Dot Hack//G.U.

--------------Alastor--------------
Quickly heading across the bridge, Alastor stopped when he heard someone said, "Ala- Semio!" Alastor stopped and turned around to see a Edge Punisher with long white hair tied back in a pony tail walk up to him.
"Eric? Is that you?" Alastor asked puzzled. The Eric he knew hated the color white, and was no where near strong enough to lift the huge sword that was on this characters back. Not to mention his skin wasn't so dark either.
"No~ I'm Zeph. ;D" The other replied smiling widely. Alastor shook his head and sighed.
"Right, sorry Zeph." He replied in a quiet tone. Zeph walked over to him and slapped his back hard, which caused Semio to grunt.
"It's fine! Look, why don't we head over to the guild @home. I help run a guild called 'The Rebirths'. It specifically helps out new players get used to The 'World'."
"So in other words, its a newbie collection guild?" Semio remarked wryly and chuckled a bit.
"What? No! Saying it like that makes it seem wrong~. We seek out newbies, bring them to area's and train them for a bit so they can get the hang of this place, then they can join, or just use us as a reference spot. Seeing as how there isn't a tutorial in this game, we act as one."
"I see..." Semio said quietly, "Well why are you bringing me straight to the guilds ... @home? ... shouldn't you be coming with me to train?"
"I will buddy, but I want you to meet the guild leader first! He's an awesome guy. He's characters name is Koga!"
"Um... okay? Should I be surprised?"
"Should you!?!?!" Eric seemed sort of angry, or taken aback, "Not only did he found The 'Rebirths' be he's also a CC Corp mod!"
"... And you're sure its alright to have a Japanese imported game and be friends with this mod?"
"He's the one who sent it to me. He's a really awesome guy."

 

"Oh cool. Ok so according to this thing I'm currently on level 7, it's cool, I guess, so where to now?" Star asked Tom. She looked around wondering where they be going. The place seemed so real though, it was amazing.

 

Zaria saw the three and immediately picked out the weakest of the three and slowly approached with a smile on his face "Hello there, do you three need any help, after all pkers love to populate weak areas like this looking for newbies."

 

Will stepped in front of the man, sword drawn. "Can we help you, my friend?" He growled, gripping the sword tightly. He knew that this guy was a PKer, he could tell just by his look.

 

Star knew she couldn't do to much, but she would still help, she drew her fans and looked him square in the eye.

"Oh I think we'll be just fine, thanks for the info." Star said in a sarcastic tone.

 

Zaria looked hurt and sighed but then his look changed and he glared at them directly as he drew his gun and had it's tip right at Will's face. "Don't be to hasty boy, I see three of you but when I warped here it said there was four. Do you know what that means?"

 

"Okay, so the password for The Rebirths @home should be in that PM I sent you." Zeph said as they stopped before the guild homes. Semi nodded and checked his messages. Sure enough there it was, "Phoenix". Kinda fitting if Alastor could say so himself. Getting back to the game, Semio entered the pass and was brought to the inside.
It was really stunning. It looked like the inside of a palace from a victorian era with a high domed cieling supported by four white plastored coloums. The cieling itself was painted in a gold paint -or maybe it was supposed to be gold- that actually gleamed from the candles that were placed on plates hung from hooks and chains. The flooring was tiled with colors of light blue and white with a long blue carpet that had white thread running around the edges. All in all Alastor was impressed.
"So what do you think?" Eric asked over his mic. There weren't any right words that Alastor could use to descripe his awe, but he laughed delightfully and smiled. He heard Eric chuckle too.
"Who have you brought home today Zeph?" A deep yet gentle voice asked. It sounded like it came from the back, yet Alastor didn't see anyone.
"This is a friend of mine, the one I told you about, the one I gave the other R:2 to." Eric replied and then quickly introduced Alastor, "This is Semio. Spear master of the Adept."
"Huh?! When did I claim that title?! I don't want to be attacked because you gave me a title I'm not worth!!!" Alastor exclaimed and quickly looked between his friend and the hall around him frantically.
"Chill man, everyone here as a fun title they add. Besides there aren't many adept rogues in the guild and the ones who are here aren't lord partzians. So by default you get the title."
"O-oh. I see... What's your title?" Alastor asked after his friend. Zeph broke out in a huge smile and stated in a tone best suited for a lecteror, "Zeph, blade of winds."

 

Zaria looked around the two blocking his vision and saw Kimsumi and smiled and thought Hehehehehe, she looks to strong to be here, what's she up to? He lowered his gun and laughed nervously "Sorry about that, I guess I do give that pker kind of feel don't I?" He put his gun away and offered his hand to Tom "Sorry about the misunderstanding with your....friends, but it's nice you came because I was bluffing to be honest, I think your friend Will could have taken me."

