Phantasy Star Story

[Arikraz]

Here is another story I wrote back at the NSDF Forums. I started but never finished writing in it. I probably won't finish this story as I do not play PSO (Phantasy Star Online) anymore and i've lost touch with this. I'm still posting it because it's fun to look at and i still loved writing it to this day.

Arikraz's PSO Story
Written by: (coincidentally) Arikraz

[Arikraz]

The Pioneer Project: a plan born of desperation, conceived in response to the imminent destruction of their home worlds. As plans for the evacuation began, unmanned probes were sent into deep space to find a habitable planet. When a potential site was discovered, the first interstellar transport ship, Pioneer 1 was sent to establish a colony. Pioneer 1 confirmed that the Planet Ragol was a suitable location, and the initial colonists started preparing the planet for the main wave of refugees, beginning with the construction of the Central Dome. Seven years later, Pioneer 2 completed its long voyage with the main wave of refugees aboard. But as Pioneer 2 entered orbit and opened a communications link with the Central Dome, an enormous explosion shook the entire planet. All contact with the thousands of men and women of Pioneer 1 was lost.
“Arikraz, We need your help as a hunter. We need you to go down to Ragol to find out what went wrong and what caused that explosion. Do you think you could do it?” We had just reached the outside space above Ragol when we heard a huge explosion down below on Ragol. The Principal summoned me here to see what went wrong. “On one condition sir.” I needed a teammate. Not just any old teammate. One with field experience and one who knew how to lay traps. “What is your wish?” he asked me. “I need a Teammate sir.” I knew exactly who I needed. “Who would you like to be your teammate?” “Rigger, sir.” Rigger was one of the best hunters we have on Pioneer 2. “Rigger, eh? Well, I’ll give him a call then. Until then, I recommend you going out and buying yourself a weapon and some armor. I have a MAG to give you once you return.” A MAG. I never had one before, but I knew what it was. They can help you out in battle if you are in trouble. “Thank you sir. I’ll be back soon.” He gave me 1,000 Meseta to go out and buy myself a saber and a frame.
I went down to the City inside Pioneer 2 to the shopping district. I walked up to the guy at the orange counter. “Welcome to the Arms shop! How may I help you today?” The exact place I needed. “I need a sword. What kinds do you have?” The swords on Pioneer 1 and Pioneer 2 looked like beam sabers. Man, do I love swords. Its what I specialize in. “We have Swords, a Sword +2, and a couple Daggers.” A Sword +2 is what I needed. “How much for the Sword +2?” “About 256 Meseta.” Yes! “I’ll buy it.” I handed the guy 256 Meseta and got my sword. After that I went and got a Frame and a Shield from the Armor Shop. Before I tell you what happened next, let me tell you a little bit about hunters.
There are 3 different categories of hunters. The first group is what I am a part of. The Hunter category. Don’t let the name confuse you. We Hunters specialize in close combat weaponry. We don’t have as much stamina, but we have more strength. I am a HUmar. That means I’m a Hunter/Male/Human. There are also female humans, male androids, and female androids in the Category Hunter.
The Second category is what Rigger is in. The Rangers. They specialize in guns and rigging things. He’s a RAmar, which means he’s a Ranger/Male/Human. There are also the same things in the Ranger category as in the Hunter category.
The Last Category is the strangest of all. I hardly see any of these people anymore since Pioneer 1 left. The Force Category. The Force specializes in Magic and healing. There are still Human Males and Females but in this category, there are no androids. There are other humans that we call Newman. Don’t ask me why we call them that. Supposedly it’s their race of human. The Newmans are like Jeckyls. Insane we call them. They use their magic like its expendable. One lit my arm on fire once when it accidentally used Foie to melt some wax. I still have a scar from it.
That’s all I’m going to tell you about us hunters. Now back to the story. Right as I was leaving the Shopping District I ran into a male Newman. “Watch where you’re going!” He was shouting at me like crazy. “I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were there.” I tried to be as polite as possible. A very hard thing for me indeed. “Yea you better be sorry!” Man, was that guy annoying. I’ve always disliked Newman, but this guy was just all out annoying! After a couple minutes, the newman finally got the point and left. I didn’t want to waste anymore time there so I went right back the the Principal.

