Location: somewhere on the land mass of Planeptune
"So, any other detours that I need to know about before we head to Planeptune proper?" Anri asks
"Nope" Maho says with a pop at the end of the nope, "Next stop, Planeptune!"
"Maho"
"yeap~"
"Please don't do something crazy"
Maho just giggles
Location: Planeptune Basilicom - Nepgear's Lab
Uni is staring blankly at the Lilac haired girl as she goes through some of her old prototypes
Sure Uni was in shock at the time but she's had some time during breakfast to think about what Nepgear said to Black Guardian
The way Nepgear talked to him made her sound like she was much older than what everyone was lead to believe
Uni thought that she and the candidates from the other nations were born around the same time with the exception of Leanbox's candidate who was born a few months before the day where the five CPUs were defeated and held hostage in the graveyard
But…
Between the way Nepgear knows about someone from Lastation's past by almost a century and all of these prototype weapons that predate the more modern shotguns, rifles and pistols
She's truly left to wonder just how old the lilac haired CPU is
"Aha!" Nepgear exclaims
Uni jumps at the sudden exclamation
Nepgear has a pair of pistols that look like a pair of triple barreled revolvers in her hands
"So… what are those?" Uni asked with curiosity, sure they looked cool and Uni most certainly wouldn't mind using them but she feels like there's a story for those pistols specifically
"These Uni, are my console war enders" Nepgear said with a grin
Uni felt a chill go down her spine at that statement
"I had made these so that my sister would have a range advantage during her battles against the other CPUs" Nepgear said nonchalantly, "buuuut, around the time i was done with these the ceasefire had started"
"And the ceasefire ended with the Friendship pact…" Uni said
"Yep~" Nepgear confirms, "so these never really saw the light of day"
"As for what they are, they are a pair of dual-mode high powered energy pistols" Nepgear says with a grin and a lot of pride in her voice
Uni tilts her head, "dual-mode?" she asks, "semi-auto and full-auto?"
Nepgear's grin widens, "no, semi-auto and" she pushed the hammer of the gun as far forward as it can go then pressed the trigger and an energy blade forms in the center of the 2 bottom barrels, "Energy blade"
Uni stood there wide eyed and gasping like a fish out of water
Location: Planeptune Basilicom
"I see" Lastation's mascot says, "we truly are in dire straits then"
"We are" Histoire says with a tired tone of voice, "i'm truly glad that Nepgear is able to handle this as well as she is"
"Speaking of Planeptune's candidate, you did a great job of raising her"
"Pardon?" Histoire says with some confusion
"On some occasions I've heard Noire complain about Planeptune's CPU's lack of motivation to do anything but play games" the Mascot elaborated, "as such it's only fair to assume that you were the one raising the Candidate"
"Just because i played a part in her upbringing doesn't mean that i raised her" Histoire says with a pout
"Of course, of course" the mascot seemingly backs off for a moment, "mother hen"
"Goodness, not you too!"
The mascot of Lastation chuckles, "in all seriousness, had i not been paying attention to her battle against Black Guardian i wouldn't have believed that she is De-Synced"
"It's good to know that she can keep her current condition under wraps" Histoire says with relief
If the Mascot had a head, it would surely be shaking its head now, "mother hen"
"KUROOOO!" Histoire whines
Location: Planeptune Basilicom - Nepgear's Lab
We return to Nepgear's lab and Uni is still in the same state as she was in earlier
"Helloooo" Nepgear says as she waves one of her hands in front of the ravenette's face, "earth to Uni, you wanna return to the station sometime today?"
Uni suddenly jerked back
"Welcome back to the land of the living" Nepgear says to her with an amused grin on her face, "did you enjoy your time in la la land?"
"You…!" Uni narrows her eyes at the lilac haired girl and
*SLAP*
Slaps her right across the face and then realises just what she just did, "Sorry!" Uni squeaks
Nepgear nods her head in acceptance, "i probably deserved that"
Uni takes a couple of steps back and clears her throat, "S-so, you're just going to give that to me…?"
