Sophos stared at the images inside the gate, her arms crossed and her feet still. If she didn't know any better she'd have sworn they were being tested right now. This entire situation was strange. The part of her mind that demanded to know the insides of the sausage was going mad. 

She focused instead on the six locations and what they could possibly have in store for them. After deliberating she settled on either the first location or the third. The malicious looking forest seemed as if it would provide the most challenge for them, and since this was a game they could expect great rewards in turn. The other option was the one she was most curious about personally. A vast field with nothing of note but a sea of sunflowers, calm flowing brooks, and a lone house. An important event was surely waiting at that location, game designers don't go out of their way to highlight something this much otherwise. That said...

Sophos voted for the forest and turned to the gathering of players. Some of them had split off into groups, that was inevitable really. Crowds of people in any casual setting will eventually create groups. Yet here she was voting on her own. It would have been a good excuse to socialize, but she wanted to vote without being influenced. She wondered if they would even be splitting up once they went through the gate, what if that wasn't an option? That was something to worry about if it happened, for now there was no harm in finding party members.

"Pro thief here looking for a party, any takers!?" Sophos proclaimed in a boisterous voice. It was only after she said it that she remembered that she'd just sold her high level character. Too late to take it back now.