Disclaimer: I don't own Hyperdimension Neptunia, thank God for that because I doubt I would've made it as awesome as it is.
Summary: Despite some problems, Lucas was adamant about enjoying his weekend but everything changed when a girl named Neptune crash landed in his backyard with delusions of a place called Gamindustri only they weren't delusions. Now in another world, Lucas struggles to find his place among Neptune's party. Rated T for language and certain themes, will be M later.
Chapter 04: Learning the Main Quest
Neptune still had a grin on her face before Lucas glanced at Compa. "So is that normal here or not?" He asked in a tone pleading for Compa to say no.
He doesn't know how much weird crap he can take at this point.
"It's not normal." Compa said still looking surprised, leaving for Lucas to sigh in relief. "Nep-Nep what was that?"
"Oh Histy was giving me a tutorial on how to transform." Neptune said grinning before placing a finger to her chin. "Histy, thanks for the awesome tutorial."
"Wait, is she still here?" Lucas asked with a quirked brow.
Compa shrugged. "I dunno, the only people here are you, Nep-Nep and I."
"You guys can't hear her?" Neptune asked in surprise before crossing her arms. "Hey Histy can you talk to Lulu and Compa too?"
After a few seconds she gave a sheepish smile.
"Sorry guys, I'll tell you what she says later, anyway Histy I found something weird when I was transformed earlier-wait seal?" Neptune's smile turned to one of pure confusion. "Where are you at anyways?"
"Seal?" Lucas glanced back at Compa who shrugged.
"Sorry Lulu, I can't tell with only half the conversation."
"Four Key Fragments? So I find them, release you and save Gamindustri?" Neptune looked very excited at getting some clues on what to do.
They finally had a Quest!
By that point, Lucas had a good idea on what was going on. "Wait if I'm right, you're saying that this Histy is sealed and needs us to unseal her?" He asked with Neptune giving a nod while Compa gave an 'oh' of understanding. "Alright, I'm just going to say it, how do you know we can trust her? When someone or something is sealed it's usually for a good reason."
Neptune kept quiet, most likely listening to Histy before answering. "Histy says it's natural that someone is questioning that," Neptune then frowned. "Hey what do you mean you would've been worried if no one in this party did?"
Lucas sighed in relief at that.
"Still getting all of these fragments just to save one person sounds like a real chore," Neptune said smiling like she wasn't thinking about ignoring this. "Can't it be about saving the whole world?"
"She does realize how selfish she's sounding right?" Lucas asked Compa only to see her looking a bit tearful while Neptune perked up, most likely due to Histy continuing. "Compa? Are you alright?"
"W-Why is Nep-Nep so excited? I don't hear anything," Compa sniffled, trying to wipe away the tears with her sleeves. "I-I want to be included too."
That broke Neptune out of her excitement as a look of panic flashed across her face showing that she had no clue how to handle this.
Lucas actually agreed with her on this as his whole experience with girls was with both Neptune and Compa and neither of them were normal compared to the girls of his world as far as he knew, so he had no idea how to fix this. "Hey Compa it's alright no need for the water works." He said awkwardly, trying to think of something to say only for Neptune to run over and hug her.
"Oops, I'm so sorry Compa, let's go have something to eat and then I'll talk to you about this for hours and hours and hours," Neptune promised, showing that she did have an apologetic side only for her to then grin. "But Compa, Histy's voice will never reach a cry baby. So buck up kiddo!"
"Just when I thought she wouldn't be insulting." Lucas muttered, rubbing his forehead but it seemed to be working as Compa sniffled, the tears drying up.
It didn't take too long to get back to Compa's house with it getting dark out while they sat at the table with Neptune explaining everything to the two.
"So we have to go to each Landmass and find a Key Fragment, but each one is guarded by a strong monster like the Guard Vermin." Lucas listed with Neptune nodding before groaning. "Of course we do."
