"So this is what the scientifical people were up to! Some kinda….transporter…thingy…." The lilac haired girl muttered to herself as she moved around the large machine in the middle of the lab with a highly interested expression on her face. There was no one in the lab to monitor the young girl's actions so she was more than free to do whatever she liked without the threat of being stopped. Then again, she was the Patron Goddess presiding over the nation so regardless of whether or not someone did see her, she wouldn't get in any serious form of trouble; That is, unless her oracle was to find out about her behavior, and the goddess most certainly did not want that on her plate.
The girl stepped inside of the device and started look around at its contents. Her violet eyes soon fixated themselves on what seemed to be a disc drive on the inside of the machine. She tilted her head, looking the drive over carefully for a good thirty seconds before snapping her fingers as if she came into the realization of something. "I wonder what would happen if I put a disc in here…" she said to herself before quickly reaching in her left jersey dress pocket and taking out her N-Gear. "Let's see…. Hm…. Any random disc will do."
She scanned through her inventory for a quick moment, taking the very first disc she could find and removing it from her N-Gear's inventory and into her hand. She placed her disc into the drive and started to hum a cheerful tune to herself as she waited for something to happen. Much to her disappointment, everything stayed the same as it had been prior to the insertion of the disc.
Her left eye twitched slightly in minor annoyance at this fact which led her to fold her arms and begin making her way out. "Laaaaaame… must be unf-" before she could finish her sentence and even make it out of the machine; the doors closed which ultimately locked her inside. "Nepu?!" she sounded, her facial expression which was once annoyed and disappointed, now shocked and slightly worried. She flailed around at the door, desperately trying to find some way to open it before things went entirely wrong. The entire inside of the transporter started to glow a bright blue as the girl resorted to simply banging her fists against the door in the hopes that someone would hear her.
Before the young goddess knew it, everything flashed a bright white and she immediately found herself being transported as she had originally wanted. The door automatically opened itself afterwards at the exact moment the scientists had returned from their break, entirely unaware of what happened and resumed their work as if nothing had happened.
The man in the white suit wandered around the barren wasteland with his head down, clearly deep in thought as he advanced in the desolated unknown. The world before him had been cast into an apocalyptic state caused by his own actions. He had no recollection of who he was or the sins that he had committed. All he had to go by was what people told him on his journey. Everywhere he went people called him a monster, the bringer of ruin, and the one who killed the sun that was named moon. The feeling of guilt and suffering eternally lingered inside of him, and he wanted nothing more than to be lifted from his cursed life of immortality.
If he was the source of the world's current condition, then why had he been granted immortality while those who wished for it were plunged into the inescapable loom of deaths inevitability? Was it to prolong his suffering, watching the world as he knew it slowly ebbing away into untimely destruction and chaos? So many questions raced through his mind and yet he could never find the answers to any of them. Why did he have to shoulder the burden of this unforgivable sin? If he could take it all back, he would. He was a monster, capable of nothing more than death. A demon that destroyed everything he came into contact with. He was….
"NEPUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUU!" The voice of a girl sounded, causing the brunette male to look up into the sky only to see a lilac haired girl soaring down at and extremely fast speed. "Ah…" the man in white held his hand out, his eyes slightly widened at the suddenness of the event taking place. He was unsure of what to do as the girl pierced into the ground like a spear, making a huge sand cloud form around the area. The male simply stood there in the same position as he had been prior to her hitting the ground in the most violent girl lifted her head up from the ground, seeing the male standing only a few feet away from her with a confused look on his face.
She blinked for a moment before immediately recognizing him and shooting up from the ground in a standing position, her face wearing her usual cheerful expression. The lilac haired goddess quickly dusted herself off and placed both of hands on her hips with a big goofy grin on her face. "Hiya, Cashy!" The brunette blinked once and then tilted his head, even more confused at what she had just said. "Ca…shy?" he thought as he examined the smiling child before him with both wonder and interest. He assumed that 'Cashy' was supposed to be a shortened version of his name, which was Casshern. This made him question how she knew his name even though he had no idea who she was. The possibility of the girl being someone he had known before losing his memory certainly came to mind as he pondered on this thought.
"Ah…Hello…" Casshern finally said, still looking at the strange girl in front of him with the same exact expression on his face as before. The girl, who appeared to be in her preteens, scratched the back of her head with a small giggle. "Oh right! Totally forgot to introduce myself! I aaaaam NEPTUNE! Nice to meet, ya!" she said, giving the man in the white suit an enthusiastic thumbs up.
"Neptune…" Casshern muttered to himself, repeating her name to completely register it into his memory. "That's mah name! Don't wear it out!" Neptune exclaimed with same, unchanging vibrant enthusiasm. Neptune took a quick scan of the area before looking back at the man before her with a curious stare. "Why is this place all doomy gloomy and funky?" She asked, placing her left index finger on her cheek as she looked up at him. The green eyed male blinked at her choice of words, only slightly understanding what she was asking him.
"The world is like this because of me." He responded, holding his head down in shame at his own words, his eyes focused on the ground beneath them. Neptune tilted her to the side and blinked twice, not believing a single word of what he had just told her. "You did all this? There is totally no way your adorable baby-faced self did this! Well…not on purpose anyway! I'm sure it was totally accident!" she gave him a big smile and walked closer to him, taking hold of both of his hands and positioning her head so that she could see his face. Casshern looked down at the girl, surprised at her words.
She had just met him and was told that he was the cause of the world's current state, yet her demeanor hadn't changed one bit. Why was she so happy? How could she still manage to keep a smile on her face in a place like this? "So where do you live? Is it nearby? Can we walk there now? I'm tired of standing here." Asked the goddess, continuing to wear her bright smile a she waited for him to respond to her. "I…don't have a home…well not that I know of. I know nothing of my past, not even myself but my enemies call me…Casshern…" he answered, looking away from her.
"So you're an amnesiac! Wow that sucks." Neptune released her new companion's hands and reached back into her pocket, taking out her N-Gear. She couldn't help but notice a feature she had never seen before on it that read 'Return Home' on the upper left hand corner. Perhaps that was the update they had her install a few weeks ago. That would mean that if she used it she would probably be able to go home. Her unlucky day seemed so much luckier with this newly realized piece of information.
"Hey, Cashy! Why don'tcha come back home with me and maybe we can find a way to get your memory back!" Casshern looked over at her with slightly widened eyes. Get his memory back? Was it possible? The offer made by the girl started to make Casshern feel anxious. Would this really be the end of all his searching? Would she really be able to help him find out more about his past? There was only one way to find out.
"If you think you can help… then…why not…" he finally spoke, nodding his head in agreement to her offer, hoping that this would be the small glimmer of hope that he head been searching for. Neptune pressed the button she had recently found making a large blue portal appear in front of them immediately after. "That's our ride back! Come on!" she quickly grabbed the man in white's hand and ran into the portal without even bothering to wait for him to say something back. He willingly followed behind her and proceeded into the portal as well, albeit still somewhat confused.
It was this very moment, which signaled the start of their story… what awaited Casshern on the other side of the blue light? Would he finally find the answers he sought so desperately after? The only way to find out was to advance forward and see where fate took him.