Ever since the encounter with the Hunter Zero while tracking down that Axl, guilt had been gnawing at X. It wasn't a very familiar sensation for him. He didn't feel guilty for most of what he'd done, but this was different. This was about his own Zero ( Read more... )

X and Zero teleported directly from their home on their own world to X's condo in Reality Vanish. It had been hours since X had left Serin alone in the afternoon. By now it was sometime in the middle of the night in Reality Vanish ( Read more... )

Hm. Just two this time wasn't so bad. Six now. I can feel them all now... like they're part of me.

I wonder how often I can do this. My net avatar aura seems to have recovered quickly enough.

This could be very useful.

After 'The Black Shadow' had collapsed X had taken him to a remote location in the ruins. X had arranged a room for his new 'recruit' to recover in ( Read more... )

That was... interesting.

I can feel them. They're in my computer terminal... waiting.

They listen to me.

Only four. I feel drained now... so tired.

Later. Later, I'll try again. Two this time. I wasn't that tired after just two.

I've been practicing using the network uplink device the past few days. It's different than what I'd expected. It exceeds them, actually ( Read more... )

My brother has decided to stay with us for now. We cleared the things out of one of the rooms we'd been using as storage and moved them into another room. I managed to acquire a new cot for him to use. This one is a little shorter than the one we had before. That's okay, though, since Rock is shorter than Zero ( Read more... )

X sat at an outdoor table in a small cafe not far from the Chronometrics Labs. It was a popular coffee break location for Chronometrics Labs employees and was frequented by visitors to the labs as well. X sipped his coffee as he read a newspaper.

He was waiting for someone.

It didn't take much to convince my little scientist.

It will take a little while to arrange the meeting. I would prefer not to show up on any records.

Everything is going well.

I'll approach my little scientist in a few days. It should have taken hold by then, but not enough to be noticeable.