Dot.Hack/Fragment - Page 2

Strong Bad · 06-06-2005, 04:05 PM

Meliegent finished paying one of the NPCs at the weapons store and proceeded to upgrade his armor as well. He walked out of the Armor store with a big grin on his face, it had been ages since he could afford a reasonable upgrade. Not to mention he was lookin' pretty stylin' in his new gear. Dark Black armor with a red trim.. not too shabby.

A large commotion seemed to be sturring in the City, something wasn't sitting right. An unknown attacker tried to jump one of the players but was unsuccessful. They had to get to the bottom of all this. Mel and the others charged through the city, straight to the center. A massive battle had broken out! PvP was in an out break, things were out of control. Mel was surprised the Scarlet Knights hadn't taken things into control to stop things like this happening.

Barger was the first to run head into battle, taking on two opponents before he even know what was happening, Luna was close behind. JK seemed to sneak off in the commosion. Mel wasn't going to run into anything before he knew what exactly was going on... Besides, he'd just bought new armor, he didn't want no newbie to scratch it.

Meliegent stood in the backgrounds, not exactly knowing what to do. He'd defend himself from the occasional maniac that would head his way but he wouldn't start anything. He wondered what was sturring up the people.. and who were these Player Killers anyways... Something was a miss.

Atma-Noah · 06-06-2005, 05:48 PM

Amidst the battle going on in the town. A young man dressed in heavy armour with the skins of some type of animal over it, fought the player killers. Although he wasn't doing to good. Lack of playing time and experience didn't seem to help him out. He fought smiling though. He knew lady luck was with him today. As one player killer fell to his axe.

His axe swung back and forth from his hands hitting multiple targets. Only to do a small amount of damage. His Berserker's Rage had set him back. His risk of lost DEF had taken it's toll. He didn't know ho much longer he could last. Still to weak! ARGH! I'll have to go all out just so I can get out of here! Atma thought quickly parrying a blow and countering.

"It's been a pleasure boys but I must bid farewell." Atma said leaping into the air and holstering his axe. "HUKAKO!" He yelled as the icicle formed in both his hands. Then with all his might he threw the icicle downwards. The force of the throw sent him flying and the icicle down towards a group of player killers.

Atma hit the ground with a thud. Luckily he was far enough away from the main battle he didn't have to rush to get up. "Heh....I guess I saved myself from deletion there." He got up and dusted himself off. Looking up a man stood not but a few feet away. His black armour with red trim proved him not to be a player killer, but Atma couldn't be sure. Atma's left hand rested on his axe hilt and he spoke.

"Watching the fight eh? Is it exciting? I know I wouldn't have wanted to be in there too much longer myself, but you look far more advanced than me. Names Atma. What's yours?"

Strong Bad · 06-06-2005, 09:23 PM

Meliegent stood patiently, waiting for some advancement in the battle, it seemed to be getting nowhere, neither side seemed to be advancing. Suddenly a spirited fighter berserked his way right into the battle. He was giving it his all but didn't seem to be dealing too much damage. He got out before things got too hot and landed next to Meliegent.

"Watching the fight eh? Is it exciting? I know I wouldn't have wanted to be in there too much longer myself, but you look far more advanced than me. Names Atma. What's yours?" he stated.

"Hi there, the name's Meliegent. You gotta be more careful in these situations, wouldn't want to get deleted wouldja?", Mel smiled and casted heal on the brave fighter. "Say, you would probably become a pretty strong player if you got yourself some more EXP, would you care to join our party?" Meliegent offered.

Before Mel had a chance to react, 3 player killers jumped him. He slowly backed himself against a way, Trapped! He put his hand on his blade but wouldn't be able to defend himself in time, things were looking pretty grim. A small beed of sweat dripped down his brow. Ah crap...

Can I get a little help here!? Mel shouted.

He unsheathed his sword and prepared for battle~!

Atma-Noah · 06-07-2005, 11:49 AM

Join a party eh? Well Meliegent seems pretty tough so his friends should be too. Atma pondered not paying much attention to what was happening to Mel.

Mel's cry for help brought Atma back to his senses. "Har! I don't think I could pass up on such an offer Meliegent. I'm in!"

