Metropolis
Posted: April 12th, 2011, 5:19 pmA/N After looking over this and Daggertale, I decided I might try to work on this again. I edited the first seven chapters and touched them up a bit, fixing grammar mistakes and changing lines to make it better.
This is technically The Legend of Avo 2, it just has a different name.
Happy reading.
Index
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
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Prologue
The following events take place several years after The Legend of Avo...
Let me start off with my name, Avo. It used to be Avolerators but I decided to shorten it to simply Avo to make it easier, although some people still call me by my full name.
I live a normal teenage life, I go to school, study, sleep, hang out with friends, anything that a normal teenager would do. But there is one thing that separates me from any other kid. I also live in a very secret city. It's kinda hard to explain, but there is this website called Runouw.com. It's just a simple message board with no real point or theme. People just register and make a topic about gaming, politics, level designing in Super Mario 63 or anything wacky and off-topic.
The site was made in 2009, it is now 2014, and I am 17 years old.
A breakthrough in the name of science was made just last year, a team of dozens of scientists made a "teleporter" and I kid you not. But this isn't the kind of teleporter you see in a sci-fi movie. This kind of teleporter can take you into a website! Ever since they were made, there has been one for every major website, like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and even Google, and a few minor ones. Luckily for our site, we managed to get one!
Just log on, and simply click the button on the header that says "Teleporter" and before you know it, you will be in a city-like version of Runouw.com.
The site is basically divided into two areas, the urban and suburban areas. The forums and topics are in the urban area. Forums like Off-topic and Gaming are giant buildings. The topics are rooms in those buildings and posts are tiny books put in order of when they were made. It's a great way to keep things organized.
The suburban area is just west of the city. Users have a choice of buying their own home away from home. It does cost, though, usually around 150,000 internet dollars (which roughly translates into 100 US dollars, it's kinda messed up if you ask me). Almost every user that has been around for at least a few months has a house in the suburban area.
The head honcho, Runouw, has a building all to himself. There's a lobby, or "waiting room" if you want to see him, and his office at the very top floor. But I still wonder to this day what's in the "inbetween". I don't think anyone but Runouw knows...
There is a gate at the south end of the city. It's big, and golden, and impenetrable. What's at the other end of it? Forests. It's actually possible to travel between websites inside the computer world. But the only things between each site are forests, occasionally there might be a desert or lake, but mostly trees all around. Personally, I find it creepy, so I never venture out of the site. I just "log out".
And that's the whole city, for the most part. That's the important stuff.
Now, it's time for a history lesson. Back in 2010, four years ago, something bad happened. And I mean very, veeeeeery bad.
You can wake up on that day four years ago and not expect a thing. Like Superyoshi, a very well-known global moderator, suddenly quitting his job. I found that very strange. But what was more strange and really shocking was when my friend Buffooner and I found Suyo dead in his closet! I've seen weird things in my life, but seeing a dead body in front of me takes the cake.
But that's not the end of it. There was also an evil "overlord of viruses" named Kingrus who planned on using the viruses to completely destroy the internet. Thankfully, me and a couple other guys decided to step up and kill the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Little did we know, Kingrus was actually a beloved member of our site all along! MICrophone, or MIC for short, was actually the mastermind behind the whole plan. When we finally found him in his secret base, it was a fight to the death, a fight to keep the internet alive. We ended up victorious, but at a terrible price. The life of one of my best friends, Azn. It was him who took down Kingrus, but ended up dying as a result.
One of the other global moderators, Demonik, also died in that fight. It was horrible. I don't know how I survived, but I have those heroes to thank.
It's been several years since that has happened. I'm still living my normal life, the site is still thriving and life couldn't get any better.
"You will see some rain and possibly some thunderstorms in the next 3 days. But hopefully we'll get some sunshine by the end of the week."
