Disclaimer: The Neptunia franchise is the intellectual property of Compile Heart. Any OC profiles presented here are the original creations of their respective authors.

PROLOGUE: SETTING THE STAGE

It's the year 20XX. And something has shaken the very foundation of Gamindustri. The peaceful world, protected by the four Goddesses, has been plunged into chaos due to the dastardly work of…

… Idols.

Yeah, seriously.

To be honest, this is a pretty bad story setup. Then again, it's an easy way for Compile Heart and Idea Factory to dip their toes into the Idol pool and get a feel for how this video game genre works. That and this is an easy way to generate easy moola from otakus.

Anyways, music idols have been crammed into every block of TV programming. Foreign and even amateur idols are thriving in this world. This unprecedented idol boom has resulted in the populace setting up elections for their favourite idols. In the midst of this cute-girls-singing crisis, the wicked pop idol group known as MOB48 is the most threatening. Using a mysterious force known only as MOBusiness, they have invaded all the airwaves throughout Gamindustri.

People have begun to place their faith not in the Goddesses but in idols. Today, MOB48 owns 90 percent of all shares. Despite understanding that MOBusiness is a shady bunch, the idol fan community continues to grow. They spurred their business on by giving people tickets at PR events for voting, contests and more. Their presence has finally grown alarming enough for the Goddesses to take note and gather together for an emergency meeting in one of the conference rooms in Planeptune's Basilicom on how to deal with this crisis.

"So as you're all aware, our shares have been stolen." Noire, the Goddess of Lastation, kicked off the meeting. She was in a revealing black tank top piece with a blue belt below her breast and a big blue bow at her collar with a diamond shaped gem in the center. The skirt is dark black and blue in colour and pleat styled, with very thin white lines along the bottom and light blue coloring between each pleat and a black belt. She also has sleeves with puffed gray segments and black lining, connecting to loose, opened arm warmer type objects through mini-belts with a buckle around the top. The opening at her fingers is loose and spiked with white lining and a big sphere like gem on top. Along with above the knee, dark blue spiked knee socks, held up with belts and buckles. Her boots are gray with multiple black straps connecting through an upside down triangle, while big white spheres are on top of her foot. Her hair is held up with blue ribbons with black lining.

For once, Neptune, the Goddess of Planeptune, seemed to be paying attention to things. She was in a deep purple dress with lilac lining along the bottom, center, top, and pockets, along with white spiked edging at the hem. She has a white, short-jacket over the dress with a big N button keeping it attached. There were purple plug-like strings, and purple lining and buckles on each shoulder sleeve. Her lilac shoes have blue and white accents and were also worn with blue and white striped stockings. On her wrist, she has white bracelets with a soft spiked material and small powder blue spots in the center. Finally, she had her signature choker around her neck and her D-plugs in her hair. "How did they manage to gobble up the shares of every nation?"

Keep in mind that it wasn't simply just the idols working and getting exposure. There's also the fact that the Goddesses weren't in the public view for quite some time. In fact, let's summarize what the Goddesses have been up to while the idols were gaining shares…

Neptune: slacking as usual and eating pudding.

Vert: long gaming marathons.

Blanc: lost in reading books and writing bad fiction.

Noire-

"GO TO HELL, YOU SHITTY NARRATOR!"

For those who don't know, that was Lowee's Goddess, Blanc cursing right there. Her outfit was styled after Japanese shrine maiden attire which consists of a red dress with fold-skirt and a leafy pattern along the bottom. The dress has a black tank top piece with an accessory with red lining and a blue sphere in the center with thin strings. At the top of the dress is a golden flower piece with black strap connecting around her waist. Over this is a white jacket with a big tassel hanging on the ends of both sleeves with flowers. On her right arm is a bracelet, made with oversized black and white beads. Her white cap has gained red and pink petal pattern and a black circled segment in the center. She also has on thigh high stockings with red lining and black sandals with red ribbons at the toe and flower symbols.

