*Pikatwig sat with a content look to his 3DS XL, as KKD walked in.*
Pikatwig: Hey man? Having fun working on preparing that one one-shot we've been doing since October 23rd?
KKD: …*bleep* you too, dude.
*both laugh as KKD sat in a chair*
KKD: Ok… regardless, mind I ask why you're looking at your 3DS?
Pikatwig: Well, I looked it up and found a way to remove the demos I don't want/like and a College Humor video that came PREINSTALLED on my XL without risking any damage to the system. There's an option in System Settings.
KKD: Good thing you discovered it, those videos and pointless data can be very annoying.
Pikatwig: I do have two SD cards for my regular 3DS… thank you New Leaf. ...oh, and speaking of, I got the update for that game that'll allow amiibo usage, and I finally got the special Sun & Moon demo. Have yet to play it though…
*Blanc walked on in*
Pikatwig: Hey Blanc. Thanks for making another totally awesome system.
Blanc: Thanks. *sits down*
Pikatwig: *motions to KKD to talk in private*
KKD: *follows Pika* What's up?
Pikatwig: Find a bit of time to supply her a compliment, Lowee shares have kinda been going down with some stuff I doubt Blanc has control over.
KKD: Define 'no control over'.
*clips of Greninja's defeat in the Kalos League, Ash-Greninja being released, showing an interview with a Nintendo employee saying that the Sticker Star format will be the new norm for the Paper Mario franchise due to the Mario & Luigi series, the backlash from Metroid Prime: Federation Force, the DCMA of AM2R, and how Color Splash was going to be the last in-house Nintendo game for the Wii U*
KKD: Oh…
Pikatwig: Again, most of that is stuff I doubt she has control over… even though Nintendo has done quite a bit of good as of late.
*clips of The Moment between Ash and Serena played, the Animal Crossing New Leaf amiibo support update, Splatoon matches, the localization of Yo-Kai Watch 2, the announcement of the various starter evolutions for Sun & Moon, the revelation of the Ash-Greninja in the Sun and Moon demo, and the re-release of Super Mario Adventures via VizMedia played*
Pikatwig: So… compliment her, just… y'know, make her feel happy. Nothing special, just shoot her a compliment every now and then.
KKD: Oh, right. *turns to Blanc* Excellent work, Blanc! Love the 3DS and am looking forward to Sun & Moon.
Blanc: Oh, thanks.
*the two walked over and sat down*
Pikatwig: Alright, we need to get back to this story… we do have a couple we need to get back to. *file from the filing cabinet fell, being the one for S&MMA.* We'll get to that eventually.
KKD: Yea… *file for SCJ rolled over as well.* How'd this thing get here?
Twilight: I just went sorting through all of the cabinets and put the unlabelled writer ones on the top. That was among them. *grins*
Pikatwig: ...oh yea, that one. *pulls out pen and pad* Note to self: Make list of at least ten stories we need to get back to, collab or otherwise.
KKD: Yea… *chuckles nervously.*
Blanc: Like one story… *walks off and returns in her attire from Hypertagmension*
Pikatwig: Well, you can give us a little leeway since we spent… several days working on one one-shot. *turns to KKD* Again, have fun editing and posting that.
KKD: Again, *bleep* you too, dude.
Blanc: Is that supposed to be a joke?
Off-Screen Guy: Maybe.
Blanc: Oh… you.
Off-Screen Guy: ...got a voice sample! Run it! *hands a tape recorder to Camera Guy, who proceeded to put it up against data from the two cloaked ladies from the first chapter's author opening. It came up negative.* ...*dang it!
Blanc: Uh…?
Motorcycle Gal: Agreed. Uh…?
Pikatwig: There were two cloaked figures in the author opening for this story's first chapter, and they've been trying to figure out who they are.
Motorcycle Gal: Who are they?
Pikatwig: You will not know. Sorry.
KKD: Ok…
Pikatwig: Insider thing between me and KKD. ...and some OCs who will remained unnamed.
*Off-Screen Guy growled a little bit*
Pikatwig: You know, I actually had one other collaber meet and tell me to Off-Screen Guy to stop pestering him or he'll kill him.
KKD: Really?
Pikatwig: Yep.
*Off-Screen Guy rolled his eyes at this*
KKD: Wow…
Blanc: Ahem!
