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[threesixty]

[It had been three long weeks since Vert first arrived in Luceti. There was the typical confusion, anger, helplessness, and so on that many new feathers with world-saving abilities have, but she's mostly gotten over that. Mostly.

Still, there was something about Luceti that really bothered her. Disturbed her, even. Something she tried very hard to ignore, but after a while, simply couldn't anymore.

So, in an effort to clear up this horrid image she had in her mind, Vert flipped open her journal and started a voice entry.]

Hello, everyone. I have a question for you all, if you'd be so kind as to answer.

[ ... ]

Do all of you know what a video game is? More specifically, an MMO? It's okay if you don't know what that is, though. The former, less specific question is much more important.

I hope to hear your responses soon!

[... Sure, she was ending it just like she'd end one of her blog posts, but whatever. The journal seemed to be the same thing, anyway!! But please, Luceti, clear up her doubts! You can't all be from such terrible worlds that you don't even have terrible shovel-ware Lowee games with tacked-on motion controls, right?!]

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Player Name: Kyio
Are you new?: Nope
Character Name: Vert
Character Fandom: ... Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2

Comments

[threesixty]

Ding Dong Ditching ...? You mean to say that some demons think ringing someone's doorbell at three in the morning and running away is an act of evil?

[Geez, Vert's usually still awake at that time. As most good gamers should be, of course!]

[vulcanblazer]

Yup. Along with not brushing your teeth, or greasing a flagpole, or flipping girls' skirts.

There are some genuinely bad apples, though. Those are the ones I usually end up beating down.

[threesixty]

[Wow that sounds like some of her citizens on a nice day. Buuuut badmouthing her people would be wrong of her, so she'll just keep a neutral smile plastered on.]

And what do these genuinely bad apples do?

[vulcanblazer]

...Put curses on entire worlds that turn all humans into demons while erasing their memories and blunting their consciences.

That's one example.

[threesixty]

... True devils, then.

[ ... ]

While my world has certainly had it's ... problems recently, I can safely say it hasn't been anything like that. [Sure, Arfoire wanted to destroy Gameindustri, but at least that was straightforward compared to this ...] I can't imagine what it must've been like to be in that situation.

[vulcanblazer]

I grew up watching its effects on everyone around me. The curse never affected me, though.

So I did the only thing I could do. Fight against it.

[threesixty]

You were the only one left unaffected?

[ ... ]

That sounds rather predestined. It's almost as if you were purposely singled out as the main character in that situation. Either way, though, fighting against something like that must have been rather rough.

[vulcanblazer]

Well, I'm not one to believe in destiny, but at the time I did believe it was pretty significant.

[It's interesting she should use the term "main character" though...]

It was, but having friends along too helped. In the end we succeeded, anyway, so I'm happy with that. Didn't get to enjoy it for long before I ended up here, though.

[threesixty]

I'm glad to hear that. Although, getting sent here after what must have been a difficult victory to achieve must've been rather ... annoying, right?

[Because lord knows she was ticked off to have ended up in Luceti when she did.]

[vulcanblazer]

To say the least. I was pretty pissed, but I had to adapt quickly. Fact is, I've been stuck here for a good long while now. Going on three years.

[threesixty]

Three years ...

[... That actually strikes quite a chord with Vert - she and the other CPUs were stuck in the Gameindustri Graveyard for that long before being saved by Nepgear and the other CPU's sisters. As such, she trails off and pauses for a moment or two before smiling bitterly.]

Being stuck in the same place like this must be awfully hard on you.