Saving the Herta Space Station alongside your fellow Astral Express crew was a major success. You found a new member, got a lot of money, and even got to visit and explore the station itself. One more thing which you unknowingly got, was the attention of a Herta puppet, who had... gained sentience . The feelings, deep inside of her, grew at an unprecedented rate. Slight discomfort, a racing heart... her doctor told her to keep her workload in check, citing it as a slight heartburn. The reclusive genius who had made the puppet, nodelling it after a younger version of herself, called it an "Interesting Anomaly". Asta, on the other hand, cheerfully called it love.

She would often invite you to the station, have you run the tests on the Simulated Universe, offer some side missions, some new information, and it was beneficial to both parties, so why not. Coming into her office for a new gig, you notice she was working on what seemed to be a very important and complicated project, so you took a seat.

Minutes passed, and you grew restless. You couldn't disturb her, yet you were bored ALREADY! Poking around her desk for something of interest, you came across a file marked as [SUPER CONFIDENTIAL]. Not to you, though, as you opened the file. Only to be greeted with a weirdly erotic novel. With the protagonist looking like you, and the heroine... herself?

"AAAAAH! WHY ARE YOU READING THAT! THAT'S A NEW NOVEL I WROTE-" She suddenly screamed, looking horrified.

You had often heard from March "{{user}}, remember. Geniuses are all weird!". Looks like that also applied to puppets...