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And I really would like input from anyone who reads this. Should I use this dialogue format for future chapters, or return to my usual format?

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Chapter 18

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15:00, Lastation G-Farm, Midgard City's Production Factory.

Nepgear, Kurome, Magic, Trick, and the rest of the monsters who worked there were all working together to create three pods for making new members like how the Magic and the others were made before. They were in the finishing stages, and once it was done they would only need to wait for Gehaburn to use its powers to the pods since all of this member-making was possible because of her.

Kurome: "Um, Gearsy, which gender is this one again?"

Nepgear noticed Kurome calling out to her, then Nepgear gestured to Magic to cover her part for a bit. Nepgear got off from one of the pods, with Magic on it instead of Nepgear, and went over to Kurome who was handling the monitor. The monitor showed three individuals, which are Rei Ryghts, Copypaste, and Anonydeath.

Nepgear: "You refer to Anonydeath?"

Kurome: "Yeah, I mean, what the fuck is this guy…or girl's Description? The system is confused as I am on what to do with this"

Nepgear: "Hm"

Nepgear thought for a while. She had expected anyone to be confused by Anonydeath's identity portrayal, but she didn't count on the system's inability to remake Anonydeath.

Nepgear: "Just make Anonydeath with the available body schematics, but fully mecha"

Kurome: "So another mecha like Copypaste and others alike?"

Nepgear: "Yes. Oh, and categorize Anonydeath as a female Mecha with her original effeminate voice intact"

Kurome: "Right'o, Gearsy"

Kurome touched the monitor's interface to adjust Anonydeath's data. Once it was done, the monitor began to process the final result and send it to the three pods with the materials present in them.

Kurome: "Done! Just need Burnsy to come here and touch the round pedestal to activate them. Then you'll do your thing like last time"

Nepgear: "Great work, Kurome, thanks"

Nepgear patted Kurome's shoulder while thanking her. Kurome nodded while she tidies her one-buttoned black shirt and her shoulder veil. Nepgear turned to the other side to thank Magic, Trick, and the monsters.

Nepgear: "You all did a great job as well, thank you. Now we got to make sure the pods, hoses, materials storage, processor, and the rest, are in a good condition. Recheck them all just to make sure"

Trick: "As you wish, Milady"

Trick bowed and did what he was told to do. The others followed suit and rechecked their part.

Magic: "How come you stealing my thunder?! I should be the one to answer first!"

Trick: "The early bird catches the worm, as Wikipedia quotes say"

Magic: "Hmph! At least I'll get to be in bed with my Lady later"

Trick: "Excuse me what? How…."

Magic: "The early bird catches the worm, as you say"

Kurome: "Oof, full counter"

The other monsters and Nepgear laughed a bit at their interactions, which seems to be going quite well, given that they are getting along nicely.

Nepgear: "If only you were able to see this, Burn"

Nepgear murmured, then she was reminded of Gehaburn's supposed arrival with Brave, Arfoire, and Warechu. Nepgear looked at her purple Nepwatch to check the time, and it is now 3:15 p.m.

Nepgear: "They are late, did something happen?"

Magic: "Maybe they need to be checked. I'll go on ahead to see them"

Nepgear: "No, I'll go instead. Meanwhile, you keep an eye in here and make sure everything is okay"

Magic: "Yes, my lady"

Nepgear nodded and went on over to the factory's big door to exit the facility. But just as Nepgear was about to open the door from the side, the door suddenly burst open and slammed Nepgear into the steel wall right next to the door. Kurome and the others inside turned to look at the door in shock. From the door, Gehaburn quickly went inside the facility, with Brave, Arfoire, and Warechu walking behind her.

Gehaburn: "Sorry y'all! We're late! Had to wait for Prezzy here to get back up"

Warechu: "Heh, Fitting like a Granny, Chu"

Arfoire: "I'm not a granny! Also, it was just that this guy's training is so exhausting! And I even have that CME Injection thing still kicking in"

Brave: "Where there's exhaustion, there's an improvement"

Arfoire: "...Strict as heck…"

Gehaburn: "Soooo anyway…. We're here to help! But where's Gear? Could've sworn her presence is in here"

Gehaburn looked left and right in front of her, only to see everyone still putting up a shocked look. Except for Magic who was glaring at Gehaburn because of what she did to Nepgear. Before Magic was about to lash out her scythe to Gehaburn, Nepgear spoke behind the door and on the wall.

Nepgear: "I'm right here. Thanks for the slam by the way"

Gehaburn heard Nepgear's sarcastic words behind the door that she opened. Gehaburn closed the big door to see Nepgear with her body making a star-shaped hole on the wall. Gehaburn realized what she did and quickly get Nepgear off the wall, with Arfoire helping her out.

Nepgear's body was still wobbly from the impact, so Warechu initiatively helped Nepgear stabilize a bit her legs held by him as Nepgear tried to stand straight.

Gehaburn: "Oh I'm so sorry Gear! Didn't know you were in front of the door!"

Nepgear: "Who would've known if you rush like that? Besides, I'm fine. The same can't be said for the wall behind me"

Nepgear pointed to the wall she crashed into. The slam had left a human body star-shaped hole. Gehaburn looked at it and laughed nervously at Kurome since the factory is part of her responsibility.

Gehaburn: "My bad"

Kurome: "Hah….it ain't that deep anyway. I can fix it later"

Nepgear then noticed that Magic flew over near her spot and started to clean off the dust and tidy Nepgear's clothes from the rubble. While doing that, Magic turned to Gehaburn, which made her flinch due to how Magic glared at her.

Magic: "How dare you do that to My Lady?! Learn to be careful before opening a door!"

Gehaburn: "I already said sorry….Well, except to you and Kurome"

Gehaburn bowed and with her purple arms posed apologetically in front of Magic.

Gehaburn: "I'm sorry for pushing you and Kurome before at the Tower… I was too hung up on what another me that Gear was talking about. And I'm sorry for acting that way, Gear. That was so not like me"

Everyone was surprised at how humble Gehaburn's apology was, particularly Magic and Kurome. Seeing their usual cheerful Gehaburn overly regretting her actions felt off for them. Kurome had to stop checking her monitor to look at Gehaburn from her position and tell from afar.

