Its been a while, but I'm back with Destiny Online Chapter 3!
I'm sorry for the delay, but I recently lost my job and I have been busy looking for work and trying to get back into School, but now I have gotten that all into place so I can get back to writhing. Anyway onto the Story.
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Destiny Online Ch3
As Kirito trasmatted onto the Divide in Old Russia he looked around and waited. A moment later a flash of light to his left revealed a red clad Hunter, who proceeded to fall flat on their ass; prompting Kirito so let out a sigh.
"Ohmf!" Standing up the Hunter began to rub his back. "Man, that Transmat thing is rough on the landing." Looking back Kirito spoke.
"Don't worry Klein. Once you get used to the idea, it's a rather smooth transition." Pulling out his Ghost Kirito asked. "Alright Ghost, any idea where the Warp Drive might be?" Rotating its outer shell Ghost began to speak as Klien looked over Kirito's shoulder at Ghost.
"Not sure, however there are reports of a Guardian ship being shot down nearby. Marking the location on your HUD." Looking back to Klein, Kirito tilted his head towards where the marker was. "This way, you should see the waypoint."
"Yah, I have it. Lead the way." As they both mad their way to the downed ship, Kirito thought back to their meeting at the Tower.
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"Hey, you're a beta tester. Right?" Kirito turned to see a Male Awoken hunter with medium length magenta hair with a red bandanna on his forehead.
"Uh, yah. I was." Kirito nervously responded, knowing that some people had a full hatred for beta testers. However this guy was different, his eyes lit up and he got a grin on his face.
"That's awesome. My name is Klein, I know this is kind of odd, but would you mind showing me the ropes around here? I've never played a shooter like this one before, and you look like you know what you are doing." Kirito blinked once before responding.
"I'm Kirito, and I guess I can do that. I have to return to the Cosmodrome for a quest and to get a Warp Drive. You should have the same quest."
Klein rubbed the back of his head shyly. "Yah, I'm not sure. I don't exactly know how to open my game menu." Kirito was shocked, how Klein could even make it to the tower without opening his menu, Kirito would never know. Granted most of it was automated, but not opening his menu could be an eventual problem.
"Well I remember some people had trouble with using the mental connection to run the menu."
"Mental Connection?" Klein asked, scratching his head.
"Yah, the Nerve Gear simulates the sensation of a Ghost merged with you, by focusing you should be able to sense it and visualize it." Klein nodded in understanding and closed his eyes and focused. Finding his 'Ghost' Klien connected to it seeing the menu that showed his character, gear, and stats he then asked.
"So I have the menu, now what?"
"First focus on your Sub-class option and activate your upgrades, you should have a Grenade and melee ability." Doing as instructed Klein upgraded his Gunslinger Sub-Class to be able to use Incendiary grenades and Throwing Knives. Closing his connection Klien looked back up.
"Done."
"Good." Kirito replied then looked back down the hall to the ship wright. "So have you already talked to your Vanguard Mentor and the Gunsmith?"
"Yep." Grinning Klien continued. "I grabbed the Trax Callum I Scout Rifle and I noticed the quest Shaxx was offering." Pulling out a sword he continued "-and I got a green* Helium Katana out of it." Kirito nodded in response, although he was surprised. Getting a green, or Uncommon, item was a rather special reward for a level one player.
"So you already finished all of the Tower quests. Now we both just need to find a Warp Drive before the Vanguard will give us more quests." Turning back to the hall, Kirito began walking. "Common, let's get our ships and ill invite you to a Fireteam."
After meeting with Amanda Holliday and getting their ships the pair headed back to the Courtyard. Once there Kirito flicked his left hand out and held it palm up. Appearing in a flash of white his Ghost stated floating above his palm. Then Kirito tapped the center of his ghost, causing an options menu to pop up. Seeing this action made Klien take a closer look and let out a 'huh'.
