The Console Wars

by BlackNoire

The CPUs are at each other's throats, but not in Celestia but in Gameinudstri. This is not done from Neptune's perspective or any CPU for that matter. A male arrives in Gamindsutri who appears to be from somewhere else. All is not as it seems as this is not from the Neptunia universe but a general gaming universe. This is a fanfic unlike any other. Rated M for violence.

19. Kratos and Us

Chapter 19: Kratos and Us.

We're in a very high tech secure room full of facial recognition, finger print security along with different codes to press outside to enter. It's sort of like a jail but I find it odd for it to exist considering how there is no crime in Lastation. I guess it's there though just in case, perhaps for instances like this or for when captured enemy soldiers ever come here. Kratos is in there, he's chained against a wall with his arms stretched out. We feel so awful about this, but at least we'll do our very best to take care of him.

Noire then wakes Kratos up by making him smell something, I'm not sure what though probably something strong but aromatic.

"Where am I?" He asks sounding unsure. I can tell he's still in pain, but he manages not to grunt.

After waking him up Noire then gets out some cream for him, and motions to him that his pain will go away.

"In a prison cell. I'm so sorry, but as you said I cannot release you, not until you have broken your brain washing. But don't worry I'll heal you right now, what hurts you the most my dear friend?" Noire replies in a caring friendly tone. I believe she's putting on a brave smile, happy to see him but not in the state he's in.

"You do not need to apologise my lady, in fact I'm glad you brought me here. My arms ache really badly but so does my body, I ache all over really badly, and I am covered in bruises." He struggles to respond through the immense pain that he is in; his body language shows much desperation as does his voice.

I notice how frustrated he is, how understandably angry he is but he keeps calm for us, as he knows who's to blame.

My CPU goes to his right arm, massaging his arm gently but thoroughly with the cream. She's constantly stroking it all over with much care with her soft gloves, making sure it's covered, and that it will help to sooth his pains. After she's finished, she does her finger snap; my guess is they're Nano bots.

"Ahhh. My arm feels much better now, I feel no pain at all thank you ever so much. I appreciate it a lot." He says happily, as Noire with a large caring smiles works on his wrists massaging him.

"It's no problem; it's the least we can do. How did you get brain washed?" Noire asks him in a friendly manner and with much curiosity in her voice.

"The moment I reached Neutral Land, I felt my mind was being taken over by someone else. I was instructed not to reply to you, as well as to head to a brothel. I forget where but I was instructed where to go..." He explains painfully, recalling the events that happened. I can completely understand considering how much his ego must be in pain from this.

It was indeed tragic to hear that Kratos, a man possibly a god with superhuman strength and agility, ended up like this. It's so tragic that they brain washed him and used his own abilities in an attempt against us, no doubt that's why they did it. Fortunately they have failed, but then again that is if that's their intention, it could be that they wish to taunt us instead with their abilities. At any rate it is most unfortunate that we cannot use him for now, but at least he's back with Noire healing his wounds.

Noire has now finished putting the cream on his right hand wrist, she then goes to his left arm, and does the same process with great care and massages like an expert so that the patient feels relaxed, and rejuvenated.

"…When I got there, that was when I encountered that wretched Iris Heart." He speaks further. He sounds less hurt but he has old wounds inside him and he's clearly angry and distraught by what happen.

Hearing that particular name made me, Uni and Noire seethe with anger. The very thought that someone like her actually committed torture or worse to him and turned him to the broken man before us, the very thought of it sickens me beyond belief. Nonetheless Noire carries on massaging his left arm, covering his arm with the cream, doing her best to conceal her own rage.

"She took me to a room, where she tortured me, she did it purely for her own satisfaction, and she whipped me lots of times at the back, and beat me all over my body. I probably could have beaten her up but my body just wouldn't fight back, it's due to the brain washing." He explains with frustration and anger as Noire moves on to his left wrist, her body language trying to reassure him that she'll get rid of his pain, and she'll avenge him.

"She spent whole days raping me and torturing me through different horrific means anything to cause pain and agony to my body. I was close to death, instead of killing me they just knocked me out. Only to find myself with memories of me killing lots of innocent victims, not least my selfish acts that I have done when I was at a different place before coming here. What made it worse was that I was forced to relive those memories, by committing similar acts to civilians of the populations under her instructions. I was forced to torture whole families as well. After doing so, there would be more rape and torture by Plutia followed by a knock out. This went on for many days until one time when I was unconscious for a long time, but I had no idea for how long.

