Eden;  Reality IC Thread.
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				Title: <strong>Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>03-05-2012, 00:44:54</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pmhDkfy6QKo/TS4w8JhWj0I/AAAAAAAAASk/n2IGyEHZYAk/s1600/Arip%2BNurahman2.jpg)</div><br>That is an example of how the cities of Earth look today.&nbsp; With the advent of clean technologies and a much more pollution free world, the health and continued existence of both the planet and the people of the world couldn't be better.&nbsp; There is still crime of course, and the occasional crazy survivalist faction in the middle of nowhere to the cults of the past, but those are few and far between now.&nbsp; Beyond that, it is typical life for all besides hover cars, clean energy, and whatever else you lovely guys and gals can think of.
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				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 04:09:38</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone?<br><br>Inside a lavishly decorated room, a white pod hissed as its glass-like surface opens while the person inside opens her eyes. Melisa waits for the pod to fully open before sitting up and stretch up as if she had been in a sleep. She looks around her surrounding as if not recognizing half of it as the blur between the in game environment and her real life room starts to separate and comes into focus. Her musing is cut short as she heard a beeping noise and climbs up from her pod, revealing that she is stark naked before exclaiming to no one in particular, "Geez, what is going on? I was having a blast in there until you woke me up."<br><br>a screen pops out in front of her as the AI controlling the system speaks to her in its programmed female voice, "Miss Sumeragi is calling, she wish to reminds you of your schedule for today. Since you were unavailable, she left a message instead." Melisa yawns wide as she commands the AI, "Well, put it through then." Aikawa Sumeragi is her manager who takes care of her job as an idol. The screen changes to show a beautiful young woman probably in her late 20s with long and wavy brown hair who speaks to her in gentle but authoritative tone, "Melisa, I have sent you your schedule for today. I know its Saturday and you don't have school today but you still have work coming up so don't stay up playing games too much, ok? Now, today you have...."<br><br>The older woman's voice reciting her schedule continues on the screen which follows her as she walks through the apartment still completely naked since Melisa doesn't see a reason to put on clothes seeing that she lives alone anyway while her parents are back in UK. Thankfully, her apartment is located at one of the top floors so the chance of someone getting a free view of her completely naked is little to none which she is grateful for since she prefers to stay naked all the time if possible. She made her way to the kitchen and opens her fridge before removing a bottle of chocolate milk from it before draining the content on the spot when the message finally ended with, "... I will pick you up at 10, you better be ready, ok?"<br><br>Melisa stops drinking as she speaks to the AI again, "What time is it now?" the AI replies to her with the same voice as before, "It is currently 20 minutes to 10." Melisa's eyes widened in panic as immediately emptied the bottle in one big gulp before cursing profusely, "Oh shit, I have to get ready now!!"<br><br>She immediately made her way to the bathroom for a shower while deciding to skip breakfast for a sandwich later. It took her a full 18 minutes for her to dress up herself and looking proper while her AI seem to find it amusing to give her a countdown by saying, "One minutes left...." which made the already panicked girl even more frantic as she grabbed her key card and ran out of the door toward the elevator which will take her to ground level to be picked up, all the while thinking, 'Waaaaaaaait.'
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 05:54:54</strong>
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				((Intense happy ending later for 'Eldrith' and Alessa lol.&nbsp; Have no idea what time it would be is the only thing.))<br><br><strong>Name;</strong>&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone<br><strong>Location;</strong>&nbsp; New York, New York.&nbsp; Apartment building on Fifth and Main, floor 45, room 213, Penthouse Suite, West Corner.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong>&nbsp; Soon to be her own agent from the same Agency as Melisa's...and then if all works well, Melisa herself.<br><br>She was glad she had chosen this day of all days to go into her pod naked.&nbsp; She had never done so before, but before she had hopped into the machine, specially modified for her specific needs, Alessa Silverstone had just gotten done with a much needed shower, and besides drying off with a towel and wrapping it around her body while she made her way back into her hover chair, she had felt the strong urge to just forgo clothing and go right into Eden.&nbsp; Now, stirring after such an intense session with the necromancer, her very first 'sexual experience' in either world, Alessa woke up covered in a layer of sweat, her body still quivering even now after she had fallen asleep on Morgul's warm body.&nbsp; When she would log back in, she'd still be there, most likely in a similar state as she was now, but at least she felt well rested and ready for the day, unaware that it was the middle of the night as her brown eyes adjusted to the darkened apartment she called home.&nbsp; Rubbing her face with her hands to get her raven black hair out of her eyes, and some of the sweat off of her face at the same time, Alessa groaned as another pulse of pure bliss raced up and down her spine, sure that her rather plain face was flush as red as the towel that she had left by her VR pod and her chair.&nbsp; She giggled despite the fact that if her parents found out about her little escapade with a complete stranger, VR world or not, they would certainly be cross with her.&nbsp; Still, her current good mood was to the point that only a horrific event could get her to come down off of her VR sex session endorphin high she currently had going.&nbsp; She needed another shower, but that was a small price to pay for her fun she had had in Morgul's arms in the Prancing Pony.<br><br>With another groan, Alessa climbed back into her comfortable hover chair, turned on the power, and floated her way back into her luxuriously appointed bathroom before she drew herself up a nice hot bath, planning to soak and just relax.&nbsp; She wasn't bothered in the least when her own agent called and she took the call right where she was, being quite grateful she had decided to add a bit of bubble bath to the whole affair since it hid her rather plain body from the holo caller's sight.&nbsp; "Oh, should I call back darling Alessa?"&nbsp; The man on the other end asked in a teasing tone, an older gentleman in his early thirties, blue eyes, strong chin, and black as Zachariah himself in skin color.&nbsp; Oh the wonders of gene modding, a trend that she had no intention of getting into anytime soon.&nbsp; Still, Alessa just chuckled and shook her head of raven black hair, glad that the man had called.<br><br>"No it's fine Jack.&nbsp; What can I do for you?"&nbsp; The young woman asked, and Jack just chuckled and ran a hand across his bald head, a military buzz cut as he had explained to her once when she had asked before he spoke again.&nbsp; "I had a feeling you'd be up right now and wanted to confirm your schedule with ya my jewel in New York, a city so nice they named it twice."&nbsp; "Flirt."&nbsp; "And you love it."&nbsp; Alessa just laughed and couldn't help her grin from reaching her ears, having always liked Jack since day one when she had met him at an audition for the agency she worked with now which had helped get her singing and VR dancing career off the ground.&nbsp; She couldn't dance in reality due to her genetic disorder but thanks to VR, that wasn't a problem.&nbsp; "So anyway, you have that duet coming up with Melisa Artemis, but beyond that your weekend is pretty much free Dark Alessa, so as long as you don't plan to go all nasty on me anytime soon, I'll see ya Saturday at oh....12 noon, your time?&nbsp; VR stage area code is the new rip off of Eden's Osyndar mountain range, an area I hear you know quite well."&nbsp; Alessa couldn't believe it.&nbsp; The company had picked the most beautiful of places, in her opinion anyway, to hold their duet.&nbsp; It was the very place she had trained to become a warrior monk in Eden, unaware her mentor had truly been a PC, and that that player had been her mother.&nbsp; If she had known she'd have also known that her mother had told Jack all about the place, and after some planning, had gotten the VR stage agreed upon by both her own agent and Melisa's own, although whether or not Melisa knew, Alessa couldn't be sure since she only knew the girl by reputation really.&nbsp; "I...don't know what to say Jack.&nbsp; Thank you, truly."&nbsp; And she meant it, just as Jack knew she did as he offered a gentle and warm smile her way across their connection.&nbsp; "It's the least I could do for ya darlin.&nbsp; Happy early birthday if I don't talk to ya before the month is over after this little gig is over and done with."&nbsp; With that the connection was cut off and Alessa had another reason to smile altogether.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 09:38:27</strong>
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				Name;Melisa Artemis<br>Location;Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br>Tagged; Her Agent and later on, Alessa's Agency representative<br><br>Melisa blast out of the elevator the moment it ding-ed as is reach the ground floor with one and ONLY one thought, 'pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasedontletSumeragialreadyhereplease....' her sprint immediately lose its velocity as she skids the last corner which will lead her to the lobby of the apartment which it share with the 10 star hotel next door which means that it is always crowded, but even so, its really easy to spot that she is in trouble as the one person that she doesn't want to be there yet is in fact already standing with her fists on her hips as a scowl adorned her beautiful face. Melisa's last thought as she saw the expression of the older woman can be summed in 2 words, both figuratively and literally, 'Bugger it....'<br><br>It doesn't take long before the pair is seated at the backseat of a luxurious sedan hover car which is when Kitakawa Sumeragi immediately launch in a scolding about her tardiness. Melisa knows better than anyone though that Sumeragi actually does honestly care for her despite her scolding. Officially, she is her guardian and that is as far as mostly others knows but what they doesn't know is that the two female are actually related, Sumeragi being her aunt is a secret that only those closest to them knows. The necessity of the secret mostly comes from professionalism between them, Melisa doesn't want Sumeragi to treat her specially due to her being blood related and Sumeragi does not want Melisa to feel singled out.<br><br>It takes nearly half the way toward the agency building when Sumeragi finally calms down and turns back to her jovial personality, "Oh yeah, there is another news that I didn't manage to mention to you in the message last night since I was just being told about it this morning. Our agency is planning to create a promotional stunt to one up our competitor. I haven't got all the details yet but it seems they are thinking of forming an idol unit involving you and another one from our branch in USA." She pulled a mobile sized device and a hologram screen pop out of it before she pass it to Melisa as she continues, "I had asked them to send me her profile."<br><br>Melisa grabs the device and reads the profile of the other artist which is to be part of the unit with her as she thought to herself, 'Hmm... So she is more of a virtual world artist and singer rather than one who is active at real world like I do. Interesting... I wonder how the agency gonna pull it off though....' she turns to Sumeragi and asked, "What do you think about the project?"<br><br>Sumeragi thought to herself for a while before replying, "I think its an interesting opportunity, the girl apparently has made a name of herself at least in the virtual world while you are popular in real world...." she saw Melisa's pout at the mention of her popularity and grins, "Oh come on, you know its true...." she giggles slightly as Melisa huffs while still pouting before continuing in seriousness, "Well, it seems that our agency is thinking of expanding to both world. Besides, it is a good chance for you to get to know someone, who knows, you might even like her." she finished with a wink toward the girl, being one of the few who knows that although Melisa is very much straight but she does have a soft spot for cute girls too.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 17:27:33</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone<br><strong>Location;</strong>&nbsp; New York, New York.&nbsp; Apartment building on Fifth and Main, floor 45, room 213, Penthouse Suite, West Corner.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong>&nbsp; Soon to be her own agent from the same Agency as Melisa's...and then if all works well, Melisa herself.<br><br>Alessa had gotten dressed an hour later when the hot water had started to cool off, having washed away the sweat and most likely the smell she had accumulated after her intense marathon with Morgul in Eden.&nbsp; The sun had started to rise by then, and after a quick breakfast and another holo-call with her mother who just wished her luck and much love, with the same message from her dad a few minutes later as he caught the tail end of the conversation, Alessa blew them a kiss from her kitchen table and just shook her head before looking to the pod.&nbsp; She had a bit, and it'd only been two hours since she'd gone out with a considerable bang in the game world.&nbsp; She didn't need to go back just yet so instead she chose to pick up a book and read, setting her alarm for four hours from now unless something came up.&nbsp; Elves in Eden only needed four to six hours of sleep to a human's eight to nine.&nbsp; Alessa had been in her pod since yesterday morning so it'd do her good to move about for a while first before climbing back inside.<br><br>Jack meanwhile put in a call to his Japan counterpart.&nbsp; A grin plastered his face which was quite genuine since he was in an exceptionally good mood, although that wasn't anything new since he was always a perpetual optimist.&nbsp; Still, he made sure his suit was straight and his tie set right before he made the connection to Melisa and her Agent, unaware of the connection those two had to each other.&nbsp; He knew Sumeragi well enough though and knew that she didn't take to BSers at all, but he wasn't one to BS anyone so there was little to be afraid of for him.&nbsp; "Ah Miss Sumeragi, my sakura blossom from the east, how has your lovely day been madam?"&nbsp; Chuckling regardless of her answer, he turned his gaze and saw that Melisa herself was on hand and his dark cheeks turned a shade darker in mild embarrassment before he found his voice again.&nbsp; "I'm sorry, I didn't immediately see you there my Greek goddess of the hunt.&nbsp; And what a fitting name that is for one such as you Melissa Artemis.&nbsp; Allow me to introduce myself since I seem to have at least you at a disadvantage Ms. Artemis.&nbsp; The name's Jack, Jack Sparrow, and yes before you ask my folks had a thing for the old Pirates of the Caribbean.&nbsp; Oddly enough though the last name was already Sparrow long before I was born."&nbsp; Of course by now Sumeragi would have most likely stopped Jack's rant since he had a tendency when he got excited to keep going and going with whatever train of thought he happened to be on.&nbsp; With a bit of an embarrassed laugh Jack would nod and offer an apologetic smile to both lovely ladies before going on.&nbsp; "Sorry.&nbsp; Anyway, I called to make sure you got the arrangements for our little duet between our two lovely stars madam Sumeragi.&nbsp; Ah good, you did you did.&nbsp; So, you agree then, both of you?&nbsp; I don't do anything without making sure it's good for both the singer and the agent.&nbsp; A bit unorthodox but I'm not like most agents you've probably come across Ms. Artemis.&nbsp; I take good care of my charges as does your own from what I hear.&nbsp; As she's probably explained, we're hoping to do a bit of a promotional deal and combine elements from both the VR and reality this time around, see what happens.&nbsp; If it works we'll take the act further and see where it goes."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 18:03:41</strong>
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				Name;Melisa Artemis<br>Location;Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br>Tagged; Her Agent and later on, Alessa's Agency representative<br><br>Melisa can't help but giggles as she listened to the male in the hologram screen, she is of course familiar with the movie he mentioned as the movie had recently been remade and still was a hit as the original was more than a century ago. Her giggle intensified as her own agent sends the man a glare which obviously says that he better not be hitting on her charge and to cut straight to business instead.<br><br>As the man speaks about the project, Melisa nods toward her agent who then turns speaks on her behalf to the man in fluent english, "We both think it is an interesting proposal, Mr. Sparrow. We are understandably curious though on how you plan to pull this project off, I'm assuming that this was your idea?" She paused for a bit before continuing, "Based on the profile that your branch gave us, it mentioned that the girl was.... physically handicapped so to speak...." She raised her hand to prevent any objection from the man before continuing again, "Please, don't get me wrong. I do not have any problem with her condition, nor do I have any intention to insult her about it. I am simply stating that if she is to be working together with us, I think it will be fair for us to come in a clean slate for each other so that there will be no misunderstanding between us or if there is anything that we shouldn't have mention to each other."<br><br>She paused again as if to give the man some time to accept her reasoning before continuing again, "Please pardon us once again, but we are of the belief that if we are to work together, we believe it is just proper that both parties are to see each other in person. Again, there is nothing against you or your charge but you see, I am not like most agent either. Security is my first and primary concern when it comes to Artemis. I just wish to make an arrangement for us to meet each other physically at the time of your convenience."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 18:50:15</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone<br><strong>Location;</strong>&nbsp; New York, New York.&nbsp; Apartment building on Fifth and Main, floor 45, room 213, Penthouse Suite, West Corner.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong>&nbsp; Melisa and her agent.<br><br>Jack shrugged since it wasn't actually his idea.&nbsp; It had been Alessa's mother that had come up with the idea, and really the agent and those in charge had loved it.&nbsp; "In all honesty, it wasn't mine or Alessa's.&nbsp; It was her mother that came up with this venture.&nbsp; Unbeknownst to our little VR edition to the party, her Eden counterpart was trained to be a warrior monk by her mother, and when the mentor decided to quit she let her Eden counterpart die of old age, leaving Alessa's PC alone to do as she wished.&nbsp; Her mother couldn't be prouder of the girl so you could consider this one hell of an early birthday present.&nbsp; Personally I find it quite touching.&nbsp; Anyway, as for how we planned to make this work, you should be getting a package sooner or later, at the latest at the end of the day."&nbsp; The package in question as a mobile holographic projector which while Alessa was plugged into her pod, she'd be able to project a perfect image of herself to anyone she wished as long as the projector was near at hand.&nbsp; While a bit pricey, it was unable to fake images of any kind so her authenticity was assured.&nbsp; He waved off the remark regarding his client's disability, having had no concern about Sumeragi's intent when she brought it up.&nbsp; "I can arrange a meeting sure.&nbsp; I'll get flight plans going as soon as I get Alessa on the phone again and see what she says.&nbsp; If all goes well we'll be there before Friday afternoon hopefully.&nbsp; She's quite a good kid and I think you and Melisa both will like her.&nbsp; Now, anything else my lovely Sumeragi?"
