.hack//Virus Buster
FILE 01: Trial
"Would Mr. Barret approach the stand."
Tai walked down the aisle between the hundreds of people. The fans on the ceiling were moving so slow, just as time seemed to be moving to Tai. He was 15 years old, and on trial for a crime he didn't mean to do.
Tai was about six feet tall. He had his black hair combed forward, and he had contacts in his black eyes. He wore a white shirt and black tie, with khaki pants. He approached the judge and the jury. This courtroom seemed so large, especially when standing in front of the huge judge's desk.
"Mr. Barret, you have been sentenced to a terrible crime. The jury has made their decision. Mr. Barret, is it not true that you were logged onto the famous game 'The World' with a smaller, not as powerful, copy of Pluto's Kiss?"
Tai nodded. It was true. The file given to him by Magnum was a smaller copy of Pluto's Kiss. It worked on a much smaller scale, but could always live up to the full potential of its predecessor...
"Mr. Barret, is it not true that you corrupted on entire server of 'The World'?"
Tai nodded again. This was also true. Though only half of the city was destroyed, it ended up corrupting the entire server, causing it to have to be deleted by its creators.
"Mr. Barret, is there anything you wish to say to the Jury before I tell you their decision?"
"Yes," Tai said sternly, "Magnum did give me the file. He was destroyed by the dragon, not the virus. I only used the virus because Magnum told me so...
"This is unacceptable!" The judge said furiously, "An administrator would not infect his own game! Therefore, the jury has decided that Tai Barret is guilty!"
"Wait!" Shouted someone from the back of the room. A young woman stood up and approached the Judge, holding a CD Case in here hand. "The boy is not lying."
"How are you?" The Judge asked, everyone in the crowd watching was whispering.
"I am Sara Tetsui. I am one of the ten head administrators of 'The World'."
"Hm? Aren't the administrator's the ones charging the boy of the crime?"
"Yes, but due to a disk I recently found, I disagree with this entire thing. I believe this boy. We originally charged him with having a copy of Pluto's Kiss, and also throwing the administrator known as 'Magnum' into a coma. However, after this boy destroyed the virus, I found that all of the viruses that had once plagued all of The World's servers had disappeared. And this disk shows why."
She approached a TV which had been used earlier for evidence against Tai. She put the CD into the CD Tray and ran the program. The screen was full of static but cleared up to show Ken Tetsui, or Magnum, one of the head administrators. He was sitting at a desk. He looked at the camera and began to speak.
"My dear Sara, my wife. What I am about to tell you may sound shocking, but it is absolutely true. By the time you've found this then I am probably in a coma. I know what is causing the comas among some of the players. Let me explain. A few nights ago I came across a copy of Pluto's Kiss inside one of the servers I was inspecting. I then managed to isolate the file so it wouldn't affect the servers. It wasn't a full copy, so it could easily be isolated. I spent all night looking at the file. I found that it grew each time it corrupted something in The World. It would've probably grown to the full version and wiped out the entire Global Network again. Then, the next night I found that it was corrupting player's computers and throwing them into comas! I was going to bring this to everyone, but I found that it was too late to stop. If you are seeing this then it means I failed and was infected by the virus like everyone else."
He paused and moved out of view, and then back, "However, I would never use the virus until absolutely necessary. My plan is to give the isolated version of the virus to a player and have him stay with me. I will then do all I can to try and stop the virus's corruption, if I fail I will have the player use the isolated version of the virus against the actual virus. I just hope you find this before you blame him as the one who started the virus again. I love you, Sara."
The video ended, and went to static. Everyone in the courtroom was amazed. Even he jury. The jury talked awhile, and the crowd just whispered. Tai still stood before the judge, next to Sara Tetsui, who smiled at him and said, "It will be okay. Don't worry."
The judge then spoke, "Mr. Tai Barret! After the recent evidence, the jury has decided to remove the sentence! You are innocent. And it appears you are a hero...I guess, to the players in 'The World'."
A few people chuckled, and Sara looked at him said, "It appears so. Tai, you will have access to the world once again. But...not to your old account, it was sort of deleted."
"That's okay, I am just glad not to be going to jail..."
