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Subject: Hello!
Author: Twin Lightning

Hello there! I am looking for people interested in finding and following rumours regarding rare items! Please see me asap as space is limited in my guild. I am generally either in Mac Anu by the harbour, or in Carmina Gadelica in the archive.

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Subject: Heh
Author: Menarka

A waste of time if you ask me; the time spent doing that could easily be easily spent leveling and PK'ing.

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Subject: Well
Author: Twin Lightning

Everyone's entitled to their own opinions.

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Subject: Hi!
Author: Kiku

I'm just a newbie, only LV 5, but I think I'd be interested. The only problem is I'm not quite sure where things are yet.

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Subject: Alright!
Author: Twin Lightning

In that case, it'd be easier for you to meet me at Mac Anu's chaos gate, judging from your time of post, how about right now if you're still on?

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Subject: *deleted*
Author: Menarka

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Subject: Will Maera finally fall?
Author: Li-yin

Maera's been Emperor of the Sage Palace for so long! Do you think she'll fall this time?

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Subject: No way
Author: Kiku

I may only be a newbie, but I've seen a video of one of Maera's fights; there's no way she'd fall if even when it's three on one she wins. It's quite inspiring actually, and that's why I picked my class too: Harvest Cleric.

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Subject: Did you know?
Author: Menarka

Maera's class isn't Harvest Cleric, believe it or not; she's actually an Adept Rogue, although I have never seen her use anything but her Harvest Cleric component.

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Subject: Cheat Character
Author: Saturday

Maera just has to be a cheat character; there's no way she could not be, with her appearance and power!

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Subject: Wow, very off topic
Author: Li-yin

Wow, this thread has gotten really far off topic. I think there seems to be a bit of a consensus though; Maera is not going to fall at least in the near future.

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Subject: Agreed
Author: Menarka

She better not fall; I'll be the one to take her out when I get strong enough!

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Subject: ...
Author: Li-yin

Well, I certainly hope so; I know her battles are extraordinary, but I'd like a bit of a change. It's strange too, because it always seems like she's fighting as though she cannot afford to lose, almost as if she's fighting for her life.

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Subject: Never!
Author: Stormy

Lady Maera won't fall! Not to anyone, you hear?!

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Subject: Fan-much?
Author: Li-yin

Well, that's definitely a fan if I ever recognized one...

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Subject: Told you so!
Author: Stormy

Like I said before, Maera is never going to fall!

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Subject: She is very strong
Author: Yari

Personally, I don't want to fight her again any time soon... that was terrible.

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Subject: We didn't do too bad!
Author: Flower

Don't worry about it Yari! We did our best, and that's what matters. Hey, check your email too Yari!

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Subject: I'll take her out
Author: Menarka

Hmph, one day I'll take her out myself.

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Subject: Not a chance!
Author: Stormy

She won't fall, you hear?!

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Subject: Stupid fangirl
Author: Menarka

She definitely won't if people don't bother to try!

Subject: List keywords here!
Author: Twin Lightning

If anyone comes across a strange area, where something odd happens, please either send me an email or post it here!

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Subject: *deleted*
Author: Maera

This message has been deleted.

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Subject: OMG!
Author: Stormy

Was that really Lady Maera?!

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Subject: Seems to be
Author: Twin Lightning

Well, the author was Maera, but what I'm interested in is what that message originally said

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Subject: *deleted*
Author: Sakura

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Subject: *deleted*
Author: Saturday

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Subject: *deleted*
Author: Saturday

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Subject: *deleted*
Author: 0^r3a\\na

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Subject: That's not helpful
Author: Twin Lightning

Well, that doesn't help... who keeps deleting messages anyway? And just who was that last person?

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Subject: Wierd
Author: Li-yin

It's probably the administrators; perhaps the areas are incredibly dangerous?

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Subject: Discontinuation
Author: System Administrator

This thread will be discontinued and un-repliable until further notice.

Subject: Does anyone remember?
Author: Sakura

Just out of curiousity, does anyone remember that Adept Rogue that took the title of all three Arena Emperors, and remember those strange 1-hit-kill skills?

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Subject: Triple?!
Author: Stormy

Are you serious? Someone was able to pull that off?

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Subject: Haseo
Author: Twin Lightning

Haseo, the Terror of Death as he was called, an infamous PKK and even more infamous with his triple palace sweep.

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Subject: So, what about...
Author: Sakura

What about those 1-hit-kill skills? He wasn't the only one who did it... how do you get those skills?