I woke up in the kitchen at Throttle Resort and I was tied up in chains abandoned there that hurt me a lot and squeezed my wrists tightly. I don't know why I was there, I didn't know where I was until you rescued me." He finished off as Noire is now healing his chest. The poor guy is frustrated and annoyed, but he does smile at the Lastation goddess as she patched him up nicely.

This angered the 3 of us greatly. To be forced to repeat the same horrid brutality and destruction that she did to him, and have memories of committing such heinous acts. It must be rather terrible indeed. We see his body completely covered in rather gruesome cuts, but we managed to keep calm as Noire carries on healing him, and helping to get rid of those wounds.

But one thing I do realise is that I do remember how gruesome and how vile he was himself. How he ruthlessly pillaged and slaughtered innocent families just for the sake of it in his game series. What kind of hero was he to do such horror?

And yet it baffles me that he served Noire and has a wonderful relationship. What's going on here? This doesn't make any sense. It can't be right for someone like Noire to have someone like Kratos working for her, even if he is a PlayStation character. Then again there is no doubt a perfectly good explanation for this.

"Do not worry; as if it makes you feel any better, Black appears to have been shown footage of vile acts that I apparently done. And yet the thing is what evil stuff have I done as CPU of Lastation? Absolutely nothing and instead the opposite is true. This is the same for you Kratos; you have done nothing bad in Lastation whatsoever. In fact you have been very honourable and even helping people out from time to time.

You have been brainwashed Kratos, so who's to say that those memories could be fake, or that there is another explanation? I mean unlike the three of us here, you had no memories of being from somewhere else. Do not worry Kratos you technically didn't do any bad things in Neutralland, it was Plutia's brainwashing that did it. You're really a nice, kind, loyal person Kratos; I know you would never do such horrible things.

With that said I have more questions to ask you. Do you know anything else? Are you hearing a voice in your head or are you seeing messages in your vision, anything like that at all?" She reassures him, sounding rather understanding. She even gives me a playful wink, as she must know what I must be thinking of Kratos as well as the situation.

I must admit that maybe Kratos here is like Noire here, completely different to how I remember them, or at least the Noire I remember when I arrived here. It's interesting how they're both connected, considering how I'm mentally tortured with the idea of Noire being evil and being shown evidence of it, while Kratos himself is tortured with himself being evil against his own free will. I wonder who else has it apart from Noire with me, and Uni having it herself.

Though this concerns me, at least I can be relaxed knowing that the Kratos here is nowhere near as bad as how I remember him, making Noire not bad at all, in fact if anything the complete opposite, for having him with her.

"I'm afraid not, I just have a voice in my head telling me to kill you two. I cannot control my arms and legs. I know that if you let me out now, my body will attempt to kill all 3 of you." He replies sounding quite sad at the fact, though his body language is showing less and less signs of agony.

"Do you know who is telling you, do you recognise the voice?" Noire asks kindly to him, as she then does her magic with his head which he enjoys a lot.

"No but the way the voice spoke sounded distinctive, and the choice of words sounded rather distinctive too. The voice compliments my physique, but I find this person to be very creepy. I can't put my finger on it I'm afraid, but I know that the voice tells me what to do, and yet I believe this voice is able to control my body." He replies trying so hard to think about the question he was asked.

Noire moves onto the legs as I think about what he had said. A distinctive voice that compliments his physique, but he finds the person to be creepy. The description is quite familiar, and though I have no proof, my gut tells me that it's someone I would know had it not been for my amnesia. My gut also tells me though that I may meet this creepy person soon.

"OK. I'm gonna knock you out again through chloroform. I need to do your back, the healing is nearly done." She says only for Kratos to nod in agreement enthusiastically, before knocking him out with the stuff.

"I have reason to believe, that while I don't know the person exactly, the description is familiar. I am also confident that this guy works for Plutia. Does the description sound familiar to you guys? I ask the Lastation CPU and CPU Candidate eager to find out if they know.

"I find the description to be familiar also, but I don't know the name of the person or the face. Must be the amnesia, which is annoying unfortunately." She replies with a smile as we all undo the chains with great care.

"Yeah it's the same with me." Uni replies in the same tone as her older sister.

I keep hold of the unconscious Kratos as Noire does his back again with the great love and care as before.

