My first .Hack Fanfic But first, a few notes. First don't think there are no show characters showing up because it's simply, it's impossible. This takes place in a world like the REAL WORLD where the show is just a show. A place where people watch .Hack//Sign, read .Hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet, and play .Hack//Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, and Absolute Encirclement (AKA .Hack//Quarentine). A world that takes place in 2008, where The World has been invented by the Sony Company for the PS4 as an online MMPORG for the sake of keeping up Project .Hack. People play it all the time, there is no Pluto's Kiss Incident, nor Deadly Flash Virus. People still use Linux, Mac, and Windows OS. No sign of funny things ever, and people very well know that there is no Aura or Skeith or anything like that in the system. Or so we think Despite all that show characters might still show up. Hell, one might be here right now.

Disclaimer: I don't own project .Hack, the PS license, Bandai, Sony, .Hack//Sign, .Hack//Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, or Quarantine. I don't own Kite, Helba, Maha, Morganna, or anyone else except Liz, Nashid owns herself and Rachel owns herself. That is all Sarah owns herself as well, and I don't own Bob the Builder, Inu Yasha, or things of that sort


Chapter One – Log In


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.
'Epitaph of Twilight'---Emma Wieland


Time: 5:23 PM
Date: September 24th, 2008

"OH MY GOD!" Yelled out Rachel Byrne, a 15-year-old high school student who had just five seconds ago been sitting calmly at the Dunkin Donughts in Brooklyn, New York. Checking out the technology section, she found that the game .Hack//Online, a popular game in Japan based off project .Hack, was finally due to arrive in America fully translated. A fanatic of the series, the blonde-haired girl knew she just had to get it, and get her best friend involved, weather she liked it or not. More then likely, not.

"What!" Yelled Liz Dragonlady, while full name Elizabeth Drakken, she went by Liz Dragonlady due to her tendencies to over-obsess on dragons whilst in and out of school. Nearly jumping out of her skin with her friend's sudden outburst, she nearly spilled a coolata all over her homework. "What in the name of Ra is it!?!" She questioned, glaring at Rachel.

"The .Hack//Online game is finally going to be out in English! I'm getting it FIRST THING tomorrow, ya comin'?" Questioned the yippy schoolgirl. "C'mon, ya GOTTA! It's going to be the coolest bestest sweetest—" Before she could continue, she was cut off by Nashid Alam, another friend of the group entering. She was blessed with the ability to speak fluent Japanese, as her parents spoke it around the house all the time. A long time back she had gotten the game for herself, in Japanese and had been leveling up. Her character, Black Rose (she had gotten the game early enough so she was the first person with that name and character type to exist) was nearly level 50 at the time, and was well known around the servers.

"What's up?" The dark-eyed girl questioned. Brushing a strand of her raven-black hair from her face, she peered down at Rachel's newspaper. Giving a smirk, she looked over at the still stunned Liz.

"I see that the .Hack//Online game has finally come out. And that you nearly gave Liz here a heart attack whilst telling her. Well, assumingly you both are getting it, I'll see ya both in tomorrow at school and we can make a meeting place, so we can exchange member addresses once ya both get the game. See ya'll!" She spoke, exiting as swiftly as she had entered. Rachel stood up, brushing off the blue and white plaid skirt she had to wear to the school, by uniform. Liz gave a sigh.

"Well, I guess if I DON'T get this game then I'll never get a moment of peace?" She questioned, standing. Rachel nodded enthusiastically as they both left the shop. Although Liz left for home, not caring one way or another what happened concerning the game, Rachel rushed to the store to check out how many copies were going to be sold and how soon she'd have to get to the store to get a copy. However, right before the duo parted, Liz handed Rachel $60, Rachel knew what this meant. That she'd pick up Liz's copy along with hers, saving Liz a trip to the story and Rachel an afternoon of nagging for Liz to go and buy the game. Both nodded, and went their separate directions.

Time: 4:30
Date: September 25th

"I GOT IT!" Yelled Rachel, tossing a copy of .Hack//Online to Liz. The disgruntled teen caught the disc case, and nearly threw it to the floor. A strong gust of wind came, blowing all her hair in her face, as she dropped the case. Swearing, she brushed all her strawberry-blonde hair out of her face, glaring with gold-green eyes as she looked for where the disc case went off to. While she was looking, the disc case lay but a few feet from her, yet out of her sight. Before she or anyone else could notice, a seemingly random person walked by, purposely stepping on the disc case. Once the offending foot was gone, a symbol flashed on the case, burning into the CD within, then was gone. Rachel found the case, handing it back to Liz.

"I'll try not to drop it again" Spoke Liz, slipping the plastic box into her backpack and walking towards her house. Rachel gave a smirk and waved goodbye, dashing off to her own home to play the game.

"See ya tomarra!" Yelled Rachel, as Liz gave a nod, walking to her house to start on her homework. Fidgeting with her keys, she unlocked the door to her family's house, entering and yelling a hello to her mother. Going up to her room, she threw her backpack on the bed and started working on her homework. The disc case still was in the backpack, and with that she completely forgot about it. Finishing the math and all other things, she began to doze off. Soon enough, she was fast asleep slumped over her work.

Time: Unknown
Date: September 25th

Liz

"What?" Questioned she looking about. The room she was in was empty, if you could even call it a room. Pure white, extending in all directions for all eternity. "Where am I and why in the name of hell am I here?" Liz yelled demandingly.

Aura

"Aura? I don't CARE about any Aura, she's just a cartoon character, why am I here?" She yelled, stomping her foot.

She is yours she is mine

"You're not making any sense"

Tangible

"Tangible?" She questioned. "You're making NO sense! This gotta be a dream"

I wanted to make them, tangible

"Shutup!" She yelled, then snapped awake. Sitting bolt upright, eyes wide cold sweat dripped down her face. "What the hell It's 5:00 I must've dozed off Well, at lest my homework's done. I guess I'd better play the game before Rachel starts calling." She said, putting the disc into the PS4 and booting up the system. The ALMIT OS booted up on the screen; Liz gave a laugh at the PS4's attempt to emulate an actual computer. Putting on the helmet and gloves, as well as all the other paraphernalia needed to work the PS4; she opened "The World" and logged in, brought to a screen to create her character.

