When Shin arouse and headed towards the kitchen he saw a note on the fridge from Compa
Nep-Nep and I have gone shopping and get something to eat. Sorry.
Love: Compa
Shin decided to cook a breakfast meal even though it was the afternoon, but he felt like cooking some bacon and eggs. Usually Compa would cook for both her and him she was really good at cooking too, but for some reason was terrible at making simple eggs and bacon. The fact that she can't cook such a simple meal is at least baffling.
On rare occasions, except for breakfast meals, Shin would cook. To him it was nothing special, but Compa would look as though he made a very rare and delectable dish. All he did was add a few spices nothing special.
He finished his meal and washed the dirty wares of the kitchen just in time for Neptune and Compa to return with Neptune jumping inside.
"Hey guess what." Neptune started waiting a few seconds for Shin to respond, but was returned with silence. "We found a quest at the guild that wants us to clear some monsters from that cave we found the other day."
"Yes we came back to get you, but you don't have to come if you don't want to" Compa told Shin.
"So do you want to come or not, if you don't you'll be a big party pooper." Neptune excitedly said.
A nod of approval was given.
"Alright I knew you would agree." Neptune smiled "Now all we need is either a summoner or a black mage and our classic party will be complete."
Compa raised a questioning look "Nep-Nep what do you mean by classic party?"
"What I mean is that we have a classic party set up." Neptune beamed at Compa "Compa you're the white mage." She then turned her direction towards Shin "Shin you're the fist fighting monk, well you're not a monk, but you fight with your fists." She then points a finger towards herself "And I Neptune am the sword wielding warrior."
Compa's eyes fill with amazement as she understood. "Ooooh I get it now." The sensation in her eyes didn't leave.
"Yeppers just need to find that mage or summoner." Neptune declared with a full beaming smile on her face.
They once again passed through the forest to get to the underground cave.
"Nep-Nep why are we here?" Compa asked as they saw the hole they fell in.
"Simple Compa we're going to jump down the hole to reach the cave." Neptune declared all too happy
"Wait isn't that dangerous to do. Jump down the hole I mean." Compa tried to reason with Neptune.
"It's either this or take the boring way and walk through an entrance to the cave. I chose jump in the hole." Neptune's smile never faded
"Wouldn't we get hurt jumping in?" Compa once again tried to reason.
"Don't worry no one gets hurt from falling in RPG's" Neptune said.
"I don't think I can argue with that." Compa sounded less worried
Shin jumped in first.
"Alright let's go" Neptune jumped in "Wheeeeee"
Then Compa jumped in "Aaaaaaaah" She screamed
Shin like last time landed on his feet crouching down.
Neptune landed on her feet as well, but slipped and fell on her butt. As she was about to get up again Compa landed on top of Neptune.
For some strange reason they were struggling to get up.
"Compa now is not the time for a fan service scene!" Neptune screamed out of shock.
"I'm not doing it on purpose Nep-Nep" Compa's struggling voice added.
"Oh yeah why are your boobs in my face smothering me"
"It's because you keep moving Nep-Nep."
"I'm moving to try to get out. Now get off me before this turns into an M-rated scene."
They finally got back up after a full minute of struggling.
"Are you okay Nep-Nep" Compa said full of worry.
"Yeah I'm fine." Neptune replied casually as.
They both said these as if absolutely nothing happened
"Say, Compa what are we supposed to do here?" Neptune asked.
"Nep-Nep did you not read the fine print on the request." Compa said worryingly
"Oh come one no one reads the fine print, never have never will" Neptune cheered.
"That's not something to brag about. It looked like we have to check on the monsters and see what they are doing here."
"Speaking of monsters that huge one is still somewhere in here right?" Neptune began to worry.
"A lot of people came here already so it should be gone." Compa reassured.
"Whew thank goodness that's a relief. I don't want to encounter it again after the first time."
The first monsters they encounter are a Clyde and Ms. Clyde two ghost like things that are orange. Plus a pixel invader.
