Tolf called Aura over and she circled around her, giving her a quick checkover. "I'll have to take you to a friend of mine. Meet me at Theta Cursed Despaired Spiral." She disappeared.
"What's with her? And what's with this game?" Aura wondered. She went over to the Theta Server and entered the keywords. When she arrived, Tolf was already there.
"It seems my friend isn't available..." Where was Sieg anyways? Tolf thought to herself. Suddenly the world started shaking around them.
"What's going on!?" Aura started to panic.
A black creature exploded from the earth, sending bits of rock and dirt everywhere. Tolf looked up at it with fear and recognition. She couldn't type. She thought to herself, not believing what she saw through her goggles. "There's no way...Skeith."
The monster turned to Aura, immediately spotting the red bracelet among her light clothing. Aura was paralized. She didn't know what would happen to her if she died while in the game.
Tolf saw what was about to happen and as the monster fired, Tolf moved forward to push Aura out of the way.
Aura watched the events as if they occurred in slow motion. A burst of energy erupted from the creature's mouth. Tolf ran and shoved Aura out of the way. The heat of the blast grazed her shoulder. The energy consumed Tolf and she fell limply to the ground. Aura cried out. "NOOO!!!"
With tears in her eyes Aura faced the creature and her bracelet glowed. She raised it and to her amazment, an electronic shield formed around it and she felt herself being lifted of the ground and a beam of hot white energy shot and the monster, dissolving it.
Aura dropped back to the ground and so did a glowing, diamond-shaped object. Aura knelt down and held Tolf's shoulders, shaking her slightly. "Tolf, Tolf wake up...please wake up!" Slowly Tolf's image flickered and became more transparent. "She has to be okay... her character just got hurt....that's all." Tolf flickered and disappeared. Aura stood up. "I want out... someone...LOG OUT!" A small blue screen appeared before her. Logging out user... Suddenly the world grew black and then she was Ezkiou again. She felt her feet hit solid ground and Ezkiou was in her room. Immediately she saw Hiiragi was in Ezkiou's chair, her head was resting against the wooden desk. Ezkiou saw the controller was being held limply in her hands and the goggle were on but no music was coming from them.
"Hiiragi...?"
*later*
The doctor scribbled down some notes before replacing the clipboard at the foot of Hiiragi's bed. "It seems she's fallen into a coma, similar to others we have. You said it was because of a video game?"
Ezkiou nodded silently while watching Hiiragi sleep.
"Well, our best doctors say that is impossible; some of our patients' friends have laid claims that it's a popular online game that's been causing these comas. Testing proves though that certified games could have caused only seizures at their worst. If you have any more questions, I'll be in my office. Visting hours end at six." The doctor left, leaving Ezkiou alone with Hiiragi.
"Hiiragi. What happened?"
"It was a data bug. This time their all designed to look like Skeith."
Ezkiou turned to see who had spoken and saw a girl with deep red hair. "Who are you?"
The girl seemed to shrug off the question. "Tolf was no match for their power but that must not of been imperitive to her when she saved your life."
"Tolf? but she- Hiiragi's Tolf?"
The girl smiled. "I thought you would have figured that out by now."
"What's with her? And what's with this game?" Aura wondered. She went over to the Theta Server and entered the keywords. When she arrived, Tolf was already there.
"It seems my friend isn't available..." Where was Sieg anyways? Tolf thought to herself. Suddenly the world started shaking around them.
"What's going on!?" Aura started to panic.
A black creature exploded from the earth, sending bits of rock and dirt everywhere. Tolf looked up at it with fear and recognition. She couldn't type. She thought to herself, not believing what she saw through her goggles. "There's no way...Skeith."
The monster turned to Aura, immediately spotting the red bracelet among her light clothing. Aura was paralized. She didn't know what would happen to her if she died while in the game.
Tolf saw what was about to happen and as the monster fired, Tolf moved forward to push Aura out of the way.
Aura watched the events as if they occurred in slow motion. A burst of energy erupted from the creature's mouth. Tolf ran and shoved Aura out of the way. The heat of the blast grazed her shoulder. The energy consumed Tolf and she fell limply to the ground. Aura cried out. "NOOO!!!"
With tears in her eyes Aura faced the creature and her bracelet glowed. She raised it and to her amazment, an electronic shield formed around it and she felt herself being lifted of the ground and a beam of hot white energy shot and the monster, dissolving it.
Aura dropped back to the ground and so did a glowing, diamond-shaped object. Aura knelt down and held Tolf's shoulders, shaking her slightly. "Tolf, Tolf wake up...please wake up!" Slowly Tolf's image flickered and became more transparent. "She has to be okay... her character just got hurt....that's all." Tolf flickered and disappeared. Aura stood up. "I want out... someone...LOG OUT!" A small blue screen appeared before her. Logging out user... Suddenly the world grew black and then she was Ezkiou again. She felt her feet hit solid ground and Ezkiou was in her room. Immediately she saw Hiiragi was in Ezkiou's chair, her head was resting against the wooden desk. Ezkiou saw the controller was being held limply in her hands and the goggle were on but no music was coming from them.
"Hiiragi...?"
*later*
The doctor scribbled down some notes before replacing the clipboard at the foot of Hiiragi's bed. "It seems she's fallen into a coma, similar to others we have. You said it was because of a video game?"
Ezkiou nodded silently while watching Hiiragi sleep.
"Well, our best doctors say that is impossible; some of our patients' friends have laid claims that it's a popular online game that's been causing these comas. Testing proves though that certified games could have caused only seizures at their worst. If you have any more questions, I'll be in my office. Visting hours end at six." The doctor left, leaving Ezkiou alone with Hiiragi.
"Hiiragi. What happened?"
"It was a data bug. This time their all designed to look like Skeith."
Ezkiou turned to see who had spoken and saw a girl with deep red hair. "Who are you?"
The girl seemed to shrug off the question. "Tolf was no match for their power but that must not of been imperitive to her when she saved your life."
"Tolf? but she- Hiiragi's Tolf?"
The girl smiled. "I thought you would have figured that out by now."