Crimson Reiter
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Oh boy, this made me really look forward to Joe's future interactions with people like Burningum and goddamn Doban~
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Only Human (Goddess of Victory NIKKE SI)
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NJesus
You guys need Jesus !
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I hope they dont forget the goverment is as evil as its incompetent kek
very cute I feared some genius was gonna suggest a mindwipe , not that it would have gone through
now I wanna see the very bad roll ruiners react to the rest of goddess (minus the all mighty doro) being around kek
please by god tell if there were red hood toys some doro toys also survived
very cute I feared some genius was gonna suggest a mindwipe , not that it would have gone through
now I wanna see the very bad roll ruiners react to the rest of goddess (minus the all mighty doro) being around kek
Tenno
Getting some practice in, huh?
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Oh god, Fanfics. I can already see the archives filled with SI!Nikke x LegedaryCommander fanfics. Ranging from the Heartbreakingly dramatic to disgustingly erotic. Also, im betting the nikke who remember him may or may not have cultivated a cult of personality around him. Deep in the underbelly of the Ark.
GBucket
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Is this story leading up to an exodus, like that scene in Overman King Gainer?
There is some overlap in the story beats with that old show.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkchrWOvAwE
There is some overlap in the story beats with that old show.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkchrWOvAwE
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Jsebas19
Getting sticky.
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So there are Joe and Goddess fanfics and that Mustang made incredibly realistic Goddess dolls with her soft, realistic thighs and attributes?
I don't know why but I have a feeling that Cinderella and Oswald had to do with that idea, of showing "the beauty" of Goddess.
Speaking of Oswald, given that Joe took Cinderella much earlier, it is possible that Oswald's participation in the first invasion was minimal or almost non-existent. because in the game Oswald gave the motivational talk to Red Hood, helped and defended Old Tales and even attacked the queen during the sealing of the ark.
But here, I don't know what it's like.
Because with Joe's presence, he prevented Cinderella from becoming Anachiro and joining Goddess, it is understood that Red Hood never left Goddess and stayed with them until the attempted coup by the central government, Goddess remained united until Eden. Heck, I don't even know if the rematch against Rose happened.
So Oswald's role in Only Human would have been for him and Abe to discover Red Shoes much earlier, because Joe "stole" Cinderella and would cause Red Shoes to be more careless in his madness.
Not to mention that I don't know if Abe and Old Tales tried to attack the queen because Cinderellla was with Goddess and without her they couldn't advance to the elevator.
I still believe in these three theories I have:
1-They didn't make the attack because they didn't have Cinderella on their side.
2-they freed Rose from the laboratories and began the attack but with Rose
3-they did it themselves with some superweapon made with red shoes legs.
Mr. Bakasmurf, I found this a while ago, I don't know if it would work for a scene of Joe or Goddess reflecting or remembering the past.
I don't know why but I have a feeling that Cinderella and Oswald had to do with that idea, of showing "the beauty" of Goddess.
Speaking of Oswald, given that Joe took Cinderella much earlier, it is possible that Oswald's participation in the first invasion was minimal or almost non-existent. because in the game Oswald gave the motivational talk to Red Hood, helped and defended Old Tales and even attacked the queen during the sealing of the ark.
But here, I don't know what it's like.
Because with Joe's presence, he prevented Cinderella from becoming Anachiro and joining Goddess, it is understood that Red Hood never left Goddess and stayed with them until the attempted coup by the central government, Goddess remained united until Eden. Heck, I don't even know if the rematch against Rose happened.
So Oswald's role in Only Human would have been for him and Abe to discover Red Shoes much earlier, because Joe "stole" Cinderella and would cause Red Shoes to be more careless in his madness.
Not to mention that I don't know if Abe and Old Tales tried to attack the queen because Cinderellla was with Goddess and without her they couldn't advance to the elevator.
I still believe in these three theories I have:
1-They didn't make the attack because they didn't have Cinderella on their side.
2-they freed Rose from the laboratories and began the attack but with Rose
3-they did it themselves with some superweapon made with red shoes legs.
Mr. Bakasmurf, I found this a while ago, I don't know if it would work for a scene of Joe or Goddess reflecting or remembering the past.
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JamesAsmodeus
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I find this chapter and moment beautiful, adorable, and all the more uplifting and inspiring for the future to come through the pain and sorrow. Joe's got a lot of work to do, but he's got even more people by his side to do it with him.
...BUT WHERE'S THE DORO DOLLS! I knooooooow there must be Doro Dolls, if Rapi had very realistic action figures with real jiggly thighs, there HAS to be Doro Dolls somewhere!
GIMMEEEEEEEE-!!!!
...BUT WHERE'S THE DORO DOLLS! I knooooooow there must be Doro Dolls, if Rapi had very realistic action figures with real jiggly thighs, there HAS to be Doro Dolls somewhere!
GIMMEEEEEEEE-!!!!
Nomad-117
I trust you know where the happy button is?
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Rapunzel is going to love this. Now she can finally publish all the smutty material she has written up since the Ark was sealed. She is probably going to become the number 1 smutty fanfic writer in the entire Ark in no time at all.
Dsaeg
Know what you're doing yet?
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Hoo boy, Joe have a lot of allies and will get even more once the plan starts. I will eagerly await a lot of factions such as Underworld Queens and Outer Rim introduction. Like, without betrayal considering that Ennek, one megacorp and one branch of the current government is on his side... Without fuckups success is inevitable. Lets hope that we will witness that.
Nehef
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Commander: "You are MY Goddess of Victory." *Smiles*
Nikkes around the world: *Panty status: Genesis 7:17*
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We need outpost propaganda.
Gato
Getting out there.
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Belorta! She's just like me! Fr fr!!!
