Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, or any parts of the storyline mentioned in the video games, television series, or books. I only own the parts I made up.
Chapter 3: Interruptions
Obeying the note was the only thing Tsukasa could do at this point. So the next day, Tsukasa logged in around 11:00pm, hoping to find it less crowded. However, it was even busier than ever. Everyone was surrounding the board. In the middle, there was a large note:
To: Everyone
Sender: Administrator Luffy
11:30:06 pm
Yesterday, a server was destroyed in such a way that it had to shut down for repairs. Any players that were on a field in that server were notified that this occurred and immediately should have rebooted their terminal. An admin has claimed to see two criminals--Kite and Black Rose--, along with another unidentified wavemaster. Now, the only suspects are the three. If anyone sees Kite or Black Rose, please e-mail an admin immediately. Thank you for your cooperation.
At the bottom, there was a picture of Kite and Black Rose. Suddenly, a new note fazed onto the board, glowing blue for a second, then turning the same color as the other notes. A loud beep came from it, and half of the eyes looking at the board traveled to the new message:
To: Everyone
Sender: Administrator Jeanne
11:31:45 pm
The Lambda server has been shut down permanently. Any items stored in the Haven will be lost. As well as any experience gathered there, due to a possible infection of the data. We apologize for the inconvenience and promise to get a brand new server working soon.
Almost immediately after that announcement, many of the characters looked slightly weaker. A few lost their weapons. Tsukasa breathed a sigh of relief. No one knew that he was the unidentified person last seen on the Lambda server. A loud roar of anger emerged from several people, and the others broke into conversation. During this time, a few people went to the Chaos Gate and left. A few were arguing over the peculiar events that were occurring. Tsukasa saw one character trying to talk to the crowd, but everyone was ignoring him. He climbed up to a pillar and tried to speak again.
"So," he asked everyone, shouting loud enough that other conversations ceased. "Look at this place. I don't know about you, but I've had enough of this stupid game. The levels are glitchy and now look at this! A server was shut down! I went from level sixty-seven to level thirty-four in less then thirty minutes. What kind of game is this! It's worse than Runescape!"
"Shut up, you friggin moron," a character groaned from the crowd. "You are giving us all a headache. Please bug someone else." Many others in the crowd murmured in agreement. A character, most likely a friend of the player on the pillar, told him repeatedly to get down. However, the character on the pillar did not respond to his pleads.
"Oh, I see, so you don't agree with me?" the player said, fuming.
"Well, I don't really think my opinion matters," the character on the ground replied. "But I will tell you as long as you stop telling us your problems and tell someone else, you asshole." The character on the pillar cracked and flung himself at the other player, attempting to tackle him. He succeeded, but other innocent characters watching the fight were injured as well. A player shouldn't attack another player, as stated in the basic rules of The World, however, just because it says not to, does not mean it doesn't continue to happen.
Tsukasa made his way towards the fight, unlike the other players who were trying desperately to get away from it. There must be another way to work this out besides fighting, Tsukasa thought, pushing through the panicking crowd. If this does not stop now, someone is going to get hurt, pissed off, or cause unwanted attention. The only things that can come from fights are bad things. He searched his mind to find ways for preventing player killings, but he came up with nothing. He could not ever stop Sora, so there was a strong possibility he was going to fail miserably.
"Hey!" he screamed, nearing the area where the fight was taking place. "Knock it off, you guys!" The two characters ignored him. "Seriously!" Tsukasa yelled. "You have to stop this!" He stood now between the two, blocking each other's view. "It's just a game, nothing else," Tsukasa said calmly. Both players refused to give in to the other and ran towards each other. Tsukasa was surprised at this action and covered his head with his arms, hoping that he wouldn't get killed in their anger.
When he looked up, he noticed that he had not been hit at all. Apparently, the stronger character, the one whom had been standing on the pillar, rammed his spear into the other. The player fizzed out slightly and with a clang his weapon fell to the ground. Seconds later, the character disappeared.As soon as the crowd remaining realized the fight was over, they slowly dispersed. Panicking about what just happened, Tsukasa left the board area soon as possible.
Oh, no! Tsukasa remembered. The time! I can't be late! Looking around, he spotted two players talking to each other and walked towards them.