But he still had a bad feeling because he wasn't sure if they could trust this Histy.
Neptune however seemed ready to go regardless of that little fact.
"But without a location we won't be able to find them." Compa brought up as Histy did say that she didn't know where they were.
It was only luck that they found the first fragment.
"So we know what we're looking for, just not where they are." Lucas leaned back in his seat, cupping his chin in thought.
It seems like he was finally accepting being a part of this party given everything that's happened.
While he might be scared of what they would run into, he was more scared of leaving these two to save the world when he seemed to be the only one with common sense around here.
Someone needs to keep bringing that to the table.
"Well we already have the fragment from Planeptune, so how about we head to the next landmass and get the next?" Neptune suggested wanting to continue the quest.
"Did you forget that we nearly died?" Lucas asked, glaring at her with a frown. "If Histy is correct each fragment is guarded by a monster that's most likely stronger than the Guard Vermin, we need to upgrade our equipment and level up."
And he needed a damn gun.
… Wow he's getting used to having a level, Lucas isn't sure if that's a good thing or not.
"But I can just transform and take care of them."
"And we'll be getting back to your little transformation trick later." Lucas muttered wanting some answers on that.
Seriously a transformation power boost, what was this Dragon Ball Z?!
"Besides Planeptune is still threatened by monsters." Compa brought up with some concern. "We can't just leave the townspeople like this."
"Ugh fine, tomorrow we can upgrade and then clobber some monsters." Neptune said sounding like it was a chore. "At least with the monsters we defeated we have enough credits to get supplies."
'Wait we have money?' Lucas was very surprised by that wondering why the monsters had it only to pale.
Probably from the people they ate.
"That's the spirit Nep-Nep." Compa said missing the resigned tone that Neptune had. "Now let's eat."
Just like that, Neptune gained a joyful expression, feeling very hungry as she cheered. "Alright, dinner time."
Lucas just rolled his eyes but he was hungry himself so he kept quiet.
"Hm. How do you two feel about pudding?" Compa asked with Neptune tilting her head to the side at that.
Lucas however blinked. "Pudding?" He asked not expecting to have that offered for dinner.
Wasn't pudding more of a dessert?"
"Um, what's a pudding?" Neptune asked curiously looking rather confused.
"You're joking right?" Lucas asked not expecting that.
Compa who was standing up gave a start at Neptune's question. "You don't know what a pudding is?"
"Nope, never heard of it does it taste good?"
Instead of explaining how it tastes, Compa smiled. "Just a minute, let me bring one."
As she left the room, Neptune was humming to herself before Lucas decided to ask something. "Neptune," He began gaining the girl's complete attention. "How can you be sure we can trust Histy?"
"Because she's my Mom."
If this was a show, Lucas was pretty sure any background music would've been cut off by a record scratch with him staring wide-eyed at her.
"... Can you elaborate on that?"
"Well before I met you, she said she created me and was sealed away, so my Dad probably locked her up and ran away with me when I was born." Neptune said and Lucas was now regretting asking this because he had no clue what to say about this.
This was-... Every time he thinks he is beginning to understand Neptune, she pulls something like this out of nowhere.
Thankfully Compa re-entered the room with three pudding cups, the sight of the treats stopping Neptune's weird story much to Lucas's immense relief.
"Hm… So this yellow thing is a pudding?" Neptune asked, poking it only to giggle. "Whoa! It wiggles when you poke it."
"Nep-Nep, did you lose memory of food too?" Compa asked looking rather sympathetic towards her while Lucas poked his, watching it wiggle a bit in slight amusement.
"I remember 'Cake' and stuff so I guess I really don't know what this is." Neptune said picking up the spoon that Compa brought up and scooped a bit of it. "Well, here I go."
She chomped on it before her eyes widened as she went quiet.
"Uh should we do something?" Lucas asked as Neptune stayed quiet for a bit, seemingly staring into space.