Right now I'm watching the news, just sitting down, thinking about things...I heard my stomach growl at me like it was a lion ready to eat me. As a got up to get some food, the doorbell rang. I turned around and walked over to see who it was, who would knock on anybody's door when it's raining this hard?
"Avo?"
"...Runouw?"
Standing before me was the one of the people who helped me defeat Kingrus, Runouw. He was wearing a trench coat and a fedora for some reason. He was also holding a piece of paper in his left hand and a briefcase in the other.
"Or I guess in this case it should be Avolerators." He said.
"This case?" I replied.
"Yes, this case. May I come in?"
Runouw stepped inside, took off his hat and coat and laid them on my table. He grabbed a chair, sat down and opened up the briefcase on his lap.
"I should explain. You obviously remember the horrible tragedy that happened years ago, right?"
"How could I forget? It's not everyday you have to save the internet from being destroyed from viruses." I replied.
"Yes, that is true. And MIC, what did you think about him?"
"I still can't believe he was behind the whole thing. I know it's been four years but...it's hard to take in, y'know?'' I sat down, turned on the lamp beside me and turned off the TV, giving my full, undivided attention to Runouw.
"Well, Buffooner has been doing a great job as global moderator, but seeing as how the population of this city keeps growing, I think it's time to grant two more people the job of global moderator." Runouw said.
"Really?"
"Yes."
Runouw pulled out two giant banhammers from his briefcase, the green one being Suyo's and the yellow one being Demonik's. A banhammer is a Moderator's main weapon that they keep with them at all times, think of it as a police badge or gun. A Mod can swing the banhammer at the user they have to ban in order for it work. I've never seen one this close before.
''With both Global moderators being dead.'' Runouw continued. ''That leaves two open spots for the Global Moderators, seeing as having just one will not be enough. I've already picked them."
"Well, who are they?" I interrupted.
"Well, let me finish. I already talked to Blablob about the same thing I'm talking to you about. And well, I'm thinking of giving the two Global Moderator jobs to you two!"
With that said, my heart skipped a beat. Hell, it might have been 10 or 20 beats! I never thought that I would ever be chosen to be a global moderator! I immediately jumped out of my seat in excitement and threw my arms up in the air. I looked down and saw Runouw laughing.
"Now, Avo, you haven't got it yet! I have talk to both you and Blablob at my office tomorrow in order to make it official. " He said.
"Oh, ha, I knew that!" I sat back down feeling a little embarrassed. I gotta keep my cool, I don't wanna ruin this once in a lifetime opportunity. "Hey, you think you can show me those green jackets?" I asked.
Let me explain, there are different types of Mods in this city, global mods, regular mods, level mods, wiki mods, and also user representatives. Each group wears a different coloured jacket to show who they are. Global moderators wear a very cool green jacket. It looks awesome.
"No problem."
Runouw grabbed a green jacket from his briefcase and handed it to me. I tried it on and looked in the mirror. And hot damn, I looked amazing.
"Well, I gotta say, I sure do look sexy in green don't I?" I said.
"Well, that's completely...disturbing but... I'll see you in my office tomorrow at 10 AM SHARP!" He said.
He packed up his things, the jackets, the banhammers. Took his hat and his coat and left. I'll have to get up bright and early, I can't be late for this!
As I walked upstairs to my room, I couldn't get how cool I looked in green out of my head. I would be walking down the streets of Runouw City, everyone will notice me and say "Hi!" The spammers will tremble in fear and I will be happy. I'll keep this site safe from anything that may attack it. I laid down in my bed, closed my eyes, and drifted to sleep.
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"Hey boss! Sorry I'm late."
"What's your excuse this time? Your seventh uncle died from a heart attack like the rest?"
"No no, my uncle is fine. Er, uncles...but what's up?"
"I believe I have finally found a new place that we can call our home. It's been too long that we've been stuck in this god forsaken forest. But I discovered the perfect place for all of us."
"Where is it?"
"Take a look at this map, if you look east, you'll see a thriving city, that is our target."