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				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 20:33:29</strong>
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				Name;Melisa Artemis<br>Location;Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br>Tagged; Her Agent and later on, Alessa's Agency representative<br><br>Melisa stays out of the discussion between the two agents but has to smile as she heard that the plan had originated from her would-be partner's mother and have to admit that she impressed by the unknown woman. When the mention of her currently favourite MMO though, she just had to ask, "Wait, did you just said she is an Eden player?" <br><br>The reason of her question is quite clear, Eden being a relatively new game barely out of its BETA stage means that there are only so many players in it, by that logic, it just occurred to her that she might have encounter the girl in-game and didn't recognize her. It is not exactly rare thing to happen despite that there are games who comes with an option where players can use an optic scanner which allows the player to create a character to look just like their real life counter-part down to their three sizes or for the males the size of their penis with just some minor appearance tweaks which is her case in Eden. On the other side, they can also decide to make the character manually and design them to look or sound completely different as they are in real life. Heck, being a veteran at MMOs, she encountered people who plays a character who has different gender than they actually are and pulled it off magnificently.<br><br>That Sparrow narrowed the character down to a Monk made her even more curious since there are just a handful of monks still in Eden since most people would choose easier and flashier jobs like wizards or knights. She grins as she thought to herself, 'Well, that is at least one thing we can talk about during breaks. Wonder how good a gamer she is....' She turns to Sumeragi and nods silently while the older woman turns to the screen, "Very well, Mr. Sparrow. I will make preparation for your arrival and please tell me if there are some preferences that you or Ms. Silverstone want me to prepare for your visit. We can then grease up the details along the ride. We are looking forward to working together with both of you, till next time."<br><br>She turned off her terminal just in time as the hover car approached what look like an office building with the sign: Angelstar Agency Co. A scanner pops out of the wall and scanned the car along with the occupants ID at the same time before beeping in confirmation before the wall opens up revealing a drive way into the building's parking lot accessible only to employees.<br><br>Melisa stretches her arms as she waits for the car to be parked before exclaiming with a wink toward her manager, "Well, Lets get it done."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>10-05-2012, 02:43:47</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shinjuku District<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji is sitting cross-legged in a fairly huge room decorated lavishly with traditional japanese decoration along with several other men, most of them are older then himself though it is clear to the observer that they hold higher respect to the younger man, understandably so as the said younger man is their leader after winning both the contest of merit and voting to be elected leader by a landslide compared to his other competitors. Although the booming of online conversation and meeting is undeniable, Ryuuji still believes that it is better to meet each other for regular meeting in real life, if anything to keep the tradition going and not forget their roots. He remains impassive as the men gave their reports regarding the situation in the various districts and divisions each of them are controlling, one report though stands out from the others as it catches his attention as he asked the man to clarify.<br><br>The man, looks to be in his late 30s nods before continuing his report, "There is a rumor that people has collapsed into unconsciousness when they are hooked into the internet, in particular when they are inside the Virtual Reality pod. There are suspicion that the phenomenons are caused by skilled hackers who manage to hack into the system of some online games or other virtual social center. Since the victim's consciousness is effectively connected to their virtual body, it is theoretically possible that harmful action done to the person in virtual world will have backlash to the person at the real world."<br><br>Ryuuji puts his hand on his chin as he thinks on the implication of the report, of course, he had heard of the rumors online but to think that it happened at one of his turf is disconcerting and implies that there is more serious issue than he expected. He knows probably more than anyone the danger hackers can do online and more so of the fact that although online security has greatly improve in the last century, they are still by no means substantial against the ever growing ingenuity of crimes in the said virtual world, identity theft, bullying, financial hacking are still rampant despite the authorities claim that the had the problem on capable hand. He himself is a hacker afterall, a skilled one at that too though he rarely use his skill to bring threat into the virtual world except when it is truly necessary to gain the upper hand against their rival group or financial threats.<br><br>He is cut from his musing as the older man speaks again, "Ryuuji-dono, we all know that you in particular had put interest on the currently popular online game called Eden. We wouldn't dream of disrespecting you by asking you to stop but we have to beg you in earnest to keep safe and alert in there where none of us are capable of protecting you. No matter what the others says, you are our leader and our pillar of strength." He bows low toward the young man followed by the others around the room, it is clear how much they respects and adores their leader.<br><br>Ryuuji closed his eyes as he replies in clear voice filled with authority and more than anything, respect, "I thank you for your concern, Akigawa-san. Rest assured that I will keep your advice in mind." he opens his eyes and the men raise from their position, awaiting for their leader's instruction. Ryuuji turns to the men before speaking again, "I want you all to go back to your respective divisions and investigate the incidents that you told me today." He then turns to Akigawa before continuing, "Akigawa-san, I want you to gather people and create a team dedicated to investigate this virtual threat. Contact our insider at the authorities to arrange a joint operation with them, ask them for list of possible suspects and help, any resource you need is yours for the asking. I expect weekly report on it if not more often."<br><br>The people around the room nods at their leader before standing up one by one and leave the room while Ryuuji himself waits until all of them are gone before finally standing up and head toward his room. As he entered the spacious but simple decorated room, the issue of the online trouble is still in his mind but eventually he just shrugs as he thought to himself, 'Well, nothing better than first hand investigation I guess.' he made his way to his VR Pod and remove his shirt as the pod opens with a hiss. He lays in the pod and closed his eyes as the pod closed and his mind is now connected to the virtual world.<br><br>(Moving to ingame IR)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>11-05-2012, 09:44:23</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> None<br><br>It was late in the evening but not night time yet when Melisa enters her apartment and immediately takes off her clothes as soon as she closed the door. Sighing in contentment, she made her way to the nearest armchair and plop herself there as her tiredness starts to melt away, 'A solo recording for the next album, photo shoot, and then there is voice recording for that new anime which is going to be aired soon... Sumeragi-baa-san is really a slave driver....' <br><br>She stays on the armchair for another few minutes before finally smiling as she got up for a relaxing bath and dinner. Her work is tiring but she loves doing it although she doesn't like her own fame sometimes as it got in the way of her own daily life. An idol of her level of fame tend to be mobbed even when she just goes to the nearest convenience store, all it take is just one person to recognize her and the avalanche comes calling. Even worse, she knows that there are nude photos of herself in the internet, no thanks to the increasingly modern and user friendly photo editing softwares, she heard that the latest one just need to have a picture from her photo book put in conjunction with a porn book and the program did the rest with just a few touches. She manage to find several of them in the internet and thankfully, none of them are real. Considering that she only ever be naked at home, for anyone to get a real naked photo of her would be if any of them manage to sneak into her apartment.<br><br>It was half an hour later when her hygiene and stomach are sated and she made her way to her pod. She lays in the pod and let if close over her and connects her to the virtual world she had left in the morning.<br><br>[Moving to ingame :P)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>15-05-2012, 23:14:32</strong>
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				((Lovely post guys.))<br><br><strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; New York, New York.&nbsp; Apartment building on Fifth and Main, floor 45, room 213, Penthouse Suite, West Corner.<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa and her agent as well as her own.<br><br>After having logged back into Eden for a while to complete the quest she and the others had agreed upon, but not before confirming her flight plan to get to Japan, Alessa pulled back out and stretched in her pod, feeling quite content as she hopped into her chair and got her travel bags going.&nbsp; It didn't take her long to get ready to get out the door and down to her car where a personal driver waited for her, having called her a couple hours ago to get the van ready.&nbsp; Alessa smiled as she was helped into the car before they took off, joining the other travelers on their way or from work or other places in their day to day lives.&nbsp; Unlike Melisa, she had never had someone try to get a naked picture of her since she rarely got out other than when she was 'onstage' as a VR copy of herself since she didn't like to advertise she was in a wheelchair.&nbsp; Not out of shame persay, just she didn't like to have people think she used her disability to gain pity or something.&nbsp; She sighed as she looked out the window, lost in her own thoughts.&nbsp; They were happy though, happier than she could remember being in a very long time, especially thanks to Morgul, the necromancer.&nbsp; Luckily, the plane had a couple of VR pods on board.&nbsp; She wouldn't be bored on the way to Japan.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>24-05-2012, 17:24:26</strong>
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				Name;&nbsp; New York News Reporter Melissa Zobrist<br>Location;&nbsp; FOX News.&nbsp; (Couldn't resist lol.)<br>Tagged;&nbsp; Everyone...eventually<br><div align="center"><strong>Breaking News Bulletin; Special Report</strong></div><br>At exactly 2;43 PM, there was an explosion in the 40th floor in an apartment building on Fifth and Main, claiming a dozen lives already while the fire continues to spread despite the fire and rescue teams best efforts to contain it.&nbsp; So far there is little information to go on regarding how it got started or where it originated, but our sources believe that the epicenter of the blast was in the home of a recently graduated college student, Vergil Smith, a robotics engineer in the employ of Cerulean Tech, the leader in robotics innovations for both domestic and military applications.&nbsp; More on this story as it develops."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>01-06-2012, 04:21:03</strong>
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				Name;Melisa Artemis<br>Location;Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br>Tagged; Anyone<br><br>Melisa wakes up with a start and immediately tries to sit up... only for her forehead to connect with the reinforced glass cover of her pod with a dull 'thunk'. She rubs her injured forehead as she waits for her pod to open and lets her out of it. She looks around her room in slight dis-recognition due to the sudden change between ingame and reality until her brain finally reconfigure itself and allows her to remember where she is. The view of the sky outside her window shows that it is still night time and the clock shows that she has only been in the game for a few hours. Still rubbing her forehead, Mizuki grumbles as she thinks to herself, 'My character probably passed out and recovering, which is why I'm being forced log out.' she knows that is it part of the game mechanism that if the character "died" the player will be forced log out to make it more realistic as their character "recovers" in game. Afterall, it doesn't make sense to have the player being bored out of their mind staying on the bed for hours or even days in game due to being injured too much.<br><br>Her mind comes back to the drow that her character had failed to safe and her eyes narrows as she thinks to herself, 'Something is going on with the game... being dead in game isn't supposed to be permanent.' yet she knows that like it or not, she had been given an up close and personal view that such a thing apparently possible. She thinks to herself again, 'Wonder if there is news about it... I know there are rumors of being killed in game will make you goes to coma in real life but I never heard of death.... This need to be looks up.'
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>01-06-2012, 06:46:41</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone, Melissa Zobrist.<br><strong>Location;</strong>&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time;</strong>&nbsp; (What time do you reckon it is Melisa?)<br><strong>Tagged;</strong>&nbsp; Melisa Artemis, probably Ruuji Kurokaze as well on her way there.<br><br>Upon waking up, one of her attendants that her mother had insisted be with her on her way to Japan was standing by, a grave look on her face since her pod was hooked up to a TV monitor which had allowed for most of her adventure that day to be watched by her close friends, this being a private plane and all.&nbsp; They knew what happened, they all did, and Alessa was glad they didn't ask as she silently got into her hover chair and immediately went for the bathroom, shutting the door behind her before getting on the toilet and burying her head in her hands.&nbsp; She didn't cry now, having cried herself out before logging off, but the pain was still there all the same, tearing her apart now that her adrenaline rush was gone.&nbsp; The fatigue at least wasn't present, but that was not even a conscious thought right now as she soon got out and headed for the living room ish set up that the plane had, seeing another news broadcast.&nbsp; The address for the explosion was her own, which shocked her but she managed to pay attention to the details which only made her depressed mood all the worse as it was confirmed that Zachariah really was Vergil Smith, the kid she had been befriended by shortly after she had finished her monk training and had met on the road to Everesta, he having come out of the Dark Lands recently after finishing his own training as a demon hunter.&nbsp; Luckily most of those traveling with her were religious like she was and they offered a prayer for the now dead young man, but something in the news report caught Alessa's ears after they were done, having timed it right so that they had been praying during a commercial.<br><br><strong>Vergil Smith's apartment and the surrounding floors looked as if a tornado or a vortex had blown through it, fire chief Darius Alexandria told reporters after a walk through of the devastation of his pod exploding and the scene had been investigated.&nbsp; While the source of the explosion and how it did so much damage is still unclear, authorities advise against staying in the VR pods too long in case this is a case of malfunctioning equipment, although sabotage has been noted as a possible cause.&nbsp; Even so, it doesn't add up, but for now until further information is released on this investigation, just be cautious and always have an exit strategy should your own pod experience similar issues.&nbsp; In other news...</strong>&nbsp; As if a tornado or a vortex had blown through the building?&nbsp; If the Balor's attack had somehow made it through into this world, which was impossible since it was a game, (although recent events would suggest something is definitely off,) how did it manage it?&nbsp; Was there some doorway into the real world the demons had opened up?&nbsp; Alessa had no real idea, but it definitely didn't bode well for anyone that got killed by such a creature if this was any example of what to expect later down the line.&nbsp; Who knew how the public would react if they had any suspicions at all of something going on in Eden that somehow impacted the real world in equal measure.&nbsp; Whatever was going on, she was going to put a stop to it, somehow, but she first had a concert to worry about.<br><br>(What song or songs do you want them to do anyway Melisa?&nbsp; Just asking if you had a preference.&nbsp; Feel free to have her show up at your place or whatever you want BL and Melisa, I'd like to get us all together as soon as possible.)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>01-06-2012, 10:07:19</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shinjuku District<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji opens his eyes in his pod and steps out of it once the hatch is open. He groans as he feels a migraine pounding his head and cursed under his breath, 'This is why I have prolonged battle....' He knows that being in game using the pod is something similar to being in the state of dreaming means that his brain had been running at full power the entire time, being in battle ingame accelerates that even further as adrenaline will rush over to the brain and pushing it to work even harder. When he logs out, the adrenaline recedes and goes back to their more normal level which is the reason for the headache. It is temporary of course and will subside by itself after a few minutes but they are still annoying. <br><br>One thing however jumps to the forefront of his mind, he might not see the dead player in the game but something from his memory of the battle has made him incredibly suspicious that there is something wrong with the game. He remembers one of the last sentences that the massive demon he had been fighting ingame: 'It is YOU that should run before ME!&nbsp; I am Malbogia, Balor and your impending doom, both in this world and <strong>the one you call Earth</strong>!'<br><br>Ryuuji takes off his hand from his forehead and looks up before speaking to the AI programmed in his house, "Ryuudo, show me the record of news in the internet from major new provider for the last 2 hours in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean language" A large screen pops out a few meters in front of him showing at least a dozen smaller screens showing news program from the countries that fits his command, BBC, Fox News, Nihon News, Korean Today, Phoenix News as well as several other news program from several countries. He watch all of them when a phrase caught his attention from the American program: ' ...our sources believe that the epicenter of the blast was in the home of a recently graduated college student, Vergil Smith, a robotics engineer in the employ of Cerulean Tech, the leader in robotics innovations....'<br><br>Ryuuji points at the screen and commands again, "Enlarge, Volume up." The AI complies immediately as the American news program enlarge enough to fit the entire screen and continues: 'Vergil Smith's apartment and the surrounding floors looked as if a tornado or a vortex had blown through it, fire chief Darius Alexandria told reporters....' at that statement Ryuuji immediately stands up from his position. He puts his chin between his thumb and pointing finger as he pace back and forth, clearly in thought, 'A tornado or a vortex? that sounds like a sound description of one of the Balor's attack... but how is it possible that it can manifest in real world? In the middle of the city too.... there is something fishy about this.'<br><br>He raise his face and immediately commands the AI again, "Get me Akigawa-san." it doesn't take long before another smaller screen pops out in front of him revealing the older man. Ryuuji doesn't bother to exchange pleasantres and instead cut straight to the chase, "Change of plan, we need to talk, now. While you're making your way here, watch the news from Fox News. I want to know about your thought about the matter once you arrive."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>isambard</strong> on <strong>01-06-2012, 15:06:07</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Graham Clarke<br><strong>Location;</strong> Cambridgeshire countryside<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Just GC himself so far<br><br><em>Server disconnected</em><br><br>The pod hissed open. Gray rubbed his temple, easing the sympathetic ache from Zam's rubble-induced head injury. He figured a dev had probably disconnected his character after he lost consciousness. Normally he'd have stayed in-game until his character woke. "Ugh... what a night. Woodhouse!" he shouted, "Get in here." <br><br>He swung his legs over the edge of the pod, stretching, and looked around for his clothes. He frowned as Woodhouse entered his room. "Finally. Find me some clothes, would you? And tea. Breakfast would be good. And put the news on before you leave, all right?" <br><br>Without waiting for an answer, he stood, climbing into the clothes Woodhouse had laid out for him. Finding his glasses, he donned those too, and turned towards the projector while he waited for his breakfast. Some guy had blown up his apartment and taken a dozen other unfortunates with him. The weather for Ascot was destined to be awful. The price of heavy water had gone up. Wait. There was something about the explosion story... <br><br>Woodhouse arrived at his door. "Your breakfast, Mr-"<br><br>Gray sighed in exasperation. "Shut up and leave it on the table." He turned back to the screen. A tornado? A tornado explosion. An uncomfortable chill slid down his spine like freezing grease as he recalled the battle with the Balor. A tornado explosion could quite easily describe the inferno he'd saved the knight from. But was the guy who's flat exploded an Edener? "Home. Find me all the information you can on this Vergil Smith guy." He wanted to know if there was any way this could happen to him. He eyed his susp-an pod suspiciously. It looked innocuous enough, but he didn't know anything about their engineering. <br><br>A soft chime sounded through his room. "<em>All publicly available information regarding the Vergil Smith referenced in selected news story found. Displaying.</em>" <br><br>The only detail that Gray cared about glowed tauntingly at him:<br><br><em>Plays Eden; character name 'Zachariah' (a.k.a He Who Hunts The Night), dark elf/demon hunter</em><br><br>There had been a dark elf demon hunter fighting the Balor last night. He might have heard someone shouting the name 'Zachariah'. <br><br>Every hair on his body stood on end. If Vergil Smith had been an Edener, and had died when his character did, that meant by extension that the same thing might happen to him. <br><br>He stared at his susp-an pod. He almost didn't want to log in ever again. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 07:26:25</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shinjuku District<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Though on the outside Ryuuji may look impassive, anyone who knows him enough will be able to tell that he is anything but calm. Fortunately, the middle aged man in front of the young man is one of them, afterall the older man has extensive interaction with him even before he was elected leader as he was one of the inner circle of the previous leader as well as the current one. Refreshments are served and pleasantries are exchanged between the two before Ryuuji decides to dive into the crux of the matter straight away, "I believe you have watched the news, Kitagawa-san. I want to know what is your take on it."<br><br>The older man seem to consider his words for a minute before replying, "To be completely honest, Ryuu-dono. Since I am not an expert in explosives, I couldn't say for certain but I can tell that the shape of the explosion was highly unusual. For such explosion to happen, there has to be an unusual factor which doesn't normally happen." Kitagawa paused for a minute while Ryuuji silently nods, that much he has already piece together by himself. Ryuuji throws another question to the man, "What do you know about this Vergil Smith person?" Kitagawa opens his terminal and projects a window containing his preliminary report as he replies, "Unfortunately, it is not that much. I did a preliminary search on his profile and finds that the man has been credited for several breakthrough technologies in the recent years, some of them are militaristic in nature like automatic guiding system. He is somewhat of a prodigy apparently. He has also been rumored to be one of the person behind the development of the original VR pod first generation and since then been active in the virtual world. He is also rumored to be involved in the development of several best selling online games...." the older man paused for a minute as if he is feeling nervous before continuing, "... one of them is... Eden."