.hack//VIRUS (RP)

[GamerKale]

Funny how they can be so similar? I doubt that. He's probably the one that turned her into such an abrasive person. "Right... Well, while it is sometimes true that some mysteries, at least in some people's opinions, are better left unsolved. Say I were to commit a murder. I certainly would consider the mystery of the killer something best left unsolved, but to the victim's family that information would be invaluable. Thus what one person believes is a mystery best left unsolved, another can't help but want to solve it." James ignored Toshiro, leaving his ever charismatic and tactful associate to get rid of him.

"Avantha, if something attacks your system you might lose your precious digital mapper or worse it could become corrupted and mislead you. A hardcopy is harder to sabotage without being noticed, and as far as I know completely impossible to do so without going to it's physical location. Besides, if you haven't noticed I'm not as much of a computer person as you seem to be. And frankly I think the attitude you take to most people is pretty stupid. You dismiss anything and everything other people say as stupid. I don't know what this other guy did to you, and I'm not asking, but you need to stop being such a...an aggressive and conceited person. You won't find who you're looking for alone. Solos can't explore every aspect of The World, sure you can grind until you're at the level cap, but their are events that require a party and even guild only areas and events." Deathscythe didn't stop moving while James admonished Avantha, with little hope of success, and they were at where the door should be by the time he finished. I think I just made myself a most inconvenient enemy. Well, she can't honestly say I've broken my word at least, I haven't asked any questions. And I've been no ruder to her than she has been to me.

[Shiori]

Toshiro was a bit shocked at the female twin blades attitued, but he quickly collected himself. " Well say something were to happen to your computer your map would be lost while I still would have mine. Also I am the only other one down here besides you two. In fact I have been down here much longer than you two, there for you are not the one that should be complaining about others interfearing I should. Sadly the rumors on the bored was wrong if there was a creater here its gone now. I suppose thats a good thing in a way other wise you might have gotten in my way. Non of that matters really now and arguing would just be plain naive I suggest we all just work together to get out of here right now the data of this room doesn't seem to be that stable to me." Toshiro retorted as he walked quickly beside the Twin blade not liking to be mocked then shoved aside like he was nothing.

[nobodyknows]

((I can't think of anything awesome to say, so I'm just telling you guys I'll be joining this RP, and post an introductory passage.
EDIT: changed the area he warped to so that he doesn't just literally 'jump in to the fray' without any sort of lead-up.))


Character Name: Odin
Character Gender: Male
Character Class: Twin Blade
Character Appearance:

*Player Name: Hilbert Fletcher*
*Player Age: 25*
*Player Gender: Male*
Do you use the Virtual Box?: Put bluntly, yes. Hilbert likes to go in-depth when talking about it, however...
History: Originally the programmer at the forefront of an event which occurred in 2005, Hilbert Fletcher joined 'The World' in order to put his past behind him, and maybe even rebuild his lost life in a different location. Already the winner of a once-in-a-lifetime event that happened a year after 'The World's release, he possesses a pair of extremely rare and powerful twin blades entitled 'Huginn' and 'Muninn'. Exactly how he managed to complete the event around his current level-getting past some of the game's strongest players in the process-is beyond the comprehension of most people who've heard of him. While he quite openly states that it's because of the Virtual Box, others believe another, completely different force is at play.

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Around the time that Mac Anu had started to quieten down, becoming gracefully lethargic in the way that it's slowly decreasing population leisurely wandered about the numerous stalls, buying and selling weaponry, armour, items for quick quests before the next influx of people began returning to the town's safe haven, a somewhat young man logged in next to the chaos gate. His expression was one of disinterest, and he seemed to be staring at an object far off in the distance, beyond the outer reaches of the glorious Aqua Capital. A few seconds passed, and he staggered a bit, only just managing to catch himself out his left foot. A small group of people stared at him with confusion, suspecting him of something awkward, before deciding to blame it on some form of lag. They then departed on a quest of their own, leaving the man to his own premises.

Evidently out of breath, though seemingly for no real reason, the man stumbled himself over to a wall near the chaos gate, leaning on it, before eventually sliding down onto the floor. He looked at the Chaos Gate, gritted his teeth, then shook his head,"Damn." He punched the floor, then leaned over, took a deep breath, and exhaled. Feeling calmer and more confident, he placed his hands on his knees and hauled himself back up, stretching as he did so. He then walked back towards the Chaos Gate, standing in front of it for a few seconds and pondering his next move. Was he going to try the same area code again? Or was he going to give up and look into a completely different area. He didn't want the same results that he'd received during his last dungeon-run, but he felt that there was something in that area that he had to find. Weighing his options out carefully, he eventually decided to put it behind him, and try again later. He then touched the Chaos gate, thought for a few seconds, then spurted out a random set of keywords;

"Δ... Rejecting... Quicksilver... Tragedy"

When he was short on things to do, this was his usual method of passing time; shooting out keywords and seeing what the game threw at him, and doing so almost completely unprepared. He liked the challenge that it gave to him above all else, in all honesty.

