I took off my headset and turned off the computer. Aya would be here any minute, and I didn't want to look like a game nazi when she got here. Pushing my chair back and scooted out of it, and walked off to get read. I had a few minutes until she got here anyway.

"Were you on for the black-out?" Aya walked in through the front door, bag in hands. I shut the door behind her.
"What black-out?" I asked, watching her take off her shoes.
"Well, not really a black out but it was cool! Every player was taken to the start menu! Though it sucked, because I had leveled up 5 levels, and didn't save!" She made a pouting face before walking towards my room; I followed behind her. "It was super cool though! It gave me a weird feeling!" She plopped her bag on the floor and sat in my computer chair. She grabbed the head set and looked through. "This game sure is cool huh?"
I nodded my head as I moved her bag out of the middle of the floor; she was so messy.
"Yeah, I don't know what could have caused that..." I sat down on my bed. Could it have been that girl? I shook my head lightly at the thought, crossing one leg over the other.
"I bet it was some kind of thing! Like the One Sin thing!" She squealed excitedly, setting the headset down.
"The One Sin...?" I repeated. "That's from the first version they came out with, right?"
She nodded furiously at this. "Yeah! This'll probably be one of the biggest things in a while! People might even go into COMAS!" Despite the fact comas were bad, she still had her huge grin on.
"Comas aren't a good thing Aya." I sighed, she was so weird.
"So, what level are you now?"
"I'm only level 7." I put my headset correctly back on the desk, I don't want mine stretched out like her headset.
"Oooh! Still a newbie huh? I'm level 30!" She boasted, I just nodded my head. "Are we gonna eat?"
"Yes?" I replied. How could she change topics so quickly?
"Let's go!" She rushed out of my room; I sighed and followed slowly.

I waved good-bye as Aya was picked up early. Her mom always wanted her home so early. I stretched and headed up to my room. Mom still wasn't back from her business trip, wasn't she supposed to be home last week? I sighed; she probably got caught up in something. Sliding into my leather computer chair I picked up the headset. This game is like an addiction. I giggled a little bit, probably because I knew it was true. Placing my headset on I grabbed up the controller. Once they orange screen appeared I looked up, no new e-mails. I wondered if the person who sent me the e-mail would be there, I probably missed him. He did send it yesterday after all.
"Well, maybe I'll go train..." I mumbled to myself, clicking "The World".
Looking at the BBS I noticed there was many topics on the events that happened last night. I scrolled down; the whole box was full of that! You think they'd have enough common sense to just all rant in one thread. I clicked start and watched my character appear on the screen. She was wearing some weird pendent around her neck. I assumed this was from the event that happened last night. There weren't very many people on for a Sunday. Maybe they all were afraid that it was still down? I looked down at the destination code I had written down. Forgotten, Holy, Darkness. Maybe I should go there...
I turned to the Chaos Gate and entered the code. It was a level 15 place, way higher then my own level. Still, maybe he was there...do I really want to see him? I clicked the send button and teleported myself there.

The area defiantly was like its name. There was snow falling on the dark brick floor. Dead trees hung over head, snow looking dangerously close to falling off. The area was dark, the sky black with dark gray clouds floating above. I sighed, walking forward. I used a Fairy Orb and checked my map. There weren't any monster portals? That was odd...maybe it's a place to practice spells? I stepped forward, and noticed the red arrow appear on my map. There's a dungeon but no monster portals? That was odd, most areas that had dungeons had monster portals. I headed towards the dungeon, the simulated noise of crunching snow echoed through the area. When I got to the dungeon I noticed a boy avatar standing in front of it. He had chin length bright green hair. He wore a long trench coat. He looked like a 14-year-old boy. He turned and looked at me, his shirt was a dark green with a black skull in the middle. He had chains wrapping from his waist all the way down to his ankles, which pulled up his baggy black pants. He had markings all down the arms of his trench coat. He had deep green eyes, and around his left eye were black symbols. I stared for a brief second before realizing it was a player. Scrolling over I read the name Nazuna. What a...girly name.
"Rhythem. You have something you do not need. May I have it?" He asked, though his voice most defiantly wasn't what I pictured. It was a young girl's voice. They apparently didn't bother changing the voice type. "Yes, I am a girl." She must have known what I was thinking.
"I have nothing that I do not need." I replied, staring blankly ahead. My avatar almost always had no expression. I saw no need for changing it.
"Rhythem. You have something you do not need. May I have it?" She repeated. Did she not understand that I meant no?
"No. I have nothing for you."
"Rhythem. You have something you do not need. May I have it?" Is this person a NPC?
"I've got to go." I turned and walked off; this was obviously a waste of time.
She stepped forward, reaching out at me. I gasped when the hand actually came onto screen. I turned around, seeing her data was falling to pieces.
"Rhythem. You have something you do not need. May I have it?"
I looked down at the necklace. I didn't need this, but it was mine. It's one of the rare items you can actually see your character wearing! I got into my inventory and gave her a different item. There was a long silence.
"Thank you." The voice was mono-toned. I turned my view, but the person had already left.
What was up with that...? I wondered, I turned and teleported out, when I got back to town, I noticed I had an e-mail from Agriel.