Time: 5:15
Date: September 25th

"Done!" Spoke Rachel Byrne, completing her character. It was a heavy axe, similar to Subaru. Actually, the character design was identical, save the fact that she had light blonde hair instead of blue. Logging onto the world, Rachel, going by the name of Keiko on the world, looked around for Liz's character, whoever she might be. Soon enough, a female twin-blade warped in, level one, brand new. Very similar to Kite (due to lack of creativity and willfulness towards the entire game and series) except it was a girl instead of a boy, everything else was identical. She looked around, as if looking for someone

"Rachel?" Liz questioned to the air, going by the name Liz in the game, same as in reality. The girl had little creativity in names; therefore she just used her own namesake. Keiko waved, as Liz walked over. "Rachel? Is that you?" The twin-blade questioned. Keiko nodded.

"Yup it's me! But here I'm Keiko, so don't call me Rachel. I wonder where Black Rose is" Trailing off, at that instant Black Rose gated in with the chaos gate, waving to the two.

"Hi Liz, hi Keiko, or should I say Rachel?" Black Rose smirked, as Rachel hit her with her axe.

"I'm KEIKO here, not Rachel! Get it straight!" The Heavy Blade smirked, walking over to Liz. Liz looked over.

"I see that Keiko here forced you to play having any fun?" She questioned. The twin blade shook her head, looking about.

"I just got here I know how to play, though, assuming that the control holds true from the other .Hack games?" She questioned. Black Rose nodded.

"So, how'd you snag your name? I mean, wouldn't lots of people have already taken that name, Liz? It's so common" Remarked Keiko.

"Well, it's funny in fact I kept checking stuff like Liz16 or Dragonlady1220 and all that number-and-letter stuff but it was all taken. So I went to the basic just to test, and there! I got Liz apparently everyone else thought it was already taken and no one took it on the English Registered List."

"Cool." Was Black Rose's only reply.

New Event – Received Black Rose's member address!

New Event – Received Keiko's member address!

Both event messages flashed across her screen, as Liz added both people to her party. Black Rose nodded.

"Well, let's be off. You two'd better level up, otherwise you're both toast!" The trio nodded, and warped off to start their leveling quest from the Chaos Gates.

Time: Unknown
Date: September 25th

It seems that we have found a potential

"What do you mean by that?" Questioned the cat-like creature, looking to the blank whiteness before him. Suddenly, the environment flickered and changed. A bed in the middle of a bush of thorns, only a circular clearing surrounding the bed. The thorns were constantly re-weaving themselves, and the dark sky above was shattered data of bits and bytes showing through in places.

A newbie His data resembles that of what we need. It can easily be reconfigured to do what we wish. Tempt the player, then snag him. Soon, our goal will be within reach

"Who is this player?" Questioned the cat player again from the ground. "How can I find he who possesses the twilight power?"

You shall know in time you shall know all you wish to know in time, Maha. Soon

"You you know my name?" Questioned the cat-creature, as the world around him shattered, and he was once again sitting in the whiteness.

Time: 7:00 PM
Date: September 25th

"Yay, I'm level 7!" Yipped Keiko, jumping around like an idiot. Liz merely sweatdropped, gating out. "I gotta log out for the night homework. See ya'll!" Spoke Keiko, and gated out, then logging out. Black Rose gated out, looking over at Liz.

"I have stuff to do, see ya!" The heavy blade spoke, and disappeared as well. Liz merely sighed, and looked around. Not as many people were on as well, they were on the delta server, and it was pretty empty, oddly enough. One would think it would be flooded with newbies just buying the game today. How very, very odd.

"Weird, how empty this place is" The Twin Blade remarked, as a high level blademaster entered. His member name was Balmung, he was well known in the Japanese version of the game, modeled on the descendent of Fianna.

"You're a new face around here" He noted, making Liz jump spinning around. She hadn't noticed he was behind her.

"Yes though I didn't really want to play this game. My friends dragged me into it You're Balmung? As in Balmung of the azure sky?" She questioned.

"I just go by Balmung, I don't use azure sky, it's too cliché. And too copycat from the game. But yes, I'm Balmung."

"Balmung That means you're admin." She said with a sigh. The blademaster looked slightly puzzled, as the twin blade managed to pull herself together.

"Well, I'd better get going. Seeing you're a newbie, I'll help you to level up when I can. See you around" He spoke, then warped out to another server or logged out, she couldn't be shure.

New Event – Received Balmung's member address!

"Yay!" Liz yipped, then walked off to go store some things at elf's haven. She didn't need to carry around 20 aromatic grass, now did she? Depositing the items, she sold some of her un-needed stuff at the places, and traded for Spell Blades. Equipping the item, Liz swiftly realized that it was a much better improvement over Steel Blades, the item she previously had. That and they looked cooler to boot. Walking over to the chaos gate, she decided to log out, and go to the boards.

Thread --- Dante's Blades
Post – Whose Dante?
Who is this Dante person? Or the rest of the people these blades are named after. I don't get it (some_dude)

Post – Re: Whose Dante?
I guess that Dante is just a person or something like that. Either way, it's a pretty powerful item for a lower-level character, so I tend not to think about it. (X_Zee_X)

Post – Perhaps a Video Game Dude?
Maybe he's that guy from Devil May Cry? o.O (Bob_the_Builder)

Post – Re: Perhaps a Video Game Dude?
Wouldn't then they get into a copyright infringement or case thing-a-ma-what-sit?

Post – Copyright(some_dude)
Well, in .Hack//Outbreak Digimon and other various well-known things are mentioned maybe they have a deal? (Bob_the_Builder)

Post – Divine Comedy
Or maybe it's from Dante's divine comedy? (vampireinaCAN)

Thread --- Church?
Post - .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
Despite what happens in .Hack//Infection as well as .Hack//Sign the keywords Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground don't take you anywhere except a normal field. But I guess that makes sense, you can't have any people who go there and get killed by a data bug monster Or have any people with special abilities like Data Drain. It juts wouldn't be fair (Thralk)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
But it would be cool! That and a few other places that should have stuff Hideous Someone's Giant doesn't give you the Parasite Dragon boss battle, either. But I guess that's good, I would be killed by a monster that powerful. (Neffie)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
Chosen Hopeless Nothingness doesn't take you to Skeith either. But I guess that's good, who knows what Data Drain would do and either way, you wouldn't want to have to fight any of the glitched bosses anyway, you can't defeat them without either Data Drain. And since no one has the Bracelet it's a pointless endeavor. (vampireinaCAN)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
True I have to agree it's a stupid thing. (Thralk)

Thread --- Protected Area?!?
Post: This shouldn't exist!
There's a "protected area", I tried plugging in Hideous Hopeless Demon and it said it was a "protected area". Maybe it's still under construction? Or just a normal glitch. (MEep)

Post – Re: This shouldn't exist!
Most likely under construction. Though I've been having problems the past few days on .Hack//Online. Maybe it's part of a bigger plot development? (Kathie)

"Weird I'm going back to Mac Anu" Spoke Liz to the air. It wasn't as if anyone could hear her. However, before going back she posted her own message.

