Author's Note: Yay! I can finally get back to the easy stuff. No more
misery for a while. Not until I get some feedback, at least. I know not a
whole lot of people are reading this, mostly 'cause it isn't as funny as
some of the other stuff out there. (*coughchibilinnetcough*) But to those
of you who are, thanks. And if you aren't reviewing I'd like my gratitude
back. Please review!
Disclaimer: Blah blah, I don't own anything. Is that good enough?
Melicia's Bishomon Adventures: Part Two
**Start: Chapter Three**
"Hey, Hotohori-sama."
"What?"
"Do you ever wonder why we're here?"
"In 'The World'?"
"No. In this fan-fiction. Shouldn't we be enjoying ourselves in the real world?"
"You mean we're not. . .?"
". . ."
Melicia looked around. She had logged in a minute or two previously and met Hotohori in the Lambda server. Before asking her ridiculous question (*nervous laughter*), she had pointed out how interesting she found it that all the server names were different letters of the Greek alphabet. Haha. Alpha beta.
"You know, ever since the end of volume two, the servers in the .hack game have been all messed up. I mean, look at that graphic break. It looks almost intentional, it's so screwy." Melicia began putting aromatic grass into the graphics, only to find they would come out another.
Hotohori snorted. "Get up and help me find your muse." Melicia laughed and complied.
"But Hotohori-sama, you are my muse!" Hotohori replied with a begrudged silence.
The two left via the Chaos Gate to a random field. Considering how unprogressive that decision was, they then left because, obviously, Balmung was nowhere in sight. Melicia was devastated, at least until a random pervert came up to her and insisted she take a Power Book. All was good when the pervert disappeared. Or did he?
Palin, meanwhile, was investigating Balmung's whereabouts off-line by reading the BBS. There was a lot of chatter in the Gardenia thread, which he did not choose to ignore by any means. After replying to several messages saying that fangirls can only lead to trouble, he resumed his search. One post in one thread pointed him in his quarry's direction. He forwarded the message to Melicia's e-mail address and promptly returned to the Gardenia thread.
"Hotohori-sama, this is excellent! Palin's found Balmung," Melicia reported, returning from her alt-tab phase. "He says Balmung's in one of those protected areas."
Hotohori resisted the need to lop her head off with his Level 30 katana. "How do you propose we enter a protected area with no virus cores?"
Melicia grinned widely. "Kite will help us! He's got the Twilight Bracelet after all." Several uninformed otaku stopped in their tracks, making unbelieving accusations that the girl was insane. How dare she emit such spoilers!
Back off-line, Palin was having a heated instant message discussion with someone named Moeri when he received an e-mail from Melicia instructing him to locate Kite. Great, he thought, notifying Moeri he was on another mission and would "brb". Several minutes later, another e-mail addressed to Melicia was on its way to her inbox.
"Lambda: Quiet Oblivious Cabbage? That's the most absurd keyword I've ever heard of." Hotohori crossed his arms.
"It's where Palin says he went. He also mentioned it being pointed out on the Gardenia Fan Club thread," Melicia said matter-of-factly. Shrugging, she warped to the area from the Chaos Gate, Hotohori having no choice but to tag along since he was in her party.
The moment they arrived, Melicia let out a large, bellowing chat command: "Yo, Kite!"
There was a brief pause, in which all that could be heard was doomlike field music and the sound of restless feet on lava. Then, there was a reply. "Uh, hello?"
"Kite! Hi, you don't know me. I was just wondering if you could help me out. I'd like to visit a protected area but I lack the virus cores necessary." Melicia put on a pitiful face, not really caring that Kite was probably on the other side of the field and couldn't see it anyway. "I promise I'll do you any favor you want if you help me!"
"She's lying. Don't listen," Hotohori added.
Kite did not answer. Apparently it was a tough decision.
"Anything?" he repeated, disbelieving.
"Anything. I promise." Hotohori snorted in his out-of-character manner, causing Palin to jump IRL.
Kite left Melicia with a three-dot pondering indication, then requested she meet him in Root Town.
Another person spoke then. "This better be good," Gardenia growled, although how growling in text messages is accomplished is anyone's guess.
Melicia glomped Hotohori. "We did it, Hotohori-sama!" she cried gleefully. "Kite's going to help us find Balmung."
"But he doesn't know it," Hotohori pointed out, glad he wasn't in the real world or else he wouldn't be able to breathe. "Shouldn't we tell him what we're up to?"
