The NTWF in - The Disappearance (epilogue)

[PFA]

NOTE: This story gets kind of violent at the end. Just to let you know.

Teh wh00t, my first NTWF story! Ha ha, sorry if it's not very good and stuff. Anyway, this is kind of going to be a mystery-ish story, so I'm going to leave some time between each part so you can speculate on what's going on and whatnot.

Sooo... sorry if I get your personality wrong. And if it seems like I'm implying that someone is weak or whatever, I'm not trying to. >_>

On with the prologue!

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Patjade was taking a walk through the NTWF, looking across the other NTWFers to make sure they weren't breaking the NTWF rules. Everything seemed okay, as usual. Patjade was a very nice administrator; most of the NTWFers hadn't the heart to ever disappoint her.

"Well, everything seems normal... by NTWF standards, anyway..." Patjade said to herself. "I guess my work really pays off, doesn't it?"

After taking one last look around, Patjade returned to her home and picked up the Neopian Times that was on her front step.

"Oh yes... it's Friday, isn't it?" she thought aloud. "The new Neopian Times is out... I should update the Master Index, again..."

Sitting herself in front of a desk, Patjade grabbed a pen and looked at the Neopian Times. Right there, on the front page, there was an article entitled, "If You Could Rule a Land...". She couldn't help but notice the author's note at the bottom, which read:

"I hope you enjoyed my first entry into the NT! : )"

Patjade smiled. "First entry, huh? I should invite them to the NTWF..." she reached for her Neomail stationary. "...let's see... what was that username?..."

* * * * *

"Patjade!!"

The next morning, Patjade woke up to the voice of Leoness. Although Patjade wasn't sure what was going on, Leoness' tone of voice gave the impression of trouble. Patjade jumped out of bed and hurriedly snatched up her bow and arrows and rushed to the door. When she opened the door, she saw a worried-looking Leoness on the other side.

"Leoness? What's the matter?" Patjade asked.

"Patjade, it's awful!" Leoness exclaimed. "There's a n00b in the NTWF... it's been abusing some of the NTWFers... and now it's doing it to Strife!..."

"What? Where?" Patjade yelped.

"It... it was near the Forum Events Centre!" Leoness replied.

"Show me the way!" Patjade said.

Leoness nodded, and started running toward the Forum Events Centre, making a brief gesture for Patjade to follow her. Patjade ran after Leoness, preparing her bow.

"Oh, we'd better hurry! Or... or... something terrible might happen to Strife..." Leoness said in a worried tone.

"Leoness, calm down." Patjade responded, giving Leoness a reassuring look. "I'll take care of it."

When Patjade and Leoness arrived at the Forum Events Centre, they saw Strife and a babbling n00b.

"OMGZLOLUSUK!!!!!!!11!!11" the n00b exclaimed. "USHUDGO2--"

"Hey!!" Patjade shouted to the n00b. "Harassing other NTWFers is against the rules!" she grabbed the fletching of one of her arrows and brought it to the string of her bow. She pulled back on the string and aimed. Then she let go and the arrow flew through the air and struck the n00b in the side.

"omg ur so meen!!!!!" the n00b yelped. "u shud b reeported!!!!!11!!"

"You're the one who should be reported!" Patjade shot another arrow at the n00b. "Now... you can either leave peacefully and save yourself, or prepare to face many more arrows..."

The n00b didn't need much time to think. "OMGIMGONBY!!!!!" and it ran off.

When the n00b was out of sight, Leoness sighed and ran over to Strife. "Strife, are you alright?"

"Yeah, Leoness, I'm fine..." Strife nodded. Then he turned to Patjade. "Thanks, Patjade. You came just in time."

"No problem." Patjade replied. "I'm just doing my job."

"You know, Patjade..." Leoness thought aloud. "I don't see you use your bow very often..."

"Yeah..." Patjade slung her bow over her shoulder. "I only really use it for fighting off scammers and n00bs." she gave a nod. "Well, I'm going to go greet newbies. See you around!"

"Bye, Patjade!" Strife and Leoness called, as Patjade walked off toward the Welcome Mat.

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...ya, the prologue's not that good. And once again, sorry if I made Leoness and/or Strife seem weak or something (remember that I wrote this before Leo became a mod ). BUT, I promise the prologue is significant. So... ya.

