(online)
Miru-chan smiled as she logged onto the world for the third time.
She walked to the center of Mac Anu, looking for a quest.
Maybe I'll just level up...
She scrolled through her keywords until she saw one that caught her eye.
Distant... Water... Valley. Sounds promising!
She hurried to the nearest portal.
Distant. Water. Valley.
There was a flash on her screen that made her head ache and she reached the area.
What was that!?
She looked around her. The area was a barren beach with the ocean in the far distance. to the west she saw tall mountains.
Hey there!
She spun around
Who's there?
Over here silly! I'm Linnet!
She turned to face the voice. It was a young-looking character that fit the person's voice well. She had pale blue hair and was wearing a simple white robe, but had a very ornate staff.
Your staff...
Oh this? It took me a while to make... Pretty complicated stuff, hacks and mods. But you would know, Miss Cat-Ears!
Linnet smiled.
So, wanna join my party?
Party...?
You know... a group of people who-
I know what I party is.
Oh. So will you?
Will I what?
Join?
No.
No?
No. Goodbye.

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(shodeku with a cheerful attitude)

about what...the view, the lizard i slayed, about why i dont buy potions, or...

(shodeku's attitude went into a more serious tone)

or maybe about the whisper i sent you?

(online)
Miru chan teleported back to Mac Anu, away from the girl she'd just met. She didn't get ten steps before she heard-
Wait! Please reconsider!
Why do you want ME to join your party? Why can't you just find some guy who doesn't realize you're just a bunch of pixels and make HIM join your party? Then at least your party members wouldn't hate you!
I am so NAWT just a bunch of pixels. Linnet is, but I'm not!
Sorry.
You're not going to ask what you can do to make it up to me?
I wasn't aware I had to.
Join my party.
No!
Please?
NO!
Then I'll just follow you around.
Please don't.
Miru chan started walking away, but Linnet happily bounced after her.
Where are we going?
Away from you. Bye!

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"Well..." Eayen raised an eyebrow, taking a step closer.

"What do you think?"

(online)

Shattered examined the church one more time, he didnt see anything...but didnt mean nothing was here...that worried him a bit. Turning towards the entrance Shattered walked slowly incase he spotted something diffrent then usual. He heard a screeching noise that he had never heard before in the game, Shattered turned around to see what it was, he saw a bloch of numer characters swarming around, some flying past him going right through his character, the bloch of data turned the twilight area deep blue, Shattered approached the bloch of data and strecthed his hand out to touch it, as he did so a magnetic shock swam through his right arm, Jonathan feeling the shock in real life, it caused his character to fly back as the characters of data formed back and disappeared making the area return to its first state. Shattered before getting up was logged out of the area.

As a few moments went by Shattered opened his eyes to be back in Mac Anu but not at the usual chaos gate, he was in the middle of town, users walking past him giving him weird looks as if he was a hacker, Shattered held his right arm which seemed to be glowing a dark blue color. To a distance he saw two characters coming close to him, both looking like Female players, he tried to not draw any attention to his hand but he had a feeling that wouldnt be very easy...

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hmm...well since you decided to seek me out...its quite simlple...what you see isnt always correct you know...take this situation with the lizard for example...ask anyone if a lvl 20 could take a lvl 40...they would most likely tell you it couldnt happen or youd atleast need a lvl 30 and some potions...but as you can see i killed it...how you ask...as i battled it i observed its movements and points where the most damage was tooken and with this knowlage i used it to defeat the lizard...well that and experiance at the game but the point stands.

now thenthe world itself...if youve knowticed afew...how to say it...problems have arose lately...and a friend is recruiting people for a guild...take this card...

(shodeku gives Eayen the guild card)

chose to accept it...or dont...but i can tell...if anything...things will definately get interesting soon.

(zack with a chuckle)

trhe deserts view is definately nice...and now i make my leave...

(with a low voice...or will find a deeper meaning behind my words)

(shodeku logs out)

Character's name in real life: Francis Copperton
Character's Age in real life: 16
Real life Gender: Male
Real life appearance: Kind of an effeminate, devilish air around him. Black hair which enhance his already... evil-looking features, and dark brown eyes.
A little info on the Real World Character: Studious and a bit socially inept. He doesn't really like the game, but it's mechanics and gameplay are far and beyond anything else on the market, so he plays if only because of that.
Character's name in 'The World': Devilside
Character's Gender: Male
Character Appearance: Black, purple-ish form-fitting clothing, with carefully designed gaps for added effeminate traits, with white, fiery hair, sticking up behind with a high end ponytail that splits into two branches, and flows down to the middle of his back.
Job Class: Adept Rogue (Gauntlets / [Job Extend 1] Bayonet / [Job Extend 2] Broadsword - Obviously he hasn't gotten them yet, but they're still there for reference)
Level: 15
Personality: Spreadsheet man would be his superhero name. From his experience with the game, which he admits to not being much, he has built what he considers the ultimate Adept Rogue in terms of weapon selection and stats. He is not exactly cocky nor confident in his abilities, nor in the abilities of others, but if there is something he is confident in, it's his ability to calculate the best way to grind. The only reason he hasn't yet leveled more is that his studies take way too much time. The fact that he's made it to 15 in a few hours is testament to his technique, but with all the bugs and oddities in the program, all his calculations may be for naught.
Bio: Unguilded. He's starting to have a reputation for passively killing a whole lot of PKers who thought that he would have been an easy target.

