Sorry to keep you guys waiting!!(Well...actually you'll have to wait a bit more...sorry)
Since I'm stuck in exams so I'll upload this chp first! I'll update the story once the exams' over!!
Sorry again
Chp. 6 Noise
Aura's POV:
Oww……my head hurts……the cybernetic parts of my memory is rearranging themselves…every time when they do this, my head hurts……well at the same time, I might remember things that I've forgotten…
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"Arrrgh!" W-what's happening--what are th-os-e no-oises…?
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(Come here, my beloved child.)
F-fath-her…t-that's my f-fat-ther's v-voic-ce……
(You're as adorable as yesterday…Aura…)
I-I can see h-him…through my mind……his hand is r-reaching for my shoulder……
……warmth? That's i-impossible…but it truly is father's warmth…
(Just a bit more…Emma…Just a bit more time, and our Aura will be completed.)
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The noises are fading away……Phew! I feel much better now……
But…why? Why am I able to feel father's warmth? I'm just an AI……trapped inside 'The World'…
But the warmth is so real……I'm sure it's not a fake feeling……
Then what is that…?
Father……
Guess I should ask somebody about that…so I stand up from the grassland and go to the lake in the forest.
I float on the lake and proceed to the middle of it. I open my mouth.
"Sister! Are you here?"
Don't ask me why I have a sister. Father created her and made her responsible for my birth, but she ended up
contradicting herself and drove 'The World' into darkness. When Kite alone wanted to kill her, I jumped out and received
the attack. And when my reborn programme started to activate, I managed to keep a piece of her fragment so she can
continue to live in 'The World' without harming any players. I know she did a lot of bad things to me, but…I think I want her
to live. I want to prove that even if I take over her place in 'The World', she wouldn't have to die.
A few seconds later, she floats out from the lake, and float-sit on the lake. She throws up her arms, and sighs a bit.
"I'd say that you really know how to wake one up when she is having a great nap." She complains.
"Is this what you're supposed to say to the Mistress?" I pretend that I'm angry and frown. She is frozen for a second, than
bursts out a full blown laugh. Was it me or the forest was making cracking sound?! Ah, she finally stops laughing. Geez! I
guess I'll have to fix my ears after this…
"Yeah, yeah, and should I thank you for keeping me as your problem solver in 'The World'? Geez my dear daught…sorry,
that should be little sister… you surely knows how to make one be grateful to you." She stares at me with her cat-like
blood red orbs.
"So? What is it?"
I tell her the whole noise thingy, and when it ends, she raises her right eyebrow.
"Anything comes up?" I ask her.
"…………" She keeps silence for a while, then stands up and looks straight into my azure eyes. What's that serious face?
" Aura, do you know what your current state is?" What a strange question…I'm the ultimate AI and the spirit of 'The World'!
She grabs my shoulders and sighed a bit.
"…the reality senses of yours are awaking." Reality senses…? What do you mean?
"You're not just an AI—you're more than an AI." More than an AI? What are you talking about? I'm…I'm…!
"…Your consciousness is trapped in this digital world. But physically, you're alive in the real world." ……that means……I'm…
"…an AI, and a human being." Her blazing cat-like eyes keeps staring at me. There seems to be a magnetic force between
her blood red orbs and my azure eyes. I'm feeling dizzy now…the 'me' in reality…and the 'me' in 'The World'……
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Corrupted data chips and cracklings……again? My sister looks around and urgently raises up her hand. After about 15
seconds,the cracklings and corrupted data chips disappear. She seems exhausted and let herself fall to the lake surface.
"……Stop thinking about the reality now, Aura……as you see…once your mind is blind, dozens of cracklings and noises will
pop up like crazy…Stop thinking about it and go to take a nap. You'll feel better." She suggests…or warns me not to think
about the reality again. I guess she's right……but if I'm real……then that means I can be with…
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"STOP IT ALREADY!!" Once again corrupted data and cracklings pop up from everywhere and my sister snaps to me. 5
seconds later, the noises fade away and my sister almost look as pale as my silvery hair.
"…Sorry…I'll go now. You should too rest a bit, Morganna…" I says to my exhausted sister. She nods a bit and let herself
sink into the lake.
Don't think about it…don't think about it…don't think about it……
Meanwhile in Mac Anu……
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"Whoa!" "What happened?" "The sun is gone?!" "Earthquake!" All the players were shocked by the change in
environment followed by noises. A winged-blade master stayed silence with a green-naked strong heavy blade besides
him.
"…Balmung." The heavy blade opened his mouth and let out a word. The winged-blade master nodded.
" That must be 'her'." He said.
"Will you investigate it?" The heavy blade asked.
"Yes, but not in CC Corp." Balmung answered, "Its danger here. You should log out, Orca."
"…Yeah." Orca nodded and logged out. Balmung took a glance at the cloudy artificial sky, then logged out too.
Chp. 6 ends here! Phew!! R&R plz!
Chapter 7 preview: 2006 summer--after presenting 'fragment' to CC Corp, the genius programmer found that the game will be more than he expected. A story of Harald and a little girl in extremis due to a car accident.