. Hack// Jinx and Looper
By Evs
The Prey
Mimiru was lying on her back with her feet dangling off the cliff, in Dun Loireag. She was lying next to Tsukasa watching the clouds go by. They had been waiting quite some time for the others to show up. They had past the time by staring at the clouds together, hardly saying a word to each other.
"Are you sure it was Sora who sent you the email?" asked Tsukasa as he eyed a cloud that looked much like snake.
"Ugh," said Mimiru, "unfortunately yes. He signed it himself."
"Any idea why he told you to wait here with me, Bear, Crim, Subaru and BT?"
"Nope," said Mimiru rising to sit with Tsukasa, "where are they?"
A few moments of silence pass as the two just stared out into the horizon. "Why did he say to meet us here?" asked Tsukasa.
Mimiru was a little surprised at her friend's words. "You don't recognize this place!?"
Tsukasa looked around; there was a grunty farm, a shop and a platform nearby. The memory rushed into him. "This is where you waited for me, right there," he said with laugh pointing at the platform.
"I knew you would remember," said Mimiru.
"Only the important stuff," said Tsukasa as Mimiru blushed.
"Hey guys," said Bear as he walked up the path behind them.
"Hey Bear," said Mimiru turning to look up at Bear.
"So what's this all about?" asked Bear, as he knelt down besides the two.
"That fruit-loop Sora told me to get everyone," said Mimiru. "Said it had something to do with all of us."
"You think it's about the Key of the Twilight?" asked Bear.
Mimiru thought for a moment. "Nah, that greedy bastard would keep that to himself."
Silence followed that last remark. The three of them had been searching for the Key since they had met Tsukasa, but still they had found nothing. It was their belief that the Key was connected to Tsukasa and his powers which enabled him to do anything but log out.
"Maybe he did find something about the Key," said Tsukasa, breaking the silence. "And maybe he needs me to help him."
Again silence. Maybe he's right, they thought.
"Tsukasa," said Subaru as she teleaported on to the cliff. "I got the email, what's this all about?"
"We're not to sure," answered Tsukasa. "We think Sora got something big planned."
"Right you are," said Sora from behind the others, "or should I say, 'They,' have something big planned."
Mimiru nearly jump off the cliff at the voice of Sora. She hated it when he made big entrances. The image of Sora standing before her, in his arrogant stance and obnoxious smile, the rage boiled inside her. She rouse and rushed Sora. "What the hell is your problem, sneaking up on us?!" screamed Mimiru, her face inches from Sora's amused one. "And why are we even here!?"
Sora drew his left blade arm inches from Mimiru's throat. "Temper, temper," said Sora, "is that any way to treat such a caring friend? Especially one, with such tasty info." Mimiru still glared at Sora, too enraged to be afraid. It was not till Subaru placed her hand on her shoulders did Mimiru relaxed and stepped away.
"Yes, what is this information you speak of?" asked Subaru between the two.
"No, no, no," answered Sora, "not till everyone else is here. It would be rude to keep Crim and BT in the dark."
"Bullshit!" yelled Mimiru as she drew her sword and pushed Subaru out of the way. "You tell us now!" She lunged at Sora with the sword, but Sora was too fast and dodged it. Bear and Tsukasa ran to Mimiru to hold her back, but she still tried to go for Sora. "Let me go dam it! He's just toying with us! Let go!"
"Mimiru please," whispered Tsukasa. "He may know something that'll help us.that'll help me." This seemed to calm Mimiru a little.
"What's going on here!?" asked Crim as he and BT walk towards the scene.
"Ah, good," said Sora, "now we can begin."
Sora recalled the tale of Silver Knights and his plan to erase them all using Jinx and Looper as pawns with the Jewels. All of the players were speechless, Jinx and Looper, they thought, sent to kill us.
"Impressive huh," said Sora.
Crim was the first to recover. "So let me get this straight," said Crim. "Silver Knight is paying Jinx and Looper to kill us all with a jewel that will destroy our history and our consoles?"
"Yeah, but that's the best part," said Sora. "Those two don't know shit. Heh, heh, they think they're just ordinary power ups."
"When.," asked Mimiru, finally finding her voice. ".are they coming for us?"
"Heh, heh," said Sora, "knowing Jinx and Looper, could be any time."
BT was annoyed with Sora. "I don't buy it!" said BT with a pause. "If it is true, then why were you following Silver Knight?"
"Well, that's actually a funny story," said Sora. "See, I was actually trailing Sly cause he sold me some knock off items that he said were top notch. So I see Sly alone and I'm about to make my move when that guard dog Silver Knight grabs him. And so I hear them talking and I'm interested, so I follow them, and hear everything. Quite lucky aren't I?"
Subaru was in a state of shock. "Why.why would Silver Knight do this?"
"Isn't it obvious," said Sora in a know it all voice. "He wants the Knights for himself. He thinks you've grown soft with the Tsukasa situation."
"What about me," asked Tsukasa, "what happens if they kill me with those Jewels?"
Everyone looked at Tsukasa, who had not said anything since Sora began his tail. What would happen to him, the one whose reality was the World.
"Well," said Sora, "we'll just have to wait and see, heh, heh."
Mimiru was too worried about Tsukasa to act on Sora's cruel joke. Tsukasa walked back to the cliff and sat down and looked out on the sky, Mimiru joined him. "Oh Tsukasa," she whispered to him.
"I'm scared," he whispered to her, she reached for his hand and held it, it was all she could do.
"Why would you share this information with us," asked Bear, "this is very unlike you."
"Well you see." said Sora
"Wait," interrupted Crim, "you don't know about Sora and Jinx and Looper."
"No what do you mean?" asked Bear. He looked over at Sora who looked as if he was going to die.
"Looper is the only player to ever kill Sora, ha, ha," said Crim.
"Shut up Crim!" screamed Sora.
"Oh," said BT, "is that how we got our little scare."
"Man fuck all of you!" yelled Sora as he walked over to the fence on the grunty farm.
"Man, I've never seen him act this way," said Bear.
"For good reason," said BT, "they sure must have done a number on him."
"You guys don't even know the half of it," said Crim.
"Oh really," said BT, "then maybe you could enlighten us."
"Ok, ok," said Crim, "it all started."
.a few years ago when Crim was still part of the Knights. Jinx and Looper were in their height of power, and the Knights hated them for it. True the Knights did have dealings with them in the past, over wanted players and such but now, they had gone too far. They've been killing in the open, boasting about the Knights as weaklings, and had even been hiring out their skills to outlaw players who could afford them. The Knights had even heard that they had been working with notorious hackers. The leaders of the Knights had been arguing for days on what to do with Jinx and Looper; Subaru wanted to negotiate with them, Crim and Silver Knight wanted them captured. The three Lords were in the throne room of the Crimson Knights' base in Mac Anu.