Pikatwig; Right right right. Oh! Before we begin, I wanna show off a few Pokemon things, and something else cool. *walks off and then comes in with a GameStop bag* Not only did I get two codes for Genesect, a Darkrai T-Shirt, I also got… *reaches into bag and does the Important 'You Got the Thing' from Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, revealing the Rosalina amiibo* I GOT THE ROSALINA AMIIBO!
KKD: Suge~! That's quite the batch you got. ...speaking of Genesect, I still didn't get the card code for him yet.
Pikatwig: Yea… *puts amiibo back in bag and then takes out a receipt* They ain't doin' code cards this month. It's just printed on a receipt.
KKD: Huh? Seriously?
Pikatwig: If I had to guess, maybe had to do with the Volcanion cards they did during part of October. ...I am so glad I got two of those, because one of them didn't work.
KKD: I see. ...In any event, don't we have something to write?
Pikatwig: Yes.
Disclaimers: Neither Pikatwig nor KKD Silver own nothing except for any original concepts. The rest belong to their respective owners like Idea Factory, Compile Heart, etc.
Blanc was presently playing a rhythm game, smiling as she managed to break the high score and she wasn't even done with the song.
"That's it… c'mon…" Blanc muttered quietly enough to not be picked by up the game's microphone, just as the last part of the song was set to play "'Lift-Off, Lift-Off My team! We'll go to the edge of the universe! Lift Off! Our trip to space has no countdown! I still can't believe… what my friend hid from me! Still can't believe… just what my best friend, hid from me! My Best Friend… whoa whoa whoa… Best Friend… whoa whoa whoa, Is an Astronaut!'"
Blanc panted a bit as she watched the high score total up and she got the Platinum Record in the scores, "YOSHA!"
With that success, Blanc sat down and watched the pink-haired mascot of the game congratulate her on a job well done. Blanc giggled a bit as she took out the game disc and prepared to set up another game, when Ram dashed into the room and grabbed the remote from her.
"Ram…" Blanc growled, "It's my turn for the TV."
"No. It ended two HOURS ago!"
"Wait, seriously?"
"You've been playing that DoRe whatever game for hours now!"
"DoReMiFa Beat," Blanc told her.
"Yea, that."
Blanc gave an embarrassed look as she walked up to her room and was about to pick something else to do when a thought crossed her mind, '...wait. DoReMiFa Beat? ...that's not an actual video game, is it? Hmm… let's see… announced in March 2011, released five years later due to technical issues... yep, it's real. Don't know what the heck I was thinking.'
"Come on… come on… come on…" Neptune muttered as she pressed the buttons on a controller as fast as she could, "No… no… no… get out of the way, Mighty! Come o- NO! I dodged that! Stupid Salty!"
"Hey, what's got you so riled up?" Takeshi asked, having opened the door to let her inside.
"Got a game over trying to beat the final boss!"
"Mighty Action X?"
"The company said they FIXED all the glitches! I went to midnight release and everything and they said this game was glitch free!"
Takeshi chuckled a bit at her, "Love to help, Nep-chan, but I'm really busy with trying to find a new book for my book report. Maybe afterwards I can help,"
Neptune sighed as she just walked on in anyway and tried to play the game.
"Don't you need to redo your report?" Hana asked as she was looking through some books that their mom had.
"I'm good," Neptune told her, making Hana roll her eyes.
"Sure you are, sure you are," Hana nodded.
Neptune, upon returning home, watched as Nepgear walked over with some papes, "Hi Nepgear."
"Hi," Nepgear responded.
"How's my book report going?"
Nepgear gave a roll of her eyes, sighing as she pulled out some papers about a book Neptune knew nothing about, "I hope Ms. Ryghts won't kill me if I become her student in the future."
"Uh-huh," Neptune nodded as she began to play a video game.
The next day soon rolled around and Blanc was again early, presently passing out the papers, while Rei was grading some of the early turn-in reports.
"Hey, Ms. Ryghts?" Blanc began.
"Hmm?"
"Do you ever have odd dreams with some of us in it?"
"Still thinking about your dream from a few days ago?"
"Yea," Blanc nodded, "I can't shake the feeling how real it was."
"It could mean something, but I wouldn't harp too much on it,"
Blanc simply gave a nod as she sat down and watched as her classmates walked in.
"Now the Great Gamii War has been known to be the worst in history. Now can someone tell me what the results of the long war was?" Ms. Ryght asked, unaware that Neptune was deeply engrossed in a video game at the moment, as Noire raised her hand, "Ms. Kutaragi?"
"It put every nation except for one, but which is unknown, in a state of depression and ruin."
