Snyderverse Neptunia Snippets

by Derald Snyder

Snippet 51- Thugs' Interrogation

*Leanbox City Army Base, Interrogation Rooms*

"So you've never seen your employer's face?" Nisa asked the thug, flipping her scarf for effect.

"N-no, I haven't," the thug shook his head, blushing a little. "Uh, I almost walked in on him once, right when he'd just got his helmet on, and he was like, 'What the bloody hell are you doing in here?!' and then he turned his voice-changer-thingy back on. Definitely a British guy!"

"British... come to think of it, he said 'buggers' earlier, didn't he?" Nisa said with one hand to her chin in thought.

"Yeah, but that's all I know, I swear! Our leader could've told ya more, but your Army guys iced him already... that's why we gave up."

"Right... Okay, I'll let the police know you cooperated," Nisa nodded, before writing something on a piece of paper. "This is proof of your promise to go straight once you get outta jail, got it? No more injustice." With that she slid the paper over to the thug, revealed to be her autograph.

"Y-yes ma'am, miss Nisa," the thug nodded and blushed again...

Meanwhile in the room next door, another thug was being grilled by the unit commander. "Look, if I knew anything about this guy's identity, I'd tell ya!" said thug protested.

"Surely there must be something you can tell us, if you don't want the judge to throw the book at you!" the commander said threateningly.

"Ugh..." the thug groaned as he put his hands to his head. "...Well, there was this one time I overheard the guy arguing with somebody behind closed doors, on speaker phone... Sounded like a little girl, but..."

"But what?" the commander pressed.

"But she, like, had a hell of a potty mouth on her! Could've given Blanc a run for her money!"

"Do you know what they were arguing about?"

"Ah... just sounded like they were hurling insults at each other. Actually, I kinda got the vibe that they were actually really close, despite their fightin'... Kinda like Betty and Veronica from the comics, y'know? But that's all I know, I swear!"

"...All right, I'll let the judge know you cooperated," the commander nodded, before standing. "But next time you should try and find honest work, got it?!"

"Yeah, yeah, don't feel like havin' the freaking army coming down on us again..." the thug sighed.

*Shortly thereafter...*

"I see," Vert nodded on the holo-screen, Chika standing with her, looking quite satisfied. "So our enemy is a British male, and is possibly taking orders from someone with a child's voice..."

"Could be a dwarf... I mean, someone short," A-Mac clarified, standing with the unit commander and Nisa. "They might be partners, Steel Feline serving as the front man while dwarf-girl plots from behind the scenes..."

"Probably wouldn't be very intimidating herself, which is why she's hiding," Nisa mused. "But she'll be brought to justice no matter how tiny or cute she is!"

"I'm having my unit work with the local LEOs to canvas the surrounding area for any clues to this dirtbag's identity or location," the commander piped up.

"Good," Vert nodded. "I'm glad you're staying competent even after Adrian's discharge..."

"Well, Gunnery Sergeant Sergei Johnson's helping with that, to be sure," the commander nodded. "I'll admit, I was a bit shook up when I heard Petty Officer Johns had joined with a terrorist group, even if it turned out to be a false flag operation... Though I'm sure Sergeant Macintosh read him the riot act."

"And gave him a good slap in the face," Vert nodded. "Speaking of which, those two should be back from Lowee by tomorrow, and I'll have them link up with Nisa and Arthur to help track down Steel Feline and his partner..."

"Yeah, all the Armored Rangers together again!" Nisa pumped a fist. "There's no way this villain will escape the hand of justice once that happens!"

"I hope you're right, Nisa," Vert concurred with a small smile.

*Meanwhile...*

"I can't believe you let all those Cinnamoroll plushies go to waste!" exclaimed a high-pitched female voice. "Did it (bleep)ing occur to you that I wanted some of them?!"

"Relax, I set one aside and I'm having it delivered to you discreetly," Steel Feline assured her.

"Just one?! ...Fine, better than (bleep)ing nothing," the voice responded. "But who the (bleep) are these (bleep)ing Armored Rangers?!"

"Well, one of 'em's Nisa from the Disgaea series," Steel Feline replied. "And Yellow Tiger's apparently her boyfriend or something... but the black one's that Oracle that did Vert's massages in the second Neptunia..."

"Oh, the green-haired one who (bleep)s with Vert?" the voice sighed. "So you've got the goddess' attention, huh?"

"Saw her in the flesh, took a big spear to the gut from her," Steel Feline affirmed. "Y'know, I didn't agree to this just to get my (bleep)ing ass kicked..."

"Hey, at least you're getting your (bleep)ing ass kicked by cute ladies, you lucky (bleep)er!" the voice taunted.

"And what about you, (CENSORED)?"

"Hey, if you lose, I'll step in so you can vamoose! Don't say I never do anything for you, mother(bleep)er!"

"Yeah, yeah," Steel Feline sighed before cutting the connection. "So what am I gonna do now...? ...Wait, if I've got the Army after me, maybe..." The villain went into 'the thinker' pose as he began to plot...

*To be continued...*