"But we can't ban players for good," said Subaru, "only Administration can."
"Yes my Lady, but." said Silver Knight.
"And Administration can only ban players who cause great disturbances in the World like hackers, not player killers." Said Subaru.
Silver Knight was quite.
"So you say we do nothing?" asked Crim.
"No," said Subaru, "I just think there are better ways at handling this situation then trying to ban them."
"We could put a bounty on them," said Silver Knight.
"That won't work," said Crim. "They're too powerful, who could capture them?"
"Also, they would come after us directly if we placed a price on their head," said Subaru. "And open conflict with them is the last thing we need."
The three were quite, all lost in thought in what to do about Jinx and Looper. During this a young Knight enter the room.
"My Lords," said the Knight, "we have recently captured a player killer, he wishes to plead his case."
"Very well, send him in," said Subaru.
When a player is captured he is aloud to see the leaders of the Knights and plead his case. After the player pleads his case, the leaders then decide the appropriate punishment. If he is a player killer or a thief, he is usually fined and banned for several days. The Crimson Knights were able to ban players who broke rules for up to a month if amble evidence was shown to Administration. The only time sever punishment is used is when the player is a hacker, Administration is contacted and the player is usually banned for good.
The young Knight and three others escorted the bound player into the room. The player was kicking and screaming. He was a fairly notorious player, common players did not know him but the underground feared him. It was Sora, minus the scar of course.
"Unhand me," screamed Sora, "or I'll kill you all!"
"He's in a right mood," said Crim.
The Knights dropped Sora and forced him on his knees. The young Knight came before his Lords and read from his scroll.
"Sora the Twin Blade, you are accused of player killing, thievery and conspiracy against the Crimson Knights. How do you plead?"
"Not guilty, and when I get out of here I'm gonna fuck you up, you cunt!"
The three Lords look at each other, knowing Sora was indeed guilty. After a moment of thought Subaru made her decision.
"Sora, I sentence you to pay 200 golden pieces for damages rendered to the players you have killed and you are hereby banned for one month. Pleases take him away," said Subaru.
The Knights picked up Sora who was still fighting and dragged him away to the door. Sora screamed out, "You just wait till I'm back! I'm gonna bring Jinx and Looper and we're gonna tear this place apart!"
A bolt of lighting went through the three Lords at the names of Jinx and Looper.
"Wait," ordered Silver Knight, "you know Jinx and Looper?"
"Yeah," said Sora with a smile, "and you'll be getting to know them too once they hear about this."
"Ha, that's a good one," said a Knight.
"What the hell are you laughing at," snarled Sora.
"I'm laughing at a lowly player killer who thinks he rolls with the big boys."
"Shut up," ordered Silver Knight to the young Knight, "he may be useful." Silver Knight then directed his attention to Sora, "Sora, is it? How would you like to help us?"
"Depends," said Sora, "what do you have in mind?"
"We, the Knights I mean, are having trouble with Jinx and Looper, we're wondering if you could help us."
"Oh, really," said Sora. 'The great Knights need my help, heh, heh. All right, but it's gonna coast you."
"How much," asked Silver Knight.
"1000 golden pieces and my charges dropped."
Silver Knight looked to Subaru and Crim, they nodded in agreement. "Very well," said Subaru, "your charges will be dropped and you will received 1000 golden pieces. If you can deliver Jinx and Looper."
"Terrific, now could you untie my hands.please?" said Sora with a triumphant smirk.
The young Knight untied Sora.
"So what did you have in mind?" asked Sora.
"Well, since you know how to contact them, I was thinking." Silver Knight went into his plan in detail.
2 days later. Jinx and Looper were sitting in their apartment in Carmina Gardelica, a small one where they went whenever they needed to hide or relax. They had just gotten back from another job; a Heavy Blade named Baz hired them to rob an item shop for their Golden Grunties. Jinx and Looper were going over their share of the loot when there was a knock on the door. Looper got up to answer it.
"Who is it?" said Looper as he was at the door.
"It's me Sora," came the voice from outside, "let me in."
Looper opened the door. "What's up." before Sora could finish Looper grabbed him through him on the ground face down. Sitting atop Sora's back with his blade to his throat, Looper started to talk.
"So Sora, what the hell are you doing here?!" questioned Looper.
"Relax Looper, what a friend needs a reason to see his best buddies," said Soar nervously, even he feared Jinx and Looper.
"Get this straight Sora," said Jinx, "you're not our friend, and unless you have something to contribute, Looper here with have to do something horrid."
"Jesus Christ Jinx!" screamed Sora in terror, "All right, all right, I do have something, something big, but I need your help!"
"This better not be like the Mac Anu job," said Looper, "you almost got us killed that time."
"No this one's different, we're looking at an easy 600, maybe even 800, golden pieces."
Looper glanced over at Jinx, she nodded in agreement. Looper flipped Sora on to his back, but still kept the blade to his throat.
"Start talking," said Looper.
"Okay, okay," said Sora, "There's this guy, I think he's a Long Arm, and he's been bragging about knocking over this huge dungeon treasure. I think it would be smart if we took him."
"Where is he," asked Jinx.
"He's like three blocks away from the market."
"Does he look hard?" asked Looper.
"Nothing you two can handle. So, does this mean we're on?"
"What do you think Looper?" asked Jinx.
"I'm down, 600 golden pieces 3 ways, not too bad," said Looper, as he pulled Sora up.
"Heh, I'm glade with get this all sorted out," said Sora as he dusted himself off. "So shall we," as he gestured to the door.
"Let's," said Jinx.
Jinx and Looper made their way out of the apartment and into the market. There were shops of all kind in the markets of Carmina Gardelica: health, power ups, items, everything. The market was crowded today with buyers, sellers, and all variety of players. Whenever any one needed anything, they all came to Carmina Gardelica. Jinx and Looper, with Sora leading the way, emerged from their building and the streets fell silent. Out in the streets, Jinx and Looper were kings. These were the days before their exile, when they walk proudly and fearlessly in the open. When they walked down the streets the crowds parted and stared at the ground, too afraid to even look at the great Jinx and Looper.
"He's just a bit further down the road," said Sora pointing down the street.
"Yo, Sora," said Jinx, "where the hell did you go after the Mac Anu job anyway, you like disappeared on us when the Knights came?"
"Oh well." said Sora, trying to talk his way out of this conversation. For the Mac Anu job was where the Knights captured Sora after he and Jinx and Looper attacked a few players. ".I had to, see a friend about a bounty."