<br><br>The last part immediately caught Ryuuji's attention but he stays silent while motioning for the other man to continue which he does, "He is apparently quite active in the game, one of the few super high level character and quite famous in there. His character name I think is Zachariah." Ryuuji puts his chin between his thumb and pointing finger as he reads the report, he of course has heard about the character before, its quite hard not to considering the man is a quite famous demon hunter. He distinctly remembers someone shouting that name during the fight with Malbogia, sometime after the demon summoned a.... his eyes widened as he finishes the sentence in his head, '...a flame vortex....' <br><br>Ryuuji raise his head and looks at the older man with complete seriousness as he speaks, "Kitagawa-san, I want you to research, cross check and compile the list of Eden players who has high profile in real world. Politician, Artists, Military researcher and all the likes for the last few years. If the person is a resident in our area, I want to know about their possible career and planned future event. Make contact with our contact with the authorities and work together with them to help compile the list if necessary. Anything you find have to be forwarded to me pronto, I have the feeling that this might be just the tip of the iceberg and every second we can react faster counts."<br><br>Kitagawa bows as he replies, "I will attend to it personally." Ryuuji nods, satisfied with the reply as he allows the older man to leave. After the other man left the premise, Ryuuji feels a foreboding feeling that this might not be the first and most likely not going to be the last of such incident, he only wish that they can stop it before it claims too many lives.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>03-06-2012, 04:41:22</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> None<br><br>Melisa is sitting on the armchair at the living room though she is by no means relaxed. A holographic screen is in front of her as it replays the news of an explosion at the United States which apparently killed someone high profile. She speaks to the AI, "Internet browser." although the VR technology has been on the boom, more traditional internet browsing are still quite common especially for forums, news or sharing creations like fanfictions or drawings to the public. The screen in front of her blips as it shows a search engine where Melisa inputs the command to search for something relating to Eden, rumors or public announcement.<br><br>One of the article attracts his attention, in particular one person who is making theory that the explosion in the news before was related to the recent incident. The person apparently was one of the adventurer in Everesta who were present during the demon invasion (At this sentence, Melisa blushes since that means that he most likely had seen her naked) and had a good look on the drow's death moment. He said the timing between the two were extremely close. He also pulled out one of the more common character picture of the drow along with the public photo of Vergil Smith that he found at the internet and posts them side by side while listing the similarity between the two.<br><br>Melisa is sure that the person was looking for something that isn't there but it still worries her, regardless if they are the same person or not, the incident timing really was too close for comfort. And in the slight chance that he was correct, then there is something more to EDEN than they actually knows. She looks at the time revealing that it is still very much in the middle of the night and sighs as she closes the browser and makes her way back to the bedroom, nothing will come even if she try to investigate the incident. She isn't a cop and doesn't have the means to pull out a proper investigation at the first place but at least the probability of the theory makes her more wary and careful about going online in her pod. With that thought in mind, she lays on her bed and decides to catch a sleep. Its sunday means that she doesn't have to work today and the other person who will be in a concert with her will not arrive until later in the evening.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Saric</strong> on <strong>03-06-2012, 05:19:17</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Karl Willamson<br><strong>Location:</strong> Harrisburg, PA, USA<br><strong>Local Time:</strong> 3:37 PM<br><strong>Tagged:</strong> N/A<br><br>Karl un-plugged hours later to find that he'd been in the tank for almost a full 72 hours again... and that it was mid-afternoon. He rubbed tiredly at eyes that were not themselves tired as he thought over what he'd found... or <em>hadn't</em> found rather... The Balor had possessed a status effect, several really, but this one was different... it was nether standard for that creature type, any common spells, or (and most importantly) on <em>any</em> effect table he'd known. Obviously on a game as large and complex as Eden it was impossible to memorize all the different status effects any more then one could memorize all the spells in game, but he'd checked with the developers, the game maintenance department, <em>and</em> the AI. None of them could find it anywhere. Even more worrying not even his own developer tools, which had recorded the battle <em>and</em> the <em>presence</em> of the status effect, could tell him what it was <em>for</em>... Which, given the Balor's apparent knowledge of the real world and the death of the gamer Vergil in a manner clearly related to his in-game death, was <em>extremely</em> worrying. Unfortunately without anything more solid, or demonstrable, all bring this up with his boss would do would be to get one Karl Willamson fired... and probably sent to a mental health ward to boot. And since the internet and real world both seemed to lack answers that meant there was only one place to find what he sought... and not even Morgul could take all of Eden on alone....<br><br>It was the work of a few more moments to look up the real life identities of all the Epic level characters that had been there (despite not technically being supposed to be able to tell more then if they were or were not npc's) and find their E-mail addresses. One quick mass E-mail later his suspicions and contact information had been sent out... as well as a more personal E-mail containing his sorrow, support, and offer of aid or a shoulder to cry on as needed to an Alessa Silverstone.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>04-06-2012, 06:06:27</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shinjuku District<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji is finding it really hard to calm down and catch up with his sleep despite that it is still barely past midnight so decides to forgone it anyway. Instead, he is sitting in front of his desk with a big glass of coffee on his side as he browse through the paper works of his shadow company, a protection agency company under the pseudo name of "Hikage professional protection agency". Of course, noone really knows that the workers of the "company" are Yakuzas, nor that it is run by one. Although his group tend to try and get in the better side of the law, they are still a Yakuza deep inside and shady dealings are their specialty, from fraud, assassination to organized terrorist crime and to be frank, they are good at it. Afterall, who is better in protecting against bad guys than from other bad guys? heck, they sometimes even play both side which just double their income since they are getting money from both parties, win win situation for everyone.<br><br>He has been sitting there for hours filing and filtering job requests from various people and groups to pick which job to take and not. Contrary to popular believe, being a Yakuza is not easy money. There is intricacy involved in the job that is not far detached from a small company. Except that instead of director they have Head leader which is him, Instead of division managers they have regional leader like Kitagawa-san, and of course there are lower positions which are equal to lower level workers. <br><br>He paused when he comes across one request job, it is fairly normal job request, really. A bodyguard service for a rising idol which thanks to his company's quite stellar reputation, is not exactly a rare kind of job. What makes him pause however is the attached photo of the client, a you female probably around teen age. He has to admit, the girl in the photo is very attractive, her warm blue eyes and long blonde hair fits her pale-ish complexion and heart-shaped face, her smile can probably make most of the male population between the age 15 to 30 turn to a raving maniac. Then again, Ryuuji has enough experience bodyguarding female idols thus leave himself pretty much unaffected by their physical charm. Afterall, based on his experience, most of them tend to turn into a complete bitch once they are away from the camera.<br><br>No, what makes him pause is definitely not the beauty. Instead, it is the feeling that he has seen somewhere before, quite recently too. It is then when he hears a long beep signaling that someone has sent him an e-mail. He commands to the AI to open the mail, which apparently comes from one of Kitagawa-san's subordinate in Shibuya. The message is simple enough, a profile of an EDEN player under the name: Mizuki Silverwing along with a cropped picture of her character. That is when Ryuuji's eyes widen as he compares the two picture and true enough, the similarity is uncanny. His eyes then harden and narrows as he folds the job request and puts it in his pocket, a habit which means that he will take on the job personally.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>04-06-2012, 07:34:25</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone, Melissa Zobrist.<br><strong>Location;</strong>&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time;</strong>&nbsp; (What time do you reckon it is Melisa?)<br><strong>Tagged;</strong>&nbsp; Melisa Artemis, soon to be Ryuuji Kurokaze, and Karl Williamson via E-mail.<br><br>A movie came to mind that felt eerily similar to what had happened in Eden, one that had involved a game called Stay Alive, the movie itself having been called the same thing.&nbsp; It was an under-appreciated film by Alessa's standards, but now what had happened in the movie felt all too real to her considering the people in the movie had all started to die the same way their game characters had, mostly killed by the ghost of Elizabeth Bathory, a noble woman that had bathed in the blood of young female virgins to retain her youth or so legends claimed.&nbsp; She only thought of it now considering everything that had happened.&nbsp; Jumping slightly as she heard her computer beep, signaling her to the fact she had mail, she 'rolled' over to the desk and pulled up her email client, finding that somehow one of the players from Eden had found her and had sent her a message, seeing that he had forwarded the email to several other people, all of them she guessed having been involved in the attack lead by the Balor.&nbsp; She felt fresh tears want to well up in her eyes as she read what Karl had sent her way specifically but she pushed it back, happy that he was worried about her even though they had only just met and all.&nbsp; The fact that he knew who she was or how he knew it didn't register in her head to be a cause for alarm at all when it probably should have any other day.&nbsp; Sending a reply back, she truthfully and gladly thanked him for his concern and would definitely keep him in mind if she ever saw him again, either in reality or back in Eden, telling him of her determination to figure out why Zachariah, Vergil, had died as he did after reading everything Karl suspected and had sent to everyone as he had.&nbsp; She made it a point to file away the names listed in the Forward list, wanting to keep them readily available for any future treks across Eden as well as just in case she needed to talk to them in reality if Eden proved too dangerous.<br><br>After a quick shower and dressing in a black dress that hugged her slender, almost plain form like a glove, Alessa was ready just in time as the plane landed in Tokyo where a limo would take her to Melissa's apartment since according to her and the woman's agent, she was to shack up with the other idol until the concert in a couple days.&nbsp; It was early, six in the morning at least, if not later, by the time she arrived, hover chair and her all but plain looking self being helped out of the car and up to the woman's home, hoping she'd been informed so she didn't feel like she was intruding.&nbsp; Grasping the cross she wore around her neck, Alessa breathed in deeply and breathed out just as slowly, needing to calm her nerves, not just for the oncoming performance, but also because of everything she had endured in Eden.&nbsp; Losing her home in New York wasn't bothering her beside the loss of her family pictures and other irreplaceable items of the same which had surely gone up in the fire vortex that had killed her best friend in both worlds, it was the fact that he had died at all that was truly bothering her.&nbsp; She calmed herself though and managed to look at least presentable as she gently knocked on the girl's door.&nbsp; "Excuse me, Ms. Artemis?&nbsp; It's Alessa Silverstone."&nbsp; Unaware there was to be a bodyguard for the woman showing up before too long, Alessa patiently waited for the girl to answer, hoping things would go over well.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>04-06-2012, 11:48:44</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 6 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone<br><br>Melisa wakes up groggily from her nap at the sound of her AI telling her that there is someone at the door. She rubs her eyes with the back of her hand and she asks sleepily between yawns, "... what time is it...?" the AI creates a small screen in front of her showing the current time as it speaks, "The time right now is 5 minutes past 6 o'clock in the morning." Mizuki yawns wide as she mumbles sleepily, "...its too early...."<br><br>Despite her complaining, Melisa gets up from her bed and makes her way to the door slowly while swaying slightly on her feet, obviously still haven't truly awake. As she approaches the door, she hears a feminine voice speaking behind it along with the incessant knocking though all she got is "Excuse me....mis? Its.... tone." but she lazily replies anyway, "Hai... hai.... I'm *yawn* coming.... Now...." she grabs the handle of the door and pulls it open. She manages to say, "Hello... please come in...." as she steps aside to let the other female in. A few minutes later, confusion sets in her mind as she feels that the other female seem to be looking at her strangely, that is until she looks down. Her mind immediately clears out of the sleepy daze while her eyes widen nearly the size of a dinner plate.... For the first time in years, Melisa is wide awake before 9 o'clock. Right after she realize that she has just greeted her guest on the door... completely naked.<br><br>Her face turns beet red as she looks up back to her guest, awkward moment settles for a minute before Melisa's arm takes action fast as lightning. She immediately grabs the girl's hand and pulls her pass the door before slamming the same apparatus close with a slam. Right after, she bolts into her bedroom like a bat out of hell screaming her head off, "NOOOOOOO!!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>04-06-2012, 18:01:08</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone, Melissa Zobrist.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 6:05 A.M.<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis, soon to be Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Stunned was an understatement of the year as Alessa saw her far more beautiful counterpart in the buff on their first meeting.&nbsp; Her own cheeks flared crimson as well until she was about pulled out of her chair as the girl yanked her through the door, just managing to get her chair to move forward in a nick of time before she actually was on the floor before her.&nbsp; She couldn't suppress a chuckle despite the way Melisa ran out of the room, yelling her head off.&nbsp; She slept naked from time to time in her pod, as did a lot of people that played Eden, so it really shouldn't have surprised her so much in all honesty.&nbsp; It still was appropriate to put clothes on before answering a door, sure, but that wasn't such a big deal either since it was pretty early and it was obvious Melisa was not a morning person.&nbsp; Alessa however was.&nbsp; Still, jet lag was already trying to settle in but she knew she'd have to rough it through the day if she wanted to be on some sort of schedule before she went back home this Saturday.&nbsp; They had the rest of the week until then to prepare for their duet concert.&nbsp; "It's ok Ms. Artemis.&nbsp; It...I guess I'm not the only one that sleeps in the nude, especially after playing Eden for most of the day, as it were."&nbsp; She chuckled again, letting her attendant in so she could drop her bags off by the door.<br><br>Asking if she needed anything else, Alessa kindly shook her head and the woman nodded before heading out to her own apartment, having the girl's number on speed dial in case she needed anything more.&nbsp; Carrying heavy items such as her luggage was a bit hard if one was trying to drive as well, hence the hired help, but Alessa always treated her help with the utmost respect, just as she herself would wish to be treated.&nbsp; Turning back to the apartment itself, the girl gently shut the door before heading deeper into Melisa's home, being careful so as not to bump anything.&nbsp; "I'm sorry for arriving so early, my ride here got delayed a few hours on the runway, otherwise I'm sure I'd have shown up in the middle of the night instead.&nbsp; Are you....ok in there Ms. Artemis?&nbsp; I am terribly sorry for showing up like this when you clearly weren't ready for company."&nbsp; She felt horrible for waking the woman up, not to mention for letting her be seen without anything on to her name either.&nbsp; Still, it could have been a lot worse she figured.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>05-06-2012, 02:37:59</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 6 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone<br><br>Melisa re-emerge from her bed room this time covered in a white turtleneck one piece although her face is still as red as a tomato. She laughs nervously as she replies, "Ahaha... I'm sorry for greeting you looking like that." she composed herself and smiles kindly, "Welcome to Japan, Ms. Silverstone. Ah, first thing first, please drop the Ms. Artemis part, just call me Melisa. If we are to live together for a week, then I insist that you call me like that." She turns her attention to the bags next to the girl's hover seat and reach for a few of them before turning to the girl with a smile, "Come on,&nbsp; I'll help you bring you bags and show you your room."<br><br>She leads the girl to the guest room and speaks as they walk, "Ah, well... I guess I need to tell you since you will inevitably knows about it anyway. Well... you see... I... am a bit of a nudist, I tend to spend my time my time in the apartment fully naked. If that bothers you though, I'll try to stay clothed." She figures that its better to get that out of the way first, at least from what she sees, the other girl doesn't look like a gossip. With that fact explained, Melisa decides to ask, "Ah, your manager said that you play EDEN. Can I know about your character? we probably had met online and didn't realize it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>05-06-2012, 03:03:23</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone, Melissa Zobrist.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 6:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis, soon to be Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>"It's ok as I said.&nbsp; You needn't be ashamed since this is your home, and I'm just a visitor here."&nbsp; Alessa replied, smiling softly since besides the initial shock, she really hadn't minded all that much.&nbsp; Besides that, due to her recent sexual experience in Eden, her dormant libido had spiked which she had managed to keep hidden from her face as she had found Melisa's body quite attractive.&nbsp; She wished silently that she had the girl's good looks, for the first time not liking her rather plain and tomboyish appearance.&nbsp; That was why she had such a beautiful avatar in Eden she realized, but that was a thought for later.&nbsp; "Thank you and ok, Melisa.&nbsp; Just call me Alessa then if you wish, or Ms. Silverstone, I do not mind either since I answer to both readily enough, although my Agent has a plethora of nicknames for me, my least favorite of them being Dark Alessa.&nbsp; It's a video game reference from the early days."&nbsp; She chuckled, feeling quite at ease in the girl's presence given their rocky start.&nbsp; She shrugged and again thanked her for the help with her bags.&nbsp; Upon Melisa's admittance that she was a nudist in general, Alessa again shrugged since she wasn't going to judge one way or the other.&nbsp; "It is one's personal choice and no one should be able to judge them for their preferences.&nbsp; While I myself rarely go about my home in the buff, I have been known to play in Eden naked from time to time, so it matters little to me Melisa.&nbsp; Do as you feel most comfortable in doing."<br><br>Following her new roommate about her home, Alessa nodded as she lead the way to the guest bedroom.&nbsp; When asked about her persona in Eden, Alessa stiffened a bit since she was still a bit sore about what had happened, but she saw that Melisa was the same as her character, Mizuki, quicker than Karl had realized it and he had had his developer tools on hand to help him make that comparison.&nbsp; "You are Mizuki, aren't you?&nbsp; You and your avatar look a lot alike.&nbsp; You were there...when Zachariah fell to the Balor just last night....as was I.&nbsp; I am Eldrith."&nbsp; She replied sadly, but the strength her monk displayed even then showed in her face all the same, that same strength that had kept her going through everything during that horrible fight.&nbsp; Still, her heart was hurting all the same given what had happened.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>05-06-2012, 05:06:46</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shinjuku, later Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji is driving though the highway on his modified black Subaru Victory X WRX STI, the latest reincarnation of the classic Subaru Imprezza after the company merged with Nissan nearly 5 decades ago, combining their technology and rise into the automotive dominance after winning the grandprix year after year undefeated. The time is barely past 5 o'clock means that the street is still barely populated but it is not the reason he left his house so early. The reason for his early trip is the e-mail that he received from another person in US under the name of Karl Williamson no more than half an hour ago. The e-mail didn't specify who the person is but from the way it is worded and the news it brought to him told him that the person is someone closely affiliated to EDEN. More so, he is also closely related to the incident if he citing about the fight with Balor was any indication. <br><br>Part of him is wary of this person due to him knowing his e-mail address but quench it under the reasoning that if the person takes the effort to share his knowledge with him, then he can at least trust him enough with it. At least, he only sent the e-mail to his general e-mail address and not to his personal one, the latter involves inner working of his company and group. The security for the latter is nothing to mess up with either, coded 50 digits password, personal encryption firewall, to military grade hack shield. So far, the only one with access to that e-mail are only his most trusted inner circle and himself and that is how it will stay in the foreseeable future.<br><br>Driving at over 150 km/h even shaking off the police like nothing, it doesn't take long for him to reach shibuya where he immediately makes his way to the apartment of his client. He had personally contacted the girl's manager for the job details as he drive and was given the address down to which room she is staying. He parks his hover car on the public parking lot provided and locks it automatically by pressing his thumb on the handle, another cutting edge technology of car security, anyone trying to get access to his car will have a field day having seizure after getting electric shock equivalent to that of an overpowered stun gun.<br><br>It doesn't take long for Ryuuji to reach the girl's place and knock on the door, "Excuse me, I am looking for Ms. Melisa Artemis. I was sent by Ms. Aikawa Sumeragi"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>05-06-2012, 06:58:43</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone, Melissa Zobrist.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 6:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Regardless of Melisa's reply, Alessa was happy to have been able to settle down a bit after everything they'd endured in the last several hours.&nbsp; She was about to say something else when they could hear the door being knocked upon.&nbsp; "I'll get it since you've been nice enough to help me get things unpacked.&nbsp; And I won't take no for an answer.&nbsp; It's the least I could do to repay your kindness in letting me stay with you."&nbsp; The young woman said, smiling warmly as she forced her chair back out into the living room and opened the door with some skilled finagling, hearing it was someone for her hostess.&nbsp; "Hello, Melisa's here, I'm just a guest staying here until after our concert.&nbsp; Sorry, I'm rambling.&nbsp; An...anyway, my name is Alessa Silverstone, it's a pleasure to meet you.&nbsp; She'll be with you in a moment I'm sure."&nbsp; She offered, recognizing the name he had mentioned since she remembered Ms. Sumeragi was the name of Melisa's agent.&nbsp; She got a good look at Ryuuji and smiled, her cheeks burning slightly since she found the young man quite...attractive.&nbsp; Christian born and raised or not, Alessa was still subject to her hormones.<br><br>((Sorry, just wanted to get things moving along.))