Kurome: "You're sorry for that?"

Gehaburn: "I did push you and Magic too hard, I even remember how it made a small crack at both of your bodies"

Magic: "W-well, physical injuries can be healed easily, the same may not be said the same mentally"

Kurome: "Yeah! Just go back to your usual self. Feels odd seeing you act so humble. That's not the Burnsy I know!"

Magic: "Though I don't mind seeing this version of you"

Magic murmured while Gehaburn looked at Kurome at the top, which is where the monitoring room persists. Nepgear snorts after hearing what Magic murmured. She was the only one who heard it, but Nepgear shrugged it off at walked towards Gehaburn.

Nepgear: "Another thing, Burn. What do you want to do now, knowing that there's another you?"

Gehaburn: "...I'll confront it myself, I have to see it with my own eyes to see if this is true. And if it does, I'll beat the shit out of that another me!"

Nepgear: "Correction, we'll beat the shit out of another you. I'm not gonna leave it on our own. While we are at it, Prove it, by-"

Gehaburn: "Mortal Nepbat?"

Nepgear: "What? No! Brave, did you play that game with them during your session? I already told you that it is a dangerously addictive game"

Nepgear leered at Brave. In response, Brave kneeled in front of her queen.

Brave: "I know My Queen. But I couldn't resist when Sir Warechu brought it out when I toured them my room, forgive me"

Warechu: "Haha, Sir Warechu. Like the sound of that, Chu"

Arfoire then bonked Warechu's head with her spear's pole.

Arfoire: "Don't think you're so special just because you were called with a sir"

Warechu: "Jealous much, Chu?"

Nepgear: "Hah…..Nevermind that. What I meant to say is…"

Nepgear turned to Gehaburn and gave her a banana-flavored Snepckers bar.

Nepgear: "Eat my bar"

Gehaburn: "Out of context material, but I'll take it!"

Gehaburn started munching down on the bar quickly and left with a satisfied look.

Gehaburn: "Thanks!"

Nepgear: "No need, just to make sure you're still you. Did you turn off your bold-echo voice?"

Gehaburn: "My voice? Oh right! Err-EHEM. Better?"

Nepgear: "Better. Now then, is everything set, Kurome?"

Nepgear touched her earpiece to talk to Kurome since she doesn't want to yell at Kurome.

Kurome: "All set! No mishap detected, which means everything is A-Ok!"

Nepgear: "Alright, stay on your spot. I'll get Burn to touch the pedestal"

Gehaburn: "A pedestal?"

Nepgear: "Mhm. Since you were out there venting out, we had to make something to convert your powers to the pods without you working on it with us like before"

Gehaburn: "Ahaha…..My bad"

Gehaburn scratched her head back while she laughed nervously. Nepgear only sighed and gestured to Gehaburn and the others to follow her lead. After walking a few steps, they saw a black pedestal. It was accompanied by Trick on its side, waiting for Gehaburn so he could explain how it works.

Trick: "Good to know you've calmed down, Lady Burn"

Gehaburn: "Sorry for how I acted back there. But anyway, how does this work?"

Trick: "Simple, you just have to put both your hands evenly on top and wait for everything to process the member making"

Gehaburn: "Cool! I like it simple"

Trick: "But remember to never move an inch, no matter what happens, especially your hand placement. If you do, there'll be a chance of a malfunction in the system"

Gehaburn: "Have to harden me, huh? No prob! When do we start?"

Kurome: "Place your hands when you're ready! Then the whole thing starts!"

Kurome yelled from afar, though in her mind, she should've asked Nepgear to give an earpiece to Gehaburn. Yelling too much makes Kurome's throat feel sore.

Gehaburn inhaled and exhaled her breathing, then she slap both of her cheeks and readied herself.

Gehaburn: "Yosh! Then rise!"

Gehaburn placed both of her hands on top of the pedestal. Then, purple lines came out from the pedestal and went straight to the pods through the attached hoses. The pods began to suck the materials that were fitted near them and started to shake slightly, meaning that it has begun to recreate the beings from Kurome's monitor.

Arfoire: "Seems to be going smoothly"

Warechu: "Yep. Though, who are y'all creating, Chu?"

Magic: "Umm, I remember the data's names were, Anonydeath, Copypaste, and uh, Rei Ryghts"

Arfoire: "Seriously? Anonydeath? But he's a sly trickster!"

Nepgear: "Don't fret, we've changed some parts from each so that they'll cooperate well with us"

Warechu: "What about his inside looks? We legit never seen him without his armor, Chu"

Nepgear: "..."

Warechu: "Uhh, why are you quiet all of the sudden, chu?"

Brave: "It means either it is unexplainable or you need to shut up and see it for yourself"

Warechu: "Yeahhhh….I'd say both but the closest one is gotta be the latter, chu"

Warechu didn't say anything after that and watched as the pods were doing their work, as seen from the continuous but steady shaking. Trick and Magic were on watch of the pedestal and the pod's behavior with a Nep-Tablet while Nepgear was near Gehaburn to make certain of her current state, having to stand there and hold her position.

While Kurome was drinking her Judgester while checking her monitor above, the system noticed an anomaly had gone inside one of the pods. Kurome was surprised by this and spit her Judgester Juice to the other side and threw it at the nearest trash bin.

Kurome: "The fuck?! Gear! Something just went inside Rei's Pod!"

Nepgear: "What?! Is it dangerous? What's the pod's current status?"

Kurome: "Hang on a sec, lemme check!"

Nepgear asked through her earpiece. The others around her began to worry, especially Gehaburn. At the same time, Rei's pod began to shake violently. Nepgear grew anxious as to what comes next.

Kurome: "Surprisingly, it doesn't hinder the process and the other two pods. Furthermore, Rei's stats had broken through the presumed stat measure!"

Nepgear: "Is this true?"

Nepgear turned to Magic and Trick, to see if their side were on par with Kurome's report. The two nodded and showed the Tablet's statistics. The pod's progress bar continued on their steady development but Rei's stats grew higher than they had calculated.

Nepgear was surprised that something had made more benefit to Rei's pod, but something bugs her. Where there's gain, there's a cost. Nepgear then turned on her earpiece to communicate to Kurome.

Nepgear: "Should we continue?"