Basic empathy and humanity win the day once again! This chapter brings up the option of an easy money maker. We take a doll with Joes face printed on it, make it life size and plushy for the best hugs and you got an easy retirement plan right there.
But! To make enough money to put all his future kids through space college we now introduce the special version. Integrated heating system for those long and lonely nights! Pre-recorded voice lines when hugged like "You're a real person and deserve happiness!" "You matter. To your friends, to the world, and to me!" "I'm glad to spend my time with you as my legendary companion!"
Life size does not mean anatomically correct. Vibration function sold separately. 18+ voice line pack sold separately only to those with legal ID. Ask your local commander for more information. Batteries not included.
We might even be able to feed Snow White after these things sell.
Also, the vindication and satisfaction of Dorothy will be enormous. The rest of Goddess will never live it down
Basic empathy and humanity win the day once again! This chapter brings up the option of an easy money maker. We take a doll with Joes face printed on it, make it life size and plushy for the best hugs and you got an easy retirement plan right there.
But! To make enough money to put all his future kids through space college we now introduce the special version. Integrated heating system for those long and lonely nights! Pre-recorded voice lines when hugged like "You're a real person and deserve happiness!" "You matter. To your friends, to the world, and to me!" "I'm glad to spend my time with you as my legendary companion!"
Life size does not mean anatomically correct. Vibration function sold separately. 18+ voice line pack sold separately only to those with legal ID. Ask your local commander for more information. Batteries not included.
We might even be able to feed Snow White after these things sell.
Also, the vindication and satisfaction of Dorothy will be enormous. The rest of Goddess will never live it down
Jsebas19
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Be patient until Carronades meets Cinderella and the latter gives them the idea of creating Doro dolls en masse.
but he asked me about Doro's appearance.
I don't know if Doro has the appearance of Musan Pro.
but confirms it. Doro is Inevitable
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Chapter 68 - All Work and No Play
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Chapter 68 - All Work and No Play
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Luckily, it seemed that Joe had the loyalty of the iDolls and Carronades in the bag. Mustang—once he had assurances that everyone was on the same page—checked the girl's phones to ensure that everything was good.
The flamboyant man returned the devices to them with the reminder that if word of Joe or Rapi's identity wound up leaking, they'd all find themselves wishing they were just decommissioned.
He then took his leave, having all sorts of other shit he had to tend to as a megacorp CEO.
Harsh, but given the stakes, not unwarranted. Nobody seemed keen on being the Nikke that screwed over the Legendary Commander or one of the deified Goddesses, regardless. Thus, it seemed that everything should be fine as far as they were concerned.
Joe was, admittedly, more than a little put-off by the way they were all looking at him now, but that sort of came with the territory of his being who he was.
The iDolls still had some varied reactions to him, either way, with Mia of course looking at him with stark adoration, Flower (who they had to get around to giving at least a proper nickname) seemed a bit unsure of how to behave, while Sunny…
Sunny didn't seem to be capable of looking right at him now. Her expression was more than a little wary, and the man felt like it would be best to talk more to the girls about things going forth.
However, he received a call from Ingrid as he was about to do so, and upon answering it…
"Get to Missilis HQ, right now!" Ingrid urged him the instant the line was opened, startling the man, to say the least.
"E-hwa?" Joe vocalized his confusion, causing Mica to tilt her head at him in confusion while Belorta lightly covered her mouth and tried to not openly laugh at his goofy cry. "What? Why?"
"Because I just got done talking to Syuen about the matter of putting Wardress under your command, the little idiot said that 'if that talentless and lazy dumpster diver wants to play with garbage, then if he comes and take out the trash himself, he can do whatever he wants with those worthless buckets of bolts!'"
The CEO of Elysion declared with a purpose.
"She previously set a precedent that such indirect language and directives can and should be counted as a binding agreement between the Big Three to get out of needing to go through typical Byzantine red tape and middlemen to get things like transfers of resources and money between companies done!"
Joe blinked, shaking his head as he started to reply, "That doesn't sound-"
"Until she realizes what she's done, it's a legally binding agreement!" Ingrid asserted forcefully. "But if she realizes that she just gave you permission to claim Wardress before you do so, she can recant it and you'll lose the opportunity to add them to the Outpost's reserves! For free! So haul ass and go grab them now!"
While this sounded shockingly stupid to Joe, Ingrid, of all people, would know if this was the real deal. Plus, Syuen was, by all accounts, actually that daft and short-sighted. So, with a start, he spun on his heel and started off with a purpose. "O-okay! Okay, shit! I'm running now!"
"Hurry!" Ingrid urged him onwards.
As Joe bolted out the front doors of the Command Centre, leaving the Carronades and iDolls deeply confused by his sudden departure, Rapi, meanwhile, kept up with him. "Joe, what's going on!?" She cried out, understandably concerned.
"Syuen did a stupid and gave me permission to claim Wardress as additions to the Outpost if I get to Missilis HQ and grab them before she realizes she did so!" Joe called back.
Rapi was visibly caught off-guard by that, grimacing lightly as she continued to follow the Commander. She assured herself that the Commander's interest in them was purely professional. Surely. Definitely… Maybe.
Considering how Yuni and Mihara presented themselves, the once-Goddess was starting to get worried about just how many dangerous women she was going to wind up having to keep a watchful eye on around Joe from there on.
Recovering outside of the well-travelled, but largely empty courtyard of the main Missilis HQ in the Ark proper, Joe had dumped his ass quite bodily upon one of the benches set before the ridiculous, spiralling skyscraper. He and Rapi were ignoring and being ignored in turn by the distant crowds ambling to-and-fro on the main street across the courtyard.
Missilis HQ looked far more like some sort of gargantuan art deco piece than the centre of the Ark's technological innovation, but, Corpos. They did, and would flop their dick out on the table to show off at any and every opportunity provided.
