"It's a mess, all of it. What do we do now? What can we do now?"
"And here I thought you were...
"And here I thought you were...
Hyperdimension Rising: Re;TAKE (Not A Reboot This Time)
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"It's a mess, all of it. What do we do now? What can we do now?"
"And here I thought you were the smart one… Isn't it obvious? We fix it."
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My name is Neptune, the newly ascendant CPU Purple Heart. And I'm going to save the world.
Wait, no, that came out too soon. Shit, uh… Start from the beginning!
Long ago the four... Wait no, not four, what comes after fo -- the five nations lived together in harmony. Relatively speaking.
Well okay, Eopra and Mercia were engaging in a fifty-years-and-counting-long cold war, Saia was engaged in some extremely aggressive economic snickersnack, Niihon was isolating itself from the world to stay out of the Cold War when it got hot, and Tari was just kind of flapping its arms and hoping for a miracle.
...So in retrospect things weren't actually in harmony at all! More like an extremely tenuous arrangement being played by a tone-dead paraplegic. Sucks to be that paraplegic though, because everything changed when Tari lost its shit and invaded every nation in the world simultaneously. And won. Because the people who could have stopped Tari and their Goddess were killed by Tari and their Goddess first.
So yeah, they lost and we're paying for it. Bad weather, bad air, horrible wildlife, all while we have to deal with a robot AI goddess ruling the scraps with a literal iron…Well, actually it's probably not iron, more likely some sort of advanced metal-sharicite composite… Shit, getting off track.
Anyways, even what's left of the Eopran Army - who are, I might add, pretty badass - is barely holding the robots at bay. And this is just Eopra. No one even knows what happened in the other continents.
Either way, we need divine intervention. Unfortunately, we'd need a Goddess for that… and CPU Yellow Heart died at the Fallen Goddess' hand.
But that is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die... Or something like that. Faux-poetic bullshit and all, point is even dead Goddesses have a way of telling bad shit to fuck off from beyond the grave. As certain red-painted pretty supersoldiers like to say, 'The next one will get you'.
Soooooooo... Yeah. I'm the next one! And I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to get her, but we'll get to that eventually. Right now I have other priorities, like saving the world. Just because its a world of apocalyptic war doesn't mean we can't have a little fun, right? Hur dur I'm so gloomy, bluh guh look at me I hate everyone, gurrrrrrr…
Yeah, no. That's not how things get better. I'm gonna save the world, and I'll do it spectacularly. Or maybe I fail spectacularly, but then we just try again! Because giving up is for suckers.
"And here I thought you were the smart one… Isn't it obvious? We fix it."
Goddesses Black Heart and Purple Heart, The New Age
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My name is Neptune, the newly ascendant CPU Purple Heart. And I'm going to save the world.
Wait, no, that came out too soon. Shit, uh… Start from the beginning!
Long ago the four... Wait no, not four, what comes after fo -- the five nations lived together in harmony. Relatively speaking.
Well okay, Eopra and Mercia were engaging in a fifty-years-and-counting-long cold war, Saia was engaged in some extremely aggressive economic snickersnack, Niihon was isolating itself from the world to stay out of the Cold War when it got hot, and Tari was just kind of flapping its arms and hoping for a miracle.
...So in retrospect things weren't actually in harmony at all! More like an extremely tenuous arrangement being played by a tone-dead paraplegic. Sucks to be that paraplegic though, because everything changed when Tari lost its shit and invaded every nation in the world simultaneously. And won. Because the people who could have stopped Tari and their Goddess were killed by Tari and their Goddess first.
So yeah, they lost and we're paying for it. Bad weather, bad air, horrible wildlife, all while we have to deal with a robot AI goddess ruling the scraps with a literal iron…Well, actually it's probably not iron, more likely some sort of advanced metal-sharicite composite… Shit, getting off track.
Anyways, even what's left of the Eopran Army - who are, I might add, pretty badass - is barely holding the robots at bay. And this is just Eopra. No one even knows what happened in the other continents.
Either way, we need divine intervention. Unfortunately, we'd need a Goddess for that… and CPU Yellow Heart died at the Fallen Goddess' hand.
But that is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die... Or something like that. Faux-poetic bullshit and all, point is even dead Goddesses have a way of telling bad shit to fuck off from beyond the grave. As certain red-painted pretty supersoldiers like to say, 'The next one will get you'.
Soooooooo... Yeah. I'm the next one! And I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to get her, but we'll get to that eventually. Right now I have other priorities, like saving the world. Just because its a world of apocalyptic war doesn't mean we can't have a little fun, right? Hur dur I'm so gloomy, bluh guh look at me I hate everyone, gurrrrrrr…
Yeah, no. That's not how things get better. I'm gonna save the world, and I'll do it spectacularly. Or maybe I fail spectacularly, but then we just try again! Because giving up is for suckers.
Index
- Location
- Singapore
The Territory of CPU Purple Heart
- Small Town, Sun's Refuge - Former Goddessly Holiday House
Character Sheets
Lancan Survivors
Lancan Survivors
- Neptune, CPU Purple Heart
- Joshua, Last Solar Hero
- IF
- Compa
- Falcom
- MAGES.
- MarvelousAQL
- Erina
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WIP Index Part 2
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"...I am extremely bored."
The man in the gas mask sitting opposite her looks up from his little book and tilts his head slightly. "That was random," he says flatly, probably while raising one eyebrow.
Neptune rolls her eyes. The Eopran Army's HQ at Hightower was a pretty swanky place with pretty swanky buildings (and very nice couches) but man, the people are such sticks in the mud sometimes. "Bruh it's been like five months give me a break."
"...It's only been an hour, if that."
"Wait what?" Neptune checks her wrist, expecting a watch she does not actually wear. Yeah she'll just take Ironside's word for it now. Even though he's shady and obviously evil. What kind of good guy wears a gas mask all the time? "Well it felt like I've been waiting five months!"
"...I'd suggest some medicine for that, but we don't really have any non-critical meds left. So…" Ironside, suspicious black ops miniboss he is, closes his little book and sighs. "Any favourite foods?"
"I like pudding," Neptune says reflexively. She thinks on it; would admitting to liking pudding on reflex ever bite her on the butt? Nah, everyone likes pudding! And people wish they could bite her on the butt. It's a nice butt. "Yep, pudding is the best."
"...Right," Ironside says. He holds a hand up to his chin - or the mask-related equivalent, the filter - and ponders that he probably already knew this. "What about ice cream? You like ice cream?"
Neptune shrugs. "Never had it," she says truthfully. "Grandpa swears by it, but I never had it."
Ironside looks at her. Really, really looks at her, right through his opaque visor. "But you've had pudding."
"Noire said that MRE pudding is trash and I think it's better than the pudding I had growing up!" Neptune counters. "I just really really like pudding." The young goddess looks up at a corner of the room, where wall met wall met ceiling. "Wasn't a lot of sweet things in Lanca, y'know? Substitute pudding was pretty much it."
The black ops future-bad-guy stays still for a moment before returning to his previous posture, back leaning against the couch. "Well I can vouch for ice cream. It's my favourite thing."
Neptune frowns. "Wait, but… But you're so shady and dark and morally ambiguous. Don't you care about your image?"
"I don't care about my image. I have ice cream."
Neptune crosses her arms. "Man, you're the worst future miniboss I've ever met."
"I'm still not sure why you're calling me that, but whatever cycles your chamber, Lady Purple Heart." Ironside returns his book but briefly looks upwards. "Captain Emiya likes ice cream, by the way," he says nonchalantly.
"I do, yes," Noire chimes in, appearing out of nowhere. She plays with her long black twintails a bit, straightening them out, and then puts her hands on her hips. "I'd be concerned how you know, but I just came out of a five month meeting, so… You know. I'll just set you on fire later."
"It's literally been only an hour, if that."
"It felt longer shut up."
Neptune looks at the other goddess, one eyebrow raised. Noire shrugs.
"He shows up at Crow's Nest a lot. At this point the Black Suns are like family." Noire freezes briefly, parsing her statement. "Really… Really edgy, quiet, awkward cousins. But still family. Kind of? This metaphor is really tortured, I'm sorry."
Neptune shrugs. Noire really wants to move on from that topic but is too much of a dork to do it herself - man that's going to be useful for later bullying - so she'll oblige. "Soooo apparently there's ice cream here?"
Noire scoffs. "There's ice cream everywhere, Neptune. We have a tank full of it in Crow's Nest. Officers-only, but..." She smirks haughtily. "...I'm an officer now~"
"Right… Iunno, is it that big a deal? We never had any back in Lanc--"
"You've never had WHAT?!"
"Woah where did that come fro--"
Noire stomps over, grabs Neptune by the wrist, and runs out of the door like a storm of twintails. The wind was still settling when Ironside looked up from his book.
"Isn't that uncharacteristically forward," he quips.
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"...Man aren't you uncharacteristically forward. You must really like ice cream." Neptune smirks and sticks out her tongue. "And me~"
Noire, hiding her beet-red face behind her hands, comes out muffled and flustered, as usual. "Shut up shut up shut up don't look at me don't breathe at me don't anything me right now!"
"...Why would I breathe at you? That's weird. You're weird, Noire!"
"AAAAAH SHUT UP!"
Neptune chuckles a bit at Noire's expense but her patience is fighting a losing battle. The line at the ice cream bar is huge. It kind of reminds her of the Atrium back at home, and how bloody squeezy it was. So really it feels more and more like she never left behind the Shelter at all. It seems like a fun enough place.
...Minus the incredibly long queue. Man she's not going to get her ice cream for, like, two hours. What is this, Shelter 001? Is she home already? Must be, considering she's not getting her food again.