"Why do that? If he knows I'm a bishoumon trainer he probably wouldn't accept my offer." She clambered off of him, getting ready to gate out.
Hotohori shrugged. "Something tells me he's more informed than we think."
**End: Chapter Three**
Disclaimer: Blah blah, I don't own anything. Is that good enough?
Melicia's Bishomon Adventures: Part Two
**Start: Chapter Three**
"Hey, Hotohori-sama."
"What?"
"Do you ever wonder why we're here?"
"In 'The World'?"
"No. In this fan-fiction. Shouldn't we be enjoying ourselves in the real world?"
"You mean we're not. . .?"
". . ."
Melicia looked around. She had logged in a minute or two previously and met Hotohori in the Lambda server. Before asking her ridiculous question (*nervous laughter*), she had pointed out how interesting she found it that all the server names were different letters of the Greek alphabet. Haha. Alpha beta.
"You know, ever since the end of volume two, the servers in the .hack game have been all messed up. I mean, look at that graphic break. It looks almost intentional, it's so screwy." Melicia began putting aromatic grass into the graphics, only to find they would come out another.
Hotohori snorted. "Get up and help me find your muse." Melicia laughed and complied.
"But Hotohori-sama, you are my muse!" Hotohori replied with a begrudged silence.
The two left via the Chaos Gate to a random field. Considering how unprogressive that decision was, they then left because, obviously, Balmung was nowhere in sight. Melicia was devastated, at least until a random pervert came up to her and insisted she take a Power Book. All was good when the pervert disappeared. Or did he?
Palin, meanwhile, was investigating Balmung's whereabouts off-line by reading the BBS. There was a lot of chatter in the Gardenia thread, which he did not choose to ignore by any means. After replying to several messages saying that fangirls can only lead to trouble, he resumed his search. One post in one thread pointed him in his quarry's direction. He forwarded the message to Melicia's e-mail address and promptly returned to the Gardenia thread.
"Hotohori-sama, this is excellent! Palin's found Balmung," Melicia reported, returning from her alt-tab phase. "He says Balmung's in one of those protected areas."
Hotohori resisted the need to lop her head off with his Level 30 katana. "How do you propose we enter a protected area with no virus cores?"
Melicia grinned widely. "Kite will help us! He's got the Twilight Bracelet after all." Several uninformed otaku stopped in their tracks, making unbelieving accusations that the girl was insane. How dare she emit such spoilers!
Back off-line, Palin was having a heated instant message discussion with someone named Moeri when he received an e-mail from Melicia instructing him to locate Kite. Great, he thought, notifying Moeri he was on another mission and would "brb". Several minutes later, another e-mail addressed to Melicia was on its way to her inbox.
"Lambda: Quiet Oblivious Cabbage? That's the most absurd keyword I've ever heard of." Hotohori crossed his arms.
"It's where Palin says he went. He also mentioned it being pointed out on the Gardenia Fan Club thread," Melicia said matter-of-factly. Shrugging, she warped to the area from the Chaos Gate, Hotohori having no choice but to tag along since he was in her party.
The moment they arrived, Melicia let out a large, bellowing chat command: "Yo, Kite!"
There was a brief pause, in which all that could be heard was doomlike field music and the sound of restless feet on lava. Then, there was a reply. "Uh, hello?"
"Kite! Hi, you don't know me. I was just wondering if you could help me out. I'd like to visit a protected area but I lack the virus cores necessary." Melicia put on a pitiful face, not really caring that Kite was probably on the other side of the field and couldn't see it anyway. "I promise I'll do you any favor you want if you help me!"
"She's lying. Don't listen," Hotohori added.
Kite did not answer. Apparently it was a tough decision.
"Anything?" he repeated, disbelieving.
"Anything. I promise." Hotohori snorted in his out-of-character manner, causing Palin to jump IRL.
Kite left Melicia with a three-dot pondering indication, then requested she meet him in Root Town.
Another person spoke then. "This better be good," Gardenia growled, although how growling in text messages is accomplished is anyone's guess.
Melicia glomped Hotohori. "We did it, Hotohori-sama!" she cried gleefully. "Kite's going to help us find Balmung."
"But he doesn't know it," Hotohori pointed out, glad he wasn't in the real world or else he wouldn't be able to breathe. "Shouldn't we tell him what we're up to?"
"Why do that? If he knows I'm a bishoumon trainer he probably wouldn't accept my offer." She clambered off of him, getting ready to gate out.
Hotohori shrugged. "Something tells me he's more informed than we think."
**End: Chapter Three**
