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Infinity A8

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"As a recipient of the glitch Katrina," The first boss said again. "We want you to investigate."
Katrina stared at him blankly. She'd been hauled in her because of her ties to the glitch, not because of her position at Jagex. She had plenty of questions in her head but one seemed to sum them up quite easily.
"Why me?"
"As of two years ago no' Jmod' has been able to modify his or her account in any way except for adding items to their account. We can't go about randomly banning players, we need to find those with the glitch and stop them."
Katrina sighed, irritated. She'd explained what the glitch meant & was finding it hard to believe that the plan was just 'stop them.'
"How are we supposed to stop them?" Katrina began. "We won't be able to ban them, the message said we'd only be able to remove the glitch by killing the players."
She gulped. "And I assure you, I'm not going to become a murderer for a computer game."
"Even if killing one person stops them from killing a thousand others!?" A boss roared.
"Once we discovered it we tried everything to remove it," Katrina said, eyes fiercely locked on the man who just opposed her "Nothing worked, even trying to ban my account. The computers shut off before we could do anything."
The angry boss growled, "We can't even go on your account darn it!"
"Please stay calm everyone." Andrew, one of Jagex's heads hushed. "This is a troubling situation, but we will get through it if we keep our heads clear."
"For now," Paul, the other head of Jagex said whilst looking at Katrina. "We're going to need you to investigate ingame. If necessary, you should use the glitch to frighten people into telling you the truth."
"You want me to go around harassing people in game for answers?!" Katrina yelled.
"Only if necessary." One of the female staff members replied. "But that's not just it..."
"...Though you aren't the best programmer or designer here...You probably have the keenest & clearest mind of all of us." Andrew continued.

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Infinity A8

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"What makes you think that?"
"Well, so far you've thought of numerous ways to stop the real world traders that we're now putting into practice. Plus you've come up with far more plans to eradicate cheaters and make Runescape a better place than all of us." Paul stated.
Katrina sighed once more, slightly frustrated that the task be set to her. The group of bosses saw this and decided to try and convince her a bit more.
"You'll be paid overtime and extra for doing this, not to mention the gratitude you'll receive if you defeat the glitch."
Katrina began to contemplate it. In all truth, what could go wrong? What were the chances that the bug abuser was a maxed out character, not to mention one who could outmatch her in armour and weapons. She'd even be paid more to do it. Not to mention that she was one of the greatest minds at Jagex HQ, as said by her co-workers.
And so she made her decision.
"I'll do it. I'll try to stop the glitch."
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Adrian was staring at his hands. On the screen in front of him was the Runescape login page, blank, with the screen beginning to dull to the screen saver.
"I killed him..." Adrian muttered, the daily newspaper beside him. Adrian stared at his hands, though appearing normal to anyone else, seemed to be soaked in blood to him.
Adrian had been at the experiments training, when a rather obnoxious player decided he would try and take his spot. They got into an argument. Adrian saw the attack option, wondered for a split second why it was there and attacked. The startled player tried to run but didn't get far enough.
As their avatar hit the floor and reappeared in Lumbridge, electricity blasted out of the nameless player's mouse and keyboard, frying him into almost instant death. It was only as he read the newspaper that Adrian knew what he'd done.
And he liked it.

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Infinity A8

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In fact, he found it hilarious.
He stared at his hands that to his mind were covered in blood and he laughed. No one else was home, no one could hear him or see what he was doing. He laughed like a deranged psycho. Then began to speak to himself.
"All this time..." He mumbled. "...I could have killed them...But decided not to...Out of fear...But now that I have, I might as well keep going..."
He let fly another laugh. To anyone who may have witnessed this, they could have easily mistaken Adrian for a looney. But no, his mind was clear and sane.
The thought of getting even with all who wronged him washed through his mind. Kill all who bullied him, all who taunted him...Runescape was popular at his school, almost everyone played...
But he'd have to be careful, if he was seen killing someone outside of Bounty Hunter, it'd be all over for him. Everyone would know his name, those who knew his account would betray him.
Not only that, but there were others with the same power as him. If any of them found him...
No...He'd just have to find them first.
Adrian swung in his chair and put his headset back on. He hurriedly typed in his username and pass<*>word and proceeded to log in.