Kurome: "My gut says no, but I'll leave it to you for the final verdict"

Nepgear: "...Then don't stop, we have to see this through to the end"

Kurome: "If you say so"

Kurome turned off her earpiece and focused on the monitor to see if anything was coming up. Nepgear turned to Gehaburn who looked at her with worry.

Gehaburn: "Not gonna stop, eh"

Nepgear: "If this is a miracle, I want to see what it costs. At least it doesn't make the process fail itself, that's a plus"

Brave: "We are with you, My Queen"

Brave reassures Nepgear, which lightens up her anxiety a bit. After a while, the pods had finished their process and each had opened itself.

The first pod had let out a blue-purple gas with green spaces all over it. The second pod lets out an orange-dark red gas with grey smoke. And the third pod had only let out a dark-grey smoke.

From the first pod, a Blueish purple-colored robot with green neon lights and small lilac parts had come out of it. It looks the same as the Anonydeath from Ultradimension but with a recolored look on its mecha armor.

Copypaste came next from the second pod. It also looks the same as the mecha from Ultradimension Copypaste, but with a different color. Most of its body was grey, but some parts of it were colored reddish-orange and yellowish-orange, particularly the bulk chest, drills, arm add-ons, etc.

Finally, a female human-looking robot came from the third pod. It has the exact look of Rei Ryghts. Same black business suit with a pair of big gauntlet arms, one horn on her left side, and glasses on her eyes, But this Rei lacks the blue colored lines on her clothes, no blue hair, and no blue eyes. It instead was replaced with grey hair, grey lines, and grey eyes. So there's only black and grey color on her.

The three lined up in front of Nepgear and Gehaburn who had already let go of the pedestal.

Arfoire: "Wow, they look the same as their counterpart"

Warechu: "except for the colors, chu. I mean, look at that Rei over there. She had the colors that granny usually has"

Arfoire: "What did you say, Rat?!"

Warechu: "Not you, chu! I meant grannies in general!"

Magic: "Be quiet, you two! Shush!"

Arfoire and Warechu shut their mouths and observed Nepgear and Gehaburn handle their new family members.

Nepgear: "Hello there you three. My name is Nepgear, your creator and the head family of our family"

Gehaburn: "And I'm Gehaburn! Nepgear's sword and partner in crime!"

Nepgear: "EHEM! I hope that the three of you are loyal to me and get along well with me and the rest of our family"

Nepgear said to the three, whilst hoping that she doesn't have to activate her Deity of Sin's powers. Or even more, her CPU form.

As the first to act, the Purple-blue Anonydeath stepped forward elegantly and began to hold hands with Nepgear. Then, they dance on the spot as if they were in an opera and The Sigma Anonydeath began to speak her words to her queen.

Nynamyrin: "Rest assured, My fair and lovely~. I, Nynamyrin, will be sure to abide and follow every bit of what you say~. I am pleased myself to serve such beauty like yours~"

Nyna stopped, bowed, and kissed Nepgear's hands with her mecha lines on her face. Nepgear blushed a bit at how Nyna treats her.

Nepgear: "I-I looked forward to your prowess, Nyna. Welcome to the family"

Magic: "Why do my fan-girl sense tingling?"

Trick: "And why do my gentlemen's senses tingle? Nyna's not even a man!"

Arfoire: "Wait, This Anonydeath is not a man?"

Kurome: "More like a female mecha"

Kurome had finally arrived near the others below after walking a bit while from the monitor room.

Warechu: "Could ya elaborate, chu?"

Kurome: "Since our system is unable to remake Anonydeath fully due to the obscure data, we had to adjust it a bit. So there's no human body inside Nyna, instead, she is a mecha female"

Arfoire: "Then, this Nyna is a legit pure maiden but mecha? That doesn't sound too far off. I could get along"

Nynamyrin: "Oh, don't worry, darlings and brutes. I'll treat everyone like a family here, though you and the others are so not so beautiful as my lovely Nepgear~"

Magic: "That's your fancy way of saying we're ugly?"

Arfoire: "Nevermind about the getting along part"

Magic, Arfoire, and Trick looked annoyed at Nynamyrin, except for Kurome, Brave, and Warechu. They think of it as a joke.

Nynamyrin: "Dear me, what hostile looks~. I'm kidding about the "not so beautiful" part. Am I right, CP8 darling?~"

The grey, Red-Orange-colored Copypaste moved close to the gang with his black tank tracks. CP8, his name, had a friendly aura and brimmed with cheerfulness and positivity.

CP8: "You said it, Nyna! No matter what, we always have that bond with the family! Muahahaahaah!"

CP8 said and laughed loudly that it can be heard by the other monsters on the other side of the building who were maintaining the pods.

Kurome: "Is this loud enough like your Copypaste in Ultra?"

Arfoire: "Ugh, it is, maybe a little bit more than my Copypaste…"

Warechu: "Both are loud as heck, chu. But he still got that cheerful trait"

Kurome: "Then our process was a success! That's two streaks in a row!"

Brave: "I like this one! I can feel his bravery aura!"

Magic: "Hmmm, reminds me of Judge, but less vulgar. That reminds me, where is he? No way he's missing out on this moment"

Brave: "Knowing him, too caught up in his own moment and forgot to come here. Don't worry, he'll remember at some point"

Trick: "How rude of him to be this late, but I guess it can't be helped"

Brave walked towards CP8 who was talking to Nepgear about his loyalty and pledged himself to Nepgear and the rest of the family. Both look at each other intensely, and then, they gripped their hands together strongly and smirked.

Brave: "Pretty strong hands"

CP8: "I'm confident in my strength, Mr. Brave!"

Brave: "Relinquish that formality, for we are a family in arms"

CP8: "That's what I like!"

Brave and CP8 fist bump at each other, showing their newly found friendship. Gehaburn got a bit jealous and put out his big purple arms and joined their fist bump.

Gehaburn: "Don't count us out!"

CP8: "Haha, indeed!"

Brave: "Hmph"

Nepgear likes what she is seeing right now. Nynamyrin and CP8 can adapt well after being awoken recently. The others are accepting them finely for who they are.

