[It's three a.m. A Reploid with an ID signal of a security guard at Lagrano, sends a shaky-voiced message on the standard emergency channel.]

H-Hunter Base? Th-this is Delta... We just...

We just discovered a body floating near a water purifier intake at Lagrano. W...We need someone with command authority and a medical team on the scene right now. ( Read more... )

[It just had to keep getting more complicated.

Strange things going on, keep a low profile and investigate? Sure. Two X's, figure out which one's the real one, find that strangely, they both seem to be the genuine article? Well, okay, that's weird, but --

Zero's apparently already contacted a third X, and out meeting him somewhere right now? Come ( Read more... )

[The first thing X became aware of was his system notifications running through his CPU, finishing a... stasis-lock reboot process ( Read more... )

[Sure. Transfer to Giga City, check on the operational status of Hunter Base there, make sure Mavericks aren't doing anything stupid in the area... lather, rinse, repeat.

Zero's pretty sure that's not the real reason he's here. He suspects the real reason he's here is because he said one too many of the wrong things the wrong way in a meeting again ( Read more... )