"You're seriously telling me that she did not try anything at all?" Noire exclaimed,
"Not a thing. Just implied a lot of things" I replied feeling like a war veteran considering that I didn't come back traumatized from Iris.
"What things?" Uni asked, looking up from her hand held which I'm pretty sure is a Play Station Portable.
"Something someone as young as you should not worry about" I gently patted her head so I did not ruffle her hair too much. "Say Noire do you know anyone who can help me with welding pieces of metal together?"
"Why?" Noire raised an eyebrow as we continued down the road towards Lastation, the sun slowly setting over green hills.
Bringing out one of my Kunai I put it against one end of the chain "If I get this welded onto the end of the chain I can launch the it towards a target and then pull it and the target towards me, therefore allowing me to fight them in my element"
"Wow that is ingenious, though you would have to be pretty strong to get that through someone" She mused.
"That's why if I can get something that will launch it I won't need to worry about throwing it, I've just got to edit the Kunai slightly so after it comes into contact with something it'll releases small hooks, that way it'll stay connected until I remove it myself." I continued, miming pulling the Kunai out of something.
"That sounds like you got that from a game" Uni spoke up again, this time the PSP was in one of her pockets "I can help you weld it together right now if you want"
"You can? That's great!" I replied before something dawned on me "Wait why do you have welding equipment on you?"
Uni just coughed and looked away embarrassed "I was going to help Nepgear fix some stuff today and her welding kit was destroyed by her last robot on its rampage"
Shrugging I placed the Kunai and chain on a rock with part of the chain on part of the handle, looking away as Uni went to work I managed to catch a glimpse of someone behind another rock.
"Ooh foreshadowing" I whispered before sitting against a rock "How long until we will get to Lastation?"
"About a few minutes, would be quicker if we just flew" Noire huffed
"I have enough of falling for today thank you" I flicked the back of her head lightly.
"Done" Uni spoke up "Just don't touch it yet because it needs to cool"
"Sweet thanks Uni" Turning I examined the work, she had welded it on perfectly on the hilt without sacrificing too much of the length of the chain "Expert work Uni, how'd you get so good?"
"Working with Nepgear" Uni mumbled
"Anyway is there any way to cool this quicker? We need to move quickly" Noire complained,
"Noire darling you can't. Rush. Art" I tapped the side of her head but I got to admit this was going to take a while "Anyone know how to do a rain dance?"
"A... What?" Noire asked, cocking her head to the side
"A rain dance" I replied "You know tribal dance and stuff?"
"I have no idea what you are on about" Noire shook her head.
"Neither do I" Uni agreed
"Both of you need to get your heads out of the game more" I joked sitting on a rock close by, looking up at the sky as the sun set over the valley.
"So you got here by dying in your world?" Noire spoke up, looking over I could see that she was sitting on a similar rock close by, Uni beside her.
"In a sense yes" I replied, miming a gun against my head "If that portal hadn't opened I would be crushed under a load of rubble"
"That's horrible" Uni mumbled
"Ah I'm happy though, if that hadn't happened I would not be here" Leaning back against the rock I looked up into the sky as the sun continued to sluggishly crawl across the sky. "Though tomorrow is going to be hectic"
"Why is that?" Noire asked "I know Neptune is a hand full but you seem to be able to handle her"
"Because I am a terrible fan boy. So I won't know who to look like the most from my dimension" I could not help but laugh. That's me to a point, unable to decide on who I want to look like the most.
"Why don't you just buy some clothing and be yourself?" Noire asked
"Being myself is boring" I replied "And anyway I have no fashion sense what so ever"
"So why not just take the image of some people and combine them together to make your own image?" Noire spoke up,
It was like the answer to life itself had appeared in my mind, suddenly I shot up and pulled the laptop out of my bag.
"Noire I could kiss you right now!" I shouted as I quickly looked through the pictures of on the laptop before settling on the one mercenary I always wanted to cosplay as. "If you were currently single and wanted to of course"
"W Who said I was in a relationship?" Noire sputtered, her cheeks turning into two miniature red suns
"Oh forgive me I thought you and Neptune were finally going to get serious" I joked before turning the laptop screen around to show the picture to Noire and Uni "I'm thinking this guy but with the trench coat"
"Sounds good but who is he? " Noire asked, cocking her head to the side in that cute way these girls always did. "He looks cool but does not seem like a hero"
"Being a hero is boring. He is a mercenary called Deadshot" I replied, placing the laptop on the ground "By using that template and using one of those wrist guns as a launcher for my chain kunai I can easily incorporate my style of fighting and weaponry"
"Deadshot huh?" Uni looked over to me raising an eyebrow "He uses firearms?"
"Yup why?" I released a sigh thinking that I should of just cosplayed him in the first place
"Have you even fired a firearm before?" Uni responded a smug tone in her voice "You look like you have never touched one in your life"
"While I may not just carry a light machine gun around like you Uni I have fired enough firearms to know my way around them" I retorted
"Enough, we don't need a fight breaking out between you" Noire got in between us "Uni has Thomas's weapon cooled off enough that it can be moved around yet?"
