Chapter 4 : Come Pick Up the Sisters, Checkmate Pal! (The tittle is a play on words)
"Ugh… what… what happaned? And… where am I?" I said while slowly waking up, I feel like I just got run overed by a speeding bullet train, man it's rough to move my left arm and whole torso, it was a staggering pain in my internal systems and organs for that matter.
But regarding on my where abouts, I'm in an apartment room again which only means, I'm back in Compa's apartment and by the looks of it, I'm all bandaged up again and it's the middle of the night. Yeah I now remember what happened, ugh… I went too overboard in fighting that son of gun of a giant dogoo, I use every bit of strength I had to slay that monster's fattass.
" I see you're finally a wake huh, took ya long enough" I heard a woman's voice, but it seems familiar hmm…, I recognize that voice!
"IF… so it is you, sorry for asking in short notice but how long was I out for?" I said to IF with a concerned look, she just heaved a sigh and cross her arms.
"About 2 days, but I'm surprise that you're able to move again in just a short recovery time, with a lot and I mean a lot of broken bones and a fractured femur" IF stated the answer and a fact at the same time, it was honestly sounds like she wants to interogate me in an uncomfortable manner.
"Now let me ask you a question, who or what are you? And how did you get here?" IF started an interogation on me, honestly I called it that this will happen sooner or later, since I'm not that good of a lier and guilt is easily recognizable on my face.
"*Sigh* you know I expected this to happen seens you look at me with full suspicion all the times we encounter each other" I said blatantly to her and gave her a unfazed look, she just got more aggressive when I said that and pinned me down with her katar near my throat.
"Let's see if you can talk all confident after I slice your throat" IF threatened me and honestly I'm feeling that this is no joke of a threat, and she looks so pissed now than the last time she was angry.
"Uh… are you actually serious about that or are you trying a new comedy act" I said that with an akward smile and sweat dropping profusely, IF on the other hand was sending vibes that I just hit a land mine of a death flag.
"You are signing your death wish pal, let me remind you that who is the one under a blade here" IF said to me with so little patient that honestly she is gonna explode with vile rage.
"*Sigh* what did I do to deserve this? A girl trying to kill me for not answering her interogation and the fact that she is questioning my very existance and see me as a danger than a person" I saqid looking at her with actual disapoinment when saying it, IF is now from the looks of it, is at her limit.
"I don't know what have you done to Compa while I was not around, but I find out you've done something bad to her, I'll not hesitate to end your life, got it pal!" IF said in a furious state of mind said to me, if I were to live with her, I would have probably die in a single day.
Then the door opened in the wrong time, IF and I were looking at the door and saw Compa, she has a tray with medical supplies and a kettle with three cups, by this time IF was still pinning me down to the floor and her katar pointed at my throat, she was on me to which honestly makes it look even worse when you imagine it, Compa was really shock on what was going on, she looked at IF with eyes that said "No, this is not what you should be doing" writen on them, I myself felt the akwardness of the situation as both of them looked at each other, both didn't want to belive the situation at all, Compa broke the silents.
"Iffy what are you doing?" Compa said this time tears are forming at the edges of her eyes.
"…" IF didn't respond at all.
"Iffy please answer me! What are you doing to Sega!" Compa now yelling for IF to respond.
"…" IF again didn't respond at all, I feel like I'm about to break a friendship between to friends.
"Iffy please respond, iffy respond!" Compa crying and yelling at IF her bestfriend to respond.
"I… I… I don't know what to say C-Compa, I' sorry for making cry, I just wa-" IF now responding at Compa with a lot going through her head, I walked up to Compa and cutted what IF is about to say.
"IF I didn't minded telling you what you wanted to know, but I also apologize that I didn't speak up at your questions, and Compa please don't cry I'm okay see, I'm just fine" I said to both of them, I know what IF wanted to do, it's to protect Compa to strangers and people that could harm or hurt her, but right now I need to calmed down Compa from her sobbing.