New Thread --- Epitaph of Twilight
Post – Full translation
I know in .Hack//Infection they tell you a part of the Epitaph of the Twilight I think it's translated from German, anyone here got a full translation? I think it might have something to do here in .Hack//Online I'm looking up Who knows? (Liz)

Logging back in, Liz decided to just go level up for the sake of leveling up. Little did she know what was going on in other places

Time: 7:30
Date: September 25th

"Time to get back on!" Yipped Rachel, booting up her PS4 to get back on .Hack//Online. However, when trying to log in from the ALMIT OS screen, she was faced with an error message. Trying again, she found that she was locked out.

"Is this an event?" She questioned, then turned off the PS4. "Maybe it'll go away if I reboot the PS" She said, turning the system back on, taking out the disc, taking out the memory card, then putting both back in. She logged on again and tried to log into the world. Alas, no progress.

"NOOOOOOOOO! I wonder if Nashid's having the same problem Maybe I can play it at her house!" Picking up the telephone, Rachel called her friend to see if she could use the PS4.

"Moshi moshi. Nashid speaking, who is this?" Questioned Nashid from the other end of the line.

"It's me Rachel. Can you use your PS4 right now or .Hack//Online?" Questioned Rachel worriedly. Nashid replied sounding calm and cool, but with undertones of stress.

"No I was about to call you and ask the same question. Do you think that Liz has service?" Questioned Nashid. "Though I doubt it, the American servers are new, they're most likely down for maintenance.

"I dunno, let's call her!" Spoke Rachel, then hung up slamming down the phone on the receiver. Nashid shook her head sadly, and calmly set down the phone.

"Rachel! Dinner!" Yelled Rachel's mom, as the girl dashed downstairs to eat her evening meal. Calling Liz was totally forgotten.

Time: 8:00
Date: September 25th

"I wonder where everyone is" Spoke Liz, warping back to Mac Anu from a field. There was oddly no one, not a single PC. There were your NPCs still manning the trade booths and stuff, but none of your usual PCs running about.

"I guess I can then just go to level up more without any disturbances. More EXP for me!" Spoke Liz and went to the random keyword selection.

Date: September 25th, 2008

Keywords – Hidden Forbidden Holy ground
Area Level: 6
Element: Wood
Warp? [Yes/No]

Yes

"Shouldn't be anything too bad there, the board said it was a normal place. Well, here I go!" Spoke Liz and warped off, without a second thought. Right as she left, Balmung appeared.

"How can she be here?" He questioned to himself, then warped out.

Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground

"Wha?" Questioned Liz, looking around. This place shouldn't be like this. There was no map, first off. Second, it wasn't a normal field like the other players had said. And third, there were no monsters or dungeons.

"Maybe they lied to keep newbies away?" She questioned, then gated out.

Server Town - Mac Anu

"Still no one" Tomorrow she'd return with her friends, therefore if there were a strong monster, she wouldn't be killed. That wouldn't be very fun. Saving she logged out entirely for the night, going upstairs to play on Neopets. The second she logged out, Balmung gated in.

"Wait!" He yelled, but she was already gone.
Time: 12:30
Date: September 26th

"Hi guys!" Yelled out Liz, waving her other two friends over to the table in the lunchroom. "I found this really weird place in .Hack//Online yesterday—" However, before she could say more, Rachel began to shake her and scream at her.

"YOU COULD GET ON THE WORLD YESTERDAY?!? I HATE YOU!" Nashid managed to tear Rachel off of Liz, who at the moment was very stunned.

"What do you mean? Couldn't you?" She questioned as if it was no big deal. Wrong move to make in front of Rachel.

"No I couldn't, not for the whole night after around 7! Same with Nashid here. It makes no sense" Liz looked shocked.

"I guess it makes sense there was no one in Mac Anu, or on any of the servers at all! Was I the only one there? But Why?"

"Maybe—" However, before Nashid could get another word out, the bell rang that ended lunch.

"Gotta go!" Yelled Liz and dashed off to get upstairs for Social Studies class.

Time: 5:00

Date: September 26th

Thread --- Church?
Post - .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
Despite what happens in .Hack//Infection as well as .Hack//Sign the keywords Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground don't take you anywhere except a normal field. But I guess that makes sense, you can't have any people who go there and get killed by a data bug monster Or have any people with special abilities like Data Drain. It juts wouldn't be fair (Thralk)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
But it would be cool! That and a few other places that should have stuff Hideous Someone's Giant doesn't give you the Parasite Dragon boss battle, either. But I guess that's good, I would be killed by a monster that powerful. (Neffie)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
Chosen Hopeless Nothingness doesn't take you to Skeith either. But I guess that's good, who knows what Data Drain would do and either way, you wouldn't want to have to fight any of the glitched bosses anyway, you can't defeat them without either Data Drain. And since no one has the Bracelet it's a pointless endeavor. (vampireinaCAN)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
True I have to agree it's a stupid thing. (Thralk)

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New Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
That's odd I went there around 7:30 PM yesterday (EST) and I could access it. It was weird, a church. Like in .Hack//Infection. Hidden Forbidden Holy ground gives you the church. Maybe you all were just on the wrong server? (Liz)
Add New Post? [Yes/No]

Yes

New Post added

Time: 5:30

Date: September 26th

Event – Flash mail from Liz; Invitation to party

"Hmm I guess I'd better get to Mac Anu!" Spoke Rachel, gating to the Delta server from the Lambda. Nashid got a similar message and teleported too.

"Good You're both here. Come with me, I'll give the keywords, just follow. I found something very interesting..."

