Disclaimer- none of the characters are mine, save for Raven. Pweeeze don't
take him...
CHAPTER ELEVEN- ECHO
It's true, then. What I have always feared. I'm a hazard. Some accident, some unregistered glitch that took on a life of its own. I'm some kind of... of virus.
Lightning flashed outside, momentarily illuminating the ruined inside of the Church. Tsukasa sat upon his stone altar silently, staring at nothing and agonizing over this new epiphiny that had hit him. The false gem on his cap was pulsing again, quite proud of itself.
It took the System three years, but they have finally come up with something to get rid of me. An 'antivirus'. Some kind of replica but... created to negate whatever my being here does to the World.
Tsukasa's knuckles turned white as he gripped the stone harder and harder. Outside he could hear the rain falling down hard in sheets in accordance to his mood. The face of the assassin shone vividly in his mind. He knew his name, somehow, and it ran through his head.
Raven.
The antivirus.
Tsukas growled and got to his feet, turning around and facing the shattered window. He walked outside, letting the raging storm drown out his thoughts and the stinging rain wash away his self-pity.
Let him come, he decided. Let this Raven antivirus come and show all his cards! Virus or not, Tsukasa would not go down without pulling out all his stops. Here, on this server, Tsukasa was God!!
Let him come!!!
"Remote Anti Virus Echo Node," Bear said when he walked up to Subaru. "That is what they are working on, the people on the BBS say."
Ginkhan nodded. "The System Manager calls it the R.A.V.E.N Project for short."
"RAVEN?" Subaru asked. Her eyes widened. "I met this RAVEN program!" she exclaimed. "He killed me yesterday!" She waved away Ginkhan's look of surprise.
"He was disguised as Tsukasa, but then..." she searched for a word. "..he changed. I mean, he was like Tsukasa, but with darker hair and skin." She turned to Bear. "What is he here for?"
Bear frowned. "I am not sure. Ginkhan?"
The Knight tapped his chin. "The RAVEN program is a new thing that the Managers are working on. They said that they create an 'echo' of a virus and then use it to counter the infection."
"A copy?" Subaru whispered. "...a copy of... Tsukasa...?!" Her knees went weak and she sunk to the ground with her hands over her mouth, shocked.
Bear's eyes widened and Ginkhan's jaw dropped.
"...Tsukasa is..."
CHAPTER ELEVEN- ECHO
It's true, then. What I have always feared. I'm a hazard. Some accident, some unregistered glitch that took on a life of its own. I'm some kind of... of virus.
Lightning flashed outside, momentarily illuminating the ruined inside of the Church. Tsukasa sat upon his stone altar silently, staring at nothing and agonizing over this new epiphiny that had hit him. The false gem on his cap was pulsing again, quite proud of itself.
It took the System three years, but they have finally come up with something to get rid of me. An 'antivirus'. Some kind of replica but... created to negate whatever my being here does to the World.
Tsukasa's knuckles turned white as he gripped the stone harder and harder. Outside he could hear the rain falling down hard in sheets in accordance to his mood. The face of the assassin shone vividly in his mind. He knew his name, somehow, and it ran through his head.
Raven.
The antivirus.
Tsukas growled and got to his feet, turning around and facing the shattered window. He walked outside, letting the raging storm drown out his thoughts and the stinging rain wash away his self-pity.
Let him come, he decided. Let this Raven antivirus come and show all his cards! Virus or not, Tsukasa would not go down without pulling out all his stops. Here, on this server, Tsukasa was God!!
Let him come!!!
"Remote Anti Virus Echo Node," Bear said when he walked up to Subaru. "That is what they are working on, the people on the BBS say."
Ginkhan nodded. "The System Manager calls it the R.A.V.E.N Project for short."
"RAVEN?" Subaru asked. Her eyes widened. "I met this RAVEN program!" she exclaimed. "He killed me yesterday!" She waved away Ginkhan's look of surprise.
"He was disguised as Tsukasa, but then..." she searched for a word. "..he changed. I mean, he was like Tsukasa, but with darker hair and skin." She turned to Bear. "What is he here for?"
Bear frowned. "I am not sure. Ginkhan?"
The Knight tapped his chin. "The RAVEN program is a new thing that the Managers are working on. They said that they create an 'echo' of a virus and then use it to counter the infection."
"A copy?" Subaru whispered. "...a copy of... Tsukasa...?!" Her knees went weak and she sunk to the ground with her hands over her mouth, shocked.
Bear's eyes widened and Ginkhan's jaw dropped.
"...Tsukasa is..."