#why am i crying over pixelated eggs

[t3acup]

He's with Bobby now 💚

[pinkprimrose05]

3 choices. Arc V (Fandom) for 2 and 10. Yuri (Character) for 5, 6 and 7. Yuya (character)for 2 and 15. If you take on all 7 of these questions I will tie you upside down and play whale noises until you chill. Take care!

Put that rope away, yes, thank you- aaaand here we go!

2) my three favorite characters and why I love them so much:

I should preface this by thanking you for my most recent microcrisis, AKA the abrupt realization that somehow, somewhere along the line... the Theatre Kid Agenda™ has discreetly overtaken my top 3 list.

Speaking of the list:

1- You thought this would be Yuuya, but as it turns out... it's Yuuya! lol.

I'd go ahead and wax the usual poetry about the layers and symbols and all that jazz, but you've already seen me gush about that several times over, so I'll just focus on the babyboy factor for once instead. Yuuya may not have wet kitten energy even at his angstiest, but he sure is a sunshine bean of debatable genuity, and that's just as adoptable!

Looking at him alone is enough to make me want to offer comfort ok. I'm stuffing him in a blanket burrito and shipping him off to my place for a long, long break and some overdue therapy. We can cope with life together, cry a little, cry a lot, bake sweets to recuperate, melt into happy little puddles after a good treat, and then nerd out about theatrics and play a few duels to test silly strategies! This kid is my Son and he deserves all the best things in the world, so for every bit of pain he goes through I'm giving him a truckload of comfort.

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2- You may have noticed this in ARC-V Month, you may have picked up on it through my sporadic, scattered mentions of the guy, but if not, then here's a fun fact: I have more than one ARC-V blorbo.

Introducing the central piece of a great many of my conflicted thoughts, confused feelings, paradoxical opinions, abrupt perception shifts, and eventual (semi-)begrudging affection that had me questioning my taste in pixels for like a whole year:

...Zarc.

I've known this fucker for 5 years, hated him for a solid 3, and then woke up one winter day in 2023 and realized that oh shit, he managed to land himself a spot in blorbo tier. Is this what people mean when they say a character grew on them? Were my feelings playing the most long-winded joke on my mind for 4 years? Trust me, I don't know. What I do know is that maining his deck was definitely an endearing factor, and so was the 3rd ARC-V watch (this is where I started uncovering most of the easter eggs I know about the show, so perhaps the build-up made me a touch biased over time, but I genuinely found the 136-139 marathon more entertaining than annoying for once. We speak not of 140).

TL;DR: I think the lettuce clown is neat. Past me would have a stroke if I told her I'm a Zarc apologist now tho.

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3- Super Duper Ultra Hyper Extra Mega- ok I'll stop now.

Sawatari is actually the one surprise in this list to me because, huh, I didn't realize how much I liked him over other nearly as cool characters until I put them side by side and pondered who brings me more joy when on-screen. I thought 3rd place would be someone like Yuugo, maybe Serena, but it seems I've taken a spontaneous shine to the banana peel?

(Help how does this keep happening why am I weak to clowns lmao)

See, Shingo's character may be on the simpler side by virtue of being the... designated comic relief, but that simplicity is part of his charm! The mix of charismatic and pathetic aura is a also rare thing, you know- It's not easy to be so cool and cringe at the same time and make it feel natural. That takes skill.

And speaking of skill, Shingo has my respect for always putting up a good fight, even in the games he loses to all sorts of jobber bullshit. He's a genuinely good duelist and a great entertainer, and I love that for him!

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10) how many fics I've read that are set in it (approximately and making exaggerated guesstimates):

Guesstimate: Around a thousand. I've been around the fandom long enough to read all sorts of fics on ff.net and Ao3 (among other sites), and it sure feels like I've seen a lot, looking back.

Actual number: Approximately 600, rounding down. On Ao3 alone. Huh, I was expecting the number to be like, 200, so this is not too far off, actually! Maybe the reason the fic count feels higher than it is because the memorable reads tend to be REALLY long multichapters. Why are these so common in the ARC-V tag, by the way? Is it the allure of crossovers? The canon divergence AUs?

(The answer is both, and a few other factors as well. Good for us, I say! Longfics are a serious test of commitment, and I'm glad to see and follow so many talented and dedicated authors!)