"Really, cause we heard you got captured by the Knights." Said Looper as Sora quickened his pace,
'Only a block a way, just one more block,' Sora thought.
"Who told you that bull shit, ha, ha," said Sora nervously. "You know those fags could never take me."
"Really, that seems weird, cause as Jinx and me were getting out of Mac Anu we saw the funniest thing. Know what it was?" said Looper. "It was you getting your shit kicked in by the Knights. Now, why would the Knights let you go, unless you offered them something big, something big like us." Said Looper as he slowly drew his blades.
Sora went running down the streets full speed, terrified to even to look over his shoulder. As he ran he frantically typed an email to the Knights.
'Crim,
'They know, they're chasing me right now. Get ready cause I'm gonna be leading them to you.
Sora,'
Crim cursed the message. The original planned called for Crim to pose as the wealthy Long Arm and Sora would lead Jinx and Looper straight to him. Once there Silver Knight and 20 other Knights would come out and bound Jinx and Looper. The plan was ruined now.
"Idiot!" screamed Crim. "Everyone listen up, the plane has gone to shit! They know, so everyone get up and follow me!"
Silver Knight and the others appeared form their hiding places and followed Crim as he went running up the street.
It did not take long for them to meet Sora. "Jesus, thank God! They're up there!"
Just then, a throwing knife came flying through the air and connected to the head of a Knight, he was killed instantly. The rest of the Knights look to see where the knife came from; it was Looper coolly walking down the road with Jinx.
"So you fuckers want to bring us in," Looper called out, "then come and get us!"
"Come on men," cried Silver Knight trying to rally his men. "It's just two of them!" With that he charged wildly with his Knights, but Jinx was ready for them.
"Akia!" cried Jinx, casting the fire spell, killing five Knights instantly. Looper dove straight into the masses of Knights, thrashing and blocking the strikes of the Knights. Jinx continued casting spells and using her own blade on her staff to deal with the Knights. It did not take long till Jinx and Looper were left only facing Sora, Silver Knight and Crim.
"I'll take Sora," said Looper, "can you take the other two?"
"Don't worry, I'm on it," replied Jinx and with that the two split up in opposite direction, like hawks descending on their prey.
Looper threw one of his knives at Sora; he blocked it with eases. "It's gonna take more then one of your toys to kill me Loopy!"
Looper did not bother to exchange words; he went straight for Sora's throat. Sora countered with a block with his left hand and then thrusted his right blade towards Looper's stomach. Looper quickly spun to the right and kicked Sora back knees, causing Sora to collapse to the ground. Looper then thrusted his blades downward to Sora's head but Soar, at the last moment, put his knives up to block them. With Looper's and Sora's blades locked together, Sora slowly rose to his feet.
"I will kill you Loopy!" screamed Sora as he glared into Looper's eyes.
Looper stared right back, unafaird. Without any notice, Looper broke their lock. Sora was stunned and off balanced for a few moments, that was all Looper needed. He quickly dashed forward and with all his strength swung upward into Sora's face. Looper's strike was so fast that it created a defect in Sora's character design, his scar.
Jinx was eyeing up her two opponents; Silver Knight and Crim, the best fighters of the Knights. Wanting to waste no more time, she quickly dealt with Silver Knight first.
"Nashuga!" she cried as she cast a powerful spell that sent Silver Knight flying through the air and crashing into a nearby wall, causing him to black out. Then came Crim's turn, she did not bother casting a spell for him, instead she brought forth her own blade.
"So," said Crim as he realized what Jinx had planned, "an old-fashioned brawl?"
"You talk too much," said Jinx as she thrust her blade forward into Crim but he dodged it easily. He countered by raising his spear over his head and swinging it downward, but with her staff in both hands, Jinx blocked it.
"You're pretty good for a player killer." said Crim, but before he could finish Jinx delivered a hard kick to his stomach. The kick was so sudden that it caused Crim to drop his Long Arm and fall to the ground.
Jinx was standing over Crim. "And you're just what I expected from a dog of the Knights." With all her strength she drove her blade into Crim's chest, killing the great Knight. Looper came over, and stood with Jinx.
"The Crimson Knights," said Looper as he eyed the gray corpses of the fallen. "What a bunch of pussies."
Over on the other side of the street, Silver Knight slowly awoke to the scene. Jinx and Looper were upon him before he could get it together.
"Quite a party, eh?" said Jinx to Silver Knight.
Silver Knight looked up to Jinx and Looper, "You can't win, you're just outcast now, outlaws."
Before he could finish, Looper crouched down next to him, "Whatever, and tell you bitch Subaru she's next." With that Looper slit Silver Knight's throat.
"Come on," said Jinx as Looper rose, "more Knights will be coming."
"What should we do now?" asked Looper as they walked down the street.
"We better find some where else to lie low, cause they probably know where our room is," said Jinx.
"Yeah, you're right," said Looper. "I knew we shouldn't have listened to Sora, we're screwed now."
"Don't say that," said Jinx, "this'll be fun. We're outlaws now, plus we'll be legends once this comes out."
"Looper the Outlaw, I like the sound of it. Ha, ha, the look on Sora's face when we told we knew about him working for the Knights, priceless."
"It was kinda cruel the way we lead him on, the poor loser."
"Eh, I never liked him. He was really weird."
In the real world Looper looked at his clock on his desk. "Yo, we better log off it's kinda late."
"Okay," said Jinx, "I'll meet you in the forest tomorrow, later."
"See ya," said Looper.
Both of them logged out.
After the failure to capture Jinx and Looper the Knights placed a bounty of 2,000 golden pieces on their head, and begin their man hunt.
". and of course we never find them. After that the Knights never really recovered. It was also about that time that I left the Knights for good," said Crim.
"Dam," said Mimiru, Tsukasa and she had come over after Sora left, "I heard about that but I never believed they killed 20 Knights and you Crim."
"Don't remind me, it was so embarrassing," said Crim, "my first death to a couple of punks."
After noticing the story was over, Sora returned.
"But this is what I don't get," said BT, "how come Silver Knight is using them? He hates them, and God only knows what would happen if they found out who they were really working for."
"Glees," said Sora, "how dense can you be?"
"What do you mean?" asked BT.
"That's exactly why he's using them. Jinx and Looper are the two strongest players ever to play the World, if any one can deal with us it's them. And two, no one would ever believe that Silver Knight would ever want his precious Subaru dead, especially using those two. And when they're done, he'll come in and get rid of them with his Jewel and be a hero."
"It's like killing two birds with one stone," said Bear grimly.
"More like nine birds with one Jewel," added Crim.