[Arikraz]

“Welcome back Arikraz! Did you get what you needed?” He was sitting there in his chair acting like nothing has happened. “Yes sir I did. Is Rigger here yet?” I looked around but did not see Rigger at all. He must still be on his way here. “He’s still on Ragol doing a mission for the Hunters Guild. While you wait for him I need to ask you a favor. When you get down to Ragol, can you please look for my daughter? She goes by the hunter name of Red Ring Rito. Perhaps you’ve heard of her?” Who hasn’t heard of Red Ring Rito? She’s the most popular hunter of all time! “Yes sir, I have heard of her. Where was she last?” The Principal looked quite worried. “She was on Pioneer 1. She was on the surface of Ragol when that explosion happened. I’m quite worried about her.” That couldn’t have been good. “I’ll take a look for her sir. Until Rigger comes back, what would you like me to do?” “Well, Rigger said he’s on a mission that might take him a while so why don’t you go down to the surface of Ragol and go gain some experience. But only stay in the forest by the Main Dome. Don’t go anywhere else until Rigger gets there. Oh and by the way. Here’s the MAG I promised you.” He handed me the MAG. “Thank you sir.” I turned around and left the Principals office.
When I got out into the city I saw that Newman again. This time he was yelling at a RAmar. He had this torn up cloak on over his uniform and face which gave me this creepy feeling something good wasn’t going to happen. Since I’ve already had a bad confrontation with the Newman, I decided to stay out of it this time and just listen in. “You blockheaded excuse for a hunter! Watch where you’re going!” The Newman was saying the same thing to the hunter as he did to me. What a poor excuse for a hunter. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know they had Newman on here. Did you miss your ride on Pioneer 1? Did your dear sweet mother forget to pack you the correct lunch?” after hearing this, the Newman got frustrated. It looked like he was trying to reach for something when the RAmar put the barrel of his Rifle to the Newman’s left eye. “If I were you, I wouldn’t move an inch. This isn’t any ordinary Rifle in my hand. This rifle could obliterate your entire body with one shot. I keep this with me incase I run into morons like you.” The Newman looked scared as hell by now. You could definatly see the sweat drip down the side of his face. He looked really embarrassed. “I-I-I’m sorry. I didn’t know that you are a Ranger. Please forgive me.” What a crock of bologne. Newman have always hated Rangers. Rangers hate newman. It’s the way things go. All of a sudden a RAmarl who was wearing a torn up cloak just like the RAmar came over and tried to break the two apart so nothing got damaged on the ship. It looked as if the RAmar knew who she was and acknowledged her request. As he was walking away the Newman yelled at him again. “Don’t run away from me! You coward!” He didn’t get it. I was about to walk over when the ranger pulled out an autogun and shot the newman in the right leg. He hit the leg in the right spot where it broke the bone and made it so it’ll take months to heal. The newman was screaming his head off like crazy. I was surprised that the ranger didn’t kill the newman right then and there. “I’ll see you on Ragol, Newman…” after the RAmar said that he and the RAmarl opened a telepipe and went down to Ragol. I don’t know why, but I think those Rangers were Rigger and Rito. Since the telepipe was still open, I decided to run and go in while it was still there, and follow the rangers. I’ve never liked piping. I don’t know why, just the feeling of piping makes my body feel like its ripping apart. As soon as I got to the other end of the tunnel I was in an area where I’ve never seen before. It looked like some sort of Ancient technology. I heard some rifle blasts and autogun shots to the right of me. I looked over and I was correct. It was Rigger and Rito. They had their cloaks off and it seemed that they must have had a lot of Meseta, because they had all the strongest armor and shields on them. I decided to just follow them for a while, stay hidden so they wouldn’t find me. They were shooting at these creatures that looked invincible. I pulled out my Saber just in case I had to use it. But the thing about sabers is…they don’t turn on quietly. After I turned it on Rigger and Rito saw the blade. “Oh @#%$. They saw me. They’re going to send me back to Pioneer 2 now…" I whispered to myself. Then I came up with an idea. I used my own telepipe to go back. If you use your own telepipe, it doesn’t disappear until you return through it back to the place you used it. Right as they came over, I telepiped back so they couldn’t see my face and see who I was. Right as I got back I ran for the shopping district since it was the closest District to my pipe. I walked over to the Tools Shop to see if they had a cloak similar to Riggers cloak. “We only have one left. But it costs about 600 Meseta.” I checked to see if I had enough… 602 Meseta! “I’ll take it!” I handed the shopkeeper the Meseta, got my cloak and immediately put it on over my head. “It looks good on you.” I turned around to see who said that. “Tha-than-thank y-y-you..” It was Rigger. He obviously saw me come in here and put on the cloak. “You took a big risk following us into that pipe. Tell me, what is your name?”