[ifievertoldyou]

OH MY GOD WHY AM I ACTUALLY GOING TO CRY OVER SOME PIXELATED EGGS

[lumi80]

Why am I actually about to cry over a pixel egg

[fantasyideas1]

Poetry So eloquently seducing the shape of your body, you are my insatiable lust, every second with you is the eternal beauty of love nostalgia, Eloquent eroticism in grandeur and splendor, prosaic refinement in the detailing of temptations, covered in sweat from passion, like a soul from passion, powerful passion like an electric shock , I am bewitched, programmed to love you forever, you are an eternal spring of passion in my heart, torture to be in the distance, you are part of my soul, my body is a continuation of you, Sadistically teasing beauty, torment and torture do not caress you, your beauty can torture people from being that you are unavailable jokes When he swears, he seems to orchestrate our emotions with his middle fingers. Erection benefits even wagging his tail When I die, my relatives will say yes, he died ... well, who needs pizza, me, me, me I can't take it anymore, this is too boring a love movie, weakling, what, there's nothing The knot on the neck is tightened, tied by fate with love Guys heavily stoned, voice from the toilet, I have a pixelated penis, nipples, anus, like in Japanese porn I'm a smart home program, and you ran out of food and you didn't pay for electricity, you're worse than any bitch wife, well, repeat, now I'll order five hundred T-shirts online with the inscription I'm a slacker, just try, a courier comes and a truck is nearby, that's what we did order that you ordered ten thousand dildos, that I did not order it, probably the smart home system ordered, we do not blame you sir Brownie, on the contrary, fast food stolen from a restaurant appears out of nowhere, I don’t know what’s going on here, but I like it From his wisdom I grew old, from sex with her I also grew old, my legs could not walk The girl says I will fuck mega aggressively, that even after death you will remember me Was she divorced? No, I don't want to meet smart You're over a hundred years old, you're crumbling, you don't even need cremation, stay away from the fan Mini hand fan, for my personal belongings. Did you see this beauty again? The secret of an alcoholic is a distended bladder and the most drunken genitals in the world You watched the candy in the closet for a week, waited for the time to come and the child would forget about it, and when you opened it, there is a big, fat worm with chocolate smeared in his mouth, asking to turn off the light What is the worst pain in your life? Dropped cell phone Your son reads a lot, he only reads porn captions Pillow in the shape of boobs, you strangled your second husband with them He talks to his penis: you are the most chaste pipito in the world, you are more holy than any monk on earth, do not cry pipito, so that you, pipito does not move, why did God make me this meaningless accessory, I will bury you in a small coffin, in the shape of a heart along with your amigos (eggs), and I will send it by mail in the form of a heart of my first love in my life, pipito moves, I saw boobs, he will live, oh pipito you are gray with a haircut like a mad scientist Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich

[queenabstract]

I read your trolls reacting to their s/o telling them their going to be parents so can you please do a King Trollex x s/o doing a water birth? Please?

Well...I'm gonna do my best to go into detail without making this post NSFW or anything. This is a direct continuation of Trollex reacting to his s/o telling him they're gonna be parents.

Trollex pretty much announced proudly to everyone that he was gonna be a dad, not by telling them, but by wearing his shirt that said "My favorite people call me dad" EVERYWHERE he went. Your pregnancy was supposed to last two months. That gave time for the egg to fully grow, it was after you had the egg that the babies would continue to develop within the egg.

One morning during the third week of the second month, you were sorting out the things for your babies when you started feeling a lot of pain. You left all the things where they were and laid down in your sponge bed that you shared with King Trollex. After an hour, he entered the room, looking for you.

"Babe? Are you okay?" Trollex asked. You took slow, deep breaths.

"I think...the egg...is ready." You said in between breaths.

"What?! But its a week early!" Trollex exclaimed.

"Well not according to the egg!" You yelled at him. Trollex was starting to panic.

"Wh-what should I do?" Trollex asked.

"Just make sure nobody comes over. Right now and make sure everything is clean and ready. I'm defintely in pain, but not exactly in labor just yet. I don't...think!" You did your best to keep your breathing steady.

"Alright, I'm on it!" Trollex sent out TBDB to make sure nobody came to visit that day except for the doctor. He finished organizing the things for the babies and cleaned up the nest for the egg. "How are you feeling?" Trollex asked you.

"I think I'm contracting....all the pain is in my back." You said and continued taking deep breaths. Trollex held your hand and rubbed your back. "You're doing amazing." Trollex did his best to support and comfort you. "I love you so much."

"I love you too...my king." You said.