"So what do we do?" said Mimiru. "We just can't let Jinx and Looper erase us and have Silver Knight get away with it!"
"I think we should go to the Knights," said Subaru. "This way we can force Silver Knight to confess and stop Jinx and Looper without conflict."
"Jesus Christ, have you people been having LSD for breakfast or something?!" said Sora. "This is Silver Knight we're talking about, the Knight's Knight, no one would believe us!"
"Maybe we could talk to Jinx and Looper," said Tsukasa, finally speaking.
"Ha, there's a laugh, talk to them. As if they would listen."
"What about Sly," said BT. "They might listen to him."
"Not gonna happen," said Sora. "Sly's a loser, a liar, a thief and a hacker, no one would believe him either. Anyway he's planning to betray Jinx and Looper to Silver Knight for the bounty, why would he fuck that up?"
"Not necessarily," said Bear.
"What do mean?" asked Mimiru.
"Well, he knows who Silver Knight really is, and how to contact Jinx and Looper. He might prove useful."
"Nope," said Sora. "Knowing Sly, he's either gonna log off or lie low till this is over. He's completely useless."
"Maybe we could do that," added Subaru. "Maybe we could log out for a while and wait till this blows over."
"I think that's the worst thing we could do," said Bear.
"How so?" asked Subaru.
"Well, first, if you're not around to govern the Knights, Silver Knight may suspect something, and since he would be acting leader, he could make us outlaws. If he did that the whole World would be against us, he wouldn't even need Jinx and Looper. And secondly, Tsukasa can't log out and he can't go back to his secret place, he'd be defenseless."
A chill went through Tsukasa as he remembered the place with the sleeping girl. He still had wounds from the last time he went there and she was angry.
"So what do we do then?" asked Crim.
"First, Tsukasa is going to have to be guarded around the clock and."
"One guard, one million guards," interrupted Sora, "it doesn't matter to them, they won't stop till we're all dead." Sora began to laughed to himself, "You know it's funny. Jinx and Looper employed to a man they hate, using an illegal item that could get them banned for good, about to commit a crime that will seal both our fates, and they're ignorant to it all, how ironic." Sora laughed to himself more, like a man hearing his favorite joke for the first time. The others were not laughing.
"Shut up Sora!" screamed in tremendous rage Mimiru. "At least he's trying to help! Since you've got here, all you've done is joke and bitch about how tough Jinx and Looper are, and how we're all screwed! So unless you got something useful to add shut the fuck up!"
Sora stopped laughing. "Well, I guess you won't be needing my help then," Sora turned and began to walk away.
"Wait," called Subaru, "they're after you too. You can't possibly take them alone."
"Whatever happens, happens," said Sora as he continued to walk away coolly.
"That lunkhead's gonna get himself killed," said Crim angrily.
"Don't worry about it," said BT.
"What do you mean?" said Subaru. "We need him, he's probably the only one strong enough to fight them."
"Trust me," said BT, "I've known Sora longer then any of you, he'll come back."
"You sound confident," said Crim.
"It's simple, he needs us more then we need him."
"With or without Sora," said Bear as everyone turned to him, "we have to be prepared for the worst."
"So what's the rest of your plan?" asked BT.
"Well, besides the need for Tsukasa to be guarded, Subaru will also have to back to the Knights and act as if everything is normal."
"Wait you can't be serious," said Mimiru. "You want her to go back to the Knights, with Silver Knight, the same man who started this."
"Exactly," said Bear. "You see, Silver Knight doesn't want to soil his own hands, even if he does have a Jewel. So he won't try anything rash. Also this way, Subaru can keep an eye on him and be protected by the Knights from Jinx and Looper."
"I guess if you put it that way, your right," said Subaru. "But one question, who's up first for guard duty?"
The group looked among themselves. No one was particularly excited about the notion of protecting Tsukasa alone against the two notorious players. All expect Mimiru.
"I'll do it!" said Mimiru, almost jumping with joy.
"Are you sure?" said Bear, "Sora said they could be here any minute."
"Don't worry, I'll email you if something comes up."
"All right," said Bear addressing the group again. "I'm going to see to what I can dig up on Jinx and Looper, and the Jewel. Everyone should log off now, except Subaru and Mimiru, until tonight."
With that everyone went their separate ways. Crim had work so he logged off and so did BT. Subaru went back to Mac Anu and the Knights. And Bear went off on his own way in search of information they needed, leaving Tsukasa and Mimiru alone to decided what to do next.
"So where to?" asked Mimiru, happy to be alone with Tsukasa again.
"How about our usual spot?" asked Tsukasa, a little more comfortable now everyone had left.
"Okay, let's go."
As Mimiru and Tsukasa walked pleasantly in each other's company to their favorite place in the World, another duo were waiting on an old associate in the Snow Field.
"What time is it?" asked Looper.
"It's 5," answered Jinx.
"Where the fuck is he, he was suppose to be here half a hour ago."
"Don't worry, he'll come."
A few more minutes pasted until Snake, a Long Arm, came.
"Hey guys, what's happening?" said Snake.
"I'll tell you what's happening. Your late, I hate late people," said Looper, in a vicious tone.
Snake worked at the company that invented the World. His job was to monitor the World and make sure everything was normal. Needless to say, he had access to more of the sensitive info.
"Wow, buddy," said Snake. "I got it, but more importantly, do you have what I want?"
"Here," said Jinx throwing a bag at Snake.
"Fabulous," said Snake as in look in the bag. "You two do really some fine work."
"That shit wasn't easy to come by," said Looper. "Now tell us what we want to hear."
"Well, about 2 hours ago, all of your little friends warped to Dun Loireag, with the exception of Tsukasa, who by the way, isn't even registered in the World. Now, all of them, except Mimiru and Subaru, seemed to have logged off. Subaru, has warped back to Mac Anu to check up on the Knights, and she's still there. Oh, and F. Y. I, Mimiru hasn't warped out of Dun Loireag."
"Wait, Tsukasa isn't registered?" asked Jinx.
"Yeah, no character with that name has ever registered. And if he isn't registered, he doesn't exists," said Snake all knowingly.
"But that can't be," said Looper. "He's in the World, I mean come on, you've heard of him."
"Whatever," said Snake annoyed at this conversation. "As far as I'm concerned he ain't real. So bye-bye, I've got places to see and people to meet."
Snake walked off into the field, with the bag of rare items over shoulder.
"Fag," said Looper.
"Forget him," said Jinx. "Let's go get Mimiru first."
They walked off to the Chaos Gate, about to enter a world where reality and fiction coincided together in the form of a character named Tsukasa. A world, where the truth would be heard and their lives altered forever, and not all for the better.