For your convenience, here's links to all the chapters!
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Epilogue

[Ice]

LOL. I think this is the first time I've read something like this, it's amusing xD A n00b attack

[Omni]

petfriendamy said:

"omg ur so meen!!!!!" the n00b yelped. "u shud b reeported!!!!!11!!"

Lol ^o^! That's funny, threatening to report a mod.

Oh noes! N00bs have broken into the NTWF! We should stop them completely before it's too late!

Anyway, good luck with your story!

Edit: I just noticed, you refurred to the n00b as 'he' not 'it...' ;

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omniscia said:

Edit: I just noticed, you refurred to the n00b as 'he' not 'it...' ;

...actually, that has nothing to do with anything, I just figured the n00b was a boy. n00bs have genders, too.

Anyway, thanks for the comments! ^_^

[spiritwolfforever]

XDD I think we should have one of those around here. It would make life more interesting, to say the least.

And I agree with Omniscia. 'it' seems to fit more for a noob

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spiritwolfforever said:

And I agree with Omniscia. 'it' seems to fit more for a noob

...fine. *edits it* ^_^

[Ebil]

XD nice. reporting Patjade on her own forum.

This looks interesting, and I can't wait to see why it's called the Disappearance... it's so good so far ^^

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evilhamster13 said:

XD nice. reporting Patjade on her own forum.

Meh, n00bs are weird. I'm glad you like it! ^_^

[PFA]

Well, I don't really have anything else to do right now, so here's chapter 1!

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Rider, NSQ and Sammy walked out of Tabloid Town with messy hair and multi-colored stains on their clothes. Whatever the stains were, it's probably better off we don't know. And even with their messiness, they had happy, crazy smiles on their faces.

"Ahh... that was fun!" Sammy said. "What'd we ever do without the 'bloids?"

"I tell ya, we were much different before Tabloid Town!" Rider replied.

"The 'bloids are so happy and crazy!" NSQ added.

"Ha ha, anyway..." Rider sighed, looking at a nearby clock. "I guess I should go look around, make sure no one's disobeying the rules, pwn n00bs... mod stuff."

"Okay!" Sammy nodded. "Have fun!"

Sammy and NSQ skipped off to different parts of the Splatterboard as Rider walked off and began to look around. So far, everything seemed normal, but it seemed just a bit... quiet... for some reason. Rider spotted Off Topic Alley, and decided to go there.

"There are lots of things that end up in Off Topic Alley which should be somewhere else..." she thought aloud, as she entered the alley.

Rider looked around the Off Topic Alley. Nothing seemed excessively out of the ordinary; everyone there was talking about totally-off-topic things. The most unusual thing there was Nimras dragging a newbie behind her out of the alley.

"Hey, Nim, wha'cha doing?" Rider asked.

"Oh, just taking this newbie looking for welcomes to the Welcome Mat." Nimras replied. "What're you doing?"

"Pretty much looking for n00bs." Rider replied.

Nimras smiled. "Don't worry; I've got everything under control."

"Okay, never hurts to check, though..."

Nimras continued toward the Welcome Mat, and Rider looked around the alley for a bit longer. Just as Rider was about to leave the alley, Nimras stopped and turned the other mod.

"Hey Rider..." Nimras started. "...have you seen Patjade lately?"

Rider paused to think. "No, actually... I haven't seen her since yesterday..."

Nimras shook her head. "I haven't, either... that's why I asked..." there was a moment of silence. "...well, if you see her, let me know, okay?"

"I will," Rider nodded, as Nimras walked off. Rider stood there silently for a moment, then continued on her way out of the alley.

That's odd, she thought. I wonder where Patjade went?

* * * * *

"Okay, here you go." Nimras said, setting the newbie on the Welcome Mat. "Here's the Welcome Mat. You should get some welcomes in a moment..."

Just as soon as Nimras turned around and started to walk away, there were various shouts of "NEWBIE!!!" and the newbie was pounced on by rabid NTWFers. Nimras didn't pay attention, though; she was in thought.

Whatever happened to Patjade...? she thought.

It was then she passed by the NTWF Game Booth, at which Strife was sitting. He was sorting through some bug reports that he'd received about the game.

"Hey Strife... how's the game going?" Nimras asked.

"Ah, apparently Patjade can go through walls..." Strife sighed.