"You don't have to say anything, love. Just breath." He told you. You closed your eyes and kept breathing steadily and slowly. "You're an absolute star. I am just in awe of you." Trollex kept doing his best to support you. You stayed like this for a few hours. He could tell it was getting worse when you began squeezing his hand tighter and you were crying from the pain. He sent out TBDB again to get a doctor to come over immediately. He looked back at you and felt himself starting to become emotional. He was amazed by how well you were doing after being in so much pain for so long. His sister, Bliss came over to offer her support as well. You didn't mind her being there since not only was she your sister-in-law, but she was also your best friend. The doctor finally arrived and had Trollex pick you up and take you to the tub in the bathroom.

"Why can't we take her to the hospital?" Trollex asked.

"Because there isn't enough time. She's about to have the egg. Bliss, please stay with us, we're gonna need your help." Bliss nodded and let you hold her hand. "Your highness, I'm gonna need you too stay right here to catch the egg as she pushes it out." The doctor ordered. Trollex got into position. "Alright 1...2...3! Push!" You yelled out in pain as you pushed. "Okay, now breath!"

"One more time, babe!" Trollex cheered you on. You cried out again as you continued on.

"You did great, your majesty." The doctor told you after you finally pushed the egg all the way out. Bliss helped you sit up and Trollex gave you your egg. It was sky blue with a pixelated purple, pink, and yellow design. There was wavy neon green, blue, and pink hair sticking out of the top. "The Queen will need a week or two to rest and recover. She'll be alright." The doctor confirmed. "Come on, Princess Bliss. Leave the two alone for now."

"Congratulations." Bliss said before leaving.

"You did it, baby. Our egg is here. You did a fantastic job." Trollex cried and gave you a deep, loving kiss. You felt a small kick coming from inside the egg. You chuckled.

"I think thats one of our babies telling us to stop being gross." You joked. Trollex laughed.

"You'd better cut it out, cause soon we're going to give YOU kisses." He said, earning another small tap. He smiled wide and started crying again. He wrapped his arms and tail around you and the egg. "I promise to love and protect all of you. No matter what happens."

[pika-ace]

Digital Rebirth (BMC Digimon AU)

One-shot. After a hard battle, Jeremy is left heartbroken from the tragic casualty of his Digimon partner. But when a mysterious egg appears shortly after Circuitmon’s death, Jeremy and Michael learn that Digimon never really die.

Kind of a sequel to this last one-shot by @janethepegasus (references for Digimon appearances here and here)

“Circuitmon! Where are you?!” 

“Retromon! Answer me, dude!” Jeremy and Michael’s voices were hoarse as they staggered through the smoke-filled street. The remnants of the battle still lingered; Rich and Roostdramon were making sure there were no more enemies, leaving Jeremy and Michael to look for their fallen Digimon. 

The two of them had barely managed to win the battle, but their Digivices had been silent and there was no sign of their Digital pals. Finally, they turned a corner onto another street, where two small figures lay on the asphalt, one red and one blue. 

“Circuitmon!” 

“Retromon!” The boys knelt by their respective Digimon, carefully scooping them into their arms. 

“Hey, Retromon, talk to me, bud!” Michael called gently. The Digimon was unresponsive, but seemed to be breathing; he was probably just exhausted. 

“Circuitmon?!” Michael’s head shot up at Jeremy’s cry. His eyes widened; Circuitmon…was disappearing. His body was slowly dissolving away into pixels, floating into the sky like snowflakes. 

“W-What’s going on?!” Jeremy cried. “Circuitmon, what’s wrong?!” 

“I’m sorry, Jeremy…” The Digimon said weakly. “I…used up all of my energy; I…no longer have the energy to…stay here.” Jeremy’s eyes widened in realization while Michael sucked in a breath. 

“No…” Jeremy whimpered, holding him tighter. “No no no, you can’t, Circuitmon!” He hugged him close, already no longer feeling the bottom half of the Digimon’s body. “You can’t die, Circuitmon, you can’t! You’re one of my best friends!” 

“I…feel the same…Jeremy,” Circuitmon whispered. “Don’t worry…it will be alright…” Jeremy pulled away as Circuitmon was almost completely gone. “Goodbye…Jeremy…” 

“Circuitmon…!” The Digimon completely dissolved, the Digivice’s screen becoming static. “CIRCUITMON!” 

Jeremy curled in on himself and burst into sobs, the pixels disappearing. Michael unconsciously tightened his hold on Retromon, glancing down to make sure he wasn’t disappearing either. Jeremy hugged himself as his wails and cries echoed around them, making Michael’s eyes heat up as well. His vision started to blur with his own tears when he noticed a soft glow coming from Jeremy’s Digivice. 