By Evs
The Prey
Mimiru was lying on her back with her feet dangling off the cliff, in Dun Loireag. She was lying next to Tsukasa watching the clouds go by. They had been waiting quite some time for the others to show up. They had past the time by staring at the clouds together, hardly saying a word to each other.
"Are you sure it was Sora who sent you the email?" asked Tsukasa as he eyed a cloud that looked much like snake.
"Ugh," said Mimiru, "unfortunately yes. He signed it himself."
"Any idea why he told you to wait here with me, Bear, Crim, Subaru and BT?"
"Nope," said Mimiru rising to sit with Tsukasa, "where are they?"
A few moments of silence pass as the two just stared out into the horizon. "Why did he say to meet us here?" asked Tsukasa.
Mimiru was a little surprised at her friend's words. "You don't recognize this place!?"
Tsukasa looked around; there was a grunty farm, a shop and a platform nearby. The memory rushed into him. "This is where you waited for me, right there," he said with laugh pointing at the platform.
"I knew you would remember," said Mimiru.
"Only the important stuff," said Tsukasa as Mimiru blushed.
"Hey guys," said Bear as he walked up the path behind them.
"Hey Bear," said Mimiru turning to look up at Bear.
"So what's this all about?" asked Bear, as he knelt down besides the two.
"That fruit-loop Sora told me to get everyone," said Mimiru. "Said it had something to do with all of us."
"You think it's about the Key of the Twilight?" asked Bear.
Mimiru thought for a moment. "Nah, that greedy bastard would keep that to himself."
Silence followed that last remark. The three of them had been searching for the Key since they had met Tsukasa, but still they had found nothing. It was their belief that the Key was connected to Tsukasa and his powers which enabled him to do anything but log out.
"Maybe he did find something about the Key," said Tsukasa, breaking the silence. "And maybe he needs me to help him."
Again silence. Maybe he's right, they thought.
"Tsukasa," said Subaru as she teleaported on to the cliff. "I got the email, what's this all about?"
"We're not to sure," answered Tsukasa. "We think Sora got something big planned."
"Right you are," said Sora from behind the others, "or should I say, 'They,' have something big planned."
Mimiru nearly jump off the cliff at the voice of Sora. She hated it when he made big entrances. The image of Sora standing before her, in his arrogant stance and obnoxious smile, the rage boiled inside her. She rouse and rushed Sora. "What the hell is your problem, sneaking up on us?!" screamed Mimiru, her face inches from Sora's amused one. "And why are we even here!?"
Sora drew his left blade arm inches from Mimiru's throat. "Temper, temper," said Sora, "is that any way to treat such a caring friend? Especially one, with such tasty info." Mimiru still glared at Sora, too enraged to be afraid. It was not till Subaru placed her hand on her shoulders did Mimiru relaxed and stepped away.
"Yes, what is this information you speak of?" asked Subaru between the two.
"No, no, no," answered Sora, "not till everyone else is here. It would be rude to keep Crim and BT in the dark."
"Bullshit!" yelled Mimiru as she drew her sword and pushed Subaru out of the way. "You tell us now!" She lunged at Sora with the sword, but Sora was too fast and dodged it. Bear and Tsukasa ran to Mimiru to hold her back, but she still tried to go for Sora. "Let me go dam it! He's just toying with us! Let go!"
"Mimiru please," whispered Tsukasa. "He may know something that'll help us.that'll help me." This seemed to calm Mimiru a little.
"What's going on here!?" asked Crim as he and BT walk towards the scene.
"Ah, good," said Sora, "now we can begin."
Sora recalled the tale of Silver Knights and his plan to erase them all using Jinx and Looper as pawns with the Jewels. All of the players were speechless, Jinx and Looper, they thought, sent to kill us.
"Impressive huh," said Sora.
Crim was the first to recover. "So let me get this straight," said Crim. "Silver Knight is paying Jinx and Looper to kill us all with a jewel that will destroy our history and our consoles?"
"Yeah, but that's the best part," said Sora. "Those two don't know shit. Heh, heh, they think they're just ordinary power ups."
"When.," asked Mimiru, finally finding her voice. ".are they coming for us?"
"Heh, heh," said Sora, "knowing Jinx and Looper, could be any time."
BT was annoyed with Sora. "I don't buy it!" said BT with a pause. "If it is true, then why were you following Silver Knight?"
"Well, that's actually a funny story," said Sora. "See, I was actually trailing Sly cause he sold me some knock off items that he said were top notch. So I see Sly alone and I'm about to make my move when that guard dog Silver Knight grabs him. And so I hear them talking and I'm interested, so I follow them, and hear everything. Quite lucky aren't I?"
Subaru was in a state of shock. "Why.why would Silver Knight do this?"
"Isn't it obvious," said Sora in a know it all voice. "He wants the Knights for himself. He thinks you've grown soft with the Tsukasa situation."
"What about me," asked Tsukasa, "what happens if they kill me with those Jewels?"
Everyone looked at Tsukasa, who had not said anything since Sora began his tail. What would happen to him, the one whose reality was the World.
"Well," said Sora, "we'll just have to wait and see, heh, heh."
Mimiru was too worried about Tsukasa to act on Sora's cruel joke. Tsukasa walked back to the cliff and sat down and looked out on the sky, Mimiru joined him. "Oh Tsukasa," she whispered to him.
"I'm scared," he whispered to her, she reached for his hand and held it, it was all she could do.
"Why would you share this information with us," asked Bear, "this is very unlike you."
"Well you see." said Sora
"Wait," interrupted Crim, "you don't know about Sora and Jinx and Looper."
"No what do you mean?" asked Bear. He looked over at Sora who looked as if he was going to die.
"Looper is the only player to ever kill Sora, ha, ha," said Crim.
"Shut up Crim!" screamed Sora.
"Oh," said BT, "is that how we got our little scare."
"Man fuck all of you!" yelled Sora as he walked over to the fence on the grunty farm.
"Man, I've never seen him act this way," said Bear.
"For good reason," said BT, "they sure must have done a number on him."
"You guys don't even know the half of it," said Crim.
"Oh really," said BT, "then maybe you could enlighten us."
"Ok, ok," said Crim, "it all started."
.a few years ago when Crim was still part of the Knights. Jinx and Looper were in their height of power, and the Knights hated them for it. True the Knights did have dealings with them in the past, over wanted players and such but now, they had gone too far. They've been killing in the open, boasting about the Knights as weaklings, and had even been hiring out their skills to outlaw players who could afford them. The Knights had even heard that they had been working with notorious hackers. The leaders of the Knights had been arguing for days on what to do with Jinx and Looper; Subaru wanted to negotiate with them, Crim and Silver Knight wanted them captured. The three Lords were in the throne room of the Crimson Knights' base in Mac Anu.
