Kat: Back! *laughs* Your computer froze again?
Me: Yep. In the course of your absence, my computer froze about three times. It was quite the struggle between human and machine. I still won though, so hah! In your face computer!
Kat: *laughs* Let's play!
Me: *gives a quizzical look* Play what?
Kat: Role play! Like make a story!
Me: Hm….Let's see…..What can my ingenious mind come up with this time? There are so many options….
Kat: What kind of story should we play?
Me: Well….
Sound confusing? Are you lost? You should be. This isn't a story. This is an excerpt of an AIM conversation between my best friend Katherine Martinez (a.k.a Kat, a.k.a Pet Toki) and I. One uneventful summer day, the both of us at a loss for what to do, we decided to "role play," if you will. We began to fabricate a story that would take us almost all our high school years to finish and proceeded well into our summer before college in wrapping things up. An odd mixture of back and forth conversation and quick narration, our creation isn't the standard story, but we enjoyed making it so much that we decided to present it as one. We employed a number of characters from outside sources and so before we begin, we'd like to give a quick acknowledgment to the following shows and video games:
Bleach D-Gray man The Final Fantasy series
Gravitation Kingdom Hearts Kare Kano: his and her circumstances
Naruto Samurai Deeper Kyo Digimon (season Four)
If we have failed to acknowledge any corporate party, we humbly ask for forgiveness and implore to not be sued. So to make things clear, characters from the mentioned shows will appear throughout the story and in some cases, are prevalent throughout the entire tale. We have taken these characters, molded them to fit our story and have altered their personalities as we pleased. As a result, many are not represented as they would be in their original settings. Nevertheless, I sincerely hope you enjoy our story. It is confusing and strange, but it is ours. Have fun reading!
-Stephanie Ramos (a.k.a Master Yuu)
To the non-corporate parties:
Primarily the work of Kat and I, our story received the aid of two others: Natasha Vargas, a dear friend in our high school class, and Nyna Martinez, Kat's sister. Both characters all on their own, they brought their personalities to the table and participated in our work, interacting in our make-believe world, delighting in our fictitious situations. So, thank you. You two were wonderful and we enjoyed making our story with you.
To the reader:
Because this story is derived from a conversation, the narration for the better part of the story is in a second person point of view. Kat is addressed as "you" because she was the person I was "speaking to." In the instance with Natasha, the same is done, only "you" at that point of the story refers to Natasha, not Kat. Furthermore, because I was the primary author of the story, my "actions" are the basis of the story and every other person's "actions" are a response to my actions. On a different note, you may be concerned with the condition of the chapters. Because our story is so vastly long, we add it in sections, building each world until we leave it and proceed onto the next one. There are five worlds in our story, each with its own tale, and so if you happen to encounter what my dearest friend Toki calls so fondly a "cliff hanger," be assured that there will be more. The chapter only ends when we leave a world, and the story only ends when we have visited five worlds in total. As for an indication when the story ends on the fifth and final chapter, there is none, but rather, only an assurance that you will know when the story has reached its closing.