"This is a system menu, meant for account management." Swiping to the left over the screen Kirito changed the look to what appeared to be three lists of players. "This is a friends and lobby list for inviting people to your Fireteam, or setting up com-links**." Finding Klien on the Lobby roster Kirito sent him an invite to his Fireteam and closed his Ghost.
Hearing a slight digital chirp Klien flicked his hand just like Kirito and saw a message pop up above his Ghosts 'eye'. Tapping the accept button he saw Kirito's name tag above his head turn from blue to aqua, signifying that he was now a Fireteam member. "So how many people can be in a Fireteam?"
Putting his hand under his chin and looking up Kirito let out a sigh. "A Fireteam is usually comprised of three to six members, depending on the activity. And multiple Fireteams can form a Strike Force to take on the Nightfall Strikes." Nodding in understanding Klien then asked.
"Okay, so now how do we get to Old Russia to look for that Warp Drive?" Kirito, once again summoning his ghost simply replied.
"Like this." Holding his finger over the 'Return to Orbit' button the two man Freteam disappeared in a flash of light.
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Kirito snapped out of his reprise when he heard Fallen chatter up ahead. Sliding into cover behind a rock he looked over and saw four Dregs, two Vandals, and a five Shanks. Noticing Klien crouching next to him and take notice of the enemies, Kirito came up with a plan.
"How good are you with that Scout Rifle?"
Klien hearing him brought the gun to bare and checked his sights on a Vandal before dropping back down. "I can pop their heads, no problem."
Kirito nodded, summoning a Vortex Grenade in his hand he explained. "I'm going to toss this grenade to scatter them. My Auto Rifle won't do too much at this range, so I'll move in close and keep them aggro'd on me. You stick back here and pop off any that you have a clear shot on."
"Got it." Klien responded. Without further warning Kirito launched the Vortex Grenade, catching two Shanks and a Dreg in its light. Vaulting over the ledge Kirito began to unleash short controlled busts into the NPC's. With his opening strike Kirito dropped the last four Shanks before he had to jump to cover. The sound of a Scout Rang out and the scream of Fallen dying mixed with the Ether erupting from their bodies made Kirito look towards Klien who fired with precision and purpose. With his Auto Rifle joining in with Klien's Scout, the remaining scavengers didn't stand a chance. Once all the Fallen were cleared the pare of Guardians made their way across the field to the sparking and smoking wreckage that was once an Arcadia-Class Jump-Ship. Walking up to it Kirito was the first to speak.
"This the ship Ghost?" The little light in question appeared next to Kirito's head before drifting up to the wreckage and began scanning it.
"Yes this is the Guardian ship." After scanning it from top to bottom Kirito's Ghost let out a sigh and moved to the cockpit before began scanning again. "The ships avionics are completely catatonic, and the warp drive has already taken. Goo-"
"Fallen?" Klien asked making the Ghost look to him and angle its top shell down.
"Don't do that." It said in an annoyed voice before scanning the cockpit again. "However it is a possibility. However it also may have been another Fireteam." Kirito then spoke up.
"Anything useful left in its systems?" Without stopping Ghost replied.
"Actually, yes. I'm working on culling their last transmissions, although the systems are nearly dead." After a moment of silence a notification popped up on their HUD's
Guardian Carissa…
Fireteam Murica…
Location: Unknown…
Status: Unknown…
Last Known Recording XX/XX/XXXX…
Playing…
Listening to the gargled and static filled audio, neither Kirito nor Klien could make much out other than the Guardian was shot down. Ghost disappeared before communicating with the two Guardians over the coms.
"Not much in the recording, although the Guardian did locate a map of the area. Marking the location on your HUD's now."
After a small trek up a hill the two Guardians found the Waypoint was beneath an old shed. Guarding the shed was four Vandals and eight Dregs, not an easy fight. Both players drew their swords, which had full ammo, and charged in swinging. Once the Fallen were all taken care of Kirito kneeled next to a glowing white octagonal sphere, while Klien looked at his blade and asked.
"So why do we have ammo for our swords?" Kirito looked up as the white sphere vanished.