"Nep-Nep?" Compa poked her shoulder.
Slowly her eyes began to shine. "The tantalizing sweetness melts away on my tongue, this is the best!" She declared eating a second bite.
Feeling rather curious, Lucas ate a spoonful of his and blinked.
It really is good.
"Really?" Compa asked with a shy smile.
"Really!" Neptune confirmed taking another bite. "This has got to have been made by the finest chef in the world. Where can I get some more?"
Compa's shy smile turned into a rather smug one, a new expression to see on the girl. "Well I actually made it myself."
"You made this?" Lucas asked in surprise.
Forget nurse-in training Compa was a full blown chef from what he knew, she could probably open up her own restaurant and be rich.
"Amazing," Neptune looked very impressed by that. "Compa you must be a genius."
Lucas said nothing, remembering Compa's ditzy attitude before a more thoughtful look appeared on his face.
Given her medical training along with her skills in cooking and the fact that she managed to turn a syringe into a weapon both long range and close combat that might actually be the case. Especially with how she's been explaining Gamindustri to both Neptune and him.
Was Compa actually a genius?!
"Aw stop teasing me Nep-Nep, here let me get some more," Compa said smiling with a red face, showing that she wasn't really used to compliments like that. "Lulu do you want anymore?"
"I'll take seconds." Lucas said with a smile. "Neptune is right about the pudding."
Neptune gasped before pointing at him. "Lulu is smiling, it's like a shooting star!" She declared with him now frowning. "See?! Blink and you'll miss it."
Resisting the urge to flip her off, Lucas just took another bite of the pudding, not even realizing that he was showing a pouting face while Compa giggled at how lively the last few days have been.
It was great to have company over.
The next day the three of them were looking through a shop after walking through Planeptune and Lucas had to say it was like a ghost town, or rather a ghost city.
Sure there were people around but they were on edge and most of them were rushing to get home. Probably from how this particular landmass got the worst of the monster attacks if Lucas remembers correctly due to Compa's explanation.
Kind of depressing to think about and Lucas was a little saddened that he couldn't see this place when it was full of life, but it was kind of understandable that people would remain home and out of sight with this type of situation happening.
While they were out here preparing to go looking for monsters.
On that thought, Lucas had to stop himself from giving a slight chuckle right when they entered a store.
If someone told him a few days ago that he would be willingly going into danger in some sort of video game fantasy land he would've thought they were insane. Yet here he was and even if he wasn't much help against the Guard Vermin he did technically survive a run in with an actual boss.
And if they kept going after weaker monsters then surely he would get stronger. So maybe this was a good thing-.
"Lulu, heads up!" Lucas looked towards the voice a few minutes later, only for what looked to be a leather bracelet to smack him in the face, causing him to grab his nose in slight pain. "Ooh thought you would've caught that."
"The heck Neptune?" Lucas muttered with a look while the girl rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.
"Sorry, just wanted to get you some armor, the bracelet would help with some stats, Compa has one and is getting a new weapon too." Neptune explained with Lucas seeing Compa with a brand new syringe much to his confusion. "It's already paid for if you're wondering."
But he wouldn't say no to having something to increase his stats, so he picked the bracelet up and placed it on… He didn't really feel any different.
"Thanks." Lucas said given how Neptune did get him something. "So does this place sell any guns?"
He was not keeping the damn pipe.
"Over here Lulu!" Compa seemed to have heard him and waved him over to where he could see quite a few guns.
There were pistols, SMG's, Assault Rifles-was that a Bazooka?!
A part of him wondered why Bazooka's were for sale before he had to remind himself that this was a different world, so there were different rules.
Just about all of them were pretty expensive before he found a few sets of dual pistols and grabbed the cheapest ones that he could find that were around 600 Credits.
They were revolvers which meant about six shots per gun.
"How much is the ammo?" Lucas asked only to receive a look of confusion from Compa. "What?"