Nimras chucked slightly, then asked, "Speaking of which, when was the last time you've seen the real Patjade?"

Strife looked up at Nimras. "Well, she fought off a n00b this morning, but I haven't seen her since..."

Nimras nodded. "Well, okay... just wondering..." And she began to walk away.

Strife watched Nimras walked off. He then shrugged and continued looking through the bug reports.

* * * * *

By that evening, Rider and Nimras had looked all over the NTWF, but had never seen Patjade. After discussing things with each other, they decided to inform the rest of the mods. They went to the Mod Squad, where they found most of the other mods playing a rather violent game of ping-pong.

"GIMMIE THE PING-PONG BALL, TRACY!!!"

"NEVER!!!"

"Guys!" Rider interrupted. "We've got some news. And it's serious, this time."

"What?" Wandy asked, setting down a ping-pong paddle. "Did NSQ eat herself?"

"No, this is much worse." Nimras shook her head.

"What is it?" Killix asked, sitting herself down in a chair.

Rider took a deep breath, then finally said, "Since when was the last time any of you have seen Patjade?"

The mods looked around at each other for a while, then Mindy spoke up. "Not since yesterday. Why?"

"No one has seen her lately." Nimras replied. "The last anyone's seen her was this morning."

"We looked all over," Rider continued, "but we couldn't find her anywhere."

There was a pause, then Rider and Nimras simultaneously said, "We think something might have happened to Patjade."

"Oh my, this is serious..." Ikkin thought aloud, and she hurried to her seat.

Tracy immediately tossed the ping-pong ball over her shoulder and took her seat. "What kind of something?"

"We don't know. Could've been anything." Nimras sighed.

"This is all really mysterious," Rider said, "but I think we should keep this to ourselves until we find out more on the matter. We don't want to alarm the other NTWFers; bad things could happen."

"I agree." Wandy nodded. "We don't want an outburst just yet."

"So what should we do, now?" Crystal asked.

"Well, let's just go on normally for a while." Rider answered. "If Patjade remains missing by tomorrow morning, then we'll figure something out."

"Good idea."

* * * * *

Even though the mods hadn't said anything, the NTWFers couldn't help but notice Patjade's disappearance. Panic spread through the NTWF, and no one was quite sure what to do.

"I haven't seen her all day! What if she got kidnapped or something??"

"Maybe she got brutally stabbed or something!"

"You think she drowned??"

"People! People! Please!" Rider yelped, overhearing the conversation going on at the Forum Events Centre. "Patjade didn't drown; she's just... out... for a while..."

"Out?" Bag wondered. "Out where?"

"I dunno..." Rider grimaced, "but everything's going to be alright. There's no need to worry about... Patjade..."

"But Rider! How do you know?" Thundy asked. "How do you KNOW??"

"Well, I..." Rider started, but she was suddenly cut off by a voice she did not recognize...

"Attention, everyone!"

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...and before things get bad, I promise Patjade will be fine. >_>

[Omni]

Lol, despite the huge problem, this is pretty funny. I think my favorite part is the second section, with the newbie welcoming and the 'go through walls' bug. ^_^

Anyway, I also can't help but wonder what happened to PatJade. Is the n00b holding her for ransom?

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omniscia said:

Anyway, I also can't help but wonder what happened to PatJade. Is the n00b holding her for ransom?

Haha, no... but that would be funny.

And I'm glad you like! ^_^

[Ikkin]

We've got a ping-pong table in Mod Squad? Why didn't I know about that? XD

Good job so far! ^_^

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ikkinwithattitude said:

We've got a ping-pong table in Mod Squad? Why didn't I know about that? XD

You do now.

Glad you like it so far! ^_^

[PFA]

Hmm... I'm kind of surprised no one commented on the unknown voice. But whatever, here's chapter 2.

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Looks of confusion appeared on the NTWFers faces as an unfamiliar voice called their attention to the stage of the Forum Events Centre. They turned to the stage and beheld a strange girl with short, dark-green hair and brown eyes. She was also wearing dark clothes and had antennae and wings like those of a flying ant's.

"Huh?" Rider was puzzled. "Who are you?"

The flying ant girl smirked. "I am Kindleflare, your new administrator."

"New administrator?" Thundy wondered. "But what happened to Patjade?"

"I'm sorry to say that Patjade has retired!" Kindleflare proclaimed. "And she has given all of her admin privileges to me!"