It is really tempting to give up on the ice cream but considering her uncharacteristic boldness earlier Noire might actually cry. Which in some cases would be a reason to give up on ice cream, but doing it right now might get her Actually Lunched. Or lynched. The bad thing. Probably lunched, getting eaten doesn't seem like a good time.
And then one of the waitresses - who, in true Eopran Army fashion, is wearing fatigues - accidentally bumps into her. "Oh dear, I am so sorry!"
Neptune shrugs. She barely stumbled anyways. "Nah, it's alright."
"No no, it's my fault, I should have been watching where I was going." The waitress squats down to get her tray, brushing her long braid around her shoulder and showing off her shapely body. She's practically a Kyrain. "I should make it up to you."
"No no, it's cool. Really." Actually, now that she's actually paying attention, she notices that the waitress is blonde and blue-eyed. Huh. Wonder if she is a Kyrain. Though, by that logic literally everyone is a Kyrain. Ah Luteus, what a layabout.
The waitress, for her part, refuses to take no for an answer. "I insist! Let me take your orders first. What's your name?"
"Actually I'm here with a friend…"
"Hm?" The blondie looks over her shoulder and gasps. "Oh! Captain chevrons! Oh dear, I've done it now!"
"Eh?" Noire breaks out of her ennui and looks blankly at the waitress. "What? What now?"
"She bumped into me and is freaking out," Neptune stage-whispers.
"A-Actually, it's about officer privileges now," the blonde waitress says. "Y-You see… Officers can take the express queue. If you like, I could bump the two of you over?"
Neptune looks over at the queue next to theirs, and it is practically barren. In stark contrast to the labyrinth she's currently trapped in. "Would you look at that, we could have been eating by now," she says, slightly dead inside.
Noire groans and smacks herself in the face. "Right, the queue… Actually nevermind, no, that queue's for senior officers, and Captain's not senior enough. We'll just keep waiting."
Neptune gasps. "Noire, no! We could put an end to this!"
"We're. Not. Queue-cutting. Got it?!"
Neptune feels an inexplicable chill run up her spine and nods quickly. "Yes ma'am."
The blonde waitress is practically vibrating in anxiety right now. "C-Could I get your names at least? I'll deliver you your ice cream directly! Please, let me do this one thing?"
Neptune looks at Noire. "Your thoughts?"
Noire shrugs. "Why not? It'll be novel."
Neptune nods. She turns to the waitress. "I'm Neptune. This is Noire."
"Neptune… and Noire." The shadow of a frown crosses the blonde's face, but it is gone as soon as it appeared. "Thank you, I'll deliver them ASAP!"
Neptune looks on as the waitress disappears into the kitchen, still jumping anxiously. Man, some people are just so twitchy. Ah well, ice cream awaits.
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"Approximately eight years later Neptune and Noire were still waiting for their ice cream, and everyone had grown huge beards from the wait."
Noire limply leans over and pokes her on the forehead.
"Noire had grown irritable over the eight years of waiting, for her addiction had not been satisfied in far, far too long."
"Stop it before I do it with a bayonet," Noire threatens half-seriously. "It's been like half an hour, can't you wait?"
Neptune harrumphs and folds her arms. "Well sorry for being hyped about food you like!"
Noire looks at her, eyes wide, and sighs. She slaps herself on the forehead, and there is an air of understatedness to it. Is she sincere, for once? "...Argh, I'm sorry, I'm just a little wound up over everything."
Neptune shrugs. "Eh, 's fine. I was being a baby too. If babies could narrate their lives."
Noire smirks. "Well you just did, so I'd say they can."
"Ow! Direct hit!"
They laugh together, and then their ice cream comes in little plastic cups. "Here you go," the blonde waitress from earlier says, eyes sparkling. "Sorry for the wait! Chocolate for Noire, and vanilla for Neptune!"
Neptune and Noire both look at the tray, noticing a third cup of mint ice cream sitting there. "We didn't get a mint," Noire says. "Is this complimentary?" Neptune asks hopefully.
"Oh, no, I just thought I'd take my break now," the waitress says sheepishly. "I hope you don't mind if I sit here with you two?"
"No," Noire says flatly. "Sure!" Neptune chirps cheerfully. They look at each other, frowning.
"Oh c'mon, Noire, it'll be fun. Live a little! You need to get ready to socialise whenever, now that you're a--"
Noire sighs quickly and cuts her off. "Alright, fine." She turns to the waitress, forcing a small apologetic smile. "Sorry, a little wound up still."
"Don't mind me," the blonde laughs. "I'm just a little lost, it's my first day today and all…"
"Hey, that reminds me!" Neptune sticks her spoon at her, mushing her ice cream against the roof of her mouth. "You never told us your name! Before this relationship goes any further, you should probably tells us."
"Oh! Haha, silly me." She bops herself on the head and laughs. "I completely forgot! Let me start over."
"Take your time," Noire says dryly, rolling her eyes.
The blonde smiles sweetly, closing her eyes, putting her mint aside and brushing her long braided hair aside. Something shifts in her demeanour. The airs of a sweet, slightly-ditzy blonde bombshell was still there, but there is steel beneath it now. An edge of a killer that had been waiting to strike. No killing intent, not at them, but merely practice and instinct. Neptune tenses involuntarily, instincts guiding her. Noire looks on with flat uninterested eyes, errantly chewing on a spoon full of frozen chocolate.
She opens one eye sultrily, halfway between femme fatale and god-queen. "I am Goddess Green Heart. But you can call me Vert. I hear you've been looking for me."
Noire, halfway through a bite, nearly bites her spoon in half. Neptune just looks at her, wide-eyed, ice cream completely forgotten. Another Goddess? Already? One of the two remaining they were looking for, inside Hightower? How long has she been here? How long has she been playing the fool? Why did she come out to them?
And then suddenly Vert goes back to what she was previously, a giggly waitress worried about stepping on toes. "Yes, I did it! Dramatic introduction success!"
And just like that all tension just shrivels up and dies. Man, and it was actually kind of menacing at first. Ah well.
"...Yeah, not dealing with this shit right now. I'll be right back with a new spoon," Noire says with a sigh.
Neptune sits still, glancing periodically at her ice cream. Its starting to melt. She should really finish it soon. But first, business. "Sooooo… Who are you really, who are you with, and how long have you been here?"
Vert smiles, resting her head on her tented fingers. "Well, I'm not lying about my name, but I'm not with the Eopran Army. Not exactly. Do you know about the Blind Watchers?"
"No, but I wonder how blind people can watch anything."
"It's a vaguely cynical reference to the fact that we failed to discover Tari's fall until they were already invading Eopra and that we're lost because our organisation got decapitated and separated after the Fall, but we're still the Watchers because we are still needed." Vert frowns, running her fingers through her braid again. "Though… I suppose you'd know us better as Eopran Intelligence."
"...Yeah no still not ringing any bells. But are you fighting the Truth?"
"We've been at war against the Truth ever since they appeared, yes," Vert nods.
"Awesome, we're on the same side! Man," Neptune says, puffing herself up, "That was easy! We've already found an ally! We'll be done in a month, two months tops!"
"Actually," Noire sighs as she sits down again, "Not so easy." She shoots Vert a glare. "After all, the Blind Watchers are still splintered, aren't they?"
Vert just smiles politely. "Don't worry about that, Captain Black Heart, no matter where we are the Watchers still fight." She opens one eye. "If only that were true of the Eopran Army."
"Excuse me? We've been the only people fighting. I didn't see any Watchers at Crow's Nest!"
"We figured you should pull your weight for a change," Vert says coyly. Her smile fades soon, though, and she looks at the two of them. "Look, I came here today for a reason."
"I'm not interested," Noire scowls. She winces when Neptune elbows her in the side.
"What's up?" Neptune asks. "I'm gonna guess it's about the robot war. Do you want help? A fetch quest? Oh, reunification?"
Vert shakes her head. "I'm here to promise my support. You're planning on moving on Lanca, aren't you? You'll need an army."
"She has an army," Noire says.
"She can always have another," the blonde says with a smile. "We'll move when you move, Neptune."
Neptune nods. She eats her ice cream - man it is runny. She nods again. "What's in it for you?"
Vert looks at her ice cream, the minty green ball half-melted by now. "We've been stuck doing nothing for too long. The Watchers are too scattered and too few to do anything. The Eopran Army has resigned itself to dying out. Your people, Neptune, are the only people trying to make a difference. And," she adds, pointedly glancing at Noire, "It's already paid off. You have the support of the Eopran Army already. We might actually be able to end this war."
Neptune nods. "Right, but what's in it for you?"
Vert laughs. "You saw through it already?"
"I like having fun, but I did grow up in the single deadliest place on the continent. What's up, Vert?" Neptune slams one palm onto the table. Man that stings, but endure it! "What do you gain by associating yourself with me?"
She smiles, eyes closed. "Well, you're adorable, and I've always wanted a little sister, so I was hoping we could… get to know one another!"
Once again, Neptune does not see this coming. It's flattering of course, and she is very cute - her mother said so and so does everyone else - but Neptune has lived her whole life being the big sister. The biggest of the big, the sisterest of the sisters, an unbreakable bulwark of Nepgear-related protection.
Without thinking, she responds immediately. "Yeah, no, I have a little sister."
"Even better!" Vert declares. "I'll get two little sisters! And we're even related!"
Neptune pinches her nose. "By that logic I'm related to everyone."
"Not Noire," Vert says, hiding a snicker behind her hand. "She doesn't have a bit of Luteus in her."
"Oh, huh, really?" Neptune frowns, and then nods astutely. "Yeah, I can't see a thing. She's not blonde, she's not stacked, she's not blue-eyed… Man, Noire, I'm closer to Vert than I am to you!"
"D-Does it matter?!"
"...Oho~?" Vert laughs haughtily, like an aristocrat from times past. "Lady Black Heart, are you perchance… envious of me?"
