[h2][center]Deneb[/center][/h2]
[i]"Huh?"[/i]
There were a few moments of complete silence as Jun stood by, unable to [i]quite[/i] process what had just happened. The last thing that he remembered was calling it a night with his friends and preparing to shut off his PC for the night to sleep and wait for the maintenance to pass. But now...

"What's up with thi—"

The sound of a woman's voice immediately caused Jun to freeze over before running towards the the nearby lake. His body felt unnatural already, but it was only when he—or, rather, [i]she[/i] reached the water did the gears finally begin to turn. Silent laughter began to slip from those lips, but after a few seconds it became full laughter. That lasted for all of five seconds, however, before an angry scream erupted forth.

"Are you serious?! Like, okay, I get what sort of situation I'm in perfectly fine! I've seen enough light novel premises to understand! But why DENEB?! Why not—GAAAAH!"

Jun—now Deneb, the female ninja he had been raising as an alternate character—sank to her knees in despair. The dagger that she had been holding in her hand until now simply slipped out of her grasp, falling onto the sand at the shore without a sound.

"Aaah, this is horrible. It could be worse, but... Come on, you damned cliche premise! At least give me my martial artist instead or something! Even starting from one again is fine! Just... Why Deneb? No, why am I a girl?!" she complained, staring at the reflection of herself in the crystal-clear lake water. The sound of silence reflected back at her was enough to give the ninja a moment to reflect on her situation, however, and after about a minute of trying to take deep breaths and calm herself, Deneb finally took the dagger from where it was and sheathing it.

"[i]Okay, freaking out about the current situation can... Wait. I need to figure out the current situation and how the world is right now,[/i]" she rationalized internally, finally deciding to stand up and look around. Upon closer inspection, the lake she had been complaining in front of was identical to the one she had logged out at, which meant it was logical to assume that the worlds were identical. The problem now, though was trying to figure out what else carried over. Inventory? Map?

As if on cue, two semi-transparent screens seemed to pop up in front of Deneb, causing her to sigh in exasperation.

"I guess we're going that route, then?" she asked, quietly looking over the latter to see if there were any other 'players' in the area.

None. That was probably a blessing in disguise for the moment; at the very least, it meant that no one else was here to see her outburst. All she could see was a marker showing where she was and the landscape around her. It was possible, though, that the map simply didn't show other players, which would make this whole ordeal [i]markedly[/i] more embarrassing than it was if nobody else was around.

She hoped that the former was the case.

"Well, no sense in checking now, I guess..." she mumbled, quietly skimming through the items that she had before focusing in on her target—a 'Return to Town' scroll. The interface was similar enough to how other games portrayed the system, with the added benefit of not needing to use hands to grab whatever it was that was needed. The convenience was appreciated by the ninja, of course, as she unraveled the scroll and activated the magic.

If anything, going to Inarrel would probably answer a [i]few[/i] questions that she had.

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The feeling of instantly teleporting was disorienting for Deneb, and the ninja almost tripped over herself as she wound up in front of the town's central plaza. Inarrel was a large coastal town that bordered on the edge of 'city', mainly due to its importance as a port town for the nation of Amniya. Of course, that same location, being right in the middle of the continent, meant that it was also a hub for players of all levels.

In other words, if there were any other players, they were bound to gather here. That brought on its own set of problems, though—what kind of players, how they would act, and...

"If there aren't any people wishing to stir up trouble..." she said quietly, finishing her own thoughts as she re-oriented herself and took a seat on a nearby bench. With the sun still bright in the sky, the ninja took this moment as a chance to begin to understand the new systems as best she could. It would be better than staying anxious about how [i]different[/i] this body of hers was now, at least...

[i]"I get that I modeled the character after my preferences, but really now? Is this some god's cruel idea of a joke?"[/i]