram near of his bed he's try to remember what happened before
He actually remember everything of what happened in his life but only the half of the things, tough he still remember when he was in some kind of dream or comas, he don't know how to describe it
He look trough the windows and quickly notice that something is wrong, he's clearly not at Leanbox
?
AN HOSPITAL
?
12H
He stay calm anyway and look: he see a big tower in middle of the city
What appears to be a nurse enters the room and talk to him
"Hey, you, you're finally awake." the nurse says
Bethesda look at her, she as a long and some kind of pink colored hair with eyes and wear an nurse uniform
"Hello there, where I am?" Bethesda ask
"You are at Planeptune!" She responds
"Planeptune huh? Oh yeah I remember that place."
"Form what I know, you got fans here!"
"It doesn't surprise me since this is the land of progress after all or something like that, its even more advanced than Leanbox and Lastation"
"Oh and by the way I am Compa, nice to meet you Beth!" The nurse introduce herself
"Beth?"
"Sorry I have difficulty to remember names so I gave you one."
Beth Uhm Bethesda is quite surprised by how nice and sweet she is, so he find it quite Suspicious but hide it
"Its okay but try to remember my actual name. So by the way its only a small detail but why I am at Planeptune?" question Bethesda
"Oh about that don't worry my friend will comes soon and explain everything to you, just wait here." Compa reply
Bethesda try to move but can't really do much for now as he is covered with bandages and plasters
"It seems that you can't move a lot for now with how badly your body got damaged, you should rest for now"
Compa hand over a plate with food to Bethesda, Bethesda start to eat, even if its not easy with only one functioning arm
He then eat a cabbage and the rest of the food
"I feel a way better, thanks" He says has he start to feel his limbs again
Compa nods and leaves the room
Now he just wait for what's going to happen next
PLANEPTUNE
PLANEPTUNE HOSPITAL
THE DAY AFTER
9H-10H
After a short day, Bethesda started to remember the most recent events even if some memories of his life become blurry, He also recovered form his physical damages (thanks to Planeptune advanced technology) tough he there still a problem…
He start to watch the news to see what happened during he was in the comas, he turn on the TV and see two teenager with a lilac colored hair
"Nepstation!" they both say in a completely synchronized way
"Howdy! This is your favorite Program made by your favorite characters is back for news! So what do we got ?" says the younger one "wait if she the younger one she call the other ?"
"There is news form quite everywhere!"
"Well then, let's get right into the news!"
Bethesda listen what they says while still being confused why the hell the younger one call the other one " " goddammit?!
Uh yeah so basically most of the news aren't that interesting for him until…
"We also learned that Mr Badd who just got accused of treason and collaboration with the ASIC and being involved in the murder of Dr Behtesda just escaped form the Leanboxian prison, tough no one have no idea how did he escaped, but it have been hypothesized that the Syndicate caused that."
"staying at Leanbox, an important weapon factory got stolen, we are not sure of what got stolen precisely but if there is one thing for sure is that Leanboxian and the syndicate tension are rising like with the others nations"
Bethesda spit the water he was drinking and as the girls switch subject, having a lot of questions that just appeared to his head
the first one, is that the girl clearly said that he got murdered, did she made a mistake?
The second one, is that now Badd clearly got arrested but somehow escaped and knowing how the high the security is at Leanbox prisons
Another one is about which weapons got stolen, he hope that its not the Gatling laser who think that Leanbox started producing, logically
And the last one, did that bitch got killed?
As he try to find a response, someone knock and enters the room
"Hiiii! Its me beth!" Compa says while entering
"Hello Compa." Bethesda responds
He also notice that she doesn't wear her nurse outfit but instead wears a wool sweater and red plaid skirt
"How are you felling?" She follows
"A way better!..I think."
"I see, that's great! by the way like I said yesterday my friend just arrived to met you!" She says as another girl enter inside the room
She as a long brown hair with a leaf bow? She have green eyes and seem slightly shorter than Compa, she also wear an over sized coat
"Greetings, so you are the Dr Bethesda" The girl say to Bethesda
"Hello, well yes I am! and you must be the girl that Compa told me about."
"Yep, call me IF, so I have to tell you what happened after you went in coma before we start" IF tell to Bethesda which himself listen patiently to her
"To make it simple, after you nearly got killed by the bullet you received in the head, the Leanboxian Troops got you extremely quick to a hospital and barely managed to save you"
"Yeah I got it"
"The fact of how quick and skilled where the surgeons allowed you to survive but also the bullet seem to be partially stopped by a microchip you had in the brain, avoiding you to die instantly" IF continues
"Oh and I thought It was due to plot armor"
"Well yes but actually no"
"That still suck for me since that chip allowed me to do OP things" Bethesda said disappointingly but tough still happy he is alive
"Oh, and what exactly?" IF says wondering what it could do
"I will explain it later, finish your explanations" Bethesda replies
"Okay, so after the surgeons done their job the Leanboxian high authorities got warned of your survival but knowing that the ASIC won't leave you alone if they knew that you survived your assassination attempt."
