[VRMMO] Dead One

["Is Avriones Earth?"]

"So…. You are thinking that the Avriones may had been originally earth… And the Forgotten Fragments are the evidence of it?" – asked Jarzyna as Yosuke continues writing.

"Yeah… Honestly, there may be an idea." – said Yosuke.

"However, the problem is here."

"Why is the story of the Forgotten Story is different compare to our world stories?"

"If it was earth, then why the story there is different?"

"Isn't this because that is the world of fantasy and shit?" – said Luis.

"Agree." – said Miteki.

"Considering the story you had told us about Arthur; it would hint that world there was already magical when it was still Earth."

"Our world isn't magical at all; it is just plain logic."

"…"

"…"

"Okay. Stop." – said Luis as he began clipping his hands in order to get everybody attention.

"Look, I know we are trying to find a lore and everything behind Avriones and shit, but can we return to the realistic point of view for now?"

"Sloth."

"We still don't know if they are real person or not."

"But why the hell do they even want us to progress the story?"

"What would they gain from this?"

"True… We still don't have any idea if Sloth is real or … Well, something." – said Miteki.

"Our main suspect is still somebody from within the company, but based on that guy story, there are some weird stuff going on."

"However… There comes the weird shit that happened to him."

"He was affected by the game, from outside."

"One thing is presence, but the fact that he was still affected when the device was clearly turned off and depowered straight ups speaks for itself."

"Not only that, what would be any logical benefit of us doing all of these 3 requests?"

"According to the game developers, there is no such thing as 'main story' or 'ending'."

"But right now, we can maybe consider this as lie."

"However, what would be benefit from anybody even thinking about 'ending' the game?"

"Heck! This game easily made those bastards few millions instantly! If not freaking billions!"

"So is it something like a sabotage? Are by any chance somebody wants us to destroy the game? To bring the ending way too early?"

"…"

"Then why not just approach this guy normally?" – asked Shoto Ono.

"I mean, considering what kind of fucked up shit happened, it would make perfect and logical sense to report it to the gaming company."

"So wouldn't the person who played the Sloth end up being instantly exposed?"

"I've thought of the same thing." – said Yosuke.

"It didn't made sense to me back then and that was the extra reason why I decided to not report the situation."

"I mean, if I were to make a fuss about it, then shit would definitely go down."

"Still… There is problem that I'm Road, if you haven't forgotten. I can't expose myself."

"Even if I don't reveal myself as ClownFrog, I'm still some guy which have some people looking at me."

"Hm…. True…. But then again, considering the risk of exposing yourself…. Nah, it ain't still worth for their side." – said Jarzyna.

"Logically speaking, that kind of move would put not only the person pretending to be Sloth under fire, but the company as whole."

"And if you DID revealed either of your identities, you would further fuck them all up."

"…."

"…"

"Nah… It ain't scare tactic either."

"Scarring you with 'realistic outside game effects' doesn't fit the situation here either. It would in the end only fucked them all up."

"…"

"Making you THINK that this is paranormal and making you paranoid wouldn't work out either… If anything, it would also fuck them up." – said Kamil.

"…"

"This is stupid." – said annoyed Luis.

"There is no freaking logic or anything right now…. Which straight up causes all the paths to lead to paranormal?"

"…"

"Then again… We have no real logical explanation here." – said Shota Ito.

"We are straight up walked in circles few times already and all of us made the little brainstorm and what not…. Yet for us to not get even a single proper theory is… Well, pretty fucked, if I say so myself."

"…"

"Honestly speaking… We can keep asking ourselves this question over and over again… But let's be honest right now."

"Can we obtain any logical answer or very solid theory?"

"…"

"True… We had been straight up going from one thing to another as soon as it started getting interesting…. Yeah… We are pretty much unfocused like freaking children right now." – said Yosuke.

"So… One by one."

"First thing first."

"Do we know that the Sloth is person from the real world or not?

"If yes, then what would their goal be?" – said Yosuke as he started writing stuff that the group already discussed.

"The sabotage of the gaming company is out of the question. If we acted in any normal way, we would instantly exposed the whole situation."