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Subject: Are you serious?
Author: Stormy

Wow, 1-hit-kill? I wonder if even Lady Maera would survive that...

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Subject: Cheat
Author: Saturday

Sounds very much like a cheat to me.

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Subject: Unknown
Author: Twin Lightning

Unfortunately, no one, not even CC Corp, ever explained how anyone could have attained that skill, or even what that skill was, and many people at the time considered them as cheat moves. At this point it hardly matters, since no one's ever done anything like that on R:3.

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Subject: Disappointing
Author: Sakura

I was reading an archive in Carmina Gadelica about that skill, and was wondering if perhaps anyone could get it if they just did some quest... oh well.

Subject: Maera's Wings
Author: Li-yin

We've all (for the most part) have seen them, but does anyone know exactly what they are and where they came from? Fairy-like wings made of irridescent light don't come out of nowhere after all...

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Subject: It's always a quest
Author: Sakura

It's always some sort of quest. I have no idea what one it would be, but I know it must be one.

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Subject: Hey...
Author: Menarka

Does anyone even remember a time when Maera didn't have wings?

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Subject: Strange
Author: Li-yin

That's true... I don't even think Maera really did anything much in the public eye before winning the Sage Palace. I know since the beginning of her Sage Palace streak she's always had wings, but I don't ever actually recall seeing her in town with wings before then... not that I even saw her in town that is.

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Subject: Where does she go?
Author: Sakura

I don't remember seeing her at all either, and I'm sure I would've noticed her by her wings before even the Sage Palace. She's never in town, as far as I know.

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Subject: Don't be nosy!
Author: Stormy

Lady Maera's wings, and even her whereabouts for that matter, aren't exactly what people should be nosy about! That's just rude! Really rude! In real life, you'd probably be charged for stalking or something!

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Subject: Who better to ask?
Author: Li-yin

Hey, since you would know more about her than we would, do you have any information to contribute, Stormy?

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Subject: Not telling!
Author: Stormy

That's none of your business, and I'm not saying anything... not that I have much to tell anyway...

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Subject: What?
Author: Li-yin

Really? Even you don't know? Wow. I'm sure we won't be able to find much then...

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Subject: Well
Author: Saturday

As I said before, I'm pretty sure she's just a cheat character.

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Subject: You take that back!
Author: Stormy

You take that back! You have no right to say such a thing!

Subject: Chaotic PK's
Author: Menarka

Alright, these people piss me off, because they got the title and I didn't!

Skiwan, the Broken Sword
Y'hirra, the Nightkiller
The Dual Team, Gio and Gea (They always work together)
Hanna, the Swift Death
and Devan, the Wild Card

There's also one rumour in particular going around that Maera is also a Chaotic PK, although it's rumoured she PK's and PKK's, so it really doesn't matter who you are...

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Subject: That's a lie!
Author: Stormy

There's no way Lady Maera would do such at thing! She is an honourable person!

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Subject: Well...
Author: Li-yin

I've heard that rumour too. Unlike the other Chaotic PK's, Maera only PK's you if you see her in an area, well, more like if she sees you.

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Subject: You're missing one thing
Author: Sakura

There's only a couple of areas she does that in. They seem to be the areas she seems to want to keep to herself or something...

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Subject: Which ones?
Author: Menarka

What areas exactly? Give the keywords.

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Subject: *deleted*
Author: Sakura

This message has been deleted.

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Subject: Darn
Author: Li-yin

Looks like the System Administrators don't want us to know or something.

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Subject: Grrr...
Author: Menarka

Well that sucks, how the hell am I supposed to try to PK her besides in the arena then?! Just what is her title anyway?

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Subject: Title
Author: Sakura

Well, when she PK'd me, the title 'The Enigmatic' popped up on my FMD.

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Subject: No way!
Author: Stormy

You've got to be making this up!

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Subject: Well, it's true
Author: Sakura

I was just in the wrong field at the wrong time... well, actually, I don't know if there is a right time at all...

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Subject: Hi!
Author: Willow

Hey guys! I got Pk'ed within hours of first creating my character, but I've restarted and will grow stronger, Watch out you Pk's caue eventually somone bigger and badder than you will turn the hunter's into the hunted!

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Subject: Bring it.
Author: Menarka

You're that runt cleric I killed the other day, aren't you? Well, I'd like to see you try. I'm waiting.

Subject: Eldest Awakening?!
Author: Li-yin

Alright, we've all seen Maera use it, but what exactly is it? How does one get the powerful Eldest Awakening?! I am so pumped by the title match, I want to go out and get that power!