"N-NO! GO AWAY!" She stands up, slamming her palms on the table. "THANK YOU FOR THE ICE CREAM I HAVE THINGS TO DO SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU GOODBYE!"
The two of them watch as the twin-tailed Goddess runs off in a flash, almost fast enough for the wind to crack in her wake - did she figure out how to use share burst in human form? Because that's neato. When she is out of sight, Neptune and Vert share a round of belly-aching laughter at her expense.
...She should make it up to Noire later. But eh, would she really care… Probably actually, she should get Noire some ice cream to ease the burn Vert gave her. They're all girls, it should be fine.
Actually, that reminds her.
"Hey, Vert? How old are you?"
"Sixteen going on seventeen," she responds nonchalantly. "Why?"
"..." Neptune glances at Vert's chest briefly and sighs. "Right, so we're nearly the same age… But the results are much different. Alright, I get it, environmental factors kicked in…"
"I'm not sure what the mechanics are, but my father believes it is due to the thinning of Luteus' bloodline in our family." Vert shrugs and smiles kindly. "Don't worry, Neptune, I'm sure you'll grow into a wonderful young lady with breasts as fine as mine!"
"...Firstly, wow. Secondly, CPUs don't age."
Vert affixes her with a look. "Really?"
Neptune nods, dead-eyed. "Really. I'm looking like this forever. Which," she adds after a moment's thought, "Honestly, you know, it isn't so bad. I mean, sure, I'll probably have to attend state functions in HDD from now on, I'll forever be reminded of my scrawny teenage self and I'm definitely probably never going to hold down a normal relationship, buuuut--"
Vert grabs her by the shoulders. "Neptune. Please. Do you realise what this means?"
"...I'll be cute and cuddly forever?" She asks hopefully.
"Well, yes, but I've peaked. I'll never grow any further! This is my apex. And that is horrible!"
"...Uhm." Neptune holds up a finger. "You do realise that you're already as big as Luteus, right? Pretty sure you're slightly taller, too."
Vert looks dumbly at her. "Eh?"
"And also HDD you blonde bimbo have you even transformed yet." That… may have been harsher than intended. Bah, nevermind, it works out.
"...A few times," Vert admits. "But---ugh! I don't care in HDD! As a Goddess, I always have other things to worry about and then I never get to keep track of myself! By the time I remember, I've already changed back!"
"...Yeah, same." Neptune nods, and shrugs. "Like, between you and me, Purple Heart is kind of a stone cold bitch."
"I see we're sisters in this," Vert nods astutely. "Another box checked in the name of family."
"Yeah see this has to stop."
Vert giggles. She leans forward on one of her hands, chin on her knuckle. "You're as fun to tease as Noire is. I look forward to growing our kinship~"
Neptune tries not to roll her eyes. She frowns at the thirty third Goddess instead. "So we done? I appreciate your offer to help, but there's stuff we need to do before we take the fight to them."
Vert shakes her head. "If you're keen to learn more about us, I'll find you. It's good to finally meet another Goddess, Neptune. Maybe next time you'll introduce me to your grandfather!"
"Don't flirt with him and I'll think about it."
"Ara~, where's the fun in that?"
"STOP."
Vert giggles and heads off, waving behind at her. Neptune notices that her ice cream cup is empty. Had she been sneaking bites without her noticing? Man, she needs to not rely on the Ripple and just become regularly perceptive.
Neptune scarfs down the rest of her vanilla and heads off to wander the rest of Hightower.
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The day ends quickly and she finds herself on the tram back to Crow's Nest in short order. Noire is still blushing for some reason - up to her ears! Wow Vert shook her up good - and Grandpa Joshua looks as happy as a well-fed thunderbear. The doors close behind her as they start their trip back to Crow's Nest. "You must really like the squeezed chicken here. I'll join you next time!"
Joshua lets out a laugh as he turns to you. "Offer still stands, Neptune. Next time we come he--" He sees you and his smile dies, replaced by naked shock. "--ey, Neptune, tell me. Did you visit a salon?"
"Hm?" Neptune shakes her head. She starts counting on her fingers. "I visited the ice cream bar with Noire, the library by myself, and then came here. What's up?"
"Yeah, what's u--" Noire looks at her as well and her eyes pop out. "Woah when did you dye your hair?!"
"Dye my what." Some of it falls over your eyes and you instinctively brush your blonde-and-purple locks asi--wait what. "Wait what?! Ah, fucknuggets."
Throwback (4) Acquired: Minor Appearance Overwrite
"Please don't say that after I've eaten like fifty," Joshua sighs. He pinches his nose, eyes clenched tightly shut. "Dammit, now of all times…"
In the corner of her eye, Neptune sees Luteus sitting behind a crate of ceramic plates, covering her face and doing her best not to look over. Neptune throws her hood over her head and pulls on the strings tightly, hoping no one else noticed. Ah man, how long as this been a thing?! "Are my eyes blue? Grandpa please tell me my eyes aren't blue."
"They aren't blue," Joshua says with some relief. "And looks like it's not all your hair. It could be worse, Neptune. It could be much worse."
"That's like saying it's okay I lost three fingers because I didn't lose four!"
"...Yeah pretty much. It still sucks but imagine if you went full blonde." Neptune glares at him. "What? It's true."
"I don't get it," Noire says. The tram rocks slightly as it sets off back to Crow's Nest. "Why is Neptune slightly blonde now? And why did the both of you freak out over it?"
Neptune looks furtively at her grandfather for a split second. He looks back for just as long. Now there is that tension in the air that makes seconds feel like hours. Gah, it sucks. Neptune mentally resolves to figure out some Goddess bullshit that lets her limit her adrenaline output, so she can avoid moments like these. "Well, you see…"
[][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[][NOIRE] "...I guess I did visit the Salon after all! Hahahaaa… Mom is going to kill me for dying my hair. Please don't tell her." Lie really badly to telegraph how bad it is. Even Noire should be able to tell, and know not to delve deeper.
[][NOIRE] "...I dye my hair purple. I guess some of it got stripped off for whatever reason. Grandpa, we should get better dye." Lie convincingly. Noire should not have to deal with this. She just got whammied by Vert's reveal.
[][NOIRE] "...Uh…" Write-In
Besides dealing with Noire, Luteus finally shows up again after like, what, a week or two of nothing. She has to be dealt with somehow. On the other hand, her disappearance might be due to the sudden rediscovery of the Eopran Army, or her own efforts in suppressing Throwback. On the other-other hand, Luteus might have just wanted to hide yet more secrets. Ugh. Stupid onion puzzles. Stop having layers.
When it is convenient...
[][LUTEUS] ...Confront her directly. Be harsh and get some answers now. Why did she disappear and what is she doing, and what can they do now?
[][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[][LUTEUS] ...Get mad. She got her shit straight the last time Neptune yelled at her, maybe this time it will work too.
[][LUTEUS] ...Ignore it. It's not your concern right now. She wants to save Eopra and whatever Luteus does on her own time is her business. Her absence hasn't exactly been bad, either.
The man in the gas mask sitting opposite her looks up from his little book and tilts his head slightly. "That was random," he says flatly, probably while raising one eyebrow.
Neptune rolls her eyes. The Eopran Army's HQ at Hightower was a pretty swanky place with pretty swanky buildings (and very nice couches) but man, the people are such sticks in the mud sometimes. "Bruh it's been like five months give me a break."
"...It's only been an hour, if that."
"Wait what?" Neptune checks her wrist, expecting a watch she does not actually wear. Yeah she'll just take Ironside's word for it now. Even though he's shady and obviously evil. What kind of good guy wears a gas mask all the time? "Well it felt like I've been waiting five months!"
"...I'd suggest some medicine for that, but we don't really have any non-critical meds left. So…" Ironside, suspicious black ops miniboss he is, closes his little book and sighs. "Any favourite foods?"
"I like pudding," Neptune says reflexively. She thinks on it; would admitting to liking pudding on reflex ever bite her on the butt? Nah, everyone likes pudding! And people wish they could bite her on the butt. It's a nice butt. "Yep, pudding is the best."
"...Right," Ironside says. He holds a hand up to his chin - or the mask-related equivalent, the filter - and ponders that he probably already knew this. "What about ice cream? You like ice cream?"
Neptune shrugs. "Never had it," she says truthfully. "Grandpa swears by it, but I never had it."
Ironside looks at her. Really, really looks at her, right through his opaque visor. "But you've had pudding."
"Noire said that MRE pudding is trash and I think it's better than the pudding I had growing up!" Neptune counters. "I just really really like pudding." The young goddess looks up at a corner of the room, where wall met wall met ceiling. "Wasn't a lot of sweet things in Lanca, y'know? Substitute pudding was pretty much it."
The black ops future-bad-guy stays still for a moment before returning to his previous posture, back leaning against the couch. "Well I can vouch for ice cream. It's my favourite thing."
Neptune frowns. "Wait, but… But you're so shady and dark and morally ambiguous. Don't you care about your image?"
"I don't care about my image. I have ice cream."
Neptune crosses her arms. "Man, you're the worst future miniboss I've ever met."
"I'm still not sure why you're calling me that, but whatever cycles your chamber, Lady Purple Heart." Ironside returns his book but briefly looks upwards. "Captain Emiya likes ice cream, by the way," he says nonchalantly.
"I do, yes," Noire chimes in, appearing out of nowhere. She plays with her long black twintails a bit, straightening them out, and then puts her hands on her hips. "I'd be concerned how you know, but I just came out of a five month meeting, so… You know. I'll just set you on fire later."
"It's literally been only an hour, if that."
"It felt longer shut up."
Neptune looks at the other goddess, one eyebrow raised. Noire shrugs.
