Hello, good day! Afternoon or evening, welcome to another chapter of my story, I'm just putting this notice to ask a few questions, first during the story I left small mentions of Alan's past I was wondering if you would like chapters made specifically to tell a few stories from past, such as the missions in Alaska, New York, and Paris and his interaction with resistance groups, another question is if you would like to receive some suggestions for songs in specific scenes, such as, for example before a fight takes place. I'll put this (PLAY-SONG NAME/GAME OST) I believe it adds more emotion to the story.
I also received some reviews from people with some questions about the story, and I will answer them here.
Qrious writ3r: Sorry I'm a bit confused, are there two sets of Twins here? If so, how are the og Devola and Popola still alive? Pretty sure they died, unless the remake made it so they didn't die (haven't played the remake yet).
Answer: Yes, there are two pairs of twins. Replicant (original twins) and those of Nier Automata, the reason they are alive is that I found it more interesting to keep them alive in this story, I didn't just want to follow the game's timeline I think that would be boring, so I decided to make some changes, and I intend to tell some side stories. About the remake I'll try not to give spoilers for those who haven't played it.
Juampy: A question about something I don't understand: are there two pairs of Devola and Popola? Because at the resistance camp, the twins there made it clear that they thought Alan was dead and they hadn't seen him in years, but then Alan finds the twins in his apartment and they seem to have lived with him for years. So, the Devola and Popola who live with Alan in his apartment are the original Nier Replicant ones and the ones in the camp are other Nier Automata models? If so, I always believed that there was only one pair of red-haired android twins that we knew and that the ones from Nier Automata were the same as Gestalt and Replicant. And if this is so and those who know Alan are the originals, then how the hell are they not deactivated? Thousands of years have passed since Replicant. And if I accept that in a way they have managed to stay active, then how did they get to that city, trapped in a pile of rubble?
Answer: Yes, there are two pairs of the twins. Replicant and those of Nier Automata, those at camp thought Alan was dead (I intend to make chapters specifically focused on Alan's past and his relationship with androids). The twins who live with Alan are the ones from Nier Replicant /Gestalt, the reason they are alive is that I decided to make some changes to the timeline (I think it makes the story more interesting and maybe I'll bring other characters from Nier Replicant /Gestalt, but no characters that seem to contradict the story too much). The reason they are in the city under the rubble is that the place where Devola and Popola fought Nier is the entrance to Shadowlord Castle which curiously is an office building turned into a castle, at the end of the fight the building collapses and that's why that Devola and Popola were buried down there, I like to search the WIKI for characters and locations in Nier Replicant and Nier Automata with the timeline page so as not to contradict me during the story, and it was researching the castle that I saw that it was an office building.
Thanks for the reviews, they help me to develop the story better, I also hope I have solved your doubts.
Another thing I would like to say is that I do not intend to turn Alan into an OP anime protagonist, maybe, MAYBE, I will make him a little stronger than a human being, but for now he is just a normal human being, but I would like to say something, Alan for now only has one power, a single power, I won't reveal it yet, but I already put some clues about it in the story, this power is nothing OverPower, maybe it can't even be considered a power but a curse
That's all for now Nier and Drakengard belong to Yoko Taro.
All images used here belong to their respective authors.
Interval 2-Answering Questions
Alan's POV
Once again these bizarre dreams, this time I was on a battlefield in front of me a medieval army they all wore armor, and their most striking features were their glowing red eyes and their monotonous voices "The Goddess is just ahead." There was no emotion in his voice, behind me, there was a huge castle with another army, their armor had blue fabrics and they raised big blue flags, the sky was cloudy and the landscape around me was desert.
A rocky and lifeless soil, soon with the blast of war trumpets the battle began and the two armies clashed I thought I would be crushed between the two armies but they passed me like I was a ghost it was a bloodbath, arms and legs being cut off, heads rolling on the floor, blood was running in rivers, the screams of pain and rage were deafening.
Amid this chaos there was a person he must have been in his mid-20s, with brown hair, a gray shirt with a black and blue breastplate on top, black pants and shoes, he was massacring the red-eyed soldiers with a sadistic smile on his face, the blood of his enemies ran down his face and he grinned from ear to ear.