Regardless, Rapi, who had been forced to wait outside when he went in, had claimed the seat next to him once they'd settled down to wait for Yuni and Mihara to receive word that they were transferring to the Outpost. They had gotten there in time, luckily, and after confirming it with Ingrid, who had remained on the line with Joe the entire time… Well, he'd been informed that the two would report to Joe and Rapi shortly.
Joe was in pretty dang good shape, considering he was an active combatant during the Initial Rapture Invasion, but damn, hauling ass to the Ark and Missilis HQ had winded him something fierce.
"...My cardio suddenly feels woefully inadequate," the Commander declared with a heavy grimace. Especially considering how often he made a point to work out-
…Before Operation Ark Guardian.
"-Oh, wait, shit, when was the last time I actually properly worked out!?" Joe wondered aloud in mounting horror. "Ah fuck me, I'm withering away! I've started to let myself go! Damn it! Rapi, please don't hate me for degenerating into a pot-bellied stick figure!" He whined in embarrassment and dismay over his realization.
In turn, Rapi just gave the man's burly and well-toned exposed forearms a significant look. There was more solid muscle in his arms alone than most scrawny Commanders had in their entire body.
"You're being melodramatic," Rapi asserted past lidded eyes. "Your figure is as pleasing to the eye as ever." The little blonde Nikke matter-of-factually declared, her mouth moving faster than her brain.
Her eyes widened in horror as she processed what she'd just said aloud to Joe, however, he didn't seem to notice considering-
"Tublord! Go for a second helping of ice cream, why don'tcha!?" Joe cried out as he grabbed at his midsection—which while notably more thickset than a typical, showboating bodybuilder's (like Andersen) would be… Such was because Joe's body was developed for functional fitness demanded of a working man that went into active battlefields, and had to carry the equipment for it without being burdened and winded.
Men that actually used their muscles needed to have supportive layers, to avoid hurting themselves when working and carrying significant loads, after all. Old-timey strongmen came to mind.
"Lard lad gonna eat him a whole box of donuts to his self!?" Joe cried out as he pinched at imagined chub hanging off of his well-muscled forearms. "I need to get workout equipment delivered to the Outpost! Fuck!"
In other words, the man was suddenly being a drama queen over nothing.
Yet, something in the back of Rapi's mind was tickled by the display… Joe and Andersen, viciously fat-shaming themselves and each other into pushing themselves to their limits while working out to spite each other, rather than doing so at a reasonable pace.
Blinking, she also recalled how that absurd method had obviously worked. Those two, managing to accomplish something so meaningful in such a transparently boyish manner… How vexing.
But, also… On the matter of Joe potentially getting into regularly working out… "A fitness centre was among the facilities you've previously approved the construction of in the Outpost," Rapi noted. "We could begin using it as soon as it's done, assuming it isn't already."
Rapi enjoyed the idea of getting to watch the well-built man work out. Not that she would admit that openly.
At any rate, Joe's eyes went wide. "Oh, shit, I did? Good! I'll look into that once we've got some free time-"
The man cut himself off as he noticed Rapi's attention shift back to Missilis HQ, and following her gaze, he made note of Yuni and Mihara approaching them. The two looked just as they had the last time Joe had set eyes on them, though they were giving Joe a very particular look as they neared.
Rising to his feet—which Rapi mirrored—the Commander crossed his arms as he gave the duo an acknowledging nod. "Yuni, Mihara," he started. "Good to see you two again."
"My my," Mihara started in her perennially sultry voice. "And here I was certain you'd gone and forgotten about us as soon as we were out of sight… Imagine our surprise to be suddenly informed that we were being transferred to the Outpost not twenty minutes ago…"
"Weird…" Yuni muttered as she stared at Joe in plain stupefaction.
"Yuni," Mihara rounded on her pink-haired fellow, leaning over and planting a slender finger on the diminutive Nikke's lips with a matronly 'hush,' "don't be rude to our new Commander."
"But why would he suddenly show up to take us away from Syuen?" Yuni countered with her brow immaturely furrowing, huffing as she lightly clapped her heel against the finely-paved courtyard tiles. "We had to leave all of our stuff in our rooms too! I don't want to leave all my things and toys behind!"
Joe interjected. "We'll have your belongings brought to the Outpost later," after they've been swept and scanned for possible tracking and listening devices, the man thought to himself as well, "we obviously wouldn't force you to just abandon all of your belongings."
"You see, Yuni?" Mihara started as she returned to her full height, adjusting her stark white trench coat as she did so. "There's nothing to worry about, so be polite."
Yuni just quietly mouthed an 'oh,' in reply, deflating at the clarification.
The ravenette, with Yuni cowed, gave Joe a significant look, measuring him as Rapi lightly glowered at the larger woman in response to the attention placed on the displaced man. "Handsome… I must admit, this is more than a little sudden and unexpected. To go from hearing nothing from you once our mission was complete, to suddenly being told that we'd been put under your permanent command… Did we perhaps leave more of an impression than we thought?"
Pausing, Joe slightly chewed on the inside of his cheek before answering. "That's certainly one way of putting it." Turning, he motioned for them to follow. "We'll talk more when we're back at the Outpost," he declared, not wanting to get into anything potentially… Dangerous right in front of the Missilis HQ, where they surely had listening devices set up.
"Our new home, hm?" Mihara mused aloud as she set off, confidently sashaying along as she followed Joe and an unamused Rapi. "I've not looked much into the Outpost, admittedly. Are we to share a barracks with everyone else, or-?"
"I don't want to share a room with everyone!" Yuni protested the notion in a whining tone, further emphasizing her apparent immaturity in doing so. "I want my own room!"
Mihara, again, turned to lightly chastise Yuni, while Joe called back over his shoulder: "The residential zone is going to be finished soon. If you want your own apartments, then just put in a request to be transferred over to one rather than the communal barracks."