"Lulu, you don't have to buy the ammo." Compa said with Lucas blinking in response to that.
"Can you repeat that?" He asked, trying to understand.
"The guns use magic to restock ammo after a few seconds, it's to keep one from running out when fighting monsters." Compa said with Lucas blinking before remembering how they never had to reload their guns unless it was to switch to the fire bullets during their time at the factory.
Unlimited ammo, now that right there was a surprise.
"Okay then." Lucas muttered taking the revolvers to pay for them and soon he had them in a holster that was around his waist.
"Do you need to practice using them?" Compa asked thinking that it would be good to get used to the new weapon.
"We can practice on monsters." Neptune suggested wanting to get some more action in while Lucas actually chuckled.
"The Revolvers will take some getting used to but I've shot a few guns before." Lucas commented before realizing it got quiet and turned to see the girls looking at him in surprise. "What?"
"I thought you said that you didn't have a gun." Neptune accused, remembering their little argument the other day when he was trying to borrow her gun.
"I don't, they were my Dad's." Lucas deadpanned to them. "He took me to a shooting range whenever he had time and taught me firearm safety."
Lucas smiled as the memory went through him.
~Two Years Ago~
An eleven year old Lucas stood next to Stuart who wore an orange vest over some camouflage clothing while Lucas wore a smaller version, both of them having earmuffs on.
They were standing on a field, near a forest where a few soda cans were shown to be on top of fence posts while a sniper was holstered on Stuart''s back.
Instead he was crouched down while Lucas held a 22 caliber handgun in both hands, gently raising it to aim at one of the cans. "Just breathe and aim, keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to fire." Stuart explained in a firm tone. "And keep a firm grip, the recoil on this pistol isn't much but it's there."
"Yes Dad." Lucas said, biting his lip in concentration when Stuart let go and he fired.
The bullet was off course and didn't hit the cans but Lucas shook his head.
Even with the ear muffs, the noise was pretty loud.
Stuart gave a chuckle and messed with his hair. "Don't worry you'll get the hang of it and the noise will become second nature." He promised as Lucas went to lower the gun only for Stuart to stop him. "Remember what I told you?"
After a few seconds of concentration, Lucas remembered. "Make sure safety is on and eject the clip?"
Stuart nodded, watching as his son did so. "So what did you think of firing for the first time?" He asked, watching as Lucas placed the pistol in the bag after taking the clip out, already knowing he was done for the moment.
"I was nervous." Lucas answered truthfully.
He was given an immense explanation on guns, enough to have him fearful of them, but beneath it all he was excited when he shot for the first time.
It was like a rush of adrenaline.
Stuart just smirked at hearing that. "I was too when my Dad did the same to me, but this stuff is important to know." He pulled the sniper off his back and aimed it at one of the cans, breathing in before firing, the noise being softer than the pistol but still there.
The can flew off the fence from the impact with Lucas giving a shout of awe.
"Firing guns can be an amazing feeling, it can be exhilarating and it's good for relieving stress," Stuart explained to him before giving him a serious look. "But it's also dangerous, a gun isn't anything to be taken lightly no matter how experienced you are with it, just the smallest mistake can have big consequences."
Lucas gave a nod, taking in everything he was being told, showing that he was taking it seriously.
Seeing that, Stuart let the serious look drop before gesturing to the bag. "Alright now let's try the .22 Rifle."
~Present Time~
Lucas held a rather fond smile as the memory ended before it turned to a rather despondent one.
"Lulu? Is something wrong?" Compa asked seeing the look on his face.
"I-It's nothing." Lucas tried to deny, shaking his head.
He didn't want to voice it.
"Come on Lulu," Neptune elbowed him in a 'friendly' way, forgetting her strength a little if the wince that Lucas showed was any indication. "We're a party you can tell us."
Biting back the remark, Lucas looked at them and sighed, not wanting to keep it in anymore.