"A-"
"YAHOO!" Neptune cheered, "Bonus level unlocked!"
Ms. Ryghts glared menacingly at Neptune for disturbing class.
"...Oops… My bad," Neptune apologized.
"Ms. Naka, hand it over!"
"I just unlocked the level, I need to beat it!"
"You can save your progress and stuff," Takeshi responded
"No I can't, not in the middle of-" Neptune began to respond when Ms. Ryghts took the system out of her hands, "Hey!"
"Too bad, you can return to it later." Ms. Ryghts told Neptune as she took the console and put it into her desk.
Ms. Ryghts watched as the class was working on a test, "Class, I will be going to the bathroom. I will be back in a few minutes, keep working on your tests, ok? Disturbing the testing environment is an automatic detention."
Thus, she left. Neptune waited a few minutes and then slowly got up, which Takeshi noticed.
"What are you doing?" Takeshi whispered to her.
"Getting my game!" Neptune whispered back as she made a mad dash for Ms. Ryghts' desk to search for her portable system, however, the moment she made it, Ms. Ryghts was about to open the door. Neptune made a mad dash over to her desk and sat back down, looking as innocent as she could.
"Forgot my keys to the bathroom," she commented as she took the keys and headed out again.
Neptune again made a dash for her system and got it out… seeing that not only was the battery almost dead, but she had a Game Over. Neptune's face paled at this as she had never once gotten a Game Over in the game, making her tear up in response.
"NO~!" she cried out in anguish.
"Nep-chan… calm down," Takeshi told her.
Both Neptune and Takeshi sat in lunch detention a bit later, with Blanc being the girl to watch the two of them.
"...this is the teacher's fault," Neptune told Takeshi bluntly.
"She warned you about playing the game in class…"
"When?"
Blanc simply took out a marker and marked some lines on the board to indicate how many more hours of detention they had to serve.
"This is what happens when you never do your work yourself," Takeshi stated.
"Meaning what?" Neptune responded.
Takeshi and Blanc just sighed in response, while Blanc wrote down more lines on the board.
"Everybody knows you have Nepgear do your homework." Takeshi commented.
"Duh," Neptune shrugged, "It let's me have more time for gaming!"
Unknown to the two, Blanc started to write down their conversation.
"I'm glad you make more time for games, but when you focus so much more on the games that you never put effort into work… it worries me as your boyfriend."
"You could do so much better," Blanc muttered.
"Did you say something?" Neptune asked.
Blanc sat in silence as Neptune stomped over to the board and wrote something out. Blanc eventually turned and saw Neptune had written out 'Blanc' and had a line next to it. Blanc rolled her eyes and erased it from the board and added two lines next to Neptune's name.
"What'd I do to deserve that?!"
Again, Blanc said nothing as she sat down and went back to her book.
"...Look… if you put more effort into studying yourself, without the games, I promise I'll get you the next Sonar game."
Neptune sat for a moment and eventually nodded in agreement to the terms her boyfriend gave her. Blanc blinked a bit at the franchise name, something about it not sounding right, but she shrugged it off and continued her book.
"So I need to pick you up later?" Mr. Miyamoto asked Blanc as Rom and Ram got into the car to go home.
"Yea. I promised I would monitor detention for Ms. Ryghts," Blanc assured, "I'll text you when it's over,"
"Alright," Mr. Miyamoto nodded.
Blanc and Neptune sat in Ms. Ryghts room and the only sound there was was the sound of a clock ticking. Neptune was impatiently tapping her foot in annoyance, Blanc noticing this and taking something out of a bag that Ms. Ryghts left.
"You know, you could be doing something productive… like working on your book report," Blanc suggested to Neptune.
"What? I finished it already. I'm an ach-"
"Ms. Ryghts knows you have your homework done by your sister and put the report you had Nepgear made put into the shredder," Blanc commented.
"Wait… are you serious?"
"Yep. She told me you're flunking the class for making your sister do your work."
Neptune groaned loudly at this and Blanc simply handed the purplette a large stack of papers.
"You're gonna be here about five hours. I suggest you get started," Blanc told Neptune.
The purplette sighed as she rummaged out some notebooks and got to work. Blanc could hear Neptune humming out melodies from various video games as she did the work, though Blanc simply ignored it.
'Just remember, Neptune, your boyfriend promised you the new game if you keep up with actually doing this…' Neptune thought as she did some of the work.
Nepgear sighed as she sat in a chair at their home, facing a wall, presently in trouble for helping her older sister cheat.