IF just looked at me with eyes that couldn't belive what he was saying, Compa looked at me as well, her eyes were red and stained by her tears, I just looked at her with a smile and hugged her, she just couldn't process what I did but it did calm her down, both were shock on the hug I gave to Compa, Compa was no longer crying instead blushing madly, IF on the other hand looked again at me this time she feels empathy to me was because of Compa, we both didn't want Compa to cry again, so we apologized to each other.
"Sorry about what happaned earlier" both of IF and I said, then we looked at each other again, "Eh?" we said together now that is weird, we keep copying each other's words but we just laugh it off.
"Hehehe, I was wrong about you Sega, you might have the potential to be a threat but you have a warm and kind heart to hurt anybody" IF giggled with me and said something that bothered me, but I chose not to think about it seens that will lead this conversation spiraling out of control.
"Yeah sorry for not cooperate with you IF, it's just some personal issues that I'm having right now, plus I'm confused as hell" I said to IF to be more exact, talking to both IF and Compa.
"Its cool, I'm not if you're the one who should apologize, it's really my fault for pinning you down and threated you" IF said to me in responded, truth be told we both are responsible for the problem at hand.
Me and IF got closer as friend now than last time, Compa seems happy that we got along well, but something bothers me, so I ask both of them the thing that bothers me.
"Um, can I ask a question? The question is bothering me a lot" I said to both of them, they simply nodded to what I said. "So what is GameIndustri as a whole and and who is Lady Purple Heart?" I ask to both of them, they just looked at each other with confused expressions on them, but Compa realize why I ask the question, probably because of the amnesia I said I had, but the fact is that I'm not from this world.
"Ah I forgot, you have amnesia so you probably don't know anything about GameIndustri" Compa said with confidents in her tone, IF realize it to then heave a sigh again.
"*Sigh* I see, so we'll explain everything we know about GameIndustri and more information about yor current conditions, got it" IF said with a stern face and a smirk on her mouth, both explain the whole story about each and every nations and their respective CPUs, and from IF the CPUs are the goddesses of the four landmasses and nations, and Compa said that the CPU's powers came from the faith of their people, the faiths of the people are called "Shares" clarified by IF, they also explain that each goddesses had battled over hundreds of years and now are at peace, the CPU of Planeptune is known as Lady Purple Heart, Compa also said that their friends with the CPU of this nation and her name is Neptune, the CPU of Lastation is known as Lady Black Heart, Compa said that the CPU of Lastation is named Noire, next the CPU of Lowee is known also as Lady White Heart, Compa again said the CPU's name, the CPU of Lowee is named Blanc, and finally the CPU of Leanbox well known as Lady Green Heart said IF, Compa just smiled at IF, IF seems flustered, IF clarified that the CPU of Leanbox is named Vert.
Huh if I remember correctly with my weak language of French, Noire is black, Blanc is White, and Vert is Green, also the names of each nations sounds familiar wait, they are familiar! They have references to game consoles, Lastation sounds like Playstation, Lowee sounds like the Nintendo Wii, Leanbox sounds like Xbox or the Xbox 360, but Planeptune is a tricky one, what sound like hmm… hmm… hmm… a I know! It's the cancelled console the Sega Neptune! Made by the company that always rival the Ninntendo Entertainment company.
"Okay I think I get the whole explanation you two gave me, so thanks for the information" I said with a satisfied look and a smile to book it all, IF seems glad and Compa is just smiling to her heart content.
"Okay then, but I notice in the fight 2 days ago you seem to be lacking a whole lot of skill when it comes in sword skills and attacks, but you manage to decimate a whole lot of monsters with just swinging and dodging them, so I think I should help you get better in combat and teach more about weapon techniques" IF stated it to me, huh… maybe I should train to get more stronger and probably try to learn more about Planeptune.
So I agreed on what IF said and both of them seems please that I agreed, me and IF setted up a schedule to when we train and start questing again, speaking of quest I receive a decent amount of credits from the quest 2 days ago, the decent amount was from the quest alone, but since I slayed a lot and I mean A LOT of monsters, which added to the quest paid of more than expected, now that I think about it I need to get new pair of clothings, I think I should shop tomorrow for clothes.