"So Leanbox and Planeptune came to a plan: you will work for Planeptune guild and invent things to help us getting rid of the ASIC and after that you can return to Leanbox as you want, but for now and avoiding the syndicate attention, you're officially dead to the public." IF explains
"Well, i guess I don't have choice anyways." Bethesda respond to IF
"You have the choice but you are on your own." IF correct Bethesda
Bethesda decide to not make the same mistake
"Well last time I had a similar choice I decided to do the things by myself and I ended here so I better accept that deal."Bethesda says to the girls which both nods
"So then it will be." IF says
"We are going to make you visit Planeptune and present you to the nep-nep, ge-ge and histy, go change yourself, got new clothes in the drawers, Me and Iffy will wait for you outside." Compa tell to Bethesda while she leave the room with IF
Bethesda go look himself in the mirror, he really recovered well even if the bullet hole scar is still visible in his forehead once he remove the bandage that hid it
He then go check the drawers he find the note he kept in his pocket even if tough he have no idea where his old clothes went he also finds the badly damaged microchip its surprising that they didn't lost it but its gonna get time to get it back into functioning
As he inspect the drawers and find some clothes: black pants with a white stripe at the top of the pant,
A black shirt with a vertical stripe white stripe at the middle, cutting a gear symbol also white,
A lab coat with a black and white square on the left side of the coat
and finally a horned helmet with a mask that partially hide his face, it look like the one he had when he was at Leanbox
He swear the clothes on and head exit the room he see the two girls conversing about random topics
"Iffy, you know you should take break sometimes" Compa tell to IF
"I wish i could, but now I don't have a lot time, I am quite busy for the moment with all these things that happen with that freaking syndicate" IF responds
"But overworking is no good for health!" Compa complains
They both notice Bethesda with his new clothes
"Hey Beth, your clothes look good on you" Compa immediately change subject as she see Bethesda
"What you girls are talking about?" Bethesda mention
"Nothing important" IF responds
"Well let's show you around Beth!"
The two of them go show the futuristic city to the doctor
They go to different places, among the places they go to a weapon shop so that Bethesda get new weapons, he get an .44 revolver and a short sword with a round shield then they go to a pub to go eat and discuss and finally go to the Basilicom
"So this is the Basilicom?" Bethesda ask while looking at the very tall tower
"Exactly, its where you are going to work." IF responds
"Its also where nep-nep and ge-ge lives!" Compa follow up
"Oh I see its quite same everywhere" Bethesda says
"Uh?" the two girls exclaim
"I mean, the Basilicom quite do anything in every nations you know a place for the goddesses and the oracles but also a place where the guild and other religious things."
"Ah I get it" IF says
"I don't get it" Compa says
after a few minutes of explaining to Compa what Bethesda meant by that, the three makers enters the Basilicom where they presents the different floors and their utility until coming to a specific floor
They walk out of the elevator and greeted by some kind of fairy
"Greetings IF and Compa, oh look like he recovered." says the fairy sitting on her book
"Hello Histy, we are showing the city to Beth!" Compa responds
"I see…, so greetings Bethesda, I am Histoire, the oracle of Planeptune and charged of recording the history of gamindustri."
Bethesda remove his helmet, revealing his face
"Salutations Histoire, you know who I am so I don't need further presentations, by the way you are charged of recording the history of all gamindustri? That must be hard." Bethesda says
"This is more especially when you see how lazy CPU of this nation can be."
"By the way where is neptune?" IF ask
"Playing games" Histoire says "wait a minute" histoire go at the room next to the elevator
"She a fairy?" ask Bethesda
"No she a tome, quite like a fairy but with a book." responds IF
Soon enough the tome comeback and tell the makers to follow her
They go in a room and sit down
And here the one of the two goddesses comes, Bethesda quickly notice that its the same teenager that did the news that morning
"Ah here come the real protagonist! Hi IF, Compa and that random inventor!" say the girl
"Excuse me?" reponds the inventor
"Just kidding (INSERT GENERIC MAIN OC CHARACTER FORM A RANDOM FANFIC HERE)" Neptune says in some kind of self awarness
"Okay that's a good one, but stop doing that." Bethesda respond to it while he chuckle a bit
"Yeah sure, Beth" she lies
"So what's your name by the way." Bethesda ask
"I'm Neptune! The protagonist of this franchise and CPU of planeptune! Oh and by the way my sister is a big fan of you!" Neptune says
"She must be really into technology." Bethesda says half joking
"You don't know I which point." Neptune responds
The CPU candidate enter in with Histoire and instantly recognize the doctor who himself recognize that its the 2nd girl form the news
"Oh, Oh my goddess, It-its him!" the girl says
"It just works" Bethesda says
"HE EVEN SAID IT!" the girl start to scream in a mix of joy and embarrassment, the same kind of feeling that when a fan met his idol
"Wow calm down" Bethesda attempt to calm the fangirl
"I am your biggest fan!" She continues
"introduce yourself before starting to fangirling." Neptune whisper to her sister
"Oh hum I'm sorry, my name is Nepgear, CPU Candidate of Planeptune" she introduce herself
"Well, look like I don't need to introduce myself"
"I really like what you create."
