The King ran off quickly, hardly regarding Newt. [b][i][color=Lightblue]Damn, I'm really getting the feeling she doesn't like me. I'm going to have to work on that.[/color][/i][/b] The King might be able to survive in the mist, but Emma knew she couldn't. She began searching for escape, but began to notice something peculiar. Lag. [b][i][color=Lightblue]Lag in DGO? That's almost unheard of, except when there's a scheduled maintenance. No use in sticking around here, we must be going down.[/color][/i][/b] Emma opened her player menu, punching the log out button as the world began to fade away.

As Emma began to awaken from the coma-like trance the game placed you in she flew to her computer to confirm what she suspect. She punched in the address 'http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com'. Her suspicions were confirmed. DGO was down. [b][i][color=lightblue]DGO down, the Ebony Strykers opening, the theft from the King's... there's something going on in DGO, and I think my new King knows more than she's letting on. I'm going to need to get into her good graces if I want to get to the bottom of this... what could shut DGO down so unexpectedly? There was a lot of commotion going on at the Black City, maybe a hacker thought to shut it down? Someone DDoSing the server?[/color][/i][/b] Emma shook her head. [b][i][color=Lightblue]The conspiracy theories can wait until I know more from the King and what happened to the server.[/color][/i][/b]

With DGO down Emma found herself without much to do. She was on top of her studies. She could always study more, or work on homework, but that was no fun. The sun was already down and there wasn't a whole lot to do. Going back to Purple Crown was out of the question, so it was onto the mundane drudgery of mindlessly browsing the internet and texting.
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[b]An Hour Later[/b]
The time passed quickly. Soon enough there was an update on the situation of DGO, from the ever mysterious Yoshino Tsgumi. For being so popular and being the School President of Purple Crown Academy she had a suspectly small number of friends. Not only that, but her life was completely consumed by her position. It was surprise enough Emma never ran into her, being one of the more popular students at DGO. The President was also, strangely enough, the public spokesperson for Emma's new King. With her proclamation came some assurance for the server's, and Newt's new orders. As far as she knew she was one of only three Ebony Stryker members, but a guild meeting was a valuable opportunity to learn the information she wanted and try to get into the King's good graces. [b][i][color=lightblue]I'm thinking like a goddamn kissass,[/color][/i][/b] Emma sulked to herself.

[b][i][color=lightblue]Almost everyone has that crazy conviction they hang onto no matter what. I suppose I do too: Yoshino Tsgumi is the Black King. At least I think so. Publicly she displays little to no gaming skill, but it was hard to think someone as powerful and smart as her would just give up on a game as important as DGO. Not to mention she's supposedly the only person to talk to Moon Rider. Too convenient. They're also quite alike: Aloof and good at being above others. It just makes a little too much sense.[/color][/i][/b]

Emma had her orders, but with the servers shot and the call of the bed reaching out to her, sleeping seemed to be the best recourse. [b][i][color=lightblue]I've got to maintain a good sleep schedule if I want to stay on top of things. I should by studying too, I'm ahead but if I continue at this pace I won't be for long...[/color][/i][/b] Emma undressed, changing into pajamas. She drifted off to sleep. [b][i][color=lightblue]Tomorrow I'm going to work on the King. No asskissing either...[/color][/i][/b]