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>05-06-2012, 09:08:31</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 6 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa inwardly winces when Alessa tells her that she is Eldrith, feeling a bit guilty at mentioning EDEN. She could tell from how she literally went nuts on the Balor after the drow fallen that both of them are quite close, at least online although she doesn't know if they are that close offline too but the bond was there. She inwardly berates herself, 'Great going, dumbass... I just have to step on the landmine and open up the scar aren't I?' accident or not, she knows that she has just reminds the girl of the loss again. Before she manage to apologize, there is a knock on the door and before she manage to go herself, Alessa has turns around and goes to answer it.<br><br>When the door opens revealing a young man not quite older than herself, she finds herself curious, 'Who is he? and why baa-san sent him here?' Mizuki approach the two and asks politely, "Ano... I'm Melisa Artemis. Sorry but... why are you here?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>05-06-2012, 16:42:57</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shinjuku, later Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Melisa Artemis, Alessa Silverstone<br><br>Ryuuji was slightly surprised when the person who opened the door for him was a different person than the one he saw on the file. He nearly reach into his jacket for take his gun when the girl introduces herself as Alessa Silverstone. From his short conversation with Artemis's manager, she had told him that there is another person that he need to protect, an American who apparently will be a part of a duet show or something along with his client. He calms himself further when the familiar face of his client emerge from behind the other girl, even he has to admit that seeing the girl in real life, she is more beautiful than in the photo or her online character. Not that he will ever admit that though.<br><br>Instead, Ryuuji just cut straight to the chase as usual, "My name is Ryuuji Kurokaze from Hikage Professional Protection Agency. I have been hired by Miss Aikawa Sumeragi as your bodyguard starting today." He produce 2 identity cards from his jacket and give each of the girl one of them to show that he is who he is before continuing, "Starting today, I will accompany both of you during all of your activity with no exception. If either or both of you are going to leave the apartment, you are required to tell me beforehand." Again he reaches into his jacket and this time removes a pair of small terminal and hands them to the girls, "Those are communication transmitters, I need both of you to have that at all time. A press on the blue button will connect it straight to mine and it will continuously transmit signal that will allow me to find your position at all time." He takes out an identical item from his pocket to emphasize his point before continuing, "Further details of my service can be discussed with your agent."<br><br>He puts his communication transmitter back into his pocket before speaking again, "If either of you have a plan to do today, I will appreciate it if you can tell as soon as possible." He then points his thumb over his shoulder toward the door across the girls room, "Temporarily, I will be living across you until my mission is over." he turns toward Melisa as his eyes turns hard, "... And there is a personal matter that I think we need to talk about later. For now, I will be staying in my room, I will drop by regularly to check for your condition and run though a more thorough check on your living condition. Good morning."<br><br>Ryuuji finally turns around and opens the lock of the room across them. Actually, he didn't really plan on staying in the room, heck he hasn't even put in a reserve for the room yet although if his read on it is correct, the room should be inhabited. Although he may look like he is opening the door with a key, he actually pick locking it using a discreet pin, something quite easy for him to do. He just need to tell the building manager later that he is reserving the room, he's sure the manager won't object.... If he know what is good for him that is.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>05-06-2012, 21:47:02</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone, Melissa Zobrist.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 6:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Alessa had put on a brave face but she had needed to get away from Melisa for a few seconds, hence the real reason why she had gone for the door instead of the girl herself as she had planned to.&nbsp; Still, she knew that she didn't mean any harm, she didn't seem the sort, but it still bothered her a great deal, that much was true.&nbsp; Confronted with Ryuuji though and being told he was to be their bodyguard of all things did make Alessa forget temporarily about what had happened in Eden.&nbsp; She took the terminal he handed off, unsure where she was going to keep it without it falling off of her hover chair, but she'd figure something out she was sure.&nbsp; She'd survive as a monk after all, a little ingenuity wasn't such a far fetched skill when all one used was a staff and your own hands and feet to demolish anything before you.&nbsp; Still, she wasn't able to get a word in edgewise as Ryuuji told them what to expect before heading off to his own room, leaving a very confused Alessa as she slowly shut the door before her before turning back to Melisa.&nbsp; "Is that a common occurrence by chance?&nbsp; I've never needed a bodyguard before.&nbsp; Now I'm a bit worried, more than I was before coming here.&nbsp; I wasn't informed anyone else was to join our group, especially a bodyguard no less.&nbsp; Do you know why she'd send someone Melisa?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>06-06-2012, 05:01:33</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 6 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa is incredibly confused as she sees the young man turns around and enters into his room. She then turns to Alessa as she answers, "Your guess is as good as mine, I never heard that we will be getting a bodyguard either." well, sure she had been mobbed before in public by fans but as far as she is concerned, it is not something worth having a bodyguard for. She closed the door of her apartment and turns to Alessa again, "I will call Sumeragi, she should be able to answer our questions about this."<br><br>As she said that, a holographic screen appears before her before enlarging to roughly an average television screen so that both girls can look at it easily. The screen remains blank for a few minutes before it blips and shows the familiar picture of her manager. The woman at the other side looks at them and smiles, "Good morning you two and welcome to Japan Ms. Silverstone." she paused for a bit before continuing, "Now, why are you calling me this early?"<br><br>Melisa looks at the screen and asks, "Nee, Sumeragi-san. We..." she gestures to herself and Alessa before continuing, "... Just had a visit from a person who said he was sent by you to be our bodyguard. Not that I'm complaining but... you never told me that we will be getting one, or that it is necessary to have one." the woman look confused for a minute and Melisa gets a sinking feeling until Sumeragi replies, "Eh? Really? I guess I forgot to tell you about it.... O well." the woman clears he throat before continuing, "I had taken the liberty to hire a bodyguard for both of you during the full duration of our project. This project is something that never been tried before, not only the combination between Japan and American but also Digital and Reality. It is something that in all possibility will completely reform the entertainment industry, I am worried that some... competitors so to speak will try to stop this from happening."<br><br>Sumeragi paused again for a minute for both girls to understand what she just said before continuing again, "Besides, knowing you, you'd want to take Ms. Silverstone around the city today when neither of you have any schedule to do until tommorrow. It will be helpful to be able to get around unhindered by fans." Melisa blush as that was exactly what her plan is, her aunt knows her too well. Sumeragi saw her niece's expression and smiles, "Don't worry, the company is one of the best protection agency in the country. You two will be in good hand...." Her tone turns to teasing as she continues, "So, is he cute?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>06-06-2012, 05:45:59</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 6:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Alessa nodded to Melissa, still a bit confused but at least she wasn't alone in her confusion since it was clear Melisa was also a bit out of the loop.&nbsp; Thankfully Sumeriga was able to fill in the blanks, and she smiled warmly towards her hostess's image on the holo screen.&nbsp; "Thank you for having me Ms. Sumeriga."&nbsp; Alessa replied, but listened closely as she filled in the holes that they had been hit with given the fact they had both been quite surprised by the sudden appearance of Ryuuji.&nbsp; She didn't say a word until the older woman asked if he was cute.&nbsp; Alessa blushed crimson and looked away, not about to grace that with a reply that she'd have to lie about given that she had indeed found the guy quite...hot, but she was a Christian woman, she was raised as a good Christian and so she wasn't about to get involved out of hand with anyone....in reality anyway.&nbsp; Even Morgul she had had a bit of a hard time just throwing herself into his bed as she had, but she had done so since she had told herself it was just a game, no harm could come of such a little fun as they had had.&nbsp; Then she had lost Zachariah.&nbsp; The thought made her cringe since she wondered if it was God's way of punishing her indiscretion, game world or not.&nbsp; No, she had to believe otherwise.&nbsp; She needed time to think, hoping Melisa would hurry up and get rid of Sumeriga since she needed a friend more than a day out on the town, as fun as it might have been any other day.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>06-06-2012, 06:21:40</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Karl Willamson (By e-mail)<br><br>Ryuuji enters the room and immediately places a small terminal on the living room table. Since he is technically isn't a resident yet, he need to have the AI in idle mode otherwise it will undoubtedly sounds an alarm. Without the AI activated, he can't access the built in internet in the building so he need to use his own terminal to access it. The switch the terminal on and it projects a small screen and holographic keyboard for him to use. He types in his login details and connects it to his personal AI back at home. Once he is logged on, he opens the email he got from the American that he had received before and reads through it once again as he taps his chin with his finger, 'If this person in to be believed, the Balor that we had fought before is not something that is supposed to exist in the game. Someone had tempered with its programming, and quite expertly too if they had manage to put it under the developer's radar.'<br><br>Ryuuji leans back on the chair that he had pulled over and thinks to himself, 'Can I trust this person? He seem to know his stuff and his explanation does make sense in a way. Why does he finds the need to hide his identity though? Could he be someone related to EDEN beyond that of a player? If that is so, why would he take the risk of telling the players about it considering that it means he risks having the players runs away from the game? I can't tell if he is really someone who just wants to help.' He closed his eyes for a minute as he ponders his options before opening them again, 'Well, guess I'll test the water for now.'<br><br>He begins to type his reply to the American, thanking him for the information and telling him that he will try to help from the outside. He makes sure that none of the things he type can be trace to any information regarding himself or his group, if the American is actually someone with hidden agenda, he doesn't want the person to be able to have a bargaining chip against him no matter how small that may be.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>07-06-2012, 02:26:18</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 6 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa actually has the grace to blush when her aunt / manager asked if the bodyguard guy was cute. Personally, she does think the guy was quite cool, in the I-am-professional-cool kinda of way but she knows that telling her aunty that will just turn her into a teasing target for a month. Instead she scolds the woman as she pouts, "Mou... Sumeragi-san, stop saying things like that. I only knows the guy for like... what? 5 minutes? You made it sound like I sleep with every guy I see." which is probably so far from the truth it might a well be in the other planet, she is still a virgin afterall. She steals a glance to the girl next to her and clearly see that Alessa doesn't seem that eager to go out yet, understandably so, even she doesn't feel like going out right now after knowing that the other girl has lost someone close to her, at least in virtual world sense of "close". <br><br>Melisa turns back to the screen and says, "I don't think we have plan to go out today, Ms. Silverstone look to be quite tired from her flight so we probably going to spend the day resting at home today." Her manager gasps slightly with an "Oh" before speaking again, "Ah, you're right. I guess you're right. Jet lag can be quite annoying I guess." She smiles slightly before continuing, "Ok, I'll let you two rest for now. If you need anything don't hesitate to call me, okay? That goes for you too, Ms. Silverstone." After confirmation from her charges, the woman smiles wider as she says, "Well, have a nice day." The screen blips before turning blank which means Sumeragi has cut the call. <br><br>Melisa turns to Alessa and offers her an apologetic look, "Sorry, my manager tend to has a habit of teasing but she's not a bad person." Suddenly her stomach grumbles. She blush slightly at the sound and laughs nervously as she asks Alessa with a kind smile, "Ah, have you had breakfast yet? I've just woke up so I'm still quite hungry. We can relax and have a chat as we eat, I'd like to know more about you."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>07-06-2012, 02:58:31</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 6:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Alessa manages a small smile as Melisa replies to her, unknown to the newcomer, aunt as well as her manager's teasing, glad that she had such a good relationship with the girl as she did with Mr. Sparrow.&nbsp; Nodding at Ms. Sumeriga's offer of help should they need it, the genetically handicapped woman breathes a sigh of relief when the older woman's face disappears and the holo screen switches off.&nbsp; "It's ok.&nbsp; My own agent has a similar personality, it makes working with Mr. Sparrow a lot easier."&nbsp; Alessa offers a small smile but it dies again as she looks away, not feeling hungry in the slightest despite not having ate at all that day or last evening when she heard the news.&nbsp; She shakes her head slowly, unsure what she wanted to do besides curl up into the fetal position all day.&nbsp; She couldn't do that though, she couldn't just lay down and do nothing.&nbsp; It'd be an insult to Zacha...Vergil to give up now.&nbsp; "I haven't had anything to eat since last night...and I'm sure you can guess I don't have much of an appetite now although I should.&nbsp; Still, talking would help Melisa....although how much it will I am not sure."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>07-06-2012, 07:31:29</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 6 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone<br><br>Melisa understands the girl's need to talk or her lack of appetite, had the same happened to her, Melisa is sure that she will experience the same symptoms too but at the same time, she knows that letting the girl stay as she is will just takes her to a short road to complete depression and self destruction. She sighs as she lead her to the kitchen, "Even if you don't have appetite, you still need something to fill your stomach a little. I'll just make a simple breakfast of toast and milk, ok?"<br><br>She puts on her white apron and starts to make breakfast. She takes out some plain breads from the fridge when she remembers that she hasn't check her e-mail yet since last night she had went straight to EDEN without checking it. She sees that she has one new mail in her inbox from someone named Karl Willamson. Although her attention is divided between making breakfast and reading the e-mail, she doesn't seem to be hindered as she skillfully puts the breads into the toaster two by two and applies a trace of butter on the breads before putting it once again on the pre-heated frying pan to make it more savory and crispier. It doesn't take long before she starts putting finishing touches on the toasts by cutting each of them in two diagonally and serves them on two plates, one for herself and another for Alessa. She closes her e-mail and decides to think about the implication it told her, making her seem like she is distracted although she still moves around the kitchen without any accident even when she takes 2 bottles of milk from the fridge and pour it into glasses. <br><br>She finally snaps out of her trance as she places the plates in from of Alessa, "Dig in, its not much but it should help a bit." As if emphasizing her point, Melisa grabs a piece of toast from her own plate and munch it a little before pausing to speak, "So, why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself? Anything is okay, your hobby, your favorite music, favorite actor, or even how long has you been playing EDEN is ok."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>07-06-2012, 18:07:49</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 6:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Alessa nods but says nothing as she follows Melisa to the kitchen.&nbsp; Just like everything else, the place is just as ritzy as the rest of the woman's apartment that she's seen already.&nbsp; Still, she doesn't mind since she comes from wealth as well and when she's by the table she pulls out a chair before turning her own off.&nbsp; Despite having a genetic muscle weakness, Alessa is able and does stand on her own two feet before slowly making her way to the normal chair, pulling herself up to the table a moment later as she watches Melisa dance about her kitchen.&nbsp; Normally she'd offer to help but she had a lot on her mind, something that must have been obvious to her hostess since she was insisting on her trying to talk and eat.&nbsp; She knew she needed to do both and was glad she had someone to help her through all this but her usual shyness was making it difficult to get started.&nbsp; Despite it being a simple breakfast, Alessa doesn't mind as she is given a plate and a glass of milk, glad for any food at this point as her appetite returns to her, making her stomach growl the moment the toast is set before her.&nbsp; Taking a sip of the milk before digging into her toast, Alessa nods her approval before swallowing and answering Melisa's questions as best she can.&nbsp; "I'm a bit shy by nature except when I'm performing in front of an audience.&nbsp; I've yet to figure that out but at least I don't get stage frightened."&nbsp; She chuckled weakly but shrugged as she continued.&nbsp; "You know I play Eden, pretty regularly I might add when I'm not trying to keep my illness from getting worse with regular exercise and a healthy diet.&nbsp; It's just a genetic muscle weakness, nothing serious but eventually I was told it would get worse later down the line.&nbsp; Most people always want to know about why I have to use a hover chair before they want to know about me more times than not is why I started with that, but you...surprise me by asking about me as a person.&nbsp; Few people would bother."<br><br>It made her smile more than before as she took a minute to consider where to begin.&nbsp; She'd been rambling a bit but it was helping to take her mind off of Zachariah/Vergil's death at the hands of the Balor.&nbsp; Taking a few seconds to eat more of her food and take another sip, Alessa leans back into the chair and lets her eyes fall upon Melisa's face, her facial expression saying she was feeling a little better already as she continued.&nbsp; "Eh, I don't really have a favorite actor or actress.&nbsp; I like anything with a good story, same goes for books or anime or regular TV shows.&nbsp; I guess the cross around my neck probably told you I'm religious, which isn't off the mark.&nbsp; I was raised Christian and have kept up my faith to date so far.&nbsp; That I don't see changing anytime soon, but you don't have to worry about me trying to convert you or anyone else.&nbsp; I am just happy to help people when I can since so many help me out all the time, it just seems right to return the favor whenever and wherever possible.&nbsp; And if I make a believer out of someone by just being a good friend, well, I won't complain.&nbsp; Anyway, as far as music goes I do have a tendency to lean towards country, rock and roll, even some heavy metal.&nbsp; Imagine that."&nbsp; She chuckled, running a hand through her short raven hair in mild embarrassment at the admittance.&nbsp; "Still, hobby wise, besides exercising regularly as I said before, I do like to read and sing, go out and try to lead as normal a life as I can.&nbsp; So shopping, movies, eating out, anything normal people do I like to do as well.&nbsp; If you ask me if I have a boyfriend or anything though, I haven't had a chance to find out since...few people see me as attractive.&nbsp; I know I'm rather plain looking and pale as a ghost due to not being outside a lot, but even so, they see a sick girl and not just a girl trying to be normal.&nbsp; So unfortunately any romantic ideas are shot out of the sky before I even get a chance to try."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>08-06-2012, 05:14:49</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 6 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone<br><br>Melisa smiles kindly at Alessa as she listens to her while munching her own toasts. She can tell the girl is getting more relaxed as she speaks and that is good, she knows Alessa needs to talk about what happened to Vergil eventually but that is later after she is calm enough to actually talks about it. Although she is not a psychiatrist, Melisa prides herself as a good listener and emotional consultant, what she wants Alessa to do is not to dwell on her friend's dead but instead to think and remember the fun times they had together. It is from there that she hopes that the girl can draw strength to go on. Grieving over the dead is good and all but prolonged grieving is just a shortcut to self destruction, not something she hope for the other girl to do, ever.<br><br>Melisa gives the girl a thoughtful expression when she mention that she is not attractive physically, 'Hmm... her skin does look a bit pale... The short hair actually looks good on her though look like they can use a little more work... There are also a little trace of pimple marks means she probably didn't use much skin care product but it isn't so bad....'&nbsp; before replying with a grin and a wink, "Hmm... I guess we need to work on that hmm? I think you can be really cute if you want to." she then smiles sweetly as she continues, "I like some animes too and read a few light novels, maybe we can even rent some from Akihabara later to watch together. What kind of animes or movies do you like?&nbsp; I like my series to have some action, comedy and of course, a touch of romance. Do you play any other games other than EDEN?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>08-06-2012, 07:09:43</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 6:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze.&nbsp; Karl Williamson by email.<br><br>Alessa has no idea that Melisa is thinking on how to best help her, not just emotionally but to look more attractive as well as a person.&nbsp; She didn't like to advertise she was more or less wheelchair bound, hence why she preferred to perform in VR than in the flesh.&nbsp; Still, she didn't dwell on it overly long and shrugged, unsure if she liked where this was possibly going or not just yet.&nbsp; "Did I mention I was shy in reality Melisa?&nbsp; I...get enough stares just because I have to lug that chair around wherever I go.&nbsp; I don't like to draw attention to myself if I can help it."&nbsp; Still, maybe this would work out for the better?&nbsp; Shaking the thought away, she did appreciate Melisa's attempt at trying to help her.&nbsp; "Don't get me wrong though.&nbsp; I do appreciate you trying to help where you see that I might need it.&nbsp; Lord knows I could use a friend now that...Vergil's gone, but I don't think trying to change me in a way I am not ready for is a good way to go either."&nbsp; She needed more confidence is what she really needed and to stop hiding behind her VR persona.&nbsp; Whatever happened, confidence was the main issue that Melisa would need to work with her with.&nbsp; Pushing too hard would just backfire in the long run.&nbsp; Still, turning the conversation elsewhere was a welcome reprieve for the young girl as she nodded towards what her hostess said.&nbsp; They had a fair bit in common, so that always helped to set the mood and to make things easier for Alessa at least.<br><br>"I'm a bit of a geek I'll admit and say that I like Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Rourini Kenshin, shows of that nature.&nbsp; Outlaw Star was another favorite of mine when it was still on.&nbsp; I almost considered going the samurai route but...eh...heh....I had the hots for Kilik from Soul Calibur when I made my elf monk, so to answer your question yes, I do play other games but mostly system games.&nbsp; Still, I work before I play, always have, always will probably."&nbsp; She blushed, but chuckled since it was the truth.&nbsp; If only her mother could hear her now, she'd probably have a good laugh with her daughter.&nbsp; Still, she would also probably give her a good lecture about keeping herself pure and all in the eyes of the Lord.&nbsp; If she ever found out her indiscretion in Eden though, game world or not, she knew her mom at the very least would give her an ear full.&nbsp; It was done now though, and her moment of weakness she believed had cost her her friend's life.&nbsp; She wouldn't be making that mistake again....she hoped.&nbsp; "An..anyway, I'd like to see this Akihabara you mentioned.&nbsp; It sounds like a plan to me.&nbsp; What about you?&nbsp; What do you like to do?"<br><br>Pushing her chair back for a moment, Alessa got into her bags which had been left on her chair and pulled her laptop free, needing to send a reply that was a bit more than a thank you.&nbsp; She told Karl after she had gotten back to her email box, that she was staying in Japan to do a show with Melisa Artemis and that other than Eden or short of coming to Japan himself, there was little chance of them meeting face to face.&nbsp; Still, anything was possible.&nbsp; She did promise to return to Eden and to let him know when she did, but for now she just needed some time to process everything.&nbsp; With a quick goodbye she closed her stuff out and turned her laptop off, all the while listening to Melisa's reply.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>09-06-2012, 06:03:03</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 6 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone<br><br>Melisa's grin only grows wider , at least inwardly, when she hears Alessa's reasoning that she is shy. Of course, she herself understand the lack of enthusiasm when it comes to unwanted attention, her fame sees to it. On the other hand, if Alessa isn't actually nervous in the virtual world, chances are the reason for her shyness in real world is her own self depreciating tendency when it comes to her physical. That the girl herself probably doesn't even realize it is what Melisa aims to fix, afterall, she is a girl herself and knows that girls grow confident when they are physically better. She doesn't plan to drag the other girl forcefully of course but probably a nudge to the right direction will do wonder to the girl.<br><br>When Alessa asked for her own hobbies and preferences, Melisa takes a thinking pose for a minute before answering, "Hmm... I like singing of course and I think I'm a decent dancer. Animes... my preferences is a bit all over the place, classics like Full Metal Alchemist and Rurouni Kenshin are good I guess. Something with a little more romance like the classic remake Shakugan no Shana or Kanon. But light comedy is more of my cup of tea like the remake of Lucky Star. I don't watch much movies either, but I've heard of Twilight though I can't tell what is the hype all about... as far as I'm concerned, a sparkling vampire is hardly what I'd consider hot. Songs... I'm more or a pop or rock kind of girl, not much into metal, but light metal is ok though." She taps her finger on her chin a few times before continuing with a nervous laugh, "Boys... I can't say I have much thought about them." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>10-06-2012, 05:10:35</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji takes a glance to his watch and sees that it is nearing 7 o'clock in the morning as he thinks to himself, 'The building manager should be awake by now.' He gets up from his position and walks out the door, not caring that the door locks itself behind him nor that he doesn't have the key to get access back inside, yet. He take the lift to get him to the ground floor and immediately makes his way to the receptionist. The young female behind the desk greets him politely but Ryuuji is never one for wasting time so he just goes straight to the point, "I want to see the building manager, is he present?" The young female look a bit put off by his attitude but the obviously pricey and classy black suit the young man is wearing makes her refrain from commenting back sharply, instead she push a button to the intercom to call the manager before turning back to Ryuuji, "He is on his way, please wait." Ryuuji nods curtly and takes a seat on one of the chair provided at the waiting room.<br><br>Thankfully, it doesn't take long for the building manager to arrive, a slightly chubby man in his 30s wearing a grey suit approaches him and asks kindly as he offers his hand to shake, "I'm Sugata Junichiro, the building manager. I believe you are looking for me?" Ryuuji stands up to the man and takes the offered hand as he replies, "Kurokaze Ryuuji." Both men sits on the chairs facing each other before the younger between them speaks again in all seriousness, "I'll cut straight to the chase, Sugata-san. I am from Hikage profession protection agency, I'm here to protect someone with high profile who is living at apartment no. 415. I wish to occupy the room across that room, No. 414 temporarily during the duration of my mission up to completion."