The thing is I find that while I still don't know who he is, considering that it's familiar and the likely affiliation, my gut tells me that he must be capable of serious damage, or no doubt caused serious misery to Noire in the series. I wonder if Lastation has ever suffered serious damage, perhaps the destruction of power, infrastructure stuff like that. Maybe sabotage, infiltration, hacking. Hacking, now why do I associate this creepy individual with that? Hmmm, I remember that happening in the series. I ask her about whether our glorious nation has suffered from this sort of destruction.

"No Black, and it's because we have a team of people who specifically guard our defence network and all the computers, as well as our internet and infrastructure. We've never had any viruses or malware, but our team are expert hackers, and we test our systems against them so that we can ensure it's protected. Thanks to them Lastation has never been hacked no way, Coco is one of the members as well as Uni." Noire replies with much pride in her voice and body language.

Ah good, no hacking incidents compared to it happening constantly in the series and causing unpleasant misery and humiliation.

When Noire does his back she moves over and picks up a king sized bed that I just noticed, and it looks ever so comfy. She places the bed at the wall, and then fluffs the pillows so that they are soft and comfortable to lie on. Her incredible strength impresses me; the fact that she's a goddess gives her so many cool perks like super incredible strength.

"It's a shame we haven't really learned much from Kratos either, apart from having memories of being evil." I say sounding quite concerned, perhaps frustrated that we're still in the dark, and no doubt my body language expresses this as well.

"At least Lastation is in one piece even if it's for now, and I'm confident it will remain so, and I have no doubt that you will help in this regard." Noire replies to me with much optimism in her voice.

"Not to mention we now have Kratos back and recovering his mind shouldn't be too difficult. Poor guy we'll need to avenge him, and the sooner we can do that, the better." I say to her in a similar tone to Noire.

"But yeah we haven't really learned much, we need answers." She continues as we both place Kratos in the bed, and try to make him as comfortable as we possibly can, when he wakes up.

We tie him to the chains again, and thanks to Noire's special cream he is in no pain at all. When he's tied to the chains on the wall, Noire wakes him up as she sits on the bed beside him as he lies beneath the big comfy quilt and sheets.

I notice Noire is smiling more now, as Kratos no longer has any cuts on his body, in fact looking like he's never had such injuries, ever. He appears clean and healthy, and this cheer Noire up no end as well as me and our Lastation Candidate, as we smile and our body language express much joy at this.

I would have thought that Kratos would have no wounds to begin with, due to his powers of regeneration. But being as those wounds were inflicted by Plutia, or perhaps its different rules here or both. I guess it's understandable, perhaps it was Noire being a goddess and her cream is what healed him up nicely.

"How are you feeling Kratos?" She asks him in a friendly manner. I can tell from her voice and body language, that she cares for him deeply just as she does for all of Lastation, as well as the good citizens of Gameindustri.

"I feel much better now thank you. Do you know when I can get my hands on that slut Plutia?" He asks sounding quite angry and frustrated with what that witch did to him. His fists clenched tightly, eager to thrash the joke with them.

"I'm afraid I'm not sure. I'll arrange to have some of our guys come in and attempt to break your brain washing. In the meantime why don't you relax in bed? I'll put the TV on, its voice recognition so just say what channel you want. I'll come back later and entertain you. If you need anything like drink, food or wash, anything including exercise, just let our guards know, they'll be outside watching you and looking after you." Noire says smiling at him in a caring friendly flirtatious manner, placing her hand on his chest out of reassurance, massaging it.

"Don't worry you will get better soon, you'll soon be able to serve Lastation before you know it." Uni adds with confidence.

I wondered how Kratos would bathe or go toilet, but I then notice chains near the toilet and chains near the bath. I guess they'll have to knock him out with chloroform, untie him then tie him up again. It is unfortunate for a man as mighty as Kratos has to be tied up even if we're making him as comfortable as possible. That witch will most certainly pay for what she'd done, and I will enjoy every last second of justice that comes her way.

"One more thing, I'm so sorry I sent you out. I should never have done that. I feel responsible for what happened to you, but we will get her I promise." She says to him in a reassuring caring tone expressing much sincerity, before leaning towards him, and kisses his fore head causing him to smile.

"It's OK it's not your fault. If anything it's probably my fault for wanting revenge against her and going in head first. Besides you trusted me, how were you to know they'd ambush me? Anyway thanks for rescuing me all of you. I appreciate it and it's good to be back here in Lastation, and I hope to be of service once again." He replies to us with much gratitude in his voice.