"He shows up at Crow's Nest a lot. At this point the Black Suns are like family." Noire freezes briefly, parsing her statement. "Really… Really edgy, quiet, awkward cousins. But still family. Kind of? This metaphor is really tortured, I'm sorry."
Neptune shrugs. Noire really wants to move on from that topic but is too much of a dork to do it herself - man that's going to be useful for later bullying - so she'll oblige. "Soooo apparently there's ice cream here?"
Noire scoffs. "There's ice cream everywhere, Neptune. We have a tank full of it in Crow's Nest. Officers-only, but..." She smirks haughtily. "...I'm an officer now~"
"Right… Iunno, is it that big a deal? We never had any back in Lanc--"
"You've never had WHAT?!"
"Woah where did that come fro--"
Noire stomps over, grabs Neptune by the wrist, and runs out of the door like a storm of twintails. The wind was still settling when Ironside looked up from his book.
"Isn't that uncharacteristically forward," he quips.
----
"...Man aren't you uncharacteristically forward. You must really like ice cream." Neptune smirks and sticks out her tongue. "And me~"
Noire, hiding her beet-red face behind her hands, comes out muffled and flustered, as usual. "Shut up shut up shut up don't look at me don't breathe at me don't anything me right now!"
"...Why would I breathe at you? That's weird. You're weird, Noire!"
"AAAAAH SHUT UP!"
Neptune chuckles a bit at Noire's expense but her patience is fighting a losing battle. The line at the ice cream bar is huge. It kind of reminds her of the Atrium back at home, and how bloody squeezy it was. So really it feels more and more like she never left behind the Shelter at all. It seems like a fun enough place.
...Minus the incredibly long queue. Man she's not going to get her ice cream for, like, two hours. What is this, Shelter 001? Is she home already? Must be, considering she's not getting her food again.
It is really tempting to give up on the ice cream but considering her uncharacteristic boldness earlier Noire might actually cry. Which in some cases would be a reason to give up on ice cream, but doing it right now might get her Actually Lunched. Or lynched. The bad thing. Probably lunched, getting eaten doesn't seem like a good time.
And then one of the waitresses - who, in true Eopran Army fashion, is wearing fatigues - accidentally bumps into her. "Oh dear, I am so sorry!"
Neptune shrugs. She barely stumbled anyways. "Nah, it's alright."
"No no, it's my fault, I should have been watching where I was going." The waitress squats down to get her tray, brushing her long braid around her shoulder and showing off her shapely body. She's practically a Kyrain. "I should make it up to you."
"No no, it's cool. Really." Actually, now that she's actually paying attention, she notices that the waitress is blonde and blue-eyed. Huh. Wonder if she is a Kyrain. Though, by that logic literally everyone is a Kyrain. Ah Luteus, what a layabout.
The waitress, for her part, refuses to take no for an answer. "I insist! Let me take your orders first. What's your name?"
"Actually I'm here with a friend…"
"Hm?" The blondie looks over her shoulder and gasps. "Oh! Captain chevrons! Oh dear, I've done it now!"
"Eh?" Noire breaks out of her ennui and looks blankly at the waitress. "What? What now?"
"She bumped into me and is freaking out," Neptune stage-whispers.
"A-Actually, it's about officer privileges now," the blonde waitress says. "Y-You see… Officers can take the express queue. If you like, I could bump the two of you over?"
Neptune looks over at the queue next to theirs, and it is practically barren. In stark contrast to the labyrinth she's currently trapped in. "Would you look at that, we could have been eating by now," she says, slightly dead inside.
Noire groans and smacks herself in the face. "Right, the queue… Actually nevermind, no, that queue's for senior officers, and Captain's not senior enough. We'll just keep waiting."
Neptune gasps. "Noire, no! We could put an end to this!"
"We're. Not. Queue-cutting. Got it?!"
Neptune feels an inexplicable chill run up her spine and nods quickly. "Yes ma'am."
The blonde waitress is practically vibrating in anxiety right now. "C-Could I get your names at least? I'll deliver you your ice cream directly! Please, let me do this one thing?"
Neptune looks at Noire. "Your thoughts?"
Noire shrugs. "Why not? It'll be novel."
Neptune nods. She turns to the waitress. "I'm Neptune. This is Noire."
"Neptune… and Noire." The shadow of a frown crosses the blonde's face, but it is gone as soon as it appeared. "Thank you, I'll deliver them ASAP!"
Neptune looks on as the waitress disappears into the kitchen, still jumping anxiously. Man, some people are just so twitchy. Ah well, ice cream awaits.
----
"Approximately eight years later Neptune and Noire were still waiting for their ice cream, and everyone had grown huge beards from the wait."
Noire limply leans over and pokes her on the forehead.
"Noire had grown irritable over the eight years of waiting, for her addiction had not been satisfied in far, far too long."
"Stop it before I do it with a bayonet," Noire threatens half-seriously. "It's been like half an hour, can't you wait?"
Neptune harrumphs and folds her arms. "Well sorry for being hyped about food you like!"
Noire looks at her, eyes wide, and sighs. She slaps herself on the forehead, and there is an air of understatedness to it. Is she sincere, for once? "...Argh, I'm sorry, I'm just a little wound up over everything."
Neptune shrugs. "Eh, 's fine. I was being a baby too. If babies could narrate their lives."
Noire smirks. "Well you just did, so I'd say they can."
"Ow! Direct hit!"
They laugh together, and then their ice cream comes in little plastic cups. "Here you go," the blonde waitress from earlier says, eyes sparkling. "Sorry for the wait! Chocolate for Noire, and vanilla for Neptune!"
Neptune and Noire both look at the tray, noticing a third cup of mint ice cream sitting there. "We didn't get a mint," Noire says. "Is this complimentary?" Neptune asks hopefully.
"Oh, no, I just thought I'd take my break now," the waitress says sheepishly. "I hope you don't mind if I sit here with you two?"
"No," Noire says flatly. "Sure!" Neptune chirps cheerfully. They look at each other, frowning.
"Oh c'mon, Noire, it'll be fun. Live a little! You need to get ready to socialise whenever, now that you're a--"
Noire sighs quickly and cuts her off. "Alright, fine." She turns to the waitress, forcing a small apologetic smile. "Sorry, a little wound up still."
"Don't mind me," the blonde laughs. "I'm just a little lost, it's my first day today and all…"
"Hey, that reminds me!" Neptune sticks her spoon at her, mushing her ice cream against the roof of her mouth. "You never told us your name! Before this relationship goes any further, you should probably tells us."
"Oh! Haha, silly me." She bops herself on the head and laughs. "I completely forgot! Let me start over."
"Take your time," Noire says dryly, rolling her eyes.
The blonde smiles sweetly, closing her eyes, putting her mint aside and brushing her long braided hair aside. Something shifts in her demeanour. The airs of a sweet, slightly-ditzy blonde bombshell was still there, but there is steel beneath it now. An edge of a killer that had been waiting to strike. No killing intent, not at them, but merely practice and instinct. Neptune tenses involuntarily, instincts guiding her. Noire looks on with flat uninterested eyes, errantly chewing on a spoon full of frozen chocolate.
She opens one eye sultrily, halfway between femme fatale and god-queen. "I am Goddess Green Heart. But you can call me Vert. I hear you've been looking for me."
Noire, halfway through a bite, nearly bites her spoon in half. Neptune just looks at her, wide-eyed, ice cream completely forgotten. Another Goddess? Already? One of the two remaining they were looking for, inside Hightower? How long has she been here? How long has she been playing the fool? Why did she come out to them?
And then suddenly Vert goes back to what she was previously, a giggly waitress worried about stepping on toes. "Yes, I did it! Dramatic introduction success!"
And just like that all tension just shrivels up and dies. Man, and it was actually kind of menacing at first. Ah well.
"...Yeah, not dealing with this shit right now. I'll be right back with a new spoon," Noire says with a sigh.
Neptune sits still, glancing periodically at her ice cream. Its starting to melt. She should really finish it soon. But first, business. "Sooooo… Who are you really, who are you with, and how long have you been here?"
Vert smiles, resting her head on her tented fingers. "Well, I'm not lying about my name, but I'm not with the Eopran Army. Not exactly. Do you know about the Blind Watchers?"
"No, but I wonder how blind people can watch anything."
"It's a vaguely cynical reference to the fact that we failed to discover Tari's fall until they were already invading Eopra and that we're lost because our organisation got decapitated and separated after the Fall, but we're still the Watchers because we are still needed." Vert frowns, running her fingers through her braid again. "Though… I suppose you'd know us better as Eopran Intelligence."
"...Yeah no still not ringing any bells. But are you fighting the Truth?"
"We've been at war against the Truth ever since they appeared, yes," Vert nods.
"Awesome, we're on the same side! Man," Neptune says, puffing herself up, "That was easy! We've already found an ally! We'll be done in a month, two months tops!"
"Actually," Noire sighs as she sits down again, "Not so easy." She shoots Vert a glare. "After all, the Blind Watchers are still splintered, aren't they?"
Vert just smiles politely. "Don't worry about that, Captain Black Heart, no matter where we are the Watchers still fight." She opens one eye. "If only that were true of the Eopran Army."
"Excuse me? We've been the only people fighting. I didn't see any Watchers at Crow's Nest!"
"We figured you should pull your weight for a change," Vert says coyly. Her smile fades soon, though, and she looks at the two of them. "Look, I came here today for a reason."
"I'm not interested," Noire scowls. She winces when Neptune elbows her in the side.
"What's up?" Neptune asks. "I'm gonna guess it's about the robot war. Do you want help? A fetch quest? Oh, reunification?"
Vert shakes her head. "I'm here to promise my support. You're planning on moving on Lanca, aren't you? You'll need an army."
"She has an army," Noire says.
"She can always have another," the blonde says with a smile. "We'll move when you move, Neptune."