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Infinity A8

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~Chapter III~

"Interesting...isn't it?"
"What is?"
"Haven't you read the paper?"
"Pass it here."
The paper exchanged hands, then was thoroughly read.
"Oh...yeah, that is interesting..."
"Do you think they suspect that the game was involved?"
"I doubt it, how could they know or even believe? If someone told them that a glitch had done it they'd be written off as loonies."
"Do you think it was the glitch?"
"What else could it had been?"
"Mm, true."
"So...what do we do?"
The first figure, a slim male with wide, black lined, hazel eyes seated next to the other person in the room hummed in thought, hand on his chin and his black hair draped over his eyes. This person suffered from an extreme case of insomnia and hadn't slept for days but managed to keep their eyes wide open, their pupils at full circumference due to constant exposure to the dark.
The second person was gruff and muscular, with very little hair at all but in a small mohican cut. He spoke deeply and wasn't all that bright. He sat with his arms crossed and a stern expression.
"We wait and see how many people are involved, then make our move," The wide eyed one said. "If it's only one person, then we can strike without arousing to much suspicion towards ourselves, as I told you when we first received the glitch."
The burly man cracked his knuckles. "Finally, I've waited two years to do this."
"And by the end of it we'll be in control of Runescape and all it's money. Not to mention what we could do with it...now...would you mind getting me a drink?"
The large man got up from his seat and made his way for the kitchen, while the wide eyed one sat in his seat and smiled to himself.
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Siegfried read the newspaper carefully, picking out all the details that had been displayed and committed them to memory. Upon completion, he dashed to his computer and hurriedly logged on.

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He searched his friends list and eventually found the name he was looking for. He was about to right click their name and begin a conversation, only to find that they were one step ahead.
"Good day Siegfried." A said, his electronically disguised voice firm and serious. "I trust you've seen the news?"
"I have. What do you make of it?"
"You surely recall the glitch, two years past?"
"I do." Siegfried responded, a shiver running up his spine at the memory of the days to follow. For two years he resisted the urge to kill someone, just to let his anger out.
"Have you done as I instructed and kept it secret?" A continued.
"With ease. I rarely do anything but Bounty Hunter or Duel Arena these days."
"So it doesn't work if you're in a PvP area..." A muttered.
"You're thinking about...?"
A was silent for a minute, leaving SIegfried to wonder what was on his mind. A eventually spoke quietly, as if he didn't want to be heard.
"Meet me ingame."
"Where and why?"
Again, A was quiet. His response this time was quicker, but still oddly slow.
"The Mage Training Arena Magic Trees, in the emptiest world you can find and turn your private chat off before you do."
Siegfried watched as A logged out and then logged in 30 seconds later into another world. He switched his private chat off, then logged and went into that same world as A. He had been at the Duel Arena at the time of login so was easily able to make his way to the trees. A was at the one on the left hand side.
He was woodcutting, using his Dragon Axe yet still dressed in his initiate armour. As the tree fell down he was revealed to still be wielding his God Sword, which Siegfried had never seen him without.
"Why are-" Siegfried began, only to realise he was talking to himself. A had turned his headset off. To Siegfrieds surprise, A began to speak ingame through typing.
"Turn off your headset, we won't be using it."
Siegfried did so and typed a response.
"What's going on?"

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Infinity A8

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"You haven't read the updates. Jagex has removed the ability to disguise your voice through chat."
"Why? And how come you still could?"
"I'm using an external device to alter my speech. As for why, it was so that Jagex could trace conversations at will and match them up to voice recognition systems in an attempt to find the killer."
"That seems a little farfetched. What are the chances that users of the glitch would openly admit it over voice conference?"
"Quite slim, but they've done far more than that. They've warned everyone not to log on for some time for an unspecified reason, are going over all private and clan chat said as we speak, trying to see if the killer has any accomplices."

"Unbelievable...So what does this mean?"
"You and I and both inflicted with the glitch. Jagex isn't going over public chat unless it has been reported, so we're safe for now. We can use voice chat as well, so long as we don't admit to having the glitch. The same goes for private and clan chat. You may turn your headset back on."
Siegfried proceeded to do so, sick of having to type.
"How do you know all of this?"
A'* filtered voice answered, with a slight laugh. "They told me."
The fact that every single person who is not a friend of A does not know is one he has worked extremely hard to keep secret. He is a player moderator. Not once has he spoken aloud in public since he became a moderator. As such, he had a direct line with Jagex.
"They informed me of all I just told you," He continued. "But here's what I've been able to figure out."
A kept his voice low and cautious, out of the mood but not because he was afraid of being watched.
"They know of the glitch, which means that someone they are in contact with, be it an employee or a moderator had been infected."
"You're...Sure?" Siegfried said bewildered that a member of Jagex may have been afflicted.
"Positive. Now, concerning the actual death..."

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SIegfried turned up his volume, quite curious as to what his friend had to say.
"...Police say he died of a massive electric shock, after he was doing an activity in game. I have reason to believe that there was more to it than that. The victim was training on experiments at the time of death but was then attacked by a player believed to have the glitch."
"How-?"
"Please don't interrupt. Witnesses say that they saw the victim appeared in Lumbridge, unarmed and standing still without saying anything or responding to any trade or assistance requests, meaning he died before respawning. Siegfried..."
A paused dramatically.
"...How would you like to do something with your life?"
"What-?"
"If we find out who did this and stop them, you'll earn a name for yourself. Maybe even be rewarded."
"But how? We aren't super sleuths or anything..."
A typed a smiley face into the game, indicating that he was smiling in real life as well.
"That where you're wrong..."