"Nikkes are permitted to have their own homes in the Outpost?" Mihara wondered in reply to that, womanly violet eyes going wide in surprise.
Joe wished he could say that he was surprised by the implication that Nikkes in the Ark were corralled into communal barracks or likely dinky little dorms at best. "Yes," was about all Joe felt the need to say by way of response.
Yuni and Mihara shared a significant look at that, the pair smiling devilishly at each other. As the two girls seemed more than a little intrigued by their newfound situation, Joe lightly grimaced at the potential living standards the average Missilis Nikke might've had to put up with…
Worse, actually, Yuni might've been a modern Grimms, or at least the closest thing the Ark could produce to a Grimms. Yet, she, along with Mihara, was surprised by the notion of being allowed to occupy a simple, personal apartment in the Outpost?
Was Missilis really so bad? Did the average Missilis Nikke really have to bear such cruelty on a daily basis?
Considering how flippantly Syuen had presented him the opportunity to actually take Wardress from the Ark, actually… Yeah, that didn't surprise him in the least. Even someone with such an inherently powerful ability as being able to blind Raptures, up to at least Tyrants, at will…
What in the fuck was Missilis and Syuen's major malfunction?
Upon arriving at the Outpost, Joe confiscated Mihara and Yuni's phones, to much caterwauling in reply to the demand. Though even Mihara seemed loath to separate from her smart device, she did ultimately surrender it along with a heavily pouting Yuni.
The Commander asserted that they'd get them back, but this was basic Operations Security. For the time being, they'd have to go without the magic picture boxes.
They really didn't like it when he opened the devices to remove the batteries right in front of them, but Joe wasn't about to potentially lug a pair of active Missilis listening devices into the Outpost proper like a total buffoon.
With that, he brought the pair into the Command Centre proper, noting how impressed they were by how built-up the Outpost was, not having expected it to have its own Dome of Eternity in particular.
Introductions were made, Mihara immediately attempted to lightly pinch Belorta (who protested) and Mica's (who didn't seem to dislike it) cheeks while cooing about how cute they were.
Yuni wore her jealousy on her sleeve, demanding Mihara's undivided attention afterwards, to which it was provided as the duo were given leave to go and explore the Outpost as they saw fit.
After that, shooting Ingrid a message that they'd successfully poached Wardress from Missilis along the way, Joe returned to his office to do his stupid-ass managerial work shit—starting with sealing Yuni and Mihara's phones in the same type of Faraday shielded-baggy Andersen had once put his own, original CG-assigned smart device in.
While he was prepared to have to wade through the suck, as was usual, Rapi had followed him into his office, and absolutely insisted that she be allowed to help him. To the point of damn near seeming to get actively mad at him, for trying to wave her off to actually take advantage of her own free time.
Joe wasn't sure how to feel about that, but Rapi claimed half of the paperwork he was supposed to do, and settled down to start filling it out for him. The pair worked quietly, little in the way of distractions cropping up.
It took a few hours, but, eventually, they finished, thus, by the grace of a miracle named Rapi, Joe was left with actual free time before the day ended.
The man pondered things for a few moments, eventually realizing that he didn't have any more duties to tend to any time soon now. Including missions. Meaning… Extended free time.
Joe stared ahead blankly for a time, not entirely sure what to do with that realization. Or with himself.
"...Joe?" Rapi started, leaning over to give the figure a wary look. "Are you okay?"
"I don't know what to do now that I don't have any work to get done," Joe responded flatly. Still just staring into the aether.
Rapi blinked owlishly, lightly thrumming her fingers against her knees in consideration. "...You could partake in some of your hobbies?" She suggested.
"I don't have any hobbies," Joe, still flatly, declared. He obviously had hobbies before all the trans-dimensional displacement bullshit, but that was a long time ago, before he suddenly because a military man. "One needs free time to develop hobbies. I don't get free time."
Indeed, Joe's time in the Ark had been anything but 'relaxed.' At most, he had just enough time between major bullshit events occurring to stave off a psychotic break. He hadn't been given real free time since… Before his first mission to the surface. And he had Marian keeping him occupied for that entire time.
Marian… Shit. Shit. She was alive. She was a Heretic. She was being controlled by the Raptures. She, for just a moment, freed herself from their control. She…
Joe didn't know how they were going to save her. To free her from the clutches of the Raptures. He had to figure something out, he had to-
"Joe?" Rapi's hand suddenly came to a rest on his shoulder. The man jumped as he hadn't realized he'd harshly leaned back on his desk, becoming intensely focused on something she couldn't see, and that Rapi had risen from her own seat to approach him. "What's wrong?"
Taking a deep breath, the man replied in a slightly shaky voice. "I need to find a way to save Marian," he declared bluntly, rising to his feet as he did so. "Pioneer. The girls have been dealing with Heretics on the surface for a century, if anyone would know how to deal with this, it would be them."
As Joe started for the hallway door, Rapi was hot on his heels, her brows heavily knitted as the man seemed to be actively refusing to grant himself a moment of meaningful respite. "Most of them are wandering around the Outpost, Joe. You won't even be able to find them-"
"Snow White settled into the Armoury," Joe noted as he passed through the door, already heading down the hall and towards the elevator. "Her input will be enough, for now."
Though Rapi grimaced heavily at Joe's insistence on depriving himself of even a moment's respite, she understood and could hardly hold it against him. Marian was important to him, his relationship with her was the basis for how he treated every Nikke under his command.
For as much as the blonde would like for Joe to give himself even just one break… Given what was at stake, in every capacity, and just who he was, she supposed that she really couldn't blame his insistence on being productive.