Nepgear lets out a light chuckle and shakes her head, "no and yes"
Uni tilts her head in confusion
"Im keeping my prototypes, that is non negotiable" Nepgear says, "but you can test them out and give me feedback on it and i'll make you a pair specifically designed for you"
"Maybe you'd want longer barrels and a shorter blade or maybe shorter barrels with a longer blade" Nepgear just starts listing off nonchalantly, "additional artificial recoil, high rate of fire with a reload requirement or a slower rate of fire with no reload requirements, pinpoint accuracy shots, you name it and i'll try to make it work, got it?"
Uni nods
The pair of them made their way to the sim room, "now, just so you're clear, the hammer in the forward position is the blade mode, the hammer in the back position is the gun mode and the hammer in the middle position is safety on"
"Forward is blade, middle is safety, back is gun" Uni repeats, "got it"
Nepgear hands the prototype gunblades to Uni, "Histoire just texted me and i need to go see her so feel free to test it to your heart's content, i'll be back in a bit"
Uni takes the prototype gunblades, nods and enters the sim room where once the doors closed securely behind her some simulated doggos formed for her to test out her borrowed weapons
The lilac haired girl did say that she would make the ones that Uni will get will be to Uni's specifications
A grin started to form on the ravenette's face, 'well, i might as well make this as detailed of a report as i can, if she regrets it then that's on her'
It's not everyday that you get the first of a weapon specifically catered to your needs, after all
Location: Planeptune Basilicom - Entryway
Nepgear arrives the entryway of the Planeptune Basilicom
"WIFEY!" RED yells as she attempts to tackle hug Nepgear
Nepgear expertly sidesteps RED and slips her arm under the redhead's stomach
Between the momentum of RED's attempted tackle hug and how Nepgear moved her arm under the Redhead, RED was spinning on the lilacette's arm
Nepgear ended it with a simple upward motion of her arm that sent RED flying upwards
Had the ceiling of the entryway not been as high as it were then RED most certainly would have left an imprint on it
However as it was very high, RED merely landed on the floor relatively unscathed
Sans the dizziness that came from being spun around like she was
Nepgear was about to say something to Histoire but she stopped as she felt something or rather someone approaching the Basilicom
Location: Path to Planeptune Basilicom
Maho pauses mid stride as a stupid grin forms on her face
"Maho, Don't!" Anri yells but it was too late as the pink haired girl had already taken off into a sprint
Despite the futility of chasing after her to catch her, Anri starts running after her in hopes of smoothing over the mess that this will undoubtedly cause
Location: Planeptune Basilicom - Entryway
'This isn't going to end well' was the only thought that went through the lilac haired girl as she instinctively used gravity magic to carefully move the Basilicom workers out of the way of what's about to happen
"Nepgear?" Histoire questions with a raised eyebrow, "is something the matter?"
Nepgear for her part ignores her as she's currently making calculations based on what she knows is about to happen in the next ten seconds
"What is going on with her now?" Histoire murmurs with concern
"Based on what it looks like she's making calculations in her head and adjusting her position to tank a hit while taking the least amount of damage" came the response from the Lastation Mascot
"And if we take into account the fact that she's moving people out of the way then it's likely that the attack that she intends on tanking will be moving in a straight line" continued the Planeptune Mascot
The Lastation Mascot hummed "Since we're taking that into account then its also highly likely that the act of tanking this hit is also to protect the assailant from hurting themselves" Lastation Mascot mused
"The two of you are getting way too into this for my liking" Histoire deadpanned
And just like everything was timed, Nepgear sighs and T-posed just in time for
"AAAARRRRRRRSSSSSSSSYYYYYYYYYYY!" a yelling pink projectile to tackle Nepgear to the ground with enough force that the ground below them cracked from the harsh landing
The unknown pink thing was clinging onto Nepgear and giggling
As for Nepgear, she groans "Wifey Missile" before she seemingly passes out
AN: Nepgear, what happened?
Nepgear!
NEPGEEEEEEAR!
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now that ive gotten that out of my system
I will potentially take a short hiatus from the fic
please review~