Jeremy noticed it to, as he lifted his head as a small spotlight came from the static screen. Numbers and code appeared in the light, spinning around one another to slowly form a shape. 

A few moments later, the code seemed to solidify, and an egg hovered in the light of the Digivice. The egg was about half a foot tall and had a dark blue base while lines of light blue streaked around it. 

Jeremy wiped his eyes and slowly reached towards the egg, taking it out of the light while Michael limped over to him, Retromon still in his arms. Jeremy stared at the egg, glancing down at his Digivice, finding that the static had stopped, leaving the screen black. 

Despite the confusion, Jeremy couldn’t help but hug the egg close, and Michael could understand why. It had the same colors as Circuitmon.

The next morning, Michael stood outside Jeremy’s room and took a deep breath. He glanced at Retromon by his side and gently knocked on the door.

“Jeremy?” He called. “It’s uh, it’s Michael and Retromon; can we come in?” There wasn’t an answer; maybe he was asleep. Jeremy hadn’t come to school that day, and according to Mr. Heere, hadn’t left his room, leaving both Michael and Retromon worried. 

Michael quietly opened the door and the duo peeked inside to see that sure enough, Jeremy was curled up on his bed, sound asleep. Michael felt a touch of relief that Jeremy was actually asleep and not staying awake due to grief. If he was, Michael wouldn’t blame him. After what had happened, Michael wouldn’t blame him. 

Michael and Retromon entered and stood over Jeremy, seeing that he was hugging the large blue egg to his chest as he lay on his side. 

Michael smiled sadly at the sight, as well as the drying wet spots on his cheeks. “Hey, Jere,” He gently shook his shoulder. 

Jeremy stirred and his eyes cracked open, “Michael?” He mumbled. 

“Yeah, it’s me; Retromon too,” Michael said softly. “How you doing, bud?” 

Jeremy avoided his eyes, not moving, “Okay,” He said halfheartedly. 

Retromon stepped closer and looked at the egg, “Michael told me about the weird egg from your Digivice,” He said. 

That seemed to catch Jeremy’s attention, “Do you know what it is?” 

“It’s exactly what it looks like,” Retromon said. “It’s a Digital egg, a Digiegg; it’s made exactly how we Digimon are made.” 

Jeremy slowly sat up, still holding the egg close. “What does that mean?” 

Retromon shrugged with a smirk, “Eh, you’ll see.”

“Dude, c’mon,” Michael said exasperated. 

“What? Look, it’s hatching right now.” Retromon pointed. Sure enough, cracks were starting to appear in the shell. Jeremy jumped and stood up as the egg shook slightly. The top half of the egg popped off and a little blob emerged. 

“Whoa!” Jeremy dropped the egg shell as the blob jumped right out of the egg and into Jeremy’s hand, two little eyes looking up at him. The little guy fit almost perfectly in Jeremy’s palm. It was dark blue on the bottom half while the top half seemed to be like a glass dome where two little eyes could be seen within. Two little light blue antennae poked out about where a nose would probably be, and Jeremy couldn’t help but notice that the color scheme was almost exactly like Circuitmon’s. 

The Digimon smiled up at him happily, “Pix! Pix pix!” It chirped, bouncing in Jeremy’s hand, making the teen cup his hands to keep the tiny creature from falling.

“Dude…is that a baby Digimon?” Michael asked. “Sure is; that little guy is Pixmon,” Retromon answered with a smirk. “Circuitmon’s first form.” 

Jeremy abruptly looked up at Retromon, his eyes wide with hope, “So…this is…” 

“Yep, that’s Circuitmon; he just got reborn,” Retromon said. 

“But…But how?” Michael asked, running his hands through his hair in disbelief. “It’s a failsafe we Digimon have,” Retromon explained. “If we take too much damage causing us to be deleted, our Digivice has multiple backup packets of our initial data, allowing us to be reborn as our smallest and weakest form.” 

“No way…” Michael breathed. “That’s…that’s such a relief.” 

Jeremy held Pixmon close to his chest, gently stroking the small Digimon, “He’s okay…” He whispered. “I didn’t lose him…he’s okay…” 

Michael smiled as Jeremy’s eyes were bright with life once again. Pixmon cooed and nuzzled up against Jeremy, relishing the warmth he brought. Maybe things really were going to be alright.

That night, Jeremy and Michael decided on ordering pizza, as Jeremy’s dad wasn’t going to be home until late. The two boys and their Digimon sat on the couch, the TV blaring in front of them as they ate pizza, Jeremy feeding smaller chunks to Pixmon who was sitting on his knee. 