"Yeah, your sister told me about that, a few seconds before you enter"
After a few seconds of awkward silence, IF start to talk
"So care to tell us who you got into that situation?" IF ask to Bethesda
Bethesda think about a second and then speak "So to make it simple it was due to a man playing a music too loud after asking him to turn it down, he just taunted me so I murdered him and his grunts."
"That's quite brutal" Nepgear reacts
"you should have called the police or something like that" IF say to Bethesda
"Well the thing that I did that for days and days and they always responded by something like: What? Someone is playing music a way too loud? That's illegal people can't do that.
And then they do absolutely nothing" Bethesda responds to IF
"I see that's suck, keep going" IF responds
"So then I received a letter form someone that pretended to be vert, I then went to the area that the letter told, but it was a trap" Bethesda resume his story
"And?"
"Well someone a way stronger than me knocked me down by preventing me to use my OP ability an-"
"Ha! See its what I told you, he's an OP OC stereotype!" Neptune exclaim
"Will you shut up girl?" Bethesda say to Neptune
"...Oh and what's that ability?" Histoire ask
"You still haven't told us!" IF complains
"About that, the thing its called the L.A.T.S standing for LEANBOXIAN ASSITED TARGETING SYSTEM, its a microchip that allow me to activate it, when I have it activated I can basically stop the time until I start attacking a target, which allow me to accurately aim a critical point like a head or an arm, and the target whatever who this is can't dodge, he can only hope that I misses. Tough I noticed that an jammer or a EMP can disable it" Bethesda explain
"And did he used EMP?" Compa questions
"Obviously." IF responds to Compa
"Its awesome!" Nepgear says amazed
"Well that's still an OP ability" Neptune says
"Of course this is OP, I can't use magic so my dad had to balance that out!" Bethesda responds irritated
"You can't?" IF ask
"Not for now at least" Bethesda responds
"So let me finish this. After I got knocked out I got tortured and questioned and then got shot at the head with my own gun, y'all know the rest."
"That's horrible!" Compa yelp
"Its my fault, I shouldn't have got at that building in first place" Bethesda says, dropping a tear regretting to his foolishness
"That was stupid for sure" IF says
"Now I decided to not make these kind of mistakes again." Bethesda says in a determined tone this time
"Hey maybe you are not that generic OC after all" Neptune says while putting her hand on Bethesda shoulder
"Hol up, how many days passed when I was in the coma?" Bethesda ask
"well we are the 14 March so that's mean around 1 months and a few days." Compa replies
"Goddess, I must have missed a lot of things!"
"Not a lot of important things if that can reassure you" Histoire says
"Well anyway since it was because of you that I couldn't finish my game so I challenge you..." Neptune say to Bethesda
Bethesda start to put his hand inside of his coat, ready to draw his revolver
"To a fighting game!" Neptune finish her sentence
"now we talking about!" Bethesda responds while getting his hand away form his coat
Neptune run toward the gaming console quickly followed by Bethesda
"Hey wait for me!" Nepgear exclaim while joining them
Neptune and Bethesda already started playing to a platform fighting game. Even tough its a game form Lowee it have a lot of characters, So Nepgear just watches for now while the others just wonder why Bethesda got that sudden behavior
"I sure didn't expect that." add Histoire "I tough I was someone very serious."
"That's ridiculous." IF says
"Oh come on, let them have fun and we are having a break so let's join them!" Compa replies
IF and Compa join in and play games while Histoire go back to what she was doing before, they play until the evening, it was quite a fun ambiance that Bethesda didn't lived for a long moment and he is quite happy, even tough they only meet these girls for a few hours, its surely the start of something
OH BOY THAT WAS STUPIDLY LONG TO WRITE THIS CHAPTER, ITS OVER 2500 WORDS (WHEN I MADE IT IT WAS BUT NOW ITS OVER 3000 DUE TO THE FACT I MERGED EARLY CHAPTERS) BUT WELL ITS NECESSARY FOR STARTING THE 2ND PART OF THIS VOLUME
INCASE YOU ARE WONDERING THE BETHESDA CLOTHES ARE BASED ON THE COLORS OF THE LOGO AND THE PATERN OF THE STRIPE IS AN REFERENCE TO THE VAULT JUMPSUIT AND I THINK I DONT NEED TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THE HELMET
THANKS FOR THE GUYS WHO SURVIVED THIS LONG CHAPTER, BUT WILL YOU SURVIVE THE NEXT ONE?
SEE YA LATER!
