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Author's notes:

Well, well, well… it has been a while since I have picked up this story. Nothing, really, has changed. The same warnings apply: Violence, Homosexuality, Language, Sex, and so much more. However, in this one, I have decided to hold nothing back. You will get a feel for how they all think. At least, I hope so. (I may not be the best, but I sure as hell try!)

However, a MAJOR change: rather than being nine separate books spread across three episodes… I am compiling it into one. This is EPISODE FOUR: .HACK/CORRUPTION.

However, with no restraint comes a ratings boost… :-(… so this one will be a little bit racier, edgier, and possibly more real. I will, apologize, for any heads that I make spin, as I go global (you'll understand), however, the Motions and Rules of Procedure ARE correct, trust me. Well, enough rambling… O.R.F.

Episode Four- .hack/corruption

Preface- Footprints on the Sand-

Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave being us

Footprints on the sand of time;

Footprints that perhaps another,

Sailing o'er life's solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving, still pursuing,

Learn to labor and to wait.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ©