Post by Hayate on Apr 27, 2007 12:21:47 GMT -5
We can only guess what Harald Hoerwick's real purpose was in creating the online game, "The World." But many think that it was first created as a testament to the woman he loved. A love letter to Emma Wielant, the woman who wrote the epic, but unfinished poem, Epitaph of Twilight. Harald designed and created an online game based upon her unpublished manuscripts and sold it to CC Corporation. "The World" is, in fact, a fusion of Harald's genius for artificial intelligence and Emma's beautiful lyrical poetry. In other words, I believe Harald's true goal was to use the game to acquire data on the behavior of millions of online players. And by doing so, to create the ultimate A.I.
It's known that Harald had a secret untouchable folder, a black box. It was commonly known as the Harald System. Could it be that "The World" was actually a human behavior sampling system, simply disguised as an online game? If so, it was a bold and ingenious plan. This system, the Morganna System, formed the nucleus of "The World." It was to become the birth mother of the ultimate A.I., Aura.
To Harald, Aura was something special. She was like the child born to himself and Emma Wielant, part human, part machine. The Morganna incident was the result of the Morganna System running out of control. It occurred because the Morganna System had developed self-awareness. She realized that she would become disposable as soon as the ultimate Artificial Intelligence, Aura, was born. In trying to prevent the birth of Aura, Morganna drove her creator, Harald, insane. She even locked him inside the network.
Then came the 8 Cursed Waves. Morganna's Eight Phases took physical forms based on the Eight Phases in the Epitaph. They appeared to Kite, who had been entrusted with the bracelet from the then-incomplete Aura. At that point, "The World" began to slowly come apart.
Kite and BlackRose look at the corrupted Root Town of Carmina Gadelica.
After destroying the 3rd Phase, Magus, Kite returned to Root Town, only to find "The World" completely in ruins. Server trouble increased, game data was being destroyed by viruses. In short, "The World" was beginning to break down. Then strangely, these abnormalities began to expand and spread into the real world.
Kite anguished over the fact that each time he used his bracelet, the problems with "The World" seemed to increase. However, with the encouragement of BlackRose, whose real life younger brother was still in a coma from the incident, Kite reconciled with Orca's friend, Balmung and decided on a course of action.
Kite approaches BlackRose in the Hulle Granz Cathedral.
BlackRose: Do you want to know something? My brother fell unconscious here.
Kite: ...
BlackRose: I couldn't tell you because I couldn't find the right time. Sorry. When I first met you, I forced you to come here, right?
Kite: Yeah.
BlackRose: I wanted to see what had happened here with my own eyes. Yet I was too frightened to come here by myself. And I still feel that way. I'm very, very scared. But I wouldn't have gotten this far without you. So, what am I going to do if you start doubting yourself? How am I supposed to cope? Does a big sister have to be happy?! I want... I want to...
Kite: BlackRose, please don't cry.
BlackRose: Wh-what do you mean?! I'm not crying! You can't even see me, so don't make any assumptions!
Kite: ...
BlackRose: There you go, how typical. You always clam up when you should be talking.
Kite: Yeah. I'm sorry. I was wrong in thinking that I'm the only one who's trying to do something about Orca and the disaster. Everybody wants to do something. Now I know I'm not the only one. We all want to bring this whole horrible mess to an end.
BlackRose: Yeah.
Kite: What can we do about the situation now? It's simple, we've gotta do what we think is right. That's the only way we'll move forward.
BlackRose: Yep. Let's do it together. Things will work out. My intuition is pretty good. :-) Well, I'm off to go see my brother.
Kite: At the hospital?
BlackRose: Yep, thanks.
Kite: Thank you, to you, too.
- - - - -
Balmung: So, why did you help me? I scorned you when you both fought bravely. I am guilty of resorting to more cowardly means.
Kite: You ask why did I help you, but why shouldn't I?
Balmung: Yes, of course. I seem to have lost myself in hatred for the power of that bracelet. The power itself isn't good or evil. There are only evil intentions. It appears that I am the one who may have been selfish.
