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14 MARCH
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The usual and sinister red sky of that grim place is where the deceased and forgotten goes
"Magic, I got him back as you said" Someone says
"Good Brave you can go" a tall girl responds
Brave nods and leave while the old man is here confused
"Whe-Where I am? And who are you?" The old man asked intimidated
"Greetings Mr Badd, I am the Leader of the Arfoire Syndicate of crime, Magic and you are at the gamindustri graveyard, our headquarter"
"Why I am here?" Badd ask scarred
"Well, I was about to explain that if you didn't cut me!" Magic answer angrily
"Sorry!" Badd says
"So, you are going to make things for us and our army but first you are going to help us to make a bomb." Magic tell to Badd
"And what I get?" Badd ask
"The right of existing." Magic simply responds
"okay it a good reward." Badd sobs
"Now get to work!" Magic orders
"And soon enough our goddess is going to return"
PLANEPTUNE
PLANEPTUNE BASILICOM
10 APRIL
14H00
A few weeks after, meeting with the Planeptune CPU and candidates and the oracle Bethesda work at the Planeptune labs under the basilicom as usual, he quite got accommodated to Planeptune even if the still have random questions like why the girls don't wear pants, are they are scared of them or something like that?
Uhm yeah so he's currently working on something and he notice someone spying on him
"Hello Nepgear." Bethesda instantly recognize her
"Hi Bet- doctor I mean, what are you doing?" Nepgear ask
Since she met Bethesda she's nearly everyday go see what's he's doing
"A plasma gun thing" Bethesda responds to her question
"That's nice! How does it work?" Nepgear ask again
"Well, it fire plasma bolts by using energy cells, quite like the plasma rifle I made a few week ago but way more lightweight" Bethesda explains
"So a smaller plasma rifle?"
"Yes."
"That's nice! You want to see what I made with other scientists?" Nepgear says wanting to show something to Bethesda
"Sure, but do it quick I want to finish that thing." Bethesda responds
Nepgear show some kind of device to Bethesda
"What is that?" Bethesda questions
"This is the N-Gear a gaming device!"
"yeah cool" Bethesda responds, trying to not look like he don't care.
"But not only! It can also used as a phone and take videos and pictures" Nepgear follows
"That's quite impressive but pretty sure a phone would be more useful" Bethesda reacts
"Its normal its supposed to be a console" Nepgear says
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"Oh I get it!" Bethesda realizing something
"What?" Nepgear ask confused
"No forget it" Bethesda says
"Okay see ya!" Nepgear says while leaving
Bethesda find her quite annoying sometimes by interrupting him while he work but tolerate her, her cuteness quite help
He now resume on what he's working
He build the gun as he drawn in the blueprint the process while take a few extra days due to the robots building it so it save him time
And now Bethesda look at the status of the microchip and its still not finished yet, it gotta be said these things are really hard to repairs and require some high precision so Bethesda use robots to build his things tough without telling anybody about that
Its now around 17H and now Bethesda start to leave the basilicom as he walk outside he quickly get catch up by some girl
"Hey!" she yell at him
"Hello again IF" Bethesda says to her
"I told you to wait for me before leaving!" IF complains
"Oh sorry I forgot" Bethesda says in an embarrassed way
"You know that I am supposed to escort you!" IF say to him
"Nobody knows that I am alive so I should be alright" Bethesda responds
"There is probably spy's and you are a priority target." She says
"Wait for me next time." She finish
IF lives not very far form Bethesda so its quite convenient, IF have to escort Bethesda for the moment until he finished his mission and return to Leanbox
They both walk in direction of theirs apartments
"You know that I can protect myself?"
"I don't doubt it but the fact that you nearly died due to a ASIC leader is a clue that you are not that strong"
"And you think that you could do better against that guy?"
"I don't know actually but I am sure that I might not a priority for them."
"Eh, that's true"
"If they know by any means that you are alive your life is gonna be a hell."
"Yeah I get it they gonna send assassins or even that guy again."