Even if Rapi didn't like the tightening in her chest whenever she pondered the notion of Marian, who Joe clearly cherished, coming back and… Picking up where they had previously left off, she supposed. As if it wasn't bad enough with Cinderella still being interested in him too, even after all this time.
Marian had been there for Joe when he awoke in the Ark, before he regained his memories. She gave him a happy, joyful beginning. She had affected him so strongly, that he kept her weapon, her ID card, and her ribbon at his bedside.
Cinderella had remained loyal to him, waiting for him, keeping her flame burning for him for an entire century, held out hope, never forgot him, and had never hurt him.
While Rapi, in contrast… As Red Hood, she'd strung him along, jerked him around. Mistreated him. Refused to be there for him emotionally. Among her last words to him were abusive, despite the boundless trust he was placing in her, even then.
In this life? She'd forgotten him. Forced him to kill his lover. Treated him as a distant stranger she had no interest in becoming close to. Then clung to him, started to treat him as a security blanket with little regard for his own need and want for personal time to himself.
She took the emotional support he offered, and offered in return… What? Doing half of his administrative paperwork for him? Something he could just hire an assistant for?
The tightness in Rapi's chest intensified tenfold, as she considered how remarkably little she had to offer Joe, compared to Marian or Cinderella.
Such loyalty, that even death and rebirth by an otherwise all-consuming Corruption couldn't erase Marian's feelings for him. Such loyalty, that even a century after believing him lost, Cinderella hadn't wavered and earnestly waited for him regardless.
While Rapi, from all she could see of herself, could not see what she had to offer him in turn.
How could she ever hope to compete with any of that?
Chapter 68 - All Work and No Play
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Luckily, it seemed that Joe had the loyalty of the iDolls and Carronades in the bag. Mustang—once he had assurances that everyone was on the same page—checked the girl's phones to ensure that everything was good.
The flamboyant man returned the devices to them with the reminder that if word of Joe or Rapi's identity wound up leaking, they'd all find themselves wishing they were just decommissioned.
He then took his leave, having all sorts of other shit he had to tend to as a megacorp CEO.
Harsh, but given the stakes, not unwarranted. Nobody seemed keen on being the Nikke that screwed over the Legendary Commander or one of the deified Goddesses, regardless. Thus, it seemed that everything should be fine as far as they were concerned.
Joe was, admittedly, more than a little put-off by the way they were all looking at him now, but that sort of came with the territory of his being who he was.
The iDolls still had some varied reactions to him, either way, with Mia of course looking at him with stark adoration, Flower (who they had to get around to giving at least a proper nickname) seemed a bit unsure of how to behave, while Sunny…
Sunny didn't seem to be capable of looking right at him now. Her expression was more than a little wary, and the man felt like it would be best to talk more to the girls about things going forth.
However, he received a call from Ingrid as he was about to do so, and upon answering it…
"Get to Missilis HQ, right now!" Ingrid urged him the instant the line was opened, startling the man, to say the least.
"E-hwa?" Joe vocalized his confusion, causing Mica to tilt her head at him in confusion while Belorta lightly covered her mouth and tried to not openly laugh at his goofy cry. "What? Why?"
"Because I just got done talking to Syuen about the matter of putting Wardress under your command, the little idiot said that 'if that talentless and lazy dumpster diver wants to play with garbage, then if he comes and take out the trash himself, he can do whatever he wants with those worthless buckets of bolts!'"
The CEO of Elysion declared with a purpose.
"She previously set a precedent that such indirect language and directives can and should be counted as a binding agreement between the Big Three to get out of needing to go through typical Byzantine red tape and middlemen to get things like transfers of resources and money between companies done!"
Joe blinked, shaking his head as he started to reply, "That doesn't sound-"
"Until she realizes what she's done, it's a legally binding agreement!" Ingrid asserted forcefully. "But if she realizes that she just gave you permission to claim Wardress before you do so, she can recant it and you'll lose the opportunity to add them to the Outpost's reserves! For free! So haul ass and go grab them now!"
While this sounded shockingly stupid to Joe, Ingrid, of all people, would know if this was the real deal. Plus, Syuen was, by all accounts, actually that daft and short-sighted. So, with a start, he spun on his heel and started off with a purpose. "O-okay! Okay, shit! I'm running now!"
"Hurry!" Ingrid urged him onwards.
As Joe bolted out the front doors of the Command Centre, leaving the Carronades and iDolls deeply confused by his sudden departure, Rapi, meanwhile, kept up with him. "Joe, what's going on!?" She cried out, understandably concerned.
"Syuen did a stupid and gave me permission to claim Wardress as additions to the Outpost if I get to Missilis HQ and grab them before she realizes she did so!" Joe called back.
Rapi was visibly caught off-guard by that, grimacing lightly as she continued to follow the Commander. She assured herself that the Commander's interest in them was purely professional. Surely. Definitely… Maybe.
Considering how Yuni and Mihara presented themselves, the once-Goddess was starting to get worried about just how many dangerous women she was going to wind up having to keep a watchful eye on around Joe from there on.
Recovering outside of the well-travelled, but largely empty courtyard of the main Missilis HQ in the Ark proper, Joe had dumped his ass quite bodily upon one of the benches set before the ridiculous, spiralling skyscraper. He and Rapi were ignoring and being ignored in turn by the distant crowds ambling to-and-fro on the main street across the courtyard.
Missilis HQ looked far more like some sort of gargantuan art deco piece than the centre of the Ark's technological innovation, but, Corpos. They did, and would flop their dick out on the table to show off at any and every opportunity provided.
Regardless, Rapi, who had been forced to wait outside when he went in, had claimed the seat next to him once they'd settled down to wait for Yuni and Mihara to receive word that they were transferring to the Outpost. They had gotten there in time, luckily, and after confirming it with Ingrid, who had remained on the line with Joe the entire time… Well, he'd been informed that the two would report to Joe and Rapi shortly.