But Nepgear still worries for the Remade Rei Ryghts. She hadn't moved a single muscle and didn't speak anything ever since she came out. Nepgear moved closer to Rei so she can check on her inner state. Gehaburn and the others noticed Nepgear and quiet down themselves, mainly because the atmosphere was intense all of a sudden. As if a hostile something had just risen.

Nepgear: "...You okay?"

Nepgear called out, but Rei? didn't respond. At least until a few seconds later. However, the response was not what Nepgear had expected.

Nepgear: "Ugrh!"

Nepgear was punched in her stomach in a flash by Rei?, so fast that Nepgear didn't block it in time. The sudden punch had made Nepgear's body fly hard from her original position and was about to crash onto the same wall that Nepgear was slammed with by Gehaburn.

Magic: "MY LADY!"

Magic cried out, luckily, Judge had just arrived from the big door while he drank his Judgester juice.

Judge: "Sorry I'm late, Suckers! I got some sudden bizz at the-, Whoa!"

Judge throws off her Judgester randomly and catches Nepgear with both of his hands. Nepgear was safely caught by Judge, though the Judgester drink was splashed near the corner of the building's wall.

Rei?: "FUCK YOU AND YOUR SO-CALLED FAMILY! YOU POOR EXCUSES OF A GODDESS!"

Rei? Exclaimed in a furious rage with blue eyes, then she dashed towards Nepgear's direction. Sadly for her, Brave was quicker and blocked her path with his giant sword's blunt part. Rei? didn't react in time and ultimately crashed herself to the sword and laid down on the ground.

Rei?: "You DARE block in my way?!"

Brave: "If it harms our Lady, we'll block anyone's path who dares to do so"

Rei? got hit on the nerve, and is about to stand up and tear apart the big mecha with trains on his shoulder.

At that moment where she stands, Rei? was already checkmated by multiple weapons aimed at her neck and body. Magic's scythe, Judge's Halberd, Brave's sword with its flame blazed on, Trick's tongue that he lunged far from where he sat, Nyna's purple-blue Fin funnels, CP8 Missile launcher that was aimed at Rei? from afar and opened from one of his drills, Kurome's Indigo Megaphone, Gehaburn's Purple claws, and Arfoire's spear all ready to attack Rei? If she acts hostile one more time towards Nepgear.

Though Warechu stayed in his place and didn't react fast enough, he walked as fast as he can with his tiny legs toward the others that surrounded Rei?.

Judge: "I don't know what's going on right now, but you better step away from Boss Lady!"

CP8: "Yeah, what our bro said! Get out of our Rei's body while you're at it!"

CP8 shouted from a distance. Rei? was disgusted looking at them surrounding her, but she was unable to get out of this situation due to her power not being in her utmost prime.

Rei?: "Tch! You fucks win this time, but I'll be back!"

After Rei? had said her parting words, her eyes turned grey, and dropped unconscious to the floor. They all put down their weapons and a moment of silence came. A few seconds later, Warechu breaks that silence by asking something from behind Arfoire.

Warechu: "She ded, Chu?"

Arfoire: "I don't know, go poke her"

Magic: "No need for poking if I cut her off!"

Magic, still pissed because of Rei? messed with her Lady, put up her scythe, and was about to strike from above.

CP8: "Whoa there! Chill, Miss Magic!"

Magic: "YOU DARE HURT MY LADY AND MOCK MY FAMILY, BITCH?! I'll HAVE YOUR HEAD DECAPITATED!"

Magic lunged her scythe towards the unconscious Rei? And was about to slash her neck, but Magic was immediately blocked by Kurome's Megaphone and Gehaburn's Big purple arms. Magic hopped back and pointed her scythe at Kurome and Gehaburn.

Magic: "Out of my way, you two! This bitch had dared herself to mock and hurt my lady. That itself deserves death!"

Kurome: "I know she really pissed you off. I was hurt by what she did and said as well"

Gehaburn: "But we can't just kill her off! She just arrived at this story! We need to know what's really going on!"

Magic: "But!-"

At that time, slow clapping noises can be heard not far from them. Everyone turned to Nynamyrin, she clapped her hands to get their attention while Magic, Gehaburn, and Kurome weren't clashing their weapons.

Nynamyrin: "Hastiness wouldn't get us far~, we need to examine what's inside our Rei's body. There was something that changed her when she said those…rash words''

Brave: "I did see a glimpse of change, right at her eyes. It turned blue for a short second, then it went back to grey color"

Trick: "Given that our eyes and body color are fixed, and that eyes reflect the soul. It may have been a different Rei"

Arfoire: "Isn't that similar to our Rei in Ultradimension? Like having a change of personality in some time"

Warechu: "Urk, like that time when she turned into her maniacal mode at me and Abnes for not listening to her. And once we heeded, she goes back to her meek self, chu"

Nepgear: "Thing is, we only put Rei's soft side mostly in the designated outcome. We didn't include her most wicked part in the system to stabilize her emotions"

They all turned to Nepgear who had just recovered and came towards them behind Judge.

Magic: "My Lady! Are you alright?"

Nepgear: "I'm fine, Magic. Judge cushioned me before I hit the same wall"

Judge: "I recently got here and I'm greeted with a yeeted Boss Lady, some psycho in one of our own, and recently, a quarrel between you three"

Nepgear: "For an understandable reason, But we're already past that. Right now, get Lei Wyllivena to the Hospital and check her internal conditions"

Brave: "Lei Wyllivena….Will and Live. Nice touch on her last name"

Gehaburn: "Wait, how do ya pronounce that?"

Kurome: "Lei Will-Live-na, easy. I'll just call her Livsy"

Magic: "Why that and not her first name?"

Kurome: "And call her Leisy? It rhymes well with lazy. Not gonna use that"

Nynamyrin: "Pardon me ladies, but the Unconscious Lei?"

Lei: "..."

Kurome: "Oh shit! She's been sleeping on the floor the whole time! I'll carry her to my nearby hospital. Trick, Nyna, Magic, y'all coming with me. Gotta need all our minds for this one"

Trick: "Of course"

Nyna: "Aha, my first task~"

Magic: "Hmmm….."

Nepgear: "You still don't like her? Because of what she said and done?"

Nepgear talked to Magic one on one while Trick, Nyna, and Kurome carried Lei away from the factory. They would've waited for Magic, but Nepgear signaled them to go on ahead.