Atma sprang into action running towards one of the advancing player killers. He tackled the surprised player killer and they both fell to the ground, rolling forward Atma hustled to his feet. Unholstering his axe he waited for the PK to get up. His new found enemy rose swiftly and charged.

He swung low and Atma jumped and swung his axe to the right, causing himself to turn and the side of his axe connected. Hitting the PK in the face. The PK staggered. This gave Atma enough time to engage in his Berserker's Rage. Atma smiled as he charged the PK with a jump Atma was coming down towards the PK and with both hands grasping his Axe he swung downward as it connected an unknown force seemed to empower his attack. Atma's axe hit the ground and the PK faded out.

"I always loved the chance of a critical. I guess Lady Luck is shining on me today eh?" Atma laughed looking at Mel and the other two player killers.

Those two shouldn't be a match for Mel. They're only a couple more levels then me and Mel is far more advanced. I can't be sure though. He thought griping his axe and watching the others.

2ndPower · 06-07-2005, 02:15 PM

Barger was beginning to think that these guys weren't worth his time. He had found Luna again, and together, they were mowing the player-killers down left and right. They all seemed to fall for the same trick, too. He, the higher leveled one, would stand in front and get their attention, they would form a small group and attack him, Luna would sneak up from behind, and together, they would take them all out. It was so predictable it was getting boring. At least they were earning some good EXP.

After a little while, Luna and Barger got seperated again. Barger mildly looked for him, but did not really care all that much. This battle was steadily getting smaller, as people were falling on both sides. It wouldn't be too long until this battle was finished. Cutting down an opponent in front of him, Barger found JR, sneaking up on... "Luna! Behind you!" Luna disengaged his enemy and spun around. Seeing JR poized to attack, he swung his sword horizontally twice. JR faded from view on the second swing. Barger rushed up behind Luna to protect him from his initial opponent, who was seeking to take advantage of the distraction. Luna had already weakened him, so one strike was all it took.

A short while later, the battle was finished. The last few player-killers, facing overwhelming odds, had run off. The victors, however, had taken heavy losses. Barger felt no remorse for that, however. He had done the best he could, and had most likely saved several of the survivors. Those who fell to the player-killers did so through no fault of his own. He and Luna accepted the victory cheers and backslaps from the others, then walked up to where Mel was standing. Mel was facing two opponents, player-killers who had obviously not realized that the rest of their force had retreated. Barger, instead of rushing into battle, merely took a ready pose, and watched. He would join if Mel needed the help, but now was the perfect opportunity to see how well Mel could do combat, a neccessary thing to know if they were going to be partying for a while.

Strong Bad · 06-07-2005, 09:17 PM

The battle seemed to be clearing up as the few remaining Player Killers scattered off into the distance. Unfortunately, the 2 remaining PKers pursued Meliegent. A small crowd gathered around them, watching Meliegent's final moves.

Mel didn't want to appear too cocky, and at the same time he didn't want to reveal his entire potential. A simple quick movement of steel would finish this bout. Mel broke his cool outlook and yelled out a battle cry, startling his attackers, knocking them back. With a quick dive, Mel thrust his blade directly through the chest of one of the men before he even had a chance to react. The other Player killer fell on his back, trembling in fear. Meliegent put his foot on the player's throat.

"Alright Grunt, Spill it, What's the meaning of all this!?" Demanded Meliegent.

The player killer stared back with a confused expression across his face. He didn't know what to say.

"Speak!" Mel shouted.

”We’re an organized clan, searching for the ‘ultimate weapon’, it was rumored to be in this town. Don’t delete me! I was ordered!” the PK pleaded.

”Judgment must be served.”

Mel closed his eyes and finished the PK, with little regret. Hmm… The ultimate weapon eh? That would truly make Mel the strongest player on the server… he had to have it! He looked back up at the other players, waiting for their reaction. He didn’t quite know what was going to happen next…

2ndPower · 06-09-2005, 12:04 PM

The ultimate weapon? That was bad news. If Barger knew anything for certain, it was that people with power misused that power. Barger saw Mel's eyes light up at the mention of the ultimate weapon, he'd have to keep an eye on him. He didn't seem like a bad person, but one could never be too careful.
"Perhaps we should find this ultimate weapon before they do. I do not wish to see the destruction that they would cause with this weapon." Barger said.
"Yeah! Will you come with us?" Luna said to the guy who was hanging out with Mel. "I'm Luna, and this is Barger."

