Alright, the results are in:

LASTATION WINS!


HYPERDIMENSION NEPTUNIA
FIGHTING FOR THE GAMING FUTURE

Chapter 3: Industrial LaStation, meeting more girls!

(Play here: "They're pretty though, Should we be careful?" [Yes, it's a Mario & Luigi RPG track])

I was jogging through Gamindustri, this place feels like it has been made out of a RPG game! There are so many monsters here and there, at least security inside the Islands' major cities is very tight.

I battled some monsters here and there, nothing new of my RPG experience, you battle monsters to get more experience, and later you can use the experience you won to take down tougher enemies, I was strong enough to beat the Four CPUs. I'm sure I get a strange feeling when I'm close to them...

After defeating one more little monster, I saw what looked like... an Industrial Zone?

"What?" I asked myself "How come an industry is working he... Wait..." That Industrial Zone looked WAY BIGGER than I thought.

"Could this be one of these cities Neptune and the rest was talking about?" I say. Another little monster was in my way, trying to be though against me. I just kicked him away.


Speaking a little of the matter that my OC sounds OP so far... (To those who don't know: OP means Over-powered)

What would you expect from an RPG Pro?

Noble here is a little OP because he's a High Level RPG player. Besides, you should complain about other OP characters. Now, I don't want any "boos" and flames here, but in personal opinion, Mario & Luigi are VERY OVERPOWERED. Why? Well, aside from beating Bowser (Which is pretty easy), they have also beaten Evil persons from other Kingdoms (Cackletta from Superstar Saga), ALIENS (The Shroobs from Partners in Time), teamed up with Bowser to destroy the Dark Star (Fawful and Dark Bowser from Bowser's Inside Story) and even saved a DREAM WORLD from a NIGHTMARISH BAT (Antasma from Dream Team). And all of these guys they have beaten are EXTREMELY POWERFUL!


I arrived at the area's gates and, I saw it imprinted right at the top of the gate.

"LaStation?!" I say in surprise, so THIS is LaStation... But it seems a little cloudy... "Hey, now that I think about it... Sony DOES try to get its best from industrial technology to make their games look and sound better... So it would be understandable that LaStation would sound like an Industrial City..." If your trail of thought could go that way about Sony Entertainment, it kinda works that way. [What I'm talking about here is a fictional Sony Entertainment, that's why these 4 companies are NOT here for COMMERCIAL purposes! It's for the story!]

I make my way to the city's entrance, where there are not too many people around... I guess they're pretty busy... *Just like the company...* I think. But there are some people outside. I keep walking through the crowds, I wonder where's Noire though? My thoughts come to halt when I find a building that is WAY TOO PRETTY to be an industrial building.

"This must be Noire's castle!" I affirm.

"Excuse me, sir." Uh... I think I got caught? I don't know... "Do you have a matter with the goddess?"

"I'm just a friend." I explain "But, um... I'm very nervous because of you guys, I don't want to bring trouble."

"You mean you're not a troublemaker from outside?" The guard asks

"I DO am from outside... OF THIS WORLD." I bluntly say "But I'm a pacifist. That is, if you don't pit a giant monster against me."

"So you're a warrior?" The guard says

"You can say that, but I'm a different kind of warrior." I explain how I live in the RPGs, how can I defeat other warriors and even monsters using my own hands and legs, I even explained that some of the warriors that I fought with are also my friends, and that they battle with me as if it was training, so that we could get better at our game.

"Hmm... You have an interesting backstory... Can you tell me your name?"

"Noble. Hisagane Noble. I'm from Japan, and as you know, it's not an island of this world." I answer.

"To actually even challenge Black Heart to a friendly combat... You are very interesting..." The other guard was also paying attention to out conversation, and after we got the introductions out of the way, they let me in.

Sure, without some rules; for example, I can't touch ANYTHING unless Noire lets me have permission. And I also was restricted to bear with Noire's authority. Like... DUH! She's my friend! How will I NOT respect her!? I came here to VISIT! And she even gave herself to be my guide through LaStation!

Well, anyway, I walked through the castle. It was very beautiful; some of the guards must have already known about my visit, so they are not very harming towards me now. Eventually, after looking through the rooms, I find the... Throne Room, I think... I open the doors and to greet me is not only Noire herself, but what looks like to be a younger version of her, maybe her younger sister?

"Oh! Noble! I was waiting for you!" Noire said, greeting me.

"Um... sis?" The younger girl said "Who's him?"

*Hmm, so she is Noire's sister... Cool...* I think a little sadly.

"Ah, forgive me Noble, this is my sister Uni." Noire presents her.

"Hi!"

"Hello, I think..." Noire then comes to me. "So, I know I would be the tour guide for you, but I decided my sister would be the tour guide instead. I mean... I've got a lot of work to do..."