I walked backward scared until my back bumped into something, I felt a heavy breath behind me, I turned around slowly and what I saw left me speechless, it was a red dragon, it was injured and chained to the ground at the moment he saw me the dragon spoke.
"Careful, they still live in you, you've resisted for years but you can't go on like this forever."
"What do you mean?" Who is this dragon talking about?
"WATCHERS!" The dragon roared and started to struggle, trying to get out of the chains, I turned to run and came face to face with the brown-haired guy he was running towards me with that smile, why was he doing this?
"Hey! Calm down, let's talk!" I screamed as I stretched my hands forward, I noticed something strange when I looked at my hands I was wearing armor, the armor of the red eyed soldiers, I didn't have time to react when that guy raised his sword and cut my head off, while my head was flying I heard something, was it a song or poem?
Speak not the Watchers,
Draw not the Watchers,
Write not the Watchers,
Sculpt not the Watchers,
Sing not the Watchers,
Call not the Watchers' name.
Then I woke up.
Alan's POV
I woke up sweating scared, why do I keep having these dreams? Who was that psychopath? That battlefield? What are Watchers? And what does that have to do with the Red Dragon that appeared in Tokyo? Those dreams never go away.
"B-Good morning aDMint -rador Alan."
It was the POD he was there floating in front of me "Good morning POD" I got up opened the bedroom window, and let the light in.
"D-do youuuu feEL W-well?" The POD is more worried than surprised.
"I'm fine POD was just a dream, thank you." I gave a small smile.
"E-This unity e- are f- happy to hear."
"Come on POD, it's time for breakfast, at least I think." I opened the door and went down to the kitchen, there was a makeshift wood stove, I opened the bottom cabinet to the left of the oven and took a frying pan and put it on the stove, in a basket to the right of the stove there was a basket full of bird eggs, chickens were extinct a long time ago.
So I had to start stealing the eggs from the nests in the trees, next to the basket in a plastic pot there was a slice of salted wild boar meats for pickling, POD can light it here, I opened the bottom from the stove, there was still firewood inside.
"Affirmative." POD took a small shot at the wood, it lit, I put two eggs to fry with a piece of meat, above the cabinet where I took the frying pan I opened a drawer I took out a spatula and started to stir the eggs and turn the meat "POD How about some music?"
"Affirmative."
(Star Man/David Bowie)
Nothing like a good song to start the day, I tapped my foot to the rhythm of the music, opened a jar on the counter and took some salt, and put it in the eggs; I heard two pairs of footsteps behind me Devola and Popola "Good Morning".
"Good morning Mr. Alan." The two said simultaneously, they were finished, probably the hangover from yesterday's drinking, both had messy hair, wrinkled clothes, and downcast faces, they looked like two zombies.
"So did you have fun yesterday?" The sarcasm was palpable in my voice, an outfit covered in vomit, a Vodka bath, and a broken window, sometimes I wonder if I'm living inside a comedy.
"Please, we don't need a lecture." Devola said.
"Yeah, just let us rest." Popola said as he laid his face on the kitchen table.
"Of course, of course, I'm sorry I didn't get drunk with you guys, I just don't like waking up the next day looking like a zombie." I put a plate on the table and put the eggs and meat on it and started eating.
"Do you two want some?" I offered my food.
"No thanks, just drink." Devola Said, is that all she thinks about?
"Devola!" Popola yelled at her sister, and both of them shuddered at the volume of the scream.
"I'm sorry Pop." Devola apologized to her sister, you know, I'm happy to see the little interactions between these two, it gives a sense of normalcy to this messy life.
"You know what, rest today until this hangover is over, I'm going to record my show today at the office, and then maybe I'll get out to walk a little." I think it's best to give them some time until they feel better, maybe I'll take them to participate in a future episode.
"Are you sure we can't go with you?"
"I appreciate your concern, but I'll be fine, if something happens just run in the opposite direction." I smiled at her, finished my breakfast, and approached the two of them. "Don't worry about me and just rest, I worry about you." I said as I patted their heads, they closed their eyes in appreciation "If you need anything I'll be in the office, let's go POD."
"And there he goes again Dev, I wonder what she finds so fun talking to a POD."
"I don't understand either Pop, but maybe we should check out his show, who knows, it might be interesting."
"Perhaps".