 

--------------Koga----------------
Koga stepped forth from the shadows. Renji had made the character to be a Tribal Grappler wearing full black with black hair in case there was a need to step into the shadows.
"Zeph, I hope you can enlighten me as to why you brought him here first. The protocol does not change for even a friend." Koga made his voice sound irritated. He wasn't really, but rules needed to be followed, otherwise there would end up being chaos sooner or later.
Zeph looked stunned. Probably not expecting Koga to be so rough. "I-I... Sorry Koga..." Zeph's head dropped. Koga sighed and walked over to Zeph, raising one hand to the others shoulder.
"I will make an exception this once, but you must send him into trainging asap." Koga said in a level tone as he moved over to this Semio. He regarded the other male in a regal composure. A smile broke over Koga and he said in a complementary tone, "He seems like he can handle five levels above him at a time, and with you there with him, I assure you, you both can take on a level twelve." That made Zeph gape openly and he stuttered.
"T-twelve! But I'm only a seven and Semio a level one! There is no way we can-" Koga broke in before Zeph could finish, "I will join you to make sure you don't die." Koga thought Zeph gaped before, but if that was so then now his mouth should have been hitting the floor if it was left to itself.

 

Zaria brought out his gun and scanned the area "Sure, I'll help in any way i can." He stood to the side of the group and surveyed Tom,Will, and Star. Hmm all three are weak but it's obvious the Macabre Dancer is the weakest. Tom and Will are weak to but their battle strategies could prove useful for them. I should stick with them longer and see how things go.

 

Kimsumi smiled, "Please be careful around this area. Lots of PK love it here. They prey on people who are weak."

"Here, his my member address." Kimsumi smiled, "If those nasty PKers are attacking you, call me." Giving Tom another item, "This is a unqiue item, it is call Pardasie Wing. Think of it as your bodyguard. Use this and it will automatically warp a Paradise member to your aid."

With that, Kimsumi, wink and warped out.

 

"A paradise member?" Star asked confused, it was obvious she just started the game. She looked at kimsumi. She crossed her arms and kept glancing between everybody, she oculd tell Zaria was examining them probaly their strength.

"Oh and thanks for your assitance, so what exactly are you looking at?" Star decided to ask Zaria.

 

Crimson was at her hideout, Delta Hidden Angelic Sanctuary, staring at a broken statue of Aura.

"Soon," Crimson smiled to herself, "The World will fall and I will run things from then on. C.C. Corp, will regret demoting me to a mere researcher. I was on the Head Research Department for how many years?"

Crimson began to rant about her work with CC Corp. "It is fine, by now, I got this."

Crimson smiled at her blade. She didn't receive as a gift for testing the BETA version, but she found it. Items like this shouldn't have been found.

 

Will felt sick but he gave the man the benefit of the doubt. He knew he couldn't of taken the man but he was ready to. He wanted to help all of his friends as much as he could. He already had failed Tom once on a raid.

 

Zaria looked over at Star and grinned "Oh I'm just thinking of some things." He started walking forward and slowly turned back to face them "The girl that just left is obviously hiding something, If I were you I'd be weary of people who act to nicely." He laughed at that statement and continued walking "By the way you can call me Tony, or if it suits you to know who I really am, then call me Zaria The Two-Faced Executioner." He drew his blade and pointed at a group of monsters "Come on then, do you want the young girl to level up or do you prefer looking after her?"

 

------------------Devin-------------------------
Loki smiled from the inside of his hood as he heard Crimson begin to rant. Stepping from the shadows, the artifical light gleamed off of the white angel wings that should have been from the quest The One Sin, but his hacker skills were good enough that he was able to create fake items to throw people off. Anyone who saw him would report him -most likely to CC Corp- and the admins would search through a list of shadow warlocks who had completed the quest. It was just a precaution of course, but he also liked the items, and ever since AIDA had infected him, he had taken advantage of it's abilities. One being that it rearranged the data on a weapon Crimson picked up.
"I see you are as angry as ever, Crimson." His voice was a mix of other sounds and voices, he didn't want anyone to recognize his voice, even by chance. And he had no worry of CC Corp employees seeing him view monitors. They wouldn't be able to see him. "Do you intend to just sit here all day cursing those higher-ups?" He questioned. He did not lead her or anything, but he provided the fuel to her anger, filled her head with lies and other information. One of which had been that CC Corp wanted her as a lower researcher. The data was easy enough to fabricate, and any e-mail she sent was instantly re-directed to him in which he impersonated an executative. He wanted to laugh at how easy it had been to get her so angry, but right now he had to fuel her hate. So he must play the puppet handing over information.

 

Will flipped his blade and grinned. "Ni- I mean Star go or I will." He said, slipping a little. He had almost said her real name and he couldn't do that around this guy.