[i]"To Belle,
You have been selected as the mentor for Sif. He has used the mentor option to select a mentor for him, and you have been selected by the program to be his mentor. If you would like information on mentoring, please visit your nearest help center. Sif's current location is Lemea Town. Remember: Be nice to your mentee!
Best of luck,
Lemea Town Help Center"[/i]

Belle looked at the notification and sighed softly. She’d read about the new ‘mentor program’ whilst the updates had been loading. Personally it wasn’t something she liked the sound of. Not yet. It was still a beta experience in her opinion and the idea of ‘being bound to another player forever’ was something she could see causing a lot of outrage amongst players. It wouldn’t last. She was happy to help someone, but this was just a little over the top. She hadn't had any help when she’d started all the way back when it had been first released.

She kind of thought it was really lazy on the part of new players, especially considering this wasn’t a levelled game, they got rid of that function very early into the project to avoid players becoming too powerful. Everything here was skill based. It was about as equal field as a MMORPG was ever going to get in her mind. Sighing she decided to ignore the message for now. She was going to decline, but she could at least explain herself in person. “Looks like we’re heading back early.” She said, glancing at the small blue creature on her shoulder, who made a small noise in reply, causing Belle to smile.

Pulling out a teleportation crystal she appeared at the Lemae Town Square within seconds. It would have taken too long to travel from the woods she’d been in. Now the only challenge was finding this guy. He was the Cait-Si beginner village, rather than the main city so that made things a little bit easier. He had been near the help center just a few moments ago so maybe he was still there. She took off at a quick run, glancing at any character she passed as the small feathered dragon flew high above her.

As she arrived at the information center Belle stopped, looking around for this ‘Sif’ guy. She had no idea what he looked like but he would have a player identification above his head if you were looking for it. The small dragon glided down to rest comfortably on her shoulder. Turning Belle smiled again, running her hands through the creature’s feathers, momentarily forgetting herself in how real and soft an artificial creature felt. It still amazed her sometimes, just how real this all felt and how easily she was able to forget about her real life when she was here.