Author's Note: Just finished reading the first eight episodes of the manga.
I think it was the manga, at least. Erm. . .Well, it's the manga-gone-
anime. How 'bout that? Anyway, there's nothing about .hack//LotTB (Legend
of the Twilight Bracelet) that I can include, since it takes place after
both the anime(s) and the game. T.T
Thanks to everyone who reviewed this. I deeply appreciate it. ^.^ Another short chapter on the way. Sorry I'm not too creative with all this - I just have a hard time making things long. (Oh gods. . .the innuendo bunny is having a picnic!)
Disclaimer: Despite the fact I toss the whole thing around like a rag doll, butchering and mangling the very concept of it all, .hack does not belong to me. Neither does that cool scrambling thing that happens to Aura's e- mails. *sob*
?+a^$)r_/w
Delving to the Deep. . .
I trudged up the stairs to my room with lunch - a sandwich and soda. I wasn't too hungry at the moment, and I wouldn't have time to eat it anyway if I were heading back. Back to "The World".
I read the news while I nibbled at my sandwich. The articles had piled up, so there was plenty there. What piqued my interest (aside from the bit about cultivating healthier apples) was the coma incident in Kanazawa. Miraculously it wasn't too far from here, being it was in the same prefecture. The name, Tomonari Kasumi seemed vaguely familiar. All I could really tie with it was "Sieg", though. I wasn't even sure of that.
After reading the rest of the news (I took pity upon myself at notice of the new Neuro Goggles that had gone on sale. I wish I had more patience. . .), I inadvertently fiddled with my desktop wallpaper. A while passed and I realized I just didn't want to go back. I shook myself. This was important. I *had* to go back. Besides, I had already finished lunch.
I took a deep breath, put the goggles over my head, moused over the icon, double-clicked. I exchanged the mouse for the controller, slipped the goggles down. I read the BBS, finding nothing particularly interesting, all except for a thread titled "Coma". But when I went to read it, the message had been deleted. There were also a lot of posts about the server crashing, which I missed. I skimmed over a lot of it. When it had all been read, I exited the BBS and logged in, hoping I wouldn't get stuck again.
Here I was again in Mac Anu. It was still the same, much to my relief. This time I didn't get too excited. I calmly made my way to the bridge, to see if the same incident would happen twice. I stopped right in the location I had been before I was transported to that empty field.
Nothing happened.
I tried remembering what I'd done. All I really *had* done was run, and I tried that plenty of times. Still, I remained in Mac Anu.
Several "tries" later, I disparagingly sat on the rail of the bridge. I contemplated for some time about the field, my sudden warp there. I balanced my Bloody Lance over my feet, not really paying much attention to the surrounding town. Not until someone shouted at me from below.
"Coming through!" said a husky voice. I withdrew my knees, grabbing hold of the lance before it could fall. Yet, it fell.
"Hey, sorry!" I shouted. "Could you toss it back up?"
A man with a weird helmet leered up at me with glowing red eyes. In the same boat, a gentle-looking Heavy Axewoman made her way forward. The knight lifted the lance that he had deftly caught and, just as exquisitely, tossed it back up. The lance almost flew to my hands. I had never been much good at catching anything.
I smiled and waved, but neither of them seemed to notice. The minute they were under the bridge, they began talking.
"Lady Subaru, did you see that lance?" the man said. "It didn't look like any Long Arm weapon I'd seen before."
"The inventory said it was a Bloody Lance," said a clear, soft voice, obviously the woman's. "But it didn't look like one. It couldn't have been - the description said it was level 99."
I looked over my shoulder as they came out the other side. Who were those people? I had heard of a Lady Subaru before. I mulled the name over for quite some time. 'Lady Subaru - of the Crimson Knights,' I thought. Those were the self-appointed peacekeepers inside "The World". I gasped, turning fully around to watch the boat sail off. I noticed that, before they rounded a corner, the two had been staring back at me. At least before I decided to look at them. They were glowing. And they didn't really go around the corner; it was more like they. . .disappeared.
I grimaced. What would happen if they investigated my character? I doubt they'd believe my story. I still had a hard time with it myself. I regarded the lance in my hands pitifully. If I didn't fix this, the Crimson Knights would surely do something to my character. I eased myself to the planks of the bridge and stood upright. There was something I could try.
I took off calmly to the weapon shop. I purchased a lance and some armor, graciously thanking whoever decided to put the lowest level equipment right where I could get my hands on it. However, when I went to equip it, the screen fizzled. It was only for a moment, but it shocked me out of my wits. I kept equipping the armor, the lance. . .but the visor kept fizzling. Moaning distressingly, I sold it all back to the weapon shop. I moped back across the bridge, all the way to the recorder. I didn't know why I was saving, but I did anyway.
On my way to the Chaos Gate, some jerk called BlackRose almost plowed me over when she ran down the stairs. Glaring over my shoulder at her, I ended up knocked shoulders with a kid called Kite. He looked rather dejected, to say the least. I said a quick "sorry" before continuing on my way. I felt something strange about that kid. But judging by his weapons, the Twin Blade's Amateur Blades, he was just a newbie. I couldn't help contemplating on that odd surge long after I had logged out of "The World".