*A day passed*
"Hey Compa, I'm going to the market place today to buy a new set clothes, if you need anything just say" I said to Compa, she is in her room right now so that's why I'm yelling a little, and then she respond.
"Ah yessy, can you buy me the needles for a 27 gauge syringe Sega, and some groceries please!" Compa said through her door, I understand what she needs so 27 gauge syringe needle and some groceries, and also a pair of new clothes because I'm running out of them, since they always get ripped to shreads and either burned or bloody from my own blood.
I walk out of the apartment building were Compa lives, so far I know where the market , Guild, and park is, but I yet to explore the whole area since I was unconscious all the time, like seriously I've been knock out ofor literally 5 days in total absurd, right now I'm on the path to the market and by the looks of it, it's pretty crowded and large, like a plaza or an outside mall right now, but I manage to find the needle Compa needed, I bought anout seven of the needles since you don't know when you need spares, next stop is buying new clothes that are super durable, and luck enough I found a clothes shop that is well know to make clothes that don't ripped easily while fighting, and it's popular to because you're able to design your own clothing which is an amazing idea, I already have the design in my hand since the owner only designs with a printed design already, which means the design is premade already, I entered the establishment and a middle age woman greeted me after the door closed.
"Ah a customer, well come young man what can I do for you in this fine day?" The woman greeted me with a smile, I see so she's the owner of the establishment… wait, isn't she a bit to young to be managing a store.
"I'm acually here to ask for the special design feature" I heard that is what you have to say in order to submit designs for your clothes.
"Ah the special, sure come in and do you have the design with you?" The lady said to me, I handed her the design, she looked at it and looked at me. "Hmm… okay I can deal with this design, come to the back in the sewing lounge and wait for maybe an hour or two, got it" She said to me and I simply nodded, we both headed to the sewing lounge and sit on a vacant chair, so let the waiting begin.
*3 hours later*
"Alright and done, come in here your order is now complete young man" I heard the voice of the woman, it took quite a while since it was a hard design I came up with, I headed inside and looked around for a little bit.
The room it self is quite large with internal decorations, there are at least five sewing machines and ten mannequins in a line up positioned, there are a lot of cloth everywhere some are organized but the rest yeah, there are three fitting rooms to see the design of our choice, mostly the color of the room is a cream white color with brown linings on the bottom half of the wall.
"Huh… nice room and it seems appropriate of a sewing buisness don't you think" I said to the woman, she just turned around and looked at me with a smile, she seems happy about the comment.
"Aw shucks, thanks for the compliment that is one of the few compliment I receive in the buisness" She said with a slight blush and looked at me again and shown me the way to the fitting room.
"Here you go, just go inside and your clothings are prepared for you my valued customer" She said with complete confidents, I just looked at her and she seems satisfied about the work she did, I walk inside and dressed up in my new get up.
I walked out the fitting room, and got a whistle from the woman for the clothings I just wore, I had a black open jacket with an X-pattern belt on the sides to the back, metal chains can be seen on the shoulder area to the waist, and the sleeves are about elbows length with white lines on the edge of the sleeve, also the inside of the jacket was white and my undershirt is a color of grey with a V style neck and a pattern of a broad sword with a crack in the middle, I also had a white jeans with three black stripes from the sides, the jeans also have a short metal chains on each sides of the jeans, I have a pair of black fingerless gloves with a hole on the middle of the glove, its like a motorcycle glove in design with the same logo as the undershirt on it, and a white detachable hoodie with black inside, and finally the shoes, I have a pair of ankle high shoes with a black base and a light grey wavy designs on it, that's my new pair of clothings and honestly it looks great.
"*Whistle* Nice very nice, it really suits you and it looks like all that hard work paided off" She said with high respects to her creation, I myself agree that this is one of the finest works that I have seen.
