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Originally, Magdalene was never going to play a full dive MMO. No, her early experiences with the genre sent her back to the respite of traditional keyboard MMOs. Getting stuck in walls for no reason, nonsensical balancing, overly limited worlds, and virtual-reality shattering bugs made the genre too much of a pain to get into. It was for this reason that Mags didn't poopsock Cacaphony when it came out. When her static began to drop out in favour of this new game, she continued her end-game raids with anyone who didn't quit. Soon after, the MMO shuttered its gates citing "massive loss of playerbase". Really, Mags didn't want to give up her main game, but that was its fate. Its market share was devoured by the hot new MMO on the block.

Well, it was finally time to check out what all of the hotness was about, right?

Under the recommendations of the gaming forums she trawled, flamed, and shitposted on, she bought a brandspanking new FDD. It took a while for it to ship to rural Manitoba. The promise of a new world was worth it, according to everyone who played the game. She booted it up and was immediately thrust across the galaxy. Full-dive had come a long way, so it seemed. 

With the massive tutorial owl giving her the what for, Mags listened intently. She wasn't some sort of cutscene skipper, those degenerates. Her own self appeared in front of her. Yeeps, she squelched. Being confronted by a nude version of herself was gross. With the sliders and settings being placed on a screen in front of her, she almost instantly turned personal nudity off. She didn't want others to see her nude and that sort of thing. Others were fine, though. She was down to gawk at some hot bods, as almost every player would do.

She designed her character as it appeared in the numerous MMOs that preceded it. Big winged eyeliner, hair in twin buns, and the body of a tank. Though, some concessions were made. So she could control her body, she set her height to her IRL height. She altered the aesthetic of the character to line up slightly better with the East-Asian inspired starting nation. Her voice pitch was the same as it was in real life. Though, that was because her voice wasn't poor. She liked her own voice, it tempered from years of raiding shot calls. Plus, hearing another voice from her mouth would be pretty jarring.

The other settings were pretty lock step. Seeing in anime-vision was something she wanted to try. She was a bit of a weeb, after all. Gore was on, since she was pretty familiar with much of what the dredges of the web had. The pain slider was lowered to a reasonable level. She wasn't a masochist, after all. A little bit of pain helped with feedback. 0% would be like a dream, unable to really put cause and effect together. She did want to put a little manual into her life. She knew how to fight from her dad, more or less. She knew how to move her body, though a lazy way of life made it a touch difficult. If her virtual body was fit and healthy, then she could probably do all of the funky stuff she could barely do in real life. The rest of the sliders and options were dealt without too much difficulty. She could change them later, after all.

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[b]Username:[/b] Magpie
[b]Race:[/b] Human
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Height:[/b] 150 cm
[b]Weight:[/b] 55 kg
[b]Voice Pitching:[/b] 0
[b]Decorations:[/b] Scars litter Magpie's arms and body. Mostly because they're cool.
[b]Appearance:[/b] Magpie's appearance is based on her recurring MMO character design and as such, shares nothing in common save for height.
[hider=Attributes][i]HP[/i] – 140 (14)
[i]MP[/i] – 30 (3)
[i]SP[/i] – 10
[i]STR[/i] – 10
[i]AGI[/i] – 11 
[i]END[/i] – 12
[i]DEX[/i] – 10
[i]LUC[/i] – 10[/hider][b]Classes:[/b] None[/hider][hider=User Experience]
[b]Perception:[/b] Anime
[b]Gore:[/b] On
[b]Pain Setting:[/b] 10%
[b]Clothing Damage:[/b] On
[b]Nudity Censor:[/b] Personal
[b]Profanity Censor:[/b] Off
[b]Combat Action:[/b] Manual
[b]Spell Incantations:[/b] Manual[/hider]

She really didn't have any question for the administrator, so she accepted how her character looked. With her newfound form, she instantly went out to testing her body out. With the energy of a child on Christmas, she began to shadow box to figure out how this new body moved. She did squats like her life depended on it. Really, all there was to do was wait until she was sent to Horogi.