Faced with Hoshino's panic, Sara sought refuge in disbelief.<br/><br/>"Calm down.  This is probably some sort of prank."<br/><br/>Yeah, that was it.  This was a publicity stunt, or some sort of hacker showing off...<br/><br/>The hooded figure was still prattling on.<br/><br/>"I will show you evidence that this is the only reality. In your inventories, there will be a gift from me. Please confirm this."<br/><br/>Sara had no intention of playing along with the cloaked figure's game, but found her avatar holding an item anyway.  It seemed to be some kind of mirror...<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/91/SaraM.png)</div>Suddenly, the image in the mirror changed -Artemis' bishounen face became Sara' own.  Before she had a chance to process the significance of this change, there was a flash of light, and a disorienting surge of sensations coursed through Artemis' body.  Sara felt her body stagger...<br/><br/><em>Her</em>body.<br/><br/>Dropping the mirror, Sara quickly looked down, confirming what her senses already told her.  There was no doubt about it -Artemis had turned into a girl.  More specifically, he'd turned into Sara herself, or at least a very close approximation of her.  All the avatar's proportions were right, the hair was the right shade of blonde... the mirror had shattered, but the image Sara had seen in it before the transition had been shockingly accurate.  Reaching back behind her head, Sara found that the long ponytail Artemis had been wearing had been replaced by the loose locks and braided tieback she normally wore.<br/><br/>Artemis slowly lifted her head and looked towards where Kagero had been standing.  If Artemis now looked like Sara herself, did that mean the same was true of Hoshino as well?<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>