<br><br>Sugata look to be taken aback slightly at the younger man's serious tone and expression. He immediately understand that this is not someone to be messed around so he immediately summons a small holoscreen to float in front of him as he checks the reservation for the mentioned room before answering, "I'm sorry, Kurokaze-san. That room has just been booked by another tenant just a few hours ago. If you want, we can assign you to the room next to it, number 416 and...." The man never manage to finish his sentence as Ryuuji cuts him off in the middle as he speaks coldly, "You don't understand, Sugata-san... this is not a request."<br><br>Sugata looks confused at the man's words until Ryuuji pulled out a small card and puts it on the table upside down before pushing it toward the man. the older man picks up the card and flips it before his eyes widen in fear as he stare at the picture of a black dragon (http://api.ning.com/files/xrndBSoqKofVd6khYEzw8rjm77HSYByWD9q4gSkuVTc_/Tribal_Dragon.jpg) on the card. He takes a fearful glance toward the young man across him who simply nods as he stare at him coldly. Without further word, Sugata immediately stands up and nearly run toward the receptionist before speaking to the girl behind the desk hurriedly. All the while Ryuuji sits back on the chair and crossed his legs seemingly unconcerned. Sugata walks back to Ryuuji and immediately hands him a key with clearly shaking hand although his expression seem to still be smiling, "The reservation for that room has just been cancelled. Have a nice stay, Kurokaze-san."<br><br>Ryuuji takes the key expressionlessly and walks away from the man back&nbsp; to the elevator, the keys are in his hand. As he walks away, Sugata stare at the man's back and wipes his eyebrow with his handkerchief while muttering, "the black... dragon.... Ryuuga Group...." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>11-06-2012, 05:26:22</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 6:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze.&nbsp; Karl Williamson by email.<br><br>It was good that they had more things in common than Alessa would have ever dared to guess, let alone hope as Melisa carried on, making her smile faintly the whole time.&nbsp; There was nothing wrong with not being interested in guys or having not given much thought to them but then another thought crossed her mind.&nbsp; Was she interested in girls then?&nbsp; There was nothing wrong with that to Alessa's eyes persay but she wasn't sure if she herself was...into that whole thing.&nbsp; She was too shy to ask as her face all but turned tomato red but she quickly brushed it away for later consideration.&nbsp; She didn't seem the sort to press anything big like that so Alessa didn't dwell on it then.&nbsp; If it came up she'd kindly and politely get things turned elsewhere if nothing else...at least that's what she told herself.&nbsp; Who knew what might happen though if push came to shove.&nbsp; For now she did feel better, so that was a plus.&nbsp; She was curious though, what they would do now that she had at least finished her rather tasty toast and her drink, her stomach feeling better if not actually full.&nbsp; "I'm glad that we seem to have a fair bit in common Melisa.&nbsp; It'll make this whole thing easier if we aren't tearing each other's hair out."&nbsp; She laughed lightly, feeling more and more at ease the more she talked to the woman who liked to sleep or play in Eden in the nude.&nbsp; &nbsp;"At any rate, what should we do now?&nbsp; I'd still like to stay in for today I think but I'm up for ideas.&nbsp; Besides, I'm not entirely thrilled with the idea of someone following us around all the time.&nbsp; I guess I'm used to fighting my own battles but that's the Eden part of me talking.&nbsp; It...feels good to be able to walk and run like a normal person in there.&nbsp; In a way, I guess you could say Eden kept me sane through some tough times when I was younger, although since it hasn't been out that long it wasn't too much longer, but there were other games besides Eden.&nbsp; You...I hope you get the idea anyway.&nbsp; But now...I'm down one best friend and from what I saw on the news, I have no home to return to either."<br><br>Sighing heavily as she looked away, Alessa realized she had probably just killed the mood.&nbsp; "Sorry...maybe I'm not the best guest to have around at the moment.&nbsp; Other than the loss of family pictures and other personal items that can't be replaced...I really am not missing the apartment I had, but the loss of life....not just Vergil but everyone that was in that building when it went up....that is what hurts more although losing him hurt the most.&nbsp; I can't thank you enough from stopping me from throwing myself at the Balor, Melisa.&nbsp; You did a good thing and made me see reason when I needed to the most.&nbsp; Now...I just hope we can figure out what happened."&nbsp; She whispered, but she beat back what was trying to claw its way to the surface, refusing to dwell on it any further, at least for the moment.&nbsp; Forcing a smile, Alessa looked back to her new friend and shrugged.&nbsp; "Ok, sad part's over with."<br>(Would it be wise to skip a few hours here soon do you guys think?&nbsp; Just asking.&nbsp; Also Melisa, I have a few funny but albeit naughty ideas for the two of them if you're interested lol.&nbsp; Later though.&nbsp; Also, I wonder but she probably only has the one VR pod.&nbsp; Would it be possible to add a second, provided you allow her to stay with her of course since she doesn't have a home in New York anymore.&nbsp; We'll play that by ear later, the whole staying and all.)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Saric</strong> on <strong>11-06-2012, 07:35:37</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Karl Willamson<br><strong>Location:</strong> Harrisburg, PA, USA<br><strong>Local Time:</strong> 5:23 PM<br><strong>Tagged:</strong> Alessa Silverstone and Ryuuji Kurokaze by email<br><br>Karl woke up from his much needed nap two hours later to find he had three return email, two of which were from Alessa, the other was from Ryuuji and seemed... cagey... but given his contact from out of the blue that was understandable enough.<br><br>Replying to Ryuuji first Karl gives him a quick synapses of what investigation he'd already done out of game as well as his suspicion that nothing would be found outside of Eden itself... at least until they had more to go on.<br><br>Turning to his email to Alessa Karl sent her his personal phone number as well as the log-in information for his virtual chat room. He then asked if she would like him to fly over to Japan to meet her as well as offering a spare room in his home in the States if she wanted to come back after her show. Realizing that this might all come off as a little stalker-ish he hastened to add that he'd be happy to stay in a hotel room, or put her up in one, until she felt safe around him. On a more practical note he asked her for more information on how the portable VR pod she'd used had worked in the interest of seeing if he could set up some kind of fail safe to keep them alive while they investigated things further.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>11-06-2012, 10:32:11</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 8 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone<br><br>Melisa might not be able to read mind but when she saw Alessa's face turns deep red, she immediately guessed where the other girl's mind turn to. Though the other girl does not seem to be comfortable with the idea, she doesn't look like she is against it either and that alone makes the blonde smiles. Part of her wants to assire the girl that she is not a lesbian, at least not purely one, but decides against it. If the girl is already allowing her imagination to go where it is, then she is definitely more relaxed than she thought so she reasons that there is nothing to be gained from making her even more uncomfortable. <br><br>She keeps listening intently but keeps silent as Alessa tells her that the explosion didn't only rob her or her best friend but also her home, she understands that the girl need to let this out and more than anything, she needs someone who can just listen and not judge her. She knows that Alessa is still hurting so doesn't put much mind in the shift of mood, recovery takes time but the early phases are always the critical one. She is familiar with the saying that time heals all wound but experience has taught her that extended depression can greatly slows the process if not flat out driving it worse. When Alessa thank her for stopping her before though, Melisa raise her hand in objection as she replies, "I just do what was right in that situation so I don't really deserve your thanks." she smiles kindly at the girl across her and continues, "If you don't have anywhere else to stay, you are welcome to stay here. This place is big enough to house both of us as you can see." Finally, for the first time since their chat starts, she reach out and squeeze Alessa's hand gently in her own, "We will get the bottom of this, I'm sure of it."<br><br>Melisa the glance at the digital clock on the kitchen counter and sees that they had been talking for slightly less than 2 hours. She stands up from her chair and grabs the empty plates and glasses from the table before putting it into the sink as she begins to clean them. While she's scrubbing the dishes, she speaks again, "Well, although you might not feel like going out today but unfortunately there is little to do in this place. You can watch TV or browse the internet if you want but unfortunately I only have one VR Pod with me... Well, I'll see if we can rent another one for you to use."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>11-06-2012, 19:05:44</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 8:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze.&nbsp; Karl Williamson by email.<br><br>The offer to stay there, in Japan, was truly touching, as was the girl's reassurance that she had simply done the right thing.&nbsp; Alessa was surprised but also happy that she was such a good person, if a bit weird given her habit of sleeping in the nude and all.&nbsp; She didn't mind though, and besides, it only oddly enough added to her overall charm anyway, so it worked out in the end.&nbsp; She squeezed her hand in turn and nodded, her eyes alight with new hope that she really needed at this point.&nbsp; "I can't thank you enough for offering me a chance to stay here Melisa.&nbsp; I'll make a few calls and tell my parents and everyone else that was helping me out back home what's going on, but I can't stay here for free.&nbsp; That wouldn't be right for me not to help out around here.&nbsp; I might not be as able to get around as you but I can still cook, clean, and all the rest with minimal problems."&nbsp; She offered, but smiled all the same as she nodded to the offer of what little there was to do.&nbsp; As for the VR pod however, that she could take care of at least.&nbsp; "I can just buy one.&nbsp; Even without my career as a singer, I inherited quite a bit of money thanks to my folks.&nbsp; Still, I only use what I need to most of the time, and that's very little thankfully since I work just as hard as any other person.&nbsp; Besides, I enjoy my singing as much as you do."<br><br>With that she stood slowly and worked her way to her chair before getting settled and grabbed her laptop before heading to the living room for now.&nbsp; Sitting on the couch a moment later, Alessa opened up her email again and found that Karl had sent her another message.&nbsp; She read it and gave a little laugh as she shook her head, smiling at his generosity even if it had sounded a little stalker-ish at first.&nbsp; She didn't think much more of it though as she picked up her cell phone again and made a few calls, telling those that needed to know what was going on.&nbsp; She had met a very nice girl her age and she was wanting to stay.&nbsp; She'd come back to visit but her folks seemed happy that she was able to find a friend that seemed a lot like her by the time she was done.&nbsp; They'd miss her sure but that's what planes were for.&nbsp; After finishing her more important calls, Alessa sent another reply to Karl.&nbsp; She thanked him for the offer but Melisa Artemis was offering her her place to stay at and she had accepted.&nbsp; But, if Melisa agreed she'd be happy to have Karl join them for a while but she'd have to ask first.&nbsp; She was curious about how he knew about the portable VR pod that her agent had managed to snag for her concert but she wasn't planning to use it for Eden.&nbsp; She planned to buy a regular VR pod for that.&nbsp; Beyond that though she hoped he'd be able to figure something out so nothing like what had happened to Vergil happened to anyone else.&nbsp; For now she stopped and sent the reply, glad if a bit uneasy about everything that was going on.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>11-06-2012, 19:48:35</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>The moment Ryuuji enters his room, the entire room lights up followed with a generic robotic male voice, "Welcome, Kurokaze-san." From that response alone, he can tell that the AI for his room is still the default factory made which means that although it has basic personality function, it is still very much vulnerable to digital attack, at least by his standard. He sighed silently as the thinks to himself, 'Well, not if I have my say on it.' He pulled out his terminal and opens its bottom, revealing a long USB cord which he then plug into the AI control system before speaking into the terminal, "Access System. Code 1185960, Mode Copy Override." The terminal hums softly for a few minutes as rows of datas appear on its holoscreen before finally stopping with the words on the screen saying, "Override Successful"<br><br>Ryuuji then punch a few button on the terminal to once again connects it to his system at home before speaking again, "Access, Base. Code 9963015, Mode Copy." this time the terminal hums much longer than before as it used the secure private network to made a copy of his AI system at home. It takes 10 minutes before it is done and Ryuuji commands it again, "Access System. Code 1465432, Mode Install." for the third time, the terminal hums for a few minutes before turning silent. He pulled out the USB connection from its socket and speaks straight to the AI, "Ryuudo, find me the nearest VR Pod retailer. I need to rent one temporarily."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>12-06-2012, 06:30:29</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 8 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa smiles at Alessa as she finally done with the dishes and takes off her apron as she speaks, "I am not taking rent on you, though. We can split the chores later although our rooms will be our personal responsibility, okay?" She taps her chin with her finger which means that she is thinking before continuing, "Hmm, the nearest VR pod retailer I think is in Akihabara. We can go there to place an order and rent some animes while we are at it until it gets delivered later today, if you want." She paused for a bit before continuing, "Hmm, I guess we have to contact Kurokaze-san if we are going to go out, though." she looks at the other girl before continuing, "I know you said you're uncomfortable with someone following us around but if Sumeragi-san said he was necessary, I think it is better to be safe than sorry."<br><br>At first she is debating to use the terminal that Ryuuji gave her to contact him or just go straight and knock on his door. Using the terminal will of course be safer and faster but it seem quite petty since the terminal supposed to be for emergency communication. Finally, she decides to go in person anyway as she speaks to Alessa as she walks toward the door, "I will be telling Kurokaze-san in person and he did said that he had something to talk with me about. I don't think it will take long, so make yourself comfortable, ok?" After telling the other girl, Melisa opens the door and crossed the hallway before knocking on Ryuuji's place, "Kurokaze-san, this is Artemis coming over to have a talk."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>13-06-2012, 04:52:44</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji is confused when he heard someone knock on his door, more so when the person identify herself as his charge. He moves toward the door and opens it before coming face to face with the girl. He steps aside from his position as he speaks in monotone, "Come in." He closed the door behind them and motion her to take a seat anywhere she likes in the living room before taking a seat across her. He opened the conversation as he speaks again with closed eyes, "Next time, you don't need to come over. Just use the terminal if you want to call me over."<br><br>He then opens his eyes to look at the girl, he holds his urge to shake his head, the girl is literally the splitting image of her EDEN persona and for some reason it concerns him as it most likely put her well near the top of the potential target to virtual crimes. He then close his eyes one again as he lean back on his seat and thinks to himself, 'Well, it's not my problem....' when he opens his eyes once again, he seem to be undecided on how to approach her about the accident but decides to go straight to the point anyway, "So... Mizuki Silverwing, cleric, winged elf, nearly reaching master level...." he continues to recite her EDEN character's statistics one by one before finalizing it with a question, "You were there when the Balor destroyed Everesta along with the Hydrodemons. I believe you had watched the news on what happened to one Vergil Smith or Zachariah as he was known in EDEN. What is your take on it?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>13-06-2012, 15:57:02</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong>Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong>Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 8 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa is feeling slightly intimidated by the young man in front of her. Although she never did expect to be treated friendly by him since by all right they are complete stranger but to be treated with near complete indifference sends cold shiver up to her spine. Moreover, she is instinctively aware that she is unable to get a read on the man's expression, as someone who is used to being able to read people's expression, to see that not even a sliver of emotion cross his eyes somewhat disturbs her. Yet at the same time, she does not feel threatened by the man despite his seemingly imposing presence and it just add to her confusion. She only manage to get out of her reverie when the man started to recite her EDEN character's stats which ust makes her think to herself, 'Who is this guy...? How did he get all that information about my character?'<br><br>When Ryuuji finally talks about the incident with the Balor though, it finally penetrates her consciousness her, 'He knows about the incident, could it be....?' She suddenly realize that the man seem to be waiting for her answer somewhat impatiently as she thinks to herself, 'Well, I guess i have to answer him first then ask later.' She takes a deep breath before answering, "I don't know, to be honest. I mean... I did thought that the incident in the States might be related to what happened in EDEN but... I don't know anything else about it." She then let loose of her breath before continuing, "Umm... I... don't know how much is this supposed to help but.... well... Ms. Silverstone apparently quite close to Mr. Smith. At least when they are online.... But I don't think she is ready to talk about it yet so...." She lets the sentence hang and part of her is wishing that the young man understands her new friend's fragile mental condition and not to press further before she is ready.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>14-06-2012, 02:25:49</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji stare directly into the girl's eyes for a few minutes with the intensity as if he is trying to look right into her soul before finally blinks and cut off the eye contact as he thinks to himself, 'Well, it doesn't look like she's lying about not knowing anything....' part of him want to have a talk with the other girl that she mentioned but the implied closeness between her and Vergil made him pause from such action. He of course understand the impact of losing someone you care about, he had been there before so he concede that talking about the girl's loss at this time would generate more problem than help. He closed his eyes for a minute as his thought continues, '... Guess this Karl guy is still our best lead so far.... His second e-mail said that if there is another clue then it most likely will be ingame.... Maybe he's right, but still....' He opens his eyes back then look back at the girl.<br><br>Ryuuji nearly sigh in trepidation but holds himself back, showing weakness in from of his protection client will just make them less trusting of his ability, not a prospect he wish to generate if possible. Instead, he pose his usual professional and unwavering image to the girl. He then looks straight at her again and asks, "So, why did you come over? it doesn't look like you just come to have a talk with me."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>14-06-2012, 06:39:25</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 8 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>If she is to be completely honest with herself, Melisa will readily admit that she is feeling incredibly unnerved when Ryuuji's dark eyes are connecting with her own crystal blue ones. For some reason, the man's cold and calculating expression seem to be able to pierce right through her defense straight into her soul. At the same time though, she also finds herself mesmerized by them. She knows that it is scientifically impossible to have pure black eyes, most of the people who claim that they have black eyes actually has deep dark browns, and only the trick of light makes them seem like black but currently, she is very much tempted in revising that theory. Ryuuji's eyes look like complete black pool of darkness, so dark that not even light seem to be reflected on it as it threaten to swallow her own consciousness and for some reason she feels like she is in front of a wild beast with absolutely no protection but for some reason she doesn't feel that she is in danger despite her nervousness. She finds her curiosity peaked as she thinks to herself, 'What kind of things did he saw to have that kind of eyes...?'<br><br>It is only when the man finally cut the eyes contact that she realize that it actually had only happened in a few minutes though it had felt longer than that for her. When he asked for her reason of visit, she is reminded why she is here at the first place as she answers, "Ah, well... me and Silverstone-san are thinking of going to Akihabara to buy another VR Pod. Due to... certain circumstances, it was decided that she will be living with me for extended period, probably even for good."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>15-06-2012, 03:34:37</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji nods his head toward the girl as he thinks to himself, 'Well... that will safe me some trouble.' outwardly, he takes a glance to the clock as he answers her, "Very well, it is now 8. 30 am. we will depart in.... 9 O'clock?" without waiting for an answer he continues, "I will make the preparation for the trip and meet you outside of your room. My car should have enough room even for Silverstone-san although we might have to separate her from her hover chair until we reach the destination. The item will be stored in the trunk and put back into use after we arrive. The same arrangement will be made when we made our trip back here."<br><br>He paused for a minute before continuing, "If you are ready before the appointed time, just call me using the terminal and I'll pick you two up. Under no circumstances are you to leave your room without protection, is that understood?" He stands up and moves toward the door before opening it to allow her out, "Please tell Silverstone-san about our arrangement and... that I will need to ask her a few things about Mr. Smith when she feels like it. Although I won't set a time for that but... it is... imperious that we speak as soon as possible, possibly with you too since this might affect all of us. Good day, Artemis-san and I'll see you later"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>15-06-2012, 03:38:54</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 8:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze.&nbsp; Karl Williamson by email<br><br>Alessa only nodded at Melisa's response, feeling tired but she wasn't about to pass out since she'd be all out of wack otherwise.&nbsp; She just needed something to keep her busy was all.&nbsp; As for the chore deal, Alessa smiled and nodded, although she still thought she should still pay rent but if Melisa wanted to argue about it she wouldn't press further.&nbsp; "Alright, but I will say I would most likely sleep better if you did agree to let me help with the rent as well since I do not like to freeload in any sense of the word if I can help it.&nbsp; But if you would rather I did not then I shall not press the matter, for now Melisa."&nbsp; She replied, feeling better that she had made it known regardless of what she said when she came back from her talk with Ryuuji.&nbsp; While she waited, Alessa got her computer out and sighed, seeing that it was almost drained of its power already.&nbsp; Having to dig out her power pack and find a suitable plug in took her a bit but when she did she was able to sit back down and send off a few more notices to those that needed to know what was going on.&nbsp; She wasn't sure if she'd stay forever with Melisa, having just met her after all, but if everything went well up until the concert and possibly beyond, then she'd definitely consider it.&nbsp; For now she made a note to ask Melisa if she would feel comfortable having Karl, Morgul the Necromancer from Eden, stay close by if for no better reason than to have him close at hand should they need him for anything related to their Eden trials that were surely coming.<br><br>Then came the hard part as Alessa tried to get in touch with her old friend and a priest in the church she used to go to back home in New York every Sunday.&nbsp; Thankfully he was a modern man and had a laptop and a webcam to boot which allowed for long distance confessions, among other things.&nbsp; She needed advice in the worst way and there were few people she'd trust with her innermost thoughts, and especially fewer in her own family, faithful as they were since they...tended to judge at times.&nbsp; Michael was one of the few that actually listened and didn't try to pass judgment, thinking to abuse his power as a priest and all.&nbsp; It took her a bit but eventually she got a hold of him.&nbsp; "Alessa?&nbsp; You look good old friend."&nbsp; The young man on the other side of the world said, making her blush slightly but a quick thanks was all she could manage.&nbsp; "You look troubled.&nbsp; I saw the news and I am glad you're safe but tell me, why the video call?"<br><br>"I need your advice Michael....and the usual confidentiality that you extend to all that come to you for confession."&nbsp; Michael didn't have to say a word as he nodded and waited for her to speak, seeing that this time was going to be a tough one from what he could see from his own video screen.&nbsp; She went over what had been seen on the news already, and then she told him what had happened in Eden itself.&nbsp; He was understandably unable to believe it when he heard it at first but the more Alessa talked and described the battle against the denizen of Hell itself, at least as far as the game was concerned, the more he came to understand that this was no ordinary circumstance.&nbsp; He was an open minded person so it didn't take much convincing.&nbsp; He soon heard however why Alessa was so upset as tears started to choke her up as she continued to speak.&nbsp; "Michael....you know I'm not a girl that is usually driven by her body or her desires...but I gave in to them earlier that day....with another Eden player.&nbsp; It matters not who he was but...you understand that I've never had a real date or anything of the sort given my illness.&nbsp; It just...I feel like I'm being punished by the Lord for my inability to forestall my lust...for that was what it was.&nbsp; Maybe it's foolish...but it just seems too coincidental to be anything else but some divine punishment."<br><br>"Oh Alessa.&nbsp; You've suffered a horrible loss against an even greater enemy, one that shouldn't have been able to do what he did but it happened anyway.&nbsp; Everyone slips up, and you forget that God is all forgiving.&nbsp; Yes he is also a vengeful God at times but for a simple slip up as the one you describe I do not believe he let this happen to one that you called such a close friend.&nbsp; Things happen Alessa.&nbsp; And as you no doubt rationalized, it is just a game, and not reality that this happened in.&nbsp; That however might not make the sin of the flesh you partook in any less of a sin by some people's standards perhaps, but this is a brave new world we live in.&nbsp; Even religion needs to adapt to change with the times.&nbsp; As long as you do not become hedonistic and you better control yourself in the future I see no reason to punish yourself further Alessa.&nbsp; You know you did this, you know that you made a mistake, game or not, and that is reason enough for me to not worry too much.&nbsp; I'd still pray for forgiveness to be safe though."&nbsp; That got a weak chuckle from Alessa as a soft smile formed on Michael's face in turn.&nbsp; "Seriously though, you're a good person Alessa.&nbsp; Your heart is always in the right place, and even I know that even the best intentioned people can slip up from time to time and still be that which they have always been.&nbsp; Carry out your friend's wishes and fight whatever darkness is coming Alessa Silverstone.&nbsp; I know you can do it."<br><br>"Thank you...Michael.&nbsp; I'd be lost without you."&nbsp; With a few parting words and a fond farewell, they parted company and Alessa closed her laptop, feeling a little better about it all but it'd still take time.&nbsp; Soon enough she'd be back in Eden and hopefully she'd be able to figure out what in the world happened to Vergil.<br><br>((If anyone feels uncomfortable with the whole Christian thing and all, know that this is the last time it will probably come up for a while.&nbsp; But I'm giving both Melisa and Ryuuji a chance to eavesdrop if they so choose lol.&nbsp; Beyond that though, just thought I'd share that.))