Noire then blows him a kiss of admiration for him, before we wave to him leaving the room so he can be in peace and make the most of the situation.

We then walk through a corridor that looks surprisingly nice, with its Lastation colour scheme and architecture full of awards and photos of the Lastation police with their equipment, as we look for a way out.

"I have reason to believe that if they do attack it will be tomorrow. Because I believe they'll think one of us is dead, until they find out tonight when we're asleep. As they can track us while we sleep. Due to our faith however we have 3 days, 3 days to stop the brain washing from eventually killing us all." I calmly speak to them thinking about how we are going to solve this problem.

"Yeah but how can you prove it when you can see for yourself I am innocent? Not to mention how do I prove you're innocent when what happened, happened in Neutral Land? And there's no way we can go there without getting brain washed, I mean we're brain washed now." Noire speaks sounding quite concerned despite trying to remain calm about this.

"Maybe I should look at the physical evidence itself as opposed to just listening to the people, because maybe "the demons" don't accept their word as valuable evidence. If I am able to at least tackle my own brain washing, it's a start." I suggest wondering if it would actually work considering I'm unfamiliar with the brainwashing and how exactly this world works.

I switch to my other method of talking just to be cautious.

"Where do you keep all your files about Lastation?" I mind talk to Noire calmly.

"On my PS3, I just hope looking on the PS3 clears the brain washing." Noire mind talks back trying to remain optimistic.

"Anyway, I'm gonna find a way of being able to detect the cream, that those goons back at the resort used. And I'm also going to personally ensure that our capitol, our metropolis, PS3 City has their defences rebuilt and even stronger than ever. It shouldn't take long as we have special future proof methods of ensuring quick construction, but very strong defences. Also troops should be arriving today in large numbers; hopefully we'll get some tanks and planes as well." Noire continues normally, sounding optimistic in her defences considering how well they've done before despite the Leanbox somehow managing to get to where they are now.

"I'll take a look at that computer; see if we can learn anything about them. Maybe I could reprogram it or something and make it useful for us." Uni says in a similar tone, while thinking about strategies to deal with the situation.

"I'll also need to find a way of being able to track all computers like that in Lastation. The computer is not from here and if we can track them, then we can capture them." Noire adds, while clearly in thought as to any other ideas that can help break the brainwashing.

"Yeah and hopefully it will help to stop the brain washing. I wonder if they only managed to brain wash us due to that computer being in Lastation. OK let's do this." I speak with enthusiasm and confidence, considering how we won't let the circumstances break us, and we do have ideas that are worth trying out.

"OK see you later, good luck in your endeavours. If you need any help just let us know." Noire smiles a lot in appreciation as we leave the complex.

Note: Readers please listen to Medal of Honor Underground: Passage to Iraklion while reading this

After waving her goodbye I take a nice walk back to her mansion, which isn't really far at all. This place never ceases to amaze even after being here for a day. Those skyscrapers are so amazingly tall and beautiful and full of different exciting features and are well designed and are very unique. The people are so friendly too, and it's so nice and fresh and clean, it's such a magnificent place, as I hear people having so much fun in the park, on the rides and playing video games together. I then reach her mansion, going through her aromatic huge exciting car park full of incredible sophisticated cars.

After which I then reach the lifts and head for her personal floor taking in the beautiful sights. Once there I head for her own bedroom where I met Uni for the first time, and I now remember the nice music that she performed, reminding me that I am doing this work for them, and how I hope I can succeed.

OK now I'm back in Noire's magnificent mansion, more specifically Noire's magnificent room, which even being here a second time never ceases to amaze me with its high tech grandeur, with the walls, ceilings and floors being able to project different images and footage, or even a theme for the room. It's lovely to be back, and I feel I can spend a large fraction of a lifetime in her mansion, and the rest of it in her nation, marvelling the sights, the sounds and smells and experiencing the quality and quantity of it all.

Due to practicalities though, I must get on with the task at hand, which I don't mind. I am a hard worker, and value the importance of doing my bit for this lovely society of Lastation, and while one perspective maybe that it's possible for it to be gone considering the circumstances as a result of the nightmare, I am confident it won't and just seeing Lastation, and being in it and seeing the people, the affluence, the prosperity and values makes this all worth fighting for.