Once they were done and Jeremy and Michael went to throw the empty boxes, Pixmon jumped up to the table, where he promptly froze, eyes wide. 

“Pixmon?” Jeremy asked worriedly. 

“Pix pix pix!” The Digimon said, and a bright light surrounded it. Jeremy and Michael covered their eyes, Jeremy’s Digivice vibrating. The light faded and a new Digimon stood in Pixmon’s place. 

The creature was about the size of a small cat, walking on all fours. It was now oval shaped, and the two horns on its face had changed to small horn-like ears while a little nose appeared in its proper place along with a little tail. The creatures eyes were also no longer within the dome and looked up at Jeremy with a smile. 

“You Digivolved,” Jeremy stated dumbly.

“I did,” The Digimon said, its tail wagging slightly as it rested its front paws on Jeremy’s arm. “I’m Nanomon, Circuitmon’s Training form.” 

“Nanomon,” Jeremy repeated, picking up the still small Digimon and cradling it. They were almost there…Circuitmon was almost back.

Nanomon remained the same throughout the rest of the night and through the next morning. It wasn’t until after lunch when Nanomon suddenly froze and was covered by a bright light. Jeremy and Michael shot to their feet as Jeremy’s Digivice began to vibrate and glow.  

“Nanomon, Digivolve to…Circuitmon!” The light faded and Circuitmon stood in Nanomon’s place as good as new. 

Circuitmon looked himself over in satisfaction and turned to his human, “I’ve successfully returned to my-” He was cut off as Jeremy fell to his knees and scooped the small Digimon into a tight hug.

“Circuitmon…” Jeremy whispered, tears coming to his eyes. “You’re back…thank goodness.” 

“I am,” Circuitmon said, confusion on his face. “I assumed Retromon had explained my situation to you.” He received a nod from the other Digimon.

“I missed you,” Jeremy said softly. “I missed you so much.” 

Circuitmon blinked, “You…missed me?” 

Jeremy nodded silently, tears slowly dripping from his closed eyes. “I thought you were dead, I thought I’d lost you!” He cried, his shoulders shaking. “Why didn’t you tell me that you can get reborn?!” 

Circuitmon winced as Jeremy’s hold on him seemed to be getting tighter. “I apologize Jeremy, but the process of rebirth is very rare so I didn’t think there was any need to tell you.” 

“Well, you should’ve!” Jeremy exclaimed, pulling away for a bit to look at Circuitmon with teary eyes. “I watched you die, I actually thought you were gone! I was…” Jeremy trailed off and lowered his head. “I was so scared…” 

Circuitmon’s eyes softened and guilt glinted in them, “I…I’m sorry Jeremy,” He said softly. “I didn’t realize this would cause you so much distress; if I had, I would have told you sooner. I’m truly sorry.” 

Jeremy pulled the Digimon back into a tight hug, “At least you’re back now,” He said softly. “And don’t ever scare me like that again.”

“That is a very vague request, Jeremy,” Circuitmon said. “But…I will try.” He slowly raised his paws to return the hug, and in response, Jeremy hugged him all the tighter. “Jeremy, you’re squishing me,” Circuitmon said through a pained noise. 

“I know, I feel it,” Jeremy said through a wince. 

“Then why aren’t you letting go?” Circuitmon asked. 

“Cause it means you’re back,” Jeremy said, his voice cracking. “I can feel your pain again, it means you’re really back.” 

“Jeremy…” Circuitmon said softly. The Digimon continued to hug his human partner while Michael and Retromon watched in the back with relieved smiles. Things were back to normal.

[nochiquinn]

episode 85: what the fuck. w h a t t h e f u c k

I am super looking forward to tonight's episode considering my internet's been dropping all day

(edit from the future: it actually mostly did kind of okay)

Also, I swear I'm still watching the archive, I've just been using nights to zone out with music and pixel art to de-stress, and being invested in the show does not actually reduce my stress level, go figure

oh, marisha's wearing the Sleeves Are Bullshit shirt laura got her

(I'm not creepy, she posted it on instagram)

daisy chain of assholes

siggle boost

mala: I just picture the Earth King from AtLA as this guy me: ...GODDAMMIT

discord: Scantron Shorthalt

"Raishan uncurls like a xenomorph from the ceiling"

yeah, twitch and I are not getting along tonight

discord: you've heard of a lunch date, this is a punch date

"he's gonna kancho you"

"your size is useful" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

how many shonen anime can we reference in one fight

"he learned to be a dick"

the whole discord is wrestling jokes rn

"fuck you master splinter"