"It is by far the most finest design I've ever seen, it accurately depicts what I designed on paper, you did a wonderful job on it, thanks" I said to her with a smile, she smiles back with a little blush as well, I paid her extra for the fine job and thanked her again before leaving, smiled and waved at me and then headed out it was already afternoon by the time I was going to Compa's apartment, right now I was wearing my new pair of clothes, I have five sets of the new clothing I have right now and a lot of groceries after the ordering new clothing, right now I'm at the door of Compa's apartment room since I locked the door before I left, I knock since I don't have the keys to the apartment.
"Hello… who is it? A feminine voice that I haven't heard before answered the door, the door opened and I saw somebody else beside Compa or IF opening it.
She was a young girl in her early late teens, she is a fair-skinned girl with long lilac-purple hair almost waist in length with few loose strands of long hair curling down. Her bangs are usually kept neatly brushed. Her eyes are slightly darker. She wore clothing almost resembling a school uniform consisting of a white jacket-dress with purple lining consisting of thin double white stripes. A white choker, and around her neck is a pale yellow ribbon/ascot like piece with a N in the center. At her chest is a small pink marking while the pockets and buttons are purple. On her right leg is a white belt like purse object and she wears pink and white striped socks with white and purple shoes, and finally In her hair she wears a single direction pad button.
"Who are you mister and who looking for?" The girl asked me, she looks okay to talk to at lease I'm not that hard to talk to anyway.
"Is this a girl named Compa's apartment?" I asked the young girl, she looked at me and spoke again.
"Yes she lives in this apartment room, what do you need with her?" She ask me, so this is one of the many friends of Compa huh, well I supposed that Compa can clear things out for me.
"Ah can you call her here for me, I just needed to talk to her" I said in a polite manner, she looked at me and nodded and processed to go talk to Compa.
*Woman's POV*
"Compa,there is a guy at the door looking for you" The woman said to Compa, Compa seems confused to what I said but suddenly looked at me and smiled.
"Ah it must be Sega at the door, he must be tried I'll go at the door to introduce you two to him" Compa said to both me and my sis, after she went to the door my sister came up to me and said.
"I bet Compa has a man she fell in love with and is very kind comedic, like a rom-com dont'cha think " My sis said to me, I honestly think that would be wonderful that Compa had somebody to love but he didn't look so kind, he looked at me with dead cold eyes.
*Sega's POV*
I saw Compa walking near the door she looked happy for some reason, she smiled at me and pulled my arm she looked at me as if she wants me to come with her.
"I have some friends I want you to meet and also you look great in the new clothes Sega" Compa said in a happy and excited tone, and I complied to her request and blush a littled when she complimented my clothing.
"Thanks and sure, I want to meet your friends and be their friends as well" I said while closing my eyes and smiling to her, I saw a little bit of blush on her cheeks.
I walked with Compa and met her two friends, one of which answered the door while the other looks like a younger person than the other,maybe their sisters I mean they look a like, but I have the vibe that the younger looking one is the eldest of the two.
"Nep-nep and Ge-ge meet the guy I was talking about earlier, his name is Sega" Compa introduced me to the two, from the sounds of the names I would suggest that those were nicknames.
" Hi, I'm Neptune the main protag of this game and the main atraction of the series" Neptune said, okay I feel like this girl is gonna be the bane of my existance and you know why, because I hate metaness because it always confuses me.
"Umm… Hello my name is Nepgear the CPU Candidate of Planeptune" Nepgear said, huh… she must be a shy but caring kind of person, I think this two are the opposites of each other in my opinion of course.
"Hey, my name is Sega a friend of Compa, nice to meet cha" I said in a light hearted tone, both looked at me in awe …wait why are they looking at me with an awed expression, now I'm confused at what is occuring.
"Is… there… something on my face?" I said to both of them, they nodded no and Neptune spoke.
"We didn't think you were kind at all, at the very lease I thought you're mister generic and edgy shounen character type of guy" Neptune said with confidents, now this is the reason I hate metaness, those kind of people always say that I'm edgy or call me Edge lord, which pisses me off.
"*Sigh* This is going to be a long night hah…" I said to all three of them, as I attempted to face palmed and it happen.
Chapter 4 : END