"Im still pretty sure its gonna get known that I am still alive sooner than planned" Bethesda say worried
"Im pretty sure it doesn't" IF responds while she laugh
They both laugh a small moment
IF is probably the person that Bethesda is closer with since they meet, they are serving the guild even for different reasons
They arrive at Bethesda apartment
"Well here you are" IF says
"You know what, thank you for that walk, its quite enjoyable being escorted after all" Bethesda say and laugh a bit
"Oh I am just doing what the guild tell me to do you know even if I have to say that it was quite fun tough" IF responds
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"Well see ya tomorrow" Bethesda says
"Wait a bit, I was thinking, after work I am going to go out with Compa and-"
"You want me to go with you two?" Bethesda guess
"Uh um yeah that would be funnier" IF says
"Sure I got nothing to do after" Bethesda responds
"Okay, well see you tomorrow" IF says
Bethesda enter the building while IF walk away
He take the elevator and enter his apartment
He do everything quite as usual: go take a shower, make food for himself, and go watch the news
Well there was nothing really interesting in the news today just some random things to fill up
He look at his phone and think about messaging Cave, 5Pb or Obsidian but he remember that he shouldn't
So he just go watch some random videos then go to sleep
Well quite a normal day expected that he can't do much as he did in Leanbox but its the price to pay for his errors.
The day after
Beep beep
as usual Bethesda wake up at 6H, he does his usual thing: make breakfast, eat breakfast, get dressed, put his helmet on and goes toward the basilicom
"Good morning" says IF waiting for him in front of the building
"Good morning" Responds Bethesda
They both head toward the basilicom while talking about random things
And then they go to their occupation
Bethesda just do his usual things while he work and then he go to check on his Plasma gun and the Microchip progress
The Plasma gun seem nearly finished but for the microchip its still in repairs for weeks but also seem to be like 80% repaired
So then he go back to drawing blueprints, his small note that he left in his pocket is quite useful
"well look like the plasma gun and rifle are done so let's see what I could do next" Bethesda monologue while he listen to the radio and listening to a new 5Pb. Song
He was by the way wondering who knew he was still alive at Leanbox
Eventually the song ends and is replaced by some chronicler talking about random things which Bethesda of course didn't care
"About strange guys reappearing and disappearing we heard rumors about someone who strangely look like Bethesda the inventor at Planeptune"
"How it must only be someone who really look like him or if it was really him?"
"Nothing is sure but he sure randomly appears and disappears quite like his fath-"
Bethesda turn off the radio before the chronicler finish his sentence quite angered
And the days continue as usual Nepgear go see with he's doing, Bethesda show her, Nepgear leaves
Well and then nothing very interesting happen
After his shift is done at 17H00 as usual, Bethesda wait for IF to show up to the lab, After a few minutes she come to pick him up
"So ready to go?" IF says
"Yeah." Bethesda responds
And they both leave the lab and go outside of the basilicom
"So where do we meet Compa?" ask Bethesda
"She should come soon, oh wait I see her." IF responds then notice Compa
Compa start running toward them
"Iffy! Beth!" Compa exclaim
"Shhh! don't say it!" IF scolding Compa
"It must be okay, she didn't say my name so-" Bethesda say to IF
"No not even nicknames!" Bethesda get cut off by IF
A few seconds of awkward silence ensue
"So where do we go?" Bethesda ask
"We are going to hunt some monsters at the plains, you are still in?" Compa tell to Bethesda
"That was a long time I didn't killed anything so yeah" Bethesda responds
IF talk as she start to walk toward the plains "Well so let's get going...Wait what did you sa-"
And then the three makers go to the plains
While they walk Bethesda ask something to the two girls
"By the way I was wondering, since when you girls knew Neptune, Nepgear" Ask Bethesda
"Since very long ago, we knew each others since we are kids actually" Compa responds
"Oh so you are childhood friends?" Bethesda ask
"Yep, and you? Got some friends at Leanbox?" Compa responds and asks
Bethesda deeply tries to remember his past and here it goes
"I actually have a few ones but not childhood ones, I never had friends when I was a kid, all I can remember is that I got bullied and I remember them saying things like "haha look at that kid who want to be an inventor" or some shit like that because I didn't liked what others did"
Bethesda tell his past to IF and Compa
"Well that sucks" IF react to Bethesda
"My life sucked before I managed to drop school and started to invent things, I sure got known because of that but it didn't change my life that much, but it sucked less for sure!" Bethesda says in a strangely happy way
The makers chuckle a bit while walking, Compa and IF laughed because of how Bethesda changed his tone but for him, it was more a way to hide something
"Ah, here we are" IF says
The plains is in a full green and quite a familiar bliss hill, reminding him Leanbox
"Well there not much to see" Bethesda says while looking around the hill
"Look down" IF responds
there is effectively nothing until he look down
"Oh I see dogoos huh" Bethesda says while noticing these bunch of slime-dog hybrid
"Let's go!" Say IF
IF dash on the first one with her katars and stab it killing it and slash the second one coming on her
Compa goes with her comically large syringe and stab one dogoo, also killing it of course
Bethesda follows up by slashing dogoos coming on Compa, by only using one slash he kill 2 at the same times
But other Dogoos comes..
