MadKatt15 -- 10/2/2001 11:14:18 PM
It was only supposed to be a game. How? How did it go so wrong, so damned wrong? We were only playing, the first kids ever to try out this new virtual reality thing called "To Hell and Back". Then, that crazy assistant, what was his name? Damian was it? It doesn’t matter because we’re all dead anyway. That bastard killed the rest of the crew and trapped us in here. It’s been like three days since we got here and he keeps sending in these, these monsters to kill us. Slowly, painfully, spreading us apart, keeping us in constant fear. I don’t think we’ll ever get out. Our only means of communications are these “message boards” stations that are scattered around this place. So this is where I’m going to put my final message. Please, if anyone gets out alive my name is Derek and give this message to my parents. Tell them I’m sorry. I never wanted any of this to happen. It was only supposed to be a game. It was
Oh no. I think one of those monsters found me. Please give this message to
That was it. That was the end of the message. Max closed the message board.
I wonder how many of us are left?
MadKatt15 -- 10/4/2001 7:47:29 PM
MadKatt went to post a new message on the boards. He kept posting one every time he found a new station, kind of like a journal, a progress report to let people know where he was and if he was still alive. It was the only way to talk to anyone. He had not seen a living being in two days. This VR world was a lot bigger than it seemed. Mountains, buildings, plain gray or muddy textures, no life in sight; this certainly was Hell. The last person got seperated from him when a wall rose up in between them. That damn Damian guy wasn't going to let anyone find anyone else. Luckily he hadn't been able to tap into the weapons that they carried. MK figured that there was some kind of lock on them that he couldn't break. He was thankful for that every time he touched the shotgun and beam blade at his back. MK checked the clock on the message board.
1500 hours
I'm still alive if anyone's still out there to read this. As far as I can tell I'm somewhere in a small building close to a hill that looks like half a skull. There's also a rocky arch close to that, and the building has a sign that says "Station # 12". I'm heading out the building now, trying to see what's beyond that hill. There are supplies in here, medkits, ammo, recharge stations. If your close by, try to find me. End message.
MK closed the message boards. He took one medkit with him and left seven.
I hope someone else is still well enough to use those medkits....
And he walked off.
Man5iac -- 10/4/2001 8:01:13 PM
(Start Message)
I've been broken away from Le'Chuck but we're maintaining our telepathic link... I am near a Large building... I can't exactly make out what it says... It's basically a worn down large building in the middle of what looks like what used to be a large city... Le'Chuck is trying to get to me but he says that even when I stand still my position keeps changing... which could mean that Damian is polymorphing the terrain and areas... in other words he is changing the areas and if we leave a spot and go back we might find something else... I'm heading to the roof of this building to try to confirm this theory...
(End Message)
the cookie monster -- 10/4/2001 8:13:47 PM
Detail
Meanwhile somewhere else, t.c.m. wakes up. A cold Wind sweeps through the night. Her Head ached like Hell and it toke her a while to remember what had happened. Yet it slowly came back to her.
She had managed to keep together with MadKatt for a while. It had been damn hard but it had worked. Both had decided to keep low for a while and then search for the other Party members. They were walking in some sort of Factory and suddenly everything begun to shake and walls started to appear from everywhere. Somewhere there, they split. Then there was silence again. Suddenly a Shotgun noise and only then t.c.m. realized they had gotten separated. t.c.m. of course feared the worst.
"The monsters... crap! Damian has found us!" She tried to pursue the sound, but was cut of by another Beast. She took out her Shotgun and started to give everything she had into that creepy one-eyed thing. And then.... and then there was only that sharp pain in the back of her Head.
She stood up and rubbed her Head. Signs of dry Blood. And then she blinked.
"How in the Name of the Gods did I ever get here?" She said as she realized that she was standing in the middle of a desert. She tapped her left side. Good, she still had her gun, and she could feel the Ammo packages on her right side. With a sigh she slowly started to walk.
"Let this be the right path, in the name of Heaven... or perhaps Hell, I don't believe in either of them anymore..."
MadKatt15 -- 10/5/2001 12:09:02 AM
The wind licked at MK's feet. He didn't like the smell it brought with it. It kind of smelled like rotten meat, like a slaughter house in the hot afternoon, like....death. The putrid odor made him hold his nose.
I hate this place. I'm not really smelling anything, yet I still want to gag.