"But we can't ban players for good," said Subaru, "only Administration can."
"Yes my Lady, but." said Silver Knight.
"And Administration can only ban players who cause great disturbances in the World like hackers, not player killers." Said Subaru.
Silver Knight was quite.
"So you say we do nothing?" asked Crim.
"No," said Subaru, "I just think there are better ways at handling this situation then trying to ban them."
"We could put a bounty on them," said Silver Knight.
"That won't work," said Crim. "They're too powerful, who could capture them?"
"Also, they would come after us directly if we placed a price on their head," said Subaru. "And open conflict with them is the last thing we need."
The three were quite, all lost in thought in what to do about Jinx and Looper. During this a young Knight enter the room.
"My Lords," said the Knight, "we have recently captured a player killer, he wishes to plead his case."
"Very well, send him in," said Subaru.
When a player is captured he is aloud to see the leaders of the Knights and plead his case. After the player pleads his case, the leaders then decide the appropriate punishment. If he is a player killer or a thief, he is usually fined and banned for several days. The Crimson Knights were able to ban players who broke rules for up to a month if amble evidence was shown to Administration. The only time sever punishment is used is when the player is a hacker, Administration is contacted and the player is usually banned for good.
The young Knight and three others escorted the bound player into the room. The player was kicking and screaming. He was a fairly notorious player, common players did not know him but the underground feared him. It was Sora, minus the scar of course.
"Unhand me," screamed Sora, "or I'll kill you all!"
"He's in a right mood," said Crim.
The Knights dropped Sora and forced him on his knees. The young Knight came before his Lords and read from his scroll.
"Sora the Twin Blade, you are accused of player killing, thievery and conspiracy against the Crimson Knights. How do you plead?"
"Not guilty, and when I get out of here I'm gonna fuck you up, you cunt!"
The three Lords look at each other, knowing Sora was indeed guilty. After a moment of thought Subaru made her decision.
"Sora, I sentence you to pay 200 golden pieces for damages rendered to the players you have killed and you are hereby banned for one month. Pleases take him away," said Subaru.
The Knights picked up Sora who was still fighting and dragged him away to the door. Sora screamed out, "You just wait till I'm back! I'm gonna bring Jinx and Looper and we're gonna tear this place apart!"
A bolt of lighting went through the three Lords at the names of Jinx and Looper.
"Wait," ordered Silver Knight, "you know Jinx and Looper?"
"Yeah," said Sora with a smile, "and you'll be getting to know them too once they hear about this."
"Ha, that's a good one," said a Knight.
"What the hell are you laughing at," snarled Sora.
"I'm laughing at a lowly player killer who thinks he rolls with the big boys."
"Shut up," ordered Silver Knight to the young Knight, "he may be useful." Silver Knight then directed his attention to Sora, "Sora, is it? How would you like to help us?"
"Depends," said Sora, "what do you have in mind?"
"We, the Knights I mean, are having trouble with Jinx and Looper, we're wondering if you could help us."
"Oh, really," said Sora. 'The great Knights need my help, heh, heh. All right, but it's gonna coast you."
"How much," asked Silver Knight.
"1000 golden pieces and my charges dropped."
Silver Knight looked to Subaru and Crim, they nodded in agreement. "Very well," said Subaru, "your charges will be dropped and you will received 1000 golden pieces. If you can deliver Jinx and Looper."
"Terrific, now could you untie my hands.please?" said Sora with a triumphant smirk.
The young Knight untied Sora.
"So what did you have in mind?" asked Sora.
"Well, since you know how to contact them, I was thinking." Silver Knight went into his plan in detail.
2 days later. Jinx and Looper were sitting in their apartment in Carmina Gardelica, a small one where they went whenever they needed to hide or relax. They had just gotten back from another job; a Heavy Blade named Baz hired them to rob an item shop for their Golden Grunties. Jinx and Looper were going over their share of the loot when there was a knock on the door. Looper got up to answer it.
"Who is it?" said Looper as he was at the door.
"It's me Sora," came the voice from outside, "let me in."
Looper opened the door. "What's up." before Sora could finish Looper grabbed him through him on the ground face down. Sitting atop Sora's back with his blade to his throat, Looper started to talk.
"So Sora, what the hell are you doing here?!" questioned Looper.
"Relax Looper, what a friend needs a reason to see his best buddies," said Soar nervously, even he feared Jinx and Looper.
"Get this straight Sora," said Jinx, "you're not our friend, and unless you have something to contribute, Looper here with have to do something horrid."
"Jesus Christ Jinx!" screamed Sora in terror, "All right, all right, I do have something, something big, but I need your help!"
"This better not be like the Mac Anu job," said Looper, "you almost got us killed that time."
"No this one's different, we're looking at an easy 600, maybe even 800, golden pieces."
Looper glanced over at Jinx, she nodded in agreement. Looper flipped Sora on to his back, but still kept the blade to his throat.
"Start talking," said Looper.
"Okay, okay," said Sora, "There's this guy, I think he's a Long Arm, and he's been bragging about knocking over this huge dungeon treasure. I think it would be smart if we took him."
"Where is he," asked Jinx.
"He's like three blocks away from the market."
"Does he look hard?" asked Looper.
"Nothing you two can handle. So, does this mean we're on?"
"What do you think Looper?" asked Jinx.
"I'm down, 600 golden pieces 3 ways, not too bad," said Looper, as he pulled Sora up.
"Heh, I'm glade with get this all sorted out," said Sora as he dusted himself off. "So shall we," as he gestured to the door.
"Let's," said Jinx.
Jinx and Looper made their way out of the apartment and into the market. There were shops of all kind in the markets of Carmina Gardelica: health, power ups, items, everything. The market was crowded today with buyers, sellers, and all variety of players. Whenever any one needed anything, they all came to Carmina Gardelica. Jinx and Looper, with Sora leading the way, emerged from their building and the streets fell silent. Out in the streets, Jinx and Looper were kings. These were the days before their exile, when they walk proudly and fearlessly in the open. When they walked down the streets the crowds parted and stared at the ground, too afraid to even look at the great Jinx and Looper.
"He's just a bit further down the road," said Sora pointing down the street.
"Yo, Sora," said Jinx, "where the hell did you go after the Mac Anu job anyway, you like disappeared on us when the Knights came?"
"Oh well." said Sora, trying to talk his way out of this conversation. For the Mac Anu job was where the Knights captured Sora after he and Jinx and Looper attacked a few players. ".I had to, see a friend about a bounty."