"Sounds good, boss! What's that place called?"
"That city goes by the name of...Runouw.com."
Metropolis
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This is technically The Legend of Avo 2, it just has a different name.
Happy reading.
Index
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
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Prologue
The following events take place several years after The Legend of Avo...
Let me start off with my name, Avo. It used to be Avolerators but I decided to shorten it to simply Avo to make it easier, although some people still call me by my full name.
I live a normal teenage life, I go to school, study, sleep, hang out with friends, anything that a normal teenager would do. But there is one thing that separates me from any other kid. I also live in a very secret city. It's kinda hard to explain, but there is this website called Runouw.com. It's just a simple message board with no real point or theme. People just register and make a topic about gaming, politics, level designing in Super Mario 63 or anything wacky and off-topic.
The site was made in 2009, it is now 2014, and I am 17 years old.
A breakthrough in the name of science was made just last year, a team of dozens of scientists made a "teleporter" and I kid you not. But this isn't the kind of teleporter you see in a sci-fi movie. This kind of teleporter can take you into a website! Ever since they were made, there has been one for every major website, like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and even Google, and a few minor ones. Luckily for our site, we managed to get one!
Just log on, and simply click the button on the header that says "Teleporter" and before you know it, you will be in a city-like version of Runouw.com.
The site is basically divided into two areas, the urban and suburban areas. The forums and topics are in the urban area. Forums like Off-topic and Gaming are giant buildings. The topics are rooms in those buildings and posts are tiny books put in order of when they were made. It's a great way to keep things organized.
The suburban area is just west of the city. Users have a choice of buying their own home away from home. It does cost, though, usually around 150,000 internet dollars (which roughly translates into 100 US dollars, it's kinda messed up if you ask me). Almost every user that has been around for at least a few months has a house in the suburban area.
The head honcho, Runouw, has a building all to himself. There's a lobby, or "waiting room" if you want to see him, and his office at the very top floor. But I still wonder to this day what's in the "inbetween". I don't think anyone but Runouw knows...
There is a gate at the south end of the city. It's big, and golden, and impenetrable. What's at the other end of it? Forests. It's actually possible to travel between websites inside the computer world. But the only things between each site are forests, occasionally there might be a desert or lake, but mostly trees all around. Personally, I find it creepy, so I never venture out of the site. I just "log out".
And that's the whole city, for the most part. That's the important stuff.
Now, it's time for a history lesson. Back in 2010, four years ago, something bad happened. And I mean very, veeeeeery bad.
You can wake up on that day four years ago and not expect a thing. Like Superyoshi, a very well-known global moderator, suddenly quitting his job. I found that very strange. But what was more strange and really shocking was when my friend Buffooner and I found Suyo dead in his closet! I've seen weird things in my life, but seeing a dead body in front of me takes the cake.
But that's not the end of it. There was also an evil "overlord of viruses" named Kingrus who planned on using the viruses to completely destroy the internet. Thankfully, me and a couple other guys decided to step up and kill the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Little did we know, Kingrus was actually a beloved member of our site all along! MICrophone, or MIC for short, was actually the mastermind behind the whole plan. When we finally found him in his secret base, it was a fight to the death, a fight to keep the internet alive. We ended up victorious, but at a terrible price. The life of one of my best friends, Azn. It was him who took down Kingrus, but ended up dying as a result.
One of the other global moderators, Demonik, also died in that fight. It was horrible. I don't know how I survived, but I have those heroes to thank.
It's been several years since that has happened. I'm still living my normal life, the site is still thriving and life couldn't get any better.
"You will see some rain and possibly some thunderstorms in the next 3 days. But hopefully we'll get some sunshine by the end of the week."
Right now I'm watching the news, just sitting down, thinking about things...I heard my stomach growl at me like it was a lion ready to eat me. As a got up to get some food, the doorbell rang. I turned around and walked over to see who it was, who would knock on anybody's door when it's raining this hard?