With a sigh of exasperation Uni pulled a small bottle of a clear liquid from out of the small pack she carried the welding equipment in and poured it on the point between the kunai and chain, resulting in a sharp hissing sound as steam billowed upwards.
"There, I was going to try and let it cool naturally but this has cooled it quicker" Uni huffed before she started back on the road "Let's get going"
"She seems a little angry" I commented, slowly picking up my new weapon and lightly touching the joint, before wrapping the chain along my arm.
"She just does not like being rushed" Noire said watching me "So what are you going to do with that spare knife holster? You can't put it in there and throw it quickly"
"I'll buy another knife" I replied which gained me an odd look from Noire "What? I like knifes"
"So I noticed" Noire replied dryly "Come on let's get going again"
Following behind Noire I could not resist spinning the kunai around a few times and getting used to its weight, I can already see how this would normally take people ages to master something like this and why people who do are to be feared. Such as Scorpion. Or... anyone else who uses rope darts.
-Ten minutes later-
"Welcome to Lastation" Noire spread her arms wide in the direction of her city.
Black buildings of a steam punk design reached towards the darkening sky while bright lights dotted the inside of the city. The high wall blocked any monsters access to the grand city and along the outside of the walls small cottages dotted the landscape, farms and other houses giving life to the countryside of Lastation.
"This view was definitely worth walking for" I commented "Now let's get inside before it gets any darker, I'd rather get a good night's sleep and be prepared for Neptune tomorrow than be cranky"
"I'll go ahead and prepare a room for him" Uni said before she quickly transformed and flew off towards the basilacom
"I really need to make sure Nepgear makes sure those thrusters can work in our gravity not just zero gravity" I muttered before walking down the path, Noire at my side.
"We could call into the clothing and weapon shop here today and order your custom equipment now so they will be ready by tomorrow" Noire spoke up,
"Sure you aren't just saying that to spend more time with me?" I grinned as the tips of her ears turned red again
"No that way we can pick them up when the girls arrive and test them out on the same day" Noire huffed "Stop making it out like I'm in love with you"
"Aw you love me Noire?" I replied in a smooth tone of voice, almost like a male Iris Heart
"Just stop!" Noire whined
"Fine fine" Raising my hands to placate her "Lead the way to the various shops we require.
Following behind her we visited the shops we needed, ordering the armour and then heading to the nearest firearms shop. Now this was where things became interesting, as I wanted to use Deadshot's equipment and my own so it resulted in the order of one wrist mounted handgun and one custom wrist mounted launcher for my rope dart which comes with a powerful winch to pull it back quickly, two standard handguns, one sniper rifle with a ACOG scope. The telescopic mount on the helmet will increase the sight to that of a normal sniper rifle.
Going to another shop this one for modifying pre-existing equipment I left my rope dart in their care to give it the addition of those little hooks in a sense making it a really aggressive grappling hook and finally we arrived at the Basilacom as night has fallen and a mixture of the moonlight and street lamps guided our path.
"Well this has definitely been fun today" I chuckled as we walked up the steps into the quiet reception area of the Basilacom
"It certainly has been interesting" Noire smiled as we waited for the elevator to come down. As it arrived we stepped in and she pushed a button
"I assume the floor we are going to stop at is going to be the guest floor?" I asked
"Of course where else do you think we were going to stop at?" Noire asked
"I don't know, depends on how forward you were going to be with me" I joked and could help but smile at her delayed blush as she finally caught on at my meaning.
"What is your obsession making comments like that?" She mumbled as the elevator slowed to a stop at the floor and we both got out
"Your response to those comments is cute" I replied and laughing as her cheeks got even redder "If you blush anymore you are going to have a permanent blush tomorrow"
"Oh shut up!" She almost squeaked as we reached the room "Here is your room, I'll talk to you tomorrow"
"Good night tomato Noire" I called after her as she practically sprinted towards the elevator.
Opening the door the room I would be staying in was quite spacious and neat, a wardrobe rested in the corner and a bunch of draws beside it. A bed occupied the far right corner and a nice black and grey rug rested on a smooth wooden floor. A window showed the city of Lastation, shining brightly in the dark of the night. Reminding me of my old home town in my dimension.
Shaking those thoughts out of my head I quickly stripped out of my cosplay gear and led in the bed without anything on. I would have to buy some nightwear at some point tomorrow so I could put something on but until then I'll just have to stick it like this. Just got to hope Noire, Uni or whoever it is who decides to wake me up knows to knock before entering. I would rather not show my naked body to someone when I'm still half asleep and not in a relationship with them as believe it or not I'm rather sensitive about my body like a load of other people and I'm not in perfect shape like all those other models you see.
Anyway I'm gonna go to bed, I'll need the energy for dealing with whatever shenanigans the author decides should happen tomorrow.