Before I get to the task I realise that I fancy something to eat for lunch, to provide energy for this task, and so I get a Pepsi and a beef burrito with chili sauce made from the Atom Manipulator. I eat the tasty lunch reasonably quickly. The beef burrito consisted of fresh salad and yummy cheese as well that's melted, making this lunch very delicious. As soon as I have eaten this surprisingly healthy yet filling dish in reasonably good time, I wash my hands in Noire's gigantic breath taking bathroom. I then send the plate back to the Atom Manipulator to turn the crumbs and the plate back into atoms.

With my lunch eaten I quickly go on her PS3 to find a way of proving my CPU's innocence, while drinking the rest of my Pepsi which is at a nice cool temperature and ever so refreshing. I do so because Noire recommended this to me, and she explains how she has a massive portion of all there is to know about Lastation, Gameindustri and herself on her PS3, and that it's backed up on office computers in the library in the mansion. This is all super computers since everything is digital and is all backed up many times over, hack proof and password protected, along with having finger print, eye scanners and such security which I have clearance to.

I can really appreciate how Noire's amazing descriptions of it, reflect the reality of the system. I can really appreciate how I can see for myself that there's a massive amount of information stored and can fill the equivalent of countless ginormous libraries. In fact the same can be said for the internet that's shown to the public, with everything that is legal and age appropriate and not surprise inventions, surprise ideas or military plans which are instead shown on this PS3, and no doubt other computers of those concerned which are also secure. It's also pleasing to know how moral the people of Lastation are that they would not hack this stuff unless authorised and paid to do so for the purposes of testing hack proof systems, and I'm reminded of crime not existing in this great nation.

The policies are most excellent as it comes with lots of free speech, and absolute freedom to criticise Noire though no one does because she's that great, and everyone is respectful to one another there. Not to mention that there is a lot of transparency concerning Miss Lastation's policies except if they're military battle plans or secret weapons, and lots of statistics on Lastation concerning growth, along with ideas discussed in meetings. It would be nice to use this to answer all sorts of questions I have concerning Lastation, like its achievements and inventions, and plans for the future since I have an enquiring mind. But, I need to focus if I am to get an opportunity to find this stuff out, which I know I will, considering how benevolent our CPU is.

What is great is that to go with the massive information which appears to be limitless memory just as Noire said, in which it's complicated but logical and I can understand it, the navigation is easy to do. It's also lovely how as she's explained before, there aren't just lots of information but there are different types of information concerning Lastation: wealth, technology, population, and military, everything you'd expect to find when it comes to civilizations. There are even lots of information on Lowee, Leanbox and Planeptune which is useful to know as it helps with strategies and foreign policy, and even information on things outside of those for places and science, language, mathematics, geography and so on and on.

It is then upon looking at all this and thinking of what I can search for to help clear her name, that I remember 3 key names from the footage that Neptune showed me: Avenir who I remember to be the evil company from Lastation in the series, Ganache the villain who worked with the main antagonist and had a close relationship with that Noire, and Singe the man in charge of Avenir. With those names in mind I enter them in the system to see if there is any information here, or if they even exist at all and if so is there any difference between them here and in the series.

I look for Avenir…nothing.

I look for Ganache…..nothing again.

I look for Singe… yet again nothing.

OK no evidence to suggest Avenir or the two people ever existed, but is there any evidence to suggest corruption at all? Or anything to suggest Lastation is a horrible place? Could that be their point, that there are still those 3 sorts of aspects even if it's under a different name?

Guess that means looking at the stats, the metrics to view how Lastation is as a place, that there is evidence to back up what our glorious leader says, along with what I see around me.

OK Economy, from the looks of it, no recession, no crashes, no debts, no poverty, no one is poor, just there are rich and richer and even richer and so on, in fact everyone has plenty of money, and vital goods and even luxuries are cheap, with average working hours being excellent as is holiday time. Noire herself has money that reaches quintillions; she's that unbelievably wealthy and has unbelievable quantity of stuff of such high quality. Although she does spend the money on looking after Lastation, as well as improving it.

She even attempted to fund efforts in helping Neutral Land, although she stopped it because of the unfortunate tragic brain washing. Furthermore she's set aside some money to help Lastation, if money troubles were to ever come. Because of excellent leadership the economy is booming as usual and is predicted to boom forever, and Noire and Lastation will probably get even richer and richer as a result of this excellence.

Health, again no one is starving. There's plenty of food that is of excellent quality and are very healthy, in fact the medicines are so great that the life expectancy is 1000 years. And yet no one looks older than 30, there are no diseases at all, the only deaths have been from old age or from war and even then it's been a small percentage. Most impressive, and the people of Lastation have lots of energy and can carry much weight, and have excellent IQs too.

