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"Emma! Pleeeeease! You told me you'd watch it with me ages ago!"

[color=579873]"Sorry! I swear, I'm totally sick. I gotta go to sleep early. So I can get better, and we can watch loads and loads of stuff together. Besides, I don't wanna get you sick too."[/color]

"I never get sick, it's fine! Please!"

[color=579873]"Later, okay? I love you, but I gotta take care of myself too. You can do your homework."[/color]

"I don't wanna."

[color=579873]"Yeah, well you have to. I made you dinner, so go and eat it. I'm gonna sleep."[/color]

"...Night, Em."

A sweet smile laced with deceit. [color=579873]"See you later. I swear I'll watch it with you tomorrow."[/color]

It wasn't a lie. She was going to sleep. She was sick (a bit). It was just the nature of what she would do while she was asleep that mattered. That was - play the all new Thalam Online, which Emilia had been excited for for longer than she was comfortable to admit. Now it was out, and she could experience that beautiful world within her dreams.

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Admittedly, a lot of time had been wasted. Many things - difficulty falling asleep out of excitement, the servers being down, all followed up by a good hour on the character creation screen. All of the detail in it was overwhelming. Half of that hour had honestly been her having a meltdown over the graphics of the game. Eventually, it was all over and everything faded into the beautiful view of the game. Emilia took in a sharp breath, as well as the scenery. Absolutely gorgeous. She just felt like she was [i]there[/i], so far away and yet still in the comfort of her home.

She'd never been to the beach before.

[color=579873]"Bellview,"[/color] Emilia said breathily. [color=579873]"Bellview, oh, wow!"[/color]

She tried to move her arm, watching as it... well, did just that. She moved around more, erratically, thoroughly enjoying herself. For a few minutes, it was just her spinning around, laugh cutting through the air. She looked a bit insane, really. Once she had exhausted the entertainment out of that, Emilia finally decided to check out what she could do. Chat... some bars... quests... ah, mail! She opened it up, revealing her launch cape. There really were no words to describe it. There were numbers, though: 2/10. Plain, black, with the Thalam Online logo on the back. [color=579873]"Ah, I love it!"[/color]

With her new attire, she was finally ready to do some quests. To begin with, there was nothing big, just a generic slime killing quest. Emilia could do that. She reached for her sword, feeling its weight in her hands. She'd never be able to hurt anything with her noodle arms. But in this game, she could do just about anything. She'd even picked the fae class, because she really wanted to fly.

She began her mad dash towards where all of the other players were. Clearly, that was the place where her targets were situated to. Weapon in hand, Emilia beamed widely, ready to obliterate the first slime she saw, and then many more after that. She was going to have [i]so[/i] much fun.