FILE 01: Trial
"Would Mr. Barret approach the stand."
Tai walked down the aisle between the hundreds of people. The fans on the ceiling were moving so slow, just as time seemed to be moving to Tai. He was 15 years old, and on trial for a crime he didn't mean to do.
Tai was about six feet tall. He had his black hair combed forward, and he had contacts in his black eyes. He wore a white shirt and black tie, with khaki pants. He approached the judge and the jury. This courtroom seemed so large, especially when standing in front of the huge judge's desk.
"Mr. Barret, you have been sentenced to a terrible crime. The jury has made their decision. Mr. Barret, is it not true that you were logged onto the famous game 'The World' with a smaller, not as powerful, copy of Pluto's Kiss?"
Tai nodded. It was true. The file given to him by Magnum was a smaller copy of Pluto's Kiss. It worked on a much smaller scale, but could always live up to the full potential of its predecessor...
"Mr. Barret, is it not true that you corrupted on entire server of 'The World'?"
Tai nodded again. This was also true. Though only half of the city was destroyed, it ended up corrupting the entire server, causing it to have to be deleted by its creators.
"Mr. Barret, is there anything you wish to say to the Jury before I tell you their decision?"
"Yes," Tai said sternly, "Magnum did give me the file. He was destroyed by the dragon, not the virus. I only used the virus because Magnum told me so...
"This is unacceptable!" The judge said furiously, "An administrator would not infect his own game! Therefore, the jury has decided that Tai Barret is guilty!"
"Wait!" Shouted someone from the back of the room. A young woman stood up and approached the Judge, holding a CD Case in here hand. "The boy is not lying."
"How are you?" The Judge asked, everyone in the crowd watching was whispering.
"I am Sara Tetsui. I am one of the ten head administrators of 'The World'."
"Hm? Aren't the administrator's the ones charging the boy of the crime?"
"Yes, but due to a disk I recently found, I disagree with this entire thing. I believe this boy. We originally charged him with having a copy of Pluto's Kiss, and also throwing the administrator known as 'Magnum' into a coma. However, after this boy destroyed the virus, I found that all of the viruses that had once plagued all of The World's servers had disappeared. And this disk shows why."
She approached a TV which had been used earlier for evidence against Tai. She put the CD into the CD Tray and ran the program. The screen was full of static but cleared up to show Ken Tetsui, or Magnum, one of the head administrators. He was sitting at a desk. He looked at the camera and began to speak.
"My dear Sara, my wife. What I am about to tell you may sound shocking, but it is absolutely true. By the time you've found this then I am probably in a coma. I know what is causing the comas among some of the players. Let me explain. A few nights ago I came across a copy of Pluto's Kiss inside one of the servers I was inspecting. I then managed to isolate the file so it wouldn't affect the servers. It wasn't a full copy, so it could easily be isolated. I spent all night looking at the file. I found that it grew each time it corrupted something in The World. It would've probably grown to the full version and wiped out the entire Global Network again. Then, the next night I found that it was corrupting player's computers and throwing them into comas! I was going to bring this to everyone, but I found that it was too late to stop. If you are seeing this then it means I failed and was infected by the virus like everyone else."
He paused and moved out of view, and then back, "However, I would never use the virus until absolutely necessary. My plan is to give the isolated version of the virus to a player and have him stay with me. I will then do all I can to try and stop the virus's corruption, if I fail I will have the player use the isolated version of the virus against the actual virus. I just hope you find this before you blame him as the one who started the virus again. I love you, Sara."
The video ended, and went to static. Everyone in the courtroom was amazed. Even he jury. The jury talked awhile, and the crowd just whispered. Tai still stood before the judge, next to Sara Tetsui, who smiled at him and said, "It will be okay. Don't worry."
The judge then spoke, "Mr. Tai Barret! After the recent evidence, the jury has decided to remove the sentence! You are innocent. And it appears you are a hero...I guess, to the players in 'The World'."
A few people chuckled, and Sara looked at him said, "It appears so. Tai, you will have access to the world once again. But...not to your old account, it was sort of deleted."
"That's okay, I am just glad not to be going to jail..."