"Whatever you say"

Keyword List
Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground
Area Level: 6
Element: Wood
Warp? [Yes/No]

Yes

Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground

"Why did you take us to a level 6 area?" Questioned Rachel. "There's nothing here, not even any monsters! }:("

"Don't give the grumpy face at me!" Liz exclaimed. "But isn't this weird? It's like, this place shouldn't exist."

"I must agree, there's something seriously wrong" The heavy blade added. The Heavy axe merely scoffed.

"Let's just go and get this over with" Spoke Rachel, and opened the chapel doors. She entered, followed by Nashid. Liz was the last to enter, as the doors closed behind them.

-White Noise-

Error – System Error
Warning!
Warning!
Warning!
Corrupted Data Present

Liz watched the red words flash on the screen, the white noise blacking out all sound except from that from the headset itself. The screen flickered, and the scenery changed.

"What the heck?" Spoke Liz, looking about. She wasn't on the inside of the chapel. She was in a place of pure white-ness, endless nothing-ness that stretched on forever.

PING

"Wha?" She heard the bleep-like noise, it was oddly synthetic yet slightly chime-like. Looking up, she watched the sky flickered, to an odd field.

PING

Thorns surrounded her, leaving only a large circle as a clearing. Within it was a bed, a nearly adult girl floating in a sitting position above it. There was an odd cat-like creature floating near her as well, he had an odd hat and was strangely human, yet definitely feline. The teenage ghost whispered something to the cat-human, who approached Liz.

"Where am I? Why am I here?" She yelled at the two. The girl had no reaction to her or her presence, but the cat looked up. It spoke, yet the sound was unheard. Yet the twin blade seemed to hear the creature just fine.

"The twilight bracelet? Is this some sort of event thing?" Liz questioned, cocking her head to the side. The cat shook its head, as the ground itself began to rumble. As it spoke more, it seemed to take on a more worried and desperate tone. The creature attempted to push a book into the user's hands, but she rejected such.

"What is this? I don't need this – it voids the User Agreement!" Liz yelled, assuming it was a hacked item (there was no such on record), however, before much anything else could be said, the field began to flicker and shatter, a large creature behind her. However, before anything else could occur, a hole ripped in the field, as another player stepped in, holding out a hand to Liz.

"C'mon!" Yelled the person, as Liz grabbed his hand and was dragged through the hole, out of the odd field. They were both in what looked like a bedraggled field. Most of the items were floating around, only halve-there. Eaten away, as if by some virus.

"Where where are we now?" She questioned. He sat down atop one of the piles of rubble. The boy, or should I say teen, was unusually tall. 16-ish, he had striking emerald eyes, and raven black hair. He had a thin frame, almost anorexic. A strange feline aurora surrounded him; he was a warrior like no other she had seen. Illegally altered data that was a definite. He looked like a twin-blade, with two glass daggers. She tried to look at the level; it had an infinity sign next to it. However, he couldn't be a twin blade, as he had a blademaster's sword slung over his back. A hacker.

"I don't concern myself with hackers" She grumbled, and walked off towards nowhere-ness. He gave a laugh.

"I never said you had to. But one would think you would be thankful. And either way, right now I'm the only way out of here!" Liz gave a snort.

"So I am saved by one person to be held hostage in another equally odd place? I liked the cat person and the girl place better. At least it wasn't as freakish." She spoke.

"You will understand in time, why you were brought here. Now, go." He spoke, as a chaos gate appeared. She warped through it, as both her and the gate disappeared.

"Newbies" He grumbled, and warped out of the field as well.

Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground

"Holy guacamole" Spoke Liz, entering the chapel. Her friends merely stared at her, quizzically. Liz looked shocked that they didn't notice her absence.

"What is it?" They both questioned in unison.

"Didn't wasn't When I entered here, I wasn't in here, but somewhere else I I can't remember the rest" The memory had fled her, as she looked about inside. "Well, there's nothing really here. I guess there really was no reason to come here" Spoke Liz, trailing off. Until Balmung ran in.

"Get out NOW! None of you should be here, there's something wrong!" He yelled. "Corrupted data, get out—" Before he could finish, a headhunter monster was teleported in.

"What the hell? Wait this must be an event! It all makes sense. So now you're going to attack it, and it won't work, and then we'll all fight it, and then it'll die! Right?" Rachel said, smiling.

"This isn't any event, if it was then I'd know about it!" Spoke Nashid. "This wasn't in the Japanese version" She spoke, as Balmung hit it. It died, as everyone gave a sigh of relief.

"See, nothing wrong!" Spoke Keiko, a goofy grin on her face. Black Rose gave a nod of agreement, but Liz continued to stare at the body of the headhunter (which oddly enough, hadn't faded away).

"Guys I don't think it's dead" But before she could say another word, out of it's dead corpse, out came another headhunter, but green paneling was upon it. Due to its sheer size, it crashed into the roof.

"Oh no" Spoke Liz, as Rachel rushed to attack the creature. The hit registered, but its HP (which seemed to be made up of irregular characters) didn't deplete. Balmung rushed it, as Liz backed up.

"Get out, NOW! I'll hold it off!" The blademaster yelled, parrying the creature's every blow. Black Rose and Keiko began to back out of the room, but Liz remained. She thought to herself, as her friends kept backing out of the odd chapel. –No this can't be right. It's too similar, it CAN'T be happening!-

"No, you'll be hurt! You'll go into a coma!" Yelled the twin-blade, rushing the creature before her friends could grab her (but they tried anyway, grasping air).

"Stay back!" Yelled Balmung, baring her way but then the creature took that chance, striking him down.

"No!" Keiko, Black Rose, and Liz yelled in unison. The damage registered as 9999, an amount greater then his HP. Watching him disappear, she glared.

"He BETTER'D not be in a coma You'll PAY!" Liz spoke, yelling again. But this time, her friends grabbed her, dragging her outside and out of the battle area, forcefully gating her out.

Server Town - Mac Anu

"I think we'd better log out" Spoke Black Rose gauntly, glancing left and right as if something was about to jump out and eat her.

"That's most likely the best idea I've heard all day." Remarked Liz. "Well, G'night!" She spoke, logging out. Her friends swiftly followed suit.

Time: 4:40

Date: September 27th

-New News-

The OS flashed in one of the side-icons, Liz scanning her eyes across the virtual screen. Clicking it open, she had to clamp her own mouth shut to keep from screaming.

Video Game, Show, and Manga Holding True to Life?

