Chapter 2: Similar but Different
"Woooooooooooow!" As soon I told the Neptune look-alike to take off her shoes, the girl dashed into the house snooping around and popping her head into the rooms in the current floor.
"Neptune! What are you doing!?" The girl that looks like me shouted as the purplette zoomed through the household.
*Sigh* At least someone feels at home here.
Taking my shoes off, I carried Plutia into the house.
"It's fine. It's fine. Just come on in and make yourselves comfortable." The Rom and Ram look-alikes ran past into the living room, cheering as they did. The Nepgear look-alike walked past me at a slower pace that the two before her, apologizing profusely. Turning around to the remaining girls left, the Blanc, Vert, Noire and Uni look-alikes, I smiled to them. "Would you like something to drink?"
The Uni look-alike seemed to be staring at me intensely. However, when I tried to make eye contact with her, the girl got surprised and looked the other way, her eyes darting around the area.
"I'd gladly have a drink, Ms. Planeptune." The Vert look-alike's voice caught my attention.
"Oh yes. Come on in then." Shifting Plutia to one side, I stretch out my arm to the other girls who haven't helped themselves to my house yet. As each of them walked in one by one, the Uni look-alike stared at me for a moment before continuing after the others.
Placing Plutia in a playpen in the middle of the living room, I head into the kitchen and grab a round tray from under the sink. Leaving the tray on the counter, I open the fridge and take out a pitcher of iced tea that Neptune and I had made yesterday. Opening the cabinet next to the fridge, I take out nine glasses.
"Hmm… this tray can only handle six glasses at a time." As I thought to whom I should treat first, I heard a voice from shy voice from behind.
"Um…" Turning around, I see Nepgear at the door, bashful and nervous. "Is there anything I can help with?" Oh perfect timing!
"Actually yes." Tilting the pitcher and pouring the drink into the glasses, I slide four glasses to the side. "Could you use this tray and give everyone a drink?" The girl's eyes lit up and nodded, rushing over to the tray and placing the glasses I had filled on it. "Be careful with that, I don't want you to get hurt." The purple haired girl answered with a cheerful "Yes!" and walked over to where the others were, from the sounds of my baby girl squealing with delight, playing with Plutia.
With Nepgear's help, I placed the last glass of iced tea along with the pitcher on the table nearby my daughter's playpen. Sitting down on one of the couches that surround it, I watch the girls take a sip of the drink, the Neptune look-alike taking a large swig from the glass.
"Ahhhhh! Delicious!" I smiled as she happily drained the glass of its contents and reaching for the pitcher for another glass. "Where did you buy this?"
"Oh, I didn't buy it. My husband and I made it." The smaller purple haired girl's eyes widened and she gaped at me.
"Reallly!?" I nodded and she stared at the glass in amazement. "Nep Jr.! You gotta get the recipe! It's really good!" Nepgear nodded as she took a sip from her glass.
"I'd be glad to but…" Back to what had happened earlier… "How did you survive falling into the ground headfirst?" The Neptune look-alike stopped drinking and tapped her head with her fist.
"It's the power of the main character!" ...What? As I stared at the girl in confusion, the girl that looked a lot like me raised her hand and chopped the purple haired girl in the head. "Ouch! That hurt Nowa!" The black haired girl blushed a bright red.
"Don't call me Nowa!" Immediately, she composed herself. "I'm sorry about this pudding-loving idiot."
"You loving pudding too!"
"Be quiet, Neptune." The black haired girl apologized again. "To keep this short so Neptune can't interupt us, We're basically goddesses." Eh?
"Eh? As in, the religious kind?" Neptune rubbed the back of her head.
"We're more physical than spiritual to be honest." This time, the Blanc look-alike answered. Wow, this is a lot to take in.
"Wait, then why are you here?" The Vert looked-alike answered for me.
"We're here because Histy asked us to take a break from our positions as goddesses and learn how to live like a normal family." The Vert look-alike then held a finger up. "And to do that, we're sent to this dimension to meet our counterparts." Okay… this makes sense, but at the same time it doesn't. The Nepgear look-alike held her hands together.
"Have you seen someone like us? I reaaaally want to meet the other me." The Rom and Ram look-alikes then popped out of nowhere beside me.
"Yeah! Have you seen us?"
"...Have you?" Aw… these two are soooo cute!