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>15-06-2012, 04:46:23</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about 8 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa just nods at the arrangement proposed by Ryuuji, mostly because the guy seem to know what he is doing and he didn't really give her a chance to answer. Then again, the arrangement he design doesn't seem too bad and she doesn't find any aspect of it that she needs to object to. After promising to tell Alessa of the arrangement and agreeing to tell her that he needs to talk with her later, she exits the room and goes back to her room. He hand stops at the handle though when she heard Alessa talking with someone, a man it seems and from the sound of it, they are quite close of an acquaintance. Curiosity got the best of her as she press her ears against the door and listens as the girl confess to the man about her being "sin"-ing in EDEN and Vergil's death. A smile appears on her lips as she listens to the man's response to the girl and can;t prevent the giggle that escapes her lips at the clergyman's "joke" on asking for forgiveness anyway. Then she heard the communication between them are closed and thinks to herself, 'Well, at least she have someone to let out her worry to. That is always a good thing.' Finally she twists the door knob and enters the room.<br><br>She turns to Alessa and immediately tells her about Ryuuji's arrangement for their trip to Akihabara, "... Since he will pick us up here at 9 o'clock, I think I will take a shower first. I haven't got the chance to do it before you showed up this morning and I don't think walking around Akihabara with poisonous morning breath is environmentally sound." She giggles at her own joke before looking again at the girl with a smile as she makes her way to the bathroom, "I think you should get ready too, maybe wash your face and a change of cloth will be good for now."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>15-06-2012, 12:29:02</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>The moment Melisa exits his place, Ryuuji immediately closed the door and takes his terminal, "Send voice message to Kitagawa-san: Find me any information you can find about one Alessa Silverstone, in particular her activities in EDEN and her connection with Vergil Smith or Zachariah." the terminal beeps once to give him a sign that the message has been sent. Part of him wants to ask Kitagawa-san to investigate the american man who had sent him the email but for some reason his instinct is telling him that he should investigate the guy personally and he reasoned that the guy is in the States and therefore there is little merit in doing it.... For now.<br><br>With the matter taken care of for now, Ryuuji exits the apartment and makes his way down to the parking lot to make preparation for the trip to Akihabara. First, he adjusts the backseat to allow some comfort for his charges, then he opens up the trunk and cleared up some space so that he can fit the hoverchair in. While at it, he push a button hidden on the side and a secret compartment opens up inside the trunk filled with several spare suits and various type of weapons, from knifes to a kodachi and several guns of different calibers. He checked all of them are functional and ready before taking out the kodachi and puts it at the secret store compartment under the driver's seat, 'Just to be safe....' Even to this day, Akihabara is still otaku and electronic junkie heaven, cosplayers are still commonly found in the streets, someone walking around on the street carrying an ornate&nbsp; blade on his back will stick out just as much as a tree in a rain forest, meaning not at all. When he was finally done with the preparation and got back to his room, he sees that he still have 20 more minutes to spare before the promised time, so decides that a quick shower will not do much harm. He takes off his suit as he makes his way to the bathroom.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>19-06-2012, 10:57:51</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Early morning, about&nbsp; 8.30 o'clock<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa exits the shower covered only with bath towel as she makes her way to her room while speaking to Alessa, "The shower is vacant, you can use it now." Though Alessa had told her that she didn't mind about her being a nudist, Melisa doesn't think that the girl will be ready to see her walking around the house in her buff although there is pretty much nothing that the girl hasn't see yet considering that she did greet the girl in that condition. Once inside her room, she opens her wardrobe and begins to sort through the clothes inside. She pass off most of them for one reason or another, mostly because they are her work clothes and therefore tends to be on the flashier end of the scale which just make them unfit for normal outing. <br><br>It takes her a full 15 minutes before she finally emerge from her room dressed in a fairly conservative white sleeveless T-shirt accompanied with a soft pink short plaid skirt which reach just slightly above her knee. She also puts her hair into a simple ponytail with the help of a white ribbon, part of her wanted to put on a fashion glasses to disguise herself better but for some reason she hesitated to do it once she remembered that Ryuuji will be there too, so she had forgone the idea. She looks to the clock and see that they still have plenty of time before the appointed time, so she decides to sit back on the sofa and opens up a fanfiction from the internet to read as she waits for Alessa to be ready.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>19-06-2012, 21:41:14</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 8:30 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze.&nbsp; Karl Williamson by email<br><br>Glad for the news that they'd be able to get out of the apartment for a bit despite her personal desire to stay inside, Alessa waited until Melisa was out of the shower before she nodded and got herself in there.&nbsp; It didn't take her long to get cleaned up, having smiled at Melisa's little joke when she had said it, but that aside it didn't take her long to get in and out and dressed in a pair of jeans and a simple white t-shirt before she got back in her chair and ready to leave with Ryuuji.&nbsp; "Just in a nick of time."&nbsp; She said to herself more than anything, grabbing her purse out of her new room where she had tossed it before she left, just in case she did find a VR pod she could buy then and there.&nbsp; It'd do her some good to stay out of Eden for a little bit anyway, but she'd return before the day was over if she had anything to say about it.&nbsp; Zachariah...needed to be buried and she needed answers anyway.&nbsp; Pushing those thoughts to the side for now however, she let Melisa lead the way.<br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Name: Katerina De Leon<br>Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA<br>Local Time: 7:23 PM<br>Tagged: Karl by video call.<br><br>She often stayed in the office, a habit most of her coworkers and underlings knew about, but they were also cautious around their boss from Hell as the running joke went since she could easily find a reason to fire half of them if not for the fact they were all needed to keep Eden running.&nbsp; She was a team player only so far as you were useful to her.&nbsp; Still, she was a fair if strict Mistress, willing to work with you if you kept on her good side.&nbsp; Despite being a succubus queen half breed in Eden, in reality she wouldn't go near a married couple for her sexual needs or anyone in a committed relationship for that matter.&nbsp; That was another thing that was well known around the office.&nbsp; But just because you could bang the boss didn't give you any special privileges in Katerina's eyes, so making that mistake was quite a bad idea.&nbsp; Still, that aside, she worked just as hard as anyone else and was the best, or so it was claimed, at what she did.&nbsp; Being lead programmer was hard work for most people, but when you practically owned the rights to the biggest game since World of Warcraft or Rift, and you enjoyed your creation as much as she did, it was a joy to come into work everyday.&nbsp; At least she thought so until the news came on with Vergil Smith's death.&nbsp; She and Karl both had come across the same things regarding the Balor and while it was mind boggling to think that something like that could happen, she was open minded enough to not rule out the possibility that it had happened the same way both in and out of the game.&nbsp; It still disturbed her a great deal however.&nbsp; Something like that shouldn't have been possible yet it seemed it was.&nbsp; She needed to get to the bottom of this and fast.<br><br>Opening up a she hoped secure channel to Karl's place, hoping he hadn't already signed into Eden, her face would appear in a video holoscreen, most likely surprising the guy if he hadn't been expecting her to ring him up.&nbsp; "Karl, it's your boss.&nbsp; Pick up the call or I'll come down to your place and pull you out of bed or your Eden pod by force if I have to.&nbsp; I'm sure you know what's going on and I want us to be on the same page."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Saric</strong> on <strong>20-06-2012, 03:52:00</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Karl Willamson<br><strong>Location:</strong> Harrisburg, PA, USA<br><strong>Local Time:</strong> 7:18 PM to 7:23<br><strong>Tagged:</strong> Katerina De Leon via video call<br><br>Karl hit 'send' on his official report, which detailed his <em>legal</em> investigations and findings and recommended working with the special crimes and cyber crimes police to see if this was foul play, but suggested a deranged serial killer or the mob rather then the game doing it. He didn't expect them to find anything but it was worth a shot to see if the cyber crimes division stumbled over something he'd missed... there were a lot more of them after all.<br><br>He stood up and stretched the kinks out, checked his email again, and then walked to the kitchen for a glass of water. He was just returning when his screen flashed to life with his boss' face, startling him. Unlike many of the other guys at work he'd make a point of not getting involved with the boss for sex, after all Morgul got plenty of action so it wasn't like he was starved for sex and this way he avoided the emotional complications that came with a sexual relationship, just as a matter of hormones and other chemical responses if nothing else, and he'd made that intention respectfully and politely, but still firmly, clear to her. As such he took the time to add a shirt to the pants he'd been walking around the house in before answering her call. He got straight to business. "Ma'am what do you need to know?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>20-06-2012, 08:40:03</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji exited his shower wearing nothing but his buckled trousers and a towel that he is using to dry his hair. He was going to grab his shirt and suit but paused before he touched them as he changed his mind, a guy in a suit in Akihabara will stand out like a sore thumb. Instead, he opens his trunk that he took from home and takes a plain black shirt and a long black coat before putting both article on though he opted to leave the coat unzipped. He looks at his reflection in the mirror and contemplates that something is missing, he reached back into the trunk and takes a pair of black fingerless leather glove not unlike one used by fighters before putting them on and look back at the mirror before nodding in satisfaction. Part of him wants to put on sunglasses to make him look like a character out of the classic The Matrix movie but decide against it. Instead, he completes his attire with a black metal wristwatch hidden under his coat sleeve. He looks at the clock and see that it is barely a few minutes to 9 o'clock and decides that it is time to get out of the room he is in. He exits his room and locks the door befote standing by outside the girls' room. He waits for a few minutes until the needles on his watch hit exactly 9.00 when she knocks on the door, "Artemis-san, Silverstone-san, I'm here to pick you up." <br><br>He then leads both girls downstair as they made their way to his car. He opens the door of the backseat and lets Artemis to enter first before he turns to Silverstone with a short, "Excuse me." as he reach into the girl's hoverchair and lift her bridal style out of it as if the girl weights next to nothing before helping her into the car. He then opens the car trunk and stores the now empty hoverchair in the space that he had prepared and closed it before making his way to the driver's seat. He starts the car and turns to the girls, "Fasten your seatbelts, please." before driving off.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>23-06-2012, 06:56:07</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Early morning, 9:00 A.M. ish<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze.<br><br>Alessa was pleasantly surprised by Ryuuji's look when he came to meet them.&nbsp; She immediately thought of a movie, Transporter, mostly due to the fingerless gloves and the long black coat more than anything.&nbsp; Either that or part of an Agent outfit from The Matrix, minus the gloves of course.&nbsp; Either way, bad guy or hero, Ruuyji impressed her but she didn't have long to admire the handsome young man before they were outside and out by the car.&nbsp; She didn't have time to answer his polite response as she was picked up as if she didn't weigh a thing, gasping in surprise but she didn't resist.&nbsp; Her cheeks flashed crimson however and she quickly looked away, trying her best to hide what was clearly written on her cheeks before she was settled down in the back seat.&nbsp; "You didn't have to do that, but thank you."&nbsp; She offered, having gotten into cars before on her own with minimal assistance at best.&nbsp; She liked to do as much as she could herself since she'd live longer that way if she did.&nbsp; Still, she didn't argue the point further and did as their designated driver asked, again thinking of Transporter given his request that they fasten their seatbelts before they took off.&nbsp; Turning to Melisa, Alessa blushed again and turned away once more, hoping she hadn't noticed the rather cute glaze that had come over her eyes at being carried like a bride.<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>Name</strong>: Katerina De Leon<br><strong>Location</strong>: Harrisburg, PA, USA<br><strong>Local Time</strong>: 7:23 PM<br><strong>Tagged</strong>: Karl by video call.<br><br>Katerina had never seen Karl without a shirt and she had to admit, he'd have been worth the trouble of pursuing if not for his clear cut refusal to try his luck with her.&nbsp; It was probably just as well since even she had her preferences and all that, her standards as well since she never touched a committed couple or tried to tempt them either.&nbsp; If she knew they were single and weren't in any form of relationship or had anyone waiting around, then they were fair game.&nbsp; If she found out otherwise, they'd be faced with one hell of a woman scorned.&nbsp; Besides, she knew Karl/Morgul got plenty of action in Eden.&nbsp; What woman could refuse the Goliath, especially after saving their lives as was often the case?&nbsp; Getting back to business, Katerina nodded but rubbed her temples since this wasn't something that was going to go away overnight, if at all, and that was provided that it didn't get worse.&nbsp; "I want to know everything you've found out about this mess involving a jacked up Balor from the Hell Planes that had an effect that shouldn't exist and couldn't have done what it apparently did.&nbsp; I've already looked into this myself in my own way Karl and we've probably come to the same conclusion that while impossible, it would seem that Eden has found a way to kill players both in and out of the game world.&nbsp; After that, I've already checked but your new damsel is planning a trip to Ghon Xi, along with that Mizuki chick, to deliver her friend's crossbows to his former guild of demon hunters before finding her own answers.&nbsp; We need to be a part of that group, that's why I'm bringing out my former PC.&nbsp; So, unless there's any questions, start talking so we can get this shit taken care of as fast as we can."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>23-06-2012, 07:52:03</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Morning, a little past 9 AM<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa has to admit to herself when she heard the door knocked, 'Wew, right on the dot....' When she opened the door though, she had to resist letting her mouth drop in awe as she takes an eyeful of the guy's look, 'Holy.... Who is this guy....?' She had seen many male models before, some of her work requires her to be working alongside them but in her opinion, the man before her is way cooler than any of them. She had thought Ryuuji's look when he were in his suit was hot but his appearance right now has completely blown her away, the black shirt and coat combo looks like a match made in heaven, added by his black trousers, shoes and fingerless glove, people would be forgiven to think he was someone out of an action movie. Even the guys steel cold expression doesn't look out of place, in fact, it just makes him even cooler in her opinion.<br><br>When she and Alessa followed behind him, she once again impressed by the guy's poise. His back is straight and his steps looks relaxed but&nbsp; purposeful, something she no doubt tells that would tell whoever looking that he is definitely not someone to be messed with. When she is then led to the man's car, even she has to whistle at it. Melisa isn't a car fan by any means, if anything she is highly resistant to them, too many people had tried to impress her with they expensive high class import cars like Ferrarri or Lambhorgini and the black car in front of her is no doubt far cheaper than either of the import brand but the way the car seem to scream out "Don't fuck with me" simply takes her breath away. It is obviously greatly taken care of and there is no doubt in her mind that if it is anything like the owner, then it definitely has something extra added where she couldn't see.<br><br>She is still in a daze when she saw Alessa being "helped" into the vehicle. She couldn't resist her giggles when she sees the other girl's cheek redden at the treatment as she looks away from her knowing look, neither could she resist in teasing the girl once she had fasten the seat belt like the driver asked. She leaned toward the girl's ears so that Ryuuji couldn't overhear her as she whispers to her in teasing tone, "So, how did that feel? Being carried like a princess I mean." she giggles some more as the other girl's face immediately redden even more than she already is as the trio makes their way toward the district known for their anime and electronic goods.<br><br>Although she doesn't sound like she does, though, a small part of her wish that it had been herself that the man carried like a princess, even if that was just for a few minutes. For now, Melisa doesn't understand why she has that kind of thought and store it away for self contemplation later when she has the time.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>23-06-2012, 08:36:02</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Akihabara District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji keeps his interaction with the girls sitting behind him at minimal as the party of three makes their way toward Akihabara, mostly because his sense of professionalism prevents him from getting close to his clients&nbsp; but partly also because he simply doesn't feel like contributing to the girls conversation. He is relieved though that at least none of the two girls seem to have any inclination of his connection to his online persona, Ryuuga although he by now already know the identity of at least one of them and has an inclination on the identity of the other. The reason for his relieve is two-fold, one of each girl: One of them is someone that he had saved, such knowledge is not something that he can know the effect of in affecting the relationship between them while the other girl is probably the rumored light elf monk who sometimes is known to hang out with Zachariah and therefore likely to be at odds with his own character, a relationship that may put an edge in their professional relationship. Neither of the two effect of the relationship bodes well in his current work of protecting them.<br><br>It didn't take long for the group of trio to reach Akihabara and he immediately motion both girls to wait before exiting the car. Instead, he exits the car first and grabs the kodachi under his seat at the same time before slinging the blade on his back diagonally, as he suspected, noone around them even bat an eyelid at him, they probably just assume he is someone cosplaying a popular demon hunter character from an anime. He had his way around the car and pulled out the hover chair from the trunk before opening the passenger doors, allowing both girls to exit the car but not before he speaks to them, "When we are here, you two are to be in front and I will follow a few feet from behind. You are free to go where ever you want but it is preferable if you two stays at places where I can follow."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>24-06-2012, 06:10:09</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Akihabara District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Morning, 9.25 AM<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa's eyes are gleaming with happiness as the car approaches their destination, even from the highway, it is quite easy to spot the changes in view between the districts in Tokyo. For Akihabara, the easiest thing to spot would be the shiny and colorful lights decorating the buildings, most of them are advertisements of a certain latest trend electronic products which just shows how much the district prides itself in being the most forefront center for anything electronic goods in all of Japan. As the view gets closer, even the people walking on the streets start to differ, people wearing costumes in broad daylight are appearing all over the place, magical girls, samurai, she even spot a couple wearing costumes, the guy posing as a certain full metal alchemist alchemist with the girl looking similar to a certain mechanic girl from the same series, both of them are posing for photo taken by a flame alchemist. Suddenly, as if realizing something, she turns her gaze toward the driver sitting at the front seat and smiles as she thinks to herself, 'I see.... good disguise.'<br><br>Once the car finally pulls over to a nearby parking lot, Melisa nearly jumps out of the car immediately but stop once Ryuuji tells her and Alessa to wait in the car for a few minutes instead. Both girl exchanges confused looks with each other but obeys the instruction anyway as the man in their trio check out the surrounding before opening the door for them and gives them an instruction. After giving the man assurance that neither her not Alessa has problem with his arrangement, Alessa then once again helped into her hover seat before Melisa exits the car too and the three makes their way into the heart of the district.<br><br>It soon clear that among the three, Melisa is the most familiar with the place, thus she leads the other two toward the nearest VR Pod dealer. The shop owner and Melisa appear to know each other as they greets each other warmly. Alessa moves forward and immediately place an order for the latest generation VR Pod along with delivery and set up service which the shop owner takes note of her order. Once the order placed and paid for, the shop owner assures the girls that said item will be delivered to the apartment in a few hours and will be ready to use at the latest later in the late afternoon. Both girls have no problem with the arrangement and exits the shop with a smile, neither sees that Ryuuji had stayed behind for a short while to put his own order of the machine before exiting the shop and continues following them. <br><br>With their main objective done and time to spare, Melisa and Alessa starts browsing through the shops available. Melisa suppresses her giggles as she looks at how Alessa gape at the sight of the extensive anime/manga goods. Alessa explains to her that even the biggest anime shop she knows of in US pales in comparison to what she is seeing, there are simply mind blowing as most of the merchandises never even been heard of much less see. Without further ado, both girl starts on a shopping spree of anime goods, from figurines, manga, games, soundtracks even costumes of several anime characters.