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And here's the epilogue.
Epilogue
Histoire shook her head as she floated through the Basilicom. It had been almost a week since Neptune had returned from her last adventure and after realizing that Neptune couldn't walk, Histoire had ordered Neptune into the medical bay to get looked at.
The fact that Neptune was paralyzed from the waist down was troublesome. What was even more troubling to Histoire had been hearing about the effects of the Fearicite that Neptune had been infected with. Thankfully that information was only known to her, Nepgear and Uzume and none of the staff had been allowed to know about what happened to Neptune.
Histoire knew Neptune was holding information back as she hadn't told her, Nepgear and Uzume the full story yet, but Neptune promised that she would as soon as she was feeling better. Considering how utterly exhausted Neptune had looked, Histoire agreed to let Neptune have a few days to do nothing but rest.
Histoire thought about the people from that other world that had come with Neptune and while most of them were effectively quarantined to the Western side of the city, as that had a lot of open hotels and apartments that had just finished being rennovated. 'The amount of money needed to put all of them up will get out of hand in a few months.'
Still, the fact that there were people from the other world helping the guild agents police the new arrivals was helpful. MAGES., Cave, B-Sha and, to Histoire's utter shock, Brave, were very, very good at keeping everyone in check. "To think that another version of one of the four felons could be such a good person." Sighing, she thought about the version of Brave from her world and how, in the end, he hadn't been a bad person, just misguided and on the wrong side of the law.
She wasn't sure what to think of her other self, since she had nothing but praise for Neptune. The other thing she found odd was that of the group that Neptune brought with her, most of them had decided to take up the extra guest rooms temporarily. Which was fine with Histoire, since there was going to be a shortage of places to live in Planeptune for awhile as they settled an entire dimension's worth of people into a new world.
No, that wasn't what Histoire found odd. What she found odd was that Rom, Ram, Peashy, the other Nepgear and Chrome all took turns staying in Neptune's room and watching over her while she slept. Though, she did find it kind of funny to see her Nepgear getting upset that Neptune was being doted on by others so much and she wanted to watch after her sister too. "I think that she's finally understanding how Neptune feels when Vert kept trying to steal her away from Neptune." Histoire said to herself, giggling.
Rounding a corner, she nearly crashed into her other self, who was moving around slowly while feeling the walls. "Oh goodness! I'm sorry, other me."
The other Histoire smiled at her. "You use that phrase as well, huh?" She let out an amused chuckle. "You really are similar to your daughter."
Histoire had a confused look on her face. "I have never had children."
The other Histoire shook her head. "No... You have a daughter, three of them. Neptune, Nepgear and Uzume. At least, Neptune called you her mother."
Histoire stared in surprise. "...Neptune called me that?"
"Yes." The other Histoire nodded and sighed softly. "Can I ask you about the third one? Uzume. Is she... Does she have another personality known as Kurome?"
"Kurome was..." Histoire began and stopped as someone interrupted her.
"Kurome was Uzume's original self," a male voice spoke up as Umio floated up behind them. "Due to sealing herself away and feeling nothing but loneliness, anger and other negative emotions, her being split into two. Kurome might be Uzume's original self, but Uzume is closer to what she was like when she was the CPU. Though her real personality is that of her HDD form, Orange Heart."
"I see..." The other Histoire had a troubled look on her face. "...I know that Neptune promised she would explain, but I must ask you, good sir, would Uzume ruin the world with her powers?"
"No." Umio said. "I guarantee you that Uzume would never do that. She fought against Dark CPUs for decades while she was sealed away. Why do you ask?"
"...I will let Neptune explain when she decides to finally tell everyone what happened in Gamworld. But, if it's alright, may I speak to Uzume?"
"Did someone say my name?" Uzume asked as she walked into the hall area. "Oh! It's Umio, Histy and Blind Histy."
"Blind Histy?" The blind Histoire said and nodded. "Yes, that would be easier to tell the difference between us, huh?" Blind Histoire turned to Uzume and floated over to her slowly. "Could you come here, Uzume, I need to verify something."