MK kept walking along, and closed his eyes. He was tired. Sleep was a luxury now, the VR world was always in a perpetual twilight, and you never know when a demon might pop up. Unbeknownst to MadKatt however, one had popped up already. MK opened his weary eyes-
-Just soon enough to see a shadow whipping towards him at a high speed. Instinctively he dove to the side as a giant, toothed tentacle flew past. It retracted and MK followed its direction to a greenish, ogre-like thing, with long, writhing, snakes for arms. The twin snakes hissed at him and MK scrambled to his feet.
The hell....?
Another shot of the snake arm. MK ran like hell. The thing stretched out to follow him, and, worst of all, it was faster. It would reach him if he didn't do anything-
He ducked. The snake arm flew past again. MK quickly unhooked his beam blade and turned it on. The sword hummed to life and projected a blade made out of energy. And MK brought it down. It went cleanly through the creature's "neck". Something strange happened as the snake arm died. The rest of it started dissolving, the snake arm bubbled and fell off the ogre. The creature screamed in agony and launched the other arm at him. MK saw it coming and unclipped the shotgun from his back. He aimed carefully, waiting until it was close, and fired. A blast of virtual ammo erupted from the shotgun right into the snake's left eye. It was dead before it crashed to the ground, dissolving like its twin had, leaving only the ogre thing, which was already charging at him. MK pumped the shotgun and aimed again. He fired at the thing's right leg, it fell to the ground, sliding all the way to MK, close enough so that he could destroy it with his beam blade. MK gave a sigh of relief as the demon monster died, dissolving like everything else.
When will this nightmare end?
MK thought as he continued up the hill.
the cookie monster -- 10/5/2001 12:44:20 AM
Two days had passed, since t.c.m. had started her Journey through the Desert. She was glad that Damian had been so stupid to actually plant Cacti. The water wasn't the best, but it kept her alive.
Gods... Am I ever going to get out of this one?
She kept travelling slowly, thinking of how she got so far away and how on Earth she would make it back.
"Ahh! This can't go on! I know there is a trick in this! Damian is not stupid. He could keep me here forever!" She exclaimed exasperated. She felt tired and hungry. Damn was she hungry. She sat down.
Okay let's analyze this. I have been walking for 48 hours, yet the sun has never risen. There are Cacti here and a few Rocks. Thats it. Gods! I would eat one of those Demons right now! Suddenly her head shot up.
"Demons? I haven't been attacked by any Demons. Not since I have been in the Desert...." t.c.m. laughed promptly and jumped up.
"But of course! This is a dead zone! That's why I haven't been attacked! I'm in the Dead Zone! So I can get out of here, I just need to look something to bring me back into the VR and so find the others, and then get the hell out of here! But... how am I going to find the Trigger to open the Gate out of the Dead Zone?"
Editor's Note: In the future, almost every program has a Dead Zone. It performs much like a trash bin. Sometimes things can get misplaced and they go there.
Man5ac -- 10/5/2001 3:25:47 PM
(Start Message)
I'm on the roof of this large building... and I can say for a fact that it polymorphs the terrain... Hold on... I hear something... Shoot... sounds like they sent some monsters down to several floors below me... If I don't send another message... I'm dead... and both my teleport and fly spell has been disabled... They're getting nearer... As I said... If I don't post again... I am dead... Hopefully they won't be as tough as the ones me and Le'Chuck fought a while ago... it nearly took everything out of us... G'Bye for now...
(End Message)
*Man5iac looks around the roof... looking for a glitch or an empty space...*
They designed this game well... but I'm sure they made an error somewhere... noone has ever made a perfect game and noone ever will... Good thing I'm studying Game design...
*The monsters approach... and Man5iac sees them... and get's ready to fight them...*
Meanwhile...
(Start Message)
This is Le'Chuck... I'm in some forest and fatigue is setting in... I've been battling wave after wave of monsters... I keep getting about 5 minutes of sleep before my Alarm spell goes off and wakes me up because a Monster is within a Mile of me... I have to keep my guard up... but I'm getting tired... Get here quickly or somehow give me a way to quickly reenergize me if you can... My spells are weakening as I use up more Energy and Mana... I'm off to sleep again... but send help to me if you can...
(End Message)
*Le'Chuck drifts off to sleep...*
Drudge Skeleton -- 10/5/2001 3:56:05 PM
"DAMNIT!!" I DS screamed as he hit the deadend of the alley he and JOjo had ran in.
*DS hits the wall with his fists*
"WHY, WHY, WHAT THE HELL DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS!!" Ds scearms.