As usual Neptune was up first. She swung her wooden sword around flailing at the bow wearing Ms. Clyde on her last stroke she finished it off. Compa went up next as she stabbed her needle in and out of the monster, but it didn't finish it. Shin was next as a punch just finished the monster wasting his turn, but wouldn't have to deal with it attacking.
The pixel invader fled.
"Ah man I didn't know these monsters did that." Neptune complained.
"Don't worry Nep-Nep there is always next time." Compa rubbed her back trying to comfort her.
"But so much wasted exp points."
They encountered only a Clyde and Ms. Clyde the next time so they finished it off quickly as Neptune leveled up to five, but Shin and Compa leveled up to four.
"Ooh level up let's see strength up, movement up yada yada yada, oh new skill jumping arts I'll have to try that out." She then looked at the party's stuff. "Ooh Shin you have a new skill Lunge." She read the information about it.
"What the it takes some of your health?" Neptune said aloud as she read the skill noticing it needs H.P instead of S.P "Is this some sort of coding error?"
"It takes away health instead of S.P?" Compa said shocked.
"Yeah says it'll take away a small percentage of H.P"
"Really I've never heard of such a type of skill before." Compa said
"I know, what type of person would use a skill that kills them. Unless they use it as a kamikaze move in which both him and the enemy die."
Unbeknownst to them the health draining skills were the most powerful to use if used right, or in Shin's case Focus and physical attack.
"We got to find a way to fix this so that it won't kill you." Neptune declared "I swear my friend I will find a way to make this health stealing attack work for you."
Well with that said and done they then proceeded to walk through the cave.
"It's getting darker the deeper we go." Neptune said.
"Nep-Nep where are you, I can't see you Nep-Nep" Compa panicked
To Shin it was pretty dim, but not the whole it's so dark you can't see, but rather your eyes will get used to it. He has no idea what they are prattling on about.
"Oh come on Compa it can't be that bad, though it is dangerous so be extremely careful."
Suddenly Neptune bumped into someone.
"Nep-Nep are you okay? If you fall into a pit it could be game over." Compa adds
"I think something ran into me. Hey it's dark so be careful." Neptune reminds the person who bumped into her.
"Hey watch it girl." A female voice comes from the someone.
The female wore a blue jacket plus white detailing wearing a black, tank top and short-shorts, with a strange looking belt. Green eyes, Brown hair and a green bow.
"Wait. What are kids like you doing here?" The female suddenly asked.
"Me a kid? Speak for yourself, you look like one yourself." Neptune retorted "Wait who are you?"
"I'm IF let's just say I'm the Wind Walker of Gamindustri" The female introduced herself with a smirk.
"…." Neptune moved her lips a bit, but it didn't go unnoticed.
"Ah. What?" IF questioned
"You're the Wild Talker or Gamindustri?" Neptune very very very clearly misheard what IF said.
"Wind Walker I travel the world making a living working with the Guild." IF corrected "Though enough about me what are you girls…. And boy doing out here?" IF questioned having a noticeable pause with the word boy.
"We came for the guild too. Oh I'm Neptune, that's Compa, and that one is Shin" Neptune pointed at them.
"Nice to meet you I'm Compa" Compa smiled as she greeted.
"Shin" Shin deadpanned as he bowed a little.
"You've got to be kidding me. You are working for the Guild too?" IF said with obvious discomfort at the fact.
"Well nice to meet you too. Well we can handle ourselves you know." Neptune appeared irritated something that seemed impossible to do yet it happened.
"Really, even with all the monsters around here?"
"uhhhhh…." Neptune was a bit dumbfounded actually a whole lot dumbfounded.
"Let me guess you didn't read the fine print before taking the work." IF guessed correctly "Don't get me wrong, but he looks capable, if I didn't know any better I would assume he was your escort to getting you out of here alive." IF motions towards Shin.
A growl was heard
"Nep-Nep that can't be" Compa asked full of shock ignoring IF's argument.
"Not again!" Neptune and Compa simultaneously shout out of shock.
