It was about the time Shizuka entered her room with a bowl of miso soup that her NeuroLinker popped open an alert to a new message. She carefully set down her meal on the desk before checking out the message as well as who it might be from.

[b]Message Recieved[/b]

[i][b]Been a while, Void. Or should I say Shizuka now? There was something I wanted you to test for me - a bit of a game I've been working on, if it can be called that. I want you to give it your all, okay? We'll be watching

- Keiko

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Shizuka read over the message from Keiko multiple times, biting her lip as she debated on what she should reply with or even if she should ignore the message by tapping that tempting delete button. She always enjoyed the Virtual Worlds that girl made but the thought of other people being there made her a bit nervous to jump right in to accepting. It had been a long time since she had played games with different players and instead chose to do singular games that kept up with speed training or letting her continue with practice fighting in case of...well she wasn't sure why anymore. Why did Brain Burst keep calling to her? It was like she was always keeping up her mind for it even when she promised to never set foot in that world again. Mamorimasu had been trying to get her to return and keeping her spirits up that he was not the only one but she didn't believe it. Heck, Keiko had even tried once or twice to talk about it but Shizuka had shut them down. It was possible that this was another way to lure her but...maybe it was time to at least try multiplayer games. It wouldn't hurt from the safety of her home and if this test proved bad than she could just stop, right?

She gave a small nod, steeling her resolve before tapping on the replay button. Her fingers gliding through the air with expert grace since this was one of her biggest form of communication. Once the small message was typed up, her finger hovered over the send button for but a moment before she pressed it and flopped back onto her bed with an arm over her eyes. It was too late to turn back now...guess she better eat something while the files downloaded and then she would have to be prepared for whatever this game held. That was the thought on her mind as Shizuka pushed up off the bed, grabbing the abandon bowl on her desk.

[b]Message Sent[/b]

[i]-It has been quite awhile but it was a pleasant surprise to hear from you. I'll be accepting your invitation and am probably downloading the files as you read this message. I am excited to check out this devolpted Virtual World of sorts and will let you know what I think as soon as I am able. I hope that you didn't invite too many people, Keiko.- [/i]