"Patjade? Retire?" Bag asked. "But why didn't she tell us beforehand?"

"Forget about Patjade!" Kindleflare protested. "I am now in charge! And that means we're going to start doing things a bit differently around here..."

"Differently?" Rider bit her lip. "Like what?"

Kindleflare pulled out a piece of paper and started looking across it. "First of all, the Tabloid Town, as I have heard, can be quite unsuitable for the younger sorts. So I've decided that you must be at least 18 years of age to enter."

Thundy's state of worry became a state of utter despair. "WHAT?!"

Not even Rider was quite old enough to fit that restriction. "B-but that's not FAIR!"

"...and with that, you must keep all Tabloid material inside Tabloid Town." Kindleflare ignored the angry protests from the audience. "That means no... making out in public, no removing of the... inner organs? ...And no... QMing..." the girl made strange faces as she read her list.

"But then where do we get to be crazy??" Thundy yelped.

"You can be crazy," Kindleflare started. "you just have to keep it at PG crazy."

"Here? In the NTWF?" Bag started. "There's no such thing as PG crazy!"

"It's not my problem," Kindleflare snorted. Then she looked back down at the list. "Okay, there will be no insulting of one another; whether truthfully or jokingly. This means you can't call each other names or criticize another's work."

"What if it's constructive criticism?" Rider asked.

"I really don't think so." Kindleflare replied. "Even if you're trying to be constructive, you really don't know if it will hurt one's feelings."

Rider thought about it. Kindleflare had a good point, but if they couldn't give constructive criticism, how would they be able to help those who need advice for their works?

"Oh yes," Kindleflare said, "and of course, no 'shipping."

Bag just about died.

"I think that's it..." Kindleflare looked across her list once more. "...that looks like it. But if I see anything else to my disliking, prepare for some more rules..."

"So now what?" Rider asked, unsure what to make of all these new rules.

"Go out, mind your own businesses." Kindleflare answered. "And be sure to remember... the rules." the girl grinned a grin that was nothing short of scary.

* * * * *

Even though not everyone was at the Forum Events Centre to hear the rules, the word spread like wildfire. Everybody was shocked to hear of Patjade's retirement, and the sudden appearance of Kindleflare. But what surprised them even more was the harsh rules that the new admin had sent out.

"What does she mean we can't 'ship?" Kat moaned. "That's, like, my hobby..."

"And no... constructive criticism?? But... think of all the bad stories that will get into the Times!" Hunty complained.

"And no QMing!" Stal yelped. "I mean... seriously!"

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it..." Nimras sighed. "...Kindleflare is the admin. Not even us mods can mess with the admin..."

* * * * *

A few days later, Kat was walking through the NTWF, bored, trying to find something to do. She was also inwardly complaining about the new rules against 'shipping.

How can she take 'shipping away from me?! 'Shipping is my life! she thought to herself.

It was then she noticed Patrick walking along, minding his own business. An irresistible urge came over her and she, instinctively, walked over to him with a smile on her face.

"So Patrick," she started, "how's it goin' with Ginz?"

Patrick looked at Kat with shock. "Good, but... um..." he replied. He was about to continue, but he was interrupted by a loud crack of a whip. His eyes widened to see Kindleflare, the wielder of the whip that cracked.

"Excuse me, miss Katherine..." said Kindleflare, "but you're not... 'shipping, are you?"

Kat rubbed her shoulder, which Kindleflare's whip barely brushed across. "My name is not Katherine..."

Kindleflare smirked, and tightened her grip on her whip. "Haven't you heard the rules? 'Shipping is no longer allowed in the NTWF..."

"...sorry, ma'am... I didn't mean to..." Kat moaned.

"We-ell, I guess I'll go easy on you... this time..." Kindleflare replied.

Kindleflare started to walk away. Patrick came up beside Kat. "I'm sorry, Kat... are you okay?" he whimpered.

"I'm fine..." Kat grimaced. "...and it's not your fault. I couldn't help it..."

"I know what you mean," Patrick replied, being a 'shipper himself.

Kat quietly groaned, and she turned her head to watch the new admin walk off toward the Work Reviews and Advice Station...

* * * * *

Dan was chatting with a newer Times writer about their story. He was trying to give the writer his honest opinion, but he kept lowering his voice and looking behind himself warily.