They had spent an hour thus far hiding in the shadows and on the rooftops of town, tracking down the surviving members of the PK group. They had no idea where to start looking for this weapon, so they decided to wait until someone else uncovered it, and attack him then. So far, it had been fruitless. It appeared that Barger's original suspicions had been correct, these guys were idiots. Barger turned to leave, and saw a flicker of light around the corner. He walked over to check it out. It was a Chaos Gate.
"Hey," he whispered. "Come take a look at this."
"A Chaos Gate? Could this lead to the ultimate weapon?" Luna said.
"There is only one way to find out." said Barger, preparing to step through.

Atma-Noah · 06-10-2005, 12:46 PM

"Names Atma. I'll party with you guys for sure. I hope I don't bring it down though. It's nice to meet you both."

Atma hid and searched with the others for awhile. They had been looking for more PKs but to no avail. Thats about the time Barger found the gate.

"What luck. Let's go. If it dosen't lead to the weapon it'll still have something worth while in it eh?" Atma whispered back to the group.

"Well one of you guys go first and I'll be right behind you." He waited for the first to enter.

Strong Bad · 06-13-2005, 07:19 AM

After running around town to no avail, Meliegent figured it was time for him to buy new weapons. Mmm... Twin Blades! Mel sold his Nagatana and equipped his new blades. He'd been meaning to change his weapons for a while now, hopefully this would increase his agility.

A Chaos Gate eh? This can't be good... Oh well, I'm always up for some kind of adventure. Meliegent sighed and began to walk towards the gate. Chances are, there was going to be some kind of giant demon waiting for them on the other side. How'd this gate even get open in the first place? Someone must have already gone through...

Mel slowly checked behind him to see if the others were following or not. Oh well, adventure lay ahead and he'd claim the prize if they didn't follow. Onward! Meliegent started to pick up pace until he was sprinting full speed.

"Here we go...!" Mel yelled as he jumped into mid air and disappeared into the Chaos Gate.

Meliegent appeared on the otherside. It was a total dump of a map! It seemed to be the Net Slum he'd been hearing about.

"The place for old data that was erased or bugs that were able to escape from the debuggers. It is a junkyard of sorts- a place where left over code and data from different parts of the world ends up."

Hackers frequented this place often.. They'd have to be careful while they were here... That was no ordinary gate he had traveled through, someone had hacked through and created it. There was something big here... but what..

2ndPower · 06-13-2005, 12:30 PM

Ah, the Net Slum. Barger had heard rumors about this place, old bits of code, unfixable mistakes, things that the powers that be had started but decided that it wasn't worth the effort to complete. It'd make sense that this would be the location of the ultimate weapon, perhaps something that the programmers created, but gave up before they put any sort of limitation on it, or perhaps something a hacker had created. Barger didn't know how it'd work, he was no programmer. He wondered if Luna would know anything about this place, he was the son of the president of the CC Corporation. Not that it mattered any. This place was kind of dreary, dark, and full of incomplete works. Over to his left was a town, noone was there, not even NPC's, and had a little less than the bare minimum of buildings. Barger started walking off in that direction. It was as good of a place as any to begin searching, and it may provide a bit of cover if they were attacked by a powerful hacker.

