A/N: Yo! How'd you all like the prologue? If anybody reviewed, I'd be very happy, and I'd exempt you from my 'Everyone-is-a-commie' list! If you're not a Commie, then review!
Chris walked out of his trashed up room. He figured he'd go for a walk, and then get Kelly to sign onto the World and help him join his quest. He slammed the front door on his way out. It was the way he let his older brother know he was going out. His older brother, Taro, was the family's lifeline. He was 25 years old, and held down 3 jobs to make sure he and Chris could keep the house. And he always managed to keep food on the table.
(FLCL – Crazy Sunshine)
Chris went out to eat lunch. Little did he know, Kelly was in the world, dealing with a common scum: a Player Killer.
Chapter 1: Player Killers and a Possessed Killer
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"What do you want with me?" Kelly asked the player, a Twin Blade named Iyakao. "Nothing… except your items and money…" The obvious thief sputtered. "Tch... Jerk." Kelly casted Suvi Lei on the thief, and then a barrage of Spells. "Ani Zot! Juk Kruz! Vak Rom!" She began to walk away, but before she knew it, the Twin Blade got behind her and stuck his blades to her neck. "You have one more chance." Kelly Gated Out before he could slash.
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(Amuro Namie – DRIVE)
Chris had just finished his meal, and walked into the shopping district. He saw an ad for The World posted in front of the CC Corp. Outlet Mall.
If you're a newbie to the World, or just want to make friends,
This dungeon is the place for you! You're bound to meet people just like you!
Come to Epsilon: Boundless Organ Market Sanctum!
"Hmmm…" Chris thought. "That level sounds dangerous… and also very suspicious…"
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Meanwhile… in the deepest, darkest reaches of The World… Morganna had taken hold of a new slave…
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(Tenchi Muyo – Tokimi IS Watching)
"Skeith.. You've done well. This boy shows potential." Morganna's voice bellowed. "Boy, Ryan. I command you, awaken in real life, and slaughter every being. Can you do that?" Ryan nodded. "Yes, Lady Morganna." Morganna smiled evilly. "Can you kill your family and friends?" Ryan nodded. "Yes… Lady Morganna." Morganna cackled. "Good! Now, when I chant this spell, you will wake up, but I will be instilled in your mind, to guide you, and give words of wisdom! Wake up, profess the Epitaph of Twilight, and carry out your mission!" Morganna formed her hands into a prayer-fold. "Der Halbdunkel Drache wird nicht mehr sein! Steigen, jung Ryan, und meine Befehle erfüllt! Halten Sie nicht auf, bis Sie den populus zerstört haben!" Ryan woke up in real life, and chanted the Epitaph of Twilight:
Yet to return, the shadowed one
who quests for the Twilight Dragon
Rumbles the dark hearth
And Helba, Queen of the Dark, has raised finally her army.
Apeiron, King of Light, beckons...
At the base of the rainbow doth they meet.
Against the abominable "wave" together they fight.
Alba's lake boils
Light's great tree doth fall
Power - all now to droplets turned in the
temple of Arche Koeln
Returns to nothing, this world of shadowless ones.
Never to return, the shadowed one,
who quests for the Twilight Dragon.
The daughter that waited for the shadows repeated,
"For sure... For sure I will return."
But the girl did not know...
The truth that waited at the end of the journey.
After the stars doth cross the heavens,
The sky in the East doth darken, and air doth fill with mourning,
From the chosen land beyond the forest, a sign of the Wave comes.
Riding the wake is Skeith, the Shadow of Death, to drown all that stands.
Mirage of Deceit Innis, betrays all with a flawed image, and did aid the Wave.
By the power of Magus, a drop from the Wave doth reach the heavens, and creates
a new Wave.
With the Wave Fidchell, the power to tell the dark future: hope Darkens,
sadness and despair rules.
Gorre schemes when swallowed by the Cursed Wave.
Macha seduces with the sweet trap.
The Wave reaches it's pinnacle, and escape can none.
Tarvos still returns with more cruelty to punish and destroy.