Kite: "A great force. The power it holds can bring forth either salvation or destruction at the whim of the user."
Balmung: What's that?
Kite: The girl Aura. That's what she said when she gave me the bracelet.
Balmung: I see. You are indeed the one who should wear the bracelet. I'm sorry for what I've said and done. I apologize.
Kite: Balmung...
Balmung: I want to restore this world. And like you, I want to help Orca as well. However, it's not something I can accomplish alone perhaps you could lend me a hand? ...I am being selfish, go ahead and laugh.
Kite: I wouldn't laugh because I happen to have a request, too. Care to hear it? I want two things: to help Orca, and to play in "The World" that's not corrupted. But it's really not something I can accomplish alone. Could you lend me a hand?
Balmung: You're... O-Of course!
While discussing the Cursed Waves described in the Epitaph of Twilight, Wiseman told Kite his theory that in order to stop the virus from spreading further, he had to defeat the five remaining Phases as well as Cubia. Wiseman's theory was of extreme interest to those of us working on Project G.U. It helped explain the relationship between the bracelet and Cubia; and Aura and Morganna's Eight Phases.
In order to comprehend this theory, one must understand the true meaning encoded into the Epitaph of Twilight poem. Wiseman knew a lot more than we at Project G.U.
Kite and BlackRose confront the 4th Phase Fidchell.
BlackRose: What the hell? It's a mask this time!
Helba: Launching program. Audio and visual communication from this end will now cease functioning. White noise on the screen will signal the start of battle. Good luck!
Kite/BlackRose: Ready!
With help from Wiseman and Helba, Kite defeated the 4th Phase, Fidchell. He also obtained the second Aura segment. However, Lios, who was concerned about the spread of the virus, decided to destroy "The World's" servers. Guided by her voice, Kite descended into the dungeon and was reunited with Aura. However, before that, Cubia appeared for a third battle with Kite.
Kite, BlackRose, and Balmung are confronted by Aura. Lios appears behind them and watches the proceedings with interest.
Lios: Damaged data?
The second Aura segment flies out of Kite's bracelet and into Aura, who opens her eyes.
Balmung: What's this?
BlackRose: I think she wants to say something.
The ground begins to shake, Aura fades away as Cubia reappears.
Lios: Wh-what is it?! Something like that exists?!
BlackRose: It's... It's that thing again!
Balmung: It's big. Too big! Can we defeat it?
Kite: It's growing!
As if responding to the call of the bracelet, Cubia's strength grew enormous. Kite must have felt terrible, having upset the very balance of the world. Or perhaps his mental state was like mine. Perhaps, like me, he decided to try and act heroically, using the power at his command to set the world back on the correct path. After a long and difficult second battle Kite defeated Cubia and made peace between the hacker, Helba, and the admin, Lios. When we learned that, for this battle anyway, we were on the same side as a detested hacker my teammates and I couldn't hide our surprise. Just as the Epitaph of Twilight foretold, the King of Light and the Queen of the Dark were to fight on the same side. And that was how, through the Morganna Incident, we were able to achieve the single most important factor in our research at Project G.U.:
The liberation of Sora, one of the six coma victims.
Kite walks into a dungeon and finds Skeith's staff floating inside of it.
Kite: That's...Skeith's wand?!
The staff dissolves and Sora appears from inside it. He smiles at Kite then vanishes.
Kite: ..."Thank you"?
Skeith had done it. Skeith, one of the Eight Phases, had merged with the spirit of the player who played as Sora. The player Sora had been imprisoned inside the network. Inside Skeith's staff. Sora was a rare and unique sample case. Government pressure. CC Corporation's very own cover-up.
Even as the damage to the real world continued to grow, Kite and his friends began Operation Breakwater, in an attempt to put a stop to the incursion by Morganna's Eight Phases.
Kite and BlackRose face off against the 5th Phase Gorre.
Helba: The area S Chatting Snaring Twins is now quarantined. Communication will be offline.
Kite/BlackRose: Ready!
Gorre appears and prepares to attack.