"Really, cause we heard you got captured by the Knights." Said Looper as Sora quickened his pace,
'Only a block a way, just one more block,' Sora thought.
"Who told you that bull shit, ha, ha," said Sora nervously. "You know those fags could never take me."
"Really, that seems weird, cause as Jinx and me were getting out of Mac Anu we saw the funniest thing. Know what it was?" said Looper. "It was you getting your shit kicked in by the Knights. Now, why would the Knights let you go, unless you offered them something big, something big like us." Said Looper as he slowly drew his blades.
Sora went running down the streets full speed, terrified to even to look over his shoulder. As he ran he frantically typed an email to the Knights.
'Crim,
'They know, they're chasing me right now. Get ready cause I'm gonna be leading them to you.
Sora,'
Crim cursed the message. The original planned called for Crim to pose as the wealthy Long Arm and Sora would lead Jinx and Looper straight to him. Once there Silver Knight and 20 other Knights would come out and bound Jinx and Looper. The plan was ruined now.
"Idiot!" screamed Crim. "Everyone listen up, the plane has gone to shit! They know, so everyone get up and follow me!"
Silver Knight and the others appeared form their hiding places and followed Crim as he went running up the street.
It did not take long for them to meet Sora. "Jesus, thank God! They're up there!"
Just then, a throwing knife came flying through the air and connected to the head of a Knight, he was killed instantly. The rest of the Knights look to see where the knife came from; it was Looper coolly walking down the road with Jinx.
"So you fuckers want to bring us in," Looper called out, "then come and get us!"
"Come on men," cried Silver Knight trying to rally his men. "It's just two of them!" With that he charged wildly with his Knights, but Jinx was ready for them.
"Akia!" cried Jinx, casting the fire spell, killing five Knights instantly. Looper dove straight into the masses of Knights, thrashing and blocking the strikes of the Knights. Jinx continued casting spells and using her own blade on her staff to deal with the Knights. It did not take long till Jinx and Looper were left only facing Sora, Silver Knight and Crim.
"I'll take Sora," said Looper, "can you take the other two?"
"Don't worry, I'm on it," replied Jinx and with that the two split up in opposite direction, like hawks descending on their prey.
Looper threw one of his knives at Sora; he blocked it with eases. "It's gonna take more then one of your toys to kill me Loopy!"
Looper did not bother to exchange words; he went straight for Sora's throat. Sora countered with a block with his left hand and then thrusted his right blade towards Looper's stomach. Looper quickly spun to the right and kicked Sora back knees, causing Sora to collapse to the ground. Looper then thrusted his blades downward to Sora's head but Soar, at the last moment, put his knives up to block them. With Looper's and Sora's blades locked together, Sora slowly rose to his feet.
"I will kill you Loopy!" screamed Sora as he glared into Looper's eyes.
Looper stared right back, unafaird. Without any notice, Looper broke their lock. Sora was stunned and off balanced for a few moments, that was all Looper needed. He quickly dashed forward and with all his strength swung upward into Sora's face. Looper's strike was so fast that it created a defect in Sora's character design, his scar.
Jinx was eyeing up her two opponents; Silver Knight and Crim, the best fighters of the Knights. Wanting to waste no more time, she quickly dealt with Silver Knight first.
"Nashuga!" she cried as she cast a powerful spell that sent Silver Knight flying through the air and crashing into a nearby wall, causing him to black out. Then came Crim's turn, she did not bother casting a spell for him, instead she brought forth her own blade.
"So," said Crim as he realized what Jinx had planned, "an old-fashioned brawl?"
"You talk too much," said Jinx as she thrust her blade forward into Crim but he dodged it easily. He countered by raising his spear over his head and swinging it downward, but with her staff in both hands, Jinx blocked it.
"You're pretty good for a player killer." said Crim, but before he could finish Jinx delivered a hard kick to his stomach. The kick was so sudden that it caused Crim to drop his Long Arm and fall to the ground.
Jinx was standing over Crim. "And you're just what I expected from a dog of the Knights." With all her strength she drove her blade into Crim's chest, killing the great Knight. Looper came over, and stood with Jinx.
"The Crimson Knights," said Looper as he eyed the gray corpses of the fallen. "What a bunch of pussies."
Over on the other side of the street, Silver Knight slowly awoke to the scene. Jinx and Looper were upon him before he could get it together.
"Quite a party, eh?" said Jinx to Silver Knight.
Silver Knight looked up to Jinx and Looper, "You can't win, you're just outcast now, outlaws."
Before he could finish, Looper crouched down next to him, "Whatever, and tell you bitch Subaru she's next." With that Looper slit Silver Knight's throat.
"Come on," said Jinx as Looper rose, "more Knights will be coming."
"What should we do now?" asked Looper as they walked down the street.
"We better find some where else to lie low, cause they probably know where our room is," said Jinx.
"Yeah, you're right," said Looper. "I knew we shouldn't have listened to Sora, we're screwed now."
"Don't say that," said Jinx, "this'll be fun. We're outlaws now, plus we'll be legends once this comes out."
"Looper the Outlaw, I like the sound of it. Ha, ha, the look on Sora's face when we told we knew about him working for the Knights, priceless."
"It was kinda cruel the way we lead him on, the poor loser."
"Eh, I never liked him. He was really weird."
In the real world Looper looked at his clock on his desk. "Yo, we better log off it's kinda late."
"Okay," said Jinx, "I'll meet you in the forest tomorrow, later."
"See ya," said Looper.
Both of them logged out.
After the failure to capture Jinx and Looper the Knights placed a bounty of 2,000 golden pieces on their head, and begin their man hunt.
". and of course we never find them. After that the Knights never really recovered. It was also about that time that I left the Knights for good," said Crim.
"Dam," said Mimiru, Tsukasa and she had come over after Sora left, "I heard about that but I never believed they killed 20 Knights and you Crim."
"Don't remind me, it was so embarrassing," said Crim, "my first death to a couple of punks."
After noticing the story was over, Sora returned.
"But this is what I don't get," said BT, "how come Silver Knight is using them? He hates them, and God only knows what would happen if they found out who they were really working for."
"Glees," said Sora, "how dense can you be?"
"What do you mean?" asked BT.
"That's exactly why he's using them. Jinx and Looper are the two strongest players ever to play the World, if any one can deal with us it's them. And two, no one would ever believe that Silver Knight would ever want his precious Subaru dead, especially using those two. And when they're done, he'll come in and get rid of them with his Jewel and be a hero."
"It's like killing two birds with one stone," said Bear grimly.
"More like nine birds with one Jewel," added Crim.