"I'm homesick." He said and for once Neptune actually went quiet while Compa blinked. "My Dad was coming home from a trip yesterday and I'm not there, along with the crater in my backyard he must be worried sick by now."
"Your Dad doesn't know you're here Lulu?" Compa asked, looking rather confused.
"It's-... Complicated." Lucas finally got out, unsure of how to explain he wasn't from Gamindustri.
Neptune actually showed a guilty look on her face that Lucas didn't see, remembering how she was adamant about him being in her party.
Truth be told it wasn't for any particular reason, when she first woke up without her memory she felt more at ease at making game references and jokes about him being the first party member or a DLC because it kept her calm. And it was pretty amusing to see how others reacted to it. The only thing she did remember was Histy's request to make it back to Gamindustri and help her.
To do that, she needed to make a party and the first person she met was Lucas who helped her when she first crash landed. That was when she decided he would be the first party member, not thinking of anything else at the time. She didn't think about the people he knew, only wanting to get the adventure started.
Shifting a bit, she said nothing when Compa reached over and placed a hand on Lucas's shoulder. "Don't worry Lulu, I'm certain your Dad is fine." She said trying to cheer him up.
"Yea, so buck up Lulu," Neptune said doing her own way of encouragement. "Just think of the awesome adventures you can share with him when you get back."
Just the thought of explaining what he's been through so far actually made Lucas chuckle. "Somehow I doubt he would believe me." He said smiling at imagining his Dad's face at hearing about this. "Thanks."
"Alright now that's enough of the sappy stuff, let's get going, to adventure!" Neptune declared pulling out her new katana which was a real sword that made Lucas take a few steps back not trusting her to be nearby when she was holding an actual weapon.
"Actually, I need to rework my new syringe." Compa grinned showing that it didn't work like a gun like her original did.
"Wait, you actually did that yourself?!" Neptune sounded impressed as Compa nodded.
While waiting for Compa to rework her weapon, both Lucas and Neptune were outside her house which was on the edge of the city showing a forest nearby.
Neptune wanted to get some practice in so she dragged Lucas out there for a spar.
"I don't know about this." Lucas said looking very unnerved as he stood across from Neptune looking ready to run while the girl was holding her sword.
Even if it was the wooden sword, with her managing to get him one for this little spar, he remembered pretty vividly how she was able to cut through monsters with the wooden katana at the factory.
"Come on, you need to work on your fighting Lulu." Neptune chided the boy. "So come at me!"
"Neptune I thought I was supposed to be a long range fighter." Lucas reminded her given his stats. "So I'm pretty sure me using a sword against you won't work."
"But you can't have a gun all the time, come on it'll be fun." Neptune chided, giving the sword a practice swing.
And he can't exactly spar against her with a gun due to how he didn't like the idea of shooting her.
"Right, fun." Lucas commented only for Neptune to suddenly be in front of him and hit him in the gut with her sword sending him to the ground clutching his gut.
What the heck Nep?!
"Already? I didn't hit you too hard." Neptune said blinking at how quick that was.
Lucas would've cursed her out if he wasn't too busy trying not to throw up from the hit to the gut.
So instead, he slowly stood up as Neptune got ready, holding the Katana in two hands with a grin on her face.
It seemed she was waiting for him to hit her, what did she make this spar turn based or something?!
Or maybe she was going easy on him, she did say that she didn't hit him too hard, though he would like to call bull crap on that one.
But he gripped his borrowed sword before swallowing the lump that formed in his throat.
They were in the beginning of their journey to save this world, if they believed Histy that is, and he knew that they would face enemies much stronger than that Guard Vermin.
He needs to get stronger if he wants to stand a chance at surviving.
So with gritted teeth, Lucas rushed at Neptune and took a swing only for her to jump back and then rush to the side, jabbing his side, though it wasn't as hard as the last hit.