And with the turbulent destruction,
After the wave, only a void remains
And from deep within the void
Arrives Corbenik
The Wave sours and shrouds the eyes.
No means to fight an omnipresent force,
The shadowless ones just grieve.
Why must it be a Wave?
Divide, if it would just...
Then retaliate, we may.
When the finger points to the,
yonder moon, the fool will not look at the fingertip.
The whole cannot be changed;
we have already lost that chance.
Because the time left to us was short,
we were mistaken in our path.
But now do we realize,
we should change not the whole,
But the parts…
He then got up, and looked around. He was alive! Then, a stinging sensation went through his head. Wake Up! Carry out your mission! His eyes grew dim. He took a glass bottle of medicine from the person opposite his bed, and broke it. He got ready to kill the elderly woman, but stopped himself. N-NO! I-it's not right! "Eh, old bag won't have much longer to live anyways." The puppet-like Ryan said, scratching his black hair. He ran out of the room. A nurse screamed.
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Kelly walked into the mall. All of a sudden, a siren blared, followed by a warning over a citywide PA system. "ATTENTION! This is not a test! A killer is in the area. He is currently on a rampage in the Village Care Hospice!" Kelly dropped her CD player. "Everyone, stay alert, and do not go outside unless it is absolutely necessary! Keep all doors and windows locked! I pray for your safety!"
(Trigun – Nerve Rack)
Kelly gasped. "T-that's where Ryan is! I have to go there!" She turned around, but a security guard was in her way. "I'm sorry, but I cannot let you out by yourself!" Kelly pushed him out of the way. "Sorry, nothing personal!"
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Chris also heard the announcement and made a mad dash for the Hospice. He walked in. It was a scene from a horror movie. No life. Everyone was… dead. Except for the terminally ill and elderly, everyone was gone. "Chris!" Kelly ran up to him. "There's gonna be hell to pay when I find this killer, especially if he took out Ryan." Chris said. The hospital smelled like fresh blood.
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(Final Fantasy VIII – Compression of Time)
Ryan walked around a corner, covered in blood. "Come, friend, and join Morganna in THETA CHOSEN HOPELESS NOTHINGNESS!" Chris and Kelly both recognized this as a Keyword. "I am an apprentice of the Terror of Death, Skeith! I shall slaughter you!" Ryan yelled. He lunged at Chris, who held him back with both arms. Ryan eased one arm, then pulled a switchblade out of his pocket and slashed Chris's shoulder. "Agh!" Chris yelled as the searing pain went through his body. Chris turned Ryan around, and pushed him into a wall. Kelly ran up to him. "Ryan! SNAP OUT OF THIS!" Kelly slapped him. "So, you'd be so bold as to hit your own friend." Ryan said. Kelly's eyes widened.
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(.hack//Liminality – Thousand Night)
"I'm so bold? I'M SO BOLD TO HIT YOU!?" Kelly pushed him into a wall. "You have some right to say that, Ryan! You killed all those people, and you have the right to say that?!" Kelly punched him. HARD. In the cheek. Ryan woke up. "W-what's going on?" Ryan looked around. "Why's it so... quiet?" Ryan remembered what he did. "I.. killed everyone. I remember… I was controlled by… Morganna… And although I'm out of her reach for now, she may pull me back into a coma, and take over again. Chris, Kelly, I want you to promise me this. Whether we're in real life or 'The World', if I try to kill you, or anyone else, then I want you to kill me…" Ryan's eyes closed. He was back into his coma. Chris and Kelly both helped each other carry their friend to the bed, tears in their eyes. "Ryan…" Kelly said. "We will help you. We promise."
Next Episode Preivew:
Chris: So… You're probably sick of us by now! But, we meet up with some interesting characters next episode! Kite, BlackRose, and Gardenia!
Kelly: And that evil PK is back also!
Morganna: And it's not a complete chapter unless I make an appearance!
Chris and Kelly: Actually, the chapter's are better off without you.
Morganna: Little shits. Next Chapter:
Convention
Mistral: Yeah! The gang's all here! :-D