Alan's POV
I sat in the office chair POD was floating in front of me. "Alright POD today we're going to do something different, we're going to answer some questions sent to us about previous episodes so let's get started, how many questions do we have POD?"
"In total 25 questions."
"25 is not bad for two episodes, let's shoot 3,2,1 now!" A red light on top of the POD we are recording. "Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of our humble show, today we will do something special, I will answer some questions you sent in previous episodes, you can send the first question POD."
J CKA55: "Send nudes."
"For God's sake! We got off to a good start to the show, is that the first question?" I couldn't believe what I was reading, POD must be kidding me.
"Affirmative."
Well then let's answer "No, if you want this so bad go ask someone else, and if you send the same question again I'll put you on the blocked list." Well, it's not the first time I've had to deal with a perverted android, I wonder how the resistance would feel if they knew what Anemone wanted to do to me.
"Next question."
MARVELLOUSDUDE: "You've traveled the world haven't you? So tell me how is it at night? "
"Good question! This is something I've realized many androids don't know what it is at night, let's do an experiment, close your eyes and imagine the sun slowly fading over the horizon, the sky turns orange and then dark as coal, a few minutes later little bright dots appear in the sky, ten, a hundred, a thousand, a million, countless points, each one of these is a star, some of them may even have died, but their light still keeps traveling through the universe, so the moon rises in the sky a huge natural satellite bright white, nocturnal animals start to appear, cicadas, fireflies, crickets, amid nature it is a beautiful sight, and if you look hard enough you will be able to see the constellations in the sky. I hope I have cleared your doubts."
"Next question."
TINFOILHAT: "I knew, I knew I wasn't the only one who believed in the Beatles theory! Everyone laughed at me, saying I was just a nut, but finally, I'm not alone! My wife may have left me, and the kids don't talk to me anymore, but I never gave up! Tell me do you also have a complex diagram on your wall? I have other theories to share, the reptilian presidents of the United States, Elvis was an extraterrestrial, human beings never walked on the moon, there are demonic messages hidden in vinyl records, our reality is nothing more than a fanfic based on a video game! With you, by my side, we will reveal the whole truth to the world!"
A crazy conspiracy theorist? Great, but as the rule goes, you shouldn't antagonize a crazy person.
"Of course, of course, together we will reveal the truth to the world I'm counting on you." It could be seen that I was lying.
"POD next question!" I abruptly got up from my chair and yelled at the POD, of all the androids I could attract had to be a nutcase.
FLOWERAPRECIATOR: "You seem to know about a lot of things, what can you say about flowers, I love them, but I don't have time to see it personally."
"Flowers huh? I'm not exactly an expert in flowers, but I'll do my best, how about we talk about the meaning of flowers, they can have different meanings, peace, love, friendship, and happiness, these meanings emerged through different cultures around the world, either through from the mythology behind flowers, or how they were used in festivities, let's cite some examples, Rosemary represents courage, Carnation pure love, Dahlia recognition, Jasmine luck, Lily innocence and peace, I hope I helped you as I said before I'm not an expert, but of all the flowers there is one that interests me the most, but it is also one of the rarest to find, it is the Lunar Tear according to legends if you get one of these you will have one of your wishes fulfilled."
"POD next."
MECHANICALMUSICIAN: "Hey man I saw your video of rescuing Kokio, thank you so much for saving her, by the way, you are famous now, everyone is talking about the video of you fighting the machines, good fight."
My eyes widened, what a video I don't remember recording any video of Kokio 's rescue, and now everyone knows what I did! The only one who could record the fight was POD! He recorded didn't he record? "POD let's talk later."
"I-I DON'T KNOW what you are f-TALKING ." Now he is pretending to be ignorant.
I sighed, "Next question. "
MEDICALAMP: "Are you okay? I saw the video, you were thrown down the street, looking right at you, when was the last time you had repairs, your face is scarred, not to mention the old clothes you're wearing and your tired face please take better care of yourself."
"Thanks for the concern, but I'm perfectly fine, each of these scars carries a story and I don't want to get rid of them, and this tired face I left the factory like this." Is this how other androids see me? An unfinished android, I suppose that's good enough for today.
"Very well thank you all for watching today's episode, I can't answer all your questions in one day but I hope I've cleared some of your doubts, see you in the next episode."