Happiness, everyone is happy with Noire and Uni in charge. There has been no rioting, she's loved by everyone, no one is depressed, nothing wrong there, in fact everyone considers themselves to be happy and regularly entertain themselves to enjoy themselves. Furthermore, there have been plenty of celebrations in Lastation, where Noire has met her people. No one in Lastation hates her at all, it's incredible.

The environment is good in Lastation as everything runs on renewable resources, there's no pollution, no global warming or cooling, no smoke or smog. And there are places in Lastation full of wild life, such as the massive jungle which I've seen for myself how full of life it is. There have never been any disasters at all, no floods, no earthquakes, no volcanos, no drought, no hurricanes, nothing like that, and there are weather systems to predict such a thing and it says it won't ever happen.

Crime: well, there is no crime, no stealing, no murders, no assault of any kind, no treachery nothing, everyone obeys the law and the law have a 100% approval rating.

Technologies have also improved Lastation, but there are no negative side effects at all, and the nation is in terms of abilities and inventions, along with inventors and scientists the most advanced.

From the information I am getting on this PS3. Lastation is like a utopia; nothing wrong with the place at all, in fact it's an ideal place to live. It's clear to me that what I am seeing absolutely disproves, in fact destroys the evidence, and yet why do I still believe the evidence to be true? And why is the brain washing still there, why is my karma rank still infamous?

Since I've looked at all the possible evidence and found nothing to support the dream. Then maybe I need to question the dream itself, why do I know it to be true? Both can't be correct considering the clear contradiction to each other unless…..

I look at the PS3 controller and that is when I realise where I have seen the dream happen before: Hyperdimension Neptunia: a video game and a lousy one at that. It explains why I believed the dream to be true, because it did happen in that awful game. Considering my awareness of the series and the treatment, why did I not think that it was simply the series propaganda? It must have been the brainwashing or amnesia or both, and I needed to see something to trigger my memory and seeing the controller while seated must have triggered it.

And with that realisation that also explains Kratos' false memories, they must have come from his own video game series, in fact I'm certain of it now, I remember some of that now yes. They must be using the games they're in, to try and make out they're evil, and exploit our amnesia with this. How rotten of them.

But even if Kratos was actually evil he isn't here, though I now remember as a result that the purpose of Kratos was to create something different, as well to reflect how there was no goodie or baddie, just people with their own desires. But as for Noire being evil? I know it to be pathetic propaganda nonsense from someone who is bitter, someone who lost to the PlayStations in the console wars, and has no business complaining since she tried to do the same but the difference between us our succession and their failure. And I vow to make them pay for their bitterness, their propaganda and their humiliation, defeats and vilification of my CPU.

Though now I know where it was from, can I prove where it was from? I doubt it considering how I wouldn't know where to look since I doubt the game would exist here, and would be a memory from before coming here.….wait a minute my karma is now improved to Outlaw. My HUD now says:

"Congratulations Black you have proved Noire is innocent. Unfortunately your karma rank has only improved to Outlaw. In 3 days you will be forced to kill Noire and Uni because they will be forced to kill you."

But if I proved beyond doubt that Noire is in fact innocent. Why doesn't it mean that I'm back to being a Hero on the karma rank? Why am I an Outlaw? Have I actually cured my own brain washing, or not, or at least have I reduced its effects? Thing is how am I supposed to prove that I didn't kidnap the Planeptune CPUs? Even if I could get there without being brainwashed, would there even be any proof at all? Especially considering how Planeptune fell 2 generations ago?

But at least I've made progress, it must have taken me a couple of hours looking at the files and feedback from the people, finding any evidence in support of their claims. In fact from the birth of Lastation to now, the nation has gotten better and better, despite Leanbox's success in the 6th generation and now.

I type in different searches to see if there's anything about them being kidnapped, knowing that while there won't be anything it's best to have a look. There is absolutely nothing about it, mere information concerning Neptune disappearing but there's not a trace at all. I do notice on the PS3 a video filmed some time ago with the CPU's interacting with each other in an unusual setting. Despite knowing there's no hint of kidnapping, I decide to watch it to help me relax, as hopefully then I'll find a way of trying to prove I didn't kidnap the CPUs. How could I have done as I have no memories of this place before arriving in Lastation, Noire knows this as does Uni.