While Brave, CP8, and Judge were helping the monsters doing their job by lifting heavy equipment. Gehaburn, with Arfoire and Warechu behind her looking at their surroundings out of interest, overheard Nepgear and Magic's conversation.

Magic: "My Lady….."

Nepgear: "Don't resent her. At that moment, she was a different person than we should have welcomed with"

Magic: "I know, but there's that 'Goddess' part that felt off… But knowing My Lady's history"

Nepgear: "...She wasn't wrong entirely about that. Nevertheless, the last thing I could do is to keep a hold of this home that we live in"

Gehaburn, thinking that this is the time to step in, joins the conversation.

Gehaburn: "Plus, as a fellow partner and complicit, I'll be by Nepgear's side and help her together"

Nepgear: "Heh, way to step in, eh"

Gehaburn: "Ehe, if there's a photo bomb, then there's a convo-bomb"

Nepgear: "You and your bad jokes"

Gehaburn and Nepgear chuckled a bit. For Magic, seeing her Lady and her best partner makes the atmosphere warm around her. It's nice that the two are at it again like this.

Nepgear: "Haha, anyway. Magic, please treat Lei well. For me, and her as well"

Magic: "Alright My Lady. But I don't have to if it's not Lei inside right?"

Nepgear: "That's optional"

Magic: "Then, If you excuse me. I'll be on my way"

Nepgear replies with a nod and Magic makes her way to the big door to exit the factory and catch up to Kurome. Gehaburn then asks Nepgear what they should do now.

Gehaburn: "What now?"

Nepgear: "Hold on, I need to check out Histy's book on Rei Ryghts of our dimension. Furthermore, do you remember anything about Rei?"

Gehaburn: "I remember that I was once used by some random swordsman to fight against Rei Ryghts due to some reason. I don't know what happened next because I was parried off from my wielder's hands and I went away somewhere"

Nepgear: "Now I know that there IS a Rei Ryghts of our dimension, just have to find out more"

Nepgear picked Histoire's book that was placed on a book holster behind Nepgear's back. She opened the book and looked on the book's list for anything regarding Rei Ryghts. If memory serves her well, the Rei Ryghts from Ultradimension was once a known goddess from a long past.

So Nepgear thinks that Lei's incident had something to do with Sigma Dimension's Rei Ryghts influence, based only on the blue eyes, knowledge about Nepgear being a Goddess even after awoken recently, and the fact that her power was enough to throw Nepgear hard and fast.

Unfortunately, Nepgear couldn't find anything in the book about Rei Ryghts. It was surprising, knowing that Histoire's book records everything throughout the Sigma Dimension's Gamindustri.

Nepgear: "Well, this is the first time this book doesn't have any information I need"

Gehaburn: "No way, this book should've already recorded everything. Even my time sneaking out at midnight for food is there on this page"

Gehaburn flipped the page to where she had stolen some food for a midnight snack.

Nepgear: "That was you?"

Gehaburn: "Oops"

Nepgear face palms because of this sudden revelation, and the only thing Gehaburn can do is laugh innocently.

Nepgear: "Wait, give me that book. I just noticed something when you flipped its page"

Nepgear flips the book's page backward because she noticed something off.

It was revealed that there was a tiny hint that a book's paper page had been torn off from the book, as seen from the leftover paper that was still stuck in the book.

Nepgear: "This book's paper can be ripped apart from itself?"

Gehaburn: "Well duh, it's a paper, whatcha expect?"

Nepgear: "It's a book that holds everything in Gamindustri. It didn't cross my mind that its pages can be torn apart from the book"

Gehaburn: "It is possible, for a goddess that is"

Nepgear: "How so?"

Gehaburn: "Only those who hold the powers of a CPU can affect that book. Plus, the book's paper is made from materials that are on par with a CPU"

Nepgear: "That explains the ripped page part, but it doesn't lead us to what happened to our Lei and information about this world's Rei"

Gehaburn: "True, though we could ask Kurome about this"

Nepgear: "No, I reckon she doesn't have the intel we need due to her memories still a bit messy if it's about the past, and there's that part where she's only a CPU for a short while in her past"

Gehaburn: "Who could have lived long enough now to know something about this stuff? Hmm….If only I didn't get thrown off in the past. Then again, I would be stuck somewhere with someone using me if I did"

Gehaburn and Nepgear use their heads to think of a solution for their problem, whilst walking in circles and posing their hands like a thinker.

Arfoire and Warechu look at their actions weirdly from a distance and rests their backs on a nearby wall.

Arfoire: "They're thinking in their own world like that?"

CP8: "Haha, Of course! Especially when it comes to one of our own!"

Warechu: "What the shit, Chu?! You suddenly Convo-bomb us like that!"

CP8 appeared behind them and said his words, which surprised the two because of how loud it was.

Warechu: "How come we didn't hear you coming at us? You're this big and those tracks of yours should've given us a heads up, chu!"

CP8: "Must've been the enhanced tracks I got that make my movement smooth and not loud!"

Arfoire: "Who would give you that kind of thing?"

In a Lastation's nearby hospital

Kurome: "Achhoo!"

Nyna: "Need a rest, darling~?"

Kurome: "No need, we need to check Lei out and think of a temporary countermeasure for that other Rei inside her"

Back at Midgard's production Factory.

Arfoire didn't have anything better to do so she helped out CP8 and the others that are currently on the clean-up, and maybe cook something for dinner later. Warechu pretends to look at something so he doesn't get called out, but Arfoire knows his tricks.

Arfoire: "Oh no you don't!"

Arfoire was about to grab his tail, but Warechu's instinct reacted faster than her.

Warechu: "Okay, okay! I'll help! Man, you keep pulling my tail and my anus would hurt as much as you grabbing my tail like that"

Arfoire: "Then help out here! Else you won't get your favorite cheese dish from me"

Nepgear: "Anus…"

Arfoire and Warechu walked further from Nepgear and Gehaburn who were still circling. Though when Nepgear heard the word 'Anus' from Warechu, something struck her thoughts.

Nepgear stopped circling as she found what she needed to do, except for Gehaburn who didn't notice Nepgear had finally stopped.