" 3,2,1 Cut ..." ZOOOOOOOOOOOM!
All the windows in the house shook, small objects shook and a deafening noise went through the house, but what was it? It sounded like a jet flew over the house! I looked out through the office window and saw the source of the noise, it was Yorha's flight units and they were heading towards the factory in the ocean, finally, that factory has been spitting machines for months, and they were finally going to put an end to it, you know it's been I haven't seen a Yorha operation for a while, I can't miss this one.
"POD come with me."
"Affirmative."
I ran out of the office and down the stairs, Devola and Popola were in the room.
"What the hell was that!" Devola yelled.
"Flight units from Yorha, they are in the middle of a mission and I want to go home and see." Come on let me go soon.
"We're going with you, and there 's no use insisting on going alone, Yorha 's quests are dangerous either we're going with you, or you don't leave this house until the quest is over!" Popola spoke this time
"Alright let's go." Apparently, I have no choice this time.
YORHA BUNKER
In space orbiting the planet Earth was a space station known as the bunker, Yorha's command center, in the command room there was a certain operator android known as 6O, this android was watching the Q&A episode of a certain poorly dressed android. What she didn't notice was another 21O operator right behind her.
"What are you doing?" 21O said as she looked over 6O's shoulder and watched her terminal screen.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" 6O yelled while trying to cover her terminal screen, it didn't help much.
"Let me see" 21O pulled 6O aside, when she looked at the screen she saw a strange android he wore old clothes, messy hair, a scarred face, and for some reason he had a POD.
"Who is he? Why is he in possession of Yorha's property?" 6O began to sweat nervously.
"His name is Alan and for some time he has been making recordings sharing knowledge about the human world, he claims to have traveled the world, he saw the night you know? He also answered one of my questions about flowers, he also did an episode talking about cities and another one about music. Please don't tell the commander, she'll have me dismantled if she hears I'm not working!"
6O said as she put his hands together and bowed his head to 21O.
21O stood there with her arms crossed, wondering what to do, 6O was nervously waiting "Very well, I won't tell the commander." 21O spoke while sighing.
"Thank you!" 6O said while hugging 21O.
"Please let me go."
"Sorry." 6O said as she jumped back.
"So what model is he?" 21O asked.
"I have no idea, he knows a lot about human history maybe he's a member of the Human Heritage Investigation Committee on a mission, and maybe he's a model archaeologist?"
"If he's a committee member and he's on a mission, what is he doing here alone? Because he is poorly equipped and in such poor condition, the committee members rule the androids." 21O asked.
"You're right, maybe he's a combat model, there's a video of him fighting machines and rescuing a wounded android, although he didn't fight directly, he destroyed the machines by sneaking up behind them and stabbing them in the back, just getting in direct combat when there was no option." 6O spoke as she went back to watching the show.
"A Stealth Model? He doesn't look like one." 21O asked while watching the show with 6O.
"Maybe it is, it seems to be a very old android, a model that may not even be manufactured anymore, you can imagine a millennial android walking around the world, the last of its model."
"It feels lonely, it would be like losing your family. Do you think he would mind if I asked him a question?" 21O said as she stared at Alan
"I suppose not, but this episode is to answer questions from previous episodes, if you want your question answered you'll have to submit it in the next episode."
"COMMANDER IN THE CONTROL ROOM"
"RUN 21O, GO TO YOUR TABLE THE COMMANDER IS HERE!" The scene that follows is 6O and 21O running to their posts and trying to pretend that nothing happened, papers fell from 6O's desk. And 21O tripped and fell to the floor as she ran to her desk.
Commander White entered the command room standing on a raised platform overlooking all the operators, luckily she didn't notice 6O and 21O, with a stern look on her face the commander started to give orders, all operators stood up and turned around towards the commander with their feet together and their backs straight.
"All at your posts! Let's start the machine factory attack operation, androids sent for this mission will be 7E, 12H, 1D, 11B, 4B, 2B, and 9S, Operators contact your designated androids, last, Glory to Humanity!"
"GLORY TO HUMANITY!" The greeting was said simultaneously by all androids in the control room, and all operators sat down at their desks and began the mission.
"2B are you ready?" 6O asked for 2B in his terminal.
