So before we begin...just a few things.
1) THANK YOU EVERYONE! ありがと みなさん (Arigato Mina-san!) Yes, I'm learning Japanese. Either way, from those who favorited my profile to those who are following my stories releases. From those from Percy Jackson to those from How To Train Your Dragon (even though I only did one story) to you all in the Megaman community. Thank you. All the reviews and favorite and follow notifications really make my day. I hope to continue writing stories for quite sometime (what can I saw it's a past time).
2) I've said it once, but someone once told me never be to busy to say thank you to someone. So once again, THANK YOU to Gavzilla, the co-author of the Double Network (DN) Series. I hope to continue working with you. His profile link is in my profile.
3) While I'm thanking everyone...Thank you Gavzilla, True-InTha-Blue, GuardianNature2012, PoeticFire, and Alisi Thorndyke! These people, including myself, are your staff of the Megaman Net Navi Era Community! Don't forget to check out their work! Each of them have amazing Megaman Net Navi stories of their own! Actually, if I'm not mistaken, I think every staff member has something in the community. ( community/MegaMan-Net-Navi-Era-Stories/109716/)
4) Yes folks, this is a series. There will be more than one DN. I know the ending of the MMBN series seemed kind of rushed, I mean Capcom didn't even bother programming sprites of the older Lan, Mayl, and their son and it took addition games to even learn of the existence of Megaman Jr. (I still think this is a lame name for the offspring of the person who beat Alpha, the Cybeasts, Nebula Gray and so forth...). This is to sort of easy the transition between BN 6 to the BN Series ending. That being said, we're treating this series as if it were canon since it ends with the BN Series ending which means we can't eliminate certain people because it would invoke a time paradox.
Bleh, I'm getting tired of all these author's notes. So much to say and so much word inflation...Either way, I'm proud to bring you Megaman Double Network: Dark World.
5/19/14: Wow...has it been almost like seven months since I last looked at DN1. Sheesh, it's been a while. Anyway, this is of course a later edit. After the Roll Merge Contest I am going back redoing scenes and things of that nature to DN1 and 2. Not 3 since that is a recent piece, but I will be changing the Merges to the adaptations of the winner's design. With that, enjoy DN1.
Day 0 - Troubled Beginnings
The man spent his day sitting in his home in the Town District. His hands went through his dark raven hair as he paced around his room. His blue eyes were constantly checking his PET. It was noon now and his patience had worn thin too many days ago. He was frantic and desperate. He just needed to know one thing: where was that call?
The house was dark with the curtains drawn in the small room he was in. His home wasn't too big, but it was just cozy enough for family. family….that was the day when he had them. But now, they were gone. Gone. Gone. He still couldn't process the fact that she was no longer her in his house. In the very room with him. She had been taken far before her time. And now everything was falling apart at a rapid pace. He wasn't sure how much longer he could keep up the I've Got This Attitude before everything truly fell apart at his feet. After several minutes, he decided that it would be better for him to stop pacing around his small living room and sat down on the couch. There was no point in him wasting his energy running around unnecessarily.
He was told to wait; so he waited. He dared not aggravate the Voice. Not while it still had the upper hand. The silence in the room added to his fear. Did the Voice even tell him what time it had planned to call? He turned back to the green and purple PET to check the time again: 12:45.
"Tox, are you sure it hasn't tried to contact me yet?" he asked.
"Yes, Jason. I'm sure." A female voice said. It came from a humanoid navi with brown hair, blue eyes, a purple body suit, and an emblem with a three spikes and green bubbles on it. A green line curled up her body from her right foot all the way to her left shoulder and then circled around stopping just at the right shoulder blade. Her helmet was keeping her wild short hair, which only extended to her shoulder blades, in check. The navi had a concerned look on her face, "It's going to be okay. I'm sure it'll call soon."
If she could, she would have materialized into the real world and put a hand on his shoulder, maybe a hug. She hated to see Jason so distressed. He was family to her and she hated to see her family in such pain. Before she could utter a comforting word to him, the PET rang. The man immediately picked up the call, "Hello?"
Unlike most calls, the video connection was blocked and all that could be seen was a black screen. Never before had Jason ever feared the darkness before. He was raised to be a strong man; however the deep black of the screen filled him with much dread. Jason felt himself holding his breath as it began to speak.
"Your objective is to attack SciLab. I want you to get their latest program for me. I need it to complete my research. You have two days to complete this task; I suggest that you get this done as fast as possible. I do not like to be kept waiting. If you fail, you will feel the pain of your failure." A harsh, mechanized voice said right before it ended the call. The machine-like noise that talk to him seemed to crush his heart in its cold grip.
The silence in the room echoed loudly. Two days. One to stake out the place and the other to actually proceed with the plan. Jason already started to think; his mother had been in the military so he had known a bit about these kinds of things from the stories she had told him. Even still, how on earth were they supposed to get into a place like SciLab undetected?
"I'm sorry, Jason." Tox said, causing him to snap out of his thoughts. The purple navi knew how much this was tearing him up on the inside. She could see the war that was underneath his eyes. It was her fault that this whole thing had even happened in the first place. And now they were trying to fix it all for the sake of sanity. They both didn't want to cause trouble, but they would do what they needed to continue being a family.
"It's okay. Come on, Tox. We need to prepare for a raid of SciLab. We're going to need to be quick in order to get in and get out. I don't want to cause any more damage than I have to."
"Got it! I'll be at my best."
No one respond back to the poll...so Gavzilla and I decided to go ahead and give you little snipets of what we think during the chapters. Sorry if we sound a little crazy. But this will be better as we get more into the plot. There's nothing much to talk about right now.
You know what this chapter needs? - Gavzilla
What? - Ghost
More … - Gavzilla
You know the saying too much is a good thing? - Ghost
I thought it was too much was a bad thing. - Gavzilla
Um...I didn't make that mistake...Look shinies over there. - Ghost
WHERE! - Gavzilla
So, is this pretty much our commentary on Ch0? - Ghost
I was just about to say that! Or... was it type? I don't know. XD - Gavzilla
Um yeah, we don't have much to say at this point. It's the intro. Two new characters. Typical story stuff. Don't worry, we get more entertaining and insightful as the story goes on. - Ghost
Nah... Ghost has nothing interesting to say... ONLY I DO! - Gavzilla
Two shinies says I know a lot about this story…. - Ghost
Another two that I know more! - Gavzilla
Wait, we both read this story….you helped with the plot….I did the writing….why are we fighting about this again? - Ghost
Remember Kids... "Fighting is FUN!" - Said no one ever. I like that dude. - Gavzilla
Except Bass...it's his Forte. - Ghost
Ugh... Not this again! I already beat you in the PUN competition. - Gavzilla
Okay...before this gets even more unrelated as it is already, we'll see you all in Day 1 or Chapter 1. - Ghost
Isn't it Chapter 2? - Gavzilla
Nope. Prologue...doesn't count… - Ghost
FINE! LETS END THIS ALREADY! GOSH! * stopped responding* - Gavzilla
Bye everyone! - Ghost
Edit 5/19/14: Improved character sketch of Tox . EXE. Rephrased description of overall scene. Corrected grammar mistakes. No changes to dialogue or post-commentary.