Neptune nods. She eats her ice cream - man it is runny. She nods again. "What's in it for you?"
Vert looks at her ice cream, the minty green ball half-melted by now. "We've been stuck doing nothing for too long. The Watchers are too scattered and too few to do anything. The Eopran Army has resigned itself to dying out. Your people, Neptune, are the only people trying to make a difference. And," she adds, pointedly glancing at Noire, "It's already paid off. You have the support of the Eopran Army already. We might actually be able to end this war."
Neptune nods. "Right, but what's in it for you?"
Vert laughs. "You saw through it already?"
"I like having fun, but I did grow up in the single deadliest place on the continent. What's up, Vert?" Neptune slams one palm onto the table. Man that stings, but endure it! "What do you gain by associating yourself with me?"
She smiles, eyes closed. "Well, you're adorable, and I've always wanted a little sister, so I was hoping we could… get to know one another!"
Once again, Neptune does not see this coming. It's flattering of course, and she is very cute - her mother said so and so does everyone else - but Neptune has lived her whole life being the big sister. The biggest of the big, the sisterest of the sisters, an unbreakable bulwark of Nepgear-related protection.
Without thinking, she responds immediately. "Yeah, no, I have a little sister."
"Even better!" Vert declares. "I'll get two little sisters! And we're even related!"
Neptune pinches her nose. "By that logic I'm related to everyone."
"Not Noire," Vert says, hiding a snicker behind her hand. "She doesn't have a bit of Luteus in her."
"Oh, huh, really?" Neptune frowns, and then nods astutely. "Yeah, I can't see a thing. She's not blonde, she's not stacked, she's not blue-eyed… Man, Noire, I'm closer to Vert than I am to you!"
"D-Does it matter?!"
"...Oho~?" Vert laughs haughtily, like an aristocrat from times past. "Lady Black Heart, are you perchance… envious of me?"
"N-NO! GO AWAY!" She stands up, slamming her palms on the table. "THANK YOU FOR THE ICE CREAM I HAVE THINGS TO DO SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU GOODBYE!"
The two of them watch as the twin-tailed Goddess runs off in a flash, almost fast enough for the wind to crack in her wake - did she figure out how to use share burst in human form? Because that's neato. When she is out of sight, Neptune and Vert share a round of belly-aching laughter at her expense.
...She should make it up to Noire later. But eh, would she really care… Probably actually, she should get Noire some ice cream to ease the burn Vert gave her. They're all girls, it should be fine.
Actually, that reminds her.
"Hey, Vert? How old are you?"
"Sixteen going on seventeen," she responds nonchalantly. "Why?"
"..." Neptune glances at Vert's chest briefly and sighs. "Right, so we're nearly the same age… But the results are much different. Alright, I get it, environmental factors kicked in…"
"I'm not sure what the mechanics are, but my father believes it is due to the thinning of Luteus' bloodline in our family." Vert shrugs and smiles kindly. "Don't worry, Neptune, I'm sure you'll grow into a wonderful young lady with breasts as fine as mine!"
"...Firstly, wow. Secondly, CPUs don't age."
Vert affixes her with a look. "Really?"
Neptune nods, dead-eyed. "Really. I'm looking like this forever. Which," she adds after a moment's thought, "Honestly, you know, it isn't so bad. I mean, sure, I'll probably have to attend state functions in HDD from now on, I'll forever be reminded of my scrawny teenage self and I'm definitely probably never going to hold down a normal relationship, buuuut--"
Vert grabs her by the shoulders. "Neptune. Please. Do you realise what this means?"
"...I'll be cute and cuddly forever?" She asks hopefully.
"Well, yes, but I've peaked. I'll never grow any further! This is my apex. And that is horrible!"
"...Uhm." Neptune holds up a finger. "You do realise that you're already as big as Luteus, right? Pretty sure you're slightly taller, too."
Vert looks dumbly at her. "Eh?"
"And also HDD you blonde bimbo have you even transformed yet." That… may have been harsher than intended. Bah, nevermind, it works out.
"...A few times," Vert admits. "But---ugh! I don't care in HDD! As a Goddess, I always have other things to worry about and then I never get to keep track of myself! By the time I remember, I've already changed back!"
"...Yeah, same." Neptune nods, and shrugs. "Like, between you and me, Purple Heart is kind of a stone cold bitch."
"I see we're sisters in this," Vert nods astutely. "Another box checked in the name of family."
"Yeah see this has to stop."
Vert giggles. She leans forward on one of her hands, chin on her knuckle. "You're as fun to tease as Noire is. I look forward to growing our kinship~"
Neptune tries not to roll her eyes. She frowns at the thirty third Goddess instead. "So we done? I appreciate your offer to help, but there's stuff we need to do before we take the fight to them."
Vert shakes her head. "If you're keen to learn more about us, I'll find you. It's good to finally meet another Goddess, Neptune. Maybe next time you'll introduce me to your grandfather!"
"Don't flirt with him and I'll think about it."
"Ara~, where's the fun in that?"
"STOP."
Vert giggles and heads off, waving behind at her. Neptune notices that her ice cream cup is empty. Had she been sneaking bites without her noticing? Man, she needs to not rely on the Ripple and just become regularly perceptive.
Neptune scarfs down the rest of her vanilla and heads off to wander the rest of Hightower.
----
The day ends quickly and she finds herself on the tram back to Crow's Nest in short order. Noire is still blushing for some reason - up to her ears! Wow Vert shook her up good - and Grandpa Joshua looks as happy as a well-fed thunderbear. The doors close behind her as they start their trip back to Crow's Nest. "You must really like the squeezed chicken here. I'll join you next time!"
Joshua lets out a laugh as he turns to you. "Offer still stands, Neptune. Next time we come he--" He sees you and his smile dies, replaced by naked shock. "--ey, Neptune, tell me. Did you visit a salon?"
"Hm?" Neptune shakes her head. She starts counting on her fingers. "I visited the ice cream bar with Noire, the library by myself, and then came here. What's up?"
"Yeah, what's u--" Noire looks at her as well and her eyes pop out. "Woah when did you dye your hair?!"
"Dye my what." Some of it falls over your eyes and you instinctively brush your blonde-and-purple locks asi--wait what. "Wait what?! Ah, fucknuggets."
Throwback (4) Acquired: Minor Appearance Overwrite
"Please don't say that after I've eaten like fifty," Joshua sighs. He pinches his nose, eyes clenched tightly shut. "Dammit, now of all times…"
In the corner of her eye, Neptune sees Luteus sitting behind a crate of ceramic plates, covering her face and doing her best not to look over. Neptune throws her hood over her head and pulls on the strings tightly, hoping no one else noticed. Ah man, how long as this been a thing?! "Are my eyes blue? Grandpa please tell me my eyes aren't blue."
"They aren't blue," Joshua says with some relief. "And looks like it's not all your hair. It could be worse, Neptune. It could be much worse."
"That's like saying it's okay I lost three fingers because I didn't lose four!"
"...Yeah pretty much. It still sucks but imagine if you went full blonde." Neptune glares at him. "What? It's true."
"I don't get it," Noire says. The tram rocks slightly as it sets off back to Crow's Nest. "Why is Neptune slightly blonde now? And why did the both of you freak out over it?"
Neptune looks furtively at her grandfather for a split second. He looks back for just as long. Now there is that tension in the air that makes seconds feel like hours. Gah, it sucks. Neptune mentally resolves to figure out some Goddess bullshit that lets her limit her adrenaline output, so she can avoid moments like these. "Well, you see…"
[][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[][NOIRE] "...I guess I did visit the Salon after all! Hahahaaa… Mom is going to kill me for dying my hair. Please don't tell her." Lie really badly to telegraph how bad it is. Even Noire should be able to tell, and know not to delve deeper.
[][NOIRE] "...I dye my hair purple. I guess some of it got stripped off for whatever reason. Grandpa, we should get better dye." Lie convincingly. Noire should not have to deal with this. She just got whammied by Vert's reveal.
[][NOIRE] "...Uh…" Write-In
Besides dealing with Noire, Luteus finally shows up again after like, what, a week or two of nothing. She has to be dealt with somehow. On the other hand, her disappearance might be due to the sudden rediscovery of the Eopran Army, or her own efforts in suppressing Throwback. On the other-other hand, Luteus might have just wanted to hide yet more secrets. Ugh. Stupid onion puzzles. Stop having layers.
When it is convenient...
[][LUTEUS] ...Confront her directly. Be harsh and get some answers now. Why did she disappear and what is she doing, and what can they do now?
[][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[][LUTEUS] ...Get mad. She got her shit straight the last time Neptune yelled at her, maybe this time it will work too.
[][LUTEUS] ...Ignore it. It's not your concern right now. She wants to save Eopra and whatever Luteus does on her own time is her business. Her absence hasn't exactly been bad, either.
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[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
Neptune will just have to be forever cuddly.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
Neptune will just have to be forever cuddly.
- Location
- New Zealand
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
ScrewFate
The World's Wettest Union
- Location
- Stuck in a Cave
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Confront her directly. Be harsh and get some answers now. Why did she disappear and what is she doing, and what can they do now?
[X][LUTEUS] ...Confront her directly. Be harsh and get some answers now. Why did she disappear and what is she doing, and what can they do now?
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
"Still better than that Revolver Ocelot jerk. Who dresses like a cowboy?"
Give it a few years, Neptune.
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
Going to hope Neptune's absurdly high Diplomacy helps cushion this, but I think honesty is the way to go. Neptune's already pretty well established a reputation for honesty and low-bullshit, so the 'I am not going to sugarcoat this, out of respect' approach looks like a good bet for Noire, and we don't need to yank Luteus's chain too hard right now, as long as she gives us some answers.
- Location
- Philippines
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
- Location
- Singapore
Also I'll be posting recaps as we go along. HDR Abridged is now a thing.