BlackRose: Just who designs these freaky things anyway?
After defeating the 5th Phase, Gorre, Kite received a transmission from Helba. At last the source of the Cursed Wave had been discovered. It was the self-aware program, Morganna.
Guilty Universe: Harald Hoerwick's world of corrupted love and dreams.
It's known that Harald had a secret untouchable folder, a black box. It was commonly known as the Harald System. Could it be that "The World" was actually a human behavior sampling system, simply disguised as an online game? If so, it was a bold and ingenious plan. This system, the Morganna System, formed the nucleus of "The World." It was to become the birth mother of the ultimate A.I., Aura.
To Harald, Aura was something special. She was like the child born to himself and Emma Wielant, part human, part machine. The Morganna incident was the result of the Morganna System running out of control. It occurred because the Morganna System had developed self-awareness. She realized that she would become disposable as soon as the ultimate Artificial Intelligence, Aura, was born. In trying to prevent the birth of Aura, Morganna drove her creator, Harald, insane. She even locked him inside the network.
Then came the 8 Cursed Waves. Morganna's Eight Phases took physical forms based on the Eight Phases in the Epitaph. They appeared to Kite, who had been entrusted with the bracelet from the then-incomplete Aura. At that point, "The World" began to slowly come apart.
Kite and BlackRose look at the corrupted Root Town of Carmina Gadelica.
After destroying the 3rd Phase, Magus, Kite returned to Root Town, only to find "The World" completely in ruins. Server trouble increased, game data was being destroyed by viruses. In short, "The World" was beginning to break down. Then strangely, these abnormalities began to expand and spread into the real world.
Kite anguished over the fact that each time he used his bracelet, the problems with "The World" seemed to increase. However, with the encouragement of BlackRose, whose real life younger brother was still in a coma from the incident, Kite reconciled with Orca's friend, Balmung and decided on a course of action.
Kite approaches BlackRose in the Hulle Granz Cathedral.
BlackRose: Do you want to know something? My brother fell unconscious here.
Kite: ...
BlackRose: I couldn't tell you because I couldn't find the right time. Sorry. When I first met you, I forced you to come here, right?
Kite: Yeah.
BlackRose: I wanted to see what had happened here with my own eyes. Yet I was too frightened to come here by myself. And I still feel that way. I'm very, very scared. But I wouldn't have gotten this far without you. So, what am I going to do if you start doubting yourself? How am I supposed to cope? Does a big sister have to be happy?! I want... I want to...
Kite: BlackRose, please don't cry.
BlackRose: Wh-what do you mean?! I'm not crying! You can't even see me, so don't make any assumptions!
Kite: ...
BlackRose: There you go, how typical. You always clam up when you should be talking.
Kite: Yeah. I'm sorry. I was wrong in thinking that I'm the only one who's trying to do something about Orca and the disaster. Everybody wants to do something. Now I know I'm not the only one. We all want to bring this whole horrible mess to an end.
BlackRose: Yeah.
Kite: What can we do about the situation now? It's simple, we've gotta do what we think is right. That's the only way we'll move forward.
BlackRose: Yep. Let's do it together. Things will work out. My intuition is pretty good. :-) Well, I'm off to go see my brother.
Kite: At the hospital?
BlackRose: Yep, thanks.
Kite: Thank you, to you, too.
- - - - -
Balmung: So, why did you help me? I scorned you when you both fought bravely. I am guilty of resorting to more cowardly means.
Kite: You ask why did I help you, but why shouldn't I?
Balmung: Yes, of course. I seem to have lost myself in hatred for the power of that bracelet. The power itself isn't good or evil. There are only evil intentions. It appears that I am the one who may have been selfish.
Kite: "A great force. The power it holds can bring forth either salvation or destruction at the whim of the user."
Balmung: What's that?
Kite: The girl Aura. That's what she said when she gave me the bracelet.
Balmung: I see. You are indeed the one who should wear the bracelet. I'm sorry for what I've said and done. I apologize.
Kite: Balmung...