"Calm down brother, rember your condition. This is not the best of situiations for you not to be able to fight." Said JOjo, the only reasonple one of the two.
*about this time the Demons they had been trying to escape caught up with them*
"Damnit.... fine then, yall will die..." DS said quitly while pulling out his scythe... and then it hit him.
*Pain shot through DS's body..... the deisies had hit him in the worst of times. The demons seeing DS's weakeness took full advantage and charged him. One connected a punch to his chest.*
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!" Was the only sound DS made when his body hit the wall.
*DS starts to black out*
"Noooo... I cant die here," thought DS before passing out into cold darkness.......
(2 Hours Later)
*DS comes to, JOjo is sitting by him*
"You ok, Brother??" said JOjo with a hint of worry in voice.
"I will be.... What the hell happened..... where are we???" DS said alarmned.
*they are sitting in a swamp and are out of the citiy they where just in*
"You don't rember.... you somehow cast a spell of teleportaion... pretty good trick really." Said JOjo with a smile on his face.
*DS jumps up*
"WHAT.... I DONT KNOW NO SPELL OF TRANSPORTION!!!" DS screamed.
*DS starts feeling sick to his stomach, and falls down.*
"Someone eles must have casted it..... i wondd.e.r..r" DS managed to say before falling asleep.
the cookie monster -- 10/5/2001 9:45:20 PM
"Damn it! You know you can do this! How could I get back?" t.c.m. hadn't still found a way to get out. She laid back and watched the stars. And then an Idea arrived.
"Hmm... I wonder if..." t.c.m then picked up her Shotgun, and without sitting up, she shot right into the sky. There was a light echo, and then something really strange happened. There was like a little black hole in the sky which was sucking her up.
"Woohoo!! I'm back in the Game!" t.c.m. said, jumped up and immediately disappeared.
MadKatt15 -- 10/6/2001 11:46:43 PM
1820 Hours
Well, it seems that I was wrong when I said that this place had no life whatsoever. Amazingly, I found some woods a few miles beyond the sunken skull hill, which kind of makes me wonder why they chose the name "To Hell and Back". Probably because of all the demons. Anyway, other than a small shack marked "Station # 13" there's nothing here though. Still, it's better scenery than my other choices. I'm going to continue north. End message.
MadKatt closed the board. He had seen several new messages but did not bother to reply. That one message about "polymorphing", however, interested him. MK started to wonder if posting his status was useful anymore. He sighed, picked up a couple of supplies, and left the shack.
Nothing....
He had been walking for almost an hour now, and other than trees he saw nothing new. MK sighed, wishing he was home right now, enjoying a warm bath, maybe a hot steak dinner.
Food....
There was nothing to eat in the VR world either, and even though he wasn't hungry he was pretty sure that his body was starving at this point.
The glint of metal snapped MK out of his stupor. Hoping that it was something useful MK dashed towards it. It was gold treasure chest on a small pedestal.
Why is this out in the middle of nowhere?
MK thought, but didn't care anymore. It was something, and maybe something that would end this game. Carefully he opened the chest, not wanting any surprises to shoot out of it. Surprisingly, the item in the chest was a golden gun. MK picked it up, it was heavy. It looked kind of like a Desert Eagle, but somewhat bigger, and it had a dragon engraved into both sides of the grip.
Well, I guess this is a nice find. At least it's nice to look at.
MK put the gun in an extra holster on his back and continued on his way. At least he would be if he hadn't tripped on a tree branch.
"Ow! What the hell?". He did not see it there before, it was like it was alive or something. Suddenly it shot towards him. MK was barely able to dodge the sharp branch as it crashed into the ground.
Why do they always have to be so damn fast?!
MK's mind screamed as he ran for his life. But it was no use. The living vine snatched him up by his left leg. It brought him over a large plant-
-which suddenly opened up, revealing sharp teeth and smoking acid.
Oh crap! It's a giant Venus Fly Trap!
MK searched frantically for a way out of this. He couldn't cut himself down, he'd still fall into the giant maw of the living plant. And he better come up with something quick because he was about to be dropped in anyway.
Duh....
MK quickly took out his shotgun, pumped twice, and fired into the thing's base. Two bursts came from the barrel, both hitting the creature in the stem. It sreamed horribly and flung MK aside in a wild death dance. MK hit a tree, hard, but glad he was right in the assumption that a shotgun would hurt like hell, enough so that he would be tossed. And then it was dead, slumped over like a useless, torn rag. MK took out the golden pistol.