"Do you want the Lore reason or the game mechanic reason?" Stumped at this Klien was unsure how to reply.
"There are two reasons?"
Kirito let out a sigh as he began walking to the stairs in the back of the building and headed down, Klien close behind.
"First, did you notice how easy it was to take care of those fallen out there?" Klien nodded. "Then that is your reason for the game mechanic. If we had unlimited sword, well even Majors and Ultras would be a piece of cake, not to mention the Barriers our swords can generate."
"That makes sense, if we had unlimited sword the game would be too easy."
"Exactly. As for the Lore reason. Every time we strike an enemy the blade is damaged, chipped, and dulled. So in order to keep the blade pristine, with every hit Ghost repairs the blade with Heavy Ammo Glimmer." Klien, nodding once again in slight understanding to what Kirito said. The pair continued walking through the underground halls until they came up to a room with Fallen scavenging around old computer systems. Making short work of the scavengers the pair began to look around the room. Noticing a glowing screen, Klien approached what looked to be a map in the adjacent room and released his Ghost to scan it. Scanning the map and the data it supplied, his Ghost disappeared before speaking to them both over coms.
"Bad news, the Fallen already have the Warp-Drives, However I have a lock on where they are keeping them." Both Klien and Kirito sighed, they had hoped that the Fallen would not have had the Warp Drive.
"Okay Ghost, mark the map." No sooner did Klien say that when a waypoint appeared in their HUD's and maps.
After running across a large open field and climbing some stairs and entered an large building. Inside the Golden Age bunker, the two sparks of light came across a Golden Chest. Recognizing what the chest was Kirito opened it and both players got higher level green arms.
"What was that?" Klien asked as the pair continued on through the building, noticing the obvious signs of Fallen.
"A Golden Chest. There should be about four or five per planet, and the gear is decent. For a time." Once the two came to a small doorway s sudden shiver went through their bodies, a deep penetrating chill set into their bones and a dark haze filled the room. Kirito tensed up even before the notice appeared on screen. In the center of their view a black and white diamond with a half covered skeleton appeared, with the text 'DARKNESS ZONE' next to it and a sub-text 'RESPAWNING RESTRICTED' after pulsing twice the text disappeared before the logo minimized next to the health bar at the top of the HUD.
"Careful-" Kirito spoke tensely "-This must be the boss fight." Klien only replied by tightening his grip on his Trax Callum. Making short work of the Dregs and Vandals in the large arena the two began to hear growls and thumping from the far side of the room.
"It's in the walls!" Ghost yelled right as a truly massive Fallen, flanked by four Vandals, jumped out of a tunnel at the back of the room. The large beast let out a grueling roar as the name 'Riksis, Devil Archon' appeared above its head, and just below that a yellow health bar filled.
The two man fire team immediately fell back to the overhang and locker room. Seeing the adds, the two players focused on the wave of Vandals that spawned, knowing that they were the more immediate threat. Once the ads were killed they both focused on the Arcon, tossing grenades when able and dropping his health rather fast. After a few more waves of ads, the Archon was down to his last sliver of health when Klien stepped forward.
"I got this!" he yelled before rushing forward. Readying a Throwing Knife Klien did not hear Kirito's warning before the Archon raised all four arms and one leg then slamming down.
"Guardian Down!"
"Damn it, my bad." Kirito heard over the coms. Letting out a sigh he bolted out of the Locker Room and launched himself into the air, taking two shots to the chest, dropping his shields and bringing him into the red. Dropping his weapon he reared his right arm back, collecting a vortex of void light into it before thrusting his arm forward. Out from his outstretched arm came a massive ball of purple light, rushing strait towards Riksis. The sphere, slamming into the giant Fallen and exploded in a violet burst, draining the last of Riksis's health. With a last defiant roar, the Archon Priest of the House of Devils burned in the light, his body turning into nothing but embers and ash.
Kirito landed back on his feet and let out a long breath before a flash of white light brought him out of his reprieve.