<br><br>It was a few hours later that both girl finally feels the need to rest as they makes their way to a traditional Japanese restaurant, modeled after a certain game down to the interior and menu selections, including the ad for the legendary mega beef bowl challenge. The restaurant is bustling but neither girl have trouble getting a seat while Ryuuji takes a lone seat a few tables from them. When Alessa asks Melisa about the beef bowl challenge, she explains to the girl, "The challenge is quite straight forward, eat a massive bowl of beef rice dish. If the challenger manage to finish it, the meal will be on the house. However, if they fail, they will have to pay 3000 Yen, which is 10 times the price of the normal beef bowl." She paused for a minutes before continuing, "The challenge is quite popular and many people has tried the challenge for years but as far as I can tell, noone manage to finish the whole thing except for a rumored mysterious girl but I'm pretty sure it is just a rumor. I really don't recommend you trying though if you value your health or figure." What Melisa didn't tell Alessa though, is that she knows that the said rumor wasn't a rumor at all but real. She should, really since it is herself, not that she will ever tell anyone that information.<br><br>After a quick lunch, both girls are ready to pay... that was when the trouble appears. Melisa is asking for the waiter for the bill which prove to be a fatal mistake when the waiter, a young girl probably not much older than she is approaches the and gasps. The girl's next sentence immediately set the avalanche: "You are.... Artemis... Melisa-san...?" the sentence might not be said louder than normal but the effect is immediate nonetheless. It starts from the man sitting on the table next to her who takes a glance at her... then shouts, "NO WAY!! Mel-chan!! The real one!!" Melisa cursed under her breath as she turns to Alessa, "We need to get out of here... NOW!!"<br><br>Unfortunately, even her warning comes too late as the man's shout has literally turn everyone in the dinner's attention to her and for a second, it is as if a complete silence comes as if to tell the calm before the storm. Melisa looks around her feeling incredibly uncomfortable as she slowly tries to walk out of the restaurant all the while thinking, 'Please... please....' she knows what is coming and her only hope is that she can manage to get a head start to run away from it.... and then it comes. The man who shouted had reached into his bag and Melisa knows she has to run but she knows she couldn't because Alessa in her hover chair will not be able to follow her fast enough to get away. Using the precious seconds left she has, Melisa reaches to Alessa's ears and whispers, "Go back to the car, I'll meet you there."<br><br>As soon as she said it, Melisa immediately bolts from her position and runs like possessed toward the door. Just as soon as she starts running, the people inside the restaurant stands up and gave chase to her which just makes the blonde become even more panic. As she weaves through the crowd, she knows won't last long in a goose chase. Instead, she slips into the alley between two shops and hides there as she hopes that the mob will pass her. Based on her experience though, she knows that she won't be able to lose them completely, best she can do is just to stall for time. The mobs who had seen her will spread the word and from there it will just be a short time before nearly everyone in Akihabara will be looking for her and once it get to that point, the chance of her getting out of the district in the next few hours is miniscule at best. She leans against the wall of the alley as she sighs and thinks to herself, 'At least Silverstone-san will be with Kurokaze-san, she will be safe away from this riot....' She then turns to look toward the street and sees that several people passes the alley by, some of them are on the phone. Just in case they start looking through the alley, she decides to move deeper into the alley.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Saric</strong> on <strong>24-06-2012, 23:55:01</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Karl Willamson<br><strong>Location:</strong> Harrisburg, PA, USA<br><strong>Local Time:</strong> 7:24<br><strong>Tagged:</strong> Katerina De Leon via video call<br><br>Karl nodded calmly as his boss laid out what she wanted before he started laying out where he is on that. "If you'll bring up Report #4398 you'll find a complete listing of my findings so far... such as they are. The summery will tell you what you need to know in the short term but just ignore the conclusion, that's for the shrinks. I'm already in contact with everyone who was involved and I've arranged to join the group on my own initiative, I expect I'll be getting a call informing me when their going back in shortly. So far the only advice I can offer is the need to get cyber crimes looking into this, I doubt they'll find anything and I know they wont notice if they do, but there are hundreds of them to look rather then just the two of us Ma'am."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>25-06-2012, 01:55:10</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Akihabara District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji cursed under his breath as he saw his blonde charge tried to bolt out of the premise. Not that he could blame her either when he saw that most of the other occupants starts filing out of the building, most of them holding writing utensils and piece of colored paper, neither type of items are any cause of immediate concern. It were the gleams on their eyes that immediately alerted him that the situation might be more critical than he thought, apparently and obviously he had underestimated the extend of his charge's fame. More than anything though, his attention is caught by the fact that the blonde had left her companion behind. Her intention for the action was clear enough to him and he had to admit, it was a darn good plan at least for something that was planned on the fly. He also knew the reasons why the blonde took the decision, the two reasons were simple really: 1. The girl would just slow her down in her escape. As mobile the girl's hover chair is, it wasn't designed to help escape from a chase. 2. By running away from the premise, she had effectively gained everyone's attention which would allow the other girl to escape relatively easily.<br><br>Despite the shocking and unpredictable event, Ryuuji is very calm as without further ado, he approaches Alessa and grabs her by the hand, "Come on. We need to get you to safety first." he paused for a minute before continuing, "Don't worry, I'll take care of the rest. I won't let anything happens to her, I promise." With his other client taking the attention elsewhere, it prove to be quite an easy task to lead the girl in hover chair out of the restaurant. Ryuuji leads Alessa back to the car and lets her into the car before speaking to her again, "I need to leave you alone so I can find Artemis-san. Whatever you do, do NOT leave the car. You will be safe here, I've engaged the safety measure and nothing short of a bomb will harm you." With that done, he turns back to the street where they came from and starts to walk calmly toward it as he pulled out his terminal. He pushed a button on it and a small round holo-screen appears in front of him with a pair of dots blinking on it, each marked with number 1 or 2 respectively to show which one is tracking which. He takes a mental note on each of the dots positions before turning off the holo-screen, it won't do if someone else sees the marking and takes advantage of it, afterall.<br><br>Part of him wants to rush but he knows that running into the street looking like him currently will make him stand out in the crowd which no doubt will make it harder for him to rescue the running girl. He consoles himself with the fact that the blonde hasn't press the emergency button which means that at the very least, she is not in immediate danger. He might not be very familiar with the district but he has been here several times before and knows that based on the situation, the best places for the blonde to hide from the mob is in the extensive webs of alleys between the buildings. However, he also knows that those alleys are also far from safe. The alleys are so numerous and complicated that they would look like a maze if one is to see them from bird eye view. Moreover,&nbsp; there are people of ill repute crawling there, his hope is for them not to find his client before he does.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DigitLninja</strong> on <strong>25-06-2012, 02:58:36</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Chip Roberts<br><strong>Location;</strong> Southhampton, Long Island, New York<br><strong>Time;</strong> 05:37:16 AM<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Any<br><br>Still known as one of the most lavish living locations in the states, The Hamptons was still beautiful and open and teeming with the rich and slightly less rich of America. It was here that Chip opened his eyes just as the summer sun was beginning to drive away the darkness of night. He had arrived yesterday and decided to sleep off the jet lag by pulling up a pool chair and sleeping outside on the deck. Now he was enjoying the site of the sunrise as he sat there for a few minutes just to take it all in once more.<br><br>After he was finished with that he got up and began to start his day, first by turning on the computer and cuing up his list of favorite shows, he pressed play before moveing into the kitchen to start making breakfast and thanked his grandfather when he opened the door to the fridge. It was easy enough to microwave some pizza, poor some water and grab some fruit before he sat down at the counter and focused on the shows at hand. It would be another hour before his Stepfather and Mother would come down the stairs, who he promptly greeted between bites and watched as they went off to do... whatever it was they had said they would be doing today. Another hour and the food was long gone, the last show of choice came to an end and it was time to start his favorite activity.<br><br>Chip moved up the stairs to the private room he had designed himself specifically for Eden with the VR chamber directly in the center and posters of various well known NPC's over the walls as well as a poster of his own Playable Character covering the ceiling. His bedroom was right next door and the rooms shared a door, there was also a private bathroom attached to the Eden room in case of emergency.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>25-06-2012, 06:49:25</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Akihabara District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Afternoon, nearing midday<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa is walking through the alleys, making sure to keep in the shadow while keeping her eyes on the main street. Unfortunately for her, as the time starts approaching midday the sun is slowly but surely getting higher above her which means the edges of shadow in the alley is getting thinner by the minute, effectively forcing her to goes deeper into the alley to avoid getting spotted by the fans looking for her. She is of course aware of the danger that may befall her in the alley but she push the worry from her mind by the reasoning that it is day time and therefore she should be relatively safe there. Probably for the umpteenth times, she peeks toward the main street and immediately draws back as she sees someone is standing in front of the alley, it is fortunate that the guy seem to be on the phone and has his back facing the alley but it is enough to prevent her from approaching the main street from that direction. Instead, she walks deeper into the alley as she tries to look for another option.<br><br>She keeps walking deeper in to the alley when suddenly she finds her way is blocked by the silhouette of several men. The men seem to be involved in a conversation and doesn't recognize her presence yet, so she decodes to slowly backtracks... only to suddenly finds her way blocked by something solid. She turns around and finds herself face to face with a man, she is unable to make out the man's feature due to the darkness but the man seem to be able to recognize her as he speaks in a deep bass voice, "Well, well. What do we have here?" instinctively, she starts to back off from the man when she finds her back once again is blocked by something solid. This time though, she doesn't need to turn around to know what is blocking her or rather, who. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the men who blocked the alley has gathered and boxed around her.<br><br>She slowly and discreetly reaches into her skirt pocket where she stores the emergency locator that Ryuuji had given her when they first met and grasps it. Unfortunately, one of the men behind had seen and recognize that she is holding something in her pocket and immediately alerts the others as he steps forward and grabs her arms, "She has something in her pocket!!" the man holding her immediately pulls her arms out of her pocket roughly, making her lose grip on the locator as it clatters to the ground and disappears into the alley as she shouts "No!!" The man holding her proceed to put her arms in a lock behind her to make it easier for him to keep her immobile. This time, the man who blocked her the first time approaches her closer and holds her by the chin as he speaks again, "My, my... A brave one, aren't you? What was that? A stun gun? Pepper spray?" the man then grins as he slowly move his hands lower until they reaches the collar of her T-shirt right above her collarbone before continuing, "Well, a naughty girl need to be punished, don't you think?" just as he said it, the man grasps the collar and pulls it roughly downward. The fabric give way to the force as it rips away from her body in one stroke, revealing her perky 36B breasts to the open air.<br><br>The man in front of her whistles in appreciation as he looks at her mounds while throwing the fabric that used to be that of her top to the ground, "Well, well. No bra, hmm? Can't say I mind about it." The man reaches out once again, this time toward her breasts as he begins to fondle them before continuing, "O hoo... would you look at this? You might be small but damn, your breasts sure feels nice and soft, hmm?" Melisa closes her eyes as she tries her hardest to prevent herself from moaning, the man's hands feels rough against her breasts but his ministration sends pleasure to her brain nonetheless which despite her fear of her situation, begins to excite her. Meanwhile, the other men also starts to poke and prod on her exposed skin, especially on her sides and thighs makes it harder for her to block out the pleasure and excitement. When the man's thumb brush against her sensitive nipples though, she can no longer holds her moan as the the sensation sends a sharp spike of pleasure through her. The man fondling her breasts grins as he begins to purposely brush and pinch her nipples which prompts her to moans loudly, making the man's grin widen as he comments once again, "My, my... you nipples are extremely sensitive, aren't they?"<br><br>Melisa struggles to keep herself from getting sexually excited but she instinctively knows that it is futile as she feels her pussy starts leaking despite her will and she instinctively knows that it is just the matter of time before one of the men realize it and takes advantage of it. Through the pleasure infecting and corrupting her mind, she keeps one thought and only one in her mind, 'Please... Hurry up.... I can't hold on much longer....' Despite her shout when the locator was dropped and gone, in the split second before she was found out, she had managed to press the emergency button. Her only hope right now is that her bodyguard to come before she is forced to give her virginity and dignity to these vile men.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>25-06-2012, 12:29:49</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Akihabara District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji was still walking through the still increasing crowd in Akihabara streets when he felt the low voltage electric jolt from his locator terminal, it is a built in system that he created on purpose. The use of the electric jolt is two-fold: 1. to make sure that he feels it no matter the situation he is in. and 2. to get him back to consciousness in case the assailant aiming for his client manage to knock him out. The moment he felt the jolt, he knew that his client is in trouble and he knew that he can't waste anymore second.<br><br>He pulled out the terminal once again and consults the map again to make sure that he got to the target accurately. Once he was sure that he memorize the dot's location, he immediately broke into a run as he slips into the alley himself, not only because that seem to be the direction of the distress signal from but also because he was aiming to take a shortcut. He kept running through the alleyways, expertly weaving through the various obstacles with moves that can make any traceurs proud, sliding over the trash bins, wall ride, kicking walls to make sharp turns or even somersaulting over several homeless guys who were sleeping on the street.<br><br>Using his unorthodox skills, it didn't take long before he reached the specific alley that he was aiming for. His eyes widen as he takes in the view in front of him. For a second, it seem that he froze as if unable to believe the sight in front of him. He was a Yakuza, yes, He did bad things for profit, yes... but rape was&nbsp; the one thing that he never EVER tolerate, any of his subordinate to be found attempting the deed will have no mercy from him, if anything he would rip them to pieces himself. His intolerance to rape had originated from the deeply buried memories of his childhood before he was taken in by his adopted father. For a moment, his mind seemed to flash as the scene before him pulled the forbidden memory from the depth of his subconsciousness, transposing it on top of each other even… and then, as if something inside him had snapped, Ryuuji started to walk toward the group.<br><br>When his step crushed a metal can on the ground, no doubt the leftover of some cheap instant food, one of the men surrounding Melisa had heard it and turned to look at him. The man glared at him, not that Ryuuji can see it in the darkness of the alley, as he spoke, “Yo, boy. Get the hell out of here….” The man never managed to finish his sentence as blood spurts from his chest, courtesy of the now drawn ornamental blade on Ryuuji’s hand. The man screamed as he drops to the ground clutching his open wound, the action gained Ryuuji the attention of the others. He spoke to them in a low and cold voice, “Let her go… if you want to live….”<br><br>Two of the men drew a gun each from their pocket, both guns are equipped with silencer to prevent unwanted attention when used and aimed it toward the still approaching Ryuuji. The man who molested Melisa, he is the leader apparently, turned his attention to the younger man with a blade for a moment before turning back to his captive as he spoke toward the other two, “Kill him.” Both armed men grinned as both of them fired repeatedly toward the swordsman. Their grins immediately disappeared when Ryuuji instead of retreating or dropping dead, had changed ahead instead while dodging and blocking the bullets using his sword. Once he reached his range, Ryuuji swiped his blade in a wide downward diagonal arc, cutting both men’s hands clean off before following it up with another horizontal slash as he takes both men’s life by cutting off their heads.<br><br>By then, the remaining two had finally figured out that this is not someone that they should have mess with. The one holding Melisa immediately released his hold on her hands and tried to shove her toward Ryuuji to buy time for the leader and himself to escape. Unfortunately for him, Ryuuji was faster than either of the two. He had caught the girl and told her not to move from the spot before he slipped past her to give chase. Using the parkour moves, it didn’t take long for him to caught up to the two and this time, the man who had Melisa in his hold drop dead after Ryuuji stabbed him through the heart from behind. Past the dead man’s shoulder, he saw that the leader is still making a run for it. Without wasting any time, Ryuuji pulled his blade free and threw it toward the leader’s back. The blade embed itself deep right in the man’s shoulder and the injury caused him to stumble and fall on his face groaning in pain.<br><br>Ryuuji approached the man calmly; he knew he had his enemy caught and unable to escape. Once he reached the man, he pulled his blade from the man’s shoulder and immediately the older man began to plead, “P…Please…. Spare me.... I….” the man never manage to finish his sentence as Ryuuji had used his blade to cut the man’s head clean in half down to the man’s chest with a vertical slash. After killing the man, he calmly turned around and walked back to his client, he also picked up a newspaper remain from the ground and used it to clean his blade before putting it back into the scabbard on his back before taking a lighter from his coat pocket and burned the now bloodied paper before chugging the burning item into the trash bin as he passed it.<br><br>When he was back to his client, he saw that the girl was still sitting on the ground sobbing while crossing her arms in front of her in attempt to cover her nudity. His expression soften at the sight as he took off his coat as he approached the girl before draping it over the girl as he whispered, “I’m sorry….” He gently lifted the girl bridal style while using the oversized coat to cover the girl’s whole body, including her head which effectively hidden her identity from view. With the girl in his arm, Ryuuji started to walk out of the alley into the main road. Several people threw a glance at them but he didn’t care, his priority was to get the girl back to the apartment as soon as possible.<br><br>Thankfully, the pair’s trek back to the car was smooth and uninterrupted. Ryuuji helped the blonde into the passenger seat and asked Alessa to take care of her. He knew the other girl was wondering about what happened to her friend but he simply told her that it was Melisa’s tale to tell. Finally, he sat in the driver’s seat and drove back toward Shibuya.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>25-06-2012, 17:54:02</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Akihabara District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Afternoon, nearing midday<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze.<br><br>The trip to Akihabara was uneventful but it was definitely exciting.&nbsp; Alessa had never seen so many active cosplayers in one place before, and if her eyes didn't deceive her she could have sworn she had seen the same restaurant that was in Persona 4 on their way to find a parking spot.&nbsp; That gave her an idea as they made their way out of the van and to the VR Pod dealer that Melisa seemed to know after everyone was ready to leave the van and head out of course.&nbsp; She agreed to Ruuyji's requirements to keep them safe without a second thought, temporarily losing her cheerful smile since he reminded her that they were under protection.&nbsp; Still, she didn't dwell on it long as they soon found their way to the most well stocked anime store she had ever seen.&nbsp; Her eyes lit up like the Fourth of July, and she was sure Melisa had a similar expression on her face.&nbsp; By the time they left Alessa had a few new CDs from her favorite animes and was even then playing one in a built in CD player on her chair, two well hidden speakers blaring out the tune in question as they exited the anime shop to get a bite to eat.&nbsp; Somehow Alessa was able to maneuver herself and keep her new costume in one piece although because she was dressed up as Konohana Sakyua, Yukiko Amagi's first level Persona of the Priestess Arcana from P4, that was a bit of a miracle in progress given the beautiful if somewhat big feathery wings that were attached to the arms.&nbsp; How she had let Melisa talk her into this she'd never know, but behind the bird like face paint that a rather helpful assistant at the store had done for her before they left, Alessa was beaming since today was one of the best days she could recall in her life so far.<br><br>Combine that with the tune playing from her chair which was the battle theme from P4, the regular theme not any of the boss themes although she was tempted to skip ahead to one all the same, Alessa couldn't have been happier in Aiya's or more able to blend in since she wasn't the only P4 nut in the place although there were plenty of other cosplay outfits she could see.&nbsp; Upon the start on the beef bowl challenge conversation however, Alessa giggles and can easily imagine how that would look to anyone trying it.&nbsp; They'd be passed out on the floor before even getting halfway through the thing, but when Melisa said that a girl might have done it, she had a suspicion that it was Melisa herself that had done so.&nbsp; She didn't ask though and nodded, not quite brave enough to try it herself....today anyway.&nbsp; It was only when they were getting ready to leave that things turned bad.&nbsp; She had yet to suffer a crazed mob before but she had heard enough horror stories to know this was exactly what was happening as Melisa told her to run for it after she soon took off as if the Devil himself was on her tail.