"You had better be worth the trouble...."
the cookie monster -- 10/7/2001 7:00:43 PM
1400 Hours... or something alike
I believe I'm now in the same building MK was only a while ago Station #12 . There is ammo and Medkits, only there are only six of them. Anyway, I'll be leaving the building, just now I heard some shots, I'll go and check it out.
End Message
t.c.m. closed the Message Boards. She had just read about the polymorphing thingy, that would definitely explain the walls. She grabbed a Medkit and some Ammo, leaving enough behind. Aching she stood up. She had landed from the sky on to the roof top and smashed right against it. She had healed herself though and was now better than ever.. or at least she thought so.
She moved towards where she had heard the shots. She wondered who would be there. Perhaps Man5iac was around.
"Well then, let's go loose our heads again." t.c.m. whispered as she left the Building
Man5ac -- 10/8/2001 8:26:01 PM
(Start Message)
Man5iac here... I'm badly injured... I got outta the fight barely by jumping off the roof of that tall building... cast water below me and I lived by hitting it... the monsters tried to follow but I had gotten rid of the spell by then... they're all dead needless to say... I'm going to see if I can find a way to hack through the system... but later... I've got to rest for Mana, Energy, and to have the Regen and Cure spells take full effect...
(End Message)
(Start Message)
Le'Chuck here... I'm back on my feet... moving around and I heard gunshots come from two different directions... right after each other... I definately have a feeling Man5iac is right about the polymorphing to keep us separated... Wait... I hear footsteps... but my alarm didn't go off... I'll be right back to see who this is...
(End Message)
*Le'Chuck heads towards where he hears the footsteps... the polymorphing seeming to not take any effect...*
the cookie monster -- 10/10/2001 8:51:56 AM
1600 Hours
This is madness! I keep hearing Gunshots but no matter how far I go I never seem to be able to get there! I even sensed magic around here. I have been attacked myself, but they were easy fights, that frightens me, there might be something big about to happen, I feel it in my guts. I'm now in a building marked as Station #3. I'll wait here for two hours, if anybody can move around please try to find this place!!
End Message
"Gods.... if this goes on we are dead. There must be a way to solve this!" t.c.m. screamed vehemently while she kicked a little rock on the floor. If Damian kept polymorphing this thing, there have to be some sort of basis. Not everything can be changeable, can it?
KnightofNEE -- 10/10/2001 9:11:01 AM
MESSAGE: Hmm...i seem to be on some beach...at station #5. I hope to reach a dead zone so I could be out of Damiem's grasp and can use the laptop to try and descover some laws of how this world works. The polymorphing terrain might be used to our advantage..maybe it could be used to teleport. Wait monsters...I'll try and post lat--
END MESSAGE
(KoN quickly turns around to see a landshark.)
KoN: "Great...no sword use.."
(KoN quickly thinks of what spell he should use...but not quick enough...the landshark charges KoN.)
KoN: "Oh shit!!!"
(KoN thinks...and then he has the answer. He jumps letting the landshark run into the station wall. The landshark flips over. KoN slams his blade into the soft underside of the landshark. The landshark slowly fades.)
KoN: "Too close...gotta be faster.."
(KoN wanders off and continues to try to find the others)
Man5ac -- 10/10/2001 5:55:32 PM
(Start Message)
These spells are becomming less effective... I'm guessing Damian is getting better at hacking past the original VR code... But on the plus side my Reflexives are higher then ever and stronger then ever... They're hardly hitting me anymore... I'm guessing that Damian put up a Inhibitor field on my Fly and Teleport spells... but in doing so he neutralized his monsters ability to do the same spells... I just need a few weeks straight through working to actually crack some of these encryptions... Especially the one on our characters... He should be able to enhance the monsters soon though... but we'll see... And as for the polymorphing... Either he doesn't need sleep or there will be a set path... although how long it may take to cycle through it I don't know... I'm going to find a high elevation and try to calculate it...
(End Message)
*Man5iac heads towards a mountain... but just hits a lake where he calculated where it should be... and he waits there... waiting for the mountain to reappear...*
(Start Message)
I've been following some tracks from some noise I heard earlier... wait... here's a building over there... Station #3? Hmmm... TCM last post said she was there... Stay there if you can... I'm going to see if you're over there TCM... Le'Chuck logging off...
(End Message)
*Le'Chuck heads to the station... something seems to change behind him... but he still sees the building... and when he looks behind him... He sees a mountain...*
Le'Chuck: What the...
*Le'Chuck enters Station #3...*
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