[Arikraz]

I was scared that he would do the same to me as he did to the Newman. “It’s Arikraz sir. I’m just a hunter, just like you. Please don’t hurt me.” I tried begging as much as I could. “I wasn’t going to shoot you; I was going to ask you why you followed us into our pipe.” At least I’m safe… for now. “Well, when I saw you fight with that Newman, I was wondering who you were, and I thought you looked like rigger, so I followed you in there.” “Well, did you get your answer?” “Yes sir.” “You don’t need to call me sir; I’m just a hunter, just like you.” He had a point. I don’t remember now why I called him “sir”. Maybe it was because I was so nervous.
Suddenly, out of no where, a couple Foie blasts whizzed right by our heads. Rigger and I turned around and saw a group of Newman, along with the one we confronted earlier. Two of the Newman were holding the one with the broken leg by his arms. “What do you want!?” “Which one is it? Which one shot you?” “The one with the cloak shot me” oh no! They think that I’m the one who shot the Newman earlier because I was wearing a cloak. I noticed that Rigger started to pull out one of his autoguns. “I’m the one who shot the bastard! Not this HUmar! If you want to fight me, then come at me! Arikraz, if I were you, I’d get your sword out and ready.” I did just as he said. I took off the cloak and put it in my pack, then I took out my sword and turned it on. The Newman were obviously overconfident except for the one that got shot. The Newman are stubborn, that’s it, even if one Newman warns the others about something, and they’ll still go attack it and whatnot. That’s exactly what was happening. Rigger didn’t care about their stubbornness. He just shot every single one of them in the kneecaps until all of them were down on the ground screaming out in pain and agony. “Come on Arikraz, Lets go. I don’t think these guys will be going anywhere anytime soon.”<br>Rigger left the Shopping District without saying anything else, so I followed just like he said. “Arikraz, I want you to go into the forest and open up a new telepipe.” I knew just exactly why he said that. You can only have one telepipe opened at a time. Once you open a new telepipe, the one that was open at that time closes. “I want you to go to the forest and practice against the monsters there. Don’t go anywhere else until I get back from where I am. Got it?” He was talking about that dark, ancient technological place… “Sure, I’ll go do that. But what if I run into some big trouble?” “then use another telepipe. Here, just in case you can’t find any out there, heres some meseta.” Rigger handed me 1200 meseta. That’s enough for 4 telepipes. “Thanks Rigger.”<br>I went back into the shopping district where all the newman still laid. I had to walk around them as to not get grabbed by them. “YOU! YOU WERE WITH THE RANGER!” “yea? What of it? Do you want me to cut off your legs instead of shooting them? Because my Saber can do that you know.” I just kept on walking to the Tools Shop. “Welcome back to the Tool shop sir! What would you like to buy now?” “four telepipes please. “that will be 1200 meseta.” As I handed the guy at the counter 1200 meseta, a newman crawled over and grabbed me by the leg. “I won’t forget this.” He said. I had no idea what he was talking about but then my leg started to burn. I realized that he was burning Foie into my skin. “Get off of me you @#%$ newman!” I tried to kick his hold off but it wasn’t working. “Don’t make me pull out my saber!” The burning just kept getting stronger and stronger. “I’m not going to take off your leg. Just give you a scar that you wont forget.” That made me mad. I whipped out my saber and sliced off his arm. “Damn Newman!” His hand was still attached to my leg and was still burning it. “no matter what you do, until that mark is complete, you wont be able to get my hand off. Not even but trying to cut off your own leg. It’s impossible. Go ahead and try.” I didn’t listen to him. I turned around to the counter to get my telepipes. “There you go sir! Have a nice day!” the guy at the counter looked a bit uneasy when he said that after just witnessing what just happened with that newmans arm. “Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.” As the burning continued, the newman just laughed. I got really sick of the newman so I whipped my saber out again and sliced his head off. As it rolled into the area of the other newman, they all started throwing up. Man was it a sight to see. I walked out of the Shopping District and Rigger looked at the hand on my leg. “Don’t ask. Long story.” I said as retracting the blade on my saber.