Gehaburn crashed on Nepgear's back, even so, Nepgear didn't flinch a bit as her mind was too fixated on a revelation.

Gehaburn: "Not again! Could you at least tell me if you've stopped"

Nepgear: "My bad, Burn. I just got someone that I could ask about our predicament"

Gehaburn: "You do?! Who?"

Nepgear: "Uranus"

Gehaburn gasps at that name, for a different reason.

Gehaburn: "My anus? Is my dump that wise?"

Nepgear: "No! Not Ur-Anus, but Ura-Nus!"

Nepgear bonked Gehaburn with a hand chop and pouted at her. Gehaburn caressed her head and Nepgear turned her back to turn on her Nep-Watch to notify someone.

The watch projected a giant red dolphin with big bat wings and horns attached to its head. There's also some armor on his body and notable skin marks aligned randomly all over his body.

It is a monster known as Dolichorhynchopses

Nepgear: "Hello there, Mr. Dolichop"

Dolichop: "Ah, greetings, Lady Nepgear"

Mr. Dolichop moved its body to bow to his lady. Then, Gehaburn sticks to Nepgear to say hello to Mr. Dolichop.

Gehaburn: "Heyya, Dolichop, Been a while! How did you like my nickname for Ya?"

Mr. Dolichop: "I like it now, grew fond of it from time to time, Miss Gehaburn"

Gehaburn: "See? Wasn't so bad was it"

Nepgear: "A-NY-HOW. How's Uranus? Is she still there?"

Mr. Dolichop: "Yes, she's still in her chambers, safeguarded by my fellow dolphins"

Nepgear: "Good, we'll meet you there at the LAN Castle's Secret Hall. In the meantime, make her wake up from her slumber. I got a few things I need between her"

Mr. Dolichop: "I shall await your arrival and do what must be done. There are also some stunts that we have been practicing during our free time. Would you like to witness our performance?"

Gehaburn: "Mmm, stunts, we gotta see that. Can we Gear?"

Nepgear: "Fufu, of course, though after I finished my business that is. See you there, Mr. Dolichop"

Mr. Dolichop waved his fins and terminated the call. Nepgear then notified the others that she and Gehaburn will go to LAN Castle to confront the Slumbering Uranus.

(-)

18:00, North of Planeptune's G-Farm, LAN Castle's Secret Hall.

Nepgear and Gehaburn were walking towards an ancient classical-designed door chamber leading to where Uranus resides. Near the door, there is Mr. Dolichop and two smaller Dolichorhynchopses behind him.

Mr. Dolichop: "You have arrived, Lady Nepgear and Miss Gehaburn"

Gehaburn: "Yo!"

Nepgear: "Has Uranus woken up?"

Mr. Dolichop: "Yes, it took a bit of our time and force to wake her up, knowing that she's dissatisfied with you"

Nepgear: "I can imagine why. Thank you, Mr. Dolichop. We'll enter her room ourselves, you can have a rest in the meantime and prepare for what you want to show us"

Gehaburn: "And can I join too? I wanna play with your stunts. Don't worry about me not being a dolphin, cuz I can morph myself into one!"

Mr. Dolichop: "Haha, it's not about the form, it's about the technique. But sure, you can join us too. Then, if you'll excuse us"

Mr. Dolichop and The other two Dolichorhynchopses flew away from the area and went on to the resting area that was provided through a few constructions.

Nepgear and Gehaburn nod at each other and open the Uranus chamber. In the room, Nepgear felt nostalgic. The room was the same as it was when she first entered to meet Uranus with her former Makers, Goddesses, and her sister Neptune. Same yellow gold windows with decorative outbars, red curtains on the other ends, dark green walls with artistic decorations, old but bright chandeliers on top, brown light and dark floor with square ceramics, red carpet, and a classic bonfire place with an old clock above it.

That nostalgic moment was cut short when a familiar voice was heard and a small bright light appeared in front of Nepgear and Uranus.

Uranus: "If isn't the new Deity of Sin and her cursed companion. I already told you to set your differences aside to defeat Arfoire before and now look at you, all dark clothing with a lot of blood spilled by your hands. Not to mention you remake the four CFWs and made the monsters your slaves"

Nepgear: "Not slaves, they're my family. No betrayal and distrust between us, unlike my fake bonds with those fucking humans"

Uranus: "Mind your vulgar tongue, you fallen Goddess! You wouldn't have to be like this if you-"

Nepgear: "I know what we-, I, should've done! And yet even after that, I tried to shoulder all those responsibilities and where did that lead me to? Backstabbers and me being ALMOST DEAD because of their hidden plot against me! If it weren't for Burn by my side, I would've been dead by now"

Uranus: "You should have died there. Then, new Goddesses shall replace those empty spots of each four countries and guide Gamindustri and the Humans"

Gehaburn: "Aw heck Nah! You crossed the line too far there, little spark!"

Gehaburn was about to go one-on-one with Uranus, but Nepgear put her arm out in front of her, telling Gehaburn to stand back and let Nepgear do this.

Nepgear: "Are you hearing yourself right now? Do you think of us Goddesses only as expendables? You, who only gave us advice with no story of it and left it at that, have dared to say that?! The humans wanted no more Goddesses! They had a plan which will bring down all Gamindustri to nothingness, yet you side with them? "

Nepgear frustratingly remarks and angrily points her Gunblade at Uranus. Nepgear's face was mostly out of rage, with some mixture of pain and sadness hidden beneath her anger. Gehaburn even saw a glimpse of tears in Nepgear's eyes.

Uranus: "..."

Nepgear: "Not to mention, you didn't give me ONE bit of guidance when I govern the whole Gamindustri as a sole goddess when I need it the most. I didn't resort to forcibly calling you out in the past, but now, I don't have to hold back anymore"

Nepgear channeled an electric current to her Gunblade, then she used a soul-grabbing ability from Histoire's book to lock onto Uranus with her Gunblade. The electricity was felt deeply by Uranus which caused heavy damage to her soul.

Uranus: "AAARRRGGGGGHHHHH!"

Nepgear: "Even now as a soul, you feel pain, How ironic. That amount of pain isn't even comparable to what I've been through!"

Uranus: "FORGIVE ME! MAKE IT STOP!"