IF dash like a gust of wind toward the next ones she quickly cut in quick succession multiples doogos 1, 2, 4… as a dogoo come up behind her to jump on her Bethesda stop it with his round shield then stab it on the head
"I didn't need that." IF comments
"Pretty sure you did, next time don't expect me to protect you." Bethesda taunt while they both kill dogoos coming on them
Meanwhile Compa continues to calmly stab dogoos but get tackled by one which quickly get killed by both Bethesda and IF
"Well I think that was all." Compa exclaim
"Hang on" IF says
Effectively another wave of dogoos comes but quickly run away scared by something
"Weird, they don't flee usually." IF says
They all wonder why but Bethesda quickly notice why as he look in the sky's
"GET OUT!" scream Bethesda as he pushes IF and Compa away
An ancient dragon dives and smash the ground where Bethesda was still located, it hopefully didn't it him but due to the unrelenting force he get blasted away
Its isn't going to end as an average day
Bethesda manage to catch himself on the ground, he's injured but not enough to knock him out
"Beth are you okay?!" Compa yells
"Tis but a scratch! But this hurt" Bethesda responds
Bethesda quickly get back with Compa and IF
"Come one let's take him out!" Bethesda says, ready to take the dragon down
"But these kinds of monster are dangerous!" Compa warns
"Yeah those things don't joke around!" IF pursuit
Bethesda take a look at them
"Compa, IF, dragons are my specialty." Bethesda says
The dragon attacks Bethesda which himself manage to somehow block it with is shield
"IF, Compa get him!" Bethesda orders to the girls
IF hesitate a bit but then quickly get around and jump on the dragon left arm
DEMONIC INFERNO
IF violently attack the dragon left arm, the dragon screech in pain, leaving an opening for Bethesda to quickly stab the dragon arm right arm multiple times
At the same time Compa goes up with her Syringe and stab the leg of the dragon making it trip and fall giving the occasion for Bethesda to put is sword under the dragon chin, impaling the dragon head on the sword, quickly after Bethesda draw his revolver and shot the dragon head, exploding his skull
"Phew, what a bloody mess." IF says while looking at was remaining of the dragon headquarter
"Wow I didn't know you was that good at taking down these beasts!" says Compa praising Bethesda
"I told you It was my specialty, but thanks a lot for the help" Responds Bethesda
"Wait where your helmet went?" Ask IF
"Uhm I think it fallen off" Bethesda says while going to get his helmet back
While getting back his helmet he notice a mouse running away to the forest but he think its probably nothing
so he put back his helmet and go back to the girls
"Got it back." Bethesda say to them
"Uh Bethesda, why the dragon body suddenly disappeared?" Ask IF confused
"Oh yeah those thing randomly happens when I kill a dragon, don't mind it." Responds Bethesda
"Well that was quite fun!" Exclaim Compa
"Of course it was!" Respond Bethesda
"Well let's get back to Planeptune."
And the three makers go back to Planeptune and they decide to visit the two CPU's
GAMINDUSTRI GRAVEYARD
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"Magic?"
"Yes?"
"I think Bethesda is still alive!"
"You got proof?"
The mouse show a picture of Bethesda without his helmet fighting a dragon with two other girls
"I see we gotta deal with him, but not now, let's focus on our current objective first."
Well it was almost long has the last chapter but it was because I couldn't make it in time for Wednesday so its a bit late as I see and I decide to make it a little longer
Next time I will try to make it shorter
As you can also see IF, Bethesda and Compa make the typical RPG team (DPS, TANK, HEALER)
SO THANKS FOR READING THIS CHAPTER AND SEE YA LATER!