That, plus some new mechanics and stats. Nep doesn't have a Diplomacy score anymore. Also I figured out city mechanics.
That, plus some new mechanics and stats. Nep doesn't have a Diplomacy score anymore. Also I figured out city mechanics.
- Location
- in the trash
Okay what the fuck Vert
Oh well, we just have to go and find Blanc now. She's probably reading books in a castle or something.
Oh well, we just have to go and find Blanc now. She's probably reading books in a castle or something.
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
GIVE IN NEP, GIVE IN
[X][NOIRE] "...I guess I did visit the Salon after all! Hahahaaa… Mom is going to kill me for dying my hair. Please don't tell her." Lie really badly to telegraph how bad it is. Even Noire should be able to tell, and know not to delve deeper.
Yeah, let's keep in mind who Noire reports to, and who those people might like back?
... Is what I want to say, but really everyone is voting for being informative and I like doing my own thing. And being more serious, this is a heavy load to dump on someone we just met. Maybe if Vert was around so it'd be more 'Goddesses Business', but just with Noire makes it personal.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Confront her directly. Be harsh and get some answers now. Why did she disappear and what is she doing, and what can they do now?
Things are happening, we don't want to beat around the bush here.
addiction?
UrsaTempest
Don't Panic!
Yeah, Noire is hard. I want to be honest to her, but the people she report to...
Aww, hell. It appears Noire faction isn't as liked as it appears. Nor as strong. Let's just hope they don't get too insistent, or something.
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
Aww, hell. It appears Noire faction isn't as liked as it appears. Nor as strong. Let's just hope they don't get too insistent, or something.
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
- Location
- Singapore
Yep!
I thought I fixed it before posting but I guess GDocs loves fucking me.
- Location
- Void of Observation
ITS
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REJOICE MOTHERFUCKERS
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REJOICE MOTHERFUCKERS
Master Basher
hYPER Demon
- Location
- UK
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
EmpirePlayer
Anyone need some chaos?
- Location
- Penang
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
Crow
Falling is a Pleasure. Regardless of its Fate
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
Que?
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
...Okay so 50% of our job of finding the other two Goddesses is now done already. Uh...thanks, Vert? Though it is perfectly in character for her to be the most competent of the CPUs in general...
also good to be back and whatever i guess
[X][NOIRE] "...I guess I did visit the Salon after all! Hahahaaa… Mom is going to kill me for dying my hair. Please don't tell her." Lie really badly to telegraph how bad it is. Even Noire should be able to tell, and know not to delve deeper.
I'd like to point out the same thing as unmaker said: Noire is a friend, but we've only known her for a few days.
She's known the army for the better part of her life.
I do like her, really, but I can't trust her to keep her mouth shut about getting possessed by Luteus. She certainly means well, but given enough pressure from a superior or a close friend she'd probably blab.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
Hey let's not act like Luteus mmkay?
also good to be back and whatever i guess
[X][NOIRE] "...I guess I did visit the Salon after all! Hahahaaa… Mom is going to kill me for dying my hair. Please don't tell her." Lie really badly to telegraph how bad it is. Even Noire should be able to tell, and know not to delve deeper.
I'd like to point out the same thing as unmaker said: Noire is a friend, but we've only known her for a few days.
She's known the army for the better part of her life.
I do like her, really, but I can't trust her to keep her mouth shut about getting possessed by Luteus. She certainly means well, but given enough pressure from a superior or a close friend she'd probably blab.
[X][LUTEUS] ...Be understanding. She might not give the answers now, but she'll get answers eventually. Probably.
Hey let's not act like Luteus mmkay?
Alastor Mobius Toth
***** ***
- Location
- Neon Ghetto
[X][NOIRE] "... I've got CPU Yellow Heart possessing me, and she's overwriting me bit by bit. Don't worry, it's not contagious!" Confess everything. Noire's another Heir of Luteus. She should know. And Neptune could use the support.
NO STOPS ON THE WHAM TRAIN!
[X][LUTEUS] ...Confront her directly. Be harsh and get some answers now. Why did she disappear and what is she doing, and what can they do now?
Because goddamn it Lut, explain yourself for once.
NO STOPS ON THE WHAM TRAIN!
[X][LUTEUS] ...Confront her directly. Be harsh and get some answers now. Why did she disappear and what is she doing, and what can they do now?
Because goddamn it Lut, explain yourself for once.
Recap - Prologue
- Location
- Singapore
Luteus: "Oh hey, new thread. Wonder how I'm gonna die this time."
Neptune: "Myeh? Whazzat supposed to mean, Lu?"
"Swordo couldn't handle it and rebooted HDR again. Didn't even beat Histoire! Dude's losing it."
"I mean, last reboot was alright. I got a better death, Kiddo's got a mom, my son survived, the Army survived… Amazing how all those people survived and it's still mopey as fuck, eh?"
"...Mother, it's not a reboot."
"Of course it is a reboot! It's a new thread. Some would call it a re-thread."
"First off, fuck you. Second off, it's not a reboot. He started a new thread but he's continuing the story."
"...Wait, so I don't get to die in an even more badass fashion?"
"Dunno about that. You know why?"
"Oh oh oh! I know, grandpa!"
"Why's that, Neptune?"
"Because we're not retreading old ground, because we're not rebooting!"
"That's right! So you're still Goddess, I'm still alive, Luteus is still dead as balls and haunting Neptune to slow personality death, and Jonathan is still… You know."
"Dead?"
"We don't say that word, some people get tetchy about that."
Erina: "Oh, Sir Overseer, I have no idea what you could possibly mean…"
"My point exactly."
"You know, grandpa, I heard a rumor from somewhere that the only reason you survived is because someone threa--"
"Because me surviving is funnier, yes I know."
"Wait, but then who--"
"That was me, dear."
"...So to get us back on track, since this isn't a reboot but because it's been five months… Who's recapping?"
"Well, I'm here. So I don't know!"
"Helpful as always."
"I try!"
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U-Uhm… Is this thing on? Auuu, this was a bad idea… Ah, uh, I… I-Is Neptune coming yet…?
H-Hyah?! P-Plutia?!
P-Plutia, you shouldn't be here… I shouldn't be here! Oh no, oh no, maybe I should have gotten Neptune or IF or Compa or someone else…
I'm… I'm trying to do the quest recap… But I'm… But I'm… E-Eh? Ehhhh?!
...Thanks, Plutia… A-Ah, the recap!
We start with Luteus, Goddess Yellow Heart! She's the ruler of Eopra, and she's pretty, and brave, and strong… S-Some people say she's the strongest in the world! People called her the Rising Sun.
Luteus: "Sup, I'm Luteus. I'm the Rising Sun. I'm the best and also the primary Old World CPU."
A-Ah, thanks… D-During this time, though, even though Eopra was a pretty nice place, it was gearing up for war against Mercia, another nation on the other side of the world! Mercia was ruled by another Goddess, CPU Grey Heart, Kaan! People called her the Silver Empress, and the Goddess of War!
Kaan: "Greetings. I'm Kaan. I'm the Silver Empress. I haven't shown up in the quest proper, and I probably won't for a while."
Luteus: "Neener neener you're irrelevant."
Kaan: "And you died first."
Luteus: "Only because I was the awesomest."
U-Uh, sorry but… We're getting off-topic…
W-Where was I… O-Oh, the other CPUs! Besides Kaan and Luteus, there were three other CPUs! Matami Mayou, or Mart, was CPU Red Heart and ruler of Niihon! Tomo was CPU Black Heart, enigmatic queen of Saia! And Rei Ryghts, CPU Blue Heart, the leader of Tari!
Mart: "N-Nice to see you… I'm Mart, the Red Queen..."
Tomo: "Mmh."
Rei: "A-Ah, it's happening again… Uhm, I'm Rei, the Setting Su--Well, I guess I'm the Fallen Goddess now..."
Tomo: "Mmh."
Ah, uh… Eopra is in the East, Mercia is the West, Saia's in the South, Niihon's in the North, and Tari's kind of in the middle, I-I think… Does that help?
Yeah… So we start with Luteus waking up in a back alley this time! ...Not sure what she's doing there.
Luteus: "I'm in the seedy bit of my own city and I'm okay with that."
And then the city gets attacked!
So she transforms and flies to her son, Joshua, and saves him!
Luteus: "I'm in the seedy bit of my own city and I'm not okay with that. HENSHIN!"
Yellow Heart: "I'm the Goddess version of Luteus. I'm angrier, but still the best."
Populace: "Ohmygod its Yellow Heart! She's so cool she never shows up normally! SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED OH EM GEE!"
She arrives at the scene to find her son being attacked by Knights of Tari and defeats them quickly.
Yellow Heart: "People once saw me kill three men with a pencil. A fukken pencil. Now watch me kill four superhuman mage-knights with random office supplies in less than a second simultaneously! A fukken simultaneously!"
Joshua: "Hi, I'm Joshua, youngest son of Luteus. I'm not a throwaway character this time. Also grumble grumble be responsible."
Yellow Heart: "No time for that kiddo we've got to be responsible by being irresponsible!"
So after some discussion and new threats and stuff, Luteus goes to save her spymaster, Blinky, while Joshua deals with the monster things that showed up all over the city. She finds more Warframes and beats them quickly.
Yellow Heart: "I'm gonna only punch, because I'm too strong to fight seriously. And I still win in less than a second. Aw yeah."
Blinky: "Hi Luteus."
Yellow Heart: "Hi."
Blinky: "I'm Blinky, I'm the head of Eopran Intelligence and I really shouldn't be on missions myself. But that's okay because I found a cute girl."
Yellow Heart: "SHOW ME"
Histoire: "Hi I'm Histoire, I'm cuter and also brattier this time! (^_^)"
Yellow Heart: "D'aw, so cute."
