[@DeadlyPhoenix]

Fairly certain bows were a thing, but only because Sinon was the exception to the whole Sword Art affair (the games have Sinon as one of the SAO survivors instead of her starting out as a GGO player).

Anywho...APP TIME!

[hider=Alta][h1][color=8882be][u]Alba Helmer[/u][/color][/h1] 
[h2]Username:[/h2]
	[color=f26522]	♦[/color] Alta
[h2]Age:[/h2]
	18
[h2]Appearance:[/h2]
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[h3]5'5 | 130 lbs. | Cerulean Eyes | Blonde Hair[/h3][/center]
[h2]Weapon Class:[/h2]
	One-Handed Dagger
[h2]Guild Name:
	[color=9e005d]ERROR! NO GUILD FOUND![/color][/h2]
[h2]Guild Rank: 
	[color=9e005d]ERROR! NO GUILD FOUND![/color][/h2]
[h2]Level:[/h2]
	30
[h2]Personality:[/h2]
	Nonchalant | Pragmatic | Analytical
Alba, as her friends and family recall her to be, doesn't emit much emotion.  Sure, she may be pleasant company for just about any and all occasions, but she rarely is ever straightforward with what she wants to say.  Those professed in literature, debate, and speech find her laconic at times; other who are not nearly as learned find the words she use difficult to understand.  In spite of this obvious difficulty to opening up, Alba doesn't pry much into others' lives.  If left alone, she'll leave you alone.  If engaged often, she'll be expecting to keep contact often.  On the flip side, Alba isn't the type to try new things; so long as there is a better, more efficient option available, Alba would rather maintain the status quo than take a risk.  On the rare occasion that something does mandate a change in her schema, expect her to do some rigorous explicit memorization to improve her efficiency in the future.  She's not the kind of person to make the same mistake twice.
[h2]Backstory:[/h2]
	Alba, then an overseas exchange student at the time of the game's release, was on the fast-track to one of Tokyo University's famous nursing programs.  While she didn't necessarily feel any compassion for those suffering (she was an incredibly healthy soccer player, but she had to drop the sport to continue her education), nursing was respectable and well-paying enough to prevent her family from constantly nagging her to make her own life miserable in a post-graduate school.  So, with the quiet and clandestine approval of her Japanese mother, Alba was off to start a new life in Japan.
	There, she developed an interest with technology; the affair started with the short-lived Google Glass, but as dream after dream fell into ruin with each successive failure, Alba had almost gave up entirely on the thought of working with machines.  In Japan, though, she could learn so much more than what little her homeland offered.
	Enter the NerveGear and Medicuboid prototypes; while volunteering in the pediatric ward at a Tokyo hospital, Alba encountered her first FullDive device in the hands of one of several cancer patients that had been crippled from the intense chemotherapy.  After some inquiry and conversation, Alba realized that she could relive her childhood dream of innovation with the VR and AR technology, so she managed to get in contact with one of the NerveGear's original designers by perusing some of the staff files.  With a little lie sent to her parents, Alba managed to acquire funds fast enough to buy a NerveGear for beta-testing a new game : Sword Art Online.

	Alba detested MMOs, but it didn't seem like any other game or program would be available any time soon that could put the strain on the NerveGear's capabilities.  Against the better thinking of her doubts, she began to play the game on a regular basis, and often made several bug reports on the more "banal" features, like taste.
	Needless to say, the gustatory bugs couldn't be fixed in time for the full release, which only miffed Alba all the more when she learned of her being trapped inside the game.  For that reason alone, Alba made it a point to work near the front-lines to help her fellow players escape...and to try to fix the damn issues with tasting.  The culinary aspect of SAO isn't nearly strong enough, unfortunately, to warrant a big and proper guild as is the desire to actually beat the game, so Alba hasn't found a guild quite yet.
	Then again, the fact that she occasionally PKs more than a few perverts might be the reason why people avoid her in general.
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