September 26th, about 6PM The World' player Balmung [of the Azure Sky] admin worker was found passed out in front of his PS4 terminal. Doctors conformed he was indeed in a coma, but the victim recovered a few hours later. C.C. Corp claims that their product and video game have no connection to the coma.

Balmung has went back to his work, stating that:

"I merely overworked myself. Sitting in front of a game screen too long can put anyone in a coma if they try hard enough. I an not effected by this incident in the least."

Further investigation on the incident has went underway, but no evidence has been found thus far.

"Oh dear god at least he's alright. I gotta check back with him—what's this? An update, hmmm I'll just download this,"

CLICK

"And install that,"

CLICK

"And the new update has been put in. Extended parties and party chaining, meh just LUFF such things! Now 6 to a party!" A smirk drawing on Liz Drakken's face, she logged into the world.

Time: 4:55

Date: September 27th

Event – Flash mail from Liz; Invitation to party

Such a message flashed across the screens of Rachel's, Nashid's, and Balmung's computers nearly at the same time. Two out of three responded, one ignored it can you guess who did what?

"Hmmm I'm still a bit un-shure on this I'll get back to this later." Spoke Balmung, declining the offer. Mainly because, Liz was INDEED one of the three that was there during the incident, and the player was still slightly shaken from the occurrence.

"I'm game!" Spoke Nashid, warping to delta server Mac Anu to join her friend. Rachel had a similar reaction, just having logged in a few seconds ago as well. Both appeared by the chaos gate, and both nearly knocked over by a running Liz.

"You two saw the news? Creepy" She remarked with a shudder.

"News?" Questioned Keiko, raising an eyebrow and adjusting her axe. "Liz, you know I never read that!" She stated, her goofy grin taking up her face again. Black Rose struck her on the back of the head, causing Keiko to wince.

"The news I didn't get a chance to check it. Why, what's there?" Questioned the blademaster. Liz gave a sigh.

"I'll tell ya'll later C'mon, we have investigating to do back to Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground again!" The group nodded in unison (though some warily), as the three gated out back to the dangerous, dangerous place.

Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground

"What in the seven circles of hell happened?" Questioned Keiko, looking about. "This place is so normal!" She exclaimed, raising her axe high above her head then bringing it down, as it thudded on the ground, the normal reaction. She looked towards the long spires and the Mandragoras that grew there. "It's like nothing ever happened. Maybe it didn't."

"Yeah, maybe Rachel—I mean Keiko's right. Maybe it was just some freakish collective dream." Black Rose spoke. "Hopefully that was dammed scary." Considered the comments of her buddies, but gave a sigh. –But I know it happened the news confirms that. Wait-

"Well, any comments on such?" Questioned Keiko. Liz didn't even look over, her friend's voice sounding distant and muted. "Liz, can you hear me?"

"Wait there's some static on the line, gimme a moment to reset my headset. It's almost like white noise." Eyes opening wide in shock, Liz snapped up, looking about, eyes wide. "We have to leave here NOW!" She yelled.

"C'mon, don't spoil the funwe just got here!" Spoke Black Rose. Keiko glared.

"You told us to go here you're beginning to sound like Balmung." The girl spoke adding a snort at the end. "It's not like anything's going to happen what is THAT?" Rachel trailed off, watching the screen flicker. The moment the colors were inverted, during the moment of the flicker she saw something. A shape, an outline, of a humanoid beast.

"Gods, NO!" Yelled Liz, pushing her friends to the ground, as she watched something swoop down from overhead. Yet her friends (save the one flicker) saw none of it.

"Calm down! You're crushing us!" Complained Black Rose, pushing her friend off her. "It's not like there's any danger"

"Here it comes again!" Yelled the twin blade, pulling her friends harshly to the right. "We gotta get out of here!"

"Although we can't feel the pain from this game, STOP! You're gonna hurt me" Remarked Rachel, glaring. "What, you seeing ghosts again? You've been playing that Ouija' game too long. Calm—" With that, Keiko froze. The entire place flickered, the area, the background, and her friends all dissolved.

Ping

The entire place dissolved, and Liz was once again in that open place, with the thorns. Piano music and what was assumed to be opera of a sort played softly in the background. The cat-human was back, holding the book again. He opened his mouth, speaking, but none was heard

"What the hell is going on? Tell me NOW!" She yelled, pounding her foot on the ground. The entire place shook, as she panicked. "Wow, I don't know my own strength unless that wasn't me" Maha looked frantic, his pantomime increasing in pace. He was using his hands, feet, and speaking, to try to express what he was saying. Although again there was no sound, Liz seemed to understand such.

"Twilight no, it's all just a manga! NO! What do you mean it's coming. The cursed wave oh gods." With that, there was another of those heavenly footsteps, the ground shaking. The entire field wavered, as if it was a lake's surface, disrupted by the drop of a pebble into such.

Ping

Field flickering, she was back with her friends, watching as Rachel was raised onto a large red wand. A humanoid creature, seemingly made of stone held the wand. The stone however had corrupted parts, as if burnt and eaten away by a giant insect. The creature's steps were jerky, the heavier ones causing the field to flicker, or to freeze up for a frame or two.

"No, Rachel!" She yelled. Balmung gated in (doesn't he seem to always arrive just in time?) and attacked it. It just sidestepped his attack, although he kept striking it kept registering as Miss.

"What in the world is this?" Questioned Balmung horrified.

"This is still an event, right?" Questioned Nashid meekly.

"No, Rachel!" Yelled Liz, trying to attack the monster head on. It merely hit her, sending her flying into the nearest solid object. Balmung ran over to see if she was still alive, as Nashid started yelling at. The creature charged up it's Data Drain, the multi-colored ring spreading, as the data lines pierced Rachel, draining her. Nashid was screaming at it, and Liz was KO'ed. The creature then turned its sights to the Heavy Blade, deciding to do the same to the Heavy Blade girl as it had done to the Axe wielder.

"Oh no" Spoke Balmung, as the creature set it's sights on the two. However, just then, Maha entered the scene (one of those people who doesn't have to use the gate). Behind him was the floating teen, holding a red orb. Skeith backhanded Maha, sending him flying. The girl opened her mouth to speak, but no sound escaped.

"What the hell?" Questioned Balmung, as Nashid ran backwards towards the cat-player to see if he was alright. The teenage ghost looked towards the large human stone-pile, who turned his sights on her.