"Uh, wow. Was that your Supercharge?" asked the newly revived Klien. Because the Darkness Zone had lifted, Klien's Ghost was able to res him instantly without the need for Kirito and his Ghost to boost their light.
"Yes." Kirito sighed. Looking at the bottom left of his HUD he noticed that they were about to return to orbit. "We are about to be returned to our ships in orbit. Once there I'll take us back to Tower."
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After seeing a Post-Game Carnage Report and a loot screen the pair reappeared in their respective ships. Kirito immediately opened the directory and was about to select 'Tower' when Klien's face appeared on one of monitors
"Hey man, I'm about to log off and get some Pizza. Let me send you a friend request and when I get back on we can continue." Hesitating a moment Kirito ultimately nodded. Klien then opened his ghost and went to the Fireteam menu and sent Kirito a Friend Request. Kirito hearing the Chirp of a message from his ghost opened it to Klien's request. Accepting it, Klien appeared in Kirito's friend list and vice versa. Klien then swiped over the system menu of his Ghost and froze. "Uh, hey Kirito, this may seem weird; but where is the Log-out Button?" Instantly confused Kirito replied.
"Top left of the System Menu on your Ghost. There should be a button that says Log-out with a sub-menu of Change Character and Log-Off" In response to this Klien only scratched his head.
"Well it's not there." Was Klien's simple reply. Kirito immediately opened his Ghost and checked the system menu, and to his shock, saw no log-out button. However before either of them could continue the conversation they were both transmatted out of their ships.
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Kirito landed in the tower and noticed that the place was full, as if every player of Destiny was there, his mind began to work. 'An automatic Transmat, that affected the entire player base. What's going on, is it about the log-out issue?' All of a sudden a heavy weight pressed down on Kirito on his HUD the telltale logo of a Darkness Zone
"A Darkness Zone, in the tower?!" he heard a player yell in panic. Kirito was also confused, the Tower was a world HUB, a safe place. It wasn't possible for a Darkness Zone to be here. Before Kiritos mind could continue, a dark mist enveloped the tower and blocked the Traveler from view. In the distance a massive figure, translucent light blue, green, and black appeared. The name, 'Darkness Incarnate' appeared above it, no health bar appeared, and '?' was shown as the level.
"Hello," it spoke in a deep baritone and distorted voice. "My name is Akihiko Kayaba, let me be the first to welcome you to Destiny Online." At this people began to murmur before a wave of mist erupted from Kayaba intensifying the Darkness Zone, causing an absolute silence to fall. "I apologies for that, but I need your attention." As everyone resumed their focus on him, the weight of the Darkness lightly lifted. "Good. As many of you have begun to realize, there is no Log-Out button. This is not a Glitch, but a- Feature. You are all now trapped, here in Destiny; and should you fall to the darkness, be consumed and die, then you die for real." At this a dead silence fell over the crowd, no one could move or even speak. Even Kirito was shocked. This thing, this creature claiming to be Akihiko Kayaba just told them that this was no longer just a game, but a death game. Everyone was so stunned and shocked at the news that they failed to notice the slight shift in the beings head, and a wicked grin plaster itself on his face.
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Off in a hall leading to the Speakers Observatory a lone Exo Titan walked, his red eyes burning with anger.
"I am Akihiko Kayaba"
Without warning the Titan slammed his fist into the wall next to him. Although he put all of his force and Light into the punch, it did not even scratch the paint. Letting out a ragged sigh the Titan continued walking. Opening his Ghost's system menu, the Titan swiped right twice and faded into white light.
Grimoire
*Rarity: There are four levels of rarity in Destiny Online. These levels are called Common (white), Uncommon (Green), Rare (Blue), Legendary (Purple), and Exotic (Yellow). With each increase in rarity the quality of the Gear also increases, from stats values to Perks the gear piece may offer.
**Com-Link: Com-Link is a party system that connects Guardians directly without them being in the same session. This is useful for groups who wish to stay in communication even though they are on different planets or missions.
And done, so the story is starting to pick up a bit and I like how this is turning out.
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