"Well, your story's really good," he started, "but I really think you should edit that one part where--" he turned his head again and almost jumped out of his skin when he saw Kindleflare walk into the building. "...WOW! That story was really good! It was the best I've ever read!!"

The newbie writer looked at Dan oddly as he started spewing out compliments. Kindleflare started glancing across the room, looking for someone who might be breaking her new rules. Kindleflare's eyes came upon Dan, and the boy jumped nervously.

"A-and I really enjoyed that... one part! You know... uh..." sweat dripped from Dan's forehead. "...th-the part! With the... Kougra!" Dan gave the newbie a cheesy fake grin.

The newbie raised an eyebrow in confusion. "But... my story doesn't have any Kougras in it."

Dan grimaced. "D-d-did I say... K-Kougra? I meant... Kacheek!"

"My story doesn't have any Kacheeks, either."

It was official; Kindleflare had noticed Dan's lying. She started walking toward him suspiciously. Dan noticed, and he slumped ashamedly. He gave the newbie a "you were supposed to play along" glance just before Kindleflare came up beside him.

"Excuse me... Dan." Kindleflare started. "But what's going on over here?"

Dan looked at Kindleflare nervously. "I wanted to... I was going to tell him... there's this one part..."

Kindleflare glared at the boy. "You were going to criticize his work, weren't you?"

Dan grimaced. "...yes."

Kindleflare stopped Dan before he could protest. "I'm sure you know the rules; no criticism. You were elaborately trying to break the rules, young man."

"But if I don't give constructive criticism then how are--"

"I don't want any excuses!" Kindleflare shouted. "You're comin' with me, boy."

The newbie gave Dan an "I'm so sorry" look as he was dragged off by Kindleflare to who-knows-where-but-it-can't-be-good.

* * * * *

No one's here; maybe I can sneak in unnoticed... Sammy thought, standing in an alley near the gates of Tabloid Town.

Sammy knew full well of the new no-under-18 rules, but she loved the 'bloids. No rules were going to stop her...

She peeked out of the alley she was in, looking back and forth, seeing if anyone was watching her. No one seemed to be there, so she smiled, and dashed out of the alley. She paused beside the gate doors, and looked around once more.

With a smile, she finally came in front of the gate doors, which were stained with some more you're-probably-better-off-not-knowing stains. She chuckled softly, and started pushing the doors open...

"Excuse me, miss Sammy..."

Sammy groaned, and turned around to face Kindleflare. Where did she come from? No one was there just a second ago... of course, they were near the Tabloids...

"I was, uh, going to the 'bloids..." Sammy admitted.

Kindleflare looked over the girl. "And how old are you?"

"...twenty-three..." Sammy lied.

The admin gave Sammy a look. "...you were trying to do some underage 'bloiding, huh?"

"But I'm twenty-three!!"

"Ri-ight. Look, why don't you just join some of your friends here in the Splatterboard?"

Kindleflare led an upset Sammy to a different area in the Splatterboard where some of the other underage 'bloiders were sitting around being emo.

"Now, Sammy, I'm sure you can have tons of fun here with some of your friends here!" Kindleflare said with a grin. Then she walked off.

Sammy frowned and looked around at the group: NSQ, Thundy, Crystal, and Rider were there.

"I wanna do some 'bloooiiidiiinggg..." Thundy moaned.

"Grr, stupid new rules..." Crystal complained. "I hate 'em so much I could castrate someone! ...but that's against the rules, too..."

"Who does this Kindleflare think she is?!" Sammy yelped.

There was quiet for a moment, then NSQ finally whimpered, "I miss Patjade..."

There was another pause, then Rider stood up. "That does it. I'm going to find out what happened to Patjade!"

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Waa, the unfairness! Anyway, it's getting to the figuring out part, so get your thinkin' caps on! *puts on a hat that looks like a brain* Hmm... >_>

EDIT: Shh. Typos. >_>

[Omni]

Alright, I know that rules are neccesary, especially to keep something from turning into an anarchy, but I would definitely say that the 'no critisism at all' rule is a little too strict. Plus, I'm not really sure what defines 'shipping,' but the part with Kat and Patrick sounds like everyday conversation... Unless it was said with a certain tone of voice, which I doubt because Kat wouldn't want to make it sound obvious.