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Ellen watched Jesse's appearance change from skeletal to human, which answered her question. This wasn't Jesse's face, but the pale-skinned, red-eyed one of Thomas. In response to his question, she nodded. [color=FFBB33]"Yeah. Masada confuses the hell out of us once again."[/color] She gave a bewildered laugh, looking around the room to see pillars of light appear one by one.

Sure enough, the others were here. The Spartan, or rather TwinkleStar, stared in awe at his new body before gushing at Thomas, introducing himself as Danny. Queen Morag stepped forward, wondering aloud in a Canadian accent if she was dead, bearing the freckles and glasses of someone Ellen had met a few times at tournaments. ForTheRedQueen, or Marie. Finally, dis, or Ren, approached in the guise of Aster Wilde, his quiet nonchalance in stark contrast with everyone else's reactions. Ellen tilted her head. Good as it was that he didn't seem big headed as far as she could tell, considering his place as worldwide champion, she'd expected someone a little more confident. Then again, as she knew all too well, not even battling tooth and nail into the top five was enough for a gamer to be taken seriously.

[color=FFBB33]"Huh... I knew we'd be a close knit community, but can't say I expected this."[/color] Ellen glanced from person to person again, before raising her shield and looking at her reflection. Her face was still her own, as if she wore an extremely realistic cosplay. Despite everyone's current appearances, they still bore traits of their real-world selves. [color=FFBB33]"Anyway I'm Ellen, but you'll know me as Lioness. Hmm, think this is the latest in hyper-immersive virtual reality or something? And we're the first to try it? I don't get how that'd work with just any console and no headset, but it's all I've got."[/color]

She touched a stone pillar, solid under her fingers. [color=FFBB33]"Which is certainly an experience, but how do we log out? As much as we all love Rift Warriors, we can't stay here forever."[/color]