"So what do we do?" said Mimiru. "We just can't let Jinx and Looper erase us and have Silver Knight get away with it!"
"I think we should go to the Knights," said Subaru. "This way we can force Silver Knight to confess and stop Jinx and Looper without conflict."
"Jesus Christ, have you people been having LSD for breakfast or something?!" said Sora. "This is Silver Knight we're talking about, the Knight's Knight, no one would believe us!"
"Maybe we could talk to Jinx and Looper," said Tsukasa, finally speaking.
"Ha, there's a laugh, talk to them. As if they would listen."
"What about Sly," said BT. "They might listen to him."
"Not gonna happen," said Sora. "Sly's a loser, a liar, a thief and a hacker, no one would believe him either. Anyway he's planning to betray Jinx and Looper to Silver Knight for the bounty, why would he fuck that up?"
"Not necessarily," said Bear.
"What do mean?" asked Mimiru.
"Well, he knows who Silver Knight really is, and how to contact Jinx and Looper. He might prove useful."
"Nope," said Sora. "Knowing Sly, he's either gonna log off or lie low till this is over. He's completely useless."
"Maybe we could do that," added Subaru. "Maybe we could log out for a while and wait till this blows over."
"I think that's the worst thing we could do," said Bear.
"How so?" asked Subaru.
"Well, first, if you're not around to govern the Knights, Silver Knight may suspect something, and since he would be acting leader, he could make us outlaws. If he did that the whole World would be against us, he wouldn't even need Jinx and Looper. And secondly, Tsukasa can't log out and he can't go back to his secret place, he'd be defenseless."
A chill went through Tsukasa as he remembered the place with the sleeping girl. He still had wounds from the last time he went there and she was angry.
"So what do we do then?" asked Crim.
"First, Tsukasa is going to have to be guarded around the clock and."
"One guard, one million guards," interrupted Sora, "it doesn't matter to them, they won't stop till we're all dead." Sora began to laughed to himself, "You know it's funny. Jinx and Looper employed to a man they hate, using an illegal item that could get them banned for good, about to commit a crime that will seal both our fates, and they're ignorant to it all, how ironic." Sora laughed to himself more, like a man hearing his favorite joke for the first time. The others were not laughing.
"Shut up Sora!" screamed in tremendous rage Mimiru. "At least he's trying to help! Since you've got here, all you've done is joke and bitch about how tough Jinx and Looper are, and how we're all screwed! So unless you got something useful to add shut the fuck up!"
Sora stopped laughing. "Well, I guess you won't be needing my help then," Sora turned and began to walk away.
"Wait," called Subaru, "they're after you too. You can't possibly take them alone."
"Whatever happens, happens," said Sora as he continued to walk away coolly.
"That lunkhead's gonna get himself killed," said Crim angrily.
"Don't worry about it," said BT.
"What do you mean?" said Subaru. "We need him, he's probably the only one strong enough to fight them."
"Trust me," said BT, "I've known Sora longer then any of you, he'll come back."
"You sound confident," said Crim.
"It's simple, he needs us more then we need him."
"With or without Sora," said Bear as everyone turned to him, "we have to be prepared for the worst."
"So what's the rest of your plan?" asked BT.
"Well, besides the need for Tsukasa to be guarded, Subaru will also have to back to the Knights and act as if everything is normal."
"Wait you can't be serious," said Mimiru. "You want her to go back to the Knights, with Silver Knight, the same man who started this."
"Exactly," said Bear. "You see, Silver Knight doesn't want to soil his own hands, even if he does have a Jewel. So he won't try anything rash. Also this way, Subaru can keep an eye on him and be protected by the Knights from Jinx and Looper."
"I guess if you put it that way, your right," said Subaru. "But one question, who's up first for guard duty?"
The group looked among themselves. No one was particularly excited about the notion of protecting Tsukasa alone against the two notorious players. All expect Mimiru.
"I'll do it!" said Mimiru, almost jumping with joy.
"Are you sure?" said Bear, "Sora said they could be here any minute."
"Don't worry, I'll email you if something comes up."
"All right," said Bear addressing the group again. "I'm going to see to what I can dig up on Jinx and Looper, and the Jewel. Everyone should log off now, except Subaru and Mimiru, until tonight."
With that everyone went their separate ways. Crim had work so he logged off and so did BT. Subaru went back to Mac Anu and the Knights. And Bear went off on his own way in search of information they needed, leaving Tsukasa and Mimiru alone to decided what to do next.
"So where to?" asked Mimiru, happy to be alone with Tsukasa again.
"How about our usual spot?" asked Tsukasa, a little more comfortable now everyone had left.
"Okay, let's go."
As Mimiru and Tsukasa walked pleasantly in each other's company to their favorite place in the World, another duo were waiting on an old associate in the Snow Field.
"What time is it?" asked Looper.
"It's 5," answered Jinx.
"Where the fuck is he, he was suppose to be here half a hour ago."
"Don't worry, he'll come."
A few more minutes pasted until Snake, a Long Arm, came.
"Hey guys, what's happening?" said Snake.
"I'll tell you what's happening. Your late, I hate late people," said Looper, in a vicious tone.
Snake worked at the company that invented the World. His job was to monitor the World and make sure everything was normal. Needless to say, he had access to more of the sensitive info.
"Wow, buddy," said Snake. "I got it, but more importantly, do you have what I want?"
"Here," said Jinx throwing a bag at Snake.
"Fabulous," said Snake as in look in the bag. "You two do really some fine work."
"That shit wasn't easy to come by," said Looper. "Now tell us what we want to hear."
"Well, about 2 hours ago, all of your little friends warped to Dun Loireag, with the exception of Tsukasa, who by the way, isn't even registered in the World. Now, all of them, except Mimiru and Subaru, seemed to have logged off. Subaru, has warped back to Mac Anu to check up on the Knights, and she's still there. Oh, and F. Y. I, Mimiru hasn't warped out of Dun Loireag."
"Wait, Tsukasa isn't registered?" asked Jinx.
"Yeah, no character with that name has ever registered. And if he isn't registered, he doesn't exists," said Snake all knowingly.
"But that can't be," said Looper. "He's in the World, I mean come on, you've heard of him."
"Whatever," said Snake annoyed at this conversation. "As far as I'm concerned he ain't real. So bye-bye, I've got places to see and people to meet."
Snake walked off into the field, with the bag of rare items over shoulder.
"Fag," said Looper.
"Forget him," said Jinx. "Let's go get Mimiru first."
They walked off to the Chaos Gate, about to enter a world where reality and fiction coincided together in the form of a character named Tsukasa. A world, where the truth would be heard and their lives altered forever, and not all for the better.