Blinky: "Girl you're also going to commit way more atrocities this time."
Histoire: "Nooooooo (>Д<; )"
After being saved, Blinky catches up with Luteus - who she is also apparently personal friends with it's not super clear - and tells her why she has a cute book fairy with her.
No… Maybe? ...E-Eh?
Blinky: "Anyways serious stuff serious stuff also Rei is preparing for war."
Yellow Heart: "Whaaaaat noooooo Rei's too much of a bitch to go to war."
And then Rei showed up.
Yellow Heart: "Hey bitch you starting a war?"
Blue Heart: "U fukken w0t m8"
Histy: "Aaaaaaaaaa (>W<)"
Blinky: "Oh shit it's Rei. Luteus do something!"
Yellow Heart: "BULLY RANGER TRANSFO--"
Blue Heart: "Oh not this time. Gimmie Histy or I burn you."
Yellow Heart: "No."
Blue Heart: "I burn you."
Yellow Heart: "Joke's on you I escaped."
Blue Heart: "Guess where I'm going next."
Yellow Heart: "What was that? Sorry I escaped."
After teleporting back to the Basilicom, Luteus is badly hurt but then Joshua heals her with the power of Magic Hugs.
Yellow Heart: "I'm crispy."
Joshua: "I'm hugging you."
Yellow Heart: "I'm not so crispy. Yay."
Joshua: "Grumble grumble don't be crispy I tsundereically love you."
Blinky: "Hi Joshua."
Joshua: "Hi."
I...I think? It might have been Solar Hero healing, or maybe the Ripple… Maybe we should ask him?
I don't think you can, Plutia.
Yellow Heart: "Rei is coming and I'm gonna fight her. Everyone else go hide."
Populace: "Okay!"
Yellow Heart: "Good thing this time I prepared for the apocalypse."
Joshua: "How do you know the apocalypse was coming?"
Yellow Heart: "I looked at the script. Now go."
Joshua: "Grumble grumble don't die you stupid old lady I still love you tsundereically."
Yellow Heart: "Cool. Yo Blinky, take Histy and hide downstairs."
Blinky: "Kay."
Histy: "Kay! (^ v ^)"
Later, Rei showed up, ready to fight and stuff.
Blue Heart: "I'm here to fight."
Yellow Heart: "I have a cool sword that can kill Goddesses."
Blue Heart: "Cool. Lets fight."
They fight a bit. Luteus punches Rei into the subway hub or something. They fight some more.
Yellow Heart: "Haha eat fresh."
Blue Heart: "Eat hydra."
Yellow Heart: "This is like one of my japanese animes. Also I shoot them all in the head simultaneously."
Blue Heart: "That's bullshit."
Yellow Heart: "I also stab you in the heart with my super sword."
Blue Heart: "That's bullshit."
Yellow Heart: "That's victory."
Blue Heart: "Joke's on you I'm not dead."
Yellow Heart: "How and why."
Blue Heart: "Exposition exposition also I'm not your average Saiyan Goddess anymore."
Yellow Heart: "That's bullshit."
They keep fighting. At some point Luteus realises she can't overpower Rei for reasons.
Yellow Heart: "Crap, I can't overpower Rei for reasons. I'll have to think about the future."
Blue Heart: "That must be scary for you."
Yellow Heart: "Did I say think I meant punch."
Blue Heart: "How does that even--"
Yellow Heart: "I CAST FIST"
Luteus then punches one tectonic plate into another from space, creating the huge mountain chain dividing the two continents today.
She also warns the other continents about something big happening. Though people assume its her doing something stupid. And, to be fair, it was pretty stupid.
Yellow Heart: "Man I SURE HOPE I GET HELP SOON"
Mart: "Oh no, Luteus is fighting again! I hope she's alright!"
Kaan: "Ah crap, Luteus is launching her invasion by punching her continent into my continent. Get ready for war."
Tomo: "Mmh."
Yellow Heart: "Dammit girls you had ONE JOB"
Histoire: "You can do it Luteus! I believe in you! o(^▽^)o"
Blinky: "Shut up and get off the wifi."
Histoire: "NO! ( ≧Д≦)"
But unfortunately, despite everything, Luteus loses and then Rei wins. Doesn't help that Rei gets help from her army and Luteus does not. Also doom lasers.
Blue Heart: "Behold my true power! Form: Anti-Bully Ranger!"
Yellow Heart: "...You didn't do anything though."
Blue Heart: "ANTI-BULLY DOOMY SUN LASERS"
Yellow Heart: "ARGH"
So they fight for… Uh, I think it was a week? May have been two weeks. It was a long time or something. I should check that… Uh… Where would I check that… A-Anyways!
Yellow Heart: "I fought you to a standstill for anywhere between a week and two weeks. That should count for something!"
Blue Heart: "Congrats, you just won SUN LASER TO THE FACE"
Yellow Heart: "ARGH! Also casual reference to the time we were in lesbians."
Blue Heart: "MORE SUN LASERS"
Yellow Heart: "ARGH"
In the last day of the battle. Luteus throws her sword at Rei, and misses. But it's okay, because she was planning on losing it anyways.
Blue Heart: "You missed!"
Yellow Heart: "Or did I?"
Blue Heart: "You can't say that every time both outcomes are in your favor!"
Yellow Heart: "Or can I?"
Blue Heart: "GRRR SUN LASERS OF DOOOOOOM!"
Yellow Heart: "ARGH"
In the end, however, Luteus could not stop Rei any longer. She was out of power, and despite every wound she inflicted, Rei was still standing.
Blue Heart: "Any last words?"
Yellow Heart: "Yeah… The next one will get you."
Blue Heart: "...He's stealing from Glory or Death again."
Yellow Heart: "Yeeeeeeep… Now your turn."
Blue Heart: "I cast Death of Bullies!"
Yellow Heart: "Wait is that a spell or just a--"
Blue Heart: "Please rate your agony from one to eleven, your call will be recorded for training purposes, goodbye."
Yellow Heart: "EH IT WAS A FOUR AT BEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeessssst…."
And so ends the tale of Luteus Kyrain. The rest of the world fell shortly after. The Fall happened, the atmosphere changed, yadda yadda yadda, about two hundred and forty years later big sis was born! And now she's the new Goddess.
Neptune: "Ayyyy"
Also Histoire turned evil and turned Blinky evil.
Blinky: "I knew the internet was bad for our youth."
Histoire: "Noooooooooo (´；ω；`)"
Join us next time for the recap of Arc One!
E-Eh? Why not?
...O-Okay… J-Just join me and another guest next time… I think… T-This is Nepgear…
A-Au, they're going to replace me too...
Neptune: "Myeh? Whazzat supposed to mean, Lu?"
"Swordo couldn't handle it and rebooted HDR again. Didn't even beat Histoire! Dude's losing it."
I rather take offense to that but I am losing it so
Joshua: "...Uh.""I mean, last reboot was alright. I got a better death, Kiddo's got a mom, my son survived, the Army survived… Amazing how all those people survived and it's still mopey as fuck, eh?"
"...Mother, it's not a reboot."
"Of course it is a reboot! It's a new thread. Some would call it a re-thread."
"First off, fuck you. Second off, it's not a reboot. He started a new thread but he's continuing the story."
"...Wait, so I don't get to die in an even more badass fashion?"
"Dunno about that. You know why?"
"Oh oh oh! I know, grandpa!"
"Why's that, Neptune?"
"Because we're not retreading old ground, because we're not rebooting!"
"That's right! So you're still Goddess, I'm still alive, Luteus is still dead as balls and haunting Neptune to slow personality death, and Jonathan is still… You know."
"Dead?"
"We don't say that word, some people get tetchy about that."
Erina: "Oh, Sir Overseer, I have no idea what you could possibly mean…"
"My point exactly."
"You know, grandpa, I heard a rumor from somewhere that the only reason you survived is because someone threa--"
"Because me surviving is funnier, yes I know."
"Wait, but then who--"
"That was me, dear."
"...So to get us back on track, since this isn't a reboot but because it's been five months… Who's recapping?"
"Well, I'm here. So I don't know!"
"Helpful as always."
"I try!"
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U-Uhm… Is this thing on? Auuu, this was a bad idea… Ah, uh, I… I-Is Neptune coming yet…?
Heyyyyyyy Geary… Whatcha doing….?
H-Hyah?! P-Plutia?!
Hiiiiiii Geary…. Hiiiiiiii audience… I'm Plutiaaaaaaa…. I like to sleeeeeeeep… Yaaaaaaay…
P-Plutia, you shouldn't be here… I shouldn't be here! Oh no, oh no, maybe I should have gotten Neptune or IF or Compa or someone else…
Whatcha doing, Geary….?
I'm… I'm trying to do the quest recap… But I'm… But I'm… E-Eh? Ehhhh?!
Shhhhhhhh…. It's okayyyy…. Hugs make eeeeeeeeeverything better….
...Thanks, Plutia… A-Ah, the recap!
We start with Luteus, Goddess Yellow Heart! She's the ruler of Eopra, and she's pretty, and brave, and strong… S-Some people say she's the strongest in the world! People called her the Rising Sun.
Luteus: "Sup, I'm Luteus. I'm the Rising Sun. I'm the best and also the primary Old World CPU."
Wow, Geary… You're suuuuuuper focused… You're not even stuttering… Yaaaaaaaaay…!
A-Ah, thanks… D-During this time, though, even though Eopra was a pretty nice place, it was gearing up for war against Mercia, another nation on the other side of the world! Mercia was ruled by another Goddess, CPU Grey Heart, Kaan! People called her the Silver Empress, and the Goddess of War!
Kaan: "Greetings. I'm Kaan. I'm the Silver Empress. I haven't shown up in the quest proper, and I probably won't for a while."
Luteus: "Neener neener you're irrelevant."