"You seriously should've known better than to cheat," a voice told her.
"Gomen, Okaa-san…" Nepgear apologized, the woman behind her being much older than her or Neptune having long dark violet hair, light blue eyes, and wore a black shirt and skirt combo with purple accents, "...I just didn't want her to fail."
"Well, you should've helped her study. That would've been more helpful than doing her work for her."
"Gomen, gomen,"
"If you truly want to apologize, don't help your sister with her homework."
"So… whatcha reading?" Neptune asked, rubbing her head in a bit of pain.
"A book one of my sisters likes. I did like the movie that spun off of it… but this book just makes me want to groan," Blanc commented.
"How so?"
"So… this book has various Wized characters from various movies over the ages. From old classics like Snoozing Dazzle to more recent stuff like Giant Team 7. Basically, this book says they all exist in one world and it focuses on the next generation. IE, their kids. Various Wized villains have kids like Farja Vizar and Vendincia."
"I thought they were dead."
"The book states they got revived by magic… and then banished."
"What sense does that make?"
"I dunno," Blanc shrugged, "And get this… both Angola from The Tiny Mermaid and Bruise from The Lion Kingdom are both there…"
"...WHAT?! How?!"
"Your guess is as good as mine," Blanc shrugged as she looked up at Neptune for a moment, then back to her book, "I will just pretend we didn't have this little chat."
"...can I borrow that book?"
Blanc gave a shrug and handed it over, "I better get that back, Naka,"
"Gotcha," Neptune mock-saluted.
Blanc was soon bought home and saw Rom and Ram were watching a Wized movie, being one of the mascot of the company Marty Mouse, and Blanc simply walked back to her room to relax a bit with a good book.
'I don't know if it was ok for me to lend Naka that book? If she damages it, she'll pay for it…' Blanc thought, 'She can be so annoying and lazy that the fact she runs a nation is… wait… runs a Nation? Where did that come from?'
Blanc gave a shrug as she pulled up a tablet and looked at a trailer for Capujin Solar and Lunar, eyeing the small fire kitten with a soft smile.
Pikatwig: We will be getting into why Wized just randomly came up as we approach the end of the story… but yea. *KKD was seen bonking his head against a wall* ...you okay dude?
KKD: So stupid, so stupid, so stupid, so stupid!
Pikatwig: In case you couldn't tell, Wized is supposed to be Disney. The book Blanc is reading is a spoof of the Descendants series. I personally like it… the first movie. The first book? *holds it up* ...not so much.
Off-Screen Guy: You gonna go on any tangents?
Pikatwig: I will save it for a possible review or a rant/ramble thing with KKD, but the book is very much nearing my breaking point of Suspension of Disbelief. And if you think I thought it was bad, check KKD over there.
KKD: *Still banging his head on the wall* STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!
Pikatwig: Ugh… *walks over to KKD with tea in tow* Here.
KKD: *stops with a sigh* ...thanks. *takes the tea and sips it, relaxing a bit*
Pikatwig: And the Kamen Rider Ex-Aid references… why not?
Blanc: And I'm getting shares for Mighty Action X, since that's gonna be released via the Japanese eShop.
KKD: Oh, cool. But wait, how're you getting it on the Japanese eShop when we live in the USA?
Blanc: I'm just saying it's being released there.
Pikatwig: Dumb region locking… why must you exist and prevent me from playing Kamen Rider Battride War II and a bunch of other good Kamen Rider games?
*Blanc shrugged meekly*
Neptune: And if you thought I was being an idiot here… well, I'm far from the brightest knife in the shed.
Takeshi: ...what are you trying to say?
Neptune: Nevermind.
KKD: Anyway, that's about it for today, and I hope we can get to more of this soon.
Pikatwig: Uh… favorite parts and stuff?
KKD: Oh. Right… hmm… I think my favorite part was… um… when Takeshi convinced Neptune to do her work in return for getting a new game.
Pikatwig: Yea, that was sweet. Mine was when Blanc was slowly warming up to Neptune. That was sweet.
KKD: Yea, that was sweet.
Pikatwig: Yea. *notes pop up about what today, November 8th, is and a title to a previous vlog* ...I have no comment to make. I don't remember if I was joking or being serious… *gets looks* Don't ask, not important.
Blanc: Ok then… uh… time for you two to end of.
Pikatwig: Yep.
KKD: Jaa ne.
Pikatwig: Just Live More.