"Hold on everyone." All eyes turned to the Uni look-alike, her eyes fixed on me. "Is it me, or does Ms. Planeptune look a lot like my sister?" Oh, now all eyes are on me.
"Come to think of it…"
"No way…"
"SHE DOES!" Ow…
"...She does."
"Wha… wha…" Scratching my cheek, I stood up and reached over to Plutia, picking her up in my arms.
"I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Noire Planeptune and this is my daughter, Plutia Planeptune." Plutia raised a hand in the air.
"Haaaaa!" ...And rested her head on my shoulder, she's so precious.
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Everyone's eyes are wide. Uh oh, if they all scream at once, they might wake u-
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?" Oh no.
"SHUT UP!" Everyone was silenced by the voice upstairs, which also made Plutia cry. Ah... they woke up Blanc.
Storming down the stairs came my husband's childhood friend, Blanc. Currently, Blanc is publishing a novel and had to move to a quieter place since her twin sister, Vert, had gotten a job that made her speak so much that Blanc couldn't concentrate. So, she moved here.
Once she came downstairs, her angry glare turned into a confused stare. She looked at me and the crying Plutia, then to everyone else. Me and Plutia. Everyone else. Rubbing her eyes, she looked again. She turned to me one more time.
"Noire, am I dreaming or is everyone here but younger?" The Rom and Ram look-alikes ran over to Blanc and pulled her towards us. "Woah!" Well, at least she knows she's not dreaming.
"Look sis! It's you!"
"...It's Blanc."
The goddess Blanc stared at Blanc, one with indifference and one with drowsiness. The goddess Blanc was a head shorter than the Blanc that I knew. In fact, Blanc wore a t-shirt and sweatpants while the goddess Blanc wore a dress with a loosely worn jacket with this large puffy hat on her head. Rom and Ram wore them too, although they wore winter gear with it. Those three must be hot in that gear.
"Do you like to write?" Blanc raised an eyebrow.
"What kind of stupid frickin question is that? I'm a writer, so obviously." The goddess nodded.
"Do you like tangerines?" Blanc crossed her arms.
"Another stupid question. Tangerines rock!" The goddess nodded once more, this time turning away and walking to Neptune.
"She's me." Giving Neptune a thumbs up, Neptune threw her arms into the air.
"This is totally awesome! I can't wait to see how sexy I look!" While Blanc was being questioned by her goddess counterpart, I had succeeded in calming Plutia down when I heard Neptune's comment about herself. If I remember correctly, Neptune mentioned that he only had grab some papers he couldn't grade at work today so that means-
"I'm hom-Whoa, that's a lot shoes!" Hearing Blanc yawn, I faintly hear Blanc talk to Neptune about getting ready to get her mind blown.
"Welcome home!" I could hear my husband's shoes tap the ground as he tried to take them off.
"Hey, Neptune. You should see what's happening over here!" Blanc cupped a hand over her mouth as she spoke. The goddess Neptune looked at the older woman in confusion.
"Wait, that's my voice." Blanc nodded and the goddess stared where the voice was coming from with wide eyes.
"Hey, is Blanc awake? That's a surprise! I thought she'd be out cold or something. What? Did Vert call about leaving her imagination back at home?"
"Well, screw you too." I could hear Neptune laughing at the door, and I could see the smirk on Blanc's face.
"Kidding. Kidding." Neptune's footsteps got louder and louder and I watched the goddess Neptune get nervous with each step. I placed a hand on the small girl's shoulder.
"It's going to be okay." The girl looked at me and nodded with a smile on her face.
"Hey, honey. I'm ba-" My husband, Neptune Planeptune, paused upon seeing everyone. His face dropped as well as his bag and shoulders. Placing a hand on his hip, Neptune raised an eyebrow. "Really, Noire? I said I was okay with having your co-workers cosplay here but this is just ridiculous. I mean come on! They look exactly like us when we first met!" I gestured to my husband.
"Everyone, this is my husband, Neptune." Then I placed a hand on the purple haired goddess. "This man is you." My Neptune stared at us in confusion.
"I'm who now?" All eyes, besides me, Blanc and Plutia, who was reaching out to her father happily as her father picked her up and tickled her with his nose.
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Ah. I'm think that they're going to-
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?"
Oh, there goes Plutia again.
"Hey! Little Plutie, what's wrong!? Don't cry! Wait, why is everyone screaming? What's going on!? Someone tell me!"