"He's here" She spoke, finally making sound. The creature attacked her, but she nimbly jumped aside. The large creature gave an inhuman growl (actually, in-animal, it seemed more computerized then anything else) and then turned his sights back to the unsuspecting Nashid.

"No" Liz spoke, her eyes peeking open. Balmung just watched, as the Heavy Blade was drained just like her friend. With a silent shriek Black Rose's unconscious form fell to the ground, joining Keiko's.

"Look out!" Yelled the ghost-girl, as Balmung pulled the Twin Blade aside to avoid the speared point of the red wand. Attempting to stand, Liz faced the creature.

"You can kill NPC's until you're blue in the face, you can destroy the computer world until you're content but you can NOT hurt my friends!" With that, she rushed the creature, but Maha who appeared blocked her way. He held up the book, as the humanoid stone approached from behind him.

"Fine I'll take it if you get out of my way!" She said, taking the book from the creature, then closing the distance between herself and the stone pile. However, before she could get close enough, Balmung approached from behind, grabbing her, and the hacker from before entered, dragging both Balmung and the twin blade through the hole into his own server's field.

Time: Unknown

Date: September 27th

"Here again?" Questioned Liz with a sigh. "Well, I guess I'm gonna end up here a lot with the way things keep going" Spoke the twin blade, standing atop a pile of rubble. Sitting down, Balmung wasn't far off.

"I can't believe I was saved by a hacker" He sighed, as the two's savior entered the scene. Balmung glared at him, as Liz gave a snort.

"I see you two are still very much alive. That's a good thing. Oh, and how rude of me, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Ryuichi Kokotecezuu Thralkarsharsh Xenypheraratagona But as that's quite a mouthful I also go by the name Ryu. I'm a Leo, like long walks on the beach, and—" However, before he could say any more Liz bonked him on the head.

"Oh great we got a hacker who thinks he's a lady's man And I'm stuck here as the only lady'. Ah, the irony." She spoke, leaning back. Balmung merely sweatdropped.

"Now, to get out of here" Balmung tried to gate out. Yet it was useless. "I'm resetting" He spoke, flickered, then was gone.

"Well, it's either make me a portal, or I do a hard reset, lover boy." The twin-blade spoke, malice hinting in her voice. Ryu complied, as she warped out of the world.

Time: 6:00

Date: September 27th

"Elizabeth, log out of that game RIGHT NOW!" Liz's mother yelled. She was already far ahead of her mother, dashing upstairs. "I just got a call from Rachel's mom and Nashid's mom. Nashid and Rachel are both in the hospital right now, they're not shure what's wrong with them. All they know is that they just passed out while playing the game"

"Shit" Swore Liz. She very well knew she couldn't tell her mother what had happened, she wouldn't believe her and think that she was damaged as well. The memory of the news from earlier that day rang through her mind, and she gave a silent prayer that things for her friends would end up as well as before. Dashing upstairs to her room, her mother couldn't figure out her odd reaction.

Time: 12:30

Date: September 28th

"Did you all hear what happened?" That was the gossip for the day, how Nashid and Rachel had both fallen into comas from a game. Liz was swarmed with questions, they all very well knew that they always hung around together and that the third member of the group was bound to know some info. The girl at one point actually purposely got in trouble just to be sent to the principal's office so she could be alone.

"So why are you here?" Questioned the principal to the student. Liz gave a chuckle.

"I tipped over all the desks in reach. With reason, however." She added. The principal raised an eyebrow.

"Reason? What reason could there be to that?" He questioned. Liz leaned back in the chair she was in, laughing softly to herself.

"So I could be left alone. No one would stop bothering me; the teachers didn't seem to help. So I figured that if I was sent here, then they couldn't bother me." The principal thought for a moment then replied.

"And why were they bothering you?" He questioned right back at her.

"Simple. Rachel and Nashid both fell into comas, I'm shure you very well know that. Well, I'm both their best friend and one of the party members of their group online. So it's only natural I was there when whatever had happened, had happened. So therefore I know the story, and naturally everyone else wants to know it, too. And since no one else plays the World no one else read the article on previous happenings in relation to this event." Spoke Liz, as the principal looked slightly stunned.

"If you know what happened, why not tell the police? It's very important. Or tell me." Liz began to laugh aloud, as the principal looked puzzled. Folding her fingers, the girl leaned back. The principal just watched, a disturbed look upon her face. A student messenger entered, but then exited after watching the scene for a few moments.

"They wouldn't believe me. Would you believe me? I think not. It was the video game that put them like that. Not by seizures, but the game itself. Despite the fact that this isn't the first time it happened in the last few days a coma in relation to a video game, everyone is still in shock." She calmly spoke.

"A video game cannot do such a thing. It's an impossibility, you can't put someone in a coma with a video game!" Spoke the principal. "This isn't a joking matter. If you know, then tell me!" She demanded. Liz cracked a half-smirk.

"I told you, I told you that you wouldn't believe me. That's what happened. Now, you can either make me to back to class to be taunted and teased and bothered by my peers, or I can stay here and argue with you. Or I could get sick and be mysteriously sent home and be out of everyone's hair." It was then the principal's turn to laugh.

"You're not going out of here that easily. Go back to class." Liz glared, but walked out of the office as coolly and calmly as she had entered.

Time: 10:30

Date: September 28th

"I know I promised my mom I wouldn't play but I gotta find out what happened to Nashid and Rachel!" Liz spoke, logging back in.

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Thread Title: Coma – this isn't an event
New Post Title: I need help, my friends are in a coma!
New Post Text: I need some serious help. My friends were playing yesterday, then we encountered this weird boss and they both ended up a coma! Anyone here have any information or leads? (Liz)
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Thread --- Church?

