~Prologue, Part One: Just Like Solid Serpent~

Outside our own reality, beyond a near endless void, lies a dimension similar to but very unlike our own.

Either stacked up to or hovering near its own parallel versions, it is filled with many vibrant personalities and differing landmarks. It is a realm which only a select few have the privilege to see.

This realm…

…is known as Gamindustri.

Uncreative name aside, the world itself is quite interesting. On the primary continent (which will be referred to as the ‘console continent’) there exist four nations;

Planeptune, the Land of Purple Progress, sits to the west.

Lowee, the Land of White Serenity, is to the north.

Lastation, the Land of Black Regality, controls the east.

And Leanbox, the Land of Green Fields, rests on a large island detached to the main landmass, to the south.

Each nation is primarily ruled by a CPU, or ‘Console Patron Unit’, with three of the nations possessing CPU candidates, who are the siblings of the main CPUs.

Our story starts in Lowee, a mostly snow-covered land reminiscent of children’s storybooks. Any major city or town, especially the capitol, has a kid-friendly atmosphere; forms of more adult entertainment are made specifically so that they’re fairly hard to find.

Sorry, I’m getting ahead of myself. I’ll make sure to explain about the other nations as we get to them, but we need to get this train wreck rolling!

“Are you sure this will work, Ram?”

Speaking of which…

“Sure it will! She won’t have to worry about ’em if she doesn’t have them to begin with!”

We jump to a hallway within Lowee’s Basilicom, where the CPU runs their respective country. This Basilicom belongs to White Heart, better known by her friends as Blanc. Blanc herself is a definitive loli, lacking in certain assets *coughboobscough* than the other CPUs. Because of this, she is often teased for it, which to say makes her blood boil is an understatement. She can turn from her calm, introverted personality into something very nasty. This is the reason why Ram and Rom are trying to solve the problem by getting rid of it entirely.

The twins enter a large, dim library full of grimores and spellbooks, passing by most of them, looking for one category in particular.

“…Destruction, Manipulation, Conjuration…ah! Transformation! Rom, I found it!”

“Good. Now get it so we can leave. This place is starting to creep me out.”

Ram recognized the stress and timidity in her sister’s voice.

“Uh, well…”

Rom turned to face her sister.

“Well what? Please don’t tell me it’s not there!”

“It is! But it’s a little higher up than I thought…”

Ram pointed to a blue tome a few shelves up. Rom’s face froze with fear.

“W-w-what!? It’s all the way up there? Oh, I knew this was a bad idea!”

Ram had noticed tears start to form in Rom’s eyes. She knew what this meant! If she couldn’t calm down Rom, they would be caught! She needed a plan, fast. Then...

An idea popped into her mind.

Ram embraced her sibling. She started to calmly whisper to her.

“Don’t cry, Rom. It’s high up, sure, but you can handle it.”

Rom stopped sniffling.

“I know you can. I wanna help Blanc one more time, and I know you do too. You just need to be strong.”

Rom looked at her.

“Thank you. I’ll go get it, okay?”

“Okay.”

With that, Rom started to climb. Ram looked on, then to the door, starting to think of worst-case scenarios. What if she fell? What if Mina found them out? What if Blanc found them out? Of all the things that could…

“Got it!”

Ram’s train of thought was interrupted when she heard her sister utter those wonderful words. She looked back at Rom.

We did it! I was so sure that we’d…

Rom tugged on the book. It didn’t budge.

“Hold on, I think it’s…”

No.

Rom tugged again. It moved a little.

No no no!

“Nnnngh!~ Almost got it…”

NONONONONONONONO-

*Pop!*

“Yes!”

However, Rom didn’t realize that the book was the only thing she was holding onto. Until…

“Oh, ah…”

Oh no.

“KYAAAAAAAAAAA-!!!”

Rom was falling.

Ram needed to do something, and fast. Not only could Rom get seriously hurt, the entire plan would fail! Ram tried to gauge where her sister would land, and used one of her spells there.

“I hope this works!”

A cold wind gathered at Ram’s designated point, summoning a 5-foot pile of snow.

“-AAAAAAAAA-oof!”

Rom landed in a soft, powdery mass of snow, cushioning her fall. The book landed on the floor a few feet away from Ram.

Ram let out a sigh of relief when she heard Rom giggle;

“Mission accomplished!”

~END OF PROLOGUE, PART ONE~