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Chapter 5: Fool's Gold


The scroll unraveled easily. Scyne was sweating as he prepared to imbed himself with the ultimate knowledge. He read the words:

"For the eager, the journey has ended."

Scyne cursed. "What is this? This isn't a pass word.... It's just another clue!" He threw the scroll to the floor. This was outrageous. For years he had been working his way through ranks in different clans to learn of the legend, then to find the program, and finally to find this very scroll: a scroll that was no good to him at all.
Scyne stared at the scroll once more. There had to be some sort of clue as to the real pass word imbedded into it...

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Jay finished patching up his wounds and finally brought himself to his feet. He had failed. For the first time in his life, he had not been able to win. This 'Scyne' character had successfully stolen the pass word from its resting place, and he doubted that he would be able to recover it.
He began walking to the exit, disappointed thoughts swirling in his head: Atery's sacrifice had been in vein, the Leader of Black Hierarchy's trust had been misplaced, everything he had worked to achieve was gone. Gone and in the wrong hands.
Jay shrugged to himself. At the very least, the program and pass word were still separated: as they had been for years.
As he reached the exit, he paused. Something just didn't feel right about leaving that room. Jay turned around and saw the pedastal the scroll had been perched on. He turned around and approahced it. Sure enough, words were engraved into its surface:

"You, the one who waited, has been rewarded:

Pass Word : Fool's Gold."

Jay's jaw dropped in disbelief. Here it was: the pass word. Did that mean that Scyne didn't really have it? Suddenly, things were starting to look up once again.

03-Jul-2006 07:59:51

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Jay quickly took one of the vials out of his inventory and tried to open it. It asked for a pass word. Jay entered the words: Fool's Gold.
Nothing happened. The dialog box asking for the pass word simply disappeared, nothing happened. Jay was baffled. He was sure this was the real pass word. It was cleverly hidden under the scroll, and this was the program Timmins had had... Then it struck Jay: there was a possibility that the program he posessed was not real! That meant that either Timmins or Scyne had the real one.
Jay drew a dragon longsword and swung at the pedastal, destroying it instantly, and allowing the pass word to be lost in the rubble. Now, it seemed the tables had been turned again. Neither side had an advantage. Once again, the pass word and program remained separated. That left Jay with one more task: recover the program.

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Timmins read his latest message from John:

" Timmins,

From the report you sent me, it would seem that this Scyne character is very powerful. However, I have reason to believe, from my sources, that our greatest enemy remains Jay. He is a rogue moderator, that some sort of a hack prevents us from demodding. I also believe that he still posesses some piece to the puzzle regarding this program. Your assignment: You must get him to trust you again, learn what he knows, then eliminate him from the picture."


Timmins nodded slowly. He wouldn't mind befriending Jay again, as he was one of his few friends to begin with. But, the idea of stabbing him in his back shortly after, didn't appeal to Timmin as much.

03-Jul-2006 08:10:56

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