"Uh..." Uzume blinked and walked over to Blind Histoire. "Right, so what do..?" Her eyes widened as Blind Histoire put her hands on Uzume's cheeks and a soft glow covered the both of them for a moment.
"I see..." Blind Histoire smiled as she let go. "Thank you." She could feel that this Uzume was very similar to her Uzume, before Kurome had corrupted her. "I'm glad..." She said to Uzume, "that you're a good person."
Uzume just grinned and rubbed the back of her head. "Aw shucks, that's nice." Her eyes went white and blank. "I mean! No! That's not why I'm here! Nepsy's gone!"
"HUH?!" The other three all yelled in shock.
"I went to see how she was doing and she, the wheelchair, Chromesy, Gearsy, Maid Gearsy, Romsy and Ramsy were all missing. I saw Unisy coming out of the bathroom and she said she was going to be busy today and I haven't seen the others yet."
"Then where..?" Histoire frowned in confusion. "Enough, let's look around the Basilicom, I'm sure that..." She trailed off as she saw Peashy, Filyn and Uni walk down the hallway with several plates with pudding cups on them. "...How about we follow those three?"
"Good idea." Umio said and the four quickly made their way after those three.
When they saw them enter Neptune's office, both Histoire and Uzume were confused, but they followed after and entered the office.
What they saw shocked them to their core.
Neptune, Rom, Ram, and Chrome were doing paperwork while the two Nepgears were helping gather it up and organize it for them. Both of them were also helping doing the paperwork.
"Jeez, big sis..." Rom gave Neptune an annoyed look. "You teach us to be good CPUs but you're so far behind on your paperwork too."
"I'm only a few months behind." Neptune protested Rom. "It's not like back in your Lowee when you were behind by years."
"Goodness," Nepgear giggled softly, "years? Like how we were when I finally got you free from the graveyard, Neptune?"
"Nah, worse." Neptune shook her head. "Like, sixty years behind or something. There were spiders crawling over some of the papers."
"Eww..." Both Nepgears grimaced in disgust.
"Yeah and... Oh! It's Histy, Histy, Umio and Uzume!" Neptune smiled and waved. "I'm feeling a bit better now. So I thought I'd do some paperwork before I get too tired and need more sleep."
"...Who are you and what did you do to Neptune?" Histoire asked as she looked at Neptune in worry.
Neptune just gave her a smile. "Histy... Let's just say that I had to come face-to-face with all of the worst parts of me and... Well, I can do better." Memories of the things that Green Nightmare, Iris Nightmare, White Nightmare, Kei and others had said to her over the course of her adventure went through her head.
"I tried to convince her to rest, but she insisted on at least doing this much," Chrome told them as she looked at the paper in front of her. "A new convention center?"
"That one's good." Neptune told Chrome. "Don't worry, Histy, if I get Planeptune's shares up high enough my back will recover just fine."
"True," Blind Histoire nodded, "your body should already be healing."
Histoire looked at Neptune and frowned softly at how tired and worn out she still looked. "Neptune..." The CPU looked at her in confusion. "I want you to take a few more days off."
"I'll be fine." Neptune waved her off. "Besides, I have help, so it won't take too long."
"Uh huh," Ram nodded, smiling as she finished up her stack and handed it to Nepgear to look over. "We'll be done in twenty minutes."
"Fine," Histoire sighed, "but a good CPU knows when to rest and let their body recover."
Neptune giggled at Histoire. "First time I ever heard you try to convince me not to work. Alright, we'll finish up here and then we'll go and play some games everyone."
"YEAH!" Everyone cheered at the same time.
"Here, let me help, Nepsy." Uzume walked in, grabbed a stack of unfinished paperwork from the maid Nepgear and sat down to work on it.
Blind Histoire looked in Histoire's general direction with a knowing smile on her face. "And you say you aren't her mother." She said softly.
Histoire looked at Neptune and smiled. "...Yeah... I guess I am."
End Epilogue 1
Yes, you read that right, Epilogue ONE.
I... Uh, just kind of couldn't stop writing stuff post-main story. But I hope you enjoy it. I'll tell you when it's done.
I guess, in the end, I didn't want to see this end just yet either.