"Avo?"
"...Runouw?"
Standing before me was the one of the people who helped me defeat Kingrus, Runouw. He was wearing a trench coat and a fedora for some reason. He was also holding a piece of paper in his left hand and a briefcase in the other.
"Or I guess in this case it should be Avolerators." He said.
"This case?" I replied.
"Yes, this case. May I come in?"
Runouw stepped inside, took off his hat and coat and laid them on my table. He grabbed a chair, sat down and opened up the briefcase on his lap.
"I should explain. You obviously remember the horrible tragedy that happened years ago, right?"
"How could I forget? It's not everyday you have to save the internet from being destroyed from viruses." I replied.
"Yes, that is true. And MIC, what did you think about him?"
"I still can't believe he was behind the whole thing. I know it's been four years but...it's hard to take in, y'know?'' I sat down, turned on the lamp beside me and turned off the TV, giving my full, undivided attention to Runouw.
"Well, Buffooner has been doing a great job as global moderator, but seeing as how the population of this city keeps growing, I think it's time to grant two more people the job of global moderator." Runouw said.
"Really?"
"Yes."
Runouw pulled out two giant banhammers from his briefcase, the green one being Suyo's and the yellow one being Demonik's. A banhammer is a Moderator's main weapon that they keep with them at all times, think of it as a police badge or gun. A Mod can swing the banhammer at the user they have to ban in order for it work. I've never seen one this close before.
''With both Global moderators being dead.'' Runouw continued. ''That leaves two open spots for the Global Moderators, seeing as having just one will not be enough. I've already picked them."
"Well, who are they?" I interrupted.
"Well, let me finish. I already talked to Blablob about the same thing I'm talking to you about. And well, I'm thinking of giving the two Global Moderator jobs to you two!"
With that said, my heart skipped a beat. Hell, it might have been 10 or 20 beats! I never thought that I would ever be chosen to be a global moderator! I immediately jumped out of my seat in excitement and threw my arms up in the air. I looked down and saw Runouw laughing.
"Now, Avo, you haven't got it yet! I have talk to both you and Blablob at my office tomorrow in order to make it official. " He said.
"Oh, ha, I knew that!" I sat back down feeling a little embarrassed. I gotta keep my cool, I don't wanna ruin this once in a lifetime opportunity. "Hey, you think you can show me those green jackets?" I asked.
Let me explain, there are different types of Mods in this city, global mods, regular mods, level mods, wiki mods, and also user representatives. Each group wears a different coloured jacket to show who they are. Global moderators wear a very cool green jacket. It looks awesome.
"No problem."
Runouw grabbed a green jacket from his briefcase and handed it to me. I tried it on and looked in the mirror. And hot damn, I looked amazing.
"Well, I gotta say, I sure do look sexy in green don't I?" I said.
"Well, that's completely...disturbing but... I'll see you in my office tomorrow at 10 AM SHARP!" He said.
He packed up his things, the jackets, the banhammers. Took his hat and his coat and left. I'll have to get up bright and early, I can't be late for this!
As I walked upstairs to my room, I couldn't get how cool I looked in green out of my head. I would be walking down the streets of Runouw City, everyone will notice me and say "Hi!" The spammers will tremble in fear and I will be happy. I'll keep this site safe from anything that may attack it. I laid down in my bed, closed my eyes, and drifted to sleep.
-----
"Hey boss! Sorry I'm late."
"What's your excuse this time? Your seventh uncle died from a heart attack like the rest?"
"No no, my uncle is fine. Er, uncles...but what's up?"
"I believe I have finally found a new place that we can call our home. It's been too long that we've been stuck in this god forsaken forest. But I discovered the perfect place for all of us."
"Where is it?"
"Take a look at this map, if you look east, you'll see a thriving city, that is our target."
"Sounds good, boss! What's that place called?"
"That city goes by the name of...Runouw.com."
Metropolis
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