"This tactic is beyond stupid and even idiot would understand that."

"We can probably cross over a theory about rival companies or internal struggle as well."

"Avriones doesn't posses something called main story or an ending."

"However, from the looks of things? Forgotten World and 'Benefactor' maybe part of this secret story and ending."

"The question is, why does Sloth wants us to archive it?"

"Will it end the game if we were to reach it?"

"What would be the benefit of it?"

"…"

"Let's say that the serwer will shut down upon reaching the ending." – said Junko.

"This doesn't sounds logical or anything, but let's say that is the case."

"However, if it were to do that, then wouldn't that mean it crosses over with sabotage?"

"Yeah… And that is something way too obvious." – said Yosuke.

"But would there be any other benefit for doing that? I mean serwer being permanently shut down?"

"…"

"…"

"Hm…. I…. Hm…"

"Nope. I don't see anything…. Anybody?" – said Junko as nobody really spoke up. Some people talked amongst themselves, but nobody in reality said anything out loud, raising their own voice and theories.

"…"

"Shit… We again lost logical track?" – said annoyed Junko as she then began tapping her forehead with thump, trying to brainstorm a little, coming up with theories and theories in her head while whispering to herself nonstop.

"…"

"AHHHH! FUCK!" – shouted Junko.

"I can't think of anything!"

"I've thought about taking few steps back, but again, I can't think of anything logical!"

"Same here." – said Shota Ono as he written countless amounts of questions on the piece of paper he had, only to then cross every single one of them.

"We can't up make up a proper logical image here."

"…"

"It is definitely not company either… I mean, if the whole thing about manipulating outside world were to spread, then it wouldn't be surprising if the whole company ended up being shut down." – said Victoria.

"So… It maybe not employer or the company who made the game…"

"…"

"Say… This is… Getting more and more creepy with each passing moment." – said visible shaken up Victoria as she cracked nervous laugh.

"Yeah… I mean…. How high… No, wait. We already crossed that theory of somebody making us think this is paranormal." – said Miteki.

"…"

"Shit." – said Yosuke as he crosses yet another theory regarding the Sloth, leaving only the [Paranormal] on the paper.

"…"

"I don't fucking believe it." – said Luis.

"How in the bloody hell we can't come up with any solid and realistic reason!?"

"I know right… This is beyond stupid." – said Yosuke.

"….Sabotage… And hostile company…. Nah. It won't work. If anything, it could possibly fuck up the sabotaging company all together."

"The console and system will be made public access later on, so different companies will be able to create their own games… But if they were to sabotage the Avriones, then they would end up fucking themselves up IF they wish to steel from them."

"The sole rights to the console won't work either…. Hell, if the situation were to blown up with the outside world influence, it could end up getting console being banned worldwide."

"So… No money, no authority, no special control over produce… Or anything related to business… All of those options are straight up crossed." – said Victoria.

"…"

"Maybe something as unrealistic as revenge?"

"…Nah… Definitely it not either." – said Jarzyna.

"Revenge maybe both realistic and unrealistic approach here, but what they did was way too easy."

"If they really had some ways of doing communication with you, wouldn't they just attack anybody?"

"For example, well know celebrities or stuff?"

"What if they could do it more than once? What if they could do it to multiple people? It would bring scandal and danger, which in turn could cause the company to shut down instantly."

"True… If they really had that kind of ability, they could exposed the gaming company and straight up fucked them all up." – said Kamil.

"And even if they do have limit to like what? 3? 4? Times? They can still probably fuck the entire company by properly attacking specific people."

"The revenge theory is out of the window as well."

"…"

"So…. What?" – said Mika.

"Are we really out of freaking options?! Don't we have anything? Something we can at least stretch with 'MAYBE'?"

"…"

"Well…. We already did…. Thought of stretching things… Probably all of us did." – said Chiyo.

"However, we can't find even a single logic in this."

"No matter how we say it form it… We straight up can't come up with an answer."

"…And that straight up leaves us with only unrealistic theory which doesn't make sense… Yet it is the only theory we have yet…"

"Paranormal."