Joe was in pretty dang good shape, considering he was an active combatant during the Initial Rapture Invasion, but damn, hauling ass to the Ark and Missilis HQ had winded him something fierce.
"...My cardio suddenly feels woefully inadequate," the Commander declared with a heavy grimace. Especially considering how often he made a point to work out-
…Before Operation Ark Guardian.
"-Oh, wait, shit, when was the last time I actually properly worked out!?" Joe wondered aloud in mounting horror. "Ah fuck me, I'm withering away! I've started to let myself go! Damn it! Rapi, please don't hate me for degenerating into a pot-bellied stick figure!" He whined in embarrassment and dismay over his realization.
In turn, Rapi just gave the man's burly and well-toned exposed forearms a significant look. There was more solid muscle in his arms alone than most scrawny Commanders had in their entire body.
"You're being melodramatic," Rapi asserted past lidded eyes. "Your figure is as pleasing to the eye as ever." The little blonde Nikke matter-of-factually declared, her mouth moving faster than her brain.
Her eyes widened in horror as she processed what she'd just said aloud to Joe, however, he didn't seem to notice considering-
"Tublord! Go for a second helping of ice cream, why don'tcha!?" Joe cried out as he grabbed at his midsection—which while notably more thickset than a typical, showboating bodybuilder's (like Andersen) would be… Such was because Joe's body was developed for functional fitness demanded of a working man that went into active battlefields, and had to carry the equipment for it without being burdened and winded.
Men that actually used their muscles needed to have supportive layers, to avoid hurting themselves when working and carrying significant loads, after all. Old-timey strongmen came to mind.
"Lard lad gonna eat him a whole box of donuts to his self!?" Joe cried out as he pinched at imagined chub hanging off of his well-muscled forearms. "I need to get workout equipment delivered to the Outpost! Fuck!"
In other words, the man was suddenly being a drama queen over nothing.
Yet, something in the back of Rapi's mind was tickled by the display… Joe and Andersen, viciously fat-shaming themselves and each other into pushing themselves to their limits while working out to spite each other, rather than doing so at a reasonable pace.
Blinking, she also recalled how that absurd method had obviously worked. Those two, managing to accomplish something so meaningful in such a transparently boyish manner… How vexing.
But, also… On the matter of Joe potentially getting into regularly working out… "A fitness centre was among the facilities you've previously approved the construction of in the Outpost," Rapi noted. "We could begin using it as soon as it's done, assuming it isn't already."
Rapi enjoyed the idea of getting to watch the well-built man work out. Not that she would admit that openly.
At any rate, Joe's eyes went wide. "Oh, shit, I did? Good! I'll look into that once we've got some free time-"
The man cut himself off as he noticed Rapi's attention shift back to Missilis HQ, and following her gaze, he made note of Yuni and Mihara approaching them. The two looked just as they had the last time Joe had set eyes on them, though they were giving Joe a very particular look as they neared.
Rising to his feet—which Rapi mirrored—the Commander crossed his arms as he gave the duo an acknowledging nod. "Yuni, Mihara," he started. "Good to see you two again."
"My my," Mihara started in her perennially sultry voice. "And here I was certain you'd gone and forgotten about us as soon as we were out of sight… Imagine our surprise to be suddenly informed that we were being transferred to the Outpost not twenty minutes ago…"
"Weird…" Yuni muttered as she stared at Joe in plain stupefaction.
"Yuni," Mihara rounded on her pink-haired fellow, leaning over and planting a slender finger on the diminutive Nikke's lips with a matronly 'hush,' "don't be rude to our new Commander."
"But why would he suddenly show up to take us away from Syuen?" Yuni countered with her brow immaturely furrowing, huffing as she lightly clapped her heel against the finely-paved courtyard tiles. "We had to leave all of our stuff in our rooms too! I don't want to leave all my things and toys behind!"
Joe interjected. "We'll have your belongings brought to the Outpost later," after they've been swept and scanned for possible tracking and listening devices, the man thought to himself as well, "we obviously wouldn't force you to just abandon all of your belongings."
"You see, Yuni?" Mihara started as she returned to her full height, adjusting her stark white trench coat as she did so. "There's nothing to worry about, so be polite."
Yuni just quietly mouthed an 'oh,' in reply, deflating at the clarification.
The ravenette, with Yuni cowed, gave Joe a significant look, measuring him as Rapi lightly glowered at the larger woman in response to the attention placed on the displaced man. "Handsome… I must admit, this is more than a little sudden and unexpected. To go from hearing nothing from you once our mission was complete, to suddenly being told that we'd been put under your permanent command… Did we perhaps leave more of an impression than we thought?"
Pausing, Joe slightly chewed on the inside of his cheek before answering. "That's certainly one way of putting it." Turning, he motioned for them to follow. "We'll talk more when we're back at the Outpost," he declared, not wanting to get into anything potentially… Dangerous right in front of the Missilis HQ, where they surely had listening devices set up.
"Our new home, hm?" Mihara mused aloud as she set off, confidently sashaying along as she followed Joe and an unamused Rapi. "I've not looked much into the Outpost, admittedly. Are we to share a barracks with everyone else, or-?"
"I don't want to share a room with everyone!" Yuni protested the notion in a whining tone, further emphasizing her apparent immaturity in doing so. "I want my own room!"
Mihara, again, turned to lightly chastise Yuni, while Joe called back over his shoulder: "The residential zone is going to be finished soon. If you want your own apartments, then just put in a request to be transferred over to one rather than the communal barracks."
"Nikkes are permitted to have their own homes in the Outpost?" Mihara wondered in reply to that, womanly violet eyes going wide in surprise.