Kaan: "And you died first."
Luteus: "Only because I was the awesomest."
U-Uh, sorry but… We're getting off-topic…
W-Where was I… O-Oh, the other CPUs! Besides Kaan and Luteus, there were three other CPUs! Matami Mayou, or Mart, was CPU Red Heart and ruler of Niihon! Tomo was CPU Black Heart, enigmatic queen of Saia! And Rei Ryghts, CPU Blue Heart, the leader of Tari!
Mart: "N-Nice to see you… I'm Mart, the Red Queen..."
Tomo: "Mmh."
Rei: "A-Ah, it's happening again… Uhm, I'm Rei, the Setting Su--Well, I guess I'm the Fallen Goddess now..."
Tomo: "Mmh."
Geary… where are these placesssss…. I'm confuuuuused…
Ah, uh… Eopra is in the East, Mercia is the West, Saia's in the South, Niihon's in the North, and Tari's kind of in the middle, I-I think… Does that help?
Little bit… I think…?
Yeah… So we start with Luteus waking up in a back alley this time! ...Not sure what she's doing there.
Funnnnn stuff…. I think...
Luteus: "I'm in the seedy bit of my own city and I'm okay with that."
And then the city gets attacked!
Noooooooooo D:
So she transforms and flies to her son, Joshua, and saves him!
Luteus: "I'm in the seedy bit of my own city and I'm not okay with that. HENSHIN!"
Yellow Heart: "I'm the Goddess version of Luteus. I'm angrier, but still the best."
Populace: "Ohmygod its Yellow Heart! She's so cool she never shows up normally! SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED OH EM GEE!"
She arrives at the scene to find her son being attacked by Knights of Tari and defeats them quickly.
Yellow Heart: "People once saw me kill three men with a pencil. A fukken pencil. Now watch me kill four superhuman mage-knights with random office supplies in less than a second simultaneously! A fukken simultaneously!"
Joshua: "Hi, I'm Joshua, youngest son of Luteus. I'm not a throwaway character this time. Also grumble grumble be responsible."
Yellow Heart: "No time for that kiddo we've got to be responsible by being irresponsible!"
So after some discussion and new threats and stuff, Luteus goes to save her spymaster, Blinky, while Joshua deals with the monster things that showed up all over the city. She finds more Warframes and beats them quickly.
Yellow Heart: "I'm gonna only punch, because I'm too strong to fight seriously. And I still win in less than a second. Aw yeah."
Blinky: "Hi Luteus."
Yellow Heart: "Hi."
Blinky: "I'm Blinky, I'm the head of Eopran Intelligence and I really shouldn't be on missions myself. But that's okay because I found a cute girl."
Yellow Heart: "SHOW ME"
Histoire: "Hi I'm Histoire, I'm cuter and also brattier this time! (^_^)"
Yellow Heart: "D'aw, so cute."
Blinky: "Girl you're also going to commit way more atrocities this time."
Histoire: "Nooooooo (>Д<; )"
After being saved, Blinky catches up with Luteus - who she is also apparently personal friends with it's not super clear - and tells her why she has a cute book fairy with her.
Is it for hugs?
No… Maybe? ...E-Eh?
Huuuuuuugs 
Blinky: "Anyways serious stuff serious stuff also Rei is preparing for war."
Yellow Heart: "Whaaaaat noooooo Rei's too much of a bitch to go to war."
And then Rei showed up.
Yellow Heart: "Hey bitch you starting a war?"
Blue Heart: "U fukken w0t m8"
Histy: "Aaaaaaaaaa (>W<)"
Blinky: "Oh shit it's Rei. Luteus do something!"
Yellow Heart: "BULLY RANGER TRANSFO--"
Blue Heart: "Oh not this time. Gimmie Histy or I burn you."
Yellow Heart: "No."
Blue Heart: "I burn you."
Yellow Heart: "Joke's on you I escaped."
Blue Heart: "Guess where I'm going next."
Yellow Heart: "What was that? Sorry I escaped."
After teleporting back to the Basilicom, Luteus is badly hurt but then Joshua heals her with the power of Magic Hugs.
Yellow Heart: "I'm crispy."
Joshua: "I'm hugging you."
Yellow Heart: "I'm not so crispy. Yay."
Joshua: "Grumble grumble don't be crispy I tsundereically love you."
Blinky: "Hi Joshua."
Joshua: "Hi."
M...Magic hugs? :O
I...I think? It might have been Solar Hero healing, or maybe the Ripple… Maybe we should ask him?
Can your grandpa teach magic hugs….?
I don't think you can, Plutia.
Awwwwww…. :C
Yellow Heart: "Rei is coming and I'm gonna fight her. Everyone else go hide."
Populace: "Okay!"
Yellow Heart: "Good thing this time I prepared for the apocalypse."
Joshua: "How do you know the apocalypse was coming?"
Yellow Heart: "I looked at the script. Now go."
Joshua: "Grumble grumble don't die you stupid old lady I still love you tsundereically."
Yellow Heart: "Cool. Yo Blinky, take Histy and hide downstairs."
Blinky: "Kay."
Histy: "Kay! (^ v ^)"
Later, Rei showed up, ready to fight and stuff.
Blue Heart: "I'm here to fight."
Yellow Heart: "I have a cool sword that can kill Goddesses."
Blue Heart: "Cool. Lets fight."
They fight a bit. Luteus punches Rei into the subway hub or something. They fight some more.
Yellow Heart: "Haha eat fresh."
Blue Heart: "Eat hydra."
Yellow Heart: "This is like one of my japanese animes. Also I shoot them all in the head simultaneously."
Blue Heart: "That's bullshit."
Yellow Heart: "I also stab you in the heart with my super sword."
Blue Heart: "That's bullshit."
Yellow Heart: "That's victory."
Blue Heart: "Joke's on you I'm not dead."
Yellow Heart: "How and why."
Blue Heart: "Exposition exposition also I'm not your average Saiyan Goddess anymore."
Yellow Heart: "That's bullshit."
They keep fighting. At some point Luteus realises she can't overpower Rei for reasons.
Yellow Heart: "Crap, I can't overpower Rei for reasons. I'll have to think about the future."
Blue Heart: "That must be scary for you."
Yellow Heart: "Did I say think I meant punch."
Blue Heart: "How does that even--"
Yellow Heart: "I CAST FIST"
Luteus then punches one tectonic plate into another from space, creating the huge mountain chain dividing the two continents today.
Woooooooooow…
She also warns the other continents about something big happening. Though people assume its her doing something stupid. And, to be fair, it was pretty stupid.
Yellow Heart: "Man I SURE HOPE I GET HELP SOON"
Mart: "Oh no, Luteus is fighting again! I hope she's alright!"
Kaan: "Ah crap, Luteus is launching her invasion by punching her continent into my continent. Get ready for war."
Tomo: "Mmh."
Yellow Heart: "Dammit girls you had ONE JOB"
Histoire: "You can do it Luteus! I believe in you! o(^▽^)o"
Blinky: "Shut up and get off the wifi."
Histoire: "NO! ( ≧Д≦)"
But unfortunately, despite everything, Luteus loses and then Rei wins. Doesn't help that Rei gets help from her army and Luteus does not. Also doom lasers.
Blue Heart: "Behold my true power! Form: Anti-Bully Ranger!"
Yellow Heart: "...You didn't do anything though."
Blue Heart: "ANTI-BULLY DOOMY SUN LASERS"
Yellow Heart: "ARGH"
Doooooooooommmmm….
So they fight for… Uh, I think it was a week? May have been two weeks. It was a long time or something. I should check that… Uh… Where would I check that… A-Anyways!
Yellow Heart: "I fought you to a standstill for anywhere between a week and two weeks. That should count for something!"
Blue Heart: "Congrats, you just won SUN LASER TO THE FACE"
Yellow Heart: "ARGH! Also casual reference to the time we were in lesbians."
Blue Heart: "MORE SUN LASERS"
Yellow Heart: "ARGH"
In the last day of the battle. Luteus throws her sword at Rei, and misses. But it's okay, because she was planning on losing it anyways.
Blue Heart: "You missed!"
Yellow Heart: "Or did I?"
Blue Heart: "You can't say that every time both outcomes are in your favor!"
Yellow Heart: "Or can I?"
Blue Heart: "GRRR SUN LASERS OF DOOOOOOM!"
Yellow Heart: "ARGH"
In the end, however, Luteus could not stop Rei any longer. She was out of power, and despite every wound she inflicted, Rei was still standing.
Blue Heart: "Any last words?"
Yellow Heart: "Yeah… The next one will get you."
Blue Heart: "...He's stealing from Glory or Death again."
Yellow Heart: "Yeeeeeeep… Now your turn."
Blue Heart: "I cast Death of Bullies!"
Yellow Heart: "Wait is that a spell or just a--"
Blue Heart: "Please rate your agony from one to eleven, your call will be recorded for training purposes, goodbye."
Yellow Heart: "EH IT WAS A FOUR AT BEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeessssst…."
And so ends the tale of Luteus Kyrain. The rest of the world fell shortly after. The Fall happened, the atmosphere changed, yadda yadda yadda, about two hundred and forty years later big sis was born! And now she's the new Goddess.
Neptune: "Ayyyy"
Hiiiii Neppy...
Also Histoire turned evil and turned Blinky evil.
Nooooooooooo D:
Blinky: "I knew the internet was bad for our youth."
Histoire: "Noooooooooo (´；ω；`)"
Join us next time for the recap of Arc One!
Ehhh… I'm not going to be here next time…
E-Eh? Why not?
I'm sleeeeeepy…. And booooored… And sleepy boooooored… Night night...
...O-Okay… J-Just join me and another guest next time… I think… T-This is Nepgear…
A-Au, they're going to replace me too...
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