She wasn't going as fast as she was earlier, probably holding herself back to at least give him a chance to improve, but she had a grin on her face showing that she was enjoying this a bit as she dodged another swipe before crouching.
"Here I go!" Neptune shouted now rushing in to deliver a barrage of slashes that sent Lucas flying into a tree where he fell to the ground in immense pain. "Oh shoot, too much?"
A pained whine came from Lucas showing his answer.
Neptune sheepishly rubbed the back of her head as Lucas didn't get up. "Sorry, I honestly thought you could take that Lulu."
"I barely won any of the fights in the factory, how in the world did you think I would be able to take hits from you?" Lucas slowly pushed himself up, a bit surprised that he didn't have any broken bones from the hits he took given how strong Neptune seemed to be.
Shaking his head, Lucas took a deep breath and gripped the sword much to Neptune's surprise.
"Don't hold back." Lucas said, trying to keep the panic from his voice given how he could already see how much of a hindrance he would be if he didn't improve soon.
And that meant he had to get better as soon as possible.
Hearing him say that surprised Neptune further as she seemed to be giving him a quizzical look with a tilted head before shrugging. "If you say so Lulu." She said as she closed her eyes and focused.
When she began to glow, Lucas realized his mistake right as Neptune changed to the form that killed the Guard Vermin, holding the giant blade with two hands.
"W-What are you doing Neptune?!" Lucas asked with wide eyes, taking a step back.
"You said not to hold back," Neptune said in a neutral tone, but there was a hint of playfulness showing if one listened closely. "I'm only honoring that request."
'I meant don't hold back as normal you!' Lucas wanted to scream but his voice wasn't working anymore out of panic.
He didn't think she would just change just like this.
Any chance he had of winning this mock fight, which was already small, was practically non-existent right now.
He was screwed, very screwed!
"If you're not going to attack, then I shall make the first move." By the time Lucas registered that, Neptune was already moving, now flying right at him.
Eyes widening, Lucas barely threw himself to the floor right as Neptune sliced the tree behind him causing it to fall with a rather loud thud.
Terror was clear on his face as he began to run, grabbing rocks to chuck at her to keep his distance considering his gun was inside.
She gave a soft chuckle showing that she was enjoying this, that was something that clearly stayed the same despite the change in mannerisms between her two forms.
Then she began to fly around the rocks and disappeared from view with Lucas trying to find her-.
A flash of pain erupted as Neptune hit him from behind with the flat side of the giant blade sending him rolling on the ground before he rolled onto his back in time for the sword to be in his face.
He might need a change of pants at this point.
"Nep-Nep? Lulu? What's going on?" Compa opened one of the windows to peek out. "There's a lot of noise out here-."
From how she stopped speaking, Lucas assumed she saw what was going on.
Neptune, still in her other form, glanced at the stunned Compa and gave a friendly smile. "Sorry about that Compa, Lucas and I were just having a spar." She said making the sword disappear before she reached down with her armored gauntlet and grasped Lucas by the shirt before lifting him up with only one hand as if he was nothing more than a sack of potatoes.
Compa tilted her head at that. "Um just don't go too far, we only have so many reflexes around." She advised before there was a loud bang behind her making her jump. "Aah! My weapon!"
Just like that she was back inside.
"What an odd girl." Neptune commented, still holding Lucas up off the ground at eye level, though there was a hint of fondness in her tone.
"Any reason you're still lifting me up?" Lucas asked a bit hesitant given how he had no clue how to act around 'This' Neptune.
Sure he was getting better at dealing with the one he met, but the grown up one was a bit unknown to him.
Neptune looked at him and this time, Lucas actually saw what looked to be a power symbol in her eye like how one would see on a game system.
He didn't notice that when they were trying to survive the Guard Vermin.
Neptune didn't say anything to how he was staring at the symbol in her eye, instead she placed him down on his feet. "You're pretty reckless with close combat, if I was a real opponent you would be dead."
