A/N: HERE IT IS NOW ENOUGH WITH THE THREATENING EMAILS!!! lol just kidding...but I am sorry cause I've been running a .hack fever since I'm now halfway through quarantine. I've been buying .hack products like crazy and haven't had time to write! (heh heh...gomenasai) Well now I guess I'll leave you all with the madness that is .hackOBSESSION. (I want more reviews!)

Aura awoke not realizing that she had fallen asleep. People bustled around Carmina Gadelica. It felt odd not being able to hear anything. Only the blue text boxes displaying things like LOL or =) . Suddenly she felt very alone. For a while she went around talking to people but no one gave her answers, only Wow, are there com links in The World already? I thought that website was uptodate. Most experienced players regarded her as an NPC.

So there you are.

Aura turned to see a woman in armor who was accompanied by a shorter woman with glasses, carrying a book. Aura didn't have much to say and in a world of silence it felt comforting to hear her own voice. "So...here I am. What do you want?"

I'm curious about you, considering I have seen you in The World before but not under the disguise of a PC.

She felt an immediate dislike for this woman realizing she must be a System Administrator.

You do know that I am not fond of Vagrant AI's and that you have a high probability of being deleted.

"Vagrant...AI? But I'm real!"

That's what they all say, now hold still and don't make a scene. You could at least be honorable in deletion.

"Stay back!" As the woman lifted her spear, Aura put out a hand and a surge of power ran through her. The bracelet on her arm shone brightly and then the weapon in the woman's hand dissolved like leaves scattered into the wind. She then felt a ripple of air behind her that pulled her in.

Kamui? What course of action to you recommend next?

... The armored woman called Kamui turned and headed toward the Chaos Gate. This AI Aura...she was the one who was involved in the "Twilight Incident". We cannot allowed a similar thing to occur in The World. As the leader of the Cobalt Knights, I will not let this slip through the cracks.

But ma'am, didn't Lios himself fail to stop Aura?

Pah! Lios...the poor excuse of an Admin. He should have been sacked and now they have some "Descendant of Fianna" becoming an SA. I will not let The World fall into crisis even if it involves deleting every player in it! And with that, Kamui logged out.

"Deep in the night...Far off the light...Missing my headache..." Aura sat infront of the statue in Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, singing the song she had memorized by now. "How come I must know? Where obsession needs to go? How come I must know? The direction of relieving."

That's a nice song, but do you have any idea about the hidden meaning behind it?

Aura turned and saw a woman in white. "Who are you and what do you want?" She asked in near monotone.

I am a friend, or perhaps a foe. I've come to give you some advice.

"What is it?" Aura asked, hoping for something that might explain her condition or that woman who tried to delete her.

Strange things happen to those who delve to deeply into the Epitaph of Twilight. Take that as a warning and maybe a hint. As the woman turned to leave, Aura stood up, facing her.

"Why are you helping me?"

Who knows? The screen glitched. You may be the one helping me. The screen turned to static and then nothing. Ezkiou opening her eyes and realized that she was on the floor with her headset still on. She didn't pull it off but instead sat back into her chair and turned on her computer. After a few minutes, a blue screen popped up with the words ALTIMIT.