She packed up her things and thanked me, and snuck out the door. I went
back up into my room and looked at my computer. My e-mail button was
flashing insanely. I clicked it and I saw more e-mails there than I've ever
gotten in my life. One was from CC Corp. I decided to read it.
It said: Due to today's incident, we had to perform an All System Shutdown. We will be paying every one of you who were there a sum of money to keep this from the media. Thank you for your cooperation. You'll be receiving your check in the mail in 3-5 business days.
Well that was just great. The two biggest victims are getting paid to keep quiet. This was really turning out to be a horrible day. The rest of them were from curious crowd members. I just deleted those, but one was from Balmung.
I decided to read that one. It was a video of him. He looked at me and said, "You cannot stay away from The World just because of today's incident. Hackers will hack your dormant account, and then it would be even worse. You need to get to the Net Slums. There is something that could help you out there. I must go; I need to get the system running again." The transmission ended and I sat there looking at the blank screen, wondering what I should do. Another CC e-mail popped up and I read it. It told me I could log back into The World.
"After that I really don't want to, but I guess I should," I thought out loud.
I clicked to log in and found The World the same as it had always been. It was unusual though; there were only shady looking characters in the city now. I was a bit scared, looking here and there trying to stay away from them.
"Hey, Rei! Look! It's the monster guy!" a girl yelled, pointing to me. She and a group of girls ran up towards me and surrounded me. "You're a hot topic on the message board, you know,"
"Yeah. I expected I would be," I said, trying to find and escape. They were all pretty short, I could easily push them away, but I didn't want to really become the 'monster guy'.
"Are you one of the system people?" another girl asked me.
"Was that an event?" a girl with glasses questioned.
"And that Angel Girl, too! Who is she?" the smallest girl piped.
"I'm his girlfriend, and he's not answering any of your dumb questions," Fall said from behind me. She towered over these small girls and spread her wings. "Now get away from him," she said, glaring at them evilly. They went running in all directions.
"Thank you," I said.
"Did you check out the message boards? We're the only topic on there!" she said in anxiety.
"That's not a good thing," I said, shaking my head.
"They all have their own views on what happened, too," she said. "Some think that it was an event, and others aren't sure, some are trying to hunt us, thinking there's a bounty on our heads!"
"What? That's a bit extreme," I said.
"A bit? I don't want to be hunted, buddy," she said. "Did Balmung send you a video?"
"Yes. He wants us to go to some Net Slum, wherever that is," I said.
"I'm going to check out the message boards, you just go to my hide out," she said.
"Sure. Where is it?" I asked.
"In the big building with the blue lights in the window. I have to go," she said.
"Ok," I said, and she logged out. I didn't get to find out what happened or what she dug up until later. I sat in her little hide out wondering what to do.
.
It said: Due to today's incident, we had to perform an All System Shutdown. We will be paying every one of you who were there a sum of money to keep this from the media. Thank you for your cooperation. You'll be receiving your check in the mail in 3-5 business days.
Well that was just great. The two biggest victims are getting paid to keep quiet. This was really turning out to be a horrible day. The rest of them were from curious crowd members. I just deleted those, but one was from Balmung.
I decided to read that one. It was a video of him. He looked at me and said, "You cannot stay away from The World just because of today's incident. Hackers will hack your dormant account, and then it would be even worse. You need to get to the Net Slums. There is something that could help you out there. I must go; I need to get the system running again." The transmission ended and I sat there looking at the blank screen, wondering what I should do. Another CC e-mail popped up and I read it. It told me I could log back into The World.
"After that I really don't want to, but I guess I should," I thought out loud.
I clicked to log in and found The World the same as it had always been. It was unusual though; there were only shady looking characters in the city now. I was a bit scared, looking here and there trying to stay away from them.
"Hey, Rei! Look! It's the monster guy!" a girl yelled, pointing to me. She and a group of girls ran up towards me and surrounded me. "You're a hot topic on the message board, you know,"
"Yeah. I expected I would be," I said, trying to find and escape. They were all pretty short, I could easily push them away, but I didn't want to really become the 'monster guy'.
"Are you one of the system people?" another girl asked me.
"Was that an event?" a girl with glasses questioned.
"And that Angel Girl, too! Who is she?" the smallest girl piped.
"I'm his girlfriend, and he's not answering any of your dumb questions," Fall said from behind me. She towered over these small girls and spread her wings. "Now get away from him," she said, glaring at them evilly. They went running in all directions.
"Thank you," I said.
"Did you check out the message boards? We're the only topic on there!" she said in anxiety.
"That's not a good thing," I said, shaking my head.
"They all have their own views on what happened, too," she said. "Some think that it was an event, and others aren't sure, some are trying to hunt us, thinking there's a bounty on our heads!"
"What? That's a bit extreme," I said.
"A bit? I don't want to be hunted, buddy," she said. "Did Balmung send you a video?"
"Yes. He wants us to go to some Net Slum, wherever that is," I said.
"I'm going to check out the message boards, you just go to my hide out," she said.
"Sure. Where is it?" I asked.
"In the big building with the blue lights in the window. I have to go," she said.
"Ok," I said, and she logged out. I didn't get to find out what happened or what she dug up until later. I sat in her little hide out wondering what to do.
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