Thoughts ran about Erick's mind as he slid back in his rolling computer chair, the back to it popping out of place for a moment. That damned chair always popped out of place, causing for a rather uncomfortable sit. He had other things to worry about at the moment then a damned chair.
He picked up the phone, about as flat as an old CD player, its LCD display reading its welcome message. Holding it to the right side of his head, he spoke into the reciever, "Daniel." A few seconds later, a fient ringing graced his ear's, followed by a gruff, "'Ello?" Erick sat there for a moment, breathing heavily, a joke the two had been doing for quite some time, until Daniel finally replied, "Whats up Erick..." A reply came quickly, "Nothing much, just calling you about that disc..."
Clearing his throat as he always did before speaking in length, Daniel went on to say, "Well...that disc holds quite powerful stuff...and when you use it, you will be slightly out of the torrential mainstream gamers. You will find an unearned power inside of you, a new weapon, new armor...enough to protect you from the majority of the 'Vanguard'. But it edits data illegally, so every now and then, you will have administration players tailing you." "Administration tailing me? After one day? Thats just redic...", Erick tried to say, but Daniel shut him off. "Do not worry...As long as you don't do anything to harm the mainstream players, then tailing is the most they will do. Now, just put the disc into the last drive...yes, the same one as the game" Erick frowned, yet did as he was told. After a few seconds, the black screen started fading into many diverse colors, finally ending back on the black screen with a silver symbol in the middle, the symbol that ran underneath his eyes, the serpent fang in the middle. "There...it should be done. When you next log in, you will find some changes...though....dont try any of the techniques in your mind that begin with Data. Wait until tommorow for that, so you will be at least used to the program." Waiting to make sure Daniel was done, Erick spoke once more, "What exactly did I just do..." A loud, exasperated sigh tore through Daniel's receiver as he began to speak once more, "You have edited your character data. Your armor and weapon will be highly upgraded, to a state that most legit players would never dream of. Don't worry, newbie, it's perfectly safe" "Stop f-cking calling me a newbie..." "You are...arn't you?" Silence was struck on both lines, the narrowing eyed Erick merely speaking, "Alright then, I'm gonna go back in then...you coming?" Atlas took a moment to think, then said, "I should..don't want you killing yourself. Meet me at the same Chaos Gate...the one outside of the main city" As Erick agree'd, they both hung up. He still could not help but wonder if using that disc was such a good idea. For one, Atlas made it sound so gravely importent and hard to use inside the game, but once in the real world, it was moronically simple. Sighing, he slid the headset back onto the still gloved hands, a golden light flooding into his eyes.
Midway through the logging in process, the golden light changed to a dull gray, showing Xreser in all his splender. Those serpent like eyes widened as a grin spread across his face, abilities he didn't beleive attainable in his grasp. That grin flashed, as did the entire image of the BladeMaster. Suddenly, the change that would ratify Xreser's life forever set into motion.
The grey armor on his body seemed to melt away, giving life to a more intricate, gleaming silver, its many layers carved with runes that Daniel swore he had seen before. The gleaming armor seemed to shine with a life of its own, causing Xreser to look at himself in amazement, holding up his unarmored hand to glance at the black cloth. Even the cloth covering his torso and left arm had changed. Now, a silvery hue seemed to flow forth from the many lines of stitched runes, that were so small, they only made the ebony cloth seem to shimmer with that unattainable color.
"Show me the weapon...", came a thought in Daniel's head. No sooner had that thought become complete, did Xreser reach behind himself, pulling his once rather bland blade free. Now, a one handed long sword was held firmly in an ebony clothed grasp, the silvery cross hatch resembling the same fangs that hung from his ear lobes. But, that was nothing compared to the blade that was so beautiful, that one may feel lost from peering into it's surface. The polished metal seemed to breath in light, causing the runes running up the flat of the blade to pulsate with an energy of their own, though something seemed not entirely right. Then, Daniel saw that the edge on each side of the blade was a deep black, so dark, that the light radiating from the polished metal of the blade seemed to be absorbed. And that dark energy created a trail of vapor, a trail as dark as the energy itself, when the BladeMaster slashed it aside. And with the first slash, the final change came into place.
The runes running up the flat of the blade suddenly became a deep black, making the now complete Xreser seem more menacing then before. Now, with a character able of defending himself, Erick found himself grinning at what he would do to Cima if she mouthed off. Xreser faded away, that grey light coming back one more to drag his persona into "The World", where, even with this upgraded character, a new challenge tougher then the rest lay.