"Yes, starting mission." 2B said in an emotionless voice.
"Very well 2B, be careful and good luck." 6O looked at a separate tab of his terminal where Alan's recording was playing.
"3, 2, 1 Cut ..." ZOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Soon the recording was cut, 6O looked to the right and then to the left, realizing that no one saw it, and calmly closed the program tab.
"Oops".
Alan's POV
Here were the four of us Devola, Popola, POD, and I, in the ruined city on top of a building overlooking the sea there were six flying units heading towards the factory if I manage to record one of Yorha's operations my audience is sure to go increase, not to mention the positive image that Yorha will get if the mission is a success, who knows, maybe they'll end up thanking me, I doubt it, but what counts is the intention.
"POD record everything, but don't broadcast the recording I want to check the video back home, don't miss a single scene!"
"Affirmative." The red light came on and POD started recording.
"To be sure we should be here?" Popola asked me.
"Don't worry, we're far from the mission, I doubt anything can hit us here." I tried to calm her down, honestly I'm a little worried too, but come on we're far from the action nothing bad will happen, what could happen? A nuclear explosion? As if.
"Get ready Pop, if the worst happens we'll take Alan and run out of here." Devola spoke to her sister as she materialized a staff in a flash of red light.
"Alright Dev". Popola also materialized her staff.
You know when you think of Yorha you think of the best androids in the world the most advanced, the smartest, the strongest, I also thought until I participated in the Pearl Harbor mission and saw that normal androids, Yorha androids, and humans are not so different, they all make mistakes, this talk of Yorha androids being perfect is nothing but propaganda and I saw it in first person.
The six flight units were heading towards the factory in the middle of the ocean, which was connected to the ruined city, and started to be shot down one by one, a giant laser came out from somewhere inside the factory and hit the units with absurd precision, luckily one of the units managed to enter the factory.
I was excited to see Yorha's operation, but after seeing what happened the smile on my face disappeared, I frowned "POD stop recording and delete the video, I prefer to preserve Yorha's image, if this leaks it could end with the moral of the androids of Yorha and the resistance."
It's terrible to see androids dying, they fight for humanity but they get nothing in return, as a human I feel bad, if I could I would end this war and I would apologize to everyone androids for their companions lost in battle.
"Is this what Yorha's missions are like?" Popola asked me.
"Yes Popola, Yorha's missions are brutal, I speak from experience". Said while giving her a sad look.
"Damn it! You have been in one of those missions?!" Devola yelled.
"Yes, while I was participating in a resistance group." I looked back at the factory. Soon something strange happened a giant mechanical arm opened a hole in the factory wall and at the end of that arm was a giant wheel with several excavator blades, the wheel turned like a circular saw, and I could see a small black dot fighting the saw, probably the android that managed to enter the factory.
Suddenly several missiles collided with the mechanical arm destroying it, another flight unit appeared, I sighed in relief at least that android is no longer alone. The android continued walking through the factory until he reached a bridge, two cranes that were on the left and right sides of the bridge started to move, the two possessed the circular saw and went into battle with the android.
The android was winning the fight so the two cranes retreated on their tracks towards a platform, hooks came out of the side of the platform and pulled the cranes up forming arms, from under the platform legs emerged, and what I saw made me stop. My mouth opened, a Goliath type machine I never thought I'd see one of these again.
You know once I suggested changing the name from Goliath to Metal Gear unfortunately my proposal was refused by the resistance, it's hard to describe, imagine an oil rig with arms and legs big enough to be able to step on the ocean floor, the Goliath jumped forward falling into the ocean and coming face to face with the android on the bridge, the ocean water barely reached the Goliath's knees, so the battle began!
"POD record again!"
"Affirmative." This fight is something that can't be forgotten, even if I don't broadcast it I can't help but record it, when is the next time I'll see such an event.
The Goliath swung its giant arms trying to crush the android, and the android was shooting at the Goliath with its POD and slashing at the giant mechanical arms with its sword, explosions erupted from the chimneys above the Goliath were missiles being launched toward the android, seeing that it did not get the result he wanted the Goliath dove under the water and destroyed the bridge underneath, giving less space for the android to fight.