In the video I see that Noire is in a wrestling ring for some reason, she's in her HDD mk2 form but she has pink highlights in her hair, and the parts of her plug suit that was silver is now pink in the video. She is just standing there fuming looking very aggressive and angry wanting to knock someone out. A woman is also there and I recognise her to be Rei Ryghts in her HDD form, due to her hideous appearance.

She has light blue eyes and lots of grey hair that covers her back, and has two strands that reach her hideously big breasts. Unlike Noire's hair it looks very messy, damaged and horrible. Her plug suit doesn't look that great either to say the least. It covers her shoulders and arms in black material, and she wears what appear to be grey robotic looking armlets with black gloves. Her black suit covers her waist and has some grey and light blue patterning that looks just bad to be honest. For footwear she wears black thigh length boots that show only her inner thighs.

While Noire looks absolutely stunning in black and pink and is extremely attractive as always, Rei looks hideously ugly. It is then they start to speak as I'm wondering what this is all about, and what actually happens there.

"Black Heart, Black Heart over the events that took place you gotta be extremely frustrated…." Rei speaks sounding pathetic and scared. But Noire pushes her so hard Rei falls on her back and hurts herself, as Noire snatches the microphone with determination and aggression.

"FRUSTRATED!?, FRUSTRATED ISN'T A GOD DAMN WORD FOR IT, THIS IS BULLSHIT!" Noire yells, very angrily, her body language desiring justice. The thing is the crowd cheer in support of her which cheers her up a lot.

They then chant Black Heart and Lastation loudly and with so much pride and love, which is nice as I wondered how would the crowd react to her.

"YOU SCREW ME, EVERYBODY SCREWS ME, I GET EMBARRASSED, HUMULIATED, I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO FALL FLAT ON MY FACE, AND BE MADE TO LOOK A VILLAIN AND NOBODY DOES A GOD DAMN THING ABOUT IT!" Noire's still yelling, with the same expressions and the crowd cheers her even more.

"NOBODY OUT OF THE CPUS CARE, VIRTUALLY NOBODY OUT OF THE FANS CARE, SO MUCH GOD DAMN INJUSTICE AROUND HERE, I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE!" Noire places her hand at her head indicating where she has had it up to, the crowd still cheers and chants for her, even waving placards which show their loyalty and support.

"EVERYBODY KNOWS IT, I KNOW IT, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I AM THE BEST CPU, BECAUSE I DO THE BEST JOB AS A CPU! AND I SHOULD BE MC OF THIS SERIES" Noire carries on as she walks around in the ring, still understandably upset, expressing with her body just as much as she projects her voice loudly so that the crowd can hear.

It's strange as I feel she's referring to what goes on in the series, which I can completely relate to. Even if I may not know the context, it is a good video to hear her frustrations against those who did her a terrible wrong.

"THE MAJORITY KEEPS TURNING A BLIND EYE, YOU KEEP TURNING A BLIND EYE ON THIS!" Noire points to Rei with much rage, who by now, has left the ring looking shocked at Noire's outburst, as well as ashamed of all this.

"EVERY GOD DAMN CPU KNOWS THAT I AM THE NUMBER 1 CPU, BECAUSE I ONLY DO EVERYTHING. I AM THE BEST THERE IS, THE BEST THERE WAS, AND THE BEST THERE EVER WILL BE!" I think Noire has finished now as the fans cheers her at the loudest volume yet, and standing and applauding too, in which Noire while annoyed with the situation still looks at the fans with gratitude in her eyes, before turning to Rei and frowning.

I can now hear another voice:

"I HAVE TRIED TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF YOU NOIRE, BUT ALL YOU WANNA DO IS WHEN YOU GO TO THAT RING, IS CRY LIKE A LITTLE GIRL! I TRIED TO HELP YOU, BUT YOU THREW IT ALL AWAY BECAUSE YOU'RE A LOSER! IT COULD HAVE BEEN US BOTH FOR THE HONOUR OF BEING THE TRUE GODDESS, BUT YOU THREW IT ALL AWAY BECAUSE YOU'RE A LOSER!" The other person who yells was Vert and she too was really angry, rivalling the Lastation goddess's frustration.

She came from the Titantron, a big screen away from the ring which is held up in suspension, allowing the audience to see, and she's in her HDD mk2 form, full of rage and eager for a fight against the goddess in the ring.