"What should we do Compa it's got to be looking for me?" Neptune fearfully asked
IF confused joined in "What you girls know what that is?"
"Yes Nep-Nep sandbagged Mr. Monster here good." Compa filled in
"What should I do it's got to be looking for revengence" Neptune panicked.
"Hard to believe, but if you can fight I'm gonna need all three of you to help me." IF said.
"Nep-Nep we have to beat Mr. Monster here for the sake of Planeptune." Compa declared to Neptune.
"Alright let me go super-mode from the beginning then" Neptune declared as she quickly transformed blinding everyone else as a beam of light plus ones and zeros appeared.
"Hah. I'm ready now" The mature sounding Neptune declared.
"Wait, what happened you're huge like all over!" IF was very confused more so to the all over though.
"Surprise Nep-Nep can change forms. Nep-Nep is really strong like this." Compa filled her in.
"Well now do you believe when I told I beat that monster once before." Neptune mockingly
"Do I even have a choice it's harder not to believe now." IF retorted
The Guard Vermin once again growls as its appearance is still the same.
"So want to get it on do you? Well the feelings mutual." Neptune brought out a come at me stance. "I'm gonna have to take you down to stop anymore casualties."
The battle begins.
The Guard Vermin immediately attacks Neptune causing somewhat mediocre damage in terms of H.P. Immediately IF attacks "Demon Flames" IF twirls around as she unleashes a small series of flames which damage the Vermin quite good actually.
Next was Shin as he was ready to do the new move he learned. He grasp his arm and body rushes the enemy causing a significant amount of damage to its guard meter, but only one hundred to the actual H.P. though his H.P seemed to drop about three percent noticing the H.P drop was IF
"What happened how did you lose some of your H.P.?" IF questioned Shin.
Compa answered her question "That move he just did takes away H.P instead of S.P."
"Seriously why use a move when it's just going to kill you?"
"I don't know" Compa replied.
"Anyway" The transformed Neptune interrupted "It seems to have broken its guard." She was right the guard meter only was about a small dosage of it left.
Compa moved in slapping it with her needle causing the guard to break and it's H.P to decrease significantly faster as she stuck her syringe in and out of the Vermin which made its health about thirty percent left.
For some reason the Guard Vermin was able to move again, but instead of healing itself, like a lot of bosses never do, it hit Shin causing a noticeable decrease in health as it dropped to about four hundred.
Neptune's turn was finally here as angrily told the monster "You'll pay for that! Cross Combo!" She once again did the Combo on the Vermin like the last time juggling the monster a few times before rising it towards the air and slamming it down with a heavy force.
This did the trick as the monster once again was defeated this time for good.
"Was I too hard on you?" Neptune taunted as she did a pose of victory.
After a few seconds of silence Neptune begins to speak again "Well that was an unfair match the monster was injured after all."
"Not bad, honestly I'm not sure I could've handled it myself thanks." IF thanked Neptune and party.
"No problem I was the one who let it go in the first place."
"Still that's some transformation, you're like a different person" IF noted that Neptune's personality changed a bit when she transformed.
"I was surprised the first time I saw it too." Compa smiled.
Neptune quickly powered down as her transformation untransformed. "Phew I'm beat" She breathed.
"Nice fight Nep-Nep you were really cool." Compa said
"Oh stop flattering me."
"Really it's hard to believe you're the same person." IF commented.
"Oh yeah hey Iffy want to join our party?" Neptune asked out of the blue
"Iffy?" IF responded.
"Yup IF equals Iffy sounds cuter too, don't you think so?" Neptune said.
"Iffy"
"Wait you don't like that name?" Neptune asked "Were you teased by kids by it?"
"No I was never teased with my name before, so call me whatever you want."
"Okay then I'll call you Iffy too." Compa added in.
"Now then do you want to come with us?" Neptune asked "Having a pro like you would be cool…. Even though it would ruin our classic party set up"
"Well why not. As they say the more the- wait what do you mean by 'ruin classic party set up'?" IF stopped herself.