He picked up the phone, about as flat as an old CD player, its LCD display reading its welcome message. Holding it to the right side of his head, he spoke into the reciever, "Daniel." A few seconds later, a fient ringing graced his ear's, followed by a gruff, "'Ello?" Erick sat there for a moment, breathing heavily, a joke the two had been doing for quite some time, until Daniel finally replied, "Whats up Erick..." A reply came quickly, "Nothing much, just calling you about that disc..."
Clearing his throat as he always did before speaking in length, Daniel went on to say, "Well...that disc holds quite powerful stuff...and when you use it, you will be slightly out of the torrential mainstream gamers. You will find an unearned power inside of you, a new weapon, new armor...enough to protect you from the majority of the 'Vanguard'. But it edits data illegally, so every now and then, you will have administration players tailing you." "Administration tailing me? After one day? Thats just redic...", Erick tried to say, but Daniel shut him off. "Do not worry...As long as you don't do anything to harm the mainstream players, then tailing is the most they will do. Now, just put the disc into the last drive...yes, the same one as the game" Erick frowned, yet did as he was told. After a few seconds, the black screen started fading into many diverse colors, finally ending back on the black screen with a silver symbol in the middle, the symbol that ran underneath his eyes, the serpent fang in the middle. "There...it should be done. When you next log in, you will find some changes...though....dont try any of the techniques in your mind that begin with Data. Wait until tommorow for that, so you will be at least used to the program." Waiting to make sure Daniel was done, Erick spoke once more, "What exactly did I just do..." A loud, exasperated sigh tore through Daniel's receiver as he began to speak once more, "You have edited your character data. Your armor and weapon will be highly upgraded, to a state that most legit players would never dream of. Don't worry, newbie, it's perfectly safe" "Stop f-cking calling me a newbie..." "You are...arn't you?" Silence was struck on both lines, the narrowing eyed Erick merely speaking, "Alright then, I'm gonna go back in then...you coming?" Atlas took a moment to think, then said, "I should..don't want you killing yourself. Meet me at the same Chaos Gate...the one outside of the main city" As Erick agree'd, they both hung up. He still could not help but wonder if using that disc was such a good idea. For one, Atlas made it sound so gravely importent and hard to use inside the game, but once in the real world, it was moronically simple. Sighing, he slid the headset back onto the still gloved hands, a golden light flooding into his eyes.
Midway through the logging in process, the golden light changed to a dull gray, showing Xreser in all his splender. Those serpent like eyes widened as a grin spread across his face, abilities he didn't beleive attainable in his grasp. That grin flashed, as did the entire image of the BladeMaster. Suddenly, the change that would ratify Xreser's life forever set into motion.
The grey armor on his body seemed to melt away, giving life to a more intricate, gleaming silver, its many layers carved with runes that Daniel swore he had seen before. The gleaming armor seemed to shine with a life of its own, causing Xreser to look at himself in amazement, holding up his unarmored hand to glance at the black cloth. Even the cloth covering his torso and left arm had changed. Now, a silvery hue seemed to flow forth from the many lines of stitched runes, that were so small, they only made the ebony cloth seem to shimmer with that unattainable color.
"Show me the weapon...", came a thought in Daniel's head. No sooner had that thought become complete, did Xreser reach behind himself, pulling his once rather bland blade free. Now, a one handed long sword was held firmly in an ebony clothed grasp, the silvery cross hatch resembling the same fangs that hung from his ear lobes. But, that was nothing compared to the blade that was so beautiful, that one may feel lost from peering into it's surface. The polished metal seemed to breath in light, causing the runes running up the flat of the blade to pulsate with an energy of their own, though something seemed not entirely right. Then, Daniel saw that the edge on each side of the blade was a deep black, so dark, that the light radiating from the polished metal of the blade seemed to be absorbed. And that dark energy created a trail of vapor, a trail as dark as the energy itself, when the BladeMaster slashed it aside. And with the first slash, the final change came into place.
The runes running up the flat of the blade suddenly became a deep black, making the now complete Xreser seem more menacing then before. Now, with a character able of defending himself, Erick found himself grinning at what he would do to Cima if she mouthed off. Xreser faded away, that grey light coming back one more to drag his persona into "The World", where, even with this upgraded character, a new challenge tougher then the rest lay.