"What' was that guy's name, Farrayne?" the female wavemaster Tsukasa was approaching, asked the guy next to her. "You know, the one that started that ridiculous fight a few minutes ago?'
"Oh, I know!" Farrayne exclaimed, turning around to face her. Tsukasa noticed the character was the same one who was pleading with the idiot to get down. "His name is Gear."
"Thanks,'" she whispered.
Tsukasa turned to her and was about to ask her a question, but at the same moment, she turned around and hit his shoulder with her staff. Ow . . . .Tsukasa thought, clenching his teeth.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" the wavemaster said. "Let me fix that." Tsukasa was about to protest, but she had already began saying the spell. "Repth!" she shouted, thrusting her staff into the air. A greenish light surrounded Tsukasa, telling him that he had been healed.
"You didn't have to do that, you know," Tsukasa said.
"Common courtesy,"
"What?"
"It's nice to be polite to people. And to fix problems you have started, even though they are not extremely difficult to mend," the girl said, smiling. "Did it work?"
"I'm sure it did," Tsukasa replied, looking at his arm, and turning back to her. Then he stopped and looked back at his arm again. The small bruise hadn't healed. Was this something recently added to the game? Curious, the girl looked at him, and then tried to look at his arm. Hoping that she didn't see his bruise, he asked her a question about what she was talking about earlier.
"Why did you want to know his name?"
Just like he hoped, she stopped trying to look at his arm and figured it was not important. "Because," the girl responded, smirking, "I can block him now."
"Wha?" Possibly a new addition to The World?
"Well," the wavemaster began, "as of a year ago, players have gotten the right to block other people they don't like or want to avoid. Whenever they are around you, or coming your way, a new box will pop up on your terminal, alerting you they are nearby. When you see them, you only see a black figure. Cool, huh?"
"Uh, yeah!" Tsukasa felt a little less anxiety when she told him about the change. So, the getting hurt part and feeling pain is a change too, huh? I'm sure everyone else thinks this is cool, but it definitely wasn't three years ago.
"Hey, what's your name?"
"It's Tsukasa. Why?"
"Here." She handed him a paper with her member address on it.
"Hey, do you know what time it is?" Tsukasa remembered he was supposed to be somewhere soon.
The wavemaster paused for second then replied, "It's about 11:50. Why?"
'It's nothing." Good. I won't be late.
"Oh. . . . . . .Well, call me if you need anything, okay? I think I'm gonna log out now." The wavemaster smiled at Farrayne then walked towards the Chaos Gate. She waved at them before she gated out. Tsukasa waved back, happy to find a new friend to add to his buddy list. Afraid of any consequences that come with being late, he quickly put the paper into his pocket, said goodbye to Farrayne, and headed towards the Chaos Gate as well. After typing in the location, three yellow circles appeared around his body, and he disappeared from the server.
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END OF CHAPTER 3
Finally, chapter three is done! Did anyone notice that one of the admins' names is Luffy? Yes, he is a fan of One Piece!
Now to explain the servers. There are five servers. Each server has a range of levels, matching to the levels of the characters. For example, a character on level 1 should go to fields on the delta server. If a character is on a small level and the place they go is a very high level, there is a small possibility that they will survive. If a high level player goes to a place with a low level, it will not be a challenge and they will level up very slowly. This is why there are different servers that cover different levels. The servers order is as follows:
Delta (triangle symbol) Delta levels range from about 1 to 20
Theta (cylinder symbol) Theta levels range from about 15 to 30
Lambda (triangle without bottom) Lambda levels range from about 30 to 40
Sigma (sideways "M") Sigma levels range from 40 to 70
Omega (fancy looking horseshoe) Omega levels are the highest levels you can go to (up to about level 98 or so)
Last note: I would really appreciate it if everyone would take time to review my story. I take anything, though I would prefer not to be flamed. I will also take questions, which I will reply to as soon as possible. The only one that I got a review from was mitsukai-otome. Thank you mitsukai!
By the way, sorry to offend anyone who likes Runescape. I tried it out and everything sucked about it. Though I have heard from lots of my friends that if you are on a very high level, it is much more fun. Please don't flame me. : (
But if you did, it is certainly better to be flamed then to have no REVIEWERS! (HINT HINT)
And yes, I made up that "blocking people" thing for the game. I wish it were possible in every game. I hate n00bs.
-ChibiMandarin