"Oh no don't be offended we just kind of had this thing where our party is like a classic RPG party. We have the White Mage Compa, The fist fighting monk, even though he's not a monk, Shin, and me the sword wielding warrior all we needed was a mage or summoner and we'd be good." Neptune informed IF of the 'Classic Party'
IF sighed as Neptune explained the idea "Oh well the more the merrier, I'm not even going to begin questioning you."
"Great hope we become bestest friends Iffy." Neptune cheerfully replied.
"Sure looking forwards to it." IF smiled back
Shin tapped on Compa's shoulders causing her to look at him as he pointed to himself signifying her to heal him
"Oh right sorry." Compa said as she healed Shin of his lost health.
"So uh… what's your deal?" IF talked to Shin
A shrug to the shoulders was a response she was somewhat expecting due to her observations of him not talking.
"I guess I won't get much from you, but for some reason I like the contrast compared to your party members"
A few battles later they make it towards a bridge.
"Well, now that I got a good look around this place is huge" Neptune commented on the cave
"We're lucky we didn't get lost running around" Compa commented on the comment.
"You came here before, right? Mind filling me in on the details?" IF asked.
"So let's see Nep. Falls loses memory, Histoire, key fragments….. These all seem so random." IF comments on the craziness of the situation
"Well shoot thanks" Neptune takes that as a complement
"I wasn't praising you" IF sighed as they almost continued on.
"Well Shin and I are cousins" Compa adds in.
"Ooh even I didn't know that" Neptune comments "I guess there is more character to you than a silent protagonist, protecting your little cousin how adorable." Neptune stated though on a very wrong scale.
"Actually I'm the older cousin some people usually get that wrong due to the height difference." Compa told Neptune. There was an obvious height difference as Shin was standing taller than everyone else there, he was only smaller when Neptune transformed.
"Huh never would have guessed" IF notes
"That explains why you live with each other, but it doesn't explain his silence." Neptune comments
"Oh I know it must have been because his p-"Compa started, but stopped as she was about to say something that would invades Shin's privacy. She looked towards Shin having a fearful look in her eyes.
A nod of approval was given.
"Well um… it's a rather sensitive subject, but his Dad disappeared and his mom died." Compa slowly said in a not so offending of the dead tone.
"Oh…" IF looked down at her feet before turning to Shin "Sorry for your lost."
"That however doesn't explain the silence, he would be angsty, and no he would have to have seen something so terrible that he doesn't speak so often." Neptune speculated hand waving the dead parents/ missing parents' cliché.
"Or." IF stops her dead in her speculation "He doesn't like to talk much." IF gave a reasonable explanation
"But that's too realistic, in RPG's the silent guy always has a dark and mysterious past." Neptune complains
"I think I'll have to agree with Iffy on this one Nep-Nep she makes the most sense" Compa is against Neptune.
"Oh come on the dark and mysterious past route is always cool. He'll feel like he doesn't belong and try to avoid us because we discovered it, he goes out of the party for a while fighting alone and getting some cool new upgrades, we'll give up searching for a while as a substitute party member fights with us, in one of our darkest hours he comes to the rescue and curb stomps the enemy, we try to convince him to come back, but he refuses, because he thinks we will hate him, but when he tries to leave we'll slap him knocking him out of his stupor, and make a totally cool friendship speech, he'll come back to us either removing or keeping the substitute party member, and he'll have new awesome skills that may or may not be overpowered." Neptune summarizes the dark and mysterious past characters.
"No" Surprisingly Shin deadpanned
"Oh come on." Neptune complained
"Let's just move on before we take this conversation too far." IF stopped the conversation as they continued on through the cave.
More battles later as describing them would be pointless they managed to reach a point in the cave
"Hey Iffy, I picked this up, but…" Neptune held out a disc
"It looks like a disc, Nep where did you pick that up from?" IF questioned
"Wait a second I just noticed is Nep…. ME?" For some reason Neptune diverted the topic to her nickname.