FINALLY

"cure things"

you know what would be really cool - and I may have said this before - but if they were able to use music from the first Fable. I played it on my ancient original xbox over christmas and the music is still a+

this is much better than last year's ITTD ad

"you have the hitpoints of a kitten right now"

"I'm at three kittens"

"that's exactly what B&B means!" I have been misled

keyleth with her nose pressed to the window

#poobahout

"you have to hit send"

"it does NOT sound like that" "it's the AIR ashari, man"

IHOB

#whorecheck

why does grog doing things keep breaking my stream

I want to smack scanlan but for a much different reason than I usually want to smack scanlan

TALK T - YEAH WHAT VEX SAID

yes hello 911 sam reigel is murdering me via acting

helLO 911 TRAVIS WILLINGHAM IS MURDERING ME

HELLO 911 PERCY IS M

[starts a wrestling chant] split the par-ty, split the par-ty

fuck I wasn't looking at the page bc it seemed to work better that way but now I am and liam's crying and so am I

is keyleth still drunk

I need art of that

so many cowboy bebop flashbacks. "I NEEDED that egg"

since gilmore was mentioned - I ship keyleth/vax/gilmore bc otherwise gilmore is sad and I won't STAND FOR IT

"soul money"

"he just really hates oaks"

"it's so touching and ridiculous at the same time!" that's it, that's the show

"IT'S A KLEENEX IT DOESN'T WORK"

"I DON'T LIKE CHANGE" marisha said my catchphrase

"I don't like terry, he's a dick"

"I DON'T WANT ANOTHER GUINEA PIG"

#HotisBait

"I'm a dark wizard" "I've always known"

liam's out

TERRYING THIS FAMILY APART

[kuletxcore]

Spiritdimension Neptunia Frontier 1.3: Purple Progress, at Last!

“Running off like that was very irresponsible, Miss Valera!” Histoire scolded. “There are monsters everywhere and none of you girls have experience! Not only that, you put Miss Rose in danger!”

Lara and Hotaru were taken aback by the surprising ferocity of the small fairy, with the latter hiding behind the taller girl.

Alex chuckled nervously. For some reason, she felt like she’s seen many of such scoldings from Histoire, and has been on the receiving end of some, too.

Maya refused to make eye contact with the book fairy. Maya felt smaller than Histoire, which is actually quite the accomplishment.

Histoire let out a small sigh, calming herself down, “Well then, it does seem that a lot of good did come from such irresponsible actions.”

She floated over to Alex. “You did acquire a spirit, correct?”

Alex nodded. She suddenly started to glow a pinkish purple and the spirit materialized in front of her.

Histoire examined the statue before her when small tears fell from her eyes. “Nepgear… I’m so sorry.”

“Aw, Histy, don’t cry,” Alex consoled. “I’m here now!”

Alex blinked, and shook her head, “Histy? Where…”

Histoire wiped her tears. “I must apologize, Miss Rose. It’s a side effect of acquiring the spirits. Their memories and personality will start bleeding into your own.”

“W-what the Goodness?” Alex cried. “Does that mean I’m slowly turning into Nepgear?”

“Oh, nothing too drastic, but you will say and do things that are more in their character than yours. You will still be yourself most of the time.”

"Oh, I don’t think I can handle this, Histy," Alex muttered nervously as she looked down with her hands on her skirt. "I'm not ready to be some sort of Video Game Goddess and save Gamindustri..."

Histoire floated in front of Alex and gently touched her face."I know you and your partners can save our world, Alex. I believe in you." Histoire assured in a very firm tone.

"Umm. Thank you, I guess.."

"So, Miss Histoire, does this mean this will happen to us when we get our spirits as well?" Hotaru said, popping out behind Lara.

"Unfortunately yes, Miss Iwata." Histoire turned to Hotaru. "What happened with Alex will also happen to you." Histoire visibly shuddered after she said that line. She can't imagine the currently meek and shy Hotaru having the colorful and violent personality of the Lowee Goddess. She shook her head to get rid of such thoughts.

"Anyway, Miss Rose. Ready to introduce yourself to the Resistance?" Histoire asked, shifting the topic from such disturbing imagery.

"I am ready, Miss Histy!" Alex responded with confidence.