"No surprise about that, actually." I agree with Noble. "Sony Entertainment IS loaded with work too! Also..." I try to look at Uni, just to see how she looks. True, she uses a black dress and some bows on her head to keep her hair up. But generally she looks as beautiful as her older sister! In console terms...

She's basically the PlayStation Portable. As Slender as the original is. Noire got back to her chair to resume her work, while me and Uni went for the Castle's entrance.

"*sigh* I really wanted Onee-Sama to not get focused too much on her work... Granted, she has to work to reassure LaStation's credibility through gaming... But I wish she didn't need to OVERWORK." Uni says bluntly

"Sure, I mean... Sony Entertainment back at my world is always overworking themselves to try to make better games and better consoles. Their recent racing franchise: Gran Turismo, is reaching it's 20th edition! From Gran Turismo 1 back at the 1990's to Gran Turismo 16 these years!" I say. [Let's face it, who doesn't want a Gran Turismo 16 in the far future?]

"YOUR Company is one thing. NOIRE is another!" I think she's annoyed.

"I can't blame you for being annoyed at the thought though." I say what I think. "I do agree with you, she needs to relax a little. But you should know that she has to be on her work even if she has some time to relax."

"*sigh* I just wish we could have more time together..."

Uni showed me around LaStation, surely, the city was industrial themed, but that didn't stop the real city to show itself too. Aside from the industrial building all over the city, the Commercial and Consuming area of the town was also there, with dressing shops, restaurants, fast food joints. It's pretty much a normal city with normal economy. The similarities are very evident.

"I guess you could say LaStation COULD be a fun place to visit, but not during vacation maybe..." I comment

"Ah, at least we keep our economy going right?" Uni agrees with my comment.

While we were traveling around LaStation, I meet another girl, maybe someone that comes here very often? I don't know. What I DO know is that she's a friend of Uni. That's because they were hugging.

"Hey IF, what made you come here to LaStation?" Uni asks her friend

"Ah, you know! I wanted to visit! But who's the handsome you're escorting?" I see this IF girls likes to tease, can't blame her, I'm very teasy myself!

"Don't talk like he's my boyfriend! We JUST met!" Uni protests.

"I agree with her statement." I agree to her protest.

"Well nice to meet you at least! My name's IF. But you can call me Iffy if that name is too simple." The girl presents herself.

"I'm Hisagane Noble, RPG gamer!" I introduce myself.


We decided to stop and talk at a restaurant, it WAS Lunch Time.

"So you're not from this dimension technically speaking?" IF asks me.

"It's on the practical side too. Although my avatar would surely live here. This world is like something made out of an RPG game!" I answer

"Sure it is!" IF takes a bite of her meal. "Although I prefer LeanBox's culinary, this other one still tastes good in fact!"

"About LeanBox, how's Vert? Noire is already loaded with work." I ask IF.

"Oh, she's balanced." IF answers "She does work, but also keeps at her video-games."

"XBOX1080, I presume." I'm just trying to be funny. Because each CPU has it's preferred console:

Neptune has her SEGA Neptune.
Noire has her PlayStation 8.
Blanc has her Wii-Box or Wii-U Mk.2
Vert has her XBOX1080.

Also: Each CPU is a MASTER on these consoles AND fighting!

"IF! Come back here Wifey!" (You DO know who THAT is right?) We heard another voice coming this time from a girl with red hair and a pretty happy mood all over her face. She then proceeded to hug IF.

"Red, will you ever calm down?" Another girl came behind her, this one had gold hair, with some tattoos on her cheeks and a white and green outfit. "Hey, who's the new guy?"

"He's from another universe... Or so he claims, I think..." Uni says

"Hisagane Noble." I say my name.

"I'm Red!" The red haired girl says.

"Name's CyberConnect2, but you can call me CC or just Cyber!" The other girl said. What kind of name is that? A profile name?

"Do you use that name in On-Line lobbies?" I asked the girl.

"No, that's my real name."

"Pardon me, but the name is weird, I mean, it's almost like my profile name: NobleFighter61..." She laughed a little.

"Oh, not at all! There's an even weirder one: MarvelousAQL, and she's a friend of ours too!" MarvelousAQL? WOW... This world REALLY is a gaming world!

"I'm gonna like it here!" I say bluntly. I was really happy!


After scouting LaStation a bit more and having more conversations, I eventually went for the gates, heading for another island.

"Maybe I'll visit LeanBox, I was playing on my XBOX1080 when I got transported here!" I said. IF and Cyber were leading me.

"We'll show you around! Let's go!" IF said.


THAT was rather close. 1919 words. Still cool!

Next destination: LeanBox = XBOX!