Hello hello. Welcome back, this week I offer you a story I'm titling 'the past better left forgotten', hope you enjoy!
Curiosity is how it started. A room buried in the depths of the basilicom, a room for which even her access pass could not enter. Meaning only one person could enter the room; Neptune.
Curiosity which burned in the young woman's mind until it felt like an inferno, which left the woman where she was now,
"Hmmm…" She thought aloud as she stuck her tongue out, inserting her probe like device into the door, chuckling mischievously as the door soon obeyed her orders, opening up. Truthfully, she usually wasn't the hacking type, she was more a hardware girl. But between her knowledge of Planeptune's security grid, and the teaching of her 'BFF', she managed just fine, as she soon strode into the once closed room to find…
The lights were off.
"It's so dark!" Nepgear bemoaned, feeling around for a lightswitch, flipping it on, to see finally, Neptune's dark secret was…
An inconspicuous looking lab?
Like. It was a laboratory. Straight out of an anime. Bottles, test tubes, materials strewn all about.
"Sis has a lab?" Nepgear asked aloud, as she began scoping the large, and impressive looking facility, even if some of the equipment was outdated, it was still an expansive and awe inspiring laboratory. Of course… thinking about it, Nepgear considered, she remembered Neptune boasting about how she had invented the Nep Bull at one point, at the time Nepgear just smiled and nodded, thinking it was an empty boast, but maybe she had actually…
"What are all these bottles anyway?" Looking around, Nepgear saw plenty of bottles strewn about, vaguely labeled, such as 'the funny one, you know', like what did that even mean? Neptune for you. Although… Nepgear soon noticed a rack at the very back of the lab, the only bottles it would appear that were locked away, walking up, she soon noticed 3 bottles in the display. The labels of the bottles were color coded it appeared,
A black label, titled BH, a white titled WH, and a green titled GH.
Nepgear felt like she didn't want the answers to her questions, flipping her head to leave, she soon found her blood running cold,
"What are you doing in here, Nepgear?" Neptune's voice froze Nepgear cold, for two reasons,
Neptune's voice was dead serious. A tone she rarely, if ever, took.
She used her real name, not Nep Jr.
"Sis… I…" Nepgear tried to respond, as Neptune stared her dead in the eyes,
"I thought I asked a question, Nepgear. What are you doing here?" Neptune asked once again as Nepgear nearly fell over from the anxiety building under her skin,
"I-I… I was curious…" She explained, as Neptune let out possibly the biggest sigh Nepgear ever heard escape from her lips,
"I guess I should have figured… well… Welcome to my lab." Neptune half joked gesturing around, before looking her sister dead in the eyes, her own purple irises looking tired and strained, "I have used this place in a long long time, although I come in occasionally to check in and dust up every so often, don't worry, I make sure to borrow that maid outfit Noire had that just so happens to be just my size, an 'accident' she calls it" Neptune joked, but Nepgear couldn't help, her voice was still serious as it could be, on top of being strained as her eyes.
"W-why?" was all Nepgear could manage, as Neptune looked back to her, completely wordlessly walking over to her, putting her hands on her shoulders, as she stared into her soul,
"This is a sister's secret, ok?" She asked, as Nepgear gravely nodded, Neptune soon letting out a sigh,
"War is ugly." Was all she started with, as Nepgear felt like fainting. "I really hate it. I hated every day, some days I wondered why I was alive at all, all I could think of was how I could protect our people. But those 3? I know it may look like were buddy buddy now, but back then… All the could think of was winning, so… I had to be prepared…" she explained, gesturing to the rack behind Nepgear, as Nepgear felt like vomiting,
"These are…?" She asked, petrified of the answer she knew was…
"Poisons. I'm sure you can guess the intended targets" Neptune explained with dread, before staring at the ground, a shadow covering her eyes, "you know, Nepgear? I'm a really really good chemist. I just… can't get myself to do it anymore. With all the vile things I've invented… I just can't…." Neptune explained, her voiced completely drained of its usual fire,
"But…. what about the Nep Bull!?" Nepgear levied, surely Neptune's talents could be used for good?!
"Heh… yea…" Neptune dryly laughed, letting out a sigh, "I invented that to be able to heal myself quicker so I could go back out and protect my people quicker… I just ended up thinking… All the people deserve to use it, then I sold the formula to a Planeptunian firm, and they mass produced it. Funnily, the 'Nep Bull' title was their idea" She explained, as Nepgear soon looked over, with fire in her eyes,
"But! Can't you see, sis? You can do good!" She levied, as Neptune just silently walked over, wrapping her arms around her, as she smiled sadly,
"No… its far too late for that. The things I've done are unforgivable, the reason I even keep those bottles you may ask? To remind myself what I've done, and to make sure I never forget why I'm doing what I do. Nepgear?" Neptune soon asked. As Nepgear looked at her, "I'm so so happy you never have to fight like that. Please, never forget that. I beg. Please keep being Uni, Rom and Ram's friend. Ok? Please. Continue to be able to enjoy building your robots, so you don't completely destroy your passion… like me" Neptune gravely continued, as Nepgear looked at her, tears budding in her eyes,
"Sis…" Nepgear didn't have words, what had her dear sister lived through? Did she even want to know…?
"Get on out of here, sometimes the past is better off left forgotten by those who didn't live it; please just learn from me, ok? Nepgear?" Neptune pleaded, as Nepgear looked at her, nodding,
"Ok. But sis… I'm serious, you can do good! If you enjoy it, why not make up for your mistakes with good deeds?" Nepgear tried to explain, as Neptune shot her a torn smile,
"You really are a good girl. You make me proud Nepgear, now, get out of this vile place, I need to do a little maintenance, so I'll join you in a bit" Neptune responded, as Nepgear nodded, silently leaving the lab, as Neptune soon closed the door, a shadow covering her eyes,
"It's bad enough she found this place… at least she didn't find…" Neptune mumbled, as she fumbled around, eventually flipping a switch as a secret door opened, revealing a room, a single light illuminating a rack of bottles, bottles that made Neptune sick every time she looked at them,
"Curiosity and neuroticy killed the Nep…' She silently spoke, nearly vomiting as she looked at the 4 bottles, still color coded, blue, pink, gray, and yes…
Even lilac.
Oooo creepy, right? Bleh, anyway, time for reviews,
mazinkaiser- heh. Iris Heart gulag. Truly hell on earth. She was even able to rid B-sha of her greed...
end5- Thank you as always. Heh, she certainly won't be ignoring Neptune's wisdom ever again
Georgius Fidelis- Hehehe, yes, Neptune has infinite names for her Bae-sha,
Tony Anderson- B-sha reaped what she sowed... Yea... She might be a little nervous to meet Nep's other friends in the future, I sure hope they don't take it in a weird direction. Heh... I hope you enjoyed the reread my friend.
