Zelkova=Helba?

[Misaki Haseo]

ewww, that'd be gross... 'cus helba's like, a slut... with her shirt...
And Zelkova's like, not a slut or a pervert.
...It's just be too weird if Helba were a guy. Her personality... her character... everything, just screams female. Remember .hack//GIFT? Yah. She's gotta be a girl. Or else she'd... GAH, IT'D JUST BE TOO WRONG! >.<
Gift was weird, Tsukasa has a guy PC but it had boobs. =(
ummmm... plus I don't believe Helba has a real body anymore. I think she became an AI kinda, like she gave up her body and became part of the game. If you remember from the original four .Hack games, it kinda seems that way. XDD  

[Misaki Haseo]

What does everyone think about the chances of Zelkova being Tartarga? I think... well, Net Slum being named Tartarga in R:2 has got to mean something.  

[MoshiTiako]

Wasn't Tartarga an NPC? :/  

[MoshiTiako]

I thought so. Unfortunately, that one's out then. I personally see no reason to believe he's NOT Helba (come on, think her sense of humour, seriously). But it's always fun to speculate...  

[Misaki Haseo]

No, that's not what I mean. I kinda believe Helba was at least a real person at one time, but maybe his data/spirit survived the fire or something so he got transferred to R:2 as Zelkova or something... I know I'm contradicting myself, but now I'm just grasping at straws. In truth, pretty much no one has any idea anyway.
I'm just thinking that Net Slum being called Tartarga probably means something. cool  

[kurl]

Lulz guys i read all of everything in this thread yo.

Tartarga was that turtle carrying everything, and zelkova is probably bith or fili, or someone else helba would entrust it to.  

[Phantomhive Ciel]

I WAS PLAYING THE GAME JUST TODAY. TARTARGA WAS AN OLD MESSED UP PC IN THE NET SLUM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TURTLE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

 

[kurl]

Tortuga=Turtle
Tartarga is pretty close to Tortuga... so isnt it the turtle tartarga?  

[Puppetry]

Yeah, the giant turtle was Tartarga. I remember some cutscene where Zelkova was talking to him or something.

 

[kurl]

Yeah I thought I was going crazy because i am sure i really saw that....  

[Misaki Haseo]

oooh, we're talking about GU now. Yes, I remember that. ^^;; That was like, my favorite scene in the entire game.
I LOVE ZELKOVA. <333
Riiight so at least now I'm sure Zelky isn't Tartarga (thank God)... but I still don't think he's Helba either. -.-;;
MY BRAIN HURTS ...I give up trying to logic this out. There isn't really a point anyway (at least for me), since we'll never really know for sure...