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Character's name in real life: Danny Piruzzo
Character's Age in real life: 15
Real life Gender: Male
Real life appearance: Quite buff and toned for someone barely entering high school and who plays the World often. Messy dirty blonde hair with green eyes, generally dressed in another manner.
A little info on the Real World Character: High school rugby player who is generally liked by most, but seems to draw the ire of Francis for some reason.
Character's name in 'The World': Angelside
Character's Gender: Male
Character Appearance: Like most Macabre Dancers, except slightly taller and buffer. No chestpiece, a highly decorated white and gold hakama, short dark green hair.
Job Class: Macabre Dancer
Level: 17
Personality: Outgoing, and willing to help parties across the World achieve their goals, be they killing monsters or low-level Arena.
Bio: Currently unguilded. He named his character Angelside to just screw around at Devilside's expense, but he definitely enjoys it and it has since become his main.

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((Should I start posting right nao or not?))

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(@Hatman - Yeah, just go ahead. The host didn't really give me an approval either.)

Eayen watched in silence as the man dissipated before her eyes, logging back into the game of Life, the hardest and most annoying game ever made. She thought about him for a moment more. Well, when you put it in perspective, it seemed logical enough. You watched the enemy's movements, observed the actions it took, and attacked when it exposed itself the most. It seemed like that's all you needed to win, but then you have remember the fact that this is a game. Everything's scaled, leveled, and powered to a certain extent. That's how games are made, after all.

She sat down on the sandy ground, leaning against the oasis tree. The guy, Shodeku, mentioned that there was something going on with The World behind the scenes; that something wasn't as it should be. Eayen thought about it for a second. Well, there was that incident a little while back. There was some sort of event that was being held, but the server crashed mid-way, and all the people participating disappeared. But that didn't mean anything; maybe they simply weren't playing anymore.

She held the guild key in her hand. She wasn't in a guild at the time, and hadn't really cared is she was in one or not. Well, she was invited, right? Why the hell not? Deciding to join the guild, she also sent Shodeku a friend request.

"Well." She said to nobody in particular, standing up. "Let's see the @HOME."

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Materializing back into Mac Anu, Eayen held the guild key in front of her. Holding it in her hand, she went off in search for the guild @HOME.

Devilside - Offline
Francis returned from school. Once again, another day where that pathetic caveman tried to get under his skin, yet failed. Finally, he'd be able to level more and play the World. He had his spreadsheet with all the keywords he knew, including which ones would be the best for leveling. Oh yes, this would be a fun night. By his calculations, he'd be easily level 23 after this is done. After that, he'd start getting ready for the Job Extend. It never hurts to be prepared, after all.

Devilside - Online
Devilside logged into Mac Anu, right near the Chaos gate. He checked his chart, and headed to the first destination. It landed him into a level 18 area, with a Defeat the Boss mission, as predicted. Since the trash monsters were three levels higher, it was difficult for him, but he managed to end up to the boss, while picking up some equipment as well. He especially liked his new pair of gauntlets, since they had the coveted Critical Strike UP ability. He went up to the boss, and looked at it. Generic level 18 boss, no problem. He knew it's strategies, and provided he didn't get hit too much, he would be fine.

So, avoiding the boss's main attacks, he slips in, and as he lands the first punch, he gets knocked back, his screen flashing a whopping 2000 damage from an unknown assailant. Needless to say, he dies, and warps back to Mac Anu.

"Strange..." he says out loud, muttering the rest to himself : "That monster doesn't have that ability... unless there's been a patch." Tabbing outisde the World, he goes onto the Internet, trying to find out what happened, leaving his avatar to stand in the middle of Mac Anu.

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Angelside - Online
Angelside had already logged in, and had been looking around the guild stores for some equipment that would help him cast better. It seems that fans were hard to find in his level spread, so maybe a guild would have a few for sale. Especially the larger guilds. He'd been wandering near the store, looking at each shop's list while hoping to get a party just to chat and have fun with. Practice hadn't been hard, and he didn't have to show up to school tomorrow.

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((Ya anyone can join, You don't need my permission.

& you guys can go ahead with what you're doing, I don't have a lot of time online & I was kind of being eclipsed & lost in your stories anyways, I'll try to fit back in later....))

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((Fuck yeah I totally killed the RP))

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((no it's cool, I like that it was moving along so fast, but I just need some time to think of how to throw myself back in there. ;P ))

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