Yeah, no crap.
"That's why I try to keep my distance." Lucas said with a shrug.
At least the grown up Neptune was a bit more serious, that he can handle just fine.
"A lot of monsters won't let you keep your distance, that's why learning to fight without a gun is important." Neptune crossed her arms across her chest with a thoughtful look. "I suppose it's fine as long as you're with the party but if you're ever by yourself that would be your weakness."
Lucas shifted awkwardly in place not sure about the fact that he'll be by himself in this world given the dangers but he could see what she was getting at.
"So now what?" Lucas asked as Neptune smiled and made her blade appear again, slamming it into the ground making him jump.
"We keep sparring, at least until Compa is done reworking her syringe," Neptune said before changing back to her normal form twirling the wooden sword. "Let's go Lulu!"
Seeing that she wasn't in her powerful form, Lucas felt a surge of relief as she was back to holding back-.
The next thing he knew the sword slammed across his face and he saw stars.
"Ooh, maybe we should work on you dodging?" Neptune winced as Lucas was out of it now, some bruises forming on his face.
"Mommy I don't want to go to school." Lucas slurred out with a dazed smile.
To Be Continued…
Here are his Stat's, not sure if I'll keep showing them or not.
Stat Parameters
Name: Lucas
Lv. 4
HP: 1330
AP: 37
STR: 18
VIT: 17
AGI: 25
INT: 48
MEN: 52
LUK: 38
EAD: (F) 0% (W) 0% (I) 0% (E) 0%
PDF: 0%
MDF: 0%
Equipment
Weapon
Dual Revolver: An older pistol balanced for a variety of situations.
Attack Power: 80
Magic Power: 60
Special Bullets
Fire Bullet: An elemental bullet that does great damage to an enemy, burning them relentlessly.
Armor
Leather Bracelet: A normal bracelet made from leather
Defense Power: 200
Resistance Power: 100
Attributes: None
Not much happening in this chapter unless you get them learning what they need to do, upgrading their equipment and Neptune finally taking Lucas to the side to spar with him. Too bad she's not one to hold back really and even when she does she still doesn't.
Plus a bit more on showing Purple Heart and Lucas finally having an interaction with that form.
There was also the pudding scene from Re;Birth 1 which I added to this story as I always thought that was a rather cute scene between Neptune and Compa, especially when it actually shows the nurse in training being smug which was pretty cool in my opinion. I also added a bit more to Compa's character because if you think about it she is kind of a genius but only with certain things such as her Nurse Training, food and apparently her weapon because let's be real what kind of store would have a syringe be a gun?
Then we have me going into Neptune's head a little to have a bit of an explanation for how she acts, sure she still breaks the fourth wall but she's doing it more because of her amnesia, as a way to distract her from her frustration at not remembering anything which also explains why she sometimes acts like a jerk in this story like the thoughtless comments about her impressions of people, first meeting with Lucas and then the interactions she has with Noire/Black Heart later on. Hopefully I didn't screw anything with her character up doing that.
Finally we had a flashback scene showing Lucas bonding with his Dad and showing his experience with guns, so he's pretty familiar with his weapon of choice.
Taiman215: That's basically her whole character in the beginning of the first game, she will get better over time, same with Lucas and Compa changing a little.
Starlord Master: Too bad Nep won't listen to reason concerning that right?
LightDusk16: Yea, sorry about that I took my time writing the third chapter and this one, I do have other stories that I update, the Pokemon one being more frequent considering that's the media I know the most about, but I want to keep this one going. Oof when Vert shows up his brain will shut down quite a bit because honestly I don't think any sane man would be able to keep calm around someone like that. The monster fights are a lot of fun, especially with realism added to that, though I think he's starting to get better even if he got his butt handed to him during the spar with Neptune, especially when she transformed after some small misinterpretation due to his comment about her not holding back. Don't know about giving him a rocket launcher but I'll keep the idea around.