Post - .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
Despite what happens in .Hack//Infection as well as .Hack//Sign the keywords Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground don't take you anywhere except a normal field. But I guess that makes sense, you can't have any people who go there and get killed by a data bug monster Or have any people with special abilities like Data Drain. It juts wouldn't be fair (Thralk)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
But it would be cool! That and a few other places that should have stuff Hideous Someone's Giant doesn't give you the Parasite Dragon boss battle, either. But I guess that's good, I would be killed by a monster that powerful. (Neffie)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
Chosen Hopeless Nothingness doesn't take you to Skeith either. But I guess that's good, who knows what Data Drain would do and either way, you wouldn't want to have to fight any of the glitched bosses anyway, you can't defeat them without either Data Drain. And since no one has the Bracelet it's a pointless endeavor. (vampireinaCAN)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
True I have to agree it's a stupid thing. (Thralk)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
That's odd I went there around 7:30 PM yesterday (EST) and I could access it. It was weird, a church. Like in .Hack//Infection. Hidden Forbidden Holy ground gives you the church. Maybe you all were just on the wrong server? (Liz)

Post – Are you a HACKER?!
Impossible! I was there on every server, on the delta and the lambda Nevermind. But how could you have gotten there? Are you some sort of hacker? (Thralk)

Post – Re: Are you a HACKER?!
A hacker? I hope you aren't, that'd be really bad. But maybe it'd also be good (Neffie)

Post – Re: Are you a HACKER?!
How could you be on, the game was down for that time! It makes no sense I'll post back later! (Khool)

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I'm not a hacker! If so, then I'd have this all figured out that makes no sense I went back there with my friends I can't say what happened, the post would be deleted. But in short, there was this weird girl, like Aura from the games. Though she seemed older, a LOT older. Is this an event character? Though I doubt that the event includes your friends going into comas (Liz)
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Logging onto the world, Liz looked about. Her list of member addresses wasn't very long, and most of them had just been rendered useless. She looked around for someone to talk to until

"Get outta my way, n00b!" Spoke a rude female long-arm, pushing Liz out of the way after teleporting in from the Chaos Gate. Liz glared, but decided not to do anything. Walking about, there was then suddenly an event board posted, as people all around gathered to get a look at what the event was. It was a one-day event, in a contest for a rare equipment set. To be exact, it was a rare grunty food item, as well as some Phoenix down, Golden Grunty, Grunt doll, and strangely enough, Aromatic Grass

"One day event! Race for rare and exotic items, the first one to find the treasure wins! All day today, contest is open in five minutes. And remember, a beet is neat but a gourd is adored!"

"That makes no sense" Remarked one random player. Behind her pushed the rude long arm again, trying to get a look at the sign. This time, Liz was pissed and not going to let this happen any longer.

"I think you should say excuse me?" Spoke Liz in a sarcastic tone. The long arm glared at her, as Liz glared right back.

"Stay outta my way, newbie." She snapped back, as Liz continued to glare. Then suddenly she cracked a half-smirk.

"Who's the newbie? I'm level 10, I'm 3 levels higher then you." The other person looked shocked.

"I thought you were only 4. Whatever!" She spoke, running to the chaos gate and teleporting off.

"Well, I don't want to win this contest. I'm only going to get some information" Liz gave a sigh as she received the keywords for the contest.

Received New Keyword Set – Primitive Haunted Aqua field

Giving a smirk, she made her way over to the chaos gate and teleported, followed by many others. However, unlike the others she wasn't going for the prize.

Primitive Haunted Aqua field

"Hmmm now, how to go about this" She noticed people were going after the root vegetable around, as she looked about. The twin blade gave a chuckle as she watched people pull up the food items, cutting them open, slashing them, burning them. She popped up behind one random player.

"Excuse me, could you spare a moment—"

"Get out of my way!" Spoke the person pushing her off. She grumbled something inaudible, but then went to another person.

"Do you know anything about—"

"Bug off!" The person said, dashing off. Liz gave a humph, looking about.

"People here are so rude sometimes Maybe once the contest is over, things will be better" She spoke, sitting down in the world, then taking off the equipment. Going upstairs, she needed a drink. Turning on the tap water, she let it run for a little bit, picking up her copy of .Hack//Legend of the Twilight. Flipping through, she stopped at one random page.

"A beet is neat but a gourd is adored a pumpkin? That's the answer! Maybe people will give me some answers for the prizes!" She spoke, dashing back downstairs. "I wonder why no one else thought of looking in the manga before" Putting the equipment back on, she looked about. "Now, where can I find a pumpkin" She spoke to no one, then realized she wasn't sitting on a rock. She was sitting on a pumpkin. "Yay, I win!" Liz yipped, slashing open the pumpkin to reveal

Pumpkin Head lv.10

Battle Mode – On!

"I shoulda been expecting that'" -_-' Spoke Liz, looking at the monster. "Well, here I go! Rue rom!" She spoke, summoning up the water spell. "Thunder coil!" She added, slashing the pumpkin head into nothingness. It disappeared, registering the exp. and the items appeared.

Received - Phoenix down, Golden Grunty, Grunt doll, Aromatic Grass, Flying Grunty Food™

"I won!" The twin blade yipped, as nearly everyone warped out. Except for one female wavemaster and a wolf. The wolf transformed into a human, he was of the werewolf profession and was in his dog form to sniff out the item. They both approached, as Liz readied her weapons.

"Don't worry, we won't fight you for the items." The wavemaster spoke. The twin-blade still was looking at them suspiciously.

"We wish just to trade the information you want, for that aromatic grass. Not unlike Mia and Elk from the games, we too take a fancy in collecting aromatic grass, and raising its price in that same fashion. We know of your problem and your friends. We wish to help." Spoke the werewolf.

"What information do you have?" Questioned Liz, holding the aromatic grass. The wavemaster cracked a halve smirk.

"Your e-mail address and the aromatic grass, and you shall find out soon enough. The item is useless to you." Spoke the wavemaster. Liz glared.

"It's true. Why keep such a useless item?" Questioned the werewolf. It was now Liz's turn to crack a half-smirk.

"Because I know that you both want it, but I don't. Therefore to you it has value, and suddenly this nothing item has worth. But I'll take your deal." She spoke, handing over the grass and sending them both her e-mail address.

Event – Received Liz's e-mail address!

"See you around" Spoke the werewolf, as they both gated out.

New Event – Received Doe's member address!

New Event – Received Inu Yasha's member address!

"Inu Yasha?" Questioned Liz to herself, giving a chuckle. "Someone needs to get a life." She spoke, then gated out herself, going to the message boards.

Thread --- Coma – This isn't an event!
Post: Post deleted
********Post Deleted*********
By admin

"Oh damm!" Spoke Liz, swearing. "They deleted my post? That makes no sense Unless this is for real. Then they'd want to delete it to avoid panic. I gotta talk to someone on admin. But who can I trust? Balmung!" Logging back in, she looked down her member address list and found Balmung.

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Within moments, the blademaster appeared upon the scene. He glared at the twin blade, but then his look softened, as he remembered that he had a slew of questions to ask her.

