As I fly I off, I realize that Nepgeo was missing.
I look down to see her brutally kicking an unconscious female body...

There better be an interesting story linked to it.
I doubt it though, just 'cause it's Geo.

Whatever. Straight to Lastation, I better hurry.
I wonder what Noire is up to...

'Straight to Lastation' I said... Duh.

I missed the part where I would fly over the Gamindustri Graveyard.
That wouldn't be a problem if the CFWs weren't plotting anything.
At least we suppose they do.

If they don't spot me it shouldn't be a problem...
Where are they anywa–
"Boo!"

"WHA?!" The sudden voice right behind me snapped me out of my thoughts, scaring me and almost making me drop from the sky.
I catch myself and turn to see CFW Judge.
Well, sh*t. Gotta go fast!
I turn around once more and dash towards Lastation as fast as I f*cking can!

"CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!"
He's not giving up this fast, expected but still!

...

He's coming closer!

...

There comes his hammer!
NONONONONONO!

"SWAG!"

*THUMP*

*SMASH*

Slightly dizzy, I float away from the now-smashed wall of an abandoned Lastation building...
I lower to the ground and deactivate HDD because, to be honest, I can't take a lot more.

At least I got here somewhat faster and Judge is no longer following...

Who am I kidding? This was horrible...

Then I drink a Nep Bull.
Tastes awful, but it's refreshing. Especially HP-wise.

So where is the Basilicom?

I enter the Lastation Basilicom.
Nobody at the counter.
I'll just go up and look for somebody.

So I hit the elevator button...

Elevator comes down, I get in, hit the button for the living quarters, wait until the doors close, the elevator is at the right floor and the doors open once more.

So where is Noire's room...
It seems like I'll be looking for a while...
At least the rooms seem to be labeled.

...

'Noire's office - Please knock'
This should be it. And it didn't take that long.
I knock at the door as the label says.

"W-Who's there? I am busy!" Noire asks loudly from the other side of the door.
"Deniz. You wanted me to come here." I reply.
"J-Just a moment!"

I hear some shuffling from the other side of the door...
"It's not a real secret to me, you know." I say dryly.
"W-What do you mean?"
"Whatever. Just open the door when you're done..."

About five minutes later Noire finally opens the door wearing her usual clothing.
"Come in."
I give a slight nod and enter at her invitation.

She closes the door behind us.
We stand facing each other.
"PERVERT!" *SLAP*

Now... I lay on the ground... slightly dizzy.
And confused.
And the f*ck just happened.

"Uh... What... What did I do?" I question still on the ground.
"YOU KNOW WHAT!"
"Seriously... This is the second time we meet... What did I do?"
"T-That game!"
Uhhh... Oh...
"You definitively have the wrong impression of me." With some difficulty, I pull myself up once more.
I dust myself off and continue. "I would still play the games without the fan-service, honestly."
She gives me this serious stare...
I go on. "I judge people primarily on the way they act, not how they look. Why do you think I spend most of my time in Planeptune rather than Leanbox? Besides the game-play is fun and challenging. Maybe repetitive at times, but I don't care."

"Fine then." She replies.
"Anything else you might want from me?"
"You... want to see... my new cosplay outfit?" Noire immediately blushes.
"...If it's nothing weird. Else, you could also ask your sister."
"Nobody should know about this."
"She does." I dryly respond.
"S-She d-does?!"
"Yes."

Silence.

I break the silence. "Let's get it over with."

*Neptune's PoV*

Gotta admit, I expected a group of eight humanoid squids and octopuses that don't even understand 99% of what we try to tell 'em to be more chaotic than I when bored.

Well, that sucks. Thought that there'd be some more fun 'round here for now.
Meh, better for us that way.
Probably wouldn't wanna try and lecture a group of twelve-year-olds.
That's how old they are, right?

Okay, who am I to question that. I don't even know my own age.
That's kinda weird now that I think 'bout it.

Ehh, where were we?

"*snore*" x6
All of the seafood besides the instrument (Viola) and one octopus fell asleep in the living room.
Out of sheer boredom.

Why'd those not fall asleep?
Viola can obviously chat with us and the octopus seems to at least understand most of it.
And we're bashing each other off-screen in a game once more.
And we're really freaking loud.
And still, they snore like we don't even exist.

Then again, this is the Hyperdimension, where we throw logic out the window and kawaii girls rule the world.

Gosh, I really miss being the real CPU of Planeptune already.
And there hasn't even happened anything real interesting since my return.

Besides tentacle people.

But that's not really related to that.

"Team Yellow wins!" The game shows the results screen.
Speaking of tentacle people, they win.

Me and Nep Jr. were REKT.
I can't even be mad at anybody. It was really close.

It looked like we were winning... and then, double DAir.
Dem meteor-attacks though.

And we immediately start the next match.
Rest and breaks are over-rated anyways.
Look at Vert! She's still looking like the day we met her and at times she's not sleeping for weeks 'cuz she's non-stop-playing some MMORPG once again!

...

Okay, rest is probably not a too bad thing at times...

BUT! Now it's not the time!

*DOUBLE EXPLOSION SFX*

...

There go our first stocks...

I sigh heavily as the other two perform taunts.

*Meanwhile, in another Gamindustri, different from ours...*

A few weeks later, when the girl sits at her desk, paper-work in front of her.
"She's still not back...
It's been at least two weeks. Three? Four?
I don't know. All I know is, that everything is going downhill since the day everything should be right again..."

The girl sighs in frustration.

"And... I have to handle all of it...
I thought I could but... I can't. There is no way I can.
I have tried... Tried so hard... For naught..."

She turns her view towards the sword that leans against the wall.
It doesn't seem to have been used in the last few weeks as it is already gathering dust.

She then looks at a small machine with a single button on her desk.

"But would that really solve any of the problems I currently have?
It'd probably be for the better. For everybody.
I shouldn't be here. I am no-use to anyone."

The girl rests her head on the desk.

"But for now... I will try to handle it..."

She falls asleep quickly after, exhaustion overcoming her.

A/N

I had a lot of fun writing the Neptune section of this chapter.
And the chapter is too short once again...
And before anybody asks whether I'm a brony, the answer is no.
Also...
"UNDERTAAAALEE AIAIAIAIAAYAYAYAYAY" -somebody
I got around to playing Undertale. Fun game, though I gotta admit–
"Tsunderplane gets in the way! Not on purpose or anything."
–that game.