"You named me Iffy, so why not, back on hand where did you find this?" IF reverted the topic back.
"I dunno it was hanging on that wall over there." Neptune replies.
"Hanging on the wall? The disc? You're not pulling my leg here are you?" IF gave a skeptical look at the preteen.
"What you don't believe me Iffy after all we've been through." Neptune was shocked.
"You're so horrible not believing in Nep-Nep Iffy." Compa sounded disappointed with IF.
"I know your name makes you question everything, but show me some love here." Neptune sounded irritated.
"That's not what my name means, besides we only met a short while ago." IF sighed at Neptune.
"Iffy" Neptune gave what appeared to be what some would nickname the puppy dog eyes.
IF gave in "Ok. Ok. I got it. I believe you."
"Now that's my Iffy!" Neptune cheered "Iffy has got to mean 'I feel for you' now that is love"
"How about we call her 'AI' it's Japanese for love." Compa tells Neptune
'How does she know that?' Shin questioned himself as the main language here is gamindisti-nese stupid name, but don't care.
The bigger picture is that she references it as Japanese. With no possible answer Shin just gives up.
"It sounds cute too how about we spell it lower case like 'ai'" Neptune suggests.
"Whoa there hold your horses, both of you, we're running way off track here" IF had to put a stop to them.
"Awww Iffy are you blushing or are you blushing" Neptune teased.
Just then the disc started to shine
"Whoa the disc is shining, wait what?" Neptune said.
"What's going on Iffy" Compa asked IF
"How should I know, I've never seen anything like this before, either so don't expect much from me." IF told Compa
Monsters suddenly appear out of the disc
"Monsters appeared out of the disc?" IF questions no one
The monsters were just regular monsters that were appearing in the dungeon, so it was rather easy taking them down.
"That was a surprise you should've told me that monsters came from discs." Neptune says.
"How should I have known? No one knows where come fro-"IF started, but immediately stops.
"What's the matter Iffy cat got your tongue?" Neptune questioned her sudden pause.
Her voice suddenly lifted "So this is where the monsters are coming from, this is amazing."
"Yessy I think this is a super discovery." Compa adds
"Hahahahaha" A stereotypical villains laugh was heard throughout the cavern.
"I came for my guardian, but I didn't expect to see you here Neptune." A woman's voice talked to Neptune.
"Who's that, what's with that old melodramatic laugh?" Neptune was more weirded out by the laugh
"Who are you calling Old? Mocking people like usual. You haven't changed a bit." A tall woman that seem to have worn a stereotypical witches clothing completed with an almost witchy hat, but the 'shirt' appeared to be connected to strings that expose her mid breasts. Also she was pale had red eyes and black mascara some would call a person like this a Goth.
"Is this a friend of yours?" Compa asked
"Of course not I don't know any old lady with that much Goth makeup." Neptune said rather insultingly.
"That's good to hear, I was about to doubt your choice of people" Compa says thankful for Neptune.
"Yeah if you were friends with her I would have put in my resignation." IF wasn't even joking
"So who are you Missus" Neptune put great emphasis on the Missus.
"How dare you!" The lady sounds irritated "Saying what you want in front of me I'll get rid of you all"
"Look what you've done Nep you've made the lady mad" IF blamed.
"Wait it's my fault?" Neptune was shocked to hear this.
The battle then commenced.
The battle began with the lady going first instantly knocking out Compa
"I'm still single" Compa said her knockout quote
"OH NO a curb stomp battle" Neptune immediately yelled'
"Maybe maybe not let's see" IF attacked only to miss or flat out do zero damage. The lady immediately countered knocking IF instantly
"To….Hell with Me….." IF said her knockout quote.
Shin went next as he knew there was no way to beat her after two instant knockouts, but at least he'll try, the same results as IF.
"You know I probably would have let you live, because you didn't say anything, but oh well." She swung her giant spear thing to knockout Shin, but instead of an instant knockout he was dropped all the way to one H.P
"ENDURE" a message appeared out of nowhere.
