"so what did you do to get so...wet?"pedro asks Amalia trying to hold back his laughter.
"i...fell in the river when i got free."Amalia says with a dark pink face.
"its ok."pedro says finally done laughing but still smiling.On top of a near-by building megumi shows up.
"now to announce the winner of todays event!...The winner is...no one! the contest ended in a tie meaning...both parties recieve the awards.Aww that was no fun..."megumi says as she walks away.
---toki, amalia, pedro gain 500 gold!---"500 gold! thats it!",toki says angrily walking over to the chaos gate, "that was a waste of my time."she says leaving to a different area.
"uh..."pedro watches toki leave.
"Yay 500 gold!"amalia says happily.
'nothing brings this girl down now does it?' pedro thinks to himself and laughs.
"come on lets go train "he says going towards the chaos gate.
"time to train!"amalia says running after pedro.
---In "The World-???---"hey, you sad the prize would be better than that benasque"Larka says as she transforms back into her human form.
"i said there would be a prize...i never said how good the prize may be."benasque says as he begins to leave.
Larka runs in front of him,"where are you going?"she asks him.
"Somewhere other than here"benasque says as he pushes her aside and walks by.
Larka looks at him leave and glares,"why did i team up with him."she says transforming and leaving aswell.
---The Field---Pedro and Amalia teleport to the area and pedro realizes he must leave."aw crap!...i have to go"Pedro says disappointed about leaving so soon.
Amalia grabs onto Pedro's arm and asks,"why do you have to go?".
"People are over and I'm being forced offline."He says logging out, leaving Amalia there.
"oi"she says releasing a sigh and she goes to back to the chaos gate.
---Tofu Plaza---Amalia sits over the edge of the river and notices something in the water.She jumps into the river after what she saw and pulls it out."uh..."she says as she stares at the grunty that she had pulled out."what is this thing?"Amalia says after she had climbed back out of the river.
---Inside the Grunty Stalls---"So it's a grunty then?"she says looking at it oddly."Yay! I got a grunty"Amalia says a smile across her face.
"what are you going to call it?"The grunty stall owner npc questions her.
"oh i know the perfect name! I'll name it Tobias"She says as she jumps around with Tobias in her hands."Tobias,Tobias,Tobias,Tobias, that your new name...Tobias"she says as she trips and falls over.
---Online Admin Room---Topher awaits Megumi to arrive and she is running late,"whats taking her so long for a single event?"he says as he awaits her.
Megumi runs into the room "sorry im late."she says to him.
"how long did the event take today Megumi?"he questions her.
"Not that long sir."she says to him.
"Then why are you Late?"He ask slight anger in his voice.
"I just forgot about the meeting for a little bit thats all."she says to him.
"i cant take this when running my company Megumi.You do understand dont you."he says turning around.
"do you mean-?"she questions him not even getting her question out.
"Yes, Megumi your laid-off"he says leaving the room.Megumi drops down to her knees.
"how could this happen?"she says tears falling down her face as she crawls into the fetal position.
---2 days later-Tofu Plaza---Toki, Amalia, and Pedro await Megumi who had relations with Pedro in the real world and had news to tell him."So where is she?"Toki says running out of patience.
"this is boorrriinnnggg..."Amalia says rocking back and forth with her legs crossed.
"She normally runs late...who knows where she is."Pedro says as he sees her come through the chaos gate and they go to great her.
---after she explains what had happened to her---"jobbie job go bie bye?"Amalia asks Megumi.Megumi looks down to the ground trying to hold back her emotions.
"Yes she lost her job"Toki says with a sigh at how much Amalia was paying attention to her.
Pedro sits up and looks at Megumi saying,"Wow...that sucks."
"Ya i know doesn't it?"Megumi says looking at him not showing quite as much of a sad emotion she was a moment ago.
"heh...yup..."Pedro says and walks to the chaos gate."So whos up for an adventure?"Pedro says trying to get off of the topic.
"I'm always up for a challenge"Toki says picking up Amalia and going over toward Pedro.
"adventure! adventure!"Amalia says as Toki drops her next to the gate Tobia on her head."Thanks for the confort."Megumi says with sarcasm in her voice as she walks over to them.
Net SlumsLarka looks around for benasque finally spotting him digging through a pile of old data."benasque!"she yells at him to get his attention.
"What?!"benasque says irritated at whoever interupted him.
Larka changes back into her human form,"what are you searching for?"she questions him walking closer.
"A program!"he says a bit snippy and pulls out part of its data."ill take my leave."he says as he logs out and begins working on it in the real world.
"he is one of the oddest people."Larka says starting to walk away when an unknown virus from the program benasque had taken walks onto the scene.Larka looks up to it,"what is that thing!?"she says as she begins to run off.The virus grabs onto Larka watching her trying to free herself.It drains her of her hp and benasque's voice is heard,"game over.."its says as the sky begins to change colors.
Tofu Plaza's chaos gate"ya know wh-"Megumi begins to say but is stopped by the changing of the sky.
"What is this?!" Toki says slightly angered by the change.
"A glitch maybe?"Pedro says looking to it aswell.A new virus soon shows up in the center of Tofu Plaza.
"look."Amalia says pointing over a few buildings at the giant virus.
"This is no glitch!"Megumi says clutching her staff,"i would've hea-"she realizes she lost her job.'thats right' she thought to herself.Pedros eyes widen as he falls to the ground in pain followed closely behind by Amalia and Toki.
"what the crap?!"Megumi says looking at the virus."why are they being affected but not me?"she asks...no one she asks herself it.The virus begins to walk over to the only users who have not fled Tofu Plaza from it.Gracey floats above the virus unsure of how to solve the problem herself.
Gracey goes down to Amalia and the others who had fallen and trys to help stop their hp from draining.'whos that'Megumi says seeing gracey...but her thoughts are inturupted by the ammount of destruction the virus was causing coming over to them.As it reached over to them Megumi used a protection spell around her and the others.
"i cant hold this for long!"she yells to gracey trying to have her heal the others quicker.The spell continues to be active as Megumi goes over to the others and trys to help by using potions.The potions seem to be of no use as the virus continued to attack the barrier and megumi did not realize the barrier had become weaker.
In the real world"its all coming together"ben says as he watches his viruses destroying "The World".He begins to create his own monsters for the game and inserts them in.Once he had as many as he saw fit he had them go after Megumi and the others the only real threats to him.
In "The World"Megumi looked up upon noticing the potions had no effect and saw the monsters coming toward them.
"This is not good,"she says looking to her barrier,"its can't take anymore."The monsters that had been created as well as the virus began attacking the barrier."This can't be happening its impossible"Megumi says once again in the fetal position.
Real world... benaske(aka ben) watching the news"Players of the video game "The World have lately been experiancing odd symtoms of losing concious while playing it.The administraters blame this on a virus inside of the world by some unknown source and players still logged in cannot log out,that's was all they gave the public...back to you."the anchor woman says from outside of the Corporation that controls the game "The World".
"I win."ben says a smile across his face.