Histoire led the four girls to another room within the base with IF and Compa following close behind. This room was more of a meeting room than the other one. There was a long table with various chairs surrounding it.  Three other girls were currently waiting for Histoire to arrive. “Hey, Histoire! Did we finally get some new recruits?” The small girl sitting at the table asked with excitement in her voice. “Yes, B-Sha. More accurately, these four girls are the ones I brought in from the VR Dimension,” Histoire answered. “Wait, does that mean…?” A girl with bright red hair, Falcom, trailed off. Histoire nodded. “These girls are the ones chosen to be the Champions of Gamindustri.” Maya chuckled. “Champions, huh? I kinda like it.” “And it just so happens that Miss Alexandra Rose here is the Champion of Planeptune.” Alex squeaked and stood at attention, a blush tinging her cheeks. “She has acquired the spirit of Purple Sister.” Histoire continued. Alex once again started to glow a pinkish purple as her spirit materialized beside her again. “Why…” Alex started but then smiled. “I see, she wants to see her—our friends again…” The last girl, wearing a black hoodie with purple accents, stood up, her long purple hair swaying as she sauntered up to Alex. “So I guess that means you’re my new little sister, huh?” “Um… what?” “Oh, of course! I’m Neptune, nice to meetcha, little sis!” Alex gaped, combing through Nepgear’s memories for help. “Oh, don’t act so surprised, the readers would riot if there wasn’t at least one Nep in the first few chapters.” “You’re… from another dimension... “ Alex said, trying to wrap her head around the bigger Neptune’s utter disregard for the fourth wall. It’s at this point that the two authors can and will try to reign Neptune in. We’ll see how that goes. Neptune smiled at the author’s exasperation. “Yep! I actually came from the Ultradimension, although I haven’t been there in, like, forever. Lil’ me and Nepgear were letting me crash at their place until… well… you know…” Alex felt a pang of sadness surge through her. No doubt Nepgear’s lingering regrets making themselves known. "At least the citizens are safer in your dimension and didn't suffer the same fate as this dimension's Neptune and Nepgear..."  Falcom pointed out. B-sha coughed into her fist to grab the attention of everyone in the room. “Anyway, Now that we have a spirit, we can finally try to take the Basilicom back!” Hotaru tilted her head. “Basilicom?” “The base of operations for the goddesses,” Alex explained. “My--er, Nepgear’s home.” “All four Basilicoms were taken by ASIC after the CPUs fell.” Histoire explained, “I suppose we can claim it now that we have Purple Sister to purify it.” "Is there a security measure that requires some sort of identity verification in order to break in? I can't seem to recall installing one myself."  Alex stated and then shook her head, “I mean…. Nep—... Ugh, you know what I mean.” Histoire smiled sadly, as Alex tried to straighten herself out. “Like everything, the sharicite within the Basilicoms has been corrupted. To truly claim it for ourselves, we have to purify it, and only the goddess that came from the sharicite can do that.” “Alright!” B-sha shouted, jumping on the table and producing her mask, “It’s going to be our standard moving plan. Neptune, IF, Compa, you guys are escorting the Champions while Falcom and I provide cover!” “Wait, moving plan?” Lara cried, “And we’re coming too, but I don’t know how to fight! Do either of you?” Hotaru shook her head violently while Maya scratched the back of her head. “I mean, I’ve gotten in a couple of scrapes before, but I don’t think I’d be able to take on an actual monster.” “Yeah, sorry about this,” IF apologized, “But this base is temporary, always was.” “The monsters made it impossible to stay in one place for too long, so we just keep moving around the city,” Compa added. “You girls don’t need to worry!” Neptune cheered. “Iffy, Compa, and I are something of a dream team! We’ll make sure you girls are safe.” “Still the same Nep, no matter what dimension she’s from,” IF mused. “Which reminds me…” IF walked over to a chest and grabbed something that looked like a white eggbeater. She tossed it to Alex. Alex inspected it and a pink blade suddenly popped out of it. “The Beam Saber…” Alex said as she did a couple of practice swings. “Thought it could come in handy,” IF said as she winked at Alex. “Come on, It’s time to go home.”

“You really think it’s a good idea for both of us to do this?” a small black mouse, Warechu, asked.

“I don’t know what you’re so worried about, that crystal’s been pumping out monsters ever since we took the Planeptower. Only an idiot would try to raid the place,” his companion, a young gray-skinned girl with elf ears named Linda (called Underling by most people), replied.

The two were on the outskirts of the City planting red X-shaped crystals on the ground.

“Besides,” Linda continued, “do you want to be the first person the Boss sees when she gets back?”

“You got a point there, that blue-haired weirdo scares me more than the Old Lady ever did. She kept muttering things like plunging the world into eternal despair and stuff. Honestly, where did she even come from?" Warechu complained.