"Um…Blanc, can we get on with the story? Cursing at the narrator isn't really going to do anything," said Neptune with a weak grin. "So back to my question…"

"Right, right…" Blanc tapped a side of her work console to bring up an image of an idol. "The Mob Army Corp, MOB48… this is our enemy. To think that a 48 member idol group could take away our shares…"

"Nobody has any sort of immunity to the addictiveness of the idol culture. Those who try listening are sucked in," noted Vert, the Goddess of Leanbox. She was in a dark sea foam-teal colour dress with puffed somewhat sleeves and black spiked cuffs at the end. Her impressive cleavage could still be seen and she had thin light green straps connecting to her choker-piece around her neck, resembling the belt she wears. The dress covers her lower half and goes between her legs, while the back part is much longer with spiked lining. Around her waist she has a black belt like piece with green circled pads on each hip, connecting to a very light blue sash. Her hair also gains a matching colored hair bow, while on her neck she has something matching the belt. Her shoes are black slip-ons with same pads at the toe and ballerina-like wrappings around the leg.

"And MOBusiness is milking each and every person for shares. It's a genius plan," admitted the Lowee Goddess.

"Genius my foot! I'm gonna sneak into their main base and beat them to a pulp!" declared Noire at the other end of the conference table.

"That's a pretty simple solution," agreed Blanc.

Vert shook her head in dismay upon seeing both of them so fired up. "So bloodthirsty. If we do that, won't we look like the bad guys?"

"… che!"

"There's another alternative," continued the busty blonde once she saw her companions calm down. "We can emulate the MOBusiness style and give out hardware at PR events. I admit that I'm not too fond of the idea though."

"That feels even slimier," muttered Blanc.

"My nation's brilliant hardware aside, do you think your own hardware will stay on top in your nation, Vert?" asked Noire.

"What do you mean by that?!" came the upset response.

This time, it was Blanc's turn to calm things down. "Bickering won't help us now. We need to find a solution. It's obvious we're out of our element."

"The solution is super simple! We gotta become idols and take our shares back fair and square!" exclaimed Neptune.

"Become idols…?" Noire thought it over for a moment. "That might be the answer but I've never been an idol before."

"So? Just sing and do a jig or something! It should be easy for us Goddesses! Starting now, we're idols!"

There was something about Neptune's positive energy that made the Lastation Goddess feel a bit more confident. "Guess it can't be helped. But it's not going to be possible if it's just us doing it. We need a Producer for this stuff."

"Where's Histy? She can probably fill the role!" Neptune looked around for the Oracle but there was no sign of the small fairy.

"Unfortunately, the Oracles are occupied with a major conference to discuss Gamindustri's future and will be very busy," filled in Noire.

Vert crossed her arms. "That means we'll have to handle the situation as we see fit."

Upon hearing that, the pigtailed Goddess smiled. "Hehehe… if nobody's here to help, then we'll have to do it ourselves. Blanc, you know what I mean?"

"Yeah… there's no other choice." In a flash, both Blanc and Noire transformed into their respective Goddess forms: White Heart and Black Heart.

Blanc's hair is now blue coloured and remains the same shape but has become messier with very long strands on the sides of her head, almost reaching her stomach. She also gained a cowlick. Her eyes turn pink-red in color, while her outfit resembles a white and red swimsuit with shiny red material on the top, segments, and lining. The fingers of her gloves are black while she has multiple red box like pieces on her chest and neck. Her lower region is completely red coloured. The bottom of her boots resembles sandals with the red colouring and is black on bottom.

As for Noire, her hair changed to a white colour, retaining the pigtail style. Her eyes also changed to a glowing teal. At the top of her head are metal gray and black pieces, most likely to match her normal hairstyle. Her outfit consisted of a gray bathing suit piece with multiple black marks and lining and tiny red and green glow spots. Her cleavage is a bit more exposed with thin black straps connecting to her neck piece. The black gloves have many gray marks and a metal device around both wrists. The boot pieces are tall and gray, with big circled cuff pieces at the ankle, and big circle pieces with smaller red circles. The boots have a pointed toe.

"Heh… what's this? We're transforming to go blow stuff up after all?" asked Neptune.

"Wrong. Our powers as Goddesses should let us create a pillar of light that can cross between dimensions," answered White Heart.

"Using that, we should be able to snatch up a talented producer from another world!" Black Heart paused. "That's the plan anyway. We don't know who we'll end up getting so we have to be careful."

"Neppu?! You can do something that random and awesome?!"

The two transformed Goddesses ignored Neptune for the moment and began to concentrate.

"In the name of Black Heart, Goddess of Lastation, I command thee…!"

"In the name of White Heart, Goddess of Lowee… May the greatest idol producer ever be summoned here!"

"Hey, you two…!" Just as Neptune called out to them, a bright light shot out from the pair and blinded everyone in the conference room until things settled down.