Joe wished he could say that he was surprised by the implication that Nikkes in the Ark were corralled into communal barracks or likely dinky little dorms at best. "Yes," was about all Joe felt the need to say by way of response.
Yuni and Mihara shared a significant look at that, the pair smiling devilishly at each other. As the two girls seemed more than a little intrigued by their newfound situation, Joe lightly grimaced at the potential living standards the average Missilis Nikke might've had to put up with…
Worse, actually, Yuni might've been a modern Grimms, or at least the closest thing the Ark could produce to a Grimms. Yet, she, along with Mihara, was surprised by the notion of being allowed to occupy a simple, personal apartment in the Outpost?
Was Missilis really so bad? Did the average Missilis Nikke really have to bear such cruelty on a daily basis?
Considering how flippantly Syuen had presented him the opportunity to actually take Wardress from the Ark, actually… Yeah, that didn't surprise him in the least. Even someone with such an inherently powerful ability as being able to blind Raptures, up to at least Tyrants, at will…
What in the fuck was Missilis and Syuen's major malfunction?
Upon arriving at the Outpost, Joe confiscated Mihara and Yuni's phones, to much caterwauling in reply to the demand. Though even Mihara seemed loath to separate from her smart device, she did ultimately surrender it along with a heavily pouting Yuni.
The Commander asserted that they'd get them back, but this was basic Operations Security. For the time being, they'd have to go without the magic picture boxes.
They really didn't like it when he opened the devices to remove the batteries right in front of them, but Joe wasn't about to potentially lug a pair of active Missilis listening devices into the Outpost proper like a total buffoon.
With that, he brought the pair into the Command Centre proper, noting how impressed they were by how built-up the Outpost was, not having expected it to have its own Dome of Eternity in particular.
Introductions were made, Mihara immediately attempted to lightly pinch Belorta (who protested) and Mica's (who didn't seem to dislike it) cheeks while cooing about how cute they were.
Yuni wore her jealousy on her sleeve, demanding Mihara's undivided attention afterwards, to which it was provided as the duo were given leave to go and explore the Outpost as they saw fit.
After that, shooting Ingrid a message that they'd successfully poached Wardress from Missilis along the way, Joe returned to his office to do his stupid-ass managerial work shit—starting with sealing Yuni and Mihara's phones in the same type of Faraday shielded-baggy Andersen had once put his own, original CG-assigned smart device in.
While he was prepared to have to wade through the suck, as was usual, Rapi had followed him into his office, and absolutely insisted that she be allowed to help him. To the point of damn near seeming to get actively mad at him, for trying to wave her off to actually take advantage of her own free time.
Joe wasn't sure how to feel about that, but Rapi claimed half of the paperwork he was supposed to do, and settled down to start filling it out for him. The pair worked quietly, little in the way of distractions cropping up.
It took a few hours, but, eventually, they finished, thus, by the grace of a miracle named Rapi, Joe was left with actual free time before the day ended.
The man pondered things for a few moments, eventually realizing that he didn't have any more duties to tend to any time soon now. Including missions. Meaning… Extended free time.
Joe stared ahead blankly for a time, not entirely sure what to do with that realization. Or with himself.
"...Joe?" Rapi started, leaning over to give the figure a wary look. "Are you okay?"
"I don't know what to do now that I don't have any work to get done," Joe responded flatly. Still just staring into the aether.
Rapi blinked owlishly, lightly thrumming her fingers against her knees in consideration. "...You could partake in some of your hobbies?" She suggested.
"I don't have any hobbies," Joe, still flatly, declared. He obviously had hobbies before all the trans-dimensional displacement bullshit, but that was a long time ago, before he suddenly because a military man. "One needs free time to develop hobbies. I don't get free time."
Indeed, Joe's time in the Ark had been anything but 'relaxed.' At most, he had just enough time between major bullshit events occurring to stave off a psychotic break. He hadn't been given real free time since… Before his first mission to the surface. And he had Marian keeping him occupied for that entire time.
Marian… Shit. Shit. She was alive. She was a Heretic. She was being controlled by the Raptures. She, for just a moment, freed herself from their control. She…
Joe didn't know how they were going to save her. To free her from the clutches of the Raptures. He had to figure something out, he had to-
"Joe?" Rapi's hand suddenly came to a rest on his shoulder. The man jumped as he hadn't realized he'd harshly leaned back on his desk, becoming intensely focused on something she couldn't see, and that Rapi had risen from her own seat to approach him. "What's wrong?"
Taking a deep breath, the man replied in a slightly shaky voice. "I need to find a way to save Marian," he declared bluntly, rising to his feet as he did so. "Pioneer. The girls have been dealing with Heretics on the surface for a century, if anyone would know how to deal with this, it would be them."
As Joe started for the hallway door, Rapi was hot on his heels, her brows heavily knitted as the man seemed to be actively refusing to grant himself a moment of meaningful respite. "Most of them are wandering around the Outpost, Joe. You won't even be able to find them-"
"Snow White settled into the Armoury," Joe noted as he passed through the door, already heading down the hall and towards the elevator. "Her input will be enough, for now."
Though Rapi grimaced heavily at Joe's insistence on depriving himself of even a moment's respite, she understood and could hardly hold it against him. Marian was important to him, his relationship with her was the basis for how he treated every Nikke under his command.
For as much as the blonde would like for Joe to give himself even just one break… Given what was at stake, in every capacity, and just who he was, she supposed that she really couldn't blame his insistence on being productive.
Even if Rapi didn't like the tightening in her chest whenever she pondered the notion of Marian, who Joe clearly cherished, coming back and… Picking up where they had previously left off, she supposed. As if it wasn't bad enough with Cinderella still being interested in him too, even after all this time.
Marian had been there for Joe when he awoke in the Ark, before he regained his memories. She gave him a happy, joyful beginning. She had affected him so strongly, that he kept her weapon, her ID card, and her ribbon at his bedside.