What was that all about, anyway?
Thanks to everyone who reviewed this. I deeply appreciate it. ^.^ Another short chapter on the way. Sorry I'm not too creative with all this - I just have a hard time making things long. (Oh gods. . .the innuendo bunny is having a picnic!)
Disclaimer: Despite the fact I toss the whole thing around like a rag doll, butchering and mangling the very concept of it all, .hack does not belong to me. Neither does that cool scrambling thing that happens to Aura's e- mails. *sob*
?+a^$)r_/w
Delving to the Deep. . .
I trudged up the stairs to my room with lunch - a sandwich and soda. I wasn't too hungry at the moment, and I wouldn't have time to eat it anyway if I were heading back. Back to "The World".
I read the news while I nibbled at my sandwich. The articles had piled up, so there was plenty there. What piqued my interest (aside from the bit about cultivating healthier apples) was the coma incident in Kanazawa. Miraculously it wasn't too far from here, being it was in the same prefecture. The name, Tomonari Kasumi seemed vaguely familiar. All I could really tie with it was "Sieg", though. I wasn't even sure of that.
After reading the rest of the news (I took pity upon myself at notice of the new Neuro Goggles that had gone on sale. I wish I had more patience. . .), I inadvertently fiddled with my desktop wallpaper. A while passed and I realized I just didn't want to go back. I shook myself. This was important. I *had* to go back. Besides, I had already finished lunch.
I took a deep breath, put the goggles over my head, moused over the icon, double-clicked. I exchanged the mouse for the controller, slipped the goggles down. I read the BBS, finding nothing particularly interesting, all except for a thread titled "Coma". But when I went to read it, the message had been deleted. There were also a lot of posts about the server crashing, which I missed. I skimmed over a lot of it. When it had all been read, I exited the BBS and logged in, hoping I wouldn't get stuck again.
Here I was again in Mac Anu. It was still the same, much to my relief. This time I didn't get too excited. I calmly made my way to the bridge, to see if the same incident would happen twice. I stopped right in the location I had been before I was transported to that empty field.
Nothing happened.
I tried remembering what I'd done. All I really *had* done was run, and I tried that plenty of times. Still, I remained in Mac Anu.
Several "tries" later, I disparagingly sat on the rail of the bridge. I contemplated for some time about the field, my sudden warp there. I balanced my Bloody Lance over my feet, not really paying much attention to the surrounding town. Not until someone shouted at me from below.
"Coming through!" said a husky voice. I withdrew my knees, grabbing hold of the lance before it could fall. Yet, it fell.
"Hey, sorry!" I shouted. "Could you toss it back up?"
A man with a weird helmet leered up at me with glowing red eyes. In the same boat, a gentle-looking Heavy Axewoman made her way forward. The knight lifted the lance that he had deftly caught and, just as exquisitely, tossed it back up. The lance almost flew to my hands. I had never been much good at catching anything.
I smiled and waved, but neither of them seemed to notice. The minute they were under the bridge, they began talking.
"Lady Subaru, did you see that lance?" the man said. "It didn't look like any Long Arm weapon I'd seen before."
"The inventory said it was a Bloody Lance," said a clear, soft voice, obviously the woman's. "But it didn't look like one. It couldn't have been - the description said it was level 99."
I looked over my shoulder as they came out the other side. Who were those people? I had heard of a Lady Subaru before. I mulled the name over for quite some time. 'Lady Subaru - of the Crimson Knights,' I thought. Those were the self-appointed peacekeepers inside "The World". I gasped, turning fully around to watch the boat sail off. I noticed that, before they rounded a corner, the two had been staring back at me. At least before I decided to look at them. They were glowing. And they didn't really go around the corner; it was more like they. . .disappeared.
I grimaced. What would happen if they investigated my character? I doubt they'd believe my story. I still had a hard time with it myself. I regarded the lance in my hands pitifully. If I didn't fix this, the Crimson Knights would surely do something to my character. I eased myself to the planks of the bridge and stood upright. There was something I could try.
I took off calmly to the weapon shop. I purchased a lance and some armor, graciously thanking whoever decided to put the lowest level equipment right where I could get my hands on it. However, when I went to equip it, the screen fizzled. It was only for a moment, but it shocked me out of my wits. I kept equipping the armor, the lance. . .but the visor kept fizzling. Moaning distressingly, I sold it all back to the weapon shop. I moped back across the bridge, all the way to the recorder. I didn't know why I was saving, but I did anyway.
On my way to the Chaos Gate, some jerk called BlackRose almost plowed me over when she ran down the stairs. Glaring over my shoulder at her, I ended up knocked shoulders with a kid called Kite. He looked rather dejected, to say the least. I said a quick "sorry" before continuing on my way. I felt something strange about that kid. But judging by his weapons, the Twin Blade's Amateur Blades, he was just a newbie. I couldn't help contemplating on that odd surge long after I had logged out of "The World".
What was that all about, anyway?