Balmung: I want to restore this world. And like you, I want to help Orca as well. However, it's not something I can accomplish alone perhaps you could lend me a hand? ...I am being selfish, go ahead and laugh.
Kite: I wouldn't laugh because I happen to have a request, too. Care to hear it? I want two things: to help Orca, and to play in "The World" that's not corrupted. But it's really not something I can accomplish alone. Could you lend me a hand?
Balmung: You're... O-Of course!
While discussing the Cursed Waves described in the Epitaph of Twilight, Wiseman told Kite his theory that in order to stop the virus from spreading further, he had to defeat the five remaining Phases as well as Cubia. Wiseman's theory was of extreme interest to those of us working on Project G.U. It helped explain the relationship between the bracelet and Cubia; and Aura and Morganna's Eight Phases.
In order to comprehend this theory, one must understand the true meaning encoded into the Epitaph of Twilight poem. Wiseman knew a lot more than we at Project G.U.
Kite and BlackRose confront the 4th Phase Fidchell.
BlackRose: What the hell? It's a mask this time!
Helba: Launching program. Audio and visual communication from this end will now cease functioning. White noise on the screen will signal the start of battle. Good luck!
Kite/BlackRose: Ready!
With help from Wiseman and Helba, Kite defeated the 4th Phase, Fidchell. He also obtained the second Aura segment. However, Lios, who was concerned about the spread of the virus, decided to destroy "The World's" servers. Guided by her voice, Kite descended into the dungeon and was reunited with Aura. However, before that, Cubia appeared for a third battle with Kite.
Kite, BlackRose, and Balmung are confronted by Aura. Lios appears behind them and watches the proceedings with interest.
Lios: Damaged data?
The second Aura segment flies out of Kite's bracelet and into Aura, who opens her eyes.
Balmung: What's this?
BlackRose: I think she wants to say something.
The ground begins to shake, Aura fades away as Cubia reappears.
Lios: Wh-what is it?! Something like that exists?!
BlackRose: It's... It's that thing again!
Balmung: It's big. Too big! Can we defeat it?
Kite: It's growing!
As if responding to the call of the bracelet, Cubia's strength grew enormous. Kite must have felt terrible, having upset the very balance of the world. Or perhaps his mental state was like mine. Perhaps, like me, he decided to try and act heroically, using the power at his command to set the world back on the correct path. After a long and difficult second battle Kite defeated Cubia and made peace between the hacker, Helba, and the admin, Lios. When we learned that, for this battle anyway, we were on the same side as a detested hacker my teammates and I couldn't hide our surprise. Just as the Epitaph of Twilight foretold, the King of Light and the Queen of the Dark were to fight on the same side. And that was how, through the Morganna Incident, we were able to achieve the single most important factor in our research at Project G.U.:
The liberation of Sora, one of the six coma victims.
Kite walks into a dungeon and finds Skeith's staff floating inside of it.
Kite: That's...Skeith's wand?!
The staff dissolves and Sora appears from inside it. He smiles at Kite then vanishes.
Kite: ..."Thank you"?
Skeith had done it. Skeith, one of the Eight Phases, had merged with the spirit of the player who played as Sora. The player Sora had been imprisoned inside the network. Inside Skeith's staff. Sora was a rare and unique sample case. Government pressure. CC Corporation's very own cover-up.
Even as the damage to the real world continued to grow, Kite and his friends began Operation Breakwater, in an attempt to put a stop to the incursion by Morganna's Eight Phases.
Kite and BlackRose face off against the 5th Phase Gorre.
Helba: The area S Chatting Snaring Twins is now quarantined. Communication will be offline.
Kite/BlackRose: Ready!
Gorre appears and prepares to attack.
BlackRose: Just who designs these freaky things anyway?
After defeating the 5th Phase, Gorre, Kite received a transmission from Helba. At last the source of the Cursed Wave had been discovered. It was the self-aware program, Morganna.
Guilty Universe: Harald Hoerwick's world of corrupted love and dreams.
Interim Report 3
Author: Jun Bansyoya
Author: Jun Bansyoya
