Uzume grinned as she looked into the mirror. She was more glad that the dye actually worked! One never knew what weird nonsense the CPU Physiology had in store. Last week she tried to get a tattoo like her 4GO avatar but it turned out her skin wouldn't accept the ink. Yet the Hair dye worked… Uzume shook her head, it worked, end of story.
She sauntered out of the bathroom and made her way to the kitchen to get herself something to eat. She found the Older Neptune eating a plate of pudding happily.
"Mornin, Big Nepsy!" Uzume greeted, "Big Day of bug hunting today?"
" You know it Uzume!", Neptune gulped her pudding emphatically, " I think I'm gonna go to the guild and- HOLY CRAP!"
Neptune finally got a good look at her CPU friend and fell out her chair.
"Nepsy, are you okay?"
Neptune scrambled to her feet and hugged Uzume.
"It's okay, everybody loves you, Uzume" She said, in a weird mixture of worry and fear.
"What the hell are you talking about, Nepsy?"
Neptune let go of Uzume, all but dropping the CPU, "Oh my Gosh, you don't even know.."
Uzume quirked her eyebrow.
Neptune paced arounf the room, "Who to talk to about this… Lil Me? No… Histy?... Hm, maybe… Umio! Don't worry, Uzume, I'll take care of this!"
Neptune ran off leaving a very confused Uzume standing there. She finally just shrugged and took a Nepperade from the refrigerator and took her morning run through Planeptune.
The city was nice and peaceful. The Citizens were kind as always with everyone greeting her as she ran past. She finally met up with IF dropping Compa at the hospital.
"Ifsy! Comsy! How are ya guys?"
"Hey, Uzume! What … up…" IF trailed off as she saw Uzume's hair.
Compa's widened too, "Uzume, Are you feeling okay?"
"Ya know, you're the second person to ask me that. Do i got somethin' on my face?"
"Your hair…" IF managed
"Oh, yeah! You like it? I spent all morning dyeing it!"
"That particular shade of blue?" Compa asked.
"Yeah! As a sort of tribute to- Oh…" Uzume vocalized in revelation.
"Finally figured it out huh?" IF deadpanned.
"I think I'm going to have a lot to answer for when I get back home."
"It's just hair dye?" The Older Neptune asked.
"Yeah" Uzume said
"So you're not sinking back in to Hatred and Delusion?"
Uzume sighed, "No."
"Well You did scare Big Nepsy half to death." Umio pointed out.
"And I had to call a False alarm on the other CPUs!" The younger (Looking) Neptune whined, "Noire yelled at me for inturrupting her work..."
"Yeah, Sorry..." Uzume scratched the back of her head, "It's just, she's a part of me, ya know? I wanted to do something to show that."
"I know I sound like a broken record," The Older Neptune started, " But are you sure you're alright?"
"Of course Uzume is!" Uzume yelled in her 'Dream Voice', "With you guys as my friends, Uzume will never fade away and classify herself as Obsolete!"
"OBSOLETE!"
The entire room looked at the CPU Neptune.
"What?" She asked defensively, "Someone had to do it."