[AZURE-KITE]

7. Do not make your character too special. I don't want to have several people who defeated onetime events and got specials powers and so on. Anything special you might gain will happen over the course of the RP for story purposes.

Huh?

Already the winner of a once-in-a-lifetime event that happened a year after 'The World's release, he possesses a pair of extremely rare and powerful twin blades entitled 'Huginn' and 'Muninn'.

[nobodyknows]

7. Do not make your character too special. I don't want to have several people who defeated onetime events and got specials powers and so on. Anything special you might gain will happen over the course of the RP for story purposes.

Huh?

Already the winner of a once-in-a-lifetime event that happened a year after 'The World's release, he possesses a pair of extremely rare and powerful twin blades entitled 'Huginn' and 'Muninn'.

((I've already confirmed that it's okay with Hybrid, seeing as I PM'd him/ her with extensive character information regarding the character of Odin before even thinking of posting here to make sure that he was an okay character to use. Besides, it was solely for the purpose of completing a 'set'; anyone who knows anything about the Norse god 'Odin' would know about his two ravens 'Huginn' and 'Munnin'-'thought' and 'memory' respectively-so it seemed natural to ask about it))

[nekoryuuha]

((Yes! It's good to see you RP'ing again, Nobody! I feel nostalgic and motivated now!))

"A bug...? Right! These will help," she replied as she switched armors momentarily to cast her buffs. She preferred to save most of her buffing items for during battle when it would be more difficult to find a moment to do so.

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Rig Geam was cast on party: SP will regenerate slowly.
Ap Torv was cast on party: Physical Accuracy increased.
Ap Vorma was cast on Party: Magical Defense increased.

"And to finish!"

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Well Water used: Party's Earth element increased.
Holy Sap used: Party's Wood element increased.

"Done!" Eria said as she set herself back up and readied her massive (even for a Heavyblade) weapon. "I'm ready when you are, Seige!" she finished with her usual smile.

[AZURE-KITE]

"Wait" he equiped his katana-like swords D&V "And...." he equipped some boots that increased his speed and evasion "I'm ready" he walked to the room, and the graphics were fuzzy, the room was extended and a monster-like thing was standing in there "It looks like a lvl 70 Skull Warrior.... but.... wait... LOOK AT HIS HP!!!" an inmense amount of HP "let me.... sorry about this.." he quickly pressed letters of his keyboard "Presto!, his Status is shown" he looked down, waiting

[Hybrid]

(Question: AK and neko, what exactly are you fighting? Because it's somewhat confusing.)

Before anyone could react, Avantha had grabbed D-=Scythe with one arm and pulled out a dagger with the other. Her face was full of anger and rage, but there was a hint of something else underneath--perhaps sadness and regret. "Don't you ever talk about Velanth like that," she said. "He is a far better person than you could ever hope to achieve and he would never hurt anyone. You think I'm stupid and conceited? It's everyone else who is like that. Sure, you people say you care about your friends and that you will always stick beside them, but when things go bad you're too lazy and uncaring to help that friend get through his shitty life. Maybe I am being an ass, but I'm just returning the favor, and if you insult my friend like that again I will push you off the edge of the invisible platform you just happen to be standing on and let your character get deleted."

Avantha released D-=Scythe with one final nudge, sheathed her dagger, and walked away before anyone could respond. She took a turn a few steps ahead an disappeared from view as she entered the doorway of the missing room. It looked just like another ordinary room of a flesh styled dungeon leading into a hallway beyond, but she knew it held the information she was looking for.