Cinderella had remained loyal to him, waiting for him, keeping her flame burning for him for an entire century, held out hope, never forgot him, and had never hurt him.
While Rapi, in contrast… As Red Hood, she'd strung him along, jerked him around. Mistreated him. Refused to be there for him emotionally. Among her last words to him were abusive, despite the boundless trust he was placing in her, even then.
In this life? She'd forgotten him. Forced him to kill his lover. Treated him as a distant stranger she had no interest in becoming close to. Then clung to him, started to treat him as a security blanket with little regard for his own need and want for personal time to himself.
She took the emotional support he offered, and offered in return… What? Doing half of his administrative paperwork for him? Something he could just hire an assistant for?
The tightness in Rapi's chest intensified tenfold, as she considered how remarkably little she had to offer Joe, compared to Marian or Cinderella.
Such loyalty, that even death and rebirth by an otherwise all-consuming Corruption couldn't erase Marian's feelings for him. Such loyalty, that even a century after believing him lost, Cinderella hadn't wavered and earnestly waited for him regardless.
While Rapi, from all she could see of herself, could not see what she had to offer him in turn.
How could she ever hope to compete with any of that?
AldariSiradla
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Syuen, no take backsies.
You gave your word.
Honor it.
Looks like things are going to get...
Chaotic, yes chaotic, soon.
Excited to see it all come crashing down or rise beyond the muck and scrap.
You gave your word.
Honor it.
Looks like things are going to get...
Chaotic, yes chaotic, soon.
Excited to see it all come crashing down or rise beyond the muck and scrap.
JKD_666
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You want that list alphabetically or chronologically?
Yep, saw that one coming. Here's hoping Rapi won't repeat her past self's mistake and bottle up her issues... oh who am I kidding...
JamesAsmodeus
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Haha, Joe's fat. His blubber has their own blubber, lmao. Anyways, two new Nikkes GET! And hopefully Rapi deals with the minor bit of jealousy, she'll get her true time to shine if she hadn't already.
Jsebas19
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So it can officially be said that Joe prevented Yuni and Mihara's bad future.
Once again seeing the butterfly effect of Joe's presence.
I keep wondering what happened to Abe and the rest of Old Tales since Red Shoes never corrupted Cinderella.
When I read the chapter I couldn't stop thinking:
Joe (shortly after transferring Wardress to his team): "I don't know why... but for some reason I feel like I avoided a terrible fate."
Andersen: "You're not the only one, I can't stop feeling that feeling too, when we recruited Cinderella to Goddess."
We are going to vapaus bullet territory and surely Syuen will pretend to be shifty but here she would have a better justification that Joe "stole" Wardress (ignoring that it was she herself who gave it to him, but knowing Siyuen I doubt she would recognize her mistake)
I wonder if Mathis, Noir, Blanck and Extrinsic (Maiden and Guillotine) are prototypes of modern grimms models.
Once again seeing the butterfly effect of Joe's presence.
I keep wondering what happened to Abe and the rest of Old Tales since Red Shoes never corrupted Cinderella.
When I read the chapter I couldn't stop thinking:
Joe (shortly after transferring Wardress to his team): "I don't know why... but for some reason I feel like I avoided a terrible fate."
Andersen: "You're not the only one, I can't stop feeling that feeling too, when we recruited Cinderella to Goddess."
We are going to vapaus bullet territory and surely Syuen will pretend to be shifty but here she would have a better justification that Joe "stole" Wardress (ignoring that it was she herself who gave it to him, but knowing Siyuen I doubt she would recognize her mistake)
I wonder if Mathis, Noir, Blanck and Extrinsic (Maiden and Guillotine) are prototypes of modern grimms models.
NJesus
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I heard the one who's able to answer that is going to be the choosen hero
kek now you remember
tbh that makes even more curious about the Joe/Redhood backstory , poor rapi keep fighting
Nehef
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That's the funny part my dear, you don't.
Sharing is caring.
When your name is Shikikan regardless of the gacha represented, you have to accept your fate as free eats.
Xenoxn
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Baka said that this story won't end up with a harem though.
NJesus
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in that case I forsee a an apocalypse that makes the current state of the world and the Raptures in it look like paradise
RavenSnake317
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Wait, baka did? Oof
Dasneaky
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On that note any1 playing girls frontline 2?
Dasneaky
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Yeah screenshot or it didn't happen bro
JKD_666
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Baka replied it to me on spacebattles once, said that they're going for OTT if I remember right.
Xenoxn
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Well I was remembering slightly wrong, he didn't exactly say that there wouldn't be a harem, but he said this :
In my defense, this post was made several months and I couldn't remember exactly everything that he wrote.The Horny Cringefest Stops Now said:
What's OTT?
Dasneaky
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Ikr my smooth ass brain/old brain doesn't know what that means plz translate for this oldie
JKD_666
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One True Threesome. I don't know how to hide spoilers, though so I won't say anymore. But then again it was on written on the thread itself on spacebattles, it was in a multi-quote response to a couple people including me after the previous chapter, I think.
Xenoxn
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You mean the response that said that he won't have a harem of goddesses and that the only people from Goddess squad that were romantically interested in him were Red Hood and Cinderella? That doesn't mean that he will end up with both Rapi and Cinderella though. Hell, Rapi gets jelous when Cinderella gets close to Joe, so I seriously doubt that she'll want to share.
JKD_666
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Yeah that one, and I see I've failed the reading comprehension saving throw again. In my defense, I'd really like that OTT, or even OT4 with Marian onboard as well...
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I am playing GFL 2.
Dande is such a troll with her "I heard you were going to die, so I freed the memory to record your last words, but here you are, alive and kicking. How disappointing"