i think this the reason

demoner · Post by **demoner** » Sun May 16, 2004 11:05 pm

in the second server in the game of .Hack Infection when i was playing elk and mia alwais say to me if you find some aromatic grass give it to me if you see when you gate out and go to a server they say im going to store the aromatic grass. but when i was playing i dont remember the keywords but i found some aromatic grass. then i save and give to elk but nothing happen i dont know if has some value or what.

mvrckbass · Post by **mvrckbass** » Sun May 16, 2004 11:37 pm

all it does it raise their affection level.

[spoiler]the story with aromatic grass is that it containts data of Mia/maha[/spoiler]

En der · Post by **En der** » Mon May 17, 2004 12:41 am

*WHOA

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I've never noticed this but why does Elk want Aromatic Grass?

Deimos · Post by **Deimos** » Mon May 17, 2004 2:24 am

Elk knows Mia likes Aromatic Grass, so he collects it to give to her. He doesn't want it for himself.

mvrckbass · Post by **mvrckbass** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:09 pm

in a way its like a "token of friendship and appreciation"

Xhacker · Post by **Xhacker** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:10 pm

Frendship and appreciation to an AI...

mvrckbass · Post by **mvrckbass** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:13 pm

anything can happen

as you know Elk was like an outcast IRL. and mainly around in "The World" since Mia actually hangs out with him and cares for him like a friend (and then some) he gives her aromatic grass as a condolence.

Xhacker · Post by **Xhacker** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:15 pm

Oh well...(love is in the air...)

mvrckbass · Post by **mvrckbass** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:22 pm

There is some one for Everyone, it cany be Anyone or No one.

in Elk's case *like Tsukasa's and Bear's* the world is more like a "second chance"

Xhacker · Post by **Xhacker** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:28 pm

Interesting, very interesting. "The World" to them, is a place where they can do things that can't normally be done IRL.

Duskino · Post by **Duskino** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:37 pm

One of Elk's reasons for playing "The World" is so he can make friends in the game world. He's not a very social person in the real world, and has a hard time communicated, thus he doesn't really have too many friends. It's the same for a lot of people, but for some reason it's easier to gain friends via Internet.

Of course in the game you meet the duo already interesting in collecting Aromatic Grass, but I'm sure when Elk first met Mia, since she had the instinct for finding it, Elk decided to help her out.

TheUltimateTwinBlade · Mon May 17, 2004 10:55 pm

it does not contain the data of macha/maha like you said.. that was proven wrong by Kima of Gamefaqs

[spoiler]Mia collects it because of when tsukasa gave her that blade of grass, she took it as a token of friendship, when she was Data Drained it turned into Aromatic Grass which Mia now collects because she remembers Tsukasa a little bit and the peice of grass he gave her[/spoiler]
and thats the gist of it

Deimos · Post by **Deimos** » Mon May 17, 2004 11:23 pm

If it has been proven wrong, please tell me what the proof is and provide a link, if possible.

mvrckbass · Post by **mvrckbass** » Mon May 17, 2004 11:29 pm

if it is wrong then u might want to contact Bear and let him know about all the wrong links previously given and the incorrect easter egg in quarantine

TheUltimateTwinBlade · Tue May 18, 2004 10:19 pm

okay heres the link to the topic first
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmes ... c=14140766
and heres the exact quote from Kima
[spoiler] Aromatic Grass isn't really supposed to be called Aromatic Grass(that part is added by me to reduce confusion and its what kima is talking about heres the quote)It's Japanese name is Enokoro Kusa which exactly translates to Foxtail Grass.

It's not Data of Maha. Tsukasa gave Maha a blade of Grass. In episode 25 Maha turned it into Foxtail Grass to show her happiness to him. She got Data Drained, her Data became Mia. Mia's memories were fragmented. Wandering a field with players made her think she too was a player. The reason she collects the Foxtail Grass is because the feild she was wandering was full of it. She loves it sense it sparks a memory about Tsukasa. That's why she collects it. It's not Data of Maha. It's simply something you pick from a field, just like in real life. It grows in fields. That's all. However in the PS2 game you can actually collect it from Grunties. It's in game purpose is to raise her affection +100 each time. It's real storyline purpose is she goes to fields with Elk to pick it since it reminds her of Tsukasa's kindness.

Also note: She met Elk in the field she showed up in and saved him. She became friends with him since he too reminds her of Tsukasa. [/spoiler]
and thats the gist of it ^_^