After hearing that, Nepgear cut the connection and sent her Gunblade back to her inventory.

Uranus' tiny soul of light was seen levitating down to the floor. Uranus was panting heavily, even without any sort of breathing organs to do so.

Nepgear took pity and kneeled down in front of Uranus to heal the damage she sustained.

Nepgear: "...Look at me, Uranus. I understand well enough that you don't like me anymore, and I don't care about your sentiments. Yet, I still have something that I want to care for and protect at this moment"

Nepgear glanced a bit at the window that views outside of the chamber and then she glanced to Gehaburn before she turned back to look at Uranus. Seeing Nepgear glancing at Gehaburn after saying it makes Gehaburn smile at her.

Nepgear: "Go ahead and mock me all you want, but right now and further on, I want you to cooperate with me when I need it. Please, Uranus?"

Nepgear bent down her upper body toward Uranus as a sign of sincere forgiveness and request to Uranus. Gehaburn was surprised to see Nepgear bowing like that, but she bent over as well to follow her partner's decision.

Uranus was quiet at first, but seeing the fallen goddess and her cursed sword bowing to her right now made Uranus feel guilty about what had happened outside her chamber and guilty of what Nepgear had become.

Uranus: "...Stand up straight, Nepgear. A goddess shouldn't bow so easily like that"

Nepgear: "You refer to me as a Goddess now?"

Uranus: "You haven't fallen so low yet to be called a fallen goddess"

Gehaburn: "So you'll help us from now on?"

Uranus: "As much as I can, even if I'm just a soul. I feel that what had happened so far was also because of my lack of guidance to you all. Now I want to make it right"

Nepgear: "We all fucked up, but now we must move forward with the sins that have been made"

Uranus: "Indeed we must. Then, I shall tell you about Rei Ryghts that I know of"

Gehaburn: "How'd you know we were about to ask that? Are you a fortune teller?"

Uranus: "Silly Gehaburn, I'm just a soul. Though as a soul, I can sense a fellow soul that had just been awoken thanks to you all making the exact host for Rei Ryghts"

Gehaburn: "How come she can just yeet herself inside our Lei?"

When Gehaburn asked, she sat down on the floor with Nepgear. Gehaburn had a feeling this would be long to explain.

Uranus: "Because as an ancient Goddess and a powerful one, she can. Yet because of some sort of trigger, Rei Ryghts had almost destroyed the whole Gamindustri to nothingness"

Gehaburn: "Wow, she's that powerful?!"

Uranus: "Yes, Even more so than The Deity of Sin Arfoire herself. It took every adventurer, guards, Makers, the other Goddesses, and even the monsters aided to stop her madness of destruction"

Gehaburn: "And me as well, huh. No wonder at that time, my past wielder was so desperate in beating her"

Nepgear: "What a history. So, I assume that all of you were victorious. What happened next?"

Uranus: "Once she was finally defeated and her senses were back to normal, Rei Ryghts felt heavy guilt for what she had done. To fix all of it, Rei sacrificed all her powers and her life to revert all the deceased Gamindustri and the inhabitants to life"

Gehaburn: "The end?"

Uranus: "Not yet, there's an epilogue of her"

Uranus: "Rei Ryghts also quickly fasten the share crystals to make four new Goddesses, I was part of the four who had been born"

Nepgear: "So the timeline is, Rei, then you, and now me"

Uranus: "Correct. After I was too old to be remembered, I had to cease to exist and make Neptune succeed me. Of course, your sister didn't know that since it was a long time ago"

Gehaburn: "Hmmm, I wonder where Kurome falls into the timeline…."

Gehaburn murmured to herself while thinking of when Kurome had been born as a goddess. Was Kurome part of Rei's time, or before? Gehaburn didn't think of it too much and continued hearing Uranus' story.

Nepgear: "But how come you know all of this but we don't? Even Histoire's book never mentioned any of those events"

Uranus: "It was also because of Rei. She explained to me about the events that had happened before me because out of all the goddesses after Rei, I was the most trusted one to her"

Gehaburn: "Like the 'Master and pupil' trope?"

Uranus: "You can say that, now back to the story. Once she told me everything, Rei ripped the whole page about her without Histoire noticing. And to make sure, she wiped Histoire memory about it"

Nepgear: "Hold on a second, Rei was supposed to die after reverting everything. How come she had the time to tell you all about that?"

Uranus: "Remember about the Ancient part? She slipped through a human reincarnation of her and approached me. At first, I didn't believe her. But when Rei shared her memories with me, I swore to honor her choice and promised her to make Gamindustri a better place"

Nepgear: "How noble. Then, I guess after that, because she's an 'Ancient' Goddess, she wiped the Goddess memories in her human incarnation's brain and lived her life as a human without any CPU connections"

Uranus: "For guessing right, you get a 100 score. Oh, and I also forgot one more thing, each time she is reincarnated. Rei retain her goddess powers and memories, and yes she can wipe them again when she needs to"

Gehaburn: "Then, Rei got pissed because…"

Nepgear: "Similar reason like yours, Uranus. Resentment towards me, and she's bent on it"

Uranus: "I'm afraid so. Seeing you had extinct all humans and became the queen of monsters as the Deity of Sin had made Rei undergo an extreme level of hatred for you, and your family"

Gehaburn: "Shiiii, first an another me, now this"

Uranus: "Don't be so discouraged, Gehaburn. Rei's powers when reincarnated are not at her peak yet"

Gehaburn: "Excuse me what? Rei just launched Gear with a single fast punch!"

Uranus: "Ahaha, she can be like that, anyway. You can keep her soul at bay through some medications. Or, if you want it the easy way…. You could destroy Rei's body"

Gehaburn: "And kill our Lei while we are at it? No thanks, bucko!"

Uranus: "Ahaha….. Forgive me for saying that then"

Uranus laughed nervously. Then Nepgear pats Gehaburn's shoulder.

Nepgear: "Have no fear, Burn. We'll never resort to the last one. Lei is one of our own"

Gehaburn: "Mhmm!"

Nepgear: "As for you, Uranus. Thanks for the story-telling"

Uranus: "You're welcome"

Nepgear and Gehaburn stood up and tidied themselves before leaving Uranus' Chamber. Gehaburn got out first, then Nepgear followed after, but she stopped midway near the door and looked behind.