[AZURE-KITE]

(I imagine that the 'Data Bug' that Kite encountered first, the one without head holding a skull=))

[Hybrid]

(The problem is, with where the story currently is, there is only one odd monster in the game right now, which is the one that Avantha, D-=Scythe, Toshiro, and Wulf are currently pursuing in the dungeon that has the missing hallway. I would prefer it if there was no other data bug yet, because I was planning on not having those show up until later on in the RP when things start to get chaotic. Just stick with chasing the one monster for now. Things will start to get crazier once we actually find it. )

[AZURE-KITE]

ok then, let it just be a normal lvl 75 monster in a less lvl area

[AZURE-KITE]

i edited

[GamerKale]

((Wasn't too sure what to have Gibken do, but I hope this is alright.))
Gibken stood outside the entrance to the flesh dungeon trying to decide what to do. There was an administration bot standing at the entrance, spamming it's warning that players should not enter. While he stood there tapping his foot a party of players passed by. One of them, a rather large blademaster, watched Gibken standing there while they made their way into the dungeon. Less than a minute later that same blademaster stumbled out of the dungeon's mouth. Clearly with low hit points. "Y-you?" When a heavy blade followed the blademaster out Gibken understood and leaped to the blademaster's side, casting repth on him and taking the would be finishing blow. "What did he do to you!?" "He was an idiot!" The pk went to swing again, at Gibken this time, he hopped back and cast Rai Kruz followed by a warrior's blood. The two clashed blades. "You're going to pay for what you've done. Rue Doom!"
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Well that reaction wasn't entirely unexpected although her threat seems a little empty given what she had said earlier, on the plus side it had served to provide me with a very important piece of information. The man's name, Velanth. Not to mention her 'examples', that's probably what actually happened. It's good to know she's as devoted to those she opts to call her friends as she is about considering everyone else stupid. She followed after Avantha and gifted her 20 of her 99 resurrects. "I'm sure you'd rather just let me get killed for what I said, not that I'm apologizing, but look at it this way. You get to have me killed another 20 times with those." Seems normal enough, but how something seems and how something is are two very different things. "Does the place look the same as the last time you were here?"

[azureeagle]

(Yeah, that was fine haha, so anyways yeah my competition is done and over with so I'll re assume control, thanks Kale!)

"Damn it!" Gibken jumped back after landing the blow and used a potion to heal himself real quick. After a minute or so of stalemate fighting, nearly both were at their limits.

"You know what, I am so damn bored of this!" Gibken charged his spear and readied for a Special Art. The PK charged once more at the long arm and Gibken simply parried the blow, creating the opening needed for the final attack.

"This is it! Juka Tempest!" The Long Arm spun around the spear in two sweeps with the ending blow summoning trees and branch like spikes out of the ground, impaling the PK and turning him into a ghost.

Gibken walked back and turned around. "Hey, Blademaster. You okay?"

[nobodyknows]

((It's good to be back, Neko, It's good to be back :].
EDIT: changed what I originally wrote in an attempt to make it better.))

Odin breezed through the area level with little difficulty, finding the dungeon to be just as simple as the overground area. Upon reaching the Gott statue, his expression shifted from disinterested to bemused. He opened the treasure chest, picking up the items inside it and storing them in his bag. He then watched as the statue fell to the floor, and turned back to walk through the dungeon's many tunnels and pathways, picking up anything he'd left behind on the descent. As he left the Gott statue room, however, his feelings of boredom changed to those of anxiety; He had a sudden fear that something within the dungeon was closely observing his every movement. Being slightly paranoid in nature didn't help this factor. He rapidly unsheathed his twin blades, taking a rather unique combat stance. After drawing his blades, the feeling of helplessness had all but vanished, yet so too had the feeling that he was being watched. The dungeon felt empty, void, and dead.

Deciding that this wasn't a better position than his previous one, he quickly cleared the dungeon of items, and rapidly exited it. Still feeling a slight sense of forboding, he looked back at the dungeon once he had left it, then gated out of the area. As he arrived in Mac Anu, he began to think to himself,"There was definitely something eerie about that level. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it didn't feel like a regular dungeon. Then again, it might have just been the fact that I haven't been getting much sleep lately due to work..." He shook his head, then punched himself lightly in the cheek,"Maybe I'll ask around town to see if there are any interesting area levels that have recently popped up on this server..."

[nekoryuuha]

"Hmm..." His redisplay of abnormal functions made her remember his words earlier, when he said he wasn't a Hacker, but knew how to do small things. But it was whatever as far as she was concerned. It was his character to do as he wished, just like those that choose to play with or without the Virtual box. Besides, if Administration came down on them, He's the one with the flags, not her. Or at least, that's what she hoped and chose to believe. So with her regular smile, she tossed her worries. They would do her no good here. "It's strong, but we can do this! I'm going in!" she said to him as she sped in with her enhanced speed, the creature beginning to move in now as she started her attacks. The Monster's sword met her's with enough force to momentarily stagger them both from the power as Eria unleashed a Juka Maxima on the monster for a piece of it's life. But even at that impressive damage level, the creatures abnormal HP level would make this a challenge. It's next attack was blocked by the Heavyblade, those it she slid her away from the force. I can stagger Heavy Axeman with my blows and yet this thing can swat me around...? A challenge indeed... she thought as she readied herself again. Seige already knew her intentions. She drew attention in order to give Seige its back to attack semi-freely.