"Nothing happened…" Vert looked around for a moment but everything remained the same with the exception of Black Heart who was breathing hard before she fell flat on her back, her teal eyes closed.

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"We have lost a valued partner on this tragic, tragic day," said Neptune softly.

In a second, Black Heart shot to her feet. "I just passed out dramatically! Don't kill me off, idiot!"

"Shit… we don't have the power to summon anyone because we have so few shares left," grumbled White Heart before her eyes darted to the remaining two Goddesses who were still untransformed. "Don't just stand there! Help us out!"

"It can't be helped then." In a flash, Vert changed into her Goddess form. Her hair was now longer and straight worn in a ponytail, now coloured sea-foam green. Her eyes keep their shape, though perhaps smaller and now light purple in color. Her Goddess form resembled a skimpy black bathing suit one piece with her arms fully covered and her legs. Her entire front is exposed, except for her lower region, and the exact centre of her breast. Around each wrist is a glowing green ring segment, while at her neck, hips, feet, and on top of the glove is a glowing green circle.

As for Neptune, she paused for a moment before moving her arms in a strange motion and stopping with the right arm held up and an angle and the left arm tucked right underneath it. "Let's… henshin!"

With those words, Neptune assumed her Goddess form known as Purple Heart. Her hair changed colour to a dark lilac-purple while her eyes turn blue. In addition, the hair grew out long and is worn in twin tail braids while her bangs and the hair that frame her face are somewhat longer. Her hairclips turn into small black circular pieces with glowing blue x's on them. As for her suit, it resembled a black skintight leotard with no blocky patches and more pronounced purple and blue lines. A patch of purple material can be seen going from just below her breasts (which have definitely gone up a few cup sizes) to just below her navel. The leg armour is above the knee. The sides of her hips show gamepad marks. She also has two black and purple wrist cuffs.

Black Heart felt better now that she had regained some strength. "Alright, if we all combine our power, we can do this. On the count of three…! One, two… three!"

"SUMMON!"

"First day of summer vacation. I've been waiting for this!"

Michael tossed aside his school stuff on his bed before he grabbed his PS Vita in anticipation for a long Persona 4 Golden marathon well into the wee hours of the next morning. He was a short and skinny kid with brown curly shoulder length hair, brown eyes under a pair of black glasses, and slightly pale skin.

"I'm in peak physical condition! I've brought all the necessary snacks…" One check later and yes, there were at least two jumbo sized snack mix bags and a 2 litre bottle of Coca Cola by his side. His cell phone was in his lap in case he wanted to quickly browse the web without having to leave his spot. "Preparations are complete. Let my summer gaming marathon begin!"

But just as he moved to sit down on his bed… rather than feeling his rear end hit the mattress, it hit nothing. In fact, his entire body went into freefall motion with his entire surroundings in darkness.

"What the…?! H-how am I falling? WHAT THE HELL?!"

Eventually he did land on top of a group of people who just happened to be in the right place to cushion his fall.

"Neppu! Ouch, if it weren't for my productive headgear, I would have died instantly."

Michael scrambled to get off those who saved him. 'I fell from a really high distance… but I'm fine? Wait, where am I?'

"Owie…"

He could clearly see four beautiful ladies standing up and dusting themselves off. "Uh… thank you for saving my life back there."

Before he knew it, the small purple haired girl was in his face. "Ooh… so you're our Producer? You look like a cut-and-paste stereotype but that's okay! Yaho! It's nice to meet you!"

'… Say what?'

And so Idol Jigen Gaiden Mach begins with the first audition being NecroGodYami's 'Michael'. Since he got slotted in at the end of the prologue, he'll be up to bat first.

Most of this is based from the original Neptunia PP Prologue scene so no points for originality but it had to be written to set the foundation.

In each 'audition', the answers that were submitted to my questionnaire will be put up along with a full chapter featuring that character. For those who make it to the next round, a clear notification will be there at the end of the chapter and the scene will be left open ended. Otherwise, for those who get cut, they will simply get a written Ending, complete with a brief summary of the ending at the end of the chapter. It could be a Good Ending, Normal Ending or a Bad Ending depending on the luck of the draw. Or perhaps the character's adventure could continue but in another Neptunia dimension.

Once the finalists are gathered, it'll be up to you readers to decide who gets to be the written representative of the Idol Dimension and become Kamen Rider Mach in my main Neptunia/Drive fic.

That's it for now so I'll see you around next time!