"Thank god you came I have a million questions to ask you" Started Liz, however, she trailed off, as Balmung began to speak.

"I have a few questions to ask you first. How did you get to the Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground area with the church? That place was part of the testing version, and was supposed to have been destroyed, if not already wiped out by the virus—"

"Virus? What virus, there shouldn't be no virus. That would make the game unsafe!" Liz proclaimed, as Balmung covered his mouth with his hands, realizing what he just said.

"Forget I just said that Now, your questions?" He asked, in an attempt to change the subject. Liz glared, but went on.

"First, why have both of my friends went into comas? Second, why were my posts on the boards deleted? And third, why does this game seem to be mirroring the events described in the games more and more?" She questioned worriedly.

"The first and third questions I cannot answer. The higher admin hasn't told me, and what little I know I am forbidden to speak. But on your second question, they deleted them to avoid fear and chaos. If the consumers were to know they'd stop subscribing, and the company would loose money. And despite best interests, the high admin only seems to care about the money, not about the players themselves."

"That sucks" Spoke Liz, looking off. "So there's nothing that can be done for my friends, damm I wonder what that book that cat-dude was offering me was I wonder what all of that was. Or maybe this is all some sick, twisted event as a prelude to a greater event?" She questioned.

"Book? Like in the game If it hasn't installed itself, delete it IMMIDENTALLY!" Spoke Balmung worriedly. "If they find you with it then they'll think you virus-spawn. You'll be deleted and banned from the game. And then none of us can do anything." Liz thought for a moment.

"Don't worry I won't get caught." With that she grinned, then left to the message boards to update some stuff. Balmung gave a sigh, logging off for the night.

Thread --- Church?
Post - .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
Despite what happens in .Hack//Infection as well as .Hack//Sign the keywords Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground don't take you anywhere except a normal field. But I guess that makes sense, you can't have any people who go there and get killed by a data bug monster Or have any people with special abilities like Data Drain. It juts wouldn't be fair (Thralk)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
But it would be cool! That and a few other places that should have stuff Hideous Someone's Giant doesn't give you the Parasite Dragon boss battle, either. But I guess that's good, I would be killed by a monster that powerful. (Neffie)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
Chosen Hopeless Nothingness doesn't take you to Skeith either. But I guess that's good, who knows what Data Drain would do and either way, you wouldn't want to have to fight any of the glitched bosses anyway, you can't defeat them without either Data Drain. And since no one has the Bracelet it's a pointless endeavor. (vampireinaCAN)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
True I have to agree it's a stupid thing. (Thralk)

Post – Re: .Hack//Sign doesn't seem to match this very much
That's odd I went there around 7:30 PM yesterday (EST) and I could access it. It was weird, a church. Like in .Hack//Infection. Hidden Forbidden Holy ground gives you the church. Maybe you all were just on the wrong server? (Liz)

Post – Are you a HACKER?!
Impossible! I was there on every server, on the delta and the lambda Nevermind. But how could you have gotten there? Are you some sort of hacker? (Thralk)

Post: Re: Are you a HACKER?!
A hacker? I hope you aren't, that'd be really bad. But maybe it'd also be good (Neffie)

Post: Re: Are you a HACKER?!
How could you be on, the game was down for that time! It makes no sense I'll post back later! (Khool)

Post – Re: Are you a HACKER?!
I'm not a hacker! If so, then I'd have this all figured out that makes no sense I went back there with my friends I can't say what happened, the post would be deleted. But in short, there was this weird girl, like Aura from the games. Though she seemed older, a LOT older. Is this an event character? Though I doubt that the event includes your friends going into comas (Liz)

Post – Suuuuuure
Sure, you're not a hacker. We'll all just play by that for now. It works for us! Heh but seriously, did you all read the news? Balmung of the Azure sky in a coma and then back? Then Black Rose and Keiko both in comas, with no sign of recovery Though Balmung was apparently there too, and another person wait, that person isn't perhaps you, hmmm? (vampireinaCAN)

Post – Re: Suuuuuure
Gods, it's the cause of such herself RUN! J/K, but seriously, you were there? To the holy powers, thank god you came out alright. If you have any news post it here, we're all curious to listen in! (Khool)

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Why don't you guys and/or girls believe me? I'm NOT A HACKER! If I was then I'd have this figured out as I stated and yes, I was there. My friends are in comas. And my entire school has been on my back waiting for me to say something about it. Heh but seriously, what are we gonna do? This could happen to ANY of us! But then again if we quit and run with our tail between our legs then how can we help the others? Hmmm post back if you have any ideas! (Liz)
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Thread --- Epitaph of Twilight
Post – Full translation
I know in .Hack//Infection they tell you a part of the Epitaph of the Twilight I think it's translated from German, anyone here got a full translation? I think it might have something to do here in .Hack//Online I'm looking up Who knows? (Liz)

Post – Re: Epitaph of Twilight
I might have some information I'll find you when the time comes. Keep fighting, you'll need to so you can save your friends (Queen of the Dark)

Post – Hello!
Hi Liz! It's me, Sarah! *hugs you, picks you up and swings you around* I got your postcard; so you finally bought the game? Well, we can finally talk now I still haven't set up an e-mail I'll figure it out soon! Stay out of a coma! (Selina)

New Post – Re: Hello!
You're crushing my ribcage *twitch* Well, before you kill me did you read the news? My friends are all in comas, it's absolutely BIZZARE! But on a lighter note SARAH! *strangle/huggle/glomp* You're back! Yay! ^_____^ *happiness* *looks at other post* Queen of the Dark, who are you? What the –insert swearword in your language here- are you doing here? Meep?(Liz)
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With a sigh, Liz exited the boards, checking back to her desktop. There was no new mail no new much of anything. Another sigh, and she logged out, heading upstairs for dinner.


Well, you all have to admit, that wasn't _TOO_ bad for my first shot At least the chapter wasn't that short! Well, if you have any thoughts on this, please drop me a line! As well, I need a little help on OC's. vampireinaCAN needs a avatar counterpart and a reality counterpart, anyone have suggestions for name/class/appearance/level/weapon(s)? Any help is appreciated, though your work won't show through for another few chapters vampireinaCAN doesn't show up as a character for quite a while. I'm pretty happy with myself with this, at 21 pages Heh G'night! *waves, then dissapears*