[nobodyknows]

As Odin approached the market, he noticed a pair of Heavy Axemen, both of whom seemed rather dejected. Expecting that this meant they knew something, he walked over to them with a smile on his face, calling out to them as he did so,"Hey! You two! I have a question I'd like to a-" Evidently the Heavy Axemen had seen him as a large threat, and had drawn their weapons, but were slowly backing away, feeling nervous about something,
"G-GO AWAY!" #
"Y-yeah... we've already... had our a-a-asses handed to us by V-v-VB users.. twice today... w-w-we don't want any more t-trouble from the likes of th-them..."
"E-especially You!"
They then turned tail and ran down an alleyway into the market on the other side of the street. Odin was vaguely puzzled by their reaction to his speech, then he remembered the event that he'd originally entered in order to get his twin blades,"Ah... they must've been..." A faint memory of a pair of Axemen who kept tripping over themselves as Odin literally ran rings around them entered his head,"Well they didn't have to react that badly. It was just a little fight, after all..." He then looked around the area, spotting a pair of blademasters talking to each other on the bridge. Spotting a chance, he ran over to them.

After asking them about any unique areas, they weren't able to give that much information in great detail. They did point him to another group of people who were discussing something that had turned up on the forums earlier, which Odin thanked them for. After approaching this group, and managing to work his way into the conversation through a question about recent events, he received the same results that he'd gotten from the Blademasters; however, as the conversation went on, one of the wavemasters in the group mentioned that they'd seen a topic about a weird area in the Delta server, and how they thought it might be an event of some sort. Odin asked him about it, to which he was given the response,
"Let's see... I think it was 'Δ Expansive Eternal... Fiery Sands', or something along those lines. What, are you thinking about che-'
Before the wavemaster could finish his sentence, Odin was off, heading towards the Chaos Gate with a desire to see something new.

[AZURE-KITE]

"rocktime...." he ran to the monster "ANI ZOT!!!" darkness worms covered the monster "FUSION TIME!! STACCATO" he quickly spinned making the monster damage as if he were 5 levels below him, and the staccato was black, though it was because of the ani zot "HA!" he jumped back "Gotta end this?!, I'll Rape this monster in a sec!" he attacked the monster, but the monster reacted and casted Repth in himself, then pushed back Seige "DAMN!" he looked a Eria "Fusion time..... Got it?.... 1...... 2...... 3!" he ran to the monster "ANI ZOT!!!! FUSION TIME, STACCATO!!..."

[nobodyknows]

Once Odin had gated in to the area level, a sense of disappointment washed over him; there were no changes to the area's structure, the landscape looked completely basic, and the dungeon seemed to be just as average as everything else, then he heard what sounded like a roar coming from within the dungeon, and suddenly his senses went numb. Turning around slowly to face the direction the noise had come from, the same sense of forboding that he'd felt in the last area seemed to wash over him, though this time, there was something different about it. As he faced the entrance, his vision seemed to turn into a sort of 'light tunnel' before eventually going completely white, then he felt something boil up inside of him, a warming sensation that seemed to rise up from within the depths of his being...

His eyes suddenly narrowed, then lost their sparkle, almost as if his soul had vanished. Then, seemingly throwing all common sense out of the window, he charged into the dugeon's entrance, running towards the room where the sound had come from and completely ignoring the admin stationed between him and his goal. Eventually, he reached it. Looking into the room's center, he saw a large, extremely high leveled monster fighting against two PCs, both of whom seemed to be putting up a good fight against it, yet at the same time, struggling to deal enough damage to it to bring it down. Upon looking at the monster, the colour returned to his eyes, and he came back to his senses. He stared at his hands, then back at the monster,"What... what the hell is happening here?" Shaking his head, then deeply inhaling, he placed his hands on the hilts of his twin blades, then unsheathed them,exhaling as he did so. each glowed with a strange aura, then taking a rather unique combat stance,"Huginn, Muninn, let's demonstrate our resolve to to explore this dungeon to this monster, by beating it seven ways to Sunday!"

[AZURE-KITE]

"Eria, look, him" he jumped back "C'mon in and help!" he jumped at the side, evading the monster's attack "D&V SWORDS, ACTIVEEEEE!!!" his swords started shining, as he runs to the monster "THOUSAND THRUSTS!!" he started thrusting and slashing the monster This is the only way for today....