Please come to Prontera Church. Everything will be solved there. Hurry!
The eight players warped in to Prontera, in front of the church. They hesitated to go inside. Everything about the town was getting worse; the sky was dark, the NPCs were broken, and data fragments floated around freely. Two figures appeared before them, Auras, Dark and Light. They clasped hands. 'I shall not be the only Aura', spoke the Dark Aura. 'And I shall not be able to save this world', spoke the Light Aura. 'But', they spoke together,'you must fulfill this prophecy!' 'I have been sending you each fragments of the Epitaph of Dawn', spoke the Light Aura,'once the final fragment is known, fate will be decided for all of us'. 'And so', spoke the Dark Aura,'it is time! let the truth be known!'. At this, they spoke, alternating lines:
'A month of calm will follow, the fourth month, of the fifth year, And when the Few doth believe they have destroyed the Wave Reborn, the Omen that is Corbenik shall appear in the sixth month.'
And, Kirere as Zea became her true form. Not an alcolyte, not a player, a terrible monster, similar to her sucessor, Innis.
Seen warped directly into the church. Once inside, she knew that something was not right. Everything was pitch black. Then she saw it. Shadows, shapes moving toward her. Quickly, she summoned Guardian. The creature lashed out at these characters, biting at them, bashing into them. But these players could not be harmed. For they were Adria's army.
Player data:
/Kite Job: Assasin Cross Level: 255
/Blackrose Job: Sniper Level: 255
/Orca Job: MasterSmith Level: 255
/Balmung Job: Paladin Level: 255
/Elk Job: High Wizard Level: 255
/Mia Job: Gypsy Level: 255
/Mistral Job: Minstrel Level: 255
/Tsukasa Job: High Wizard Level: 255
/Subaru Job: High Priest Level: 255
/Mimiru Job: Sniper Level: 255
/Sora Job: Stalker Level: 255
/Bear Job: MasterSmith Level: 255
/B.T.
Job: Scholar
Level: 255
/Crim Job: Champion Level: 255
/Ginkan Job: Lord Knight Level: 255
/A-20 Job: Super Novice Level: 255
:End Player Data Read:
Within the castle, the two Auras discussed Grey. 'We must work together, if we are to awaken him', spoke Light Aura. 'Yes', replied Dark Aura,'but only if you can accept that you cannot save this world... alone...'. 'I accept that', spoke the Light Aura,'but do you accept that you cannot be the only Aura?'. 'I believe I can accept that', spoke the Dark Aura,'because we must work together'. 'That is correct', replied the Light Aura. At this, they embraced one another, creating a light so bright, that no mortal eye could look at them. They were one. They were the Grey Aura. The Grey Aura leaned down toward Grey, placing a hand on his cheek. 'You must awaken now', they spoke together, two voices as one. The Grey Aura leaned in and kissed Grey.
In a hospital, in the real world, a sleeping person opened his eyes. He had been sleeping so deeply that he could not see, hear, or feel the outside. The young man ripped off his breathing mask and jumped from his bed, rushing over to the other bedside. He spoke her name. The young lady, who was sleeping, slowly opened her eyes. She smiled, and he returned the favor. He spoke,'I... love you'.
Within the game, Dawn was no longer there in Einbroch. For, there was no Einbroch, and there never had been.
Zea warped in to the churchyard, where she saw her allys fighting a terrible monster. It seemed she had lost track of time after being Data Drained but when she woke up in front of her computer, she knew she had to return to the game. She rushed into the battle.
Adria's voice echoed off the walls of the church. Her army encircled Seen. 'Seen', she spoke,'I have no use for you now'. 'No...', said Seen,'please... no'. 'I am sorry', spoke Adria.
Kirere's power was too much. Zea had one last option. She clutched her necklace, and, using the Drain Soul, Kirere became a simple novice. The novice got on her knees and began to cry. 'I'm sorry', she said,'so sorry...I never meant for it to be like this'. And she faded away.
'Guardian!', cried Seen, desperately, as the group of players closed in on her. Guardian became suddenly pixellated, and began to break off into tiny data fragments. 'NO! WAIT!', cried Seen. But it was too late. Guardian was gone, this time for good. From behind, a player held his katars to Seen's throat. Another player, this one with a staff, swung it at Seen, knocking off her mask and causing it to fall to the ground and shatter. There was now also a deep cut in Seen's cheek, and she bled. Real blood. What was happening?
Two more players warped into the churchyard. These players were Grey and Dawn.
The chosen few forced their way into the church. They saw what was happening. Cried Netis,'Stop! We are the ones you want! Leave that player alone!'. The player who had been holding Seen dropped her and turned toward the few, glaring at them. The rest of the army did the same.
There was a great battle that day. The chosen few fought hard, but all failed. Even Zea's Drain Soul did little good. And in the last few minutes, when all hope seemed lost, a new character appeared. This player resembled a cat, half black, half white, and with a pair of angel's wings. It smiled down upon the players, and in its hand appeared a piece of grass, surrounded in sparkling blue energy. And it waved this piece of grass over Adria's army, surrounding them in the blue light. Suddenly, all the darkness and hate was gone from these players. And they were not players at all, but simple AIDAs, data fragments that Adria had hurriedly put together from lost memories. But now, they were only that, memories. And as memories, they decided to lose themselves once more. All of them vanished from existance. In a sense, the battle was won. But, Adria was not quite finished yet.
Seen stared out upon the Fake that was this game. Or what remained of this game. For there was nothing left, everything was corrupted and lost. Adria had won. But had she truly won, by destroying this game for good? The other players approached Seen. 'Not all is lost', spoke Aures,'it is only a game, and from what is left, we can start anew'. But Seen did not want to start all over. She did not want to play ever again.
The Grey Aura appeared to the few at Prontera. 'I am sorry', she spoke,'there is nothing I can do for this game. You may logout now'.