“Don’t know, don’t care. I just want to get this done so she doesn’t plunge me into eternal despair.”

The pair walked off, as the patches of grass that the crystals were dropped on started to lose their color.

"Hi-yah!" Alex yelled as she successfully sliced the last of the monsters with her saber.  With their health at critical, a shard of the Share Code appeared all around them.  

"Share Code, Digitize!"

Alex made short work of scanning the code, causing all the monsters to disappear in a cloud of pixels.

“I’m glad I can do that without transforming,” Alex said

“You’re a real natural with that sword, Lex” IF said.

Alex blushed while scratching her cheek, “I-It’s more Nepgear than anything.”

“So this is Planeptower’s inner sanctum?” Neptune said, inspecting her surroundings, "Can’t say I’ve seen this before in any of the dimensions I've been."

“It’s usually locked off from everybody except the CPU and their Oracle. Sometimes really close friends come by here.” IF looked at Alex, “Anything could be behind this door, Lex, Are you ready?”

Alex nodded. IF opened the door to reveal an Ancient Dragon waiting for the group in the Sharicite sanctum.

Neptune’s eyes lit up, “Ooooh, an Ancient Dragon! Never thought I’d fight one in this dimension!”

“Focus, Nep!” IF shouted, “We’re going to have to go all out.”

Alex took out her Digivice and fragments of Share Code wrapped around her, forming some sort of egg-shaped cocoon. In a flash, the Share Code dissolved, revealing Purple Sister.

The Dragon swiped at Alex, but she swiftly dodged. IF and Neptune slashed at its legs, distracting it.

Alex then shouted, “MIRAGE DANCE!” as she spun into the dragon with her sword and pulled off a flurry of blows.

‘Is this… Nepgear’s power?’ Alex asked herself. ‘No, this is our power.’

She then flew up and met the dragon’s eyes. She took careful aim with her sword-gun.

“Multiple Beam Launcher,” She muttered, as she pulled the trigger. Shot after shot, her lasers connected with the dragon damaging it until the final blow was struck.

“Yep, that’s definitely Gear,” IF said.

Share code appeared around the beast, and Alex immediately took out her digivice in order to purify said monster.

“Share Code, Digitize!”

The Dragon disappeared as its code was absorbed, leaving only the Sharicite covered in a shadowy aura.

Alex landed in front of the crystal. It flickered in her presence as her own digivice reacted. Share code erupted from the device and into the crystal.  The crystal lost its dark aura and glowed brightly. It flew around Alex and placed itself in the center of the room, providing power to the tower as it was supposed to.  For some reason, Neptune was singing some sort of triumphant song that felt at home in Lowee as this was happening.

Every light in the Planeptower powered on. Giving the place color (mainly purple) that it seemed to lack. Fortunately, they found that all of the computer systems in the basilicom were still running.

Histoire sighed happily. They weren’t winning yet, but it felt good to finally make some sort of headway instead of just running all the time.

“Miss Histy?” Alex called.

She was standing over by one of the larger terminals showing a larger map of the city. While the Tower had regained its luster, the rest of the city still looked pretty rundown.

“That’s strange…. The Sharicite should be giving power to the rest of the city…”

Alex punched in some commands on the keyboard, apparently, Nepgear designed the system, thus Alex knew the system very intimately.

“It seems like there’s something blocking the share energy from reaching the rest of the city.” Alex reasoned.

“That is troubling…” Histoire held her chin in thought, “Miss Rose, I want you and the other girls to investigate this with Compa and IF”

“Are you sure? I-I’m the only one who can transform… I couldn’t bear it if any of the others got hurt.”

"IF and Compa are more than capable of protecting you all. We do need to cover as much ground as possible to find the cause of this share blockage."

Alex nodded, still nervous, but with a renewed sense of responsibility. Not just because of Nepgear, but also because she promised to help in any way she could.  

==NEPSTATION ==

Neptune: Nepstation! And even though Big Me is in this chapter, no one can beat the OG Nep Master! With me is Alexandra Rose and Underling!

Underling: That’s not my damn name!

Alex: To be fair, Miss Underling, that’s the only name I remember you having.

Underling: *Growls*

Neptune: Well to settle the issue, Can you tell us what your actual name is?

Underling: It’s Lin-

Neptune: IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!

Underling: W-What?

Neptune: Cause next time, The Resistance is going to find you guys and my beautiful country will be restored! Tune in next time for, “The Tallest of Mountains”!

Underling: Did you seriously just set me up to do an episode preview?

Alex: Miss Neptune sure is a handful.