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~Chapter IV~
**Warning, this chapter contains violent deaths. Read at your own discretion.**
Throughout Runescape he was known as A, the great and powerful initiate pure.
But, throughout England he was known as 'The Anonymous Agent'.
For years someone had been constantly pushing the police in the right direction, dropping hints and clues that he himself had uncovered in order to solve crimes or even occurring in the first place. All done anonymously.
Nobody in the world, save friends and family, knew who he was.
Now he stood in his large bedroom on the second floor of his house, his newspaper in hand and continually going over all the details.
So far he was getting nothing.
He sat back down at his desk and logged into the world of Runescape. In addition to the game, he was also logged into the Runescape Forums and checking over all of the threads that may have information regarding the murder.
FInally, he had another program open. It was a software created by A himself and called "A was here".
Manufacturing of this type of software is illegal, but necessary for A to complete his work. It was a hacking and bugging software, enabling A to see and hear whatever he wished assuming he had placed the bugs where he wanted them.
The bugs would then emit a radio frequency from wherever planted and search for security cameras or anything similar. Once found, it would provide A with the ability to see through the cameras as if they were his own plus be able to hear everything said through the bugs.
The day the glitch was first instigated in his account, A had made his way around the Jagex office and planted the bugs in obscure locations when no one was looking.
That he was able to enter the Jagex offices and plant them, then leave without being noticed once in itself was amazing.

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Three hours ago, A had informed Siegfried of all of this and then what he planned to do. Simply, he asked Siegfried to report anything suspicious he saw ingame. A would be doing the same only the two of them planned to cover different areas of Runescape.
A, taking the east and south of Runescape; Mortanyia, Alkarid, The Kharidian Desert, The Troll Stronghold and Asgarnia. He decided it might also be in his best interest to investigate the WIlderness.
Siegfried would be covering the west and north, Catherby, Seers Village, the Fremenik tribes, Ardougne, Yanille and the Ogre Settlements.
As A logged in, his virtual self appearing in Lumbridge the start of his investigation, he initiated a voice call with Siegfried.
"I've disabled Jagex's recording abilities. Instead of hearing our conversation it will merely register that we haven't spoken. We can talk."
"I'm in position, I just walked into Catherby."
"Good, you may commence your search. Stay in each key area for one day and perform routine activities. Contact me immediately if anything strange arises."
"What if one of us in offline?"
"I've set my computer to keep me logged in twenty four seven. I will inform you when I need to leave and if you find anything while I am away send me a voice message. I will hear it, trust me."
"And if I'm away?"
"I will have to act alone."
"Alright. Let's do this."
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Adrian stood in the Varrock East Bank, looking at all the people inside. There were four, ranging from levels thirty four to seventy six. As Adrian right clicked them, he stared long and hard at the attack option, contemplating on what he should do.
The level thirty four was being harrassed by the higher levels. Insults about his level were being thrown around. The thirty four remained quiet, only to have the group intensify their insults. They refrained from using any offensive language, so were unfazed by Adrian's presence.

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"Too bad," Adrian thought. "They're about to suffer a far worse fate than having their account penalised..."
Adrian was in his magic armour, a selection of runes in his inventory along with food and potions. He also carried with him his dragon dagger (super poisoned), in case he needed a quick kill.
Adrian approached the trio and initiated a voice conversation with all three of them. As expected, the three had their chat set to on, but the level thirty four had his chat off to avoid being insulted.
He typed a message to the thirty four, telling him to go away and he'd deal with these bullies. The inexperienced player was more than happy to oblige and hurried out the bank. The three players looked at Adrian and begun to swear at him over the voice chat.
For a full minute, Adrian endured the offensive language spat at him from the trio that would normally result in their permanent ban.
But Adrian had absolutely no intent on reporting them.
They were going to receive a far greater punishment.
"You disgust me," Adrian said at last, briefly silencing the three. "Why do this? He didn't do anything to you and neither did I. You scum deserve to suffer..."
One of the trio barked a laugh, the other two joining in afterwards. They began to call Adrian all manner of things. His fingers twitched furiously on his mouse, his eyes flickered and his entire body began to shake with rage.
Adrian opened up his spellbook with infuriated speed and selected the Ice Barrage spell. Not caring about which target to attack first, he struck the one on his right.
Instantly, all three of them were incased in ice and red splashes appeared on them with the damage ranging from twenty to thirty.
Over his headset, Adrian could hear them panicking and confused. Adrian struck again, reducing one of them (the level sixty eight) to zero hit-points.
His avatar fell to the ground.

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