.hack//POKEMON: SIGN Episode 1: Role Play Disclaimer: I do not own .hack//SIGN, Pokemon, or any of the characters from either show. I DO however own Tsukasha (Soo-kash-uh), Maymiru(may-mee-roo), Mistaru(Mis-tar-oo), Ginkoak(Gink-ohk), Bearock(Bear-ock), Mahawth(mah-hahth), the swinys(swine-ees), and Tsukasha’s Guardian. A young sorcerer lye on the ground seemingly knocked out. As he awakes, he finds himself covered in a sticky substance. A glowing treasure chest sits behind him. He looks around, unsure of his surroundings. As he stands, he finds himself accompanied by a female warrior who exclaims “Ah, someone got here first.” She looks at the sorcerer and introduces herself “Hello, I’m Maymiru. Oh, you are a wave master. That type of character is not very common in ‘The World’. Are you a strong sorcerer?” She looks at his large staff as he pulls out a small device and teleports out of the area. The wave master is sitting alone by a well. “What is going on? Where am I? How did I get here?” he kept asking himself. Three knights approach from the horizon and tell Tsukasha “We are not here to fight you. We are from the Thirteenth squadron of the Rocket Knights. The Rocket Knights value courage, passion, and magnanimity. We were formed with the goal of helping people in 'The World.' We constantly keep an eye on evil doings in ‘The World.’” stated the leader, Ginkoak, of the knights. He continued “We understand that you have come across a PC (Player Character) with a cat design, which is against the rules.” Tsukasha recalls the cat, but cannot remember who or what it was. “We are only looking for information. We do not mean any harm.” Exclaimed Ginkoak. The wave master once again warps away, leaving them to wonder “Do we need a monitor?” The young sorcerer is now riding a swiney, a pig-like creature, who is repeatedly running into a wall. “You’re stupid” Tsakasha said. We now find our wave master sitting by a small pond. He throws something into it, and a water sprite appears. Tsukasha stands up in an offensive pose and tries attacking it. He fails and finds himself being laughed at by a buff male warrior. “Hello, I’m Bearock. I too do things like that when irritated. When did—“he is interrupted and Tsukasha again warps out of the area. A female sorceress, whom goes by the name JT, accompanies Bearock asking “Why did he flee?” “I do not know. Are you hurt? Do you need me to heal you?” “No, I’m okay. I already healed myself” In a city, with rivers running through it, a boat with a young lady, carrying an axe and two wings on her back, is talking with one of the Rocket Knights about current events in ‘The World’ already covered in the story. They notice our young wave master on the bank. When he notices them, he warps away once again. Again Tsukasha is at a warp gate, trying to log out, but still failing. Maymiru appeared again. They exchange glances, and then Tsukasha speaks. “Are you able to log out of ‘The World’?” “Of course I can log out. I logged out after our last meeting, and I just logged back on.” She replied. He again walks away, and is followed by the heavy blade. “Can you not log out?” she asks. All he said was “Maybe.” “Really? I’ve never heard of that before. Are you up to anything unjust that may get the attention of the Knights?” “I’m not sure.” “You will probably be okay if you do a hard reset” He panicked and tried to run away yelling “Stop meddling in my affairs!” Maymiru Stops him and tells him “The net and the real world are the same! And the same matters apply. While you’re in the game, it IS the real world! Understand?” “Stop following me! I’ll just ignore you if I see you around anymore!” he stated. Maymiru replied by slapping him and smiling. Tears began to form inside Tsukasha’s eyes. He was just about to cry. She walks away saying “Bye bye.” He is left alone, and tells himself that he is hurt. He repeated to himself “Why? Why? Why?” A Rocket Knight is accompanying the young girl with the wings and axe. They are in the same area as Maymiru, she sees them and walks toward the gate. The young lady, Mistaru, is there to speak with a merchant whom had called her. There was a problem. “It was the item’s fault for the data crash” said Mistaru. The merchant spoke. “My friend is careless, and the person he traded an item with messed with his character design, giving him the face of a cat. “A cat?” questioned Ginkoak, with an alerted face. The sorcerer, now alone dragging his staff behind him in a cave recalls what Maymiru had said to him about doing a hard reset. He believes that there is no computer, that there is no computer to reset. He still does not know where he is. We now see that he is back in the same cave as where he first started, looking at the treasure box. He recalls opening it and then something happening. As he nears the treasure, a small meowth-like character appears floating above the chest, undoubtedly the PC the knights are looking for. Tsukasha simply says “Mahawth.” The cat tries opening the chest as the sorcerer runs up to him. The cat then disappears. He yells out to him “What should I do?” He opens the chest and out of it comes a partial tablet that is glowing with a bright light. As he touches the tablet a voice speaks to him and says “I’ve been waiting for you…for a long time. I need you, just like you need me. Let us walk together. So long as we walk together, I will protect you.” The tablet flashes, and then disappears. As he walks out of the cave, a Rocket Knight at the entrance meets him. “I have set up a barrier here, and you will not be able to escape. The warrior runs back into the cave as the Knight jumps and attacks him. He repeatedly attacks, and the sorcerer keeps defending. “Why do you run?” “Because I think it’s fun” “I will stop if you just tell me where the cat PC is.” “No!” The sorcerer is knocked against a wall. As the Knight is about to make the finishing blow, a large blob of a monster that looks like two large pokeballs, with a ring in the center, appears and knocks the Knight back. “What kind of monster is this?” questioned the confused Knight. The monster shoots a stream of itself through the Knight, and deletes the character. The sorcerer stands and recalls the statement “So long as we walk together, I will protect you.” The lone wave master is now sitting in the banks of the river in the city. He thinks to himself “It’s okay that I cannot log out. I won’t have to return to that ‘Shitty world’.” As a small spinirak comes running by, he stands up and says “This is…not that bad.” right before smashing the beetle with his staff. Cars are parked outside of a house, and ambulance sirens are heard all over. There is a young child unconscious on the floor. The room is filled with the sound of static.