The town was completely uninhabited, just as Barger had expected. Thus far, there was nothing of real interest. It was just a town, nothing more. A little frustrated, and having finished the search of the town, Barger started searching for the quickest way out. This place gave him the creeps. They walked into an open area in the town, where Barger saw a small pile of character bodies. Walking closer, he recognized one of them. "Delor!" he shouted, running towards the pile. It was her, a friend of his, one of the ones who went comatose. Those other bodies would probably be the others that were either comatose or dead. But why would they simply be dumped here? And why would they be piled up like this, as if there were moved to a central location?
"Quite a spectacle, isn't it?" an unfamiliar voice said from behind Barger.
"Who the hell are you?" said Barger, whipping around. The man was behind the entire group. How he had gotten there without anyone noticing, Barger didn't know. Everyone was very alert, and the man hadn't been there when they came into this area.
"You may call me Jarek, although you won't have the priviledge of speech for long."
"What do you mean by that?! Did you do this?!!" he shouted, motioning to the bodies.
"Yes, I did. I am the one behind the comas and the death, well, not exactly. My creation is the one behind those 'accidents.' And it appears there are about to be four more victims." Barger saw his eyes focus above and behind the group.
"You!" he shouted, rushing towards him and swinging the sword. The blade passed right through him, doing nothing. The man chuckled.
"You can't defeat it, although I wouldn't mind if you tried. At least try to put on a show." Jarek then stepped backwards, and dissappeared. Probably some sort of teleportation spell. Barger turned, prepared to face what was coming.

Atma-Noah · 06-15-2005, 07:44 AM

Atma followed into the choas gate. The other side was crap. He had never seen anything like it, it looked like a junk yard. The search for this weapon seemed fruitless, until Barger shouted out something. Atma folowed the voice into a clearing. There were bodies all stacked up in the middle.

What the hell? Why is there bodies here? Before he could think anymore a voice interuptted. "How'd he get there?" He said as everyone truned around in surprise. In the confusion Atma missed out on the conversation. Something about victims...and a creation? Atma didn't like the sound of it so he drew his weapon...Only to be beaten by Barger who attacked the man. It passed right through him? This didn't look to good.

Kyreaan · 06-16-2005, 10:22 AM

Ky finally got to log into Fragment again after some absence. He tried to send a flash mail to his friend, Atma, but didn't get a response. The character named, Ky, had a humanoid boar like appearance, something done not without bending a few rules.

"Hey...what is that? A boar?" some other character asked. The person standing near him only exclaimed, "Yea, can someone edit like that?"

Ky held his spear like he always did, wearing black garbs with red trim. Looking around, he noticed and met up with his aqua grunty.
"Black King, you want to trade an item with this item found in the..." the aqua grunty started to ask.
Ky interrupted. "Oh, shut up. You seen that axeman buddy of mine?"

"Actually, I just saw him enter the chaos gate. Would you like to trade an..."

"Oh cool! I'll catch up by referencing last keyword entered." Ky replied. "Yea, lets see what items you've got..."

The Long Arm Ky traded a couple of items with his grunty. Afterwards, he looked down and petted the thing. "Thanks, sport. I'll see you later for that race." "OK, globbglob" the aqua grunty replied.

Ky ran towards to chaos gate and looked up the last keyword entered. Hopefully, this will be the place Atma entered and not be that someone else entered something different afterwards. After it dialed up, Ky was teleported.

Strong Bad · 06-17-2005, 01:22 PM

The group had all gathered at what seemed to be some kind of ghost town. There were no NPCs, no nothing; it was dead. Old pieces of data floated through the air randomly, nothing seemed to be alive.

""Quite a spectacle, isn't it?" A Mysterious Stranger announced. He had some giant creature next to him, unlike one anyone had ever seen before. It must be the cause of all these accidents happening and it looked like we were next.

Meliegent jumped back and put some distance between himself and the "creature", it was clearly too great of a match for him, maybe even all of them. There only chance of survival might be to escape this situation. Barger attacked the beast, but to no avail, he went right through! What kind of madness was this!?

"We'd need some kind of powerful magic... or even some kind of counter weapon.. I don't think we're prepared for this!!" Mel shouted. The beast turned around and started to head in his direction! Mel dived behind some random broken debris and the monster stormed right threw it, crushing everything in it’s path, it seemed unstoppable!

Mel darted away quickly, putting some distance between himself and the weapon. Suddenly another person came through the Chaos Gate, a Long Arm. What was going on here?

”Look out!” Meliegent shouted to the new comer, things were getting hot around here and there was no room for error. Meliegent swiftly united up with Barger, hopefully he had some kind of plan for this. Mel didn’t want to be in a coma!