"Hmm that's new." The Goth lady commented on the ENDURE.
"Don't worry Shin we can try to fight her." Neptune charged and swung wildly, but once again like everyone else failed she was knocked out.
"Ah… No" Neptune's knockout quote.
The lady then quickly dispatched of Shin as the fight ended.
"Hey this lady is too strong for being an early stage boss, I call cheat!" Neptune whined as she struggled to get up.
"The damage that popped up against us was too large." Compa struggled to get up as well.
"Looks like you can't judge a book by its cover" IF struggled as well.
"Hmph your all scum to me. Go ahead, cry and weep like the losers you are." The Goth lady taunted.
"Now then the key fragment I'll have it back now" She continued as she took it.
"No fair me, Compa, and Shin went through a lot just to get it give it back." Neptune demanded.
"Silence" The lady commanded as she slapped Neptune getting a verbal "Ouch" as a result.
"Nep-Nep" Compa said worryingly
"Now the time has come for me to take your power Neptune" The lady taunted.
She laughed manically like a cliché villain. "Finally my first step to my ambition has finally begun." She laughed even more as energy started to glow around her aiming at Neptune
"Nep-Nep look out" Compa pushes Neptune out of the way before the energy gets to Neptune.
Compa made a sound of distress as the energy reaches her.
"Compa!" Neptune exclaims in worry.
"What!?" The Goth lady exclaims
"Compa are you ok." Neptune asked worryingly to Compa.
"Um. Huh I'm Okay?" Compa questioned her condition not expecting to actually be Ok.
"What happened" IF questioned.
"How dare you get in my way of Nep-Nep" The Goth lady surprisingly says.
"Nep-Nep?" IF looked confused as to why the lady was calling Neptune that.
"Once more I'll make Nep-Nep's power my own." She tried to get Neptune again, but Neptune decided to do the smart thing and run away from the source.
"Hey stop moving and just get hit."
"She sounds like Compa Nep…. She's trying to absorb your power" IF figured out quickly.
"No problem I'm good at shooting games I'll just have to barrel roll." Neptune makes light of the situation.
"Damn you it's all that girl's fault" The Goth lady says.
"Nep, Compa, Shin. She's taken Compa's power now's our chance." IF readies for battle.
Neptune quickly transforms.
"We're even now; I won't let this chance to let you get away." The mature sounding Neptune said.
The battle commences.
IF immediately begins the battle by attacking with her Qatars, she spins, stabs, and attacks, though doing minimum damage it does bring down her guard quite a bit, though only a little.
Next it's Shin's turn as he did a Lunge which also did minimum damage, but quite significantly brought her guard down to twenty five percent.
"You cannot hope to beat me if that's all the damage you can do" The lady taunted, but forgot about the guard meter
It was her turn anyway as she only swung once at Compa trying to take her out, it didn't but it brought down a hefty amount of her health.
Compa was next as she ran away to heal herself taking her turn.
Neptune was up as she did a cross combo she twirled and juggled her on the ground, before rising her up with her sword and slamming her back down.
The lady went again as she took a strike at Neptune, but did barely noticeable damage.
IF attacked with Demon flames, as a small series of explosions occurred before a large one happened she lost a significant portion of her health to it.
Shin attacked as he brought down his fist, he uppercutted, he did a quick succession, before bringing his fist down heavily. The result was damage only at least two hundred to three hundred each miniscule, but it helps.
Compa went again as she just stabs, twirls, stabs again and just slapping. It did slightly more damage than Shin.
The lady instead of healing hits Shin bringing his health to about eight hundred.
Her health nearly depleted Neptune finishes it off with a cross combo ending the battle.
"I'll take that Neptune still in her Transformation state grabbed the Key fragment back from the Goth lady's hands.
"Ugh." The lady grunted "Neptune"
"Have have to ask you, but do you know me?" Neptune asked
"Of course I do I know you like the palm of my hand" The lady smirked.
"Then tell me who am I?"
