.Hack//WORLD
Cookie Six: An Exchange
Janx stayed online after the previous events of the night. He wandered about the Theta server Root Town until about midnight not doing much of anything. Eventually he remembered the items he won and received at the contest dungeon earlier. He decided upon ridding himself of unwanted items and weapons. Since he got a good Long Arm weapon he began a search for someone of that type. Before he found one however he stopped to see a male Wavemaster with medium length black hair practically sexually harassing a female Twin Blade.
Janx never liked guys like this one who were full of themselves. It sort of disgusted him deep down. He couldn't help but wonder if that player acted the same in the real world as he did here. Is it possible that some people act differently here then out in the real world? Janx strolled over after the female Twin Blade slapped the guy.
The Wavemaster turned to Janx with a shrug. "Eh. She wasn't worth it." He lamented making Janx hate him a bit more. "Well, whatever." The Wavemaster said with a sigh passing Janx by. "You shouldn't treat girls that way you know" Janx advised still facing away from the Wavemaster. "Or you'll get slapped more."
The Wavemaster turned to Janx and laughed. "Good advice. I'll take it into consideration." He replied as Janx pivoted to face him. "You seem like a good player. I mean level thirty-four is pretty good. Here take my member address." The Wavemaster suggested. "Call on me if 'ya need a good Wavemaster." The Wavemaster expressed running off.
Janx stood at that spot bewildered. He had no clue what just happened, but he just made a new ally. That guy was a strong Wavemaster, perverted, but a Wavemaster nonetheless. The Wavemaster's name was as weird as the player himself was. His name was Niche, which is suitable place or position for a person or species. Does that mean this Niche guy thought "The World" was his place to be, or that where he is at in the real world is the best place? Most people use real names, or at least names from literature. Bob had a normal name you find in baby books and the like, and Janx's name was from literature.
But names can really be anything though, and that's the great thing about them. Janx broke from his train of thought and continued on his search for a Long Arm to trade his River Spear with. He eventually found one sitting behind the grunty shop there in the Theta Root Town. The place he met that Wavemaster Tsukasa a few days ago. There sat a Long Arm in dark blue armor. "Bingo" Janx stated.
Janx walked up to Jaga who sat at the edge. "Hey do you want to trade?" Janx asked enthusiastically. Jaga looked over to Janx then proceeded in ignoring the Twin Blade. "Hey don't ignore me!" Janx shouted. He stood there frustrated as Jaga continued to not give the Twin Blade the time of day. Janx clenched his fists in anger, but he didn't let it go outwards at Jaga. "Fine I guess you don't want my River Spear." Janx said turning around.
Jaga's head snapped to attention. "River Spear? That's a semi-strong one I think." Jaga murmured to himself. He stood up quickly and turned to Janx. "Hey wait a second Twin Blade!" Jaga demanded. Janx turned around to see the Long Arm. "So you want to trade?" Janx questioned.
Jaga stood looking at Janx for a short time. He then nodded his head in agreement. "Yes I will trade." Jaga said. It was a sentence that was said in a malice filled manner though. Even though Jaga didn't want that feeling to be broadcasted. "Okay then what do you got?" janx questioned walking back over.
Jaga stood there a moment and perused his Item list. He then grumbled something. "Damn. I ain't got nothing." Jaga said in frustration. Janx stood there a few moments and thought it over. "Uh, just take it then." Janx said handing the spear over. Jaga looked at the thing as if it were diseased. "Take it?"
"Yeah." Janx urged. Jaga shook his head. "I can't take it without giving you something first." Jaga said crossing his arms. Janx thought about the matter and came to a conclusion: "Just give me a Fortune Wire or something."
"That won't do." Jaga stated. "This weapon is worth so much more than that. I'm going to give you my member address for the spear." Jaga stated. "Your address?" Janx questioned. "Do you accept?"
Janx nodded his head and handed the spear over. "Why did you give me your address though?" Janx questioned. Jaga began to turn away, but stopped. "You're a strong Twin Blade, and you won that contest right?" Janx nodded his head. "Then you must be a good ally. I may call you sometime to help me." Jaga said walking away. Janx moved after. "But I didn't give you my member address. How can you call me?" Janx asked as Jaga felt stupid. "Here take mine as well then." Janx offered. "Thanks. Expect me to e-mail you." Jaga stated walking away as Janx logged off.
Jaga came to the Elf's Haven and was met by Flora. "Hiya!" Flora shouted in an excited mood. Jaga sort of cringed at her voice-especially the shrill one that screamed 'Hiya!'. Jaga turned to the girl and gave a type of smile, but since he's wearing a helmet you couldn't see it. "Oh hey there Flora." Jaga said with annoyance in his tone.
"Hey don't sound so glum chum." Flora stated and afterwards laughed. Jaga felt like he wanted to stab himself with his new River Spear just to get away from her. When he wanted to move though he didn't. At first a possibility of a glitch came to mind, but it was he. He didn't want to go.
"So should we go and level up so we can be prepared?" Flora questioned. Jaga wanted to say no, but his head nodded in agreement with her words. Why was his player acting the opposite of what he wanted? Then he realized he was still controlling the movements and all from where he was in the real world. "Then let's get going." Flora said grabbing his arm and running for the Chaos Gate. Just before getting there Jaga stopped himself finally. "What's up?" She asked.
"Uh." He expressed as a million thoughts went through his head. "I forgot to save. I don't want to lose what I got now do I?" He asked and ran over to the Recorder Shop. Flora followed him too. She hit herself playfully in the head and stuck out her tongue to show she forgot to do the same. "I can't believe we almost forgot about saving." She commented as they went about the saving process.
The two finally turned around and came to the Chaos Gate. "Wait." Jaga said. She turned to him with question on her face. "Uh, I gotta go sorry." He said preparing to log out. "Oh that's okay I guess." Flora replied disappointed, but she didn't show it. "Uh, I met someone today, so I'll bring him along with us when we go to get stronger okay?" Jaga questioned. Flora nodded her head and watched as Jaga logged off.
She slumped her shoulders in disappointment. "That stupid Long Arm. I was looking forward to actually going into a dungeon with him for a change." She stated as she logged out as well.
Janx arrived moments later on the Lambda server. "I guess I could play a bit longer." He said with a shrug approaching the Chaos Gate behind him. "No one else is on. Well, I guess 12:15 on a weeknight is not a common time to play." He expressed as he came to the Gate. "I'll go at it alone then." He placed the keywords Bursting Passed Over Twin Hills. Off he went into a dungeon alone. A risky decision for some players . . .
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Thanks to:
Dark Stri
Kioke678: That's why my chapters are so short really. So you can read 'em fast. Bob is sort of like Piros, but only in that aspect. He's just really optimistic, or at least tries to be.
Serene Faerie