&nbsp; In a sense, he probably was but Alessa had to admire her courage and quick thinking, getting the mob away from Alessa while leaving them in the dust in the same breath if all went well as she and Ryuuji soon made their own way back to the van.&nbsp; She nodded but said nothing as he promised he'd get her back safe and sound, trusting him to do just that although being left alone in the vehicle, locked against a possible bomb threat or not, didn't exactly sit well with her.&nbsp; Still, she stayed put and was glad when they returned, although seeing Melisa in tears and what had almost been done to her broke Alessa's heart apart.&nbsp; "My God, what happened?!"&nbsp; As if it wasn't obvious but she had to ask anyway.&nbsp; "Sssshhhh, Melisa, you're ok, you're going to be ok.&nbsp; It's over, and you're ok now."&nbsp; She didn't know what else she could do or say but anything had to be better than nothing, unsure if she'd be receptive to a comforting hug or not after this.&nbsp; Regardless, she did want to get Melisa home as soon as possible now, glad that her music had stopped right before they'd come back since a little peace and quiet was probably a lot better for her now than anything else besides time to process everything of course.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Persona 4 - Reach Out To The Truth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFl6sWHmXI#)</div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2012/05/konohana.jpg)</div></div><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>Name</strong>: Katerina De Leon<br><strong>Location</strong>: Harrisburg, PA, USA<br><strong>Local Time</strong>: 7:25 PM<br><strong>Tagged</strong>: Karl by video call.<br><br>As always, Katerina was impressed by Karl's abilities.&nbsp; He had done everything expected of him and more in such a short time and without needing to be told to boot.&nbsp; He was an excellent worker as well as a respected man in the office, even if he was a bit uptight about sleeping with his boss.&nbsp; Still, even that Katerina could respect as she nodded and gave a sigh of relief since he had done a wonderful job of things already and really there wasn't much else she could ask for.&nbsp; "You've done good as always Karl.&nbsp; You're right about Cyber Crimes, but I wouldn't expect anything we don't already know for ourselves.&nbsp; The connection to that Balor and his ability to somehow effect Vergil's pod in such a way that it matched up with the attack he used I do not want made public.&nbsp; We don't even know for sure if that's what really happened but I will say that if it did, and Eden really did find a way to hurt us in reality the same way we get hurt in the game, then I'll be the first to agree we will have to shut the game down until we can fix it.&nbsp; We both know however that the board won't allow it since it makes far too much money daily than most people make in a month.&nbsp; God why does this feel like an episode of .Hack all of a sudden?&nbsp; Anyway, as soon as you get that message, pass it along so I can find you guys.&nbsp; I want to see where this goes first hand.&nbsp; If there's anything else that comes up feel free to notify me Karl, and I'll be sure to return the favor."&nbsp; Unless there was anything else the connection would be severed and Katerina would get ready for a prolonged trip into Eden, hoping that nothing came up in the meantime.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>28-06-2012, 09:54:23</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji might not look it as he is driving the car back to their apartment but his mind is in turmoil. The reason is simple enough: he had failed to protect his charge, sure he saved her from the worst but the fact is that he still allowed it to happen to her is a bitter pill to swallow. From the small parking mirror in front of him, he can see that the blonde is still a nervous wreck although it seem she has calmed down somewhat and for some reason it just makes him feel like there is a sharp knife cutting into his heart. His lips thins into a scowl as he takes a second look into his mission, 'I had underestimated my charge's fame. I thought she was just some newbie artist but apparently not. I will have to improve my defensive measure....' He starts running through counter-measures through his brain to improve his protection duty for the two girls, portable needle shooter coated with sleeping drug, probably even call in several of his guys undercover to cover the two, a repeat of the same thing is intolerable. <br><br>Suddenly a thought crossed his mind, 'Both of them seem to be quite well known in the virtual world of EDEN too... Seem like I have to improve her protection. ' Unfortunately, despite himself being an active player in the game, most of his underlings are way older than him which means that most of them does not seems to be into the game or at least not active in it which means they are next to useless in the online protection, 'Guess I'll have to hire someone in game for help....' His thought is cut short when the party of three has finally arrived back to the apartment. Just like when they arrived at Akihabara, he exits the car first and removes the hover chair from the trunk before helping Alessa into it. When he waits for Melisa to exit though, he sees that the girl is still shaking. He sighed as he reaches in and lifts the blonde girl out of the car bridal style like nothing. He looks at the girl's still scared expression and whispers once again, "I'm sorry...." before turning to Alessa once again, "It looks like she is still too shocked to walk, I'll take her back to the room. I need you to move at the front and we will follow from right behind." It doesn't take long until the trio makes it back to their rooms. He asks for Alessa to unlocks the girls room and lead her to the blonde's bedroom where he lays Melisa back on her bed.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>29-06-2012, 03:48:41</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Afternoon, nearing midday<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa is still scarred mentally when the car containing the three arrived back at the apartment, Alessa comforting her on the way helps but it is obvious that it will take more to make the blonde calms down again. She feels herself being lifted from the seat by Ryuuji and instinctively put her arms around his neck as she pull her face to his chest. She hears the older man whispers to her "sorry" and part of her immediately feels guilty, she knows in her mind that the man had tried his best, it is simply not possible for him to be at two places at the same time. If anything, had she didn't run away, he might have done something to assure that all of them got out of the place safely. Yet, he still came to safe her, he kept his promise, she was the one who made it harder for him.<br><br>Not long after they are away from the car and back to her room, she feels Ryuuji lays her gently on the bed before trying to move away. The moment she feels the man move away though, her fear return as she instinctively reaches out and grabs the edge of the man's sleeve, "Wait... please...." just as she said it, her eyes widen as she suddenly realize what she just said and blush bright red as she immediately releases the sleeve, "Ah... I'm... I'm sorry...." She takes a deep breath before continuing, "I... I want to say... thank you.... For saving me...." She raise her face to look at the man directly before continuing, "I... I'll be fine, now."<br><br>She waits until Ryuuji exits the room before getting up from her bed as she lumbers toward the shower. Her legs are still shaky and barely able to support her but right now she needs a shower, a scalding hot one as she feels incredibly dirty after those men rubs their hands all over her body. As she makes her way to the shower, a thought crosses her mind, 'Ah, yeah.... Zachariah's funeral still need to be done and I have to go to Gon Xi to deliver his crossbow....'
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>29-06-2012, 03:56:15</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Afternoon, nearing midday<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze.<br><br>Alessa can only nod to Ryuuji's instructions and she is immensely glad when they are back in the apartment once again.&nbsp; She can see that their bodyguard, even through his attempts to hide it, is quite upset over his failure and whatever biting comment she had wanted to make once Melisa was out of earshot dies in her throat.&nbsp; Besides that, she wasn't the type to sling around such accusations anyway so she probably wouldn't have managed it anyway.&nbsp; Once they are alone however she turns to Ryuuji and puts a comforting hand on his shoulder.&nbsp; "You did the best you could, that is all anyone has a right to ask.&nbsp; I don't know what you did to get her out of that predicament but as long as she's safe...that is all that matters."&nbsp; Unaware murder had been involved to do it Alessa offers a comforting smile before heading into her own room to get changed out of her costume and remove the face paint before getting ready to go back into Eden.&nbsp; Today was a rare day that she did not want to go but she had to.&nbsp; She owed Vergil that much at least.<br><br>((Heading to Eden soon.&nbsp; Probably next post.))
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>30-06-2012, 05:55:30</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji knows that the girl is trying to make him better when Alessa puts a hand on his shoulder before assuring him that he had tried his best, that is the main reason why he doesn't shrugs her off like he would usually to other people. Instead, he simply nods silently as he walks out of the room, his mind however is another thing entirely as he replies to the girl's words, '...You're wrong, there is at least one person who has the right to complain: Myself. Akihabara is part of my turf, yet I couldn't even protect someone there.' As he approaches his room, he sees that someone had left a box in froenters his own room, his thought goes back to the men in the alleys as his eyes narrows, 'Those guys aren't normal thugs. Otherwise, where the hell did they got guns from? They didn't recognize me means they are most likely not from around here.... At the very least, they have to be part of a small group or a rival group infiltrating Ryuuga Group's turf.... This needs further investigation. For now though....' <br><br>He turns up his terminal and sees that Kitagawa-san had left an e-mail to him while he's out. He opens the e-mail and sees that it contains the biography of Alessa Silverstone that he had asked for. He reads the mail as he takes a seat on the couch, 'Lets see... Alessa Silverstone, 23 Years old, born in New York, experience in playing EDEN 2 years. Character name... Eldrith Lightstone, Light Elf, Monk, Epic, level 180 ....' at the character level, Ryuuji had to pause and whistle in appreciation, afterall, not everyone can reach that since to be an Epic level they have to be at least master of 2 class skills, and maxed at least two of their physical stats, a feat easier said than done since rather than allowing the player to raise the second class level like they did in low level, the difficulty is compounded from their current level, it is the only way for the player to breach the maximum level barrier of 99 which is requirement for master level. Even his own character Ryuuga is still halfway to epic level at 150. He smiles as he thinks to himself, 'Well, looks like someone is a bigger EDEN addict than I do....' he snaps out of his thought as he continues reading, '....Relationship to Zachariah: Very close, it has been rumored that the two characters are often seen together since their novice times and long time partner....'<br><br>He continues reading the rest but they mostly only consist of general information of the character without anything significant. Finally he closes the email and makes a voice call to one of his subordinates who is in charge of Akihabara, "Sagara-san, I need clean up team in Akihabara...." he&nbsp; continues to tell the location where he had killed the men in the alleys before finishing the order with, "... I also need you to tighten the security at that area and investigate for the possibility of other group infiltrating our turf. I expect your report soon." after getting an affirmative from the man on the other side of the call, he cuts off the communication before leaning back on the couch with a tired sigh as he pinches the bridge of his nose while closing his eyes for a few minutes.<br><br>He finally opens his eyes again as he stands up and finally lays his eyes on the huge box in the middle of the living room. The picture on the box tells him that it is the VR pod that he had ordered at Akihabara, 'Well, at least they delivers fast enough.' He speaks to the AI of his room as he approaches the box, "Ryuudo, scan the box." it takes a few minutes for the AI before confirming that nothing harmful is in the box before he finally opens the box. He drags the VR pod into one of the smaller room which he assumes to be the study and sets up the item, for once thankful that the pod is designed to be easy to setup by himself. <br><br>It is fifteen minutes later when he is done with setting up the pod but instead of entering it straight away, Ryuuji decides that a shower is in order as his body is sweaty after the running in the alley, so he takes off his shirt and takes out a pair of T-shirt and trainers from his trunk before heading to the bathroom for a quick shower. After another fifteen minutes in the shower and dressed in the clothes that he chose, he heads back to the VR pod and activates it as he thinks to himself, 'Well, time for another ingame investigation....'<br><br>[Moving to EDEN IC]
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>04-07-2012, 03:57:53</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Melisa Artemis<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Time;</strong> Afternoon, nearing midday<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Alessa Silverstone, Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><br>Melisa emerges from the bathroom completely naked bar a small toward wrapped around her neck nearly one hour since she got in, her intended hot shower has turned into a full hot bath as she tries to rid herself of the sensation of the men in the alley's touches. It also gives her time to calm herself a great deal, lying there in the bathtub filled with hot water nearly to the bring. When she got out of the bathroom, she is still feeling slightly lightheaded due to the extended stay in the hot water although her body is dried already.<br><br>As per her usual after-bath routine, she heads to the fridge and takes a bottle of strawberry milk from it before downing it in one sitting. She wipes her mouth with the back of her hand and finally grins as she looks at the now empty bottle, 'Nothing like a bottle of cold milk after shower, hmm?' she places the bottle on the sink to be cleaned up later as she doesn't feel like doing it now. She then looks around the room and notes that Alessa is not in the living room and thinks to herself, 'Hmm... maybe she is in EDEN already... Guess I'll head there too, Zachariah's funeral should be underway.' With that thought, Melisa walks toward her VR pod and activates it before lying inside and let the lid close over her.<br><br>(Moving to EDEN IC)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>04-07-2012, 19:36:21</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>;&nbsp; Alessa Silverstone.<br><strong>Location</strong>;&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya District<br><strong>Time</strong>;&nbsp; Afternoon, nearing midday<br><strong>Tagged</strong>;&nbsp; Melisa Artemis and Ryuuji Kurokaze.<br><br>She had been in her own bathroom when Melisa had come out but Alessa was out two seconds afterward and had simply been getting dressed while Melisa was wondering where she was.&nbsp; She dressed simply in a black pajama set before getting her laptop up and going, sending out an email to Karl to let him know to meet her in Everesta's Cemetery.&nbsp; <em>I don't know how I'm going to get through this Karl but any support you can give...will be appreciated.&nbsp; And Karl....thank you for showing me my first night of pleasure as you did in Eden, my personal Goliath.&nbsp; I'll see you soon.</em>&nbsp; After that was sent and she turned it off, she went to her new pod that had been set up and installed but she still had to set up her profile again.&nbsp; Still, that didn't take long and it was a few minutes later before she was back in business.<br><br>(Moving to Eden.)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Saric</strong> on <strong>11-07-2012, 20:25:22</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Karl Willamson<br><strong>Location:</strong> Harrisburg, PA, USA<br><strong>Local Time:</strong> 7:26PM, 11:32PM<br><strong>Tagged:</strong> Katerina De Leon via video call, Everyone via E-mail<br><br>Karl nodded at her point before responding. "That's true enough Boss but we can always hope some gumshoe with step in something he doesn't understand and bring it back to us. And at this point <em>anything</em> helps. As for the board... if the game really <em>has</em> started killing people, and we can prove it, I'm not going to be overly concerned about getting there authorization to shut it down... if it will still let us at that point. Read section 47 and you'll see that the Balor specifically mentions what I can only assume to be the real world. And if the demon knew... what else does? And how else might it be able to affect us if it's capable of sending firestorms through? Certainly just hacking the controls for the power and internet connections would be easier. And on that happy note I'll leave you to get ready. With your permission?"<br><br>If given permission Karl would cut the connection and start preparing for a long journey into Eden, including updating his Will and making sure the connections for everyone who had been involved were going through dummy servers that pretended to be the actual pods to the game servers. With luck any disasters would blow up rentable server rooms and give the players Disconnection Headaches rather then killing them outright.<br><br><hr><br>A quiet beeping summoned Karl from the kitchen, his second sandwich still in hand, to walk over and hit a few keys on his computer. Reading Alessa's message quickly he gave a grunt of assent and sent everyone else an E-mail containing a picture of Zachariah (for those that didn't know him in game) and an announcement of his funeral. It also suggested that anyone interested in getting answers come along but warned that it would be dangerous, potentially life threatening in the real world, and that the group would be going to <em>find</em> answers... it didn't have them yet. He send a copy of the E-mail with a bit more information to Miss De Leon, gulped down the slow release capsules containing vitamins, minerals, and protein that were how an industry insider maintained his body when he could be under for days or even weeks at a time, inserted an I.V. and set his required in-game sleep time to four hours. He had a bad feeling about all of this and he intended to stay on guard. Then he lay down, plugged in, and closed his eyes for what he strongly hoped wouldn't be the last time.<br><br>(Moving to Eden.)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>11-07-2012, 20:42:51</strong>
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				<strong>Name</strong>: Katerina De Leon<br><strong>Location</strong>: Harrisburg, PA, USA<br><strong>Local Time</strong>: 7:27 PM to 11;33 PM<br><strong>Tagged</strong>: Karl by video call<br><br>Katerina nodded and sighed heavily again, hoping things wouldn't get that far that they'd have to hack their own creation from the inside just to shut it down.&nbsp; She REALLY felt like this was an episode of .Hack now the way things were potentially turning towards imminent disaster.&nbsp; "I still wouldn't hold my breath but you're right, anything will be better than nothing at this point.&nbsp; Let's hope that we won't have to go around the Board but I'll be right behind you if it comes to that Karl, you have my promise on that.&nbsp; Between the two of us I doubt there's little that can stop us from doing what we have to do to keep everyone safe, even if the game itself tries to stop us.&nbsp; As for the Balor and what else we might have to worry about, let's hope we don't have to find out.&nbsp; For now, yeah, you have permission to go, and I'll be there as soon as I can."&nbsp; She replied, hating the fact that this had a very big possibility of becoming completely FUBAR.&nbsp; Karl wouldn't be the only one that got his affairs in order as Katerina did the same thing, taking a couple of hours to get her shit together before doing a similar routine for a long stay in Eden before she too was locked in and prepared for the long trip that was to come.<br><br>(Moving to Eden.)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Eden;  Reality IC Thread.</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BlackLightning</strong> on <strong>16-09-2012, 08:09:55</strong>
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				<strong>Name;</strong> Ryuuji Kurokaze<br><strong>Location;</strong> Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya District.<br><strong>Tagged;</strong> Anyone<br><br>Ryuuji got up from his pod and turned to look at the digital clock on the wall, noting that barely an hour has pass since he logged into the VR although ingame he felt like he had been online for at least a few hour. He steps out of the device and not for the first time thankful that the VR technology is using the concept of artificial dream. He of course is aware of the concept theory of dream is that an average human only uses less than 20% of their capacity when awake, during the time the person is dreaming, the person actually use up to 50 to 70% of their brain capacity which is the reason why the concept of "time" in a dream is blurred. However, probably due to the complexity of human brain, it is practically impossible to completely replicate the natural dream. Instead, The VR technology incorporates a greatly watered down version of the concept by accessing the person't brain wave and force them into a pseudo-sleep and injected the stimulus straight into the brain to create the artificial world. The biggest hint is the fact that the user retains their sense of self and memory inside the VR world means that it lacked the ability to completely submerge the user into the image even for high level game like "EDEN".<br><br>He sighs and sits down on the couch before turning on his terminal as a holographic screen and keyboard appears in front of him. Based on report that he had received about his clients, he knows that both of them tend to stay online for at least a few hours which means that he has plenty of time to spare. The first thing he does is to check his email for anything that he has received while he was in the virtual world, both in his official and private email address. Several of them caught his attention: a mail from Ms. Sumeragi containing his clients' planned work schedule for the week, several reports from his subordinates including one regarding the disposal of the bodies of the men he had killed in Akihabara. He put the provided schedule to his personal reminder and takes his time to read and study the reports one by one before replying to each of them from his subordinates with thanks and further order/instruction if he deem it necessary.<br><br>It was a few hours later when he was done with all of them and leans back on his seat while pinching the bridge of his nose, 'I also need to contact this Karl person to see if he has more info that might be useful.... something tells me that the death of Vergil is barely the tip of the iceberg and something bigger is at stake.... MUCH bigger.... There is also that trip to Shadowed Land to see Akasha.' Even now, he still unable to really tell if Akasha is a veteran player, a moderator or just a very VERY advanced AI. Whichever the woman is though, he know the bat woman is incredibly powerful and overall bad news personified. His only wish is that none of the people in his client's party is dumb enough to anger her, something easier done than said considering the rather short fuse she has. One more thing that concerns him about Shadowed Land is that the place is extremely complicated, the best way to describe the place is a maze inside a maze inside a maze, its THAT complicated. It was only made worse by the fact that the place housed the largest amount of demonic creature in all of EDEN, some of them are even stronger and trickier than the Balor that they had took down. For all their brute force, the Balor had been rather simple in their AI, they find enemy and kill them with brute force, it has absolutely zero trickery which means that with the right strategy, they are relatively easy to take down. In contrast, the demons in Shadowed Land tend to have tricks in their arsenal, from poisoning, camouflage, curse, to copying and disguising as their target's appearance and skill.&nbsp; He sighs as he thinks to himself, 'They wouldn't be so dumb to try and go there without a guide.... would they?'
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