"What are you talking about are you dizzy or something?" The lady questioned back.
"Nep-Nep lost her memory, if you know anything about Nep-Nep can you tell us?" Compa asked.
The response was a cliché laughter from the lady "You? Neptune? Lose your memory, oh this is golden!"
"I was worried when I lost sight of you, but it seems that luck is on my side" The Goth lady taunted.
"I'll let you hold onto that key fragment for now. Until next time." As she started to disappear
"Wait-" But Neptune was too late as the Lady disappeared in a flash of white. "She's gone?"
"She got away who was that it seems like she was going after you Nep." IF tells Neptune.
"I don't know if only I could talk to Histy." Neptune began to ponder
"Nep-Nep." Compa just said.
"Ok before we go any further let's figure this out." IF interjects.
"You mean the discs the monsters came from?" Neptune asks.
"For the Time being yeah." IF pauses "Well we've done all we could here. How about we head out to take a rest?" She suggested
They made it back to Compa and Shin's place after getting out of the cave.
"I couldn't have imagined the monsters coming from the disc" IF discusses.
"Yes and now the monsters won't be coming out anymore." Compa cheerfully replies.
"If we beat all the other monsters everything would go back to normal" Compa once again cheerfully adds.
IF ponders a bit before speaking "About the disc…. How about we call it an enemy disc." IF suggested
"Enemy disc" Compa repeats.
"As long as these things are around, we're going to keep getting monsters." IF concludes.
"That's not good."
"Don't worry Compa. We'll plan against it with the information we know now."
"Pudding after work really hits the spot" Neptune started with a different topic "Got any more Compa?"
Compa and IF just stares at Neptune
"Um…. What's the matter? Why so serious?"
"Are you kidding?" IF sighed.
"Ummm Iffy, Nep-Nep gets tired after changing so can you let it go?" Compa asked.
"IF you say so I'll let it slide this time" She sighed again "Anyway back on subject. I'm more interested in that lady who was she?"
"It looked like she was collecting the key fragments." Compa deducted.
"If that's the case, we better act quick before she gets them" Neptune immediately blurted out.
"Yes let's get ready to go right away" Compa agreed.
"Iffy want to come with me, Compa, and Shin to find the key fragments?" Neptune had a small sparkle in her eye. "We can have fun together it can be safer too."
"Sure why not" IF just agreed.
"Really Yay." Neptune jumped up and down out of happiness.
"Are you sure Iffy?" Compa asked.
"Not like I have an agenda, so I'll just tag along for the ride." IF responds.
"I'm not sure leaving you two alone would be a good idea anyway."
"Huh don't you mean us three?" Neptune questions.
"No I think you're gonna need someone to stop you well verbally." She turns to Shin "No offence."
A few minutes later
"Oh right I almost forgot, Shin when you were hit by the spear lady the first time your H.P decreased to one and letters appeared out of nowhere saying 'ENDURE' in big capital letters and a bold font." Neptune remembered before they were about to head to Planeptower.
"I looked in your stats and you don't have a skill called endure" Neptune looked confused. "So that leads to two conclusion it's a hidden stat that only appears in dire situations, or a passive skill that you always have." She looked away as she whispered to herself "or it means you're cheating and have a skill that shouldn't be there be there"
"Oh well just wanted to tell you that, I wonder if we'll get to see it again figure out what it does."
They arrived at Planeptower after Neptune asked a small girl named Broccoli for directions.
"The ground is split open! This must be where an ancient battle ensued!" Neptune declares. "A battle where a goddess and evil god seal each other with their weapons."
"What is she talking about?" IF asks Compa
Compa replies "Nep-Nep says a lot of random things, but you'll get used to it."
"If you say so, but still for losing her memory Nep sure seems to know a lot." IF pointed out
Compa just laughs nervously as she also noticed the problem.
"Hey guys the view from here is pretty awesome." Neptune paused as she looked at everyone "Wait are you scared?"