The flight unit came back and launched several missiles at the Goliath's face, the red eyes of the machine went out it looked like that the fight was over, but Goliath's eyes relit and he tried to crush the android on the bridge, the android on the flight unit shot towards Goliath's hand stopping the attack, but ended up being hit by Goliath's other hand and thrown upwards.
The Goliath fell against the bridge, his eyes fading, the android started to climb the machine, probably to save his friend, glad to hear he cares, Yorha's androids can be cold sometimes, the Goliath stood up again the fight continued, I don't know what happened up there, but a flying unit got off the top of the Goliath and started shooting at him, in retaliation the Goliath sent a shower of missiles from its chimneys, a robotic voice echoed across the ocean was distorted, but soon began to become more noticeable.
"KILL... KILL... KILL...".
Goliath spoke in a monotonous voice, it's not the first time I've heard a machine speak there are machines much more coherent than this giant, the founder of the Forest Kingdom is an example sometimes I miss him, one thing that annoys me is how much androids underestimate the intelligence of machines.
Just because your enemy remains silent most of the time and you don't understand the why of his actions doesn't mean he is not intelligent, during my life I have met several intelligent machines who were imitating human culture I was even able to have a friendly conversation with some of them.
Back in the fight the flying unit was thrown far away by a right punch from the Goliath, the flying unit towards the Goliath dodging missiles and the giant laser, now I know what knocked the other units down, I don't know what happened, Goliath's left arm exploded and began to float from the right side of the flight unit.
The Goliath and the flight unit began to exchange punches, the Goliath received three punches and was stunned, the flight unit began to ascend and descend to full speed towards the Goliath, dodging missiles masterfully, an android jumped out of the flight unit and stabbed the Goliath directly in his eye finally the Goliath stopped moving.
"BRAVO! BRAVO! I can't believe it, where is the android that killed Goliath I want to shake his hand and congratulate him, is that the least I can do!" I screamed as I jumped and clapped my hands for joy, my joy was short-lived, I slowly stopped jumping and clapping my eyes widened at what I saw, three more Goliaths came out of the ocean.
"POD has nothing we can do? That android is there alone." I turned towards the POD desperate, seriously all this sacrifice to end up like this.
"N-negative, m-tooo dangerous..." Dammit, I hate standing around and not being able to do anything.
"Don't even think about it, Alan!" Devola grabbed me by the arm.
"I know Devola but I can't stand to stand here watching others die."
"I'm sorry about that, but we can't do anything, you are our priority." Popola said as she stopped in front of me preventing me from following.
I looked at the three Goliaths, well I don't know what happened next, there was a white light and then an explosion.
"Popola!" Devola shouted to her sister.
"Yea!" Popola and Devola raised their staffs and a red bubble enveloped us and protected us from the blast, the shield began to crack.
"POD! SHIELD!" I yelled at the POD.
"Affirmative." A white and yellow shield reinforced the bubble where we were, the explosion ended and the Goliaths were destroyed.
I calmed my breath "Devola, Popola, POD, let's go home, this was too much emotion for one day."
"I agree." Popola and Devola spoke.
"Black box signal detected, distress call received, one android survived operation suggest rescue."
I took a deep breath." Devola, Popola, let's do one last thing before heading home, we have a rescue to do, are you with me?"
"Yes." Devola spoke.
"You can count on us." Popola said as she walked beside me.
"So come on, POD leads the way."
"Affirmative." POD went ahead, I'm glad, at least I'll be able to save someone from this disaster.
UNKNOWN POV
1?: We lost three Goliaths, this is a disaster!
2?: Not entirely, it looks like an android survived.
1?: And why does it matter?!
2?: I plan to run a small experiment, a fake rescue, and a few surviving machines, nothing too complicated.
1?: Interesting, let's go with your plan.
?: You two still have this obsession with Administrator Alan?
1?& 2?: Oh it's you two.
END OF CHAPTER
You know this chapter took some work to write, writing, in general, is something strange sometimes I have creative spurts and I write a whole chapter in one night, while at other times I spend days writing a single chapter piece by piece, step by step minutes staring at a blank sheet of paper I know what I want to write the words are on my mind but I don't know how to put them down on paper.
Anyway, thanks for reading the chapter, leave your comments and opinions about what you thought of the story.
Until the next chapter.