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Subject: Cheat
Author: Saturday

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, it's probably a cheat.

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Subject: Quest
Author: Sakura

It's not always a hack or a cheat when someone uses something strong! I think it's a quest, and since the animation for it uses Maera's wings, perhaps if you do the quest to get the wings you get Eldest Awakening?

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Subject: Blasted Unwritten Quests
Author: Li-yin

Grr, well, that means I'm not going to get it anytime soon. BTW, exactly what is Eldest Awakening? Maera always calls out '[something] Pha' but what is that?

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Subject: Summon Spells
Author: Twin Lightning

Those incantations are related to the summoning spells off of R:1, probably hence the term Eldest in the Awakening. There are six of them: Lanceor, the thunder one; Wryneck, the shadowy one; Krake, the aerial one; Vulcan, the fiery one; Merrows, the watery one; and Yarthkins, the stone one. The 'Pha' added to the end of them just implies it's the level 4 version of the spell, or would be normally if it were cast in R:1.

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Subject: How do you know?
Author: Li-yin

Twin Lightning, how do you know all these things?

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Subject: It's called research
Author: Twin Lightning

It's fairly easy to look up those spells off of R:1, especially in Carmina Gadelica's archives.

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Subject: Those are scary!
Author: Li-yin

I tried going into them once... I had to reset my computer in order to get out! There's so many traps and such there! How do you get past them?

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Subject: Be careful
Author: Sakura

You just have to be good at timing, observant, and know ALL of the macros to do dodges and so forth with your character.

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Subject: Too hard!
Author: Li-yin

ARGH! I give up on that! I'll just stick to asking you guys since you know far more than I could find out!

Subject: System Update?
Author: Li-yin

Does anyone else find it fishy that they're just blaming it on an 'internal server error?'

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Subject: Don't underestimate them
Author: Saturday

Even slight errors can easily compromise the whole system. I'm into programming, so I do know a bit about these sorts of things.

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Subject: Really?
Author: Stormy

I agree with Li-yin; with this expansive of a system, it's too much to blame it on one error. Something this massive should've been already dealt with. Besides, if it's an internal system error, why would it affect all of the servers?

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Subject: A Wave
Author: Jessie

A seed from the past blossoms indeed,
But in truth it was such a small seed.
Who knows what it holds inside,
As it takes command of 'The World's' ride.

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Subject: WTH!
Author: Menarka

You're that annoying Shadow Warlock that always says some weird poem, then warps before I can PK you!

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Subject: Wow, random poetry
Author: Li-yin

I wasn't expecting that to show up... hey, Jessie, what does it mean anyway?

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Subject: Don't bother
Author: Menarka

Jessie never explains what he or she says... and that's two more annoying things about that Shadow Warlock; never explaining, and is Jessie a 'he' or a 'she'?! I am so going to PK that nuisance someday...

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Subject: Off topic
Author: Stormy

Hey guys, let's get back on track. We're talking about the suspicious update, remember?

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Subject: Right
Author: Li-yin

Although, besides it being suspicious, we don't have much to go on...

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Subject: Whatever
Author: Sara

IMO, I just want whatever it is to be over with so we can play again.

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Subject: Totally!
Author: Stormy

I can agree with that!

Subject: A Vagrant AI
Author: Kusardo

A mighty old live oak tree grows from the tiny seeds of an acorn, usually over a period of decades. Once fully grown, it's nearly impossible to uproot, even moreso without destroying the bed of dirt in which its planted. Burning it wouldn't work either, as you'll scorch the earth around it as well.

Perhaps CC Corp is dealing with a hidden, stubborn old tree in their system.

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Subject: Not another one.
Author: Menarka

What is it with all these noobs that spout nonsense? I'll PK both you and Jessie.

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Subject: To the One Who Plays the Flute
Author: Jessie

Too many years for such a small seed,
Almost as old as The World indeed.
Although it's impolite to say a lady's age,
The hands of time can only be touched by the eighth sage.
Only the holder of the one true key,
Will be the one to decide how The World will be.

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Subject: What does it mean?
Author: Li-yin

You're leaving me in suspense! What does all of this mean?! C'mon, can't a guy have some answers?!

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Subject: Speaking of Keys...
Author: Stormy

I remember seeing a player named Key once.

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Subject: Really?
Author: Li-yin

That's kind of a funny name...

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Subject: Meh
Author: Stormy

All names can seem funny if someone doesn't know where it comes from... I don't care, myself; I just thought I'd mention the person.