It's been three years since anyone has heard from the CPU's or the Oracles. In that time, Gamindustri has fallen to total chaos. The CPU candidates have lost their ability to transform due to the sudden lack of shares. People have started walking ar...
Legs...wounded, vision...blurry, hope...fading. I was using all my strength to just keep walking in a straight line. I had been surviving off only 4 pieces of meat from earlier. The rest of my equipment...was gone. I didn't even have a set of spare clothes. I was climbing a fairly steep hill until I finally reached the top. I looked at my last hope, Leanbox, before making my way towards the Basilicom.
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Surprisingly, Leanbox seemed like its usual self. Not war-torn, not taken over, nothing. People were roaming the streets without any negative repercussions. I got inside the Basilicom and realized that the lobby was empty. The staff wasn't there and no guests were here. I was getting pretty creeped out. I located Vert's room and as about to enter until I heard her voice to my right.
-"Oh my goodness! Nepgear! You look terrible!" Vert said whilst approaching me.
I simply collapsed from exhaustion and felt Vert catch me before my mind slipped away.
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I started to wake up and felt that I was on something soft and felt very warm. I slowly opened my eyes to see that I was tucked in to Vert's massive bed. I sat up and looked at my wounds, all of them had been bandaged. I guess Vert had me treated when she found me. I was about to get out of the bed when the door opened and Vert entered with a big tray of food, all of it looking delicious.
-"My little Nepgear, what were you doing in such bad shape?" She asked.
-"It's not my fault, Arfoire destroyed my supplies. I had to travel here on foot, starving." I said.
-"Poor thing...well, feel free to feast to your heart's content!"
Without hesitation, I started stuffing my face with the food she provided. While I was eating, A thought occurred to me. I thought Vert was dead, so how is she here? I stopped eating to ask her exactly that.
-"Hey Vert, how are you here? I saw Arfoire kill every one of you!" I asked in panic.
-"Well, the short answer is that I managed to sneak away while she was monologuing. She does that quite a lot. I regret leaving the others behind, but I was so tired and beaten up that, even if I tried to fight her again, I would just be defeated again. I hid until she was done with her slaughter. She eventually left and I limped back to Leanbox. I managed to fortify the defense and defend against Arfoire's first assault, but we've been at the ready ever since, just in case. I'm sorry about your sister." She explained.
-"Don't worry about it, it wasn't your fault. I don't think anyone would be strong enough to keep going after that loss."
-"Anyway, I have work to attend to, so I shall take my leave now. If you need anything, just press this button to call in an assistant."
-"Thank you Vert."
-"You're very welcome Nepgear." She said as she left.
I'm just thankful that Leanbox and Vert are okay at least. I just hope that we'll both be able to rise up again and re-take our nations soon. For now though, I'm hungry.