"YOU KNOW WHY THEY CALL YOU GREEN HEART APART FROM COLOUR AND NATION? IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE JEALOUS OF ME. YOU AIN'T GOT THE GUTS TO TAKE ME DOWN, WHY DON'T YOU COME SAY IT TO MY FACE COME ON!" Noire yells back, her body language fuming with massive amounts of frustration.

"I'm so, so, so sorry, for Black Heart's outburst." Rei says from the announce table sounding very apologetic, struggling to think what to do about this interesting situation.

They then try and talk over each other, but it was difficult to understand what they're saying. After which Vert leaves the Titantron and it's switched off. Neptune then appears although it's odd to see her, she's in her HDD form and she looks ever so hideous.

She has blue eyes with the power symbol and long purple hair that is tied into two braids which look awful. On her hair is what looks like two x pads that look like a joke. Her purple and black plug suit appears to be a black and purple jumper, with what look like pluses on her shoulders. The suit is cut in the centre, which try to show off her atrocious ugly over-sized boobies. On her hands are her gauntlets with claws on the end. Her suit also covers a bit of her grotesque upper thighs as well, and for footwear she wears long thigh length boots that are mostly black with a bit of purple. It doesn't like nice at all.

In fact she's nowhere near as attractive as my CPU Noire, gah that purple haired witch is so hideously grotesque, her plug suit is so inferior for one thing just like her hair style.

I do remember how Neptune in this form was supposedly more mature and responsible, but even then I still hated her ever so much. I hated how the series try to portray her as the best, and superior to Noire when she was really, really inferior and the worst. I found her to be extremely annoying and seeing her just reminded me of the nonsense she spewed, especially when it came to what that witch showed me in chapter 12. All those defeats, vilifications and humiliations she did as well as how arrogant she is. It sickens me and she has the audacity to call herself the strongest CPU, when if anything she's the weakest because the console she represents was never released.

But thankfully she just stands there, and keeps her annoying mouth shut as Noire owns her, demolishes her on the mic.

"IF YOU THINK FOR ONE SECOND THAT YOU ARE THE TRUE GODDESS, YOU ARE WRONG! THAT IS MY TITLE, YOU KNOW IT, I KNOW IT AND EVERYBODY IN THIS BUILDING KNOWS IT, COME ON!" Noire drops the microphone down as Neptune enters the ring eager for a fight with my goddess and determined to win, even though with luck she won't.

Both of them start trading punches. Vert then enters and the three of them end up brawling with each other with grapples and punches galore.

I was hoping to see if Noire would defeat them both, but then the video then ends as if out of the blue. It didn't make any sense to me because, if it was the 6th generation why was Neptune there? Why was Rei even there acting like she's in charge and yet she cannot keep control, it made no sense at all. And what was that all about?

I don't know, I have no idea though I certainly remember Rei from the series. I didn't think much to her to be honest, I just didn't like how she failed to rule Tari her landmass and yet because of her and purely her, she thinks that all the CPUs are bad? She hasn't met Noire even in the series she cared for her people even if it meant nothing in the end. And really, her plan of a CPU free world? What would the difference be? Considering she's a CPU herself.

Not to mention there was not much in the way of humiliation nor defeats compared to Noire and Blanc, and from what I remember she didn't get treated as a joke despite the trouble she has caused. Yet they made her sympathetic compared to my two favourite CPUs. Interesting how she is here, not exactly bad or antagonistic, but pathetic and not exactly supportive either. I wonder if I'll encounter here, or even in my dreams?

As I thought about Rei, my memories of her and therefore my thoughts of her, I find myself thinking that while in one way the video made no sense, in another way, it does make sense. It was about Noire not being treated fairly and yet not many people seem to care about this issue. Noire never was treated right in the series at all, and yet she was one of the best CPUs. She was both popular and a decent role model. Maybe I'm here to punish those responsible for Noire's treatment especially Neptune, to avenge the grief. I dunno.

It's certainly sad to see Noire my own CPU get treated like this, despite how hard she works and the things she does for her people. I've seen the games, even the occasional fanfic not treat her correctly. I will gladly avenge her lousy horrible treatment, and I think of nothing but desires to punish Neptune for what she has done to my console all because she is a sore loser. I very much look forward to owning and putting her in her place once and for all.

In the meantime I then get on the phone to speak to the Lastation CPU, informing her that I have done what I can and I have some good news for her.

Neptune will pay for her propaganda crap that she tried to spew on me about the goddess I love. She'll pay dearly. I will find a way out of this brainwashing and make sure that it happens.