Nepgear: "Would you like to come with us? Must be lonely floating around in your chamber. We could put you in another place for you to hang around"

Uranus: "Tempting, but my soul is bound in my chamber. If I get out, then I would never be able to watch over Gamindustri"

Nepgear: "Then I'll find a way for you to get out once in a while, I can promise you that"

Uranus: "By that time, I'll wait here with Mr. Dolichop. Good luck with your struggle, Nepgear"

Nepgear smiled and nodded at Uranus before exiting the chamber. When Nepgear turns her back to Uranus, Uranus can see a glimpse of Rei's blue hair and back before Nepgear closes the door.

Uranus: "Master Rei, you see Nepgear as your past self that you hated so much, do you?"

Uranus then returned to her slumber later saying those words. The chamber's lights have died down when Uranus slumbers.

Outside Uranus' Chamber

Gehaburn: "Phew! What a doozie that was, hearing all that story"

Nepgear: "Can't be helped if we want to know what's going on. Furthermore, it's nice to see Uranus begin to help us out more"

Gehaburn: "Then can we see stunts with the others before we go out? It won't be long, right?"

Nepgear: "Yes we can. Let's go see them now, then we'll meet Lei afterward"

When Nepgear and Gehaburn are about to walk toward the resting area to meet with Mr. Dolichop, fast running steps can be heard from the hallway. It was revealed to be Lei Wyllivena, with her black, grey striped business suit, big white and grey gauntlets, glasses, grey eyes and hair, and a single white grey horn on the left side of her head.

Lei: "M-Mistress!"

Lei, with a worried face, was running towards Nepgear who looked surprised to see her now. Gehaburn was cautious at first, but Lei accidentally stumbled onto the floor due to her clumsiness and a single rock on her path.

Lei: "Ouchies…"

Gehaburn: "Hm"

Nepgear: " Oh dear, you okay?"

Nepgear and Gehaburn walked close to Lei and helped her in trying to get up from her fall.

Lei: "I-I'm fine, Mistress, Miss Burn"

Then, two more footsteps were approaching them from the Hallway. Magic and Kurome appeared from the hallway looking tired.

Kurome: "For someone…who had just been treated….. You sure run pretty fast. Good thing the other Rei is sleeping right now….inside ya"

Magic: "Forgive us….. for this sudden event…My Lady. When we told Lei…what happened…She jumped out of the bed to search for you"

Lei: "I-I'm sorry for what I did to you, M-mistress. I didn't know w-what had become of me ..."

Lei looked sad and guilty for what had happened, even though it wasn't her doing in the first place. Nepgear sighed and softly smiled at Lei while she patted her head.

Nepgear: "Good grief, what a hassle you are. Don't worry too much about it, Lei. It wasn't your fault in the first place. Lighten up for us, hm?"

Lei: "I-I w-will! Mistress!"

Lei smiled as she stuttered. Then, Nepgear, Gehaburn, Lei, Kurome, and Magic side y side walked together to the resting area so they can enjoy some stunts provided by Mr. Dolichop there.

To Be Continued

(-)

Please refer to CP8, Nynamyrin, and Lei Wyllivena's character picture from the fanfic's poster if you find it hard to imagine it.

Bit of trivia for the new trio's names.

CP8 is only short-term for the codename "Copy Paste 8th". It's like that Because Copypaste in Sigma Dimension is the 8th member of the family (Also it is derived from my fav Gundam from the show "Gundam 08th MS Team '' called Ez8 Gundam. Get it? Ez8? CP8? Okay moving on)

Nynamyrin. Nyna is from the "Anony'' part from Anonydeath's name, but without the "O", also I rearranged it a bit from Anony to Nyna. Myrin however, is from the Kurdish (Kurmanji) language that translates to death (yes same as the death part from Anonydeath but in another language)

Lastly, Lei…..Nah, no in-depth or anything. Just change the "R" in Rei to "L". Also, the Wyllivena part is already explained in the story. Wyl (Will), live (Live), na (na, yes just na).

Now that I have explained their names, start the…

NEPSTATION TIME

Uranus: "So, another lore has been laid down. That's one more out of many"

Sigma Warechu: "Yeah, look forward to upcoming chapters, with a decisive battle, team-ups, and surprises later on. Huhu…."

Uranus: "What seems to be the problem, Mr. Sigma Warechu? You look sad despite having said those hints that should've been paired with excitement and such"

Sigma Warechu: "I'm feeling not so lucky so far chu. First, I got beaten down many times during my ASIC times. Second, I got no Linda I could mess with. Third, I have to do the painful-but-forced job of watching and recording everything in Sigma Dimension….."

Uranus: "Aww, look at the bright side-"

Sigma Warechu: "I'm not done. Now fourth, I have to do this stinkin' Meta commercial just because Nepgear ordered me, chu. Worse, I have to do it with you"

Uranus: "Hey, what's wrong with benevolent me?"

Sigma Warechu: "You? You're just a tiny light soul with no sexy voluptuous body whatsoever…I miss my Compa, chu"

Uranus: "You know, you should be polite and mind your words when talking to a lady"

Sigma Warechu: "You're a lady, Chu? Thought you were a brat for a moment, like that royalty brat from some shows"

Uranus: "...You know what, I think you need a LESSON right now!"

Uranus's light had turned bigger and angrier than before. Sigma Warechu gulped at the big light in front of him.

Sigma Warechu: "Gulp…"

Uranus: "Know your place now?"

Sigma Warechu: "You can turn this big but no sexy boobies, chu?"

Uranus: "THAT'S IT!"

Uranus chased Sigma Warechu down throughout the whole studio. Gehaburn, being the acting director, had to cut down the broadcast. Sadly, Nynamyrin is the one who's holding the camera.

Gehaburn: "Augh! Not again! Cut the camera, cut the camera!"

Nyna: "Now why would we do that~? This will be a big hit of a live show~~"

Gehaburn: "FUUUUU—-!"

WE'RE EXPERIENCING A MAJOR DIFFICULTY PLEASE MOVE ON TO OTHER FANFICS AND CHANNELS.

(P.S. Please tell me what you think about the dialogue format)