"Nep-Nep this is a sky harbor this is how we get to lands" Compa informs Neptune "The lands aren't connected, so we need to get through here."
"Uh how do you get across…." Neptune pauses "Wait I know jump right? Jump while say Wahoo!"
"Why not just grow a moustache and jump then? We need to get to the basillicom" IF reminds Neptune.
"We fill papers there and once we get approval we can go across freely."
"Hello!" Neptune yells out in the basillicom
"Welcome to Planeptune's basillicom. What brings you here today?" A person who appeared to work for the basillicom asked
"Could we get crossing approval to go to Lastation?" IF asks.
"All four of you to Lastation correct?" The member wanted to make sure.
"Yessy" Compa replies.
"Alright then please fill out this form." The member asked
A few minutes later after, for some strange reason, Neptune signed the form.
"So Ms. IF, Ms. Compa, Mr. Shin, and Ms. Neptunia, correct?" The member asked for confirmation.
Neptune seemed slightly offended "Hey mister my name is Neptune, not Neptunia"
"Oh my bad, How awful of me mistaking such a cute loli-like girl like you." The member said without any hint of shame for what he just said.
"Now then Neptuune….Neptyune, Neptooon"
"Is my name really that hard to say?" Neptune questioned.
"Neptune" Shin deadpans saying her name.
"I guess not" Neptune said.
"Oh no, I'm just having a bad day that's all" The member informs
IF starts a conversation with Compa "By the way Compa, can you say Neptune"
"Nope, well I couldn't that's why I call her Nep-Nep" Compa admits.
"Then can you say Planeptune"
"Planeptune"
"I don't understand why you can't say Neptune, but can say Planeptune." IF sighs.
"Sorry for the wait your all ready to go" The staff member informs everyone. "You should all be able to travel between Planeptune and Lastation freely now."
"Thanks" IF thanks.
"Oh mister I wanted to ask, but is the goddess around?" Neptune asks.
"I think Lady Purple Heart is up in Celestia. She hasn't come down yet" The member reported.
"I see I thought maybe the goddess would be around, aw shucks" Neptune sounded a bit disappointed.
"Well I heard that the other CPU's has appeared to protect their lands I hope lady Purple Heart is all right."
"Maybe something happened during the console war?" IF speculated.
"That can't be lady Purple Heart would never lose to the other goddesses."
"What's this about a console war?" Neptune asked.
"It's a battle that started eons past for ruler ship of gamindustri." The member informed "It said that the last standing CPU would become a god of gamindustri
'Where have I heard that before' Shin thought as the concept sounded vaguely similar to a lot of mythologies, not to mention the vortex world.
"So the CPU's have been fighting for years in Celestia." IF concludes.
"Not sure what's so great about beating each other up, why not be friends" Neptune wonders.
"You have no idea" Shin quietly deadpans unintentionally, but luckily it goes unnoticed by Neptune and Compa, but IF swore she heard him whisper.
"True, but with how long they fought, there is no turning back." IF tells
Once again they have no idea.
"Anyway, let's get going. Off to Lastation we go."
"Okay then, see you again, Mr. Nice Guy." Neptune says a Farwell to the attendant.
"Thank you and be careful now." He replied as the group left after a few seconds however "That Neptune girl was so small and so cute. I hope she comes back again, though I think I've seen her before."
After crossing into Lastation they are met with an industrial era like buildings.
"Wow this place is all steampunky. Uh Iffy what is this place called again."
"Lastation." IF informed "Ruled by CPU Black Heart. It's obscured by various industries."
"So um is the theme of each land matched by the goddess's preference?" Neptune asks.
"No. The CPUs are her to protect us. It's us humans who shape the lands."
"Aw that's so realistic, Compa what do you think?"
"These chimneys and Factories remind me of an industrial revolution, but I'm not into this kind of thing." Compa replies.
"It's not for everyone well anyway let's head for the basillicom." IF declares.
"Alrighty then, To the basillicom we go!" Neptune cheers.
For some strange reason Shin felt as if he was right at home on Lastation.
